"How long have you three known each other? It must be hard to hide in the land of water, right? ”

The pharmacist led the way panting in front of him, but he did not forget to say something to show concern, which incidentally once again strengthened the impression that others were "very weak, very harmless, and kind".

After many years of espionage career, Yakushidou has mastered the mechanical technique of "repetition", repeating until he even believes in the role he plays. Although it sounds very ordinary and even a little chicken soup, this technique always has an unexpected effect at critical moments, and has saved his espionage operations many times.

"It's only been a few days. I just happened to meet on the road, so I simply acted together. But instead of hiding, we plan to travel to the Fog Hidden Village, find the Mizukage, and give him a leg up on the neck. ”

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue replied casually, and the answer was also half-true, but with his always frivolous tone, there was always a feeling that he was just talking casually.

[Go to Fog Hidden Village? 】

Yakushidou guessed: [Could it be that he is going to meet with the full moon of the ghost lantern, is there any plan for the water shadow? Or is it just a kid bragging? 】

"Hey, look at the way you pant, your body is too bad. Do you dare to call yourself a ninja? I don't know how you got to where you are now......

This short trek did not cause any trouble to the ghost lantern Shuiyue, which was in stark contrast to the sweaty Yakushidou.

Just looking at the disgusted look in the ghost lamp Shui Yue when he looked at him, Yakushi Dou knew that everything was going according to his imagination - the ghost lamp Shui Yue's wariness of him was further reduced.

"Anyway, how far away is the place where you live? If you continue, I see that you are the same as Ranmaru, you have to let us carry it on our backs. Let me be clear first, I don't have enough strength to do this kind of thing. ”

"It's just ahead, and it's coming soon."

The pharmacist smiled wryly.

"I've only been learning ninjutsu for a short time, so of course I'm not as good as you. After all, you said before that you came out of Fog Hidden Village......"

Then he suddenly remembered something and fell into silence, and it was very obvious that he "secretly" looked at the gray hair of the ghost lamp Shui Yue-

The kind of obviousness that I wish others would find out.

"What do you see?" Ghost Lantern Shui Yue raised his brow cooperatively.

"Some time ago, wanted notices were posted everywhere in Wuyin Village, and the one called the Ghost Lantern Full Moon looked similar to you. Plus what you just said......"

"What do you want to say?" The ghost lantern Shui Yue turned his gaze sideways.

The medicine man shrunk his neck.

"Don't get me wrong, I've said it before, I've always been more concerned about the Ninja Seven. Rumor has it that the Ghost Lantern clan was wiped out by Mizukage, leaving only the two brothers to survive. Since you look so alike, I guess you must be the 'Ghost Lantern Water Moon', right? ”

"Inquire so clearly, do you want to betray me to the fog to receive a reward?"

Ghost Lantern Shui Yue bared her mouth full of fangs, and her tone was full of threat.

"How is that possible?!"

Medicine Master's face suddenly turned bloody. This was the first time he had shown annoyance since he met the three of them, but he immediately retracted like a leaky balloon, and said dejectedly: "My parents and family were all killed by Wuyin, if it wasn't for the teacher to take me in, I would have been a corpse." Although I dare not resist, I can't cooperate with the fog and betray those who have the same experience as me......"

As he spoke, the corner of his eye swept quickly across the faces of the other three.

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue has no sense of identity with his own people, and the emotions that flashed on his face are not so much hatred as shame - a ninja clan that even learned family ninjutsu from slugs, or simply destroy it!

Ranmaru's hands hanging from Yoshiyu's neck shrank tightly, obviously touched, and buried his eyes in his bangs.

As for Yi Yong, his face was as numb as ever, so numb that he felt a little pity for him in the medicine man's pocket-

He made up a lot of tragic scenes of Yiyong losing his family and suffering a huge mental blow, and for the first time he was glad that he had lost his memories of the past when he was picked up by Yakushi Ye Naiyu.

Otherwise, he will be like this child, aimless, living in this world like a walking dead.

Numbness is just the most powerless means to fight reality.

Naturally, Yao Shidou's words were not completely aimless.

He believes that knowing that the three of them have "similar" experiences will further lower each other's vigilance and earn trust.

After all, Orochimaru is not there, and there are no other thugs in the base for the time being, so if you want to leave behind the ghost lantern Suiyue, which may be hydration and can be pervasive, it is inevitable to use some special means. Therefore, lowering the other party's vigilance is a very necessary foreshadowing.

