Chapter 188: empty country
Chapter 188 Sky Country
Back to Shiraishi in Ziyuan City, immediately in the name of the military, surrounded the shrine where Maitreya Priestess was located, prohibiting anyone from entering.
The aura of monsters in the shrine is extremely harmful to ordinary people. If someone with no eyes sneaks in, there is basically no way out.
Even if a ninja sneaks in, I'm afraid it's mostly bad luck.
The kind of monster consciousness full of evil thoughts, for human beings, in Shiraishi's view, can be said to be a dangerous existence that cannot be defeated by nature.
In order to avoid this kind of thing that endangers the safety of the people, it is inevitable to block the shrine before Maitreya Miko gives birth.
Baishi's order was very sudden, but as the highest order issued by the military, the relevant troops were dispatched immediately, divided into two groups, and prepared to take turns guarding the foot of the shrine where Maitreya Mistress resides day and night, blocking all entrances and exits to prevent inadvertent intrusion.
"What happened, to mobilize the crowd like this?"
With such a big movement, there is naturally no way to hide it from Liuli and Ayane.
Not long after Baishi issued this order, the two of them came to ask about the situation.
"It's nothing serious, Maitreya Miko is pregnant."
Shiraishi confessed this surprising news.
At this moment, Liuli and Ayane glanced at Shiraishi with dangerous eyes at the same time, as if they were inquiring about something.
Seeing the doubting and dangerous eyes of the two girls, Baishi immediately knew that they must have misunderstood something, so he said helplessly:
"Don't get me wrong, this matter has nothing to do with me."
"Then how could the witch be pregnant? The person with the most frequent contact with that witch is Shiraishi-kun, right?"
Behind Ayane, there seems to be a black air with fangs and claws, staring at Shiraishi faintly
Liuli also stared at Shiraishi with cold eyes, as if looking at a dead person.
If you don’t explain this matter clearly, it’s not a big deal if you can’t go to bed tonight, maybe Liuli will use the fire escape technique to purify him in place.
"They say it's not me. Maitreya Priestess actually reproduces parthenosexually."
"Parthenogenesis? Miko is not a paramecium, where did parthenogenesis come from? Mr. Baishi, even if you lie, you have to make up a reliable excuse for us."
Ayane sighed, thinking that Shiraishi was just looking for an excuse for messing with the great witch's belly.
It’s fine to make excuses, but if you still make excuses full of loopholes, how can you let him pass.
"I don't dare to admit that I have a big woman's belly. This is no longer a degree of poor character. It seems that I have been too indulgent to you these years, and you need to be disciplined."
Liu Li also spoke coldly from the side, full of contempt.
"You can see this kind of thing for yourself. For ordinary people, the shrine is indeed a little dangerous now, but you can use natural energy to enter it and feel it. If my guess is correct, it should be a monster that has been passed down from the past in the country of ghosts. It is inextricably linked with the witch."
Baishi replied with his face unchanged, and he didn't mean to move his eyes away with guilt. The arrangement of his hands and feet was also very natural, not like he was lying.
Now it's Liuli and Ayane's turn to hesitate.
"Even so, what does a witch's pregnancy have to do with monsters and monsters?"
The monster sprites in the kingdom of ghosts, the two have also heard of this legend.
They couldn't understand the connection between the monster sprites and the witch Maitreya's pregnancy.
"Maybe it's because all the energy is devoted to breeding the next generation. During this period, the suppression of monsters will be relaxed. The child in Maitreya's belly is named Ziyuan by her. According to her, this child will be born in nineteen months."
"Nineteen months?"
Unprepared Ruri and Ayane opened their eyes wide.
As a mother, Liuli felt even more unbelievable.
Is that witch really human?
I have never heard of the pregnancy period of a human female, which will be nineteen months long.
"Yes, although it is unbelievable, Maitreya Priestess did tell me so."
As a non-human witch, her appearance and habits are similar to normal people, but her essence has long been beyond the scope of human understanding.
"Then what should we do here?"
"There is no need to do anything. Maitreya Priestess does not want us to intervene in the incident."
"Is that monster sprite so powerful?"
Liu Li's face was eager to try.
Even if she is a mother who has given birth to a child, Uchiha's fighting factor will not be lost from Liuli's blood, and she is eager to fight against powerful beings to verify her own strength.
