Remnant bones

When my consciousness was hazy, I felt a slight movement of the object in my arms, and I woke up instinctively, facing a pair of clear and translucent black eyes.

The vigilance that was raised in an instant was slowly put down.I squinted my eyes, and after getting used to the morning sun, I slowly raised the corners of my lips, and with a satisfied smile, I said softly, "Morning, Itachi."

"Morning, sir." The other party nodded politely in response.

From Itachi's eyes, there was no trace of moisture that had just receded from drowsiness, and it was obvious that he had been awake for some time.I saw him pat my hands around his waist, and motioned: "Put me down."

After some intimacy last night, I took him to the lake to clean up briefly, then recovered the blood, put on clothes and carried him up the tree, wrapped him in a cloak and slept all night.

Although it is warmer to sleep by the campfire this season, it is still safer in trees than on land.Many large beasts are not afraid of fire, not to mention that the firewood will be wetted by the fog after nightfall, and this bonfire will not last long.The ferret's condition is not suitable for vigil, and there is another call the next day. Instead of tossing under the tree all night and not sleeping well, it is better to sleep in the tree.

Although it was unavoidable to have a backache... I fell to the ground, because I kept my posture all night, I grinned secretly for a long time before I breathed a sigh of relief.

Squinting at his lover's embarrassment in secret, itachi's brows were slightly raised, and there was a faint smile on his lips.

When the two of us finished combing from the river and returned to the open space, Kisame had already sat by the campfire last night, re-ignited the flames, and roasted some dry food that we carried with us.In the meantime, I did not forget to say hello to the two of us: "Morning ~ Itachi, Kong Chen, I still have wine here, who wants it?" He said, shaking the wine bag in his hand.

Since I left Konoha three years ago and returned to the organization, those who knew it, Itachi called me "Kun", and those who didn't know it were not familiar enough to call me by my first name, mostly by the code name in the organization.Over time, the surname "Hui Ye" can be regarded as being abandoned by me in disguise.

It was then that I felt "really" alive again...for myself.

I stayed in the basement for more than half a year, and it was really a long time since I heard someone call myself that.I couldn't help being in a trance for a second, and then indifferently moved the water-soaked Liuhai in front of my forehead.The eyes under the shadows narrowed slightly, and no one saw the emotion in the eyes at that moment: ——how should I put it~ This feeling is not bad.

Itachi, who was walking in front of me, didn't notice my strangeness, shook his head and sat down.

But I hesitated for a moment, nodded and took it: "Thanks." Although drinking early in the morning is not good for the stomach, it is undoubtedly a good thing for an alcoholic who has quit drinking for more than half a year in order to concentrate on studying the sealing technique. No small temptation.

I raised my head and took a sip. The wine of Guishui was very strong, not my favorite taste...but the taste is really nostalgic~

Itachi frowned, but he didn't stop him. He knew that the other party was more restrained.

I really didn't drink too much, I just took a few sips and returned it to Guixie in the future.After breakfast, Itachi first explained his itinerary: "We still have tasks, and we won't go there in person...Are you going to the scene?"

"Well." I replied: "I asked Xie to help me make a small thing. I originally planned to wait for him to get it when he returned to the base, but since he came out, it's better to drop by. Moreover, the human pillar with a tail guarding the crane Li, it's Gaara."

Feeling that the name sounded familiar, Itachi thought about it: "That red-haired brat you met in Shayin?"

I nodded.

"The current Fifth Kazekage~ he's very young, he's only sixteen this year." Checking the cloth belt on his favorite sword "Same Muscle", Kisame inserted casually: "I heard that his ability is very interesting, it's manipulating sand. , I really want to fight him~ It's a pity, he is the task of that brat Xie and Didala." The tone was rather regretful.

Itachi ignored him, and said directly to me, "What is your plan?" The first few Jinchuriki who were pulled from the tailed beast died, so I'm afraid it will be hard to escape... He doesn't mind the other party for a brat and Payne It's just that it's really troublesome if you're not prepared.

"Let it be." I patted the hem of my clothes and stood up: "The new improved technique has been handed over to 'Zero', and there is only so much I can do."

