Chapter 789: , The Starry Sea of Freedom!

"Stop!"

One of the Mist ninjas blocked Kurotsuchi's path and let out a sharp shout; Kurotsuchi's heart skipped a beat, and cold sweat broke out instantly.

Could it be that she had shown a flaw somewhere and been discovered by these two Mist ninjas?

One step! Just one step away!

She was just one step away from escaping her prison, and it had to happen at this moment!

Kurotsuchi remained calm on the surface, but secretly she had gritted her teeth, ready to strike first at any moment.

"Please show your mission scroll."

One of the Mist ninjas said coldly, his gaze fixed firmly on Kurotsuchi's face, his whole body exuding an aura of strict vigilance. It was as if he would draw his blade immediately if Kurotsuchi dared to make any rash moves.

Kurotsuchi quickly understood the situation; it seemed her disguise hadn't been exposed, but rather these two ninjas were the gatekeepers of this village.

It made sense; for such a secret ninja gathering place, strict restrictions on entry and exit were normal.

Even for the Mist ninjas in this village, it seemed they couldn't enter or leave the village at will without a clear mission.

The good news was that the other party hadn't seen through her disguise and wouldn't attack her directly.

The bad news was that she couldn't possibly produce a so-called "mission scroll," and she would be exposed sooner or later.

"What should I do?"

Kurotsuchi clenched her fists, her heart pounding.

As time passed, the looks the two gatekeepers gave Kurotsuchi became increasingly strange, and the Mist ninja who had just shouted had already placed his hand on the weapon pouch at his waist.

Seeing that she was about to be exposed, Kurotsuchi had no other choice.

Thinking it over, the only method Kurotsuchi could think of was to fight to the death.

Just as Kurotsuchi was about to make a desperate gamble...

Suddenly, the expression of one of the gatekeeping ninjas became somewhat strange.

"Snap!"

He suddenly reached out and placed his hand on his companion's arm, stopping his companion's next move.

The gatekeeper's sudden stop made his companion frown; he immediately looked over, only to receive a stern look from the gatekeeper.

The tacit understanding from years of cooperation made him instantly understand his companion's deep meaning; in the next second, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes, and he slowly moved his hand away from the weapon pouch.

Subsequently, the gatekeeper who had stopped his companion's action gave Kurotsuchi a smile that looked somewhat strange.

"Haha, so it's Brother Kameda."

"I don't know what's wrong lately, my eyes haven't been good."

"I didn't recognize you, don't take it to heart."

The gatekeeper familiarly gave Kurotsuchi a smile, the change in attitude before and after being extremely stark.

Kurotsuchi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, thinking to herself how close that was.

She only now learned that the identity she was disguised as was named "Kameda."

Looking at it this way, this Chunin named Kameda was an old acquaintance of this gatekeeping ninja.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, you're just doing your duty."

Not caring about anything else, Kurotsuchi quickly waved her hand at the gatekeeper, pretending to be generous and polite.

Subsequently, the two stood in place and exchanged a few more pleasantries.

"Since it's Brother Kameda, then there's no need to look at the mission scroll; you can just go out directly."

"Take care, I wish you a smooth mission, Brother Kameda."

The gatekeeping ninja enthusiastically patted Kurotsuchi on the shoulder and then made a gesture to let her pass.

Seeing this, the other gatekeeper remained silent throughout, just faintly moving aside to indicate his reassurance.

Seeing this, Kurotsuchi finally let her guard down completely; she never expected such an unexpected turn of events to occur. "When you think there is no way out, you find a new path"—this saying was indeed not false at all.

Since the other party was no longer pestering her, Kurotsuchi was naturally happy to oblige; after thanking them, she immediately said goodbye and then left quickly without looking back.

Because for Kurotsuchi, what lay ahead symbolized the starry sea of freedom!

Leaving this Mist ninja stronghold, the Ninja World was vast, and she could go anywhere.

At worst, she could find a way later to look for the "way home."

The top priority was to quickly "escape the devil's clutches."

Without delay, Kurotsuchi, like an arrow released from a bow, didn't care about finding her direction and sped away from the village behind her.

Before long, Kurotsuchi's figure disappeared without a trace.

Watching Kurotsuchi leave, the expressions of the two guards changed simultaneously.

"What exactly is going on? Why did you..."

Although, due to the tacit understanding cultivated between companions, the guard who had been stopped didn't choose to question immediately, he still chose to voice the question in his heart at this moment.

But before he could finish his question, his expression changed abruptly.

For some reason, the air to the side suddenly twisted and rotated, and then the space began to fade, immediately revealing the figure of a man in a white robe.

"No matter, it was I who let him pass."

A gentle and refined voice appeared in their ears, and the white-robed man spoke to them in a voice full of affinity.

It turned out that just now, when Kurotsuchi was about to be exposed, it was Mizunuki Ryosuke who used a Yin Release secret technique to transmit his voice to one of the two guards.

"Greetings, Lord Mizukage!"

Immediately, the two knelt on one knee simultaneously and bowed respectfully before Mizunuki Ryosuke.

"Get up."

Mizunuki Ryosuke smiled, and then he turned his eyes to the distance; that was the direction Kurotsuchi had fled.

What appeared here was not Mizunuki Ryosuke's main body, but the Ice Clone he had left here in advance.

The "escape plan" had not been able to deceive Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes; the reason Kurotsuchi was able to escape from here was inseparable from Mizunuki Ryosuke's "wholehearted assistance."

In other words, Kurotsuchi's escape was itself a result deliberately arranged by Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Otherwise, with just Kurotsuchi's meager skills, she wanted to escape from the Mist ninja stronghold?

"Run, run as far as you can."

Mizunuki looked at the direction Kurotsuchi fled, a flash of depth in his eyes, and a hint of a smile hidden at the bottom of his eyes.

Kurotsuchi at this moment was like the Monkey King in the palm of the Buddha; even if she ran outside the Three Realms, she couldn't jump out of Mizunuki Ryosuke's palm.

On the other side, Kurotsuchi, who had "successfully escaped," didn't bother to rest and fled at full speed in the direction she had chosen.

After an unknown amount of time, it wasn't until Kurotsuchi felt her chakra was slightly exhausted that she stopped.

At this time, Kurotsuchi had completely arrived at an unfamiliar location; although she hadn't left the Land of Rain, she was already very far from the Mist ninja stronghold where she had been imprisoned.

Only then did Kurotsuchi prepare to catch her breath and slow down her speed.

After another while, a town appeared in front of Kurotsuchi; seeing that the sky was getting dark, the tired and hungry Kurotsuchi planned to enter the town to spend the night.

Poor Kurotsuchi didn't know that danger was slowly approaching... ===== CHAPTER 791 =====