Chapter Eighty-Three: The Circle of Darkness
In the middle of the night, at home, Naruto lay on the bed with his hands on his pillow, staring at the ceiling above his head in a daze, there were so many things that happened today that it was difficult for him to sleep.
Some of them suddenly became acquainted with Jiraiya and learned spiritism from him, which was of course a good thing for him, not to mention that the spiritism itself greatly increased the thickness of his tactical reserves, and more importantly, he established an understanding with Miaomu Mountain, which meant that he was not far from the immortal mode that he had been longing for.
Although he still had the slightly unrealistic idea of looking for "his own immortal mode" before, he was a little embarrassed to turn back to the "old road" in the blink of an eye.
However, the embarrassment is not better than entering the door, but at least he saved the difficulty that he did not know how many difficulties he might face, and completed the breakthrough of zero and one.
This was all good news, but he wasn't so happy right now, mainly because of the weird tattoo that suddenly appeared on his back.
When he returned home, he went to the mirror again to confirm that there was indeed a ring of flame wrapped in darkness on his back, about the center of his heart.
He couldn't figure out how this thing had suddenly appeared, but it was certain that the tattoo-like pattern could never have been on this body all along, at least not in his memory during the first exam not long ago, and he wasn't sure if it had suddenly appeared today or earlier.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but blame himself for being sloppy, obviously he would take a shower every day when he came back from practice, but he couldn't even notice such an obvious thing suddenly appearing on his body.
But think about it, it's normal, which man will look at his back in the mirror when he takes a shower, isn't it all about washing his hair, washing his armpits and lower body, and washing other places is done, the whole process is less than five minutes, and it seems really not easy to notice the changes behind it.
"Where did this come from? How can there be an inexplicable sense of immediacy, eh......" Naruto who was lying down frowned and sighed, he was not afraid of the harm of this sudden tattoo, after all, he died once, what can a tattoo do with him.
What really bothered him was the strange phenomena that had been constantly appearing in his body recently, and since the beginning of the Shinobi exam, things beyond his understanding have followed.
First he came back from being killed and killed, and then he was able to get strange weapons for some reason, coupled with the woman's voice that appeared in his mind that day and the tattoo he had just discovered but was full of immediacy, he really felt like his whole person was surrounded by countless mysteries.
"This is so uncomfortable, why are there so many doorways to wear more and more these days, where is this?" He lay there laughing and crying and muttered to himself.
It stands to reason that these wonderful things that happened to him are only good and no bad for him at present, he shouldn't be so hypocritically entangled in this reason, honestly accept it as luck or God's favor and so on, whether it is to come back from the dead or to be able to exchange handy weapons from not knowing where, this is beyond the reach of others, and it is too late for others to envy, but he is still suspicious here, which is really hypocritical.
Can you think about it from another perspective, is there really such a good thing in this world for no reason? This is like an ordinary office worker, living a 996 life as a part-time worker every day, but suddenly one day he finds that his bank card is constantly being filled with money from strangers, as long as it is a normal person, the first reaction may not be to be full of joy to take these unknown money to clear the shopping cart and pay off the mortgage.
Determining the source of the money in the first place is the first reaction of normal people when they encounter such things.
It's the same with Naruto, it's just that what he encounters is much weirder, and he has no way to trace the source at the moment, so he can only face these "good things" that keep appearing to him with a guessing attitude, and it's inevitable to have doubts.
It's a pity that he wasn't a good gamer in his previous life, but as long as he has a certain understanding of games, he won't be so blind at such an instant, whether it is the [Ilusil Straight Sword] earlier or the [Dark Ring] that appears behind him now, it can be said that he is a well-known existence in the console game industry.
It's a pity that he basically didn't have much contact with console games in his previous life.,He played some more popular online games such as LOL.,When he meets console players,The only thing he can use as a topic is probably that he has cleared the steam version of "Wolf",Hmm...... With the help of Wind Spirit Moon Shadow.
As for the more hardcore "Souls" series, he is not even a cloud player, and the reason why he feels that the dark ring that appears behind him gives him a sense of immediacy is because he did buy this game at the beginning, but unfortunately after dozens of "friendly consultations" with the beginning of the Guda teacher in a short period of time, he was "persuaded" by the kind-hearted Guda teacher, and immediately chose to refund.
So change the soul series cloud players can recognize something at a glance, and he is confused except for being confused, even if it is a landmark thing, he doesn't know how many brain cells it will cost to guess, it's pitiful to think about.
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Thinking about these things in his head, he didn't know when he fell asleep in a daze, and the result was that the next day, when he came to the venue where he practiced spiritism yesterday at the agreed time, he came with a pair of panda eyes.
"What's wrong? Could it be that I thought of the personal guidance of this immortal, and I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, ahhahahaha! Seeing him like this, Jilai also teased him with a look of "worthy of me" on his face.
Yes, Jiraiya's teaching to him didn't end because he learned spiritism easily yesterday, or because he had some unpleasant problems in the hot springs later yesterday, but continued to do so.
Not to mention that both of them want this for their own reasons, let's just talk about spiritism, this technique is not "learned" and finished.
Although he successfully summoned Toad Jian yesterday, and unsurprisingly established a preliminary friendship with this honest and humble big guy, there were too many toads in Miaomu Mountain, and in different battle environments, it was impossible for him to count on Toad Jian alone.
For example, summoning this guy in a small space, he may be the first to be injured, so he must bring different partners with him.
What's more, spiritism is not a one-way summoning, and the toad of Miaomu Mountain can also summon him, which also requires him to slowly gain trust through time, and not everyone is qualified to be summoned to Miaomu Mountain, one of the three holy places.
