Escape From Konoha Chapter 321

  Chapter 321 Prophecy of time with siblings

  The place called Toad House is much wider than normal houses where humans live.

  The style of the furniture is not much different from that of human housing. The only thing that is more unusual is the ingredients placed in the kitchen. Apart from vegetables, most of the ingredients are snails, beetles, and locusts.

  Seeing these ingredients, the corners of Jiraiya's eyes couldn't help twitching, as if recalling some bad memories.

   If I remember correctly, it should have been recruited by the two immortals of Miaomu Mountain with such ingredients when I was practicing fairy art in Miaomu Mountain. As a result, of course he didn't eat it, he just ate up the rice.

  Although after entering the fairy mode, his appearance and characteristics will be partially transferred like that of a toad, but it does not mean that he will be interested in what the toad usually eats.

   Therefore, Jiraiya also planned to leave Mt. Myogi immediately after asking the big toad sage later, to find Tsunade, and persuade her to become Konoha's Fifth Hokage.

  As soon as Jiraiya entered, Immortal Shima, who was busy cleaning the ingredients there, naturally noticed.

   "Just like what that old man said, you really came back safe and sound, Ziraiya."

  The "old thing" in Immortal Zhima's mouth naturally refers to the leader of Mount Miaomu, the Great Toad Immortal.

  The two immortals of Mount Miaomu have their own characteristics.

  Compared to Fukasaku Sage who has a calm personality, Shima Sage, as a housewife, often has a violent temper, and often speaks rudely to the leader, Big Toad Sage. Therefore, in Mount Miaomu, the status of Immortal Zhima belongs to the strong side.

   Seeing Zilai also returned safely, Immortal Zhima naturally thought that Immortal Toad's prophecy had come true, and the string in his heart relaxed because of this, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

   "What an old thing, that is the Grand Master. And the Grand Master has said that you will be safe and sound, so don't worry about it by yourself."

  Senin Fukasaku, who brought Jiraiya into the Toad House, said that he was dissatisfied with Sennin Shima's rudeness.

   "Am I wrong? Isn't he an old toad who is about to step into the coffin? Besides, who knows whether it is a real prophecy or just a daydream."

   It's not that Immortal Zhima doesn't trust Great Toad Immortal's ability to predict, but that in the past thousands of years, Immortal Toad has confused prophecy with dreams more than once, causing Immortal Zhima to wonder whether it was Immortal Toad who was prophesying, or simply had a dream.

   After all, after living such an old age, it is inevitable that old eyesight will be blurry.

   "Oh, the two of you should stop arguing for me here. I took the liberty to come here this time, mainly to find out from the Great Toad Immortal whether there is a new prophecy born, and why my immortal mode was released that day. Speaking of which, what happened to you that day, big sister?"

  He remembered that Immortal Zhima was accidentally scratched by that weird red gun that day, which caused problems in his immortal mode.

   At that time, there was obviously some kind of mutation in Zhima Immortal, otherwise his immortal mode would not be implicated.

  Jirai also wanted to know from Immortal Shima what was the reason why the Immortal mode was canceled that day.

  Shima Immortal then withdrew his gaze from staring at Fukasaku Senjinda, then jumped in front of Jiraiya, raised his head and looked up at Jiraiya and said, "This matter is not too difficult to understand. If I remember correctly, Ziraiya, you can't enter the sage mode by yourself."

   "Yes, I can sense natural energy, but I'm not very good at absorbing and fusing these two points. Especially the fusion of natural energy and chakra is the part I'm least good at."

   Zilai also said this, and became a little frustrated.

   This is also the biggest weakness of his sage mode, which requires two sages to provide him with a platform for chakra and natural energy to be fused into sage chakra.

   Without the two great immortals, he would not be able to enter the immortal mode by himself. Moreover, once either of the two immortals leaves his body for a certain period of time, the immortal mode will also be released.

   That is to say, his immortal mode relies heavily on the assistance of outsiders to refine the celestial chakra, and cannot be self-sufficient.

   "That's the problem."

   Immortal Shima glanced at Jiraiya and sighed helplessly.

"How to say?"

   "Your fairy mode needs to be maintained by me and the child's father. Once there is a problem with either of me and the child's father, it will cause your fairy mode to malfunction. Therefore, after being injured by that gun, it is natural for the fairy mode to be released."

   Immortal Shima said so.

   "Can you explain it in detail, big sister? I still don't understand why I was injured by that gun, and it became a matter of course to cancel the immortal mode."