Of course, Yao Shidou also determined the general experience of the other two by the way through their reactions just now.

This means that he has mastered the psychological weaknesses of the other two, and it is better to make the other party obedient without violence. At least, that's what he thinks.

"I'm sorry for the upset of people."

The pharmacist lifted his glasses apologetically, "But no matter how unpleasant it is, it will end here, because we have already arrived at the place." ”

The four of them stopped in unison.

The medicine man's hands were sealed, and the thick fog that shrouded him quickly dissolved, revealing the behemoth hidden inside.

Standing in front of everyone is an ancient banyan tree. Its broad canopy hung over the heads of the crowd like a heavy dark cloud.

Its trunk is as thick as the waist of two giant elephants tied together, and its bare thick roots resemble the brachiopods of an octopus, clinging tightly to a smooth rock the size of a small mountain, and digging deep into the ground along the gap between the latter and the soil.

"Sealing Technique: Solution!"

As the medicine master moved again, there was a movement that shook the mountain.

The roots that clung to the rock were like the palms of giants, and they carried the boulder up slowly until the bottom revealed a narrow entrance half a man high.

"Please keep up, the entrance can only be lifted for a few seconds, and if you hesitate, you will be crushed underneath, and there is no chance of survival."

The shocked expressions of Ghost Lantern Mizuki and Ranmaru converged at this time.

I thought judging from the appearance, the mountain-like boulder was the so-called "secret base", but I didn't expect it to be just a door. However, time was pressing, and they didn't have time to think about it, so they immediately followed the medicine man and leaned down and got through the entrance.

As the saying goes, "the beginning is extremely narrow, and only then can people pass through", after squeezing the wall for a while, the sound of a boulder falling behind him was heard.

At the same time, a pitch-black and deep corridor appeared in front of several people, like the throat of a huge monster.

Yi Yong only glanced at the shape and height and width of the road, and knew that this should be a "snake road" opened up by a large snake when it passed underground.

Glancing at the sealing runes on the walls of the passage, which were pasted every meter or so, he was really glad that he had met the Yao Shidou, the leading party.

If it was just the three of them, even if the location of the base was found according to Ten Thousand Snakes, Ranmaru would not be able to see through the entrance covered with seals through his red eyes. When the time comes, the time wasted looking for a base will probably be more than a day or two.

[Sure enough, is it a guy who is as afraid of death as Onimai Tsuji? 】

Based on the available information, Yoshiyo made a judgment on Orochimaru's personality traits.

It is important to know that the price of a Seal Charm is much higher than that of a Detonation Charm.

Orochimaru has spent a lot of money in order to keep the secret base from being found, not to mention time and energy.

Such a person will never fight hard with his opponent. If you encounter an irresistible opponent, I am afraid that you will choose to flee for your life as soon as possible.

Reminiscent of the record of the Ghost Slayer Team, the experience of the initial swordsman Ji Kunienichi "letting go" of Onimai Tsuji, and the various accidents during the Battle of Infinity City against Onimai Tsuji, Yoshiyong began to use the breath of water with all his strength to ensure that he reached the peak state of his body.

If he enters the base, Orochimaru is inside, and he must not follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and Zhishui.

He had to kill the other party as soon as he saw him!

Such a dangerous character must not be allowed to survive and continue to plague the world.

In the dimly lit corridor, the obvious sound of Yiyong's breathing attracted the attention of Yao Shidou.

"Don't be afraid, it's safe here."

Because of the lack of light and poor eyesight, Yakushi took it for granted that the change in Yiyong's breathing was a mental tension, and he did not notice that the almost materialized white qi was overflowing from between the latter's teeth.

[Finally, I am not completely numb, and I know that I am afraid.] 】

After a reminder, the pharmacist thought like this, [Otherwise, it will really be worthless. 】

The road continues to slope down into the mountain, but the slope is not steep, but there are many forks and twists and turns.

Yi Yong estimated that the four of them slowly advanced together for a distance of about two kilometers before they came to a stone wall.

After Yakushidou lifted the seal again, the stone wall slowly descended, revealing a transparent door, and at this point, the four of them finally entered the interior of Orochimaru's base.

The roofs here are not high, the lights are dim, and the walls are just made of the rocks themselves, which look rough and primitive.

[Really not there? Yiyong glanced around with a grim expression.

