I had that dream again.

A fan-shaped leaf fell into my hand, and then I looked up.

It was a ginkgo tree that could block out the sky and the sun. Its bright yellow branches and leaves were extremely luxuriant, like gold foil rolling in the wind.Strips of blood-red scars seeped out of the epidermis of the trunk, as if pulsating blood was flowing.I often suspect that it is the crown of the Dragon King sticking out of the ground. Sooner or later, a giant dragon will break out of the ground, spread its wings and stir up a hurricane, sweeping countless fallen leaves flying into the sky.

The powerful harmonies of chanting sutras came from the direction of Amitabha Hall, mixed with the crisp and sweet percussion of magical instruments.Now is not the time for morning and evening classes, nor is it a special day for Dharma meetings. So, who are they doing Buddhist services for?

Nightingale's floorboards creaked, and at the far end of the vast space, a figure stood quietly and alone. It was unknown how long it had been standing there.

"Brother!" I shouted happily, stood up and wanted to run to him.

However, the man avoided me like a vicious dog and staggered back a few steps: "No! Ah Shun! Don't come close to me!"

"Why?" I looked at him in surprise, "Didn't you promise me that you would play with me after you recover?"

The figure stretched out his hand stiffly, and I finally discovered something was wrong with him: his head, hands and feet were wrapped in layers of white cloth, tighter than a bhikshuni's turban, completely airtight, and only his hair was exposed. Red eyes looked back at me full of pain.

"I will never be able to recover from this illness. I am suffering from malaria. This is a punishment from heaven for a crooked person like me."

Leprosy...leprosy!who is it?When was it transmitted to you?

"How could it be! Why? You have never done anything bad! You are the most devout Buddhist I have ever met! I know that you keep the precepts more strictly than other monks! You have never even killed an ant! How can you be evil? People!" I shouted angrier and angrier, gradually becoming hoarse.

He closed his eyes so that I could no longer distinguish his expression: "It's the karma of the past life, the sins of the past life..."

"Ashun, please go back," he breathed suppressedly and muttered, "If I infect you with this disease, then I will never be able to forgive myself again."

"No!" An unprecedented sense of panic suddenly poured over my body, and a prophecy seed sprouted in my heart: This side may be the last one we meet in this life.

A group of black crows descended from the sky, their sharp claws tightened my skin, and their dark wings tried to cover my eyes, but I didn't want to give up, even if I took a step closer to them.

At least, let me take another look at him and remember his face.

The golden leaves are flying again, the white clouds are flowing slowly, and finally they all return to darkness.

"From today on, I will be nameless and surnameless, and will live in seclusion in the mountains and forests. Everything I have will be inherited by you."

"Your name will be Aoi Chiyo."

"Your Highness! Your Highness!" The black crow was still tearing at my shoulders.

"Boom--" A loud bang.

"Hashirama, put your highness on your back! Let's leave quickly!"

"it is good!"

After a moment of dizziness as the world turned upside down, I finally broke free from the dream and opened my eyes.

The screen painted with gold powder had been torn open, and the paper sliding door was cut into a sieve by countless sharp knives. We broke through several doors and jumped to the roof through the large collapsed hole. The cool evening breeze stirred our clothes.There is a star rising in the western sky, lighting up the night sky of the mountain city.

"Enemy attack! Be alert!" The lights in the city were flowing, and people were shouting everywhere.

I didn't struggle and stayed calmly on Hashirama's back.Now is not the time to be brave: "How's it going?"

"There are about fifty ninjas." Hashirama moved at full speed towards the place where the firelight gathered. "Judging from the ninjutsu, in addition to Hagoromo, there seems to be people from Kirara this time."

Fifty versus forty, the combat mission will not be easy.Most of the ordinary guards watched from the ground and fired cold arrows from time to time, which could not hurt the foundation of the ninja.The Senju clan emblems were painted on the clothes of several people around them. It seemed that they and Uchiha had their own division of labor, and they worked separately to avoid conflicts.

Hashirama jumped off the roof and ran along the path.

"Water Release - Water Turbulence!" A waterfall rushed out of thin air, like the Milky Way pouring down from the sky, and the water flow reached the eyes in an instant.

The young ninja quickly jumped up and threw me to his kin in the air, then flipped over with a kite and landed on the low wall.

Before he could stand still, at least three ninjutsus were attacking him.

"Wood Release-Multiple Wooden Ingot Walls!" Several thick wooden walls rose from the ground, trapping the enemy in the wooden shell.

The ninja's body blocked my view of looking back, and Hashirama was left behind by this team.The scene changes drastically, the air flows backwards, and physiological tears blur the vision.About 2 minutes later, we walked through the green tiles in the Ohiro room and arrived at the southernmost square of Honmaru, close to Sannomaru.

Flags were flying, firelight was dancing, longbows were lined up neatly, and a group of fully armed warriors quickly surrounded us in the center.

"Your Highness." A young man who was not tall but extremely strong saluted me.

"Xunsuke." I nodded to him and glanced around the escort team that was nominally mine - if I could reach their shelter in time, they would protect me; if I couldn't make it in time, they would They will not save me, but will become the first group of homing pigeons to spread the word that "the Daimyo is dead".

This is what the elders mean.

"Your Highness!" Toramaru let his hair down and Ranmaru only wore a single coat and ran towards me barefoot.

