Naruto: Betrayed From The Start

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"Tsuchikage-sama, look over there."

A Iwagakure ninja suddenly pointed to the forest below and to the left, where a giant wing was peeking out from a corner.

Ōnoki looked in that direction and his gaze instantly sharpened.

"Let's go."

The four of them arrived at the spot where the eagle's wing was visible. They saw the full view of the summoning beast eagle, with its gray-brown feathers and sharp claws. It was the summoning beast eagle that Kenshi had killed.

It was too big for the Third Raikage to carry away. He could only leave it here.

"Tsuchikage-sama, it's the summoning beast eagle cultivated by the Daruma family in Kumogakure."

A Iwagakure ANBU ninja whispered.

As the sworn enemies of Kumogakure, the Iwagakure ANBU were familiar with the summoning beast eagles cultivated by the Daruma family in Kumogakure. They could tell at a glance that the eagle that had died on the ground was a summoning beast cultivated by the Daruma family.

Ōnoki narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the Iwagakure jōnin who had rescued his daughter, asking, "Iwasho, is this the summoning beast eagle that the Third Raikage was riding?"

The Iwagakure jōnin named Iwasho was the captain of the border patrol team that had first arrived at the small town and discovered that the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki's daughter had been kidnapped.

He stepped forward and took a closer look, making sure he wasn't mistaken. Then, he turned back to Ōnoki and nodded. "Tsuchikage-sama, it's the summoning beast eagle that the Third Raikage and his team were riding."

"Then what about the forest here..."

Ōnoki's heart sank when he heard this. He knew who the Third Raikage was chasing. It was because of this that his beloved daughter had been so seriously injured and almost died.

If Iwasho, who was chasing after Kenshi, hadn't happened to see the battle between the Third Raikage and Kenshi from afar with his binoculars and rescued his precious daughter, who was still breathing after falling into the sea...

Then his precious daughter would have...

"Did you sense Kenshi's Chakra?"

Pulling his thoughts back, the Third Tsuchikage's gaze sharpened. He turned and asked the ANBU ninja.

So what if Kenshi had Wood Release? He wasn't the Ōnoki who had been so scared by Uchiha Madara that he couldn't move.

No matter who it was, whether it was the Third Raikage or Kenshi, who knew Wood Release.

Anyone who dared to hurt his precious daughter, he wouldn't let them go.

"Tsuchikage-sama, we can't sense Kenshi's Chakra anymore. But we found Chakra traces leading in the direction where the Third Raikage left."

An Iwagakure ANBU walked over from the right. He had gone to check the surroundings after they landed. He wasn't familiar with Kenshi's Chakra, and Kenshi could fly. It was difficult to track him through Chakra traces.

But the Third Raikage hadn't tried to hide his tracks when he left. He had left with Lightning Release Chakra Mode all the way to the Sea of War.

"Chase."

Ōnoki didn't hesitate. He immediately flew into the sky, following the traces left by the Third Raikage.

According to the previous logic, the Third Raikage should be chasing after Kenshi. As long as they found the Third Raikage, they would naturally find the culprit of all this, Kenshi.

At this time.

Kenshi, the culprit in Ōnoki's mouth, flew to a mountain range in the Land of Earth. He couldn't suppress the acupoint space in his body anymore.

He quickly dispelled his last shadow clone, retracted the Black Iron giant eagle, and then landed on the mountain range below. He found a random cave and went inside. He sat down and used all his strength to control the acupoint Chakra, binding the acupoint space to prevent the energy from constantly leaking out.

At this time, seven kilometers above the cave, an ink bird was watching.

"Are you really going to do it now?"

Sarutobi Ayase looked at her husband with worry and whispered, "Maybe we should wait for Father's backup plan."

"You saw it too."

Sarutobi Tenjū turned to look at his wife. His eyes flashed with the scene of a forest dozens of meters tall suddenly springing up from the ground. He trembled and said, "Kenshi's Wood Release... that monster's Wood Release... he's only twelve years old. If we wait any longer, we'll be facing the God of Shinobi, not some Kenshi!"

