Chapter 107 Butterfly Dream Interpretation
Chapter 107 Butterfly Dream Interpretation
"Guest, your radish and salmon."
The boss crossed the partition, placed the steaming white porcelain bowl on the wooden table, and handed the chopsticks to the hands of 23-year-old Tomioka Giyu.
"Eat slowly. It's very cold outside today and there aren't many customers coming. It's okay to stay a little longer."
Tomioka Giyuu, who didn't know why he was here, held his chopsticks in confusion.
The familiar smell of the fish soup in the bowl, the wooden door blown by the cold wind, with a few snowflakes drifting in from time to time, and the busy figure of the table board shop owner across the table triggered his long-lasting memories: he had been to this shop.
The first time was two days after he met Tanjiro.
After coming out of the mountains, Tomioka Giyu received the order from the tiger and came to Kitanojo Station to deal with a "bear eating man" incident.
Of course, the so-called "bear" is a ghost transformed by a hunter, otherwise it would not be his turn to take care of this matter.
After the incident was resolved, Tomioka Yoshiyuki had a meal of radish salmon with an unforgettable taste in this store.
[It seems that I ate with someone...but who was it? Why can't I remember? ]
Yiyu Tomioka felt that his brain was like an invisible fog, and he had forgotten many important things.
However, delicious food comes first, so these trivial matters can be put aside for the time being.
His expression was relaxed, and he waved the chopsticks with his right hand to gently wave away the steaming heat in front of him. He placed the Nichirin sword at his feet with his left hand, intending to eat first and then think about other things.
The reason why Tomioka Giyuu can't forget this store is simply because the bowl of soup in front of him tastes almost exactly the same as the radish and salmon soup made by his sister in his memory.
In other words, it feels like home.
Therefore, I am afraid that nothing is more likely to make him smile than the bowl of fish soup in front of him.
There was no preamble like "I'm starting", nor a polite word of thanks to the boss. Tomioka couldn't wait to reach out with his chopsticks to the almost crystal clear radish slices. As for the fish, he planned to save it for last.
But just when the radish soaked in soup was less than a centimeter away from Yiyong's teeth, the cold winter wind suddenly rushed in - the wooden door of the restaurant was knocked open by an agile figure and fell heavily against the wall. .
Tomioka Giyuu stopped moving.
He could see clearly that the person coming was a young man wearing a turtle-shell haori and a Demon Slayer uniform underneath. He wore a hollow cat mask on his face and a Nichirin sword on his back.
[Are you the team member who came to see me? Are there other ghosts nearby that haven't been eliminated? ]
Yiyu Tomioka waited where he was without moving. As a water column, although he is not popular, it is normal for someone to come to him to report, although it is not very common.
And that person did rush towards his direction.
But unexpectedly, the opponent's charging posture did not slow down due to the close distance. Instead, it went faster and was about to collide with Yiyong's body.
[Is there something wrong with the breathing method? Can't stop? ]
Tomioka Yoshiyuki immediately made a judgment and was about to force the opponent to brake, but the man suddenly took off and flew over his head nimbly.
"Sorry, sorry! It's an emergency, please lend me a moment."
When Tomioka Yiyu turned around again, the man had disappeared, but cool snowflakes blew directly into his face.
The wooden wedged window behind the stove was pushed open by force, exposing the wind and snow outside. The salmon and radish soup bowl on the table overturned, and there were some deep footprints on a piece of fish. The boss cooked it The big iron pot for the soup suffered a similar fate.
[Today...can't you eat? ]
Tomioka Giyuu looked at the soup dripping along the table and onto the floor blankly, and suddenly felt an indescribable loss in his heart.
[Obviously this is the last time. ]
A strange idea suddenly flashed in Tomioka Yoshiyuki's mind, and he successfully captured it.
[No, why should I say the last time? ]
Just as he was standing there, waiting for his boss to come out from behind the partition to deal with the mess in front of him, someone poked him gently on the back.
"Rich."
Then came the second blow.
It was a touch between soft and hard. It could not be mistaken for an attack, nor was it a light touch by accident. Instead, it was a finger pressing slightly hard on his spine.
"Oka."
On the third stroke, Tomioka Giyu turned around and looked at him with a pair of translucent deep purple eyes, as if the prank had succeeded.
"Mr. Tomioka."
The voice was as clear and gentle as pearls dropped on the ice, but it shattered all the fog in Tomioka's heart. He suddenly understood what was happening.
His angle of view began to get lower, his arms and sleeves slowly shortened, and the Nichirin Sword at his feet disappeared.
The purple-eyed girl opposite still folded her arms and chuckled, as if she was watching an interesting show. Her wide translucent butterfly-patterned feathers were like fluttering wings, gently swaying in the wind together with the purple hair tips.
In just three seconds, the 23-year-old Tomioka Giyu successfully shrank and transformed back into the nearly 10-year-old Uchiha Giyu.
If he looked straight forward, he could only see the girl's shoulders.
"Butterfly?"
Yiyong called out the girl's name, and the confusion in it was clearly audible.
"Oh, although I have heard about your situation from my lord, I have made some preparations. But I still feel a little uncomfortable seeing Mr. Tomioka with such a cute face. What should I do?"
