Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

Kurosaki Ichigo rested in the hotel for a day, not because he was physically tired, but because he needed some time to adjust his mental state.

After a day's rest, Kurosaki Ichigo and Nariko studied the scroll obtained from the Temple of Heaven. Although they had rested for a period of time at Shirokyo Mountain, Kurosaki Ichigo was busy resuming training. I haven't found the time to watch it myself until now.

It doesn't matter if you don't read it. After seeing this, Ichigo Kurosaki was very disappointed, because although the scroll had the words "Book of Greel" written on it, in fact, this scroll was not the real Book of Greel, but came from a scroll. The hand of a descendant of the Grayl royal family who remained in the ninja continent.

The disappointed Kurosaki Ichigo felt extremely depressed, but after thinking about it he continued reading.

The author of this scroll calls himself Leod. According to his description, Mr. Leod should have lived in a very long time, probably thousands of years ago, which was less than 800 years after the collapse of the huge empire of Greer.

Leod, who was quite adventurous at that time, inherited the family inheritance and learned about the various deeds of the Greel Empire. Therefore, he became very interested in searching for the ruins of the Greel Empire. The most attractive thing to him was the building that sealed time and space. The Grayl Stone vein in the cave.

It's not that Leod has any ambition to rule the world, he's just simply interested in the Greer veins and wants to see with his own eyes what the crystallization of power looks like that caused the collapse and destruction of a super nation.

And it seems that Mr. Leod should be one of Nariko's ancestors, because what he knows is exactly the same as what is recorded in Nariko's family scroll, which also means that he wants to find the location of another Greel Stone. The scrolls collected there record the location of the Grayl Mine and how to unlock it.

So when his son was about to reach adulthood at the age of 15, Leod, who had long been eager for adventure, made all preparations, left his wife and son behind, and couldn't wait to embark on the journey to find the Glenel mine.

But obviously Leod is not very good at mathematics, so he can only sense the location of another Greel Stone by building altars again and again.

With this stupid method, Leod spent about five years arriving at the southwest corner of the Ninja Continent, which is where the Kingdom of Wind is now. It has been an endless desert since Leod's time. And the desert.

After trekking in the desert for several months, Leod finally approached the location where the Grayl Stone was stored. However, to his surprise, as he approached the destination, he found that he had entered an oasis with lush vegetation. Deep in this desert of death is a prosperous country like a paradise.

At that time, Leod had lost all water sources for three days due to a sandstorm. When he fell to the ground and woke up due to lack of water, he found that he had been rescued.

After some communication, Leod learned that this oasis country was called Loulan and had been ruled by Queen Loulan for hundreds of years. Queen Loulan lived in the giant tower in the center of Loulan Kingdom.

With excitement and curiosity, Leod lived in Loulan for several months. Fortunately, the country of Loulan was rich and peaceful, and the people were gentle and kind, and they quickly accepted Leod's existence.

However, although he was fascinated by the customs and customs of this paradise, Leod had not forgotten that he had been planning for half a lifetime to find the Greel vein, so half a year later he built an altar and found another Greel Stone. The light from the position disappeared straight into the Thousand Towers, the residence of Queen Loulan.

After experiencing a fierce inner struggle, Leod still couldn't restrain his desire to see the Grayl Mine, and quietly sneaked into the Tower of Thousands.

Loulan Kingdom obviously also attaches great importance to this Greel Stone, so after Leod lured away the guards and stole another Greel Stone, he immediately raised the alarm. He had not had time to find the stone that recorded the location of the Greel Mine. The scroll that sealed the method was forced to escape.

And since sneaking into the Tower of Thousands and stealing gems are both capital crimes, the Loulan Kingdom issued a nationwide arrest warrant for Leod. Therefore, Leod tried to sneak back to the Loulan Kingdom several times but failed. My life almost depended on it.

As he failed again and again, Leod also aged. Seeing that he would never have the chance to find the Greer vein in his life, he was disappointed and returned to his hometown, recorded his experience on this scroll, and stole it with himself. The Greer Stone that arrived was quietly buried.

As for how the scroll and the Greer Stone ended up in the Temple of Heaven, it is another unknown story.

After hurriedly reading the story narrated by No. 1 on the scroll, Kurosaki Ichigo put down the scroll in his hand and looked at Nariko beside him. Nariko also looked at him, and both of them looked at each other with wry smiles. There was a sound.

Looking at Kurosaki Ichigo's unattractive expression, Nariko comforted him, "This trip to the Kingdom of Iron cannot be said to be a failure. At least I got some clues."

"Well," Kurosaki Ichigo nodded in response, and then he began to think about it, as he was already familiar with the map of the Ninja World. "According to what Leod said, he found the man named Loulan in the southwest corner of the Ninja World continent. If we count the country, it should be in the desert within the Kingdom of Wind."

