Uchiha You smiled slightly and said, "Okay, you all know the plan, so let's act."

"Oh, yes, I guess both of your teams received secret missions, one to monitor me, and the other to hold me back, right?"

The six ninjas were either confused, or pretending to smile, and no one showed the slightest flaw.

"Never mind. I don't care anyway."

"As long as you can keep up with my speed, I will let you complete the secret mission."

"As long as I can keep up..."

Before he finished speaking, Uchiha You disappeared.

After forming the golden elixir, Uchiha You ran at full speed for the first time, and everything was different.

The natural energy of the earth spirit supported his feet, and every step he took could get several times the strength from the earth.

The natural energy of the wind spirit surrounded him. He rushed past without raising any dust, and the wind could not blow even a single hair of his.

Uchiha You seemed to be sliding through the air, without feeling any wind resistance at all.

Therefore, his speed increased again and again, and soon exceeded the limit of what the human body could achieve, without leaving any trace.

This made the six Konoha ninjas who were chasing him extremely confused.

When Ino-Shika-Che spent most of the day crossing the Land of Fire and entering the Land of Rain, they had completely lost the possibility of tracking them.

After that, their target became the Root Ninja Squad that was faster and was chasing ahead.

It was very difficult for the three of them to pass through the chaotic Rain Kingdom. They carefully avoided all kinds of ninjas and it took them a whole day before they approached the Wind Kingdom safely.

At this time, Nara Shikasuke even suspected that Uchiha You was not in front, but had changed his route at some point and completely left them behind.

However, this conjecture was denied by a Root ninja after they reunited with the Root team.

When the Ino-Shika-Cho team entered the Great Desert of the Kingdom of Wind, it was already late at night, but Yamanaka Kaoru unexpectedly discovered that they had caught up with the Root team.

He told Nara Shikaku about this discovery, and then said, "The Root Ninjas seem to be waiting for us. I wonder what they want to do?"

Nara Shikaku nodded and said, "We all need to be careful. The Root ninjas do crazy things when they are outside the village."

Akimichi Kan and Yamanaka Kaoru both nodded in agreement.

The Nara clan performed mediocrely in combat and basically played a supporting role, but all of their family members were smart people who were scattered in various troops as advisers and were well-informed.

Because the Yamanaka clan is good at soul secrets, most of the intelligence departments are led by the Yamanaka clan ninjas. There are even many Yamanaka clan ninjas at the root, and they possess a lot of secret information.

The Akimichi clan had a very close relationship with them, as close as a family, so naturally they knew a lot more.

Ino-Shika-Chou were very aware of the existence of the Root Ninjas and their performance, so they were on high alert.

However, the reunion of the two sides went smoothly, and the Root Team did not cause any trouble.

Qiu Daokuan couldn't help but ask, "Why are you waiting for us here? Did you lose track of the target? Did that Uchiha really change his route?"

A Root ninja spoke up: "The target has not changed the route. He is right in front of us."

Qiu Daokuan questioned: "How did you know? We didn't find any traces along the way. What clues do you have?"

The Root Ninja stretched out his right hand, and dense parasitic insects swarmed out and crawled all over his hand.

It turns out that he was from the Aburame clan.

As insect manipulators, the ninjas of the Aburame clan are truly all-rounders.

The Aburame clan ninjas are particularly unique in their reconnaissance skills, and each Aburame ninja even has her own unique skills that are difficult for outsiders to understand and guard against.

The Root Ninja of the Aburame clan flicked her fingers, causing bright sparks of electricity to fly among the black parasites.

After carefully feeling these sparks, he said, "Everyone actually has the potential for lightning chakra. Everyone is emitting lightning chakra fluctuations all the time, and everyone is unique."

"Of course, this fluctuation is very weak and it is impossible for humans to feel it."

"Only my bugs can sense the faint fluctuations of lightning, detect the unique frequency of each person's fluctuations, and track them from a long distance."

"This whole road is filled with lightning waves left by the target. He walked along this road."

Qiu Daokuan asked again: "Really? Then why can't you catch up? I see you are very fast."

The Root Ninja of the Aburame Clan explained: "Because the target is moving faster, the distance between him and us has been steadily increasing since the beginning."

Akimichi Kuan shook his head and said, "So we can't catch up. Shikasuke, what should we do next?"

Nara Shikasuke spread his hands and said helplessly: "There is no other way. We have to continue tracking and rush to the Land of Demons as quickly as possible to confirm Uchiha You's information."

Then Nara Shikasuke looked at the Root Ninja of the Aburame Clan and asked, "Why are you waiting for us here?"

Another Root ninja replied, "Because when we got here, the target made unusual movements. We need your brain to figure out what happened."

Nara Shikasuke's eyes lit up and he asked, "What happened?"

The second Root Ninja pointed to a rock not far away and said, "The target used a ninjutsu on that rock."

Then the Aburame Root Ninja said: "Then he began to jump forward, from this stone to that stone."

