After the peaceful New Year's Eve, a week has passed.
A year ago it was so cold that I could shiver, but after the new year it cleared up quickly and the temperature rose quickly.
During the Chinese New Year, the weather is also good, which makes people more and more people go out of their homes, visit relatives and friends, and keep in touch with each other.
The ninja world does not have the red tape of the previous life, but some principles are the same, and it is nothing more than asking God for blessings.
A year's plan begins in spring, a day's plan begins in the morning.
Having a good start also lays a solid foundation for life in the next year.
A big family like the Kosugi clan doesn't even have many equivalent relatives. Most of them live far away from each other. My mother's maiden family is a daimyo. She spends most of the year in the Fire Country Miyagi and doesn't have many opportunities to go out. . As a powerful "relative" of the Furusugi family, the Yasukawa family often interacts with the servant Togakushi family.
Both families are large and prosperous families with a long history. With so many people coming and going, Gushan Bushui didn't recognize many of them clearly and could only remember a few of their names.
It's not that Gushan Bushui is so arrogant that he despises his family friends, but that there are too many people who think about him every day, and many people try their best to increase their presence, just to look familiar.
There are only so many top positions in the ninja world, and everyone wants them. Naturally, there will be some open and covert struggle. Under the circumstances where there is not much difference in abilities and connections, Gusugi Bushui can only try his best to arrange people who can remember their names.
The true meaning of authority and influence does not lie in high positions, but in those who are closer to the person who really has the final say, who are better able to reap benefits and gain real power.
"It's obviously a vacation, but actually I don't have much leisure time."
After a day's work, He Xianglin and Hongye had dinner and had a conversation. Gushan Bushui left mother and daughter talking quietly, and went to the study alone, leaning lazily on the lounge chair and looking out the floor-to-ceiling window. Where the starry sky meets the sea, there are dots of light shining, which are the light swept by the searchlights of ships passing by in the distance.
On the top of the willow tree in the moonlight, people meet at dusk.
The vegetation coverage on Yuqi Island is very high, and there are lush gardens everywhere. Behind any landscape, there are men and women having a tryst with each other.
The dim light of the upper Xuan Yue shines on Gu Shan Bu Shui through the floor-to-ceiling windows, like a translucent robe covering him.
The record player in the room played sweet pure music one after another. The organ with the characteristics of the ninja world was mixed with crisp percussion instruments, filling the entire room with graceful notes.
Fortunately, the sound insulation effect here is good, and the inside and outside should not interfere with each other, so as not to affect the rest of the family.
"This song is good, it just feels like it has a strange charm."
Music is indeed a common language for intelligent creatures. Fusugi Fusui thinks it is good, and Otsutsuki Kaguya most likely agrees with it.
"The futile struggle, useless vanity, and futile conceit are intertwined, and the blasphemous chant of mortal emotions perfectly sums up the ant-like life."
"Are you laughing at me, or are you laughing at yourself?"
This piece called "vain" seems to have a different charm when a person is bathing in the cold night.
"The emptiness of nothing, the confusion about the future..."
Otsutsuki Kaguya asked strangely:
"You seem to be easily depressed at night. Is it because you put the wrong record? I thought the previous song "Tide Ming" was a bit too desolate, and it was even lower in meaning of farewell and regret than "The Night of Confession"."
Gushan Bushui did not respond directly, but asked with a chuckle:
"The Otsutsuki clan is already a powerful life form across the universe, and each individual has almost reached the threshold of an immortal species. A short-lived species like me, whose theoretical lifespan is up to more than a hundred years, is there any difference in the realization of self-worth? By the way, do you also like creation and art?"
After a moment of silence, Otsutsuki Kaguya replied unnaturally:
"I personally still like the miraculous art created by life, but for a long time, the only thing left to our Otsutsuki clan is life itself. The so-called cultural traditions are basically related to life and death. Complex emotions are considered Burden, everything is focused on exploring the end of life..."
After a pause, the goddess Mao continued to explain in a low tone:
"There is no point in living just for the sake of living. Even we are just trying to leave traces in the universe, prove the value of our existence, and find like-minded partners."
"Similar consciousness is really a hard-to-express standard."
"You now have many relatives and friends, and a family. Are you still dissatisfied?"