"..." Thinking back to the Wood Release that Kenshi had displayed in the valley, Sarutobi Ayase also fell silent.

But she still felt that dealing with Kenshi now was too dangerous and not safe.

What if Kenshi's soul left and possessed someone else? Then, the plan to seal Kenshi would be indefinitely delayed, unless they found him again.

But how could they find a Kenshi who had possessed someone else?

It could be seen from the fact that the Third Hokage had been investigating for years and hadn't found Kenshi's identity before he possessed Kimura Yō.

It was very difficult for anyone to notice when Kenshi possessed someone else.

Konoha wouldn't have been able to tell that Kimura Yō had been possessed if it hadn't been for the fact that they had Namikaze Minato, who had a special Chakra sensing ability.

So, the safest thing to do was not to act rashly and wait for the backup plan arranged by her father-in-law, the Third Hokage.

Thinking about this, to dispel her husband's worries about taking action now, she continued, "Maybe he only has that kind of terrifying Wood Release when he uses a secret technique. His Wood Release isn't actually that powerful."

"No, you're wrong." Sarutobi Tenjū shook his head and said, "The fact that he can possess that kind of terrifying Wood Release after using a secret technique means that his Wood Release will definitely reach this level in the future."

"But..."

"There's no but. We have to seal Kenshi now. Even if we can't seal him, we have to make him abandon this body."

Sarutobi Tenjū's eyes were firm. No matter what, he couldn't let Kenshi continue to possess this body, which could develop perfect Wood Release in the future.

Of course, he couldn't let the Third Raikage get this body either.

This was also why Sarutobi Tenjū didn't tell the Third Raikage about Kenshi's whereabouts.

The Wood Release potential of this body was too terrifying.

He couldn't even describe the shock he felt when he saw a forest with a diameter of two kilometers suddenly spring up from the ground in the valley.

The Third Raikage didn't know Kenshi's situation. He thought Kenshi had been fused with the First Hokage's Wood Release cells since he was a child, which was why he had such powerful Wood Release.

But he had been an ANBU member all along. He had participated in the Wood Release revival plan back then. He knew very well that Kenshi could develop such powerful Wood Release in just two or three years. This showed that his body adapted to the First Hokage's cells very quickly.

And... it was all that old bastard Danzō's fault!

Thinking about the fact that Kenshi had fused with the First Hokage's original cell solution, which hadn't been weakened, theoretically, Kenshi could reproduce the First Hokage's peak Wood Release.

Thinking about this, Sarutobi Tenjū couldn't help but curse Danzō, the old bastard who had always been a drag on his father, again.

Why couldn't he use anything else, he had to use the First Hokage's original cell solution for the experiment.

Now, it was good. Kenshi's current body was adapting to the Wood Release cells too quickly.

If they continued to wait, even if his father's backup plan was powerful, it would be in vain when facing Kenshi, who possessed Wood Release that was as powerful as the First Hokage.

Back then, the First Hokage could pacify the world with Wood Release. He had seen all kinds of powerful jutsu. In the end, who could defeat the First Hokage?

Facing the terrifying large-scale attack of the Tree World Descent, even the strongest ninjas would be running around frantically like the Third Raikage. They couldn't get close to Kenshi.

If they waited any longer, and Kenshi developed the Wood Man and Wood Dragon jutsu, then the God of Shinobi would truly return to the world. Then, Konoha, and even the ninja world, would be destroyed by Kenshi.

Because at that time, the entire ninja world combined wouldn't be Kenshi's opponent.

This was the terror of peak Wood Release. It possessed the terrifying power to sweep across the world.

Sarutobi Tenjū would never allow such a future to happen.

"But... Kenshi..."

Sarutobi Ayase understood the logic, but she still wanted to say that Kenshi might have unknown methods. It was too risky for them to act directly like this.

But Sarutobi Tenjū had already made up his mind to die.

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