When Shiraishi returned to Shion City, he immediately surrounded the shrine where Maitreya Shrine was located in the name of the military, prohibiting anyone from entering.
The aura of monsters in the shrine is extremely harmful to ordinary people. If someone without eyesight sneaks in, there is basically no way out.
Even if a ninja sneaks in, it will probably be a disaster.
In Shiraishi's view, that kind of monster consciousness full of evil thoughts is a dangerous existence that cannot be defeated by nature.
In order to avoid such things that endanger people's lives and safety, it is inevitable to seal the shrine until Maitreya Maiden gives birth.
Shiraishi's order was very sudden, but as the highest order issued by the military, the relevant troops were dispatched immediately, divided into two groups, and prepared to take turns to guard the foot of the shrine where Maitreya Shrine is located day and night, blocking all entrances and exits to prevent anyone from accidentally break in.
"What happened? You want to mobilize the troops like this?"
Naturally, there was no way to hide such a big move from Liuli and Ayane.
Not long after Shiraishi issued this order, the two of them came over to ask about the situation.
"It's nothing serious. Maitreya Miko is pregnant."
Shiraishi confessed the surprising news.
At this moment, Liuli and Ayane glanced at Shiraishi with a dangerous look, as if they were inquiring about something.
When Shiraishi saw the questioning and dangerous looks on the two women's faces, he immediately knew that they must have misunderstood something, and said helplessly:
"Don't get me wrong, this matter has nothing to do with me."
"Then how could a miko become pregnant when she's so good? The person of the opposite sex who has the most frequent contact with that miko is you, Shiraishi-kun, right?"
A black aura seemed to appear behind Ayane, with his eyes staring at Shiraishi.
Liuli also stared at Shiraishi with cold eyes, as if looking at a dead person.
If he didn't explain this matter clearly, he wouldn't be able to get into bed tonight. Maybe Liuli would use fire escape to purify him on the spot.
"They say it's not me anymore. Maitreya Miko is actually parthenogenous."
"Parthenogenesis? Miko is not a paramecium. Where does parthenogenesis come from? Shiraishi-kun, even if you lie, you have to make up a reliable excuse for us."
Ayane sighed, thinking that Shiraishi was just looking for an excuse to have a big miko belly.
Forget about making excuses, how could he be allowed to pass if he was still making excuses like this that were full of loopholes.
"I dare not admit it when I have a big woman's belly. This is no longer a bad character. It seems that I have been too indulgent to you over the years. You need to be disciplined."
Liuli also spoke coldly, full of contempt.
"You will know this kind of thing if you go and see it for yourself. For ordinary people, the shrine is indeed a bit dangerous now, but you can still use natural energy to enter and feel it. If my guess is correct, it should be a ghost. The monsters and sprites passed down from ancient times in our country are inextricably linked to the witches.”
Shiraishi answered without changing his face, and he didn't look away with any intention of guilt. His hands and feet were placed very naturally, and he didn't look like he was lying.
Now it was Ruri and Ayane's turn to hesitate.
"Even so, what does a miko's pregnancy have to do with monsters and sprites?"
The two of them have also heard of the legend about the monsters and sprites in the Kingdom of Ghosts.
They couldn't understand the connection between the monsters and the witch Maitreya's pregnancy.
"Perhaps because all the energy is focused on nurturing the next generation, the suppression of monsters will be relaxed during this period. The child in Maitreya's belly was named Ziyuan by her. According to her, the child will be born in nineteen months. Birth.”
"Nineteen months?"
Ruri and Ayane, who were not prepared at all, opened their eyes wide.
As a mother, Liuli felt even more unbelievable.
Is that miko really human?
I have never heard that the pregnancy period of human women can be nineteen months long.
"Yes, although it is unbelievable, Maitreya Maiden did tell me this."
As an inhuman being, a shrine maiden's appearance and habits are similar to those of a normal person, but her essence has long been beyond the scope of human understanding.
"Then what do we do here?"
"There's nothing to do. Maitreya Miko doesn't want us to get involved."
"Is that monster sprite so powerful?"
Liuli's face was full of excitement.
Even if she is a mother who has given birth to a child, Uchiha's fighting factor will not be lost from the glass bloodline, and she is eager to fight against powerful beings to verify her own strength.
