Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

(Inside Shenwei Space)

"Wood Release: Ranking Technique!"

In a relatively open place, as Hashirama clapped his hands, a giant wooden ghost-faced shield divided into two parts suddenly rose from the ground and quickly closed together with a "bang".

This is the most effective wood-style ninjutsu among Hashirama's purely defensive ninjutsu. It can easily defend against even the explosion of the tailed beast ball. And its huge size also means that even if Hashirama's own wooden man picks it up and uses it as a shield, it won't feel out of place at all.

Most of Hashirama's advanced ninjutsu are related to Buddhism, for example, the prototype of the wooden man is Luohan, the prototype of the True Thousand Hands is the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara, and the prototype of the Ranking Technique is also the artifact owned by the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara. Since they have such a reputation, their abilities are naturally not bad.

Although these ninjutsu mainly focus on killing, which is very different from the concept of Buddhism, it also represents the most basic and sincere kindness in Hashirama's heart. His desire for peace and to save friends or other people he cherishes has never changed. As for killing, it is only to eliminate all kinds of monsters who dare to destroy all this.

Although Buddhism advocates compassion, it will never show mercy when facing such demons and monsters. Killing those enemies who stand between peace and protecting friends is equivalent to subduing or killing the evil spirits in Hashirama's eyes.

But this time... Hashirama didn't want to make a fuss about these aspects. On the contrary, after seeing the list he made, he wanted to make a complete change to it.

[Hmm... Keep the devil pattern above, merge the two halves into a whole, and straighten all the curved parts...]

Like many tower shields or wall shields, the shape of the list is slightly curved based on a rectangular plate. Although this shape can better defend against attacks from the side, it does not meet the needs of the next transformation of the pillar.

[There doesn't seem to be anything I can learn from the two techniques, Wood Ingot Wall and Tree Realm Wall...] ​​Thinking about what to do next, Hashirama felt a headache, [Forget it, let's use this modified ranking technique as the basis, and learn and apply the other parts from the earth escape technique.]

Thinking of this, Hashirama threw away the useless list, turned around and went to another place to start modifying the ranking technique.

[Hmm... merge the two halves into one piece... straighten the bent part... oh yeah, and then make it stand up as a whole...]

"Wood Release: Ranking Technique: Modified!"

After such a short period of time, Hashirama, who had already mastered the Wood Release technique, completed the modification of the Ranking Technique. When the modified technique was used, a "ranking" with a completely changed appearance soon appeared before his eyes.

The original list was lying on the ground to protect the people inside. But now, this "list" stood upright there, just like a whole wall with no gaps.

"Hmm... this should be about right." Hashirama nodded in satisfaction. "Then... let's use the condensed and compressed earth escape technique and a small amount of wood escape technique to continue repairing and modifying it."

After this "ranking" is modified according to Hashirama's intention, it may no longer be called a "ranking", but become something completely opposite to the original. But this is not a problem, after all, no matter what the original is, it is Hashirama's method here, as long as it works well, it is enough.

[Alas... I actually forgot that after coming to this world, in addition to all the immortal arts, even that art can no longer be used. But fortunately, there is still a chance to remedy all of this. ]

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Just as Hashirama continued to "add bricks and tiles" to the "ranking", several pairs of eyes quietly peeked out from behind the Outer Path Golem not far away, looking at Hashirama with curiosity.

"Um... what is the master doing?"

"don't know."

"I don't really understand..."

"Oh my, you don't know this. The master is currently researching a new ninjutsu."

That's right, these guys who were talking about Hashirama were another batch of new White Zetsu, a total of four. This was already the third batch of White Zetsu, and since they were born not long ago, Menma and Hashirama hadn't sent them out to gather intelligence yet.

"Hmm? New jutsu?"

"curious."

"Um... can you tell us about that?"

The first three White Zetsu all looked at the fourth one expectantly. It first took out a small wooden comb and pretended to comb its hair, then said:

"Yeah, yeah, actually I don't really understand either. I just know that the master wants to improve his defensive ninjutsu." At this point, the showy White Zetsu suddenly changed the subject, "However, before the improvement, this was already the master's strongest defensive ninjutsu. Once the master succeeds in improving it, think about it...how much stronger will this move be?"

"Wow... it's going to be amazing just thinking about it."

"expect."

"I also want to know how powerful this technique will be after the master improves it..."

The White Zetsu were still chatting, but Hashirama didn't pay attention to what was happening in the distance. Now, he was planning to devote himself to the transformation of the "ranking"...

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(Outside, inside Chenxi Winery)

"So, what should we do with the information that we can't understand..." Even with Menma's help, Paimon was still troubled by this matter.

"If you don't understand, just ask. It's very simple." Diluk crossed his arms and said as a matter of course, "I have found one of their bases... If you are interested, come with us."

