[Comprehensive] Mirror of Death and Life

I know where the Jiaming Mountain that the girl said is, it happens to be on our way forward, it is located in the Kingdom of Tang, adjacent to the Kingdom of the Moon, it is considered to be on the border between the two countries.As mentioned earlier, the country of Tang is flat, and the whole country is an endless plain, but the further you go towards the country of the moon, the terrain begins to undulate again, and there is a stretch of mountains blocking the way into the country of the moon, becoming its natural line of defense.Jiaming Mountain is one of the mountains, because there is a valley connecting Tangyue and Tangyue, so the mountain has become a necessary place for travel. The main road of the valley is called Jiaming Valley.

However, I have never heard of anyone living in Jiaming Mountain. The mountain is far away from the town, and there are no hotels around it. Pedestrians never rest easily in the valley. It is said that there are many wild animals in the mountain, especially foxes.

As for the so-called Master Fox God, it was unheard of before.

Probably the primitive belief of a certain family. If there is such a village that never contacts outsiders, it is not surprising that some large beasts are worshiped as gods.

"Aren't you... not angry?" The girl in fiery red kimono tilted her head, looked at me, and smiled again, a very sweet smile.

I couldn't help but move my eyes away from her, put down my hand on the handle of the knife, and retorted: "I wasn't angry just now." That was murderous intent, not anger... I couldn't help but think about my ignorance towards her. With a new cognition.

But I didn't expect the girl to be dazed, but she had a beast-like intuition. Seeing me relax, not only didn't I feel like I was so scared just now, but even ran over, pulled the corner of my shirt, and smiled at me silly: "You look so good-looking, better than anyone else in the clan."

"……You are also very cute."

"Oh?" The girl's face turned red, and she stammered again, "I... thank you, thank you. My name is Morikawa Homura."

Morikawa Homura, I silently repeated this slightly weird name in my heart. It is more like a man's name - Mori, Chuan, and Homura.

When I calmed down, I smelled a fresh fragrance coming from the girl's body. I couldn't tell what it was, but it was sweet and warm, and it smelled good: "You came to me to get this back?"

Pull out the fiery red hook jade from the collar. It has been worn next to my body for so long, and the jade has become smoother and smoother.The previous scorching heat has slowly faded and returned to the original just right heat. Now holding it in the palm of your hand and holding it in the sun, the jade is as transparent as a faint flame flowing inside.

"No, I'm here to thank you." Yan's face turned redder for some reason, with red clouds flying across her cheeks, her eyelids drooping, her eyelashes thick and long like a small fan covering her glazed eyes, "Gouyu There is the supernatural power of Lord Fox God, which can protect your safety."

She raised her head and smiled at me: "You are also a ninja, this profession is very dangerous, right? Take it well."

I have never believed that ghosts and gods would give away their goodwill at will because of human prayers. To such powerful people, human beings are as small as ants. Such a small creature can be granted protection with just a few words of prayer?Those ninjas died in vain, everyone just went to the shrine to pray every day, don't wear any protective gear in the next battle, just keep going forward.Even I wear a breastplate and carapace, and carry medical bandages for emergency treatment.

But I didn't say any of this to the girl, because facing her hopeful and trusting eyes, I couldn't say anything, and it took me a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "Well, thank you..."

Yan loosened the corner of my clothes—a pang of regret that couldn’t be ignored—she thought for a while, and the blush on her face gradually faded: “Then I’m leaving?”

I didn't speak, I wanted to let her stay for a while, but I couldn't find a position and a reason.

Yan raised his head and stared at me for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand and touched my cheek: "You look so good-looking, I like you very much. You must not die."

I couldn't help but laugh, if I didn't listen to the previous sentence, I would have thought she was setting a flag for me.

Homura didn't know what I was laughing at, she just started giggling along, this sentence was wrong, except when I started to look murderous, she was always laughing, as if she was very happy.

Smiles and happiness are contagious, and I also felt that my mood became lighter. I couldn't help but raised my hand and touched her head. The black hair was as smooth and soft as I imagined: "Don't worry. , I will not die."

Thinking of the end of the mission, I still have to pass by Jiaming Mountain, I hesitated for a while and said to Yan: "After the mission is completed, I will come back, and then I will come to see you."

"Okay, okay." Yan clapped his hands, remembered something, and quickly raised his little finger and handed it in front of me, "Come to pull the hook... I heard from others that if you do this, the agreement will definitely be fulfilled."

It's been a long time since I did such a naive move, not in this life when I was a child, and rarely in my previous life, so I just imitated Homura and stretched out my little finger and pressed it against her slender fingers.The two looked at each other for a while, and found that the other didn't know what to do. After staring at each other stupidly for a long time, I coughed, and Yan came back to his senses and said loudly: "Then it's an agreement!"

Seeing the way she let go of her hands in a panic, I couldn't help laughing again: "Well, it's an agreement."

After making this agreement, Homura didn't stay any longer. According to her, she sneaked out of the clan area. Her father and clan members didn't know about it. Now she has to rush back. Fortunately, the country of Tang is not big, so she can go back today. Home.Before she left, she emphasized to me that the Lord Fox God of Jiaming Mountain does not like to kill. Once the smell of blood comes out from the valley, the Lord Fox God will get angry and cause an earthquake. Very dangerous, let me remember never to kill people on that road.

