Escape From Konoha

After waking up from the groggy darkness, Liuli felt that she had a severe headache.

Opening his eyes, he saw the electric lamp hanging above, shining with blazing white light.

The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, and the slightly cool feeling made Liuli wake up instantly.

"Are you awake? How do you feel?"

A man's voice rang in his ears.

Baishi walked over from the side, holding a cup of hot water in his hand, and asked Liuli's current situation with concern.

"Very good, nothing unusual."

Liuli answered honestly.

He took the hot water from Shiraishi and took a sip. The coldness in his body dissipated a lot.

This is a dark room in Shiraishi's private laboratory, with very high confidentiality and security.

Outside the dark room is the cultivation laboratory where the Yang clone is located.

Immediately, Liuli remembered something and looked up at Baishi: "How long have I been asleep?"

Shiraishi answered without hesitation: "Six days."

"Have I been unconscious for so long?"

Liuli's memory of what happened before her coma was very vague.

He only remembered that he and Ayane were eroded by the demon's dark will, and then used the power of the pupil technique to counter-devour them, preparing to transform the demon's darkness into their own and amplify the ability of the pupil technique.

After that, I can’t remember much.

But seeing that he was brought back by Shiraishi without incident, the plan to seal the monster should have been successful.

"It did take a little longer than expected, but I'm relieved to be able to wake up."

In any case, it is an extremely risky act to let Liuli and Ayane serve as the vessels to seal the darkness of the demons together with him this time, and share the pressure on Maitreya equally.

Although Shiraishi has the final means of protection, it is ultimately a relatively radical plan.

If it didn't work, I could only do what I did, remove the chakra from Ruri and Ayane, and put them into a state of suspended animation to avoid being affected by the darkness of the monster.

As long as chakra is lost, the darkness of the monsters will lose its channel of transmission.

But that would mean that Sharingan and Byakugan would lose further possibilities.

"Where's Ayane? How is she?"

Liuli asked about Ayane's situation. She didn't see Ayane here, so she asked this question.

"I woke up an hour earlier than you. Now go outside to adapt to the new power."

"Really? I didn't expect her to wake up before me."

"..."

It seems that Ayane is not the only one who has this boring idea of ​​comparison. Bai Shi smiled slightly in his heart.

"Now that the demons have been dealt with, the Kingdom of Ghosts will hold a succession ceremony for the new miko."

Baishi calmed down and spoke to Liuli seriously.

"The new miko? Where is the miko Maitreya?"

Shiraishi said nothing, the answer was obvious.

Liuli nodded, seeming to understand something.

The succession ceremony for the new shrine maiden, which means that Maitreya shrine maiden is probably no longer alive at this moment.

As for where she went, thinking about the essence that the sprite represents, that may be the shrine maiden's final destination, turning into the last light and carrying out her mission of suppressing the darkness of the sprite to the end.

In order to prevent the monster from becoming stronger every time it is revived, every generation of shrine maidens will die in this way at the end of their lives.

This is not a beautiful way to die, rather it is very miserable.

When Liuli woke up, Shiraishi felt much more relaxed. The follow-up to the sprite incident still needed time to deal with.

Next, he has to go to the shrine again to deal with the ceremony for Shion to succeed the shrine maiden.

There are many witches in the Kingdom of Ghosts, but those witches are not the main line, but branch lineage witches. Most of them are ordinary women who know some medical knowledge. Occasionally, there are some outstanding women who can cultivate pure power. Monsters have certain lethality.

Only the status of the mainline miko is unshakable.

After Miroku left, Shion became the main lineage miko of the Kingdom of Demons, and she will also be the absolute main force in dealing with monsters in the future.

After explaining some things, Shiraishi left here and went to the shrine where the main lineage miko was.

Liuli didn't care about Baishi's departure or stay.

What she has to do now is to get used to the new and unknown power of being in the Sharingan as soon as possible.

