Ninja Ice House

Since New Year's Eve, the boss has not appeared in any public places.

Every year there are rumors that the boss is in poor health or even critically ill.

The number of times has increased, and everyone is used to the fact that the old man will appear in person in a few days to crush those rumors.

This time, it was very unusual.

Up and down, none of them expressed any opinion on this matter.

It wasn't until the night of the third day, when the dull bell rang in Miyagi, that everyone felt that something was wrong.

Soon, news of the boss's death spread.

The dull footsteps of the palace guards shuttled through the streets and alleys, maintaining order and announcing a series of regulations during the national mourning period.

In broad daylight, drinking and playing music, temple fairs and the like will definitely be banned.

Because the abdicated daimyo died of illness, the funeral is much simpler. Even so, some ritual and music arrangements are also very cumbersome.

It was the first time for Xiao Hiiragi to experience such a thing, curiously tugged at the corner of her sister's clothes, and asked quietly.

"Everyone looks unhappy, I think there are still people crying!"

"The boss is dead, and I won't see you again."

"Eh?"

Young children who are not yet impressed by such things do not find it a big problem at first.

In her heart, the so-called parting is just not seeing each other for a while, and they will be able to meet again after a while.

There is no concept of death, which symbolizes "farewell".

"That kind old grandpa, who often gave me toys and food, won't see you in the future?"

"right!"

Knowing this, Xiao Hiiragi is also very sad, not only because of the loss of a source of joy in the future, but also the anguish of a familiar person disappearing from his life forever.

Different from the enthusiasm in the past, it seemed that he was infected by the people around him, and Xiao Hiiragi was also obediently hugged by his sister, thinking about something quietly.

As one of the close relatives, Gushan Bushui also participated in the reception of guests. After changing shifts, he went back to rest in the back room and saw Xiao Hiiragi who experienced life and death for the first time.

Xiao Jing and Xiao Si feel okay, and the relationship is not as rich as the more mature Xiao Hiiragi.

"It's good that I didn't cry. But, don't suppress your thoughts."

"My mother said that a child who loves to cry is not a good child."

"Yeah! A crying child is too weak, so it's not good, but just because he doesn't like to cry, doesn't mean he can't cry. It's okay when he's in a bad mood, wronged, or sad."

"Really?"

"Really! Father never lied!"

The corner of the little guy's mouth twitched, as if he felt a little embarrassed, and then buried his face in his father's arms, holding him tightly.

"Father, I heard people say that people will die when they get old. Is it true?"

"When you get old, you don't necessarily die, but birth, old age, sickness and death are part of life, and everyone has to go through it. It is precisely because of such a day that everyone cherishes life so much, and must work hard every day to live up to it. Every 1 minute."

"Um!"

In the past, Xiao Hiiragi had also seen the birth and death of birds and cicadas. If the life of birds, beasts, insects and fish was not shocking enough, the death of a relative would probably cause a deep shock to her as a young child.

After hugging and comforting her for a while, Xiao Hiiragi was also tired and fell asleep involuntarily.

Although he grows rapidly and has a cheerful disposition, he is still a child who is less than four years old.

After putting the child on the bed, covering the quilt, and letting Xianglin take care of it, Gu Shan Bu Shui walked out of the room and breathed the cool air outside, bringing some refreshing effect.

"Hey, Kaguya, are you watching?"

"Don't call me Kaguya!"

"Sooner or later, when you fail in your struggle and are sealed again, I will be able to call you Kaguya, the goddess of U, in the past tense."

"You think I'm bound to fail?"

"Is there any doubt?"

Gu Shan Bu Shui said teasingly,

"Let's not talk about this for now, do you think I am getting more and more arrogant? Looking back and introspecting, I feel more and more that I haven't thought about problems from the perspective of ordinary people for a long time."

It's like a high-ranking "non-human", looking at people and things in the ninja world from an extremely rational perspective.

It's not a question of whether the butt is crooked or not.

Gushan Bushui was originally a time traveler, not a pure native of the ninja world.

However, there are still some problems in looking at people and things in the ninja world from an overly alienated perspective.

