At the top of the first step of the waterfall, the water leaps 150 meters and draws a Zen-like arc in the air, returning to the flow of Yamato Island. Located on the pine tree on the west side, two ninjas are observing the situation below with binoculars.
"Yamada, why did you become a ninja?" The sturdy ninja dressed in black and white asked after confirming that there was nothing abnormal. The ninja in brown clothes next to him is named Yamada, and he was a ninja working under Zuiyan not long ago.
"..." Yamada didn't reply. The ninja dressed in black and white paused and said apologetically: "Actually, I'm sorry, controller=san. I'm used to it, so please forgive me." He blamed himself in his heart, this was so rude! Even to the juniors, once you have the name of Shinobi, you can no longer call them by their real names. This is like saying the other person's childhood pet name in public. It is an excessive behavior that will be punished by the village.
"Ah, no!" The controller's voice sounded like someone waking up from a dream. "That's not what happened, Zizi=san. I, I am..." Zizi, who was dressed in black and white, noticed that his companion's abdominal muscles were tight. "Too nervous?" "...Yes." Sure enough, after all, he is a newcomer who just got the title of Shinobi today. He took out a piece of mint candy. It was not a special gift for the ninja army, but a cheap candy from a convenience store. "It will make you feel better if you eat it." "Thank you actually."
Yamada held the candy in his mouth and felt that Ninja's stomach pain was slightly relieved. A few seconds ago, what did =san ask? "Ah, what's the reason for becoming a ninja? Well, I loved watching ninja animations when I was a child, and I also wanted to dedicate myself to the country. So when I was secretly told that I had a talent..." Zizi continued. "It means I got it naturally." Yamada chewed on these words and couldn't help but nod. "Yes, naturally."
He laughed softly. "I understand. I thought it was because of the enemy. Are you nervous because of Smash=san?"
Crush. Yamada's breath stopped for a moment when he heard the name Ninja. Why is he, who belongs to Zuiyan=san, here, suffering from stomachache every day? This must be inseparable from the conversation between the ninjas.
That happened three days ago, that is, the day when Shigure and his friends went to attack the shrine without authorization...
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Three days ago, Weiyuan City was underground.
Yamada held a stack of materials and stood by the door of the tea room, not even daring to take a breath.
Yamada is a thousand-level ninja. Although he has not yet obtained the official name of ninja, he has also practiced the impermanence method in the realm of gods. The location he is currently in is an extremely secret meeting and tea room located underground in the giant city of Weiyuan. The tatami mats are arranged into a perfect square, forming a four-and-a-half-stack space that is representative of Zero Island style. There are not many decorations in the tearoom, except for the calligraphy of "All Things are Impermanent" hanging on the wall facing the door.
What a wabi-sabi atmosphere. Most people will be affected by the mysterious atmosphere when they come here, and they can't help but become quiet, and then kneel down and meditate. But Yamada couldn't calm down in his heart, because the atmosphere of the black and red ninja sitting in the tea room completely overshadowed the Zen feeling.
How to describe this ninja... To sum it up in a clear way...
big.
huge.
Very big.
Generally speaking, a strong man above 2 meters is the height that most people should look up to. But this ninja is over 4 meters tall, and his back looks as broad as two sumo wrestlers put together. His arms, thighs, neck, and face are all parts that can be seen. muscles. It can be called a mountain of muscles!
Yamada had a hunch that even if the ninja did not use any supernatural power, ordinary thermal weapons would not be able to harm his body. No, it’s not a hunch, but a deep belief from the bottom of my heart that this person can definitely do it. Because he is the strongest fighting sect of the Ninja Army, the leader of the Ninja Army, crush it!
The sitting Shameless almost took up half of the space in the tea room. Zuiyan, who was sitting opposite him, was already short. Comparing the two of them, he looked like an adult and a rag doll.
