Chapter Seventy-Four: The Vortex and the Lost Ancient City
There was silence here, and a glimmer of light came from nowhere, lighting up the walls that had been invisible to the fingers.
"More than a thousand years ago, during the Warring States Period, more than ten countries, large and small, kept attacking each other."
A piece of wall appears to be illuminated by a light source, which does not appear to be a complete wall:
The brick walls, blackened by flames, are inlaid with several fragmented pieces of Gothic roof.
"To fight a war, you must first be fed, and the daimyo of some countries, in order to keep their soldiers from starving, let the ninjas who work for them set up the Secret Ninja of Touching Gold."
The ruins of the shattered buildings were fused with an inexplicable force on top of the original walls, and various objects were dotted in between: gold and silver jewelry were scattered haphazardly on the ground; Discarded long-handled weapons were pierced on raised wooden posts; Arrows were stuck in the walls......
"What is this ninja army for? It is to explore ancient tombs everywhere, break down doors and open coffins, and borrow money from the dead to buy food......"
An arm stretched out from the ruins in despair, and between his fingers hung a pearl necklace rare in the Land of Winds, like a sculpture, which remained in place for an unknown amount of time.
The clothes on his arms are made of high-grade silk, and it seems that his owner seems to have wanted to exchange his treasure for a chance to survive at the last moment of his life.
A shuriken fell gently from above to the side of the arm with a crisp sound.
After a while, several figures fell to the ruins along the rope without hurry, and the first person to land on the ground, his eyes under the mask showed a golden light, looking at all this lightly, he took out a candle and a fire from his forbearance bag, walked lightly to a raised masonry, placed the candle on the stone, and whispered while lighting the fire:
"The rules for touching gold and forbearance are strict, and anyone who opens a tomb must light a candle in the southeast corner of the underground palace to open the coffin and touch gold."
The candles were lit and the light of the fire illuminated the ground around them.
The man in the uniform of the Konoha Shinobi gently picked up the pearl necklace in the palm of the arm on the ground, he wanted to pick up the necklace, and with a slight force, one end of the necklace seemed to be clenched by the owner of the hand......
A breeze came from nowhere in the air, and candles flickered in the wind.
A trace of cold sweat oozed from his forehead under the mask, and he continued with a trembling voice:
"If the candle is extinguished, the original belongings must be returned and the tomb must be withdrawn......
Evacuate! ”
As he spoke, he turned around and wanted to run, but was punched in the top of the head by a delicate woman beside him......
Lin also wore a mask on her face, and the eyes exposed under the mask looked like they hated iron but not steel:
"I said, you've been a ghost-scared guy since you were a kid.
Today, I somehow nervously tell us this kind of ghost story in such a place......
Don't you feel ashamed to scare yourself? Obito! ”
"But it's clear that this necklace is grabbed by this person and won't let go!"
Kakashi crouched on the ground, exploring by the light of the candle flame, then looked up at Obito with dead fish eyes and said:
"You idiot...... Look closely. ”
As he spoke, he pointed to the surrounding ground illuminated by the candlelight, and then quickly sealed his hands, and raised his head into the air:
"Fire escape. Howe Fireball Technique. ”
After Kakashi deliberately suppressed the amount of chakra, a small fireball flew into the air, lighting up the surroundings.
The surface of this piece of ruins was wrapped in a thin layer of blue-green bronze......
Lin walked over to the hand, folded her hands and bowed her head, and said:
"Sorry to interrupt."
Then he picked up the string of pearl necklaces and looked at it carefully, pointed to the bronze rust spot where the necklace connected to his finger, and glanced up at Obito.
Obito touched his head and stood up, waved his hand at Lin, and said nonchalantly:
"Don't worry about these details, Shirley Lyn!"
"Don't give me such a strange name!"
Kakashi stood up, pointed to the strange name "Hachiki Kaixuan" on the forehead of his mask, and said:
"You're good, you're better than me......"