"The natives of the ninja world are too narrow, and Otsutsuki's morality is too arrogant. In fact, they are not suitable for the current situation of the ninja world. If you can grasp the balance point, it will be the best, and you can't do it. That's normal too."

What Gu Shan Bu Shui wanted was the power of the Otsutsuki clan, and he had no interest in their lifestyle, pursuit of life, or moral values.

Across the star sea, looking for living planets, planting sacred trees, plundering natural energy, and finally merging everything, gaining transcendence, and reaching a higher level of life.

Gu Shan Bu Shui would never do such a troublesome matter.

However, becoming a "Quasi-Otsutsuki Clan", planting the sacred tree, and even eating the fruit of the sacred tree, does it really have no impact on the spirit and soul of Gushan Bumizu?

That is impossible!

For example, now, the idea of ​​Gu Shanbu water is often occupied by how to search for more chakras and how to quickly absorb natural energy.

In this state of the ninja world, it is not a bad thing to want to become stronger, but it seems a bit wrong to only think about becoming stronger and turn the means into the goal.

"I think there is something wrong with the life form of the Otsutsuki clan. Is the birth of a life to pursue a higher form of life?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

"How is it possible? If the birth of life is only for evolution itself, then it has no meaning. The universe may have an end, but evolution does not. Even the Otsutsuki clan, becoming stronger and becoming a more perfect life form is not for the purpose of obtaining more A safe living environment, let yourself live to the maximum extent?"

Either compete with other species, or compete with other compatriots. In a normal natural environment, there will not be a particularly powerful one that will crush all dissatisfied existences.

Even in the world where science and technology flourished in the previous life, the so-called civilization is still very fragile. It would be good if human beings can completely win the victory against the cold virus before self-extinction.

Like Otsutsuki, the guardian and the guarded team up to attack everywhere, just like the early explorers in the age of great voyages. The sacred tree is only a tool for colonization and a channel for gaining income.

The meaning of their existence is to grab profits for their home country.

The evolution of life forms is more like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey, which will never be eaten.

Otsutsuki Kaguya could also feel a little bit of Mimohuhu's doubts about the ancient cedar's divination of water, but it was not profound.

"What do you think?"

"Sage of the Six Paths, why did you separate the ten tails, exorcise the shell and make it into a golem of the heretics, and pull out the chakra, divide it into nine, and become a nine-tailed beast? Just to prevent you from getting out of trouble, isn't it too much of a fuss?"

Really want to put an end to Otsuki Kaguya's resurrection with the help of "wedge", divided into nine tailed beasts, and cut into 800 million gods and monsters, which is not much different in essence.

The point is, the Sage of the Six Paths actually doesn't have a particularly strong reason to do this, and there are other ways to replace it.

"The ten tails and the sacred tree may not be completely unconscious symbiotic tools, and the influence on the main body is greater than imagined."

"Then will you continue to plant the sacred tree and eat the fruit of the sacred tree?"

"of course yes!"

Gu Shan Bu Shui replied naturally,

"After so many years of hard work and preparation, how could it be possible to give up halfway? What I want to say is that the sugar-coated bullets should come more violently!"

The icing is licked clean, and the shells return.

It's okay for the dignified Gu Shan Shaodu not to realize it.

Now that he has been alerted, can he still be tricked by some aliens who are nothing but powerful?

Ten-tailed Jinchuriki is so strong, it would be a pity not to experience it.

It is said that high places are extremely cold, and those who have to climb high places are qualified to express such emotions!

"You Otsutsuki clan are very strong, but I may have overestimated, you may not be that strong."

Otsuki Kaguya said how powerful his boss and partner are, and how magical the group is, but after some actual experience, Gushan Bushui discovered that the Otsutsuki clan and the legendary gods and monsters have no essence. The difference is that they are intelligent creatures who have mastered powerful power and still have human nature.

Compared with those abstract concept gods who are all-knowing and omnipotent, they are far behind.

The foundation of the ninja world is actually not bad. After thousands of years of recovery, the accumulated strength is already very strong.

As long as you are willing to give birth to a savior who comes into being, you don't have to be afraid of the Datongmu people at all.