"From the perspective of pure strength, it is not a remarkable existence. But the strength of a monster cannot be judged only from the perspective of strength. For example, it has the characteristics of immortality similar to that of a tailed beast, which can only be sealed with the power of a witch."
"If that's the case, it's really troublesome."
Liuli also nodded in agreement.
The immortality of the tailed beast is okay, but if it can only be restrained by the power of the witch, then for the ninja, the monster will indeed appear very difficult.
"It doesn't matter what it is, the seal of monsters is the job of the witch, we just need to do our own thing well. It just so happens that the two of you are here, and there is a task for you."
Shiraishi took out a document with a large amount of information from the drawer, and put it in Liuli's hand.
"What task should the two of us handle?"
While asking this question, Liuli opened the file and scanned the contents.
Ayane also approached Liuli, and read the task content above together.
The content of the mission above is very simple. After several months of hard work, the spies of the Oni Land military found traces of the ruins of the Sky Country Fortress that had long been destroyed during the Second Ninja World War.
Baishi has only one purpose, and that is to get the blueprint of this relic fortress.
"Kingdom of the Sky..."
Whether it was Liuli or Ayane, there was nostalgia on their faces.
During the last Ninja World War, a lunatic country that wanted to challenge the status of the Five Great Powers suddenly appeared in the Ninja World—the Kingdom of Sky.
Ninjas in this country are good at manipulating chakra, and can use a flying ninja tool to fly freely in the sky.
Although it caused some troubles to the five major powers at the time, Konoha dispatched troops to wipe them out before posing a huge threat.
"I remember fighting these people at the time, but these kong ninjas are average, and the kind of flying ninja they pilot is a bit troublesome. But, I remember that the kong ninjas were wiped out by Konoha afterwards."
Ayane recalled what she said.
"The ninjas in the country of sky have not been wiped out, and a small number of remaining ninjas have escaped. According to intelligence, they are now dormant in a forest in a forest in the country of forest with a fortress base equivalent to Ninja Village, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback."
Shiraishi told the current situation of the ninjas in the sky country.
"That's it, but, as long as we get back the blueprints?"
"It is enough to have the blueprints. The fortress is not easy to transfer, and the target is too big. And according to the information sent back, the fortress seems to be in a semi-abandoned state. It has not been repaired and cannot be moved. After you get the blueprints, just destroy them and don't leave them for others."
Liu Li and Ayane nodded in understanding.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
"Wait for our good news."
Liuli and Ayane set off immediately, and according to the content of the mission, they went to the Kingdom of the Forest to capture the design blueprints in the Kongren Fortress.
After the two of them left, Shiraishi began to order people to recruit witches in the kingdom of ghosts. He wanted to recruit 300 witches within three days.
Next, the three hundred witches will be trained for three months, teaching them how to carry out propaganda work in foreign countries.
Now most countries in the ninja world are not doing well because of the Third Ninja World War. In addition, there are still places where diseases are contagious, and many people have no money to treat them.
At the same time, it is also necessary to lend to the nobles of the neighboring small countries.
According to Shiraishi's knowledge, the neighboring countries of You and Xiong are already in deficit and are in urgent need of money.
At that time, these small countries will not repay their debts within the period. As a reason to attack these small countries, there is no more suitable and convenient excuse than this.
Shiraishi planned everything.
However, this can only be aimed at You Country and Bear Country. The Snow Country in the north has a stable economy, and its internal political situation is also stable without any pressure.
In addition, the daimyo of the Snow Country is diligent in government and loves the people, and he is a rare and benevolent person. Even Shiraishi has heard a little about the good reputation of this daimyo.
Therefore, Baishi decided to wait and see the Snow Country for a while, whether to make a move, to wait and see. However, the country of You and Xiong, the springboard countries connecting the country of wind, must be controlled in their hands, which is related to the major layout of the country of ghosts in the future.
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The training of 300 priestesses was officially underway. Ruri and Ayane also went to the forest country to find the ruins of Kuronin's fortress. Shiraishi's work became easier again.
When I’m at home, I occasionally tease Asuka and Kazuhime. These two children are growing up healthily and happily in the peaceful Oni Land.
Especially Ichihime, for this daughter who is born with super talent, Shiraishi undoubtedly has high expectations for her.