Butterfly Ninja narrowed his eyes. He leaned down slightly, seeming to enjoy the terrain advantage brought by his height.
She stretched out her right index finger from the sleeves of her wide butterfly robe, and slowly and slowly, at the speed of a slug, poked Yiyong's left cheek with a sly smile in her eyes: "I'm sorry, I really can't help it, but I can't. Can you let me—"
Yiyong pinched her finger and said with a bit of embarrassing alienation in his tone: "Am I dreaming?"
Otherwise, he couldn't explain everything that appeared in front of him.
The wind and snow suddenly stopped, the body suddenly shrank, and the boss disappeared like a ghost. In an instant, only the two of them were left in the shop that had been a bit smoky before.
"Finally..."
The butterfly ninja tugged hard, trying to pull his fingers out of Giyuu's hand, but failed.
She didn't know if she remembered something bad, but a light blue blood vessel clearly appeared on her forehead, and her confidence increased unconsciously when she spoke.
"Are you just realizing it now? Seeing that you are still as slow as before, I feel relieved at last. Even if you die, some things will not change, which is a kind of comfort."
"Then you are just a figment of my imagination."
Yiyong did not let go of his hand, his eyelids drooped, as if he felt happy and disappointed at the same time.
He remembered.
After the live snake ate Wan Snake's head, it separated into a bunch of small live snakes and slowly ate away at its body. Several people sat on the back of the big live snake and continued to the Kingdom of Water.
Considering that being on the back of a psychic beast is not suitable for practicing dangerous swordsmanship, Yiyong took out his summer homework to write. As a result, after writing less than two pages, he didn't know what happened and became drowsy.
Of course, this could be fatigue caused by the sudden evolution of his Sharingan.
But then came the dream just now.
Although his expression remained calm, for those who are familiar with Yiyong, his loss at this time can be said to be "beyond words."
"What's wrong with dreams? Mr. Tomioka, the more taciturn you are, the more you should pay attention to your dreams."
Butterfly Shinobi sat down next to Giyu, "Before I died, I heard Lectures by some cutting-edge psychiatrists. Among them, there is a popular saying from Europe: 'Dreams are the fulfillment of wishes.' For example, a depressed person like you can often only do what you really want to do in a dream. At this time, instead of feeling disappointed, why not think carefully about the meaning of this dream? It may help you see your true thoughts clearly."
(Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams" was published in 1899, Butterfly Ninja died roughly in 1915, which is around the third year of Taisho.)
"A dream is a dream."
Giyuu said noncommittally, "What wish can it fulfill?"
As he said that, he pinched the bridge of his nose hard, eager to wake up.
Even if it was just a dream, he was still not ready to face another teammate.
Among the Nine Pillars, the butterfly ninja had the best relationship with him (you can imagine how bad his relationship with the other pillars was), but Yiyong always felt that the other pillar liked to tease him, and he would do it without saying a few words. Will get angry.
"Mr. Tomioka, you see, you are running away again, and this is not okay. People who dare to face the enemy may just be motivated by the atmosphere, but those who dare to face themselves are real warriors." "...
" He was not provoked. Confused, Tomioka Giyu asked: "Why can't I wake up?"
"Don't you feel that you are cold and hot? The weather in the dream is not the cause, but the result. You outside are not as simple as falling asleep, but You're in coma due to high fever."
Butterfly Ren took out a thermometer from nowhere, looked at the reading carefully, and sighed: "In short, until your fever goes away, you can only stay with me and you can't go anywhere. Alas. Alas, it seems that you have made up for the time you never went to the Butterfly House to heal your wounds before. Sure enough, what you owed in the previous life will still have to be repaid in the next life. This is a kind of karma."
"This is impossible, my body..."
With the transparent world, if he was going to get sick, he should have found some signs.
"Your coma may not be pathological, but psychological. After all, diseases are sometimes a way to force you to rest. The more people like to force themselves when they are awake, the more likely they are to suffer from their own body in unexpected times. Betrayal. To be fair, I have never seen anyone who lives a more tiring life than you, so this situation seems to make sense." "
How can I wake up?"
Hidan's head still needs to be carefully guarded, on the sea There are many crises, and Yiyong really can't rest assured.
"The more you resist, the less you can do. You have to be patient and accept the treatment."
The Butterfly Ninja's index finger swayed from side to side like a lost second hand, and then his eyebrows drooped slightly, "Does Mr. Tomioka hate it so much? Am I talking? It was obviously not like this before."
[But you are lying. ]
Yiyong did not say anything, and sat down a little depressed: "Just say what you want. Just wake me up quickly."
"You and Fusukawa really have a tacit understanding in terms of passively resisting doctors."
Yiyong In the invisible sleeves of the robe, the butterfly ninja's fists clenched suddenly and then released palely, and then the topic got on track.
"Let's start with dreams. Let us first assume that if 'dreams are the fulfillment of wishes' is a truth, then Tomioka, can you guess the reason why you dreamed of me?" "
Resurrecting you is my most important thing at the moment. One of the things. I was thinking about the carrier not long ago."
Yiyong thought for a moment and tried to apply the template given by Butterfly Ninja.
