Konoha's Barrier Master

After opening the window, Uzumaki Makoto took advantage of the higher second floor. Looking out, most of the buildings in the village came into view - because most of the residential houses were one-story high, and some of them were dilapidated and collapsed. Therefore, even if the second floor of the hotel is not that high, he can still see more scenes and nearly the entire village.

A quick glance showed that almost everything in sight was unoccupied. Among the dilapidated residential houses and other hotels, there were a few lower ones, mixed in with the residential houses. The gray buildings made Uzumaki take a second look.

But he soon lost interest and looked back at Orochimaru. Uzumaki Makoto was leaning against him and asked on the wall beside the window: "You said you came here with Jiraiya before to do a mission?"

"I guess so." Orochimaru walked to the corner and moved the low, log table over to the room and placed it away from the window. He sat down around the table on one side and invited Uzumaki Makoto to sit down together as if he wanted to tell a story. Jiraiya and I passed by here after going on a mission to Earth Country. It was too late and it was difficult to return to Konoha at night. Moreover, due to the mission, we both used up a lot of energy, so we wanted to find it here. One thing is quite clean, the place is good to stay for one night and then go back the next day.”

"Then……"

"Then you discovered this place?" Uzumaki Cheng took the words but went over to sit at the table like Orochimaru.

"Yes, Jiraiya and I discovered the ninja after we entered here. The traces were here at that time. There were too many ninja traces and there was no way to cover them up. That means that Jiraiya and I ruled out that there were ninjas from the Land of Rain here. A stronghold, maybe. I wonder if there is some kind of black market or underground place here."

"In addition, I had just been promoted to Jonin at that time and I was quite brave. Jiraiya and I found a place to rest. Then I used a psychic beast to explore the place. The news was that I discovered that there were so many strange things in this village. , hotel.”

"After that, you can guess what happened. We stayed here together for one night out of curiosity. Although we were very suspicious of this place at the time, it was weird, but we didn't care too much. It was only after I checked the information that I found out about this place. What are you doing?"

As a very good listener, Uzumaki Makoto naturally had to do what he wanted to do at this time, so there was an incarnation who held his hand and continued: "What are you doing here?"

"Of course there are people living in the hotel. There is no doubt about this." Orochimaru looked out the window and pursed his lips angrily. "Just now did you look out the window and saw some grey, shorter than ordinary houses, mixed in with the houses not far away?" ,architecture."

"Did you see that?"

"Then there is a reason why so many hotels are open here when it is obviously desolate and unlike other places." Orochimaru directly answered the question in Uzumaki Cheng's heart, "Although it is small there." It's inconspicuous, but the most important thing is that the building parts are all underground, and there are only some buildings on the top for identification. Under there are almost all the real purposes of ninjas here."

"There's a 'casino' there."

Uzumaki Cheng frowned and repeated the word: "Casino? Why do you want to open it here? Isn't there a place where there are many people to attract more people to play? There are also some weird things about gambling there. For example, it’s easy to be banned by people, it’s human life or something like that.”

"At that time, I really wondered how you came up with these things. If you don't know these things, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to have experience or ideas." Orochimaru was surprised, but there was no positive answer. There was also a corresponding look and words in his words. Uzumaki Makoto, the guess is affirmative.

"Did you say that down there, people are really gambling on some strange things, such as life?" Uzumaki Makoto came and was opened. He probed the gray window in the distance and felt that there was a sudden change from the ordinary low building. , the building has changed and turned into a monster. Every time it opens its mouth, it will make the soul greedy and ugly. When humans walk in, it becomes food and is swallowed up.

"Is this true in every casino?"

"Of course not."

"And there are many ways to play. Bet on others, bet on yourself, and bet on others. You can catch someone, choose one of them and bet that he can survive to the end, and then let all the people go into a venue to fight together. Until the end. The other way, which is simpler, is to just go on stage yourself and let others challenge. This is a bet. With yourself, your life is a bet that you can win ten games in a row on stage until the end. That’s when you win. In order to get all the challenger's wealth and the loser's gambling capital."

After hearing this, although Orochimaru didn't say what would happen if someone loses, Uzumaki Makoto understood, but he was still in disbelief: "You said that gambling on other people's lives is done in such a way that those people are caught. For the sake of profit and convenience, they shouldn’t arrest other countries, people... Shouldn’t the Country of Rain not care about it? As a small country, it shouldn’t not cherish its civilians.”

"Yes, according to common sense, it is like this, but those people are not all from the Kingdom of Rain, they are civilians from other countries. Although most of them have been captured, there are powerful people like the Kingdom of Rain. Ninja Village is where the country is, and most civilians are 'sent' here by their own people."

Orochimaru licked his lips and supported his chin with one hand. With the other hand, he took out a scroll and looked at it with golden snake eyes. His eyes flashed with an inexplicable expression: "Here, the casino does not actually belong to any ninja world. The name, surname, Ninja Village or organization is affiliated with an underground dark organization called 'Black Market'."

"No one has known about the black market since its creation. Who is its leader? What is its purpose? It seems that it appeared out of thin air. It happened overnight without people noticing. Such a large organization rose out of the darkness. Although the Ninja Village has been investigating this organization for many years, it has been publicly disclosed. The news seems to be that the black market remains as it always is. The mystery is that no one knows its existence, purpose, and purpose."

"Perhaps those who know these secrets are the Ninja Villages, the leaders and not us. But no matter what, in the five major countries and the Five Ninja Villages, the black market has existed for many years with the tacit consent, and has never been attacked by the Ninja Villages. This shows that there is indeed an unknown connection between several major forces."

"Many functions of the black market are, but for ordinary ninjas, the black market only has two functions: money laundering and shopping: basically you can find what you want in the black market, which is a guarantee for someone, but there is a prerequisite for your life. You need enough money. At the same time, you can also use the stolen money to buy things on the black market and sell them to launder money. Although it will be a little bit fluctuating, the advantage is that it costs quickly and takes less time. Therefore, money laundering has always been done in the black market. Treasures are more important. , Younin Village never cares about this."

Orochimaru sneered, but Uzumaki Makoto still listened quietly and kept silent, his eyes locked on the low building, not knowing what he was thinking.

Orochimaru continued: "The black market provides money laundering and other services, and also handles some dirty work for the Shinobu Village. Therefore, governments of various countries will send some unruly civilians in the country to get rid of their troubles and pay back the money at the same time. Why not make money?"

"..."

After a long silence, Uzumaki Makoto asked again: "Then why do we live here?"

"Since there is a venue, you need a ticket, and if you have a ticket, you only have to buy this key and the right to use it before you can enter the casino and gamble. Otherwise, you can only watch and do nothing." Orochimaru shook his hand. Here, Key answered softly.