Chapter 589 A Spontaneous Trip

Land of Earth, Iwagakure Village.

Lao Zi prepared dinner for himself at home as usual.

He learned to cook when he was very young.

But it was not because Lao Zi was born sensible, but because his parents died before he could remember, and cooking was a survival skill for him.

In fact, it was also related to the status of Jinchūriki. As a Jinchūriki, Lao Zi was basically hated by everyone in Iwagakure Village.

Although he didn't eat anything with added ingredients, Lao Zi had no appetite when he saw those people with stinky faces.

So Lao Zi basically bought vegetables and cooked for himself.

After all, Lao Zi could choose vegetables by himself when buying vegetables, without worrying about buying bad vegetables.

However, Lao Zi, who had rich cooking experience, made many mistakes today. The fish was burnt and the seasoning of the soup was a mess.

"Oonoki, is this your choice?" Lao Zi finished eating the burnt fish with a complicated expression and drank a bowl of vegetable soup with too much salt.

The Anbu did not disappear, but just replaced a batch.

Thinking from a darker perspective, perhaps it was a stronger Anbu who prevented him from really escaping.

Lao Zi sighed deeply and began to clean up the dishes.

"Are you leaving?" Lao Zi asked the Four-Tails in his heart.

Lao Zi was still hesitating.

He was not an indecisive person, but this was a big deal, a big deal for both him and the Hidden Rock Village.

Lao Zi was stubborn, not without thinking ability.

If he ran away at this time, it would be a big blow to the Hidden Rock Village.

Jinchūriki is not only a top combat force for the ninja village.

Jinchūriki has an extraordinary suppressive power over the ninja troops.

The Tailed Beast Ball that can easily destroy a mountain, the Jinchūriki with the ability to completely transform into a Tailed Beast can come several times in a row.

If it were a ninja, even those top-level masters who are well-known in the ninja world would not be able to do this, because the chakra gap between humans and Tailed Beasts is too big.

"Although I am in your body, if you leave, it means I will leave too, but my suggestion is that you decide for yourself." The Four-Tails replied.

From his own perspective, the Four-Tailed Beast tends to leave the Hidden Rock Village.

He is a tailed beast with self-awareness, and of course he is unwilling to be imprisoned by the Hidden Rock Village and used as a weapon.

But the Four-Tailed Beast recognized Lao Zi, and he did not want to interfere with Lao Zi's choice.

Otherwise, Lao Zi will feel regret for leaving in the future, and he, the person who helped to make the decision, will be a little embarrassed.

"I just asked you because I couldn't make a decision myself." Lao Zi said helplessly.

If he could make a decisive decision, he would not ask the Four-Tailed Beast.

"You don't have to do this. In fact, there are only two options. One is to stay and the other is to leave. If you want to stay, stay. If you want to leave, leave." The Four-Tailed Beast enlightened.

Lao Zi fell into deep thought. Although the Four-Tailed Beast's words seemed like nonsense, they did point out the core.

Maybe he didn't need to consider so complicatedly, whether he would be wanted and hunted down after leaving.

What he really had to consider was whether he wanted to stay or leave.

At this moment, many memories emerged in Lao Zi's mind.

He remembered himself who worked hard to practice when he was a child.

Because of his status as a Jinchūriki, he was disliked by the ninjas and residents of the Iwagakure Village.

So at that time, Lao Zi thought, if he could control the power of the tailed beast, would everyone treat him as an ordinary person?

If he could control the power of the tailed beast, he would not go berserk. In a sense, he was just a ninja with more chakra.

However, the facts proved that hard work does not necessarily lead to success. The attitude of the Iwagakure Village and the residents towards him did not change because of this.

Of course, it is not to say that there was no change at all. After he became stronger, not many people dared to show their displeasure to him.

But the change that Lao Zi wanted was not such a change.

Then Lao Zi thought of the recent war again.

He entered the complete tailed beast according to Iwakura's order and used the tailed beast jade to lead the ninja troops to successfully break through.

In fact, Lao Zi did not think about getting rewards at the beginning.

Although he successfully led the troops to break through, this way of breaking through, even if he acted according to Iwakura's order, is still not something that can be praised.

Because there was not only the blood of the enemy on their retreat, but also the blood of his companions.

But he really didn't expect that he would be monitored because of this, and he didn't withdraw even after he explained everything.

Sometimes Lao Zi would think that if he didn't listen to Iwaku's orders in that battle, didn't completely transform into a tailed beast, and didn't use the tailed beast jade on the ninja troops, he might still be called a war hero after his death.

Instead of leading the troops to successfully break through, he became a monster who killed his companions.

