Chapter 119 Shinobu and Shiro (Part 1)
Chapter 119: Shinobu and Shiro (Part 1)
"Get along well?"
The two-handed sword ninja raised the corners of his mouth sarcastically. He did not have the slightest sense of being at the critical point of life and death. Instead, he seemed to have heard something funny.
"Kid, let me ask you, will snakes and mice get along well? Will lions and rabbits get along well? Will sharks and other miscellaneous fish get along well? Because you are too young, you have no understanding of your situation. ."
He drew out the two-handed sword behind him.
The tip of the sword hit the ground with a dull sound, and the whole sword stood in front of Butterfly Ninja, which was a bit higher than her hairpin. The intimidation was very obvious.
"I'm afraid you don't know, so I need to talk to you about the science."
Butterfly Ninja didn't take a step back, and raised a finger in a scholarly manner, as if he was going to the countryside to educate himself on illiteracy.
There was obvious ridicule in her smile, just like "Mr. Tomioka doesn't know that he is hated?"
"There are several types of fish, such as guide fish and pilot fish, which regularly dispose of debris between their teeth for sharks, so sharks will not feed on them. Therefore, there are two types of animals, sharks and trash fish. We can indeed get along well together. Ninja-sama obviously lives by the sea, but he doesn't even know this common sense. How pitiful." "
You!" The two-handed sword ninja's eyes widened. He was about to do something, but was beaten by his companion. break.
"Senior, we still have a mission. If we don't catch up with the team, we will be punished."
Another young ninja didn't want to waste time on two passers-by, and even defended Yiyu.
"Most of the mountains around here are full of strange rocks. Some of the rocks are extremely sharp. It is normal for them to cause kunai-like injuries. Besides, there are numerous small wounds on his body. There are no less than a hundred of them. It really looks like It was rolling down the mountain—"
His voice stopped because the two-handed sword ninja looked at him with eyes as cold as blades.
For the latter, pestering the Butterfly Ninja was actually just to find a reason to relive the privileges of ordinary ninjas during the reign of the Fourth Mizukage.
When a new Mizukage is elected and the Kirigakure ninjas can no longer "arbitrarily" execute ordinary people because of policies, these middle genin who have no blood inheritance limit will turn back into the bottom class and cannon fodder without dignity, and will no longer be able to understand The superiors who can control other people's lives at will - because by then, their enemies will become ninjas from various countries across the sea, instead of ignorant civilians who have no power to fight back.
It's a pity that he finally separated from the main force. He thought he could relive the respect and fear here in Butterfly Ninja, but he didn't expect that this brat was so bold and easily broke through his narcissistic defense.
[And that annoying smile...]
"Since you are in a hurry to get back..."
The two-handed sword ninja looked at the junior with a fierce look, and handed over his weapon, "Then execute them with your own hands. "
The Butterfly Ninja raised his eyebrows, but that was all his reaction was.
She watched the situation develop quietly, as if she wanted to see clearly from the performance of these two ninjas the nature of all ninjas in the world - at least the Kirigakure ninjas.
And this determines Butterfly Shinobi's basic attitude towards them in the future.
"Senior, the higher-ups just informed you not long ago..."
The ninja sword boy did not take the two-handed sword, but tentatively reminded: "We are not allowed to attack the civilians around us, and we must slowly restore the trust of the daimyo and the people in us... "
You are really obedient, as if you are sure that you will perform missions with those big families in the future." The
two-handed sword ninja said in a sinister manner: "You should know in your heart that when the time comes, you will be working side by side with newcomers like you. " There are many people like me who are fighting and going on missions. Do you want me to tell them that you have always looked down on those of us who like to step on ants? Huh?" The
sword-bearing boy's face turned pale with this nasal sound.
Once the seniors do this, they are isolated, which is only the best outcome.
With the Kirigakure ninja's urinary nature, it was possible to kill him directly even if he was accused of "collaborating with the enemy".
"Since you don't want to, just prove it to me."
The two-handed sword ninja grabbed the latter's hand and forced the hilt of the sword to the other person. His voice was like a devil from hell, full of temptation and threat at the same time.
"Kill these two brats and you will be one of our own. I will tell everyone to take good care of you as a newcomer. When the higher-ups ask, we will say that these two people defected during the chaos last night and tried to resist when they were arrested. So I have to kill him, so you don't violate the new order."
"This..."
The ninja sword boy held the hilt of the sword in astonishment, thinking rapidly about what to do.
The two-handed sword ninja gave him some time without urging.
He turned to look at the Butterfly Ninja, hoping to see a look of fear on the kid's face, but was disappointed once again.
The butterfly ninja tilted his head and said in admiration: "What a good idea. If he refuses to kill us, you can threaten him with his future ninja career; if he kills me, then the reason for his disobedience of the order will be eliminated. It fell into your hands. No matter what, his fate is controlled by you. No matter what you want to ask him to do in the future, you can use this matter to threaten him. As time goes by, he makes more and more mistakes, and naturally I have become one of your own."
The sword-slinging boy was told what was on his mind, and his expression became more and more embarrassing.
"Hmph, listening to what you say, I am more and more convinced that you ran away from the village. Ordinary brats are not so smart." The two-handed
sword ninja looked at the butterfly ninja more and more displeased, "It's a pity, no matter how smart the ant is, They're just ants."
"Ah, when you say that, you must have crushed an ant like me to death, right?"
Suddenly, Butterfly Ninja's tone became extremely gentle. Just like a noble lady who is often widowed and gets her husband's inheritance, she is as gentle as hearing that her blind date has a fortune of hundreds of millions.
"But seeing as you are so young, you should remember the specific number, just like the medals for meritorious service." "Do
you want to know so much? It doesn't hurt to tell you."
Not only did the two-handed sword ninja not feel ashamed, but he bowed down with great pride. He leaned closer to the Butterfly Ninja, and then recounted his great achievements.
