Chapter 826: Dai Shizhi Kakashi

The snow-covered fir forest was covered in silver and the wind was biting.

With the disappearance of the blizzard that lasted for nearly a day and a night, the world returned to white. In this almost pure white world, two figures were shuttling quickly between the trees.

Kakashi was wearing a tight combat uniform, and his silver hair was flying in the wind. After a whole day of repair, although his wounds had not healed, they did not affect his movements. However, after returning this time, he would have to stay in bed for at least a few days.

Behind him, Mu Qingzhi followed closely, his figure was like an elf jumping in the forest, and every step was light and agile.

Looking down at the enemies who were chasing him below and behind, Kakashi quickly formed seals with both hands while running, and with dazzling lightning condensed at his fingertips, the blue-purple lightning struck the enemies behind like an angry dragon.

Lightning exploded on the snow, creating dazzling white light. With a deafening roar, the enemy's figure was instantly submerged in the lightning.

At the same time, Mu Qingzhi rolled in the air, and the kunai in his hand fell behind him like a meteor. Each kunai was accurately embedded in the tree trunk, making a crisp sound.

The next moment, the detonating talisman nailed to the cedar tree by the kunai suddenly lit up white light. In the rolling blue-purple lightning, the cedar trees behind them were affected by the superimposed detonating talismans and fell down in pieces.

Before the start of this mission, Uchiha Itachi had purchased a lot of supplies. Anyway, Uchiha was rich and had abundant reserves of various items, including strategic resources such as detonating talismans.

Uchiha Itachi and Jia were evacuated secretly, so they didn't need these. Except for a small amount of necessary supplies, they left everything to them.

"Well... almost 10,000 taels have been spent again..."

Looking at the snowflakes behind her that were blown up by the explosion, Mu Qingzhi's mouth twitched slightly.

As a strategic material, the price of detonating talismans has always been high, especially in the current wartime background between Konoha and Kumogakure, the price of this thing has risen sharply.

Before, when she and Uchiha Itachi went to buy materials together, she asked about the price of detonating talismans. In the current market, the price of a single detonating talisman has soared to 3,000 taels.

This thing is simply not affordable for ordinary ninjas.

...Then Uchiha Itachi purchased a full 200 pieces in one go.

However, by now, almost 50 of the 200 detonating talismans have been used, which is 150,000 taels if converted into money.

This is not a fight, but a fight for silver...

"How is it, can you still hold on?"

Taking advantage of this short gap, Kakashi deliberately slowed down his speed and came to her side.

"I'm fine, but Kakashi-sensei, is your wound really okay?"

While throwing a few kunai with detonating talismans behind him, Mu Qingzhi turned his head and looked at the opponent's abdomen.

The opponent's wound had not healed, and now with this high-intensity and intense exercise and fighting, the opponent's wound has split again, and the blood has dyed the area around the clothes red.

In order to give Uchiha Itachi and Jia the opportunity to evacuate the Iron Kingdom safely, they must change the previous cautious hiding plan and make as much noise as possible.

Originally, Kakashi was still worried about what to do, but he didn't expect that before they could take action, the enemy had already come to the door as if they knew their whereabouts.

By now, they had been chased by the haunting Iron Country warriors for almost half a day. Even if they could find a way to get rid of them, they would reappear like a cat smelling blood in a short time.

"It's just a minor injury, it's okay."

Kakashi looked down at his abdomen and shook his head slightly.

"We have gained enough time. We can also declare a retreat next. We will...!!!"

Before he finished speaking, Kakashi's face changed slightly. Without even opening his mouth, he suddenly exerted force and took Zhi away from the spot.

The next moment, accompanied by a whistling sound that seemed to tear the air apart, a bushido thrown from behind cut the cedar tree they were originally on in half.

Not only that, the samurai sword continued to move forward, and after cutting a cedar tree, it continued to fly forward for dozens of meters. With a series of heavy objects falling down and the snow blowing up all over the snow, the cedar tree in front of them fell down.

Without a place to stand, Kakashi and Mu Qingzhi were forced to fall back on the snow.

"We can't let them get close to us again... Get ready."

Taking a deep breath, Kakashi twisted his body in the air, and without paying attention to the tearing pain from the wound in his abdomen, he turned around to meet the source, and his hands quickly formed seals, and then slammed on the ground.

"Earth escape, earth flow wall!!!"

Accompanied by Kakashi's low shout, a huge earth wall rose from the ground, blocking the sight of the chasing Iron Country warriors behind him.

Originally, the chasing warriors were somewhat disdainful of this earth wall that was used to block the line of sight, but just when the warrior who rushed to the front wanted to draw his sword to chop the earth wall in front of him, his face suddenly changed drastically when he saw something clearly.

But just when he was about to open his mouth to remind him, it was too late. The slash from his companions behind him had already slashed on the earth wall.

The next moment, the detonating tags that were densely nailed to the wall by dozens of kunai suddenly lit up a dazzling white light at the same time.

"Boom--!!!"

Accompanied by the violent roar coming from the cedar forest, the snow rolled up into the sky.

"One explosion costs hundreds of thousands of taels... War is really a money-burning thing."

Looking back at the results of the battle behind him, Mu Qingzhi secretly complained in his heart.

Not only the detonating tags consumed, but also the kunai thrown out are also money. Only a wealthy family like the Uchiha can afford such a money-burning style of play, otherwise ordinary ninjas can't even afford detonating tags...