"I am very lucky in this life. I am more successful than in the previous life. However, my life span in two lives is not as good as that of Konoha Village. I am still blind to many things. For example, my identity as a time traveler hidden deep in my heart makes me always Unconsciously, I feel alienated from the ninja world. Some thoughts and words can only be kept in my heart. I can't even find anyone to talk to in private. Hongye can't do it, Xiang Rin doesn't understand, and my parents can't reveal it, even if it's private. Even you, I’m afraid, can’t understand.”
"Empathy from outsiders?"
Otsutsuki Kaguya sneered,
"In this regard, we are similar. Neither of us are natives of the ninja world."
"So, at the genetic level, I can be considered a local, but in terms of psychological identity, I am more similar to you."
Fusugi Fusui responded leisurely, just as the record was switching, the obviously more soothing "Thoughts Across Time and Space" came to my ears, causing Otsutsuki Kaguya to stop chatting, move her shadow to the window, and look outside the sky bright moon.
"Are you... homesick? Relatives and friends from your previous life..."
"I usually don't think about it much, but now I miss it a little bit."
It’s not like crossing the Naihe Bridge, drinking Meng Po soup, and not being able to remember the reincarnation of the previous life. How could the influence of the previous life disappear without a trace?
Even in the dream, it doesn't involve much of the previous life. However, when I can't sleep, I can easily bring up the memories that are deepest in my heart and go through them, so that I don't forget and always remember where I come from and where my roots are. .
"What about you? Do you still miss your hometown?"
Speaking of the origin of the Otsutsuki clan, the goddess Uno herself didn’t know where to start. After hesitating for a moment, she replied seriously:
"Leaving the sacred tree from which they were first born, the Otsutsuki tribe has no hometown. They are wandering in the boundless universe, perhaps looking for a hometown that can make them feel at ease."
As if she remembered something interesting, Otsutsuki Kaguya's interest in chatting was particularly high today.
"By the way, are you sure you really died in your last life? You may just be an indigenous person who inherited a projection from another world."
"Don't you know yet? Who is it that made a big hole in the Earth Explosion Star that sealed you, so that you can come out of prison from time to time?"
Curling his lips, Gushan Bushui sneered,
"I'm not a fool who doubts myself casually."
"Then... your current state is understandable. Having been born in two lifetimes, clan members who have been resurrected, or children who are too young, will encounter some specious psychological obstacles when entering the universe. For example, if you value righteousness, He takes death lightly and always likes to weigh everything about himself on a scale and compare it with something."
Kosugi Fusui recalled what he had done in the past few years, and he did have this tendency occasionally. He even said that if something went wrong with him, he would give his body to Kaguya Otsutsuki.
"Maybe. However, I should still care about my own life. I just think that some things are more important than wealth and life."
Gu Shan Bu Shui shrugged nonchalantly,
"Of course I don't want to die if I can live, but I'm not sure. Sometimes, it's better to die."
Suddenly realizing that this illusory alien in front of him seemed not living comfortably enough, Gushan Bushui suddenly asked:
"How are your resurrection arrangements going? I think you are likely to fail. The ninja world is no longer what you were familiar with a thousand years ago. The back-up plan arranged by the Six Paths Sage may be the key to victory. Hands behind your back.”
Even Kaguya Otsutsuki was not completely dead, and it was not surprising that the Sage of Six Paths, who died of natural causes without illness or disaster, was still influencing the direction of the shinobi world.
"so what?"
Otsutsuki Kaguya said nonchalantly,
"As long as I don't want to, I won't lose. The power of the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki is far beyond your imagination. It is simply not something that the ninja world can compete with."
If he can't be beaten, Otsutsuki Kaguya has many ways to avoid it. Even if he can't be beaten, he can definitely escape. Once he hides in the ball space, no one in the ninja world can find him.
Even if Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto inherit the power of the Six Paths in the future, awaken the Yin-Yang Escape, and Kaguya Otsutsuki is determined to run into the void of the universe, pulling a few asteroids to hit the ninja world from time to time, Team 7 can still fly up Can't we catch up in space?
Even a thousand years ago, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura must have been sure to seal their mother?
Whenever Otsutsuki Kaguya makes a move to retreat, the two sons may not be able to seal it together.
Finally, what prompted Kaguya Otsutsuki to stay in the ninja world and fight against the savior who came into being?
Has he been given a halo of intelligence?
"Perplexed?"
