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Uchiha Giyu chapter 168
🕑 Added 2024-08-30 02:19:00 +0000 UTCChapter 168 About Giyu’s encounter with a psychopath
[January 23]
After three days of searching in volcanoes and jungles, no more rare creatures were found worth recording. It's time to leave the Land of Waterfall.
In the past few days, there have been more and more Taki-nin following me. Even the waiter at my lunch today was Taki-nin who disguised himself.
But after I exposed their identities on the spot, I saw relief instead of panic on their faces, and I understood that they had done it intentionally. After asking, I learned that they were not trying to ambush me or poison me.
The reason why these ninjas were chasing after him was because several nobles from the Land of Waterfall had invited Orochimaru to their homes, and they had given each other gifts, so the relationship was very ambiguous.
The Takigakure Village thought that I had stayed behind after dealing with Orochimaru because I wanted to deal with those nobles as his accomplices, so under the order of the daimyo, they had to bite the bullet and monitor my whereabouts.
In fact, if they hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it. After all, the only records Orochimaru left were those cold experimental reports.
However, since they took the initiative, for the sake of safety, I still plan to eliminate the hidden dangers before leaving, and maybe meet these people.
Of course, I could guess without asking that most of these people were like that minister from the Land of Fire, who had already hid himself in the daimyo's palace.
This reminds me of an incident two years ago.
It was not long after I forced my way into the Palace of Land of Fire, and my father asked Kyojuro's shadow clone who stayed in Konoha to bring me a letter.
He scolded me in the letter, saying that in order to punish my behavior, the number of commissions issued by Land of Fire nobles in Konoha dropped sharply. The village's income was half less than the previous month. Uchiha had just improved. As a result, his reputation took a sharp turn.
He repeatedly emphasized that as long as I am still an Uchiha, there will always be people who think that my every move is controlled by him.
Therefore, in order to gain the trust of the daimyo, he had to send Itachi, who had been working in the Konoha Library after resigning, to the City of Fire to be the mouthpiece between the clan and the nobles.
Finally, for the sake of the Uchiha's collective wish to one day become Hokage, he asked me not to deal with the offending nobles again.
Because I firmly believe that Kocho's goal of "eliminating the ninja system" will be realized sooner or later, so I know very well that the people's wishes are just illusions after all - since even the ninja system is going to disappear, where will Hokage come from?
Compared with an illusory dream and people's concrete and real lives, it is self-evident which one is lighter and which is more important.
Therefore, I ignored the content of the letter and continued to act as I had in the past - in order to eradicate the problem of missing persons in an area except for Orochimaru's factors, I would often connect with experimental maniacs, kidnappers, underground arena operators, and the people who protect or back them up were cleared together.
Naturally, these people would not wait to die and tried to fight back.
After I left the Land of Fire, I suffered dozens of assassinations. Every time I kill them all, the killers still come one after another in an endless stream.
I didn't understand what was going on, so I used an illusion to control one of them. The man told me that in addition to my bounty rising every day, for ninjas, the unfortunate death at the hands of a "public nuisance" like Uchiha Giyu seemed to bring about the reputation of a hero after death.
Being called a "public nuisance" by these people put me in a bad mood for several days.
The last time, I was surrounded by more than fifty chunin jounin. Except for Konoha, there were people from all countries and ninja villages. It really annoyed me. So that time I changed my strategy.
Except for a few ninjas who did not kill me directly, the rest of the assassins would never be able to extract chakra independently for the rest of their lives. Three of them could not face this reality and committed suicide on the spot.
Being killed will make them be hailed as heroes by their own people, but being destroyed, they will be nothing.
Since then, no assassin has appeared on my path.
Since violence didn't work, my enemies turned to my family.
Just like this, two or three months later, Itachi and Shisui both sent me letters, which probably meant: My behavior has affected the international reputation of the Land of Fire. All countries hope that the Land of Fire can take measures against me, otherwise even the alliance may be broken.