"Under such circumstances, it should be normal to dream about you. I wanted you to be resurrected, and you were resurrected, even though it was in a dream." "
Then why here?"
Butterfly Ninja pointed to the roof and drew a circle, "Why Why did I appear here? Although there are not many occasions when we appear together, there are also quite a few. Obviously we can meet at the master's home or on the training ground, but what is so special about this place?" "
..." Yiyong thought. He got up and said, "We once had lunch together here."
The two of them handled the "bear eating man" incident together, and after it was over, they ate here.
It was there that the two of them had their initial understanding of each other and revised their views on each other (mainly the butterfly ninja).
"Is that all?" Butterfly Ninja asked probingly, "Does this place have no other meaning to you?" "
...My last meal."
Giyuu continued, "It's also here. The food, because the taste makes me nostalgic. I knew I was going to die soon, so I came here specially."
This was something Butterfly Shinobu didn't expect, and he was obviously a little surprised.
"But what does this mean?" Yiyong looked at her doubtfully, "It's just an impressive place, it has nothing to do with wishes." "When
you say this, you are oversimplifying people's subconscious. All the clues in the dream are riddles, and the answer is in your memory."
A smile flashed across Butterfly Ninja's eyes: "When I was still alive, you would send wounded people to Butterfly House, but you would never go in to accept them. Treatment; We didn't have much chance to talk during the Hashira meeting. This is one of the rare places where we can chat. Let me tell you, Tomioka, the reason why you dreamed that I appeared here is that you must be troubled by something. I want to talk about things. But considering that you are a big sap who rarely asks others for help, that's why I 'take the initiative' to help you solve your problems. You see, this is also a manifestation of desire."
Yiyong was silent for a moment, but still denied it. Said: "But I don't think I have anything to say."
"I said, dreams are wishes suppressed by you in your subconscious. The denial made by your consciousness is not recognized here."
Seeing Yiyong Still with the expression of "what you say is what you say", the Butterfly Ninja's smile became stiffer.
"Since you are embarrassed to admit that you want to talk to me, why don't you tell me about the dream before. If I guessed correctly, you should have some guesses about the identity of that person. His feather pattern, and Tomioka, you go there The pattern on the left half of the haori I'm wearing is almost exactly the same."
"...The man just now was wearing Qiu Tu's clothes, but it didn't look like him."
Yiyong said thoughtfully.
He didn't know he was dreaming before and couldn't remember where he had seen the other person before. He only thought he looked familiar, but now he can easily deduce the relevant information.
"Oh, is there something wrong?" Butterfly Ninja asked in guidance.
Yiyong: "If it is Qiu Tu, his face should be a fox mask, not this cat style. Moreover, Qiu Tu's knife should be hung on his waist, but the man is carrying it behind his back."
He paused After a pause, "In this part, he is more like my brother Uchiha Itachi. When he worked for Konoha ANBU, he dressed up in a similar way." "Do
they have anything in common?"
"No." Giyuu thought about it for a moment. He replied seriously: "Qiu Usagi feels to me like a more stern Anjurou. But Itachi may be more like Tokidou. They all like to be in a daze." "
Ara, this is not about their character. , but what it means to you. In fact, this is not difficult to judge at all, right?"
Butterfly Ninja's eyes lit up and he summed up accurately: "For you, whether it is Qiong Rabbit or this Uchiha Itachi, they are all your various 'Brother' in the sense, right? So, we can think that the person who just knocked over your soup bowl is actually a combination of your two brothers, right?" "Well.
But what does this have to do with wishes ? What about relationships? Especially Qiongtu."
Giyuu still questioned Butterfly Ninja's psychoanalytic theory.
"If your statement is correct, then both Weasel and Qiutu should take off their masks to meet me, but he ran away. How could this be my wish." "
No." Butterfly shook his head. He shook his head and said, "Who they are is only one aspect. What they do satisfies your wishes."
"You mean, I hope that my brother will knock over my favorite food."
Yiyong rarely showed half of his moon. Eyes, a little speechless.
"The correct explanation is that you hope to be punished by them."
Butterfly Ninja said simply: "What you are doing or planning to do may be opposed by them or even harmful to them. You may be able to accept this when you are sober. There is a choice, but your subconscious cannot accept hurting them. So in the dream, the carrot salmon, which almost represents all your happiness, will be overthrown by this combination of 'brothers'. Their departure and confrontation Your alienation is the second round of this punishment."
Hearing this, Yiyong subconsciously wanted to deny this outrageous statement, because he had never thought of doing anything bad to Qiu Rabbit or Itachi.
But immediately, he remembered something, his face turned pale as if it had become colder, and he sat in his seat distressedly.
Butterfly Ninja smiled with satisfaction. She held her cheek with the heel of her palm and leaned on the table. She asked softly: "Now, do you want to talk?"
"I might..." Yiyong gritted his teeth and said, "Let some kind of similar Things like Kibutsuji Mukai appeared in this world."
"You mean the body that was eaten by sharks?" Butterfly tolerated it, and his expression was not as relaxed as before.
"Well," Yiyong raised his eyes, which rarely trembled, "So, did I disappoint Qiutu? That's why he didn't want to say anything more to me?" "I told you that
this is your own subconscious. . It's not that Qiangtu is disappointed with you, but that you are disappointed with yourself. You just expressed it in a dream with the help of another person's attitude."
