Escape From Konoha

For a monster that has survived for thousands of years, being humiliated by a lowly human being with words is undoubtedly a matter of anger.

But anger was useless, and the irritable voice gradually calmed down. Thinking about it carefully, this human being is so despicable. If he becomes angry because of this, he will undoubtedly fall into the trap of this despicable human being again.

"Human bug, you won first. But, what are you going to do with these two women?"

Sprite calmed down the anger that was about to boil in his heart, and let out a cold laugh.

He was indeed dazzled by anger, but after calming down, he discovered the problem.

Even if you cut off your connection with Chakra, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, right?

How would a ninja fight without chakra?

Rely on natural energy?

Although that kind of energy is special, this method alone is not enough to pose a fatal threat to it.

Therefore, even if Shiraishi has a way to block his dark energy, at best it can only protect himself in front of it.

The most important thing is that the other two women who followed may not be able to use such special techniques to prevent it from being engulfed by darkness.

I saw that after the collision of the dark torrent, Liuli and Ayane, who had fallen to the ground, had slowly stood up from the ground.

A thick layer of dark mist spread over the two of them, rolling and surging over them like water.

Sharingan and Baiyan turned into boundless darkness, completely soaked in the darkness of sprites, when the eyes glanced over, it gave people a very terrifying sense of trembling.

"Human beings always do things without hesitation, or are these two women worthless to you? No matter what it is, you will see the despair on your face after being killed by them. Witness the truth with your own eyes."

The two newly obtained chess pieces are also quite powerful.

Among the humans it has controlled for thousands of years, Ruri and Ayane are among the best in strength.

Combining with the current it's fighting, it can be said to be even more powerful.

After Liuli and Ayane both stood up from the ground, their eyes became dull under the erosion of darkness, like a calm, unrippled stagnant water.

But they were full of murderous intent. It can be imagined that the posture they displayed at this moment was extremely dangerous to the enemy.

When Baishi saw this scene, he fell silent slightly and looked calmly.

In the eyes of the demon, Shiraishi was just pretending to be relaxed.

I guess at this moment, I was already afraid that I would regret it to death.

It has already seen through the weakness and incompetence of human beings.

"Go ahead and kill him!"

The sprites gave orders in an orderly tone.

A ninja eroded by its dark origin will never be able to act against its will.

Humanity cannot face its darkness.

They will only panic, tremble, scream in fear, and cry in despair under its darkness.

This is something that sprites are born with.

Struggling vigorously, her body trembling violently, Liuli lowered her head deeply, her long hair fell loose, and she grabbed her forehead with one hand, feeling that it was very painful.

Ayane also made almost the same movements, struggling hard to escape from the shackles of the demon.

Using the pupil power of Sharingan and Baiyan to fight against the darkness that has eroded into the body.

The darkness that smelts the myriad phenomena of human nature is by no means a weight that a human body can easily bear.

On Liuli's body, Susanoo's chakra physical model slowly condensed again.

The difference is that Susanoo is no longer bright blood red, but on the basis of blood red, it is dyed with dark characteristics, turning into a dark red color close to darkness.

The giant sword was also pulled out of the air, rendered into a brand new dark red blade, more solid and sharper than the Chakra giant sword produced in the past.

And when people stare at the blade, they will also be covered by the darkness, affecting their minds, which is equivalent to unconsciously releasing high-level illusions, causing the most feared things in people's hearts.

The dark red giant sword was raised high, and when it reached the highest point, it stopped moving, as if it was stiff there, and hadn't made a move for a long time.

kill--

The sprite's order was mixed with the pleasure of destroying everything, and it was transmitted to Liuli's mind accurately through Chakra.

Then, the dark red sword light that destroyed everything crossed the barrier of the atmosphere and galloped out like a wild horse that had completely let go of its restraints, mercilessly breaking away from the rocky road beneath its feet.

The underground magma area was divided into two halves, directly hitting the ghost body hidden in the magma.

A shrill howl came from the monster's mouth.

