Chapter 584 I Will Make You Regret

Land of the Earth.

Near the Iwagakure Village.

"Finally back."

A tired Iwagakure ninja looked at the city surrounded by mountains, and a trace of relief appeared on his face.

After experiencing such a crisis, he was already content to survive.

"Alas, this time it was really embarrassing, the defeat was so terrible." An Iwagakure ninja couldn't help but lament.

The 2,000-man ninja army was beaten to only more than 300 people. In the wars in recent years, it was probably the most tragic batch.

Facing their hometown within reach, most of the Iwagakure ninjas in the Iwagakure ninja army had very complicated emotions.

Even the Jinchūriki Lao Zi was the same.

"I hope they can send some reliable commanders next time." Lao Zi sighed in his heart.

Lao Zi was usually very withdrawn and had few friends. He didn't know most of the dead Iwagakure, and he basically only knew the names of those he knew.

However, the more than 1,600 Iwagakure ninjas who died were fellow villagers who were born and raised in the same village as him. It was impossible for him not to feel anything.

The ninja guarding the gate of Iwagakure Village seemed to have been notified long ago. They did not show any surprise at the approaching Iwagakure ninja troops. After a brief inspection, they were allowed to pass.

Generally, after the ninja troops returned to the village, they would report to the commander of the ninja troops or other important management, and the remaining ninjas would be directly disbanded.

This time, many senior ninjas in important positions, including the commander, were almost dead, and the only remaining people were not in a high position and had little experience.

Seeing that they were tangled and could not discuss anything, Lao Zi directly helped Han to the Iwagakure Ninja Hospital.

Although the two of them were the highest combat power of the Iwagakure Ninja Force, they were not in a high position and were just pure thugs.

Lao Zi thought that it was none of their business anyway, so it would be better to take Han to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

After all, Han was so seriously injured, and he had a share of the blame.

His Tailed Beast Ball was indeed to help Han, but it was also a fact that Han was blown up.

Someone noticed Lao Zi who had left the team and wanted to call Lao Zi, but when he thought of the scene of Lao Zi's Tailed Beast Ball swallowing up the Iwagakure and Konoha ninjas at the same time, he closed his mouth again.

When Lao Zi was halfway there, several Anbu dressed as Iwagakure ninjas suddenly stopped Lao Zi.

Lao Zi frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter with you? Han is injured. I have to take him to the hospital."

"You don't need to worry about Han. Our people will get him the best treatment as soon as possible." The leading Anbu said lightly.

Then the two Anbu behind him walked towards Han.

Although Lao Zi was a little unhappy, he did not stop him in order not to delay the treatment.

Then Lao Zi turned around and prepared to go home, and the Iwagakure Anbu also disappeared on the road.

After walking for a distance, the voice of the four-tailed beast sounded in Lao Zi's heart.

"They are following you."

Lao Zi frowned a little more, he was a little confused.

Shouldn't the Anbu be very busy during the war? They have to go to various countries to conduct espionage activities to obtain intelligence, and they have to prevent spies from other ninja villages from stealing intelligence. Why do they waste manpower to follow him?

He can use the fully tailed beast-transformed Jinchūriki at will without going berserk for no reason.

Lao Zi returned home to clean up and rest for a while. At noon, he went out to buy vegetables and cook.

After dinner, Lao Zi asked the Four-Tailed Fox, "Are they still there?"

"Yes," the Four-Tailed Fox replied.

Lao Zi, who was washing dishes, felt more and more unhappy.

Although they lost the battle, what did it have to do with him?

He had tried his best to fight. If it weren't for him, the two thousand ninja troops might not be only three hundred left, but a hundred or even a dozen left.

At night, when it was time to go to bed, Lao Zi asked again.

"That group of people left, but new ones came." The Four-Tailed Fox said truthfully.

Lao Zi couldn't hold it anymore. They took turns to monitor him 24 hours a day, right?

Lao Zi suppressed his anger and fell asleep.

Although he was in a bad mood, it was too late now. If he made a noise, it would affect others.

The next day.

Lao Zi washed up and made breakfast for himself. When he learned that someone was still monitoring him, Lao Zi asked the Four-Tailed Fox about the location.

"It's underground to the west of your house." The Four-Tailed Fox replied.

