Naruto: Betrayed From The Start

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The next morning, as the sun rose from the horizon, its rays painted the sea a fiery red.

High in the sky, Daruma-Kurisu and his giant eagle, who had been vigilant for a day and two nights, were still full of energy, surveying the surroundings.

Suddenly, the eagle, which had been turning its head to survey the surroundings, stopped and stared at the west, letting out a faint, soft chirp.

Daruma-Kurisu, standing on the eagle's back, immediately formed hand seals. In an instant, his eyes transformed into a pair of eagle eyes as he turned to look.

Twelve kilometers away, he saw a twelve-year-old boy standing on the back of a black giant eagle, flying towards them.

"It's Kenshi. He's back."

The voice of Daruma-Kurisu came through the earpiece. The Third Raikage, hidden in the rocks beside the wooden house, remained motionless, but his heart was secretly on edge.

The other three who were lurking also received a reminder from Daruma-Kurisu, who was surveying the surroundings from the back of the eagle in the sky.

The giant eagle cultivated by the Daruma family could be contracted as a summoning beast. It was not only a formidable fighter, but its eyesight, which was primarily used for reconnaissance, was terrifying.

It could see a person's face and figure from twelve kilometers away.

Thanks to this terrifying visual reconnaissance, the Daruma family had earned a place in Kumogakure. They were responsible for patrolling and reconnaissance along the various borders of the Land of Lightning, protecting Kumogakure.

At this moment, Kenshi had no idea that he had been detected. His lair was already being ambushed. They were waiting for him to fall into their trap.

Sarutobi Tenjū and his wife were also unaware that they had been discovered.

After Kenshi was spotted, they were also quickly discovered by Daruma-Kurisu. However, the ink bird under their feet had been constantly looking in Kenshi's direction, causing a partial loss of vision ahead, so they didn't see Daruma-Kurisu and his eagle.

"As expected, Konoha has been deliberately releasing information about Kenshi!"

On the island, the Third Raikage heard that Konoha's ANBU was following Kenshi. He instantly solved a puzzle in his mind.

That was how the underground bounty office had obtained real-time information about Kenshi.

It was impossible for someone like Kenshi, who could fly, to be easily tracked.

Now, seeing Konoha's ANBU ninja, who was controlling the ink bird, following Kenshi, it all made sense.

All the information about Kenshi had been coming from Konoha.

But...

"Why?"

A question flashed through the Third Raikage's mind. He couldn't understand why Konoha would leak the information about such a precious experimental subject who had successfully awakened the Wood Release. They were even using the Eternal Life Technique to attract people to deal with Kenshi.

Weren't they afraid that Kenshi would be kidnapped and the secret of Wood Release would fall into the hands of other ninja villages?

The Third Raikage couldn't figure out why.

But he knew that Kenshi must have other secrets.

As long as he captured Kenshi, he would naturally know everything.

"Boss, Kenshi seems to have noticed us."

After a while, Daruma-Kurisu's surprised voice suddenly came through the earpiece. The Third Raikage was also taken aback.

He knew the visual surveillance range of the summoning beast eagle cultivated by the Daruma family.

It had only been a minute at most since Daruma-Kurisu had reported that Kenshi was back. Even if Kenshi was flying at his fastest speed, he would only be able to cover seven or eight kilometers in a minute.

Kenshi should still be at least four or five kilometers away.

At this distance, Kenshi had already sensed something unusual?

Did he have a sensing ability with such a wide range?

Before the Third Raikage could figure out why Kenshi had sensed something unusual, Daruma-Kurisu's urgent voice came through the earpiece again.

"Boss, Kenshi has turned around and is flying back."

"Damn it!"

The Third Raikage cursed under his breath. He understood that they had been discovered. He immediately broke out of the ground, and the three elite bodyguard jōnin who had been ambushing followed him out.

Now, the Third Raikage was certain that Kenshi had indeed discovered their ambush from four or five kilometers away.

Whether his sensing ability was Chakra Sensing, visual sensing, or some other sensing ability, it meant that ambushing Kenshi would be much more difficult.