Naliko also frowned, "The desert in the Kingdom of Wind is too big. You must know that the Kingdom of Wind is the largest country in the Ninja Continent, and more than 80.00% of it is uninhabited desert. It’s not easy to find.”

"It's not easy to find and there is no way. Now that we have clues, we always have to take action." Kurosaki Ichigo naturally knows how difficult it is to find an oasis country in the vast desert of the Kingdom of Wind that may have been destroyed for a long time. Difficulties, but I can only smile bitterly and continue searching.

Naliko stared into Kurosaki Ichigo's brown eyes and nodded, "Okay, but I will always be by your side." As she said this, she gently held Kurosaki Ichigo's hand.

The girl's hand was warm and delicate, but Kurosaki Ichigo trembled as if he was electrocuted, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Nari was no longer the same Wu Xia Amon, and actually used a little force to make Kurosaki Ichigo His hand couldn't be withdrawn.

"Ichigo, protect me." Naliko looked at Ichigo Kurosaki with all-embracing tenderness in her eyes, and her soft voice made his heart tremble, remembering the years when the two had known each other and been together for several years.

Looking at Nariko looking at him longingly, Kurosaki Ichigo couldn't help but feel his throat go dry. Of course he knew Nariko's feelings for him, but he also knew that he had made up his mind to return to his own world. No matter what, he couldn't give Naliko what he promised, so he could only keep avoiding the other person's feelings.

But it seems that now Nari wants to express her feelings directly to herself, which suddenly makes Ichigo Kurosaki, who will not blink his eyes no matter what kind of danger he faces, feel at a loss.

However, things don't always go as one wishes. Just when Naliko felt that she had already brewed her feelings and Sakura opened her mouth slightly to speak, the door of the room suddenly creaked.

"Come out Kurosaki, didn't you say we're going to leave today?"

Sanada Hirohiro's voice appeared at the door, and then her petite voice rushed in. After taking a look at the two people who were holding hands and facing each other infatuatedly, Sanada Hirohiro let out a sigh before suddenly covering his eyes and ran out.

But even if Sanada Hirohiro ran away, the ruined atmosphere would be irreversible. Kurosaki Ichigo took this opportunity to withdraw his hand and stood up and said hurriedly, "Hiroshi, this guy really reminded me, let's pack our things immediately." Get ready to go”

After saying that, Kurosaki Ichigo hurriedly rushed out of the door. Looking at the slightly swaying door curtain, the disappointment on Nariko's face flashed away, and then she smiled and looked at Kurosaki Ichigo's hand that still had the warmth of her body.

Ever since he became aware of Naliko's feelings for him, Kurosaki Ichigo has tried his best to avoid direct and ambiguous contact between the two. Nari couldn't help but wonder if Kurosaki Ichigo had never had feelings for her. Feelings, but it looked like that was not the case just now. No wonder Naliko smiled with satisfaction.

When he came out of the house, Kurosaki Ichigo immediately saw Sanada Hirohiro outside the door with his hands on his shoulders and playing with boredom in the dirt. The ground under his feet had already made a small pit with her toes.

Seeing Kurosaki Ichigo going out, Sanada Hirohiro glanced at Kurosaki Ichigo with a half-smile, "Well, am I disturbing you?"

One look at Hirohiro Sanada's appearance, Kurosaki Ichigo knew that she must have noticed something before breaking into the house, and her shy look after that was just a show.

"It's nothing. Speaking of which, I still want to thank you." Kurosaki Ichigo said casually, then passed Hirohiro Sanada and walked towards the hotel lobby.

Sanada Hirohiro felt like he was being ignored, so he turned around and chased after Kurosaki Ichigo. He followed Kurosaki Ichigo and said, "Hey, you are too ruthless in treating Nariko-san. You know, even I can see her at a glance." Why don’t you respond to what you mean?”

Kurosaki Ichigo replied without turning his head, "We are not the same person, so I can't make any response."

When Hirohiro Sanada heard this, he immediately became furious, "If you are not from the same road, how could Sister Nariko follow you for so many years without any regrets? You are so irresponsible to speak like this."

"It's not just the appearance of the journey. In the end, we all have different paths to take and different lives to live. You don't understand these." Kurosaki Ichigo replied without any fluctuation, and then the topic changed. Turning to the question about Sanada Hirohiro, "Speaking of which, your relationship with Nali is not very good, and you almost committed suicide. Why are you now fighting for her and becoming good sisters?"

Kurosaki Ichigo's question made Sanada Hirohi hesitate. He stopped and his face turned red. He stammered, "I just can't stand you. So and so are good sisters with her."

However, when Sanada Hirohiro raised her head after finishing speaking, she found that Kurosaki Ichigo's figure had long since disappeared from her eyes.

"Kurosaki Ichigo"