The place called the Toad House is much wider than the normal houses that humans live in.

The style of the furniture is not much different from that of a human house, and the only thing that is more unusual is the ingredients in the kitchen, except for vegetables, snails, beetles and locusts.

Seeing these ingredients, the corners of Jiraiya's eyes couldn't help twitching, as if he recalled some not-so-good memories.

If I remember correctly, it should have been when I was practicing immortal arts in Miaomu Mountain, and I was recruited by the two immortals of Miaomu Mountain with such ingredients. Of course, he didn't eat it, and just ate the rice.

Although after entering Immortal Mode, his physical characteristics will be partially transferred like a toad, but it does not mean that he will be interested in what the toad usually eats.

Therefore, Jiraiya plans to leave Myoki Mountain immediately after asking the Great Toad Immortal later, go to find Tsunade, and convince her to become the fifth Hokage of Konoha.

As soon as Jiraiya entered the door, the Shima immortals, who were busy cleaning the ingredients there, naturally noticed it.

"Just like that old thing said, you really came back safe and sound."

The 'old thing' in the mouth of the Zhima Immortal naturally refers to the leader of Miaomu Mountain, the Great Toad Immortal.

The two immortals of Miaomu Mountain have their own characteristics.

Compared with the Fukasaku Immortal with a calm personality, the Shima Immortal, as a housewife, has a violent temper many times, and often speaks disrespectfully to the leader of the Great Toad Immortal. Therefore, in Myoki Mountain, the status of the Zhima immortals is the existence of the strong side.

Seeing that Zilai had returned safely, the Zhima Immortal naturally thought that the prophecy of the Great Toad Immortal had come true, and the string in his heart was also relaxed and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"What an old thing, that's the old man. And the old man said that he would be safe and sound, so don't worry about it alone. ”

Fukasaku Immortal, who entered the toad house with Jiraiya, said a word, dissatisfied with the rudeness of the Shima Immortal.

"Am I wrong? Isn't he an old toad about to step into the coffin board? And, who knows if it's a true prophecy or just a daydream. ”

It's not that the Zhima Immortals don't trust the prediction ability of the Great Toad Immortals, but in the past thousands of years, the Great Toad Immortals have confused prophecies with dreams more than once, causing the Shima Immortals to wonder if it was the Great Toad Immortals prophesying or simply having a dream.

After all, after living for such an old age, it is inevitable that old eyes will be dizzy.

"Well, you two don't have to fight for me here. This time, I took the liberty to come here, mainly to find out from the Great Toad Immortal whether there was a new prophecy born, and why my Immortal Mode was lifted that day. Then again, what happened to you, big sister, that day? ”

He remembered that the Shima Immortal had been accidentally scratched by that weird red spear that day, which caused problems with his Immortal Mode.

At that time, there was obviously some kind of anomaly in the Zhima Immortal, otherwise his Immortal Mode would not have been implicated.

I also want to know from the Zhima Immortals what the reason for the lifting of the Immortal Mode that day was.

Only then did the Zhima Immortal retract his gaze at the Fukasaku Immortal, and then jumped in front of Jiraiya, raised his head and looked up at Jiraiya and said: "This matter is not too difficult to understand, if I remember correctly, Xiao Jirai, you can't enter the immortal mode by yourself." ”

"Yes, I can sense natural energy, but I don't do a very good job of absorbing and fusing these two things. In particular, the fusion of natural energy and chakra is the part I am not good at. ”

Speaking of this, he was a little frustrated.

This is also the biggest weakness of his immortal mode, requiring two immortals to provide him with a platform for chakra and natural energy to fuse into immortal chakra.

If he didn't have the two immortals, he wouldn't be able to enter the immortal mode by himself. Moreover, once either of the two immortals leaves his body for a certain amount of time, it will also cause the immortal mode to be lifted.

In other words, his immortal mode relies heavily on the assistance of outsiders to refine the immortal chakra, and he cannot be self-sufficient.

"That's the problem."

The Zhima Immortal glanced at Jiraiya and sighed helplessly.

"How?"

"Your immortal mode needs to be maintained by me and the child's father, once I and the child's father, any one of them has a problem, it will cause your immortal mode to malfunction. Therefore, after being wounded by that gun, it is only natural that the immortal mode will be lifted. ”

Zhima Immortal said.

"Can you elaborate on that, eldest sister? I still don't understand why I was injured by that gun, and the removal of the immortal mode became a matter of course. ”

Jiraiya looked at each other suspiciously.

