"Ranmaru."

"Huh?"

"You say, why does the teacher look up at the sky when he urinates? There's obviously nothing there, right? What the hell was he looking at? Or is there some other reason? ”

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue has a doubt that he is not good at asking Yiyong in person.

It's been most of the day since they came ashore.

Although this is only the second convenience of Yiyong, the ghost lantern Shui Yue still sees some rules.

After all, when a person urinates, his chin and the ground are twisted at a strange 90-degree right angle, and it is really difficult not to be noticed. It's as if Yi Yong is worried that something will fall from the sky and disturb him from releasing his body waste.

However, the ghost lantern Shuiyue raised her head and observed vigorously, and there was nothing in the air except for a thick haze.

"You ask me about this......"

Ranmaru looked at the hazy figure with his back to them in the bushes six or seven meters away, his little face tangled, "I don't know how to answer." ”

After thinking about it for a moment, Ranmaru thought of his past experience and added, "Maybe Yoshiyo is shy." When I first met Lei Ya, I needed his help in the toilet and liked to look around. In this way, I will be a little more relaxed, otherwise I will not be able to pee and I will feel embarrassed. ”

"It's very common for people who can't urinate because others are around, and my eldest brother was that kind of person before he practiced the hydration technique. I've heard that every time he went to the bathroom when he was in school, he would throw everyone else in the toilet out of the window until there was no one left. Later, it was because he encountered hard stubble that he began to practice knife skills hard, just to be able to go to the toilet with peace of mind. ”

The ghost lamp Shui Yue's fingers rubbed her chin gently, not caring that she had exposed the juvenile affairs of the Fog Hidden Genius.

"But I haven't seen anyone who can't urinate myself, and the teacher doesn't seem to be the kind of person who cares about that. You say, does he have something unspeakable? However, it doesn't seem like it should be at such an age, right? ”

He boldly unfolded his brain.

"You can ask for yourself."

Ranmaru saw Yoshiyu's neck posture return to normal and knew it was time to end the conversation.

"How is this possible?" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue spread his palms, with a proud expression that I am very proficient in human affairs.

"I haven't learned the most important knife technique yet. At this time, it would be terrible to know the secret that the teacher could not talk about. ”

"What's so bad?"

Yi Yong's unwavering voice appeared in the ears of the ghost lamp Shui Yue.

The latter was startled by the sudden movement.

When he turned his head, he realized that in a blink of an eye, the teacher actually appeared behind him out of thin air, staring at him blankly like black hole eyes.

The teacher at night is like this, once he escapes into the shadows, he disappears completely, and he is haunted like a real ghost, especially with the expression of the coffin board, which is really terrifying!

"Nothing, nothing!"

Against the suspicious gaze of Yi Yong, Ghost Lantern Shuiyue scratched his head and re-led the topic to Lan Maru: "Hey, this place should not be far from the place that the big snake pointed out to us, right?" How long do we have to go? ”

"I've been here here before with Rayya. Continuing to the north for an hour or so, there is the village where the Seven Ninja Swords of Misty Concealment were forged, and the location was very secretive. If Wan Snake was not wrong, Orochimaru's base should be in the valley about ten kilometers northeast of that village. ”

"It's that village. I've heard my eldest brother say that almost everyone there used to make a living by forging knives, and there were several world-famous knife forging masters. Legend has it that they were able to forge seven ninja swords because they secretly enshrined a legendary Kusanagi sword and were blessed by the gods. It's just that the Kusanagi sword was hidden by them, and no matter who asked them, they wouldn't reveal half a word. ”

At the mention of the famous sword and the famous sword, Ghost Lantern Shuiyue was extremely excited, "Ranmaru, your eyes can directly see through the mountain, if we look carefully, maybe we can find that sword." In that case, the teacher won't have to fight with people with that broken knife, otherwise it will look too cheap! ”

"Huh? Is everyone a village of swordsmiths? ”

Yi Yong muttered, and there was some nostalgia in his tone.