Butterfly Ninja pressed his eyebrows, and then comforted him with a warm voice: "Actually, I asked you about it when I was in the underworld. Qiao Usagi was reincarnated shortly after Tanjiro completed the Fujirai Mountain Trial, so you can't disappoint him. Even if Qiao Usagi really knew about this matter, he couldn't It's your fault. Who would have thought that Muzan Kibutsuji would reach out to another world while he was in the Infernal Hell? None of us have the ability to predict the future. It's normal to have such omissions."
Giyu listened. After that, his face didn't get any better, but became even colder.
"Now that you've explained it clearly to me, it's time to let me wake up. This matter must be dealt with as soon as possible." "Have
you explained it clearly?" Butterfly Ninja blinked, "It's still early. You want Qiang Rabbit' There seems to be an explanation for punishing you; but what happened to your blood brother?"
Yiyong looked even more ashamed this time.
"Itachi has a terminal disease. But the person who can possibly cure him is a guy who can kill dozens or even hundreds of people if he lives for one more day." The
Butterfly Ninja understood immediately: "So you have decided to kill him Him, but in this case, the hope of saving your brother will be reduced, right?" "
..." Yiyong did not answer, his eyebrows tangled together.
"Do you have other ideas?"
Butterfly Ninja asked tentatively.
"You want Orochimaru to cure your brother's disease, but you also want to kill him?"
Yiyong subconsciously reached out and touched his eyes.
This is an idea that he would not have thought of, and would not have even been considered in the past, because it involves the principle of volunteerism -
he will use others, such as making friends, to improve the resolution of the breathing method, but he will definitely give it a try. Compensation, such as feeding, guiding training, and meeting some of the needs of others. In this way, he would have a clear conscience.
But the idea of using others and killing them at the same time - even if Orochimaru is a villain, how is this behavior different from that of a ninja?
But having said that, at present, this Orochimaru is still Itachi's best hope for survival.
[Why is he a person like Kibutsuji Muzan? ]
When Giyuong thought of what Orochimaru had done - using a hundred lives as payment for Wanshe's appearance, he became extremely angry.
This anger is partly due to the mountain-like bones in Wan She's body, and partly because Yiyong had to make a difficult choice.
The Sharingan, which had already accumulated pupil power to a critical point, evolved under this situation.
Immediately afterwards, under the influence of the Sharingan, Giyuu immediately did something that violated his own principles.
He used a rather despicable word game to "deceive" Orochimaru's information from Wan She, and then "kill the donkey" to get rid of Wan She.
And Yiyong also knew very well that what he did to Wan She was exactly the replica of what he was eager to do to Orochimaru - he
had a dark thought in his mind:
either forcing or deceiving Orochimaru into letting Orochimaru go. Maru diagnoses Itachi and then kills him.
When those Sharingan eyes opened, this thought was so vivid, as if things would definitely go as Giyuu wished!
But after turning off the Sharingan, Giyu returned to normal and was shocked by his potential dark side.
"Although I and Immortal Sichuan can do this kind of thing without any psychological barriers, it still feels a bit unbelievable to think that you want to do this."
The butterfly nin reached out and put his hand on Giyuu's shoulder, "It's not nice to say this, but this kind of thing you inherited from your parents' clan..." "
Sharingan." Giyuu said, "It is a kind of blood inheritance limit."
" Yes, this 'Sharingan' seems to make some unexpected changes to your brain and thinking due to your emotions during evolution. For you Tomioka, this change is too sudden. It may be that this kind of blood A hidden danger of following the boundary. It's best to be careful when using it."
Butterfly Shinobi smiled again, "Personally speaking, I don't like Tomioka that you have changed too much in your personality. You lied to a snake. , and brought yourself to the point of having a high fever and falling into a coma. It's really hard to imagine what you would be like if you really tried to do something to this 'Orochimaru'. The swordsman with the water breath, there is still nothing he can do. To this extent."
"But Itachi's illness..."
This was still a problem that Yiyu couldn't avoid.
"You are really slow."
Butterfly Ninja launched another personal attack, with a shadow of anger floating above the bridge of his nose. "Since you are going to resurrect me, have you never thought of asking me to help him see a doctor?" "
This It's another world." Yiyong emphasized seriously, "The number of cells in the human body is different, and the entire medical theory..." "
I can learn it." Butterfly Ninichi is very interested in the knowledge of this world. "I can't wait to start research."
Yiyong said again: "But Dr. Tsunade has been studying for decades, and she is not sure." "
However, I have been studying for less than twenty years, but I almost cured him. It's no longer miserable!"
The Butterfly Ninja seemed to be unable to endure it anymore, and his smooth forehead covered with veins leaned forward, as if a barrel stuffed with cannonballs was hitting Yiyong's face.
"Mr. Tomioka, I know you have always had a low opinion of yourself, but can you have some confidence in others? Considering that we will be getting along for the second life in the future, can you make people a little more comfortable in this regard? You don't want to Are you hated by others anymore? Are you?"
Yiyong was not affected by the invisible threat and remained silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "You are not my dream, are you?"