If Orochimaru was here, Chakra would definitely be obvious, and the Nine-Tails should have reminded him.

It seems that the "teacher is not at home" in the pharmacist pocket is not just talking.

Only then did Yi Yong relax a little.

"This is the lowest level of the base, and it is also where the teacher and I do research."

The group passed several rooms with closed doors, and the beeping sound of electronic machines could be heard from time to time, which filled the place with a rare modern atmosphere.

Medicine Master Dou couldn't see the direction, and the Nine-Tails flicked his tail and swept it over Yiyong's face, indicating that there were chakra reactions in the few rooms he passed.

In other words, there are other people.

"Didn't you say that you and your teacher took in a lot of street children? Why do I find it a little scary to be quiet here? Like a cemetery that hasn't been visited for years? ”

In the dim part of the corridor, the red dots on the monitor looked like the eyes of a beast, which made the ghost lantern Shui Yue feel a little creepy.

"It's late at night, and it's time for them to rest."

Yakushidou replied preparedly, "I was planning to treat Lan Pill first. Wait until tomorrow morning, and I'll take you upstairs to meet the others, maybe anybody you know. ”

As he spoke, he stood down, his tone a little hesitant, "Of course, if you must see them now, I can take you up too." It's just that if it's like this, it's more troublesome to come and go, and I have to wake everyone up from my dreams, which I can't bear to bear. ”

"Then don't bother."

The ghost lamp Shuiyue swept the tail of the nine-tails dangling, and it was considered to have received a "code", so he immediately made a decision.

"Let's treat him first. Always let people hold like a baby, Ranmaru you're also troubled, right? ”

Ranmaru didn't answer, but the somewhat shy expression said it all.

"Then please, this is it."

Yakushidou walked to the innermost part and opened a door, and the fluorescent lamps in the room automatically turned on, and everyone came to a room that was white all around.

In the middle of the room, a sophisticated machine, connected to a computer with a few cables in the corner, flashed with dizzying rows of letters and numbers on the screen.

"Please help Ranmaru take off his clothes and let him lie on the lying board of the machine."

Yao Shidou quickly changed out of his dusty coat, changed into a white coat quite professionally, and then walked to the computer and began to type on the keyboard.

Yiyong couldn't understand it, and he didn't look at it, and after making sure that the other party was not hostile to the Nine-Tails again, he helped Ranmaru take off his clothes, nodded to him, and asked him to lie down.

If this machine can really make Ranmaru take care of himself, that's not bad.

Yi Yong has also gone through the stage of powerlessness and knows what it feels like.

"We're ready, what else are you going to rub into?"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue hugged his arms and said dissatisfiedly to the pharmacist next to the computer.

"But you took the initiative to bring us here, what conditions do you have to put forward when we don't come?"

"No, I just wanted to remind you that this is different from the previous examination, and it doesn't use medical ninjutsu. On the contrary, the electrical stimulation brought by the thunder attribute chakra will greatly activate the person's nervous activity, and he may feel very painful. ”

Just kidding, this machine was originally created by Orochimaru to "torture" the brains of dead people.

When he invented it, he didn't think about how the person lying on it would feel.

Yakushidou took out the syringe from the medical cabinet and drew some liquid from the glass bottle: "This is a powerful medical anesthetic developed for ninjas, and after being injected into the human body, it can make you unconscious for a few hours. In other words, there is a complete loss of control over the body. ”

He squinted his eyes and whispered to Ranmaru, "If the treatment is successful, you will be able to walk like a normal person when you wake up." During this time, your two partners will be with you at all times. ”

"Yes, you can rest assured. If you don't wake up, I won't let this guy go. ”

Ghost Lantern Suigetsu also made a promise, but it is unknown whether Ranmaru feels relieved or not.

Ranmaru leaned on the table and nodded slightly, and Yakushidou leaned over and pricked a needle into his tail vertebrae.

Although the pharmacist still doesn't know what the limit of this child's child's childlike blood inheritance is, as long as he takes this medicine, at least he will not be an obstacle for a long time.

On the other side, Yi Yong could see clearly, the medicine followed Lan Maru's chakra meridians and circulated around, and the muscles wherever he went gradually relaxed, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep, and the chakra temporarily stored in his body was no longer active. But other than that, there is no other use. It's really just an anesthetic against ninjas.

"Now it's time to get started. I don't need to do anything, just set the values and the machine will do all the rest of the work by itself......"

