Konoha starts from the root

"Captain, there are survivors here."

Hearing this, Tianzang and the two people around him looked around.

That's right, the leader of these Konoha ANBU ninjas is none other than the current ANBU captain - Tenzo.

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Three months ago, Baiye attacked Kong Ninja Village, killing its leader Shennong and a large number of members, and finally let Fox and others blow up their aerial fortress, Ankel Bandian.

Although this matter was done very secretly, it was within the Land of Fire after all, so it didn't take long for Konoha's border patrol force to discover it.

After that, Konoha ANBU began to investigate.

Soon, they determined the location of this secret stronghold.

Then, there was a large-scale manhunt, and some Kong ninja who did not participate in the meeting were found. They were either killed during resistance or captured alive. After strict interrogation, they were imprisoned.

However, as to who destroyed the Kong Ninja Village, until now, Konoha does not have a definite answer.

In view of this, Konoha deployed a squad of ANBU ninjas near the ruins of Kong Ninja Village for long-term surveillance.

Anyone who comes near this place, no matter who they are, will be investigated in detail.

Their purpose is simple, that is, wait and see, hoping to find clues about the person behind the scenes. Even if the possibility of the other party appearing again is slim, they still have to try.

An accident did not happen, and the development of things was in line with common sense.

It has always been very peaceful here. People who occasionally come nearby have found nothing unusual after investigation.

Originally, three months was already the deadline. If there were no abnormalities, they would evacuate.

However, just today, something unusual happened in a village not far from here. A monster suddenly appeared in the village.

By the time they arrived, everyone was dead.

After a fierce battle, the four were defeated, and two of their companions died on the spot. The remaining two managed to escape, and then returned to the village as quickly as possible and passed the information to the village.

Then, under the orders of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tenzo led two ANBU squads and rushed here without stopping.

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Just as Tianzang was about to walk towards the red-haired girl who woke up leisurely, he suddenly felt a malicious chakra.

In just an instant, he locked onto its source.

It was the red-haired girl.

At this moment, the girl's arms had turned light purple, and she was quietly reaching out to the ANBU ninja who was supporting her.

At this critical moment, Tenzo directly raised his hand and performed Muji Ninjutsu, Water Release and Water Wave Hand.

At the same time, he shouted: "Crow, be careful."

I saw a stream of water rushing out of his hand like a wave, and in the blink of an eye, the red-haired girl was knocked away.

However, although her body fell far away, her arms were stretched several meters, still entangled with the ANBU ninja.

"Hee~, hee~, hee~"

The girl stood up slowly, lowered her head, and let out creepy evil laughter from time to time.

Tianzang gestured to everyone not to act rashly.

Then, the girl retracted her arm and raised the captured ANBU ninja in the air.

The next moment, she suddenly raised her head, her eyes as dark as ink making everyone's scalp numb.

She took a deep breath and said slightly intoxicated: "Ah~, what delicious food!"

What kind of sound is this?

Hoarse, dry, but full of greed.

What's even stranger is that she is obviously just a little girl, but her voice sounds like a middle-aged man talking.

Then, she exerted slight force on her palms, increasing the speed of absorbing chakra.

However, at this moment, the ANBU ninja caught in his hands turned into a ball of chakra smoke.

Obviously, this is a shadow clone.

Immediately afterwards, a figure walked out from behind the stone pillar on the side, it was the ANBU ninja.

It turned out that due to Tianzang's timely reminder, he had used the shadow clone technique before being attacked, and at the same time took the opportunity to hide his whereabouts.

"Captain, she can absorb chakra through contact."

After receiving the feedback from the shadow clone, Crow immediately told the information.

The girl looked at the ANBU ninja codenamed Crow, realized that she had been deceived, and let out a long roar.

At the same time, a huge burst of chakra burst out from the body.

The chakra that was so rich that it was almost like substance enveloped her, and in the blink of an eye she transformed into a purple monster about twenty meters long, shaped like an earthworm.

On its head, there is a white mask with a simple mouth, nose and eyes, and the word "zero" written on it.

It is Zero-Tail who has been resurrected from the dead.

The mask that Bai Ye decomposed using Dust Escape also appeared on its head again.

Zero-Tail is an aggregation of dark chakra that exists based on human beings' negative emotions.

As long as there are still people who know the Forbidden Technique Zero-Tail Technique, they can create a Zero-Tail. To a certain extent, it is also immortal, but it will lose its memory every time it is reborn, which is equivalent to a new Zero-Tail.

As for that red-haired girl, it is Shennong's disciple-Amaru.

Due to some arrangements by Shennong, by chance, the dead Zero-Tail was reborn in her body.

But she couldn't control Zero-Tail, so she killed everyone in the village under Zero-Tail's temptation and erosion.

At this moment, her consciousness was once again invaded by Zero Tails, and she transformed into Zero Tails.

"Jie Jie Jie, I like the dark aura in you very much, come on, merge with me!" Zero Tail's weird voice seemed to go beyond the ears and directly sounded in everyone's hearts.

Immediately, everyone felt a little dazed.

"Everyone be careful!"

At this moment, Tianzang's loud shout made everyone wake up.

Looking at the soft and boneless arms on Zero Tail's body, Tenzo said again: "Keep the distance and carry out long-range attacks."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the ANBU ninjas around them retreated, and after pulling away, they either used ninjutsu to attack, or used ninja tools to attack with detonating talismans.

During this period, Zero-Tail also continued to separate its arms to fight back.

However, the ANBU ninjas brought by Tenzo this time were the weakest and the special jounin. With their cooperation, Zero-Tail's attack could not be effective at all.

What's more, there is Tenzo, an elite jounin, checking for leaks and filling in the gaps.

In a short period of time, all Zero and Tail will be suppressed.

Tenzo looked at the crazy-looking Zero-Tail and murmured: "The Third Generation-sama guessed it right, it is indeed Zero-Tail."

The Zero-Tail Technique was originally a forbidden technique developed by Konoha. When the two Anbu ninjas sent the information back, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, guessed what the monster they were talking about was.

Therefore, Tianzang was asked to come in person.

Nothing else, just because Wood Release is miraculous in dealing with chakra creatures like tailed beasts.

Moreover, after learning that the target of the 'Akatsuki' organization was the tailed beast, Sarutobi Hiruzen handed over various wood escape ninjutsu collected by Konoha and some training experience left by Senju Hashirama to Tenzo .

It can be said that Tianzang's current strength is much stronger than Baiye expected.