Chapter 128 New Skin
Chapter 128 New Skin
When Shiro turned the corner holding a change of clothes, he happened to see Butterfly Ninja punching the air.
Veins appeared on her forehead and her ears were red. She first hit the imaginary enemy in front of her - an airman about the same height as her - with two swinging punches, one left and one right, and then added another punch that was so quick that it hit her fingertips. Hit the opponent in the abdomen.
The last punch was particularly vicious: Butterfly Ninja's clenched uppercut punched fiercely from below. He didn't stop the momentum until he was a head taller than himself. It seemed that he was dreaming of punching the opponent on the chin and knocking him away. .
After doing all this, Butterfly Ninja regained his composure, and his shoulders stopped rising.
She smoothed the white coat on her body, adjusted her hairstyle, turned around with a smile that was no different from usual, and made eye contact with Bai's somewhat horrifying eyes.
Butterfly Nin's eyes turned into crescents: "It's Bai. When did it come? I didn't even hear the sound." "I
just arrived." Bai felt his throat was a little dry, so he emphasized: "It's less than five years ago." Seconds."
Then nothing was seen.
"..." The Butterfly Ninja saw through it without saying anything, and focused his eyes on the suit of clothes Shiro was holding. There is also a small mirror and scissors on the top of the clothes.
"Is this the only kind of clothing in Orochimaru's base?"
"Well, there's not much difference in general. They were originally adult styles, so I cut them down and re-sewed the sleeves and corners." "
You're great, Shiro, He actually knows how to cut clothes."
The Butterfly Ninja immediately beamed, "In my hometown, apart from tailoring, only girls who want to get married can learn these things. My sister is very good at it, but I am not good at it. Not very interested."
"This..." Bai didn't know what he thought of, and his face turned pink, "As a ninja, you should know a little bit."
"That's it." The butterfly ninja stared at Bai for a while, until the other party He was a little panicked after being watched, and then suddenly said: "I have sent Yan to deliver a message to the Kirigakure ninja named 'Momochi Zabuza'. In your current situation, it is definitely not realistic to return to Kirigakure Village. If you want to meet, he can only come to you."
From the Butterfly Ninja's perspective, the Jounin with the severed hand would definitely not tell the truth completely when he returned.
If he said something like "We were retaliated for torturing Zabuza's followers", he would be severely punished.
So in his words, Shiro has probably become a Kirigakure traitor who is colluding with Butterfly Ninhang.
When the Butterfly Ninja let him go, he hadn't thought much about it. He just wanted him to serve as a messenger to make Kirigakure realize that there was a sharp sword hanging above their heads outside the village to restrain their behavior.
But now it seems that what she did in disguise gave Bai, a rare good man, a reason not to go back to being a ninja.
[Good seedlings like this must stay. ]
Butterfly Ninja's eyes flickered, and his brain was spinning rapidly.
She asked Tao Ya to tell Mochi that Zabuza was all the truth, and she still didn't know how the other party would react.
If the ninja named Zabuza Momochi intends to avoid suspicion and draw a clear line with Haku, then Haku can justifiably end his ninja career and stay here.
If the other party plans to use this news to lead the Kirigakure ninja attack to settle the score with her, then Purgatory, Tomioka and her are all here. What will greet Kirigakure is another disastrous defeat, and Shiro will also see the true face of the other party, completely Give up.
And the last possibility is that Momochi Zabuza really cares about Haku, and would rather risk being accused of "collaborating with the enemy" to meet Haku.
What to do at that time will have to be improvised.
Shiro didn't expect that in just a few seconds, so many thoughts would flash through the butterfly ninja's little head, and he was still immersed in the dual emotions of joy and worry -
he wanted to stay here, but he didn't want to betray Zabuza. , so he fell into some kind of dilemma.
"Okay, with Yan's speed, you will receive a reply tonight at the latest, and it won't be too late to get entangled by then."
Butterfly Ninja patted Bai's shoulder comfortingly, "I'll go see the person who knows first. Kabuto Yakushi, who has many things to do, let's see how to deal with him. As for Tomioka, I'll leave it to you. I'll meet them outside in a while." After saying that, the
butterfly ninja left, while Shiro was calming down at the door. After a moment, he opened the door and walked in.
Giyong is getting off the hospital bed with the help of a water clone. The Sharingan that was opened before has been closed long ago and turned back to dark blue.
Just by glancing at it, Yiyong felt that the other person's body shape was somewhat familiar, and immediately thought: "You are the child lying on the cliff a few nights ago." The
person in front of him called him "child", with a beautiful white face. He stiffened for a moment and said, "You still remember me."
"Of course you do. You and your companions don't look very strong, but you still stay so close to the battlefield. You really don't know yourself."
Out of righteousness and courage He only said a few words with good intentions, but Shiro's ears were filled with disgust and contempt: "If I hadn't been concerned about your safety, I would have directly used a large-scale water escape to deal with Orochimaru." "
Sorry." Shiro He lowered his head with drooped eyebrows. It was obviously the first time he was talking to Yiyong, but Shiro already had mixed feelings towards him.
Why did Giyuu seem to be polite, but the words he said made him feel more uncomfortable than when those Kiri ninjas insulted him?
Shiro still remembered that when he was running with Giyu, he was met by Anjuro halfway. The latter's encouraging eyes and warm and grateful compliments were like going to another imaginary world - his self-feeling was so Good and think that they are worthy of anything in the world.
However, at this moment, in front of Yiyong, he felt like sitting on pins and needles, like thorns piercing his back, like a lump in his throat...
In short, two extremes.
[How did the three of them get together? ]
"Well..." Bai still doesn't understand why the Butterfly Ninja calls Uchiha Giyuu Tomioka, so he doesn't know what to call him better. He can only take a step closer and show the clothes in his hand, "I'm here to help you. Clean up and change clothes."
"Put it there." Yiyong glanced at the water clone beside him, "I can do it myself."
As the Butterfly Ninja said, with such an appearance, even if he knew the other person was a man, But Yiyong still cares a little.
"Then do you know how to cut hair?"
Bai grabbed the scissors and pointed at the left side of the volunteer rice ball's head with a metallic friction sound, "Most of the hair here was burned by the detonating charm, so it's curled up. If it is not repaired, the two sides will be unbalanced and it will look weird."
"I should be able to do this simple hairstyle..."
