Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

At least tens of thousands of years ago, a powerful civilization appeared in this world. This civilization established a super empire. They extracted energy from a mineral vein called Greel Stone and used it to develop themselves.

The civilization that temporarily became the Greel Empire became more and more technologically advanced with the energy provided by the Greel Stone, and even reached the realm between life and death, preparing to use the energy of the Greel Stone to gain immortality.

However, this huge empire eventually declined in the civil war over the mineral veins. The civil war was protracted and caused huge destruction. The population also dropped sharply. The empire collapsed and the prosperity of the past was no longer there.

In this regard, the descendants of the Greel Empire developed hatred and fear for the Greel Stone. They believed that the Greel Stone was a devil's stone that brought disaster and disaster, so the descendants of the Greel Empire would fight for the rest of the civil war. The Grayl Stone veins were gathered together and sealed.

However, the descendants of the royal family of the Greel Empire have passed down the Book of Greel, which records the location of the sealed Greel Stone vein and the method to unlock the seal.

The real Book of Greel was taken out to other continents by the descendants of the royal family of the Greel Empire, but some of the royal descendants stayed on this continent. Those remaining royal descendants copied part of the contents of the Book of Greel and After adding the history of their own nation to the scroll, this scroll has been passed down among the descendants of these people.

Of course, in order to prevent their own people from causing trouble due to the Greel Stone vein, the descendants of Greel sealed the Greel Stone vein in the legendary Cave of Time and Space.

Once the seal is unlocked, the Cave of Time will run wild under the powerful energy provided by the Greel Stone. Only the Greel royal bloodline that has signed a contract with the Cave of Time can control it.

Naliko looked at the scroll that Kurosaki Ichigo showed in front of her and found that it was the scroll that she had asked Tokugawa Shuliang to go to the ancestral land to get. Only then did she remember that Kurosaki Ichigo was also the son of Hedi. A hired ninja, so there was a hint of hostility in his words: "How did you get this scroll? How is Tokugawa?"

"I want to know if the things on this scroll are true." Kurosaki Ichigo frowned and looked impatient.

Nari looked at Kurosaki Ichigo without giving in and said, "You have to tell me how Tokugawa is doing first."

Kurosaki Ichigo and Nariko looked at each other, and finally Kurosaki Ichigo chose to give in: "That Tokugawa Hideyoshi was knocked unconscious by me. I saw this scroll and took you away temporarily."

"You want to get the power of the Gray Stone?" Nari knew that since Kurosaki Ichigo had seen the contents of the scroll, he decided to betray his companions because he was greedy for the Gray Stone. Thinking of this, she looked at Kurosaki. Saki Ichigo's eyes were also filled with contempt.

"The rest is not important, I just want to know the authenticity of this part." Ichigo Kurosaki ignored Nariko's gaze, unfolded the scroll in his hand, pointed at one of the words and asked.

Nari was a little surprised by Kurosaki Ichigo's attitude. She looked at where he was pointing and found that the text in that part was about the Cave of Time and Space.

Legend has it that the Cave of Time and Space was summoned by the Greel Empire using the power of the Greel Stone using a special ritual formation. It was connected to the endless void. When it was first summoned, the Cave of Time and Space was out of control and almost sucked the entire continent into time and space. In the midst of the turbulence, it was finally possible to get rid of the suction of the Cave of Space and Time with the help of the power of Grayl's Stone, saving the empire from destruction.

In view of the terrifying power of the Cave of Time, the royal family of the Greer Empire did not annihilate it, but signed a contract with it. Later, they invested a lot of manpower and material resources in researching the Cave of Time. In the end, the royal family of the Greer Empire found a way to use it. The Cave of Time is a way to connect to other worlds in the endless void.

However, just when the Greel Empire was preparing to build an army to expedition to other worlds, the civil war over the Greel Stone veins began. Because the royal family invested too much power in researching immortality and traveling through time and space, it was unable to suppress the rebellion, so This civil war became a protracted war that spread across the entire continent, eventually bringing down the Greel Empire.

"You mean the Cave of Time and Space?" Nariko looked at Kurosaki Ichigo in confusion, not knowing why he asked this.

Kurosaki Ichigo looked directly into Nariko's eyes: "You answer my question first: can the Grell Empire use the Cave of Time and Space to connect to other worlds?"

Facing Kurosaki Ichigo's gaze, Nariko hesitated for a moment, and then chose to answer: "In my memory, I rarely hear my parents talk about the Greel Stone, but I did hear my father mention it once. Cave of Time, he said that the ancestors did find ways to use the Cave of Time to connect to other worlds, but the empire collapsed before even trying to send humans to other worlds.”

