Chapter 53: The Cave
Sun and Moon were lying on the cold and damp ground, not far behind him was an underground river, he was covered with mud, the middle ninja vest was already tattered, his clothes were obviously soaked, and he was scratched in many places, looking extremely embarrassed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It was dark and dark. I couldn't see my fingers, but I could only hear the sound of ticking water or the sound of the water of the dark river hitting the rocks.
I don't know how long it took, maybe a day or two, Sun Yue's body moved, he moaned a few times, and then slowly woke up.
"Hmm, where is this? Ah......hh My legs!ahhh He struggled to support the ground with both hands, and sat up with difficulty, a sharp pain in his legs, and Sun Moon suddenly fell down again, gasping for breath.
Riyue briefly checked his injuries, and recalled the memories before he fainted: "I...... Did you fall into a big hole? It looks like there's an underground river...... Did you rush here? It's a disaster! It looks like he broke his leg when he fell. Alas, the wounds on his body are even worse......"
"It's too dark, is it because my eyes can't see or is there no light in the cave?" Sun Moon took out the medical flashlight he was carrying, and after turning on the flashlight, he finally saw a glimmer of light, although it was very vague, but he could barely know the surrounding situation:
He fell into a cave and didn't know how deep. Anyway, he fell into the underground river in it, fell badly, and floated far away. My leg was broken, my body was bruised in a lot of places, my clothes were all wet, and a large piece of my vest was lost, but fortunately, the scroll and ninja were not lost.
Now he lay in a damp muddy field by the dark river, surrounded by pitch black, topped by a spiky stalagmite, surrounded by stone pillars and rock walls.
Sun Moon climbed a few meters forward, found a slightly dry flat ground, took out bandages and splints to fix the broken calf, and rubbed some wound medicine.
"My head doesn't hurt much, and my brain cells shouldn't be much damaged. But his internal injuries were serious, his eyes were basically invisible, his body was bruised and purple, and now his leg is broken again. I don't know how long I've been in a coma in this dark cave, and I'm in a very bad condition. God, you don't have to be so anxious if you want me to be reincarnated!" Sun and Moon were super depressed in her heart, and habitually complained about God, God said that you can't see me in the cave, you can't see me......
"My mouth was dry and I wanted to drink water. It means that I have fainted for at least 5 hours. Will everyone rush over to save me?Sister Mitsuki should have been rescued, right?" Riyue took a sip of water and collected some clean water.
He strapped his flashlight to his forehead guard and began to crawl slowly towards the higher ground, hoping to find an exit.
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"Sun and Moon!" "Sun and Moon!" "Hyuga Sun and Moon!" "Sun and Moon, where are you?" ......
The temporary search and rescue team has been searching for a whole day and a night, and there is still no news of the sun and moon. Hundreds of people returned to the camp to recuperate, while Tsunade and the others were still tirelessly searching for the sun and moon. Tsunade stood on the rock, looking a little tired, with anxiety and worry in his eyes, silently looking at the large forest below, and from time to time there was a faint sound of shouting for the sun and the moon.
A ninja appeared, half-kneeling in front of Tsunade: "Tsunade-sama!"
Tsunade regained his determined gaze and asked, "Is there any news from the Sand Hide?"
"Tsunade-sama, there is no news that Hinata Hinata has been captured or that Sunagakure has gotten a white eye!, however, that Sunagakure Shinobi has already fled back to the fortress, and the pursuit team has not succeeded in intercepting it!" said the ninja with a shake of his head.
"What? Go and investigate and count the ninjas who entered the Sand Hidden Fortress from yesterday to today, whether they are captives or their own people! Tsunade immediately ordered.
"Yes!" the ninja left, this is a difficult task, investigate what people arrived in the enemy's fortress from yesterday to today, although there is a surveillance squad monitoring the movement of the fortress, and there are also some Konoha spies in the sand hide, but this matter is also difficult to find out, let alone the children inside.
"Did Sha Yin not catch the sun and moon? Or did Sha Yin do a good job of secrecy? If Sha Yin really caught my 'disciple', the situation would not be good......" Tsunade thought in his heart, his eyes quite worried and sad.