"After all, the clone cannot act according to your wishes at any time, and the main body must always watch and command."
Bai Wen interrupted: "You can only see with one eye now, and there is always a difference between seeing with two eyes. Besides, you can't just cut the top of the head and the front, the back must also be processed, otherwise It looks like someone with a moon-shaped head has new hair... You don't want to appear like that in front of others, right?"
In fact, Yiyong didn't care at first.
But when I think about having a good relationship with others, the book also said that the first impression can usually determine a person's basic attitude towards another person...
The next moment, the water body disappeared, and Yiyong said solemnly: "Then I'll excuse you."
"Well, please sit on the chair over there."
The haircut started quickly, and there was no conversation between the two of them for the first few minutes
- one didn't want to talk, and the other probably didn't want to hear the other. explain.
But this silence is still somewhat disturbing. And Bai always had doubts in his heart.
"I can ask," Shiro asked tentatively while trimming the stray hair on Jiyong's head: "What were you talking about before Ms. Shinobu left this room?" What happened to
turn the gentle Shinobu out of his mind ? Is the lady so angry?
Surprisingly, Yiyong seemed to have no intention of hiding anything.
"We didn't talk about anything important." Yiyong said casually: "Butterfly asked me if I really think that there is no one more beautiful than her." The
white eyebrows twitched inadvertently, and he had already made up this sentence in his mind The content of the previous conversation between the two people showed a strange smile on their faces.
[It turns out that Miss Shinobu is no different from ordinary girls in this aspect. It's just... Isn't this age too early? ]
[And who would give the wrong answer to such a question...]
Wait, that's not right!
Bai was suddenly alert. If it was a satisfactory answer, Miss Ren would not act like she did just now.
"So how did you answer?" he asked a little worriedly.
"Of course not." Yiyong said confidently.
[no problem? ] Bai was confused, [Don't Miss Ren like others to praise her appearance, but pay more attention to her intelligence and talent? ]
Yiyong hasn't finished speaking yet.
"Because no one who is more beautiful than her is no longer alive."
Giyuu naturally said it was his eldest sister Tomioka Tsutako who is also both mother and sister. In his heart, there is no one more beautiful than his sister.
It's just that Butterfly Ren was walking in a hurry and didn't hear him finish the second half of his sentence.
"Click——" The clear sound of scissors became a little harsh.
"I'm sorry..." Bai Yan saw a bunch of hair falling on the ground and said apologetically: "Originally I wanted to cut my hair short, but now it seems that I can only cut it into an inch."
Half an hour later, he had a new hairstyle. Tomioka walked out of the room with new clothes and new bandages and splints on his left hand and left leg.
He was wearing a white coat with a wide open collar that was only gathered up by a dark purple waistband at the waist. The outside was tied with twist ties that resembled ropes attached to the central pillars of a shrine, as if a python was wrapped around it. waist.
(Sasuke's clothes in Shippuden)
Further down, there are loose riding hakama and standard ninja sandals.
All in all, this outfit is quite retro, making Giyuu, who has short Shisui-style hair, look like a wandering samurai.
As soon as he arrived in the corridor, Yiyong recognized that this was the bottom floor where Orochimaru conducted experiments.
What is different from before is that the doors of these laboratories are covered by thick roots growing from the mountains.
"What's going on?" Yiyong looked around and found these roots everywhere, "There were none before." "
Miss Shinobu was afraid that those children would run in here and see horrible things,"
thinking of yesterday The white faces of the grotesque experimental subjects seen here lost all color, and it took several seconds to finish the next sentence.
"So I used Wood Release to communicate with the plants in the mountain and sealed these rooms."
"Wooden Release?" Yiyong sounded a little surprised, "Did the butterfly master chakra so quickly?"
Because his eyes were uncomfortable, he woke up. He hadn't used the Transparent World since he arrived, so he didn't notice that the Butterfly Ninja had mastered chakra.
"Yes." Bai nodded, "After you were unconscious, Miss Shinobu had a dispute with a group of Kirigakure ninjas to protect me, which inspired her blood inheritance limit."
With Bai's status in Kirigakure Village, it is not enough In order to know what Wood Escape actually meant, he just thought it was something similar to his Ice Escape, so he said it more casually.
"Dispute?" Giyuu repeated the word strangely, "What happened to those fog ninjas in the end?" "
I didn't see it." Because he "escaped", Shiro lowered his head in shame, "But Miss Ninja said , Taught them some lessons."
"That's it." Yiyong didn't notice anything wrong. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered another person.
"Before Xingshourou and Butterfly arrived here, I asked a child named Kiden Suigetsu to take care of the other people in the base. Nothing happened to him, right?"
Although I didn't expect it, based on Yiyong's limited understanding of Kiden Suigetsu, The child should have been eagerly clinging to his bedside, urging him to teach him sword skills. He shouldn't be like now, with no movement at all.
"Well," a wry smile appeared on Shiro's face, "that child was punished for being rude to Miss Shinobu."
"Rose words?" Yiyong had a bad premonition.
He remembered that Tanjiro had said that Immortal Kawa Saneya's younger brother, Immortal Kawa Genya, had been tortured a lot when he was being treated at Butterfly House after joining the Demon Slayer Corps.
"Miss Ninja said that you need to rest, but Kiden Suigetsu said that he was your disciple, so he insisted on breaking into the room. After being stopped by Miss Ninja, he threatened to cut her into pieces. , and..."
Bai stretched out his right index finger and scratched horizontally in front of his neck, "And he did such an action."
Yiyong paired it with Gui Deng Shuiyue's usual playful smile and grinning expression, and he suddenly felt more Something bad happened.
"So, what is the punishment?"
Shiro looked at the deepest part of the base. "Miss Shinobu tied him up with branches and locked him in the refrigerator."
Giyuu knew that the refrigerator was probably where Orochimaru stored the Sharingan. He took out all the contents of the refrigerator in Eye and Hashirama's cell, and it looked like it could hold several people in it.
"Isn't it a bit too much?"
[Although the child's words were a bit harsh, in essence...]
Yiyong muttered to himself, turned around and walked towards the innermost room with concern.
Bai's voice caught up with him: "There are a lot of tree roots on the door of that room and on the outside of the refrigerator. It would take a lot of effort for anyone except Miss Nin to untie them. Miss Nin has told me that patients should not go through her." "Allow it, you must not do it casually..."
