Escape From Konoha

The place called Toad House is much wider than normal houses where humans live.

The style of the furniture is not much different from that of human homes. The only unusual thing is the ingredients placed in the kitchen. In addition to vegetables, snails, beetles, and locusts account for the majority of ingredients.

Seeing these ingredients, the corners of Jiraiya's eyes couldn't help twitching, as if recalling some bad memories.

If I remember correctly, it should have been when I was practicing immortal arts in Miaomu Mountain, and the two immortals of Miaomu Mountain used such ingredients to recruit me. Of course he didn't eat it and just ate all the rice.

Although after entering immortal mode, his appearance will be partially transferred to that of a toad, it does not mean that he will be interested in what a toad usually eats.

Therefore, Jiraiya planned to leave Mt. Myoboku immediately after asking the Great Toad Sage to find Tsunade and convince her to become the Fifth Hokage of Konoha.

As soon as Jiraiya entered the door, Shima Sennin, who was busy cleaning the ingredients, naturally noticed it.

"It's just like what the old guy said, little Jiraiya, you are back safe and sound."

The ‘old thing’ in Shima Sen’s mouth naturally refers to the Great Toad Sento, the leader of Mt. Myoboku.

The two immortals of Miaomu Mountain have their own characteristics.

Compared to Fukasaku Sennin, who has a calm personality, Shima Sennin, as a housewife, often has a violent temper, and is often rude to the leader, Toad Sennin. Therefore, in Mt. Myoboku, Shima Sennin’s status belongs to the stronger side.

Seeing Jiraiya's safe return, Shima Sennin naturally believed that the big toad sage's prediction had come true, and the string in his heart relaxed as a result, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"What old thing? That's the big boss. And the big boss said that Jiraiya is safe, so don't worry about it alone."

Fukasaku Sennin, who brought Jiraiya into the toad house, said something, dissatisfied with Shima Sennin's rudeness.

"Am I wrong? Isn't he an old toad who is about to step into the coffin board? Besides, who knows whether it is a true prophecy or just a daydream."

It’s not that Immortal Shima doesn’t trust the prophetic ability of Immortal Toad, but in the past thousands of years, Immortal Toad has confused prophecies with dreams more than once, causing Immortal Shima to not know whether it was Immortal Toad who was predicting. , or simply had a dream.

After all, after living for such a long time, it is inevitable that the eyes will become dim.

"Oh, don't you two argue over me here. I came here this time mainly because I wanted to find out from the Great Toad Immortal whether there was a new prophecy, and why my Immortal Mode was lifted that day. By the way, Come back, big sister, what happened to you that day?"

He remembered that Shima Sennin was accidentally scratched by the weird red gun that day, which caused problems with his Sage mode.

At that time, some kind of mutation had obviously occurred in Shima Sennin, otherwise his sage mode would not have been implicated.

Jiraiya wanted to know from Shima Sage why the Sage mode was lifted that day.

Only then did Shima Sennin retract his gaze towards Fukasaku Sennin, then jumped in front of Jiraiya, raised his head and looked up at Jiraiya and said: "This matter is not too difficult to understand. If I remember correctly, Little Jiraiya, you can't enter Sage Mode by yourself."

"Yes, I can sense natural energy, but the absorption and fusion are not very good. Especially the fusion of natural energy and chakra is the part I am least good at."

When Jiraiya said this, he became a little frustrated.

This is also the biggest weakness of his sage mode. He needs two sages to provide him with a platform for chakra and natural energy to merge into sage chakra.

Without the two immortals, he would not be able to enter immortal mode on his own. Moreover, once either of the two immortals leaves his body for a certain period of time, the immortal mode will be released.

In other words, his sage mode relies heavily on outsiders for assistance in refining sage chakra and cannot be self-sufficient.

"That's the problem."

Shima Sennin glanced at Jiraiya and sighed helplessly.

"How to say?"

"Your immortal mode requires me and the child's father to maintain it. Once there is a problem with either of me or the child's father, it will cause your immortal mode to malfunction. Therefore, after being injured by that gun, the immortal mode will be released. It’s also natural.”

Shima Sennin said this.

"Can you explain it in detail, eldest sister? I still don't understand why it became a matter of course for me to be injured by that gun and to release the immortal mode."

Jiraiya looked at Shima Sennin suspiciously.

Fukasaku Sage on the side replied: "Little Jiraiya, you have learned the senjutsu from our Myouki Mountain, and you should know what the so-called senjutsu is. It is the fusion of natural energy and chakra. If a certain part of the energy is lost, For example, if you can use natural energy but cannot use chakra, or if you can use chakra but cannot use natural energy, you cannot use senjutsu.”

Jiraiya was thoughtful, and suddenly understood something, his eyes widened.

"Boss Fukasaku, what do you mean?"

The faces of Fukasaku Sennin and Shima Sennin both became heavy.

Immortal Zhima nodded, and said with a serious expression: "You guessed right, after I was injured by that weird red gun that day, the chakra in my body immediately fell into a 'sleep' state. I can only use natural energy to fight, but cannot use chakra."

The inability to use chakra means that when natural energy is used alone, it cannot be fused into senjutsu chakra to perform senjutsu.

And Jiraiya's sage mode is activated by two sages, because the basic balance of refining and fusing sage chakra, Jiraiya has done very poorly, so it takes two sages to work together to complete the sage mode.

As a result, Immortal Shima's chakra system fell into a state of 'sleep', and the immortal art systems of the two major immortals could not be balanced, which affected Jiraiya's immortal mode and entered a state of imbalance and chaos.

The two sages jointly refine the sage chakra, which is the first condition for Jiraiya to enter the sage mode. Once an unexpected factor is inserted into this condition, it means that the sage mode has failed.

"I didn't expect it to be like this... In other words, the ability of that gun can temporarily 'disappear' the chakra in a living thing, right?"

Jiraiya asked.

Immortal Zhima shook his head and replied: "Yes, no, if the 'very poison' that kills Chakra cannot be extracted from the body within forty-eight hours, then the Chakra system in the body will be completely destroyed. , you will not be able to use chakra in the future."

Jiraiya was shocked after hearing this. If the human body's chakra system is destroyed, he will not be able to use chakra in his life?

This kind of ability is simply unheard of.

In the ninja world, it is not that there are no spells created for Chakra. For example, some ninjas can use the seal technique to seal the Chakra in the human body, or use the spell to absorb the enemy's Chakra and turn it into For personal use.

However, the ability to 'kill' chakra is still permanent killing, which is the first time Jiraiya has heard of it.

This ability is far more terrifying than the ability to seal and absorb chakra.

"So, eldest sister, now you..."

Jiraiya asked worriedly.

"You don't have to worry about this. The 'virus' in the child's mother's body that can kill chakra has been extracted by the great master using the immortal power of the Immortal Talisman. But this is what the great master's Immortal Talisman can do. , it would be difficult for an outsider to extract this 'virus' from the human body."

Fukasaku Sage explained, making Jiraiya feel at ease.

While he was talking, Shima Sennin had already walked into the back room. When he came out, he was holding a small reddish-brown clay pot in his hand and placed it in front of Jiraiya.

Jiraiya looked at the reddish-brown clay pot and asked, "This is it?"

"This is something extracted from my body. It has been stored inside. You can take it back to Konoha later and leave it to the professionals there to study it. If you don't crack this 'virus' that destroys chakra, Material, not just your sage mode, any ninja who uses the chakra system will still be defeated."

Shima Sennin solemnly warned Jiraiya.

Jiraiya nodded seriously and took the clay pot from Shima Sennin.

"I understand, big sister, I will take it back to Konoha and find someone to crack it."

"Then, don't bother going to see that old guy. After we finish talking about it later, remember to come back and taste the lunch I made. Okay, no more talking, I'm going to cook first."

Shima Sennin jumped away enthusiastically and went to the kitchen to start working.

Jiraiya looked at the ingredients carefully selected by Shima Sennin. Just seeing the locusts and snails squirming, he lost his appetite at all.

After meeting the Great Toad Sage later, Jiraiya was ready to run away.

Then, Fukasaku Sennin took Jiraiya to see the Great Toad Sennin.

The place where the Great Toad Sage lives is located in the hinterland of Mt. Myoboku, and the surrounding natural energy is also extremely rich. As soon as Jiraiya stepped into the land here, his body's induction of natural energy became clearer.

In the grand and spacious hall, as soon as Jiraiya entered, he could see the incredibly large lounge chair in front of him, and an equally huge old toad with a pipe in his mouth, lying there leisurely.

The huge old toad closed his eyes and fell asleep on the recliner. Circles of smoke spewed out from the pipe, making the hall filled with smoke and clouds, like a fairyland.

"Master, I brought Jiraiya here."

Immortal Fukasaku jumped onto the high platform under the right hand of Immortal Big Toad, and shouted loudly in Immortal Toad's ear.

"Well……"

The smoke ring was still blowing out happily, but at the command of Fukasaku Sennin, the giant toad sage opened his eyes from his sleep, lowered his eyebrows, and naturally saw Jiraiya standing below.

"Oh, it's Zilaiya. I didn't expect you to come here so soon. Are you here for the prophecy?"

The Great Toad Immortal seemed to see through the worries deep in Jiraiya's heart.

Jiraiya took a slight step forward, nodding with a serious expression.

"That's right, Immortal Toad, I want to ask, is the result of the prophecy about the future of the ninja world still unchanged?"

The Great Toad Immortal made a prophecy in the past, that is, in the not-too-distant future, unprecedented turmoil will erupt, and death and war will burn the entire world. All ninja systems, including Konoha, will be completely destroyed.

This was something Jiraiya couldn't bear.

Because this is an order that our ancestors spent countless time and effort to establish with great difficulty.

If such order is lost, the civilization of the ninja world is likely to enter a new Warring States era. By then, it will not only be ninjas who will suffer, but even innocent civilians will not be spared.

"Well...according to the future I see now, there is no change at all. You have also seen it, little Jiraiya. The power that can cause chaos in the ninja world has now formed a huge scale after many years of dormancy in secret. …”

The words of the Great Toad Sage made Jiraiya feel the same.

Because of the rise of the Kingdom of Ghosts, the situation in the ninja world has indeed become unstable. The Kingdom of Wind is just an introduction. The Kingdom of Ghosts is secretly planning other conspiracies.

Now there is only one important opportunity left before the future predicted by the Great Toad Immortal.

Once the conditions for the opportunity are achieved, it means that the order created by the ancestors will no longer exist.

"So, Great Toad Immortal, how can we prevent such a result from happening?"

Jiraiya asked.

"Finding the Son of Prophecy may be the only way to save the world. As for the identity of the Son of Prophecy, the prophecy only gave a slight hint."

The Great Toad Sage was silent for a moment and said to Jiraiya.

"hint?"

Jiraiya blinked.

"That's right...the green-eyed boy laughed and played with the beast...this is the scene in the prophecy."

A green-eyed boy playing with wild beasts?

Jiraiya was slightly stunned, then frowned and pondered, thinking about the meaning of this sentence.

But in the end, no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't figure out the connection.

"This is the future you have to face. Guide the Children of Prophecy correctly and save the world...and..."

The Great Toad Immortal paused.

"And what?"

Faced with Jiraiya's continued questioning, the Great Toad Sage still answered unhurriedly:

"In addition, in the depths of the ninja world, there is another huge darkness brewing in the dark. Konoha... is likely to suffer the fate of destruction in advance..."

Konoha... is destroyed in advance?

Hearing these words, Jiraiya and Fukasaku Sennin were shocked. They looked at the Toad Sento in disbelief and their eyes widened.

With his half-opened eyes, staring at Jiraiya's dull and uneasy face, the Great Toad Sage finally uttered a sentence slowly:

"I don't know who that person is yet, but he... calls himself 'God'!"

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly fell into deathly silence.

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Chakra flowed on the air barrier like electronic lines, and then activated the mechanism. On the colorless and transparent air barrier, a door was immediately opened from the void, making it easier for people to enter.

Entering inside, Yiji saw in the depths of the workshop, a young man about his own age, lying on a huge strange machine, holding a tool of completely unknown purpose for Yiji, performing performance tests there. Adjustment.

The other party was wearing a black-rimmed monocle round glasses at the left eye, and was wearing a blue technician's clothing. His immature face revealed seriousness, as if he had a strong attachment to the task in front of him. and interest.

Ichiji recognized that the thing the boy was adjusting was a militarized weapon called an 'armored vehicle'.

It has metal tracks and a large-caliber gun barrel made of steel.

However, because it is in the research and development stage, there was no chance to appear in the previous war in the Kingdom of Wind.

The convenience of this weapon is that even ordinary people can sit in it and control it, but it can exert a destructive ability that shocks even ordinary ninjas.

Of course, this kind of weapon has a very considerable destructive ability for attacking wooden pile-like buildings. But if faced with extremely mobile ninjas, the lethality is insufficient. Unless a large area of ​​fire coverage is carried out, the ninjas will have no way to escape.

No matter how powerful the firepower is, if the mobility is insufficient and the enemy cannot hit the body, it will not be of much use.

Rather than killing the enemy, this is more of a symbolic power to intimidate the existence.

Even so, being easy for ordinary people to control will indeed have some impact on the ninja market.

Different from today's major powers, the military power of the Ghost Country does not only rely on the power of the ninja itself. The creation of these "foreign objects" is also a part of strengthening the military power.

It's a path where ninjas and science go hand in hand.

"Brother, you really have a soft spot for these iron toys."

Yiji walked not far from the armored vehicle, raised her head, and shouted to Asuka lying on top of the armored vehicle.

Only then did he notice that there were guests in his workshop, Uchiha Asuka also looked very surprised, pushed the monocle on his left eye, and smiled at Kazuki.

"Long time no see, Yiji, when did you come back?"

Asuka is also very happy about Yiji's arrival.

"Just came back from Konoha."

Ichiji replied.

Asuka's tone was confused: "Konoha? Didn't you study in Kirigakure?"

"When I came back from Kirigakure, I was immediately arranged by the old man to go to Konoha on business and go there to get back the things that belong to Uchiha."

Yiji explained.

"That's right."

Asuka responded without much interest.

He didn't have much interest in war or politics. He was only interested in the disassembled and put-together 'toys' in front of him.

As for the purpose of these 'toys' and what they will be used for later, this is not something he has to consider.

"Is this your job here?"

Yi Ji came over and kicked the armored vehicle with her feet. Then she heard a loud banging sound coming from the armored vehicle and began to vibrate.

"Uh-huh!"

Asuka's body also started to tremble, and he accidentally rolled down from the armored vehicle.

"Uh...Sorry, I didn't expect this thing to be so light."

Ichiji watched Asuka roll down from the armored vehicle in a panic because of her operational error, touched her nose, and began to apologize.

"Kick it gently, this thing is not as strong as you think."

Asuka reminded Yi Ji depressedly.

Although the hardness of the armored vehicle is difficult for ordinary people to leave marks on it even with a sharp kunai, but for a powerful ninja like Ichihime, it can be easily destroyed with physical skills. .

Therefore, once Ikki uses chakra and natural energy, even an invulnerable armored vehicle will naturally appear to be extremely 'lightweight'.

"This kind of thing can only scare ordinary people at best. If it's a ninja like my mother, after opening the Susanoo, it can cut off a row with a single knife. It's just a show."

Kazuki made this comment.

Feiniao did not object to this, but nodded matter-of-factly.

"You are right. This is the temporary limitation of this industrialized weapon. Compared with ninjutsu, it is indeed a bit cumbersome. Many places are inflexible and subject to the terrain environment. But if you can continue to improve If so, it may play a huge role in war in the future. And..."

Having said this, Asuka walked to the workbench nearby, picked up something from there, and placed it in front of Ichiji.

"Is this... a flintlock gun?"

Ichiki looked at this short spear, which was much more sophisticated than the kunai spear, and recognized that it was a flintlock gun that was used by very few countries in the ninja world today.

Especially with the rise of ninjas, such weapons were popular for a period of time in the early days and then fell into disuse.

"Our kunai gun from the Kingdom of Oni was developed based on the kunai gun from the Kingdom of Kong in the past. Especially based on the kunai gun from the Kingdom of Sky, it is attached with wind attribute chakra, which increases the speed and penetration. For For today's ninjas, the kunai gun can enrich their methods of fighting enemies. This is a new weapon developed thanks to the brains of Teacher Kataki."

Asuka said seriously.

The 'Teacher Pianqi' he refers to is a senior technician affiliated with the Ghost Country's military. Many people respectfully call him Dr. Pianqi, the mentor who taught Asuka how to make 'toys'.

Asuka respects Dr. Pianqi very much.

The current industrial weapons of the Ghost Country, including the steel battleships sailing on the sea, are all attributed to Dr. Pianqi.

The kunai gun is just a minor achievement of Dr. Kataki's transformation.

But it is this small weapon that greatly armed the ninja power of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"I know that, so what?"

Ichiji asked.

Dr. Pianqi has contributed a lot to the military development of the Kingdom of Ghosts. Even Yiji respects and values ​​such top technical talents.

"The limitation of the kunai gun is that even if it is compressed, it is not convenient to carry, and it is not easy to hide. It needs to be hung on the body. Therefore, once the enemy is alert, the offensive capability will be reduced. But the flintlock gun It's different, it's relatively small, easy to hide, and can catch the enemy off guard."

"However, the lethality of this weapon is very low."

"So, I slightly improved this gun, and based on Mr. Kataki's inspiration for transforming the kunai gun, for example, when firing the kunai, I attached chakra attributes to it to increase its power. Therefore, I also specially made it Some special bullets. Yiji, do you want to try them?"

Asuka looked at Kazuki expectantly.

Yiji raised her eyebrows, and after a moment of hesitation, she nodded in agreement, taking the short flintlock gun from Asuka's hand.

After taking the gun, Yiji asked again: "What should we do next?"

"Come here, there happens to be a target for experiments."

Asuka took Yiji to another part of the workshop, which was a simple training ground. Ten meters away from Yiji, there were several wooden targets marked.

Feiniao took out a small iron box from his pocket. After opening it, there were five round metal projectiles of different colors inside.

He took out the red metal projectile from the iron box and handed it to Ichiji.

Yiji took the red metal bullet and clearly felt the chakra fluctuations in the metal bullet.

Without thinking much, Yiji loaded the red metal bullet into the short flintlock gun in his hand. With a click, he raised his right hand and pointed the muzzle of the flintlock gun at the wooden target ten meters away.

Press the trigger without hesitation.

boom!

The sound of firing bullets is much louder than the sound of Kunai gun firing Kunai.

Almost at the same time as the sound of the bullet being fired, the bullet exploded with a roar after hitting the wooden target, producing a violent and blazing fire that engulfed the target in sight.

Yiji widened her eyes slightly, as if she was a little surprised by the scene in front of her, and didn't react for a while.

"How about it? The power and speed are very good, right? For ninjas without protection, it can kill with one strike. And it can be carried easily on the body. If the technology matures in the future and can be manufactured on a large scale, the country of ghosts will The national defense force can be further guaranteed.”

Seeing Kazuhime's stunned look, Asuka smiled proudly.

Kazuki did not comment, but continued to say to Asuka: "There are bullets with other functions."

Asuka nodded, took out a purple-blue metal bullet, and put it in Kazuki's hand.

Yi Ji quickly loaded the bullet into the flintlock gun. With the experience last time, he pulled the trigger more skillfully this time and fired the bullet towards another wooden target.

The target exploded without accident, but the difference was that this time it did not release explosive flames, but instead formed a lightning field spreading from electric snakes.

It is conceivable that if an enemy happens to be standing in that place, he will definitely be paralyzed by the thunder and lightning field exploded by the bullet at this moment, leaving him to be slaughtered.

Compared with the previous fire-attribute bullets, the lightning-attribute bullets fired this time are obviously less lethal and destructive, but they have the same paralysis ability as thunder escape. In many cases, they can surprise people and win.

"Can this kind of flintlock gun and bullets be mass-produced?"

After Yiji tested the performance of the weapon, she paid attention to this issue.

"With the current technical capabilities, it is still impossible to achieve large-scale popularization, and it took me more than half a month to make less than twenty bullets. I want to fuse attribute chakra into small projectiles Inside, it is not that simple to ensure the power and functionality. I plan to discuss it with Teacher Pianqi later to see if there is anything that needs improvement."

Asuka thought for a moment and answered.

"Really? If that's the case, let's put this 'toy' in my collection for the time being. Maybe I can use it when I go to the Kingdom of Waves."

"You really don't see the outside world at all. I only made two of this kind of flintlock guns that fire special bullets."

Asuka was not at all surprised by Kazuhime's brutal behavior.

Who told this guy to be his sister?

He has been used to it since he was a child.

"Isn't it just right for each person to have one?"

"No, I plan to make one for Caiya. After all, Mom and Aunt Ayane may not need such a toy."

Asuka's words are serious. For a ninja of his mother's level, such a weapon can only be used as a toy.

"Okay, you shouldn't be busy now, let's go back to have dinner together."

Yiji remembered her purpose of coming to Asuka.

"Well, wait for me, I'll go change my clothes. Otherwise, I'll be told by my mother again when I go back."

Asuka looked at the dirty blue work clothes on her body, and walked helplessly to the locker room to change into clean clothes.