The ninja world is a cold place where you can default to "stranger = enemy", and this is especially true in the land of water, which is known as the blood mist, where all strangers and even acquaintances are natural enemies.

Therefore, after seeing each other's figures, both sides inside and outside the shrine naturally stopped their original movements, and invariably showed a strong look of vigilance (except for Yiyong) to show their caution against each other.

But in reality, they are pretended on both sides.

Yakushidou had no intention of making enemies with these three children at all. He just wanted to get the information out and see if the other two were within his scope of business, except for the little ghosts of the Ghost Lantern Clan, and then consider abducting to increase his performance.

And the ghost lantern Shuiyue relied on Yiyong's too strong strength, and didn't take the other party seriously from the beginning, only out of the consideration of reasonable performance, he turned around and pulled out the toothless chakra knife from Yiyong's waist, and pretended to block between Yiyong and Yaoshi, looking like the teacher's life was guarded by me.

"You ......"

Seeing the unsheathed ninja knife, Yakushidou took two steps back nervously, and when he made a sound, he was so nervous that he was a little hoarse, and he had to cough before re-speaking.

"Who are you?"

He held a kunai in his right hand, which was placed sideways on his chest rather amateurishly, while his arm trembled slightly, and the cold sweat on his head slid down his cheeks and then dripped down his chin.

Combined with his furrowed brows, and the wings of his nose that was violently dilated to soothe himself for convenient inhalation, the pharmacist perfectly explained a word-

Harmless.

And this is the first impression he wants to leave on the three volunteers. And secretly, Yao Shidou's brain is moving at high speed, analyzing everything he just saw-

These three people should be headed by Ghost Lantern Shuiyue. He plays the role of protecting the other two and is the leader of this squad. And this is also completely in line with his status as a descendant of the Ghost Lantern Clan.

Among them, the purple-haired boy who was suspected of being injured was the weakest, as if he might die on the spot at any time without breath, and should be in urgent need of treatment.

This is a breakthrough for Yakushidou, who is a medical ninja.

As for the godless little ghost, he needs the least attention. Children like him are very common in the land of water, and they should have lost their family and lost their survival goals, just following the ghost lantern Shuiyue in a daze.

In addition to being responsible for carrying the purple-haired boy, he also has to carry a knife for the ghost lamp Shuiyue, and there is a high probability that he will be a contribution. As for the squinting and napping fox above his head, it should also be the pet of the ghost lamp Shuiyue, otherwise it wouldn't be such a high-toed and high-minded appearance.

In short, it's a small role that helps the ghost light water moon.

[Let's not talk about the blank eyes, this injured purple-haired boy probably has something special, otherwise it's just a simple burden. 】

[Ghost Lantern Shuiyue is from the ninja clan, with a cruel personality, and has the title of 'ghost man second generation' in Wuyin Village, it is impossible to bring useless little ghosts with him just because of his intentions. 】

[So, could the purple-haired imp have some kind of blood inheritance limit?] The heir of the art of hydration + a new blood step-ghost, today's harvest must be able to satisfy Lord Orochimaru......]

Thinking of this, the pharmacist smiled smugly in his heart.

[Is this Orochimaru's subordinates? 】

Seeing the cringeking appearance of the medicine master, the ghost lamp Shuiyue looked back at Yiyong with some greasy and disappointed, [How do you feel so pus......]

He originally thought that he would finally have the opportunity to show the sword skills that he had improved these days, but he didn't expect that the other party couldn't even hold the kunai steadily, and suddenly lost interest in doing it.

[Probably just a subordinate like a minion.] 】

Yiyong ignored the ghost lamp Shui Yue's eyes and complained.

He stared at the pharmacist with an expressionless face, but in his heart he sighed at the subtlety of the other party's disguise-

If you only consider facial expressions, this glasses boy who is about the same age as Itachi performs perfectly. Every detail of his facial features can correspond to the content of the chapter on "Fear" in "The Hidden Darkness Teaches You to Read Minds".

Even if Fuji Fengxue is the best performance in the movie, there is a big gap between his acting skills and the person in front of him.

