January 1, Konoha 43.

On the first day of the new year, most of the shops in the village were not open.

According to the custom of the ninja world, on this day, everyone usually goes to the temple in the village to pay homage and pray for the safety of the family and the smooth work in the new year.

However, Xia Yan has never been very interested in this kind of thing, so he lazily nestled in the quilt stove, and played mahjong all day with Sanxiao, who won a day off, and spent four times as happy......

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January 2nd.

On the second day of the new year, the Fierce Shinobi Tavern reopened, and Natsuhiko also went to the town.

After the fireworks advertising on Chinese New Year's Eve, no one in the whole village knew about this tavern.

Many ninjas who come here are attracted by the new and interesting Ninja cards, and they quickly linger.

So for a while, the Tavern was overcrowded, and even fell into a situation where there were more wolves and less meat, and there were not enough game consoles.

Fortunately, Xia Yan took out the Fierce Ninja Game Machine, which was ready to open a branch and let No. 3 continue to build, which finally barely alleviated the situation.

It is worth mentioning that among these new guests, many of them are female players.

Obviously, they were attracted by the various cute Q version characters that Xia Yan showed with fireworks the day before yesterday.

It just so happens that today in the tavern is also the day when the sixth round of the ninja card - the Ninja World Heroes cartoon series is officially released.

The cards in this series, not only the card map, but also the projected image are also the Q version of the three-headed body, which looks cute and cute.

So as soon as this series was released, it was loved by female players.

And veteran players also said that after getting used to seeing the cool real style, it is not bad to try the cute style of battle.

Of course, more importantly, using the cards of the cartoon series makes it easier to talk to female players.

Then coupled with Xia Yan's combination of various New Year's gift packages and activities from the pig farm goose factory in his previous life, everyone fell into the madness of buying this tavern into bankruptcy.

As a result, the tavern's turnover reached a new high.

This also made Xia Yan once again deeply understand the meaning of the phrase "women and children make the best money".

At the same time, the addition of female players has also changed the pattern of the tavern's prosperity and decline.

Many members of the Matt Killer clan saw that there were so many more girls in the tavern, and they also restrained a lot in dressing, and their atmosphere was clear.

This was a surprise for Xia Yan, who no longer had to worry about his tavern looking like a cult meeting place.

The only pity is that due to the nature of the tavern, children cannot be allowed into the store.

Therefore, Xia Yan can't reap the pocket money that the child just received from his parents like another old horse.

Fortunately, he was also prepared, and he had already ordered a lot of plush dolls in the shape of cartoon characters, and then doubled the price tenfold and sold them at the door of the tavern.

Xia Yan wasn't completely cheating, after all, these dolls had been modified by him and stuffed with a small rune element that could vibrate and heat as long as the chakra was injected.

Therefore, children holding plush dolls are like holding hand warmers, which can be comfortable in the winter.

Even if they pinch the plush puppet hard, the puppet will also say various New Year's greetings in the voice of the prototype character.

So all over Konoha in the New Year, some strange New Year's greetings sounded from time to time.

"I wish you a Happy New Year!"

"You want to ...... too New Year's greetings? ”

"Nine-Tails, your strength is too strong...... Let's kowtow to everyone for a New Year's greeting. ”

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During the following annual vacation, in addition to going to the homes of the elders he knew well, Natsuhiko received Mito's lectures in the Senju Mansion.

Although it was a lecture, in fact, Natsuhiko and Mito were still discussing various things like last time.

After all, Natsuhiko has already walked out of his own path in sealing, and there is no need to ask Mito to teach hand-in-hand like Kushina.

In fact, with the knowledge reserve accumulated over the years of excavating the original runes, even if Natsuhiko taught himself the sealing scroll given by Mito, he would be able to master it sooner or later and gradually transform it into something completely his own.

So Mito's role as a teacher is just to provide some guidance to avoid Natsuhiko taking detours and wasting time.

There is also through small talk, to make up for Xia Yan some secrets that will not be recorded in the book.

For example, she is talking about the Vortex Clan now.

"Xia Yan, have you ever wondered why the Vortex Clan, which has a strong physique and chakra, obviously has a better fighting style, but in the end chose to study the sealing technique?"

Mito, who was sitting on the stone bench, looked at Kushina, who was practicing square dancing with a bitter face not far away, and said to Natsuhiko beside him.

Xia Yan also groaned slightly when he heard this.

He really hadn't thought about it.

As Mito said, most of the ninja's fighting styles are tailored to their own characteristics.

For example, the Hyuga clan used the soft fist to cooperate with the white eye, and the Uchiha clan used to cooperate with the writing wheel eye to practice shuriken.

And the Uzumaki clan, which has a per capita blood cow, should have been more suitable for a berserker style like Tsunade.

Or take advantage of the large amount of chakra, and it is not bad to be a ninjutsu battery.

However, this clan has chosen the arduous path of sealing.

