Chapter 120 Road to the Demon Country (2)

Chapter 120 Road to the Demon Country (2)

Konoha Hospital.

In a ward on the second floor, Tsunade was checking Minato's body.

"How do you feel now?"

Tsunade pressed her finger on Minato's exposed arm.

"The muscles feel very stiff and cannot move flexibly."

Minato's face was pale. Since he woke up, he felt that his body functions were in a state of stiffness, and his physical activities were inconvenient.

"This is normal, don't worry, there is no abnormality detected in your body, I will prescribe some medicine for you, and you will recover in half a month."

Tsunade nodded, basically the same as her judgment.

Although Minato was revived from the dead state, his body will fall into a weak state for a while. As long as he takes medicine and rests for a period of time, he can return to normal again.

"How about the heart?"

Tsunade asked again.

Minato touched his heart and said, "I don't feel the pain anymore."

But recalling that scene that night, I still feel chills all over my body, as if cold water was poured on my head.

That man really wanted to kill me.

Because of being afraid of his space-time ninjutsu - Flying Thunder God Jutsu.

"By the way, Tsunade-sama, what's going on with Kushina?"

Minato asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, She is more stable than you, and the seal has been successfully fixed. And Sarutobi-sensei is also sending Anbu to investigate secretly."

"I see."

With such a big incident, we really need to investigate carefully, especially Kushina's identity as Jinchūriki.

Before this incident, the only ninjas who knew that Kushina was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki were the senior officials and ANBU members who protected her.

However, Shiraishi and Ruri found Kushina accurately, released part of the Nine-Tails power in her body, and even broke the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan.

The seriousness of this matter is not insignificant.

"Master Tsunade."

Shizune came in pushing a cart. The top layer was filled with medicines for Minato. The lower layer was filled with lunch and some diluted food containing nutrients.

"Come on, Shizune."

"Yes, this is the medicine that Minato-senpai takes regularly, as well as lunch."

Shizune pushed the cart to the side of Minato's hospital bed, and took the cup to pour hot water.

Tsunade picked up the medicine on the cart, flipped through it, and asked Shizune, "Isn't this a medicine developed by Konoha?"

Shizune turned her head and smiled, "This is an active body medicine produced by Aster Flower Company, which can restore Minato-senpai's body as soon as possible."

"Have you checked it out?"

Tsunade asked.

Pour out a few tablets from the medicine bottle, put it on your nose and smell it.

It's not that I don't believe it, but now is a critical moment for Minato. If someone mixes poison in the medicine, it will be troublesome.

"Yes, it has been checked several times, and there is no problem."

Shizune said so.

Tsunade nodded, and then she was relieved, and put the medicine bottle back.

"Minato, then you should recuperate here first, and I will go to the intelligence department to check the situation."

"Okay, please go slowly, Tsunade-sama."

Minato nodded, letting Tsunade stay with her all the time was a bit unreasonable.

Shizune followed Tsunade out of the room and walked in the corridor on the second floor of the hospital.

"What's the matter, just now he seemed hesitant to talk."

Tsunade lowered her head and glanced at Shizune next to her.

"That... Tsunade-sama, did Shiraishi-senpai really betray the village?"

"Are you here to ask this question too? The little girl named Nohara Rin asked her many times before. Although I can't accept it, I can only say that everything that person did in Konoha was just pretending."

"But... There was no sign at all before... Why did Senior Shiraishi want to betray the village?"

Shizune's eyes were filled sadness.

She really couldn't imagine that the gentle and polite senior in her impression would be an enemy who would cause great harm to the village, and would even attack his companions mercilessly.

"This... who knows."

Tsunade's eyes flickered.

"You go back first, I'll go to the intelligence department to have a look."

"Um."

Shizune nodded absently, and walked home alone.

Tsunade turned to walk another way until Shizune's back disappeared around the corner.

The intelligence department is in a relatively remote and quiet corner, not far from Konoha's library, and there are several Konoha ninjas on duty at the door.

Most of them are clerical workers, bringing together knowledge-based talents in many fields, especially analytical skills, all of whom are extremely outstanding ninjas.

"Master Tsunade, do you have any orders?"

A female ninja came over.

"I've asked you before."

"Well, it's basically done, but because a lot of the information is scattered and there were no abnormalities before, there may be some errors in the derivation of the information. "

The female ninja answered unconfidently. As she spoke, she went to her office, took a document from the bookshelf beside her, and put it in front of Tsunade.

The female ninja made a cup of tea for Tsunade and went out to work, leaving Tsunade alone to read the document.

Tsunade opened this intelligence file.

