I don't believe in the will of fire

Two days later, in the quiet morning

As a bell rang, the quiet village began to become lively.

One by one, the neatly cleaned villagers of Wuren Village walked out of their homes. They all wore clothes issued by the village in accordance with the regulations. They were walking on the road talking and laughing, looking down from the sky.

Go, like strips of colorful ribbons.

Everything has been arranged at the Isofu Lake where the sacrificial ceremony is held. The flowers around the lake are blooming very brightly. Every ten steps along the wooden corridor, there are fluttering ribbons with the whirlpools of Isofu and Uzumaki Village printed on them.

logo.

A huge wooden platform has already been erected, standing high beside the lake.

People from the surrounding police department were nervously maintaining order. All the people who came were randomly divided into batches according to the agreed method, forming small squares and fans.

The branches are on the left and right sides of the wooden balcony.

“It’s so lively!”

The villagers who had already arrived here were whispering to each other, and everyone looked very excited. Firstly, because they didn’t have to work today and could still get wages. Secondly, they rarely saw such a lively scene.

"Yes, when I came here, there were not so many people in the village?"

"When did you come to the village?"

"A year ago, he came with our Queen, but now he is the Minister of Taiwan and Japan."

"So, you used to be from Loulan Kingdom."

"Yeah, what about you?"

"I'm from the country of Sawa."

"Oh, hello, hello. The Kingdom of Sichuan is very close to our Loulan. I have been there before."

"Speaking of which, I heard that you people from Loulan have met Mr. Jifu?"

"Hey, you don't know?"

"Sorry about that, I just joined the village not long ago."

"I see."

Speaking of this, the Loulan people became obviously more excited.

"That's right. Moreover, we got into Isofu-sama's belly at that time. Speaking of which, I was shocked at the time. I got into Isofu-sama's belly with the hope of death, haha

Ha ha."

In this way, everyone started chatting with each other, and the whole sky above Jifu Lake echoed with the various noisy conversations.

Because there were so many people attending the sacrificial ceremony, it was not until an hour and a half later that the crowd was completely settled.

"That's almost it, let's get started."

Following Taiyo's order, the subordinate in charge of the bell rang the starting bell.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

After the three bells rang, the whole world suddenly became quiet. Although there were still some people talking in low voices, they were almost gone.

"Let's go on stage."

"Um."

With everyone's attention and anticipation, Shenyue brought Taiyu, Hongzhou, Kannawu Granny, Nonoyu and Peacock onto the stage.

The six people represent the top leaders of the six major departments in the village, and they are also the most qualified to stand here at this moment.

As for Shengshu and the others, they are still too young.

"Hey, you idiots, control the camera for me, and then film it without missing a single scene."

In the distance, the photography team invited from the Kingdom of the Sea was also trying its best to record everything.

On the balcony, the six Shenyue people were all dressed up, facing everyone below.

"Is this the leader of Uzumaki Ninja Village? He is really young! Is it really possible for such a young child to be the leader?"

Some people who had just joined the Uzumaki Ninja Village looked at Shenyue on the stage and asked doubtfully, and were immediately refuted by the people next to them.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Master Shenyue's strength cannot be judged by age. Please be careful what you say to me."

The person who spoke immediately said a little unhappy.

"I'm just telling the truth. Can I really do good things at such a young age? I can't be the puppet of the two people next to me."

"You guy, I'm going to tear your mouth off."

At this moment, a warm breath fell from the sky and enveloped everyone, surprising everyone.

Looking towards the direction where the warm breath came from, I saw Shenyue walking to the front of the stage at some point, looking at everyone and speaking, without any so-called formulaic words, Shenyue said very casually.

"This should be the first time since the establishment of our village that everyone has gathered together, wearing the same clothes, and as members of the same Uzumaki Village, to participate in the ceremony of our Uzumaki Village's patron saint, Mr. Isofu.

Sacrifice and celebration.”

Shenyue's words seemed to have a unique magic power. Even though they were far away, everyone could still hear his voice clearly, as if it was ringing in everyone's ears.

The scene instantly became quiet, and everyone held their breath and listened to Shenyue's story.

"First of all, as the leader of Uzumaki Ninja Village, I, Uzumaki Kamizuki, would like to thank everyone very much for coming to participate in this sacrificial ceremony for Lord Isoho. In fact, this is not the first time that a sacrificial ceremony has been held. Before this, we have also

It was held once, not long after the village was established. At that time, we decided to hold such a celebration every year as a festival of the village. However, before the beginning, I had no plans to make such a grand event.

Because in my opinion, Isofu-sama shouldn’t welcome us here to disturb it while it sleeps, so instead of spending so much money and making everyone work hard, it would be more practical to distribute the money to everyone.”

Shenyue's honest words suddenly made the villagers present feel more relaxed. Everyone laughed subconsciously, and the original tension dissipated instantly.

"However, I thought about it and decided to make a big move. The reason is very simple."

Shenyue said as she glanced over the crowd. Even though the distance was so far away, everyone present still felt a sense of being close to them, and everyone subconsciously focused their attention.

"Because I thought of one thing, that is, all of us are here only for one reason, and that is war!"

"The ninja world has experienced two wars so far. As a result of each war, countless families were destroyed and displaced. It was because of the pain of the war that everyone traveled across the ocean, far away from their own country and village.

Come here, otherwise, who would be willing to leave their homeland."

Shenyue's words made everyone present subconsciously recall the tragic memories of the past, and some of them cried out of emotion.

"Not only everyone here, but also me. I rarely tell others about my experience, but now I feel I can tell everyone."

Shenyue said, pointing in the direction of the old Uchao site in the distance.

"Some people may know that place. It is now called the Uzushio Former Site, but it used to have a name called Uzumaki Village. Yes, it has the same name as our current village. It used to be richer than here, just like you.

, there used to be members of my parents’ clan there, until a few years ago, the ninjas from Kirigakure Village attacked there, destroying everything overnight, leaving only the name of the Uzumaki clan and a few of our remaining bloodlines.”

"..."

The expressions of everyone present changed. For the first time, while respecting the leader of their own village, they also recognized that they were connected to the same fate.

"But to be honest, I didn't think about building a village at first..."