After hearing Nariko's answer, Kurosaki Ichigo took a deep breath, then took a step back and sat on the ground, lowering his head and breathing heavily.

Ever since he saw the record about the Cave of Time and Space on the scroll, Kurosaki Ichigo's heart, which had been silent for many years, suddenly began to beat rapidly, because he saw the hope of returning to his original world, and the familiar faces of his former companions appeared one by one. appeared in front of him.

It was also thanks to the training of ninja life in the past few years that Kurosaki Ichigo could barely calm down from the strong longing and took Naliko away to confirm the accuracy of the news. At this moment, he received confirmation from Naliko, and he suppressed All the complicated emotions came out instantly.

"What's wrong with you?" Naliko felt that Kurosaki Ichigo's behavior was not right, so she came forward and knelt down so that her eyes could be aligned with Kurosaki Ichigo's and she asked carefully.

Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly raised his head and looked at Nariko. The girl was startled by his actions: "I want to find the Grayl Stone vein."

"You..." Naliko was aroused by Kurosaki Ichigo's words, but she immediately saw the crystal liquid that appeared in the corner of Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes at some point, and then connected with what he asked before, "It's for "Cave of Time"

"That's right." Kurosaki Ichigo lowered his head again, his emotions calmed down slightly after being agitated, and fatigue came over him like a tide.

In the past few years, Kurosaki Ichigo has practiced hard and read a lot of information in the Uchiha clan's library. All this is to find a way to return to his own world, so he has always disliked reading and practicing. After being able to persevere from this hellish life and now finally finding a sure way, Kurosaki Ichigo felt extremely tired.

"Why?" Seeing Kurosaki Ichigo's appearance, Nari felt that he didn't seem to be hypocritical, so she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you looking for the Cave of Time and Space to go to another world? And you also have companions in Konoha." With your relatives, are you betraying them just because you want to go to another world?"

There was a bit of anger in Nariko's voice as she spoke. Her parents passed away when she was eight years old. Since then, she has been protected and raised by those guards, so she has always regarded her guards as relatives, and It is precisely because of this that Nari cherishes her companions and relatives very much. How can she not be angry when she sees Ichigo Kurosaki preparing to abandon these bonds.

"Heh," Kurosaki Ichigo laughed.

Hearing Kurosaki Ichigo's laughter, Nariko's anger became even louder and she scolded loudly: "What are you laughing at? Isn't that right? You have abandoned the bonds with your companions and relatives. What qualifications do you have to laugh?"

"Do you want to hear my story?" Kurosaki Ichigo ignored Nariko's question and said calmly. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to talk about his experience, even if it was just a part of his barely wonderful life. Small portion.

"What's the story?" Naliko originally wanted to continue scolding Kurosaki Ichigo, but when she stood up to him, he was stunned and then said blankly.

"As I said before, my name is Kurosaki Ichigo, and I am a ninja from Konoha."

Naliko nodded.

"Actually, I have another name, Uchiha Ichigo."

"Uchiha Ichigo, Uchiha Ichiha, etc." Nariko silently recited the name and then remembered something, "You mean Uchiha"

"Yes, that's the Uchiha you think of." Kurosaki Ichigo nodded.

"You are from the Uchiha clan." Nari looked at Kurosaki Ichigo in disbelief. Although she didn't know much about it, she had heard of the Uchiha clan, which is known as the strongest ninja clan together with the Senju clan, but It seemed that Kurosaki Ichigo's appearance was completely inconsistent with the appearance of the Uchiha clan with black hair and black eyes, so she said it directly, "It's impossible, the Uchiha clan members all have black hair and black eyes, and You look completely different."

There was a smile in Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes, but it was blocked by his slightly longer hair. Nari did not see it, but this did not prevent the girl from hearing the teasing flavor in his voice: "You really Are you sure?" His identity is not a secret. Many people in the ninja world know about it. However, although Kurosaki Ichigo's appearance is different from that of the Uchiha clan, it is very common in the ninja world, so few people refer to him. It's just a connection to the legendary son of Madara Uchiha.

"Of course... that's right," Nariko said angrily, but before she could finish her words, she was startled, remembering that her oldest guard, Tamao Iwata, once mentioned a person, "You can't be... .." Naliko covered her mouth and raised her right hand tremblingly to point at Kurosaki Ichigo. Kurosaki Ichigo nodded, confirming her guess.