According to the original transaction, I have already paid off the loan plus interest for "Sen Luo Xiang Zhuan Zhi Shu", and I can leave at any time.It's just that Itachi's goal has not been achieved. Before that, I won't affect our plan for other things.

"After completing this ceremony, I will act with your team, and I will catch up when the time comes." Calculating the time, it is almost time to set off, and the agreed place is a little far away from here.But before I left, I suddenly remembered something, looked down and asked, "Which direction is your next mission in?"

"Why?" Just as he was about to start work, he asked instinctively.

Although he didn't intend to join me, in order to ensure that the ceremony would not be disturbed by the outside world, Itachi had to make some preparations.At least a few warning barriers or traps should be placed around.

"I'm going to Bai's place." A flash of inspiration came from my bad heart, and I said solemnly: "Look at how our 'son' is growing."

"Wow——" Guixier was dumbfounded, the small water polo that was originally intended to be used to extinguish the bonfire fell directly on his feet: "Son, son?" The small fish eyes blinked, can two men have a son?And the tone is not small! ?

"..." Itachi looked at the corner of his eyes, and seemed to grit his teeth and squeezed out two words: "By the way." It wasn't that he didn't want to explain, but the fact that it couldn't be explained at all!Can he tell Kisame that the 'son' the other party is talking about is actually Orochimaru's avatar still in the cultivation tube?It is estimated that the other party will be very happy to chop it up and feed it to their 'relatives'.

As a result, he could only suffer from being dumb, because he had an extra "son" who was born at the age of 13!

"Okay, I'm leaving." The trick succeeded, and I leaned over and touched the corner of his lips in a happy mood, calming down the anger in my lover: "Have a good rest."

Forced to wave his hand helplessly, Itachi hesitated for a while, then sighed, "Go early and come back early."

Guixie, however, hasn't turned the corner from the matter of "a man having a child", and watched me leave with strange eyes, muttering something from time to time.But the person concerned didn't even bother to listen, and got up to prepare.

It took more than an hour, and I arrived at the predetermined location - a rock cave on the bank of the river.

There are artificial traces in the cave, and I don't know which unlucky ghost was dragged here to work as a laborer. In terms of the quality of the work, it is still good.After visually measuring the height of the cave ceiling and confirming that the size of the cave was correct, I pulled out the scroll at the back of my waist and spread it on the ground, unsealed it, and took out the talisman paper and tools I needed to use.

"Very good, let's start!" A perfect "rest" at night made me feel refreshed, I moved my ten fingers, and began to look for a suitable location around the cave to set up an enchantment.

Uh, let me see... I lowered my head and pondered for a while, and from the series of sealing techniques in my mind, I selected a five-element sealing technique that is most suitable for delaying time.Of course, in order to ensure that the expected effect can be achieved when the enemy also has ninjas who are good at sealing techniques, I have made some small moves on it.

Just after tossing, the projection of "Zero" appeared in front of me.

Although in terms of appearance, this projection is not even as good as the simplest avatar technique, and the entire human figure will be refracted and distorted due to changes in light from time to time, but it can give full play to the strength of the main body, which can be regarded as both advantages and disadvantages.

"Kong Chen." The shadow in front of him, only those eye-catching reincarnation eyes can confirm the identity of the other party.Payne said, "Are you ready?"

Rewinding the scroll, I patted the dust on it and tied it back to my waist. I said indifferently, "Anyway, it's just a one-time use item, enough for those guys to toss about. Can the magic circle help?"

"No need." Rejecting my help, Payne turned around and fiddled with the scroll I gave him earlier.

Seeing that he was busy by himself and had nothing to do, I was free for a while.After closing the entrance to the cave, the light inside was too dark. It reminded me of the basement where I stayed for more than half a year, and I couldn't help but want to go out and have a blast.As a result, as soon as the door opened, I ran into two, er, three people to be precise.

Scorpion, Deidara, who just finished the mission, and the mission items—Godai Kazekage, Ichio Jinchuriki, and Gaara.