I'm skeptical about this sentence, but since Homura made such a solemn request, I'd rather believe it, and tell Cheng when I decide to go back.

Saying goodbye to the little fox, I knew I had been delayed for too long, so I hurried back to the camp.After arriving, it was not surprising to find that Uchiha Makoto and Hinata Chino had already directed their clansmen to readjust their formation, and Her Royal Highness returned to her ox cart intact.

Seeing me come back, Cheng frowned and walked over: "Why did it take you so long?"

"Meet a friend."

I repeated what the little fox said about the Fox God of Jiaming Mountain, and Hui frowned even tighter: "I've never heard of this... Forget it, let's speed up and pass by then." It's over. You're going back to the team! It's okay to meet friends during the mission, are you so free?"

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, I ran away quickly.

Because of the casualties, the team was rearranged. Huidu and I were arranged behind the princess oxcart, and there was a Hinata ninja in the same row. He was the kid who heard me and Hui talking nonsense before, and he was also an acquaintance.I saw that he was in a low mood, so I knew it was because he was very upset about the death of his clansman, so he didn't come forward to talk to him.And Hui next to him was so close to the goddess in his heart that he was completely intoxicated, walking lightly, and I seemed to see the small pink flowers blooming on his background board.

...is really annoying.I don't know why, but now I'm even more upset.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen what this fire country princess looks like until now.The line of sight moved to the bullock cart a few steps ahead, and through the bamboo curtain, one could see the faint figure inside. The bright kimono hem was dragged out from the back of the bullock cart. The pattern has also changed, as if it is different every day The kimono is really the luxury of the nobility.

Looking at what I thought of, I turned my head and asked Hui: "How is Yazhi?" She was supposed to protect her next to Her Royal Highness, but the princess was kidnapped before, so I don't know what happened to the ninjas they protected closely.

Hui was obviously stunned for several seconds before realizing what I was talking about, and patted me on the shoulder: "It's all right, those ninjas from the Kingdom of Grass didn't kill Her Royal Highness on the spot for some reason, even Yazhi and the others It was just knocked out."

"I'm afraid of being retaliated."

"Hey?"

"After all, it is a small country. If you really kill the princess of the Fire Nation, you will inevitably be held accountable by the two big countries. Although you want to get a share of it, you don't even have the courage to take revenge." I smiled. "It's pathetic."

Hui scratched his cheek: "There's no way, after all, it's not one of the five great nations. If it is really pursued by the daimyo of the Fire Nation, such a small country will definitely suffer serious damage."

"Yeah, ninjas like us are lucky to be able to become the Nation of Fire." I glanced at Her Royal Highness in the car curtain, and the smile on my face faded.

That night, our group stayed overnight in a hot spring villa in Yunokuni. This villa was originally the property of the fire country daimyo. This time, in order to entertain His Royal Highness, the interior and exterior of the villa were cleaned again. Well, bodyguards like us are also rewarded, and can stay for one night in a luxurious mansion that only nobles can enjoy.

After arranging the duty schedule, Hui saw that it was still early before I was on duty, so he dragged me to the hot spring.The two of them took off their combat uniforms and changed into specially prepared black kimonos. They happily rushed into the men's soup to enjoy, but they didn't expect that there were already people there.

The handsome boy's hair was all tied up and tied high behind his head, with a white bandage tied on his head that would last forever, sitting quietly in a corner of the hot spring pool.In the steaming white water vapor, he raised his head and looked at us, his white eyes without black pupils looked a bit permeable.

Just now, Hui Jian, who was chattering with me to praise His Highness the Princess, had an outsider stop his voice in an instant. I managed to get my ears clean, and my affection for this familiar Hinata boy immediately improved again, and I smiled at him: "Hi, my name is Uchi Mirror."

The black-haired boy looked at me with an inexplicable expression. He didn't speak for a long time, and after a while he lowered his eyes and said softly: "Hinata Chiki."

Sliding into the water along the stones next to the hot spring pool, the whole body is immediately wrapped in heat.The warm to faintly scorching temperature is just right for people to relax. The red hook jade on the neck also lost its sense of existence under such a warm wrap. I leaned back by the pool and sighed comfortably.Tilting your head back and opening your eyes, you can see the stars above your head. I didn't expect to see such a beautiful view here. This is the most common hot spring house. I don't know what the top ones look like.

No one spoke, only the sound of gurgling water was heard, and the hot spring flowed into the pool along a half-open bamboo pipe, and then flowed out from the pool through a special notch.There are also some specially planted plants beside the pool, which are green under the perennial heat fumigation. Occasionally, the cool autumn wind blows by, making goose bumps on the neck exposed to the pool water.

"I've heard of you, Uchiha mirror." I don't know how long, just when I was drowsy and almost forgot that there was such a guy as Hinata Chiki, he suddenly spoke.

I sat up straight to prevent myself from sliding into the water: "Huh?"

Hinata Chiki stared at me, and said unhurriedly: "A new generation of genius of the Uchiha clan, the son of the patriarch, a master of the three hook jade, a ninja with a sword, are you really so strong?"