   Jiraiya looked suspiciously at Immortal Shima.

  Senjin Fukasaku on the side replied: "Little Ziraiya, you have learned the senjutsu of Mt. Miaomu, so you should know what the so-called senjutsu is. It is the fusion of natural energy and chakra. If you lose a certain part of energy, for example, you can use natural energy but cannot use chakra, or you can use chakra but cannot use natural energy, then you cannot use senjutsu."

  Since I came here, I was also thoughtful, and suddenly understood something, and my eyes widened.

   "Boss Fukasaku, what do you mean?"

  Senjin Fukasaku and Sage Shima both looked heavy.

   Immortal Shima nodded, and said with a serious expression: "You guessed it right, the chakra in my body immediately fell into a 'sleep' state after I was injured in the palm of my hand by that weird red gun that day.

  There is no way to use chakra, which means that in the case of single use of natural energy, it cannot be fused into fairy chakra to perform fairy magic.

   Jiraiya's sage mode is activated by two sages. Because the basic balance of refining and fusing sage chakra is very poor, so two sages need to work together to complete the sage mode.

  As a result, Shima Senren's Chakra system fell into a "sleep" state, and the sage systems of the two major sages could not be balanced, which affected Jiraiya's sage mode and entered a state of imbalance and chaos.

  The two sages jointly refine the sage chakra, which is the first condition for Jiraiya to enter the sage mode. Once an unexpected factor is inserted into this condition, it means that the sage mode has failed.

   "I didn't expect it to be like this... In other words, the ability of that gun will temporarily 'disappear' the chakra in the living body, right?"

  Jirai also asked the same question.

   Immortal Shima shook his head and replied: "Yes, no, if the 'very poison' that kills Chakra cannot be extracted from the body within forty-eight hours, then the Chakra system in the body will be completely destroyed, and you will not be able to use Chakra in the future."

   Jiraiya was surprised after hearing that, destroying the human chakra system, will not be able to use chakra for a lifetime?

  This ability is simply unheard of.

  In the ninja world, it is not that there are no spells created for Chakra. For example, some ninjas can use sealing techniques to seal the Chakra in the human body, or absorb the enemy's Chakra through spells and use them for their own use.

  However, the ability to 'kill' Chakra is still permanently killed, this is the first time Jiraiya has heard of it.

  This ability is far more terrifying than the ability to seal and absorb Chakra.

   "Then, big sister, you now..."

  Ji Lai was also worried and asked.

   "You don't have to worry about this. The 'virus' that can kill Chakra in the child's mother has already been extracted by the great master with the immortal power of the Immortal Talisman. But this is what the Grand Master's Immortal Talisman can do. If it is an outsider, it may be difficult to extract this 'virus' from the human body."

   Immortal Fukasaku explained, making Jiraiya feel relieved.

   While he was talking, Immortal Shima had already walked into the back room, and when he came out, he was holding a small reddish-brown clay pot in his hand, and placed it in front of Jiraiya.

   Jiraiya looked at the reddish-brown pot and asked, "This is it?"

   "This is something extracted from my body, and it has been stored inside. You can take back Konoha later and hand it over to the specialized personnel there to study. If you don't crack this chakrdestroying 'virus' substance, it's not just your fairy mode, any ninja who uses the chakra system will still be defeated in the same result."

   Immortal Shima solemnly warned Ziraiya.

   Jiraiya nodded seriously, and took the pot from Shima Sennin.

   "I see, big sister, I will take Konoha back and ask someone to crack it."

   "Then, don't bother to see that old man. After talking about things later, remember to come back and taste the lunch I made by myself. Okay, let's not talk, I will cook first."

  Shima Sento enthusiastically jumped away and went to the kitchen to start working.

   Jiraiya looked at the ingredients carefully selected by Immortal Shima. Just seeing the locusts and snails wriggling, he lost his appetite at all.

   After seeing the Great Toad Immortal later, Zilai is already ready to flee.

  Then, Immortal Shen Zuo took Ziraiya to see Immortal Toad.

  The place where the Great Toad Immortal lives is located in the hinterland of Mt. Miaomu, and the surrounding natural energy is also extremely rich. As soon as Jiraiya stepped into the land here, the body's response to the natural energy became clearer.

  In the grand and spacious hall, as soon as Jiraiya entered it, he could see the unbelievably large reclining chair in front of him, and an equally huge old toad with a pipe in his mouth, lying there leisurely and happily.