After meeting with the daimyo, my father planned to personally take me back to Konoha. After his mother had a big fight with him over this, she simply resigned from Konoha and decided to specialize in action guidance and special effects for movies in the future. Then, my father was so angry that he fainted and was admitted to the hospital.
I felt very sad after receiving the letter. The last thing I want to see is for people I care about to suffer the consequences of my actions.
But if I really do what my father said, and only deal with the disappearance case itself, and do not pursue those nobles and ninjas who profit from human trafficking and human experiments, and give similar groups the sternest warning, then such cases will only keep repeating endlessly.
I spent the next few days in a daze, feeling unspeakably guilty.
But I also feel that my guilt is a betrayal of those whose lives are in danger. Although Kocho repeatedly emphasized to me that this is not our world, so I am not responsible for those people's lives. But there is always a question in my mind.
Why can I reunite my family while those people have to suffer the pain of separation and death?
Every minute and every second that I hesitate here, someone will be separated from their loved ones because of my trivial entanglement.
But I can no longer do what I used to do. As long as I close my Sharingan, I can block out all unnecessary thoughts and do what I need to do without any worries.
At this point, I understand why Konoha uses two derogatory words "bond" to describe the relationship between people. In my opinion, weakness may be a more appropriate word.
However, this weakness is still a happy trouble after all, and the refreshing feeling of being alone is actually a kind of painful relief.
When I think about those people who no longer have their "weakness", they still still have their lives to be taken away, I feel completely at ease.
In those days, my brain seemed to be pulled by two opposite forces. My eyes were swollen and hurt involuntarily, and I couldn't even control the color of my Sharingan.
This is a new feeling that I have never experienced before, and its complexity cannot be described in words.
Just when my troubles were about to reach the critical point, Kyojuro's crow brought me another letter from my mother.
I thought it was still trying to persuade me to stop, so I opened it with great annoyance, but the first two paragraphs of the letter read:
"There is this sentence in Sasuke's favorite comic book, which I think is very suitable for you: 'It wasn't me who was wrong, it was the world.'
"I haven't heard from you recently, so I guess what's bothering you, so I'm writing to explain. Your dad is fine, he just needs a reason not to go to you, so I did some tricks on the iron element in his body so that he can deal with the daimyo. "
Then, my mother analyzed for me in the letter the importance of black industries such as underground arenas to the economies of those small countries, and believed that this was the real reason why various countries would rather protect these fat-headed nobles even if it means becoming my enemy. Therefore, In order to prevent me from getting entangled, she decided to cooperate with the Land of Fire to develop the application of rare metals in civilian industry.
In this way, the demand for metals in the Land of Fire increased dramatically, and the small countries could make up for the black industry through the profits of the mining industry. The economic hole caused by the disappearance.
Since the Land of Fire took the lead in this matter, the Daimyo became the biggest beneficiary, and the alliance was maintained, so Daimyo would no longer have any objections to me.
In addition, she also used our family's money invested in the film company that produced "Princess Gale".
She thought that if a character with a similar style to me but a more likable personality (I don't know what it means) was added to the newly released movie, then the main creative staff would be able to work on it. If it is stated in the interview that the character is based on me, it should be able to effectively reverse my reputation in folk rumors.
In this way, as long as civilians sympathize with the victims in the movie, they will be more willing to hire Konoha ninjas to balance out the reasons. The income lost due to the cancellation of the commission by the nobles means that there is no pressure on the father's side.
"Just do what you should do. Sasuke is always happy and unable to sleep every time he hears news from you." This sentence became a reassurance for me.
That night, I couldn't sleep all night because I had received support from my family for the first time. I even felt that my very limited care for my family was far from worthy of their support.
However, even though I couldn't sleep all night, my eye symptoms healed without medication the next day, and I no longer had pain. It must have been that letter that greatly relieved my psychological pressure and made me less worried to continue this willful activity.