"Fortunately, I chose the God of Rivers as the carrier from the beginning, and didn't directly plant trees on myself, otherwise, I would really become a "vegetative" with brain problems. "

After this year, Kaoru and his classmates Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke will be sixth graders, and they will be graduating soon. In the middle of next year, the "Konoha Collapse Project" will kick off the drama.

"A lot of people will die, they are all good ninja sacrifices! Anyway, I can't save them, so you can use your life to become the nourishment of the sacred tree!"

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The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hirzen, was stranded outside the country due to a series of accidents. Mito Monyan once had a hard time thinking about how to deal with Shimura Danzo's troubles.

In the end, unexpectedly, the careerist who he thought was restless didn't take this opportunity to do anything to cause trouble for others.

During the New Year, Muye Village is also extremely lively, which is a good time to take advantage of the chaos.

It is a pity that many preparations did not come in handy.

Of course, nothing happened, so Zilai also had a lot of things to do, drinking, eating meat, soaking in hot springs, doing nothing all day long, observing the people and things in the village.

Compared with a few years ago, Muye Village, which has been hit repeatedly, is not deserted, but more prosperous.

At least on the surface, it was much more lively than before Nine-Tails attacked the village.

"Uchiha Sasuke!"

Jiraiya, who was slightly drunk, stood on the branch of a big tree, watching Uchiha Sasuke, who was practicing hard to climb the tree, fell down again and again, and was injured all over his body. He was unwilling to give up, and couldn't help but feel a little moved.

"Unfortunately, not you!"

This young man who is full of desire for revenge cannot be the child of destiny in the prophecy of the Great Toad Immortal, at least, Jiraiya himself will never accept such a child as a student.

Incompatibility, this kind of cryptic evaluation, can't be explained clearly, but it does exist.

It is already the limit to speak out and point out a few times. Such a genius is not suitable for Zilaiye to teach.

These days, Jilai has also observed many young children in the village, from Shiro who is very prominent, Neiji Hyuga who is in the limelight, Zuosuke Uchiha who is known as a genius in and outside the village, and Kaka Nara who is brainy but unmotivated Maru, the aggressive but hard-working Inuzuka tooth, etc., are all the objects of his investigation.

Even Hinata Hinata, Karin, Yamanaka Ino and the others considered it, but in the end, they still had to rule it out.

From Uchiha Zuosuke, Jiraiya also saw many valuable qualities, but...

"Uchiha, the cursed Blood Successor Kenkai, hatred cannot be eradicated!well……"

Withdrawing his gaze, he shook the empty jug in his hand, and then jumped down, stepping on the snow, and walked home.

While he was thinking about which izakaya to go to to continue to be cool, there was another noise from a distance, and the movement of chakra explosions surprised Jiraiya.

Regardless of other things, this amount of chakra is already surprising enough.

He unhurriedly walked towards the direction of the noise, and after turning around a bush, Zilai also saw a blond kid sitting indecently in the snow under a tree, panting.

The moment he saw that child, Jilai felt a sense of déjà vu, and after responding for a while, he matched Naruto Uzumaki's name from the information he had read not long ago.

"Uzumaki... Naruto, so it's him!"

Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, who is currently active, has a mediocre overall evaluation. He is a partial child with outstanding advantages and disadvantages. He has great potential, but it is not easy to develop.

"Minato and Kushina's child, is this what it looks like now?"

Next, Uzumaki Naruto's practice continued after a short break.

In Jiraiya's observation, apart from the bright spot that he is quite proficient in the technique of shadow clone, he hardly sees any qualities that are expected to become an excellent ninja.

Of course, this hard work and perseverance are still worthy of recognition.

"Interesting child, see you soon!"

Just after observing the performance of a genius, I saw a crane tail tossing, the gap is really too big.

Measured by the loosest standard, Jiraiya couldn't see too many strengths in Uzumaki Naruto.

After Jiraiya left, in a shadow not far from the place where Uzumaki Naruto and Jiraiya stayed before, the trunk of the giant tree suddenly had some wonderful changes, the bark texture gradually changed, raised, turned into and Shimura Danzo has a somewhat similar appearance.

The tree-shaped head took a few glances at the direction where it came and went, and then at the undisturbed Naruto Uzumaki, and then disappeared in the thick tree trunk, no one could find the clue.

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