Shikoku Island, inside Shadow Town.

It was noon, and although the sky was clear and there was not a trace of cold wind, I could still feel a trace of coolness.

After Yao Shuang's disguise, he changed his outfit and walked towards the Shadow Castle, he wanted to investigate first as a help-seeker.

Yao Shuang walked all the way to the center of the town, and finally saw the lair base of the Shadow Ninja clan, the repair style of the entire Shadow Castle was different from that of Dongying, and even more different from the Celestial Empire, Yao Shuang felt more like the architectural style of some small tribes in the western part of Western Liao, with domes, large gardens, long arc arches, and tall and slender Moon Towers. It looks more like a temple in the western style of Western Liao.

But the whole building is based on pure black, and it looks more like a dark style nocturnal cage, although it is broad daylight, Yao Shuang feels a trace of eerie chill.

After Yao Shuang explained his intentions, the two guards by the arch led him to the fort.

After passing through five or six black arc arches, bypassing two gardens, and finally arriving at a domed building, the two guards asked him to wait for a while, and then went to inform the steward, Yao Shuang sat a little bored, and began to look around the decoration and furnishings in the building.

The whole room is very spacious, the floor is made of pure black ink-perched stone, this kind of ink-perched stone is extremely rare and expensive stone no matter where it is, because the ink-perched stone can become completely transparent and shiny after polishing, just like a cluster of black blisters are very beautiful, so the upper ink-perched stone floor can be installed no matter where it is, it belongs to the powerful overlord of the local forces.

There is a black staircase leading to the second floor on the left and right sides of the room, Yao Shuang doesn't know what the staircase is made of, but whether it is on the stairs or on the steps, they are carved with some strange markings, some are complex and some are simple, but I have to say that they all have a strong sense of beauty and visual impact, full of different temptations.

He didn't dare to go upstairs to check what was upstairs, but the furnishings in the building had to be said to be more like the decoration of the rich families of the Celestial Empire, with five or six blue and white porcelain and white porcelain on the left and right, and a black plan table in the center was a one-person high pure black porcelain, the porcelain bottle body was engraved with a complex hexagonal pattern, and there were two calligraphy and paintings hanging on the black wall behind the square table. Doubling yarn. The other is a twilight scene with the sun and the moon shining together, called "Black Spirit Immortal Map", which was not signed, but Yao Shuang did not see any trace of immortals on this picture at all, although he was puzzled, but he did not delve too deeply.

In the middle of the last two pictures, there is a black shuriken hanging high, this shuriken is seven or eight times larger than the normal shuriken, obviously a symbol of the Kage ninja clan, but speaking of which, it seems that the strange hexagon is more like a symbol representing the Kage ninja clan.

After Yao Shuang took a closer look, he found a very important loophole, that is, there are no plaques or words in the entire building except for the words on the two paintings, and even the three words "Shadow Castle" have not been written on the roof, this question makes Yao Shuang very strange, although your Shadow Ninja clan specializes in buying murder, but my Desperate Valley is also of the same nature as you, how to introduce or how to introduce it in the Desperate Valley, why don't you Shadow Ninja clan even have a word?

Could it be that he is afraid that outsiders will know the identity of the shadow and attract the enemy to find it?

But this reason is obviously a bit far-fetched, the entrance to Shadow Town is already difficult to find, once entered, such a characteristic building in the center of the town, anyone would think that it is where your Shadow Ninja is located, why do you need to do more?

Just when Yao Shuang's mind was turning and turning, a shadow ninja clan finally came into the building, Yao Shuang hurriedly got up and saluted, and glanced at this person, only to see that he was covered with a black cloth on his face, although he couldn't see his face clearly, but judging from his vigorous posture and smooth forehead without a trace of wrinkles, it should be a young man in his twenties and thirties.

"Did the employer bring a gift?" The masked man sat down on the top after returning the salute, and did not let people serve tea and water, and asked Yao Shuang directly for a gift.

