Escape From Konoha

Lituo Kingdom, National Library.

The entire library is made of sandstone and alloy. The environment inside is very dark, and the only source of light is a few small windows.

Because this library was built so old, there is no electricity in the entire library. There are only some kerosene lamps placed on the gray candlesticks, which can be lit to obtain light sources.

Under the leadership of the librarian, Xiaonan entered the library.

The books stored on the bookshelf look very ancient. The documents used to record the documents are not used today's paper, but ancient parchment.

"The library above contains mostly picture books. Most of them contain records about dragons and beasts."

The librarian warmly introduced Xiaonan.

"Dragon beast?"

Xiao Nan raised her eyebrows. She didn't know what a dragon beast was.

The librarian smiled and said: "Dragon beasts are dragon beasts. They are very ancient creatures, but later their family became extinct on the earth, so not many people know about it now."

Xiaonan nodded and without asking any more questions, she went straight to the point and said:

"Take me directly to the destination. Orochimaru should have told your king in advance."

"Yes, please come with me. Speaking of which, no one has been there for a long time. I didn't expect that there are still people interested in ancient knowledge today. It is already very difficult just to decipher the words above, let alone understand them. Content."

The librarian said with emotion.

As he spoke, he led Xiaonan to the destination.

It was deep inside the National Library, and there was a door blocking the way inside.

"What you want is at the back. The last time Mr. Orochimaru came here, he stayed for a long time before going out. Are ancient materials really so fascinating?"

The librarian shook his head helplessly, then took out a key from his pocket and opened the door.

The road leading inside was opened, and it was the steps leading underground.

The librarian held a portable kerosene lamp and walked down the dim steps, followed by Xiao Nan.

Soon, we reached the flat ground and the underground space of the library.

This is also a library, but the space is very small. On the bookshelves covered with cobwebs, there are a large number of documents recorded on parchment or scrolls.

There was also thick dust accumulated on the ground, but there seemed to be footprints of someone walking on it.

Konan knew that those were the traces left by Orochimaru's past visit here.

Contact with the rulers of this country gave Xiaonan the feeling that they completely ignored ancient knowledge and did not value it very much.

Rather than studying these ancient documents that are of no use to the country, it is better to find ways to obtain water sources for survival, which is the top priority of the country.

On the contrary, the ancient documents that were ignored by the king and ministers were the sacred objects that Orochimaru was pursuing.

The same thing, in the hands of different people, will appear in two states: valuable and worthless.

"Okay, this is where the things that Mr. Orochimaru needs are located. If you want to take them away, just take them all. There is no use in putting them here anyway. They are all antique books that no one can understand."

The librarian said indifferently.

"That would be disrespectful."

Xiaonan said.

"Then, I will leave first, please take your time and watch."

After saying that, the librarian ignored Xiaonan, stepped up the steps, and left the basement.

After the librarian left, Xiaonan took out the space scroll used to seal items from the ninja tool bag.

This kind of sealing scroll is very expensive in the world because it cannot store living creatures, but it can store a lot of supplies. During war, many ninja villages will use it.

This time, in order to take away the ancient documents of Lietuo Kingdom, Xiaonan deliberately took them out and used them.

There are not many books in the basement. It took Xiaonan about ten minutes to pack up more than half of the books in it.

Just as I was packing away the books on the next bookshelf, a book suddenly fell from that bookshelf, splashing a little dust.

Xiao Nan walked over and dusted off the dust on the cover. The cover was dark blue and the material of the cover was a bit rough, like rock powder smeared on it. On the dark blue cover, four fonts are engraved with gold foil.

This font is only very similar to contemporary writing, but Xiaonan knows that it is ancient writing from thousands of years ago. Xiaonan's knowledge is not enough to decipher what the name of this book is.

However, out of curiosity, Xiaonan still opened one of the pages.

This is a picture book.

On the first page, there is an ink painting of several civet cats of different sizes playing on the beach.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Nan turned to the next page, which was a cat staring at the kerosene lamp.

Tanuki? cat?

Xiao Nan had a strange expression on his face.

According to Orochimaru, the books in this basement are all very precious documents, and there are even many forbidden books.

But the picture book in her hand seems to be just a very ordinary picture book. Is it also the so-called important information?

"That's 'celestial mapping.'"

Just when Konan felt strange in her heart, Orochimaru's unique hoarse voice sounded behind her.

Konan turned around.

"Have you finished handling the matter there?"

"Yes, for the rest, we just need to let my men transport the things back to the Otoyin Village base."

Orochimaru nodded.

Xiao Nan looked at the picture book in his hand and asked, "You said the name of this book is 'Celestial Drawing'?"

"Yes, this book is in this basement. It is a so-called banned book."

"Banned books?"

Xiaonan cried out in surprise.

No matter how you look at it, this is just a very ordinary picture book.

"You'll know if you keep reading."

Orochimaru smiled mysteriously. It was obvious that he had already read this picture book.

Xiao Nan suppressed the doubts in her heart and continued to turn the page.

The third page is about a turtle climbing a rocky mountain.

The fourth page is a monkey drawn on the ground with a branch.

Civet cats, cats, turtles, and monkeys are just animals in nature.

Is this a book about animals?

However, this is impossible.

Since Orochimaru said that this book is a banned book, it means that this is not just a simple introduction to animals.

Could it be... An idea flashed in Xiaonan's mind, and she thought of something.

"How about it, did you guess it?"

Orochimaru asked with a smile.

"These animals... are tailed beasts!"

Xiaonan's expression suddenly became serious.

One tail is a big civet cat.

The second tail is a cat.

Sanwei is a turtle with three tails.

The fourth tail is a monkey.

The content of this drawing is very cleverly connected with the tailed beast.

If it was a coincidence, Xiao Nan didn't believe it at all.

Konan continued to turn the pages of the book, and as she expected, the content of this book was related to tailed beasts.

The fifth page is a seahorse swimming in the sea, it is the five tails.

On page six, the frogs and slugs crawling in the swamp are Vulpix.

The seventh page is a tree trunk with a group of beetles on it, representing Nanao's identity.

On page eight, the cow peeks into the pot, representing the eight tails.

The ninth page is an orange bonfire, which looks like the nine tails of the nine-tailed fox. Therefore, it can be concluded that this is the back of the nine-tailed fox.

The tenth page depicts a towering giant born from the earth.

"This is... Ten Tails?"

This towering giant's terrifying face is very similar to the heretic demon, but it is more powerful and ferocious than the heretic demon.

Just from the drawing, you can see the powerful oppressive force brought by the Ten Tails.

Beyond that, there are two pages left.

Xiao Nan quickly opened the last two pages.

The last content is also displayed. Pages 11 and 12 are respectively a shepherd looking up at the stars and an old man on crutches.

"The characters on the last two pages are Tatar, the astronomer from the Lietuo Kingdom thousands of years ago, and the Immortal of Six Paths. It is said that this astronomer Tatar was a friend that the Immortal of Six Paths made when he traveled to the Lietuo Kingdom."

Orochimaru explained.

"I see. Ten tailed beasts, the Sage of Six Paths, and friends of the Sage of Six Paths... So what does this book mean?"

Xiao Nan asked confused.

In Xiaonan's opinion, this book is more like witnessing the friendship between the Immortal of Six Paths and the astronomer Tatar.

Orochimaru smiled and said: "It is said that the Immortal of Six Paths once suffered from a strange disease. After he came to Lietuo Kingdom, he met the astronomer Tatar and cured the strange disease."

"Strange disease? Do immortals also get sick?"

Konan was surprised.

"Six Paths Immortal is already dead, so it's no big deal if he gets sick."

Orochimaru said indifferently.

Xiaonan looked startled.

"It seems so."

Indeed, as Orochimaru said, immortals will die, so getting sick is no big deal.

But in the eyes of ordinary people, immortals should be omnipotent beings who will not be tortured by so-called illnesses.

"More than that, there is an ancient game called 'Putting Stars' that is popular in Lietuo Kingdom."

As he said that, Orochimaru took out a box of playing cards. There were twelve types of playing cards, five of each type, for a total of sixty cards.

The patterns on each card paper are exactly the same as one of the drawings on the "Celestial Drawings".

"Of course, the rules of the game don't matter, but according to the citizens of Lietuo Kingdom, the twelve different flower cards in 'Place the Stars' represent January to December, and also correspond to the constellations of that month. It is said that as long as you can unlock the secret of the "Celestial Drawing", you can get the secret treasure of the Lietuo Kingdom. And this secret treasure is what the Immortal of Six Paths left behind, and it is also a treasure that can cure the strange disease of the Immortal of Six Paths."

"So, have you solved the secret?"

"Not long ago, I thought about it for a long time and finally figured it out. The main purpose of coming to Lietuo Kingdom this time was to take away this secret treasure. However, the secret treasure was split into two halves by the Immortal of Six Paths. We only I can take one of them. As for the second one... To be honest, although I know where it was placed by the Sage of Six Paths, I can't get it with my ability."

Orochimaru's face showed a rare look of helplessness.

"What is that secret treasure?"

"A meteorite that fell from the sky contains a wonderful substance called 'polar particles'. The Immortal of Six Paths divided these 'polar particles' materials into two parts and sealed them in two containers respectively. One of the 'polar particle' containers is Put it in Lietuo Kingdom. Pack up the books here, and we will go and take away half of the 'polar particles' now."

Orochimaru replied.

Xiao Nan nodded. She didn't know what those 'extreme particle' substances were, but the things that could be preserved by the Six Paths Immortal were definitely not mortal things.

If you get that thing, it might be helpful to Nagato.

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After packing up all the books in the basement, Xiaonan followed Orochimaru to a mountainous area.

In the center of the mountains, there is a pear-shaped lake that quietly reflects the light of the sky.

Looking at the lake, Xiaonan had the illusion that the land beneath her feet was the sky.

"This lake..."

"This is a lake formed by accumulated rain after the meteorite fell. In this country, it is called 'Six Lakes', which is the first name of the Immortal of the Six Paths. It was here that the Immortal of the Six Paths split the meteorites that fell from the sky thousands of years ago. "

Splitting a meteorite falling from the sky, let alone the size of the meteorite, but based on the gravitational acceleration of the meteorite falling from the sky, is definitely not something that humans can do.

Even if a ninja uses ninjutsu, he will be smashed by the impact of the meteorite.

Xiaonan has a more intuitive feeling about the power of the legendary Six Paths Immortal.

"I also learned from the King of Lietuo Kingdom that Immortal Six Paths once left a diary in Lietuo Country. The diary mentioned two places, which are the locations where the 'extreme particle' matter is stored. One of the place names It’s ‘the sky falling to the earth’.”

Orochimaru stared at the lake reflecting the sky.

"When the sky appears on the lake, it is indeed the 'sky on earth'. Half of the polar particles are placed in the lake, right?"

Xiaonan looked at the lake as beautiful as the sky and reacted.

Orochimaru nodded.

"Then how do you get the secret treasure? It will probably take a lot of time to drain the water. Besides, I'm not very good at water escape ninjutsu."

Xiao Nan looked at the amount of water in this lake, and it was not easy to drain it dry.

Kisame, who is good at water escape in the Akatsuki organization, is not here. With her and Orochimaru's power, draining a lake of water was no easy task.

Orochimaru shook his head and said: "Six Paths Sage stores things and won't let others get them easily. Moreover, he is the leader of the Ninja Sect, so he naturally uses sealing techniques. Even if the lake is drained, it is impossible to get half of it. The polar particles. "Celestial Drawing" has a total of twelve pictures, which are exactly the same as the twelve types of flower tiles in the traditional game of Lietuo Kingdom, "Putting the Stars". The twelve types of flower tiles are divided into two categories: star cards and earth cards. Here are 'The sky above the earth' corresponds to the six types of earth tablets."

"What's the meaning?"

"Let me tell you at the beginning, the twelve pictures in "Celestial Drawing" correspond to the twelve months and the twelve constellations corresponding to the months, and the seals of the ninjas are also the twelve zodiac signs. The Sage of Six Paths is really good for the ninjas. Blessings."

Orochimaru smiled.

"You mean, the seal that unlocks the seal is hidden in the ninja's seal?"

Xiaonan understood.

As a ninja, she naturally knows the importance of seals to ninjas.

The basic seal styles of ninja are divided into twelve types: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.

There are exactly the same number of twelve months and twelve constellations corresponding to the "Celestial Drawing".

"Yes. In the game of placing stars in Lietuo Kingdom, there are six types of earth cards. According to the order of the size of the earth cards, these are the six cards."

Orochimaru took out six cards representing 'earth' among the stars.

Cat looking into the kerosene lamp.

Orange bonfire.

Civet cats playing on the beach.

Frogs and slugs crawling in swamps.

Turtle climbing a rocky mountain.

And finally the old man on crutches.

"These patterns represent, in order, the two tails, the nine tails, the one tail, the six tails, the three tails, and finally the Six Paths Sage. It is easy to combine the constellations compared with these soil tablets in order with the ninja's twelve seals. The sequence of unprinting can be deduced."

The constellations in Celestial Mapping are arranged by month.

The second tail is February, Pisces.

Nine tails is September, Libra.

The end is January, Aquarius.

Liuwei is June, Cancer.

Three tails is March, Aries.

Sage of the Six Paths corresponds to December, Capricornus.

Therefore, as long as the above months are compared with the order of the twelve zodiac signs, the six seals of Chuchou, Shen, Zi, Si, Yin and Hai can be extracted.

"The last time I came here, I didn't unlock the secret, so after I went back and thought hard, I gradually understood the secret inside. Because no one would have thought that the method of unlocking the seal has always been hidden in the folk games of Lietuo Kingdom. "

It is precisely because it is so obvious that it has been ignored.

Orochimaru had to complain about the bad taste of the Sage of Six Paths. This is the so-called darkness under the lamp.

Because the Immortal of Six Paths puts everything on the bright side and even turns it into a folk game without hiding it, it is even easier for people to ignore it.

After deducing all the seal sequences, Orochimaru didn't waste any time and started to form seals on the lake in the order of Chou, Shen, Zi, Si, Yin and Hai.

I saw that the pear-shaped lake surface was suddenly pulled by some mysterious force and began to fluctuate. The sky on the lake surface disappeared and became as smooth as a bright mirror.

Soon, a dazzling pillar of light shot out from the bottom of the lake, and a bamboo tube with a charm attached to its surface floated quietly in the pillar of light, exuding a mysterious atmosphere.

Seeing the bamboo tube, Orochimaru raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

"Sure enough, my guess was correct. In this way, this thing belongs to us."

With excitement, Orochimaru was about to step forward and take away the bamboo tube.

A space distortion suddenly occurred on the lake. A hand quickly reached out from the spiral air and reached towards the bamboo tube, trying to snatch it away.

Orochimaru and Konan's expressions suddenly changed.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hand!"

Without hesitation, Orochimaru stretched his arm forward, and several thick snakes flew out of the cuffs, opened their mouths, exposed their sharp fangs, and bit into the palm, preventing the mysterious man from snatching the bamboo tube.

"Fire Release·Storm Dance!"

At the moment when several big snakes rushed over, a spiral fire tornado was produced in the twisted space. Several big snakes were immediately scorched by the flames and fell down weakly.

On the lake, Obito's figure mysteriously appeared, holding the bamboo tube firmly in his hand.

The moment the bamboo tube was taken out, the dazzling beam of light ejected from the bottom of the lake disappeared.

"I'm really sorry. Compared to you, Orochimaru-senpai, it seems that I am the one who is truly destined for this treasure. I'll see you two soon."

Not wanting to get entangled with Orochimaru and Konan, Obito immediately used the Space-Time Eye Technique after getting the items and prepared to retreat.

"Don't even think about leaving! Leave your things behind!"

White pieces of paper scattered in the air, folded into sharp paper shurikens, and shot toward Obito's body like lightning.

However, all the paper shurikens passed through Obito's body without causing any harm to him.

Obito smiled at the two of them, and without any further pause, the eye power was released from the Sharingan eyes, and the body disappeared in the twisted space.

But it was too late for Orochimaru and Konan to stop him.

Obito's elusive way of moving caught them off guard. When they wanted to chase him, Obito had already left one step ahead, and the two could only stare at each other.

"His eyes... and his face, it seems like he is Minato's Uchiha student..."

Orochimaru looked grim, as if he was remembering something.

"It's Obito Uchiha! He was rescued by Chiba Shiraishi during the Third Ninja War. He is one of the few masters in the Uchiha clan who has awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. He is also one of the hidden aces of the Kingdom of Ghosts. .The last time we fought with the Kingdom of Wind, the opponent did not show up. Even Konoha didn’t know that there was a second Uchiha tribesman who awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in the Kingdom of Demons.”

Xiaonan's face also turned cold and she revealed the other party's identity.

Uchiha Obito, who masters the time and space pupil technique, is undoubtedly a troublesome existence.

This headache is not Obito's frontal combat effectiveness, but the effect of the time and space ninjutsu. For those without time and space ninjutsu, Obito is naturally invincible. In other words, Obito can use the characteristics of the pupil technique to firmly contain powerful enemies that are much stronger than his own frontal ability.

Orochimaru came to his senses for a moment, then stretched out his tongue and licked it around his mouth, with an excited look in his eyes.

"In other words, is that another pair of brand-new Mangekyō Sharingan? I thought that only Itachi and Uchiha Ruri had the Mangekyō Sharingan in Awakening. The Uchiha clan is getting more and more interesting."

"Yes, the ninjas of this clan are indeed elite. In comparison, among the Hyuga clan, only Hyuga Ayane seems to be very outstanding. In the future, it is better to be careful when facing Uchiha Obito. His eye skills are too weird. ”

"Even I didn't notice it. It is indeed a very powerful time and space ninjutsu. It is even better than Minato's time and space ninjutsu. He is worthy of being a master and disciple."

Orochimaru nodded in agreement, his eyes flashed, and he was calculating something in his heart.

"What to do now? The things were taken away by Uchiha Obito. I remember you said that the Six Paths Sage divided the polar particles in the meteorite into two halves. Where is the other half? Let's get the other half of the polar particles."

Xiaonan said.

Now that the secret treasure of Lietuo Kingdom has been snatched away, we can only look for the other half of the secret treasure, Ji Particles.

Orochimaru glanced at Konan, spread his hands helplessly, and said, "Let's talk about this later. I suspect that brat hasn't left yet. It would be bad if he overheard."

Unlike Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique, Obito's Space-Time Eye Technique is obviously more bizarre than the Flying Thunder God Technique in terms of ability.

Xiaonan was silent after hearing this, feeling a little unhappy for no reason.

Although during this trip to the Lietuo Kingdom, a large amount of literature and materials from the Lietuo Kingdom were obtained, the secret treasure left by the Sage of Six Paths was conveniently snatched away by Uchiha Obito.

That thing will definitely fall into the hands of Qianye Baishi. This is the last thing Xiao Nan wants to see.