Countless tentacles protruded from the magma and began to swing wildly. The dark red blade touched the body, causing the pain to the point where the body could not control itself.

The pain can only be shared in such an exaggerated way.

However, compared to this sudden pain, Liuli's actions at this moment are the most outrageous.

"Why is that?—No, it's impossible! How can a human—why?"

impossible!

This is absolutely impossible!

It is understandable to say that Shiraishi cut off his connection with Chakra and can avoid his dark erosion.

However, why can the human beings with its dark origin reside in its body, against its will, to attack its 'master'?

The occurrence of such a scene is beyond the scope of what sprites can think about.

"A mere human being—"

Are there really human beings in this world who can look directly at the darkness in their hearts?

If this is the case, what is the significance of being born into the world?

This kind of thing is impossible!

"Is it you? Is it you, a human being, who is causing trouble again? Hateful!"

The demon glanced at Bai Shi, and countless pitch-black tentacles began to extend extremely quickly, breaking through the blockade of magma.

Shiraishi must have done something for its control to fail.

As long as this despicable human being is killed, everything will return to its original state.

Baishi saw a large number of pitch-black tentacles flying towards him, and stood there calmly without any movement, just calmly watching the sprite in the magma, showing its ridiculous and pitiful struggling posture.

Boom!

A huge rock fell from above, and it was Ayane who jumped to the top of the cave. Through her supercilious observation, she directly hit the anchor point at the top of the cave, exposing the deep and endless night sky outside.

The rocks as huge as a hill almost fell into the magma while rubbing against the edge of the white stone.

Before the countless stretched out tentacles touched Baishi's body, they were crushed by huge rocks, splashing out blue-black blood, and each tentacle fell powerlessly into the magma.

The magma rolled into a raging wave and splashed everywhere.

The huge rock had sunk into the magma and hit the monster's body.

The sprite's howl became even more horrific.

Although it cannot cause a fatal blow to the sprite, the blow to the sprite's soul is not as heavy as usual.

It can no longer maintain the calm and calm it should have.

Human beings who are supposed to be ants——

The self who was supposed to be victorious——

Why did it end up in this situation?

Why do we have to escape its control one by one?

In the extreme anger and humiliation, the demon's heart was like the lava bathing his body at this moment, hot and frantic.

But its madness, in the eyes of others, is nothing more than a desperate beast making its final struggle in front of the hunter.

The dark red giant sword swept away, cutting off the dark tentacles sticking out of the magma.

Liuli's mind was not very clear, but he was barely able to discern the current situation with his amazing willpower.

Should I say he is worthy of being a monster? This darkness was heavier than the darkness in any Sharingan she had ever seen.

And this is only part of the burden that the monster has to bear. It is hard to imagine what a monster like the monster has been carrying so far to fight so far.

Even Liuli couldn't help but feel pity for the monster in her heart.

However, it was pity, and Liuli had no intention of being merciful.

In fact, fighting monsters is very dangerous.

The power of the monster does not lie in its huge chakra or its body that can be infinitely regenerated.

Its most essential darkness is the monster's greatest weapon.

For humans, this is a deadly virus that is difficult to resist.

Even if she forced her will not to be distorted by this darkness, these darkness were like tarsal maggots, and it would be extremely difficult to get rid of them when they entered the body, and they were uncontrollably in the gaps in her heart, which in turn affected her mind.

Unless, like Shiraishi, he briefly allowed himself to abandon chakra and cut off the channels that resonated with the darkness of the demons.

But in this way, doesn't it prove that I have lost to the darkness in my heart?

After enduring the darkness of the Sharingan, there is no longer anything worth fearing in this world.

Now she just encountered a darkness that was heavier than the Sharingan. It was too early to make her succumb.

The same is true for Ayane.

In the Hyuga clan, the people of the clan have been instilling the concept of protecting the clan and sacrificing for the clan day and night. This kind of indoctrination has lasted for more than ten years, and I have endured it one by one and acted in my own way.