The pharmacist confidently returned to the computer and pressed the enter key with a snap.

The next moment, the machine with two mechanical arms made a roaring sound, but after just two moves, the movement stopped abruptly, as if a person had been hit by the ninja's golden binding technique, and there was no movement.

"What's going on?" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue immediately asked, "It can't be broken, right?" ”

"Please don't worry, it should be out of power." Yakushidou immediately made a judgment.

"But this?" Ghost Lantern Shui Yue pointed to the electric light above her head that was still glowing with a suspicious expression.

"If this machine wants to work, it needs to use the special bioelectricity generated by the thunder attribute chakra, and naturally it also needs a unique power source."

Yakushidou said as he laboriously lifted a backpack-sized box from the locker, and then staggered to the edge of the machine, like an ordinary housewife carrying a large gas canister.

"What the hell is this?"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue asked, pointing to the box, looking like she wanted to touch it.

"A specialty of the Iron Country, a special battery capable of producing thunder-attribute chakras."

"Battery?" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue swished and retracted his hand.

As we all know, thunder and lightning are almost the only weakness of hydration.

He is not as proficient in using seven ninja knives as his eldest brother, including the Thunder Knife, and once electrocuted, most of them will turn into a mass of jelly mud that cannot be formed.

"Well, even if there is no qualitative change, the samurai of the Iron Country can rely on the energy generated by this battery to attach the thunder attribute chakra to the weapon in their hand, which is very convenient. The teacher also managed to get a few of them. ”

As he spoke, the pharmacist twisted the driver again and removed another battery from underneath the machine.

The battery has some scorch marks on it and looks even older.

"The original battery of this machine has been scrapped, and I have to replace it with a new one so that it can start properly."

"I see!"

The first time I saw this kind of ghost light of foreign technology, Shui Yue didn't know how to do it, and nodded again and again.

The pharmacist half-lay under the machine, did what he said, and quickly replaced the new battery.

Then, he went to the computer again, and after typing the keyboard, the machine was running smoothly.

The two probes, which were originally used to penetrate deep into the human brain, came to the top of Ranmaru's waist as if someone had carefully manipulated them, and pierced into the latter's flesh with precision and agility, touching Ranmaru's hip bones. In the next second, after the sound like a blower sounded, blue electric sparks suddenly flickered, and they swam around Ranmaru's waist like earthworms.

Yoshito stared motionlessly at Ranmaru's lower limbs.

As the electric earthworms moved downward, the originally extremely narrow blood vessels in Ranmaru's legs and waist were becoming wider at a speed visible to the naked eye, and all the stagnant spots were quickly unblocked. The oppressive, semi-sleeping cells responded to external stimuli in small patches and showed vitality that they had never been able to do before.

As Yakushidou said, he was indeed sure that he would let Ranmaru walk again.

"This ...... Won't scorch his legs, will you? ”

Looking at the thunderbolt lightning that hovered around Lan Maru's waist and hips, the ghost lamp Shui Yue was still a little instinctively afraid.

"The accuracy of a machine's computing power is beyond human comprehension. Since the computer judged that the current electricity was just enough to meet the conditions for treating Lan Pill, it must be fine. ”

Yakushidou shook his head confidently, "If the precision of this machine can be further improved, I can even use it to cure my myopia." But I'm afraid that in twenty or thirty years, the technology of the ninja world will not be able to do this, after all, the nerves of the eyes are still too delicate compared to the musculoskeletal. ”

Regarding this, Orochimaru replied with certainty to Yakushidou.

Better contact materials that humans can't make at the moment.

Although Dou also feels a little pity, but if you think about it carefully, the glasses on the bridge of his nose have a unique meaning for him, and there is nothing wrong with not being able to take them off, so he will no longer dwell on these regrets.

"And how long does the treatment take?" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue looked around curiously, "I don't want to wait here all night. ”

[It seems that this big snake pill is really not there, I thought there was a good show to watch, it's a pity......]

"The result of the computer calculation only takes four minutes."

The pharmacist glanced at the screen, "When I'm done, I can take you to rest." ”

As he spoke, he leaned down again and made a posture of wanting to remove the scrapped battery.

It's just that his body seems to be too weak, and the moment he lifted the battery, his body suddenly stumbled forward, almost slipping, but fortunately, the ghost lamp Shuiyue helped him.

"You're too weak......"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue didn't know how many times he complained, "Is this thing so heavy?" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm really tired from running around today."

