Chapter 204: The Commission of the Witch Maiden Miroku

"At one time, we can probably create one or two hundred ice knights, and then we have to stop and rest for a while..."

Esdeath gave a number after careful consideration, then turned around: "Why do you suddenly ask about this?"

The so-called Ice Knight is actually another secret skill mastered by Esdeath——

"General Binglan".

This move ostensibly uses ice to create a group of tireless and immortal cavalry.

But its real function is to use these cavalry to store the energy of "Devil's Essence", which can be stored for at least several days.

Once this energy is released, a large-scale blizzard will form, causing severe cold shock to enemies within a thousand miles radius. Those with weak constitution may even be frozen to death on the spot.

In the original work, Esdeath once used this secret technique to create a blizzard that swept through half of the empire, causing heavy losses to the revolutionary army. It wasn't until her body was killed by Chi Tong who had activated the secret skill of "Yu Xiaojiao" that the storm was able to stop.

certainly……

In this case, there is no need to unleash Blizzard.

Otherwise, the people of the Kingdom of Ghosts would be wiped out in advance without waiting for the monsters to take action...

"...Use the ice cavalry to deal with that monster's 'Ghost Corps'?"

After hearing Uchiha Hikari explain his idea, Esdeath thought for a while: "You can try it."

"But as a condition, the body of that monster must be left to me to solve."

"no problem."

Uchiha Hikaru agreed wholeheartedly.

She wasn't very interested in "monsters". After all, that thing was just a monster with a violent temper, killing without calculation, and had no value in conquering it. It's better to give Esdeath some training and let her get familiar with the combat methods in the Naruto world——

Esdeath's strength is certainly good. In the ninja world, he is undoubtedly at the super shadow level, and he is still one of the stronger ones.

but……

Some of the special methods in the ninja world were something she had never seen before.

for example--

Hidan's "Blood of Death", the poison of the red sand scorpion, Obito's "divine power", and sealing techniques such as "Zombie Sealing"... These weird and unpredictable methods are different from those of Chi Hitomi. Just like "Murasame", both have the ability to kill at first sight.

Therefore, Uchiha Hikari planned to open Esdeath's eyes first, and then take her to the Hidden Rain Village - it should be the place with the most powerful people in this era. With the strength of Pain's Six Paths, Esdeath should be able to Des played to his heart's content.

"By the way..."

Uchiha Hikaru suddenly had a thought: "If the information given by Danzo is correct, then there should be Obito and Black Zetsu behind this awakening of the 'Phoenix', right?"

That……

"Will people from the Akatsuki organization also appear in the Kingdom of Ghosts?"

If that's the case, something interesting might happen.

the other side.

Maitreya had already finished explaining the current situation and began to talk about his plan.

"...Sealing that monster is the mission of all generations of mikos in the Kingdom of Ghosts. As a miko of this generation, I am bound by this responsibility and have long been aware of it.

But my power only has a restraining effect on monsters, and I am not good at frontal combat. Once a ninja gets close, I will definitely die.

Therefore, I implore you to escort me to the Sealing Demon Mountain, a hundred kilometers away from the capital of the Kingdom of Ghosts. There is a magic circle left by the ancestors of witches there, which is the most suitable place for sealing monsters. The monsters are bound to follow my whereabouts. When the time comes, I will use the power of the magic circle to seal it again. "

After a pause, Maitreya spoke again: "As long as you are willing to accept the commission, no matter whether you succeed or fail this time, I will first pay you a generous reward. If you are lucky enough to succeed, then you will gain the friendship of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and in the future Whenever you come here, you will be treated as the most distinguished guest.”

"I have a question……"

Uchiha Hikari pondered for a moment, looked up at Maitreya on the throne, and said loudly: "I heard from others that you have the ability to predict things, right?"

"……Yes."

"Then, can you predict the monster's movements?"

"...It's possible, but it may be vague. Because the power of the demon has the same origin as mine, it will interfere with the predicted results."

"enough."

Now that we know the location of the monster, things are simple. Instead of waiting for the opponent to arrive according to Maitreya's plan, it is better to take the initiative.

