Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

Kiri... Kirigakure! ?

For everyone in the Kingdom of Ghosts, this is definitely an answer that exceeds the limit of their imagination.

The Kingdom of Oni is a landlocked country and has no relationship worth mentioning with the Kingdom of Water, which is far away overseas. The understanding of Kirigakure, one of the five great ninja villages, is only very superficial and rigid. Above the title "Inside the Blood Mist".

Therefore, they had extremely good reasons to be extremely suspicious and puzzled by what Kisame said, who looked like Kirigakure.

"But, but, I haven't sent a letter asking for help to Kirigakure Village in the Water Kingdom..."

As the ruler of the Demon Country, Miroku has more experience in dealing with people after all. She did not blindly express uneasiness about the appearance of Kisame and Shisui based on her own stereotypes, but expressed her disapproval of them in a very tactful way. The doubts about people appearing here.

"Is that kind of question important, Miko-sama?"

Uchiha Shisui tilted his head, and while looking at the firelight soaring into the sky in the distance, he asked in a casual tone:

"For the current Demon Country, which country we are from, which ninja village we are from, and where we got the request for help from the Demon Country...is it really important?"

"...You are right, young man."

Miroku is not a pedantic person. After reacting, he immediately nodded in agreement with Uchiha Shisui's answer, "Then, if you two can help the Kingdom of Demons quell the chaos of the demons, we will also follow the instructions given to Konoha, Sunagakure and other ninjas. The village’s standards for asking for help, issuing commissions and rewards to you..."

"As for the reward, let's discuss it in detail after the mission is over, Miko-sama," Kisame Inikisaki looked in the direction of the city where the flames were blazing, "For now, please explain to us the specific mission requirements. Do you need us to escort you away from the pursuit of the monster and his pile of strange stone statues, or... do you need us to help them defeat him completely?"

"Although I really want to ask you two to help us defeat the monsters completely, there is no way to do it here."

Maitreya shook his head and said in a complicated tone:

"Please, two of you, escort me to a shrine located in the Land of Swamp. Only there can you have the chance to completely eliminate the evil soul of the monster."

"Is there anything special about that shrine?" Uchiha Shisui asked in a deep voice with his eyes focused.

"I'm sorry, this is a secret passed down from generation to generation among the witches of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and I can't let you two know it yet."

Miroku shook his head and did not answer Uchiha Shisui's question. Seeing this, Shisui did not continue to ask. He just turned around and glanced at the surrounding guards, almost all of whom were injured. Poti asked Maitreya:

"Then, is the miko-sama's desire to rush to the Swamp Country very urgent?"

"...The sooner the better. If we continue to let the monsters wreak havoc outside, I don't know how many more tragic things he will do."

"In this case, please, Miko-sama, send off these guards under you first, and we will take you and your daughter to the Swamp Country to complete this commission."

Hearing what Uchiha Shisui said, the miko's guards were immediately unhappy. Regardless of their injuries, they all stepped forward and asked loudly:

"Hey! You two, do you think we will agree to this extremely suspicious proposal!?"

"That's right, who knows if you two are followers of the Demon King pretending to be supporters!? Actually, you actually dare to say something that would exclude us all from the bodyguard!"

"You just want to kidnap Miroku-sama and Shion-sama and take away the power that the Demon Kingdom relies on to build the country, right!?"

Faced with the excitement of the guards, Uchiha Shisui wanted to make a few simple excuses, but before he could speak, Mikigaki Kisame squinted his eyes and burst out without reservation that he was performing as Kirigakure ANBU. The huge killing intent accumulated during the mission made all the guards shut their mouths in just an instant, and sat back on the ground with horror on their faces.

"If we came with the goal of taking away the miko, you would all be corpses on the ground now, and there would be no room for you to say these things..." Kisame Mikigaki glanced at the guard. Among them, the ones who behaved the most unfavorably, and were also the ones who shouted the loudest just now, sneered disdainfully:

"Before you talk nonsense without knowing what is good or bad, you should consider your own weight first, everyone..."

"Strange, monster..."

