Being a ninja is a profession that requires bravery and perseverance. Being too calculating is actually not suitable.
Hatake Kakashi said that Uzumaki Naruto is the most "unexpected" ninja, which is actually a very positive evaluation. The extraordinary power of chakra does favor people who are unexpected. It is not unimportant to practice step by step, but if If you follow the rules too much, you will lose the biggest highlight of the profession of ninja.
Of course Terumi Mei also understands this. In a world where magical energy like chakra exists, the curse mark is a hurdle for every ninja. But once you pass it, you will definitely see a new world, which will make the future of ninja You can go higher and further.
After bidding farewell to the Fourth Mizukage, Goju Yagura, and the prestigious senior Harusame, Terumi Mei went to visit the senile "living fossil" Elder Genshi before returning home.
Terumi Mei's background was not bad, but she was not a great blood-successor ninja clan. The presence of her ancestors during the Warring States Period was not high. Fortunately, she had the right thigh and stood firm in all the storms, and successfully became Kirigakure Village. One of the founding forces.
There is also an advantage to the lack of strength, that is, in previous ninja wars, the damage was relatively minor. Not much to say about the Kaguya clan that was wiped out not long ago. They are happy to hear battles and are bloodthirsty. The fact that such a militaristic and brainless family can continue to pass on for so many years also proves that they are indeed very capable; The Oniden clan, which has passed the Mizukage, and the Minazuki clan, which has great military exploits and can almost compete with Uchiha, are typical examples of "do more if you can". Such large families have declined to the point where they are about to be exterminated. After the three great ninja wars, The devastation caused the leading family to fall first.
The power united by blood families is gradually dying out, and the rise of small and medium-sized ninja clans and civilian ninja alliances is the general trend. This is not only the case in Kirigakure Village, but also in Konoha Village and other ninja villages, large and small.
The emergence of Terumi Mei was a historical event of the same nature as the prosperity of Namikaze Minato in Konoha Village. Among the five major ninja villages, the two strongest and weakest ninja villages have successively crossed the continent. The level where the family declines and civilian ninjas rise has entered a new era.
Of course, the current Terumi Mei has no such intention.
Counting all the close relatives who could be named, apart from Terumi Mei herself, there was not a single jounin and not many chuunin.
With the reform of the Fourth Mizukage, Goju Yagura, the smell of blood in "Blood Mist" gradually dissipated, but the selection standards were still ridiculously high. With limited material conditions, they could only be cultivated selectively. Most of the most powerful geniuses will not be promoted as they wish.
It's not entirely the fault of the Mist Ninja's "evil competition" that it's like this. The objective conditions are just like this. The cost of trial and error is too high and we can't afford it.
The number of ninjas in the entire Kirigakure Village is far lower than that of Konoha Village across the sea. At its worst, the disparity reached an exaggerated one to four. In normal times, the number of new genin in Konoha Village can be half that of Konoha Village. Mizukage was about to snicker.
"Oh, it seems we have to find a way."
Many troubles, in the final analysis, are caused by insufficient resources and lack of money.
Mei Terumi himself also understood that his body had been plotted by Orochimaru, and he was bound to go through a long treatment process to curb the erosion of the evil chakra.
This time, because he was injured during the mission, the Fourth Mizukage, Goju Yagura mobilized the power of the entire Kirigakure Village to help, and managed to seal it so that the injury would no longer worsen.
If problems arise again in the future, Terumi Mei will not have the ability to let others "do white work" for her, no matter how much attention the Fourth Mizukage and Goju Yagura pay attention to.
"The village isn't rich either."
Not only is the village's public property not rich, Terumi Mei's own family doesn't have much savings either.
Gu Shan Bu Shui has seen and heard in his past life that many families have been brought down by the treatment of chronic diseases like tarsal maggots. The curse mark is a stubborn disease that is more troublesome than the "old slow branch" and "three highs" and the like.
It’s hard to say that the whole Terumi family is still waiting for subsidies from the breadwinner of the family, so how can they have the ability to “cure” Terumi Mei’s illness by doing everything possible?
It is impossible to expect to solve the problem in the Kingdom of Water. Although the level of sealing techniques mastered by the Mist Ninja is so-so, most of them are biased towards dealing with tailed beasts. Spiritual spirits such as curse seals
There is no good way to deal with erosion at the soul level.