Even if it is true as Maitreya said, the monster cannot be sealed or killed by conventional means, at least its strength can be weakened so that Maitreya can deal with it calmly.

According to the original plot, Maitreya will die in this seal, and Shion will inherit the position of miko. Uchiha Hikaru was more interested in Miroku, the mature miko, than a little girl who was still young. On the body, more usable intelligence can be mined.

the other side.

Tsunade was moved by the commission mentioned by Miroku, and immediately promised to ensure her safety on the honor of the Sannin.

"Thank you very much."

Miroku paused: "By the way, there is one more thing... Before I learned the news about the two adults, I had already sent a letter asking for help to the five major countries. The ninja teams of Konoha and Kumogakure are both on the way. It should be very soon. We will arrive here soon. This is just a precaution, not a distrust of you two, please don’t take it personally.”

"It's natural."

…

It was getting late now.

Maitreya ordered a sumptuous dinner to be arranged.

After the meal, Uchiha Hikaru and his party were taken to the side hall of the palace to stay and recharge for tomorrow's action.

Esdeath began to create ice knights.

Uchiha Hikaru stood by and watched for a while with some curiosity:

"By the way, how do these ice lumps move? Do they have will?"

"... Almost, mainly because of the 'Essence of the Devil'."

Esdeath explained briefly.

As a blood imperial weapon derived from a super dangerous species, the power of the 'Essence of the Devil' contains some residual will. As long as it is infused into the humanoid body constructed by ice, these ice knights will spontaneously act and kill and destroy everything they see.

On this basis, Esdeath can infuse her own thoughts into it and give the ice knights some simple "instructions" to make them obey orders and even "distinguish" enemies and friends based on certain specific signs.

However, their essence is still a group of puppets, without self-will, and there is no way to distinguish more detailed sign information.

"I see..."

Uchiha Hikaru understood.

From this point of view, the use of ice knights is still a little limited.

If there is a chance, maybe I can take Esdeath to the Snow Country, or look for the orphans of the Mizunotsu clan, to see if I can combine the "Essence of the Devil" with the ninjutsu of the Naruto world to play some new tricks.

...

No words all night.

The next morning.

When Uchiha Hikari got up and went out, he saw that the wing where he lived was lined up with white cavalry carved from ice and snow. Even if he just stood there without any other movements, he could feel a murderous atmosphere coming towards him.

"...It's quite spectacular."

Uchiha Hikari walked up to one of the ice knights and knocked on his chest. It felt hard and seemed to be quite strong.

With her action, the ice knight seemed to swing his sword instinctively, and she gently pinched it with her right thumb and index finger, and slightly felt the force transmitted from the blade.

"The power of these ice knights should be at least at the level of a chuunin in physical skills, right?"

Overnight, nearly two hundred elite chuunin-level undead cavalrymen were created. This ability alone was enough to bring a little shock to the ninja world.

Seeing that this ice knight wanted to continue to attack, and even the ice knights next to him began to show signs of movement, a cold and hard voice came from behind:

"Don't move."

The ice knight immediately stopped his action and stood in place with his sword raised high.

Uchiha Hikaru took two steps back and glanced back, and saw Esdeath, who was wearing a blue military uniform, walking out of the wing room, and her face seemed a little tired.

"How is it, has your strength recovered?"

"Almost... Although it has only recovered to 70%, it will not affect the battle."

"That's good."

Uchiha Guang thought for a while, took out a small bag of Senzu beans from his pocket and handed it over: "You should be familiar with this thing, it's the kind of beans that I gave you and Donghai Yunlong before. Eat one when you need it, but remember to use it sparingly, I don't have much in stock."

-Not much, I mean less than two hundred.

But Esdeath didn't know about the cat fairy. In her eyes, it is normal for Senzu beans, a magical medicine, to be in small quantities, so when Uchiha Guang handed the Senzu beans over, her face was obviously shocked.

"...If it's just to deal with that monster, you don't need so many Senzu beans. One is enough."

