Ninja Ice House

After the peaceful New Year's Eve, a week has passed.

A year ago it was so cold that I could shiver, but after the new year it cleared up quickly and the temperature rose quickly.

During the Chinese New Year, the weather is also good, which makes people more and more people go out of their homes, visit relatives and friends, and keep in touch with each other.

The ninja world does not have the red tape of the previous life, but some principles are the same, and it is nothing more than asking God for blessings.

A year's plan begins in spring, a day's plan begins in the morning.

Having a good start also lays a solid foundation for life in the next year.

A big family like the Kosugi clan doesn't even have many equivalent relatives. Most of them live far away from each other. The mother's maiden family is a daimyo. She spends most of the year in the Fire Country Miyagi and doesn't have many opportunities to go out.

As a powerful "relative" of the Furusugi family, the Yasukawa family often interacts with the servant Togakushi family.

Both families are large and prosperous families with a long history. With so many people coming and going, Gushan Bushui didn't recognize many of them clearly and could only remember a few of their names.

It's not that Gu Shanbu Shui is so arrogant that he despises his family friends, but that there are too many people who think about him every day, and many people try their best to increase their presence, just to look familiar.

There are only so many top positions in the ninja world, and everyone wants them, so naturally there will be a lot of open and covert struggle. Under the circumstances where there is not much difference in abilities and connections, Furugi Bushui can only try his best to arrange people who can remember their names.

The true meaning of authority and influence does not lie in high positions, but in those who are closer to the person who really has the final say, who are better able to reap benefits and gain real power.

"It's obviously a vacation, but actually I don't have much leisure time."

After a day's work, He Xianglin and Hongye had dinner and had a conversation. Gushan Bushui left mother and daughter talking quietly, and went to the study alone, lazily leaning on the lounge chair and looking out the floor-to-ceiling window.

Where the starry sky meets the sea, there are dots of light shining, which are the light swept by the searchlights of ships passing by in the distance.

In the moonlit willow branches, people meet after dusk.

The vegetation coverage on Yuqi Island is very high, and there are lush gardens everywhere. Behind any landscape, there are men and women having a tryst with each other.

The dim light of the upper Xuan Yue shines on Gu Shan Bu Shui through the floor-to-ceiling windows, like a translucent robe covering him.

The record player in the room played sweet pure music one after another, and the ninja-style organ was mixed with crisp percussion instruments, filling the entire room with graceful notes.

Fortunately, the sound insulation effect here is very good, and the inside and outside should not interfere with each other, so as not to affect the rest of the family.

"This song is good, it just has a strange charm."

Music is indeed a common language for intelligent creatures. Fusugi Bosui thinks it is good, and Otsutsuki Kaguya most likely agrees with it.

"The futile struggle, useless vanity, and vain conceit are intertwined together, and the blasphemous chant of worldly emotions perfectly sums up the life of an ant."

"Are you laughing at me, or are you laughing at yourself?"

This piece called "vain" seems to have a different charm when a person is bathing in the cold night.

"The emptiness of nothing, the confusion about the future..."

Otsutsuki Kaguya asked strangely:

"You seem to be easily depressed at night. Is it because you put the wrong record? I thought the previous song "Tide Ming" was a bit too desolate, and it was even lower than the farewell and regret of "Confession Night"."

Gu Shan Bu Shui did not respond directly, but asked with a chuckle:

"The Otsutsuki clan is already a powerful life form across the universe, and each individual has almost reached the threshold of an immortal species. A short-lived species like me, whose theoretical life span is up to a hundred years, is there any difference in the realization of self-worth?

By the way, do you also like creation and art?"

After a moment of silence, Otsutsuki Kaguya replied unnaturally:

"I personally still like the miraculous art created by life, but for a long time, the only thing left to our Otsutsuki clan is life itself. The so-called cultural traditions are basically related to life and death. Complex emotions are considered

Burdened, everything is focused on exploring the end of life..."

After a pause, the goddess Mao continued to explain in a low tone:

"There is no point in living just for the sake of living. Even we are just trying to leave traces in the universe, prove the value of our existence, and find like-minded partners."

"Similar consciousness is really a hard-to-express standard."

"You now have many relatives and friends, and a family. Are you still dissatisfied?"