It's not that the sealing technique is bad, in the hands of the whirlpool clan with a huge amount of chakra, the sealing technique can also exert a strong power.

But in fact, as long as the amount of chakra is large, no matter what ninjutsu can defy the sky.

It's like the god of the ninja world is not powerful Mu Dun, but Tsuruma himself.

Moreover, most of the people of the Vortex Clan actually have personalities similar to Kushina or Naruto, and they are very arrogant, but they are actually similar to the sealing technique.

However, this clan has been inherited from ancient times to the present, and it has always been firm in the line of sealing art.

Even in modern times, when the Onmyoji lineage that also used sealing techniques has died out, the Vortex clan still hasn't given up, and is even conducting research on the sealing technique to seal ninjutsu, trying to keep up with the times.

It can be said that if it weren't for the Uzumaki clan, the sealing technique might have been swept into the garbage heap of history along with the inheritance of the Onmyoji.

After Mito reminded him, Natsuhiko also felt that there was something unusual about the behavior of this clan.

Knowing the plot of the original work, he naturally had some speculations about it, and replied tentatively:

"Mito-sensei, it is said that the sealing technique was created by the six immortals in order to seal the monsters that attempt to destroy the world."

"Does it have anything to do with this?"

Mito raised his eyebrows slightly, covered his mouth and chuckled:

"Now most people have regarded this as an exaggerated legend, I didn't expect you to believe it Xia Yan."

Xia Yan shrugged his shoulders and said:

"After all, I'm a sealing ninja, so I naturally hope that the upper limit of this ninjutsu system is as high as possible."

"That's right."

Mito nodded, and then his expression was slightly solemn.

"Then your hope may really come true."

"Because if the ancient books passed down from generation to generation by the Uzumaki clan had not been made up, then that legend would not only be true, but even larger than we imagined."

"And just like Xia Yan guessed, the Vortex Clan, as one of the descendants of the Six Dao Immortals, has shouldered the mission of continuing the sealing technique in the ninja world since ancient times."

"After all, if the monster is really unsealed one day, then the only people who are likely to seal it are probably the people of the Vortex Clan."

"That's why the Uzumaki clan will follow the ancestral teachings, live on a small island in isolation, do not intervene in the strife of the ninja world, and devote themselves to the study of sealing."

Speaking of this, Mito looked at Kushina, who was still dancing in the square, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"It's a pity that even so, the Vortex Clan did not escape the fate of extinction in the end."

She let out a long sigh and said with a deep gaze:

"Xia Yan, you should still be in school at that time, so you may not know the details."

"At that time, the large and small ninja villages led by Yunyin Village, because of their coveting of the sealing technique, jointly launched a sneak attack on the Vortex Hidden Village."

"As a result, only two days later, the Vortex Hidden Village was breached, and even the messengers who asked for help had only just come to Konoha."

Seeing Xia Yan's surprised expression, Mito nodded and said:

"As a sealing ninja, Natsuhiko, you should also see that this thing is unusual."

"After all, as the home of the Vortex Clan for generations, I don't know how many large defensive enchantments have been arranged, and it is absolutely impossible for them to be breached in such a short period of time."

"And the joint action of the various ninja villages, in fact, was able to not leak the slightest rumor beforehand, which also makes me very concerned."

"It feels as if there is an invisible black hand in the ninja world that is controlling all this."

"Even later, when I flipped through various history books along this line of thought, I noticed traces of this black hand in many historical events, which can even be traced back to eight hundred years ago, the era of the descendants of the Six Dao Immortals."

"It's a pity that many of the ancient books that record history preserved in the Vortex clan have also been lost with the fall of the Vortex Country......

"What happened 800 years ago can only become a blank history."

"I don't know if Lord Ashina expected this situation at the beginning, so he gave some of the ancient books to Konoha and asked me to help Konoha establish a learning system for sealing techniques."

Natsuhiko listened to Mito's speculation, and he was worried about Kuroju.

If Mito-sensei lives a few more years, maybe he can really find out that black guy.

Listening to Mito's words, Xia Yan did feel that the fall of the Vortex Country back then might really have something to do with the Black Jedi.

However, it is not so much that he is worried that the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan will threaten Kaguya, but rather that the only weakness of the Black Jedi, which is a product of Yin and Yang Escape, is the sealing technique.

Seeing that the reincarnation of Indra of this generation has finally opened the eye of reincarnation, just in case, it is quite reasonable to give the only whirlpool clan that can threaten him in advance.

Then Natsuhiko heard Mito say again:

"Of course, the black hand is just an analogy, and there can't be only one person behind the scenes, after all, no one can live that long......"

Xia Yan complained in his heart:

"No, Mito-sensei, you've almost told the truth in this paragraph."

"Before Madara channeled the Outer Dao Golem, there was really only one person in the Black Absolute guy, and he really lived for so long, not only his hands, but even his whole body was black!"