The giant ninja smash was making tea, and just by raising his arm, a breeze blew up in the tea room, causing Yamada's ninja turban to flutter. Shatter holds the tea bowl with his fingers and places it on Zuiyan's right hand in compliance with tea ceremony etiquette. "Please use it, Master." He spoke as if someone had used a subwoofer.
If it is a situation where the friendship is based on equals, Zuiyan should first refuse politely, then persuade him by force, and then accept the tea. The ritual of first rejecting and then accepting contains the profound Zen meaning of tea ceremony.
"I accept it." However, the short ninja accepted it directly because the giant man opposite was offering tea as a disciple. Refusing on this occasion is a truly disgraceful act to the other party. The intricate etiquette in the ninja workplace is actually cumbersome!
Zuiyan follows tea ceremony etiquette and rotates the tea vessel in his hands. But Shatter... acted like a layman who didn't know the tea ceremony, and took out a large plastic bottle. "Gudonggudonggudong." There are blue water stains at the corner of the mouth, it's an energy drink!
aieeee! Yamada, who was watching, screamed in his heart. This guy was drinking energy drinks from a plastic bottle in a tea room and making vulgar jocky noises! For ordinary ninjas, this is no longer a situation that Murahachi can solve. He will have to cut off his fingers!
Drunk eyes were calm, and he brought the tea bowl to his mouth to drink. After three times of drinking, there is a little bit left at the bottom of the bowl, and the tea bowl is put down. "It's still the same, I don't like the tea ceremony."
"I actually don't like drinking tea." Shamei said in a rough voice, "I have to be careful with you and my colleagues, and I won't bother myself with this."
Zuiyan had already expected this, and had no intention of accusing the other party of drinking. Etiquette is to show respect. It is truly disrespectful to focus on superficial rituals and ignore the inner feelings. He looked at Yamada who was roaring in his heart. "Yamada=san."
"Yes! Here is the information from the communication ninja!" Yamada immediately bowed and handed out two documents with both hands. "Thank you for your hard work. I will report any new information as soon as possible." "Please leave it to me!" Yamada left the tea room while maintaining a bow, closed the door silently, and gasped outside the door.
Zuiyan opened the document and read it carefully. "What do you think, this time's enemy." Shatter put away the thermos cup and held the document in front of his eyes. It recorded the battle report between Shigure Lingpachi, Shigure Shiqiu and Sakura Mai.
"A really powerful enemy. The level of ability and the ability to judge the situation are very profound. Sakura Mai=san's judgment not to rush into war was correct."
Zuiyan nodded in approval. "What's your opinion?"
"Mobilize the maximum combat power and fight quickly!" The crushing sound was like the roar of a wild beast. "I will lead the elite troops to set up an ambush. You and Shigure with the higher number will hide in the rear. Depending on the situation, you will decide whether to make a surprise attack or a wheel battle. Find a way to start the battle tonight so that Sakura Mai=san can take the recovered Shigure and outflank them from the rear. He touched his fists together, "Surround him from the front and back, and kill with one strike!"
Zuiyan looked at his apprentice's serious expression and burst into laughter.
"Actually correct judgment, crush=san. If defeating the enemy is the first goal, I would think so too. However, Yamazaki-sama will not allow so much combat power to leave Weibara to maintain the focus of the barrier."
"Angry!" Smash roared like a motorcycle engine.
"How can such a timid strategy defeat a powerful enemy? He worries too much and is too afraid of the three major countries!" Shatter said angrily, "It's better to let me beat the bastard Genya Shigure into a pulp. This extremely stupid plan to destroy the army should have been abandoned!"
"The arrow is on the string and must be fired." Zuiyan sighed, "Master Yamazaki wants to get rid of the current situation more than anyone else. He wants Zero Island to have the power to be on par with the giants."
Shamei said in a rough voice: "Master, he brought this situation on his own. Over the years, he has given all the talented children to Shigure, so many geniuses! He has raised a bunch of children who are not as good as me." Monster. Give it to the ninja army like us to train, or send it to Nanyao Shinto for instruction. Soukai should have it by now. What a brain!"