The Fukasaku Immortal on the side replied: "Xiao Jilaiya, you have learned the immortal art of our Miaomu Mountain, you should know what the so-called immortal art is. That is the fusion of natural energy and chakra. If you lose a certain part of your energy, such as being able to use natural energy and not being able to use chakra, or being able to use chakra but not being able to use natural energy, you can't use immortal arts. ”

Jiraiya was thoughtful, and suddenly understood something, and his eyes widened.

"Fukasaku Boss, what do you mean?"

The faces of the Fukasaku Immortal and the Zhima Immortal were heavy.

Zhima Immortal nodded, and said with a solemn expression: "You guessed right, after I was injured in the palm of my hand by that weird red spear that day, the chakra in my body immediately fell into a 'sleep' state, in that case, I could only use natural energy to fight, and I couldn't use chakra." ”

There is no way to use the chakra, which means that in the case of using natural energy alone, it is impossible to fuse into the immortal chakra and cast the immortal art.

And the immortal mode of Jiraiya relies on the two immortals to launch, because the basic balance of refining and fusing the immortal chakra, Jiraiya does very poorly, so it takes the two immortals to work together to complete the immortal mode.

As a result, the chakra system of the Shima Immortals fell into a state of 'sleep', and the immortal systems of the two immortals could not be balanced, which affected the immortal mode of Jiraiya, and also entered a state of imbalance and chaos.

The two immortals jointly refine the immortal chakra, which is the first prerequisite for Jiraiya to enter the immortal mode, once the unexpected factor is inserted into this condition, it means that the immortal mode has failed.

"I didn't expect it to be like this...... In other words, the ability of that gun will briefly 'disappear' the chakra in the creature's body, right? ”

Jiraiya asked.

The Zhima Immortal shook his head and replied: "Yes and no, if the 'poison' that killed the chakra cannot be taken out of the body within forty-eight hours, then the chakra system in the body will be completely destroyed, and the chakra will not be able to be used for the rest of your life." ”

After hearing this, I was shocked to destroy the human chakra system and not be able to use the chakra for the rest of my life?

This ability is simply unheard of.

In the ninja world, there are not no techniques created for chakra, for example, some ninjas can use sealing techniques to seal chakras in the human body, or through techniques, absorb the enemy's chakra and use it for their own use.

However, the ability to 'kill' Chakra, or to kill permanently, is the first time I've heard of it.

This ability is far more terrifying than the ability to seal and absorb chakra.

"So, big sister, ...... you now"

Jiraiya asked worriedly.

"You don't have to worry about this, the 'virus' in the child's body that can kill chakra has been extracted by the eldest master with the immortal power of the immortal talisman. However, this is what the great master's immortal talisman can do, and if you are an outsider, I am afraid it will be difficult to extract this 'virus' from the human body. ”

Fukasaku Immortal explained, reassuring Jiraiya.

As he spoke, the Shima Immortal had already walked into the inner room, and when he came out, he held a small reddish-brown clay pot in his hand and put it in front of Jiraiya.

Jiraiya looked at the reddish-brown clay pot and asked, "What is this?" ”

"It's something that came out of my body and has been stored inside. You take Konoha back later, and hand it over to the specialized personnel there to study, if you don't crack this 'virus' substance that destroys Chakra, not only your immortal mode, but all ninjas who use the Chakra system will still be defeated. ”

The Zhima Immortal solemnly admonished Zilaiya.

Jiraiya nodded seriously and took the clay pot from the hand of the Shima Immortal.

"I know, big sister, I'll take Konoha back and find someone to crack it."

"Well, don't bother to meet the old thing, and when we're done with things, remember to come back and taste the lunch I made myself." Okay, let's go cook first. ”

The Zhima immortal enthusiastically jumped away and went to the kitchen to start working.

Jiraiya looked at the ingredients carefully selected by the Shima Immortals, and just seeing the locusts and snails wriggling, he had no appetite at all.

After seeing the big toad immortal later, Zilai was ready to flee in the wilderness.

Then, the Fukasaku Immortal took Jiraiya to meet the Great Toad Immortal.

The place where the Great Toad Immortal lives is located in the hinterland of Miaomu Mountain, and the surrounding natural energy is also extremely rich, and as soon as Jiraiya steps into the land here, the body's sense of natural energy becomes clearer and clearer.

In the vast hall, as soon as Jiraiya entered it, he could see the incredibly large chaise longue in front of him, and an equally large old toad with a pipe in his mouth sitting idly.