"I am very lucky in this life. I am more successful than in my previous life. However, my lifespan in two lives is not as good as that of Konoha Village. I am still blind to many things. For example, my identity as a time traveler hidden deep in my heart makes me always

Unconsciously, I feel alienated from the ninja world. Some thoughts and words can only be kept in my heart. I can't even find anyone to talk to in private. Hongye can't, Xiang Rin doesn't understand, and my parents can't reveal it, even if it's private.

Even you, I’m afraid, can’t understand it.”

"Empathy from outsiders?"

Kaguya Otsutsuki sneered,

"We are similar in this regard. Neither of us are natives of the ninja world."

"So, at the genetic level, I can be considered a local, but in terms of psychological identity, I am more similar to you."

Fusugi Fusui responded leisurely, just as the record was switching, the obviously more soothing "Missing Through Time" came to my ears, causing Otsutsuki Kaguya to stop chatting, move her shadow to the window, and look outside the sky

bright moon.

"Are you... homesick? Relatives and friends from your previous life..."

"I usually don't think about it much, but now I miss it a little bit."

It’s not like crossing the Naihe Bridge, drinking Meng Po soup, and not being able to remember the reincarnation of the previous life. How could the influence of the previous life disappear without a trace?

Even in the dream, it doesn't involve much of the previous life. However, when I can't sleep, I can easily bring up the deepest memories in my heart and go through them again, so that I don't forget and always remember where I come from and where my roots are.

.

"What about you? Do you still miss your hometown?"

Speaking of the origin of the Otsutsuki clan, the goddess Uno herself didn’t know where to start. After hesitating for a moment, she replied seriously:

"Leaving the sacred tree from which they were first born, the Otsutsuki people have no hometown. They are wandering in the boundless universe, perhaps looking for a hometown that can make them feel at ease."

As if she remembered something interesting, Otsutsuki Kaguya's interest in chatting was particularly high today.

"By the way, are you sure that you really died in your previous life? Maybe you are just an indigenous person who inherited a projection from another world."

"Don't you know yet? Who is it that made a big hole in the Earth Explosion Star that sealed you, so that you can come out of the prison for a break from time to time?"

Curling his lips, Gu Shan Bu Shui sneered,

"I'm not a fool who doubts myself casually."

"Then... your current state is understandable. Having been born in two lifetimes, clan members who have been resurrected, or children who are too young, will encounter some specious psychological obstacles when entering the universe. For example, if you value righteousness,

He takes death lightly and always likes to weigh everything about himself on a scale and compare it with something."

Kosugi Fusui recalled what he had done in the past few years, and indeed he had this tendency occasionally. He even said that if something went wrong with him, he would give his body to Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"Maybe. However, I should still care about my own life. I just think that some things are more important than wealth and life."

Gu Shan Bu Shui shrugged nonchalantly,

"Of course I don't want to die if I can live, but I'm not sure. Sometimes, it's better to die."

Suddenly realizing that this illusory alien in front of him seemed not living comfortably enough, Gu Shan Bu Shui suddenly asked:

"How are you arranging your resurrection? I think you are likely to fail. The ninja world is no longer what you were familiar with thousands of years ago. The back-up plan arranged by the Six Paths Sage may be the key to victory.

Hands behind your back."

It is not surprising that even Kaguya Otsutsuki was not completely dead, had no illness or disaster, and died of natural causes, the Sage of Six Paths, is still influencing the direction of the ninja world.

"so what?"

Otsutsuki Kaguya said nonchalantly,

"As long as I don't want to, I won't lose. The power of the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki is far beyond your imagination. It is simply not something that the ninja world can compete with."

If he can't be beaten, Otsutsuki Kaguya has many ways to avoid it. Even if he can't be beaten, he can definitely escape. Once he hides in the ball space, no one in the ninja world can find him.

Even if Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto inherit the power of the Six Paths in the future, awaken the Yin-Yang Escape, and Kaguya Otsutsuki is determined to run into the void of the universe, pulling a few asteroids to hit the ninja world from time to time, Team 7 can still fly up

Is it possible to catch up in space?

Even a thousand years ago, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura must have been sure to seal their mother?

Whenever Otsutsuki Kaguya makes a move to retreat instead of advancing, the two sons may not be able to seal it together.

Finally, what prompted Kaguya Otsutsuki to stay in the ninja world and fight against the savior who came into being?

Have you been given a halo of intelligence?

"Confused?"