"It's enough to deal with the monster, but these are not just for the mission, but gifts between friends."

Uchiha Guang said with a smile.

"Friends...?"

Esdeath's eyes moved, lowered her eyes slightly, and took the Senzu beans.

"Okay, it's time to call Eri and the others to have breakfast together."

When the group came to the side hall, finished breakfast, and chatted with the shrine maiden Miroku for a few words, they heard someone report the arrival of the five major ninja teams. A moment later, two teams of ninjas wearing forehead protectors were brought into the hall.

One team of ninjas came from Konoha, led by Kakashi, followed by Gekko Gale, Shiranui Genma, and a ninja from the Hyuga clan.

The other team of ninjas was from the Hidden Cloud Village, led by a woman with a long blond ponytail.

——Two wooden men.

That is, the two-tailed Jinchūriki of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Speaking of which, the Hidden Cloud Village may be the place with the best treatment for Jinchūriki in the entire ninja world.

Eight-tailed Killer Bee and Two-tailed Yukito, both of whom are appointed as senior ninjas in the village, can lead the team to go out on missions alone. The former even participated in the Third Ninja World War with the Fourth Raikage Ai and fought against Namikaze Minato, who was not yet Hokage at the time. Such treatment is not found in other ninja villages.

As soon as they met.

Kakashi showed a look of doubt: "...Tsunade-sama, why are you here? And...Ms. Guang is also here? How come you two are here?!"

"Guang?"

The only Hyuga clan ninja whose name was unknown among the four people looked at him with a scrutinizing look: "So you are the Uchiha grandmother, I have always heard of this name. The real person looks like this, and looks so small..."

While speaking, the Hyuga ninja seemed to subconsciously want to open his Byakugan and take a peek.

However...

"Humph!!"

Accompanied by a cold snort, the Hyuga ninja's expression was shocked.

Uchiha Hikaru folded his hands on his chest and looked over with cold eyes: "I'm warning you, don't try to spy on me with your white eyes, otherwise I may regard you as an enemy... If you don't want to die here, it's best to Be honest."

no way.

The white eyes have a see-through function.

If this Hyuga ninja was a female, she would tolerate it for a while, but as a male, he immediately wanted to spy on her with his Byakugan, even if he just wanted to spy on her chakra level, it was a very rude and overstepping move. . It was Uchiha Hikari who showed mercy by not killing him on the spot.

Kakashi understood now and quickly apologized.

the other side.

Kumogakure's team, who didn't know Uchiha Hikari, were standing not far away, sizing them up, and whispering to each other in low voices.

Although they spoke in low volumes.

However, Eri relied on the imperial-level hybrid physique given by the high concentration of dragon blood to hear their conversation clearly, then wrote it down in a small notebook and showed it to Uchiha Hikari.

Not surprisingly, these conversations were about Tsunade and her.

After all, no matter which one of them it is, they are uninvited guests who have not been invited by the Kingdom of Ghosts in advance, and are not mentioned in the intelligence network of Yunyin Village. When I saw him suddenly, I couldn't hide my surprise.

Especially Uchiha Hikaru, the "strange Konoha ninja", made them even more confused.

——As for Erashi and Kikyo, although they were also strangers, because they were both wearing miko uniforms, they mistakenly thought they were members of Miroku's clan.

After a while.

Miroku, who was also wearing a miko costume, accompanied by Endo Sakumo, walked out from the other side of the palace:

"...Everyone, everyone is here."

"Although I really want to entertain you all, the situation is urgent. Just this morning, I received a letter from my subordinates, saying that the 'Sprite' has revived, and it has appeared in the Odani City area, and it has been there overnight. We have slaughtered several towns and will probably be near the capital soon, so please leave as soon as possible.”

"no problem."

present.

The group made simple arrangements and started taking action.

Uchiha Hikaru split into a shadow clone and left the capital with Esdeath and the Ice Knight, heading to the direction where Miroku predicted the sprite would appear.

And her true body, along with Eri Yi and Kikyo, followed Maitreya and began to move towards the Demon Sealing Mountain, which was more than a hundred kilometers away.