By the time Gu Shanbushui returned home, it was already late.

Towards the end of the semester, Xiang Lian also wants to get good results in the final test to make a summary of her first academic year.

At a young age, not only has to work ninjutsu practice, but also takes into account theoretical knowledge, which is really a bit hard for a little girl who is more than six years old.

As more and more relatives of the Gusugi family are stationed in Konoha Village, Momiji and Xianglian's mother and daughter, the live-in nanny, the fishing fire that was later dispatched, and the Gusugi Bushui who occasionally stays overnight, the original small western-style building is too small.

After merging several adjacent plots of land at a high price and transforming them into attics with small courtyards, the narrow dwelling finally looks spacious.

In the middle of the small courtyard, there are stone tables and chairs and a small pavilion simply supported by a wooden shed, and the ancient cedar water that enters the door is here to rest, listening to the sound of the waves stirred up by the occasional pond fish flicking their tails, raising their heads slightly, looking at the stars that seem to be a little sparse under the bright moon.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of light footsteps came from far and near, coaxing the autumn leaves that had fallen asleep with Xianglin coming.

"A little reunion with old friends, until now?"

"It's been scattered a long time ago, but it's just full of alcohol, and I wandered outside for a while, and then I came back after dissipating the smell."

There are many magical secret techniques in the ninja world, and there are ways to quickly sober up, but it is troublesome to compare prices.

The amount of alcohol in Fusugi Bushui is slightly worse than that of Sunset Red and Mitarai Red Beans, and the ability to cheat is far better than that of the two female ninjas who have never seen the battle of wits and courage in social situations.

Since he has the secret technique of strengthening his sense of smell, he can finely grasp the state of his body, and through the micro-manipulation of pheromones inside and outside the body, Gu Shanbu Shui can unconsciously strengthen his ability in a certain aspect.

For example, it accelerates the secretion of alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, so that alcohol can be metabolized rapidly; Improves blood circulation and excretes directly from the body by breathing and urinating.

The former needs to consume a large amount of chakra, and when drunk, it may not be able to control it effectively; The latter has no side effects, it is simple and direct, but it will emit an unpleasant smell on the body for a long time.

"This isn't what it looks like for a while, is it afraid that Xiang Rin will smell the smell?"

"How can normal people like the smell of alcohol in the people around them? Even I feel a little uncomfortable......"

Especially when the ultra-olfactory perception is turned on, the metabolism is accelerated, the body circulation is detoxified as soon as possible, and the body returns to normal.

That's right, before Gu Shanbushui went home, he also went to the Myojin Pavilion to take a shower and changed his clothes before coming back.

The little one was also going to let her father guide her in cultivation, but after waiting for a long time and not coming back, she couldn't stay up and fell asleep. It's really tiring these days, ninja practice, it's really not easy, you have to work so hard at such a young age......"

"If you don't have talent, you must be diligent and can make up for it; The qualifications are good, and you have to work hard to live up to what you have learned. ”

Gu Shanbushui smiled and said,

"Of course, Xiang Lian is still young, and it is the time to lay the foundation, and it is not good to not have to overdraw the physical and mental potential in exchange for temporary progress, and it is not a good thing to be too precocious. After the holiday, take her to travel around the world, see the great rivers and mountains, and cultivate your sentiments, don't limit your eyes to a corner. Konoha Village is a good place, but it's still too small compared to the entire ninja world. ”

"Okay!"

Since he was born, he was inside the Gusugi family, and it wasn't until he was arranged by Gusugi Bushui to come to Konoha Village to study that he had the opportunity to see the outside world.

In the end, it's just a child, and the common sense learned from books and picture books has not been experienced firsthand, so it's not intuitive in the end.

"It's rare to get together with old classmates, the young master's interest is very ordinary, what happened?"

"It's nothing, it's a very ordinary little gathering, it's just being shown love, and then refused."

"Isn't that a good thing? proves that the young master is amazingly charming, why is he not very happy and regrets it? ”

"The identity is wrong, the time is not ripe, the Gusugi clan is different from the Konoha ninja."

After a few words of greeting, Momiji sighed slightly:

"The young master has a lot of concerns."

"The main reason is that the other party is not good enough for me to give up everything I have and fly with her. Family background, appearance, figure, talent and potential, personality fit, etc., and then consider the negative impact of being close to it, on the whole, the cost performance is too low......"

