Konoha: A golden flash from the tomb

The entrance to the Ryuji Cave mentioned by Orochimaru is located in the Kingdom of Stone between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth. (Because there are too few clues, I referred to the analysis results of the Zhihu boss. Compared with the vicinity of Tiannokuni Sound Ninja Village, this place is more suitable.)

The Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth can basically be regarded as barren countries in the ninja world, especially the Kingdom of Wind. More than 90.00% of their land is desert and Gobi. Desolation is synonymous with them, and the neighboring Kingdom of Earth The country is not much better, but it is still much better than the Kingdom of Wind.

The reason for this situation is probably related to the planting of the sacred tree by Otsutsuki Kaguya thousands of years ago. Although the natural energy of the ninja world is huge enough, there is still a surplus after a harvest of chakra fruits, and there is even more than enough to be used again. It was too much to eat, but the damage caused by the magic was still huge.

The Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth were probably affected by this, and their lands were probably the land where the sacred tree was planted thousands of years ago.

As a small country between the two countries, the Stone Country, the barrenness of this country is naturally conceivable. This country does not even have land bordering the rich Fire Country, which makes the already barren country even more desolate.

The only thing they have at their disposal is stone. The stonemasons here are almost the best in the ninja world. Even the Hokage Rock in Konoha was built by Stone Country craftsmen.

The distance from here to Konoha Village is about the same as going to Sunagakure Village. At the normal speed of a ninja, three days is enough. Minato didn't pass by this remote small country when he was planting seals everywhere. But even so, it took him less than two or three hours to arrive.

This short time was not enough for Ryūchi Cave to complete their transfer. What's more, according to Orochimaru's information, the white snake in Ryūchi Cave merged with the earth due to some unreasonable intention. The white snake he saw could only move its upper body. .

With the precise map hand-drawn by Orochimaru, it was not difficult to find the entrance to Ryūchi Cave. In the afternoon, Minato came to the mountains of Stone Country. The mountains here were not covered with dense forests. There were trees on the mountains. But mostly due to soil conditions, they have a "sallow complexion" and look malnourished, strong but pitiful.

At the foot of the mountain is a hidden village with only a few dozen families living here. Although food is somewhat scarce and heavy farm work is required, when Minato observed from a distance, he saw this group of people and civilians from other places. Something different.

The people here are strong and incompatible with their living conditions, and they also have traces of a strange chakra on their bodies. This strange chakra changes their physical quality under the influence of year after year. This is Ryuji Cave The result of the spilled magical chakra.

But such changes are not all good. While they have gained a little more "strength" than ordinary people, the price they paid is that they are no longer suitable to be a ninja, and the magic chakra overflowing from Ryūchi Cave is drained out. Their physical potential, unless this group of people can produce geniuses that are far beyond their average level, there is no possibility of giving birth to ninjas in this village.

Minato, who didn't intend to disturb them, walked along the path up the mountain and came to the entrance of a hidden cave.Even if he was just standing at the door, he could hear the sound coming from the cave. It was a low roar that was suppressing him, almost like a beast, painful but crazy.

Without hesitation, Minato walked into this pitch-black cave. This cave was not completely natural. There were many traces of manual digging, but the digging was not done with tools, but with human hands.

You can clearly see the traces of finger digging on the hard stone section of the cave wall. Someone used hands that were harder and sharper than a steel chisel to continuously expand the cave, and dug out this cave that was at least 50 meters deep. 's cave.

In the lightless darkness, Minato lit up the Rasengan for lighting, and the chakra balls spinning at his fingertips emitted a gentle blue light that was not too dazzling, dispelling the darkness ahead.

Then, a pair of eyes hidden in the darkness looked at the source of the light.

A strong boy tied his hands with a thick iron rope. His teeth bit both ends of the iron rope, for fear that his hands would break free of the iron rope and do something he didn't want to do.

The suppressed roar came from deep in his throat. If you listen carefully, you can still hear his vague words, which are describing how to use the most brutal means to kill the man in front of him who brought light to the cave.

