Playing as Passerby A from Naruto

In Shinomiya Ryoko's room.

Kurenai and Ryoko were still awake.

After such a fuss in the middle of the night, their sleepiness was almost wiped away.

With nothing to do, the two sat on the tatami and started chatting.

As for the content of the chat, tonight's protagonist, Shi Yuan, is naturally indispensable.

"Red Chuunin, you don't seem to know much about the strength of Tokigen Chuunin."

Shinomiya Ryoko leaned cross-legged on the wall behind her. Although she still maintained the reserve of a noble, she was a little more casual.

These days of getting along have kept the relationship between the two in a good state.

She asked Kurenai like this, naturally because she was somewhat curious about the man Sarutobi Tokigen.

"It's okay. I just haven't communicated with him in the past six months, so I was a little surprised when I saw him today."

Kurenai sat opposite Shinomiya Ryoko. While talking, she picked up the fruit on the plate next to her and put it into her mouth.

She was indeed surprised, but she couldn't really show her unfamiliarity with her companions in front of an outsider.

"Can you tell me something about the Tokigen Chuunin? I can't sleep right now anyway, so I just want to listen to the story. He looks so young, but his strength seems to be something that cannot be underestimated. I'm really curious. "

Shinomiya Ryoko chuckled and moved her body in the direction of Kurenai.

"he"

Although Kurenai was a little curious about why Shinomiya Ryoko suddenly became interested in Shiyuan, looking at the other person's big eyes looking at her as if seeking knowledge, she decided to tell him some insignificant things to satisfy her.

"At this time last year, Shiyuan was still a genin. Although his temper was still as stable as now, his strength was definitely not as strong as it is now."

"Probably after what happened at the end of last year."

Hong didn't pay much attention to Shi Yuan, and just briefly talked about what she knew about Shi Yuan's sudden efforts in cultivation.

Shinomiya Ryoko did not feel bored because of these things, but became more and more interested in listening to them.

Her eyes glowed vaguely under the light.

Soon, only about half an hour.

One of them spoke, the other asked randomly, and Hong finished telling what he knew.

"It sounds quite inspiring. Growing so much in less than a year is definitely not an easy thing."

Shinomiya Ryoko picked up a glass of water on the small table next to her and took a sip.

"Maybe when he was still in the ninja school, his teacher once praised Shiyuan for his good talent, but I don't know why after becoming an official ninja, he became a little unmotivated. So now he has regained his original state and can have Such strength is not too surprising.”

Hong looked at his client and pretended to be relaxed.

The other party seemed to be thinking and did not speak, with a polite smile on his face.

"Well, it's still early before departure. The red chuunin can rest for a while."

Shinomiya Ryoko held a cup in her hand and looked at it with her eyes, her delicate face showing a look that Kurenai couldn't see through.

"Okay, Miss Shinomiya, please sleep a little longer. You won't be so comfortable in the carriage tomorrow."

The place where Kurenai rests is on the tatami next to Shinomiya Ryoko.

She fiddled with the pillow a few times, pulled over a thin quilt, and then lay down aside.

It was impossible to fall asleep, but it was still possible to close your eyes and rest.

Tomorrow will be another full day, and tonight will be a rare rest time.

After Kurenai lay down, Shinomiya Ryoko looked out the door with deep eyes.

What kind of person are you?

She thought of the look in Shi Yuan's eyes when he talked to her that night.

Serious and confident

It didn't seem to be the case. She had seen that look in her father before.

That look was what she saw in her father's arms when she was only a few years old when her father had just become a general.

That look is complicated, not that simple.

Are you really just trying to become a powerful and free ninja?

Putting down the water glass, Shinomiya Ryoko raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a trace of an imaginative smile on her calm face.

Although her situation was not completely safe at this time, she didn't know why, but she wanted to get to know Shiyuan, the ninja who was trying to guide her, as if there was some strange attraction to him.

I really want to see what kind of person you will become in the end.

She straightened the pillows and lay down.

Her hands were crossed on her chest, her expression calm and natural.

It feels okay, and my mastery of ninjutsu seems to have improved a lot after a big battle.

Shi Yuan allowed the water to continuously wash over his body, while inside his body, the physical activation and regeneration techniques were silently running at low power.

Although I have been practicing this ninjutsu for two or three months.

But until tonight, it was only a preliminary grasp.

Unexpectedly, in the battle just now, Shi Yuan kept pressing himself in order to seek a breakthrough in speed, and it seemed that he had broken a barrier and mastered Shennong's forbidden technique better.

This was an unexpected surprise for Shi Yuan.

The water flowing from his body washed the blood on his body, whether it was the enemy's or his own, to the ground.

I didn't continue to waste time on such things.

Turning off the switch, putting on clean clothes, he walked downstairs.

Gale was guarding the ground meticulously, and his whole body seemed to be tense without any slack.

When he noticed Shi Yuan coming down, he raised his head slightly and looked over.

"blast."

Shiyuan said softly, and then pointed to the room near Shinomiya Ryoko to signal him to return to his post.

"Thank you for your hard work, senior"

Hayate stood up and signaled to Shiyuan, and disappeared in place with a teleportation technique.

Not paying attention to the presence or absence of these things, Shi Yuan sat back in his seat with a contented look on his face.

After a few minutes, the light in the hall dimmed much.

It turned out that he had turned off most of the lights, leaving only one close to him to provide simple lighting.

His back was pressed against the table behind him.

Shi Yuan raised his arm and looked at his arm with some confusion.

The injuries he suffered before have long been completely healed, leaving not even a trace.

So, with my current resilience, am I still considered a human being?

He asked himself curiously, and finally everything turned into a smile on his lips and disappeared into the dark environment.

Fight tonight.

He had just thought about it several times while taking a shower and rinsing.

The combat experience is still a little lacking, but when he breaks out with all his strength, even the jounin will probably not be his opponent.

Of course, the jounin here can only be an ordinary jounin.

If it's someone like elite Jonin Kakashi or Kai, we can only pretend that he didn't say this.

Regarding the melting escape, Shi Yuan has considered it. For the time being, it is not appropriate to expose it to the public's sight too early.

Can it be used in battle?

can

But it's best not to let the enemy take this information back.

Melting Escape is his last trump card so far.

Therefore, in the battle just now, Shi Yuan consciously used Fire Escape and Earth Escape instead of Melt Escape.

The reason is naturally because Melting Escape is too ostentatious and not suitable for such a scene.

As a qualified ninja, you naturally need to keep a low profile.

Using Melt Release in such a scene that attracts so many people's attention is like putting yourself on the fire.

If other ninja villages knew that a ninja who mastered melting appeared in Konoha, what would they think and do?

Especially since this ninja is still a chuunin who has not yet grown up, what will happen next?

Let’s not talk about the distant ones, let’s talk about the Iwagakure ninjas you may encounter during this mission.

If the other party knew that Shi Yuan was a ninja who mastered melting, they would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to strangle him in the cradle before he could grow up.

Yan Yin is deeply aware of the powerful power of Molten Release.

The four-tailed Jinchuuriki Lao Zi is a ninja who has mastered the Melting Release.

Moreover, Lao Zi has not returned to the village for many years because of his disagreement with Onoki. Although he did not rebel against the village in name, everyone knows that Lao Zi is definitely a half-rebellious ninja.

But why didn't Iwagakure think of reclaiming the tailed beast in the opponent's body?

Isn't it because Lao Zi, who has mastered Melting Release, is really difficult to deal with?

The only person in the entire village who dares to say that he can firmly suppress Lao Zi is Onoki, who is the Tsuchikage.

But there is no way the Tsuchikage would choose to spend a lot of time outside the village just to bring back Lao Zi or the tailed beast.

Therefore, if Lao Zi did not master Melting Escape, there might be another explanation.

Therefore, even if Shiyuan is currently able to use Melting Release as a relatively conventional method to fight, he still has no intention of using it under the gaze of countless eyes.

In the village before.

The third generation also vaguely told him to try not to expose Melting Release outside.

Obviously, the third generation of Hokage saw clearly the darkness in the ninja world, and was afraid that the young man Shiyuan would start to drift away because he developed Melting Release on his own.

However, although Melting Escape cannot be used, Shiyuan's Fire Escape and Earth Escape are not weak either.

Even after the development of Melting Escape, the understanding of Fire Escape and Earth Escape became even deeper.

Just like the earth escape that just blocked a large number of ninjutsu attacks.

If an ordinary ninja were to perform that ninjutsu, he would probably be directly defeated the moment the ninjutsu clashes.

Even Kakashi, who has a carved dog's head, may not have as strong a defense as Tokiyuan just now.

Needless to say, fire escape is natural. Simple changes in properties can make fire escape become more and more terrifying.

The power naturally increases exponentially

In addition to Melting Release, the only other ninjutsu he now masters that makes people jealous is the forbidden jutsu he obtained from Shen Nong.

However, compared to the conspicuous target of Melting Escape, the techniques of physical regeneration and activation have great advantages.

That is, if there is no special display or careful observation by interested people, others will not notice the physical recovery aspect.

Thinking of this, Shi Yuan thought of the amazing resilience of this ninjutsu.

I couldn't help but give a thumbs up to my decisive decision from the bottom of my heart.

A villain like Shen Nong can be eliminated in this early stage.

And he also added the ninjutsu developed by the other party to his own collection. This was definitely the wisest and correct thing he had done in such a long time.

Although using forbidden techniques to stimulate the body during combat has certain sequelae, the recovery power obtained from this forbidden technique is not too comfortable as a passive skill.

As long as he keeps using it at the right speed, this ninjutsu will definitely be more effective than he expected.

The rest of the night passed peacefully.

Although Shi Yuan did not sleep directly, his energy and spirit still returned to their best during the sleep.

So early in the morning, according to plan, they set off.

This time, all the samurai were left in this town, waiting for follow-up arrangements after the mission was over.

Continuing to carry them will not only slow down the speed, but also become a burden in the battle.

In front of the hotel, the bodies left behind the night before had been inadvertently cleared away.

There were only some traces of blood and ninjutsu that were invisible to the naked eye on the ground.

This was cleaned up by a team of people from the town near early morning.

It's different than entering here.

Anyone who saw or heard about Shiyuan's battle last night knew that their group was not someone to be trifled with.

Especially those who initially thought about getting the bounty, most of them have given up those thoughts at this time.

However, there are still a few peeping eyes in the dark.

But Shiyuan and the others didn't care, they just did their own thing.

Even though he just finished last night, he is in better shape than ever.

If anyone without a long-term perspective thinks that he is no longer good at this time, the consequences will be serious.

Without the group of warriors, the speed of the convoy was indeed much faster.

Follow the markers on the map.

We will probably be able to arrive at the appointed location at noon tomorrow, which is the Country of Smoke.

In the past half day, fewer and fewer bounty hunters followed on the road.

After following Shi Yuan and others for a while, they had determined that Shi Yuan was not injured at all due to the battle last night, so they chose to retreat in principle.

Of course, there are those who retreat, and there are naturally those who continue to persist in their attempts and wait for opportunities.

Shi Yuan sat steadily on the top of the carriage, like a stone statue, bathed in the bright sunshine.

Between his fingers, a shuriken seemed to be alive.

From the time he set out in the last town to now, it has been very stable, and no unsighted guy has come to block the way. Naturally, he is rarely leisurely.

"Master Shiyuan, do you want to take a rest?"

The new soldier who was forced to become a groom slowed down slightly, then turned his head and looked at Shiyuan.

Shi Yuan was stunned for a moment, calculated the time of his last break, and then nodded without rejecting the proposal.

So the carriage moved toward the roadside, and its speed completely slowed down.

When the carriage stopped, Shinomiya Ryoko's head stuck out from behind the curtain.

She first looked at Shinbei, then looked up at Tokiyuan, but she only saw Tokiyuan's feet exposed outside the carriage.

Then, she got out of the carriage and looked around with a pale face.

She breathed in the air like a prisoner who had just escaped from trouble, and her complexion gradually softened and recovered.

The reason why Shi Yuan agreed to stop and rest.

Naturally, it was not because he had consumed a lot, but because he found that this young lady was worthy of being a daughter of a nobleman. Even if she was traveling in a carriage, she was still a little overwhelmed.

That's why he agreed to stop and take a rest.

After Shinomiya Ryoko, Kurenai also got out of the carriage and jumped to the carriage.

She and Shi Yuan looked at each other, and both read the intention to stay vigilant in the other's eyes.

"Shinbei, how long will it take to reach the next inn or town?"

Shinomiya Ryoko asked her guard, with a hint of weakness in her voice.

"Um, miss, it's still early. Let's go before tonight. Our route avoids many highways, so there are fewer places to stop in the middle."

Shinbei sat in front of the carriage, spread out the map, and answered his lady's questions.

Shinomiya Ryoko fell silent after listening.

She also heard Shi Yuan say this last night, but she was a little reluctant at the thought of staying in the carriage for a long time.

The cushions inside the carriage are soft.

But she still felt like her butt was about to burst, and even the air in the carriage made her feel suffocated.

"Then keep going"

She gritted her teeth, looked up at Shi Yuan, said a word and got into the carriage again.

Traveling for a long time is indeed a difficult process.

The source of this is very clear.

So even if there are still many dangers along the way, he will still give the other party some time to rest.

On the other hand, the best thing is that Shinomiya Ryoko didn't make it difficult for him.

Each ventilation lasts for a few minutes. I am not the kind of person who is extremely pretentious.

The carriage continued to move, the wheels kept rolling, making a rattling sound.

Shi Yuan was looking forward to seeing what surprises the enemies ahead would bring him.