"Ah!" As soon as he entered the door, he looked up to see a cold expressionless face, and Didara was taken aback.He tilted his head full of doubts and thought for a while, then frowned and asked loudly: "Who are you? Why are you here!? Tell me the purpose, otherwise I will use my work to tell you what is True art... ouch!"

An afterimage disappeared in an instant, Didara staggered and almost fell.

The angry threat came to an abrupt end, and the blond boy covered the back of his head with his remaining right hand, turned around and complained in dissatisfaction, "Uncle Scorpion, why did you hit me!?"

"Stupid." Two words, the blond little civet cat was so angry that he blew his beard and stared. Xie turned his head and said to me, "Long time no see, the sealing technique is going to be changed again?" Basically, every time the other party shows up early, it must be For the improvement of the magic seal of the magic dragon's nine seals, here is the notice before the ceremony.

"Changed." Nodding to confirm his speculation, I said, "It's just that this time it's not about us, what's changed is the 'zero' part. Speaking of which, what do I want?"

"It's done, wait a minute." No one could see what the action under the huge cloak of Scorpion was, but he fumbled for a while, stretched out a hand from the hem, and wrapped a long strip wrapped in cloth. The item was thrown to me: "Your bones are not so hard, I spent a lot of time polishing them."

After taking the cloth bag, I was about to open it when a hand stretched out suddenly, trying to take the things in my hand.As a result, I raised my hand and dodged directly. With the opponent's height, I couldn't reach it.

"Hey! Don't ignore my existence!" Didara gritted his teeth in resentment when the sneak attack failed, and was obviously brushed again. He took out a small clay bird and threw it towards me: "See if I don't take you away!" Blast into a curly hair! Let you ignore me, let you ignore me, let you make me get beaten by Uncle Scorpion!"

That hair-exploding appearance, no matter how you look at it, looks like a childish pique, it is just the consequence of the other party's rampage, which is far more spectacular than children of the same age!

If I remember correctly, Itachi said that this new "Blue Dragon" is a powder keg that could go off at any time... His black and white eyes narrowed slowly, so his ability is blasting?

He patted the little bird away, but unexpectedly, as if someone was manipulating it behind his back, the small clay pottery like a toy flapped its wings nimbly and flipped back in the air for a circle.It rose up, and then it rushed head-on towards the four corners of my vision. The speed and angle really made people guard against it!

This little toy is not cute at all~ It's not impossible to hide, but looking at the smirk of the little ghost opposite, it is obvious that he can manipulate the explosion time of the clay pottery.Even if he could avoid a direct attack, he would still be affected by the explosive force.

I simply gave up my plan to retreat, and since that's the case, I won't hide.

"Drink!" He yelled in a low voice with the seal of one hand.Following his instruction, a roar shook the entire cave, and dust flew up.

"How? This is the price of underestimating me! Now, Uncle Scorpion, explosion is the real art, right?" Didara grinned triumphantly, and Didara's eyes were full of contempt.He couldn't even hide from a small thing, and he didn't know what that big man had to make Uncle Scorpion look at him differently.

"Heh..." Xie just let out an airy sound with unknown meaning, looked at the place opposite where the dust had not yet dispersed, and said nothing.

"Hey, Uncle Scorpion—" Didara hadn't started to complain, but a sudden hurricane blinded him: "What's wrong?"

"The craftsmanship is good." Putting away the black umbrella in my hand, the white silk umbrella with a silk-like surface, I waved my hand to blow away the dust in front of me and said to Xie, "What do you want?" Only after negotiating remuneration.

"Your bones!" Scorpion replied very simply, obviously planning it long ago: "I found out before that your bones are light and hard, and contain a certain amount of neurotoxin, which is the best for making hidden weapons inside puppets. Materials! Measure up to your discretion, but at least eight shurikens must be made."

Nodding, I did not refuse: "This is no problem. However, the bone growth rate is slower during non-combat times. I will give you two ulna first, and the rest will be given to you in two weeks."

Originally, in order to balance my height and not grow too fast, I have the habit of regularly removing parts of the growing bones.It's just that most of them have been made into thousands of copies by me, which is not suitable for re-polishing and shaping.If he wants to make parts, it's better to give him the original bones, it just takes a while.