The muscular man who was more than four meters tall behaved like an angry young man in college. He sighed drunkenly that his disciple's character had not changed at all, and he still harbored resentment at everything he looked at.
But the old man knew that although the giant ninja spoke vulgarly, he saw things very clearly. "At that time, a world-scale war was about to break out, and Master Chi appeared on Qiongo Island again...it was all about judging the situation."
The decision-making with the purpose of "urgently strengthening combat power" has now resulted in insufficient combat power. The impact of the big decision made more than ten years ago is like the God of Fortune mocking people.
Zuiyan is also worried. There is no official World Creation Envoy on Zero Island. Once something goes wrong with the God of Disaster Sacrifice, who can they pin their hopes on? Should I go and beg Master Chi to take action? Now they seem to be walking on a tightrope across an abyss. No matter where they go next, it will be a gamble... Drunk and eyes closed, they cut off the worries in their minds like cutting off enemies. "Let's talk about the current situation. Shatter=san, I must stay in Weiyuan, and the first line of defense will be left to you."
"Then I will lead my men to set up defenses at the entrance of the waterfall to prevent them from entering Yamato Island." The smashing sound echoed in the tea room, "If you are short of manpower, you will have to rely on perseverance. Beat me until I die."
"Don't talk about death. Save your life to protect the country."
"I have wanted to destroy Zero Island since I was a child." The giant ninja sighed dullly, stood up on the tatami, and almost poked a hole in the ceiling with his head, "I'm going."
"I guess the battle plan is well prepared."
"Yeah, improvise."
Zuiyan shook his head helplessly. "Yamada=san." The young ninja in brown clothes opened the door and saluted after a second. "Please give me your orders!"
"You will work with Shatter=san next and be responsible for formulating combat plans and assisting in the battle."
Yamada almost froze in place, relying on the conditioned reflex developed in the harsh workplace to salute. "Very happy to!"
The giant ninja's voice echoed in the tea room. "Will it work? This newcomer." Zuiyan's tone was as calm as a monk's. "Yamada=san's technique is actually beneficial in that environment. Relying on brute force against such an enemy won't work."
Shatter=san's gaze stabbed his back like needles, and Yamada, who bowed, tried his best to hold back the urge to tremble.
"I listen to you, master. Let's go, newcomer."
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It obviously happened three days ago, but it feels like a century ago.
Yamada has heard many rumors about giant ninjas before. For example, he has a bad temper, has an eccentric temperament, is not loyal to the martial arts club, and enjoys crushing people's bodies with his own hands... During the three days he personally followed Smash=san, Yamada had to admit that the rumors he had heard before were false: the truth was even more outrageous than the rumors.
Smash=san's temper is actually not bad. He actually adopted Yamada's battle plan (Smash's comment was 'better than I thought') and gave Yamada the title of "Controller". But there was only one thing that made Yamada unable to let go of his fear.
"Self-harm=san. I'm inexperienced." Yamada's face turned pale under his scarf. "I've never seen that kind of... ugh... I'm sorry."
The ninja-senpai patted his back. An armed escort vehicle came along the river.
"Actually, they are all death row prisoners. It would be nice to see more of them. Look, the luck has arrived. Can I go for you today?"
"Ugh...no, no problem! I'll be back right away!" Yamada, no, the controller gritted his teeth. The vocation of a ninja is to complete tasks, even if they are trivial things. He is the ninja sent by Zuiyan=san to assist, and he must not embarrass the leader.
The controller jumped from the branch near the waterfall. This action was actually dangerous, but he could only do it safely because of his skills. He opened the car door silently, and the driver in blue overalls took out the keys.
"Domo, Yamada=san, this is today's share."
In fact, he should be called Controller=san, but the ninja had no time to worry about the title at this time. "Domo, escort=san, I'm sorry to trouble you today." He opened the trunk of the armed escort vehicle with the key. Three people in prison uniforms were tied up with hemp ropes, and each prisoner wore a hood on his head. .
