The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

Southern Fire Nation.

The sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, forming spots of light.

In a lush forest, a tall old man with gray hair, leaning on a cane and carrying a medicine bag on his back, was walking alone on a wider forest path opened up by someone unknown.

This person is none other than the leader of the Sky Ninja Village, Shennong!

Ever since the Sora Ninja Village was destroyed by the Leaf Village in the Second Shinobi World War, Shennong began to travel around the Ninja World as an ordinary doctor, traveling to various countries. On the surface, he was traveling around to treat people, but in fact, his main purpose was to secretly search for a tailless beast that could control the monster created by the Sora Ninja Village, which he called "Zero Tail Nothingness"!

The Zero Tail is the product of Shennong of the Sky Ninja Village's research on dark chakra. It is a special entity composed of huge dark chakra generated by the darkness in people's hearts. Its body shape is snake-like, and it has a mask with the word "Zero" engraved on its forehead. It has the special property of being broken up but eventually re-condensing.

Therefore, as long as it is not completely destroyed in one blow, this so-called Zero Tail will continue to be resurrected. After all, the source of Zero Tail's power is the dark power in people's hearts, and there is more or less darkness in everyone's heart.

Human beings cannot completely get rid of darkness.

Therefore, it can be said that this Zero-Tail, called Nothingness, although not split from the Ten-Tail of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, was merely created by Shennong accidentally and does not belong to the ranks of the tailed beasts, but its strength and special properties make it comparable to the weaker tailed beasts.

Not to mention, Shennong's purpose in finding the technique to control the Zero Tail is not only because the Zero Tail is the most important source of power for his Anker Bandian Fortress, but also because there is a super heavy cannon in the Anker Bandian Fortress that needs to control the dark chakra of the Zero Tail to be charged before it can be barely fired. Its power can easily flatten a hill, and compared with the Tailed Beast Balls of those weaker tailed beasts, it is not inferior, and may even be better.

Shennong walked slowly, looking like a real "old man". He was not worried about his identity at all. One reason was that Shennong came from a small ninja village like the Sky Ninja Village. Although its chakra technology was the best in the ninja world, it lagged far behind in ninjutsu. It could be said that the entire Sky Ninja Village did not quite understand the upper limit of perception ninjutsu.

Another thing is that he believed that the Land of the Sky and his Sky Ninja Village, which had briefly appeared in the records of the Ninja World and were in the eyes of all parties in the Ninja World, had disappeared in the long river of history during the Second Ninja World War a few years ago. Moreover, the only one who knew relatively well about the Land of the Sky and his Sky Ninja Village was probably Konoha Village.

Therefore, in today's ninja world, he believed that no force would care about the Sora Ninja Village.

Moreover, in the years since he became a doctor, he has saved countless lives of civilians and nobles with his superb medical skills. He has a high reputation in every place he has passed through. Even if someone accidentally learned the real name of the leader of the Sky Ninja Village, they would not associate him with Doctor Shennong.

However, Shennong, who often walked by the river, eventually got his shoes wet!

Shennong, who had a limited vision, had no idea at this time that he had been targeted by Qingsi!

And it is obvious that Shennong went out today without checking the almanac...!

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"Doctor Shennong?" A red-haired figure suddenly appeared in front of Shennong and asked in an affirmative tone.

It was Uzumaki Shinki who had been sensing and tracking him all the way.

Shennong looked at Uzumaki Xinxi who suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way. He raised his eyebrows in a rather obscure way, but he still used the kind tone that he had pretended for many years and slowly asked, "Young man, are you looking for me to treat your illness?"

Although Shennong felt something was not right at this time, Uzumaki Shinki called out his name and occupation accurately, so he still thought that the young red-haired ninja in front of him had heard of his fame and came to him for treatment.

After all, over the years, as his fame grew, ninjas often stopped him to seek medical treatment. Therefore, he did not find Uzumaki Shinki's behavior too strange or become wary of him.

"Then it's you...!" Uzumaki Shinki nodded with satisfaction. Although he was very confident that the person he sensed was Shennong, and his appearance was consistent with the description of the Anbu who discovered Shennong's identity, he still had to confirm it out of caution. Don't find the wrong person, otherwise it would be funny!

When Shennong saw Uzumaki Shinki's expression, he felt a slight uneasiness in his heart, but he didn't understand where this feeling of uneasiness came from. It couldn't be the red-haired ninja boy in front of him who looked so weak!

"Leader of the Sky Ninja Village, my master hopes to invite you to be a guest...!!!" Uzumaki Shinki spoke directly and went straight to the point, attacking Shennong's Huanglong and revealing his true identity in one sentence.

"Guest...? I'm just an ordinary person." Shennong answered slowly. He still hadn't reacted yet. His tone was still so kind and calm, but suddenly, his expression changed drastically, "Wait... Wait...!!! What did you just say?"

"Zhao!!!" Shennong was a little overwhelmed. He knew very well that he had been exposed, and was exposed to a force whose depth he did not know yet. However, he was still prepared to struggle again. He did not believe that his perfect disguise would be exposed!

"Young man, have you made a mistake? I am not the leader of the Sky Ninja Village..." Shennong denied it flatly. He was still trying to quibble, but the sudden change in his expression did not escape Uzumaki Shinki's eyes.

Uzumaki Shinki just watched Shennong's performance quietly, his expression was cold and focused, his eyes were like the calm surface of a lake, without the slightest ripple or fluctuation.

Shennong's voice of rebuttal became smaller and smaller. Looking at Uzumaki Shinki's expression which did not change at all, although he was not sure how he was exposed, he already understood that it was useless to say anything at this point...!