At the end of the letter, my mother suggested that if the nobles to be dealt with are allies of the Land of Fire, then I can provide the evidence to the country's daimyo so that they can be prepared and respond accordingly. Use the country's legal means to execute or detain these nobles.
In this way, the dignity of the daimyo of each country will not be damaged by my lynching, and they can also express their attitude towards black property as a country. In the end, they can also find excuses. Deprive these nobles of their illegal property in an open and honest manner. Of course, if there is sufficient evidence and they do not refuse to execute it, the Land of Fire Daimyo will strangle them in the metal trade, impose economic sanctions, and strengthen their control over these small countries.
The Land of Fire, the Allies, and I all achieved our goals.
Although there was a lot of political nastiness, I have to say that my mother's methods have been very effective.
Since then, There was too much resistance from the allies of the Land of Fire. For example, the Takigakure Village never thought of taking action against me this time, which is one of the proofs.
I followed these Taki Ninjas to see the Daimyo of the Land of Waterfall and told him that I hoped to check it out. I wanted to know whether there were curse marks on the bodies of these nobles, family members and servants, and wanted to know the specific content of their exchanges with Orochimaru.
Half an hour later, the leader of the Taki nin showed me more than 40 people, and I have not found any traces of curse seals on these people. In the end, the daimyo of Land of Waterfall swore to me that his ministers would never have anything to do with Orochimaru again.
At this point, I no longer have any reason to stay in the Land of Waterfall.
I was supposed to write this travelogue during my break last night, but something unpleasant happened afterwards, so I didn’t have time to write it until this afternoon.
At around six o'clock, as soon as I arrived at the border between Land of Earth and Land of Waterfall, I encountered a blond kid with a high ponytail blocking my way.
I thought he was an assassin, but he claimed to be my victim, saying it was because I was there. The ninja world is full of chaos, so he was being compared with me every day by the Tsuchikage.
According to him, the Tsuchikage uses the excuse of letting him catch up with me to force him to learn dust release for fourteen hours a day. Which left him no time for artistic creation at all, so he thinks that as long as he kills me, his free time will be back. In short, he said for the art, he must kill me.
When I couldn't understand him, I knew that this boy must have some mental illness.
Because he was very young, only two or three years older than Sasuke, and I didn't want to argue with mental illness, I immediately used the Flame Breathing to leave quickly.
But I didn't expect that he would use Earth Release to create a flying ninja tool, and he would continuously drop incredibly powerful clay bombs at an altitude of several hundred meters where I couldn't attack.
Apart from the Tailed Beast Bomb, I couldn't think of a way to attack him at the moment, so I used the shock wave generated by the explosion to practice the Wind Breathing: first form, and at the same time led him to the sparsely populated Land of Earth.
The last time I came to the Land of Earth, I noticed that people in a village seemed to be imitating the story of a Foolish Old Man who moved the mountains, trying to dig through the mountains and open a road to the outside world. But after last night, half of the mountain had been flattened by the blast. They only needed to clear away the gravel and they could pass.
After running like this all night, I was quite familiar with using the Wind breathing, so when he flew to a slightly lower point, I used the aftermath of the explosion to jump on his flying ninja tool and control it with Sharingan. He flew me to Iwagakure Village. Finally, I hung him on the railing at the entrance of Iwagakure Hospital, left him a sum of money for medical treatment, and then left before Iwa Ninja could react.
Although this kid wasted a lot of my time, the word "art" in his mouth did give me a lot of inspiration.
Kyojuro said that the performing arts of Noh actors can make him completely forget himself. Maybe I can also find an "art" that suits me to achieve the relaxed state required by Wind Breathing: Constant.
So next, I decided to go to the place with the most artists in the entire ninja world, which is Mikazuki Island in hope to gain something.
[Today's score: 8-2=6 points. The two points deducted were because the blond kid delayed him for at least half a day. ]
"Giyu-senpai is so good at writing. Sure enough, his own statement is somewhat different from what the Konoha ninja at the city gate told us. It seems that there are already many interpretations among the people..."