"The young master is also quite ruthless, and he measures his sincere feelings in terms of interests."

"What's wrong with that?"

Gu Shanbu Shui spread his hands,

"There is affection to talk about, but there is no emotion, so I have to talk about interests. As for whether there will be love for a long time in the future, that is a matter for the future, and it is too early to talk about it so much. ”

chuckled a few times, and Momiji, who was very satisfied, changed the topic and said:

"For Konoha Village, the young master seems to have a deep prejudice, must he distinguish between right and wrong?"

Gu Shanbushui thought for a moment and replied:

"We are great nobles, and we get along fairly well with the Ninja Village, and our past cooperation is quite pleasant, but the world is impermanent, and it is impossible to turn a blind eye to it forever."

The establishment of the system of one village and one country has just reached the fifty-fourth year, which is too short compared to the nearly 1,000-year history of the Gusugi clan.

The Daimyo and the Hokage are like the two ends of a seesaw, and they can still play one after another, but one day, the weight of the ninja village will be so heavy that the big nobles will no longer be able to hold it up.

When the time comes, either one side will crush or annex the other, or the strong will change the way and play by themselves.

Fifty-four years is too short, among the milestones of the previous life, it took nearly half a century to separate the victory and defeat of the Cold War, and the French Revolution also took 40 years.

Important historical changes are not carried out in a cycle of decades or even hundreds of years. It has only been fifty-four years since the end of the Sengoku period, and the competition between the Hokage and the daimyo for "jade" has never stopped.

The situation seems stable at the moment, and I don't know how long it will last, but ......

"No matter what happens in the future, even if the wheels of history run over, we decaying aristocrats must survive and change, and we must be self-centered, and we must not passively adapt to this new world. Even if I and my command are too powerful to be stronger in the future, it is impossible to really control everything by force. ”

In short, take the initiative.

If you really have to cut your feet to fit your shoes, endure the pain of cutting your flesh to serve the new master, and survive under the new rules, then there is really no hope.

Of course, if you really have the power to be close to God, some things will be easier to do.

Momiji quietly listened to Gu Shanbu Shui talk about the problems he is facing today and his goals, and after a long time, he smiled and encouraged:

"I don't know much, but it sounds amazing. Xianglian and I will try not to cause trouble to the young master, if there is anyone who can help, please don't be polite......"

"Hmm. As a family, we will naturally share weal and woe. ”

To put it mildly, it can't help much, and it's also a modest excuse. Without the Uzumaki people's unique bloodline secret art, Kagura's Heart Eye, Fusugi Busui would not have known the location of Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, Shimura Danzou and others, and could even attack at a critical moment to capture the body of Uchiha Shisui.

……

In the country of Sichuan, several figures wearing long robes and hoods to protect themselves from the wind gathered on a small hill.

"I don't have a clue about what the young master has instructed, and if I continue to raise it like this, I can't explain it."

Yasukawa Zaihara, who led a team of elites to this place to find the special talent that Gu Shanbushui wanted, and a genius child with red eyes in the blood inheritance limit, felt a little regretful that he had volunteered to come to this humid country to carry out a mission on the spur of the moment.

Although the total number of people in Kawanokuni is small, it is very large, sparsely populated, and the mountains are high and dense, and the transportation is inconvenient, so it is very difficult to find a specific person here.

The trouble is that Gu Shanbu Shui's description of Lan Pill is not very detailed, only that he is near the Golden Mountain of the Sorrel Grass, frail and sickly, with purple hair and red eyes.

For the rest, there is no accurate information.

Just when Yasukawa Zaihara was not in a good mood, a white-robed young man approached quickly and arrived out of breath.

"It's too slow, I actually missed the agreed time for the exchange of information."

"I'm sorry, Leader, there was a mudslide on the road, and the detour was delayed......"

After taking a few breaths, the visitor solemnly reported,

"The subordinates have a harvest, originally in several nearby settlements to investigate, passing by a small village, I saw that the local wedding banquet was being held, it turned out that a hunter gave birth to a baby girl, and was celebrating ......"

"Wait, you mean ......"

Yaskawa Zaiyuan's heart lit up,

"Perhaps, the person we are looking for is too young, rarely goes out, and doesn't even have an official name, so we can't find it?"