"Deal!" Putting away the two bones I pulled out on the spot, Xie agreed in a good mood.Two ulnas are exactly the amount of four kunai.

"Hey——" Didara, who was ignored for the second time, was completely 'unbearable and no longer bearable': "Don't keep ignoring my existence!!!"

Originally suffered a dark loss in the mission, injured a hand, and was inexplicably despised (?) by a gray-haired man and his partner after returning. A certain brat who was in a bad mood completely vented the pent-up dissatisfaction in his heart Coming out, he took out a handful of little clay spiders in one hand, as if blowing up everything in front of his eyes to vent his anger: "Let you see, I... ummmmmmm~"

"Little devil, don't make me angry." Eyes narrowed dangerously, I twisted his chin with one hand and directly lifted him up, and said coldly: "My patience is not without limits." Barrier, if he blows this place up, I'll have to do it again... I'm in trouble.

"Ugh! Huh, uuuuuuuuuh~" If you can't speak, the bomb can't detonate.Didara struggled for a long time with his feet hanging in the air, but he couldn't break away the big hand that was harder than iron tongs, so he could only stare at him fiercely with eyes full of annoyance.

He looks so gentle, but he is an out-and-out violent madman, a muscular man, an illiterate (?) with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, and a giant with strange power whose brain was smashed by force...Damn it, if it weren't for his hands, He won't let the other party be so arrogant!I'm so mad, let him go~

Just by looking at his expression, you can tell that this brat must have scolded me all over in his heart.

Indifferent to the winking provocation, he just left the brat alone for less than 15 minutes before the other party lost his temper.Although he still had an expression on his face that refused to surrender to me, the corners of his eyes were slowly filled with tears, and he was always winking at the scorpion who was obviously watching the show, but it was a pity that he was directly ignored by the other party.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he stopped struggling and let himself hang there, so I played with the bone umbrella I just got with the other hand, swiped my wrist, and said unhurriedly: "Take Put your gadgets away, and let me see it again, you'd better be mentally prepared...do you hear me?"

"Hmm~" Blinking weakly, Didara was a compromise.

As a result, I just let go, and the eyes of the blond boy with his feet on the ground flashed a sinister look: "H—ah!" A little spider hit his right eye, and the little guy hugged his head in pain and ran around.

Playing tricks?He is still far away~

Tossing up and down, and then crawling up to my waist at some point, the little spider who always wanted to escape after being caught, I sympathized with Scorpion without any trace: "With such an energetic little devil as your partner, you really can't stand it!" toss."

Xie tilted his head indifferently and said: "No matter how half-hearted he is, he can barely be considered an artist... It's better than partnering with religious fanatics like Fei Duan." Although the ideas are different, at least they still have a lot to talk about common topic.On the fly?That's really playing the piano to the cow.

Since none of the parties have anything to complain about, I am too lazy to say anything more.

Glancing at the mouth of the giant clay pottery bird at the door, he was dazed by the red-haired figure holding it in its mouth.The "sand armor" that is close to the body is full of cracks, and the word "love" on the left forehead is still as bright as ever.Judging from his appearance alone, he really has matured a lot... It's a pity that he is Kazekage now, and I am a "dead" S-rank rebellious ninja. If he is sober and confronts me, it will inevitably be a bloody battle .

Different beliefs, different positions, different goals... We are already two people on two roads.

"It's good that you didn't wake up..." He couldn't help but murmured, but he didn't expect to be heard by Didara who had just recovered from his strength beside him.

"What woke up?" Squatting on the ground covering his teary right eye, Didala was honest this time, raising his head and asking, "By the way, who are you, uncle?"

"..." The palm clenched, and the little spider, who was almost crushed, struggled with all his strength: "Uncle?"

"Ouch!" The left eye wearing goggles was not spared, and the solid lens cracked directly from the impact point.This time Didara didn't have to cover another wound with her hand, and her teary-eyed expression was extremely cute.

"Call me Kong Chen." The corners of my mouth were tense in a rare and gloomy tone, and I said with a hint of gnashing of teeth, "I will feed you to the snake next time!" Don't remind me that I am taller than a ferret The old facts.