"What's more, with me here, we won't have to worry about lack of intelligence as long as we see enemies related to this operation." Menma also said.

Afterwards, the group of four left the winery and headed to the stronghold under the leadership of Diluk.

Although Menma knew what would happen next, he forgot the exact time when the Abyss Cult would attack Mondstadt, so he chose to go with Diluc instead of telling him all the information. Moreover, it would be a good thing to take this opportunity to destroy a stronghold of the Abyss Cult.

Soon, everyone arrived at the location of the stronghold.

"This is it." Looking at this stronghold that was obviously quite old and not recently built, Diluk said in a tone that did not conceal his sarcasm, "Hiding in an ancient ruin like this is very much like the style of the Abyss Cult.

Hurry up and go in."

After that, he led everyone in. But as they walked, Diluk quietly gave up the C position and handed it to Menma beside him without making a sound.

He knew very well that Mr. Uzumaki was a particularly belligerent person, and he enjoyed fighting against strong enemies or bullying weak ones. Although he was also a warrior, fighting against such weak enemies did not help him hone himself much. Therefore, in Diluk's opinion, it would be better to give Mr. Uzumaki the opportunity to bully weak ones, which could be regarded as a mutual benefit between loyal partners.

Not long after they walked away, several Hillichuls sitting near the door noticed their presence and started shouting loudly, instantly attracting the attention of all the monsters in the entire stronghold.

"What a noise..." Menma naturally noticed Diluk's small move to give him the opportunity, so he took the initiative to step forward and blasted the screaming hillbillies to death with a spiral wheel, "All of you, go to hell... a bunch of insignificant trash."

No need to guess, even though Menma was the only one taking action, it was still a one-sided massacre for this group of monsters.

The hillbilly thug had just picked up the axe he had placed on the ground, but in the next second he was pierced through the heart by a branch thrown by Menma, and was quickly torn into a hedgehog by the growing wooden thorns; the archer hillbilly had just put the arrow on the crossbow, but someone suddenly came over and grabbed his neck, and then he was killed on the spot by a kunai who cut his throat.

"Uzumaki-san is still as powerful as ever..." Paimon couldn't help but sigh when he saw Menma's clean and efficient fighting.

"After all, he is a person who is much stronger than me, so it is normal for you to admire him so much." Diluk said, "What's more, the power he is using at this moment is likely to be less than one percent of his own... or even one thousandth."

"Wow..." When Paimon thought that Mr. Uzumaki and the equally powerful Mr. Senju would travel with him and Sora in the future, a pair of shining little stars suddenly appeared in his eyes as he was lost in his fantasy.

"It's time to disappear..." After pressing the head of the last Hillichurl to the ground and strangling it to death on the spot, Menma shook off the black blood on his hands and slowly walked towards the Ice Abyss Mage hiding at the back like a killing god.

"Damn it... What kind of monster are you?!" the Ice Abyss Mage said gritting his teeth, firing an ice cone at Menma while retreating backwards.

"Monster? Haha..." Menma laughed horribly, "A person like you who has lost himself...what qualifications do you have to call me a 'monster'?"

"you……"

Before the Ice Abyss Mage could continue to speak harshly, Diluk and the other two came over and stood with Menma. Even without counting the intimidating Paimon, the pressure from the three strong men made it feel a little breathless.

"I'm surprised you found me here..." However, it did not give in. "Damn Knights..."

“I’m not a knight.” Diluk said impatiently, “Tell me the details of your plan!”

"So you have also read the "letter"..." The Ice Abyss Mage was still stubborn, "Don't even think I will tell you such a secret, hehe..."

"I'm afraid you don't understand your situation..." Diluk couldn't help but shake his head, feeling helpless about the Ice Abyss Mage's inability to judge the situation at all.

Not wanting to waste any more time, Menma opened his Sharingan. Immediately, the pupil power in his right eye penetrated through the mask and directly invaded the consciousness of the Ice Abyss Mage, causing it to fall into a sluggish state immediately because it was completely unable to resist.

"Tell me, what exactly is your plan?" Menma ordered.

"The Cult... The Cult has gathered all the forces that hate the 'Heroes of Dark Night'..." The Ice Abyss Mage, who was controlled by the illusion, unconsciously revealed everything he knew, "Prepare to raid Mondstadt from the main gate around 10 o'clock tomorrow night..."

"10 o'clock tomorrow night..." After hearing the news, Diluk began to think about the plan in his heart.

"Only this?"

"Yes..." The Ice Abyss Mage nodded mechanically, "This is all I know..."

"Forget it... You can't hide anything anymore in this state." Menma shook his head, "Then it's time to send you on your way now."

It was still the same method used specifically to kill Abyss Mages: use illusion to delete all relevant memories of the opponent, and then use a spiral wheel to send it directly into the earth veins for reincarnation.