After the disbandment of the Demon Slayer Team, the swordsmiths responsible for crafting the Demon Slayer Weapon are no longer hiding.

A large number of swordsmiths moved into big cities like Tokyo and Kyoto with the help of the Sanyashiki family, and created weapons for the nobility, the royal family, and the wealthy to collect and decorate.

Although the life of the swordsmiths has improved, the forging technique of the Japanese wheel sword, which they have been proud of from generation to generation, can no longer be used, making many nostalgic swordsmiths depressed and borrowing alcohol to kill their sorrows all day long.

The steel mound that forged the knife for Tanjiro became a frequent visitor to the police station because he often drank and made trouble.

"It used to be like that, the whole village was obsessed with breaking knives and couldn't extricate themselves, and it was said that even a ten-year-old child could forge steel billets on his own, and he didn't know if it was true or not. It's a pity that after the four generations of Mizukage wolfberry lost their positions and came to power, they executed all the best swordsmiths. Since then, the Swordsmith Village has not been able to make good knives, and the relationship with the Mist Ninja has not been as close as it used to be, and they have to find other ways to make a living. ”

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue said regretfully: "Now they don't talk about building a chakra weapon, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reconnect the Thunder Knife and Thunder Tooth that was interrupted by you, teacher, otherwise I won't ......"

He won't go to grab Yiyong's knife in Yunin Village.

Wait, if they don't grab the knife of the righteous bravery, they won't know it.

In this way, the loss of wolfberry is not only not faulty, but even has merit.

Thinking of this, the resentment on Ghost Lantern Shuiyue disappeared a lot.

"That's right." Ranmaru added, "Being able to do some basic maintenance for the ninja knife is the limit of what the Bladesmith Village can do now." Most of the forging process was completely cut off with the killing of those swordsmiths, otherwise the Seven would not have such a high status. ”

"Wait a minute. I also know a lot about human beings, but the more I listen to it, the more I get more and more? ”

On Shui Yue's shoulder, the Nine-Tails, who had been napping, opened his eyes and asked Yi Yong the same puzzled question.

"How is it that in the rumors I've heard, everything this Mizukage does sounds like it's weakening the country? With a shadow like this, why would the ninja of the Fog Shadow still support him? He's not a character like the Thousand Hand Pillar Brothers, and it should be easy for the ninjas of a ninja village to unite and resist him, right? ”

Yi Yong gave him a strange look.

[I always feel that the Nine-Tails is a bit resentful of the original Hokage......]

"There used to be such an opportunity. But although Goji lost his position is a madman, he is a smart madman, and he has come to this point step by step. But by the time the Fog Hidden Village understood this, it was already too late. ”

Ghost Lantern Mizuki shrugged, "In the first place, it was because the Shadow Department directly under Mizukage found evidence that they sold knife drawings to Yunyin. At that time, the war had just ended, and it was time to recuperate, and there was no need for new ninja knives, and everyone didn't care much about the life or death of the swordsmiths. In addition, the evidence is very sufficient, most of the ninjas believe it to be true, and they have a deep hatred for Yunyin, so they don't think there is any problem in dealing with the Swordsmith Village, but they didn't expect that the loss of the position would be done so thoroughly.

"After dealing with the knife makers, there was another problem of casualties caused by the awakening of the civilian blood inheritance boundary among the people in various places, and the dark department came up with evidence to say that these villagers with the blood inheritance boundary were actually stimulated by spies, and it was necessary to clean up in advance. However, considering that this can reduce the number of excellent ninjas from the people, which is fully in line with the needs of the big family to ensure that they maintain their dominant position, they still sit idly by.

"Then, the 'spy' behavior became the high-level of the village, such as the owner of the previous generation of Jiaomu, the watermelon mountain puffer ghost. After these people were executed, the upper echelons of the fog who could restrain the big family became weak and powerless, and it also made each family act recklessly with the connivance of losing their positions, resulting in the increasing dissatisfaction of ordinary ninjas with them, and the contradictions between the families became bigger and bigger. My family was the first to suffer. When he decided to attack the Ghost Lantern Clan for espionage, there were still no outsiders to stop him, and those people were very happy watching the show, but they didn't know that the same thing would soon befall them.