Konoha Ninja Chiba Shiraishi file records.

It is very different from the previous file.

The previous file information is only a very standard chunin level. Except for a medical ninjutsu that can be used, the rest of the abilities are very in line with the chunin level.

Among the Konoha ninja group, they definitely belong to the unremarkable type.

"Controlling mudmen, giant water snakes, and Summon black beast type..."

Mudman has a latent ability that is not easy to be perceived by ninjas. He is immortal, even if his body is cut off, and his body is blasted by Explosive Tags, he will not die.

The water snake can be parasitic, and Ninjutsu is ineffective against it. It(Ninjutsu) will be converted into chakra and absorbed, releasing Water Style to attack the enemy, creating a favorable environment for fighting. Its destructive power and defensive power are very amazing, and Taijutsu is effective against it.

The black beast can control the thunder Style.

But...the problem is that on the night of the battle, the witch was also Summoned, and it can be judged that the witch may be a non-human creature similar to a human.

Or... The spiritism used by Shiraishi is of a special level.

Besides this, He seem to be able to use the shadow technique similar to the Nara clan, that is, the shadow release technique.

The shadow has a physical body, and its attack speed is quite fierce and swift. Even a jonin is not advised to fight with it in close quarters. The safe distance is more than five meters.

It is also possible to mark a person with a 'mark' and indirectly use the physical shadow to assassinate. In order to avoid being noticed by people, the amount of chakra in the shadow will be reduced, resulting in shorter attachment time and weaker lethality. It must hit the deadly part of the person to form a sure kill.

Whether this is the full strength remains to be determined.

"Where did that stinky brat find these things?"

After Tsunade finished reading, her brows furrowed tightly.

According to this information, and what Anbu Ninja saw and heard that night, even for her, it is impossible to deal with these Summoning beasts with special abilities alone.

Just the large water snake is very troublesome.

Especially being able to absorb chakra and keep fighting is a troublesome type for most ninjas.

As for the following analysis, it is all about analyzing its personality, comprehensive ability index, and reasons for defecting.

But these analyzes... are just a pair of analysis data. Regardless of the specific facts, more information needs to be obtained for analysis.

From Tsunade's point of view, at this level of analysis, the people in the Intelligence Department have already done their best.

Except for the battle that night, the other party did not leave any valuable information. When the Anbu went to his residence, all they found were worthless things.

After reading the information, Tsunade sat for a while, then left the intelligence department and went to the Hokage Building to meet his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Sarutobi-sensei, I want to ask for leave."

"Ask for leave?"

Hiruzen took some time off from busy work.

"I plan to leave the village for a while."

Tsunade said seriously.

"Where to?"

Hiruzen asked.

"Shikkotsu Forest."

"Where the slugs live?"

Hiruzen pondered for a moment, he was worried that Tsunade was planning to investigate Shiraishi's matter, since it wasn't about this matter, then there would be no problem.

After all, the existence of the other party is too dangerous.

The information in the intelligence department is not comprehensive, and the deeper things have been kept secret.

"Yes, I have some things I want to know from the slug."

Although the matter of Minato's resurrection has been settled, there are still many doubts about many things.

And Tsunade thought that the slugs in the Shikkotsu Forest might know something.

"During the time I'm away, you can find someone else to represent the school's classes."

•••

The country of Demons.

In the forest, the Sky Feather girl wearing a priestess costume formed seals with both hands, accumulating chakra.

Wind Style·Thousand Faced Wind!

Countless small wind blades with faint white awns passed through the forest.

Accompanied by the sound of neat cutting, the trees on both sides fell down one after another, causing earthquakes and raising dust in the forest.

This is not over yet, the small wind blade is still circling, skimming over the surface of the fallen tree, peeling off the branches and bark, leaving only the solid inside.

In less than a minute, one person completed a task that would take half a day for a logging team to barely complete.

The ninjas in the Demon country all cheered. They used natural energy to easily lift the trees, put them on the transport truck and start transporting the wood back.

On the other side, the thunder pill that turned into lightning, everyone could only see its figure quickly shuttle through the forest, and then one tree after another fell down, causing the sound of jubilation.

Kazumi used wind style again to peel off the branches and bark of the fallen trees, and the ninjas who followed them transported them back.

"What a grueling job."

Thunder Pill returned to Kazumi's shoulder, heaved a sigh of exhaustion, sweat even appeared on his face.

Although the difficulty of the work is not high, the workload is too great.

And it is extremely exhausting chakra. In Thunder Pill's view, this is more exhausting than fighting Konoha ninjas.

