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"Lamp?"

Shinji raised an eyebrow.

He was a 'Lantern Bearer', and the mysterious voice called itself 'Lamp', so didn't that mean the mysterious voice was the lamp he was holding?

In other words.

This mysterious voice that barely acknowledged him was actually a treasure exclusively his.

"Is it because my authority is not enough that I cannot control it?"

He gradually understood.

The method the mysterious 'Lantern Bearer' used to invade the Ninja World, and the 'Light Marks' left behind, were likely abilities of the lamp in his hand.

This meant that the strange and unpredictable things the other party could do now, he might be able to achieve one by one in the future as his authority increased.

Thinking of this, he said to the mysterious voice, "What authority do I have now?"

[Junior Lantern Bearers can hide their Lantern Shadow.]

Shinji was stunned for a moment, then remembered that when he first resisted the Hand Demon's invasion, the Hand Demon recognized him at a glance and called him 'Light'. This time, Rui had almost directly revealed his identity as a 'Lantern Bearer'.

He had been a little puzzled before.

Now he finally understood that beings from outside the Ninja World could see the Lantern Shadow on him and thus identify him.

And now that he could hide his Lantern Shadow, it was good news for him.

At least he no longer had to worry about being seen through at a glance by invaders.

[Junior Lantern Bearers can shield external pollution.]

This point was easy to understand.

Knowledge, items, information, etc., from other worlds were like poison to the Ninja World, but as long as they were in his hands, they would not affect the Ninja World.

For example, the 'Breathing Technique' he had practiced before, and the silk threads still in his hand.

His ability as a 'Lantern Bearer' could completely shield the pollution these items brought to the Ninja World.

[Junior Lantern Bearers can recruit two Servants, and Servants can shield external pollution.]

Shinji's eyes lit up.

As the Ninja World was anchored by the mysterious 'Lantern Bearer', more and more demons would surely invade in the future, and at that time, he would truly be outnumbered.

So when he was being attacked by the spider demon family on Mount Natagumo, he had thought about recruiting some helpers.

It was only later, when he learned that everything from other worlds was poisonous to the Ninja World, that he gave up the idea of recruiting helpers.

Now that he learned that recruiting Servants was part of the Junior Lantern Bearer's authority, his thoughts immediately became active again.

After understanding all the upgraded authorities, Shinji began to clean up the battlefield.

The mountain stream was a mess at this moment, with almost no intact areas in sight. The rocks and trees were either shredded by Rui's blood net when he went mad, or smashed into pieces by Shinji's 'Susanoo'.

However, since Rui had already turned to ashes under 'Amaterasu', the traces of his existence were completely cleared, leaving no scent behind.

The only thing that could be considered a remnant was the small ball of silk threads that had fallen into Shinji's hands.

Therefore, although the surroundings looked messy, there was nothing worth cleaning up.

"Oh, right, and those Konoha ninjas from before."

Shinji frowned as he remembered the Konoha ninjas who had been controlled by Mother Spider Demon earlier.

Those Konoha ninjas had all seen demons, and had even been controlled by them. Information about demons had been left in their memories.

According to 'Lamp'.

They had all been polluted and would slowly become beacons anchoring the two worlds, pushing the entire Ninja World into the abyss.

When he reached the place where the Konoha ninjas had fainted, Shinji's expression changed.

In front of him, the Konoha ninjas who should have been there were all gone. All that remained on the ground were pools of blood, and remnants of flesh and blood.

Clearly, those four demons had not let go of all the Konoha ninjas before chasing him, and had cruelly devoured them.

Shinji sighed softly, then with a 'swish', he disappeared from his spot.

Swish.

Swish.

Not long after Shinji left, two figures landed in the forest amidst the sound of breaking wind.

Both of them were dressed as Konoha Anbu. One of them, wearing a fox mask and with silver hair, was Kakashi, who had been ordered to investigate.

His squad consisted of four people, divided into two groups.

His group had entered the mountain from another direction, so they had arrived later than the other group, who had already died at Rui's hands.

The accompanying Anbu member pointed to the bloodstains and said, "Captain, we have a discovery here!"

Kakashi, who was keeping watch nearby, immediately rushed over. Seeing the ground covered in blood, like a slaughterhouse, he frowned.

The Anbu member touched the blood on the ground and immediately lowered his voice, "It's still warm. It was left just now."

Kakashi immediately bit his finger, formed hand seals rapidly, and slammed his palm onto the ground: "Summoning Jutsu!"

Poof.

A cloud of white smoke billowed up!

As the smoke cleared, eight ninja dogs of varying sizes appeared before Kakashi.

Kakashi immediately pointed to the bloodstains on the ground and said, "This should be the battlefield. Take a sniff, can you track the enemy?"

The eight ninja dogs sniffed around the area and then looked uniformly in one direction.

"Pursue!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Kakashi ordered the ninja dogs to give chase.

Soon, Kakashi, the accompanying Anbu, and the eight ninja dogs arrived at the place where the two Anbu had encountered Rui.

Looking at their fallen comrades.

Kakashi and the accompanying Anbu wore grim expressions.

The tragic deaths of their two comrades made them realize that the enemy who attacked the Kikyo Mountain outpost was likely no ordinary foe. For ninjas, death was not a great matter; they were already accustomed to it, so there was no sadness. They immediately followed the scent.

Before long, they arrived at the mountain stream where Shinji and Rui had fought.

"What... what happened here?"

The Anbu looked shocked.

This mountain stream looked as if hundreds or thousands of ninjas had battled through it; trees and rocks alike were broken.

However, what was astonishing was that there were no bodies, no bloodstains, and not even a single residual ninja tool could be seen.

In a way, it was completely clean!

Kakashi was equally shocked and looked at the ninja dogs beside him.

The eight ninja dogs immediately dispersed and began searching the mountain stream.

A moment later, the eight ninja dogs regrouped. The leading ninja dog, Pakkun, said to Kakashi, "We can still only smell that one scent."

Kakashi quickly asked, "Only one scent source?"

Pakkun nodded. "Besides the casualties, there's only one scent source left!"

The accompanying Anbu looked confused. "Was the attacker alone?"

Pakkun, who was squatting on the ground, spread his front paws. "In any case, we only smelled one scent source on the battlefield."

Kakashi pondered for a moment. "And his whereabouts?"

Pakkun pointed in the direction they had come from. "His scent has been going back and forth between the battlefield in the woods and this mountain stream."

Kakashi furrowed his brow. "And then?"

Pakkun spread his paws again. "It disappeared!"

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