"I remember 131 people very clearly. The first few were killed very hastily, but then I became very skillful. I chopped off their heads and let their family members watch slowly. I didn't move on to the next one until the blood dried up. , at that time they didn't even have the strength to cry. If you had experienced the feeling of family members dying in front of you one by one, you wouldn't be as playful and smiling as you are now."
"That's really a pity." Butterfly Ninja sarcastically said In a word, the light in the eyes is like the reflection on the tip of a knife.
The two-handed sword ninja glanced at Yiyong: "We don't have that much time, and it is not realistic to find your family, but this kid is very important to you, right? In a while, we will start with him first, and then it will be your turn. As a person like me, I love bullying someone as weak as you. You are so tough right now. Even if you cry louder, no one will hear you."
After saying that, he turned to look at his junior: "Have you decided yet? Don't let me keep telling you. Just wait."
The latter took a deep breath, took two steps forward with his sword, and finally gave the answer.
"Let's start with the injured one first."
The two-handed sword ninja pushed him, but the latter shook his head firmly.
After glancing at the expressive expression of Butterfly Ninja, he immediately lowered his eyelids and put the sword on his shoulder: "I, I also have a sister, so I'll start with you first... I will be quick and won't let you get too excited. It's painful."
"Do you want me to say thank you?" Butterfly Ninja blinked, "You have to bear the consequences of the choices you make." "
I'm sorry." The sword-ninja boy gritted his teeth, "But I have no choice."
After saying that, his arm muscles bulged and he was about to take action.
As everyone knows, it was this apology that made Butterfly Ninja decide to spare his life.
The moment the two-handed sword fell, she would lower herself close to the opponent, break his fingers holding the sword, then take away the ninja sword from his waist, and insert it into the heart of that proud guy in less than a second.
In the end, she would turn around and break all the fingers and hand bones of the boy with a ninja sword, so that he would not be able to hold a weapon for at least half a year and could only stay at home with his sister. As for any other punishment for him within the Ninja Village, it doesn't matter about the Butterfly Ninja.
[That scum is a bit cheap. ]
Such thoughts flashed through the mind of Butterfly Ninja, who often went to hell to visit the Twelve Ghost Moons.
The next moment, the two-handed sword in the Ninja sword boy's hand swung down as expected.
But the butterfly ninja did not dive forward as he planned, but instead took a cautious step back.
A long white ice edge flew into the field from the edge of the butterfly ninja's field of vision, and plunged into the ground in front of the boy with the sword.
Then the ice-edge tail swung hard and hit the chopped sword blade.
After a crisp sound, the ice edge shattered, but the two-handed sword was also ejected and flew out, grazing the owner's hair.
"There is an enemy!"
The two ninjas immediately stood back to back. One pulled out his ninja sword, and the other took out his spare kunai, and looked at the figure walking out of the shade of the tree as if facing an enemy.
The Butterfly Ninja also looked in the direction of the sound of footsteps.
Judging from the appearance, it was a beautiful girl who came out of the woods.
The "girl" has an oval face, delicate and gentle features, long hair falling on her shoulders like a dark waterfall, and her skin and exposed collarbone perfectly interpret the meaning of the word "ice muscle and jade bone". This person is none other than Bai.
He walked slowly and lightly, and tied the forehead protector representing the Kirigakure ninja to his forehead.
In fact, Bai Da didn't have to do this, because most of the Kirigakure ninjas knew him, but because of Zabuza's fierce eyes, few people dared to go up and talk to him.
"You two, Zabuza-sama has something to do with them."
After he approached, he politely pointed at Butterfly Ninja and Giyuu.
"Okay, please, please."
Different from the obsessed expression on the face of the ninja sword boy, the two-handed sword ninja who knew who Zabuza was immediately broke into a cold sweat.
That was the ruthless man who defeated all the other candidates in the Ninja School Graduation Examination. The title of ghost is not just talk.
In addition, it is said that the death of the fourth Mizukage is inseparable from Zabuza, and he himself is also one of the candidates for the new Mizukage.
Thinking of this, the two-handed sword ninja slapped his junior on the shoulder and dragged him away quickly.
Just when the two were about to set off, a pleasant warning voice came softly.
"I won't tell the village what happened today, but please be sure to restrain your behavior."
The two quickly made an OK gesture, picked up their weapons and ran away.
But what they didn't notice was that a black bird with red eyes also took off at the same time and followed them slowly.
That's exactly Butterfly Ninja's 鸸 Crow·yan.
Ever since it realized that its master would never let go of the ninja holding a two-handed sword, it didn't even need the Butterfly Ninja to give orders, it already knew what it should do.
In the Demon Slayer Squad, most of the pillars encounter robbers, knife testers or various criminals. At most, they subdue these people and send them to the police station.
But there are exceptions.
For example, if these people go to memorize words and encounter Fengzhu Immortal Kawa Saneya, who is often in a manic state, they will be seriously injured and paralyzed in place waiting to die.
If you encounter the sound column Uzhuang Tianyuan who is troublesome and distrusts the police, they will be beheaded neatly, and their crimes will be written gorgeously around the body (Uzhuan Tianyuan's signature and simple self-portrait will also be included) .
But the most unlucky thing was undoubtedly the encounter with the insect-hashira butterfly ninja who hated evil.
Only she would let these people go for the time being, and then follow them to the door to catch these villains and their accomplices.
First, she would kindly persuade them to surrender, but due to problems with her smile and tone of voice, she often failed, and instead she would be attacked by these villains.
At this time, Butterfly Ninja had to draw his sword to resist in order to protect himself. It's just unfortunate that the butterfly ninja always over-defends, and these people are either dead or completely disabled.
At the beginning, Yanzhu·Mingmingyu Xingming also persuaded Butterfly Ninja that these gangsters should not be executed by them, but should be handed over to the police.
But once, after Iwazhu was provoked in the street by a murderer whom he had personally sent to the police station, he acquiesced to Butterfly Ninja's approach.