Ino-Shika-cho followed the guidance of the Root Ninja and saw the rock hundreds of meters away. An expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

The impression given by the profession of ninja is not only their strong fighting ability but also their agility. No matter whether they are fat or thin, tall or short, they are all athletes who can run fast, jump high and far.

But no matter how far they jump, I have never heard of any ninja jumping farther than 100 meters.

What's more, a jump of hundreds of meters like this is not really a jump, it is clearly flying, or at least gliding in the air.

Nara Shikaku muttered, "Could that jutsu be some powerful secret technique?"

Yamanaka Xun moved closer to the rock and carefully felt the faint remnants of chakra.

He discovered that the remaining traces of chakra here had been there for at least a day, and the infection on the rocks was unusually shallow.

Yamanaka Xun's heart skipped a beat, which meant that Aburame Gennin was right. Uchiha You was much faster than they had imagined, and his control over chakra was also beyond imagination.

But no matter how thin the chakra traces were, only one day had passed after all, and he quickly outlined the framework of the ninjutsu in his mind.

"It's not a wind escape technique that assists jumping." Yamanaka Xun said loudly: "It's a summoning technique. He used a summoning technique here."

"Moreover, the scale of spiritualism is small, and the target of spiritualism is not big."

Nara Shikasuke shook his head, then nodded and said, "It should be the cat fairy in the cat castle. Uchiha You only has this summoning beast."

"It is said that the Ninja Cat Clan of the Cat Castle is born in the desert. They will never get lost in the desert and can even find hidden water sources. He performed the psychic technique here, probably hoping to get help from the Cat Immortal in all aspects."

The second Root Ninja nodded and said, "So that's how it is. Now everything is clear except why he can jump so far."

"Waiting for the Pig, Deer and Butterfly Team was definitely worth it."

He looked at Nara Shikaku and asked, "So what should we do now that we remember it?"

This question confused Nara Shikaku, and he asked back, "You want to join us?"

The Root Ninja replied seriously, "Yes, we will act with you."

"We have determined that the target is moving too fast. We cannot catch up with him. Moreover, the route we will take next is in the Wind Country. Konoha Village does not know much about this place..."

Nara Shikaku laughed and said hurriedly, "I understand. Without detailed intelligence support, it is easier to encounter accidents. The six of us ninjas gathered together to better deal with emergencies."

"Okay, let's act together."

"What should we do next?"

The Root Ninja looked at Nara Shikaku and said, "Before you reach the Land of Demons, all actions are up to you. This is the biggest reason why we are waiting for you."

This ninja actually handed over the command!

Nara Shikaku and his two companions looked at each other with incomprehensible surprise. This was not the style of the Root.

After the person in charge of the Root became Mito Kado En, his style of doing things was indeed no longer as crazy as it was in the Shimura Danzo era, but he was still arrogant and inhuman.

The Root's unique dark style did not change drastically, but instead infected the commander Mito Kado En, making him gloomy and fierce.

The power of darkness is indeed fascinating.

Although Nara Shikaku was surprised, since the power was given to him, he would not be polite.

He ordered the Root Ninja, "Set off now and hurry up."

"yes!"

"Also, from now on we will be active at night and stay indoors during the day, resting between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. every day until we leave the Kingdom of Wind."

"yes!!"

The six people formed a forward formation and followed Uchiha You's lightning wave traces at full speed.

They moved forward very quickly and the environment changed accordingly. The rocks and coarse gravel disappeared completely and all that could be seen was yellow sand.

They entered the heart of the desert.

But the ninjas had no time to care about the changes in the environment. The distance between the landing points left by Uchiha You was getting bigger each time, and now it had reached a distance of two kilometers.

After nine o'clock, the Root ninja from the Aburame clan suddenly signaled to stop.

After a while of checking the entrance, he said to everyone, "It's gone."

Qiu Daokuan was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What's gone?"

Nara Shikaku instantly understood what the Root Ninja meant. He pointed to the sky and said in surprise: "Did he really fly away?"

The Root Ninja shook his head and replied, "I don't know, but now that we are over five kilometers past the nearest trace, there should be no trace."

Nara Shikasuke sighed and said, "Although it's incredible, he should have flown away."

He turned around to look at Yamanaka Kaoru and asked, "Do you feel anything? Could it be that he used a flying ninja tool similar to the aerial ninja?"

"The air ninja who attacked Konoha Village in the last war?" Yamanaka Kaoru shook his head and replied, "Probably not. I didn't feel any chakra. It's not a ninjutsu or a ninja tool."

Nara Shikasuke frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said in surprise, "It's a fairy technique."

"Although it is difficult to understand, it can only be a fairy technique."

"For an Uchiha ninja to have a pair of three-magatama Sharingan is quite impressive. He can also jump so far and even fly, and use the power of senjutsu to fly."

"What a monster."

"That's right. A ninja who has the guts to yell at the Hokage must be a monster."

"It's just that a monster like this... is too much."