"Oh?" Butterfly Ninja was startled and brushed his hair. Shui stepped back from Yiyong, "Why did you say that?"
"If you were just a dream of mine, you wouldn't have agreed to what happened after my resurrection."
Yiyong looked serious, "You just said that you asked Qiang Rabbit in the underworld. If you were just a dream, you wouldn't be able to do such a thing." "
Then have you ever thought that it was just your wish that I would say what I just said."
Butterfly Ren analyzed calmly: " It's you who hopes that I can try to save your brother, and it's also you who hope that Qiangtu won't blame you, and dreams are the fulfillment of wishes, so that's why I said that." "
That's the key."
Yiyong caught the flaw, "What' Subconscious', 'Dreams are the fulfillment of wishes', if you were really just a dream, you wouldn't be able to make sentences with words I've never heard of. Besides, if you were created by dreams to fulfill my wishes, you wouldn't be able to say 'I don't want to be hated by others anymore'."
Butterfly Ninja was speechless for a while, and then his smile bloomed like a flower: "Alas, Mr. Tomioka, you actually saw through it! It seems that Xiaobanai said that you are stupid or something. , it is indeed just his personal prejudice."
"Did Yihei say that?" Yiyong's focus fell on strange things.
"It's not important."
Butterfly Ninja waved his hand, "Actually, ever since you mastered more than half of the Moon Breath Sword Form, I have entered the depths of your consciousness from the underworld. Logically speaking, this is not possible, but you See, maintaining good interpersonal relationships with the civil servants in the underworld has this unexpected benefit.
"Originally, I thought that living in a child's body would make life easier for you Tomioka, but I didn't expect that you He still looks like he can carry the whole world on his own. You should know that there are nine strokes in the character Zhu, and no building can be supported by a single pillar. "
But I never heard you talking to me, Mingming Xingshoulang..."
Mingming Xingshoulang only shouted in his heart, he could hear it outside.
"Compared with his voice, the rest of us combined are no match." Butterfly
Nin put his hand on his forehead, "If you hadn't dreamed of me today, and I happened to be living in your subconscious, I wouldn't have been able to meet you so early." "
As she spoke, she put her fingertips against her cheek, "Actually, I shouldn't have appeared so early. I should have waited and seen what I looked like in your dream. If you think too much about me, I'll just ask them to open a back door for me to go back to the underworld. "
..."
Yiyong waited for a few seconds and spit out a few syllables: "Thank you." "
He knew that the butterfly ninja appeared just to enlighten him about his tangled psychological problems.
"Those Europeans said that politeness is to draw boundaries. Sure enough, Tomioka, you are still eager to keep a distance from me. Butterfly
Ren said with a strange tone, but then she changed her voice and said, "But if you really want to thank me, you should have more confidence in my medical literacy and learning ability." It is better to place your hopes in the hands of a person you can trust than to place your hopes in the hands of a villain who does not take human life seriously. "
"I see. "
Yiyong also made a decision, "I won't dwell on this matter anymore. I will find a carrier for you as soon as possible and resurrect you.
"Go at your own pace. I don't mean to rush you. " "
Butterfly Ninja took out a pocket watch and shook the watch towards Giyu, "Just in time, it's almost time. "
"What time? "
As soon as Yiyong finished speaking, he suddenly felt that he was pushed hard by someone, and he quickly fell backwards. Then his body continued to sink, as if he had fallen into a bottomless pit.
Yiyong opened his eyes.
Ghost Light, Shuiyue and Lan Marumasa stared at him with a worried look on his face, while Kyuubi was lying on top of Suigetsu's head, also paying attention to Giyuu's face.
"Wake up, teacher! "Gui Deng Shuiyue shouted in surprise, "The fever has gone away.
Ranmaru added: "The eyes have returned to the gentle color before. "
"I'm just saying that it's a normal evolution of those eyes. You don't have to worry about it. " "
Kyuubi shook his tail proudly, looked down at Giyong and said: "Kid, don't sleep, we are at the place. "
Yiyong first touched his eyes. The soreness and pain had disappeared, and he felt very normal. It seems that the sequelae of being suddenly stimulated to evolve have been basically resolved.
He closed his Sharingan, sat up, and looked towards A huge silhouette in the mist due north.
He knew that he had finally reached the last stop of this journey.
[But, did Iguro really say that about me?]
There are still five to six chapters left to end this volume.
(End of chapter)
Chapter 108 Yakushi Kabuto: Kidnapping Business +3
Chapter 108 Yakushi Kabuto: Kidnapping Business +3
"Ranwan."
"Huh?"
"Tell me, why does the teacher look up at the sky when he urinates? There is obviously nothing there, right? What is he looking at? Or is there something else? Other reasons?"
Gui Deng Shuiyue had a doubt that he couldn't ask Yiyong face to face.
They had been ashore for most of the day.
Although this was only Yiyong's second convenience, Gui Deng Shuiyue still saw some patterns.
After all, when a person urinates, his chin is twisted at a weird ninety-degree angle to the ground, so it is really difficult for others to not notice the clues. It was as if Giyuong was worried that something would fall from the sky and interfere with his release of body waste.
However, Gui Deng Shui Yue raised his head and looked hard. There was nothing in the air except thick fog.