"Then there is still a quarry in the western mountains to deal with, let's go, sister."

Kazumi flew Thunder Pill towards the mountains to the west.

—The city of Aster, the capital of the Demon country, on the road facing the northern city, transport vehicles drove towards there, loaded with various stones and wood, as well as construction materials such as sand.

The residents along the way saw this scene and knew that the military-controlled area in the northern urban area was going to continue to build some strange buildings.

Although they are curious about the affairs of the military-administered area, the residents are only curious and had wait-and-see attitude, and have no intention of rejecting it.

Because the country of Demons has always been a neutral country, it will not be affected by war. In the past, the country of Demons has not developed in the military field. The only capable existence in the country is the witch-sama they believe in.

As long as there are witches in the country, the country will not be affected by war. The residents of the Demon country firmly believe that.

And the facts have proved that they are right.

With such lofty prestige, their mistress suddenly wants to set up a special military territory in the country, and these people will naturally not object.

After all, no matter what happens, Miko-sama will protect them.

However, there are so many vehicles and various building materials transported towards the military city in the north that one has to think that there will be some big moves there.

I started building roads near Aster City a while ago, but now I don't know what buildings to build.

"Master Shiraishi, the employees have been summoned."

The management personnel in charge of statistics reported to Shiraishi.

Shiraishi's current location is at the northernmost part of the North City Military District of Aster City.

Because it is necessary to expand from this direction, it is impossible to expand the territory towards the residential and commercial areas, and can only continue to expand towards the back.

Through the unremitting efforts of the earth style ninjas within the organization, the heavy stone wall up to tens of meters in the north has been disintegrated, exposing a vast plain.

At the end of the plain, there is a lush forest and a lake, and the shadow of the mountains is looming in the thick fog in the distance.

There are more than a thousand people who started the construction this time. Among them, he dispatched 20 ninjas who are proficient in earth style, and 50 ninjas who have strengthened their strength and speed with natural energy, and the rest are ordinary workers.

Before this, these ninjas had also adapted to construction tasks in advance, so they could be put into formal work soon. After all, ninjas are very adaptable.

It's not that Shiraishi doesn't want to put all the people into it, but it's because this is already the limit. There are many places that need manpower now, and it's impossible to devote all of them to construction work.

Thousands of ordinary workers, plus 20 earth style ninjas and 50 Taijutsu ninjas, according to the original plan, should be able to complete the project within a month.

After all, the area to be expanded this time is very large, especially the ninja teaching area. This is an important military force of a country, and contact with residential areas and commercial areas should be avoided.

Like Konoha, at any time, ninjas will live in a mixed population, the executive power will decline, and the concept of military and civilians will be confused.

In Shiraishi's view, ninjas are soldiers with extraordinary strength, and they are an important department that must be developed in a prosperous and powerful country. Secrecy must be enforced first.

Ninja schools belong to a category of military departments, and must also implement absolute confidentiality measures, which is for the safety of those people.

So, from the very beginning, Shiraishi completely separated the two different groups of the army and the people.

Those who are usually active in residential and commercial areas are security department personnel responsible for patrolling tasks.

The construction work here is in full swing, and Shiraishi is walking towards another area. He has been busy with these things for a while, and there is no time for research.

However, a lot of research talents have been gathered in the organization now, not only ninjutsu and chakra are involved, the study of society and history is also an important knowledge, which requires specialized personnel to solve.

Shiraishi doesn't think that everything can be solved by copying the knowledge from his previous life.

The development history of the two worlds is very different, and there is such a special thing as chakra, some common sense may be wrong.

Shiraishi spent a lot of effort to find talents with knowledge in this field, record all their experience and knowledge, and pass them down in the form of books.

In Shiraishi's view, the knowledge of these people is a cultural treasure worth passing on.

Knowing the essence of things, understanding the past history, and summarizing experience and lessons will promote the growth and maturity of the world, instead of being stuck in today's distorted environment and deeply trapped.

Material is the foundation of everything, and spiritual and ideological civilization will bring society and the world to a higher level and germinate people's will for freedom and peace.

In the world of ninjas, if there is only power, it can only accumulate problems, and then suddenly erupt in a certain period of time, and successive wars in the ninja world will come.

This was the case during the Warring States period, and it was the same after the establishment of the one country, one village system. The fundamental problem has not been resolved.

But it is not without growth, at least, a complete composition of a country has been formed.

In the past, countries relied on hiring ninja groups to invade other countries' territories. They only had achievements in the economic and political fields, and lacked important military power.

Because in essence, those ninjas do not belong to any country, and this powerful military force exists independently.