Of course, Bai also understood that it would not be easy to untie the wooden bars with Yiyong's strength, and he did not expect his reminder to have any effect.
But he didn't expect that Yiyong would stop as if he had some scruples.
I have no choice but to do what I promised honestly.
"Where is the butterfly now?" Yiyong asked.
"She's busy and will meet you later."
"Let's wait until she arrives."
Anyway, the refrigerator only has a refrigeration function.
In this way, Yiyong and Bai set off together and arrived outside the base.
Different from the previous environment of dense trees and rugged rocks, Orochimaru's base has now shed its "shell" and is completely exposed to the air. The surrounding stones have been removed, and the trees have been cut down to their roots. The surroundings were unobstructed.
Not far away, there were many older boys, girls and adults wielding axes to chop down trees; children who had not yet reached puberty were pushing small wooden carts filled with gravel, transporting stones and branches to the edge. ; The smaller ones gathered around a wide tree stump, some were playing games, and some were peeling potatoes.
But what they have in common is that each group of people has a Xingjulang beside them to work or play with them.
"Miss Ninja said that in order to prevent ninjas from hiding nearby, it was necessary to clear away everything that blocked the view. She originally wanted to remove the tree herself..."
Shiro saw Giyuu's confusion and explained: "But Anjuro felt that it was necessary for everyone to contribute to their own safety, so he organized everyone to take part in activities. Although the process was a bit cumbersome, only in this way would those who had been locked up before not have random thoughts. And After putting in physical labor, everyone will not feel that they are being given away, and they will be able to accept others' kindness with greater peace of mind."
Yiyong nodded. This is indeed what Anjuro would say.
His doppelganger hangs out with the kids, one for safety in case someone gets hurt on the job. Furthermore, once someone cannot control the blood inheritance boundary, these clones can stop them through Vajra Blockade.
Another reason is that it also serves to adjust the atmosphere. Anjuro can also use his clones to notice which people are in a low mood, and then he can persuade them.
Hearing the voices of more than a dozen Anjuro mingling among the team of forty or fifty people, Yiyong rarely relaxed despite the noise.
At this time, a clone of Xingjulang passed by Yiyong carrying a tree trunk more than ten meters long, and enthusiastically pointed out the direction: "You finally woke up! The main body is waiting for you on the hillside over there, hurry up Click here! He can't wait to see you!"
Yiyong nodded at him, and the former immediately ran away full of energy, while Bai was still dumbly estimating the weight of the tree trunk.
He had never seen Anjurou do anything, but since he was Miss Shinobu and Uchiha Giyuu was a friend, he knew he was not an ordinary person.
But Bai didn't expect that the other party, just a clone, could easily carry such a heavy thing!
[Where did they come from...]
Huge doubts wrapped around Bai's heart like a spider web.
"Let's go." Yiyong walked through the crowd and walked up the hillside.
But just as he was passing a huge boulder at the foot of the mountain, Yiyong suddenly heard a violent collision -
the object that made the sound sounded very hard, but did not have the crisp sound of metal.
In addition, it was mixed with violent gasps and whispered curses.
"It should be Ishisaku and Kimimaro."
Shiro and Giyuu climbed a few steps higher and immediately saw clearly the scene behind the boulder.
Three teenagers with no eyebrows and skin as pale as bones surrounded another white-haired boy in the middle. Each of them was panting and ready.
The eldest among the three looks only a little younger than Itachi, and the youngest is about the same as Kisuiyue. Each of them is holding two bone spurs as long as forearms, and the skin is torn and the wounds are bleeding-but it is Shiro who is besieged in the middle. The boy was unscathed, his clothes were only scratched, and his breath was the most stable.
The next moment, the bleeding wounds of the three people disappeared without a trace as if they were closed by an invisible zipper.
This familiar sense of sight immediately reminded Giyuu of the Taketori Karaki he met in Yunin Village and his instructions.
"Kimimaro..." Giyuu called softly, "That's the child." Everyone
present was a ninja, and they immediately heard his soft call.
The oldest of the black-haired boys, Taketori Ishisaku, glanced over fiercely, and when he saw Shiro, he immediately turned into a surprise.
"You are the ninja who can make popsicles yesterday, right!" He waved happily to Bai Bai, "You also come to join us, just the three of us, it seems that you are no match for Kimimaro!" "
Seems like?" Twelve years old Tiezuo added, "We have never met him."
Gangzuo's focus was completely different: "Make me another popsicle, I'm a little thirsty."
"Sorry, I have to take him to the mountain Go up."
Shiro is not interested in fighting at all, and he avoids the fighting madmen of the Taketori clan. "I'm afraid I don't have time to be with you." "
Huh? Is this the guy who was injured yesterday?"
Ishizuo His attention came to Yiyong and jumped directly in front of him and Bai.
His two brothers followed suit and surrounded Yiyong, looking at him with half curiosity and half contempt.
After all, in the eyes of the Taketori clan who can recover from injuries, all those who need to be healed are scum, and it is normal to have some contempt.
Yiyong faced the malicious looks of the three people and felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
Only Kimimaro remained in the "battlefield" below, but he looked at Giyu with a hint of vigilance that no one else had.
"Hey, little blind man, let's see if you can walk and stand. Just go up by yourself and leave him here for us."
Yiyong didn't respond. He looked at Zhutori Shizuo calmly, as if he didn't know who he was following. Speech.
"Hey," Zhutori Shizuo became impatient and poked Yiyong on the shoulder with the bone knife in his hand, "Little blind man, can't you hear me?"
Yiyong finally understood.
"Does the little blind man refer to me?" He pointed to his nose, and then blinked, "But I can see it."
"Yes, he can see it." The youngest Gangzuo corrected: " It should be a one-eyed dragon."
"It's okay for a little cripple, you see, he still has a steel plate tied to his leg."
The three of them looked at each other and started arguing over what nickname to give Yiyong.
Bai was sweating coldly, fearing that Yiyong would stretch out a bloody sword from his fingertips and cut these three people into ashes.
However, when he looked around, Yiyong's face was calm, with no intention of getting angry at all, as if he had been used to it for a long time.
"Let's go." Seeing that the three brothers couldn't come up with a solution after discussing it for a long time, Yiyong said to Bai.
Bai nodded hurriedly, and just as he was about to set off, he was blocked by Zhutori Shizuo again.
