Oni no Kuni was located in a small ancient village country in northwest of Konoha.
Although it was small, it existed for a thousand years and lived according to the custom of a thousand years ago.
They believed in witches and ghosts.
Oni no Kuni was a mysterious country that had witches on behalf of the world. He had the ability to seal monsters and the ability to predict the future.
Demon?
This was the new creature that Naruto had learned about after the psychic beast.
In the records of the wild history, those strange and terrifying things could all be called demonic creatures or ghosts.
Humans liked to call these things that they had never seen and would cause fear in their hearts a terrifying name.
Just like how Konoha's higher-ups called Hollow a monster.
But in fact, with the progress of Konoha's Ninjutsu and technology, many ghosts and light phenomena also got an explanation.
For example.
The Shintenshin no Jutsu of the Yamanaka clan could also be considered a soul leaving the body and entering the body of others.
There was also the reincarnation of the Edo Tensei, which allowed the dead souls to be reborn with different physical bodies.
When the nature of the soul was developed, all the ghosts and phenomena seemed to be reasonable.
If it was more than ten years ago, this kind of commission might scare away a group of Ninjas, but now it was just a simple escort commission.
The content of the commission was Oni no Kuni.
There are signs of a riot from the monsters in the ghost country, protecting the current priestess Shion.
Below the text, there was a dense amount of information about the priestess.
In the past, the previous priestess used her life to seal Sprites.
Sprite was a demonic creature that came from another world and had great power. He had once led an undead army to destroy the continent to the point of extinction.
"Sprite? Will he be related to Reiatsu?" The corners of Naruto's mouth curled up slightly as he pondered in his heart.
He continued to read the commission.
Shortly after the previous priestess Maitreya sealed the monster with her life, the current priestess, the daughter of Maitreya, Shion became the new priestess.
Now, Sprite had made a move.
This was the commission on the surface.
Naruto took out a match and lit up the letter.
Under the baking, a new line of words appeared on the letter.
"While completing the commission, collect priestess cells or body tissue, explore the secrets hidden behind Sprite, and ensure the life of the priestess. If necessary, you can take Oni no Kuni back to Root, regardless of life or death."
As expected of Root, even if the commission was not valuable, it could still create value.
If it was in the past, Danzo would never take the commission of such a small country.
There was little profit, and the research value was not high.
The ability of a witch is good, but we can't kidnap her to Konoha.
Even if there is a priestess body tissue, there is a high chance that Konoha's Root can't do anything about it.
After all, the research ability is there.
Danzo didn't expect too much.
The only reason why Danzo accepted this commission was that Naruto was interested, so he could also take it to practice.
"The content of our commission this time is only to protect the Shion, to ensure that Sprite will not break through the seal, so we don't have to face those monsters." Naruto destroyed the letter and said with a calm face.
"It's a pity, I want to meet the monsters and let them feel my Konoha's Root Whirlwind." Rock Lee said to himself with a face full of regret.
Hearing this, Neri recalled the past that she could not bear to recall, and could not help but have black lines on her face.
It could be imagined that the reputation of Konoha's Root would soon be ruined by Rock Lee.
"According to the intelligence, Sprite's strength seems to be very amazing, but fortunately, we do not have to face that kind of monster, we are specialized in family affairs experts. This seal will be handed over to Shion, we only need to deal with some unexpected situations."
"Do you have any other questions?" Naruto's gaze swept across Neri and Rock Lee's faces.
"Can you collect body tissues?" Neri asked expressionlessly.
Ever since she was discovered by Naruto last time, Neri had become unscrupulous.
After all, she was Naruto's subordinate, and there were still many places to get along with in the future.
If he couldn't accept herself who liked her body like this, it would be better to part ways earlier.
This was good for both sides.
"As long as it doesn't affect the commission, you can research it as you like." Naruto replied
Rock Lee was shocked. "Eh Collecting body tissues? How terrifying! Insect Queen, so you are this kind of person"
It was hard to imagine that he had worked with Neri for so long, but he had not found out about her strange little hobby.
Why did Naruto know?
Could it be that they
Rock Lee's expression suddenly became horrified.
"Ninja needs to have keen insight. Are you crazy?" Neri mercilessly scolded.
"Well, since there are no problems, then pack up and set off." Seeing that the two were still in the mood to quarrel, Naruto knew that Rock Lee had temporarily walked out of the haze of losing his parents. He then smiled and said.
Ninja's life was busy.
Naruto didn't even have time to greet Sakura and Sasuke before he set off with his team.
When Sakura arrived at the door of Naruto's house and wanted to share the joy of becoming Godaime Hokage's disciple with Naruto, she was stunned to find that Naruto had already left to carry out the commission.
Her eyes were a little lonely.