After the establishment of one country and one village, the ninja clan established the ninja village, which attracted more ninja clans to join, forming a powerful military force and belonging to the country.

The country is complete at this time.

In Shiraishi's view, this is the merit that the Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan should really appreciate.

Promotes the integrity of the country, so that the country no longer relies on hiring foreign ninja forces, but to develop its own ninja military power to achieve better personnel and wealth management.

Someone is responsible for the work here, and Shiraishi doesn't need to stay here all the time..

Next, Shiraishi plans to conduct field inspections in various regions of the Demon Country to see if there are any problems that he has not noticed.

Shiraishi has always believed that without actual investigation, there is no right to speak.

As a leader, such a person is a disastrous existence.

"Shiraishi-kun, don't you plan to go back tonight?"

Walking on a small road leading to the village of the Demon Country, Ayane was bored and found a topic with Shiraishi.

"Well, because the investigation work takes a long time, we must summarize the problems as soon as possible."

"It's okay to leave this kind of thing to the people below."

"No, this is very important. I have to investigate it myself before I can rest assured. Road construction can be completed within three months, or within half a year. Because ninjutsu can be used to cheat to promote the completion of the work. But education is not good. There is no means of cheating in education. It is a long-term job, and it must be carried out according to the actual situation."

Shiraishi said so.

There are ninjas in the ninja world, which are completely different from ordinary people.

The education of the two is very different.

Ninjas cannot be developed with the education methods of ordinary people, nor

they can to teach ordinary people with the education methods of ninjas.

Combined with the national environment and family environment of each person, the choices they face will also be complex and changeable.

"I always feel so troublesome."

Ayane walked this path, because it was a remote place, so the road surface was not very neat.

The engineering team for road repair has not yet started work here, and it may take some time before the road can be paved here.

It didn't take long for them to come to a secluded village in the Demon country.

Because there is no war involved, even in this impoverished village, it seems that the villagers here are happy and living here in peace.

Compared to most places in the ninja world, this place is like a paradise on earth.

"Is it an outsider? There have been no outsiders in our village for a long time."

The old lady carrying a heavy package asked with a smile.

"Yes, granny. You look tired, let me help you."

"Excuse me, young man."

The old lady hesitated for a moment, and asked Shiraishi to take the package she had just carried on her shoulders.

"It's okay. But what's in it, so heavy?"

Shiraishi felt that the package was heavy, so he asked curiously.

"It's a souvenir from a neighboring village... just go to the front."

"OK."

Bringing Ayane, Shiraishi followed the old woman into the village.

Stability is certain, but it cannot be linked to wealth.

"Speaking of which, are you two a couple traveling together?"

The old woman asked with a smile.

Before Shiraishi could answer, Ayane took the initiative to lean forward, squeezed her chest on Shiraishi's arm, and smiled happily at the old woman: "Yes, I am his fiancée, right, dear?"

Shiraishi gave her a sideways glance speechlessly.

"I can see that your relationship is very good."

"Well, because we are childhood sweethearts, we plan to get married after a while."

Ayane replied like this.

Shiraishi felt that Ayane was exaggerating more and more.

But it shouldn't be a lie, right?

"That's it, then congratulations."

The old lady also congratulated us.

Soon, I arrived in front of the old woman's house. It was a single-living wooden house surrounded by a fence surrounded by railings. Some wild vegetables were planted in the yard. Life was simple.

"Put it here."

The old woman pointed to a place.

Shiraishi put the package wrapped with souvenirs on the ground aside.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, it's getting late now, do you fiancés want to have dinner here?"

As soon as Shiraishi was about to refuse, Ayane hugged Shiraishi's arm and said with a blushing face, "Actually, we are here to experience rural life when we are traveling this time, so we troubling you, Granny."

"No trouble, I'll cook, you two can do whatever you want."

It's been a long time since I had guests at home for dinner. The old lady seemed in a good mood and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

"Really, don't make decisions for me casually."

Because there was no chair, Shiraishi could only sit beside her, and whispered to Ayane helplessly.

"Anyway, you are here to observe the rural environment of the Demon country, so this should be one of the fieldwork tasks. And the old lady looks quite lonely. She will be very happy if we stay for dinner."

Ayane let go of Shiraishi's arm and answered.

Hearing what Ayane said, although it was slightly different from his original plan, the purpose was basically the same.

He originally planned to investigate the situation of this village in general, and to learn more about the people here tomorrow.

"What's more, I am suddenly full of anticipation for tonight. The countryside seems to be pretty good."

A beautiful smile appeared on Ayane's face.

(end of this chapter)