It can be seen that the Butterfly Ninja is different from Giyuu, who always feels guilty and painful after killing people, and Purgatory Anjuro, who just subdues people and blocks chakra.
She hates evil as much as she hates it, and has no psychological barriers to permanently dealing with scum and scum.
She let Yan Ya follow her, firstly to find more similar scum, and secondly because she was worried about the "little devils" the two ninjas called her.
If Yiyong's injuries weren't so serious, she would have been the one following him, not the tiger.
anyway.
"Thank you for helping to drive them away. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do."
Butterfly Shinobi thanked him with a smile: "But you don't really want me to see Zabuza-sama? In that case, I It will be very troublesome."
"That's just an excuse to let them leave."
Bai walked closer, looking over the shoulder of the Butterfly Ninja, and saw that the body felt a little familiar.
"Now Kirigakure Village has abolished its past policies, but there are still some people who have not accepted it..."
He took two steps forward again, and finally saw Yiyong's face. His gray eyes suddenly shrank, and the sentence in his mouth was suddenly interrupted.
The Butterfly Ninja noticed this scene, but didn't say much. Instead, his eyes wandered around the white throat, as if he had guessed something interesting.
[It was from last night...]
Bai looked at the figure on the stretcher and suddenly remembered the slash that carved out a training ground last night.
He covered his mouth in surprise, not expecting to meet Yiyong here.
If the traces of Giyuu's battle were not too shocking, it would be difficult for Zabuza-sama to convince the village's senior officials that the Fourth Mizukage had been killed by Orochimaru.
However, the battle between Giyuu and Orochimaru and the two reincarnations of the dirty land is strictly confidential. Apart from the two of them, only Terumi Mei-sama knows about it.
Moreover, the woman warned Shiro and Zabuza not to tell anything related to Giyu, otherwise once the village regards the Konoha Ninja Village as an imaginary enemy, many people will definitely defect out of fear.
At this moment, Kirigakure was riddled with holes and had even lost its tailed beast. The last thing it needed was a powerful enemy.
[Speaking of which, what was the final result? Did he kill Orochimaru? ]
Shiro stroked his mouth gently, forcibly moving his eyes away from Yiyong and back to Butterfly Ninja.
"Are you friends? Do you have a good relationship?"
Butterfly Ninja nodded first, but then shook his head helplessly: "We have known each other for many years. Sometimes we are very happy when we get along, but sometimes we are very annoyed."
[ Since they are companions, this little girl must also be very strong. No wonder she dared to sneer at those two ninjas before. ]
After Bai made a guess, he calculated the distance from the battlefield to here, and said apologetically: "It seems that I am too busy."
He can drag a person weighing thirty or forty kilograms so far in half a day. , no matter how you think about it, he cannot be an ordinary person.
It seemed that he was protecting the two young Kirigakure ninjas just now.
"A group of prisoners escaped from Kirigakure Village last night, and many people are chasing them outside. You must be careful."
After saying that, Bai planned to leave.
Although I was very curious about Giyu and Butterfly Ninja, after all, they were ruthless characters who could destroy half the village with one strike, so it was impossible not to be a little scared.
Especially the terrifying scene where blood condenses into a sword and eyeballs grow out. Thinking about it under the broad daylight makes me feel chilly.
At this moment, Yiyong, who was lying on the stretcher, coughed violently twice, attracting the attention of the two people.
"How are you?"
Butterfly Ninja immediately squatted down to check the situation.
However, not only did Yiyong not answer, his breathing rhythm also deviated from the track of water breathing and became the same as that of ordinary people.
Butterfly Ren's smile stopped, and a nervous haze appeared on his forehead.
Even Changzhong cannot maintain it, which means that Yiyong's condition is extremely dangerous at this time and he has completely lost the ability to control his body.
Sure enough, in less than five seconds, the opened wound went out of control due to the failure of the breathing method. Dark blood flowed out along the lines of the muscles, quickly dyeing the stretcher under him red. Yiyong's already pale face gradually became as transparent as glass, like a lifeless statue.
[I have already lost a lot of blood, and it will be bad if the bleeding stops. It's a pity that there is no gauze to wrap the wound tightly now...]
The butterfly ninja only thought for two or three seconds before taking off the butterfly haori that was resurrected with him, intending to tear it into strips to stop the bleeding.
"Wait a minute." Bai, who was about to leave, suddenly said, "Use mine. It would be a pity to ruin such beautiful clothes..."
He first took off his ninja jacket, revealing two fair and clean arms.
Then, Bai made a seal with one hand with his left hand, and stretched out a sharp skate knife from his right hand. He easily divided the coat into two layers, the inner and the outer, and then cut it into strips of cloth. Finally, he felt that the cloth might not be long enough, so he took off his forehead protector. , and handed them to the Butterfly Ninja together.
The Butterfly Ninja stared at him for two seconds, and without hesitation, he handed his Haori into Shiro's hands first, then very skillfully crushed the herbs, applied them, then pressed and bandaged them, and finally used Kirigakure's forehead strap as the final fixation. , wrapped around Yiyong's waist, seems to indicate Yiyong's identity. After all, it's not uncommon for ninjas to wear forehead protectors wrapped around their waists.
"Thank you."
The butterfly ninja, who had not felt tired all morning, wiped the water droplets on his forehead, "I haven't dealt with wounds for a long time, so I am a little unskilled."
She turned her head and saw Bai Zheng lowered his head, gently stroking the translucent butterfly feather fabric as if smoothing his hair. There seemed to be nostalgia in his eyes.
It wasn't until the long silence woke him up that Bai raised his head in realization and returned Yuzhi with both hands, "I'm sorry, I remembered something and was a little lost."
"It's okay if you hold it for a while longer. If you like, I can draw a drawing for you, and you can take it to a tailor shop and ask someone to make it."
Butterfly Ninja raised his eyebrows playfully, "A handsome boy like you, It must be very beautiful when you wear it, I can't help but look forward to it."