"You ask me this..."
Ranmaru looked at the hazy figure six or seven meters away in the bushes with his back to them, his face was tangled, "I don't know how to answer."
After thinking for a while, Ranmaru thought of He added about his past experience: "Maybe Yiyong is shy. When I first met Lei Ya, I needed his help when going to the toilet, and I also liked to look around. In this way, I would be a little more relaxed, otherwise I would not be able to pee, and would I feel very embarrassed."
"It's very common for people to be unable to urinate when others are around. My eldest brother was that kind of person before he mastered the art of hydration. I heard that every time he went to the bathroom when he was in school, he would put the water in the toilet. Others were thrown out of the window until there was no one left. Later, because he encountered a tough situation, he started to practice sword skills hard, just to be able to go to the toilet safely."
Gui Deng Shui Yue gently rubbed his chin with his fingers, without any hesitation. Mindful of the childhood embarrassment of exposing Kirigakure's genius.
"But I have never seen anyone who can't urinate, and the teacher doesn't seem to be the kind of person who cares about this. Do you think he has something to hide? However, it doesn't seem appropriate for such an age. Probably?"
He boldly began to think.
"You can ask yourself."
Ranmaru saw that Giyuu's neck posture returned to normal and knew it was time to end the topic.
"How is this possible?" Gui Deng Shuiyue spread his palms with a proud expression that said I was very well versed in the ways of the world.
"The most important sword skills haven't been learned yet. At this time, it would be too bad to know the teacher's unspeakable secrets." "
What's so bad?"
Yiyong's unwavering voice suddenly appeared in Gui Deng Shui. Yue's ear.
The latter was frightened by the sudden movement.
He turned around and realized that in just a blink of an eye, the teacher appeared behind him out of thin air, eyes like black holes staring at him blankly.
The teacher is like this at night. Once he escapes into the shadows, he will disappear completely. He is as elusive as a real ghost, especially with that coffin board-like expression, it is really scary!
"Nothing, nothing!"
Against Yiyong's suspicious gaze, Gui Deng Shuiyue scratched his head and brought the topic to Ranmaru again: "Hey, this place shouldn't be far from the place that the big snake pointed out to us, right? We How long do we have to go?"
"Leiya and I have been here before. About an hour's drive further north is the village where the Kirigakure Seven Ninja Swords were forged. The location is very secret. If Wan She is right, Orochimaru's base should be in the valley about ten kilometers northeast of that village." "
It's that village. I heard my elder brother say that almost everyone there used to make a living by forging swords, and there were several outstanding figures in the world. Famous sword-smithing masters. Legend has it that they were able to forge seven ninja swords because they secretly enshrined the legendary Kusanagi sword and received blessings from the gods. But the Kusanagi sword was hidden by them, no matter who asked them , and won't reveal even a word."
When it came to famous swords, Gui Deng Shuiyue was extremely excited, "Ranmaru, your eyes can see directly through the mountain. If we look more carefully, we might be able to find that sword. Not necessarily. In that case, the teacher won't have to fight with people with that broken knife, otherwise it will look too cheap!" "
Huh? Is everyone a village of knifemakers?"
Yiyong muttered, his tone There is some nostalgia in it.
After the Demon Slayer Corps was disbanded, the swordsmiths responsible for creating the demon-slaying weapons were no longer hidden.
With the help of the Uyashiki family, a large number of swordsmiths flowed into big cities like Tokyo and Kyoto, making weapons for collection and decoration specifically for nobles, royal families and wealthy people, which looked flashy.
Although the lives of the swordsmiths have improved, the Nichirin sword forging technology they were proud of passed down from generation to generation is no longer in use, leaving many nostalgic swordsmiths depressed and drinking all day long. worry.
The steel mound where Tanjiro forged his sword became a frequent visitor to the police station because he often drank and caused trouble.
"It used to be like that. The whole village was obsessed with forging swords and couldn't help themselves. It was said that even a ten-year-old child could independently forge a steel embryo. I don't know if it was true or not. Unfortunately, after the Fourth Mizukage Gotachibana Yagura came to power, All the best swordsmiths were executed. Since then, the swordsmith village has been unable to produce good swords, and its relationship with the Kirigakure ninjas has not been as close as it used to be. They had to find other ways to make a living."
Ghost Light Suigetsu regretted He said: "Now let alone building a chakra weapon, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to reconnect the Thunder Blade and Thunder Fang that was interrupted by you, teacher. Otherwise, I won't..." He won't be
in Tang Ninja Village either. Went to grab Jiyong's sword.
Wait, if they didn't snatch Yiyong's knife, they wouldn't know each other.
In this way, Gouju Yagura not only has no fault, but even has merit.
When Gui Deng Shuiyue thought of this, the resentment on his face disappeared a lot.
"That's right." Ranmaru added: "Being able to do some basic maintenance on the Ninja sword is the limit that the swordsmith village can do now. Most of the forging techniques were completely eliminated after the killing of those swordsmiths. Otherwise, the seven people would not have such a high status."
"Wait a minute. I know a lot about human beings, but why do I become more and more confused the more I listen?"
On Suigetsu's shoulder, Kyuubi, who had been napping, opened his eyes. , asked Yiyong the same puzzled question.
