Pakura, walking alone in a valley in the Land of Water, encountered a Mist Village Ninja who had come to meet her.
The Mist Village Ninja stated that he would guide Pakura to the Hidden Mist Village as her escort.
Because of her previous suspicions, Pakura was on alert.
As soon as he walked ahead, the Mist Village Ninja looked at Pakura with eyes full of hatred, holding a Kunai in his hand, and fiercely stabbed towards Pakura's back.
Feeling the movement behind her, Pakura spun around and swung the Kunai she had secretly pulled out, directly severing the Mist Village Ninja's right hand.
The Mist Village Ninja quickly retreated, creating distance from Pakura, the pain from his severed right hand making his expression extremely distorted.
Pakura asked in a deep voice, "Why? I am an envoy representing Sunagakure, here to deliver a very important scroll to your Mizukage, why would you attack me?!"
The Mist Village Ninja clutched the wound on his wrist, glaring at Pakura with hatred and saying, "Of course, it's so you can also experience the pain that our comrades, who were harmed by Sunagakure, especially by you, felt!
The resentment in our Village cannot be eliminated like this at all. Your death alone is only a small comfort to us. Heh, how pitiful, haven't you realized it yet?
You think you're an envoy? Representing Sunagakure? You are indeed representing Sunagakure, but you are representing Sunagakure's sacrifice. Your Village is using your life to achieve reconciliation between Sunagakure and our Hidden Mist Village! Hey, come out!"
On the valley walls, a dense crowd of Hidden Mist Ninja appeared, surrounding the entire valley.
Pakura's pupils contracted to a point: "Ho... how could this be?!"
Pakura had never imagined that after all the contributions she had made to Sunagakure, always rushing to the most dangerous front lines for the sake of the Village.
Yet now, the Village she loved most was using her as a bargaining chip for reconciliation with the Hidden Mist Village, intending for her to be assassinated by the Hidden Mist Ninja.
The Mist Village Ninja sneered, "How could this be? Otherwise, what are all of us ambushing here for? Damn it, I wanted to be the first to ambush you, but you reacted! You cut off my right hand, so I'll cut off all your limbs!"
Pakura forced herself to calm down, but the current situation... the entire valley was filled with Hidden Mist Village Ninja, it seemed to be a dead end, all paths were blocked, there was no way to escape.
A large number of shuriken and Kunai rained down on Pakura.
With such a dense attack of Ninja tools, Pakura had no way to dodge.
Pakura looked at the gray sky, was today the day she would die?
She was truly unwilling. She had dedicated all her passion to Sunagakure, only to be backstabbed by the Village she deeply loved.
She had still been thinking of bringing Shindai back to Sunagakure... but, it would be better if Shindai didn't return to such a Sunagakure.
Pakura suddenly paused.
Right, Shindai had given her something to save her life earlier.
Although she didn't know if it would work, she had to try anyway. She still wanted to live, she didn't want to die, she wanted to live to see Shindai.
Pakura pulled out the scroll Shindai had given her from her Ninja tool pouch, unrolled it, and summoned the orb inside.
The orb quickly floated above Pakura, and a lot of Sand Iron emerged from within it.
The powerful magnetism attracted the Kunai shooting towards Pakura towards the Sand Iron.
Seeing this, some of the Hidden Mist Ninja charged towards Pakura, while others immediately formed hand signs, preparing to use Ninjutsu to blast Pakura.
Meanwhile, many gun barrels emerged from the surface of the orb device, and through the Lightning Flash Sword inside, small missiles were instantly loaded and fired indiscriminately in all directions.
In an instant, explosions rang out continuously, and rubble kept rolling down into the valley.
At the same time, a large number of poisoned senbon were shot from the orb. The Mist Village Ninja whose right hand had been severed, not far from Pakura, was directly impaled like a porcupine, foaming at the mouth, rolling his Byakugan, and collapsing to the ground.
The orb device attached itself to Pakura's back.
The Sand Iron floating in the air covered Pakura's body, carrying Pakura into the sky.
Pakura murmured in great surprise, "It can fly even without someone controlling it, I thought it was a joke?"
The reason the Sand Iron could carry Pakura into the air without human operation was because the orb itself was a driving device. After recognizing Pakura, the program inside the driving device automatically activated.
The Sand Iron carried Pakura rapidly forward through the air.
However, the small missiles could only cause minor disturbances among the ambushing Hidden Mist Ninja. Seeing Pakura fly into the air, they all used Ninjutsu to attack Pakura in the sky.
Pakura dared not use the flames of her Bloodline Limit, Scorch Release.
Because the temperature of Scorch Release flames was too high, it would cause the Sand Iron's magnetism to disappear, thus rendering the Sand Iron ineffective.
So Pakura formed hand signs with both hands.
"Wind Release! Great Sickle Weasel!"
Pakura injected Chakra into the wind, forming a wide-ranging gale that blocked most of the Ninjutsu.
But there were too many Ninjutsu, and there were always some that slipped through. Two water bullets, one hit Pakura's back, and the other hit Pakura's left shoulder.
The power of these two water bullets was considerable. The water bullet that hit her shoulder pierced through Pakura's left shoulder, and the one on her back made Pakura feel as if her internal organs were injured, a trace of blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth.
"Wind Release: Violent Wind Current Dance!"
Pakura formed hand signs again to cast Ninjutsu, generating two gusts of wind from her hands to accelerate her flying speed.
Soon, Pakura escaped from the valley.
The Hidden Mist Ninja were all wide-eyed with rage, pursuing Pakura.
In a forest, because the Sand Iron lost its effectiveness, Pakura fell and tumbled to the ground.
"Hiss~"
Falling to the ground caused her injuries to ache, making Pakura gasp in pain.
Pakura checked the wound on her left shoulder; although it was pierced, it hadn't hit the bone, which was a blessing in disguise.
Pakura took out medicine and bandages from her Ninja tool pouch. After applying the medicine and bandaging the wound, she let out a long sigh of relief.
"I survived, thanks to Shindai. Now I need to find a way to leave the Land of Water quickly, but... where am I?"
She was unfamiliar with the area, and the forest was filled with mist, which made Pakura unsure of her current location.
Pakura decided to first find a way to leave the forest and then determine her position.
Suddenly, Pakura heard footsteps, and her heart immediately tightened.
Had those Hidden Mist Ninja caught up already?
Just as Pakura was about to hide, a voice rang out: "No need to hide, Pakura, we are comrades, here to support you."
As the other party approached, there were four people in total, wearing Sunagakure Ninja headbands on their foreheads.
"Our Sunagakure was deceived by the Hidden Mist Village, so we hurried to rescue you. All right, Pakura, come with us. We'll take you out of the Land of Water."
The leading Sand Ninja smiled and extended his hand to Pakura, wanting her to follow them.
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