The conversation with Ohnoki in the office, the discussions heard on the street, and the weird eyes of others, all these memories appeared in Lao Zi's mind.

The confusion on Lao Zi's face disappeared. Now that things have come to this, there is only one answer.

"I want to leave." Lao Zi said firmly to the four-tailed beast.

After saying that, Lao Zi seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden, and the whole person was relieved.

After thinking carefully, Lao Zi found that he didn't need to find a reason to leave, and he had almost no reason to stay.

What could he stay for?

For the Anbu who monitors him? For the Iwagakure ninjas and residents of Iwagakure Village who don't treat him as a human? Or for Ohnoki who wants to train him into a tailed beast weapon without emotions?

"Haha, it seems that you have completely figured it out in your mind." Siwei smiled with relief.

The Four-Tails knew everything that happened to Old Purple, and he had been watching silently in Old Purple's body.

He watched helplessly as a good boy who worked hard to improve himself gradually turned into a lonely and stubborn adult.

In the eyes of the Four-Tails, Old Purple did not owe Iwagakure anything, but Iwagakure owed Old Purple.

Old Purple did not become a Jinchūriki because he begged Ohnoki to become one.

Moreover, Old Purple also performed many tasks for Iwagakure, and after the war began, he also fought for Iwagakure many times.

In the eyes of the Four-Tails, Old Purple and he were essentially no different, both were poor people restricted by Iwagakure Village.

It's just that the Four-Tails did not come from Iwagakure Village, while Old Purple was born in Iwagakure Village.

"Let the old man Ohnoki regret it." Old Purple put away the washed dishes and smiled.

Today he would let Ohnoki know that he, Old Purple, was a man who kept his word.

Then Old Purple walked out of the door and read quietly in the yard.

He planned to leave late at night.

Although he was leaving, Lao Zi had no intention of making a big fuss. Those Iwagakure ninjas and villagers were annoying but not worthy of death.

His leaving the village was a big trouble for Iwagakure Village, so there was no need to create more trouble.

As time passed, the Iwagakure Anbu who was monitoring Lao Zi felt a little strange, because Lao Zi read for too long this time. Lao Zi would not read for so long in the yard normally.

However, this change was too small to be considered abnormal, so the Iwagakure Anbu did not contact Ohnoki, but just recorded it.

"It's almost done." Lao Zi looked at the completely dark surroundings and closed the book, walked back to the house and put the book back on the bookshelf.

This is his home after all, and he can't leave in a mess. Maybe he will have a chance to come back and live in the future.

After cleaning the house, Lao Zi went straight to the hidden place of the Iwagakure Anbu.

He was worried that there were perceptive ninjas among the monitoring Anbu, and he might be discovered immediately if he left directly by earth escape.

"They found out?" The Anbu was slightly stunned when he saw Lao Zi coming over without any concealment.

He knew the reason why he was replaced, but he didn't expect Lao Zi's anti-reconnaissance ability to be so strong that he found them again so quickly.

"Lao Zi, what do you want to do? Attacking the Anbu is a serious crime." The Anbu appeared and warned.

He didn't panic. The Anbu who were discovered in the last wave did not fight with Lao Zi, so he thought Lao Zi would not attack the Anbu.

Lao Zi smiled. He was ready to leave the Hidden Rock Village, and he wanted to use this to scare him.

Whoosh!

Lao Zi didn't say a word, and he exploded the huge chakra in his body and flashed behind the two Hidden Rock Anbu, swinging a heavy hand knife.

Bang! Bang!

The two Hidden Rock Anbu fell to the ground.

After knocking out the Anbu, Lao Zi hid them, then quickly escaped underground and rushed towards the outskirts of the Hidden Rock Village.

Lao Zi didn't know the skills to knock people out, and the success of knocking people out depended on strength.

However, because Lao Zi didn't want to kill anyone, he deliberately controlled his power, which led to Lao Zi not knowing how long the two people could be knocked out.

For the sake of safety, it is better to run away early.

In order to help Lao Zi escape from the Hidden Rock Village, the four-tailed beast wholeheartedly refined chakra to assist Lao Zi, allowing Lao Zi's strength to reach the peak.

The four-tailed beast is also very excited now. After being captured in the Hidden Rock Village as a power bank for so many years, he finally got out.

After rushing out of the Hidden Rock Village, Lao Zi returned to the ground and looked back at the hometown where he had lived for decades.

When he first thought about leaving the village, his heart was full of entanglement.

When he figured out everything, he still felt a little reluctant to leave the Hidden Rock Village.

But when he knocked out the Anbu, Lao Zi felt a burst of joy in his heart.

