"You're going up the mountain?" The old man's pipe never left his hand, reminding Tsunade of his teacher. "The mountain road is not easy to walk, it just so happens that today is the day to pay tribute to the mountain god, we have prepared the honorarium, if we can solve the problem of the mountain god, we have another thanks."

Four sturdy villagers carried sedan chairs to lead the way, and Tsunade and others followed.

It's late autumn, the leaves are yellow, the mountain road is full of flowers, and the rustling sound of stepping on it, thousands of trees and guinea dolphins have fun for a while.

One of the villagers in the sedan chair hesitated and wanted to speak several times, but was frightened back by the vicious eyes of the people around him.

Mute could see clearly, but Tsunade didn't say anything, and naturally she wouldn't speak.

After several rests in between, it was not until evening that the group came to a stout tree, which was unusually dense and green, and seemed out of place with its surroundings.

The villagers put down the sedan chair and kowtowed a few times to the humble altar under the tree, "The mountain god will only come to fetch the sacrifice at night, if a few people are ...... It's better to leave earlier. ”

Villager A, who wanted to speak on the way, still ignored the dissuasion of his companions and said what he wanted to say.

"Let's go, let's go!" His companion scolded and dragged him away.

"Stop." Tsunade said coldly, "You guys are gone, who can prove that we have solved the mountain god." ”

"Solve the mountain god," villager Yi looked disdainful, "whether you can survive or not is a ......"

The shuriken grazed his cheek, cutting a shallow wound, and although villager B panicked, he still held on and said sharply, "Ninja? What about ninjas! You're not the first ninja to come. ”

"Oh?" Chiki smiled, "I wanted to scare you and let you go, but I didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain, the ninja is not very good, but there are many ways to stay with you." ”

The villager slapped himself in the face, and he took precautions all the way, but he was ruined in his mouth.

With the threat of life, several people are naturally much more honest.

Villager A is called Cangduo, and villager B who is crazy and even beats himself is well empty, and the remaining two are Duobo and Yuno.

After asking the name, Tsunade ignored the panicked looks of the four of them, and directly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, where the sleeping girl was lying in it.

No, it should be a coma.

As the sun sets, the small horn above the girl's head emits a faint glow, like a firefly.

Tsunade took out the necklace from the deep ravine, the turquoise necklace was a relic of Tsunade's grandfather, the original Hokage Senju Pillar, and was the crystallization of his chakra, and at this time, the small horn on the top of the girl's head flickered and darkened.

Tsunade's expression became solemn, "When did this little horn first appear?" ”

Jing Kong pinned his head to the side, but Cangduo was very cooperative, "At first, half a year ago, a stray child came to the village with a head horn, and the villagers saw that he was pitiful, so they gave him some food, but at that time, we had not hunted prey for a long time, and we couldn't afford to adopt it at all. Someone saw the child go into the mountain, and then the prey increased, and when they entered the mountain, some of the villagers found the big tree here, so they built a simple altar. ”

The altar was very simple, a small temple made of stone and mud, as high as an adult's knee.

"Originally, I just wanted to offer some food, but ......"

"But there are children with horns on their heads in the village, and there are fewer prey." Tsunade snorted coldly.

Ikong lowered his head, "Yes." ”

"So you're sending the kids here?" Chiki wondered, "Isn't it true that there are fewer prey?" Why do you have to sacrifice children? ”

"You know what! Do you think we didn't figure it out! Ikong became furious and yelled, "You don't understand at all! Instead of being fewer, the prey is completely gone! Have you ever heard even a little bit of prey along the way? ”

Qianshu thought about it seriously, no wonder he always felt that something was wrong, this mountain was a little too quiet, the sky was getting dark, not to mention the birds, there was not even a sound of insects.

Mute looked around, grabbed another handful of dirt and sniffed it, shaking his head at Tsunade, indicating that there was nothing out of the ordinary.

Tsunade's brows furrowed, "How long will it take for a child to grow horns?" ”

"A month," Cangduo whispered, "it started as a month, and since last month, it has become a week. ”

"You've seen ninjas before?" Tsunade continued to ask.

"Three months ago, when the village chief's child grew small horns, he called in a ninja. Also escort the child here as it is today, and then ...... Never went back. ”

"Has anything changed since then?"

"Prey...... It's a lot more than before. ”

"That's why you're going to pay a lot of money to find someone who can solve the problem of the mountain god." Tsunade's eyes narrowed slightly, "You don't have a reward at all, you just want to find someone to send you to death." ”

"Are you going to help for free? After all, it's not about money. Isora pouted and muttered, "If you die because of your greed, what right do you have to accuse us." ”

The corners of Qianshu's mouth twitched, Tsunade lost money like running water, you said she was greedy, I'm afraid she didn't lose her mind.

"In other words, I'm ready to gamble, but you don't bring enough capital, right?" Tsunade stepped hard under his feet, and the villagers fell into the cracks in the ground in panic, "I'll go to your village chief again to talk to you, until then you are most honest and don't attract my attention." ”

Tsunade turned to check on the little girl, but saw the little girl suddenly sit up, her eyes closed, and walk towards the tree in a daze.