"That's it. The subordinates arranged for people to investigate the newborns in several nearby villages, and circled more than a dozen possible targets. ”

"Found it?"

"Before it was implemented, it was time for regular reporting, so it was delayed until now. In addition, I have too few informants under my command, and if I want to speed up, I need support from the leader. ”

A reasonable request, Yaskawa Zaihara has no reason not to agree.

Three days later, Yasukawa Zaihara and his subordinates went to a farm at the foot of the mountain, far away from the bare stone mountains where the villagers lived, and there was a thatched hut that seemed to be about to be blown down by the wind, looking at the children who were alone at home.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Looking at its appearance, it is still at the age when Yi Ya learned to speak.

According to nearby villagers, the child was still a few months away from being three years old. Half a year ago, both parents died in an accident, leaving this poor child behind. Everyone called him Ranmaru, but they had heard his parents call him that before. It's not clear if there was a mispronunciation because of the accent, and no one knows the real name anymore. He has been able to survive until now, and it is also because well-wishers see him as pitiful and often bring some food to feed him. ”

Sickly?

There is no one to take care of it, and it is not bad to live alone in this kind of ghost place, and not be bitten to death by snakes, insects, rats and ants.

This is a tenacious child, and the selfless help of the kind villagers in the neighborhood has also improved his survival rate.

As for most of the valuable things such as furniture and property displayed in the original home, this is a trivial matter, and the things outside the body can be earned again if they are gone, and it will be all over when the person dies.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be ignored, that is, his parents died in the spring, and it is now early winter, and the country of Kawanokuni is located in the south, and the climate is relatively mild, even if it is a child who has no food and clothing, he will not freeze to death in a thatched hut that leaks everywhere.

"Are there any other possible objects?"

There was no answer.

Yasukawa Zaihara sighed, stepped forward to pick up the child known as "Ranmaru", and looked at his wide eyes, dark orange eyes, pitch black children's holes, and a hint of ruddy in the middle, like the glow of the sunset.

"It should be him."

This is a very delicate boy, shoulder-length purple hair, a little messy, and a stained face can hardly hide his delicate face.

The villagers who came to take care of the poor child took good care of him, as for why he didn't adopt him.

Looking at the almost identical poverty around them, and the hardships of dying in the mountains at any point, you understand how difficult it is for them to feed a child.

You can't ask too much for the less altruistic, but crucial, kindness.

"Anyway, he's still alive, and it's a blessing to be found by us before the cold winter is approaching. Ask the villagers if they have any of their relatives, and if so, give a subsidy for 'voluntary training', and then sign an agreement, if not, discuss with the village chief and donate a batch of food and materials......"

These important children who were specially told by Gu Shanbushui to be retrieved are not to buy them back as servants, but to be geniuses who will really be specially cultivated, and they are likely to become colleagues in the future.

Therefore, the tail of the hand should be swept clean, and there should be no worries.

Holding this ignorant child, Yasukawa Zaihara immediately led the escort team to evacuate, came to the beach, and took the speedboat that had been arranged long ago, heading towards the land of fire.

At the same time, in the southern border of the country of Sichuan, the black hoe thunder tooth double-wielded the thunder knife, held high above his head, and led the thunder in the sky, roaring down, falling on the rippling blue sea.

I saw that the silver arc spread along the seawater, making the black shadow hiding under the water extremely uncomfortable.

Fortunately, these mermaids who were specially sent as bait were not ordinary people, and they drove the huge group of killer whales to exert force in one direction, setting off waves of surging slaps, blocking the second thunderbolt, and hitting the black hoe thunder teeth unabated.

The dignified ninja sword of seven people, naturally they will not be knocked down by this attack, but there are many underwater enemies, and they are very shameless to adopt wheel tactics, the front row was injured, and they were immediately dragged away, and the back row was connected.

Thunder's attack power is okay, especially if it can spread along the sea, and in this environment, the paralyzing effect is very significant.

However, the spread of the power means that the power is not concentrated, and many of the underwater attackers are injured, and none of them are really seriously injured or even killed.

After several attacks, the black hoe and thunder tooth consumed a lot of money, and he also realized that if he continued like this, he would not be able to achieve key results at all.

Looking at the rain clouds in the sky, wondering if it was a big game, a few sneaky people who were stunned, and the captives came to torture the information, and after fighting for so long, they couldn't even figure out why the conflict occurred, which was really embarrassing.