Didara shuddered instinctively, curled up like a little partridge.

Uh, scaring the kids?

Suddenly realizing that I was suspected of bullying the younger generation, I made a black line, caught a glimpse of his empty left sleeve, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Where's your hand?"

"Broken." Lifting his left arm, the left hand with a trace of flesh and blood attached to it was swinging from side to side at a strange angle.Judging from the outside alone, the bones inside are probably broken into slag.

Gaara's "Sandstorm Funeral"...

Before Didara could react, I grabbed his left hand to fix the position, lifted CKL with the other hand, and brushed it across the wound.In just one breath, his left hand returned to its original shape, except for the tattered sleeve, there was no sign of injury at all.

"Yeah!?" Stretching out his palm, Didara opened his mouth in excitement.

Seeing that Payne greeted the assembly over there, I closed the boulder that served as the gate, walked to the center of the cave, and said without looking back: "In name, I am also the exclusive doctor of 'Xiao'. Me. Deidara."

"Cut!" The child-tempered kid immediately forgot the previous unhappiness, but he still said with a stubborn disdain: "Who is going to find you~" While talking, he still did not forget to bring his mission "item" Follow up.

The image of Hades was summoned, and the projections of other members also arrived one by one.

I just broke up with Itachi in the morning, and when we met again, I just nodded with him and didn't say much.Standing at the little finger of the stone statue's left hand, Payne was ready to return to his place.Due to the different strengths of Jinju in the previous rounds, Gaara is the shadow of a country. According to news, Sand Yin has asked Konoha for help. Considering the smoothness of the ceremony, he has to be cautious.

After arranging to monitor the surrounding area, Payne briefly explained the changes in the array: "It may take more than three days this time, please pay more attention to your own body. If there is anything wrong, you must report it immediately."

The human-shaped flyfly plant responded, and the impatient ghost murmured, "It will take more than three days...it will take such a long time, it is really troublesome."

"Okay, if there is no problem, let's start." Payne greeted without responding to the meaningless complaints of his subordinates.

According to the seal I changed before, it is exactly the same.When the seal of Payne, who led the ceremony, was completed, the white light became brighter than before, turning into nine dragons and roaring towards the unconscious Gaara on the ground.In an instant, screams and roars that did not belong to humans filled the entire cave—it was the mournful cry of a guarding crane.

And the progress of the whole ceremony is not as rigorous as many sealing techniques.As long as the leading Payne's uninterrupted spells, we, as the carrier provided by CKL, can maintain a fixed amount of CKL input.

As a result, just like the previous speculation, the body that was absolutely outside soon reported back the situation.

"There are two groups of people approaching in two directions, and their strengths are not bad..." Heijue with a steady personality said: "The faster group is Konoha's madman Akai, and the other group is copy ninjas. The team led by Kakashi."

"Who?" Payne frowned, Kakashi had heard of it, and that madman Akai just...

Knowing that he was asking about that, as Konoha's traitorous ninja, Itachi explained: "Konoha Jonin is good at martial arts... His achievements in this area are second only to Sora's."

"So it's that rare and strange beast..." Guixie remembered who it was, and the watermelon head and green tights in his impression were very vivid.

"..." Second only to Kong Chen?Ignoring Kisame's inexplicable emotion, Payne couldn't help but look at me when he heard Itachi's words.

"189 wins and 0 losses." After reporting the results of the joking duel that year, I turned my head: "I will go?"

Payne was about to speak, but was robbed by Gui Sha: "No, I'll go! I have a little personal grievance with him..."

"Well, that technique is only suitable for you, Kisame, who is one of the best in CKL in 'Xiao'." He didn't veto the other party's proposal. Since there is a personal grievance, he doesn't mind being a favor: "But , your CKL will be consumed by 30%, be careful not to affect the ceremony."

"Understood~" Guixie happily responded, and the projection stopped talking.Apparently consciousness has returned to the ontology.

"What about the other team?" Jue asked.

Kakashi was there, so Naruto was probably there too.Seeing Itachi wanted to fight, I said first: "I'll go, Kakashi is also my ex-colleague."

I also want to meet those old friends whom I haven't seen in three years.