Chapter 36: Watching in the arena
and in the apartment.
Shinji, who returned, stood quietly for a while before taking off his disguise mask and cloak.
This time, it didn't take much time to face the invasion. The clock on the wall showed that it only lasted about forty minutes, but he felt very tired.
He can't bear this burden!
Looking out the window, he looked at the quiet Konoha Village in the middle of the night. An inexplicable feeling of loneliness grew in his heart. No one but him knew that the crisis was coming, and he couldn't shout out loud.
It seemed that everything could only be endured silently by him, the remnant of Uchiha.
"Why choose me?"
He began to feel guilty, doubting whether he had the ability to prevent the destruction of the ninja world.
However, he did not let this pessimistic mood continue to spread. Instead, he quickly calmed down and thought about how to deal with it.
The burden is already on you, so do your best!
As a junior lantern bearer, he currently has the authority to recruit two attendants.
In other words, he can choose two helpers in the ninja world, two helpers who can tell the truth without worrying about being contaminated by other worlds.
"Who should I look for?"
The first thing he thought of was none other than Itachi Uchiha, who had killed him once.
Because Itachi is the only ninja in the ninja world who possesses the "Amaterasu" eye technique besides him.
He has natural restraint against ghosts, and coupled with his own shadow-level strength, he can deal with almost all invading ghosts.
But his recruitment of waiters can only shield against contamination, not lock in loyalty.
Not to mention that he has no contact with Uchiha Itachi at all now. Even if he could meet him, as a survivor of the night of genocide, it would be difficult for him to reach mutual trust with Itachi, the murderer of the genocide.
If Itachi thought he was a lunatic, or a conspirator plotting to overthrow Konoha, and gave him a 'Ten Fist Sword', then the gain would outweigh the loss.
"With my current strength, it's better not to provoke such a dangerous person."
He shook his head.
I feel that at least I have the strength to talk to Itachi on an equal footing before I can consider recruiting a ninja of Itachi's level to be my attendant.
Then he thought about Sasuke, but quickly gave up the idea.
By conservative calculation, it will take six or seven years for Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō and obtain the 'Amaterasu'. If he can afford to wait, the ninja world may not be able to afford it.
Then he considered others.
This helper cannot be too weak, otherwise it will be of little use. It shouldn't be too strong, because a strong person usually has a ninja village or organization to which he belongs. It is unlikely that he will take orders from a Uchiha remnant, and it is also difficult to ensure that information about other worlds is not leaked and causes secondary pollution.
And the helper should have the means to deal with ghosts.
Even if the ghost cannot be eliminated quickly, it must at least have the ability to trap the ghost and wait for him to solve the ghost, or wait for the sun to appear and solve the ghost.
pity.
He screened for a long time, and there was no one around him who was trustworthy and had such ability.
After sighing, he remembered the 'Land of Xixian' in Tired eyes.
He clearly remembered that tiredness was the 'Wang Xian Zhi Wu' in the Twelve Ghost Months, but now it had become the 'Luxuan Zhi Lu'. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, but now that he thought about it, he realized something was wrong.
The person controlling the invasion behind the scenes this time was a 'Lamp Bearer' like him.
The world of Demon Slayer has probably undergone tremendous changes. If he still speculates based on the old impressions in his mind, he will be overturned.
And Aster.
She had seen a hand ghost during the first hand ghost invasion. Although her memory was now sealed by Shinji's illusion and the contamination was temporarily contained, it was not safe.
"Give Ziyon a place to help her shield herself from pollution? The witch's sealing technique may have miraculous effects on ghosts!" After thinking for a while, he hesitated again: "But she is still a child." Ghosts really prey on humans as food
. Ziyuan is only seven years old now and can only go shopping.
At this time, there was a feeling of discomfort in his eyes, reminding him that his pupil power consumption today was a bit excessive.
Along with it came a strong feeling of exhaustion, so he fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning.
A
knock on the door woke Shinji from his sleep. He was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing.
Opening the door, he found that the person standing outside the door was Shiro, holding a box of bento in his hand: "Shiro? Are you not?"
Shiro smiled: "The misunderstanding between the village and Kirigakure has been resolved."
Shinji's sight It fell on the bento in Bai's hand.
Shiro immediately handed the lunch box to Shinji: "I saw you were still up so late, so I helped you go downstairs and buy some breakfast." Shinji looked back at the wall clock
in the room and found that it was already ten o'clock in the morning.
After inviting Shiro into the apartment, Shinji ate breakfast while listening to Shiro describe the negotiation process between the village and Kirigakure.
It turned out that because of the Kyuubi rampage that night, Kirigakure, who felt that he was the most suspicious, immediately approached the Third Generation and said that Kirigakure had nothing to do with it. In order to show sincerity, they even gave up asking Konoha for it. Bai's request.
So Bai is free today.
"I see."
Shinji thought thoughtfully, and an idea came to his mind.
Bai asked at this time: "I heard that the village has reduced the number of chunin exams for this year. After the written exam in the morning, the final competition will start in the arena in the afternoon. Shinji-san, do you want to take a look?"
Shinji also wanted to relax a little, so he nodded.
Not long after, the two arrived at the arena together.
Perhaps because the previous incident of the Nine-Tails rampage was resolved too quickly, the villagers were not only not affected, but were also greatly encouraged.
After all, in the eyes of ordinary villagers, being able to quickly subdue the rampaging Kyuubi shows that the village is stronger than before.
So when Shinji bought the ticket and entered, he found that there was already a sea of people inside.
After finding their seats, Shinji and Shiro chatted while waiting for the game to start.
At this moment, the people around him suddenly looked in one direction and started whispering.
Shinji also looked over and saw that at the entrance opposite, Sasuke put his hands in his pockets with a cool face and walked into the arena under the gaze of everyone.
Shiro on the side took a deep look at Sasuke opposite him: "Shinji-kun, is that your fellow Uchiha Sasuke?" "Yes." Shiro couldn't help but admire: "I heard that it was
him
who single-handedly subdued the rampaging Uchiha that night. The Kyuubi saved the village! He is even younger than us, it is unbelievable!"
Shinji found that other people around him also had similar admiration.
He subconsciously glanced at the rest areas of several other villages and found that the ninjas from other villages who had come to take the chunin exam were also observing Sasuke indifferently at this moment.
Feeling the attention from all directions, Sasuke's face was cold, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, asking
for recommendation votes, monthly votes! Thank you everyone!
(End of chapter)