But because of his young age, Shiraishi sealed all of Kazuhime's abilities, so as not to cause a huge commotion in the surrounding area if she can't control one of them.
After all, Chakra, which is close to the level of a tailed beast, even if it does not show its power in the form of a technique, just pure Chakra release is enough to make ordinary ninjas unable to approach.
What Shiraishi thought was to start teaching Kazuki about ninjas when she was six years old.
As for Asuka, compared with Kazuhime as her younger sister, her talent is mediocre, and she is still at the level of an ordinary person so far.
But Shiraishi didn't feel anything bad about being able to live as an ordinary person, at least he now has the ability to protect his family.
Even if Asuka is just an ordinary ninja in the future, he can live a peaceful and happy life.
After ordering Tian Yunu to take care of Asuka and Kazuhime, Shiraishi planned to go to Shibone Forest.
He did not forget that the two disciples, Obito and Lin, were still practicing natural energy there.
After such a long time, the natural energy practice of these two people, in Baishi's opinion, should have achieved some results.
Notified the living slug here to use the reverse psychic technique through a summons, and Shiraishi came to the wet bone forest all at once.
"No matter how many times you look at it, your body is too big to be exaggerated."
Looking at the gigantic monster in front of him, Baishi felt that the word "magnificent" was not enough to describe the huge body of the living slug.
It only takes one turn to shake the ground.
Therefore, live slugs usually do not carry out activities. If there is something to do, they only need to separate a part of the body from the body.
"Big body also has disadvantages. It will be inconvenient to do things. My main body has not moved here for three hundred years. Every time I move, it will crush the forest."
The soft and waxy voice came from the huge mouthparts of the live slug.
"..."
"Master Baishi, why are you silent?"
"...Ah, I was just thinking about some issues just now, don't worry about it. Speaking of which, how are Obito and Rin?"
Shiraishi cleverly changed the topic.
It is really not a sensible thing to talk about time with a psychic beast that is almost immortal.
Being motionless for tens or hundreds of years, Shiraishi is very stressed.
"Lin's natural energy cultivation is very good, and she is currently trying to integrate the fairy chakra."
Lively tell the truth about Lin's situation.
Shiraishi nodded clearly.
This speed is not fast, but it is not slow either.
Integrating Immortal Chakra Lin, the recovery effect and speed of medical ninjutsu will be relatively improved, which can be regarded as cultivating a medical ninja with excellent ability for the kingdom of ghosts.
After all, the country of ghosts still lacks medical ninjas. A medical ninja with excellent ability can sometimes be worth dozens or even hundreds of medical ninjas.
"Obito's natural energy fusion state is not very good. There are too many distracting thoughts in his mind. Although he successfully channeled the natural energy, the control and operation are very bad."
"That kid, forget it, take your time. At his age, he will inevitably be a little impatient in doing things. I'll go there first, and then talk slowly."
Shiraishi bid farewell to the live slug, and walked towards the white forest.
There are bare white trees all around, and their roots stand upright like needles. On the white trees, there are many palm-sized slugs climbing on them, secreting mucus from their mouthparts, which are clones of live slugs.
It can be said that every corner of this forest is full of eyes and ears of live slugs, and nothing can be hidden from it.
This can be regarded as a means of protection.
Although the wet bone forest is a hidden place in the ninja world, ordinary people cannot break into it, but occasionally people with good luck will inadvertently break into this forest.
If it is for the pursuit of power, the live slug will sign a contract with it.
If he accidentally breaks in and is just an ordinary person who doesn't understand anything, the living slug will erase his memory of entering the Wetbone Forest and send it to the outside world, and will not take the initiative to harm these lost people who accidentally broke into the Wetbone Forest.
According to the living slug, the psychic beasts in the three holy places each have their own distinctive characteristics.
If it were changed to Longdi Cave, which is also a three-sacred place, in the face of lost people, they would be lured directly into the cave and swallowed to enjoy a delicious meal.
Therefore, the psychic beasts in Longdi Cave are a group of lawless, brutal and bloodthirsty snakes.
They will not sign a contract with ninjas without authorization. Only when their strength is recognized by them will they be respected and recognized.
Walking in the white forest, Shiraishi soon came to the place where Obito and Lin practiced.
There is a clear stream here, with plump fish in it, and a small vegetable field next to it, where some green vegetables are grown.