"From the perspective of pure power, it is not an extraordinary existence. But the power of a monster cannot be judged only from the perspective of power. For example, if it has immortal characteristics similar to those of a tailed beast, these characteristics can only be sealed with the power of a miko."
"If that's the case, it's really troublesome."
Liuli nodded in agreement.
The immortal nature of the tailed beast is okay, but if it can only be restrained by the power of a miko, then the monster will indeed be very troublesome for ninjas.
"It doesn't matter what it is. The sealing of monsters is the job of the witch. We just need to do our own thing. You two happened to be here, and I have a task for you."
Shiraishi took out a document recording a large amount of information from the drawer and put it in Liuli's hand.
"What task should we two handle?"
Liuli asked as she opened the file and scanned the contents.
Ayane also approached Liuli and read the mission content above together.
The content of the above mission is very simple. After several months of hard search, the intelligence personnel of the Demon Country military found traces of the ruins of the Sky Country fortress that had long been destroyed during the Second Ninja War.
Shiraishi had only one purpose, and that was to get the design drawings of this ruined fortress.
"The Kingdom of the Sky..."
Both Liuli and Ayane had a look of nostalgia on their faces.
During the last Ninja World War, a madman country suddenly appeared in the Ninja World and wanted to challenge the status of the five major countries - the Kingdom of Kong.
The ninjas in this country are good at controlling chakra and can use a flying ninja tool to fly freely in the sky.
Although it caused some trouble to the five major countries at the time, in the end it was wiped out by Konoha's troops before it caused a huge threat.
"I remember fighting against these people at the time, but these air ninjas were average in strength, and the flying ninjas they drove were a bit troublesome. However, I remember that all the air ninjas were wiped out by Konoha later."
Ayane said as she recalled something.
"The ninjas in the Land of Sky have not been completely wiped out. A small number of remaining ninjas have escaped. According to intelligence, they are now hibernating in a mountain forest in the Land of Forest with a fortress base equivalent to the Ninja Village, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback. .”
Shiraishi told the current situation of the ninjas in the Kingdom of Kong.
"That's right, but just get back the design drawings, right?"
"It's enough to have the design drawing. The fortress is not easy to move. The target is too big. And according to the information sent back, the fortress seems to be in a semi-scrap state. It has not been repaired and cannot be moved. After getting the design drawing , just destroy it and don’t leave it to others.”
Liuli and Ayane nodded in understanding.
"Then it's up to you."
"Just wait for our good news."
Liuli and Ayane set off immediately, and according to the mission, they went to the Kingdom of Forest to seize the design drawings in the Kong Ninja Fortress.
After the two of them left, Shiraishi began to recruit witches from within the Kingdom of Demons. He wanted to recruit 300 witches within three days.
Next, these three hundred witches will be trained for three months to teach them how to carry out propaganda work in foreign countries.
Due to the Third Ninja World War, most countries in the Ninja World are experiencing a sluggish domestic economy. In addition, there are still infectious diseases in some places, and many people have no money to treat their illnesses. These miko will be able to come in handy at that time to comfort these people. The people's physical and mental injuries caused by the war and chaos have become their spiritual support.
At the same time, it is also necessary to lend money to the nobles of neighboring small countries.
According to Shiraishi's knowledge, the neighboring You Country and Bear Country are already running a financial deficit and are in urgent need of money.
When these small countries fail to repay their debts within the period, there will be no more suitable and convenient excuse than this as a reason to attack these small countries.
Shiraishi had everything planned out.
However, this can only be done for the Kingdom of Netherworld and the Kingdom of Bears. The Kingdom of Snow in the north has a stable economy, and the internal political situation is equally stable and stress-free.
In addition, the Daimyo of Snow Country was diligent and caring for the people, and was a rare benevolent person. Even Shiraishi had heard of this Daimyo's good reputation.
Therefore, Shiraishi decided to wait and see about the Snow Country for a while, and see the consequences whether to take action. But the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Bears, the two springboard countries connecting the Kingdom of Wind, must be controlled. This is related to the future layout of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
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The training of three hundred miko maidens was officially underway. Ruri and Ayane also went to the Kingdom of Forest to look for the remains of the Kong Ninja's fortress. Shiraishi's work became easier again.
When I'm at home, I occasionally tease Asuka and Ichi. These two children are growing up healthily and happily in the peaceful ghost country.
Especially for Kazuki, Shiraishi undoubtedly had high expectations for this daughter who was born with extremely high talents.
