Escape! Part-3

{Training Ground 21, Konohagakure}

{7:07 PM, 27 March 78 Yrs}

"You really won't talk huh, fine I won't talk either..."Hiroshi grumbled when Ryoko once again placed the crate down silently before turning around to get the next one, there were no abnormal facial expressions on his face so Hiroshi guessed he was in the clear for now. He grabbed a crate quickly before rushing towards the warehouse, according to his calculations after observing Ryoko's routine for about 3-4 turns now, he takes around 20 seconds to get a crate out and then carry it to the spot where Hiroshi was responsible for transporting them into the warehouse.

'I have around 15 seconds where Ryoko doesn't see me, I need to do this step by step since I can't get all the clothes simultaneously.'

Bird → Tiger → Ram -> Snake

'Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique'

Hiroshi dipped into the ground and quickly traveled to the place where he left the body, the aftermath of leaving someone underground after using the Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique was they would be buried in fine sand, the Hiding Like a Mole Technique allowed him to move in the sand so he quickly removed the shirt before he popped out of the ground with the new shirt on before Ryoko left the caravan and arrived at their spot.

'Alright, the merchant boss came just a few minutes ago so he should be relaxing right now, I have some time before he comes in again to check in on us.'

During the next five minutes, Hiroshi used the Hiding Like a Mole Technique 3 more times to get everything that was visible from the body, the most important was the purse, a quick scan showed some bills along with the entry permit that he needed to exit Konoha if he wanted to go through the front gates.

The entry permit was the most important part of his plan, Hiroshi could have sneaked out of Konoha but there was just one problem with that, the barrier that surrounds Konoha is active 24/7, it can detect anyone entering and leaving it. Hiroshi wasn't sure if he could successfully escape if he tried the brute force method, the patrols around Konoha would surely catch him before he could make it far. Being part of a merchant caravan on the other hand would be the safest method, the guards at the gate should check for Henge which he should easily be able to pass since his transformation technique changed his body at the physical level, and his chakra reserves were empty so no sensor should be able to pinpoint that something was wrong.

'Now I just need a little bit of luck, the merchant boss must have hired a C-rank escort mission from Konoha, if it is a team of chunin or at least a team with no sensor or Hyuga then I'll be fine...'

Hiroshi opened the permit to gather some more information.

'''...Fujimura Jun'''

'''...19 years old'''

'''...Born in Hirabayashi Village 60 Km South-west of Konoha'''

'''...Entry Permit provided by Hizabashi Traders & Co.'''

Hiroshi clenched his fists in excitement, he was very close to his escape, he then walked out of the alley, it took some effort to consciously walk like a civilian, his footsteps needed to be audible as he took a look towards Ryoko who was shuffling a crate in the caravan while his main focus was on his clone still walking some distance away.

'So no Hyuga was probably watching me, otherwise, they should have figured out that that was just a clone, from what I know the Solid clone jutsu does not have a chakra network so just one glance from the Byakugan should have revealed him. Still, the Solid clone jutsu is quite good at being a decoy, it could bump into things and interact with the world which makes it the perfect bait because ROOT operatives should know that he couldn't possibly have learned the shadow clone jutsu.'

Now there were two ways for Hiroshi to leave, he could just run away right now go to the main gates and walk out but that way his new identity would be flagged as suspicious by Konoha, he didn't know if he had enough speed to rush away from the land of Fire before any messenger bird could alert the patrol stations. Or he could leave with the caravan, there was a risk in going through with this approach though since the merchant would surely hire a squad of Konoha shinobi to secure their travels.

'The entry permit was provided by the merchant so if I leave then it would be suspicious, plus since there were close to where my clone would be eventually be discovered, I don't want Jun Fujimuru's identity to be flagged as a suspect.'

The only way for Konoha to guess that he was Hiroshi would be if they DNA test everyone entering and leaving Konoha, which is just not possible, so I can take a little more risk, I just have to hope that the party they send to guard us are not good enough and I could escape their detection, I just need to keep picking up a fight with Ryoko and since he was a silent type it would at least be a little easy.