"How come from the rumors I heard, everything this Mizukage does sounds like it is weakening the power of this country? Why do Kirigage's ninjas support such a Kage? He is not a thousand people. With characters like the Tehashirama brothers, it should be easy for the ninjas of a ninja village to unite to resist him, right?"
Giyuu gave him a strange look.
[I always feel that Kyuubi's resentment towards the first Hokage is a bit big...]
"There was such an opportunity once. But although Gou Tachibana Yagura is a madman, he is a smart madman. He got to where he is today step by step. . But by the time the Kirigakure Village understood this, it was already too late."
Kito Suigetsu shrugged, "The reason for cleaning up the swordsmiths at first was because the ANBU directly under Mizukage found evidence that they sold knife blueprints to Kumogakure. The war had just ended at that time, and it was time to recuperate. There was no need for new ninja swords. Everyone didn't care much about the life and death of the swordsmiths. In addition, the evidence was very sufficient, and most ninjas believed it to be true, and they had a deep hatred for Kumogakure, so they didn't think there was any problem in dealing with the swordsmith village, but they didn't expect Yagura to do it. It was done so thoroughly.
"After dealing with the swordsmith, the problem of civilian casualties caused by the awakening of blood inheritance boundaries occurred among the people in various places. The ANBU also produced evidence, saying that these villagers with blood inheritance boundaries were actually stimulated by spies, which was very necessary. Clean up ahead of time. But considering that this can reduce the number of outstanding ninjas from the private sector, which is completely in line with the needs of the big family to ensure that they maintain their dominant position, they still sit back and do nothing.
"Then, those who acted as 'spies' became the higher-ups of the village, such as the previous generation's master of Samehada, Suikoyama Fugu Oni. After these people were executed, the senior Kirigakure who could restrain the big family became weak. It also caused various families to act recklessly with Yagura's connivance, causing ordinary ninjas to become increasingly dissatisfied with them, and the conflicts between the families became more and more serious. My family was the first to suffer. When Yagura decided to charge him with espionage, When the Ghost Lantern clan started, there was still no outsider to stop him. Instead, those people were very happy watching the show. Little did they know that the same thing would soon happen to them.
"Until not long ago, all Yagura's personal ANBU were replaced by him. Among his own people, Kirigakure's senior officials have given up their power and lived in seclusion. The major families have been scattered to death, and no one can organize enough manpower to deal with him. Yagura can easily kill anyone in the village, but we can't even tell where he is. All of Mizukage's orders are conveyed through Kisame Mikaki, and these orders are ridiculous one after another, but they are all in Let this country die faster. However, no one could even communicate with Yagura, let alone dissuade him from making suggestions. Anyone who disobeyed orders would be dead. "
Having said this, Ghost Light Suigetsu looked up at the sky speechlessly.
"To be honest, we don't know what Yagura wants for a long time. The motivation of consolidating power is not enough to make him achieve this step. The remaining people either rebelled outright like my eldest brother did, or they lay dormant and endured silently, waiting for Goju Yagura to reveal his flaws. There were also ordinary ninjas who could do nothing but obey and save their lives. This water shadow seems to have appeared just to take revenge on us. "
"in short. "
Yiyong keenly discovered the key issue.
"In this country, everyone wants him to die, right? "
"You can say that. "Kitō Suigetsu emphasized again, "Except for the master of Samehada of this generation, Aki Kaki Kisame. He didn't know what benefits Yagura had given him to make him so loyal. He was like a dog with shark teeth and no thoughts of his own.
Ranmaru added: "Leiga also said that Kisame Inakisaki is a die-hard loyalist of the Fourth Mizukage. " He should be the strongest among the seven. "
Giyu nodded slightly.
Everyone wants Mizukage to die, which means that when dealing with Goju Yagura, there won't be too many people standing in front of him. This is a good thing and can reduce unnecessary casualties.
As for this Kisame...
it is said that the Kisame he killed before was actually the leader of the Kisame clan.
The relationship between Kisame and Kisame may be like the relationship between Shisui and his father in the Uchiha clan. People should be of similar strength.
"Let's go."
He leaned down and picked up Ranmaru who was leaning on the tree trunk. "When we get to that village, we'll find a place for you to rest."
If the village is still safe, he can return the ghost lamp and water moon. With Ranmaru temporarily placed there, he went to Orochimaru's hideout alone, so he had fewer worries.
Ranmaru nodded obediently, his eyes bursting with eye-catching red light, shining through the fog like a searchlight, guiding Giyuu on the best route to take, avoiding complex terrain such as swamps and mountains, and even wild animals. Didn't encounter a few.
On the contrary, if it weren't for Ranmaru and Giyu, outsiders like him, I'm afraid they would just get lost in the heavy fog. After all, neither the Sharingan nor the Transparent World has any special attack effect on natural phenomena.
After everyone walked for about forty minutes, Ranmaru reminded: "It's just ahead."
He looked forward and gave an observation report that made Yiyong uncomfortable: "Like the previous villages, the entire The village is in ruins. Judging from the collapsed houses, Wan She must have done a good job. Unexpectedly, he didn't even spare this village... Aren't you afraid of attracting the attention of the Mist Ninja?" "There are still things
inside. Are you alive?"