"Let him climb up by himself, and you come with us."
There was a threat in his tone. This must be the way of getting along with peers within the Taketori clan.
"Miss Shinobu arranged for me to take him up."
Bai had no choice but to name Shinobu. Although they didn't know what happened yesterday, these three people were obviously afraid of Butterfly Ninja.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, both Tie Zuo and Gang Zuo took a step back.
Just as Shi Zuo wanted to move in synchrony, he stopped abruptly and stiffly scratched his neck: "So what? She's not here now! Even if she is here, I will never..." "
Is this really the case?"
Butterfly Shinobu appeared silently.
No one except Giyuu saw how she acted.
She put her feet on her feet and put her chin over Taketori Ishisaku's shoulder, "Even if I'm here, you will never... how about that?"
Zhutori Shisaku turned his head mechanically like a puppet, and when he found Butterfly Ninja smiling, his heart went cold.
His throat felt like it was being strangled by a rope to the size of a pinhead, and he couldn't utter a word.
"You guys like to give others nicknames."
Butterfly Ninja held a steaming kettle in his right hand and three tea cups in a cloth bag in his left hand. It seemed that it was prepared for the reunion of the three of them.
While talking to Shizuo, she took out a tea cup and handed it to Bai's hand, indicating that he could add some ice to it. Bai didn't understand why, so he did it anyway.
"I guess if you win at home, you will give the losers all kinds of unpleasant nicknames to insult them, right?"
The three Taketori brothers nodded subconsciously.
The Butterfly Ninja poured hot tea into a tea cup with ice, then took the cup and slowly shook it, letting the ice cubes slowly melt, while looking at Taketori Ishisaku with his eyes.
"I don't know what kind of nicknames you were given by your tribe when you lost, and how humiliating you felt."
Zhu Qishi's brows twitched, obviously thinking of something bad.
"But at least I know that starting from tomorrow, you will have a new nickname."
After saying that, Butterfly Ninja poured the cooling hot tea directly on his trouser legs.
Not hot, but confusing.
Taketori Ishisaku saw that the gray trousers were visibly soaked to dark gray, but he was still confused: "What are you doing?"
"Guess, if I shout here, 'Someone is so old and pees in his pants.' ,"
Butterfly Ninja pointed to the crowd at work below, "How many people will turn around to look at you?"
Taketori Ishisaku was stunned for a moment, and then anger emerged on his face: "You are talking nonsense, they can all do it. You will testify for me."
Butterfly Ren raised the corners of his lips and looked at Tie Zuo and Gang Zuo who took a step back again with kind eyes: "He said you would testify for him." "
Of course I will testify!" Tie Zuo patted his chest and covered his head. Gangzuo stopped what he wanted to say, "He just peed his pants!"
Shizuo couldn't believe it, glared angrily, and then immediately jumped away and left the place.
But the Butterfly Ninja stretched out his hand as quickly as a lizard preying on prey, grabbed his wrist and pulled him hard, actually pulling him down.
At the same time, a tree tendril stretched out from the soil and tied his ankles.
[Oops. ] Zhutori Shizuo was really panicked, and he did not dare to continue to resist.
"How's it going?" Butterfly Ninja came closer and asked, "Do you want me to shout? Let's recall what it feels like to be humiliated in public?" "What
do you want?!" Taketori Ishisaku gritted his teeth.
The Taketori clan is not very smart, but he also understands that if Butterfly Ren shouts out, he will have no shame in staying here anymore.
Butterfly Shinobi's smile faded: "Apologise."
She was not making a fuss this time.
It is important for these children to realize what behaviors are harmful to others. The best way is to make them feel the same way.
"I'm sorry." Zhutori Ishisaku bowed to her aggrievedly.
"The little blind man didn't scold me, so why are you apologizing to me?" Butterfly reluctantly raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to get away with it?"
"No need..."
Yiyong raised his hand. He felt that he had nothing to lose, he was just a group of children, why should he be so serious?
But Butterfly Ninja glared at him, and Giyuu had no choice but to shut his mouth and accept the reluctant bows of Taketori Ishisaku and his two brothers.
"It's not just him, there are many disabled adults and children here."
Butterfly Ninja warned: "I don't want anyone here to be called a strange title, just like you people of the Taketori clan don't want to be called strange names. It's the same reason why Mist Ninjas are called fools, idiots, and idiots. If you don't want to happen to yourself, don't force it on others. Do you understand?" "
I understand." The three people nodded dejectedly. As for how much they listened, Only God knows.
Yiyong finally understood the purpose of Butterfly Ninja's excuse.
This is not to defend him, but to protect others who may be in the same situation.
"Go, I'll find you later."
Butterfly Ninja greeted Kimimaro below, and then said: "I will take him up, you can do whatever you want, don't be too restrained."
" Got it." Soon, everyone left here, leaving only Butterfly Ninja and Yiyong.
"It looks pretty good, but the collar is a little exposed, but you are still a little brat, and no one will care." The
Butterfly Ninja looked at Giyuu, and the unpleasant mood not long ago seemed to have been completely forgotten. .
"However, such a energetic hairstyle should be paired with brighter eyes."
"You want me to..." Yiyong pointed to his eyes uncertainly.
The butterfly ninja nodded.
"The exercises in Changzhong can be done anytime and anywhere. Even the breathing of the moon does not have to wait until night. Didn't I say before that I want you to become familiar with the feeling of amplified emotions? Now Purgatory and I are both here. Even if you really lose control, there will be no problem. Is there a better time than now?" "
I understand."
Yiyong wrote after switching the breathing method to moon breathing. The wheel eye switched over as if it had been awakened automatically, but the color was darker and redder than the last time.
"It looks much cuter now."
The butterfly ninja said his true thoughts in a semi-ridiculing tone, and he couldn't help but help Yiyong and walked to the hillside step by step.
It didn't take long for them to see Anjurou holding a map and looking into the distance, as if comparing himself to something.
Hearing the movement behind him, Xingjulang turned around suddenly, his two fiery red eyes dazzling more than the morning sun.
"Yiyong! Well done! I've heard what happened before from Miss Nin and others! It's all thanks to your efforts that these children can bathe in the sunshine so quickly!"
He paused and looked at The crowd around the base heard laughter from time to time, "Now that Miss Shinobu has been resurrected, we are almost the same. It's time to discuss ways to keep this laughter going!"
