Chapter 27: Exercise
"No wonder you dare to move with such fanfare, I looked at it, there are twenty-seven traps in the open, and I don't know how many in the dark, where did you invite the master?" Bo Feng Shuimen asked with a smile.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say, although I have a lot of traps here, as long as I come in through the main entrance, there will be nothing at all, it's just to guard against some boring people. As for the master, do you think I still need to please? Don't forget who my uncle is, he's very good at it, and I've just learned a little bit to play around when I'm bored. ”
As the crowd dispersed, the home of the "Qimu-Hippopotamus" began to quiet again, and the sky gradually became darker.
"Uncle." Hippo Hanyu looked at Kenzen Motozo, who was cleaning up the table, and said, "Thank you for your busy day today." ”
Kenzen Yuanzuo gives people the impression that he is a taciturn middle-aged man, and there is no expression in his cloudy eyes, just like the unfathomable swamp, he can't see the depth. "Nothing, that's good."
Hippo Hanyu spread his hands, and he really didn't know what to say, "I'm going out on a mission tomorrow, and my mother and Aunt Ling Ye will trouble you to take care of it." ”
Kenzen Motozo nodded and continued to do his own thing.
"This is your mission book, in view of the simplicity of the task, I will not be with you, Han Yu, you are the deputy captain, and you will lead the team when I am away." Mitarai Zixiao dropped the task scroll very irresponsibly and left quickly, not giving the three of them any chance to ask questions at all.
"Well, that's it." Hippo Hanyu looked at Asma and Hong, who were staring at him with big eyes, "The task is to cut down trees for Uncle Wang in the village. ”
"That's it?" Asma and Red both looked a little disappointed, no wonder Zixiao ran so fast! It's not difficult!
"That's it! Let's get out! Compared with the disappointment of the two, Hippo Hanyu's interest is very high.
"Uncle Wang, it's done." Hippo Hanyu clapped his hands, pointed to a pile of wood next to him and said, "Your legs are inconvenient, come to us if there is such a thing in the future!" ”
"Alas, I can't help it, my daughter didn't come back from a mission, these things can only be done by herself, and the family doesn't have so much money to set up tasks!" Uncle Wang sighed, he is an old man in his fifties, and he used to be a ninja, but he lost his right leg in the first ninja battle, and it is very inconvenient to move with a pestle on crutches.
"That's it! It's okay, my name is Hippo Hanyu, if you have anything to do in the future, come directly to my house to find me, as long as I'm at home, I will definitely come. Hippo Hanyu sympathizes with these disabled people who survived on the battlefield and hopes to provide help within his ability.
"Thank you so much!"
"Nothing."
"We're leaving."
"Hanyu, will you really help him?" Red asked curiously.
"Of course, helping others is the foundation of happiness, and this is also my way of forbearance." Hippo Hanyu replied firmly: "Asma, can I ask you for a favor?" ”
"What's the matter?" Asma Ape Fei was thinking about his phrase "helping others is the foundation of happiness".
"You know I'm not very good at writing reports, so I'll leave you with a mission report in a while." Hippo Hanyu asked sincerely.
"Okay!" The honest Asma was impressed and took on this difficult task.
In the next few days, the three of them have been doing the tasks of helping people deliver letters, buying groceries, repairing roofs, and taking care of children. In addition to the task, he also dragged the two of them to help the lonely widows clean the courtyard, weed, water the manure, and was busy to death every day.
"Hanyu, Asma, Red, there's a new mission." Captain Zixiao, who had disappeared for almost a month, finally appeared, "It's only a C-level mission, protecting an old man to see his grandson." ”
"So fast?" Hama Hanyu ignored Asma and Hong's murderous eyes and complained.
"Fast? You have taken on an average of three tasks a day, and so far you have completed more than a hundred D-level tasks, and more importantly, because you are too enthusiastic, the D-level tasks in your village have decreased by more than two hundred in a month, so in order to avoid affecting the income of the village, it has increased the difficulty of the tasks for you. ”
"I think you want to get me out." Hearing Hong's laughter, Hippo Hanyu muttered.