Obito continued to start his performance unappreciatively:
"Then, let's touch the Golden Secret Ninja Squad, under the leadership of my Uchiha Captain Yai!"
He suddenly pointed to the Bo Feng Shui Gate that was on guard on the side:
"According to the entrustment of the employer, the big golden retriever, let's start this expedition treasure hunt!"
"I'm rubbing, I picked up half of the "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" from me, you want to go to heaven!
Don't you think about your future life? ”
"Hey! Show a little respect to the teacher who is already a fourth-generation purpose! ”
"Lynn, understand.
After all, this guy hasn't been on a mission with us for almost two years.
I'm not surprised at all when I think of what he's done in the past......"
"Hehe, hehe......"
The water gate on the side touched his head and looked at his three noisy subordinates......
Is it really good to let this guy lead the team by yourself?
Why do you feel so much regret......
Under Rin's murderous eyes, Obito finally stopped playing with the treasure, and several people began to carefully explore this mysterious place, the Nibelungen......
Obito remembered the mysterious dragon vein in the ancient city of Loulan in 0517 intelligence, and asked:
"Teacher Shuimen, the dragon vein in Loulan City contains endless chakra in legend......
Do we have any specific information in Konoha that we have recorded? ”
Watergate nodded, and replied as he watched around:
"There is not much intelligence, it is divided into two parts.
The first part is known to several great nations and originates from the legendary sacred tree.
According to legend, this is the land of the former ancestral country in mythology, and the location of the sacred tree.
Although the fruit of the sacred tree was eaten by Kaguya, the goddess of the moon, the sacred tree was also missing......
But where the sacred tree grows, a cave has been formed, which is called the dragon vein. ”
Speaking of which, Watergate looked at Obito:
"Based on the information you've gotten from Madara and the spirits behind you, it's likely that the legend is true.
Moreover, I have a copy here, the secret that Kushina told me......"
"Sister Jiu Sinai?"
Watergate nodded and continued:
"As a descendant of the former daimyo of the Vortex Country, Kushina learned some of the most important secrets of the Uzumaki Clan before he died.
After she came to Konoha, she told these secrets to the three generations and the higher-ups, including about the dragon vein.
You all know something, the Uzumaki clan, proficient in sealing ninjutsu. ”
The three of them nodded.
"According to the records in the history of the Uzumaki clan, the reason why their clan has been able to live a relatively peaceful and stable life on the small island of the Vortex Country for thousands of years in the Warring States period......
On the one hand, it is strong enough to have no other allies except for its distant relatives, the Senju clan.
They will not easily meddle in wars between other countries and ninja people.
On the other hand, there are actually many strange and powerful existences in the ninja world, which ordinary people and ninjas are unable to deal with......
Once the crisis erupts, it will be up to the Uzumaki clan to step in and seal it with a powerful sealing ninjutsu.
For example, the nine-tailed beast that is not controlled by humans and causes chaos wantonly; For example, the monsters of the Oni Country; And here's it!
In the ancient city of Loulan, the dragon veins buried deep underground.
According to the records of the Uzumaki clan, there are occasional eruptions of huge chakras, which are far more powerful than volcanic eruptions.
Moreover, the frequent outbreaks of the dragon veins directly turned the territory of the once fertile ancestral country into a desert where no grass grows.
This is where the strange climate of the Wind Nation comes from.
Hundreds of years ago, in order to suppress the dragon veins here, the Uzumaki clan negotiated with the daimyo of the Land of Wind and sent a line of ninjas to move here.
They have lived here for generations, building seals on the dragon veins to protect this restless menace for generations.
In exchange, the Daimyo of the Land of the Wind allowed them to establish Loulan City here and absorb the surrounding civilians.
Hundreds of years later, Loulan City became an independent city-state in the Wind Country that was not controlled by the Daimyo. ”
Kakashi on the side nodded thoughtfully and said:
"It's no wonder that in all the wars, neither we nor the land of the earth have listed this place as a target for attack."
Watergate sighed and said:
"I often think in my heart that if ......
If Mito-sama hadn't sealed the Nine-Tails in his body back then......