"Please...get out!"

The pleading tone was completely inconsistent with his face full of struggle and pain.

"I don't want to kill anyone anymore, I..."

"I will rip off your arms and rip out your heart with your hands..."

"No!"

"I can't...I don't want to do this..."

"Get out! Get out! Get away! Quick!"

Caught in a self-conflict and madness, Jugo was trying hard to suppress his desire to kill, and at the same time he was about to break free from the chains. This sharp and contradictory sense of extreme opposites appeared harmoniously on him, and people couldn't help but label him as crazy. .

"I'm taking you out of here."

Minato took two steps closer, almost touching Jugo's struggling and kicking legs.

"It's painful, isn't it, Jugo?"

Minato knelt down and gently stretched out one arm towards Jugo.

"I killed you!"

The thick iron rope was instantly broken by the brute force, and the alienated arm turned into an inhuman monster. The wind brought by the heavy punch blew the hair falling from Minato's forehead, but it could not move his hand at all.

"Immortal Technique·Yin Yang Escape·Bagua Seal."

At present, Minato has not yet developed a sealing technique for senjutsu chakra. Although the more versatile Yin-Yang Release and Bagua seals are currently a bit rough, fortunately the sealing power is strong enough.

Before the alienated punch touched his body, the Bagua seal technique enveloped Zhongwu's body, and the waving arms lost their original strength and hung down lightly.

"Thank you..."

A trace of joy appeared on the face of the panting heavy object. Although all his strength was suppressed and he fell into weakness, this feeling was indeed the ending he dreamed of. As long as he lost his strength, he would not be able to control it. He fell into madness and an endless desire to kill.

"I am Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village. Are you willing to go to Konoha with me? I can help you slowly learn to restrain your own power, so that you will not be easily controlled by this power like you are now. ."

"I'll go with you."

Zhongwu nodded without hesitation. No matter who he was, no matter what his plans were, as long as he could help him suppress this evil force that frightened and disgusted him, then Zhongwu would be willing to sacrifice everything, including his own freedom. everything.

"Very good, it's rare to see an obedient child like you now, but don't worry, Konoha will take good care of you. It's just that Orochimaru has the idea of ​​researching your power, and I need your cooperation when the time comes. It’s also to facilitate research on how you can suppress this power.”

"I have no problem, Hokage...sama."

Chongwu nodded again. He didn't think this was something unacceptable. Instead, it was a 'deal' that he should be happy with.

"Then why don't you wait here for a while, or go for a walk with me? I have a small problem to solve here."

"The power in you comes from Longdi Cave. I'm going to demolish this place. Do you want to come and take a look?"

"Is this... okay?" Jugo asked cautiously. He didn't know if he would go crazy and damage Minato after he got close to the source of power.

"Of course. You also want to see what turned you into this, right?"

Minato left the cave with Jugo and bit off the seal on his finger.

"The art of psychic."

As the smoke exploded with a bang, a big, tender slug appeared in front of the two of them.

"I met Minato-sama."

Slug spoke in a soft and respectful voice. Slug's attitude was the same when facing Tsunade, and it was the same attitude when facing Minato.

"Protect this child, and then accompany me to Longdi Cave. It's not enough to demolish the house. I have to pack up and take away everything in Longdi Cave."

"This is...."

Minato showed a faint smile, which made the slug tremble violently.

"...If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with a drink."

"You made a good choice. Konoha is willing to live in harmony with the Marshy Bone Forest. The world is so big that it can accommodate one, two, three or even more Marshy Bone Forests."

"But natural energy belongs to all of us, to all life in the ninja world."

"I understand Minato-sama."

The slug crawled onto Jugo's shoulder and responded to Minato's words.

"If this is correct, it should be right here."

They left the mountain and came to the entrance of a more hidden cave. The darkness below was unfathomable, like the gaping mouth of a poisonous snake, waiting for prey to fall into its trap.