In the sky, Daruma-Kurisu steered the giant eagle down.

The Third Raikage and the others leaped onto its back. The five of them, along with the eagle, flew towards Kenshi at full speed.

Since the ambush had failed, they could only attack directly.

"I didn't expect there to be three hidden inside the island!"

On the Black Iron giant eagle in front, Kenshi sensed the three people suddenly jumping out of the rocks around the wooden house. He was startled.

The distance was too far. His Chakra Sensing ability hadn't sensed the three people hidden in the rocks.

He had only sensed the eagle in the sky, the people on the eagle's back, and the person hidden in the seawater.

Thankfully, after realizing that someone was guarding the sky above the island, he immediately turned around and left. He didn't have any intention of testing them.

The other party could find Venomous Snake Island. Obviously, they were coming for him. They must have information about him and had made preparations.

Kenshi wouldn't risk his life to test whether those preparations could kill him.

Leaving was the best choice.

The facts proved that his choice was right.

Among the three people ambushing them, the Chakra of one of them was so powerful that it moved Kenshi. That Chakra strength was stronger than the Third Hokage.

The other party was undoubtedly a Kage-level powerhouse, and a top-level one at that.

With Kenshi's current strength, and without his Chakra acupoints to burst, he wasn't a match for a Kage-level powerhouse, especially when there wasn't just one of them.

It was best to escape first.

The same old saying, give him four years, and if he faced this situation again, he wouldn't have to run. He would directly kill them.

Unfortunately, it wasn't four years later.

"Shadow Clone Technique."

Kenshi immediately created two shadow clones. Then, he took his two shadow clones and the naked woman, Haitsu, who was in a vegetative state, and went inside the Black Iron giant eagle.

This would prevent his shadow clones from being seen through.

Then, Kenshi's shadow clones each summoned a Black Iron giant eagle from inside the current one. Kenshi's real body, carrying Haitsu, went inside the Black Iron giant eagle summoned by one of his shadow clones to hide.

This way, the one Black Iron giant eagle outside had become three. Each Black Iron giant eagle had a Kenshi on its back, but only the Black Iron giant eagle flying towards the southwest had Kenshi's real body and Haitsu inside.

"Boss, Kenshi has split into clones and two black Chakra giant eagles, flying in three different directions."

From behind, on the back of the summoning beast eagle, Daruma-Kurisu reported Kenshi's troop deployment to the Third Raikage.

"Clones..." The Third Raikage frowned slightly. He turned to a subordinate beside him and asked, "Kafo, can you tell which one is the real body?"

Kafo, a Kumogakure ninja, formed hand seals with both hands, closed his eyes, and shook his head. "I can't. The distance is too far. I can't sense it."

This time, the ninjas the Third Raikage had brought with him included Daruma-Kurisu, who had super visual sensing, and his summoning beast eagle, as well as Kafo, an elite jōnin who was skilled in Chakra Sensing.

There was also an elite jōnin skilled in Memory Exploration Technique.

It could be said that they were all ninjas with Kumogakure's top combat abilities and special sensing abilities.

They just didn't expect Kenshi to also have amazing sensing abilities.

"Where is the Konoha ANBU?" The Third Raikage suddenly asked.

"To Kenshi's right." Daruma-Kurisu replied.

"OK, we'll go and determine which one of the Kenshi on the left and the one in the middle is the real body." The Third Raikage said.

They would leave the Kenshi on the right to the Konoha ANBU. They believed that after watching their actions, the Konoha ANBU would know which Kenshi to chase.

As expected, things went as the Third Raikage had planned.

Seeing the Third Raikage and his team chasing after the Kenshis on the left and in the middle, Sarutobi Tenjū and his wife, in perfect coordination, chased after the Kenshi flying towards the northwest, which was the right direction.

The couple had already realized that they had been discovered. It was just that the Third Raikage had ignored them.

This made the couple secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

It was the Third Raikage. Once he set his sights on them, with their current state, they would have almost no chance of survival if they were stopped.

Thankfully, the other party was more eager to get Kenshi.

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