Besides, if you don't go there, where will you have the opportunity to learn the immortal mode, so don't look at the spiritism is very simple, as long as you sign the blood contract, you can summon frogs, but there are many doorways in this, especially the object of his contract is Miaomu Mountain, which has a long heritage of the three holy places, in addition to ordinary summoning, there are also places where various strange abilities extend.
"I'm ready, Mr. Jiraiya." Not paying attention to the other party's ridicule, Naruto first bowed before the practice officially began.
He didn't use the title of "lustful fairy" anymore, because from now on, he would regard Zilai as his own teacher, and it would not be in line with his principles of being a man to scream like that.
Whether it's because "Naruto" is the son of the fourth Hokage, or for some other reason, in fact, this is the first person to teach him his secret skills since he came to this world, so even if the other party doesn't ask for it, he will automatically correct his position.
The grace of dripping water is reciprocated by springs, not to mention the grace of granting more than dripping water.
Relying on the memories of his previous life, he has been alone on the road of cultivation until now, and finally met his master at this moment, even if he had been hard to talk about relying only on himself in the future, but it was not because he was not confident that he could get the favor of the other party, and now after getting the words and deeds of the other party, his mentality has naturally changed.
"Naruto......" Jiraiya was slightly stunned when he saw this, as if he didn't expect that after one night, Naruto's attitude towards him would change so much, and his politeness was exactly the same as the water gate in his memory, which made him both nostalgic and a little moved.
Zilai didn't say anything about it, just nodded, "Okay, take it easy, I'm going to introduce you to a lot of new friends today, remember to pay attention to Chakra's release." ”
"Yes, Jiraiya-sensei." Naruto replied with a smile on his face.
It seems that after such a while, the slight estrangement between the two of them because of those problems last night has quietly disappeared at this moment, and the relationship is gradually moving closer to the intimate master-apprentice relationship.
And then naturally, Naruto, under the guidance of Jiraiya, began to summon Miaokiyama's companions with psychic techniques, and this training ground also became lively.
「…… I'm Toad Hiroshi, are you Naruto, please advise......
Standing on the other person's head, looking at the hearty greeting of a white frog as huge as Toad Ken, Naruto couldn't help but laugh happily.
Unlike those in Konoha, everyone in Myoki Mountain is very easy to get along with, and he hasn't seen any of these partners summoned to show disgust to him, which makes him quickly like this group of cute big guys.
「…… It's really annoying, why did Xiao Zilai suddenly summon people, and they haven't had time to put on makeup, ouch, who is this kid?"
Of course, there are a few types of things that make Naruto feel that he is not good at dealing with, and the toad power of "Flame Red Lips" is one of them.
Perhaps because of his biological habits, as he got to know more frogs, Naruto could sense that everyone in Myoki Mountain, although they had different personalities, were generally gentle and friendly, except for ......
"Hey, Naruto, didn't you tell you to pay attention to the chakra release, and actually summoned this guy...... Forget it, you kid is blessed. Another psychic, watching the huge toad with a pipe descend after the white mist, and Jiraiya was the first to rush into the forest, leaving Naruto with a bewildered face standing on top of the angry toad's head.
"Who's on top of the old man's head? Jiraiya!! Where are you? The loud sound of the rampaging toad boss Bunta made the front space tremble, and the windless water surface rippled and the leaves crackled in unison.
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The happy time of cultivation always passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye, two weeks have passed, and the final round of the Zhongnin exam is approaching.
With the arrival of the game day, you can clearly feel that there are many unfamiliar faces on the streets of Konoha.
Undoubtedly, these people are all coming for the finals, some of them are merchants from the north and south, some are ninjas from unknown ninja villages, and even the daimyo of various countries who sit in the sedan chair are superior, but most of them are ordinary people who come to watch the game with a sightseeing mentality.
And in the past two days, whenever he saw these excited people with their wives and children, Naruto's heart was a little awkward, and he didn't know what would happen to these innocent people in the next war, but it was unlikely that he would return safely without any impact.
Thinking of this, he will inevitably have some self-blame, although the people who started the war next have nothing to do with him, but as an insider of everything, he always feels that these people are indirectly implicated by him.
"I hope those Sand Hides won't think of you as Konoha people." Naruto prayed in his heart as a little girl of five or six years old happily ran past him with a windmill, and the girl's parents also smiled and told them not to fall.
What else can he do? Go find the three generations and tell the complete Konoha collapse plan?
Just kidding, don't say that he doesn't know the specific details of the plan, even if he knows that he can't do that, the long-term dissatisfaction with the Konoha people and the high-level is only one aspect, and the more important thing is that he can't expose the secret that he is a traverser, if he doesn't say anything else, he will have to let the Konoha gang slice the disappearance of the Nine-Tails, and how many lives are not enough to be so prodigal.
So he decided to let it be, not to mention that Konoha already knew that Orochimaru was back, and if they still suffered huge losses in the events that followed, they could only blame themselves.
There are only two possible reasons for this result, if it is not the three generations of old men and the two stupid consultants who lack a sense of crisis and are not prepared to deal with emergencies.
Then there are internal ghosts, such as Danzang, who has always maintained a cooperative relationship with Orochimaru.
As far as Naruto is concerned, he thinks that the probability of inner ghosts is greater, after all, the psychic giant snakes that suddenly appeared in the territory of Konoha in the original plot are not believed to say that no insider opened the opening and took the initiative to let them in.
So from this point of view, it can only be said that Konoha should have this catastrophe, how to say that, yes, the fortresses were attacked from the inside.
"So, those rampaging reptiles may have to rely on you, Mr. Jiraiya." Rushing to the final exam venue, Naruto, who decided to avoid the crowds, jumped to the top of the telephone pole, looked down at the crowded crowd and the rows of buildings at his feet, and said to himself with a wry smile.