Mito continued, "So I think this is a secret organization that has been worshipping that monster since ancient times. ”

"Their ultimate goal should be to unseal that monster."

"And the Vortex clan, who have mastered the sealing technique and may seal the monster again, will naturally become a thorn in their side."

"Or maybe they think that among the long-standing Vortex clan, they can find a way to unseal the clues of the monsters."

Natsuhiko, who felt that Mr. Mito's thinking was starting to be crooked again, felt a little pity in his heart.

But there is no way, it is not easy for her to reason from the sporadic clues to this step.

Who would have thought that this conspiracy spanning thousands of years, the truth is just a bloody story of agarwood splitting the mountain to save his mother.

Therefore, Xia Yan, who was inconvenient to reveal the truth, could only look surprised and shocked by the "truth" that Mito Sensei said.

Mito picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of tea, then looked at Natsuhiko and said:

"Xia Yan, you should have thought of why I told you these things."

"After the destruction of the Vortex Country, the mission of inheriting the Vortex Clan's sealing technique fell on the shoulders of you and Jiu Sinai."

"Of course, if you take on the mission of inheriting the Uzumaki clan by the way, then I will be even more comforted."

As he spoke, Mito smiled teasingly again.

"Mito-sensei......" Natsuhiko was speechless.

Is this to make him a family by himself?

Xia Yan said that the concubine really can't do it!

If you don't look at what Sasuke has become at the time of Boruto's biography, it turns out that there is only one daughter of Zoryana.

The contribution to the revival of the Uchiha clan is not as big as that of the Uchiha Shin.

Mito smiled, then retracted his smile and said:

"Although there are still many descendants of the Vortex Clan in various parts of the Ninja Clan, I am afraid that the only ones who have truly inherited the sealing technique of the Vortex Clan are you and Jiu Sinai."

"So although I don't have much basis for those speculations just now, I still hope that Xia Yan can take it to heart and protect Jiu Sinai for me."

Seeing that Mito was serious, Natsuhiko also nodded seriously.

He even thought a little bit about it.

If it follows the development in the original work, the conspiracy of this part of the black absolute is really successfully completed.

After all, since the sacrifice of Jiu Sinai and Watergate in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the inheritance of the Vortex Clan's sealing technique has really been cut off since then.

Even the so-called Children of Prophecy, their son Naruto is addicted to rubbing pills and knows nothing about the family heirloom sealing technique.

If it weren't for the fact that the Six Dao Immortals had a back hand to temporarily send away, then Naruto would probably not be able to help the big barrel of wood Kaguya, even if he rubbed the big pills.

So from this point of view, the Nine-Tails Rebellion in the original work, in addition to the reason why Obito took the opportunity to seize the Nine-Tails, also has the purpose of Black Jedi wanting to cut off the inheritance of the sealing technique.

This also means that even if Obito does not blacken and set off the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the Black Absolute will find an opportunity to sever the inheritance of the sealing technique.

It seems that becoming a disciple of Mito does not mean that you can sit back and relax, but rather represents a heavy responsibility.

was originally coveted by the second-generation pot shadow group, and now it is on the small book of the first generation of pot shadow black.

Natsuhiko couldn't help but think that in the time and space of the original work, maybe Mito and Mizuto had the same conversation.

Obviously, Watergate failed in the end, not only did he not save Jiu Sinai, but he also died and left with Jiu Sinai, interrupting the inheritance of the sealing technique.

So knowing the plot of the original work, can I protect Jiu Sinai and myself now that the plot has changed a lot?

Natsuhiko, who had not yet been able to come up with an answer, was awakened by Mito's voice again.

"But Xia Yan, you don't have to worry too much for the time being, it's obvious that the hard power of that organization is not strong, so you can only play a conspiracy behind your back."

"Xia Yan, what you have to do now is to focus on strengthening yourself, so that the other party has no chance to take advantage of it."

Xia Yan's expression was also slightly soothed when he heard this.

That's right, like the correct nonsense: in the face of absolute power, all intrigues are in vain.

Even if it was Kushina in the original work, Hei Jue and Obito waited until her strength was greatly reduced when she gave birth before they dared to make a move.

So instead of trying to play wits with the black stunner, it's better to try to get stronger and find an opportunity to pinch it to death directly.

After Mito saw that Natsuhiko had finished digesting it, he continued:

"Then I'll tell Xia Yan about the things that I have investigated in many ways in recent years and think it may be related to that monster or that organization."

"They are the Oni no Kuni Shrine Maiden Sealed for generations, the Chest of Bliss used by the legendary Six Immortals, the Zero Tail of the Dark Side of Humanity, and the evil god that has been rumored in the ninja world recently......"

Mito told Natsuhiko the information he had gathered in great detail.

Xia Yan listened carefully on the surface, but in his heart he couldn't help shouting:

"Mito-sama, you're thinking about it again, these things have nothing to do with the black one!"