The young man who was carrying Shion fell to the ground with his buttocks trembling, trembling all over and muttering to himself. Seeing this, Uchiha Shisui shook his head helplessly and stepped forward, who was also too scared to dare. Ziyuan hugged Shion who moved, then looked at Maitreya who frowned and remained silent and said:

"Order them to find a place to hide and treat their injuries first, Miko-sama... Since you plan to rush to the shrine of the Land of Swamps against time, ordinary people like them with injuries are pure to us. It’s a burden.”

"What about Shion!? Why do you want to bring Shion with you!?" Miroku gritted his silver teeth and glared into Uchiha Shisui's eyes, "She is just a child and should not be involved in such a dangerous situation. It comes from things..."

"This child, she also inherited the blood of a miko."

Uchiha Shisui responded to Miroku's glare with a calm tone, "Miko, you yourself said that the shrine of the land of marshes is a secret passed down from generation to generation by shrine maidens, and it is the key to completely defeating the monster... So, the monster Is it possible to let go of this child who may also have inherited the power and knowledge of a miko, and who is only surrounded by a few injured ordinary people to protect him?”

"...No, I'm sorry, I'm just too impatient."

Maitreya, who was troubled by concern, took a deep breath and admitted the fact unwillingly but honestly.

"Then for her, the only choice now is to stay with us and complete this mission with us... Only in this way can we have the remaining power to protect you mother and daughter at the same time."

Uchiha Shisui carried Shion on his back, saying sorry to the young girl secretly in his heart, and said this to Miroku.

"Ziyuan..."

Miroku cast an inquiring look at his daughter hesitantly, wanting to see if his daughter, who could predict the future of her own death in a special way, would activate her ability at this time and learn some information about the Kirigakure duo.

But what surprised her was that there was no special light in Shion's eyes when she activated her ability. After listening to Uchiha Shisui's words, she looked at her with a look of fear and a little happiness -

Mom, now we don’t have to separate.

Shion, she didn’t foresee death?

That means... I don't have to worry about Ziyuan's safety in this operation anymore, right?

Miroku breathed a sigh of relief with complicated emotions, and then looked at Uchiha Shisui who was carefully adjusting Shion's posture and position on his back so that the girl could be more comfortable, and asked in a much softer tone:

"Then, how do you make me believe that you have the strength to do such a thing, young man?"

"...These eyes should be enough to explain, right?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Shisui turned his head and looked in the direction of Maitreya, and the pupils in his eyes had quietly turned into black and red three-wheel magatama during this brief turn of his head. .

"Sharingan!? Are you from the Uchiha clan!?"

Miroku was first happy because of the famous Sharingan eyes in Shisui's eyes, but then, as if she realized something, she looked in disbelief at the man next to her who was wearing a Kirigakure forehead protector. Iniki Kaki Kisame was waiting for the end of the conversation with a bored expression.

"Wait, wait a minute!? Why do the people of the Uchiha clan work together with Kirigakure's ninjas? Is it difficult? Could it be that in the war that just ended outside, Kirigakure has turned the Uchiha clan into his own? Is it something!?"

"Ah, this, in a sense, it should be considered like this, right?"

Kisame Kisaki thought of the unlucky Hinata Makoto who had started to spin around the clock, and a malicious smile appeared on his ferocious face. He unabashedly threw a teasing look at Uchiha Shisui. The look in his eyes made the young genius of the Uchiha family blush, and he quickly lowered his head and looked around:

"No, don't waste time here, Kisame, hurry up and take the miko-sama on the road together. The ghost army of monsters is not far behind us. I don't have that much chakra to waste on dealing with those who can be consumed casually. Enter cannon fodder."

"Ha, when the fourth generation assigned the task, he didn't ask you to deal with those ghost legions, Shisui..."

Kisame shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and then easily held Maitreya's waist. Amidst the unexpected and overwhelmed exclamation from the Oni Kingdom miko, he and Uchiha Shisui jumped up together, and gradually climbed up to the sky. Under the moonlight at the top, he flew towards the Swamp Kingdom.

Keyboard, are you protecting me and my perfect attendance?