I stopped them from bowing down: "I'm fine. How is Mother? Is anyone hurt?"

"Jinemon-sama has gone to protect you. Keyakihara-den is fine. I'm just worried about you. Four guards are missing."

He probably wouldn't survive. "Where's the ninja?"

"Two Uchiha were seriously injured, and the condition of three others is unknown." Two black figures fell from the eaves, landing quietly like cats.The torches dyed their faces orange, which turned out to be the familiar black ones.

"Send all the injured here. Senju, I hope you can be responsible for the treatment."

The ninjas all had tense faces, and most of them hid their faces in the shadows or in the smoke caused by burning pine oil.My eyes passed over their roughly bandaged wounds, slightly damaged weapons, and slightly undulating chests, and then I looked at the samurai who seemed to have been staying away from the incident.

"There are wounded! Pick them up quickly!" Hashirama's shout broke the deadlock.

Madara was the first to move, teleporting to his side and catching the two shaky Uchiha ninjas, followed closely by Izuna who couldn't feel relieved, and the other Uchiha who were even more worried.

There are also several ninjas from Senju.

Warm emerald light soon lit up where the skin was open, and in this vibrant light, everyone's expressions slowly softened.Half of Hashirama's clothes were turned into pieces hanging on his body. I seemed to see him secretly poke Madara's side, and then get a not too fierce bared teeth from Madara.

"Boom boom boom—"

Before he could take a breath, a series of explosions erupted from the west side.

It was the sound of an iron cannon, that is, a firecracker.I subconsciously looked at Inoue Shunsuke. He smiled at me indifferently and pointed at the Muto family crest on the soldiers behind him.

The fighting power of ordinary people and ninjas may not be as different as I imagined.In the original work, the power gathered by Mifune was something that no major country dared to underestimate. But in the current world, the famous swordsmen Tsukahara Hokuden, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, and the spear master Hohoin Yinei can also compete with the Jonin, and their disciples are all over the world. .Ninjas must train constantly, and ordinary people also work hard; ninjas have detonating charms, and ordinary people have firearms; ninjas have stealth skills, and ordinary people can build a fortress as stable as a mountain.

——With such a spirit of research, it would be great to use some of it to improve productivity.Don't learn from the real Neon Warring States Period. It is better to find ways to enter the next stage of social development than to blindly refresh the degree of involution.

The bleeding of the lightly wounded had basically stopped. Several Senju and several Uchiha looked at each other, waiting for each other's next move.

"Izuna, you and Canta's team stay here to guard His Highness, everyone else, follow me." Madara arranged for his family in a gracious manner.

"Brother--" Quan Nai ran for a few steps and finally stayed where he was.

"Everyone, come with me. Let's put in a little more effort and let Uchiha use less fire escape, otherwise His Highness will have no place to live!" Hashirama's mobilization was like a junior joking with his elders.

But the Senju's obedience to him is obviously higher than the Uchiha's obedience to Madara. In addition to his personal charm, there is probably another reason for his strength.

Under the leadership of the two men, the ninjas of the two families ran in the same direction.Towering trees suddenly stood up again, water and fire collided to create a heavy fog covering the whole city, thunder and lightning passed through the rain clouds, hitting the constantly shaking earth.

A quarter of an hour later, all the enemy ninjas were killed.

Standing outside the palace where my mother lived, I suddenly hesitated.

I probably stood there for too long, and someone coughed slightly: "It's so late at night, you should wear some clothes."

I raised my head and saw Rong Zhenyuan's gentle face.Her dark expression adds a bit of solemnity that is not for her age. Her eyebrows are always downcast like Buddha. Since I have known her, I have never seen her smile in front of anyone.

"I just shocked you." I bowed to her.

"I hope you are safe and blessed by the Buddha and Bodhisattvas." She returned the greeting solemnly.

"Has mother gone to bed already?"

"Not yet." She looked into the dim inner room.

I know they must be waiting for me. "It's late at night, please take a good rest."

"Thank you for your concern." She left with the maids.

As expected, my mother was still awake and eagerly pulled me to her side: "You did it, you did it."

"Well, I survived." I put her skinny palms against her face and felt her weak pulse through her wrists.

"If they were still here, you wouldn't have to live so hard..." The mother's deeply sunken eyes were filled with sadness.

"Mother..." I asked the question that had been lingering in my mind, "I know that my reputation is not justified, but is there really a more qualified choice than me? I am very young and I have no power. Background, why does no one want to train me to become a lord who suits his own needs, but instead leaves me to fend for myself?"

Why am I not even qualified to be a puppet?

"Are you expecting to be robbed of your power?" My mother gave me a loud slap in the face.

"I didn't..." I just wanted to figure out the logic of their behavior. Was it to use the ninja's sword to kill me, so as to avoid being accused of regicide?

My mother stared closely into my eyes and paused for a long time before covering up her anger.

"You have no military exploits and no obvious talents, so no one will bet on you."

"But it's different now. You chose the ninjas, and you took the initiative to win over a new force camp. This has pros and cons. You didn't follow the path they chose for you, but in any case, you finally overcame a difficulty independently. .”

"The iron cannons are shooting for you to drive away the enemy. This means that someone recognizes you. The person you want to 'train you to become a lord according to his own heart' will soon appear."

"You bought yourself time, so cherish it."

"Go and get ready for the morning."

After the morning meeting the next day, one person stayed and smiled at me like an old ape.

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