"Qing Shui didn't smile." Mai Trin seemed to have some regrets.

This...... You didn't say eggplant either.

And facing the two brothers at the same time, Qing Shui really didn't know how to laugh.

"Qing Shui's face doesn't seem to be very good." Fu Yue obviously noticed something strange about Qing Shui.

But in fact, it's not an abnormality, after all, I just rushed back to Konoha in the dust, and it turned out that there were a lot of things, and I didn't sleep all night, which won't be good for anyone.

Just when Qing Shui wanted to chat with Fuyue for a few words, a familiar chakra appeared in his perception.

It's Kakashi.

It seems that Watergate is back.

This was an agreement he had made with Kakashi before, and if Mizuto returned, he would immediately have the boy come to the Uchiha station to find him.

"I've got to go first."

"Oh? Don't you go to sitting? Fuyue warmly invited.

"If there's something urgent, I can only do it next time."

"Yes...... Fu Yue shook his head slightly regretfully, "That's all there is to it." ”

After saying goodbye to the Fugaku couple and Itachi and Sasuke, Shimizu quickly moved closer to Kakashi.

Sure enough, as he expected, it was Mizuto who had returned from Mt. Myoki, so Kakashi rushed to inform Shimizu as soon as he heard the news.

"Thank you, Kakashi."

"You're welcome, April Senpai." Kakashi left after completing this small task.

And when Qingshui and Watergate met again after a few months, both sides looked a little surprised.

"Yo, Watergate, you look a little haggard."

"You too, you don't seem to have much energy."

"I just didn't get much sleep, I'm just a little tired."

"I haven't slept all day, I'm tired."

Such a coincidence, and then the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Is Qing Shui here?" Inside, Kushina was tidying up the table, apparently the couple had just finished breakfast.

"Yes." Watergate replied loudly.

"I'll just tell you, he must have something urgent to find you."

Watergate soon realized why Qing Shui had come, so he immediately shouted to Kushina, "I'll go out." ”

"And when are you coming back?"

However, there was no response.

"Watergate?"

"Shimizu?"

When Kushina came to the door, there was still half a figure here.

The two slipped away faster than the other.

"There must be something to hide from me!" Jiu Sinai puffed out his cheeks, and could only reluctantly close the door.

The two of them soon came to the Forest of Death, and Qing Shui immediately asked straight to the point, "What happened to the predecessors of Jiraiya?" ”

"It's not going well." Then the water gate began to seal, "I'll take you there." ”

After a whirlwind, Qing Shui was taken by the Water Gate to Miaomu Mountain, one of the three holy places.

And the moment they appeared, all the toads, big and small, suddenly looked over, as if they were looking at some "cherished animal".

"It turned out to be Watergate, didn't you just leave, why did you come back so soon." It was Fukasaku who spoke, one of the high-level leaders of Myoki Mountain, and a powerful confidant of the Great Toad Immortal.

"Well, bring Shimizu over and have a look."

"Shimizu?" Shen was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized the identity of the other party, although it was only the first time they met, but the name "April Qingshui" it heard a lot of times, after all, this is the child of destiny that Zilai also identified.

"Yes, it's the first time we've met, Fukasaku Senpai!" Shimizu bowed and said hello.

"Is Watergate back so soon?" Shima, who was not far away, held a rice spoon and shouted, "I haven't eaten breakfast, hurry up and come together." ”

"Ah, I've already eaten it." Watergate did eat Kushina's love breakfast.

However, the clear water on the side suddenly made a "grunt~" sound, and he was indeed hungry after a night of hard work.

"Let's be together, then." Fukasaku said enthusiastically, "It just so happens that the child likes cooking, so you can try her handicraft." ”

"Thank you then!"

However, when this so-called feast was eaten, Qing Shui's face changed suddenly......

The smell reminded him of Kushina's dark cuisine.

No wonder Shuimen said goodbye directly just now, as if he didn't want to get involved, this was obviously because he had also suffered from the other party's poison.

"Why don't you eat the water?" Shima wondered.

"Ah, actually, I'm not too hungry...... Qing Shui quickly changed the subject, "By the way, what is the current situation of Jiraiya's seniors." ”

"What else." Fukasaku wiped his mouth and said bluntly, "It's dead." ”

Qing Shui immediately put down the chopsticks in his hand, and he was a little puzzled: "Didn't you say that Jiraiya's predecessors are now petrified?" ”

"Isn't that dead?" Fukasaku said as a matter of course, but soon he understood what Shimizu meant, so he continued, "Oh, you mean to lift the petrification state, right?" ”

Qing Shui nodded.

"For thousands of years, no one has lifted the petrification of Myoki Mountain." Fukasaku pointed to the stone statues of toads on both sides of the road in the distance, "I saw them when I first came, those stone statues." ”

"They used to be living human beings."

"Isn't there any possibility?" Qing Shui asked without giving up.

"If you have to say it, of course, there are ways." Fukasaku held his chin and said slowly, "Theoretically, as long as a large amount of life energy is instantly injected into the stone statue to neutralize those natural energies. ”

The fortunate thing in the misfortune is that he was also petrified in human form, so as long as he is released from the petrified state, he can continue to exist in this world in human form.

"The crux of the matter is, where do you go to get so much life energy? You must know that the only known people who meet this condition are Tailed Beasts and Uzumaki humans. Fukasaku looked directly into Qing Shui's eyes, and then continued to ask, "Even if you find them, who is willing to sacrifice their lives to save Xiao Jiraiya?" ”

Is the tailed beast willing to sacrifice itself to save Jiraiya?

This plan goes straight through.

The only possibility left is the Uzumaki......

It is really a slight possibility to find a clansman of the Vortex clan who is willing to sacrifice his life, after all, Qing Shui was the beneficiary of such an adventure.

But that meeting Qingshui was because of a series of karmic encounters with the other party that he had the last seal at the cost of his life, and now he is petrified in Miaomu Mountain, who did he meet by chance?

What's even more difficult is that the Vortex Clan, and even the entire Vortex Country, have already been destroyed in the war.

Their people are fleeing from death, and no one knows how many members of the Vortex Clan have survived in this world today, and it is impossible to know.

Even if it is a huge Konoha , only the descendants of the Uzumaki clan are left.

It's impossible to pay attention to Kushina, right......

In this way, it seems that all this is really as Fukasaku said-Jiraiya is dead.