In addition, there are several wooden houses made of white wood. There are a few live slugs crawling slowly on the wood, using the mucus spit out from their mouthparts to deal with possible bugs and stains on the wooden houses.
Shiraishi would sometimes bring Liuli and Ayane to practice here, so for convenience, he built vegetable plots and houses here to solve the problem of food and housing.
"Teacher Baishi, you are here."
Sensing Shiraishi's chakra, Lin immediately interrupted her practice.
Lin, who can initially use the fairy chakra, already has the ability to perceive.
"The matter over there has just been dealt with, so I'll come over and have a look. The magic chakra is used well, Lin, you can then enter the next stage of cultivation."
Baishi also nodded in approval of Lin's cultivation achievements displayed at this moment.
"Teacher Baishi, what is the next stage of training?"
"It's very simple. It is to successfully integrate Xianju Chakra with medical ninjutsu. Controlling Xianju Chakra and letting Xianju Chakra appear in the form of magic are two different concepts. You can try to practice in this area now, and I will guide you how to do it."
"I see."
Lin nodded firmly, expressing that she would not disappoint Shiraishi.
Baishi is undoubtedly satisfied with Lin's attitude of earnestly seeking knowledge and studying hard.
After all, the master-student relationship between him and Lin is completely different from the relationship between Minato and Lin.
The master-student relationship between him and Lin belongs to the real master-student relationship, which is equivalent to passing down the line.
The master-student relationship between Minato and Lin is more of a structural relationship between superiors and subordinates.
Therefore, Shiraishi will teach Lin everything, his medical ninjutsu, and some other core abilities, when necessary, will also be developed to Lin, including his own beliefs.
As for how much Lin can learn from him, it depends on her own efforts and understanding.
I can’t say anything about the rest, but Shiraishi is sure that Lin is a piece of raw jade with a talent in medical ninjutsu. In the future, she will have very high achievements on the road of medical ninja.
Just when Shiraishi was about to continue to say something, there was a piercing sound from behind.
The sneak attacker was very fast and not weak. When he was hit with a punch, Baishi felt that he would also be injured.
Baishi had already sensed this scene, so he turned sideways without hesitation, allowing the attacker's fist to graze his body with a slight gap.
Seeing Baishi dodging, he also knew that with the level of sneak attack just now, it was impossible to hit the opponent. He stopped in time, turned his body, and kicked fiercely with his right foot, sweeping toward Baishi's body.
Baishi raised his arm and easily blocked the opponent's right leg.
The one who attacked him was a black-haired boy who lost his left eye. He opened the red Sangouyu Sharingan on the right, and at the moment he met Shiraishi's eyes, the illusion was activated.
The speed and strength of physical skills, including the timing of the use of illusion, are very decisive and quick.
However, this still has no effect on Shiraishi.
"No matter how sophisticated the illusion is, it won't work on me. I should have warned you about this a long time ago, Obito."
For Shiraishi, who had a second person in his body, the moment Obito released the illusion, the illusion had already lost its effect.
Obito also knew that there was nothing to be done, and wanted to back off, distanced himself from Shiraishi, but Shiraishi's upright arm stretched out like lightning, grabbed Obito's right leg that was too late to retract, and swung it hard.
Obito's body flew out, adjusted his body in the air, and avoided rolling his body on the ground.
But it was still very difficult to stabilize the body on the ground, the shoes also rubbed against the ground, making a grinding sound, the shoulders shook up and down, and the breath was short of breath.
"too slow."
Obito froze, and the white stone in front of him had disappeared.
The voice came from behind him.
"Tch, you only solved my illusion with the help of others."
Obito seemed a little unconvinced.
Facing Obito's unconvinced voice, Shiraishi just smiled and said:
"I never thought that the geniuses of the Uchiha clan would find such unreasonable excuses for their own failures. Can't a man just admit his failure?"
"Hmph, the guy who eats our Uchiha soft rice, you don't seem to be qualified to say that-ouch!"
Obito immediately covered his head with his hands and screamed in pain.
This bastard, why did he hit his head again?
Full of resentment towards Baishi in his heart, he turned around and swept his leg, kicking the air, and Baishi had already appeared a few meters away with the instant body technique.
"Okay, Obito, don't be angry, Teacher Shiraishi is just joking with you."