"You are joking."
Bai blushed at first, then raised his head in surprise: "Did you see it?"
Someone said It has never happened before that one can reveal his gender as soon as they meet.
"Although your Adam's apple is not obvious, it can still be seen under the sunlight at a certain angle. After all,
you are an older child who has entered puberty." The butterfly ninja took Yuori and put it back on his body. "Maybe your appearance can be concealed. I can outsmart ninjas, but I can't hide it from doctors and painters. As a doctor, I know the human body very well. As for painters, they have some strange habits, so don't talk about them..."
Bai nodded with sigh. I didn't expect this girl to look so young, yet be so powerful and talk like a big sister.
However, seeing the way the haori was worn on Butterfly Ninja, Bai Hu asked with emotion: "This haori is so much bigger on you. It should be a relic of a family member or friend, so it is very important to you." Right?"
After saying this, he immediately felt something was wrong and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention..."
"It doesn't matter, I can already accept this fact."
Butterfly Ninja smiled slightly, thinking of his death Reunion with parents and sister.
"This feather fabric was left to me by my sister. The pattern was designed by my mother and sister when they were still alive. I also made a lot of suggestions." "
That's it." Bai didn't know what he thought of, and a trace of envy flashed in his eyes. The expression immediately disappeared without a trace, but it was still captured by Butterfly Ninja.
Butterfly Ren didn't know whether the other party envied her for having her family's relics or for having the time to reunite with her family, but no matter which guess, she felt a little sad.
"By the way, since you are familiar with this place, may I ask, how far is it from the Bladesmith Village?"
Butterfly Ninja decided to change the subject first.
On the other hand, she could only roughly determine the direction of her destination, but the exact distance was unknown.
Considering that Giyuu spent a whole day and night using Shiranui in order to rush on the road, it can be seen that the location is definitely not close.
"The Swordsmith Village is already close to the coast. Even if the ninjas attack with all their strength without eating or sleeping, it will take two or three days to arrive."
Zabuza once went to the Swordsmith Village to inquire about whether he could make a second decapitation sword, so Shiro came together Been there.
"If that's your destination..."
Bai glanced at Yiyong's face and shook his head slightly: "He can't make it there."
"Then are there any villages or towns nearby? As long as there are Zhengerba The medicine for menstruation will be fine. The herbs I have on hand are only for emergencies."
"No."
Bai shook his head, and the Butterfly Ninja immediately became nervous.
But Bai wasn't done yet. He hesitated for a while and said hesitantly: "However, a little further along this road, there is an abandoned patrol station. I, I sometimes live there, so I bought a few spare medical kits."
He greeted Looking at the increasingly bright eyes of Butterfly Ninja, he continued: "If you are willing to believe me, I can take you there. Anyway, I originally planned to go there."
Butterfly Ninja seemed to be completely unwary of the dialogue, and asked in surprise without any hesitation. Said: "Is it really okay? You don't have anything else to do, such as tasks?"
"Well, Zabuza-sama has realized his dream..."
Bai lowered his head, turned around quickly, but raised his head at the same time. He gently brushed his right hand in front of his face.
"I'm afraid I won't have anything to do for a long time."
Shinobu: I'm a professional at picking up children.
(End of chapter)
Chapter 120 Shinobu and Shiro (Part 2) (8000)
Chapter 120: Shinobu and Shiro (Part 2) (8000)
In the evening, Butterfly Shinobi dragged Giyuu and followed Shiro to the bottom of a short mountain more than 200 meters tall.
Facing them was a cliff on one side of the mountain, almost completely vertical to the ground. Like an unpolished mirror, it reflected the beautiful afterglow on the other side of the sea of trees. It was covered with purple and orange, but the distinction was not very obvious. Magnificent color blocks.
"The patrol station I mentioned is right up there."
Bai stretched his neck and raised his eyes to the top of the sixty-story cliff.
"Are you actually at such a high place?"
Butterfly Ninja raised her head exaggeratedly, and the angle of her neck made her worry about her future height.
The resurrected Zhuhui and Giyong remain at the same age, so now her and Giyong's heights are not much different, but the key lies in the skeletal development after entering puberty.
She doesn't ask for her physique to surpass that of Purgatory Anjuro and Giyu, she just wants to be nine centimeters taller than when she was alive (151cm), and preferably catch up with her sister.
"The reason why it is built at such a high position is because before the Fourth Mizukage came to power, Kirigakure Village was not completely hidden, and there was not heavy fog around here every day. The patrol station is located at a high place and can also be used as a lookout. "Use it."
Bai introduced: "Later on, it was filled with fog all year round and nothing could be seen, so no one was willing to take the trouble to climb up. When Zabuza-sama didn't need me, this patrol station became my temporary place. Place."
When he said this, there was a look of nostalgia and regret in his eyes at the same time.
"Now that the good weather in Kirigakure has returned, I'm afraid it will be reused soon." "
Looking at you, there must be a lot of precious memories here."
Butterfly Ninja smiled understandingly, "So I thought You want to keep this place to yourself, right?"
Bai was told what was on his mind. He didn't know what he thought of, two red clouds appeared on his face, and he hurriedly avoided Shinobu's sight.
He took two steps forward, condensed chakra on the sole of his left foot and adsorbed it on the cliff, then heeled with his right foot, keeping his entire torso parallel to the ground easily.
Bai Zigu took a few steps up and noticed that there were no footsteps behind him (below), so he turned his head strangely, only to find that the Butterfly Ninja was pressing his chin with his index finger, staring at his shoes curiously.
A ridiculous idea suddenly sprouted in Bai's mind: "Well, you..."
"My name is Butterfly Nin. You are older than me, just call me Xiao Nin."
Suddenly, Bai was interrupted, and Bai remembered He seemed to be used to the ninja life and forgot to tell his name.
"My name is Bai, I don't have a surname."
A simple word is enough to explain Bai's origin.