But through the perspective of the world, Yi Yong found that the young man, who was almost paralyzed with fright on the surface, had a steady heartbeat no less than that of his father who fed the goldfish by the pond. The subtle expressions, the cold sweat rolling down and the trembling movements are all subtle performances based on a deep understanding of the human body and the use of physiological feedback.

Thinking of this, Yi Yong reached out and tugged the big fluffy tail of the Nine Tails hanging down his ear, and the latter rolled over impatiently, his tail shook from side to side twice, and signaled:

[No malice is felt.] 】

Yi Yong knew it, so he didn't have the idea of reminding the ghost lantern Shui Yue to be careful.

Since the other party doesn't think about making a move, it means that they have other plans for their group, which is simply better.

If this person is willing to take the initiative to take them into Orochimaru's base, he will save a lot of trouble.

……

On the other side, the ghost lantern Shui Yue grinned with a mouth full of fangs, and took two tentative steps towards the pharmacist with a knife.

The latter panicked and stepped back, but before he could take two steps, his back hit the pillar rope that surrounded the shrine's offerings.

The feeling of a foreign body from his waist "frightened" the pharmacist himself, his legs were weak and he fell to the ground, raised his hands and said loudly: "Wait a minute! I'm a medical ninja, please don't kill me! ”

It is an international practice not to kill doctors in non-belligerent situations.

The knife in Ghost Lantern Shuiyue's hand hung down, and she squeezed her lips speechlessly, and she didn't even have the interest of scaring the pharmacist: "It's really boring, I thought I could fight......"

Then, he casually waved at Yiyong outside the threshold of the shrine, and he said everything: "Bring Ranmaru in, this guy is a soft-footed shrimp, and there is no danger at all." ”

was said to be a soft-footed shrimp, not only was Yakushidou not annoyed, but a fleeting smile flashed at the corner of his mouth.

For intelligence workers, being underestimated is a victory. The less wary others are of him, the easier it is to believe him.

Outside the door, Yiyong got the "instructions" of the ghost lantern Suigetsu, so he walked into the building with Ranmaru on his back, squatted down and carefully placed Ranmaru against the wall.

Yakushidou quickly observed the two of them, and keenly noticed that Lan Maru's face turned a little blue.

It's not like he's pretending. Ranmaru followed Yoshiyong all the way without resting, and during this time, he continued to use his red eyes to explore the way, and he had reached the limit of what his body could afford.

At this point, when he finally had time to rest, he closed his eyes and collapsed loosely in place.

All this was seen by the medicine master, and he was about to say something, but the ghost lamp Shuiyue once again put the knife on his neck.

"You're a ninja from Fog Hidden Village?"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue squatted down and looked at the medicine man's round glasses, "Why haven't I seen you before?" ”

[Stupid, easily exposed his origin......]

The pharmacist secretly slandered himself, but still behaved cautiously.

"I have nothing to do with Fog Hidden Village, I just learned medical ninjutsu from my teacher, and I can barely be regarded as a ninja."

With his back pressed against the altar, he kept repeating his identity as a "medical ninja", in fact, he wanted to remind Oni Lantern Mizugetsu that he might be of some use to Ranmaru's current situation.

In this way, the relationship between them can be further logically further and it will be easier for him to inquire for more information.

"Medical ninja? You, a medical ninja, what are you doing in this abandoned village? ”

The ghost lamp Shui Yue was full of suspicion.

"There's nothing that can't be said about that. Don't you know that the legend of the Kusanagi sword is enshrined here? ”

Yakushidou was very cooperative, and almost said anything, "This village was destroyed by someone not long ago, but the legendary Kusanagi Sword has never been found. I just heard about it, and I secretly came to this village to look for clues while the teacher was out, but I didn't expect to run into you......"

Hearing the words "Kusanagi Sword", Ghost Lantern Shuiyue immediately became interested, "Then did you find anything?" ”

Yakushidou pointed to the scattered scrolls spread out on the ground behind him, "Only these things are hidden behind the shrine's plaque." But I don't understand what is written on it, it should be very old words. ”

"What the hell are they?"

Ghost Lantern Shui Yue only picked up the scroll and glanced at it, and his eyes suddenly turned into a circle of misty lakes.