One day I don't know what I'm writing
(end of this chapter)
Chapter 129 Do you know where you went wrong?
Chapter 129 Do you know where you went wrong?
Xingshou Lang put down the tea cup in his hand with satisfaction and praised loudly: "It's been so long since I've tasted such authentic wisteria tea! It's exactly the same as the one brewed by Mrs. Tianyin. It's really nostalgic!"
As he said, He turned his head, and his hot and bright eyes stayed on Yiyong's face, "Yiyong, you feel the same way, right?"
Yiyong said that he would get along well with all the resurrected pillars to make up for the regrets of the past.
In Anjuro's view, there is nothing more effective than sincerely praising another person's intentions to achieve this.
So he decided to lend a helping hand and guide Yiyong once...
But what surprised him was that after finishing his tea, Yiyong just nodded calmly: "Maybe."
Xingjuro's expression froze slightly for a moment, feeling that he had done it Superfluous things.
Not only did Yiyong not praise him, but he also looked indifferent. Thinking back to Miss Shinobu's character...
[Sure enough, I shouldn't have forced Giyuu to evaluate the fruits of Miss Shinobu's labor without hinting in advance! Now...]
But what surprised him was that Butterfly Ninja actually covered his mouth and laughed without caring: "You ask him to tell, but he can't tell. Because Tomioka has never drunk Mrs. Tianyin's hand-made brew. Wisteria tea."
"Why is that?"
Anjuro has not worked at the headquarters with Giyu in the past, so he doesn't know this. "Is it because you can't get used to the taste of wisteria?" "
Hey, this But it has something to do with an embarrassing incident in Tomioka. Although he may not realize until now, there is something wrong with what he did..." The
butterfly ninja's eyes flashed mischievously, and he turned to ask Giyu: "How is it? Do you want me to tell you?"
"I have nothing to embarrass at all."
Giyuu's Sharingan eyes revealed a strong look of doubt, "I don't know what you want to say."
The Butterfly Ninja showed a true expression, " Since you said that, I won't be polite. Purgatory should also want to hear it, right?"
In fact, Xing Jurou had no intention of inquiring into other people's dark history.
But he saw with his own eyes that although Yiyong had made progress in expression detection over the years, his ability to read the air was actually regressing.
If Miss Shinobu thinks it is an embarrassing thing but Giyuu doesn't realize it, then it is indeed time to bring up the old thing again and let Giyuu be alert, otherwise history will repeat itself sooner or later.
So he nodded, looking like he was listening attentively: "I'd like to hear the details!"
"Then I'll tell you."
Butterfly Ninja sat upright, looking like a storyteller in Kabukicho, "When it happened, I was still It's not a bug pillar, so my sister told me about this.
"It is said that when Tomioka was an ordinary team member, he always followed clues to find traces of ghosts. His mango is very old and can only follow him everywhere, so he cannot report back to the headquarters frequently. Later, it was his sister who met him by chance and learned from the crow's complaints that Tomioka had killed more than a hundred ghosts. According to the regulations, a swordsman can become a pillar by killing fifty ghosts.
"Have you already achieved such results without becoming a pillar? "
Xingjulang couldn't help but cheer, "It's really amazing! " Volunteer! "
Butterfly Ninja nodded with the same approval and continued: "Anyway, my sister told the lord about this, and the lord decided to call Tomioka to the headquarters to complete the appointment ceremony of the water column. Because it was their first meeting, and Tomioka's hawks rarely reported back to the headquarters, neither the lord nor Mrs. Tianyin knew much about him. When Mrs. Tianyin served wisteria tea to the newly appointed Hashira as usual, Tomioka was about to get up and leave immediately. "
I can imagine!" "
Xingjuro was not too surprised. For others, this is a serious disrespect, but if it is a volunteer, it seems to be normal.
"My lord and Mrs. Tianyin were both young at that time, and inexplicable things happened suddenly. It was inevitable. Feeling a bit at a loss, I asked frankly why Tomioka left. Was there something wrong with the taste of the tea? "
When the Butterfly Ninja said this, his eyes glanced at Yiyong's face: "Tomioka answered like this at the time - 'I will not drink this cup of tea. I am different from them. You shouldn't be here either. '"
"I see. "Xingjuro understood it all at once.
According to Giyuu's always too humble view of himself, he felt that he was not qualified to be a pillar, so he could not drink this cup of ritual tea with peace of mind like other pillars.
But for the first meeting As far as his lord and Mrs. Tianyin are concerned, I am afraid that Yiyong's answer can only make them more confused.
"For a long time after that time, my lord and his wife thought that Yiyong simply hated the taste of wisteria tea. Every time they meet, Madam only gives Yiyong plain water. It wasn't until more than half a year later that they figured out the actual meaning of that statement, but the habit of pouring white water on the water column remained. So from beginning to end, Tomioka never enjoyed the same treatment as other pillars. "
At this point, Anjuro finally understood Giyu's "Maybe" comment.
[As expected of Miss Shinobu. For more than three years, Giyu and I have met every day, and my understanding of Giyu is still incomparable to hers!]
Butterfly Shinobu narrowed his eyes and asked Giyuu jokingly: "So, do you now know what you did wrong? "
"Um. "Yiyong nodded deeply and said seriously: "When dealing with people with a higher status than yourself, it would be very impolite to just stand up and leave. I should explain the reasons first and ask for permission before leaving, otherwise it will make others uncomfortable. "
..."
Butterfly Ninja clasped his hands and squeezed hard. After enduring it for a while, he commented sarcastically: "I have felt it before, Tomioka... you are really good at grasping the key points of other people's words." "
Who knew that Yiyong actually nodded helpfully and responded politely: "Thank you for saying that, Butterfly. Yanzhu
and Insect Pillar looked at each other, and they raised their foreheads and lowered their heads in unison. Only Yiyong was left in the room, sitting peacefully in embarrassment and silence, recalling Butterfly Ninja's "praise" for his way of conducting himself in the world. .
After about half a minute, Xingjulang took the lead in regrouping and broke the silence: "I propose that from today on, everyone should address each other by their first names! This will reduce the distance and sense of isolation! "
After all, Giyuu's surname is no longer Tomioka. In addition, he is a person who tends to dwell on the past. Anjuro felt that if Butterfly Ninja continued to call like this, it might awaken many negative memories that he had buried for a long time.