"Until not long ago, all the personal shadows who lost their positions were replaced by his own people, and the high-level Wuyin leaders gave up their power to live in seclusion, and the major families died and scattered, and no one could organize enough people to deal with him. Losing the position can easily kill anyone in the village, but we can't even tell where he is, all of Mizukage's orders are conveyed through the Kaki Oni, and these orders are outrageous one by one, but they are all speeding up the death of the country. However, everyone can't even communicate with the lost position, let alone dissuade and admonish, if anyone doesn't obey the order, there is only a dead end. ”

Speaking of this, the ghost lantern Shui Yue looked up at the sky speechlessly.

"Frankly, we don't know what we want to lose our positions for a long time, and the motivation to consolidate power is not enough to get him to where he is today. The rest of the people either rebelled like my eldest brother, or they hibernated and endured silently, waiting for the wolfberry to lose its position and reveal its flaws, and there were those ordinary ninjas who could do nothing but be honest and obedient and save their lives. This Mizukage seems to have appeared to take revenge on us. ”

"In a nutshell."

Yi Yong was keenly aware of the key issues.

"In this country, everyone wants him dead, right?"

"So to speak." Ghost Lantern Shuiyue emphasized another sentence, "In addition to the master of this generation of muscles, dry persimmons and ghost sex." I don't know what benefits the loss gave him, making him so loyal, it's like a dog with shark teeth, and he doesn't have any thoughts of his own. ”

Ranmaru added, "Thunder Ya also said that the dried persimmon ghost is a diehard of the four generations of Mizukage. He should be the strongest of the seven. ”

Yi Yong bowed slightly.

Everyone wants Mizukage to die, which means that there won't be too many people in front of him when dealing with Goji Tachibana, which is a good thing and can reduce unnecessary casualties.

As for this dried persimmon ghost......

It is said that the dried persimmon whale he killed before was actually the patriarch of the dried persimmon clan.

The relationship between this dried persimmon ghost and the dried persimmon whale may be like the relationship between Shisui and his father in the Uchiha clan, and the two should be close in strength.

"Let's go."

He leaned down and picked up Ranmaru, who was leaning against the trunk of the tree, "When you get to that village, I'll find a place for you to rest." ”

If the village was still safe, he could temporarily place the ghost lantern Suigetsu and Ranmaru there, and go to Orochimaru's hideout alone, so that he would have a lot less scruples.

Ranmaru nodded obediently, his eyes bursting with a striking red light, like a searchlight through the fog, pointing out the best route for Yoshitoshi, avoiding complex terrain such as swamps and mountains, and not even encountering a few wild animals.

On the contrary, if there is no Ranmaru, an alien population like Yoshiyo will probably only get lost in the fog. After all, whether it is writing wheels or seeing through, there is no special attack effect on natural phenomena.

After about forty minutes of walking, Ranmaru prompted, "It's just ahead." ”

He looked ahead and made an uncomfortable observation: "Like the previous villages, the whole village is in ruins. Judging from the collapse of the house, it should be that Wan Snake has done a good job. Unexpectedly, he didn't even let go of this village...... Aren't you afraid of attracting the attention of Kiri Shinobi? ”

"Are there any living people in there?"

Although the answers given by Ranmaru in the first few times were all negative, Yiyong still asked as usual, for fear that there would be omissions.

"The village is so big that I can only see through the first half, and the second half is on the mountainside, so we have to get a little closer."

Yoshito nodded, carrying Ranmaru on his back, and soon saw crumbling earthen walls, scattered grass stalks, and debris exposed to the air in the mist.

The plain wooden tables, the crumbling dishes, and the moldy food on the floor all give a hint of the devastation that had befallen the village, which was supposed to be having lunch at that time, unaware of the great horrors that were to come.

"Last time I visited, there were at least three or four hundred people in this village."

Ranmaru's voice was filled with compassion, and Yoshito could feel his body stiffen suddenly.