The cruel system of human pillar power was not invented and spread to the entire ninja world.
Then the Vortex Clan probably wouldn't have been wiped out by the other four countries more than ten years ago......
After all, for thousands of years, they have been silently guarding the whole world......"
Lin couldn't help but bow her head sadly when she thought of the blood of the Uzumaki clan flowing in her body and the three tails sealed in her body.
Her hand was held by Obito, who took off his mask, smiled encouragingly at her, then looked up at the water gate and said:
"You are wrong, teacher.
Senju, Uchiha, Hinata and Uzumaki.
The bloodline of the Otsuki clan has been passed down to this day, except for the Kaguya clan in the land of water.
These four clans either join Konoha or are allies of Konoha.
It is impossible for the other ninja villages to willingly sit back and watch the most powerful clans of the blood inheritance be used by Konoha like this.
Whether it's human pillar strength or sealing, it's just a disguise......
At that time, Konoha did not have the strength to continue to protect the Uzumaki clan as an ally despite being attacked from all sides.
Then, being attacked by a group is their foreseeable fate......"
The three of them looked at the simple and hot-blooded Obito in their previous impressions in amazement.
"Times are always changing, since the establishment of the system of one country and one village, ninjas have truly become the masters of force in the world."
Obito pointed to the whirlpool clan emblem behind his shinobi vest.
"The family ninjas of the Four Hidden Villages can't be like the ordinary people who used to be daimyo and shoguns.
Those people didn't understand the horrors of the Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique, but these top ninjas did......
Once one day, the Uzumaki clan will actually join Konoha ......
The thousand-year-old sealing tradition has been merged into Konoha's ninjutsu system, and a large number of Uzumaki people have joined Konoha compared to the Thousand Hands system. ”
A sneer appeared at the corner of Obito's mouth:
"That would be even more terrifying for the Four Great Powers than a strong man in Konoha Village who has reached the strength of Lord Pillar or Madara Uchiha.
After all, after the establishment of Konoha by the Senju clan, the restrictions on intermarriage with foreigners and commoners were lifted...... Except for the Uchiha clan.
If the Uzumaki follow suit, think about it. ”
Obito looked at the water gate and said word by word:
"In a few generations, the strength of Konoha Village will not depend on one person or a few people.
It's groups of ninjas whose talent is far better than that of other ninja villages, which they can't tolerate.
If it is intolerable, at the best time, it will be completely eradicated!
This is the rule of war in this era! ”
He suddenly pointed at Lynn, and continued in the other's surprised gaze:
"Kakashi, think about it.
In the mission of Kannabi Bridge, why did Iwa Shinobi ...... when he clearly saw the Uchiha clan emblem behind me
He also took the risk of choosing to kidnap Lynn, and now that he thinks about it, doesn't it feel strange? ”
Kakashi nodded and said:
"Indeed, the normal thinking is to kill the ninjas of the Uchiha clan first when they see them."
Obito looked at the water gate and said:
"I speculate that at that time, in the village, information about Lin's qualifications to become a human pillar force had been obtained by several other countries during the war."
Shuimen also nodded, and said in a deep voice:
"It's possible that the same thing happened to Kushina."
Obito's eyes glowed with gold:
"Iwa Shinobi, I'll remember this account.
Mr. Watergate, if you want to truly achieve peace, you must have this kind of awareness.
Whoever dares to peep at me gouges out his eyes.
Whoever dares to steal from me will have his hands cut off.
Only by showing fangs and claws can the world bow their heads and bow down to my figure.
Only by roaring can the world listen to me willingly.
The fools are not qualified to be taught, they just need to be conquered.
To put an end to this war-torn old era, kindness and goodwill alone are not enough.
To create a new era of more rational order, blood and fire are also needed. ”
He suddenly turned around, threw several shuriken into the distance, and shouted:
"After secretly following us for so long, do you really think that no one will be able to find out your whereabouts?!
The rebellion of the sand ninja, the scorpion of the red sand! ”