He pushed a little harder, jumped off the cliff, and landed in front of Shinobu.
"You haven't practiced treading water or climbing trees, so you can't go up?"
Bai just asked tentatively.
After all, when he thought about it, the boy from the Uchiha clan was so powerful that it was a bit dreamy.
As a companion, Butterfly Ninja, even if there is some gap between him and Giyuu, it cannot be bigger than the gap between him and Zabuza-sama.
It is more likely that the girl was wary and did not want to follow him to that place.
When Bai thought of this possibility, although he could understand it, he was a little disappointed. After all, this was the norm in the ninja world - strangers were natural enemies.
For someone like him to offer help proactively, it seems a bit suspicious no matter how you look at it. But to be honest, he just felt that the boy was similar to him to some extent through the conversation between Orochimaru and Giyu, so he didn't want to see the latter die in vain.
However, this loss did not last long.
Because Butterfly Ninja's answer was even more outrageous than he thought.
"Treading water and climbing trees?"
Butterfly blinked inquiringly.
"This kind of thing requires that kind of energy called 'Chakra' to do it, right?" "
That kind of energy called... Chakra or something like that?"
Bai was a little stunned, and didn't even think about it for a moment. I understand why Butterfly Ninja calls something that is most familiar to Ninja like this.
"Don't you Konoha ninjas learn how to extract chakra on the first day of school?"
"We are not ninjas, and I am not from Konoha."
The butterfly ninja suddenly smiled slyly when he heard this.
She pointed at Giyu behind her, "But he is indeed from Konoha. It seems like you really know him, Shiro." In fact,
Giyu and Shiro had a relationship - he used Shiranui to kill Zabuza. The moment when Hebai's head flew past.
But at that time, Giyuu was using the Breath of Fire instead of the Moon Breath, and he did not open the Sharingan, so the butterfly ninja could not see Shiro through Giyuu, so it was unclear why the child knew Giyuu.
"This..."
Bai's face froze.
He originally wanted to pretend that he didn't know him.
He felt that Zabuza's criticism was not wrong. He lacked the vigilance that a ninja should have, and his secret was revealed so easily. The one who exposed him was a little girl who claimed to be not a ninja.
Just as he was struggling with how to deal with it, Bai suddenly remembered the crux of the problem.
"Wait a minute, weren't we talking about you just now?"
He stared at the butterfly ninja's face with wide eyes, "You just said that you are not ninjas?"
This is the hard part to accept.
"It's true."
Butterfly Ninja said very calmly, "He is still a student at the Ninja School, and will be in the fourth grade soon..."
Bai's facial features tightened bitterly, feeling that his good intentions had been deceived.
If the students of Konoha Ninja School were able to subdue the seven ninja swordsmen in one second, then Kirigakure might as well be destroyed altogether.
The butterfly ninja continued: "As for me, I don't know anything about things like chakra. If I could do what you just did, I would have followed you long ago and I would never waste treatment time. Look at me, do you think Do I look like someone who is joking with other people's lives?"
"Not like that." Bai shook his head almost instinctively, but his eyes towards Yiyong were full of doubt.
"I know you have a lot of doubts. I will prove it to you after you go up and complete further treatment. Although I don't mind lying, I never deceive those who are kind to me." Butterfly Ninja untied the vines around his
waist. Article, "The situation is urgent now. Can you help me bring him up first? I can't walk freely on the wall. This kind of thing is still too difficult for me at the moment." "...
Okay."
Bai thought for a while, then nodded and tied the rattan connecting the stretcher to his waist.
The butterfly ninja squatted down and took out a very familiar ceramic kettle from the space under the stretcher and handed it over: "I'm not sure what this is, but I feel that if this thing breaks, the two of us will probably die. It's settled. To prevent it from falling and breaking during the ascent, please hold it carefully in your hands." "
Gudong." Bai took the thing with a dull expression, and his throat couldn't help shaking violently.
After what happened last night, Bai heard that Zabuza said that Orochimaru used a certain technique to transfer the three tails sealed in the body of the Fourth Mizukage into this small pot.
Shiro didn't know what a "tailed beast" was, and Zabuza didn't elaborate on it, but simply described it to him -
the three-tailed beast was a monster that couldn't be truly killed, but could easily destroy the entire Kirigakure Village.
Because it cannot be tamed, it can only be sealed in the body of Kirigakure's strongest Fourth Mizukage. It was a blessing that Orochimaru didn't force the three tails out during the battle with Mizukage, otherwise no one in Kirigakure would be able to deal with that thing independently for the time being.
After knowing that this thing was most likely in the hands of Giyuu, Momochi Zabuza originally wanted to inform the village and let the senior officials use diplomatic means to ask for it from Konoha.
However, Terumi Mei believed that doing so would expose Kirigakure's weak state due to the lack of tailed beasts to other ninja villages. It was best to deal with it secretly and secretly reached an agreement with Konoha, so she asked Momochi Zabuza and Haku to pretend that they did not know about this. Let's wait until the new Mizukage takes office.
Now, with such a dangerous thing in Bai's hands, how could he not be nervous.
"I'll be careful."
There was a tight feeling outside Bai's brain. He dragged Yiyong to the edge of the cliff, and when he was about to go up, he did not forget to remind Butterfly Ninja: "You wait here for a moment, I will take him up, and then come down to take you."
"Thank you for your kindness, Shiro. "
Butterfly Ninja shook his head, but his eyes were fixed on the top of the cliff. "Actually, I can go up by myself, but I can't bring anyone with me."
Bai misunderstood Ninja's meaning: "But if you want to go around from behind, you have to go up. It will take more than an hour to walk..."
"It's okay, I'll go up soon."
Bai didn't say anything, but smiled and started climbing. I thought it was a child trying to show off his strength, but this butterfly ninja was a little different from the maturity he showed before. But that's normal.
The butterfly ninja at the foot of the mountain did not intend to take a detour, but opened his eyes wide and carefully searched for something on the seemingly smooth stone wall.
