60 My acting skills are above yours

Word count 2,730 excluding this.

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In the early morning, the sky was just getting bright.

"Did you find them?"

"Sorry, Jiraiya-sensei, I couldn't find them."

Minato, who followed Jiraiya in the southern valley of the River Country, just shook his head slightly in the face of Jiraiya's question.

"Damn it, I didn't expect a mission to be like this."

Jiraiya also hit the nearby tree with his fist, gritted his teeth bitterly.

He was not worried about Sakumo, because the mission information on Sakumo's side had not been tampered with. The problem was the other three people, who had completely fallen into the trap of the root.

Because he didn't know what Root would do, Jiraiya also didn't know what Root was going to do with Sakumo's three subordinates.

In any case, it was all because of his own momentary mistake that caused the three of them to fall into this situation.

But who would have thought that Anbu, who is directly under Hokage, and there will be Root spies planted in Anbu?

Jiraiya really wanted to use this opportunity to thoroughly check the roots.

This is not a trivial matter. They even dare to tamper with hokage direct subordinates Anbu.

Anbu is responsible for confidential missions, as well as the safety of Hokage, there must be no accidents.

But thinking of the temperament of his Sensei Sarutobi Hiruzen, he is a person who loves his old friend very much. I am afraid that at most he will just give him a small warning.

"Please don't blame yourself, Jiraiya-sensei, maybe the three of them are auspicious and have their own destiny. All we can do is to find them as soon as possible, whether they are alive or dead."

Minato comforted Jiraiya and said.

"I know, I'm just complaining. Only the bottom of the cliff in front of me has not been searched. I have been there once with Tsunade and Orochimaru, and the terrain there is a bit complicated. Minato, be careful not to get too far away from me."

"yes."

Minato nodded his head.

Although he believes in his own strength, he still has a lot of immaturity compared to a Junin at the level of Sensei Jiraiya.

"I hope the three of them are fine, otherwise Uchiha..."

Jiraiya is not unaware of the situation in Konoha. Today Uchiha is the No. 1 family in Konoha, and He doesn't know how many Jōnins who own the 3 tomoe Sharingan in the family. One is very troublesome. If they are united together, they will definitely be able to easily suppress all the ninjas outside the Senju family.

Compared to Hyuga, who is conservative and gentle, Uchiha is mostly a group of rebellious guys.

If you make them angry, they will do anything to make you regret it.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya began to scold Danzo inside and out again in his heart.

•••

It was already early morning, but the fog covering the deep valley was too thick, which prevented the sunlight from penetrating below, and dispersed in the fog, leaving only a little halo.

In the pitch-black cave, only a fire was burning, dispelling the darkness and cold around.

On the stable ground of the cave, Ruri closed her eyes at this moment, her palms were tightly clutching her chest, her face was in great pain, she was panting with difficulty, and the breath she exhaled was very weak, as if her life was in danger at any time.

On her body, there is still an extremely violent aura of power that has not completely dissipated. It is the power called 'Sage Chakra'.

"How about it?"

Ayane asked worriedly.

This was the first time she had seen Ruri look so weak.

Her face was as pale as the color of a corpse, and the painful and difficult panting state left no doubt that her life might disappear at any time.

But considering the destructive power of the previous Fire Style Technique, it is natural to have such consciousness.

Although the power of the Fire Style Technique is still not comparable to the power of the tail beast seen before, it is by no means an invincible force that ordinary ninjas can resist.

Is it sage art? Ayane sighed inwardly.

I couldn't help admiring Ruri's boldness, but also felt ashamed.

In that case, the difficulty of being able to fuse natural energy with chakra can be imagined.

But Ruri did this, although it was very reluctant, but it is an undeniable fact that she used sage arts.

"It's very tricky, I need to do surgery immediately. Hold her down for me."

Shiraishi took out a scroll from the ninja tool bag, unwrapped the spell on it, and a medical bag appeared on the ground, which contained a complete set of medicines and surgical props.

Even with his superb medical ninjutsu, there are actually certain risks, but in the current situation, the more time is delayed, the more likely the optimal operation time will be neglected.

So, he can only take the risk of surgery.

"I see."

Ayane went to Ruri and knelt down, and pressed Ruri's body with both hands.

Shiraishi took a deep breath, and then, under Ayane's surprised gaze, rolled up Ruri's clothes, revealing her snow-white belly, and the clothes rolled up to her chest before stopping.

Ayane blushed suddenly.

"Don't be distracted, just hold her down."

Shiraishi's calm voice came.

"oh."

Ayane lowered her head, her face turning even redder.