The huge old toad closed its eyes and pretended to sleep on the chaise longue, and circles of smoke were puffed out of the pipe, making the hall become a cloud of smoke, like a fairyland.

"Sir, I've brought me here."

The Fukasaku Immortal jumped to the high platform under the right hand of the Great Toad Immortal and shouted vigorously in the ear of the Great Toad Immortal.

"Hmm......"

The smoke ring was still spitting happily, but the big toad immortal opened his eyes from the fake sleep under the shouting of the Fukasaku immortal, lowered his eyebrows, and naturally saw Jiraiya standing below.

"Oh, it's Xiao Jiraiya, I didn't expect you to come here so soon, did you come here for the prophesied thing?"

The Great Toad Immortal seemed to see through the deep worries in Jiraiya's heart.

Jiraiya stepped forward slightly and nodded with a heavy face.

"That's right, Great Toad Immortal, I want to ask, has the outcome of the prophecy about the future of the ninja world not changed?"

The Great Toad Immortal has made a prediction in the past that in the near future, unprecedented turmoil will break out, and death and war will burn the entire world. All ninja systems, including Konoha, will be destroyed.

This is something that I can't stand anymore.

Because this is the order that our ancestors spent countless hours and painstaking efforts to establish.

If such an order is lost, the civilization of the ninja world is likely to enter a new Warring States era, and it will not only be ninjas who will suffer at that time, but even innocent civilians will not be spared.

"Hmm...... As I see the future now, nothing has changed. You can also see it, the power that can cause chaos in the ninja world, after years of hidden dormancy, has now formed a huge scale ......"

The words of the big toad immortal made Zilai feel the same way.

Because of the rise of the country of ghosts, the situation in the ninja world has indeed become unstable, and the country of wind is just an introduction, and the country of ghosts is in the dark, and I'm afraid it is still planning the rest of the conspiracy.

Now there is only one important opportunity left from the future predicted by the Great Toad Immortal.

Once the conditions of the opportunity are met, it means that the order created by our ancestors will no longer exist.

"So, Great Toad Immortal, how can we prevent such a result from happening?"

Jiraiya asked.

"Finding the Child of Prophecy, this may be the only way to save the world, as for the identity of the Child of Prophecy, the prophecy only hinted at it slightly."

The Great Toad Immortal was silent for a moment and said to Jiraiya.

"Hint?"

Jiraiya blinked.

"That's right...... The blue-eyed boy laughs and frolicks with the beast...... This is the scenario in the prophecy. ”

Blue-eyed teenagers frolicking with wild beasts?

Jiraiya was slightly stunned, then frowned, pondered, and pondered the meaning of this sentence.

But no matter how you think about it, you can't figure out the connection.

"This is the future you are going to face, to guide the children of prophecy right, to save the world...... And ......"

The Great Toad Immortal paused.

"And what?"

Faced with Jiraiya's continued questioning, the big toad immortal still replied unhurriedly:

"In addition, in the depths of the ninja world, there is another huge darkness brewing in secret, Konoha ...... It is likely that the fate of destruction will be borne in advance......"

Konoha ...... Destroy it early?

Hearing this, Jiraiya and Fukasaku Immortal were shocked on their faces, and they looked at the Great Toad Immortal in disbelief, and their eyes widened.

With half-opened eyes, staring at Jiraiya's sluggish and restless face, the big toad immortal finally slowly spat out a sentence:

"I don't know who that person is, but he'...... Calling Yourself 'God'! ”

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly fell into a dead silence.

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Chakra flowed on the air barrier like an electronic pattern, and then activated the mechanism, and on the colorless and transparent air barrier, a door was immediately opened from the void to make it easy for people to enter.

Inside, Kazuhime saw that in the depths of the workshop, a boy about the same age as himself was lying on a huge strange machine, holding a tool of no unknown purpose, where he was adjusting his performance.

The other party wears a black-framed monocle of round glasses on the left eye, and a blue technician's costume is draped on the outside, and his immature face reveals a serious color, as if he has a strong attachment and interest in the work in front of him.

Kazuhime recognized that the boy was adjusting something that was supposed to be a militarized weapon called an armored car.

It has metal tracks, and a large-caliber barrel made of steel.

However, due to the fact that it is in the research and development stage, it did not have a chance to appear in the previous Wind Country War.

The convenience of this weapon is that even ordinary people can sit inside and control it, but it has a destructive ability that would shock even ordinary ninjas.