When Shiro had dragged Giyu to the top and greeted her from above, the butterfly ninja took a deep breath, as if he was ready for something.
"Just in time to try out the potential of this body."
The next moment, Bai, who was about to go down again, was surprised to see the small figure of Butterfly Ninja charging towards the cliff.
"Doesn't she have chakra? What is she doing?"
Bai leaned out half of his body, wondering to himself.
The next moment, his question was answered.
"Insect's Breath..."
Butterfly endured the white steam leaking out of her mouth and nose, and her seemingly fragile body burst into a desperate aura. The look in his eyes was completely different from before.
"Dance of the centipede..."
She walked through extremely fast, lowering her body to run like a shadow. When she was still three meters away from the stone wall, she stepped on the ground with her right foot, making a loud sound like a monument and cracking a stone. His body shot into the air more than ten meters high like a javelin.
"Hundred-legged snake belly!"
Seeing that he was about to hit the stone wall, Butterfly reluctantly repeated his old trick, stepped hard with his left foot, and landed on a vague bulge, immediately leaving a hole the size of a human head on the stone wall. The body bounced towards another bulge more than ten meters diagonally above.
In this way, she relied on the huge reaction force generated by violently kicking the wall and the stone wall, and kept jumping left and right on the stone wall. Using the weak points of strength, she frequently jumped more than ten meters in height, getting closer and closer to the top of Bai's place.
As she marched, she made a series of terrifying loud noises, leaving a row of twisted and winding potholes on the originally smooth cliff.
Seeing the figure getting closer and closer to him, Bai's mouth opened slightly, and he was simply amazed.
That sound of explosions coupled with the flying blurred phantom, it is no exaggeration to say that it is powerful, which is in sharp contrast with the petite body.
However, he was also a little worried, because the last twenty meters of the cliff were as smooth as a mirror. If Butterfly Ninja failed to find a point of strength and accidentally fell, the consequences would be disastrous.
But Butterfly Shinobu had already considered this.
After she stepped hard on the stone wall for the last time, her breathing rhythm changed again. A kunai fell from the cuff of her yukata into her right hand, and then she raised it high to the sky.
"Breath of Insects·Dance of Bee Fangs·True Drag!"
Then, the butterfly ninja's body was completely suspended in the air, as if being dragged by the rocket-like kunai to fly higher, finally reaching a height of twenty meters. It was easily surpassed, and it rose another seven or eight meters before stopping.
Just when she was about to fall directly to the ground, the Butterfly Ninja opened her arms wide, and the overly large butterfly-patterned feather fabric covering the outside was completely unfolded, making her stand still in the air for a moment like a real butterfly.
Bai raised his head and looked at this scene with great envy. The orange light of the setting sun actually embroidered the shiny edge on this translucent butterfly, making the figure look like a dream.
"Dance of the butterfly, teasing."
Finally, with a soft chant, the butterfly ninja flapped its "wings", drawing a downward trending exponential function curve in the air, and landed on the ground quickly and elegantly.
Only this time, she didn't even make a sound, just like a butterfly stopping on the delicate petals.
The butterfly ninja who landed on the ground only had a slightly red face, and there wasn't even a drop of sweat on his forehead.
She couldn't hide the surprise and excitement in her eyes - she used the insect's breath to use three sword types in succession, but she could hardly feel the burden of the breathing method on her body!
In the past, I had to rest my legs for several days after using Centipede Dance·Hundred Foot Snake Belly. I only felt a little numb, and it was getting better quickly!
[Is this what it feels like to be strong? ]
Butterfly Ninja fully enjoyed this unprecedented strong self-confidence.
Then, an idea came to her mind that she had never dared to think about in the past -
[Since the burden of insect breath on the body is close to zero, then my sister's flower breath...]
The butterfly ninja did it as she said.
Bai, who was about to talk to the Butterfly Ninja, stopped talking because he saw the look in the girl's eyes suddenly changed from cunning and alert to as gentle and calm as a spring flower.
"Flower Breath·Five Forms·Fruitless Peony."
The butterfly ninja held the kunai tightly, and completed a very fast stab at one point with his right hand from nine directions. The phantom formed by the arm and the kunai was just like the petals of the peony about to bloom.
Nine thrusts landed at the same location and were completed in less than one second. It is not difficult to imagine the difficulty.
Butterfly Ninja's best performance in the past was only six times before he could not breathe smoothly, but now he is only panting slightly -
most likely because the flower breath did not achieve the usual results.
After the action was completed, she returned to her standing position, with the corners of her mouth raised, but her eyes were inevitably moist.
[Sister, have you seen it? I finally did it...]
The Butterfly Ninja is a rare member of the Demon Slayer Corps who masters the three breathing techniques.
She passed the selection of Teng Xishan by relying on water breathing among the five basic breathing methods.
Many ghosts there have not eaten for many years, their bodies are very weak, and their recovery speed is slow. Although the butterfly ninja cannot exert the power of water breathing, it can still cut off the ghost's neck with a few more cuts. But once the ghost slaying officially started, the burden of water breathing on the body was obvious, resulting in Butterfly Ninja's performance being mediocre.
After her sister Hanae became a Hashira, the Butterfly Ninja, as the step-son of Hana Hashira, began to learn the breathing method derived from water breathing - the breathing of flowers that is more suitable for female swordsmen. Although the situation has improved, it's not much, and Butterfly Ninja's main job has to be transitioned from killing ghosts to treating injured team members at Butterfly House.
It wasn't until Hanashira's death that the butterfly ninja began to study toxins wholeheartedly in order to take revenge, and further developed insect breath that was only suitable for herself based on flower breath, and finally became insect pillar.
But now, she can use the breath of insects and flowers smoothly, not to mention the breath of water.
[It seems that Tomioka has been struggling for so long, not without reason. ]
Shinobu turned his grateful gaze to Giyuu.