Lin came over to comfort Obito who was about to rush forward to continue fighting Shiraishi, with a gentle smile on his face.
Obito just gave up.
Although Lin has lost her previous memory, she is still as gentle. Obito sighed happily in his heart.
As long as I'm beside Lin and smelling Lin's breath, my body and mind seem to be full of strength.
"Lin, you dote on him too much. After so long, you can only barely integrate into the natural energy. It's too early to practice fairy art."
Shiraishi came over and began to preach to Obito.
"You can't blame me for this, I really want to master it as soon as possible."
Obito was also a little frustrated.
He didn't lie, he wanted to become stronger as soon as possible to protect Lin.
Shiraishi glanced at Obito, said nothing, took out a glass bottle from his arms, and threw it at Obito.
Obito caught the glass bottle with a puzzled look on his face.
"This is…"
"For spare Sharingan, press it on your left eye. Fighting with one eye will hinder your vision, which will affect your ability to play."
Shiraishi said.
Obito finally saw clearly that there was a fresh eyeball soaked in the solution in the glass bottle, and it showed the shape of a three-curved jade writing wheel eye.
"Lin, please help Obito install this eye. For you now, it should be a trivial matter."
"Okay, Teacher Shiraishi."
Lin had no objection. Knowing that this was a test for Shiraishi, she took Obito to the small room to perform eye surgery for him.
Shiraishi looked at Obito's back, feeling rather regretful.
He originally wanted to let Obito master the secrets of fairy arts as soon as possible, so that the kaleidoscope Sharingan can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. At present, it will take a long time to cultivate Obito's kaleidoscope Sharingan to form combat effectiveness.
Obviously, the normal step-by-step method is not suitable for Uchiha ninjas like Obito who are 'extraordinarily talented'. Facing such a different 'genius', Shiraishi also felt difficult.
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The Kingdom of Forest.
In front of them are the dense forest trees extending to the sky. Ruri and Ayane appeared here. The two of them looked at the human-face-shaped rock pedestal erected from the soil in front of them, and immediately identified the huge building lurking underground as the goal of their trip.
"is it here?"
Liuli caressed the human-face-shaped pedestal, which looked like a broken statue, with many gaps on it and severe wear and tear.
Ayane rolled her eyes, glanced at the ground, and nodded in confirmation.
"It's right here, it's lurking under our feet, what a big guy."
Under the observation of Ayane's white eyes, under the ground under their feet, there is a huge rock building that can rival the size of a small town.
In this building, there are at least tens of thousands of people living in it.
In the center of the building, Ayane also spotted a group of extremely weird chakra with her white eyes, and frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"I saw a very strange chakra in the fortress, which is very similar to that of a tailed beast."
Ayane turned her head and said.
"Tail beasts? Has the Kingdom of Sky conducted research on tail beasts?"
Liuli was surprised.
The ninja power of the land of sky should not have the ability to capture tailed beasts.
Moreover, the tailed beasts of the five major countries are still well preserved, and the tailed beasts of Takiyin Village are sealed in Nohara Lin's body, located in the kingdom of ghosts. Where did the Tailed Beast come from in Sky Country?
"It's just similar, and I'm not sure it's a tailed beast. But this chakra is indeed a bit powerful. Unlike ordinary chakra, the operation of the entire fortress is also powered by this chakra."
"Since that's the case, let's take it back together. Shiraishi should be interested in this strange chakra."
Ayane didn't object, she and Liuli had the same idea.
Afterwards, Liuli jumped to the side, away from the stone pedestal shaped like a human face.
Ayane wore a white leather fingerless glove, clenched it into a fist, and then quickly fell to the ground.
Centering on the place where the fist fell, an extremely terrifying impact force spread to the surroundings. The trees in the dense forest creaked and were uprooted and blown away by the storm.
Where Ayane was standing, the ground had been instantly shattered by the force of the fist, turning into a mess.
The human-face-shaped stone pedestal turned into off-white sand grains and was blown away by the wind.
The huge stone building stained with soil, partly exposed in the sunlight, and on the exposed part of the building, an extremely eye-catching big hole is presented in an exaggerated form.
Ayane shook her numb arm, looking at the inner passageway of the building, a sinister smile hung on the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, the entrance has been successfully opened, and it's hunting time next."
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