In the hotel room, after Genya read the second part of this travelogue verbatim to Muichiro, he raised his head and poured himself a large glass of water, and then let out a sigh of relief.
"How's it going? Have all the words you can't read marked?"
"Yeah." Muichiro marked the corresponding pronunciations above Giyu's original text, "It's just that I don't know the meaning of some words. For example, this 'brain full of intestines fat', reading it makes me feel disgusted..."
[I didn't expect that one day I would actually instruct others to study...]
Although he complained silently in his heart, Shinazugawa Genya actually liked this feeling, so he immediately explained: "It means that a person's brain and their body intestines are filled with fat, which probably refers to those who do nothing but eat and are too lazy to do anything, so they are stupid!”
"That's quite vivid."
Muichiro nodded seriously, marked the meaning of the idiom in the blank space at the corner of the page, and then closed the pen cap as if he was done, with a sweet smile on his face, " Thank you, Genya. Otherwise, I would have spent a week looking up the dictionary alone. "
"Uh," Genya was a little overwhelmed by how polite he was., "You don't have to be so polite..."
"What's wrong?" Muichiro understood after a moment's thought, "Are you not used to the way I look now?"
"A little bit, right?"
Shinazugawa Genya scratched his head in confusion, "Although you behave like this are very lovable and have the feeling of a good kid, I always feel that you're missing a... well, the usual 'weird' sense of security is missing."
Muichiro tilted his head: "What does that mean?"
"That is to say, if the former you were left alone, I might be more worried about what you do to others than worrying about your safety..."
Genya tried his best to organize words to express his feelings, "But if it were you now, if I really left you somewhere alone, I always feel that something would happen to you because you were too innocent."
Muichiro split his brother from his body , as if he had completely transformed into what Yūichirō was before his death.
If it weren't for the coolness in his body caused by Mist Breathing, Shinazugawa Genya would even doubt whether Muichiro still had the ability to fight.
"I understand what you mean, but I really like the feeling now."
Muichiro slowly expressed his feelings, "When Yūichirō 'really' appears in the world where I am, I can have no scruples. To show myself clearly, instead of subconsciously pretending like before, as if he is alive in me."
In order to explain, Muichiro added: "You know, just like Kocho-senpai, in fact. She doesn't like to smile.”
"The reason why she always wears her sister's smile is to give herself the illusion that 'my sister is still with me'... I guess, if Kanae can appear directly to her like Yūichirō did. By her side, accompanying her in the real world, Kocho-senpai's smile will be completely different because of this.”
"Is that so? "
Genya seemed to understand but didn't seem to understand, "In that case, you can do whatever you want... Anyway, except for the Kages from various villages, no one can threaten your safety. "
“What about you, Genya?" Muichiro suddenly asked curiously, "Don't you miss your brother?"
“He only said a brief goodbye to me, and then went to reincarnate with Kanae-senpai. That bastard..."
Speaking of Shinazugawa Saneya, Genya clenched his fists, and then suddenly realized, "I see why I don’t like that kid Yūichirō, maybe it’s because of the sense of déjà vu! But having said that, knowing that guy may have forgotten all the bad past events and is living happily now, I don't seem to miss him as much as I did in the beginning. "
Muichiro asked: "Doesn't it matter even if he doesn't remember you after reincarnation? "
"Um.” Genya nodded with great certainty, "Even if he doesn't remember me at all."
After all, in a sense, he is already a different person.
"I just can't do it." Muichiro raised his eyes and looked at the roof, as if he could penetrate the wooden boards and beams and directly see the twinkling stars in the night sky, “Yūichirō couldn't do it either, so when he proposed to me, he asked me to take him to 'smuggle' When I got here, I didn't hesitate at all and just followed instinct. "
“Maybe it's because you two are twins?" Genya guessed, "After all, my eldest brother and I are several years apart..."