Of course, this weapon has a very considerable destructive ability to attack stake-like buildings. But if it is against a ninja with high mobility, the lethality is not enough. Unless a large area of fire is covered, so that the ninjas have no way to escape.

No matter how high the firepower is, if the mobility is insufficient and it can't hit the enemy's body, it won't have much effect.

This is more of a symbolic force of existence as a deterrent than a kill.

Even so, it is convenient for ordinary people to control, and it will indeed have some impact on the ninja market.

Unlike today's major powers, the military power of the Oni Country is not only dependent on the ninjas themselves, but also as part of strengthening their military power by creating these 'foreign objects'.

It is the path where ninjas and science go hand in hand.

"Brother, you really have a soft spot for these iron toys."

Kazuhime walked not far from the armored car, raised his head, and shouted to Asuka lying on top of the armored car.

Only then did he notice that there was a guest in his workshop, and Uchiha Asuka also looked very surprised, pushed the monocle on his left eye, and smiled at Kazuhime.

"Long time no see, Ichikahime, when did you come back?"

Asuka is also very happy about Kazuhime's arrival.

"Just got back from Konoha."

Kazuhime replied.

Asuka said in a puzzled tone: "Konoha? Didn't you study in the fog? ”

"When I came back from the fog, I was immediately arranged by the old man to go to Konoha on a business trip, and I went there to get back the things that belonged to the Uchiha."

Kazuhime explained.

"That's right."

Asuka was not very interested in responding.

He didn't have much interest in war and politics, he was only interested in the disassembled and patchwork 'toys' in front of him.

As for what these 'toys' will be used for, what will be used in the future, it is not something he has to think about.

"Is that what you do here?"

Kazuhime walked over and kicked the armored car, and then heard a loud thud from the armored car, which began to vibrate.

"Hmm!"

Asuka trembled as well, and rolled off the armored vehicle inattention.

"Uh...... Sorry, I didn't expect this thing to be so light. ”

Kazuhime watched Asuka roll down from the armored car in embarrassment because of his own operational error, touched his nose, and began to apologize.

"You kick lightly, this thing isn't as strong as you think."

Asuka reminded me depressedly.

Although the hardness of the armored car is difficult for ordinary people to leave a mark on it even if they take a sharp kunai, but for a powerful ninja like Kazuhime, its practical physical skills can be easily destroyed.

Therefore, once Kazuhime uses chakra and natural energy, even if it is an invulnerable armored vehicle, it will naturally appear extremely 'light'.

"At best, this kind of thing can only scare ordinary people, but if it's a ninja like my mother, after turning on Susanoo, you can cut off a row with one knife, it's just a show."

Kazuhime made such an assessment.

Asuka did not object to this, but nodded thoughtfully.

"You're right, that's the temporary limitation of this industrial weapon, it's a bit bulky compared to ninjutsu. Many places are inflexible and subject to topography. However, if we can continue to improve, we may be able to play a huge role in the war in the future. And ......"

With that, Asuka walked to the side of the workbench, picked up something from there, and put it in front of Kazuhime.

"It's ...... Flintlock pistols? ”

Kazuhime looked at this short gun, which was much more delicate than the kunai gun, and recognized that this was a flintlock pistol that few countries in the current ninja world would use.

Especially with the rise of ninjas, such weapons were popular for a while in the early years, and then they were abandoned.

"The kunai gun of our ghost country was developed based on the empty country of the past. Especially on the basis of the Kunai no gun in the country of the sky, it attaches the wind attribute chakra, which increases speed and penetration. For today's ninjas, kunai guns can enrich their means of opposing enemies. This is a new weapon developed thanks to the mind of Mr. Pianqi. ”

Asuka said earnestly.

The 'Katachi Sensei' he refers to is a senior technician who belongs to the military of the Oni no Kuni, and many people respectfully call him Dr. Katachi, who teaches Asuka to make 'toys'.

To Dr. Pianqi, Asuka has great respect for him.

The current industrial weapons of the Oni Country, including the steel battleships that sail the seas, are all due to Dr. Katachi.

The kunai gun is just a trivial achievement of Dr. Pianqi's transformation.

But it is this small weapon that greatly armes the ninja power of the Oni no Kuni.

"I know that, so what?"

Kazuhime asked.

Dr. Katachi has contributed immensely to the military development of the Oni Country, and even Kazuhime respects and values such top-notch technical talents.