As if aware of the suspicion in Gusugi Bushui's heart, Otsutsuki Kaguya snorted coldly,
"No matter what happens to Hagoromo and Hamura, they are still my children."
"oh?"
Gu Shan Bu Shui was stunned for a moment, then he immediately came to his senses.
Whether it is Otsutsuki Hagoromo or Otsutsuki Hamura, they and Otsutsuki Kaguya are not enemies in the general sense, but have a mother-son relationship.
That battle a thousand years ago, in Kaguya Otsutsuki's mind, was probably equivalent to her mother teaching her disobedient rebellious sons. As a result, the little ones were so good at fighting that they accidentally got away with it.
Be happy with the complicated emotions of the children growing up, but parting ways with their mother.
The essence of the ninja world is not the battle between the big devil behind the scenes and the savior who emerges from the scene, but a family ethics drama.
"You...may have underestimated the nature of your descendants to kill their relatives for justice. There have never been fewer people who are decisive in killing. Look at the Uchiha family. They plot and kill their own compatriots more ruthlessly than outsiders."
Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito, two sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks, spent more than twenty years killing almost everyone of their own clan. People who are not merciful to outsiders or to themselves are probably thinking too much if they expect them to be arrogant when the time comes.
"You really don't need my help?"
Gushan Bu Shui smacked his lips and said playfully,
"Forget it if it's too troublesome. If you can do something within your power, it won't be a problem."
"forget it."
Otsutsuki Kaguya refused,
"It's enough for you to watch. It was very difficult for Yuromo to win back then. Now it's impossible to seal me again by relying on indirect push. I'm already prepared for the same method."
While swearing words of complacency, Kosugi Bosui couldn't help pouring cold water on Otsutsuki Kaguya. After talking about how he would use the broken arm and the Sharingan, he ended the aimless chat.
…
The Kingdom of Whirlpool is more than a thousand kilometers to the north, relatively close to the Kingdom of Iron, and not far from the range of activities of Kumo Ninja's Jugui Turtle Island.
A fleet made of steel, equipped with many large and small naval guns, completely canceled its masts and sails, and powered by coal-burning steam turbines, was cruising.
While traveling back and forth, they also cleared many large and small reefs on the waterway, clearing obstacles for the northward route.
Of course, Yun Ren did not feel the need to show weakness at all.
Several times, the fleets of Giant Turtle Island and the Gushan family were very close to each other, and their guns almost went off.
In fact, several major countries on the southeast coast have no experience in agreeing on maritime national boundaries.
These days, with the steady progress of the reconstruction of the Kingdom of Whirlpool, the already crowded sea area has become more and more restrictive.
Of course, except for Kumo Ninja, the fleet of the Gushan family will also exercise some restraint. Ships from several other small countries entering the nearby waters will either be detained or leave, and they can no longer be used as freely as before.
Originally, Gu Shanbu Shui still had the idea of looking for trouble for the Kirigakure ninjas. As a result, he didn't know whether it was because of drastic changes in the Kingdom of Water, or because the blood successor limited ninja clan in Kirigakure Village began to go crazy again. After such a long time, No fog ninjas have been seen in this area.
It seemed that they realized that the Gushan family's fleet was not to be trifled with, so everyone stayed far away, fearing that they would be killed like chickens and scare the monkeys who were ready to make a move.
Of course, it is a good thing that the wealthy and powerful Gushan family scares the sneaking enemies. In this way, the pressure of the Gushan family's defense is also reduced a lot.
From a perspective that no one was paying attention to, two mysterious people wearing black red cloud royal robes were walking on the waves as if they were walking on flat ground, looking at the direction they were heading towards the Kingdom of Water.
"Itachi, when you get there, listen to me and don't do anything unnecessary. Most people would never want to go back to a ghost place like the Water Kingdom once they get out.
"clear."
Along the way, Uchiha Itachi, who had been told several taboos by Loquat Juuzang, was taciturn and rarely talked about his personal affairs. The same was true of Loquat Juuzang. The first generation of "Seven Ninja Swordsmen" scattered around and left Loquat Juuzang. The importance of it is getting higher and higher.
This time, the mission of the two people is to go to the Kingdom of Water to explore the situation of the six-tailed rhinoceros and the three-tailed zodiac. If they go smoothly, they can also directly eliminate and capture the tailed beasts or jinchūriki.