However, because of her young age, Shiraishi sealed all of Ichiki's abilities to prevent her from failing to control her and causing huge commotion in the surrounding area.
After all, chakra that is close to the level of a tailed beast, even if it does not show power in the form of jutsu, just the pure release of chakra is enough to make ordinary ninjas inaccessible.
What Shiraishi wants is to wait until Kazuki reaches six years old before starting to teach her ninja skills.
As for Asuka, compared to her younger sister, Ichiji, her talent is mediocre, and she is still at the level of an ordinary person.
However, Shiraishi doesn't feel bad about being able to live like an ordinary person. At least he has the ability to protect his family now.
Even if Asuka is just an ordinary ninja in the future, he can still live a stable and happy life.
After instructing Tianyu Nu to take good care of Asuka and Ichiji, Shiraishi planned to go to Shigu Forest.
He did not forget that the two disciples Obito and Lin were still practicing natural energy there.
After such a long time, the natural energy cultivation of these two people should have achieved some results in Shiraishi's opinion.
Through a summons to inform the living beasts here to use the counter-channeling technique, Baishi suddenly arrived in the wet bone forest.
"No matter how many times I see you, your body is exaggerated."
Looking at the behemoth standing in front of him, Shiraishi felt that the word "spectacular" was not enough to describe the huge body of the living dragon.
All it takes is one turn over to cause the earth to shake.
Therefore, the live dragon does not usually carry out activities. If there is something to do, it only needs to separate a part of its body from its body.
"There are also disadvantages to being too big. It will be inconvenient to do things. My body has not moved here for three hundred years. Every time I move, it will crush the forest."
A soft and waxy sound came from the huge mouthparts of the living snake.
"..."
"Master Shiraishi, why don't you speak?"
"...Ah, I was just thinking about some issues, don't worry about it. Speaking of which, how are Obito and Rin doing?"
Shiraishi changed the topic cleverly.
Talking about time with a nearly immortal psychic beast is really not a sensible thing to do.
It could last for tens or hundreds of years, and Shiraishi would be under great pressure.
"Lin's natural energy training is in good condition, and she is currently trying to integrate senjutsu chakra."
Huobi told Lin's situation truthfully.
Shiraishi nodded clearly.
This speed can't be said to be fast, but it's not slow either.
Lin, who has integrated senjutsu chakra, can relatively improve the recovery effect and speed when performing medical ninjutsu. This can be regarded as cultivating a medical ninja with outstanding abilities for the country of ghosts.
After all, there is still a shortage of medical ninjas in the Kingdom of Ghosts. A single excellent medical ninja can sometimes be as effective as dozens or even hundreds of medical ninjas.
"Obito's natural energy fusion state is not very good. He has too many distracting thoughts in his mind. Although he successfully guided the natural energy, the control and operation are very poor."
"That kid, forget it, take your time. At his age, he will inevitably be a little impatient when doing things. I will go there first, and then we will talk slowly."
Bai Shi said goodbye to the live snake and walked towards the white forest.
There are bare white trees all around, with their roots standing as straight as needles. On the white trees, there are many palm-sized slugs climbing on them, secreting mucus from their mouthparts, which are the clones of living slugs.
It can be said that every corner of this forest is covered with the ears and eyes of the living beetle, and nothing can be hidden from it.
This can also be regarded as a protective measure.
Although the Shiggou Forest is a hidden place in the ninja world, and ordinary people cannot break in, but occasionally very lucky people will inadvertently break into this forest.
If it is for the pursuit of power, the living dragon will sign a contract with it.
If he accidentally breaks in, he is just an ordinary person who doesn't know anything. The living snake will erase his memory of entering the wet bone forest and send it to the outside world. It will not actively harm these lost people who accidentally break into the wet bone forest. .
According to Huo Li, the psychic beasts in the three holy places each have their own distinctive characteristics.
If it were the Longdi Cave, which is also one of the Three Holy Lands, people who are lost would be directly lured into the cave, swallowed up and enjoy a delicious meal.
Therefore, the psychic beasts in Longdi Cave are all a group of lawless and cruel bloodthirsty snakes.
They will not sign a contract with ninjas without authorization. Only when the strength is recognized by them will they be respected and recognized.
Shiraishi walked around the white forest and soon came to the place where Obito and Lin were training.