"Sun and Moon, you don't want to have anything to do......"
In the Konoha Camp, the ninjas who had rested for a while decided to go to the search and rescue again, and many people took the initiative to participate.
is like Mr. Kato, if he hadn't just woken up, and now he is lying on the hospital bed and can't move, he would have run over to find the sun and the moon.
So early the next morning, nearly 1,000 people came to the forest again, and the search and rescue area was expanded again.
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The sun and moon crawled forward for I don't know how long, and it was still dark. He had hit several dead ends, and had to go back the way he came, and the cave seemed to be very deep, with no end in sight, and there were forks in the road everywhere, like an endless labyrinth, with only endless stone pillars and stalagmites. (BGM: Mourning, 634)
Riyue's pants were worn out, his arms were broken in a few places, his knees were bleeding nonstop, and his whole body was sore. What's worse is that the flashlight's electricity is about to run out. Getting lost in a dark cave is no fun.
"Well, if you have white eyes, you can know what is going on around you in a few seconds when you open your eyes. Sun Moon tried to activate the white eye, but after the chakra poured into the white eye, there was no effect except for the pain like pins and needles, and it seemed that the nerves in both eyes were basically destroyed by the curse mark.
"Are you going to die like this?" Sun Moon sighed in his heart, dying alone in such a dark place, no one could find him, and the corpse would eventually turn into a dry bone. Even if you are lucky enough to be discovered in the future, you will no longer be able to see your identity.
"Cut! Why do you want to do so much? I'm not dead now! What nonsense, it's not like I haven't died!" Sun Moon slowly crawled forward again.
"I really want to eat barbecue...... Haven't you tried Ichiraku ramen yet...... Don't have a clinic yet...... Haven't you collapsed Konoha Hospital yet...... Not a billionaire yet...... Haven't you taken a pretty daughter-in-law yet...... hasn't been promoted or raised yet, and is at the peak of life......" Sun and Moon cheered himself up in his heart in various ways, gritted his teeth and persevered.
I don't know how long I climbed, but the light of the flashlight flickered on and off, and finally went out......
"If it's out, it's out!" and continue by touching the stones!" Sun and Moon didn't care about so much, and continued to crawl forward. After another climb of the road, his hands had been cut by sharp stones in many places, and they were bloody.
It was dark and suffocating, with only the faint sound of water droplets, which made people feel infinite despair.
"Hmph, keep climbing!" Sun Moon gritted her teeth, ignoring the pain in her hands and moving on. As soon as he had the strength he had the strength to crawl forward, he stopped to eat and rest when he had no strength.
After climbing for a long time, I don't know how many dead ends I have touched, Sun and Moon remember every fork in the road in their minds, and if the memory is not wrong, it has been drawn into a huge maze diagram that extends in all directions.
"Huhu, insist...... Hold on ...... "The water and food have been eaten up not long ago, Sun and Moon are in pain, their bodies are extremely weak, and the chakra can't condense.
His hands were cut by sharp stones, and a few of his nails fell off, and it hurt fiercely at first, but now his legs and arms seemed to be unconscious, as if they were not his own.
He felt like he didn't have any strength left......
"Whew...... Is it over here? I'm going to die again...... Heh...... "Sun and Moon felt bitter in his heart, as if the darkness around him was boundless, and he felt that it was like the darkness that he was about to completely swallow himself when he fell on the operating table, and his heart longed for light more than ever.
A wave of tiredness hit, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he seemed to have no strength to blink, and Sun and Moon closed his eyes and fantasized about the blue sky and white clouds...... Bright sunshine...... Woods, meadows, creeks...... In the end, only endless darkness remains......
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Tsunade and they continued to search, and another day passed, and there was little hope.
A shinobi appeared in front of Tsunade: "Report to Tsunade-sama! We have found traces of Hinata Hinata on a steep hillside to the north!"
"What, take me there!" Tsunade heard this, and hope burned up in his eyes again.
Everyone hurried to the scene, and Shinobu pointed to the bottom of the hillside and said, "Tsunade-sama, look here and here, and there, I found fragments on Hinata Hinata and Tsuki's clothes, and there were a small amount of blood stains in these places, and several branches were hung up. We reckon the sun and moon are rolling down from here. ”
"Was he chased by the sand and knocked down, or did he fall down by himself while escaping?" Tsunade pondered, looking at the steep hill and asked, "Have you gone down to search?"
