Ninji and Ino followed the map given by the second Hokage and came to a small place in the back mountain of Konoha.

It was barren and looked desolate.

"Here...... I remember here. ”

Ning Ci blinked his eyes, his memory still fresh.

Because this is the place where Ning Ji asked Kosuke for swordsmanship forty years later.

"...... Swordsmanship"

Ningji and Ino looked into the desolate place, sitting in a simple wooden house.

There was no yard outside the hut, but it was shaped with some simple wooden signs, and some new seedlings were planted around the hut, but after a heavy rain, more than half of them were washed out of the roots, and the planting method was very immature.

Inside, a boy about the same age as Ning Ci ran out.

"You ......," he said, his eyes widened in surprise.

……

Inside the house, several people sat on the ground.

On the table, it was still a familiar taste, and Kosuke made tea and served it to Ningji and Ino.

This is clearly the place more than forty years ago, and I don't know why, Ning Ci suddenly had the impression that he had been here in ancient times.

He smiled and said, "This tea is very good." ”

He took a sip, and after the bitterness, it brought some sweetness.

"Yes, this tea is a specialty tea in a small tea garden in the mountains behind Konoha, and I haven't named it yet. This tea is very sweet, very suitable for normal after a long journey, can get rid of fatigue. ”

After he said that, he also took a sip, and he couldn't see the appearance of a teenager at all, looking like a veteran who had faced life for many years.

He added, "But I didn't expect that the two guests that the second Hokage-sama personally asked me to receive turned out to be your two benefactors!" It's really fateful, why don't you name this tea after you, benefactor? ”

Ning Ci chuckled, thought about it casually, and said, "I saved you from a ninja in Fog Hidden Village that day, and it was raining before coming here, so why don't you call it the rainy season?" ”

"yes, good name. The name chosen by the benefactor is not poetic! ”

"Okay, don't call me a benefactor anymore, my name is Hinata Tiannin, you can call me Tiannin."

"Heavenly ...... Heavenly forbearance? ”

Kosuke's eyes widened blankly, and a glimmer of light flashed.

"It turns out that you are the Hinata tennin who used swordsmanship to defeat the second generation of the thunder shadow of Yunyin Village!? Are you sure? Is it really you? And it's still a one-move defeat, you ......"

The speed of Kosuke's speech changed suddenly, and both Ningji and Ino were a little stunned.

"Uh...... That's just luck. ”

Ning Ci smiled, although it was very much like something that Tiannin would generously admit, but Ning Ci still couldn't do such a too cheeky thing.

"Don't be humble, don't be modest! Master! ”

Gusuke hurriedly shouted, and then said: "You accept me as an apprentice, I worship you as a teacher!" I want to learn swordsmanship from you! ”

Ning Ci was a little embarrassed, although he didn't give any tasks in the doorway, but when he was temporarily in the limelight here, he didn't think about it yet.

Instead, Ino smiled lightly and looked at Ning Ci meaningfully.

Ning Ci was stunned, and vaguely remembered that after Ning Ci had asked the sixty-year-old Kosuke for swordsmanship before, Kosuke talked about the sporadic fragments of how he had learned swordsmanship with Hinata Tiannin.

It is said that the time was short, but for him, there was a great inspiration for swordsmanship......

"Brother Tiannin, I am an orphan and have lost my parents since I was a child. Becoming a ninja was decided halfway, just to protect yourself. To this day, I don't have any relatives and friends of my own, I have been living here alone, it was the second Hokage who took me in, and swordsmanship is a talisman skill that my parents left for me, I don't want to lose this skill, please ...... Teach me swordsmanship! ”

Seeing that Gu Jie had already knelt down, Ning Ci was not in a dilemma, and only chuckled: "Get up, I'll teach you swordsmanship, but you don't need to call me master." You just have to remember that my name is Hinata Tenshinobi. ”

Kosuke raised his head in emotion, stared blankly at Ning Ci's eyes, and the two looked at each other.

Only at this moment, Kosuke completely remembered Ning Ci's gentle and indifferent gaze.

So, from this day on, Kosuke learned swordsmanship from Ningji.

And Ning Ci also added some fun to this boring life, but what he taught to Gu Jie was naturally some basic swordsmanship.

Life here is peaceful, and the three of them occasionally go into the back mountains to hunt, and the rabbits and fish they catch are cooked by Ino and enjoyed a big meal together in the evening.

And it is very stable here, there is a jungle of Konoha in the back, and there are a lot of Konoha in front of it, basically in the right time and place, and Ning Ci was able to sleep a lot of peace.

One day, gradually into the night.

"Woooo

Little by little, the phantom of the sword retracted, and Kosuke struggled to control his breathing, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Great, the sword technique of Konoha Liuliu is getting more and more perfect, and this is inseparable from the skills given to me by the predecessors of Tiannin!"

Gu Jie admired happily, and Ning Ci also put away the *** sheath in his hand and said, "Next, you just need to find this direction and keep practicing every day." One day, you will reach the realm of supernatural swordsmanship. ”

"I ...... Are you sure? Can I do it? ”

Kosuke is looking forward to it.

Ning Ci chuckled: "Of course, as long as you insist." It's getting late, let's take a break. ”

At night, the three of them sat around the table and talked about the past.

"So, did both your parents go missing in that disaster? Why not try to find them? Ino asked.

Kosuke showed a helpless look, and his eyes were full of insincerity.

"No, no. In the aftermath of that catastrophe, the nearby Vortex Nation was destroyed. ”

"The Land of the Vortex?"

"Yes, our village is right on the border between the Land of Vortex and the Land of Rain."

"War...... It's a terrible thing. Ino muttered.

"There is no hope for the country of Vortex, and in recent years, it has been looted by nearby bandits, and it is said that there are still great powers that hire ninjas to kill them all...... Not long ago, the already sparsely populated Vortex Village was also ransacked by fierce beasts, and it is said that there was a strangely dressed person who appeared nearby, very ferocious looking for something, and the vicinity of the Vortex Country was already full of corpses. ”

This news woke up Ning Ci all of a sudden.

"Where's the news?"

"O villagers outside the back mountain! They had come to Konoha Village. It's been going on for days, and a lot of people in Vortex Village are displaced now......"

In the eyes of Ning Ci and Ino, they seemed to see some hope and determination.

At night, Ning Ji secretly decided that the matter of Konoha Village and the second-generation Hokage would be put aside first, and he had to rush to Vortex Village non-stop, where he might be able to find any clues he needed.

However, this night, I slept very restlessly.

When I woke up the next day, I got up early to go to the Hokage Building, and Kosuke Marushi, who rushed back, shouted as he ran, "Oh no! Brother Tiannin! ”

"What's going on?"

Ning Ci walked out, and Ino had just dressed up, and asked sleepily, "What, what's wrong?" ”

Kosuke gasped and said hesitantly, "The Land of Thunder and Thunder has declared war on the Land of Fire!" The people of the clouds and hidden villages, he, they have ...... A vanguard force has been dispatched to prepare to attack Konoha Village! ”

"War...... It's already started! ”