"We should be in the center of this village now, you can see again."

Yiyong's tone was unexpectedly gentle, making Shui Yue want to experience this feeling with a serious illness.

"Okay."

Ranmaru cheered up, his eyes glowing red again, and he looked around. In a few seconds, the expression on his face changed.

"What's wrong?" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue noticed his change, "Is there really someone?" ”

"There is one person, but more ......"

Ranmaru swallowed a mouthful of spit, "It's a snake!" The serpents that spread all over the mountains were on the mountains over there. ”

"Where is that man?"

Yiyong's eyebrows pressed together and became sharp.

The only living person in the ruins, but there is also a snake with distinctive characteristics around them, could it be that they happened to meet Orochimaru?

"The man was at a shrine on the mountain, in his teens, and he wore glasses."

Ranmaru continued to explain what he saw, "And those snakes, not exactly on the mountain, but inside the mountain, like searching for something......"

"Orochimaru should not wear glasses. He's the only one here, and there's no need to disguise it. This person is probably related to him. ”

Yi Yong pondered for a moment, then suddenly stretched out his hands and played like a conductor in a symphony orchestra.

The surrounding fog rolled and gathered like clouds blown by the wind, and expanded backwards in all directions, revealing a large area of clear light.

Yi Yong looked around. It's a pity that there is no suitable place for Oni Lantern Suigetsu and Ranmaru to hide.

"Let's go meet this person together."

In the case that Orochimaru may appear at any time, the two of them stay by his side, which is safer.

In this way, Yoshiyo set out on the road to the shrine on the mountain.

In the shrine.

Yakushidou was holding a scroll full of ancient characters and comparing it with the charms on the altar of the shrine.

After a few days of hard work, Orochimaru's mission to get him to collect homeless blood stepchildren has come to an end.

Yakushidou came here this time to find the Kusanagi sword that was said to be enshrined in the swordsmith village.

On the one hand, he taught himself ancient texts through the scrolls in Orochimaru's base, trying to decipher the secrets on the altar.

On the other hand, he sent smaller snakes to search through the crevices of the mountains, hoping to prove his unique worth.

Compared to those children who have natural bloodlines, what he can do is still too limited.

When those children grow up, only a little brain can easily replace his role.

Orochimaru, like Danzo, will never leave useless people behind.

If he can't prove that he is special, the medicine master is afraid that he will not be far from becoming the food of ten thousand snakes.

"Hmm...... Here is the name of the Kusanagi sword, the Sky Sword, the Sky Cloud Sword, and the Ten Fists Sword...... I don't know which one is enshrined in the Swordsmith Village......"

Yakushidou was pondering when he suddenly heard a clear rhythm of footsteps behind him, so he immediately turned around, and his brain started like a tire spinning at high speed.

"Two footsteps, one heavy and one slight. I don't know if I got here by accident, or if I found out where I am. ”

While secretly analyzing, on the one hand, he condensed the chakra in his right hand, and on the other hand, he pulled out the cowardly and harmless smile when he abducted the child, intending to lower the vigilance of the comer.

Soon, the owner of the voice appeared. The Medicine Master carefully examined the comers, trying to judge their origins based on their appearances.

[A sick child who looks weak. 】

This is Ranmaru.

[This child's eyes are stagnant, and there is a high probability that the whole family is dead. With a knife on his body, maybe ninjutsu? 】

This is righteousness.

Yakushidou was very familiar with this kind of distracted face, and he had seen this kind of child all the past few days.

[It should be a wandering orphan in the land of water, and his body is still clean, and he should have just lost his family. Could it be that Mizukage has attacked which village again? 】

[This last one, how does it look a bit like a ghost light full moon?] 】

While he was looking at the three strange children, Yiyong was also scanning the pharmacist's pocket, but this person looked ordinary, there was nothing special, and even wearing glasses was not a disguise, but a real high degree of myopia.

And yet, at the same time.

A root ninja with Danzo's order has successfully landed in the land of water and is on his way to Orochimaru's secret base.