Chapter 12: The Desert Tavern
After the boss left.
"Did you hear, just a few days ago, His Excellency the Daimyo personally carved the first knife for the stone statue of the three generations of adults!"
The man who spoke, dressed in a wide white robe common in the desert, said excitedly.
The man next to him glanced at him disdainfully:
"When is the old yellow calendar you are talking about...... During World War II, three generations of adults drew the [demigod] Sanshoyu Hanzo, led the army to repel three generations of Thunder Shadow, and even Konoha was wounded and fled, in recognition of his contribution to the defense of the country, the Daimyo personally selected the best stone to carve stone statues for the three generations of Lords, and even, the Daimyo personally held the sword, which was an honor that the Kazekage-sama of the past generations had never received. β
Seeing his sworn appearance, the man who spoke first couldn't help but feel a little unconvinced:
"But I did hear that this was a big event that happened just a few days ago."
The man sneered even more arrogantly, and laughed with pleasure:
"That's what the daimyo said was that the daimyo himself named the three generations of adults [the strongest wind shadow], and even engraved this honorific title on his stone statue, but the three generations of adults refused on the grounds of 'disrespect for the ancestors'."
"Why, did the three generations of adults do anything earth-shattering?"
"Hehe, the great achievements of the three generations of adults, that is three days and three nights can not be finished, and this time, the three generations of adults have really made great achievements - he is from the country of fire...... Hey, it's a pity that the wine is gone, otherwise I would have talked to you about it......"
"Say, this must be said, I'll invite you for wine!"
As he spoke, the man beckoned to the shopkeeper to fill the empty flask.
During World War II, White Fang was in charge of the war in the west of the Fire Country against the Land of Wind, and he was led by Shuo Mao to a team of elites, and the Sand Ninja Hundred Miles Defense Line was pierced like a sharp knife cutting oil.
It doesn't matter if it's caught off guard, it's good to wait for work, until Shuo Mao's sharpness is exhausted, and the three generations of Kazekage come out to fight with him.
Although the White Fang was defeated in this battle, after the war, "Konoha's sharpest fangs" resounded throughout the ninja world, and its prestige in the Land of the Wind was even greater than that of the "Three Ninjas", which only became famous at the end of World War II.
Hearing the familiar name, Makoto and Qingxi couldn't help but listen, but then they found out that three of them were true and seven false, most of them were ordinary people's speculations and fabrications of the legends of the ninja world, looking at Qingxi, Makoto couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Qingxi's "Qingzi" rolled her eyes and stared at him without speaking.
"Ahem," a little intimidated by the country's countenance, Makoto coughed lightly, restrained his smile, and got to the point: "Qingzi, what do you think?" β
Knowing that Cheng was deliberately testing himself, Qingxi thought for a moment and said softly:
"Not the boss."
Isn't the boss the target of the mission...... Cheng habitually looked left and right to make sure that there was no peeping around the existence of the two, before nodding, and then asked:
"On what basis?"
Qingxi showed a slightly distressed expression:
"Intuition."
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Cheng was dumbfounded, and then unwillingly remindedly reminded:
"He has been testing us since we entered the door, and he let down his guard after you deliberately revealed your excellent tea ceremony cultivation, and then, however, he inquired more openly about our origins.
"As a tavernkeeper, he's a little too enthusiastic."
It's not that ninjas can't have the practice of tea ceremony, among the Konoha ninjas that Makoto knows, there are quite a few people who have other hobbies besides ninjutsu, take the tea ceremony as an example, the great elder that Makoto knows, Tomoo, Tsunade and others, they are not only strong, but their cultivation in the tea ceremony is not weak.
Of course, except for those ninjas who have done nothing in ninjutsu, ninjutsu masters like Tsunade have actually reached a certain level of bottleneck in strength, so in addition to their savings and efforts when necessary, they have a certain amount of free time every day to develop their own hobbies.
However, the fairest thing about life is that everyone's day is only 24 hours, and if a person devotes time to the tea ceremony, it will inevitably lead to a decrease in his ninjutsu practice time.
The reverse is also true, judging from the fact that Qingxi's transformed "Qingzi" is only in her 20s, that kind of tea ceremony cultivation can only be achieved by practicing without distraction for at least 10 years, which means that if "Qingzi" is a ninja, she can only complete ninja cultivation in the first 10 years of her life.
And how powerful can a 10-year-old ninja be?
Of course, what this boss doesn't know is that in this ninja world, there is a cheat called "Writing Wheel Eye".
In order to disguise their identities, Cheng and Qingxi also deliberately copied several classic and practical actions with a writing wheel in a big city of the Wind Country along the way, and the tea making in the tea ceremony was just one of them.
Listening to Cheng's prompt, Qingxi lowered his gaze and pursed his lips slightly.
Knowing that this is a habitual action when the girl is thinking, Makoto picks up the teacup and drinks it slowly.
To be honest, in a place like the desert, it would be a bit naΓ―ve to want to drink delicious tea.
When Cheng provoked his tongue and tasted a mouthful of bitter tea residues, Qingxi raised his head and said seriously:
"Skin?"
"Well, it's the skin...... Ordinary people who grew up in the desert will have the skin of this boss, and the traitorous ninja who left Konoha only a few years ago will avoid the fate of being repeatedly sunburned and peeled by the sun because of the protection of chakra in his body.
"Of course, the possibility of transfiguration can't be ruled out - if he really has the kind of perseverance to sustain an entire day."
The transformation technique is not an illusion, but it does require a certain degree of change in one's own **, and to maintain this change for a whole day, the stamina and chakra required are amazing.
Qingxi nodded, looked over with a pair of clear eyes, stopped talking, and waited for Makoto's decision.
Cheng thought silently, although according to the information given in the mission description, it can be confirmed that the traitor has a lot to do with the owner of this tavern, but how to use the clue of the boss to find the traitor, and not startle the snake and cause the traitor to get the news and run away, this is a question worth thinking about.
The most direct way is to catch the tavern owner and torture him directly, under the pupil power of the writing wheel, to ensure that he knows everything and says everything, Cheng is worried that the traitor is hidden in this tavern, once he looks bad and smears oil on the soles of his feet, Cheng has no confidence that he can withstand the pressure of the entire Wind Country to pull him out again in the vast sea of sand.
So, it has to be right the first time.
Makoto narrowed his eyes, using this movement to hide the sharp color that flowed from his eyes.
"Guest, your dish is here."
A clerk walked over with a few dishes.