At the beginning, there were three people standing in the same trench, but in the end, they each developed into their current state.
It’s really sad to think about it.
“But that’s life.”
"Is not it?"
Orochimaru said very calmly.
Among the three ninjas, he is the most talented one.
It is also the one with the highest achievement.
In fact, he can no longer be simply called a "ninja".
In terms of the level of life alone, he has long surpassed humans in the general sense and is infinitely close to being immortals, or something else.
“We’re all pursuing what we’re pursuing.”
“That’s not wrong.”
"It's just that we didn't care about other people's feelings at that time."
Orochimaru said so.
His words made Tsunade and Jiraiya silent at the same time.
——Orochimaru’s betrayal is certainly hard to accept.
But Tsunade didn't return home for thirty years; Jiraiya chased Orochimaru for twenty years... Can she really be much better than Orochimaru who defected from the village?
The only thing that makes them stronger than Orochimaru is probably that they did not defect directly.
"All right."
“Stop dwelling on the past.”
Orochimaru raised the wine glass in his hand again and pointed it at the moon in the sky.
"Although it may be a little too late to say it now."
"But let's give the old man a drink."
"May he live happily in the Pure Land."
……
The guests were talking animatedly.
(dabg) Everyone has their own circle and everyone talks about their own things.
They were invited to the wedding, but their attention was not on the wedding at all.
——This is a very contradictory thing.
But after thinking about it for a while, Nanxing realized that this was actually a normal phenomenon.
"Marriage is fine."
"This so-called wedding is just a ceremony for outsiders to see, but outsiders don't care at all."
They actually don't care what kind of dress the bride wears or what vows the groom says.
Because these things have been streamlined.
Anyway, no matter how Nanxing fiddles with the details of the wedding, the final result is doomed.
——Is it possible for him not to marry a bride?
Therefore, for the guests around.
Compared to the attributes of a wedding, they actually prefer the atmosphere of a "banquet".
Everyone is a big shot in the town, and everyone is very busy, so it is difficult for them to get together.
Today is a rare opportunity, so naturally we have to get together and chat about topics that interest each other.
"This is really..."
Thinking of this, Nanxing couldn't help laughing.
He suddenly understood the significance of this wedding.
If you say, this wedding is a performance.
The actors are naturally him, Kikyo and Fujiwara no Mokou.
The audience is the past him, the past Kikyo, and the past Fujiwara no Mokou.
This is just a "farewell performance" for themselves.
However, precisely because of this, we cannot be careless.
"Say goodbye to your past self."
Nanxing thought so.
Suddenly, a faint fragrance came into his nose along with the wind from the lake.
He lowered his head and looked at the lake.
I found that the lake, which was supposed to be sparkling, was now full of colorful flowers.
The beautiful misty lake turned into a sea of flowers.
The atmosphere group is in place.
……
There are two people in the atmosphere group.
Yuuka Kazami is the scene designer, responsible for the scene arrangement.
Kaguya Houraisan is the lighting engineer, responsible for lighting.
There are three people, the golden boy and the jade girl.
The wind fairy Linfus followed Kikyo and slowly pushed her out of the lake.
Following Fujiwara no Mokou was a proud-looking Cirno.
She was responsible for freezing the lake surface so that Fujiwara no Mokou could step directly on it.
As for Nanxing, since she couldn't find a suitable boy, she could only ask Yan Moai to come over to make up the number.
"..."
Yanma Ai, who is usually serious, is dressed up beautifully today.
——This made her even more speechless.
"Just smile."
Nanxing reached out and pinched Yan Moai's face.
"Ai-chan is very cute today too!"
Chapter 1: How can a shrine maiden's costume not expose her armpits?
1565 AD.
This is a seemingly ordinary year.
If you look at it from a human perspective, it is no different from previous years.
War, famine, natural disasters, man-made disasters... everyone is struggling to survive in troubled times.
But at the same time, if we look at it from Nanxing's perspective.
"The mysterious barrier...is getting smaller and smaller."
The coast of the East China Sea.
Looking ahead, there is the boundless ocean.
The water and the sky are one color, with no end in sight.
But if you close your eyes and feel it with your heart.
Nanxing could feel that there was an incredibly huge "barrier" covering the entire sky above the island of Japan.
He tried to break out of this barrier.
But he was surprised to find that the place outside the barrier and the island inside the barrier were completely two different worlds.
Trivia:
At this time, more than 50 years had passed since the "Great Geographical Discovery" in history textbooks.
Fanatical missionaries from the "Two Tusks" boarded slave ship after slave ship and blossomed everywhere like dandelion seeds blown away by the wind.
The Messiah's glory spread over most of the earth.
At the same time, the progress of human civilization has also advanced to a new level.
“The world is connected.”
"Even in the neighboring Ming Dynasty, there were traces of missionaries."
"And this isolated island... probably won't be far away."
Nanxing analyzed silently in his mind.
He knew that this period of "great geographical discoveries" was the time that connected human civilizations on Earth together.
The advanced ones will be promoted and the backward ones will be eliminated.
Finally, in the battle of blood and fire, mankind will usher in an era that truly belongs to them.
This is of course a good thing.
After tens of thousands of years of hardship, humans finally became the true masters of this planet.
But at the same time, this also means another thing:
"I'm afraid the time left for you...is not much."
Nanxing turned around and glanced at Yakumo Yukari.
As expected.
At this moment, Yakumo Yukari's face was unexpectedly ugly.
"..."
Yakumo Yukari has actually been working hard.
She had long foreseen the ending in which the monsters would all be defeated, and had been looking for a new paradise for the monsters.
But unfortunately, this effort was meaningless.
"Humanity will rise, and monsters will be destroyed."
This is the inevitability of historical development.
The development of science and technology has made humans lose their awe of the world.
And they, the monsters, must rely on such a sense of awe to survive.
Therefore, Yakumo Yukari is actually doing something contradictory.
——Monsters cannot live without humans.
——And humans will abandon monsters sooner or later.
These are two contradictions that are almost completely impossible to reconcile, which makes Yakumo Yukari, who always prides herself on being "smart", feel a little at a loss.
And at the very end:
Look at the "mysterious barrier" that stretches across the sea, isolating the island from the world.
Yakumo Yukari could only hope that it would shrink slower and slower:
"Ugh."
"It would be great if we could find a way to go to another world."
