Three days later, along the coast of the Land of Rice Fields
After twenty days, the group finally arrived at the coastal area.
"Splash."
The waves crashed on the beach, a sight Konohamaru and Hanabi Hyuga had never seen before. Several children chased and played on the sand, while Xiao Daocao was relatively quiet, barefoot as she picked up seashells and strung them into a necklace.
The adults, not wanting to disturb them, postponed their departure for half a day.
Ahao started chatting with Hongshi: " Hongshi-kun, I'm honored that you've accepted Xiao Daocao as your apprentice, but..."
Hongshi Luo asked, "What's wrong?"
As Xiao Daocao's father, Ahao naturally considered other aspects. "The world of ninjas is very dark, and I'm worried that Xiao Daocao will be harmed in the future. Besides, she's still so young..."
Hongshi Luo patted Ahao on the shoulder. "Don't worry about that, the person who can hurt Xiao Daocao hasn't been born yet! Besides, after we complete our mission in the Land of the Moon, I plan to send you and Grandpa to live in Konoha."
" Konoha?" Ahao asked incredulously, "Is... this really possible?"
Hongshi Luo nodded and said, "Yes, with your skills, you two can definitely run a restaurant."
Becoming a resident of Konoha was something Ahao had never dared to dream of, yet now it had miraculously come true. "But... we're still just outsiders."
Hongshi Luodao: "It's alright, I'll open it with you guys. Hmm, we'll open a restaurant and sell rice on the side, one bag at a time, mix some mud in, and have the Bōshō brothers deliver it to our door and carry it upstairs. That would be a guaranteed money-maker! Hahaha."
Lord God: "(°ー°)..."
The two Bao brothers, who were packing their luggage, suddenly Bōshō: "What's going on? Why does a chill run straight to our heads?"
They had no idea what kind of future awaited them.
" Hongshi, it's time to go!"
Yamato observed the tide and wind direction, and called for everyone to gather.
Konohamaru and the other two walked away, still wanting more, while Xiao Daocao approached Hongshi: "Master! This is for you."
In the Xiao Daocao's hand, there was a simple necklace made of dozens of white seashells.
Hongshi Luo took the seashell, wrapped the necklace around her Forehead Protector, and almost cried with emotion, "Thank you, Xiao Daocao, I will always wear it."
In the distance Yamato's hands swiftly Hand Seals, causing numerous wooden stakes to rise from the beach and rapidly assemble on the seawater, ultimately forming the shape of a boat. " Wood Release: Wooden Boat Technique!"
Hongshi Luo: "Σ() Holy crap, this Firewood Release is so practical! It can even build a boat! You'd be so lucky to use it to make money!"
Xiao Daocao's eyes sparkled; in her eyes, Yamato was better than her master. "Master Yamato is so amazing!"
The group began to board the ship, but in the end, Hongshi stood in the crowd of ships, hesitant to move.
Yamato waited a long time, but when Hongshi didn't board the ship and saw his blank expression, he yelled, " Hongshi, what are you doing! We've been waiting for you!"
Hongshi Luo gripped the greatsword " Kikoku," slowly raised his right foot, and kept muttering to himself, "I can do it! I can do it!"
"Master! Come up here quickly!"
"Vomit!"
Once her feet were on the deck, Hongshi, unsurprisingly, squatted down and began vomiting violently. "No, I can't, my head is so dizzy!"
Yamato: "Σ() What's wrong with you? The ship hasn't even moved yet and you're already seasick?"
The wooden boat is currently stranded, with half of it still on the beach.
Left with no other choice, Hongshi jumped off the ship, collapsed to the ground, his face pale, and said to Yamato, "Captain Yamato, you guys go first. I'll rest for a while, then use Ninjutsu to follow."
"Okay... alright."
Left with no other choice, Yamato used Wood Release to push the wooden boat back into the sea and sail away into the distance.
Watching the wooden boat sail away, Hongshi Luo changed his previous demeanor, stood up, brushed the sand off his backside, and muttered to himself, "Hmm... did they find Hiruko?"
Before leaving Konoha, Hongshi had ordered Kikin to find Hiruko's whereabouts. And just now, Hiruko Kikin.
It turns out that Hiruko on Mount Shumisen in the Land of Earth, waiting for the annular solar eclipse three years later.
Land of Earth - Mount Shumisen
Mount Shumisen is hidden among the millions of mountains in the Land of Earth. Given the vastness of the Land of Earth, no one knew that such a powerful being existed within these mountains.
After Hiruko from Konoha, he hid here, using this place as a base to conduct research on the Chimera Technique.
At the foot of Mount Shumisen, in a canyon, stands a Taiseki. Kikin, the third elder of the Nuclear Ninja Village, dressed in a yellow bodysuit and clad in a red, windswept robe, slowly approaches from afar. "What's going on? This place is so remote, I've been searching for ages. Luckily I've seen the movie, otherwise I don't know how long I'd have to look."
Before long, Kikin arrived at the stone door, reached out and slowly pushed it open. The scene behind the door surprised him greatly.
On the flat ground at the entrance, hundreds of wooden coffins stood upright, looking extremely terrifying. At the same time, a cold wind blew through the air, making people tremble.
" Hiruko! Show yourself at once!"
Kikin's intrusion also alerted Hiruko. A short while later, two people emerged from a high platform in the distance: Hiruko himself and Orochimaru.
"Oh ho? Orochimaru, when did you get four arms again?"
Hiruko looked at the strangely dressed Kikin at the foot of the mountain, then turned to Orochimaru and asked, " Orochimaru, do you know this person?"
Orochimaru thought for a moment, but he didn't seem to remember anyone like that. However, seeing the Forehead Protector around Kikin's waist, he raised an eyebrow. "Don't know him. He's from the Nuclear Ninja Village. You need to be careful."
Although Hiruko was hiding in Mount Shumisen, she did a very good job of gathering intelligence on the outside world, including the recently established Nuclear Ninja Village and the newly established Blade Ninja Village.
Hiruko, however, became interested upon hearing this. " Orochimaru, it's been so many years. How have you become so timid? He's just someone from a small ninja village. Besides, I can't sense any Chakra flow from him. He must be Taijutsu -type ninja. You should know that Taijutsu is useless against me."
Orochimaru chuckled mockingly, "Alright, then give it a try. Anyway, my subordinate Kabuto has already obtained your Chimera Technique. If you die, I can use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive you."
With the help of Orochimaru and Kabuto, Hiruko -Chimera Technique was improved. Several of his subordinates had already acquired four Kekkei Genkai —Swift Release, Steel Release, Dark Release, and Storm Release —as well as near-infinite Chakra, making them fearless. This is why he dared to declare war on the Shinobi World alone.
Hiruko another word, Hiruko vanished from his spot. " Swift Release - Impermanent Swift Step."
The next second, they were already standing a kilometer away behind Kikin.
" Steel Release: Heavy Steel Fist!"
Thump!
Hiruko was a powerful fighter on par with Orochimaru, and his combat experience was naturally extensive. Before Kikin could react, he had already been punched in the lower back.
But the next moment, however, he broke out in a cold sweat. Kikin slowly turned around, completely unharmed. "Don't you understand the principle of not hitting someone in the waist?"
"Nani!"
Hiruko then realized that he had underestimated the bald man before him, and once again used Swift Release to try and create distance. " Swift Release - Impermanent Retreat!"
His body instantly appeared a hundred meters away, but Kikin's figure also disappeared from his sight.
Kikin's casual voice rang out from Hiruko: "Alright, alright, I still need to get back to pilot my Gundam."
Hiruko knew something was wrong and was about to escape again, but suddenly found that his head had been grabbed by Kikin. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
Next, Kikin's eyes transformed into the Ten Tomoe Rinnegan, and his body emitted Nuclear Release Chakra shaped like lightning. " Nuclear Release Nuclear-Powered Lightning Armor, Human Path: Mind Layer Diving."
The Lord God: "Why don't you just call it Infinite Change?"
In just ten seconds, Hiruko the Chimera Technique and some other information, which had fallen into Kikin's hands.
At that moment, three Kusanagi Sword imbued with Lightning Release Chakra shot through the air, striking Kikin squarely and piercing his Nuclear-Powered Lightning Armor, leaving a small wound.
"Oh my? Uchiha Sasuke?"
Orochimaru held three powerful golden bows, and beside him stood Sasuke Uchiha, who had not appeared for a long time. It seemed that the Lightning Release Chakra on the Kusanagi Sword was the Chidori released by Sasuke.
"Peng."
Kikin's body disappeared; it turned out that it was just a Shadow Clone.
Orochimaru seemed to have realized something. "He can actually use Shadow Clone? How is that possible?"