Kiri Ninja Village, Archives Division, Geographic Archives Division.

Although it is a department that has existed in Mist Ninja Village since the establishment of the village, and the place of work is also located in the administrative district not far from the Mizukage Building, the status of this department in Mist Ninja Village can be described as really embarrassing.

It also belongs to the information department, and compared with the door of the ninjutsu archives department, the geographic archives department is really a door, and one or two people don't come in all day, so the geographic archives department is assigned to an extremely remote place.

It's a dull department, and the young people can't control their hearts and don't want to stay here, only the old people who have lost their strength in the war or the mission are willing to guard the files that no one cares about, just like they are ignored by the ninja village.

Terumi walked into the room, and there was only an elderly ninja with a broken arm dozing off on the counter.

It's ridiculous to say that in this kind of place, even the elite veterans who have been through the war will be wiped out of all their ambition here, and only the meat sac that is left to eat and wait for death.

It's not a big place, and there are no permanent patrols in the village.

Also, if you can invade the data department during the patrols of many security teams, what is the use of even one or two more middle and lower shinobi?

"Huh? Lady Terumi, how can I help you? ”

After all, the instinct that had been cultivated by years of war had not been completely lost, and as soon as Terumi approached, the old ninja immediately woke up.

The old ninja straightened up and asked respectfully, he was just a cannon fodder shinobi who survived the war, and he couldn't compare with someone like Terumi who held power in the upper echelons of the Mist Ninja Village.

"It's nothing, I've just wanted to learn about some of the geography of the Water Country lately, so I'm going to take a look here." Terumi waved her hand, signaling him not to be nervous.

"I don't know what part of the information you need to find, I've been here for ten years, and I'm very familiar with these files." The old ninja said.

"Do you have any information about the Misty Forest? I'd like to look it up. ”

All the preparations have been completed, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and whether the rule of the four generations can be overthrown can only depend on the will of heaven.

Terumi, who had nothing to do and couldn't sleep at night, remembered the vibration coming from the south in the evening, so she came to the archives to see if she could look up the information.

The old ninja nodded, he didn't doubt it, in fact, sometimes ninjas need to go on missions, and if the mission location is a place they don't know, it is not surprising that they will occasionally come to the archives to look up information.

"Please wait a minute."

The elderly ninja stood up on the table, walked to the bookshelf behind him, and found a file bag in a remote corner, with the words "Misty Forest" written on it.

"Misty Forest, speaking of which, no one has ever come to ask about this place, how long was the last time you were there? Oh, it seems that seven years ago, my mentor when I was younger, the strange old man with a white beard who liked to study the history and geography of the Land of Water. ”

The old ninja was like a puppet running out of clockwork, rusty gears that forced him to make slow, stiff movements.

He muttered to himself as he picked up the file, not knowing whether he was telling Terumi or himself.

At that time, he happily told me that he had discovered a big secret in the Misty Forest, and if he deciphered it, it would definitely shake the ninja world. He was in high spirits, and his beard was shaking. Speaking of which, I haven't seen him so happy since the war. ”

"Although I was just an ordinary student in one of the many elementary classes he taught, I don't think he recognized me, but at that time I was still very happy for him and hoped that he would fulfill his long-cherished wish. Maybe there really will be a day when his reputation can be left in the history of the ninja world. ”

"It's a pity....." The old ninja sighed and shook his head, not saying any more.

He handed the file to Terumi, and the face seemed to be even older.

"What a pity?" Terumi asked as she took the file.

"It's nothing, it's just that during that investigation, the teacher and his students were stuck in that forest and didn't come back." A sense of sadness arose, and the old man said in a low voice.

Then, he added, "Perhaps, if nothing happens, I guess his research can really shake the ninja world." ”

Terumi just smiled and didn't speak, it's normal for someone like this to praise her teacher, and she didn't take it seriously.

Terumi opened the file and carefully browsed its contents.

After a while, she frowned slightly and asked the old ninja:

"Is that all? Didn't your teacher say that he had discovered a big secret? How is there no content for his research? ”

The things recorded in the file made Terumi a little dissatisfied, and they were all decent things.

For example, in a certain year and month, the fog expands outwards by how many kilometers. For example, on a certain day in a certain month, so-and-so accidentally strayed into the misty forest, and there was no news of him again.