As if aware of the suspicion in Gusugi Bushui's heart, Otsutsuki Kaguya snorted coldly,

"No matter what happens to Hagoromo and Hamura, they are still my children."

"oh?"

Gu Shan Bu Shui was stunned for a moment, then he immediately came to his senses.

Whether it is Otsutsuki Hagoromo or Otsutsuki Hamura, they and Otsutsuki Kaguya are not enemies in the general sense, but have a mother-son relationship.

In Kaguya Otsutsuki's mind, that battle a thousand years ago was probably equivalent to a mother teaching her disobedient rebellious sons. As a result, the little ones were so good at fighting that they accidentally got away with it.

I'm glad that the children are growing up, but they are parting ways with their mother.

The essence of the ninja world is not the battle between the big devil behind the scenes and the savior who emerges from the scene, but a family ethics drama.

"You...may have underestimated the nature of your descendants who are determined to kill their relatives. There have never been many people who are decisive in killing. Look at the Uchiha family. They plot and kill their own compatriots more ruthlessly than outsiders."

Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito, the two sleeping dragons and phoenixes, spent more than 20 years to kill almost all the people of their own race. They are not merciful to outsiders, and they are also not merciful to themselves. I hope they will show their favor when the time comes.

, I guess I’m overthinking it.

"You really don't need my help?"

Gushan Bu Shui smacked his mouth and said playfully,

"Forget it if it's too troublesome. If you can do something within your power, it won't be a problem."

"forget it."

Otsutsuki Kaguya refused,

"It's enough for you to watch. It was very difficult for Yuyi to win back then. Now it's impossible to seal me again by relying on indirect push. I'm already prepared for the same method."

While swearing words of complacency, Furusugi Fusui couldn't help pouring cold water on Otsutsuki Kaguya. After talking about how he would use the broken arm and the Sharingan, he ended the aimless chat.

…

The Kingdom of Whirlpool is more than a thousand kilometers to the north, relatively close to the Kingdom of Iron, and not far from the range of activities of Kumo Ninja's Jugui Island.

A fleet made of steel, equipped with many large and small naval guns, completely canceled its masts and sails, and powered by coal-burning steam turbines, was cruising.

While traveling back and forth, it also cleared many large and small reefs on the waterway, clearing obstacles for the northward route.

Of course, Yun Ren did not feel the need to show weakness at all.

Several times, the fleets of Giant Turtle Island and the Gushan family were very close to each other, and their guns almost went off.

In fact, several major countries on the southeast coast have no experience in agreeing on maritime national boundaries.

These days, with the steady progress of the reconstruction of the Kingdom of Whirlpool, the originally a bit crowded sea area has become more and more restrictive.

Of course, with the exception of Kumo Ninja, the fleet of the Kosugi family will be a little more restrained. Ships from several other small countries entering the nearby waters will either be detained or leave, and they can no longer use them as freely as before.

Originally, Gu Shanbu Shui still had the idea of ​​​​looking for trouble for the Kirigakure ninja. As a result, he didn't know whether it was the drastic changes in the Kingdom of Water or the blood successor limited ninja clan in Kirigakure Village who started to go crazy again. After such a long time,

I haven't seen any mist ninjas in this area.

It seemed that they realized that the Gushan family's fleet was not to be trifled with, so everyone stayed far away, fearing that they would be killed like chickens and scare the monkeys who were ready to make a move.

Of course, it is a good thing that the wealthy and powerful Gushan family scares the sneaking enemies. In this way, the pressure of the Gushan family's defense is also reduced a lot.

From a perspective that no one was paying attention to, two mysterious men wearing black and red cloud royal robes were walking on the waves as if they were walking on flat ground, looking at the direction they were heading towards the Kingdom of Water.

"Itachi, when you get to the place, listen to me and don't do anything unnecessary. Most people will never want to go back to a ghost place like the Water Kingdom once they get out.

"clear."

Along the way, Uchiha Itachi, who had been told several taboos by Loquat Juzo, was taciturn and rarely talked about his personal affairs. The same was true of Loquat Juzo. The first generation of "Seven Ninja Swordsmen" scattered around and left Loquat Juzo.

The importance of it is getting higher and higher.

This time, the mission of the two of them is to go to the Kingdom of Water to investigate the situation of the six-tailed rhinoceros and the three-tailed zodiac. If they go well, they can directly eliminate and capture the tailed beasts or jinchūriki.