The pharmacist smiled half-apologetically and half-gratefully, "Can you carry this thing with me?" It might still work, but it's just temporarily out of power. ”

"Such a small thing, I can do it alone."

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue slapped his hand speechlessly, causing the medicine man to take two steps back.

The latter's finger swept lightly over the shell of the battery, and immediately retreated, not humbling, "Then trouble you." ”

"Tsk, it's really heavy!"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue made a judgment as soon as he got started, this battery must be at least thirty-seven or eight kilograms, and he really couldn't move with one hand without the technique of Haoshui Wrist, no wonder the pharmacist was carrying this thing and swaying left and right just now.

(In the original book, after the ghost lamp Shuiyue was rescued by Zuo Suke, the use of the decapitation knife at the beginning also required the technique of the water wrist, which shows that the strength is really not good.) ）

It's just that he looked down on others just now, and the teacher was watching from behind, so it would be too embarrassing to cheat with ninjutsu.

So, Ghost Lantern Shuiyue gritted her teeth, lifted her knees and pushed the battery up, wanting to grab one side with both hands so that she could share the weight.

But at the moment when the ghost lamp and water moon grabbed both sides of the battery with both hands-

The battery, which is defined as "end-of-life" by Yakushidou, flashes with a bright orange-yellow electric light.

The electricity poured into his body like a crazy electric eel along the arms of the ghost lantern Shui Yue, and the whole person collapsed like a melted tin figure, turning into an unformed pulp lake, and he could only barely shout: "Brain West and Five (Teacher save me)!" ”

However, as he fell, the leaking battery also smashed into his liquefied body, constantly radiating energy outward.

In less than a second, Ghost Lantern Shuiyue had only one face left and barely formed, and all the other parts fell into a state of paralysis of inaction, and they couldn't even make a sound.

"I'm sorry, I haven't finished the development of the nature change of the thunder attribute yet, and if I want to make sure that I can keep you, I can only make this decision. But don't worry, this bit of power isn't enough to hurt you. You are an important prop for us to threaten the full moon of the ghost lantern in the future, and I will never hurt you. ”

The most threatening, the most likely to run away, the ghost lantern Suiyue was subdued, and the medicine master also changed his cowardly disguise.

He shook his white coat, and his body looked much taller than before.

After mocking the ghost lantern Shui Yue half-comfortingly, he turned around and looked at the other side of the room, who still looked numb on the outside, but in fact was probably frightened.

The latter also happened to take his eyes off the ghost lamp Shui Yue. Because the ghost lantern water moon really looks fine.

[Let him wait for a while.] To underestimate the enemy so much, take it as a lesson. 】

Yi Yong made a decision.

"You're the only one left now. But you don't have to be afraid, because seeing your blank look reminds me of my former self. In this crisis-ridden world, as long as you can meet the right person at the right time and seize the opportunity, you may also be able to get rid of this aimless life, and you will no longer have to follow anyone else......"

Yakushidou walked towards Yiyong slowly, step by step, and his style of speech was very similar to when Orochimaru bewitched him back then.

"Wait a minute."

Just when Yao Shidou walked in front of Yiyong and was about to make up the next key sentence, Yiyong stretched out his hand to stop him, and his tone was calm like a traffic policeman in the city of fire who stretched out his hand to stop the car, where did he look a little scared.

Yakushidou felt that something was not right, but he stopped.

"Nine W...... Nine Lamas. ”

With a soft call from Yi Yong, Yakushi Dou subconsciously looked at the fox above his head that had been napping and had never woken up.

The fox opened his eyes impatiently, and glanced at the medicine man's pocket with the eyes of garbage.

The latter only felt that an extremely cold current was surging up the back of the crest, and even the brain, which had been moving non-stop, tended to stagnate.

"What for?"

"You and my shadow clone go up there and make sure all the people who are still alive are located."

Yi Yong said as he spoke, and the seal was too lazy to tie the knot, and the shadow clone "tore" off the body like a falling printer paper, and ran out of the door one after another.

"Got it." Nine-Tails jumped lightly and landed on top of the last shadow clone to leave, flicking his tail and reminding: "That coward is my important little brother, just teach him a lesson, don't let him suffer too much." ”

After saying this, the Nine-Tails disappeared into the corridor along with the clone.

Only then did Yi Yong turn around and look at the medicine master who was really sweating like rain: "What did you want to say just now?" Now you can continue. ”