Chapter 469 Changing Beliefs
The land of grass.
As an important battle zone during the 3rd Ninja World War, it nominally established diplomatic relations with Konoha.
But only in name only.
In fact, the ambition of the Country of Grass has never been small.
Because many ninja wars were fought in the Country of Grass, the people of Kusakure Village were exposed to many powerful ninjutsu from other countries.
This led Kusakunin Village to start doing research in this area.
Slowly it became a ninja village that was good at learning, and even their improvement of some ninjutsu was very successful.
The Grass Ninja Village built a city called Ghost Light City, which is a famous prison city.
The lord of Ghost Lantern City is named Wuwei.
He has a unique secret skill called: Fire Escape from Heavenly Prison.
A ninjutsu that can seal the ninja's chakra and turn the chakra into gunpowder.
The imprisoned ninja cannot condense chakra. If he condenses it forcibly, his whole body will be burned, and he may even be burned to death.
If you stay too far away from the caster, you will be burned to death.
There is this ninjutsu that is very useful for imprisonment.
The Country of Grass and the surrounding small countries will keep some special and difficult ninja criminals here.
Ninjas who are sent here are often blindfolded to receive punishment.
The prisoner will be tied to a stone platform and chakra will be extracted.
Prisoners who have their chakra extracted will have to lie down for a long time to recover after being released.
But no one will know where the extracted chakra went.
In fact, in addition to being the warden of Ghost Lantern City, Wuwei is also the "gatekeeper" of Cao Ninja Village.
What Wuwei guards is the Box of Bliss, and he is in charge of the magic to open the Box of Bliss.
Legend has it that during the Six Paths Sage era, that is, thousands of years ago, the Box of Bliss was opened by Kusanagi.
The ability of the Box of Bliss is to grant a wish of the person who opens it.
It is said that the Kusanagi came just short of taking control of the world with it.
But in the end, for some unknown reason, Kusanagi was almost destroyed.
Powerful capabilities and huge risks coexist.
This caused the grass ninja to form two factions when it came to dealing with the Box of Bliss.
The main war faction advocates using the Box of Bliss as a weapon to revitalize the "grass reality" of Caoyin Village.
The other is the "Flower of Grass" who opposes this practice and even wants to seal the Box of Bliss forever.
And Wuwei's identity is the gatekeeper of the Box of Bliss, so he is naturally a member of "Grass Zhishi".
But that was only once.
Wuwei's belief was shaken as early as seven years ago.
"Kusano Minoru" has become so powerful in recent years that it almost controls the political power of the entire Kusanagi Village.
They want to try to open the Chest of Bliss.
So they spread public opinion in the village and described it as an honor to "challenge" the Bliss Box.
Among the younger generation, those who have the most potential and are most likely to open the box of bliss.
He is the son of Wuwei, Wude.
Back then, Wu Gu could be said to be a talented young man, and he had always regarded opening the Box of Bliss as an honor.
Wuwei, who was part of Kusanagi's faction back then, was also a fanatic for the revival of Kusanagi.
He could give everything to the village, and his son, who had high hopes for him, could certainly do the same.
And he had full confidence in his son.
He believes that his son Muzan will be able to open the Box of Bliss and lead the Kusanagi Village to prosperity.
then.
Then his son died.
Wu Wei used Wu Guan as the key to open the Box of Bliss, and opened the Box of Bliss.
The Chest of Bliss ate his son.
And nothing happened.
The several zodiac elders next to him just said something neutral.
"Isn't the chakra enough?"
This also poured cold water on the fanatical Wuwei.
Wuwei suddenly realized that the sacrifices he had made were meaningless.
The life of his dependent son was exchanged for the elders' words: "Isn't chakra enough?"
From this moment on, he began to waver in his faith.
He often asked himself whether it was worth sacrificing his son's life in order to strengthen the village and achieve the so-called "revival".
The longing for his son day and night tortured him and made him more painful.
Wuwei regretted that he had traded his son for the chance of revitalizing Cao Ninja Village.
But on the surface, he didn't show it at all. He was still the same Wuwei who was willing to dedicate everything to the "Cao Zhi Zhi".
In recent years, the reason why Kusanagi Village built Ghost Lantern Castle was to hide the Box of Bliss.
The second is to use the chakra of the prisoners to replenish the Bliss Box.
Wuwei's idea was to use the Box of Bliss to resurrect his son.
No matter the prisoners in Ghost Lantern City or the senior officials of Cao Ninja Village, they will all be the targets of his use.
His belief has changed from "reviving Kusanagi Village" to "resurrecting his son Muzan".
Wuwei has gone from the extreme of the past to another extreme.
In order to collect more chakra, Wuwei always used excuses to punish the prisoners in Ghost Lantern City.
Let many prisoners absorb a large amount of chakra.
Some prisoners died in mysterious circumstances in prison because they could not bear the excessive oppression.
They are just prisoners, and when they die, they die.
No one cares at all.
But for many years, the Chakra of the Bliss Box has not been filled.
Under the constant investigation of "Kusa no Michi", it was found that only a large amount of chakra can be given at one time.
Only then will the needs of the Box of Bliss be met.
Therefore, "Kusano Minoru" focused on chakra aggregates such as tailed beasts.
It's just that the Jinchuuriki are either heavily protected, have no fixed abode, or are super strong.
Grass Ninja Village is just a small village with not many experts.
There is no way to hunt the jinchuriki of other ninja villages.
So I just keep looking for opportunities.
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The actual controllers of "Cao Zhishi" are four people wearing zodiac masks: monkey, sheep, horse, and ox.
They are the elders of "Kusano Minoru" of Kusanagi Village.
He devoted his life to reviving Kusakunin Village.
However, in the past hundred years, Kusanagi Village has gradually declined.
They can only survive in the cracks of the five major countries.
A few years ago, a sound ninja village emerged in Tian Country, further squeezing the living space of other small ninja villages.
The desire of Kusakunin Village to revitalize has become stronger.
After the Grass Ninja Village established the Ghost Lantern City, on the one hand, it housed the more difficult criminals from various countries.
On the surface, he has good relations with various ninja villages.
On the other hand, a large number of spies are quietly sent to various countries.
The purpose is all on their Jinchuuriki, in order to find opportunities.
Able to open the Box of Bliss with the huge chakra of the tailed beast in the Jinchūriki's body.
However, the spies from Kusakunin Village found many ambitious people, but none of them were related to jinchūriki.
This time, Kouta and Yusuke went to Konoha to gather information because of the recent changes in Konoha.
But he didn't expect to find out the information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki effortlessly.
Intelligence revealed that the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki was a brat who had just graduated from a ninja school.
He didn't even have ANBU protection or jounin protection around him.
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