She slowly closed her eyes, injecting a large amount of chakra into her pupils, and opened them again. Three black magatama appeared in her bright red pupils.

This state only lasted for a second. The three black magatama changed again, the gap disappeared, and the three magatama were tightly connected together.

The bright red light shines brilliantly in the eyes.

Feeling the new injection of eye power, the part of the darkness that came from the demon had been swallowed up by her Sharingan, leaving no trace left.

"Is this the power of kaleidoscope? It feels the same as before..."

After getting out of bed and coming to a mirror, Liuli looked at his brand new Sharingan.

From a realm perspective, this should be the Mangekyo Sharingan that surpasses the Three Magatama Sharingan and is above it.

The ultimate pupil technique of the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha who have reached this level can use the Susanoo technique that symbolizes the 'God of Destruction'.

Moreover, each Mangekyou Sharingan will host a powerful eye technique.

It can be said that as long as you get this kind of eyes, your strength will undergo earth-shaking changes compared to the original.

Uchiha Obito is a living example.

Before awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan, he was just a chuunin with normal strength. Even with the sharingan, it was difficult to compete head-on with the jounin, and he could only win by sneak attacks.

But after turning on the Mangekyou Sharingan, the mysterious space-time pupil technique can play with most jounin. Even she, as long as Obito wants to escape, it will be difficult to catch him. The whereabouts of soil.

"It's not interesting just to look at it, so let's find someone to experiment with it."

Originally, the Yang clone was also a good experimental subject, but Shiraishi's Yang clone was still in an incomplete state at the moment, and it took far longer to cultivate than the other clones.

Therefore, we can only find another person to experiment with the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

As for who the other person is, Liuli has already found a target.

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In fact, Shiraishi doesn't need to do anything for the shrine maiden's succession ceremony. The branch shrine maiden of the Kingdom of Ghosts will naturally preside over it all, and then let the envoys from various countries come to witness it.

Maitreya is no longer in the shrine, but the sealing stone door left in the side hall is still kept here to prevent anyone from accidentally opening the seal.

After all, Ziyuan has not yet fully grown up, and is still familiar with the power of the witch. If the monster reappears, the situation will inevitably be worse.

Therefore, it is safest to place it next to the witch to avoid accidents with the monster's sealing stone door.

Countries also attach great importance to witches, and will not send ninjas here to act recklessly in an attempt to open the sealed stone gate here.

Otherwise, it will be a huge disaster for all countries.

Coming to the side hall, the center of the altar shone with holy and pure white light, forming a huge white transparent sphere barrier. This residual aura of power was left by Maitreya.

At the last moment, she still carried out the mission of the miko and set up a barrier here.

Humans with evil intentions will never be able to enter the barrier and touch the demon's sealing stone gate.

Baishi stood in front of the barrier, thought for a moment, took out a piece of talisman paper from his arms, put it gently on his body, and then walked into the barrier safely.

The ancient stone door cannot feel the power of darkness peeking out through the cracks.

Too much darkness was defeated by Maitreya, and the monster is very weak at the moment. If he wants to recover to the point where he can open the barrier on his own, the world does not know how many years of darkness it will take to make the monster recover again.

According to common sense, at least within the next twenty or thirty years, there is no need to worry about the sprites recovering.

"That's really interesting, human."

The demon's voice came from behind the stone door, and it sounded like he was talking to Baishi.

"Aren't you willing to give in?"

Before Baishi came to Shimen, he was not worried at all that the monsters would take action against him.

The power of witches can predict the future, which is a power involving time.

The different time and space behind the stone gate is also composed of the power of witches involving time.

According to the miko's secret records, in the different time and space on the other side of the door, time and space are completely static.

When humans enter it, they will stop growing and achieve immortality in disguise.

But this immortality is also accompanied by eternal loneliness and death.

Because in that alien space and time, not only was it small, but there was no life at all.

It can be called an eternal prison.

It is the most suitable sealing container for sealing monsters.