The strength of this body is far beyond imagination, and it makes up for almost all her shortcomings (of course, her height is still unknown).
[Thank you very much. ]
"Miss Shinobi, are you okay?"
Unknowingly, Bai used honorifics when addressing Shinobu.
With the physical fitness shown by Butterfly Ninja just now, no wonder she was not afraid of the two Mist Ninjas at that time.
I really can't imagine what it would be like if such a person could use chakra.
Sure enough, there was a good reason why she could become a companion with a monster like Uchiha Giyuu.
"It's okay, I just moved my body. I haven't had this opportunity for a long time."
The butterfly ninja knew that he was a little too excited just now, so he nodded slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry for making you worry."
"No, it's okay." Bai was a little restrained. He clenched his fingers and said, "The patrol station is over there. Let me boil some hot water first."
He put the kettle that sealed the three tails on the stretcher and entered the cabin on the cliff first.
The butterfly ninja dragged Giyuu and followed him in slowly.
The furnishings in the wooden house are very simple. Except for a pair of tables and chairs, a stove, two single beds covered with wolf skins, and a row of shelves with several medical bags, there is nothing else, not even a water boiler. The casseroles were all taken out of Bai's scroll.
However, although this place is simple and simple, there is not much dust. Someone has obviously cleaned it carefully.
While Shiro was using the explosive talisman fragments to light a fire and make ice and boil water, the butterfly ninja dragged Giyuu on the stretcher to a bed, took out a medical bag and rummaged through it carefully.
"Medical gauze, cotton swabs, syringes, epinephrine injections, physiological saline..."
Her eyes quickly scanned the labels of these things. Although she had never seen some of them before, it was not difficult to guess their uses based on their shapes and names.
She felt Yiyong's pulse, first gave him an injection to raise his blood pressure, and then decided to inject glucose intravenously to replenish water and basic nutrition.
"Don't you need a blood transfusion?" Bai said worriedly, "My blood type should be able to transfuse blood for everyone..."
"Thank you for your kindness, but it probably won't be necessary." Butterfly Ninja shook his head.
Zhu's body is different from ordinary people. As long as he replenishes his nutrition, regains a little consciousness, and allows Yiyong to resume his normal breathing rhythm, the wounds all over his body will be under control immediately. This is the most important thing.
"This person has only slept less than thirty hours and eaten less than ten meals in the past ten days. The key is not keeping up with nutrition."
The butterfly ninja hung the bottle on the corner of the window and pressed it gently The pulley on the infusion tube, a few drops of glucose solution dripping from the needle.
When the needle was inserted into Yiyong's arm, the Butterfly Ninja's voice became a little stern, "Otherwise Yizhu... with his physical condition, he wouldn't be like this if he lost too much blood." "
Ten days only . You slept for less than thirty hours?"
Bai was a little surprised.
After all, when fighting righteously, he didn't feel tired at all. Instead, he was extremely ferocious and seemed to be more awake than anyone else.
"Well, there are some people in the world who often feel that they have made some mistakes and are not worthy of living comfortably, so they insist on squeezing their bodies like this."
Butterfly Ninja put medical tape around the needle and stared closely at Yiyong's closed eyes. , as if hoping he could hear her.
"I finally got a little lucky (having a family), but I also feel that I am responsible for the misfortunes of others. In this case, luck has become pressure."
Bai didn't understand the meaning of Ren's words.
He looked at Giyu and asked: "Is he working so hard just to chase down Orochimaru?"
"Orochimaru should be just an accident. In fact, he came here just for your Fourth Mizukage. But he didn't expect that, Someone actually took the lead."
Shiro said "As expected", and his tone also contained a bit of condemnation: "Is it an assassination mission from Konoha? You clearly said that he is not a ninja."
Unless the top management of Konoha is blind , and let such people study in school. What is the difference between this and killing a pig with a decapitating sword?
"Didn't I say I would prove it to you before?"
Butterfly Ninja raised the corners of his lips, turned over the stretcher, and took out a scroll from the ninja tool bag.
"He was reviewing the Ninja School textbooks a few nights ago. I don't have chakra, can you open this thing? There should be a lot of ingredients in it, just take it out and stew it into soup. Of course, if It would be great to have better trauma medicine."
"Are you sure?" Shiro took the scroll with a tangled expression, "If he is a ninja of Konoha and I see some confidential documents in it..." "Even if
he is a ninja of Konoha, I see it..."
If you really see any secrets, I won't do anything to you."
The butterfly ninja suddenly frowned and said seriously: "Please don't compare us with ninjas."
"Oh, okay." Bai Qiu The Butterfly Ninja was frightened by the sudden severity he showed. He quickly unfolded Giyu's scroll, first pressed his handprint on the seal with the word "food" written on it, and took out a plastic box filled with ingredients. Before opening it, you can already see the various radishes inside.
Finally, Shiro looked at the seal with the word "book" written on it and hesitated for a moment, because this was where most ninjas stored information.
But since the Butterfly Ninja made such a guarantee, he also wanted to ask for proof of something, so he put his handprint on it.
A stack of books, both large and small, and a square box containing unknown contents appeared.
"Is it really okay to read it?" Bai asked again, his fingers resting on the backs of these books.
Although generally ninja information is conveyed in scrolls, it is not impossible to have books containing secret codes. Haven't you seen that these books are all wrapped in book covers? I always feel like I'm not showing off to others...
"Except for the stack of little books, which are issued by the school, there's nothing you can't read."
Shinobu took out a thicker book and unfolded it. It happened to be Qian Qian. Photos of the brothers Teto Tobirama and Senju Hashirama.
She turned to the title page.
"Look, "The History of the Ninja Tribe: A Thousand Years' Journey, a Textbook for the Fourth Grade of Konoha Ninja School" was written by Hiruzen Sarutobi. This should be the name of the Third Hokage." [It's really a
textbook...]
Shiro felt a lot more relieved all of a sudden. So I casually took out another book and unfolded it from the middle, but it just froze there.