Butterfly Ninja thought for a while. He nodded: "Just call me by my name. "
She recalled her lord's judgment that there was a "sense of tearing" in Giyuu's heart. Calling him Tomioka would indeed increase the risk of this feeling of tearing. But calling him Uchiha felt too unfamiliar. Besides, she felt that calling him Uchiha was too unfamiliar. , she will inevitably meet Yiyong's family or tribe in the future, and it will always be a bit strange to call them by their last name.
"I can do anything. "Yiyong also has no objection.
In this way, the three people reached an agreement on the first matter.
"Okay, we've finished the tea and exchanged greetings. It's time to get down to business."
Butterfly Ninja looked solemn, took the map, spread it flat on a short round table made of rolled tree branches, and used his fingers to Three circles are drawn on it.
"This is what I asked Yakushi Kabuto, and he told me that Orochimaru has three other strongholds in the Kingdom of Water."
"Are there many people who have been captured?" Anjuro gestured on the map with his fingers. It seems to be calculating the distance.
"That's right." Butterfly Ninja nodded: "Those three strongholds are smaller than this one. There are two or three special children in each stronghold, but more of them are 'experiment subjects' captured by Orochimaru. There are ninjas and ordinary people among them, and other subordinates of Orochimaru are responsible for taking care of them." "
These three places are not far from here."
Anjuro judged: "I can bring them back within a day! The key question Yes, how to place them in the future."
In addition to the children who have lost their families, the "experiment subjects" who were captured were also a mixed bag.
Some of them were fugitives who committed all kinds of crimes, some were farmers from nearby villages, and some were simply ninjas from Kirigakure Village. How to properly screen and arrange these people is also a big problem.
For example, the adults working with the blood children below the hillside were the ones Anjuro had carefully observed and were less likely to be hostile to others, so he brought them out.
As for the remaining people whose conditions are still uncertain, they are still isolated individually in the prison area on the second floor of the base, and there are hundreds of them. Coupled with the three batches he is about to bring back, the number of people will not be too small.
"These people can be handed over to the daimyo of the Kingdom of Water and let him find a way to identify them. The key is still these helpless children."
Butterfly Ninja frowned and said decisively: "They absolutely cannot stay in this country. "
The Fourth Mizukage is dead, and the decree has been abolished."
Giyuu said in confusion, "If we find their relatives who may still be alive, we might be able to raise them..." "
It's not that simple."
The butterfly ninja shook his head and interrupted him: "I know what you are thinking, Giyu. You think this is the same as killing the ghost Wu Tsuji and all ghosts will cease to exist. All the mistakes are the fault of the initiator. As long as the evil is solved From the source, everything will slowly get better, right?"
"Yes." Yiyong nodded, "Didn't the daimyo of the Kingdom of Water always want this country to return to normal? Now there is no obstacle for him."
"This is a very simple idea."
Butterfly Ninja asked: "But have you ever thought about the impact of so many years of cruel policies on this country, many of which are irreversible in a short period of time."
Butterfly Ninja planned to take action some examples.
"The reforms in the late Meiji period have proven that no matter how outrageous the policy, there will always be beneficiaries.
"According to my understanding in the past few days, the Fourth Mizukage persecuted the villages with blood inheritance limits, but at the same time, it also targeted those who Blood family. Although this approach is puzzling, it gives a large number of civilian ninjas more opportunities for promotion, and even the privilege of killing first and then reporting later.
"Now that he is dead, these beneficiaries are still there, and the conflict between them and the big family that was damaged in the past few years is on the verge of breaking out. The Mist Ninja Village will be used to solve this problem for a long time. Contradictory, the Kingdom of Water is still not at peace. If these children continue to live among the people of the Kingdom of Water, they will either become an outlet for civilian ninjas; or they will be taken away and become tools of blood successor ninjas."
Butterfly paused. "Furthermore, the policies of the Fourth Mizukage not only affected the concept of ninjas, but also made the people regard these special children as disaster stars and enemies; on the contrary, after these children have experienced this, it is difficult to trust them anymore." Different people."
There was a trace of disgust in her tone, "For example, that Yakushi Kabuto cooperated with Orochimaru to destroy the homes of those children, but many of them not only did not hate him, but were very grateful and begged me not to kill him. Kill him. Can you figure this out?"
Not to mention Jiyong, even Xing Jurou raised his eyebrows strangely, feeling a little weird.
"Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's not difficult to understand why they had this idea. The villages destroyed by Orochimaru were either discovered by the Kirigakure ninjas and were about to be destroyed due to the existence of blood inheritance limits; or the villagers were trying to survive. , intending to attack these children in advance.
"But no matter which one they are, after the blood inheritance limit was exposed, most of these children have experienced the disillusionment of being treated as enemies by the villagers. If they are lucky, they are hidden at home by their parents and are not allowed at all. Go out to meet people; more unlucky ones are locked up without water or food, while the people in the village are waiting for him to fend for himself. At this time, Orochimaru's psychic beast destroyed their home, but they also completely lost their trust in their parents, family and fellow villagers...
"Afterwards, Kabuto Yakushi appeared as a savior. . He promised them food, strength and future. Even if we exposed the truth and told them that this was a trap, there are still some people who can't hate Yakushi Kabuto and Orochimaru at all. Because in their view, if Without this accident, they would probably have died at the hands of their biological parents. Although they can't be said to be grateful, they have 'benefited' from it."
Under the warm sunshine, Butterfly Ninja's words made people feel cold all over.
"Can you call the villagers' actions evil? But the policy is there. If these children with blood inheritance limits are not targeted, they will all face the risk of being killed.
"Can you put these grateful pharmacist Kabuto and Are Orochimaru's children called heartless? If those villagers hadn't died, it would have been them, and they would have died in unimaginable despair, betrayed by their families. And this is the distortion that Kirigakure's policies have brought to the people. Once the bond of family affection is destroyed, it will never be restored within a generation...
"Can you imagine the consequences of allowing these children to grow up in a place like this?"
"It's really shocking. What a pity, they are obviously so young..."
Xingjulang stood up and looked at the children below who were chopping trees and transporting rocks, and seemed quite happy for the time being.