Moreover, the most important thing is that even the Sharingan woman has endured it. If he can't do it, wouldn't it prove that he is weaker than her?

This was even more unacceptable to Ayane than being controlled by the demon's dark erosion.

The only thing I don't want to lose to is this Sharingan woman.

Ruoyouruowu's pained moans kept coming from Liuli and Ayane's mouths, as if their endurance had reached a critical moment.

Their sharing eyes and white eyes began to actively engulf the darkness left in their bodies by sprites, intending to turn the darkness in their bodies into nourishment for nourishing pupil power.

The demon roared angrily, and it also sensed the intentions of these two ignorant human women.

How can I endure this if I intend to use it as nourishment for my pupil technique?

Although relying on amazing willpower, it initially blocked its darkness from encroaching, but such a radical desire to melt its darkness and turn it into a part of their power, in the eyes of sprites, is nothing but the last madness of human self-destruction That’s all.

But what if?

Yes, just in case.

Although the sprites are still unwilling to admit that there are special beings among humans who can withstand its darkness.

However, Shiraishi and the other three broke its expectations time and time again and acted contrary to common sense.

If these two women were allowed to use their pupil skills to counter-devour its dark power, some accidents beyond its control would inevitably occur.

It can no longer tolerate what is beyond its control.

The monster immediately took action, and more dark torrents spurted out from the magma, rushing towards the bodies of Liuli and Ayane.

The dark red blade swung out, but it had no effect.

The dark torrent penetrated the dark red giant sword. This was only the original manifestation of darkness, not a formal power that could be resisted.

It does not believe that Liuli and Ayane can swallow its darkness without limit.

As long as the balance in their bodies is broken, both of them can be killed on the spot, and the balance of victory will tilt towards it again.

No matter what, these two humans cannot be allowed to succeed.

A dark territory where humans are not allowed to set foot.

Just when the dark torrent was about to touch the bodies of Ruri and Ayane, a miraculous light suddenly illuminated.

"!?"

The demon's blood-red pupils suddenly turned to a certain position.

An ancient stone gate appeared on an intact ground at some point. It was a sealed container that was originally located in the Ghost Kingdom Shrine, and it was summoned to appear here at this moment.

The stone door was completely open, revealing a different time and space mixed with purple and black.

The sprite's body trembled restlessly.

That time and space is the 'cage' it has been most familiar with for thousands of years.

For thousands of years, it broke free from the seal time and time again, and was sealed again by the witch, where it tasted endless loneliness and despair alone.

It was a world that only monsters could endure, belonging to a human being.

The 'Paradise' specially created by the Miko for it.

Once you enter there, its darkness cannot touch the human world at all.

To the demon, there is no place more boring than that piece of time and space.

In front of the stone gate, Maitreya Priestess is shining with a holy white light, which is different from the darkness of monsters, and is a kind of warm power that will be melted as long as the darkness is exposed.

It's not accurate to say it's warmth, but some kind of purification from a higher realm.

When Shiraishi saw this, he couldn't help but rushed to Ruri and Ayane and took them far away.

Even if Maitreya Priestess didn't deliberately target Liuli and Ayane, as long as the light shines on them, the two who are devouring and merging with the dark part of the monster will be severely injured.

Unless he can completely swallow the demon's darkness and turn it into his own power.

However, this is not something that can be solved in a short while.

The three of them have fully fulfilled their role as ‘containers’ and completed the tasks they should do well.

For the next finishing work, we can only trust Maitreya Miko.

However, this is not a good thing for the monster.

The darkness turned into a torrent, constantly overflowing from the monster's body, and was forced to flow into the stone door behind Maitreya Maiden.

The surging wave of darkness passed by Maitreya Witch, causing her beautiful long hair that was also shining to fly there.

"So... so... Those three humans came here to spread the darkness for you... The witches believe in humans, and humans also trust the priestesses who are no longer humans... How could they lose to this kind of 'trust' power... ..."

At this moment, the sprite suddenly realized that the reason why Baishi and the other three came here was not to fight it, but to serve as Maitreya's sealed container to share the excess darkness on it.