There is a clear stream here, with plump fish in it, and a small vegetable patch next to it, growing some green vegetables.
In addition, there are several wooden houses made of white wood. There are several clones of live snakes crawling slowly on the wood, using the mucus spitted out from their mouthparts to deal with possible bugs and stains on the wooden houses.
Shiraishi would sometimes bring Ruri and Ayane to practice here, so for convenience, he built vegetable gardens and houses here to solve the problem of food and accommodation.
"Teacher Shiraishi, you are here."
Sensing Shiraishi's chakra, Lin immediately stopped training.
Rin, who is able to initially use Senjutsu Chakra, already has the ability to perceive.
"The things over there have just been sorted out, so let's come over and take a look. The celestial chakra is used well. Lin, you can enter the next stage of practice."
Shiraishi nodded approvingly of Lin's cultivation achievements at this moment.
"Teacher Shiraishi, what is the next stage of training?"
"It's very simple, it is to successfully integrate Senjutsu Chakra with medical ninjutsu. Controlling Senjutsu Chakra and making Senjutsu Chakra appear in the form of a spell are two different concepts. You can try this aspect now. As you practice, I will also be there to guide you on how to do it."
"I see."
Lin nodded firmly, saying that she would not let Shiraishi down.
Shiraishi is undoubtedly satisfied with Lin's attitude of seriously seeking knowledge and studying hard.
After all, the master-disciple relationship between him and Lin is completely different from the master-disciple relationship between Minato and Lin.
The master-disciple relationship between him and Lin is a true master-disciple relationship, which is equivalent to the same blood.
The master-disciple relationship between Minato and Lin is more of a structural relationship where superiors and subordinates get along.
Therefore, Shiraishi will teach Lin everything he has, including his own medical ninjutsu and some other core abilities. When necessary, he will also expand on Lin, including his own beliefs.
As for how much Lin can learn from him, it depends on her own efforts and understanding.
I don't dare to say that in other aspects, Shiraishi is sure that Lin is a raw jade that has not yet been polished in terms of talent in medical ninjutsu. She will have very high achievements in the future as a medical ninjutsu.
Just when Shiraishi wanted to continue saying something, there was a sound of piercing the air behind him.
The sneak attacker was very fast and powerful. After being hit by a punch, Shiraishi felt that he would be injured.
Shiraishi had already sensed this scene happening, so he turned sideways without hesitation, letting the sneak attacker's fist pass his body with just a hair's breadth.
Seeing Shiraishi dodge, he also knew that it was impossible to hit the opponent with the level of sneak attack just now, so he stopped in time, turned his body, using his body as the axis, kicked fiercely with his right foot, and swept towards Shiraishi's body.
Shiraishi raised his arms and easily blocked the opponent's right leg.
The person who sneaked up on him was a black-haired boy who had lost his left eye. He opened the red three-magatama Sharingan on his right, and at the moment when his eyes met with Shiraishi's, the illusion was activated.
The speed and strength of physical techniques, including the timing of using illusion techniques, are very decisive and quick.
However, this still doesn't work for Shiraishi.
"No matter how sophisticated the illusion is, it will not work on me. I should have warned you about this a long time ago, Obito."
For Shiraishi, who has a second person in his body, the illusion has lost its effect the moment Obito releases it.
Obito also knew that there was nothing he could do, and wanted to retreat and distance himself from Shiraishi. Shiraishi's raised arm reached out like lightning, grabbed Obito's right leg that he had no time to retract, and swung it hard.
Obito's body flew out, adjusting his body in the air to avoid rolling on the ground.
But he could barely keep his body steady on the ground. His shoes also rubbed against the ground, making a grinding sound. His shoulders were shaking up and down, and his breathing was rapid.
"too slow."
Obito's body stiffened, and the white stone in front of him had disappeared.
The voice came from behind him.
"Tch, you only solved my illusion with the help of others."
Obito seemed a little unconvinced.
Facing Obito's unconvinced voice, Shiraishi just smiled and said:
"I didn't expect that the genius of the Uchiha clan would find such unreasonable excuses for his failure. Can't you be a man and admit your failure?"
"Hmph, you are just a guy who eats us Uchiha's soft rice, you don't seem to be qualified to say that - Ouch!"
Obito immediately covered his head with his hands and screamed in pain.
Why is this bastard banging his head again?