"But their trust in people has been ruthlessly destroyed! If they are allowed to grow up in this country, they will never experience the kind of warmth that people should fully understand, and naturally they will not bring this warmth to others! Over time, they will become distant, withdrawn, and hard-hearted..."
But immediately, he turned around and said loudly: "But we need to let them understand that even if they get a bloody blow, even if they feel that they have ten thousand reasons to hate the world, even if they think that everyone is their enemy , or potential enemies, but goodwill, friendship, and family affection in life can still pull them back from the cliff of despair! No matter what kind of predicament they fall into, there must still be light in their hearts!" "
Us!"
Xingjulang turned his back. Looking at the morning sun, he patted his chest heavily and looked at Giyu and Shinobu with infinite hope.
"It's up to us to be their family and friends! To be the ones who can pull them back from the cold abyss! It's up to us to give them a warm home! We are very powerful and have this ability; we also We are very young and have this energy and patience! As long as we persevere, we will definitely be able to do this!"
"Not bad." Butterfly endured the congestion in his cheeks and said with a smile, "That's exactly what I thought."
"At least," Yiyong also nodded seriously He nodded and said, "We cannot let them become the same people as those who harmed them. In that case, everything they did before will be meaningless." The
three people reached a consensus again.
"But," Giyuu changed his voice, "After leaving their hometown, where should I take them?" "
In my opinion, this place is very good."
The butterfly ninja turned over the map of the Water Country, and on the back was a Ninja world map.
And the place where her finger was pressed was the center of the world.
"According to Yakushi Kabuto, Orochimaru's bases are all over the ninja world. And this country is located in the center of the continent. No matter where you go, the distance is about the same. Even if he is really resurrected, it will be much more convenient for us to find him from here. Finally. The most important thing is that you know this place very well."
Giyuu and Anjuro looked down and expressed their disapproval in unison: "The Country of Rain?"
"Yes. It is unrealistic to take them to settle in a big country. We have our own ninja village and daimyo, and with a group of children with blood inheritance limits, we are at risk of being targeted and exploited. Although the three of us are not weak, the children are not ready yet. If we are raised in a big country, They have a lot to worry about. Moreover, we need to reduce the influence of ninjas on them."
The Butterfly Ninja took out a stack of folded papers from the pocket of his white coat.
"I searched everywhere last night and found some records of Orochimaru. I noticed that the Daimyo of Rain Country seemed to have ignored state affairs for many years. Although it is in the center of the world, it is a relatively closed country. Except for its geographical and strategic value during wartime , there are almost no resources worthy of attention, so big countries have little interest in it. The area of this country is comparable to Switzerland, but according to Orochimaru's calculations, it has a population of less than 100,000. "Considering these contents,
he has spent ten years As I wrote before, the population of the Rain Country should be smaller now, and the only Sanshouyu Hanzo that needs to be taken care of is dead, and the new leader (referring to Konan) and Anjuro are also familiar. Taken together, this place is most suitable for our self-sufficient life and for our children to grow up in relative privacy. "
Obviously, the Butterfly Ninja had already made corresponding plans, so he started doing homework last night.
"The Country of Rain does have advantages in terms of geographical location, but it is probably impossible to be self-sufficient! Anjuro
had a full understanding of the Land of Rain and put forward the reason for his opposition: "During the Second Ninja War, Sansho Hanzo fought against ninjas from all over the world and released a large amount of poison. Because the battlefield is in the plain area where farming can be done, the poisonous gas will completely pollute the land, and the crops will die in the war; while in the dense forest, which is less affected by the poison, there are terrifying beasts and poisonous insects everywhere, and the danger is Extremely, it is also unsuitable for people to survive!
"For many years, the ninjas led by Hanzo have been the only economic pillar of the Country of Rain. It is precisely because of this that ordinary people are insignificant in the Country of Rain. Now that Hanzo is dead, the Rain Hidden Village has a new leader, but this is still the case The environment in this country is really too bad!"
Butterfly Ninja didn't care much about this, but grasped a key point: "What do you mean by native crops?"
"A kind of resistant It is said that waterlogged rice can thrive even if it rains for three months."
Xingjulang replied, "It's just that after the rainwater and soil are filled with sanshotoxin, this kind of rice can no longer survive."
The butterfly was not surprised . : "Rice is a self-pollinating crop. It is not surprising that it evolves too slowly and cannot adapt to new environments."
"Self-pollination?" This is a rare and awkward word. When repeating it, Xingjuro even said Not sure if I can write correctly.
Although Yiyong didn't speak, his blank expression showed that he needed to add some scientific knowledge.
"You don't deal much with medicines and insects, so it's not surprising that you don't understand these things. It seems that I need to explain to you what the evolution of plants is, and what self-pollination is..."
Butterfly held his finger to his chin and pondered for a while. Suddenly he asked: "Do you know about radish legs?"
Giyong and Anjuro nodded at the same time: "It means that human calves are as thick as white radish."
"That's what it means." Butterfly Ninja laughed, " But do you know that in the Heian period, radish legs were not used to describe people's thick legs, but were used to praise other people's thin and long legs?"
Thinking about the shape of his favorite radish, Yiyong shook his head: " This gap is too big."
"With the efforts of dozens of generations, nothing is impossible."
The butterfly ninja stretched out two slender fingers and gestured, "It is recorded in the book that the white radish in the Heian period, Most of them are only this thin, and the roots are very long. The round, white and tender radish we eat is a new variety that people have been breeding for four to five hundred years, and it was not until the Edo period that it became everywhere.
"Actually, the principle of breeding is very simple. It is to pick out all the thin radish with poor appearance, plant only the seeds of those with good appearance, and then allow these high-quality radishes to pollinate each other, and repeat this process. After hundreds of years, the different radish varieties were completely eliminated, leaving only the kind we eat today.
"In other words, through this kind of artificial elimination, we have achieved the evolution and evolution of radish varieties and tamed them into what we want. But the plants we have tamed are far more than just radish, wheat and rice have also been tamed. Among them.
"It's just different from radish. The pollination of radish is cross-pollination. Just like your parents combined to give birth to you. Although the three of you are similar, you are essentially different people. From generation to generation, the differences will become more and more The larger, and changes in the environment will guide this difference, allowing future generations to better adapt to this environment and achieve evolution, and avoid being eliminated by the new environment.