The most ideal way is, of course, to ask Konoha Village for help. However, Kirigakure Village and Konoha Village are not even nominal allies now. At best, they are former enemies who live in harmony.
Putting aside whether the Konoha ninjas would save a competitor who was likely to pose a great threat to themselves, Terumi Mei himself had no bargaining chip to offer.
It should be noted that Kiri ninjas do not work for nothing, and Konoha ninjas are not philanthropic. It is strange that they are not relatives but not friends, and they are willing to get along with each other.
Thinking of this, Terumi Mei, who was depressed, felt a sharp pain in her neck. Stimulated by negative emotions, the curse seal began to move again.
"Senior Chunyu's sealing skills are still very good, but... he doesn't seem to be very good at dealing with curse seals."
There are specialties in the profession, and it is normal to have areas in the same field that you are not good at.
Terumi murmured melancholy to herself, looking through all the people she knew, but couldn't find anyone who could help.
If the target is expanded to the entire ninja world, Terumi Mei's social circle seems to be even weaker.
"Konoha Village... don't think about it, there's no chance."
They have no friendship and few people they are even acquainted with, so naturally they are of no use. The Iwa ninja, Kumo ninja and Suna ninja who are still at war with the Kiri ninja are not considered. Even if they are willing to help, Terumi Mei cannot trust them. .
"In the Country of Fire, there are only a few people who are capable and likely to cooperate. The Daimyo of the Country of Fire, the Kosugi clan... Uzumaki? Wait..."
In an instant, the news of the reconstruction of the Kingdom of Whirlpool came to mind. In the past, the Mist Ninja paid little attention to things that happened thousands of miles away, let alone had many unpleasant experiences, and later contributed to the destruction of the other party. The Uzumaki clan.
"You have money, you have strength, and you will most likely have inheritance. It's not a hostile relationship..."
Thinking of this, Terumi Mei curled her lips unnaturally,
"Okay, the Kiri Ninja has a grudge against the Uzumaki clan, but it's not irresolvable. The key is that now the Furusugi clan has the final say, so there's room for maneuver."
The Kiri Ninja had a poor relationship with the Konoha Ninja, but they really had no direct enmity with the daimyo who represented the Fire Country and the Fusagi family. It would be better to say that the daimyo of the land of fire and the daimyo of the water country were the same family hundreds of years ago, and they were all relatives who could develop friendships through twists and turns.
The rise and fall of strength between countries involves the division of interests between the ruling classes, but this is not an irreconcilable conflict. There may be real conflicts between the citizens at the bottom, and there is really no need to distinguish between life and death among the nobles. .
As for the Ninja Village, that is a matter of execution. The Mist Ninja has almost no contact with the Daimyo of the Fire Country and the Fusagi family. It is not because the relationship is so bad that they ignore each other, but because the order of one village and one country determines it. After the Sub-Ninja World War, the mission shares of each major country have been clearly divided by the victors. Whether the relationship is good or not will not affect the mission rewards, so there is no need to increase unnecessary "marketing" and "public relations" costs. .
If you are not convinced, then we will launch another ninja war. If we win, I will listen to you and assign you more tasks in the future.
In essence, in the past ninja world wars, the major ninja villages were actually robbing the "allocations" issued by the five major countries and their affiliated forces in the form of mission commissions. The daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Kosugi family's base are not in the Land of Water, Kirigakure The village cannot defeat the Leaf Village and cannot get more tasks.
In short, if Terumi Mei wants to get more help, she really needs to work hard in the Land of Fire, if she doesn't want the curse seal to occur more frequently and eventually become the prey of Orochimaru.
…
At the same time, the young family governor Gushan, who was being approached by someone, finally returned home holding a pair of black hair, black eyes, fair skin, and nothing unusual except for being a little thinner.
Put together with her sister Hiiragi, it can be clearly seen that Kagami and Tsukasa are much smaller in size. Originally, the growth of the two sisters lagged behind that of ordinary babies. The triplets sister is a child who is obviously stronger than her peers. If someone who didn't know the story looked at it, they probably wouldn't believe that these three children would be identical.
"They look very similar, but..."
It’s not that I think the child was abandoned
After getting the package, the elder sister has bright red hair, and the younger sisters have black hair, which is really unexpected.