"There is a steep cliff under the hillside, and below the cliff is a valley, and there are many boulders at the bottom of the valley, and there are some deep holes, we are searching, and we have not found the sun or moon so far. ”
"Tsunade-sama, the sun and the moon rolled down such a steep hill and fell off the cliff, and I was so seriously injured, I'm afraid it's ......" Kamishinobu didn't say anything.
"I understand...... Even if you can't find anyone, you have to find the child's body......" Tsunade didn't look back, her fists clenched tightly, her nails sinking into her flesh, she didn't want others to see her sad and helpless appearance.
"The children of the village, I let him sacrifice like this...... What kind of 'three ninjas' am I? What qualifications do I have to protect my grandfather's village? and what kind of master am I?" Tsunade felt deep guilt in his heart.
"Inform everyone, concentrate on this area for search and rescue!" Tsunade said firmly, looking up.
"Yes!"
After a while, more than 100 people gathered on the hillside and began a new round of search and rescue.
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Sun and Moon lay in the dark cave, and his spirit was a little trance. The stomach was numb, and even the hot hunger pangs were gone. I don't have any strength in my body, I can't crawl at all, and it seems that my body won't hurt anymore.
Sun and Moon felt so sleepy, really sleepy. But he was afraid that he would fall asleep again, so he would not wake up.
"I'm so sleepy...... God said, 'Let there be light!' and I said, 'Hey, God, let's have some light!'" Sun and Moon muttered to himself, self-deprecatingly learning to speak to God. He struggled to open his eyes and looked around, not holding out any hope, but he still wanted to see if his words were fulfilled.
It was as if the words of the sun and the moon had been echoed by God. Suddenly, Sun and Moon looked back and seemed to find a glimmer of light in their vision.
"This, is this an illusion?" Sun Moon squinted his eyes and carefully confirmed, and was happy in his heart: "No, no, there is really light!"
Riyue suddenly felt some strength in his body, and he desperately crawled in the direction of the light, only to find that it was a faint fluorescence, which seemed to be emitted from behind the corner. Sun and Moon hurriedly crawled forward, and when he turned the corner, he found that the stalagmites on the ceiling were inlaid with stones that glowed faintly green.
"Night pearl or something?" Sun Moon climbed for a while before coming under the stalagmites. I found that the same was true on the stone walls and pillars of the cave next to it. Sun and Moon took a closer look, this is indeed some kind of fluorescent stone, embedded in the stone wall and stone pillar, and it is not mixed, but something is pressed into the stone with great force, and there seems to be a faint chakra fluctuation in the fluorescent stone.
"Fortunately, the flashlight has long since run out of power, otherwise I wouldn't have seen the light here...... Is it here...... Someone?!" An idea popped into Sun Yue's mind, this thing had chakra, and it was embedded in the stone, in order to glow.
Isn't it just a light source created by someone to move around the cave?
Sun and Moon climbed forward for a while, and found a hole on the right side, and when I went in, there was a stone bed and a stone table and a stone bench next to it.
"Someone, or was there ever one?" Sun Moon held back the excitement in her heart and slowly climbed in. In any case, it's good to see traces of people.
Sun and Moon touched a stone bench, which was a little gray but not much.
"Excuse me, anyone?" asked Sun and Moon, her voice echoing through the cave. No one seemed to hear.
"I'm hurt, can you help me?" asked Riyue again, still no one responded.
"Alas...... But it's good to be able to find a light source, so let's see what we can use. Sun and Moon rummaged in the cave for a while.
No food was found, but some clear water, and after quickly drinking all of the water, Sun Moon planned to pick out a few pieces of fluorescent stone and use them as searchlights.
He used kunai to pick out a piece of fluorescent stone. At that moment, there was a noise outside.
"What is it?" said Sun and Moon turned his head to look.
It seems to be in response to the question of the sun and the moon, "Dada, dada." The sound of footsteps came closer and closer......
Sun and Moon were stunned: "Here...... Someone!"