Because Maitreya Witch's current power is not enough to seal such a weight of darkness.

They can only rely on the method of dividing the darkness equally to allow Shiraishi and the other three to take away some of the pressure, and finally the miko seals the remaining root consciousness.

It's just that I understand at this time, it's a little late.

From the outset, the pace of combat is completely dominated by the opponent.

Its ugly appearance is also something they have calculated.

Although he has mastered the darkness that is more powerful than before, why does he fail every time?

Was his failure really just an accidental loss to humans and mikos?

If it is accidental, how can we explain the countless failures over the past thousands of years?

Sprites were filled with such doubts.

The huge darkness is the manifestation of the original soul of the monster.

Countless dark tentacles dancing in the air lost their spirituality, turned into dead objects and fell towards the magma, and were eventually swallowed by the magma and disappeared.

The huge darkness flew over the Maitreya Maiden's head and turned into two arms, tightly grasping the edge of the stone door to prevent the body from being sucked into it.

Puzzled?

Unwilling?

Or both.

Is fate going to reincarnate again?

At this time, asking anything seems to have lost its meaning.

Why does Maitreya, who is of the same kind, help mankind in this way?

Just a bunch of hopeless bugs.

It seems that in the past, Maitreya's ancestors also asked it, why is it unwilling to believe in human beings?

Sprites remember scoffing at the question.

It has absorbed the darkness of human beings and grown up, and no one understands the ignorance and selfishness of human beings better than it.

Why should such a fool be trusted?

In the blood-red pupils flowed the infinite nostalgia for the world, as well as the pity for Maitreya as a priestess.

Yearning for beautiful things is the instinctive pursuit of human nature.

Not human beings, monsters who are better than human beings, naturally have this desire.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything in the end, and felt a strange feeling that he didn't know what to say.

He voluntarily let go of his hand, and the body transformed into darkness lost its support point and plunged into the endless different world.

There, it will enjoy eternal solitude as before.

Waiting quietly for the next moment to come to the world.

Next time, it won't let go of it so easily.

"Sorry, sprite."

Calm words came from Maitreya's mouth.

The ancient stone door slowly closed, and everything in the world suddenly returned to calm, and the darkness disappeared.

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The demon re-sealed it, but the follow-up issues still need to be dealt with.

Because during the battle with the demon, the ghost army controlled by the demon caused serious damage to many areas of the ghost country.

In particular, the main roads in some important towns were trampled by stone statue soldiers, causing the roads to collapse.

Some towns were also invaded by stone statue soldiers. It was difficult to resist by relying on the ninjas stationed there, so they could only give up and take the residents in the towns to escape.

These damaged towns also need to be restored and rebuilt as soon as possible.

For other countries, this may be a huge, complex and labor-intensive project.

But for the country of ghosts, it is not difficult.

Within the Kingdom of Ghosts, a special ninja engineering team was established very early.

The ninjas in this engineering team are not good at fighting, but are proficient in various special technologies that are beneficial to construction, and have ten years of rich construction experience.

The speed at which they started to renovate was far faster than ordinary people.

Cooperate with ordinary workers to participate in construction work, greatly increasing the efficiency of road and town reconstruction.

In the shrine outside Ziyuan City.

When Shiraishi came here, the air here had taken on a completely new look, without the depressing atmosphere.

This may be because the demon was sealed again.

Moreover, its darkness is divided, so naturally it cannot pass through the sealed stone gate and extend its tentacles into the human world again.

In the stone stream on the mountain behind the shrine, the Maitreya priestess stood there alone, with a long shadow, and it seemed that the whole world was desolate.

For some reason, Shiraishi felt that Maitreya Miko's presence had become very thin at this moment.

Even the human figures have become much more unreal.

Is it because of the seal? Shiraishi thought in his mind.

However, compared to the seal, Shiraishi is more willing to regard Maitreya Miko's state as the price of counteracting the darkness of the sprites.

