On the southeastern border of the Fire Country, deep in a certain forest.
The battle happened quietly here, and then ended quickly.
Trees were broken, earth pits were dug in all directions, and the unburned flames brought up bursts of gunpowder smoke.
Several corpses were either decapitated or penetrated front and back with sharp knives, and were lying quietly on the ground.
These corpses were once Konoha ninjas. They were ordered to come here to investigate the traces of the Mist ninjas, but unexpectedly they encountered an opponent they could not cope with.
After a brief fight, no one survived.
It's sad, it's cruel, but it's also...normal.
For the entire ninja world, this is just a small microcosm.
The Second Ninja War - I don't know how many people lost their lives because of this war at the same time.
The destruction of this ninja team was just another addition to the growing number of casualties.
In this era, death is the most common, and no one cares about those cold numbers, because they are meaningless.
But... that's not necessarily the case. Perhaps in the eyes of Konoha's senior officials, their deaths still have some meaning.
After all, even if no information is passed back, this action itself... is still important information, at least in terms of the nature of their mission.
Through their sudden loss of contact, the senior management should be able to judge something, draw some conclusions, and finally provide help for decision-making.
As far as the results are concerned, although it is not good, it is acceptable. After all, no one would have high expectations for a group of cannon fodder.
Looking at it from another perspective, they can be regarded as successfully realizing their own life value - making a small contribution to Konoha's victory in this war.
Even if they may not be willing to accept this result.
But again - who cares? Just a bunch of civilian ninjas.
The subsequent plot - recording, archiving, and distributing pensions, is just like the same thing a thousand times before.
After all, this is the fate of ninjas.
Originally, the matter should have ended here and the world would continue to function as usual.
But an accident happened and made everything different...
In the quiet forest, the fingers of a corpse trembled slightly.
…
Lei Luo lay flat on the cold earth, his sleeping consciousness gradually awakening.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and was about to make a move, but he felt dizzy, his limbs were weak, and there were waves of pain in his chest.
Realizing that the situation was not good, Lei Luo did not dare to act rashly.
He lowered his eyelids again, moved his eyes slightly to look around, and at the same time slowly stretched his hands to his waist.
Glock 18 fully automatic pistol, 17 rounds of 9mm Parabellum pistol ammunition. Facing unknown situations, this personal weapon that he wears all year round is his only reliance at this time.
The clinker was empty.
"Disarmed?"
Lei Luo frowned, and without thinking too much, he turned his attention to the surrounding scenes.
"Hmm... It seems like there was just a war here?" Seeing that there was no one nearby, Lei Luo slowly sat up with his hands on the ground. At the same time, questions also arose in his heart.
At the last moment in his memory, he was obviously lying in a dormitory at a military base in Africa, preparing to sleep.
The place is heavily guarded, and the patrolling teammates around you are trustworthy. The most important thing is that it is located deep in the Sahara Desert.
How come you wake up in such a ghostly place?
From desert to rainforest, the journey is more than ten thousand miles?
"Even taking a plane takes several days. Could it be that someone has been giving me anesthesia along the way?" Lei Luo guessed, suddenly feeling a little baffled.
Someone kidnapped him without knowing it. Well... the next question is, what does the other person want to do?
To deal with yourself? To plot evil? To torture intelligence?
What about the other person? Just leave yourself here and ignore it?
Or...what happened?
After coming back to his senses and looking at the battlefield in front of him, Lei Luo felt extremely weird for a moment.
There is no familiar smell of gunpowder, no scattered shell casings and grenade fragments, and not even bullet holes can be seen in the surrounding trees and rocks.
And it seems that most of the traces on the battlefield were caused by cold weapons?
Temporarily suppressing the doubts in his mind, Lei Luo tried to stand up. Surprisingly, he did it easily, which he thought would take a lot of effort.
At the same time, when he first woke up, the various physical discomforts were also rapidly diminishing. After a while, he felt that he was back to normal.
The moment he stood up, the changes that happened to his body gave him an unreal feeling.
"what happened?"
Rolling his eyes in confusion, Lei Luo subconsciously looked at his chest.
There was a huge gash across the clothes, about twenty centimeters long, and it looked like it was caused by a cold weapon such as a machete. Perhaps too much time had passed, and the blood stuck to it had solidified into a gel. .
"This injury looks really scary." Lei Luo gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand tentatively, and slightly opened the tear in his clothes. No blood scab was seen. After wiping away the blood, the skin was smooth and smooth, and there was no scar.
