Duan Zang carried Xiao Nan on his back without stopping, and walked towards the Earth Spider Fortress, where he and Ning Ci had managed to find the stronghold, on a high mountain with extremely high terrain.

In the villages and towns he passed along the way, he would hear many people talking about the Five Shadows Talks, and Duan Zang looked at the sky and felt that troubled times were coming.

He has defeated countless enemies and defeated many opponents, and he has never been defeated, but in the face of the upcoming troubled times, Duan Zang actually feels a little unprepared in his heart now.

Nothing in the world will come when you are fully ready, that is impossible. However, Duan Zang is strong enough, strong enough to protect one side.

On the grass full of small yellow flowers in front of the Soil Spider Fortress, Hotaru still sat on a big rock and looked into the distance, facing the wind, swaying her legs from time to time.

Hotaru was still very happy to see Duan Zang come back, and waved at Duan Zang from afar, but even from a distance, Duan Zang could still see a trace of hidden loneliness in her eyes.

Hotaru: "Brother Duanzang, are you back?" ”

Duan Zang snorted, gave some of the specialties he bought on the road to Hotaru, and said, "Is that bastard of Ning Ci back?" ”

Hotaru was very happy with the food, "Brother Ningci, I came back more than ten days ago." ”

"It's really ...... to come back so early and not look for me" Duan Zang shook his head and complained in a low voice.

Xiao Nan instinctively frowned when she heard Ning Ci's name, she didn't like Ning Ci very much.

Hotaru pointed to the bound Xiao Nan that Duan Zang was carrying: "This is ......"

Duan Zang casually said nonsense: "Oh, she has ADHD and is not honest, so she is trapped." ”

"Oh, really?" Hotaru covered her mouth and smiled, not asking more.

Xiao Nan was angry many times along the way, she didn't bother to take care of Duan Zang, she just looked around, she had never heard of any stronghold in Black Claw.

Duan Zang walked inside, waited far enough away before putting Xiao Nan down, and said with a smile: "Hotaru cute, she will come to that stone early every morning and wait for one to come back, but there has been no news from that person." ”

Xiao Nan didn't give Duan Zang any good looks, and showed an impatient look.

Duan Zang said in a low voice, "Hotaru is waiting for her master, and she is also waiting for her lover to come back. ”

Duan Zang's face showed a helpless look, and he took the cloth off Xiao Nan's mouth.

Xiao Nan was able to speak, held all the way, took a deep breath, and immediately mocked: "Aren't you very powerful?" Why don't you help her find it, with your ability, it should be easy to find, unless it's dead. ”

Duan Zang had a cold face: "The person she is waiting for is named Shixing, is this name familiar?" ”

This name is indeed familiar to Xiao Nan, but he can't remember where he has heard it for a while.

Duan Zang said slowly: "The poem is the six-tailed human pillar force, which was captured by Nagato's Payne Liudao, do you want me to say it?" ”

Xiao Nan's eyes widened in shock, and she suddenly stopped talking, and looked back at Hotaru, who was sitting on the big stone and still looking into the distance, even Duan Zang untied the rope on her body, and her body was stiff all the time.

"According to my investigation, Shika has always been disgusted with being a human pillar force, and has been trying to escape from the control of Fog Hidden Village, and it is here that Hotaru and he met. The fortress here was left to her by her grandfather, and we took it over, so it is only natural that we will protect her. After Duan Zang finished speaking, he didn't pay attention to Xiao Nan who was frozen in place, but entered the fortress to find Ning Ci.

When Duan Zang turned around, he found that Xiao Nan had started to walk towards Hotaru.

Duan Zang frowned and watched quietly, only to see Xiao Nan walking to Hotaru's side.

Hotaru saw Xiao Nan coming, and kindly distributed the specialty to Xiao Nan, and gave up a place on the stone, Xiao Nan froze for a moment, and then sat down next to Hotaru.

Hotaru: "Is it delicious?" Brother Duan Zang knew that I liked to eat this. ”

Xiao Nan: "Okay, what are you looking at?" ”

Hotaru: "I'm waiting for my master to come back, my master promised me to come back, he said that he would come back after solving the things in the village, and now it must be delayed." ”

Xiao Nan sighed, and his heart tightened: "Ah, what kind of person is your master?" ”

Hotaru had a bright smile on his mouth: "He's very stinky in temper, similar to Duan Zang, he can say some cool things, but he cares about people." If he comes back, everyone will definitely get along very happily, Duan Zang and Ning Ci are very good people, and they are also very good to Hotaru. ”

"Ah, is it?" Xiao Nan turned her head, her eyes seemed to be wet from the wind, and her heart was very uncomfortable. Hotaru, like her, has seen the initial appearance of love, but the person who is waiting for it will not come back and is already dead.