Hiroshi walked back to the stack of crates, visibly ignoring the silent Ryoko who was laboriously walking beside him with a heavy crate full of supplies. He then started to work on his part of the job, as minutes turned into an hour, it took the two of them a full hour to completely store things in the warehouse then they had to rearrange them according to the supplies they had.

Hiroshi hadn't said a word to Ryoko for the past hour as they worked silently, it wasn't that hard for Hiroshi to do any of this but Ryoko was visibly tired and a little frustrated when the merchant came back.

"Are you two done, I told you we have to leave today, we are half an hour behind schedule pick up your luggage and let's go. You can rearrange everything later after this trip, right now we need to at least reach Kano Town to rest, I can't afford another stay in Konoha's hotels right now the prices are really-" The merchant walked away muttering while indicating us to follow. Hiroshi simply followed Ryoko to pick up the bag that Ryoko didn't and looked inside to find an identical outfit to what he was wearing right now, a white shirt with a pair of black trousers and a pair of extra sandals.

The party of three slowly navigated out of the alley where a commotion was taking place, Hiroshi could see his clone repeatedly apologizing to a male who looked like he was drunk. It was a comical scene and several people were suppressing their laughter.

"I'm really sorry, it's my fault I wasn't looking..." Hiroshi's clone reiterated again.

"What the fuck do you mean you are sorry, you spilled my Junmai Ginjō, do you know how expensive this thing is..." the drunk yelled pointing to the bottle lying on the ground.

"I'm really sorry, it's my fault I wasn't looking..." Hiroshi's clone reiterated again, the clone looked like he was stuck in a loop he even made the same facial expressions while apologizing.

"I don't care how sorry you are mother*** come with me and pay for this shit-" the drunk yelled as he pointed towards the nearby alcohol shop.

"I'm really sorry, it's my fault I wasn't looking..." Hiroshi's clone repeated, the drunk was furious but before he could do anything a figure dressed in a dark shinobi outfit with a white mask appeared behind Hiroshi's clone, and blasted the clone apart with a puff of smoke. After a second of looking around the figure vanished from Hiroshi's senses leaving the streets bewildered.

'Okay so maybe the clones should not be instructed to talk... the intelligence of the Solid clone is not enough to hold a proper conversation with anyone, I just thought about apologizing once the clone bumped into someone while creating the clone, although the clone came up with the whole sentence on its own, it still looked like a flowchart going through a decision tree.'

"Don't worry all the great shinobi villages are like this, every day something like this keeps happening, maybe it was some genin pranking a drunk or something. Let's go the team that I hired should be waiting for us by the main gate, we are almost late so hurry up." The merchant said as the caravan started moving again through the crowded streets.

It took them 15 minutes to reach the main gates, there were several carts and caravans navigating through the crowded streets so it took them some time to get to it, they showed their entry permits at the main gates before finally leaving, Hiroshi took a deep breath of fresh air as he smiled before his smile froze as he scanned the team waiting for them. The whining of a teenage girl entered his ears as he looked at the energetic blond complaining to the son of the Third Hokage.

"Asuma Sensei, can you stop smoking, our client is here, you are making us look bad..."

Hiroshi looked at the 4 people who approached the merchant, his gaze staying on each of them for a moment before he looked at the hostlers for the chakra blade attached to Asuma's hips.

'Okay so maybe I need a better Part 3 for my plan...'

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AN- So now that I have a surplus of chapters I can relax a little bit, to refresh my mind I am starting to write chapters for my other Harry Potter Novel, if you wanna read it you can find it at w_ebnovel.com/book/harry-potter-the-spy_22724581005917805.

I would probably only upload one chapter a day for that! But it was one of my most interesting ideas, it isn't a simulation novel though so you can give it a try if you want!

P.S.- Read Chapter 50 - Uzumaki Fuinjutsu! Part 3 at my P.atreon- p.atreon.com/DesMark.