  The huge old toad closed his eyes and pretended to sleep on the recliner, and circles of smoke spewed out from the pipe, making the hall shrouded in smoke and clouds, like a fairyland.

   "My lord, I brought Zirai here too."

   Immortal Fusaku jumped onto the high platform under the right hand of Immortal Big Toad, and shouted loudly in Immortal Big Toad's ear.

"Well…"

  The smoke rings were still puffing out happily, but under the yelling of Fukasaku Immortal, the Great Toad Immortal opened his eyes from his doze, lowered his eyebrows, and naturally saw Jiraiya standing below.

   "Oh, it's Ziraiya, I didn't expect you to come here so soon, are you here for the prophecy?"

  The Great Toad Immortal seemed to have seen through the worries deep in Jiraiya's heart.

   Jiraiya took a slight step forward, nodding with a serious expression.

   "That's right, Immortal Toad, I want to ask, has the result of the prophecy about the future of the ninja world not changed?"

  The Great Toad Immortal made a prophecy in the past, that is, in the not-too-distant future, unprecedented turmoil will erupt, and death and war will burn throughout the world. All ninja systems, including Konoha, will be completely destroyed.

   This is something Jiraiya can't bear.

  Because this is the order that the ancestors spent countless time and effort to establish with great difficulty.

  If this order is lost, the civilization of the ninja world may enter a new era of warring states, and it will not only be ninjas who will suffer, but even innocent civilians will not be spared.

   "Well... according to the future I see now, there is no change in the slightest. You have also seen it, Kojiraiya, the power that can cause chaos in the ninja world has formed a huge scale after years of dormancy in the dark..."

  The words of the Great Toad Immortal made Zilai feel the same way.

  Because of the rise of the kingdom of ghosts, the situation in the ninja world has indeed become unstable. The kingdom of wind is just an introduction. The kingdom of ghosts is secretly, and I am afraid it is still planning other conspiracies.

   Now there is only one important opportunity away from the future predicted by the Great Toad Immortal.

  Once the conditions of the opportunity are met, it means that the order created by the ancestors will cease to exist.

   "Then, Immortal Toad, how can we prevent such a result from happening?"

   Zilai also asked.

   "Finding the Son of Prophecy may be the only way to save the world. As for the identity of the Son of Prophecy, the prophecy only gave a hint."

   Immortal Toad was silent for a while, and said to Zilai.

"hint?"

   Jirai also blinked.

  "That's right...the blue-eyed boy is laughing and playing with the wild beasts...this is the scene in the prophecy."

  Blue-eyed boy playing with wild beasts?

   Zilai was also slightly stunned, then frowned, meditating, thinking about the meaning of this sentence.

   But no matter how I think about it, I can't figure out the connection.

   "This is the future you are going to face, guide the Son of Prophecy correctly, save the world...and..."

   Immortal Toad paused.

   "And what?"

  Facing Jiraiya's continued questioning, the Great Toad Immortal still answered unhurriedly:

   "In addition, in the depths of the ninja world, there is another huge darkness brewing in the dark. Konoha... is likely to suffer the fate of destruction in advance..."

  Konoha...destroyed early?

  Hearing these words, Jiraiya and Fukasaku Immortal were shocked, they looked at the big toad Immortal in disbelief, and their eyes widened.

   With half-opened eyes, staring at Jiraiya's sluggish and restless face, Immortal Toad finally spit out a sentence slowly:

   "I don't know who that person is for the time being, but he... calls himself 'God'!"

  The atmosphere in the hall suddenly fell into dead silence.

  Chakra flowed on the air barrier like electronic lines, and then activated the mechanism. On the colorless and transparent air barrier, a door was opened from the void immediately, making it easier for people to enter.

   Entering it, Yiji saw in the depths of the workshop, a young man about his own age, lying on a huge strange machine, holding a tool that Yiji had no clear use for, making performance adjustments there.

  The other party wears a black-rimmed monocle round glasses at the left eye position, and a blue mechanic's clothing on the outside. His immature face reveals seriousness, as if he has a strong attachment and interest in the work in front of him.

  Ichihime recognized what the boy was adjusting, which should be a militarized weapon called 'Armored Vehicle'.

  It has metal tracks and a large-caliber gun barrel made of steel.

   However, because it is in the research and development stage, it did not have the opportunity to appear in the previous War of the Wind Country.

  The convenience of this weapon is that even ordinary people can sit in it and control it, but it can exert a destructive ability that shocks ordinary ninjas.