"Alright. I said to be disciplined. Zixiao interrupted Han Yu's complaint and said, "This mission is still led by Han Yu." ”
Looking at Zixiao's disappearing figure, Hippo Hanyu was completely speechless, Zixiao's performance completely subverted his previous understanding of him, in his impression, Zixiao is a very responsible person, but like now, everything is left to a shinobi to do, is this what is the matter?
Hanyu the hippo is furious, while Asma and He are excited to go out on a mission.
"Who of you knows where Thousand Stones is in the Fire Country?" Hippo Hanyu asked, looking at the task scroll.
Asma and Red glanced at each other and shook their heads in unison.
"Isn't it!" Hippo Hanyu is about to cry, and it seems that he can only buy the map by himself.
Three hands and six eyes swiped across the map of the Fire Nation, and finally found Thousand Stones in an inconspicuous place. After preparing their luggage, early the next morning, the three of them saw their client, an old man in his sixties, in the mission hall.
After handing in the pass, the group stepped out of the gate of Konoha. After talking to the old man, Hippo Hanyu realized that the homework he had done was superfluous, although the old man was in his sixties, his body looked quite good, and his memory was also very good, and he clearly remembered the road from Konoha to Thousand Stone Town.
The old man's name is Abe Yuan, and it is said that the ancestor is a very famous onmyoji, as for how famous he is, Hippo Hanyu does not know. But Abeyuan himself is indeed a very interesting person, not to mention knowledgeable, and has a lot of life experience, very kind and talkative, along the way Hippo Hanyu chatted with him very well, it was like a kind of old friend.
The three of them listened to the old man talk about the history and legends of the Onmyoji like listening to a story, and with the rise of Shinobi and the decline of the Onmyoji, it was very vivid, and because of this, time seemed to pass very quickly along the way, and more than half a month later, Abeyuan had been sent to Qianshi Town.
With the old man's strong encouragement, the three agreed to rest for the night in Thousand Stones.
"Hanyu, come over here." Hanyu the hippo, who got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, heard Abeyuan's call and walked over.
"The old man hasn't rested yet."
"Hmm!" Abe Gen said: "When I'm older, it's not so easy to fall asleep. By the way, Hanyu, I have a small gift for you. ”
"Gifts?" Hippo Hanyu was a little surprised.
"This is it." Abe Won pulled out a scroll from under his pillow and handed it to Hippo Hanyu.
"What is this?" Hippo Hanyu saw sincerity in the old man's eyes, and opened the scroll under the guidance of the old man, "This is the psychic scroll??" ”
Looking at the surprised Hippo Hanyu, Abe Yuan nodded with a smile, twisted the beard under his chin and said, "Yes, this is exactly what you Shinobu said about the psychic scroll, and it is also the Shishen Seal in the mouth of our Onmyoji." This is what my ancestors left behind. But because of the decline of the Onmyoji, no one in our clan has a way to summon Shikigami. My grandson was out on business and needed a sum of money, so he was going to sell his ancestral house, and I rushed back to see the place one last time. I can see that you are very interested in psychic beasts, and it is useless for me to keep this, so I might as well give it to you! ”
"This-," Hippo Hanyu really wanted it, but he still hesitated a little in his heart: "This is not very good!" ”
"There's nothing good or bad, my grandson has completely given up on family learning, and I also hope that the family's mastery can be inherited. You just take this as my last request, old man, okay? The old man knew that Hippo Hanyu was soft-hearted, so he played the emotional card.
"Alright then!"
"Take these books too! It can help you better wield the power of psychic beasts. The old man pointed to a pile of books on the table.
Looking at the yellow title page, he knew that it was a very old material, such a book was usually very valuable, and Hippo Hanyu's eyes suddenly lit up, which made him even happier than giving him a scroll.
This ordinary task can no longer be ordinary, it is a turning point for Hippo Hanyu, and since then he has made a great breakthrough in his forbidden art research, of course, these are all later words.
Bidding farewell to Abeyuan, the three of them started their way back, and he had a rare opportunity to come out and shop, and he also took the opportunity to enjoy the scenery of the country of fire, but because of the war, the country of fire was full of displaced people, so that the three of them felt great pressure, and finally gave up the plan to travel and rushed back to Konoha quickly.