"Deep divers?"

"Yes, Orochimaru-sama calls this creature a deep diver, although intuitively it looks more like some kind of fish-man, or mermaid."

"Wait." Loquat Shizang suddenly interrupted Red Lotus's words and asked, "Are you from Orochimaru?" ”

"Yes."

"Well, that weirdo..."

Loquat Shizang didn't know much about Orochimaru, but he felt that this man with a face like a snake and scorpion was very weird, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.

However, this comment of Loquat Shizang caused Red Lotus's dissatisfaction, and Red Lotus's cold eyes glared at Loquat Shizang before he said: "The Deep Diver is an amphibious creature, and its appearance is just like that depicted in this picture. ”

"They spend most of their time in the deep sea, with a few individuals occasionally wandering ashore in the middle of the night."

"The individual combat effectiveness of the deep diver is not strong, and with your strength, it should be easy to capture, but the deep diver you want to catch is not an ordinary deep diver, but a pure-blooded deep diver."

"Pureblood?" Uchiha Itachi asked.

"Hmm." Red Lotus nodded and said, "The race of deep divers is divided into pure-blood deep divers and non-pure-blood deep divers. ”

"A pure-blooded diver is a deepdiver with the purest deepcore bloodline, and the number of such divers is extremely rare and has never been found in the time I have been observing."

"Non-pure-blood deepdivers are deepdivers with human blood, and they are the vast majority of the deepdiver race."

When Red Lotus said this, the eyes of Loquat Juzo and Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but widen.

"What did you just say?"

"Are you talking about human blood?" Loquat Shizang asked, opening his mouth full of fangs.

Red Lotus was obviously not so patient with Loquat Shizang, but out of Orochimaru's order to assist, he still explained: "Deep divers can mate with humans, and they can also assimilate humans who have been in contact with them for a long time. ”

"It can be said that as long as there are human beings, it will be difficult for the deep diver race to be completely wiped out."

Loquat Shizang was even more shocked when he heard this, and pointed to the deep diver on the picture and said, "Who would want to do that kind of thing with such an ugly monster?" ”

"Hmph." Red Lotus snorted coldly and said, "That has something to do with your other mission goal. ”

"You mean the Dried Persimmon Demon Whale?" Uchiha Itachi asked.

"Well, the Dried Persimmon Demon Whale established an esoteric cult on the island of the Kingdom of the Gods, that is, the original Land of Waves, and called itself 'Dagon'."

"The Dried Persimmon Demon Whale who became Dagon is not only an elder among the non-pure-blooded deep divers, leading a large number of deep divers, but also using the influence of his esoteric sect to control a large number of ordinary people who believe in this sect."

"Now Dagon's Esoteric Religion is not only in the Kingdom of God, but also in many island countries around the Land of Water."

"They used sea-bound trading ships to carry out evangelism, with deep divers performing miracles to mortals, and then using the gold coins minted by the kingdom of the gods to bribe the ministers and lords of these island nations to legalize esoteric religion."

"In some of the more remote villages, Esoteric Buddhism has even become the local livelihood, and everyone will follow the arrangements of Esoteric Buddhism and regularly hold rituals to worship evil gods."

Hearing what Red Lotus had said, both Loquat Juzo and Uchiha Itachi had shocked expressions.

Loquat Shizang didn't expect that in the years since he left the Water Country, there would be such a huge sect growing rapidly around the Water Country.

And Uchiha Itachi was more interested in the so-called evil god sacrifice ceremony mentioned by Red Lotus just now, so he asked this doubt in his heart.

"Well, you're on the point."

"The Esoteric Church of Dagon regularly holds rituals to worship evil gods, offering living people to the evil gods they worship in the Esoteric Sect."

"That evil god is called Cthulhu within their Esoteric Sect."

"Cthulhu?"

"Cthulhu..."

Both Loquat Juzo and Uchiha Itachi repeated the obscure word to make it easier for their brains to remember.

Seeing that both of them had accepted this information, Red Lotus continued, "I once witnessed the scene of the esoteric sect members in some small villages holding the ritual of sacrificing evil gods. ”

"The good name is to sacrifice to the evil gods, but in fact, it is only because they exclude the dissidents in the village who do not believe in Esoteric Buddhism, and the people who are sacrificed are because they do not believe in Esoteric Buddhism."

"However, the sacrificial rituals in the kingdom of the gods are different, and the kingdom of the gods is basically full of esoteric members, so there is no need to hold frequent sacrificial ceremonies to exclude those who disside."

"But once a year, the Esoteric religion of the Kingdom of God holds a three-day 'mating season.'"

"During these three days, the kingdom of the gods will turn away all visitors from outside, and deep divers will land on the island on a large scale to mate with humans."

"And on the first night of these three days, Dagon, or the Dried Persimmon Demon Whale, will personally perform a birth ceremony for the hybrid of the deep diver and the human born that night."

"It is said that Dagon is praying to the evil gods in the form of a new birth and the continuation of the race, but I don't know anything more specific."

"And this year's 'mating season' starts tonight."

"You should know what this means for your mission, right?"

After the Red Lotus finished speaking, Loquat Juzo and Uchiha Itachi fell into thought.

Although through Red Lotus's words, neither of them could understand the relationship between the so-called Dagon, Esoteric Sect, and the evil god Cthulhu.

But this mating season is clearly a good opportunity for this mission.

Deep divers usually do not go ashore, and the individuals who do occasionally come ashore are non-pure-blood deep divers, and it is impossible to capture the mission-mandated pure-blood deep divers in this situation.

However, during the mating season, divers will come ashore on a large scale, and it is inevitable that pure-blooded divers will be found among them.

And on the first night of the mating season, the dried persimmon whale will also appear at the ceremony of delivering newborns, so that you don't have to look for dried persimmon whales everywhere.

So the opportunity to complete both the Water Country mission and the Akatsuki Organization's internal mission is tonight!

At this time, the two remembered that when they first arrived at the meeting place to meet Honglian, the time was already evening, so it seemed a little too late to calculate the time.

"Don't worry, their mating season starts late at night, and it's still a while before late night."

"You can't go out during this time, because the town controlled by the Dagong Esoteric Sect is in front of you, and you will only expose your whereabouts if you go."

In this way, two men and a woman sat in the small space of the cellar.

Suddenly, a gurgling sound sounded, and everyone looked at Loquat Shizo's stomach.

Loquat Shizang scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "After a day's journey, I'm a little hungry. ”

Honglian glared at Loquat Shizang, then helplessly pulled out a box from under the bed, took out a black pill from the box and handed it to Loquat Shizang.

"Well, this is the Soldier Food Pill."

"Ah, that's a big help."

Loquat Shizang thanked him, quickly took the soldier food pill, and was about to eat it, but his movements stopped.

Loquat Shizang was not worried that this soldier food pill was poisonous inside, but saw that the red lotus on the opposite side took out a can from the box and handed it to Itachi.

"Hey, how can he have canned food to eat, I can only eat soldier food pills?"

Red Lotus turned her head, glared at Loquat Shizo angrily and said, "Because you are disrespectful to Lord Orochimaru. ”

"For people who are disrespectful to Lord Orochimaru, you shouldn't complain that you can only eat the Soldier Food Pill."

"Instead, you should worry about whether there is poison in the soldier food pills."