Yao Shuang had already inquired with Xiao Er about the situation before he came, the Shadow Ninja clan would never ask your name, place of origin, or teacher, as long as the gift, if the gift was appetizing, he would directly ask who the enemy was, and then if he accepted the gift, it meant that he was willing to make a move, and the employer could also evacuate, if he didn't accept it, it meant that the gift was too light, and the enemy's power was too great, and it was not worth them to do, and then he would probably be poked blind, his tongue pulled out, his ears were deaf, and his hands were cut off and thrown out of Shadow Town.

Therefore, the people who usually come to Shadow Town to ask for the help of the Shadow Ninja are either the powerful families who are sure that their gifts are valuable and can impress the Shadow Ninja, or they are the loyal servants who are not sure of the weight of the gifts to send them to death, as far as the current situation is concerned, Yao Shuang is obviously the second type, and it is not even counted, because he has nothing of value except for the gold coins he stole halfway.

"Let's talk about the gift first, I just want to ask you Shadow Ninja if you dare to take this job?" Yao Shuang had the courage to put forward his own request first.

"Humph!" When the masked young man heard Yao Shuang say this, he snorted coldly and continued: "Didn't this employer inquire clearly before he came, bargaining with the Shadow Ninja clan is not a wise choice!" ”

Yao Shuang chuckled, didn't care about the other party's anger, and said: "The gift is absolutely valuable, I got it in exchange for my life, and the person I want to kill is definitely worthy of this gift, it depends on whether you dare to accept it!" ”

"Oh? Then you might as well tell me who you want us to assassinate first? The masked man became interested in the "expensive gift" thrown by Yao Shuang.

Yao Shuang was still not in a hurry at this time, sitting upright, and said loudly: "This person, when he was young, he learned a good martial art with Wutiangu, and at the age of twelve, he followed Lord Yuan to conquer the world, and fought in Dongye Town, slaughtering thousands of people with the power of one person's ghost knife, and won it." The title of the Ninth Heavenly Demon King', after which he was named the lord of Nagasaki by Lord Yuan, five months ago, this person led an army of 200,000 troops to conquer the country of Izumo, and only used 20 moves to kill the lord Shunsuke Kazama, and now he leads 250,000 horses in the Izumo country, and the power is gradually growing, and it is rumored that this person has a heart of disobedience, replacing the ambition of Lord Yuan. ”

After Yao Shuang finished speaking, the masked man's face became more and more ugly, and small beads of sweat that could not be checked flowed down from the bun, I saw him breathe a long sigh of relief, and then said in a somewhat respectful tone: "This matter is very important, I can't be the master, and I hope that the employer can wait for a while, and I will go and inform the two elders." With that, the man hurried out of the house.

Yao Shuang stood up and saw that there was no one around, and finally sat back on the chair and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously, so he could only gently pat his chest with his hand, soothing his heart that was beating wildly at that moment.

After a while, a masked attendant brought tea and handed water, Yao Shuang calmed down, took a sip of hot tea, and then closed his eyes and recuperated.

The time of a stick of incense passed, and two people came to the building again, this time the two masked people had white hair, obviously the elders of the Shadow Ninja clan.

The two elders each sat on one side of the square table, and after Yao Shuang got up and saluted, the masked old man on the left spoke directly: "Although my shadow ninja clan has never asked about the identity of the employer, but this time you didn't take out the gift first, which is considered to be a broken rule, then I will also break the rules and make an exception to ask, which force are you?" What is the identity? After all, the person you want to kill is indeed very human. ”

Yao Shuang chuckled, raised her hand and pointed to the east, and then said, "My name is Kato Yingjun, as for the identity, I believe you can guess it." Yao Shuang forcibly praised herself.

"Humph! Wind Ninja Clan! When the masked old man on the right heard Yao Shuang say this, his face changed instantly, and his tone became very unkind. Yao Shuang "groaned" in her heart, and secretly screamed that it was not good, could it be that there was any hatred between this wind ninja and the shadow ninja? Isn't this tiger skin a bit too big?