"When it comes to twins, I don't understand a bit.” Muichiro stretched out his right index finger, "The way your brother likes Kanae-senpai is not the way I like Yūichirō, right?" "
"Probably. "
When it comes to the topic of love, Shinazugawa Genya seems to have completely inherited the Eight Diagrams attributes of the Stone Hashira. His body that was originally sitting upright like a bell can't help but lean forward, "Anyway, Gyōmei-sensei said so, otherwise I can't explain this. Why do two people want to reincarnate together?
"But this is unreasonable. "
Genya asked in confusion: "What's unreasonable? "
“According to the rules of the underworld, if two people are reincarnated at the same time, their relationship after birth should be like that between Yūichirō and I."
Muichiro put the two tea cups together, "Either twin brothers, twin sisters, brother and sister, sister and brother. In short, it is completely different from the kind of relationship they want, right? "
"...There are still such rules. "
Shinazugawa Genya fell into a daze at first, but his dull eyebrows and lips soon began to tremble.
Finally he couldn't help it, and while hammering the table, he laughed out loud in Muichiro's confused eyes: "Hahahahahahaha , it really made me laugh to death! Is there such a thing? ! If we really have to change from lovers to good brother-sisters, hahahahahahaha..."
"What are you doing? As soon as I walked into the yard, I felt the ground shaking! "
Five seconds later, the sliding door of the room was opened, and Yūichirō, Haku, and Hozuki Suigetsu came in one after another, "Did Muichiro tell some joke about me? Um?"
Yūichirō's threatening eyes followed the protracted tail tone as he handed it to his innocent brother.
The crow, Ginko, was originally standing on Haku's shoulder. After entering the room, he immediately flew to Muichiro's side to be fed, and ate at the same time. While mocking Yūichirō: "Stop being narcissistic.”
"By the way, didn't you agree to wait there? Why did we only see this stinky crow in the past? Also, how did you two buy a house if you had no money? "
"Muichiro met a few hooligans while waiting for me in the alleys around the fish market, and I robbed them of their money. "
Genya finally suppressed his laughter and sat up straight, "On the way back, Muichiro and I found that many hotels had signs showing they were fully booked. We were afraid that there would be no place to sleep if it was too late, so we hurriedly looked for them. I stayed in a store, but I didn't expect that this store only had the last room left. Anyway, if everyone squeezes in, we should be able to sleep at night. "
"Ah?” Glancing at Haku who nodded in understanding, Yūichirō said shyly: "Isn't this bad?"
Before Hozuki Suigetsu could ask "What's wrong?", Genya, who was afraid that Yūichirō would see the truth, quickly interrupted and said: "Let's not talk about these things for now. What are the results of the investigation by the three of you? "
Then, the Tokito brothers looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Gatō Company!"
"Sure enough!" Yūichirō laughed and sat down opposite Muichiro, "Tell me, how did you find out? "
“Among the dock workers, only the crew members of this company are exceptionally strong."
Muichiro first shared his findings, "Although these people have no obvious traces of training, the ones in their cells..."
"Mitochondria." Genya, who had received Kocho Shinobu compulsory education, reminded.
"Yes, the mitochondria are collecting and converting natural energy for their bodies. The efficiency is almost comparable to that of large wild animals in the forests of the Land of Rain."
Muichiro said: "In other words, the physical fitness of these crew members is strong. They caught up with the students who practiced the Breathing Technique in Amegakure Village."
"And we asked about it," Genya added: "Several employees of this company were sent to the hospital because of rabies, and these crew members just started working two months ago."
"It seems the result is obvious."
Haku took out the data he had copied from the card and handed it to Muichiro: "This shipping company from the Land of Waves is contaminated seafood. Although they only sell frozen seafood, because of the unique taste of the product and the numerous 'benefits' it brings to the body, the cheapest shrimps are priced as high as 8,000 ryo per pound, and are only available to high-income people.—Nobles, merchants and ninjas can often buy and eat it. Those crew members would just take advantage of their positions to eat it.”