"But rice, a self-pollinating crop, is like a copy of itself, and the difference between generations is very small. Once this kind of crop wants to evolve, it takes much longer than the former, which leads to Once the environment changes drastically, self-pollinating plants will perish before they have time to evolve."
Yiyong asked: "You mean, we can grow other cross-pollinated crops in the Rain Country?"
"No, It's not just that. I have a more reliable way, which is to use external forces to make the evolution of crops catch up with the speed of drastic changes in the environment. Look at the apple seed in my hand..."
Butterfly Nin stood up, shoveled the ground behind him, and buried the apple seed into the soil.
Then she knelt down on one knee and folded her hands on the ground. "Now, I use the ability of Wood Release to turn chakra into the nutrients it needs to grow, so that it can grow quickly." As soon as
she finished speaking, A green seedling that swelled when the wind broke out of the ground, quickly enlarged and widened, hardening the soft skin, and became a fruit tree over two meters high and as thick as an ordinary person's arm.
Immediately afterwards, small pink-white flowers appeared on the branches of the apple, but they fell off in a moment; then its torus expanded rapidly, turning into green fruits in just a few seconds, and finally the fruits quickly turned red. , turned into an apple the size of a fist.
From planting the seeds to producing new apples, it takes less than 20 seconds.
"20 seconds." Butterfly Ninja stretched out two fingers and said proudly: "I can make a fruit tree go through a generation in 20 seconds. If I repeat this work continuously for an hour, every moment, It would allow apples to reproduce for 180 generations, which would be 4,320 generations if replaced by 24 hours a day... which is equivalent to 70,000 years of human evolution (taking 18 years as a generation)!"
Hearing this number, Giyuu and Anjuro couldn't help but get excited. stand up.
After 70,000 years of evolution, are you still worried that you won't be able to breed crops that are resistant to toxins?
"It feels very promising."
At this time, the butterfly ninja smiled slyly: "But if you really think so, you are wrong."
As she said that, she jumped up and picked an apple from the treetop, and then They broke it apart hard and said, "Look, is there anything different about this apple?"
Giyong and Anjuro stared at it for five or six seconds before realizing that the one in the Butterfly Ninja's hand was different from a normal apple: "There are no seeds!"
"Yes. In most cases, only plants that have experienced pollination will produce seeds. Only with seeds can the next generation of crops be planted. I can use wood escape to force apples to bear fruit, but pollination requires another Work. Of course I can artificially pollinate, but this way the plant iteration speed will not be very fast. If I plant a hundred of the same crop and add pollination, one generation will be barely enough in one day. If I can use insects to pollinate, things will be better. It will become very simple, and you can achieve two to three generations a day."
Butterfly Ninja concluded: "In short, the general process is like this.
"The first step is to plant the seeds of the crops in slightly toxic soil where they can barely survive. , using Wooden Chakra to provide nutrients to make it grow.
"The second step is to perform cross-pollination artificially or using insects to ensure that the crops can produce seeds.
"The third step is to force the plants to bear fruit before they are killed by soil or rain, and harvest the seeds for replanting. This cycle will then be repeated hundreds and thousands of times, gradually increasing the toxicity of the soil. After one generation after another, there will be thousands or even tens of thousands of new varieties. At least one of them will have the ability to produce poison while being safe for consumption. sex.
"At that time, large-scale planting in the Kingdom of Rain will not be a problem. Besides, the total population of a country is only so large. We don't need much land in the first place. We should choose the least toxic soil from the beginning. That's it..."
"With the workload of powdering, how long will it take?"
Xingjulang's eyes were already full of confidence.
If crop breeding can be successful, not only will the homeless children of the Water Country have a better life, but the refugees in the Rain Country who can only pick berries and mushrooms will no longer have to live a life of fear. Find your own value.
[The angel from the Kingdom of Rain will be very happy if he knows about this, right? ]
"Conservative estimate, one to two years."
The butterfly nin looked at Giyu, "If there is a way to control insect pollination, it might be faster."
Giyu responded: "The Aburame clan of Konoha has insect control. I can ask about the secret technique, but it is a family-inherited skill that people rely on to survive, so there is little hope of telling me."
Butterfly Ninja narrowed his eyes dangerously, "You said that there has been such abuse among this clan. Killing innocent scum?"
If so, she could legitimately "rob" this secret skill and treat it as atonement for this clan. After all, those who fought in the Land of Rain originally had Konoha's share.
"The ninjas of Konoha are relatively peaceful. We don't know if they are alive for the time being."
Giyuu nodded, "But I will check it out when I get back."
"Okay." The butterfly ninja nodded, and then looked at Anjurou, "The weather in the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Water is very humid. When there is heavy fog, there will also be toxins in the fog, which means that the crops here are also resistant to poisons. During this period of time, we can collect unique crops here, and then Use it to crossbreed with crops of the same genus in the Land of Rain, and see if after hundreds and thousands of generations of breeding, there will be better mutant varieties." "
Okay, I will definitely pay attention to it!"
Xingjuro said sincerely He praised: "I didn't expect that something that even the strongest person in the ninja world (referring to Nagato) could do nothing about could be solved in this way. Shinobi is indeed the brains of the Demon Slayer Squad." "It's
just a hypothesis right now. , when things are actually done, it will definitely not be as smooth as we thought."
Butterfly Ninja felt a little ashamed after being praised, "Although I hate guys like Orochimaru, he is indeed a talented person and has given me a lot. Inspiration. I think it is necessary to learn many of the things he left behind, so that we can avoid many detours...
"But what really works," the butterfly ninja turned to look at Yiyong, revealing a person who truly belongs to him and not With a habitual smile, "It's still the carrier of resurrection you chose for me. In every aspect, the capabilities of this body are perfect for me. Thank you, Yiyong. "
[Sure enough, just like Anjuro said, the relationship has been drawn in.]
Giyu can tell that the Butterfly Ninja is really happy now.
However, Sasuke said that when his father is happy, he just asks to be a family. When I went to the Fire City to watch a newly released movie.
"Since you thank me..."
Yiyong said in a consultative tone, "Can you release the ghost light and water moon? Although he is not flesh and blood like you and me, it is not good to freeze like this. "
"Sure enough, just like I said. "
Butterfly Ninja's eyebrows and eyes curved into a crescent shape, and the meaning in his smile was completely different from a few seconds ago.
"Yiyong, you are really good at reading the atmosphere sometimes. "
What are you writing?
(End of chapter)