It is worth noting that during the examination, he did not feel pain due to touching the skin.
Could it be that the pain I felt when I first woke up was an illusion?
After all, judging from the gap in the clothes, a wound of this degree would not heal in a short time, and it was not certain whether he could survive.
Have you never been injured at all?
So what's going on with this bloody piece of clothing?
With doubts in mind, he subconsciously touched other parts of his body to see if anything was wrong.
Unexpectedly, the feedback that came back surprised him.
His thighs have become thinner, his hair has grown longer, and the original scars have disappeared... His body has undergone many changes.
What was going on? Someone had tampered with his body? In a way he didn't know?
With a gloomy face, Lei Luo looked at his hands.
Several calluses have disappeared, my knuckles have shrunk a lot, and my skin is a little whiter than before.
I touched my lower body... luckily it's still there.
With more and more questions, and unable to figure out what was going on, he decided to temporarily turn his attention in other directions.
Lei Luo quickly walked towards the "corpses" lying on the ground. When he pulled over the first guy, his expression couldn't help but change slightly.
The man's face was green and black, his facial features were hideous and his face was stained with blood, and he could see that he was dead. He hurriedly stretched out his hand to check the man's nose and pulse, and listened to his heartbeat.
"died?"
Realizing that the situation was not as simple as he thought, he checked more seriously. After checking the breathing of the remaining people one by one, he finally felt that something was wrong.
These people were all dead, and one guy didn't even have his head left.
His rich experience told him that these corpses were not dummies or props, they were all real people.
Judging from the wounds, they should have been caused by a madman with a machete.
Lei Luo suddenly realized that he should have been lying with these people.
Unless some kind of accident happens.
Suppressing his inner uneasiness, Lei Luo observed these unlucky guys for a while again.
There were three corpses in total. The clothes they wore were very similar to his, including a green vest, blue trousers, and an iron forehead protector on their heads.
Wait, forehead protector?
Picking up the forehead protector scattered on the ground and carefully examining the leaf symbol on it, Lei Luo felt dizzy for a moment.
Ninja, chuunin uniform, Konoha emblem... Is this Naruto?
I... traveled through time?
At the same time, Lei Luo's sudden awakening seemed to trigger some physical mechanism. A hidden mental wave suddenly surged out of his body, rushed into his mind, and merged with his soul.
one place.
…
This is a memory that tells the short and ordinary life of a chunin named Rairo Tamashi who just turned seventeen.
Bingzu Leiluo is neither one of those bloody ninjas backed by family power, nor a genius with any background. He is a civilian ninja.
He is like a screw embedded in the huge machine called Konoha Ninja Village. In order to maintain the operation of the village, he, together with thousands of other ninjas, silently sacrifices everything he has.
And his life experience is similar to that of other civilian ninjas.
The admiration for Hokage in the ninja school, the hardship of taking on the first mission after graduation, the envy of those powerful ninjas, the pain of hearing the death of parents on the battlefield, the expectations for their young brother when taking care of them...
Life has gradually smoothed the edges of this man. Now he just wants to live well, watch his younger brother grow up, and find a more beautiful wife to start a family. It is enough to live his whole life like this.
It is a pity that God does not bring what one wishes, and the trend of the times does not change according to one's will.
"Intelligence shows that a small group of fog ninjas are operating on our border."
"We must understand their number and purpose."
"Hiruzen is on the front line and won't be back for a short time. Kirigakure picked a good time."
"Are these bastards trying to start a war?"
The Ninja War has just begun. Most of Konoha's ninjas follow the Hokage and fight hard in the Kingdom of Rain. The internal defense of the Kingdom of Fire is empty.
During this special period, the Kiri Ninja's small actions successfully stimulated the nerves of Konoha's top brass.
The task was quickly assigned to him.
"With the addition of Leiluo Squadron, the investigation of the southeastern defense line will be left to you."
Without any hesitation, he accepted this task. Not only because he was willing to devote himself to his village, but also because it was wartime and ninjas had no right to refuse recruitment.
He originally thought that this time it would be the same as usual, just a simple patrol, and the Mist Ninja would not make any big moves at this time. After all, the eyes of the entire ninja world were now focused on the battlefield of the Land of Rain.
But I never expected that death would come so unexpectedly.
They happened to meet Kirigakure's vanguard, and he didn't recognize the guy in the lead.
But he had heard about that knife.
He soon realized that he was no match and even the hope of escaping with his life was slim.
Then...he made it clear that he wanted to die.