Shiraishi ignored Ayane's wild thoughts and put his palm on Ruri's exposed abdomen.

Shiraishi closed his eyes, felt it a little bit, opened his eyes, his face became more and more dignified.

The chakra and natural energy in Ruri are very chaotic, especially the natural energy, which was originally in a gentle and stable state, but because of the sudden fusion of chakra, the power of Sage chakra ran wild in Ruri.

If you want to get Ruri out of danger, you can only extract natural energy from Ruri's body.

But the problem is, now that natural energy and chakra have been mixed together, the work of separation becomes dangerous.

Because of the power of Senjutsu, although Shiraishi conceived the final form, he never practiced it. It was just a hypothetical setting.

If it was just a matter of natural energy, Shiraishi could easily solve it.

Thinking of this, a trace of cold sweat unnaturally flowed from Shiraishi's face.

This is the only operation whose success rate cannot be determined since debut.

I hope that there is not much difference between his previous experimental data and the final form of Sage Mode.

Then again, the safest operation should be to extract the chakra and natural energy from Ruri's body. It is also the simplest and most effective operation to escape danger.

The question is whether Shiraishi's Chakra separation will cause the real death of the human body is still a hypothetical stage.

If the chakra in Ruri's body is drawn out along with the natural energy, even if the chakra is returned in the end, Ruri can't wake up, it will be a bit embarrassing.

If this assumption can be established, Ruri's current problem is very easy to solve.

The fundamental reason why Ruri fell into this state is because the natural energy and chakra fused with each other in the body, causing the Sage chakra to go berserk.

As long as all the natural energy and chakra are withdrawn, Ruri can naturally be freed from this danger.

But assumptions are assumptions after all. The operation of separating Chakra from the body is too risky, and the success rate is the lowest.

Therefore, Shiraishi can only separate the Sage chakra into natural energy and chakra first, and then extract the natural energy from Ruri's body.

To separate the natural energy from Ruri's body, you only need to use the art of fine extraction.

This high-level medical ninjutsu can extract the unfavorable factors in the human body, even avoiding surgery.

Therefore, Shiraishi only needs to know how to decompose Sage chakra into natural energy and chakra.

Shiraishi took out a syringe from the medical kit.

Inject the medicine inside into Ruri's body.

After injecting the potion, Ruri's complexion improved a lot, her panting was still a little weak, but it was much better than before.

Seeing this, Shiraishi began to operate.

During the operation, Ruri struggled violently several times, but was held down by Ayane.

In this way, Shiraishi only needs to concentrate on the operation of separating the sage chakra.

Painful muffled sounds continued to come out of Ruri's mouth. Even with anesthesia, it was still such an unbearable pain.

Time passed by like this, and Ruri's situation improved a lot.

Finally, a little blush returned to her face, and her breathing gradually stabilized.

Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief. Although he hadn't completely separated the Sage chakra, most of it had been decomposed. Next, he only needed to extract the natural energy from Ruri's body.

After returning to the camp, with complete equipment, the danger can be completely eliminated.

Dark green light began to linger on the palm of Shiraishi's hand, and he used the technique of extracting fine disease to extract the natural energy in Ruri's body.

At this moment, there seemed to be the sound of figures walking outside the cave, causing Shiraishi and Ayane's expressions to change slightly.

Ayane quickly used the remaining Chakra in her body to open her eyes, scanning the situation outside.

"Who is it? Sand ninja?"

"No. A root ninja."

Ayane gritted her teeth a bit.

If it weren't for the root ninja, the three of them wouldn't be so miserable and fall into this life-and-death situation.

"Are you going to be the last?"

Shiraishi murmured, a cold look flashed in his eyes.

The chasing force of the sand ninja was almost eliminated by the three of them, but it was unexpected that the ninjas at the root would follow them all the time.

"Before they were able to avoid your Byakugan, they knew very well that the observation distance of your Byakugan is five kilometers. They know a lot about our intelligence."

"Everything?"

"They don't know everything about me, otherwise Anbu, who is directly under Hokage, would have come to contact me long ago."

Shiraishi calmly analyzed.

According to Ruri's initial information, although Root is also a branch of Anbu, the leader is not Hokage himself, but Shimura Danzo, another senior elder of Konoha.

What the other party's purpose is, Shiraishi is still unable to judge.

Whether it was to eradicate Sakumo Hatake, the captain of Sakumo's team, or to target the three of them, Shiraishi didn't know.

"What should we do now?"

Ayane doesn't know what to do, she has very little chakra left, and she has not yet practiced natural energy, so she can't provide much combat power.

"Go out and meet them. Ruri is out of danger, so it doesn't matter if you interrupt the operation."