Although the demon said that the witch is the same kind as it.

But their roots are completely different.

Demons are monsters born from the darkness of human hearts and through chakra.

And miko, in their most original form, are real human beings.

The reason why they are the same kind is just because they have formed special powers that can resonate with each other through special methods.

This is also the reason why the demon is obsessed with the witch.

Even monsters feel lonely and long for someone who understands them.

For it, the witch is the special existence that can pry open its mind.

It cannot kill the miko, and the miko cannot kill it.

They just repeat this fate of endless reincarnations, entangled with each other.

In this world, there is no one who understands the essence of a witch better than a demon.

"Mr. Shiraishi, have the conditions of those two improved?"

Maitreya turned his head and asked.

Shiraishi knew that the people Miroku was referring to were Ruri and Ayane.

The two of them were in a special state of unconsciousness due to inhaling the darkness of the sprites, undergoing some unknown transformation.

Shiraishi couldn't help them both with this kind of thing.

The only thing that can be done is to ensure that when the two of them fail to fight against the darkness, they can escape unscathed.

"So far, no accidents have happened. However, I am not sure whether it will be successful. Even if I used the negative energy of zero tail to give them two simulation training in advance, the darkness on the sprites is not zero. It’s comparable to a larval monster like Tail.”

In order to deal with the monsters, Shiraishi conducted targeted training for Ruri and Ayane very early on.

Monsters are not easy to find in the ninja world.

There are even fewer monsters in his hands, only Zero Tails.

Although the way of birth can be said to be similar, Zero Tail was discovered and mastered by the people of Sky Country decades ago. At that time, Zero Tail was discovered, and its power was very weak. It can be imagined that Zero Tail was still a juvenile body of a monster.

There is a world of difference from monsters like sprites that have survived for thousands of years.

Even if Shiraishi uses various methods to stimulate and enhance Zero-Tail's power, if he wants to reach the level of a demon, he may not be able to do it in his lifetime.

There is also an essential difference between monsters and monsters.

But this also opened up an idea for Shiraishi at the time.

They all use darkness to influence people's hearts, so Shiraishi chopped up parts of Lingwei's body more than once, and made these body fragments into potions for training willpower, allowing Liuli and Ayane to adapt to the so-called "darkness" in advance and exercise A firm willpower beyond the reach of ordinary people, against the dark nature of monsters.

Apart from a slight physical strain on Zero Tails, overall, his guess was not wrong.

"Well, although the root consciousness of sprites has been sealed in different time and space by me, the darkness that remains in the world is still a dangerous force for ordinary people. If possible, Mr. Shiraishi should not use this Such abuse of power, not every life can withstand the erosion of darkness."

Maitreya's eyes were deep, looking straight at Shiraishi.

Shiraishi nodded.

"Don't worry about that. I've already figured out how to deal with that part of the darkness."

"In that case, please leave it to Mr. Shiraishi."

Maitreya smiled slightly, with a hint of freedom and ease.

Shiraishi's heart moved as he looked at Maitreya's gentle and kind face.

"Are you... are you leaving?"

Maitreya nodded, even so, there was no sadness on his face.

"For a shrine maiden, life is just a reincarnation of reincarnation. My mission in this life is over. In the future, let Shion continue to carry on the mission of a shrine maiden instead of me. That child may be a bit willful, but he will definitely She has done her job as a shrine maiden brilliantly."

Born in such a land, Maitreya didn't know whether his daughter Ziyuan was lucky or unlucky.

But before a new path comes, the miko must take on such responsibilities.

"Really? Then... I hope you have a good journey."

Baishi exhaled slowly, turned his back on Maitreya and left resolutely.

Maitreya, who has seen everything in the world, does not need an outsider to comfort him here.

For her, to sleep peacefully in the earth that raised her is the best farewell ceremony.

Where the witch will go after death, Shiraishi doesn't know, and doesn't want to know.

Because the truth of the matter can be very cruel.

In this world, there will always be some people who choose to move forward with heavy burdens.