A few days later, Neji, who was specializing in Space-Time Ninjutsu, was approached by Shikamaru.
"Neji, Sasuke defected, Lady Tsunade asked me to find a few people I trust, we need your power!"
"Does it count as a mission?"
Shikamaru was stunned. "Forget it!"
"Then let's go!"
Just decisively close the door and leave. Shikamaru was stunned for a while, and Neji stopped and said.
"What, aren't you in a hurry?"
"Uh, anxious!"
"Why don't you leave then?"
Shikamaru quickly followed Neji, feeling strange in his heart, as if something was wrong.
What's wrong?
With questions in mind, Shikamaru then found Choji, Naruto, a few of them, and Neji.
Because Rock Lee was recuperating, Neji refused to let him go, and Undefeated Zhan Shino has been offline (on a mission), so they are the only ones now.
After Shikamaru quickly explained the task assignment, Sakura, as an interlude, cried and asked Naruto to bring Sasuke back.
Even though Sasuke has turned into a girl, Sakura's love for her has not stopped.
This made Naruto feel relieved that he would definitely bring Sasuke back. After all, he didn't want to either.
After all, it is very dangerous for a girl to be out alone!
He would never allow it.
Neji said in a deep voice, "Let's go!"
"Oh!"
Naruto responded and started to set off.
Rock Lee and Sakura watched the five people leaving, watching silently.
At this moment, Sound Four is far away from Konoha, surrounded by Sasuke, with Sakon as the leader.
"Sir Sasuke, is it okay to come here? We have already left Konoha."
This made Sasuke frown. "What do you mean?"
She had met these people before and had fought against them, and she was by no means their opponent.
Moreover, all of these people own [Curse Mark], and even told her that [Curse Mark] is not only [State One], but also [State Two].
Sakon explained, "Actually, Lord Orochimaru told us something."
"What is it?"
Facing Sasuke's confusion and warning, Sakon said slowly, "Then I have to let you die once!"
"Let me... die first?"
Sasuke was very puzzled by this, and Sakon took out a small bottle with pills in it from his pocket.
"This is Awakening Pill, please eat it first."
After some explanation, Sasuke understood that this [Awakening Pill] was to help him forcibly evolve [Curse Mark] and reach the [State Two] state.
And this kind of strengthening will cause [Curse Mark] to erode and die, so Sound Four is here for this.
Their Barrier Ninjutsu can suppress the side effects, allowing her to escape from death and fall into suspended animation instead.
After understanding, Sasuke swallowed [Awakening Pill] without too much hesitation and fell into a coma.
Sound Four also quickly set Barrier Ninjutsu, placing Sasuke in what can be called a [coffin].
"Four Black Mist Formation!"
"Sealing Black Technique!"
Finally completed, Sasuke faked his death in the [coffin]. Sound Four, who had not been away for long, encountered Konoha Ninja who had completed the mission.
Two of them, Shiranui Genma, recognized them directly. The battle was about to begin, but they fell into defeat.
After waiting for a long time and not returning, Shizune and others sensed something was wrong and found that two people were seriously injured. In the end, they chose not to track them due to lack of manpower.
In Shikamaru's temporary team, relying on their teeth and Inuzuka Clan's sense of smell, they are getting closer.
While tracking, Shikamaru suddenly thought about Neji's reaction. He glanced at Neji unexpectedly, his heart sank slightly, and he whispered.
"Neji, you already knew that Sasuke would defect, right?"
"Yeah!"
Sure enough!
The communication between the two was very quiet. It was obviously impossible for Shikamaru to let others know about this matter, especially Naruto.
Even if it was just a guess, he was already 90% sure, so he guessed it right.
"Why didn't you stop it?"
"I can't stop it."
Neji's answer made Shikamaru's heart sink even more. I'm afraid Sasuke really can't get her back.
"Then why did you agree to recover Sasuke?"
"Mission!"
"You..."
Shikamaru looked at the calm Neji and didn't expect that he would say such a thing. This was simply not like him.
Neji was silent for a while and only explained, "As a friend, I respect her choice."
This made Shikamaru silent. Do you respect her choice?
"Neji, sometimes as a friend, you can't just sit back and watch your friend go astray."
Saying this, Shikamaru left Neji and continued to follow without looking back.
Neji has Neji's choice, he has his choice, and Naruto follows Ya and Choji, they think the same as him.
They don't want Sasuke to go astray. As friends, they have the responsibility to pull her back and not fall into the quagmire.
Sensing Shikamaru's mood, Neji sighed in his heart. Their perspectives were different, and they saw the same thing.
If Sasuke had a choice, he would not choose to defect from Konoha instead of Orochimaru!
Neji understands that he cannot persuade Sasuke to return. He has four goals in continuing to come, a lot of experience, the blood stains of Sakon and Ukon, the blood stains of Kimimaro, and finally, delaying time.
Although he needs the blood samples of the two people for research, the key is to delay time, so as to give Sasuke time to grow and kill a wave of Orochimaru.
If they were just allowed to take Sasuke back like this, I'm afraid Orochimaru would forcefully hold on until the end and just change to Sasuke's body.
Then let's play GG with joy and laughter!
Soon, they entered the trap area left by the other party. After Shikamaru stopped Naruto from touching the trap.
Neji also sensed and pointed out the opponent's position. The opponent was resting at the moment, which also made Shikamaru think about strategies.
At this time, Sound Four used [State Two] to fight against Genma, which cost a lot, which made Sakon angry.
"Damn it, we are in such a hurry that we have to sit down and rest."
"There is nothing we can do about it. Using [State Two] to fight is too costly."
"The most terrible thing is that there will be no effort in a short period of time..."
"After all, we have to deal with two jounin. If we don't try our best, we will die."
Several people said one word each, and finally fell silent. They needed to recover, and on the other side, Shikamaru made plans.
Unfortunately, it was of no use because he didn't know the other party's information at all.
When peeking, the moment they gently lift the branches, the other party will know their arrival.
Neji said in a deep voice, "No need to hide, the other party has already discovered us, Sasuke should be in that [coffin]."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sakon came towards them with a Kunai and three Explosion Tag in his hand.
He raised his hand and flicked it, with a crisp sound, Kunai was bounced away and exploded to one side.
Sound Four, both looked at the two people who suddenly appeared. Among them, Sakon narrowed his eyes slightly, and the other didn't seem to be very weak.
"Interesting, it seems that we have encountered some tough problems!"