Wok Shadow Ninja

Chapter 346: The Schism of the Sand Village

Besides, the bounty station had indeed issued a bounty of over a hundred million for Sasori, but how would one collect that money?

Take Sasori's head? It was just a puppet head. What could it prove?

Take that fleshlight-like regeneration core? The staff at the bounty station would probably be full of question marks too, right? What is this thing? If I shout "Sasori of the Red Sand," will it suck me in?

After thinking it over, she decided to just crush him and be done with it.

Ino wore a mask. The pollen flying everywhere also affected her. At this moment, she put away the Wood Human and Wood Dragon, thought for a moment, and then cleaned up the battlefield again.

The Third Kazekage, Orochimaru, Hiruko's tail, and the remaining human puppets from the Performance of a Hundred Puppets were all packed up and taken away.

Seeing that nothing was missed, she then set off to find Choji and the others.

Without the Third Kazekage's iron sand interfering with the magnetic field, she quickly located Choji's position, caught up with the three of them with a Flying Thunder God, and then brought the three of them to find Shikamaru and the others who had left the village, also using the Flying Thunder God.

Everyone gathered together. Without saying much, they all fled the Sand Village in the ninja run posture.

Ninjas were thin-skinned and squishy, all fragile. But when it came to running away, this profession had its advantages.

From the Ninja Academy, the first thing the teachers taught was how to escape, or rather, strategic retreat.

You could have low defense, insufficient attack power, but your speed absolutely could not be slow. The slowest died the fastest.

Choji's speed was his weak point, but after the butterfly transformation, all his fat was nearly depleted. At this moment, his body was still a bit weak, but he could keep up with their speed.

Ino and Shikamaru led the way, and Temari covered the rear. Raising the banner of Elder Ryūsa, ninjas belonging to the Elder Council, Temari's and Kankurō's subordinates, and colleagues from Miss Maki's sealing squad continuously joined the team. Along the way, they gathered a large number of Sand Village civilians and genin. In the end, a large force of over three thousand people left the Sand Village in a mighty procession.

On the way, they met some ninjas and Ninja Academy students led by Baki.

Temari wanted to call her teacher, Baki, to join them, but Baki had roughly guessed their intentions. He didn't want to defect to Konoha, and the two sides parted at a crossroads.

When Ino and the others came, they had crossed the desert. On the way back, they wanted to take the main road.

However, they were stopped by a tight checkpoint. The ninjas at the checkpoint didn't know about the great changes that had happened in the Sand Village.

But they were opposed to such a large group leaving the Sand Village through their post.

Temari believed that these ninjas who had been stationed at the checkpoints for years were not the same as those fighting for power and profit. She didn't want to fight these ninjas and immediately gave up on taking the main road, choosing to lead the people across the desert.

Originally, it took Ino and the others five days to cross the desert when they came. Now, with Gaara's harem, a bunch of wounded, and a large number of civilians, it would take at least three times as long.

There were too many eye-catching girls. Bringing them back to Konoha would definitely liven up the young men of Konoha and Jiraiya, but in the desert, it was very troublesome.

The group of girls was also gritting their teeth and persisting. Shikamaru and Temari constantly planned the route. Choji and Kankurō occasionally went out to kill some wild animals for food. Ino's work was the most arduous. After walking for an hour, she would have to squat down and use her sensory ability to search for pursuers. At night, she had to use Wood Release to create a simple shelter for these people.

A camp for three thousand people, you couldn't expect it to be too elaborate. A place to shelter from the wind and rain was enough.

On the way, they met Shira again.

Seeing them with so many civilians, Shira agreed to Temari's invitation this time, joined the team, and used his familiarity with the desert environment to help lead the way.

After walking in the desert for a full twenty-one days, the fresh water Ino had stored in Kubikiri Castle was used up. Only then did they walk out of the desert and, at the border of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers, they met Konoha's support troops.

Asuma brought fifteen hundred ninja troops to support them. Ino's side was exhausted, but she still forced herself to be spirited and did the handover work with Asuma.

"This time, we rescued one Sand Village elder, Elder Ryūsa, four Jounin: Temari, Kankurō, Maki, and Sunako. Not to mention Temari and Kankurō, Maki is the disciple of the Scorch Release user, Pakura, and is skilled in sealing jutsu. Sunako is Baki's deputy and was persuaded by Temari to join us. Then there are one hundred and thirty-two chunin, five hundred and eighty genin, and the remaining two thousand or so are civilians… However, among the civilians is a taijutsu master named Shira. This person is very strong; I believe he has the strength of a Jounin."

The number of people brought out this time was enough to establish a small hidden village. Asuma knew that these were all ninjas friendly to Konoha Village and didn't dare to be negligent. He immediately sent his subordinates to distribute food and medicine.

Ino had fought a fierce battle with Sasori before and had used up half of her chakra. The "Deep Forest Bloom" looked beautiful and had the aura of "when my flowers bloom, all other flowers will be killed." Then, like leading the people across the river, she led three thousand people across the desert. Even though Shira, Shikamaru, and Temari were all very capable, they were also very tired at this time.

She and Asuma were both Jounin and had no subordinate relationship. She was saying these things now for the sake of settlement work.

She rested for half a day, replenished some food and water, and then returned to the village with Shikamaru and Choji to give a formal mission report to the Hokage and the advisors.

In the Hokage's office, Jiraiya, Tsunade, the two advisors besides Danzō, and Shikaku were all there.

Shikamaru and Choji had no right to speak on this occasion and served as background. Ino, as a Jounin, gave a detailed report of the mission process to the village's high-level leadership.

At the end, she said seemingly casually but actually flauntingly, "Lord Hokage, Teacher, you don't need to prepare the antidote and chakra blades for Sasori anymore. I don't know what that guy's purpose was in going to the Sand Village, but anyway, we encountered each other in the Sand Village, had a fierce battle, and I killed Sasori."

She really didn't know Sasori's purpose in going to the Sand Village, and she estimated that Sasori didn't know her purpose either. The two fought a confused battle in someone else's home, nearly tearing the Sand Village apart. Then, Sasori lost his life, and she came back after patting her butt.

Utatane Koharu frowned slightly. "You defeated Sasori of the Red Sand from the Sand Village? What ninjutsu did you use?"

Ino gestured towards Tsunade with her chin. "He is Sasori of the Red Sand, not Sasori of the Red Sand from the Sand Village. To deal with Sasori, I used the Wood Release that Teacher taught me."

Several people looked at Tsunade. Tsunade held her head high, her face full of pride. That's right, it was I who taught her!

The two advisors, Shikaku, Shikamaru, and Choji left one after another. Ino wanted to talk to Jiraiya and Tsunade about the details of the battle, as it involved the Third Kazekage.

The disappearance of the Third Kazekage was the fuse for the Third Great Ninja War. This war made Minato Namikaze famous as the "Yellow Flash" and caused Obito to fall into darkness. But now, more than ten years had passed since the end of the Third War. This matter was important, but it was also not that important.

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