  Of course, this kind of weapon has a very impressive ability to destroy buildings like wooden piles. But if it is facing a ninja with high mobility, its lethality is insufficient. Unless a large area of ​​fire coverage is carried out, the ninjas will have nowhere to escape.

  No matter how powerful the firepower is, if the maneuverability is insufficient to hit the enemy's body, it will not have much effect.

  Compared to killing the enemy, this is more like a symbolic power that exists as a deterrent.

   Even so, it is convenient for ordinary people to control, and it will indeed have some impact on the ninja market.

  Different from today's major powers, the military power of the ghost country does not only rely on the power of the ninja itself. Creating these "foreign objects" is also a part of strengthening military power.

   is the path where ninjas and science go hand in hand.

   "Brother, you really have a soft spot for these iron toys."

  Ichiji walked not far from the armored vehicle, raised her head, and shouted to Asuka lying on top of the armored vehicle.

  It was only then that he noticed that there was a guest in his workshop, Uchiha Asuka also looked very surprised, pushed the monocle on his left eye, and smiled at Kazuki.

   "Long time no see, Ichihime, when did you come back?"

   Asuka is also very happy about Kazuhime's arrival.

   "Just came back from Konoha."

   Ichihime replied.

  Asuka was puzzled: "Konoha? Didn't you study at Kirigakure?"

   "After returning from Kirigakure, he was immediately arranged by the old man to work in Konoha, and went there to get back the things that belonged to Uchiha."

  Yiji explained.

   "That's right."

  Asuka replied not very interested.

  He is not very interested in war and politics, he is only interested in these disassembled and put together 'toys' in front of him.

  As for the purpose of these 'toys' and what they will be used for later, this is not something he has to consider.

   "Is this your job here?"

  Yiji came over and kicked the armored vehicle, and then heard a loud noise from the armored vehicle, and it began to vibrate.

   "Ugh!"

  Asuka's body also trembled, inadvertently rolling down from the armored vehicle.

   "Uh... sorry, didn't expect this thing to be so light."

  Ichihime watched Asuka roll down from the armored vehicle in embarrassment because of her operation error, touched her nose, and began to apologize.

   "Kick it lightly, this thing is not as strong as you think."

  Asuka reminded Yiji depressedly.

  Although the hardness of the armored vehicle makes it difficult for ordinary people to leave marks on it even with a sharp kunai, but for a powerful ninja like Ichihime, it can be easily destroyed with physical skills.

   Therefore, once Yi Ji uses Chakra and natural energy, even an invulnerable armored vehicle will naturally appear extremely 'light'.

   "This kind of thing can only scare ordinary people at best. If it's a ninja like my mother, after turning on Susano, it can cut off a row with one knife. It's just a show."

  Ichihime made such an evaluation.

   Asuka did not object to this, but nodded seriously.

   "You are right. This is the temporary limitation of this industrialized weapon. Compared with ninjutsu, it is indeed a bit cumbersome. Many places are inflexible and subject to the terrain environment. However, if it can continue to improve, it may be able to play a huge role in warfare in the future. And..."

   Having said that, Asuka walked to the workbench aside, picked up something from there, and put it in front of Kazuki.

   "Is this... a flintlock?"

  Ichihime looked at this short gun, which was much more delicate than the Kunai gun, and recognized that it was a flintlock gun that few countries would use in the ninja world.

   Especially with the rise of ninjas, such weapons were popular for a period of time in the early days, and then they were abandoned.

   "The kunai gun of our ghost country was developed based on the past of the sky country. Especially on the basis of the kunai gun of the sky country, it is attached with the chakra of the wind attribute, which increases the speed and penetration. For today's ninjas, the kunai gun can enrich their means of fighting the enemy. This is a new weapon developed thanks to the mind of Mr. Pingqi."

   Asuka said seriously.

  The "Mr. Pianqi" he mentioned is a senior technician who belongs to the army of the ghost country. Many people respect him as Dr. Pianqi, and he is the mentor who teaches Asuka to make "toys".

  Asuka respects Dr. Pianqi very much.

  The modern industrialized weapons in the Kingdom of Ghosts, including the steel battleships sailing at sea, all have the credit of Dr. Pianqi.

  Kunai Gun is just a trivial achievement of Dr. Pianqi's transformation.

  But it is this small weapon that has greatly armed the ninja power of the ghost country.

   "I know that, so what's wrong?"

   Ichihime asked.

  Dr. Kataki has contributed a lot to the military development of Oni Land. Even Ichihime respects and values ​​such top technical talents.