Although Ranmaru had given negative answers several times before, Giyuu still asked as usual, for fear of omitting something.
"The scale of this village is very large. I can only see the first half. The second half is on the mountainside. We have to get closer."
Giyu nodded and continued moving forward with Ranmaru on his back. He soon saw the collapse in the mist. Earthen walls, scattered grass stalks, and debris exposed to the air.
The simple wooden tables, the broken dishes, and the moldy food on the ground all reveal the situation when the village suffered a disaster - at that time, most of the families in the village, He should be eating lunch, unaware of the great horror that is about to come.
"Last time I came here, there seemed to be at least three to four hundred people in this village."
Ranmaru's voice was filled with compassion, and Giyuu could feel that his body suddenly became stiff.
"We should be in the center of this village now, take a look."
Yiyong's tone was unexpectedly gentle, which made Gui Deng and Shui Yue want to suffer a serious illness to experience this feeling.
"Okay."
Ranmaru cheered up, his eyes glowed red again, and he looked around. Within a few seconds, the expression on his face suddenly changed.
"What's wrong?" Guiteng Shuiyue noticed his change, "Is there really someone?"
"There is one person, but more..."
Ranmaru swallowed, "It's a snake! There are snakes all over the mountains and plains. On the mountain over there."
"Where exactly is that person?"
Yiyong's eyebrows pressed together and became sharp.
The only living person in the ruins, but there was an animal with distinctive characteristics like a snake around him. Could it be that they happened to run into Orochimaru?
"The man is in the shrine on the mountain. He is about ten years old and wearing glasses."
Ranmaru continued to explain what he saw, "And those snakes, to be precise, are not on the mountain, but on the mountain." It seems like they are searching for something inside..."
"Orochimaru shouldn't be wearing glasses. He is the only one here, and there is no need to pretend. This person is probably related to him."
Giyu pondered for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hands. He started playing like a conductor of a symphony orchestra.
The surrounding fog rolled and gathered like clouds blown by the wind, and expanded in all directions like a retreat, exposing a large area of clear land.
Yiyong looked around. Unfortunately, there is no suitable place for Suigetsu and Ranmaru to hide around.
"Let's go meet this person together."
Since Orochimaru might appear at any time, it would be safer for the two of them to stay by his side.
In this way, Giyuu embarked on the road to the mountain shrine.
In the shrine.
Kabuto Yakushi was holding a scroll full of ancient characters and comparing it with the spells on the altar of the shrine.
After several days of hard work, Orochimaru's mission to collect homeless blood stepchildren has come to an end.
Kabuto Yakushi came here this time to find the legendary Kusanagi sword enshrined by the swordsmith village.
On the one hand, he taught himself ancient writing through the scrolls in Orochimaru's base and tried to decipher the secrets on the altar.
On the other hand, he sent smaller snakes to search around in the cracks of the mountain, hoping to prove his unique value.
Compared with those children with natural heirs, what he can do is still too limited.
When those children grow up, as long as they have a mind similar to his, they can easily replace his role.
Orochimaru, like Danzo, would never leave a useless person behind. He is special now because Orochimaru's career is still in its infancy.
If he couldn't prove that he was special, Kabuto Yakushi might not be far away from becoming the food of ten thousand snakes.
"Well... what I'm talking about here are the names of the Kusanagi swords, the Sora no Tachi, the Tenkoun sword, the Juken sword... I don't know which one is enshrined in the swordsmith village..."
Yakushi Kabuto was thinking about it when he suddenly heard something behind him. There was a sound of footsteps with a clear rhythm, and I immediately turned around, my brain starting like a tire spinning at high speed.
"Two footsteps, one heavy and one light. I don't know if I came here accidentally or if I found my location."
While he was analyzing secretly, he concentrated chakra on his right hand and pulled out the child's hand. That cowardly and harmless smile was intended to lower the visitor's vigilance.
Soon, the owner of the voice appeared. It was not a combination of one big and one small, but one of the children carrying an extra one on his back. This way, the threat is even smaller.
Yakushi Kabuto did not speak immediately, but looked at the visitors carefully, trying to judge their origins based on their appearance.
[A sick child, looking very weak. ]
This is Ranmaru.
[This child's eyes are glazed over, and it's very likely that his whole family is dead. He carries a knife, maybe he knows ninjutsu? ]
This is righteousness.
Kabuto Yakushi was very familiar with this kind of face with vacant eyes. He had seen this kind of child all the time in the past few days. It was like this because the whole family had absolutely no hope.
[It should be a wandering orphan from the Kingdom of Water. He is relatively clean. He must have just lost his family not long ago. Could it be that Mizukage has attacked another village? ]
[Why does this last one look a bit like a ghost lantern full moon? ]
While he was looking at the three strange children, Yiyong was also scanning Yakushi Kabuto, but this person looked ordinary and there was nothing special about him. Even wearing glasses was not a disguise, but a real high degree of myopia.
All in all, no threat. A clone can subdue it.
However, at the same time.
A root ninja with Danzo's orders has successfully landed in the Kingdom of Water and is on his way to Orochimaru's secret base.
(End of chapter)