The other party fulfilled his wish. First he boasted and introduced himself, and then lazily told him the purpose of the Mist Ninja's actions without caring about the risk of information leakage.
Arrogant and arrogant, this was his first impression of the man Loquat Juuzang. He knew that the other party did not take them seriously at all, and he was not afraid that they would leak the information.
After all, dead people cannot speak.
Nervousness, anger, despair and other emotions flashed through his mind, but he still remained silent.
Then, he was attracted by the information the other party told him.
The Kirigakure Village of the Water Country, which has always pursued a policy of isolation from the country, was the first to lose in terms of resource reserves in the tug-of-war with the Iwagakure Village of the Earth Country.
The material assistance that the daimyo can provide is limited, and they cannot consume Iwagakure.
It won't be long before Kirigakure will be defeated.
However, the third Mizukage who is now in power is a war maniac, and he does not want to admit defeat just like that.
No resources? Just grab them.
Where has the most resources? Of course it’s the rich Fire Nation.
It just so happens that the main force of Konoha is involved in the Country of Rain. The internal defense of the Country of Fire is empty and the domestic combat power is insufficient. If we don't take advantage of the situation at this time, wouldn't we be wasting this God-given opportunity?
So, the mist ninjas came.
The story ends here, and the subsequent battle process is lackluster. It is just a one-sided crushing. After all, they are just a combination of one chuunin and three genin, and the enemy is one of the famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
The elite squad of the team.
The huge gap in strength made it impossible for them to even escape.
When the decapitating sword reached his eyes after slaughtering all his teammates one after another, he finally realized that his life was about to end.
"It's a pity that the information was not passed back." As he was dying, what echoed in his heart was regret, reluctance, and nostalgia.
Perhaps, there is also the resentment buried deep in his heart towards this war-torn world.
At this moment, the soul that has not completely returned to the pure land, with the last remaining obsession, chooses to become one with the sudden appearance of the visitor from another world.
…
After absorbing Lei Luo's memory, Lei Luo gently rubbed his temples, only to feel that the headache that had just been relieved was getting worse again.
Time travel happened suddenly.
The memories lingering in his mind, the strange yet familiar scenes, reminded him all the time that all of this was real.
Originating from the instinct of the body, he can clearly sense the energy called chakra swimming in the body.
Height, arm length, shoulder width, waist circumference...
The measurable data have been verified one by one, and the fact is that this is not my original body.
I touched my chest. In this case, there is an explanation for this strange wound - time-travel benefits. For example, if the time-travel is successful, I will be resurrected with full blood or something?
Taking a deep breath, Lei Luo felt a little dazed and confused.
He didn't know why his name coincided with this Bingzu Leiluo, and he didn't know if there was some connection between him and the other party.
Is this time-travel scene arranged by some unknown god? Or is it some kind of wonderful phenomenon arising from objective laws that are not understood by humans?
Although there were many questions, they were definitely not things he could figure out now, and he didn't intend to think about them anymore.
Now, the only thing that is certain is that it seems not very safe here, and Lei Luo doesn't want to die just after crossing over.
"There are many corpses here, so we can't rule out the possibility of the Mist Ninja returning." Lei Luo simply sorted out the weapons and supplies obtained by searching the corpses, and thought to himself.
The corpses of ninjas are very valuable. Whether it is to dig out information from their brains or use them to conduct research on ninjutsu, they are all "promising".
Lei Luo didn't think those Mist Ninjas would leave these corpses alone and just leave.
The other party was probably busy sweeping away other Konoha teams and didn't pay attention to this. After a while, when the overall situation is settled, someone will definitely come over to finish it off.
If he gets caught in a battle and waits until masters like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen arrive, he will definitely die.
"The best Mist Ninjas have come out. With my current strength, I'm probably just a high-level cannon fodder on this battlefield."
"It just so happens that we know the purpose of the Mist Ninja's invasion. We have obtained the information, which should be enough to go back and deliver the mission. Let's withdraw as soon as possible."
Having made up his mind, Lei Luo stopped procrastinating.
The method of using chakra flashed through his mind. Lei Luo tentatively covered the soles of his feet with chakra. With a slight jump, he crossed a height of two feet and jumped to a large branch nearby.
"Chakra is really a magical power."
The fully integrated memory combined with the instinct of being immersed in the body allows him to perform such actions easily.
Standing at a high place, the view immediately broadens a lot.
Lei Luo took one last glance at the place and chose a route to evacuate that avoided the battlefield as much as possible.