Yao Shuang had actually thought of the rhetoric a long time ago, and he had inquired from Miyama Yuki before he came, in addition to the fire ninja, there was no deep hatred between the remaining five ninjas, and the two ninjas of wind and water had been serving the source of the Yorito, and there was no major conflict, but after the night of his own Nara City, there were obviously some rifts between the wind ninja and the water ninja, although the sand and wood two ninjas said that they were effective in the source of the Yoshijing, but after all, they were still the power of the Genji, so there was not much contradiction with other ninja clans, to say that the deepest contradiction was the fire ninja clan, It is rumored that two hundred years ago, there was a genius born in Hokkaido Fire Ninja, named Uzumaki Izuta, this person broke the convention, killed all the six ninja invincible opponents, and finally died under the siege of the five ninja thirty elders, resulting in the fire ninja and the rest of the five ninja grudges, so more than twenty years ago also chose to stand on the opposite side of the Genji, serving under the Taira clan, as for the shadow ninja, in addition to the grudge with the fire ninja, has always remained neutral, and has not heard of his grudge with other ninjas.

But the performance of these two shadow ninja elders was obviously a great hatred for the wind ninja, and Yao Shuang secretly wondered if he had pulled the wrong tiger skin, which would cause these two to react so violently.

"Fifty years ago, a fire on Mt. Tottori failed to burn out the ambitions of your Kashinobi clan?" The Shadow Ninja Elder on the right had apparently mentioned some of the secrets between the two clans.

Yao Shuang bowed his head and was silent at this time, not because he was afraid that the two of them would suddenly attack, but because he was afraid that he would say the wrong thing and arouse the suspicion of the two of them.

There was a long silence.

The two Shadow Ninja Elders both sighed, and the one on the left who was a little interested said: "Forget it, it's all the grievances of the older generation, you are still young, and we two old men shouldn't lose their temper with you, let's get back to business." ”

Yao Shuang finally fell to the ground with a big stone in his heart at this time, and after quietly swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he raised his head and pulled out the poisoned centipede sword he was holding, walked slowly and put it on the square table, and then said: "This sword is obtained by killing the five poisonous people of the Heavenly Dynasty, it is called the Poison Cedipede Sword, and this sword is the precious gift I brought on this trip." After Yao Shuang finished speaking, she retreated to her seat and quietly waited for the two elders to give orders.

"Dong Lingling's heart is red, and the deacon is equipped with a sword? This person's ability to resist the wind is extremely strong, how can you possibly kill him? The two elders had already concluded that the sword was real at a glance, but they had doubts about Yao Shuang's identity, after all, they had not heard of a young genius born in the Wind Ninja clan in recent years, and they had never heard of the name Kato Hideto, this person could kill the invincible Red Butler by himself, which had to make him two suspicious, although there was information from Mount Fuji that the Red Deacon of Huoyun Village had disappeared, but this did not mean that the Red Butler was killed by him, The two even suspected that this person was the Red Butler who had come to Shadowtown to investigate information.

"There are some luck, my Shinto wind control practice is not mature enough, naturally I can't beat the red deacon head-on, but it just so happens, a month ago, I was ordered by the elders of the clan, back and forth between Storm Town and Nara City to pass information, but I never thought to meet this person in an inn in Kobe Town, when he was drinking alone, I pretended to be a passing merchant and casually asked the shopkeeper where Tokyo Town was, the shopkeeper asked me why I wanted to go to Tokyo, I naturally lied and said that I was a merchant in Izumo Province, in order to avoid war, I want to find a quiet and peaceful place to settle down for the rest of my life, last year I heard that the three towns of Tokyo are very prosperous, and I am a small business, and I dare not go to Nara Ojo to seek hardship, so I can only drag my family to Tokyo Town, who knows that I encountered a strongman robbery halfway, killed my whole family, and escaped from me alone, now I just want to go to Tokyo Town to find a small farm, and I have the rest of my life. ”

Yao Shuang said this, glanced up at the two, and found that the two did not show any abnormality, but took a sip of tea and continued: