Chapter 651 Inheritance

Back to the hotel, Shikamaru found that his father, Shikahisa, had already been waiting for a long time in the corridor he must pass.

"Dad, why are you here?"

If Shikamaru remembers correctly, the coming-of-age ceremony of the witches in the Oni Land has not yet ended. As the leader of the Konoha Messenger Corps, Shikahisa should not have come back at this time.

"I see that the three of you left halfway, and I feel a little worried."

Shikaku glanced at the face of his son Shikamaru, and then his eyes fell on Ino, the daughter of his friend Kaiichi Yamanaka.

I found that there was a trace of sadness on the other party's face. Even though he tried his best to cover up after seeing him, how could the other party's hiding skills be hidden from Lu Jiu's eyes.

Seeing this, Shikajiu almost knew what the three Shikamaru who left had experienced before.

"It seems that the situation of the three of you meeting Haruno Sakura is not optimistic."

Lu Jiu sighed with emotion.

"...Since you know it, don't say it."

Shikamaru glanced at Ino next to him, whose head was lowered, and couldn't help but speak to his father in a reproachful tone.

Now that Ino is sad, but to say such a thing at such a time, doesn't it make people even more heartbroken?

Although there was a lot of friction between Sakura and Ino in the past because of Sasuke. But between the constant friction and contradictions, an extremely deep friendship has also been established.

Sakura's departure, the most sad and sad person is not necessarily Naruto from the same group, but Ino, a love rival and best friend.

"Uh, sorry." Lu Jiu also realized that what he said just now was somewhat hurtful.

"It's okay, Uncle Lujiu, I can survive."

Ino raised his head, forcing a smile on his face.

Lu Jiu sighed in his heart, didn't say any words of comfort, just kept silent and didn't mention Haruno Sakura anymore.

"Speaking of which, Dad is back now, what about the maiden's coming-of-age ceremony?"

Shikamaru asked.

"Don't worry, Suzaku is my deputy and is qualified to participate in my place. In addition, the Daimyo Prefecture of the Fire Country is the head of the ceremony for the witches of the Ghost Kingdom. In terms of status, Konoha and the Demon Kingdom are not equal, and the Demon Kingdom will not mind this kind of thing."

Lu Jiu replied.

Nara Suzaku, who came with him this time, is his trusted deputy in the Nara clan, and also Konoha's elite jounin, so it's no problem to replace him for a while.

Furthermore, in terms of identity, the status of the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Ghosts is equal. This time the Land of Fire's participation in the Maiden's coming-of-age ceremony in the Land of Ghosts was led by Daimyofu, and Konoha was just an addition.

"Yeah?"

Shikamaru nodded without asking further questions.

He is not in a good mood to talk to Lu Jiu now.

Shikajiu also saw that Shikamaru and the others were not in high spirits, and they urgently needed to calm down at this time.

"In this case, you can take a rest here, the celebration banquet will be held at night, and I will notify you to attend at that time."

Shikahisa came over and patted Shikamaru and the others on the shoulders, and then passed by.

At the moment when he turned around, Lu Jiu's face suddenly became solemn, and he disappeared into the corridor in an instant.

Come to the roof of the hotel, on the edge of the water tower and the railing, a young man in a white coat for medical ninjas is facing him, looking at the distant scenery.

Although it was snowing lightly, the wind was not strong, so the two people standing on the roof could not feel the cold.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Lu Jiu came to the side of the young man, glanced at him, and sighed in his heart.

The opponent is himself, and the past Minato, a ninja of an era.

But the face of the other party, as if frozen in twenty years ago, has not changed in the slightest from when he left Konoha.

The things that have changed are the temperament of the body, and the eyes are more elusive than those in the Konoha period.

However, thinking about it, Lu Jiu would never believe that it was the past to transform a border neutral country into a super military power in just 20 years.

Since the establishment of the one country, one village system, all the patterns have been directly finalized under the leadership of the five major countries. It cannot be said that there is no room for the rise of small countries, but the slightest disturbance will inevitably arouse the vigilance and suppression of big countries.

Even the invincible leader of Yuyin, Sanshoyu Hanzo, had the ambition to lead the Kingdom of Rain to the position of a great power, but in the end, under the continuous oppression of the great power, he bent his rebellious body and bowed his head to the great power. In the end, he was wiped out in ashes, and even the Kingdom of Rain was almost destroyed with his demise.

Unfortunately, the kingdom of ghosts has risen.

Taking advantage of the turmoil of the big country, when the big country's attention is completely focused on the ninja world war, the original accumulation was quietly completed.

The first battle of the Kingdom of Wind made people know that the rise of this country is unstoppable.

The creation of the current structure of the six major countries is mostly related to the man in front of him.

Chiba Shiraishi.

"That's not true. Anyway, it's just a shadow clone who came here, and my body is still at the shrine. But if Lu Jiu, you are here to simply reminisce about the past, then it goes without saying, you and I are not people who cherish the past."

Shiraishi responded like this.

Then he turned around and stared at Lu Jiu with black and white eyes.

Lu Jiu nodded, whether it is the other party or himself, they are actually very realistic men.

Rather, in terms of the positions of the two parties, no matter what kind of involvement they had in the past, in this position, it is not worth mentioning.

"I know you are not such a person, and neither am I. This is the letter that Hokage-sama entrusted me to bring to you before I came."

Lu Jiu took out a letter and handed it to Shiraishi.

"Tsunate-sensei? Women are always so sentimental."

Baishi said so, and directly took the letter from Lu Jiu.

It doesn't matter if there is any danger on it, what is here is only his shadow clone.

On the contrary, if the letter really has any calculations, Lu Jiu and all the Konoha ninjas and envoys from the Kingdom of Fire who came to the Kingdom of Ghosts will not be able to leave the Kingdom of Ghosts smoothly.

Opening the envelope, taking out the letter inside and spreading it out, Shiraishi's eyes quickly glanced over it.

The content of the letter is almost the same as I expected. There is no reminiscence about the past, and there is no mention of the friendship between teachers and students between the two parties... The main problems are the contradictions and collisions between countries, as well as the current situation.

Even though Tsunade said that she was sentimental as a woman, this vigorous and resolute look has not changed in the slightest.

Baishi didn't know what kind of mood the other party was in to write this letter, but this was no longer the main thing.

"what a pity."

After reading the contents of the letter, Shiraishi sighed.

"Yes, unfortunately."

Lu Jiu nodded in agreement, not knowing what he was regretting.

"As for Haruno Sakura, I can arrange for you to meet her. In addition, as a moment of kindness, I will give you a piece of advice from Konoha Village."

Shiraishi thought for a while, then looked directly at Lu Jiu's face.

"Advice?"

Lu Jiu frowned in doubt.

Baishi smiled slightly: "Don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with our ghost country. However, you must keep a close eye on Nine-Tails Jinzhuri, and don't let some people take advantage of it."

After speaking, ignoring Lu Jiu's reaction, a flame ignited in Shiraishi's palm, burning the envelope into ashes.

And the whole person finally turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared in front of Lu Jiu.

Keeping Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in prison?

This kind of words seem to say that the kingdom of ghosts is about to attack Konoha's Kyuubi.

Although the kingdom of ghosts possesses such power, after thinking about it carefully, Lu Jiu finds it impossible.

If the kingdom of ghosts really needs Kyuubi, there are too many opportunities to take Kyuubi abducted, and it is not necessary to wait until now to act.

Moreover, once Kyuubi really falls into the hands of the Oni Nation, the power of the Oni Nation and other countries will be further separated, which will only promote the surrounding powers to fight the Oni Nation in a more aggressive way...and even become the trigger for the Fifth Ninja World War.

Because of the existence of tailed beasts, it is worth such a big move by a village.

Not to mention the existence of Nine Tails, which is known as the strongest tailed beast.

In doing so, in addition to slightly increasing the military power of the ghost country, the serious consequences that will follow will definitely hurt the vitality of the ghost country.

Nerves are tense among the major powers, and they can no longer stand the huge stimulus.

If the kingdom of ghosts needs to take action against Kyuubi, there is no motive, and there is no profit to be made, which is not in line with the usual style of the kingdom of ghosts.

Therefore, this sentence is to remind Konoha that there is another force that is eyeing Konoha's Nine Tails.

And the strength of this force, even the kingdom of ghosts cannot completely ignore it.

The power that can make the kingdom of ghosts cannot ignore, at least it started as a big country.

Lu Jiu quickly thought of something.

The mysterious organization that targets tailed beasts.

Now Yunyin and Yanyin are unknown forces that are looking all over the world.

They plundered Iwain's four-tailed and five-tailed two-tailed beasts.

Four years ago in the Kingdom of Waves, when the conflict broke out between the Kingdom of Ghosts and Yunyin, he took advantage of the chaos and robbed Yunyin's Erwei.

In the information collected by Sannin Jiraiya, this organization included Orochimaru, Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Kisame, and Scorpion of Red Sand, which are dangerous in the ninja world.

After the Chunin exam four years ago, they attacked Naruto on his way back to Konoha. The person who did it was Uchiha Itachi who was born in Konoha.

Two years ago, there were also rumors at Sha Yin that an organization dressed in a black-bottomed red cloud coat almost kidnapped one of them. The other party was suspected of possessing a kaleidoscope Sharingan with the power of time and space.

Is this the organization? Lu Jiu asked himself.

But when he asked himself this way, he actually began to lean towards this answer in his heart.

This organization with a mysterious origin is mainly composed of core members and S-class rebels from various countries. Orochimaru, who caused Konoha to turn upside down three or four years ago, is also a member of this organization.

Strength, organization, and targeting the tailed beasts of the ninja villages of the major countries...

An organization with such power is absolutely qualified to be mentioned positively on the table by the Kingdom of Ghosts.

In the past, Konoha also sought interest from the Oni Nation in this regard, and tested whether the Oni Nation knew about this organization. However, at that time, the Kingdom of Ghosts directly refused to answer and cooperate on the grounds of its own tailless beasts, claiming that this was the internal affairs of the other five major countries, and the Kingdom of Ghosts would not interfere.

But now it seems that this may not be the case.

If all the above guesses are correct, not only the Kingdom of Ghosts already knew all this, but even knew more secrets of this organization than Konoha and other villages.

So, at this time, Chiba Shiraishi suddenly mentioned to him, Konoha Jonin squad leader...

Lu Jiu's heart sank involuntarily.

In the past two years, due to the fact that this organization has died down and disappeared without a trace, the power of the ghost kingdom has increased greatly, and it has been raging everywhere in the ninja world, attracting more attention from all countries, and making him ignore some once-forgotten crises.

Thinking like this, Shikahisa came to the military residential area of the Oni Land.

Because Shiraishi had already greeted him in advance, he registered the information at the gate guard, and the ninja from the Oni Land who was the guard let Shikajiu go, and was led by a ninja from the Oni Land.

Row upon row of houses, arranged in an orderly manner, and at the intersection, the distribution map was carefully added on the signboard, so that people like Lu Jiu who entered for the first time can quickly find the target's place of residence.

However, with the ninja from the Oni Nation personally leading the way, such a distribution map lost its meaning in Lu Jiu's eyes.

"Please follow me, Mr. Lujiu."

Ninjas from the Oni Nation lead the way politely.

Not long after, under the leadership of the ninjas from the Oni Nation, Lu Jiu quickly arrived at the downstairs of Haruno's house.

Different from ordinary residences, the residence of the Haruno family is an exquisite small villa building, and there is a large lawn in the courtyard. It should be a little wider than Konoha's Haruno house.

Reminiscent of Haruno and his wife who opened a barbecue restaurant, they should have saved a lot of money in Konoha over the years.

The Ninja of Oni Land took Lu Jiu across the courtyard, stood under the eaves of the small villa building, and rang the doorbell of Haruno's house.

Without keeping the two of them waiting for long, the security door of the villa opened from the inside.

"Excuse me..."

Sakura saw the Oni Ninja standing in front of her house, she remembered it was the ninja at the gate guard.

However, when he saw Shikajiu behind the ninja in the Oni Nation, his face was stunned, and then he closed his mouth, suddenly having the thought of closing the door.

If you want to say that the thing you are most afraid of seeing now is undoubtedly meeting the ninja from the village in the past.

Whether it is Naruto or an acquaintance like Ino, she is afraid to meet.

Of course, it's not that kind of fear, but because I don't know how to face it, I feel scared.

"If possible, can we have a chat alone?"

Shikahisa crossed the side of Oni Ninja Ninja, came to Sakura, and asked with a smile.

Try to slow down your tone and expression.

"...come in."

Sakura's eyes struggled for a moment, and she knew she couldn't hide at this time.

But what gave him a sigh of relief was that the other party came here, but did not bring Shikamaru and others.

"excuse me."

Lu Jiu walked into Haruno's house.

Seeing this, the ninja from the kingdom of ghosts went back the same way, not disturbing the reminiscence of the two.

In the living room on the first floor, Sakura served tea.

"Tea, please."

"Thank you. Well, you and Shikamaru know each other. If you don't see each other, I'll call you Sakura."

Shikahisa, who was sitting on the sofa, used Shikamaru's side to get closer to Sakura.

"yes."

Sakura sat across from her, and responded nervously.

"Don't be nervous. I came here and didn't explain it to Shikamaru and the others. The misbehavior of the three of them before probably caused you a lot of trouble."

Lu Jiu smiled helplessly.

Talking about the relationship with Sakura, in fact, what Shikajiu knows about each other is limited to information on paper.

There are not many opportunities for real face-to-face individual contact.

Occasionally see at Tsunade, just say hello and nod to each other.

In addition, the relationship between the two parties is limited to superiors and subordinates.

"No, it's me who caused trouble for them."

Sakura said in a remorseful tone.

"Looking at your current situation, it seems that you have not received any harsh criticism from the Ghost Kingdom."

Sakura's complexion is full, her breath is long, and there is no bitterness or hatred in her eyes. It is obvious that she is living well in the kingdom of ghosts. There is no such thing as imagined, because of the relationship between the original Konoha ninja, he suffered any unfair treatment.

Sakura nodded, and replied: "Actually, many of the military in the Oni Land are not natives of the Oni Land. They migrated to the Oni Land during the war in order to avoid disasters, and were then absorbed. Here, there are also many ninjas who were originally from Konoha."

Although it was an unintentional remark, it was actually a bit harsh to Lu Jiu's ears.

Considering that Sakura just wanted to explain that she hadn't been treated unfairly, and she spoke naturally, so Shikajiu didn't blame her.

After all, they are young people, and there is still room for improvement in terms of worldly sophistication.

It is not surprising to think of the other party's experience from childhood to adulthood.

However, today he is not talking about this.

"Since that's the case, then I'll get straight to the point."

Lu Jiu's tone became slightly serious.

Sakura also straightened her sitting posture, gritted her teeth and asked, "Is it because of Master's relationship?"

Lu Jiu wondered, "Why do you ask that?"

"Because the master taught me all her lifelong knowledge, if it spreads in the army of the ghost country..."

Sakura lowered her head and said.

In fact, she has always abided by the agreement with Tsunade.

Even if she changed places, she didn't hand over Tsunade's things to the high-level military in the kingdom of ghosts.

Shikajiu sighed and said: "From my point of view, it is indeed necessary to ask for this. However, Hokage-sama does not have such a view."

"What?"

"What you are learning is forbidden art. Although the kingdom of ghosts is not stingy with the popularization of secret art and forbidden art, learning this thing depends on the person. Among a hundred ninjas, there may not be a ninja who can know forbidden art. And forbidden art also has levels. The forbidden art handed to you by Master Hokage is also of high rank in forbidden art, and the conditions for performing it are very strict. Only those with "talent" can learn it."

As long as you can't complete the prerequisites for practicing forbidden arts, and practice forbidden arts rashly, serious injury is still the lightest price.

"That's what it says..."

The system, knowledge, and insight of analogy constructed by the forbidden art itself are the most important things.

And these can be spread within a certain range, and the risk is very small.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this. Hokage-sama came here and told me not to put too much pressure on yourself here. In fact, I had a private chat with Hokage-sama. She said that if it wasn't for Konoha, she would agree with the beliefs held by the country of ghosts."

Lu Jiu said so.

"Then why did Master..."

Sakura opened her mouth wide. She had never heard these words from Tsunade.

"Chiba Shiraishi has invited Lord Hokage many times to join his Oni Land. Just before Hokage took office, the other party personally came to invite him. But in the end, Lord Hokage refused. Because everyone in Konoha can betray Konoha, but she can't. She has the blood of Senshou flowing in her body, which is the will of the first Hokage-sama.

Shikahisa looked directly into Sakura's eyes.

"So, you don't have to feel guilty. Lord Hokage asked me to tell you before coming. As the successor of her medical ninjutsu, you joined the kingdom of ghosts, which is considered to have fulfilled her selfish ideal. Act according to your own ideas. As long as you can benefit the world with your medical ninjutsu, you are worthy of being her student. Just like Chiba Shiraishi, he used his medical ninjutsu to treat many people in the ninja world."

Even wandering priestesses, who are special existences similar to spies, let's not talk about their purpose, but they wander around the ninja world, and they have indeed saved countless lives with their medical ninjutsu, allowing more people to survive in good health.

"Ninjas from all countries have their own beliefs and live in this ninja world with their own beliefs. Nowadays, only the kingdom of ghosts has the courage and ability to break the inherent traditions of the ninja world and use their unique methods to transform this ninja world. Whether it is successful or not, the essential purpose is to allow human beings to survive in this world better, not something evil."

"Is this... like this? Master, she..."

Sakura lowered her head even more, as if it was difficult to see others.

Shikahisa took out a brand new notebook from his ninja bag and placed it on the tea table in front of Sakura.

"This is what Naruto-sama asked me to pass on to you. This is what she has summed up in recent years. Some insights on medical ninjutsu. I hope it will be effective for your future path. This is all..."

Lu Jiu sighed, but did not continue.

Actually, as Konoha Jonin squad leader, he really couldn't agree with Tsunade's approach.

But as Tsunade is a medical ninja, he can't accuse him of anything.

Perhaps the more powerful a person is, the less he cares about these trivial matters.

After the Fourth Ninja World War, the relationship between the Oni Nation and the Fire Nation dropped to a freezing point. However, in medicine and other medical-related industries, the Nation of Fire did not get stuck, nor did they take advantage of the victory in the war to oppress the Nation of Fire. Instead, they carried out friendly trade as before.

Lu Jiu knew that once the Kingdom of Ghosts made restrictions in this regard, or even suppressed the Kingdom of Fire viciously, many sick and unmedicated patients in the poor areas of the Kingdom of Fire would die in pain. Even Konoha Village will be affected to some extent.

Whether it's Chiba Shiraishi from the Oni Land or Konoha's Fifth Hokage, in their eyes as medical ninjas, the lives of patients are regardless of nationality, occupation, or high or low. They will not use these things to make a fuss, disregarding the lives of countless people.

They are just doing the most professional work of medical staff.

Such a trivial thing.

Tsunade imparted her knowledge selflessly to Sakura, hoping that she would follow the responsibilities of a medical ninja and become an excellent medical ninja without other messy thoughts.

Obviously these two people, as the supreme military leaders of the two countries, shouldn't be so naive to the enemy country, but in this regard, they are both so childish.

Lu Jiu shook his head helplessly, stood up from the sofa, turned and left Haruno's house. If the words are brought here, there is no need for him to stay.

And Sakura looked at the notes left by Shikajiu on the coffee table, unable to regain consciousness for a long time.

(end of this chapter)