Shiraishi finished medical ninjutsu and put Ruri here.

Ayane nodded, and walked out of the cave with Shiraishi.

As expected, there were four figures standing outside, they were the Root Squad who had contacted the three of them at the beginning.

They wear masks of cold colors that make people feel uncomfortable, and their indifferent eyes are as ruthless as machines.

They stood in a row without moving, just staring at the two of them indifferently.

Just as one of them waved his hand and was about to attack, Shiraishi took a step ahead.

What he attacked was not the root ninja, but Ayane.

Pressed Ayane face down under her body, and twisted her hands behind her back.

"Shiraishi-kun!?"

Ayane was taken aback. She was exhausted and couldn't react at all, so she was crushed by Shiraishi.

Shiraishi said in a helpless tone: "Are you still unable to see the situation clearly? I didn't expect you to be such a stupid woman. I don't want to die with you, I want to live well."

After finishing speaking, he looked up at the root four, and said to the captain among them: "I am a medical ninja, the least threat to you, and the most useful. I am willing to join you, whether it is to control me with spells or poison control, I don't want to die. How about giving me a chance?"

That captain was really thinking about it.

Indeed, as Shiraishi said, he is the least threatening, and they are in urgent need of medical ninjas to conduct taboo human experiments.

As for whether Shiraishi will betray, in fact, there is no need to think about it at all. Once they get into their roots, freedom and so on will be beyond their control.

"I appreciate your self-knowledge, I will give you a chance."

Captain Ninja threw a kunai and stuck it at Shiraishi's feet.

"Kill the woman under you."

"Yes."

Shiraishi didn't hesitate. Although there was a momentary struggle on his face, it was quickly replaced by ferocity.

Pick up Kunai, aim at Ayane's neck and start stabbing.

However, a shuriken flew over and knocked out the kunai in Shiraishi's hand.

Shiraishi looked at the four Root people suspiciously, and it was one of them who interrupted his attack.

"Your determination is good, but it's not good to kill ninjas in your own village casually."

Captain Ninja said hypocritically.

After all,they want her alive . She has Byakugan, a blood succession boundary. Even if she is from a branch family, a living body is more useful than a dead body.

Moreover, there is not much Chakra left in the opponent's body, so there is nothing to worry about.

"Understood. I don't want to bear the notoriety of killing my own companions."

Captain Ninja is very satisfied with Shiraishi's awareness of current affairs.

I firmly believe that Shiraishi will make a good root medical ninja.

With this kind of belief, it is easier to live for a long time.

The two root ninjas walked towards Shiraishi.

Shiraishi consciously stood aside, raised his hands empty, showing a very cooperative and obedient gesture, without any threat.

"I didn't expect you to be such a person, To think Ruri and I trust you so much."

A root ninja took out a rope and tied Ayane's hands behind his back. Ayane glared at Shiraishi with resentful eyes.

"Compared to being alive, this kind of thing doesn't matter at all. This era is too bad. I am not like you who came from a wealthy family. Everything can only be obtained by my own efforts."

Shiraishi didn't want to argue.

Another root ninja also came behind Shiraishi, and also took out the rope and moved towards Shiraishi's raised gloves.

Pfft!

The root ninja who was about to tie Shiraishi's hands behind his back didn't notice anything, only heard the sound of the blade cutting his body, and his vision became darker and darker.

In the last moment of consciousness, he seemed to see a headless body, and hands holding ropes.

Is that my body and hands?

Illusion?

He fell into such thoughts, and his consciousness was interrupted here.

"Varied-"

There was also no time to react, the blade taken out from nowhere pierced through the root ninja standing beside Ayane, piercing his heart mercilessly.

The blade was pulled out from the root ninja's body, and it was stained with blood red.

At this time, the rope binding Ayane's hands was also cut, and she regained her freedom.

Holding the blood-stained ninja, Shiraishi smiled gently at the two remaining root ninjas:

"How about it, my sword skills are good? Although there is no way to compare with Sakumo-Sensei's sword skills, it is still possible to surprise all of you."

"You brat!"

impossible!

His chakra should have been almost exhausted!

And...how can a medical ninja be so fast?

Isn't he a medical ninja?

Even Jonin not everyone can reach this level.

Is this guy the most troublesome of the three? The shock in Captain Ninja's heart can be imagined.

But after being shocked, he fell into anger.

The smile on Shiraishi's face remained the same, and there was no other emotional change.

"It's a surprise, I actually saw anger in your eyes. I heard that you are just machines to complete tasks... Could machines have emotions? But please don't show such eyes, because my anger is far above yours now."