But whether it was in the past or now, she had been chasing after Naruto, never giving up, but the distance was getting further and further away.
For some reason, Sakura felt as if she was about to lose Naruto.
She walked into Naruto's room and felt the presence of Naruto, her expression dazed.
After sitting for a long time, she got up and began to clean up the room.
...
In the forest where Oni no Kuni was communicating with Konoha, several figures were shuttling back and forth rapidly.
The wind whistled past his ears, and as the branches under his feet trembled, one of the slender figures fled a dozen meters away like a wild beast.
He then landed heavily on the tree trunk, and after several repeated jumps, he was above the trees that were now far away.
The other two figures weren't as rude.
The tall figure among them was unusually elegant. Every time he tapped lightly on the tip of his foot, his figure would float to a tree ten meters away like Sage in the next moment.
Neri, who landed at the end, maintained the posture of Ninja moving forward. She looked at Naruto in front of him with a trace of envy in her eyes.
In this team full of monsters, she, the most experienced Root, was actually a burden.
She really wanted to carefully savor the mysteries of Naruto's body.
Unfortunately, he was her boss now, and the superior was not a quality that Root should have.
Neri even thought of contributing his body to collect his primitive tadpoles while communicating with Naruto.
But considering that Naruto had not been close to women until now, Neri gave up this idea.
As they traveled, Oni no Kuni's embryonic form quickly appeared.
Looking down at the overall situation, the forest of the Fire Country was gloomy and gloomy, but this green color suddenly disappeared at the border of Oni no Kuni, replaced by ancient buildings that were out of place with the Shinobi world's style.
In this place with yellow sand and rocks everywhere, the strong wind blew up gravel and fell into the forest with burning heat.
It blew past these ancient yellow buildings.
It brought with it an ancient howl that made one feel fear from the bottom of their heart.
The ancient buildings in his eyes seemed to have become a bit more sinister and cold.
Naruto stood at the top of the tree, looking at the ancient city from afar with a hint of understanding in his eyes.
No wonder many Ninja Villages were not willing to accept any missions related to Oni no Kuni.
The painting style was indeed a bit sinister and frightening.
It was hard to imagine that this was the ancient city's inheritance.
Meanwhile, in the ancient city, the tallest building stood tall. From afar, one could see humans the size of ants guarding nearby.
"Insect Queen, how is the situation?" Naruto looked at Neri.
The dense insects on the ground crawled back from the distance and climbed up Neri's thigh along the grass, then entered his body.
There was a trace of fluctuation in Neri's calm eyes.
He said softly, "There are no traps ahead."
Ninja's world was full of danger.
During the mission, many of Ninja's speed was slow.
It was not that they were lacking in physical strength, but that they had to always be wary of the surrounding situation and be ambushed.
One had to know that this ninja could lay in an ambush in a place without eating or drinking for more than three days.
Moreover, since the death of the previous witch, Oni no Kuni had been in a state of sealing, and no one could guarantee that there would be any changes in their internal affairs.
How was their attitude towards Konoha?
It was not unusual for them to post a fake commission of Hollow and then lure and kill Ninja who carried out the commission.
Even Naruto's team, who had the strength of Jonin, had to be more careful.
"Let's go and meet the current priestess first." Naruto straightened the fox mask on his face and walked towards Oni no Kuni along the road.
Neri and Rock Lee followed behind.
At first glance, the three of them looked like ordinary travelers.
As soon as they stepped into Oni no Kuni's town, they could hear faint singing.
"The supreme priestess of Oni no Kuni, seal sprite and sing praises of our priestess."
"Song of the priestess, Song of Oni no Kuni..."
The people and residents looked at the highest palace with devout expressions.
The wind whistled and swept up the yellow sand, blowing on the masks of Naruto's team and blocking their view.
"Who is it? Why did you come to Oni no Kuni?" Several guards stopped Naruto's team and asked in a low voice.
"Konoha's Ninja," Naruto revealed the forehead guard on his arm and handed it to the guard to prove his identity.
"Wait a moment, I'll go report." A guard hurriedly turned around and rushed towards the palace.
A moment later, he rushed back and greeted Naruto's team respectfully, "Please come with me."
As the guards walked into Oni no Kuni, they felt the charm of this ancient city from a close distance.
There was an ancient smell, and many residents had set up stalls along the street, selling small ornaments.
Lee could not stay idle, jumping up and down, occasionally lingering on the stalls with strange totems and strange carvings.
In the end, he could not help but pay for one, which could also be regarded as a commemoration of Oni no Kuni.
Neri sniffed the fragrance flowing through her nose, and her eyes under the mask fell on the residents.
Greed appeared in her eyes.
Would the residents who had followed the tradition of a thousand years have different body tissues?
It was not until they entered the temple that the guard stopped.
After confirming it again, Naruto and the others entered the temple.