"After comparing the transaction information and the hospital cases, we found that the first person in this city was responsible for consuming the company's products. The one who caused serious changes was the single wealthy businessman named Urikiri.”
Haku pointed to the first line of the list, "Three months ago, he raided the servant at home in the middle of the night and bit off one of his ears. In the end, it was the combined efforts of the seven bodyguards he hired to subdue him. In the end, like the former employees of Gato Company, this man was admitted for rabies and died of dehydration after seven days without eating or drinking.”
"Where are the ears? Did he just bite it off?” Genya frowned and asked, "Or did he eat it?"
Haku also felt that this question was a bit evil, and Hozuki Suigetsu immediately added: "Yes, those evil believers in Yugakure Village would eat human organs directly! It looks disgusting! "
"……No.” Haku shook his head, "At present, all similar medical records only mention rabies-like attacks, not cannibalism. If it was the latter, Konoha ninjas must have already intervened in the investigation. "
“It seems that there is no complete mutation. Essentially, he is still a human being."
Yūichirō and Muichiro quickly browsed the record written in phonetic notation.
"In the transaction records, the quantity and frequency of seafood purchased by their family are extremely exaggerated. Based on his weight, unless he eats seafood for three meals a day, it is impossible to consume such a large amount. So this is a rather extreme example..."
"Not really. "Haku said, "There is also an old woman whose purchase volume and frequency are similar to this person's. She only showed slight aggressive tendencies a week ago and is still recovering in the hospital.”
"From this point of view, the impact of these seafood on people is also related to their age and physique. Just a cursory investigation, but I can't draw any conclusions. "
Yūichirō touched his chin, "I think, why don't we find all the people who are still alive on the list, and then extract their blood and show it to Sister Shinobu. Isn't it more accurate than our blind analysis?
"That's the way." Haku agreed, "In addition, according to the rules of cargo entry and exit at the port, one o'clock tomorrow morning will be the time when the next batch of seafood from Gato Shipping Company will arrive.”
"Then let's split up."
Yūichirō directly began to assign tasks: "Suigetsu and Genya, you two go and sink the ship, drag the cargo to the shore, burn it and blow it up, but you have to find a way to get the sailors ashore alive. "
"No problem. "Although Hozuki Suigetsu doesn't like this kid giving orders, this task is indeed the type of task he likes.
Genya also nodded. He is better at such strenuous work as dragging things.
"Haku, you seem to understand the hospital very well. Well, please collect the blood samples of the patients who are locked up in the hospital. “
Haku nodded, "No problem."
”As for those who frequently buy seafood but have no mutations, Muichiro will draw their blood," Yūichirō waved the list, "I will be responsible for destroying all the seafood they have stored."
“Are you sure..." Muichiro looked at his brother with deep eyes, "Aren't you going with Haku this time?"
"I promised to protect you! " Yūichirō touched Muichiro's head, "Besides, I also want to see what rich people are like. There is nothing interesting in Amegakure Village, whether it's Sister Shinobu or Sister Konan..."
"Snapped." Muichiro slapped his brother's hand away.
[I knew your purpose was not pure.]
"Anyway, let's eat first! "
Yūichirō was not annoyed and touched his belly, as if he could really feel hunger as a clone, "When we have eaten, drank and rested enough, let's move quickly, shall we? No matter what, I can't let Muichiro stay up late!"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. It was the hotel waiter: "Guest, it's dinner time. Do you want to order?”
"Just in time!" Yūichirō invited people in and ordered a lot. Anyway, Genya was there, so he was not afraid of not being able to finish the meal.
However, after the waiter handed the menu to the chef, he sneaked into a restaurant when no one was paying attention. He whispered in front of the guest room door: "Guest, they had already finished talking when I went there. I only heard them say something about moving quickly and not staying up late at the end... I guess they were going out at night.”
"Going out? That's fine, um..."
"An open place is the perfect place for artists to show off their abilities! "