  “The limitation of the Kunai gun is that it is not convenient to carry even if it is compressed in size, and it is not easy to hide. It needs to be hung on the body. Therefore, once the enemy is alert, the offensive ability will decrease. But the flintlock is different. It is relatively small and easy to hide, and can catch the enemy by surprise.”

   "However, the lethality of this weapon is very low."

   "So, I improved this gun a little bit, and based on Mr. Pianqi's inspiration for modifying the Kunai gun, for example, when firing Kunai, add chakra attributes to it to increase the power. Therefore, I also specially made some special bullets. Yiji, do you want to try it?"

  Asuka looked expectantly at Kazuhime.

  Yiji raised her eyebrows, and after a moment of hesitation, she nodded in agreement, from the short flintlock gun in Asuka's hand.

  After taking the gun, Ichiki asked again: "What are you going to do next?"

   "Come here, there happens to be a target that can be used for experiments."

  Asuka took Ichihime to another part of the workshop, which was a simple training ground. There were several wooden targets marked ten meters away from Yihime.

  Asuka took out a small iron box from his pocket. After opening it, there were five round metal bullets of different colors inside.

  Take out a red metal bullet from the iron box, and hand it over to Kazuki.

  Yiji took the red metal projectile, and clearly felt the chakra fluctuations in the metal projectile.

   Without thinking too much, Yiji loaded the red metal pellet into the short flintlock gun in her hand, with a click, raised her right hand, and aimed the muzzle of the flintlock gun at a wooden target ten meters away.

   Press the trigger without hesitation.

boom!

  The sound of firing bullets is much louder than the sound of a kunai gun firing a kunai.

  Almost at the same time as the sound of the bullet firing sounded, after the bullet hit the wooden target, it exploded with a bang, producing intense and fiery flames, devouring the target in sight.

  Yiji widened her eyes slightly, as if she was a little surprised by the scene in front of her, and didn't react for a while.

   "How about it? The power and speed are very good, right? For a ninja who has no protective ability, it can be killed with one blow. And it can be carried lightly on the body. If the technology is mature in the future and can be manufactured on a large scale, the national defense of the ghost country can be further guaranteed."

  Asuka saw Kazuhime's stunned look, and smiled proudly.

  Ichihime did not comment, but continued to say to Asuka: "There are bullets with other functions."

  Asuka nodded, took out a purple-blue metal bullet, and put it in Kazuki's hand.

  Yiji quickly loaded the bullet into the flintlock gun. With the previous experience, she pulled the trigger more skillfully this time, fired the bullet, and hit another wooden target.

   The target exploded without accident, but the difference was that this time, instead of releasing explosive flames, a lightning field spreading from electric snakes was formed.

   It is conceivable that if an enemy happened to be standing there, they would surely be paralyzed by the lightning field from the bullet explosion at this moment, paralyzing their bodies and allowing them to be slaughtered.

  Compared with the previous fire-attribute bullets, the thunder-attribute bullets fired this time are obviously insufficient in lethality and destructive power, but they have the same paralysis ability as Thunder Dun. In many cases, they can surprise people to win.

   "Can this kind of flintlock gun and bullets be mass-produced?"

  After testing the performance of the weapon, Yi Ji paid attention to this issue.

   "With the current technical strength, it is still impossible to achieve large-scale popularization, and it took me more than half a month to produce less than 20 bullets. It is not that simple to integrate the chakra attribute into a small bullet, and then ensure the power and functionality. I plan to discuss it with Teacher Pianqi later to see if there is any room for improvement."

   Asuka thought for a while and answered.

   "Really? If that's the case, let's put this 'toy' in my collection for the time being. Maybe I can use it when I go to the Kingdom of Waves."

   "You really don't see the outside world at all. I only made two of this kind of flintlock gun that fires special bullets."

  Asuka was not at all surprised by Kazuhime's brutal behavior.

   Who told this guy to be his sister.

  He has been used to it since he was a child.

   "Isn't it good for one person to have one?"

   "No, I plan to make one for Aya. After all, Mom and Aunt Ayane may not need such a toy."

  Asuka's words are serious. For a ninja of his mother's level, such a weapon can only be used as a toy.

   "Okay, you shouldn't be busy now, let's go back to have dinner together."

   Kazuki remembered her purpose of coming to find Asuka.

   "Well, wait for me, I'll go change clothes. Otherwise, after I go back, I will definitely be told by my mother again."

  Asuka looked at the dirty blue work clothes on her body, and walked helplessly to the locker room to change into clean clothes.

  (end of this chapter)

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