He looked up and saw that the "sacred object" in the center of the altar, surrounded by pillars and ropes, was nothing more than a large stone of mixed colors. At first glance, it looks a little different, but if you look closely, it's just like that, and I don't know why it's being offered here.

The look of disappointment was palpable, and the scroll was thrown back untouched.

"Since you say you're a medical ninja, why are you interested in the Kusanagi Sword?"

Maybe out of curiosity, Ghost Lantern Shuiyue asked.

[To please the boss, of course......]

The medicine master rolled his eyes, and suddenly remembered what he said in the information - when the ghost lamp Shuiyue was in the ninja school, he had always regarded the ninja sword seven as idols, so he opened his mouth and came, trying to narrow the psychological distance between the two: "I won't tell you the truth, although I am not a ninja in the fog hidden village, but I grew up listening to the stories of the ninja sword seven, and I always inevitably yearn for it, and I have always been interested in things like ninja swords......"

"It's just seven trash fish with seven scrap iron."

The ghost lamp Shui Yue didn't wait for the pharmacist to finish speaking, and choked disdainfully: "What is there to yearn for?" Only the frogs at the bottom of the well, who have never seen what true swordsmanship is, will take them seriously. ”

The pharmacist was speechless for a while, so he had to smile reluctantly, not knowing if the ghost lamp Shui Yue had something awkward with his brother.

Seeing that the conversation reached a critical moment when it could not continue, a voice from the other side of the shrine came from Yiyong: "Can't you eat?" ”

Yakushidou and Ghost Lantern Shuiyue turned their heads together to look, Ranmaru was chewing something in his mouth, and shook his head with difficulty, until Yiyong poured him some water, and then he reluctantly swallowed the dry food.

Seeing that Lan Maru was taken care of so carefully by the teacher, Ghost Lantern Shuiyue raised her eyebrows, and she felt unhappy for no reason.

But in the eyes of the pharmacist, this reveals a real concern.

[This purple-haired boy is really important. 】

"Is your companion hurt?"

After making a judgment, Yakushidou pointed in the direction of Lan Maru.

"What does it have to do with you?" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue replied angrily, not in a good mood.

Yakushi pretended to wipe the sweat from his forehead, "Well, I'm also a medical ninja, if you want, I can take a look at it." ”

"The best doctors in the land of water can't cure him, what can you do?" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue squinted and asked.

"Every doctor has his own direction of expertise, and just because other doctors can't do it, it doesn't mean that I can't."

Speaking of medical ninjutsu, a trace of confidence that could not be concealed arose between the pharmacist's eyebrows, "How do you know if you don't try it?" ”

"Would you be so kind?" Ghost Lantern Shui Yue raised her eyebrows, "It's clear that we've only met for less than five minutes, right?" ”

"Anyway, before you leave here, you won't let me go, the one who knows your whereabouts. So I think if I help you and play some of your due role, you will naturally be embarrassed to do anything to me. ”

The medicine master stretched out his hand to support the frame of the glasses, squinted his eyes as if he just said casually: "And I have always been soft-hearted, and I can't see others suffering in front of me." Maybe you don't believe it, but my teacher and I actually secretly took in a lot of children like you who wandered around and hid......"

Hearing this, the ghost lantern Shui Yue and the eyes of Yi Yong collided quickly.

Ten Thousand Snakes said that he had specially spared those children who had the Blood Inheritance Limit, and now it seemed that most of them were in Orochimaru's base.

What Yi Yong couldn't figure out was nothing more than why Orochimaru did this extra move.

It is necessary to use these blood stepchildren for experiments, and let the ten thousand snakes take them away together when they are dispatched, why do you have to "let them go" once, it will only add to the trouble.

"Ranmaru, would you like him to give it a try?"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue asked after thinking for a while. He looked like he was asking Lan Maru, but he was actually asking Yi Yong if he wanted to continue to cooperate with the other party's performance.

The big tail of the Nine-Tails shook again, indicating that Yakushi Dou had no ill will towards Ranmaru.

Lan Maru and Yi Yong glanced at each other and nodded, and then he said to Yakushidou, "Then thank you." Can you tell me, what's your name? ”

"Pocket. That's what helmet means. ”

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue took the knife back and let the medicine master come to Ranmaru's side.