If the Anbu didn't use the Earth Release Ninjutsu to sneak underground, the Four-Tails might not know about it. It is a tailed beast with lava power in its chakra, and is extremely sensitive to the energy of the earth.

Lao Zi walked to the place where the Four-Tails said with a stern face, and said coldly: "Don't hide, I know you are here."

At this time, a breeze blew, bringing up some gravel and dust, but the ground in front of Lao Zi was still empty.

"Lava Release: Burning River Rock Technique!"

Lao Zi condensed the Lava Release Chakra and quickly formed a seal, and his momentum burst out.

"What do you want to do!" Seeing this, two Iwagakure Anbu hurriedly appeared to stop him.

Lao Zi really killed a lot of Iwagakure ninjas on the battlefield this time, and they didn't dare to bet whether Lao Zi would really use Lava Release to attack.

"I should be the one to ask you this question, why are you always monitoring me!" Lao Zi said bluntly.

"Are you guys in the Anbu so idle? Can't you put more effort into intelligence? If there was no problem with the intelligence, the frontline troops wouldn't have been beaten so badly."

"This is not a problem you should worry about. Someone will naturally be responsible for intelligence, and we are here to protect you." The Iwagakure Anbu emphasized.

The mission they received was surveillance, but this obviously couldn't be said openly.

"Protect? Protect me, the perfect Jinchūriki, in the Hidden Rock Village?" Old Purple was so angry that he laughed.

If his strength still needs protection in the Hidden Rock Village, then the Hidden Rock Village is really finished.

The Anbu said nothing and silently watched Old Purple.

Looking at the silent Anbu, Old Purple felt troubled. He couldn't really kill the ninja from the same village for no reason.

"Oonoki, what are you thinking about..." Old Purple thought for a while, and finally looked at the tallest rock building in the Hidden Rock Village.

The Anbu was directly commanded by the Tsuchikage, so this must be an order from Oonoki.

Old Purple was a man of action. He ignored the Anbu and walked straight towards the Tsuchikage building.

He wanted to find Oonoki to ask clearly, asking Oonoki why he was wasting his strength like this and why he was monitoring him.

The Anbu didn't know what Old Purple wanted to do at first, but as they got closer and closer to the Tsuchikage building, the Anbu gradually guessed what Old Purple was thinking.

One of them went to report the situation, and the other tried to stop Old Purple.

"Lord Tsuchikage is busy with official duties, you can't disturb him casually." The Iwagakure Anbu said.

"He has time to ask you to monitor me, but no time to talk to me in person?" Lao Zi ignored the Iwagakure Anbu and continued to walk.

The Iwagakure Anbu wanted to hold Lao Zi, but Lao Zi pushed him away with great force.

Then Lao Zi walked quickly into the Tsuchikage building and went straight to the Tsuchikage office. No matter what ninja he met on the way, he did not stop.

Bang!

Lao Zi pushed the door of the Tsuchikage office open heavily and stared at Ohnoki sitting in the office chair.

"Lord Tsuchikage, I'm sorry." The Anbu lowered his head and apologized.

In the Tsuchikage building, they couldn't really fight, they could only compete with strength, but Lao Zi had the blessing of the four-tailed beast, and they couldn't stop him at all.

"It's okay, go out." Ohnoki said in a light voice without any emotion on his face.

The Anbu nodded, walked out of the Tsuchikage office quickly, and closed the door by the way.

When the others went out, Ohnoki's expression changed instantly, and he looked at Lao Zi with a serious face.

"Old Purple, what do you want to do? Attacking the Anbu and breaking into the Tsuchikage's office, these charges are enough to keep you in jail for ten years!" Ohnoki said in a deep voice, with a terrifying aura bursting out of him.

If an ordinary Iwagakure jonin was here, he would probably have been shaking uncontrollably under Ohnoki's might.

After all, this is the third generation Tsuchikage of Iwagakure Village, one of the top ninjas in the world, and the man who led Iwagakure to prosperity.

But the person standing in front of Ohnoki is the Jinchūriki Old Purple, and the perfect Jinchūriki Old Purple after communicating with the Four-Tails.

Old Purple looked at Ohnoki without changing his expression and asked back:

"I also want to ask what you want to do. As soon as I returned to the village, I asked the Anbu to monitor me, and also protect me. Are the Anbu so idle?"

"This is the result of a collective discussion among the top leaders of Iwagakure. It's useless if you are dissatisfied." Ohnoki said bluntly.