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With the help of the hundreds of thousands of taels burned in one breath, Mu Qingzhi and the others successfully escaped the enemy's pursuit again. However, considering that the opponent has some unknown tracking methods, Kakashi has already launched a subsequent retreat plan when escaping from the cedar forest.

"Even if I have seen it many times, this illusion is still too magical."

Looking at the two shadow clones of them fleeing in the opposite direction from them, and then looking down at himself, Kakashi sighed softly.

Thanks to the opponent's unprecedented illusion talent, the shadow clones made by Zhi could not be seen through in the short term. In the past, they had done experiments in Konoha and even deceived the third generation Hokage.

Of course, the shadow clones that can be mistaken for real are not enough to support their retreat. After all, many movements cannot be concealed on the snow.

——The real decisive factor is the opponent's illusion that is so real that it can even deceive reality.

Looking back, Kakashi looked at where he came from.

They had just walked through the snow before, but at this time, there was no trace of their footprints on the snow. The footprints they left were there, but they were all covered by illusions. What was covered was not only those footprints, but also themselves.

Even if those warriors were now within 50 meters behind them, the opponent would never be able to see them. This is the power of the illusion that belongs to Zhi.

Kakashi has a hunch that if the opponent can put all his talents into the research of illusions, he may be able to open up a new field for illusions in the ninja world in the near future.

...What is the illusion in the ninja world now?

As a existence as famous as ninjutsu and taijutsu, these illusions now mainly attack the enemy's five senses and make them fall into illusions. Skilled illusion users can even manipulate the flow of chakra in the enemy's brain nerves at will.

Kakashi originally thought that the current illusions were perfect, but after seeing the illusions performed by Zhi, he suddenly felt that the original illusions had a lot of flaws.

The reason why everything is afraid of comparison is here.

...It's a pity that the other party didn't pay attention to the illusion at all.

"Well... This is not actually called an illusion, but a kind of mental illusion... Forget it, it's too complicated and I'm too lazy to talk about it. Let's find a place to rest first."

Shaking his head, Mu Qingzhi looked at Kakashi's abdomen, which was almost completely stained with blood, with a slightly subtle expression.

"If I don't bandage you, Mr. Kakashi, I'm really worried that you will bleed to death..."

Kakashi: "..."

Although there was a cover of Zhi's illusion, out of caution, Kakashi insisted on going to a secret place to receive the bandage.

Considering the direction of the warriors' pursuit, the place they finally chose was behind a large rock protruding forward on a cliff that could be used to avoid the wind and snow.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark. After almost a day of high-intensity running, Kakashi's injury, which had already improved, worsened a lot. The gauze used for bandaging had been completely stained red, and even deeply sunk into the flesh and blood.

It took a lot of effort before Mu Qingzhi helped the other party to re-bandage the wound. When she packed up the medical bag again, Kakashi's face was already pale.

"Hu...Okay, don't make any large-scale movements in the next few days, and then wait for the wound to heal slowly."

While waving his hand to burn the blood-stained gauze, Mu Qingzhi sat up again.

"After returning to Konoha and receiving medical ninjutsu treatment at the hospital, it will probably be completely healed in a day or two."

"Zhi, thank you very much."

Looking up at the girl in front of him, Kakashi's eyes vaguely flashed a hint of complex colors.

"It's just a wound, a small matter."

Waving her hand, the girl looked indifferent.

"We will camp under this big rock tonight. Teacher Kakashi, you sit here first, I'll go get some things around... um?"

As if she noticed something, she turned her head and looked behind her.

At the same time, Kakashi also quickly squatted up, picked up the kunai and assumed a fighting stance. Although doing so caused blood to ooze out of the wound he had just bandaged, he couldn't care less at the moment.

At some point, a figure wrapped in a black robe and wearing a strange spiral mask appeared on the edge of the cliff, and he didn't even realize when the other person appeared.

...No, or rather from the beginning to the end, the other party stood there and looked at them quietly.

"Why, can you still move?"

The eyes under the mask looked towards them, and the man in black robe's tone was full of evil.

"It seems that the professional standards of the people I hired are still not good enough."

"Are you the mastermind behind all this?"

While quietly protecting Zhi behind him, looking at the man in black robe standing on the edge of the cliff, Kakashi spoke in a deep voice.

And somewhere where the other party couldn't see... a drop of cold sweat slipped quietly from his forehead.

All he felt was a bottomless fear in the mysterious black-robed masked man in front of him. The sense of oppression that the other person brought to him was even deeper than the sense of oppression that Lord Hokage brought to him.

"The mastermind behind this? No, I'm just a client."

The corners of his mouth under the mask curved upward in a bad arc, and Obito looked at the two people over there with a downward attitude.

"My target is not you. Hand over the girl behind you and I can consider sparing your life."

Faced with his words, Kakashi did not respond at all. Instead, he whispered something to the girl behind him.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Obito's face suddenly turned cold.

He could see that Kakashi was clearly prepared to fight him to the death, even risking his own life to give that Uchiha Zhi a chance to escape.

...If you can do this now, then why could you just watch Lin die at that time?

"It seems that you still hold some unrealistic illusions in your heart."

On the ice-covered cliff, Obito's tone was terrifyingly cold.

"In this case, I have changed my mind. Originally, you only had to hand over the girl behind you, and I could spare your life..."

"But now, I want you to kill her yourself."