The route from the Fire Country border to Konoha was memorized by my predecessor. Although it would be a bit circuitous, it was safer.
Traveling through the dense woods, relying on his body instincts, Lei Luo nimbly jumped to high places. Tree trunks, branches, and branches all became his foothold.
Enjoying the novel experience of going up and down, he was also constantly sensing the controllable energy contained in his body - Chakra.
In his memory, he further summarized, understood and absorbed the various ninjutsu mastered by his predecessor, and incorporated them into his own combat system.
"The former possesses the three attributes of thunder, fire, and earth. In this world, his talent can be said to be quite good. However, this guy does not seem to have seriously developed his physical potential. He has not even mastered a ninjutsu that involves changing properties."
"It may be that the family is from a modest background and has to take care of relatives, so there are no extra resources to learn these things."
Thinking of this, Lei Luo felt something strange in his heart.
Three attributes... it's simply a waste of natural resources.
At the same time, he kept moving his hands and knotted the twelve seals one after another. First, he knotted them from beginning to end, then tied them in random order, and finally tied them in the order of the ninjutsu he had mastered.
He did not mobilize chakra to release the ninjutsu. The current action was just to master the process of forming seals to ensure that he would not make mistakes in this link during the battle.
Before time travel, Lei Luo was a mercenary, or a warrior.
To measure whether a warrior is strong or not, he believes that there are two main points: one's own quality and external equipment.
During the Second Ninja War, the technology of the ninja world was not very developed, which can be seen from the equipment he carried.
Except for the detonating talisman, which has some technical content, kunai, shuriken and other things are just cold weapons.
Therefore, in a ninja duel, the main thing depends on one's own quality.
The mastery and intensity of special abilities such as ninjutsu, taijutsu, illusions, and bloodstains are the standard for measuring a ninja's hard power.
Without familiar external equipment such as firearms and grenades, Lei Luo could only turn his attention to himself.
Ninjutsu--it's guns.
Chakra - is ammunition.
And ensuring that every bullet is loaded in the chamber, the safety is pulled open, the trigger is pressed, and the gun is ready to fire at any time... these are his professional habits.
He has mild obsessive-compulsive disorder and requires himself to perfectly master the new weapon Ninjutsu - in the shortest possible time.
Mobilizing chakra, forming hand seals, releasing ninjutsu...no mistakes can be made in every aspect.
"The basic seals of the Three Body Technique are very simple, and the method of chakra operation is also very clear. Normal use should not be a problem."
"Each of Earth Release and Thunder Release masters one Ninjutsu, but none of Fire Release Ninjutsu is mastered."
"The Attribute Escape Technique is more complicated than the Three Body Technique, and the number of seals has also increased. From this point of view, the timing of casting must be grasped well."
There were no major setbacks in the practice of seal seals. Thanks to the solid skills of the original owner of the body, Lei Luo was able to do four seals in one second without making any mistakes.
It is worth noting that this seal formation speed is slightly faster than its predecessor.
"Perhaps the fusion of two souls has greatly enhanced the spiritual power and the speed of the connection seal has also been affected?" Lei Luo guessed.
…
In the shade of the trees, he sometimes turned and stopped suddenly, sometimes accelerated suddenly, and sometimes ran at a steady speed.
The upper limit of speed, joint flexibility, body flexibility... Lei Luo is familiar with the feeling of his new body as quickly as possible.
Sufficient preparation and a cautious attitude were the principles that allowed him to survive the battlefield time and time again in his previous life.
Lei Luo believes that this will also be the basis for whether he can continue to live in this life.
With a whooshing sound, he missed a few fallen leaves floating in the air. Lei Luo narrowed his eyes slightly, stopped suddenly, and crouched under the shade of an inconspicuous tree.
He pricked up his ears and listened to the faint sound of weapons clashing in front of him. There was an endless stream of ding-ding-dong-dong sounds, and he knew that the battle was fierce without even looking.
Judging from the intensity of the fight, the strength of both sides should be about the same.
So, should we avoid it?
No, this may be an opportunity.
Lei Luo gently stroked his chin and thought to himself.
The southeastern border... At this point in time, the only ones who can fight here are the Mist Ninja and Konoha.
He hid in the darkness and took the initiative. If he suddenly attacked when the two sides were fighting in a tense state, he might be able to help Konoha's ninjas gain the upper hand.
After killing the Mist ninja, he will successfully join the other Konoha ninjas. With one more person and more strength, his life should be more protected by then.