Filled with resentment towards Shiraishi, he turned around and kicked out a kick that hit the air. Shiraishi had already used the teleportation technique to appear a few meters away.
"Okay, Obito, don't be angry. Teacher Shiraishi is just joking with you."
Lin came over to comfort Obito, who was about to rush forward to continue fighting Shiraishi, with a soft smile on his face.
Obito then gave up.
Although Lin has lost her previous memories, she is still as gentle as ever. Obito sighed happily in his heart.
As long as he is around Lin and smells Lin's breath, his body and mind feel full of strength.
"Lin, you dote on him too much. After so long, he can only barely integrate into the natural energy. It's still early for him to practice immortality."
Shiraishi came over and lectured Obito.
"You can't blame me for this. I also want to master it as soon as possible."
Obito was also a little frustrated.
He didn't lie. He wanted to become stronger as soon as possible and protect Lin.
Shiraishi glanced at Obito and said nothing. He took out a glass bottle from his arms and threw it towards Obito.
Obito caught the glass bottle with a look of confusion on his face.
"This is……"
"Backup Sharingan, press it on your left eye. If you fight with one eye, your vision will be blocked, which will affect your ability to display your strength."
Shiraishi said.
Only then did Obito see clearly that there was a living eyeball soaked in the solution in the glass bottle, showing the shape of a three-magatama Sharingan.
"Lin, please help Obito install this eye. It should be a piece of cake for you now."
"Okay, Mr. Shiraishi."
Lin had no objection, knowing that this was a test Shiraishi was testing herself, so she took Obito to the small room to perform eye surgery on him.
Shiraishi looked at Obito's back and felt quite regretful.
He originally wanted to let Obito master the secrets of senjutsu as soon as possible and let the Mangekyō Sharingan form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. At present, it would take a long time to cultivate Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan to form combat effectiveness.
Obviously, the normal step-by-step method is not suitable for a 'gifted' Uchiha ninja like Obito. Faced with this unique 'genius', Shiraishi also felt embarrassed.
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The country of forest.
Ahead was a dense forest of trees stretching to the horizon. Liuli and Ayane appeared here. They looked at the human-face-shaped rock pedestal standing up from the soil in front of them, and immediately determined that the huge building lurking underground was where they were. line goals.
"is it here?"
Liuli stroked the human-face-shaped pedestal, which looked like a broken statue with many chips and serious wear and tear.
Ayane opened her Byakugan, scanned the ground, and nodded in confirmation.
"It's right here. It's lurking under our feet. It's really a big guy."
Under Ayane's Byakugan observation, a huge rock building the size of a small town was hidden beneath the ground beneath their feet.
There are at least tens of thousands of people living in this building.
In the center of the building, Ayane discovered an extremely weird ball of chakra with her Byakugan, and frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"I saw a very strange chakra inside the fortress, it felt very similar to the tailed beast."
Ayane turned around and said.
"Tailed beasts? Is the Kingdom of Sky still conducting research on tailed beasts?"
Liuli was surprised.
With the power of ninjas in the Land of Sky, they should not be able to capture tailed beasts.
Moreover, the tailed beasts of the five major countries are still well preserved, and the tailed beast of Takigakure Village is sealed in Nohara Rin's body, located in the Kingdom of Oni. Where did the tailed beast come from in the Land of Sky?
"It's just similar. I'm not sure it's a tailed beast yet. But this chakra is indeed a bit powerful. It's different from ordinary chakra. The operation of the entire fortress is also powered by this chakra."
"In that case, let's take it back together. Shiraishi should be interested in this strange chakra."
Ayane didn't object, she and Liuli had the same idea.
Then, Liuli jumped to the side, away from the human-faced stone pedestal.
Ayane put on white leather fingerless gloves, clenched them into fists, and then quickly dropped them towards the ground.
Centered on the location where the fist fell, an extremely terrifying impact force spread to all directions. The trees in the dense forest creaked and were uprooted and blown away by the storm.
Where Ayane stood, the ground had been instantly shattered by the power of the fist and turned into a mess.
The human face-shaped stone pedestal turned into gray-white sand and was blown away by the wind.
Part of the huge stone building stained with mud was exposed to the sun. On the exposed part of the building, an extremely eye-catching large hole appeared in an exaggerated form.
Ayane shook her numb arm and looked at the internal passage shown in the building, with an ominous smile hanging from the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, the entrance has been successfully opened, now it's hunting time."