"Huh, I just want to explain that next time, I won't let go easily."

The demon's will has not been destroyed.

"Really? It seems that Maitreya Miko gave you a heavy blow in the end."

Even through the stone door, Shiraishi could hear how tired the monster was at this moment.

The demon fell silent, feeling very complicated.

"Looking at you, those two women should be able to withstand my darkness. Otherwise, they will think of ways to get me out of here."

"You underestimate humans."

Shiraishi shook his head.

"Yes, I underestimate human beings too much. I seem to understand why every generation of witches has to confront me and stand on the side of human beings."

The sighing tone of the demon came from behind the door, and he seemed to agree with Shiraishi's words.

At this moment, it has calmed down.

Constantly start to reflect on your own problems.

That is, have you really understood this world?

Is my understanding of human beings too one-sided?

Because they are a collection of darkness, they inherently regard humans as symbols of filth.

If this is the case, it is impossible for humans to overcome darkness in this world.

But such a human being appeared in front of it.

It breaks its understanding of human beings.

When I think of the same kind of miko helping humans, I can't help but question whether my own ideas are appropriate and correct.

Once or twice was accidental, but the miko persisted for thousands of years without changing her original intention.

Is it because they see more than themselves?

Although they have lived for thousands of years, most of them are in this sealed space and have never seen what the world is.

In this way, the malice directed at humans is nothing more than instinctive disgust and contempt.

People often say that the frog in the well cannot see the broader sky, which represents short-sightedness.

The current self seems to be no different from the frog in the well.

At some point, Bai Shi disappeared from the altar in the side hall.

The demon didn't care either.

It has long been accustomed to a person's loneliness.

But it's just another test of oneself.

It has been failing over the years, but it has never summarized the reasons for its failure and simply attributed its failure to bad luck.

But next time, it wants to see for itself how big the world is.

Human beings...are they really as hopeless as they think?

If you do this, you can get closer to that light...

"If I remember correctly, the newly appointed miko is called Shion, Miroku's child... I'm really looking forward to the future."

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Shion, who succeeded the miko, was only five years old.

But for the Kingdom of Ghosts, this could be the beginning of a new era.

The succession ceremony of the shrine maiden is handled by the shrine maiden of the branch.

Various countries also sent envoys to watch the ceremony.

Baishi has been hiding behind the scenes, observing the envoys from various countries.

Although it was just a simple viewing ceremony, Shiraishi knew that these envoys from other countries came to the Kingdom of Demons not just to congratulate Shion for succeeding to the new position of miko.

They have other plans.

This time, the Kingdom of Ghosts solved the chaos of monsters faster than usual.

When various countries raised cordons, they had already suppressed the sprites in the Kingdom of Swamp. The stone statue soldiers in the Kingdom of Ghosts also automatically dispelled their puppet skills because they lost the backbone of the sprites and became a useless pile. of stones.

In the past, the Kingdom of Ghosts was definitely not able to suppress the monsters so quickly and efficiently.

Even if the miko possesses the absolute power to suppress the monsters, it will be difficult to defeat them in a short time.

In the past, when suppressing the sprites, the witch spent a lot of time. At that time, the surrounding countries were also attacked by the sprites' ghost legions. Many towns were destroyed and suffered heavy casualties.

Small countries, in particular, are even more restless.

Big countries will also treat it with caution.

Therefore, envoys from various countries came here to find out what the Ghost Country's confidence was in being able to quickly solve the problem of monsters this time.

Especially in the past few years, the economic strength of the Kingdom of Oni has been close to that of the great powers. At the same time, it has also developed the military power of ninjas and established multiple military bases in the Kingdom of Oni to surround the security of the Kingdom of Oni.

Although there is no rule that neutral countries cannot develop their military, once it comes to the ninja level, it will inevitably make other countries think differently.

For example, what is the military strength of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and to what extent the number of ninjas has expanded.

This is something that must be defined for all countries.

It's just that compared to the growing business in the Kingdom of Ghosts, the military development of the Kingdom of Ghosts is too low-key, so low-key that many people think that the so-called military reform of the Kingdom of Ghosts is just an empty shell.

Therefore, observing the ceremony is just an excuse for the envoys from various countries. Their real purpose of coming is to investigate the internal details of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Shiraishi had already been prepared for this kind of thing.

His identity as a rebel must not be revealed at this time.

Therefore, it is enough to let the officials of the Kingdom of Ghosts and these envoys be conciliatory.

The secret spies will be handled by the military.

In every military area, there is a sensory barrier, and ninjas from the Uzumaki clan and the Hyuga clan exist, and they are on duty 24 hours a day to guard against it.

Moreover, the separation of military and civilians in the Kingdom of Demons is a completely different system from a military area like Ninja Village where ninjas and civilians live together.

This undoubtedly makes it more difficult for foreign ninjas to detect the secrets of the Demon Country Military District.

After the viewing ceremony ended, the envoys from various countries did not leave immediately as Shiraishi expected, but stayed behind to explore the secrets inside the Kingdom of Ghosts in various ways.

The Demon Kingdom's military, which had been well prepared, was able to deal with it with ease.

Shiraishi didn't pay too much attention to this. The Kingdom of Ghosts is developing rapidly. As long as senior officials from various countries are a little smarter, they will pay attention to investigate the situation.

This kind of thing is completely unpreventable.

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"Even if it's to watch the ceremony, you, the Fourth Mizukage, don't have to come in person."

In the reception room, Shiraishi looked at Yagura, the fourth generation Mizukage of Kirigakure Village who came to the Kingdom of Demons in person, and said helplessly.

Although the existence of miko is very special to the ninja world, it is impossible for Yagura, one of the Five Kages, to come and watch the ceremony in person.

"Stop joking, you know, I'm not here at all for this kind of thing."

Although he knew some inside stories about miko and the like, this kind of matter had little to do with Kirigakure Village. He could just leave it to the Country of Demons to handle on its own.

Moreover, when he came here this time, he did not come with the delegation from the Kingdom of Water, but brought the ANBU through a hidden line to the Kingdom of Ghosts to meet with Shiraishi.

"What, did you have any trouble over there?"

Shiraishi asked.

Yagura Masashi said: "I have already arranged a plan for Kisame to defect. If nothing unexpected happens, within the next month or two, various countries will receive news of Kisame's defection to Kirigakure Village."

Kisame had completed spy training in the Kingdom of Demons more than a year ago.

After returning to Kirigakure Village, he continued to follow Yagura's orders and play the role of the remnants of the Blood Mist Faction, attracting all kinds of hostility from the villagers and colleagues in the same village.

In addition, Yagura, who is the fourth Mizukage, respects and trusts Kisame, which further intensifies the conflict between the villagers and ninjas in the village and Kisame.

Recently, under Yagura's secret instruction, Kisame accidentally severely injured two ninjas from the same village who provoked him.

After this incident, it can be said that in Kirigakure Village, although Kisame did not reach the point where everyone shouted for beatings, he was also the ninja who received the most discrimination in Kirigakure Village.

The ninjas who had been friends with him in the past also distanced themselves from him one by one, preparing to completely isolate him.

Everything was going as Yagura expected.

"This matter is indeed very important. I still say the same thing. After entering Akatsuki, don't think about getting any information through Kisame in the early stage. Knowing too much will put Kisame in danger."

"I have already mentioned this matter to Kisame. Before Akatsuki officially implements the tailed beast capture plan, he does not need to provide the village with any information about Akatsuki. As a member of Akatsuki, he can do things for Akatsuki."

Indeed, there were a bunch of S-class defected ninjas gathered in Akatsuki, and Shiraishi didn't understand everything about them.

It is a very difficult and dangerous task for Kisame to sneak into it alone and work with those S-class defecting ninjas.

Once the spy's identity is discovered, it is basically a dead end.

Therefore, it is very important to gain trust in the early stage.

After gradually gaining the trust of the members and leaders of the Akatsuki organization and gaining sufficient qualifications, they can then continuously feed back Akatsuki intelligence to the village.

If the Akatsuki organization wasn't too dangerous, Yagura wouldn't want to send a capable ninja like Kisame into Akatsuki to work for Akatsuki.

"Right now, Akatsuki's whereabouts are somewhat uncertain. After Kisame defected, he will probably have to wander in the ninja world for a while before Akatsuki pays attention to him. According to my guess, they will definitely test the strength of the new members before recruiting core members. , to determine the identity of core members and non-staff members.”

Shiraishi expressed his speculation.

Akatsuki is roughly divided into three levels.

The first level is naturally the leader, Nagato.

The second level includes dangerous S-class defected ninjas such as Orochimaru and Akasaka Scorpion. They are also core members of Akatsuki. They have their own code names and rings, and wear robes with black background and red clouds.

The third level is the non-staff members, who spy on intelligence, move around various places, and provide logistical assistance, such as ninja tools, food, money and other supplies for Akatsuki's core members during their activities.

With Kisame's strength, it is impossible for him to develop into a non-staff member once he is noticed by Akatsuki.

Non-staff personnel are just the lowest level organization composed of a group of weak ninjas.

Shiraishi tested Kisame's various abilities more than a year ago. He has the powerful power to wield the sword Samehada with one hand. He is born with huge chakra and will grow in the future. He may be able to approach the level of a tailed beast.

Its adaptability to Daito and Samehada is the highest in history, and it has a special technique to fuse with Daito and Samehada.

Ninjutsu is mainly based on large-scale water escape ninjutsu.

Suitable for ninjas who can fight at near, medium or far distances.

However, he is not very proficient in genjutsu, but Kisame has the sword Samehada, so even if he is not proficient in genjutsu, he can use Samekin to dispel the genjutsu for himself when he encounters a genjutsu ninja.

Coupled with his proficiency in Taijutsu, Swordsmanship, and Water Release Ninjutsu, Kisame can easily handle most ninjas.

Even if you encounter a strong enemy, you can still use your own advantages to deal with it for a long time.

"It doesn't matter. After Kisame defectes, I will arrange for him to work part-time as a bounty hunter in the underground black market for a period of time. That way, the probability of being noticed by Akatsuki will be greater."

The Renegade Ninja are a group of ninjas who abandoned their village.

Because of losing the protection of the village, it is not so easy to survive in the ninja world.

Therefore, after defecting ninjas leave the village, most of them will choose to work in the underground black market and become bounty hunters who work for money.

Moreover, the Secret Army of the Kingdom of Demons, the Xuanzanzhong, are engaged in bounty hunting in the underground black market. When the time comes, the Xuanzanzhong will provide assistance to Kisame from behind, which can help Kisame become famous in the underground black market more quickly and enter the Akatsuki. in sight.

"That's no problem. So, on what charge do you want Kisame to defect to Kirigakure? If the charge is too small, it may not be convincing."

The crime may be serious or minor, and the level of a defecting ninja is generally determined based on a combination of strength and crime.

If it were just based on strength, when he defected to Konoha, he would only be A-level at most.

The reason why he was judged as an S-class defecting ninja was because the nature of his defection was very bad.

He took away some of the Uchiha and Hinata tribesmen and defected together. As one of the chief culprits, the top brass of Konoha hated him, and it also seriously affected the prestige of Konoha Village.

Therefore, if Kisame wants to become an S-class defector ninja, he must leave Kirigakure Village in the name of committing a serious crime.

Otherwise, if you become a rebel ninja with the reputation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, you will be judged as an A-class defector ninja at most, and will not reach the level of an S-class defector ninja.

A smile appeared on Yagura's lips and he said to Shiraishi:

"Assassinating the Daimyo of the Land of Water is a serious enough crime."