"Don't worry, it's the result of my Ninjutsu. It doesn't actually affect their bloodline. In essence, people who practice Fire Ninjutsu have a hotter temper, and people who practice Thunder Ninjutsu tend to be more resolute. Normally. Kagami and Tsukasa's influence is just more physical. Maybe as we grow older in the future, the power of our bloodline will be awakened more, and black hair will turn into red hair again..."
"this is okay too?"
"You have to believe in possibilities."
Gu Shan Bu Shui shrugged and pretended to be relaxed.
In fact, whether the genetic form of a ninja is manifested or hidden is somewhat different from the world in the previous life where there was no supernatural power.
Even if it is recessive, the genetic traits in the ninja may not be completely inactive. For example, the gradual evolution of Sharingan, chakra and mental power fluctuations can forcefully unearth this power that should have been suppressed.
The two sisters are both children with the talents of water escape and earth escape. Jing is more of a yin attribute, while Si has the favor of yang escape. They all received external spiritual nourishment through the intermediary of Gushan Bu Shui. Their essence is the same and then split into two halves. Therefore, the compatibility of chakra is quite stable. The success rate of joint transformation and combined ninjutsu is much higher than that of ordinary people. Be high.
At this moment, Hiiragi nimbly crawled around the two sisters, curiously looking at the two sisters who could barely sit up without falling down. As a sister, Hiiragi was very happy and couldn't help but stretch out his fingers to poke the two sisters. The person's face seems to remember the appearance of children one size smaller than himself.
Jing and Si, who were a little low on energy, looked at the new environment curiously. After a while, they couldn't hold on any longer. When they were drowsy, they reached out to their father and asked to be picked up and coaxed to sleep.
"I spoiled them too much. Now I won't sleep unless I hold them in my arms."
Adults have the habit of choosing a bed, and this is especially true for children. They feel insecure and prone to crying when the environment changes, especially when they don't get enough sleep.
If your loved ones are not around when you wake up, it will be troublesome.
As if aware of the impatience of his two younger sisters, Xiaoyi did not give up, but stood up unsteadily holding on to the railings of the crib, walked behind the two little guys, stretched out his arms, and hugged them over, regardless of each other. Whether you want to or not, just hold the little head like that, and the scholar mother looks like she is coaxing, and opens her big hands to gently pat her neck.
It's a pity that at such a young age, he really didn't have good skills and strength. After being caught, Jingheji opened his mouth and started crying, with crystal clear tears flowing down his cheeks. He looked at Gu Shanbu Shui eagerly, waiting for " rescue".
"My sister has a strong desire to express herself. No matter what her abilities are, at least she dares to do it."
"It's just that she lacks the delicacy of a girl, and her personality is very arrogant. She is convinced that she was born into the Gushan family. If she were born into a poor family, she would be very angry."
"It's hard to say, it's all caused by her parents and family environment. Xianglin has a soft temperament on the outside but is strong on the inside. It's just her childhood experience that taught her to disguise and hide her sharpness. As for Kaoru and Si, don't look at the soft and weak ones. , very stubborn."
Sure enough, the elder sister's careless comfort made the two little sisters cry louder, as if urging their father to get the "big guy" out of the way quickly so as not to affect their rest.
"Is this ability to detect words and colors the same as Xianglin?"
Gu Shan Bu Shui's words made Hong Ye smile and reach out to pick up Jing and Si. The two little sisters also felt a little confused about this unfamiliar mother and stared at it for a long time. Although they were a little uncomfortable, at any rate He reluctantly accepted it, and Gusugi Bushui hugged Xiao Hiiragi and comforted the second daughter who was shouting in dissatisfaction.
Next, the two will take the three sisters to meet their grandfather and grandmother. As for the eldest sister who is studying in Konoha Village, it may take a while before they can see them.
…
At the Konoha Ninja School, the children who have adapted to the third grade study life are preparing for the next class today. Teacher Umino Iruka walked in, clapped his hands, attracted the students' attention, and signaled Class was about to start, and he cleared his throat.
"Next, would you like to introduce a new classmate to you?"
"Eh?"
The students who were looking forward to it at the beginning of the year were suddenly surprised.
Everyone knows about the foreign loan students and transfer students. It has been so long since the new school year, how come there are still people coming?
Almost every class has new faces, but this classroom has never had them. Some people thought that this class was special and no one would come again, but today it was a surprise.
"Actually, the senior student was bedridden for a long time due to illness and gradually couldn't keep up with the progress of his classmates. After many discussions, we decided to repeat the grade directly."