Nara Shikasuke's eyes gradually flickered, and he complained in a low voice: "The Third Hokage is really giving us such a 'good' mission."

When he addressed the Third Hokage, he intentionally omitted the customary "sir".

This was both a natural reaction of Shikasuke's bad mood and a test for his companions and the three Root ninjas.

He was surprised to find that no one noticed this.

Even Yamanaka Xun, who was always old-fashioned and attached great importance to etiquette, just frowned slightly.

Obviously, he agreed with Nara Shikasuke's change and agreed not to call the Third Hokage "Adult".

The Root Ninja's reaction was even more exaggerated.

Although there was always a strange smile on their faces, it was obvious that they were wearing some kind of soft mask of disguise and certainly did not reveal any expression.

But their subtle movements also reflected their disappointment and dissatisfaction with the Third Hokage.

Nara Shikasuke was even more surprised. He knew that with the return of Lord Orochimaru, everyone could see the problem in the almost face-to-face comparison.

The Third Hokage is old.

He is no longer the convincing "ninja hero".

But even the Root ninjas had similar reactions, which shocked Nara Shikasuke. He couldn't help but decide in his heart that he must have a good talk with the clan leader after returning to the village.

It is time for the Nara clan to change their stance. They can no longer put everything on the side of the Third Hokage. It is also time to make some arrangements in advance.

No matter how intense his mental activities were, Nara Shikasuke did not show the slightest sign of abnormality.

He waved his hand and said, "Keep going. There is no way to track us. So we will go to the Land of Ghosts as planned."

…

While the six Konoha ninjas were struggling in the desert, Uchiha You had already flown to the Land of Demons and slowly landed in front of the shrine where the mission was taking place.

Miwa Masayo jumped down from the poop shoveler's shoulder, stretched out on the ground, and said with satisfaction:

"You're flying is awesome, meow. It's fast and steady, and you don't have to worry about the wind or the rain."

“It’s just a little slow to master.”

Uchiha You smiled and said, "That's still slow. It took me two hours to master fast flying. Otherwise, I would have to float over here slowly like a balloon."

"Hehe, when I learn to fly, it won't take me so long."

"Okay, I'll wait and see."

As they spoke, they walked to the gate of the shrine and explained their purpose to the old priestess guarding the gate.

Soon, an official dressed like a priest walked out. When he saw Uchiha You in a gray-blue coat, he was stunned for a moment.

Then he looked around and confirmed that there was no one else, then he asked, "Are you really a ninja from Konoha Village?"

Uchiha You nodded, took out the mission documents and handed them over.

The official read the document, but still looked suspicious, muttering: "How come the people of Konoha Village don't wear forehead protectors like wandering ninjas?"

"Isn't this a fake?"

Uchiha You was very familiar with the tricks of bureaucrats, and was able to use them skillfully when facing the Third Hokage, making the Third Hokage feel very uncomfortable but unable to say anything.

Therefore, he was too lazy to argue with such a bureaucrat and directly ordered: "Take me to see the witch."

When the plain voice reached the official's ears, his head immediately became dizzy and all his thoughts stopped. Only one voice echoed in his mind.

"Take this man to see the witch."

These words had an irresistible power. The official immediately turned around and took Uchiha You towards the depths of the shrine.

The witch is the national leader of the Demon Kingdom.

The shrine maiden also possesses extremely powerful sealing techniques. In the past, she was able to compete with the Whirlpool Country in sealing techniques. Now, she has become the strongest in the ninja world, with strength comparable to the Five Kage.

In this country where there is no daimyo, she is a combination of daimyo and shadow, and her status is extremely respected.

This shrine is equivalent to a combination of the Fire Temple and the Daimyo's Mansion. The internal defense force is quite good, with a large number of armed soldiers on guard and many ninjas on secret duty.

The hypnosis technique used by Uchiha You was very simple, and these ninjas could naturally see it at a glance. The eyes of the bureaucrat who led the way were out of focus, and he was obviously hypnotized.

But before they could even do anything, they saw a pair of three-magatama Sharingan, and then they fell into darkness and knew nothing.

"Tsk, tsk, the Sharingan is really useful, meow."

"Yes, the bodies of the Uchiha clan are amazing immortal bodies. As long as they can be fully activated, they are indeed invincible."

"Meow? Immortal body? Isn't it said that only the bodies of the Senju clan and the Uzumaki clan are immortal bodies, meow?"

"Oh, that's the concept under the old immortal technique system. It's too narrow. And if the amount of chakra is a hundred times more, then you can be called an immortal body. It's all nonsense. The standard is too low."

"According to my standards, only Senju Hashirama possesses an immortal body, a great life force and healing power, which can be called a three-marrow jade body."

"Of course, among the Uchiha clan, only Uchiha Madara and I can be considered to have activated our immortal bodies."

Uchiha You talked without paying attention to the people around him. The area within a few hundred meters centered on him was all shrouded in his illusion power, and everyone within this range was controlled by him.

Except for Miwa Masayo, no one would be able to remember a word he said.