She once asked Duan Zang what the purpose of the black claw was, and Duan Zang said that there was no purpose, just to protect the people around him, and then live well. And what great ideals have they founded, they have sacrificed too much for this, and what did they get in the end, maybe they set their ideals too high from the beginning.

If the three of them didn't have such great ideals at the beginning, now the three of them are living in seclusion in a certain corner, they will also be very happy. It's just that such ambitions are so comfortable now that I think about it, and what a chaotic life it was at the beginning.

When you go through prosperity, you will understand that plainness is a blessing, and if you don't encounter prosperity, what is blandness.

"I'll wait with you in the future." Xiao Nan wiped the corners of his eyes and forced a smile.

"Why?" Hotaru was surprised.

"Because I'm waiting for someone." Xiao Nan smiled bitterly, but lamented in his heart: "Those two people will never come back." ”

……

Duan Zang watched the two chatting happily from a distance, so he walked in with confidence. It's not a way for Hotaru to keep watch outside, with Xiao Nan guarding it, at least don't worry too much about her safety.

Duan Zang went up the mountain, and the mountain was covered with dust compared to the last time, and the houses and plants and trees had been neatly trimmed. A rough man was playing with a small child. This man Duan Zang knows, it is the bull head next to Red Lotus, and that child is the ghost pill.

"What's going on?" Duan Zang muttered.

Ning Ci happened to come out of the house at this time, and Duan Zang said angrily: "Hey, my eldest brother has been missing for so long, and you didn't look for me, but brought someone else in?" Isn't it a brother? ”

Ning Ci didn't speak, he pointed back, and a woman came out of the room, it was Red Lotus.

Honglian smiled meaningfully: "What, don't you welcome me?" ”

Duan Zang had already guessed when he saw the bull's head, and at this time, he suddenly had a smug smile on his face: "How can you not welcome it, I said, the chief financial officer of Black Claw is none other than you." ”

Just kidding, this woman Honglian, the ninjutsu in her waving hand is all money, this woman is a mountain of money in Duan Zang's eyes.

Duan Zang's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, and he was about to write a word for money.

Honglian smiled and said, "I'm here to take refuge with you this time." ”

"Wow, is there such a good thing?" Duan Zang muttered in his heart, but smiled on his face: "Welcome, welcome!" ”

It turned out that Ning Ci was looking for Duan Zang's whereabouts, and he was afraid that Tuan Zang would attack the injured Duan Zang, but when he arrived, a large number of people at the root along the way died, but Duan Zang's body was not found, and Ning Ci knew that Duan Zang was fine. Along the way, I heard that Tuan Zang was busy attending the Five Shadows Talks, and he shouldn't have time to take care of Duan Zang, so Ning Ci's pressure was a little less.

Coincidentally, Ning Ci met the red lotus in a hurry, so he brought the red lotus here.

The three of Red Lotus originally lived in seclusion in one place, but the world is getting more and more chaotic, and everywhere is not peaceful, and Dou also appeared, wanting to find Red Lotus's assistance, during the battle, Red Lotus found that Dou had also practiced the immortal mode...... Red Lotus couldn't bear to be disturbed, so she fled with the bull head and the ghost boy pill.

In Orochimaru's organization, Red Lotus has always had a bad relationship with Dou, she has never liked Dou very much, and it is obvious that Red Lotus has come to seek refuge from Duan Zang.

Moreover, Duan Zang has always had a good impression in Honglian's heart, and he is a person with a very charismatic personality.

The moment Duan Zang saw the red lotus, he thought of Xiao Nan in his mind. Now that Black Claw has four main combat powers, it is best to match Xiao Nan and Red Lotus in a group, and it is best to stay in the base. Both men were temporarily living here, both were a bit war-weary, and neither was a fuel-efficient lamp.

The saint has clouds, but women and villains are difficult to raise, and Duan Zang has not realized it yet, because Xiao Nan and Honglian have not met.