There are also topographic maps of the Misty Forest over the years, which are all vague information. As for how the fog was formed, and where the forest was weird, there was no mention of it, not even speculation.

"That's really not the case, I was going to go to his house to receive the information after the teacher lost contact with me, and he didn't have any family to inherit the inheritance anyway. It's just that when I was about to report to Mizukage-sama, there was a fire in the teacher's house, and the information in it was naturally gone. ”

Hearing this, Terumi was also a little silent, thinking about putting down the file and leaving.

At this moment, the old ninja seemed to think of something, and suddenly said:

"No, there's one thing left."

"Oh? What is it? Can you show me? ”

"Yes, please wait a minute." With that, the old ninja got up and went to the rows of bookshelves behind him and began to rummage, and soon, he took a notebook and walked over to Terumi Ming.

"That's it, the only thing that's left of the fire."

It's a very shabby book.,The pages are yellow.,I don't know how many years have passed.,Its material looks like it's made of paper.,But if you touch it carefully, it doesn't look like it.。

The book was tattered, full of fire marks, many places were flooded, the handwriting was blurred, and some were eaten by termites, and it was impossible to tell what it was writing in a few intermittent words.

However, the middle page of the book is unexpectedly complete.

Terumi opened it, and at that moment, she had the feeling that she was opening a thick history.

On the only complete page, a poem was written in an ancient language, and it just so happened that Terumi understood this language.

So, she read softly:

The round moon hangs in the sky,

The little ferry boat rocked and rocked;

The red moonlight reflects the river,

The gates of hell are opened;

The dark tide roars,

The skinny people are wailing;

Everyone is praying:

O gods of the underworld,

Why do you hate humans so much?

The earth is destroyed by your faithful dogs,

The prosperous home is scorched earth,

When will the suffering of the world end,

The land that the eye sees is despair.

The young monk crossed the banks of the river of the Stygian Water,

In that sky without sunlight,

He was accompanied only by him and his scepter,

He came with a mission,

To cross the holy mountain,

Meet the god of the Underworld on the Mountain of Bones

.......

"Huh? Is this a ballad? Terumi asked suspiciously.

"Is it important to your teacher?"

The ballad is obviously not over yet, there should be another paragraph behind, but unfortunately this page ends here, the back has been bitten by termites, messy words, and I can't see the content in it at all.

"Yes, I knew from my teacher that he got this book from the tomb of a great man of antiquity. It is also this ancient book that has explained many of his previous research results, he said that he combined all the results, plus this ancient book, as long as one more evidence is found, the real evidence, that discovery will definitely shock the ninja world. ”

"Maybe it's because it's so important that a lot of protective measures have been taken to leave the only trace in that fire."

As he spoke, the old ninja's face was filled with gloom.

"Did your teacher tell you about that discovery?"

"Nope."

The old ninja shook his head, then smiled self-deprecatingly:

"I'm just one of his many students, and he told me so much just that he was in a good mood when he was looking through the files, and he probably didn't even know my name, how could he tell me such a big thing."

Terumi nodded, thinking that this is indeed the case, if you want to be a teacher and remember everyone he has taught, it is simply impossible.

Terumi meditated, returned the information to the old man, and left the archives.

Unfortunately, if it hadn't been for the fire, maybe she would have gotten some news out of it.

But there are no ifs, and some secrets are buried in the fire......

......

Outside the Misty Forest.

Somewhere the space suddenly distorted, and a figure walked out of it in a slightly embarrassed way.

"Finally...... It's out! ”

Jiang Chuanyue breathed a long sigh of relief, and turned to look at the endless forest sea behind him.

Under the blood-colored moonlight, the forest had faded from the fog that covered his body, and there was not the slightest movement in the quiet forest sea, making him feel that everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

"Someday...... I will be back again. ”

Jiang Chuanyue took a deep look at the forest standing quietly in front of her, and then turned to leave, without dragging the mud and water at all.

He hadn't forgotten what he had come out for.

"Shigego...... I hope you don't make a fool, otherwise, God won't be able to save you! ”

In the darkness, Jiang Chuanyue's figure flashed.

Then a hurricane rises and tears everything apart!