After all, the people have been discovered, and Old Purple is not stupid. How can he not know whether it is protection or monitoring?

"Collective of the top leaders." Old Purple clenched his fists and his eyelids twitched.

He fought hard on the front line, but when he came back, he was still distrusted like this.

"This is already the best result. What do you think you did on the battlefield? That is one of the most taboos that cannot be violated!" Ohnoki emphasized.

"Some people even proposed to replace the four-tailed Jinchuriki. If I hadn't strongly opposed it, you would not be facing the surveillance of two Anbu."

Someone did mention the replacement of Jinchuriki in the high-level meeting, but it was not as exaggerated as Ohnoki said.

Ohnoki mainly wanted to use this opportunity to knock Lao Zi and make him change his personality.

Lao Zi was stunned. He didn't expect that the high-level would have such an idea.

For Jinchuriki, replacing Jinchuriki means that the previous Jinchuriki will die.

After the tailed beast is sealed in the body of Jinchuriki, their lives are connected with the tailed beast. If the Jinchuriki dies, the tailed beast dies. If the tailed beast is extracted, the Jinchuriki will also die.

"Whether it is completely transformed into a tailed beast in the crowd or using the tailed beast jade to break through, it is an order issued by Iwaku." Lao Zi explained.

He wasn't crazy enough. If Iwaku hadn't used self-explosion to stimulate Lao Zi, he might not have followed Iwaku's order.

"There was no such content in the information sent back." Ohnoki shook his head and replied.

Lao Zi was stunned again.

He thought of one thing. At that time, the battlefield was so chaotic that there were not many Iwagakure who could hear Iwaku's order.

In addition, there was Mu Yue, the killing god, nearby, so the possibility of survival was very small.

"At that time, I was injured by Hanyu Mu Yue's water escape. After seeing it, Commander Iwaku asked me to use the complete tailed beast transformation to cooperate with him and the Iwagakure blasting team to attack..." Lao Zi tried to recall the details of the time and explained.

Although he had some admiration for Iwaku's final self-explosion, Lao Zi didn't want to take the blame for Iwaku.

As a Jinchūriki, he had already suffered from all kinds of strange looks. If he had a reputation for killing his companions, it would be really difficult for him to stay in Iwagakure.

"Is there anyone who can testify for you?" Ohnoki asked after listening.

"How do you prove that this was Iwaku's order, not that you were affected by the tailed beast's chakra and became violent?"

Old Zi opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

He didn't even know if there were any insiders alive.

"I will send ninjas to help you investigate. If there is nothing wrong, leave. I still have work to do." Ohnoki began to drive people away.

In fact, Ohnoki already believed what Old Zi said.

Because Lao Zi is a proud and stubborn person, such a person disdains to lie and evade responsibility.

However, if no one helps Lao Zi to testify, Ohnoki will still maintain the status quo.

First of all, he cannot overturn the results of the high-level meeting because of his own feelings. This is too arbitrary.

Secondly, he wants to use this opportunity to make Lao Zi suffer a little loss and become more tactful.

Jinchūriki is the strongest weapon of the ninja village. Weapons should have the awareness of weapons. Ohnoki is very satisfied with Jinchūriki like Han who does not speak and silently completes the task.

Lao Zi had nothing to say, and walked out of the Tsuchikage office and the Tsuchikage building as Ohnoki said.

When walking on the street of Iwagakure Village, Lao Zi noticed that the eyes of the surrounding residents and ninjas were particularly terrified.

Even in the busy commercial street, where he passed, there would be an empty space.

Lao Zi walked towards home with an expressionless face, and he could vaguely hear some words such as "monster" and "cruel" behind him.

As a Jinchūriki, Lao Zi actually suffered this kind of treatment a long time ago.

He didn't know why he felt so bad when he encountered this situation again today. Was it because he was treated as a war criminal even though he led the team to break through? Or was it because he didn't sleep well yesterday and was particularly sensitive today?

Lao Zi didn't know, but he only knew one thing, he felt bad.

In the next week, Lao Zi rarely went out and stayed at home.

When he felt that Ohnoki should have completed the investigation, he went to the Tsuchikage Building again.

This time it was not as tense as the last time, Lao Zi applied in advance.

"I sent people to ask all the ninjas of the Grass Country except you, and everyone said that they had never heard of similar orders. Do you have anything else to say?" Ohnoki didn't waste time and directly told the result.

Lao Zi looked at Ohnoki in silence without saying anything.

What else could he say, blame those ninjas who heard the order for death? Or go to those ninjas who broke through and ask them one by one?

"You should be honest next time, listen to orders and do your tasks well, learn from Han, and everything will be fine." Ohnoki said soothingly.

During the war, it is impossible for Iwagakure to suddenly change the Jinchūriki, which is equivalent to cutting off one of its own arms.

It is not a simple matter for the Jinchūriki to control the power of the tailed beast.

"Remove the surveillance on me." Lao Zi said expressionlessly.

After listening to Ohnoki's words, he finally understood what the top leaders wanted to do. Killing his companions was just an excuse. The top leaders just wanted to punish him.

If it were in the past, Lao Zi would have just endured it.

After all, this is the village that gave birth to him and raised him. He has to repay the kindness of Iwagakure.

But this time Lao Zi really couldn't stand it. He was acting according to the orders of Iwagakure, but the top leaders were still dissatisfied and wanted him to be more obedient.

Lao Zi felt that he had done his best for Iwagakure. If it weren't for the Four-Tails helping him this time, his result should be death on the battlefield.

He has already paid back the life of Iwagakure, and his current life was given by the Four-Tails.

Ohnoki frowned slightly. Why can't he understand what people say at all.

"If you behave well in the future, no one will interfere with your life. I am the Tsuchikage." Ohnoki reminded.

As the Tsuchikage, he has enormous power. It is just a matter of his words to decide whether to monitor or not.

"If you don't withdraw your surveillance of me, you will regret it in the future."

After saying that, Lao Zi turned around and walked towards the office door, ready to leave the Tsuchikage office.

The higher-ups wanted him to become a task machine that only obeyed orders, but Lao Zi didn't do what they wanted.

If Ohnoki still sent the Anbu to monitor him, Lao Zi would not kill the Anbu, but he would leave the Hidden Rock Village directly.

He couldn't kill innocent Hidden Rock Ninjas, so he simply went to other places without seeing them.

Bang!

The door of the Tsuchikage's office was shut heavily.

Ohnoki's face darkened. After being the Tsuchikage for so many years, Lao Zi was the first person who didn't give him face like this.

A mere human pillar of strength.

"Remove the Anbu currently responsible for monitoring him, and let the squad leader do it himself!" Ohnoki called the Anbu and ordered.

As the shadow of a village, if he was really threatened by Lao Zi, where would the Tsuchikage's majesty be.

So he not only had to continue to monitor Old Purple, but also had to send more people to monitor, and let the elite Anbu monitor.

"Old Purple, report to me immediately if there is any unusual movement."

Onoki thought that Old Purple was following the orders of Iwakura before, but now Old Purple's performance made him think that it might also be affected by the tailed beast chakra. This temper is too explosive.

On the other side, Old Purple, who walked out of the Tsuchikage building, sighed.

Although just now he thought that if there were still Anbu monitoring, he would leave Iwagakure.

But Iwagakure is his home after all, and Old Purple became confused when he thought about leaving Iwagakure.

Where will he go after leaving Iwagakure? What will he do after leaving Iwagakure?

Don't think, don't rush. When Old Purple thought about it, he found that his life was particularly empty. He couldn't think of what he could do after leaving Iwagakure.

"Since you don't know where to go, why not go everywhere?" Old Purple had the idea of ​​traveling around the ninja world.

Usually, he went abroad to carry out missions, and didn't feel in detail how the life in other countries was different from the Land of Earth.

"In this case, the first stop can be the Rain Country. I can meet the ninja master Sosuke who has thousands of disciples and see what a country that has been shrouded in rain for a long time looks like." Lao Zi thought to himself.

The major events that Sosuke had done were well-known in the entire ninja world, and Lao Zi had also heard a lot of Sosuke's legends.

There were very few people that Lao Zi admired, but if Sosuke was exactly the same as the legend, then Sosuke could be considered one of them.

"Don't think too much about it. Maybe, Oonoki will respect my decision to withdraw from the Anbu."

Lao Zi found that he had thought too much, so he shook his head and returned home.

For him, the best choice was of course to stay in the Hidden Rock Village. After all, if he went out, it would not be so easy to come back.