Although he knew that the other party might be a potential enemy, Ranmaru was infected by Douna's kind and harmless smile, and his body involuntarily relaxed.

"The whole body examination will bring some slight irritation to the body, but it will not hurt, so please don't worry about it."

Ranmaru, who was lying flat on the ground, nodded, obviously not the first time he had been on the "diagnosis table", and he was no stranger to the process.

"Then I'm going to start."

After Yao Shidou reminded him once, the seal on his hands emitted a glowing green light, and the change in the chakra nature of this yang attribute made Yi Yong's eyes shine.

The operation of medical ninjutsu is too delicate and complicated, and without thousands of trainings, ordinary ninjas simply cannot be so proficient, but the proficiency of this glasses teenager in medical ninjutsu is comparable to that of the doctors in Konoha Hospital, which shows the diligence of training.

After the examination began, neither Yiyong nor Ghost Lantern Shuiyue disturbed the pharmacist.

The former has a deep gaze and moves slowly following the movements of the medicine man; The latter, on the other hand, simply cannot be understood.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that a thin layer of sweat appeared on the corner of the medicine man's forehead, and the glowing green light stopped.

"How?" Ghost Lantern Suigetsu asked.

Yakushidou hung his eyes seemingly tiredly, hiding a hint of surprise.

After the full body examination just now, he could at least be sure that this purple-haired imp named Lan Pill had some kind of blood inheritance boundary of the children's arts, and he was indeed the kind of person Orochimaru was looking for.

But correspondingly, Lan Maru's body is weak, which should also be an imbalance caused by the blood inheritance limit.

"In general, his muscles and skeletal cells are too weak to produce physical energy that can balance with mental energy, so his body always feels very tired. His lower limbs are especially weak, and he will lose control of his muscles after walking only 100 steps, and his usual convenience is also a problem, right? ”

The pharmacist held the frame directly above the bridge of his nose, confident in his diagnosis.

"We all know these symptoms, and we don't need you to say them again."

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue furrowed her brows, "It's asking if you have a way to treat it." ”

"If it is cured, I'm afraid the best medical ninja in the world can't do it, after all, this is a serious congenital deficiency."

Hearing the same trial again, Ranmaru's expression darkened significantly.

But the pharmacist immediately changed his voice, "But if he can walk like an ordinary person every day and solve his physiological problems on his own, it is not impossible." ”

"How?"

Yi Yong couldn't tell whether what Yao Shidou said was true or false by his expression, so he could only ask for more detailed operation steps.

"Medical ninjutsu is powerless against this situation, but if he uses the change in the nature of the thunder attribute to perform a weak electrical stimulation, it should be able to activate his weakened body cells for a short time. For ordinary people, this treatment is tantamount to self-defeat, but for him, it is just right. ”

"Then you're going to try it now, huh?"

Ghost Lantern Shui Yue urged.

"I can't do it myself. With the finesse of human manual operation, such a move will cause irreversible harm to the patient in any case. ”

Pharmacist explained seriously: "To use this therapy, it is necessary to carry out subtle electrical stimulation through a medical device newly invented by my teacher, otherwise the basic requirements of treatment cannot be met at all." ”

In fact, Orochimaru did create such a machine, but not for medical purposes, but as a "torture machine" that can still generate electrical signals in the brain after death to gather information. But according to the principle, Yakushidou thought that that thing should be able to solve the problem of Lanmaru's weakness in the lower limbs, so he didn't say anything.

"So where is that machine?"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue asked.

"My teacher has set up a number of secret bases in this country, which are dedicated to taking in orphans who are scattered all over the country of water, giving them food and shelter, and of course helping them to heal their diseases."

The medicine man tried to see the dagger, and finally led the topic to his true purpose.

"One of the bases, not far from here, has one such machine in it"

The pharmacist paused, with a tangled expression of "I also took a big risk to tell you about this": "If you are willing to believe me, I can take you over to try it." If you don't want to stay there, just wait until the treatment is done. My teacher isn't at home, and I'm alone, so I can't stop you if I want to, right? ”

Hearing this, the three of them exchanged glances and said an answer that made the pharmacist extremely satisfied.

"Then please lead the way."