Chapter 45: Ninja
The two men talked in low voices for a while, and then their figures disappeared into the rocks again.
On the stage, a tall and thin man took out a bottle from somewhere.
He opened the bottle cap and poured all the bright red liquid inside onto himself.
"In the upcoming ceremony, the most suitable believer will be chosen from among you!"
"Through the ritual, you can gain immortality!"
The man opened his arms and shouted loudly.
The believers in the audience also raised their hands high, looking crazy.
"Work harder to serve the Evil God!"
Looking at the believers in the audience with satisfaction.
The man turned around, bent down and went into a hidden cave behind the altar.
Bend down and walk through a narrow path.
After carefully passing a fork in the road, the man finally came to a dead end.
Looking at the rocks in front of him, the man was not panicked at all, but stretched out his hand to feel around.
Soon, as the mechanism was triggered, the rocks in front of him began to move to the side.
Accompanied by bursts of rumbling sounds.
The man crawled into the new cave.
"Master White Tongue."
Seeing the man enter, two believers who had been waiting in the cave stood up.
Off to the side, there was a middle-aged man sitting on a stone bench with his legs crossed and a look of disdain on his face.
On his forehead he wore a Hidden Cloud Village forehead guard with a scratch on it.
The furnishings inside the cave are simple.
Apart from a few stone benches, there is a stone table and a pile of books and scrolls on it.
There were several oil lamps lit on the wall.
In the corner, there is a red sickle standing upright.
The sickle is very long and has three blades on it, which is very strange.
He walked quickly to the stone table, and the two believers immediately followed.
He took out a towel from somewhere and began to wipe White Tongue's body.
"Let's go to Chunshui Town again tomorrow and find two children, and then we can prepare for the ceremony."
Shaking his neck, Baishe explained to the two believers beside him.
"this......"
One of the believers hesitated.
This immediately aroused White Sheet's dissatisfaction.
"Why, are you going to interfere with the rest of the ceremony?!"
Hearing the murderous intent in Baishe's tone, the believer hurriedly opened his mouth to defend himself.
"Lord White Tongue, that's not the case. How dare I neglect the mission of Lord Evil God..."
"It's just that I heard that there are Konoha ninjas active nearby recently, I'm worried..."
As the bandits in the Land of Hot Springs were wiped out one after another, rumors spread on the black market that the Konoha ninjas were involved in the matter.
"Hmph, Konoha."
Before Baishe could speak, the rebel ninja from Kumogakure nearby snorted coldly.
His tone was full of disdain for Konoha.
Hearing the rebel's voice, the believer looked at him with fear.
I continued to explain.
"Konoha just recently defeated Sunagakure and is now in the limelight. Their current Hokage is even known as the 'Hero of Ninja'."
Because the Sandaime Hokage led Konoha to win two Ninja World Wars.
Its reputation has also reached an astonishing level.
I don’t know who gave him the nickname “Ninja Hero”.
And it soon spread in the ninja world along with titles such as "Konoha White Fang" and "Konoha Three Ninjas".
"Add to that the 'Ninja Hero' Shimura Danzo, I think we'd better restrain ourselves for now."
Like "Ninja Hero", no one knows who gave Danzo a title.
It's called "Ninja Ying".
It is said that the Sand Village started calling it first.
Even Uchiha Kei was given the title of "the red-eyed nobleman".
Listening to his subordinates' introduction, Baishe felt a bit awkward just by listening.
"You bastard ninja hero, I think it's more like a ninja bear."
"I remember that when I, Lord Kinkaku and Lord Ginkaku, killed the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, together."
"I haven't seen these two guys do anything."
The real identity of this rebel ninja from Kumogakure is none other than the elite troops of Kumogakure Village back then.
A member of the Golden Horn Force.
His name is Savi.
After besieging and killing Tobirama Senju that year, he was killed by the Third Raikage along with Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
The entire Golden Horn Army also scattered like birds and beasts.
He fled to the Land of Hot Springs alone and made a living by doing dirty work on the black market.
A few years ago, he met the two brothers who had defected from the Iwagakure Village and were about to fall.
Although the two villages are enemies.
But the few people who have already defected obviously will not fight for the village.
We communicated for a while.
The three of them, who seemed to have similar personalities, naturally formed a team.
Until now, he was hired by Baishe with a commission of 300 million.
Protect them until the ceremony is over.
......
Savi, who once served under Kinkaku, naturally looked down on people like Sarutobi Hiruzen who were just guards back then.
In his opinion, these guys were just a bunch of rats who could only run away in fear.
Ninja hero?
Pooh!
"I will personally accompany you there when the time comes. I want to see what the current Konoha ninjas are like."
With disdain in his eyes, Savi stood up and stared at the believer in front of him.
"Hahaha, not bad Savi, I feel relieved to have you around."
After laughing a few times, Baishe sat on the stone bench.
I felt deeply in my heart that these 300 million flowers were truly worth it.
It seems that the next ceremony will go smoothly.
He could already imagine how heroic he would be if he gained immortality.
Oh yes, since I will be immortal by then.
Just kill all those guys like Savi.
After all, this is 300 million taels, enough to make a great contribution to Lord Evil God.
This guy White Sheet has even planned to rob his fellow thieves after the success.
......
At this time, Danzo and his companions were still groping forward in the cave.
"Master Danzo, there is someone in the stone wall!"
Following a soft cry from Hinata Yong.
Everyone stopped.
[Is there someone in the stone wall? ]
Danzo thought for a moment and quickly reacted.
This is Iwagakure's method.
"Where is the location?"
Hurriedly asked the other party's location.
"It's at five o'clock, and it's approaching us."
Under the observation of the Byakugan, Hinata Yong clearly saw two figures moving forward in the wall.
And it's getting closer and closer to us.
After receiving the answer, Danzo immediately began to make hand seals.
"Wind Escape·Vacuum Wave."
The hard rocks were cut like tofu by Danzo's wind jutsu.
"Damn it, I've been discovered!"
Because they sensed someone entering, the two of them used the Rock Hidden Technique to prepare to take a look at the situation.
They didn't expect that the other party would directly discover their location and launch such a powerful wind escape.
The two were forced to emerge from the stone wall ahead of time and came in front of everyone.
"Damn it, it's actually a Konoha ninja, no wonder he can get to this location quietly!"
After taking a look at the people in front of them, they quickly recognized that they were a group of Konoha ninjas.
"What good eyesight! Even though we are not wearing forehead protectors, you still managed to guess that we are ninjas from Konoha."
Shinichi, who was standing by, didn't expect that his and others' identities would be exposed so easily.
I couldn't help myself and spoke.
"..."
The two brothers who got off the stage looked at Shinichi as if he was an idiot.
After a long while, he spoke faintly.
"Are you stupid? Besides your Konoha, are there any other villages with Byakugan?"