Chapter 48

[Chapter 30 Inside the Cave]

"Is this the secret room where the sculptures are kept?"

Konan used the fire escape to ignite the lamp hanging on the wall. Under the dim light, she was looking around in this cave, which was about 50 to 60 square meters.

"I sensed it and found that this place is terrible."

Shimazaki Ryo sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, as if he was perceiving something. After a long time, he stood up and said.

"And the outside is like a labyrinth. If you come in like an ordinary person, you will probably get lost in it soon."

"Fortunately, my ability teleportation can solve this problem, but if you can't perceive the location of the sculpture, it will be useless."

Konan nodded in agreement. Just now she tried to use the paper escape technique to investigate, but she lost contact within a few seconds, exactly the same as the previous feeling of using the paper clone to enter the hell cave.

No, maybe this place is also somewhere in a cave…

And just when she was considering whether to leave first, she heard Shimazaki Ryo's voice again.

"Looking here, it seems that there are still words left by the old man."

Glancing at him, Konan noticed a line of words carved on the innermost wall.

She walked over, carefully brushed the dust away, revealing the original content, and after staring at it for about two seconds, she bowed her head and muttered.

"It doesn't look like the language of the ninja world. I've never seen such a language."

But think about it, if she guessed correctly, this place was left over from thousands or even thousands of years ago, and it is normal for the language at that time to be different from the current common language.

However, contrary to Konan's expectations, Ryo Shimazaki made a dignified look. He stared at the words with squinted eyes, and said with an unbelievable look on his face.

"Flooded the knee of the Buddha, set the Lingyun Grotto on fire…"

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Konan opened her mouth, but finally gave up her plan to get to the bottom of it now, but said

"Literally speaking, it means that the lake water rises and submerges the temple, and then the flames will burn the Lingyun Grotto? Was this place originally called the Lingyun Grotto?"

Shimazaki Ryo still maintained that shocked look, and shook his head, "Maybe it's the name of the ancients."

"Is this a warning from ancient times?"

"Maybe it's a prophecy…"

"Anyway, let's go to other places to see…"

Shimazaki Ryo put his hand on Konan again, and with a flash, he appeared in another cave.

The interior of this cave was more empty than the previous one, and after lighting the lights, they found a stone sculpture in the corner.

This obvious difference naturally caught the attention of the two of them, so the two of them quickly approached.

This stone sculpture looks like a monk, with his hands folded together as if he were chanting sutras.

The whole stone sculpture looks lifelike, almost like a real person.

"Is this… a statue left in ancient times?"

"Maybe… I heard that in ancient times, some monks chose to sit in a ferocious place to suppress evil. I think this stone sculpture is also for this purpose."

Shimazaki Ryo and Konan saluted the stone statue in unison, and then they looked over the sculpture to the wall behind, and found a large concave pit on it, like a place to store something.

"Something… is missing…"

Shimazaki Ryo swallowed and said with difficulty

"Something…? What?"

Konan realized that Shimazaki Ryo's identity may be more complicated than he thought, and he may even have a deep connection with the temple.

If this is the case, it can be said that he can know ancient characters and possess various incredible abilities.

"Sculpture of the Demon King… It was supposed to be suppressed here forever by the monks! How could it be gone?!"

Konan remembered what the members of Shichibukai said to him before——

A mysterious organization attacked the members of Shichibukai who guarded the demonic energy,

As a result, the Eight Great Demonic Energy got into Hanzo's hands, and it is very likely that there are demons in that organization.

Her face sank, and she whispered, "Maybe it was stolen by someone!"

"Steal…?" Ryo Shimazaki said to himself, and then decisively denied, "Impossible! This place should be guarded by the fire unicorn guarding the demon king sculpture… Wait…"

He suddenly realized as if he had figured out something.

"Fire unicorn! I understand, is the monster that attacked our village a fire unicorn, but why did it become like that? It's like a monster!"

"Could it be affected by the power of demonic energy?"

"demonic energy?"

Looking at Shimazaki Ryo's puzzled appearance, Konan explained, "One of the powers of the Demon King in ancient times, if you get it, you can use part of the Demon King's power, but it will also become cruel under the influence of the devil."

"Impossible, from what I understand, the fire unicorn is a noble beast, and it will not be easily controlled by the devil. In fact, he was asked to guard the devil statue because it will not be affected by the devil's whispers. ."

"And… the strength of the fire unicorn should not be so weak…"

"If it is a real divine beast, it is definitely not inferior to the existence of the tailed beast, but that monster did not show the power to destroy the world at all."

"So many years have passed, and no one can tell what happened. Even the immortals will gradually grow old and lose their strength. No matter how magical the fire unicorn is, it is still a creature, and as long as If it is still a living creature, it cannot escape the erosion of time."

"…" Shimazaki Ryo was silent, and after a while he sighed, "Maybe so, but…"

"But the disappearance of the Demon King sculpture is definitely a matter of life and death in the ninja world! We must get it back as soon as possible!"

However, Konan just looked at him indifferently, "Maybe you have to tell me your identity and your magical teleportation ability first."

"…Well…" Ryo Shimazaki was about to speak, but his face suddenly changed, as if some terrifying existence was pointing a knife at him.

In an emergency, he couldn't stop sweating, and without waiting for Konan to ask, he took her hand and used the ability of teleportation to leave the cave.

After making sure it was a safe place, he let out a long breath and collapsed to the ground.

Only then did Konan realize that Shimazaki Ryo's back was wet…

Could it be that the fire unicorn is back?

Konan thought

To be able to make Ryo Shimazaki so frightened, the only culprit who destroyed his village was the one who thought about it.

So she asked

"Is it a fire unicorn?"

However, no one answered her, Shimazaki Ryo just seemed to be nervous.

"I can't believe… I can't believe that the monster actually exists…"

"What monster?!"

Konan pricked up her ears, she is now extremely enthusiastic about every piece of information from the Demon Race.

Because she knew that as a demon who wanted to rule the world, it was undoubtedly her and Nagato's enemy.

"The people of the pillars… According to the rumors, the vampires fell asleep after the demon king was sealed… Unexpectedly, they actually exist, and they are in this cave!"