"The limitations of the kun no gun, even if the volume is compressed, it is actually not easy to carry, and it is not easy to hide, and you need to hang it on your body. Therefore, as soon as the enemy becomes alert, the offensive ability decreases. But the flintlock pistol is different, its size is relatively small, it is easy to hide, and it can catch the enemy by surprise. ”

"However, the lethality of this weapon is very low."

"So, I improved this gun a little, and based on the inspiration of Mr. Katachi-sensei's transformation of the kunai gun, for example, when firing the kunai, the chakra attribute is attached to it to increase the power. That's why I made some special bullets as well. Kazuhime, are you going to give it a try? ”

Asuka looked at Kazuhime expectantly.

Kazuhime raised an eyebrow, hesitated for a moment, but nodded in agreement, from the short flintlock pistol in Asuka's hand.

After holding the gun, Kazuhime asked again, "What are you going to do next?" ”

"Come here, there are targets that can be used for experiments."

Asuka took Kazuhime to another part of the workshop, where there was a simple training ground, and a few wooden targets were marked ten meters away from Kazuhime.

Asuka pulled out a small tin box from his pocket, and when he opened it, there were five round metal projectiles of different colors.

Taking out the red metal projectile from the iron box, Asuka handed it to Kazuhime.

Kazuhime took the red metal projectile, and clearly felt that there was a chakra fluctuation in this metal projectile.

Without much thought, Kazuhime loaded the red metal projectile into the short flintlock pistol in his hand, clicked, raised his right hand, and aimed the muzzle of the flintlock pistol at the wooden target ten meters away.

Press the trigger without hesitation.

Bang!

The sound of firing bullets was much louder than the sound of kunai guns firing kunai.

Almost at the same time as the sound of the bullet being fired, the bullet hit the wooden target and exploded with a bang, producing a fierce and fiery fire that devoured the target in view.

Kazuhime's eyes widened slightly, as if she was a little surprised by the scene in front of her, and she didn't react for a while.

"How? Pretty good power and speed, right? For ninjas who have no protective ability, it can be done with one hit. Moreover, it can be carried lightly on the body, and if the technology is mature in the future and can be manufactured on a large scale, the national defense force of the Oni Country can be further guaranteed. ”

Asuka laughed proudly when he saw Kazuhime's stunned look.

Kazuhime didn't comment, but continued to say to Asuka: "There are bullets with other functions." ”

Asuka nodded, took out a purple-blue metal projectile, and put it in Ichihime's hand.

Kazuhime quickly loaded the bullet into the flintlock pistol, and with the experience of the previous time, this time she pulled the trigger more skillfully and fired the bullet towards another wooden target.

The target exploded unexpectedly, but the difference was that this time it did not release explosive flames, but formed a thunder and lightning field where electric snakes spread.

It is conceivable that if an enemy happened to be standing in that place, he would surely be paralyzed by the lightning field that exploded by the bullets at this moment, and let others slaughter him.

Compared with the previous fire-attribute bullets, the thunder-attribute bullets fired this time are obviously lacking in lethality and destructive power, but they have the same paralyzing ability as Lei Dun, and in many cases, they can win by surprise.

"Can this weapon and bullet be mass-produced?"

After Ichihime tested the performance of the weapon, he paid attention to this problem.

"With the current technology, it is not yet possible to achieve large-scale popularization, and it took me more than half a month to make less than 20 bullets. It's not so simple to fuse the attribute chakra into a small projectile, and then ensure power and functionality. I'm going to talk to Mr. Pianqi later to see if there's anything else I need to improve. ”

Asuka thought for a moment and replied.

"Really? In that case, let's keep this 'toy' in my collection for the time being. When I go to the country of waves next, I might be able to use it. ”

"You really don't see anything at all. I've only made two of these flintlock pistols that shoot special bullets. ”

Asuka was not surprised by Kazuhime's barbaric behavior.

Who called this guy his sister?

Since childhood, he has been used to it.

"Isn't it just right for one person?"

"No, I'm going to give Aya a handful. After all, Mom and Aunt Ayane may not need such toys. ”

Asuka is serious, for a ninja of his mother's level, such a weapon can only be used as a toy.

"Okay, you shouldn't be busy next, let's go back to dinner together."

Kazuhime remembered the purpose of her coming to Asuka.

"Well, you wait for me, I'll go change my clothes. Otherwise, after I go back, I will definitely be told by my mother again. ”

Asuka looked at the dirty blue overalls on his body, and reluctantly walked to the locker room to change into clean clothes.