The next moment, his eyes felt dizzy and dizzy. His face turned visibly red from his neck. He could not move while holding the book in his hands, but his nose felt itchy.
"Is this, is this also a textbook?"
His frail tone caught the butterfly ninja's attention.
The latter noticed something was wrong with Bai's face and took two steps forward with a suspicious look on his face.
She only glanced at the contents, her expression changed suddenly, and she said sternly as if she had returned to the Butterfly House: "Children are not allowed to look at this kind of thing! Cover your eyes!"
"Got it!" Bai hurriedly followed the instructions. . The book fell from his retracted hand and was taken by the butterfly nin with quick eyes and quick hands.
She started flipping through it casually, with a paternalistic look on her face at first, but the more she looked at it, the clearer the contempt in her eyes became: "These are obviously photos that have been manipulated. In order to make these women look more attractive, the shoulders and heads have been modified." The proportions of the hips are all wrong, and the width of the hip bones and the length of the legs are completely unrealistic. Moreover, such a thin figure has such a big chest, and he can't even stand up, let alone make such exaggerated movements."
Bai opened the gap between his fingers curiously, and his sight came out from inside. His voice was a little aggrieved: "You are also a child, why can you see it?" "
I am a doctor and know the human body well. In my opinion, this is a book It is a picture album full of errors; but a little boy like you will inevitably have unrealistic fantasies about the opposite sex after reading it, so you are not allowed to read it."
Butterfly Ninja spoke decisively and impatiently turned the book to the title page: ""Tang Ninja" "The Village Courtesan's Bathing Award in 1945-50"? I didn't expect it..."
She glanced at Yiyong, whose face was still blue, with doubt.
[Can a person who has no way of enjoying himself really collect such things? ]
I glanced at the corners and edges of the book, and it didn't look like there were any signs of reading.
[Or maybe you bought it for someone else? I remember he had two older brothers...]
Putting this picture album aside, the butterfly ninja flipped through all the other books, then put the textbooks aside and studied these adult books. Bai couldn't sit or stand aside. He could only pretend to observe whether the boiling water was boiling or not, something as obvious as that.
"In addition to this kind of picture book full of mistakes, are there any novels?"
Butterfly Ninja opened two slightly smaller books, ""Intimacy Guide" and "Intimacy Paradise"? The same, there is no trace of reading at all."
[Really I can't imagine what Tomioka would be like reading this kind of book...]
She was 70% certain that this book was not bought by Giyuu for herself, but she still had 30% doubts.
The Butterfly Ninja glanced at Giyuu, gathered all the harmful books together, and planned to ask about the situation when Giyuu woke up.
But amidst her disdain, she had a little bit of hope that these books were indeed Zhiyong's collection.
Bad habits can be changed.
But at least it means that Giyuu is a person who allows himself to have sensual pleasures, rather than an ascetic who can eat a meal of radish and salmon for half a month.
If a person does not relax his spirit and squeezes his physical strength and time, sooner or later he will be completely broken.
And this is difficult to correct.
"The water is boiled." Bai stared at the pot of water for two full minutes before turning around and announcing, "You can put a new bandage on him."
Bai made a piece of ice to adjust the water temperature, and then added He took out a basin from his scroll, poured water into it, and carried it to the bedside.
One of the two people helped Yiyong clean the blood on his body and put on the high-grade trauma medicine taken from the scroll. The other helped him put on new and clean gauze and bandages.
It was obviously the easiest and most skilled physical work, but both Shiro and Shinobi were so busy that they were sweating profusely and felt even more tired than doing a set of Flower Breathing.
After finishing, Shinobu praised: "Shiro's movements are very skillful. This must not be the first time you help others treat wounds, right?" "
Well, Zabuza-sama also gets injured sometimes." Shiro said slowly, and then No more words.
I don't know whether it was the glucose that had the effect or the warm water. It didn't take long for Yiyong to gradually resume the rhythm of water breathing and normalcy, and his body temperature also transitioned from the shockingly cold just now to a little warmer. .
Although he still couldn't open his eyes or speak, as long as he regained control of the wound, the most difficult part was completely over.
"Although I've said it many times, I really need to thank you, Shiro. Without your help, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to get through today."
Butterfly Ninja stood up and bowed sincerely, "There are also ninjas like you. You are such a kind-hearted person. You know that we might be ninjas from other villages, but you are still willing to help. You are really a kind and gentle person." "Maybe just
because of this..."
Bai Bubu He was so used to being thanked and praised that he fidgeted and scratched his sweat-soaked face.
Not only did he not feel grateful for saving someone's life, but he showed abnormal shame and self-blame.
"Only Zabuza-sama would say that I can't be called a qualified ninja. I can't even be called a qualified tool... because tools don't have their own feelings." "
Shiro, you..."
Butterfly Shinobi said seriously He looked at the beautiful but sad face opposite, his lips parted, but he never spoke.
Until Bai was a little uncomfortable with the weird silence, a gentle hand gently covered the top of his head and slowly stroked his hair.
"It must be hard for you to live in a place like this."
It was as if a switch had been pressed on the long-ago memory, and the sour warmth that had not been felt for a long time hit Bai's nasal cavity.
Unknowingly, tears flowed down Bai's cheeks into two small rivers, but he didn't know why.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do this, and I don't know why..."
Bai was so ashamed that he desperately used his hands to wipe away the long-lost tears that had poured out of his eyes, but it was in vain as if cutting off the water with a knife.
Tears were the first thing he overcame after receiving ninja training. How could they pour out like this now? There must be something wrong...
"It doesn't matter, I don't care about this, but I think it's a good thing..."
This was not the first time Butterfly Ninja met such a child.
Her eyes were as loving as an elder sister's, and her voice was like warm marshmallows.
"Crying means that the life that truly suits you is far more than just being a tool."
However, she was clearly trying to comfort him, and Bai felt better, but he cried harder and harder.
God knows why.
(End of chapter)