"A serial murderer, a kidnapper, and the last one is a rapist." The driver chose more decent words. "Check, please."
The controller carefully checked the prisoners' identities, clasped their hands and thanked them after completing the security check, and the driver said goodbye and drove away. The controller led the death row prisoners behind the huge figure.
"Crush=san, today's weight has been brought."
The giant ninja made a heavy sound like a mechanical engine starting up.
"angry."
Shatter stood in front of the first prisoner and raised his fist. His giant fist is bigger than the head of a death row prisoner. Then smash the punch down like hitting a mole with a mallet!
Have you ever seen a hydraulic press working? Yamada clearly remembers that there was a time when videos of using a hydraulic press to crush all kinds of strange things were popular, causing things like tape, pumpkins, and toy cars to shatter under the tremendous force. The scene happening in front of him now was the result of accelerating that process more than ten times and applying it to the human body.
There was an indescribable strange sound, followed by the sound of a giant fist hitting the ground. "Boom!" The original "death row prisoner" disappeared, red liquid splashed everywhere, and there was only a pool of material on the ground that made his stomach churn! "Boom!" The giant ninja raised his fist and smashed the second death row prisoner! "Boom!" Then repeat it again, crushing the third person!
aieeeee! The controller screamed heartbreakingly in his heart. The first time he witnessed this scene he vomited in his visor. Now I am resisting the urge to vomit and become incontinent.
"angry……"
Black-red flames ignited on the shattered fist, and the dirt was instantly burned dry. He shot a wisp of flame towards the miserable ground. Soon, the traces of the three people's existence disappeared, and there were only three big pits on the ground.
"Thank you for your hard work." The giant ninja said, "If I don't destroy something every day, it will be very painful."
The controller tries to respond in a normal tone. "Actually, they are all damned death row prisoners."
"It's all the same to me, as long as it's human."
Shamei sat down cross-legged and looked at the Shenzhi River under the waterfall. "What is the result of Shiyuling Temple's divination?" the controller responded reflexively, "The target will arrive in one hour. It was confirmed once five minutes ago, and the result has not changed."
"There's still one hour." Shatter nodded and suddenly asked, "Why did you become a ninja?"
What should I say at this time? Ninja's rationality told him that now was the time to show his loyalty to the organization to his superiors. However, the controller was a newcomer after all. He had just been greatly stimulated and subconsciously expressed his true thoughts. "Naturally..."
"Is it natural?" Shatter repeated, "It won't be like this in reality. There will always be opportunities, just like nodes. I always meet important people and experience a lot of things before I am what I am now. Just like impermanence The same as the practice of Dharma, nature and experience are determined together.”
"You're right," the controller said sincerely. Even though the giant ninja was scary, he thought it was right.
"Go check the layout one more time. Then rest. Then start the battle." "Please leave it to me."
The controller jumped into the waterfall to check the arrangement, during which time the urge to vomit was lessened. After confirming that everything was ready, he jumped up to the pine tree and chatted with Su Xie for a few words.
"Self-harm=san, the battle will come later..." "I know, I leave it to you to judge the situation." "Huh?!"
The controller was a little scared. He originally wanted to ask the other party to adapt accordingly. "You made the plan. Smash=san also said it was good, so it's up to you." The old man gave him another candy. "Both of us are actually not good at using our brains, come on."
"...I understand." The controller took the candy and chewed it hard.
An hour passed quickly. The appearance of three people was seen in the telescope. A gray-haired young man with glasses, a blue-haired huntress, and a female high school student stood on the bow of a white speedboat. That's them!
"Turn on the signal jammer." The controller pressed the button nervously, "It's time to start."
It's time to start. Geographical location, equipment, comprehensive strength, one's own technique, and the opponent's technique. The important thing is the intelligence gap, and above that is adaptability, and the most important thing is the courage to persist in fighting until the last moment!
You are a genius, remember in one second: Red Oasis:
