[Naruto·Itachi bg] A clear spring

"Lin Family Village?"

"Yes, the Lin Family Village in the Country of Tang. That's where the legend of the Dark Wood came from."

"It is said that the dark wood is extremely precious. It only grows for thousands of years. It grows in extremely cold places and is cold all over. Because of this, the coffin made of the dark wood can preserve the original appearance of the deceased."

"This Linjia Village has been famous for its woodworking skills for generations. However, in recent years, fewer and fewer people have the leisure to buy woodworking art, so the village has also declined. Many people in subsequent generations have changed careers."

"If you are interested, sir, you can go to Linjia Village to inquire. But first of all, the craftsmanship in Linjia Village has been around for decades. Even if there are some survivors, they may not know more than us."

"Who else besides us has asked about Darkwood?"

"You are the only one who asks for such a large amount of money. Most of the nobles who come here to have fun are full of wine and food. After ascending to immortality to have fun, they said with emotion, if they can be served by us in life, they can also lie in this coffin in death. This life will not be in vain."

"After all, it is already a legend. As it is passed down from generation to generation, no one knows whether it is true or not. Instead of spending a lot of money to find a piece of broken wood to be used after death, it would be better to have more fun while alive, don't you think?"

"Yes," Sarutobi Kino took the tea with playful eyes, "Umeka Taifu is well-informed. I gave up after hearing what you said. It's better to spend the money on real things." He gently placed his hand on Taifu's graceful /chest/ He spoke a little, and his tone was a little stern, "But since the money has been spent, I don't mind spending more." He put another small bag on the coffee table, which also contained some gold coins, "I don't want others to know that I It was a stupid question.”

"Sir, please rest assured."

After coming out of the teahouse surrounded by aroma and beauties, Hinata Qing felt that his brain congestion was better.

"You are too serious. You will be teased a lot like this in the future. If you don't study hard, you will suffer a loss." Sarutobi Kino patted Hinata Qing's shoulder to comfort him.

"What's the use of learning all this? I've always convinced others with my strength! Teacher, aren't you afraid that my wife will know that you come to such a place?"

“Ahem, cough, cough—it’s better not to tell anyone about this.”

"This is different. Everything on the scene cannot be solved with ninjutsu." Although it was his first time here, Yu Hayata did not show any timidity.

"Of course I'm different from you. I've only seen pigs running around and never eaten pork. By the way, why not let Quan come? Aren't women more interesting to talk about?"

Boom - As soon as he finished speaking, there were two hot buns on the back of Hin Xiangqing's head.

The two people who took action agreed, "In such a men's situation, asking a woman to come is ruining the scene!"

Woo hoo hoo, you are all bullying me. Hinata's eyes were filled with painful tears and runny nose. She was about to squat down and rub it, but she found that there was a shadow in front of her -

is a girl.

She is a girl wearing inappropriate clothes and inappropriate makeup.

Ri Xiangqing suddenly remembered that this was the girl who had served him tea in the room just now, and she never made trouble to him quietly.I heard from other wandering girls that they are new here and don’t know what to do.

"Sir," before the three of them could react, the small figure in front of them knelt down. "I am from Linjia Village. I am willing to fully assist you with what you ask for. I also ask you to... redeem me. I don't want to stay here."

"Isn't the Dark Wood a legendary thing?" Hinata Qing got the point this time. What this girl meant was that the Dark Wood is real.

"No. Linjia Village is where this tree grows."

Coming out of a long dream is even more tiring than a training session.

But it's not without gain, at least I know that the totem is the key to cracking it.

After changing his clothes, Izumi Uchiha put pen to paper on the unfolded rice paper, describing the pattern in his dream one stroke at a time.

The dream is very clear, but the painting is not like that.

After wasting several pieces of paper, she finally got the one she was satisfied with.

After putting down her pen and ink, she stared at it for a long time and still couldn't tell what the pattern represented, but it was somewhat similar to what she saw on the sealing scroll.

They all have patterns in this style. Could this dream be related to the Kingdom of Whirlpool?

"Senior sister - can I come in?" A knock on the door and a voice of inquiry came together, and Izumi Uchiha, who was deep in thought, answered subconsciously.

"Please come in."

"Is this...you drew it?"

It was only when Yu Hayata walked in front of him that Izumi Uchiha came back to his senses.

This is not home, this is the country of soup.

She was still on a mission, and the person in front of her was not Uchiha Itachi, who slept with her every day.

She was so sleepy.

"Well, if you dream, just draw a picture." Slowly crumpling the rice paper into a ball and throwing it into the basket, Izumi Uchiha walked out first.

"Are you all back? I'll be there right away."

It is the tacit understanding of Team [-] to gather intelligence and then hold a collective meeting.

Hayata Yu felt that they were becoming more and more alienated, and Izumi Uchiha was avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally.

Glancing at the rice paper balls piled in the basket, Yu Hayata raised his hand and took one of them.

"So...that's why you didn't take me there?" Uchiha Izumi felt a little pity.

Lively beauties, but she didn't see any of them.

"This is the high-end suite of Yangwu. You can see it if you go out." Yu Hayata walked in very straightforwardly.

"It's better not to, I'm not interested in seeing the mandarin ducks having sex." Uchiha Izumi collected a lot of notebooks after his marriage. During his vacation, he surveyed the local customs and learned a lot about Yuno Country, a famous industry.

"So everyone knows that we will set off early tomorrow morning, and...this girl Lin will lead the way to Linjia Village."

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Lin Family Village.

"We're finally here. Why is this place so remote? If someone hadn't led the way, we definitely wouldn't have been able to get in!" Ri Xiangqing is not afraid of walking a long way, but the ups and downs are too much for his legs that need to be nursed back to health.

After trekking through mountains and rivers, the sun had already risen in the middle, and only then did Sarutobi's team see the stone monument of Linjia Village.

The red inscription on the black stone tablet had obviously not been colored in for a long time. There were overgrown weeds around the stone tablet, covering half of it.

"Master Xiang, if we are tired, we will take a rest before going forward. The village is at the top of the mountain." The thin girl Lin was obviously used to walking on mountain roads and was more energetic than them.

"We haven't reached the top of the mountain yet?" Ri Xiangqing was really tired this time and sat down beside the stone monument without caring about his image at all.

"To go to Linjia Village, you have to go up eight mountains. This is the last one. There is a road behind it that connects to the village on the top of the mountain, so the stone monument is erected here." Among the four people in the group, except for the girl, she said to the young man It feels more intimate.Only by telling the truth to the adults can she redeem herself.

"Miss Lin, I don't understand. Why do we need to bring so many winter clothes on a hot day?"

"After passing that beam, the temperature will suddenly change, and our village will be a cold place."

A cold place.

As if thinking of something, Izumi Uchiha looked at the road behind the stone monument.

The winding paths and lush grass show no sign of snow.

"Gloomy wood grows in cold places. I hope we are in the right place." This mission went so smoothly that Yu Hayata didn't believe it.

If it was something that could be found so easily, why did the client have to spend a lot of money to hire them?

"Miss Lin, while you are resting, why don't you tell us about the current situation of the village." Hinata Qing leaned on the stone tablet and rubbed his sore legs, "Why did you go to a place like that?"

"Our village has inconvenient transportation. In the past, when wood products were still popular, orders from noble people could be picked up at the foot of the mountain and someone would be sent to pick them up after a while. However, transportation is inconvenient, and I am willing to go through the trouble of waiting for a long time. There are fewer and fewer noble people spending these travel expenses. The craftsmen have no choice but to move to the village. When the village is moved, the hearts of the people will be dispersed."

"The original village was full of people who cared deeply about their craftsmanship, but there was no one in my family...and we were in urgent need of money for medical treatment, so naturally we had to take this path."

"No," Izumi Uchiha felt a little strange as he carefully touched the words on the stone tablet, "We are all from the village, why don't we help you get through this difficult time?"

"... People in our village have relatively weak feelings. You know, after the source and craftsmanship of Yinchen Wood were cut off, everyone's hearts were at odds." The girl named Lin's voice became lower and lower as she spoke, as if she had touched some sadness. thing.

"Let's not ask any more questions about this kind of thing. I'm ready to rest. Miss Lin, please continue to lead the way." Hinata Qing stood up holding the stone tablet and followed the girl who silently opened the way.

Sarutobi Kino didn't say anything, he just put out the cigarette in his hand and continued to follow.

"You also think something is wrong with this girl?" Hayata Yu asked specifically when passing by.

"No, I think this stone monument is a bit weird." Leaving the stone monument, Izumi Uchiha looked at the snow-capped mountaintop in the distance, "We must explore this village."

Not only for the mission, but more importantly for the things in her dreams.

She remembered the girl saying that the dark wood grew from the lake to the center.

After passing a long and high mountain ridge, the weather turned cold.

Although they are very close, the two mountains are completely different.

The altitudes vary greatly, and so do the temperatures.

A group of five people were all holding on to a rope as they crossed the ridge.

The road on the mountain ridge is very narrow, and the wind is strong, blowing into people's necks.

The wind is all over the ears, the cold wind is all over the face, and the blowing makes the eyes and throat hurt.

Uchiha Izumi gritted his teeth and held on to the rope tightly, fearing that the wind would blow her away.

Now is autumn and winter, the wind is stronger, the snow is also heavy, the mountain ridge is full of gravel, if you accidentally slip off the road, you will be shattered to pieces.

The four of them had no choice but to imitate the girl Lin who was leading the way, keeping her body as low as possible and staying close together so as not to fall behind.

The road to the mountain ridge is not long, but it takes a long time.

When we finally passed the last hill and stepped onto the top of the mountain where the village is located, the wind became lighter.

There is white snow on the cloak, and there is also solid snow under the feet.

Except for those village houses, the rest of the scenery in this village really looked like the snowfield in her dream.

"Here we are," said Miss Lin, who was also shaking a little from the cold. "This is the village."

The rows of wooden village houses are indeed beautiful, but they are also deserted. At this time of year, there are few people going out, so everyone has no choice but to rest at Miss Lin's house.

It can be seen that no one has been back for a long time. There is a layer of dust in the house. The small wooden house is not impressive.

But it's really warm when you light a charcoal fire.

"I have no one at home. Yoshiwara Chaya cured my illness, so I can only stay there and have more benefactors to rescue me."

After digging some clean snow and boiling a pot of hot water and serving it to the table, Miss Lin talked a little more.

"Who else lives in this village?" Hinata Qing looked at the wooden house. The main structure was quite stable and would not collapse for the time being.

"They are all old people and children. I usually don't say hello to them. It gets cold here so fast that no one wants to go out."

Miss Lin poured water for all four benefactors.

But except for Hinata Qing, the other three people didn't finish the drink immediately, they just drank it with intention.

"Everyone is tired today. Let's take a rest and talk tomorrow." Now that Sarutobi-sensei had spoken, the other three walked into their respective bedrooms and prepared to rest.

This cabin has only two rooms.

The men had to squeeze into one room and the women had to live in another room.

The bedding was dirty and there was no time to wash it. Uchiha Izumi was only wrapped in a cloak and curled up to get some sleep.

"That... girl, I don't know what to call her." A soft inquiry came from behind.

"My surname is Shiro." After thinking for a while, Izumi Uchiha gave her another word.

"Miss Bai, you must find the dark wood this time?"

Yawning softly, Uchiha Izumi felt a little tired. "If you have any questions, ask them. You are free after you redeem yourself. Now we are asking for help from you. You don't owe us anything."

"I..." The man sleeping behind him hesitated and asked.

"Are you very powerful warriors? I see that you are very light in your steps."

"Also, if Yinchen Mu is really not found, will you leave soon?"

"Hmm... Also, where is Mr. Xiang from?"

"I'm not a samurai, but I have practiced some martial arts. If we can't find the dark wood, we have to go back and recover."

"Master Xiang...he has a fiancée."

Really tired, Izumi Uchiha didn't want to prolong the conversation too long, so he directly blocked the girl's follow-up questions.

Sure enough, after hearing the last sentence, the girl stopped asking.

At last it was quiet.

She might as well cut off the hopeless peach blossom of Ri Xiangqing herself.

In the village where the wind and snow were blowing, the wooden house was strangely warm. When the three people woke up after a good night's sleep, Miss Lin had disappeared.

The wind and snow have stopped, the snow-covered village has welcomed the warm sunshine, and the villagers have come out of their houses one after another.

There are many village houses, but there are also many people. It seems that the village is not empty yet, and there are still some things that can be learned.

"Yu..., Bai Yu, you slept with her yesterday. When did she leave the house?"

"I don't know. I slept very deeply last night. How about you?" Izumi Uchiha shook his head and looked at his teammates who were in high spirits.

"The same goes for us. The one who slept the most was Xiang Qing. When we woke up in the morning, he was still drooling."

"Is it that exaggerated?" Hinata Qing was also a little surprised. Ninjas were very alert, but it was strange that all three of them slept well.

"I didn't sleep, and I didn't drink the water." Sarutobi Kino stretched, "I just squinted for a while. That Miss Lin went out an hour ago, and she still had a wood-chopping knife."

"Is there something wrong with the water?" Yu Hayata only took a sip, but he didn't expect it to be so effective.

"I went out to take a look after she left." Sarutobi Kino crushed the snow in his hand. "It should be said that the snow water used here has a soothing and hypnotic effect. The villagers have lived there for a long time and no longer feel that we have just arrived. , the reaction is bigger.”

"Let me just say, Miss Lin doesn't look like a bad person." Hinata Qing breathed a sigh of relief, really afraid that he had seen the wrong person again.

"Anyway, let's break up and go to the village to inquire."

"Yes."

The four of them dispersed on the spot and blended into different corners of the village.

Half an hour later, in the cabin, Sarutobi's team gathered again.

"This village did move some people out, but they were young people who were unwilling to learn woodcraft. Most of the indigenous people did not move away."

"They said that the people who lived in this wooden house for generations didn't communicate with them very much, so they didn't have deep feelings. When the old man in this house passed away, they even helped lay the coffin."

"Decades ago, there were still people making custom-made gloomy wooden coffins, but there were no orders in these generations, so there were fewer people who knew how to make them. I've seen it, and what they made was the ordinary black nanmu coffin, but they took out The name is Gloomy Wooden Coffin. It is not what we are looking for."

After listening to the reports of the three disciples, Sarutobi Kino was also very confused, "So for this mission, do we need to find this black nanmu coffin or the real gloomy wooden coffin? This export product existed decades ago, will that person? Could it be that you just want to find the black nanmu coffin?"

After hearing the teacher's inference, the three of them were silent.

It's easy to sell a product that uses things from mythology to beautify reality. The span is only a few decades. The client probably can't tell the real gloomy wooden coffin, right?

After all, in the beginning, those noble people bought black nanmu coffins.

"I think we can do business." Yu Hayata was the first to come to the conclusion. It was much easier to find something affordable than the unrealistic sacred tree in the myth. "The client also said that the head of the family is seriously ill and the coffin cannot be delayed for too long."

"This...is it over?" Hin Xiangqing felt that this task was really too simple. Any reliable intelligence team could complete it, so why pay them a lot of money?He felt a little uneasy about taking this money.

"The mission can be handed in. But there are still many secrets in this village," Izumi Uchiha didn't want to call it a day, so she also inquired about something else. "An old man said that the girl in this family, The surname should not have been Lin."