Now that he is outside the Hidden Rock Village, Lao Zi only feels extremely happy, without a trace of regret in his heart.

"Oonoki, I hope you don't get constipated by anger, haha."

Lao Zi laughed and burst out chakra to continue moving forward at high speed.

There was no one in the Iwagakure Village that he cared about, and no one cared about him. Thinking about it carefully, it was indeed not worth remembering.

On the other side, the night shift members of the Iwagakure barrier team noticed that someone broke out of the Iwagakure Village from underground, and immediately reported the information.

After waking up, the Iwagakure Anbu who was knocked unconscious also hurriedly passed on the information that Lao Zi attacked the Anbu.

"Sandaime-sama, it's not good!"

Hearing the voice of the Anbu, Ohnoki, who was originally sleeping, sat up suddenly.

"What happened?" Ohnoki quickly put a piece of clothing on himself and asked.

It was worth waking him up who was already asleep, it must be an extremely important matter.

"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki Lao Zi knocked out the Anbu who protected him and broke out of the village alone." The Anbu quickly reported.

"How dare he!" Ohnoki widened his eyes and clenched his fists.

He didn't expect Lao Zi to be so active. He just said that he would make him regret it during the day, and he escaped from the Iwagakure Village at night.

However, Ohnoki knew that it was not a question of worrying about Lao Zi's personality, so he immediately ordered in a stern voice:

"Send people to search secretly immediately, and notify the border team to let them search for Lao Zi together. Never let Lao Zi leave the Land of Earth!"

It would be more troublesome if the Jinchūriki ran away than if the Jinchūriki died in battle.

If the Jinchūriki died in battle, the tailed beast would be resurrected after a while. At that time, the tailed beast would be captured and a suitable ninja would be found to seal it into its body, and it would be a new Jinchūriki.

If the Jinchūriki ran away, the situation would be complicated.

If the Jinchūriki kept hiding in a corner and did not come out until the other party died, Iwagakure would lose a tailed beast forever.

If the Jinchūriki is abducted by other ninja villages, it will be even worse

These are things that Ohnoki cannot tolerate.

"Call all the ninjas who know about it and ask them to keep the escape of Lao Zi a secret and never let other ninja villages know about it." Ohnoki continued to order.

If Lao Zi had a little bit of brains, he would not show his identity as a Jinchūriki outside.

Because this is courting death.

The big ninja villages that don't know that Lao Zi has escaped will think of taking the opportunity to kill Lao Zi and make Iwagakure Village lose a Jinchūriki.

The ninja villages that know that Lao Zi has escaped may also have ideas about the tailed beast in Lao Zi's body.

In short, if Lao Zi dares to expose the identity of the Four-tailed Jinchūriki, there will be no good results.

This gives Ohnoki an opportunity to disguise.

Although Lao Zi ran away, he can pretend that Lao Zi did not run away, and Iwagakure Village still has two Jinchūriki.

Jinchūriki is not a super weapon that will be easily deployed.

As long as Lao Zi does not show up outside, the enemies of Iwagakure Village will have to consider Lao Zi's combat power when fighting Iwagakure.

"Yes!" The Anbu replied with his head down, and quickly left to carry out Ohnoki's arrangement.

"It's actually come to this." Ohnoki rubbed his brows with a headache.

He really didn't expect that Lao Zi would run away. This is the village that gave birth to him and raised him. Just abandon him?

Didn't listen to the Stone Will course at the Ninja School at all? Or was the teacher's teaching too bad.

"Should have taken this matter more seriously." Ohnoki sighed.

He regretted a little that he shouldn't have just changed a batch of Anbu at that time.

As far as the current result is concerned, he should have withdrawn the surveillance at that time, or greatly strengthened the surveillance force.

With Ohnoki's personality, he would lean towards the latter.

Today Lao Zi's request is not to be monitored, will there be other requests tomorrow?

Ohnoki doesn't want to compromise and eventually become a lawless Jinchūriki.

Since Lao Zi has made the move of defecting, he must have thought about it before.

A Jinchūriki who has the idea of ​​defecting and "accidentally killed" many companions on the battlefield, Ohnoki thinks that monitoring is the right choice.

However, even though Ohnoki didn't want to think about something, an idea flashed through his mind.

Perhaps, it wasn't just Old Purple who was stubborn, he was the same.

If one of them wasn't so stubborn, the result would be different.

Ohnoki quickly changed his clothes and rushed to the Tsuchikage Building.

There was no point in thinking about all those random things. Old Purple had already defected, and no matter how he assumed, this fact would not change.

What he needed to consider most now was how to minimize the impact of this incident on Iwagakure.