Chapter 147 Rescue
"Want to go to Konoha once?"
After his subordinates had completed their search of the surroundings and collected the remaining intelligence information on the field, Jiraiya asked Yahiko.
Jiraiya was also hesitant about this invitation. After all, Konoha was now in a state of war and was in a mess, and the environment in the village would not be relaxed and peaceful.
Especially the Konoha high-level officials, Jiraiya did not want Yahiko to come into contact with those people and things now, including his own old man.
But this shocking battle must have touched the extremely sensitive nerves of Konoha's top leaders who are extremely sensitive to war.
He could not guarantee that he could completely cover up the existence of Yahiko. At that time, the Konoha high-level officials would definitely send people to the Rain Country to find Yahiko and ask for more information.
Jiraiya couldn't even guarantee how long the Rinnegan could be concealed.
A battle of this magnitude had occurred within the Fire Nation, and within his jurisdiction, so he would definitely be summoned back to the village for questioning.
Since it cannot be avoided, Jiraiya plans to bring Yahiko back to the village and make their identities as his disciples known to prevent something bad from happening.
Of course, although Jiraiya made this plan, he still had to consider Yahiko's own wishes.
If he was willing to go back to Konohagakure with him to meet the old man, Jiraiya would naturally support him. On the other hand, if Yahiko rejected him, Jiraiya would not be angry. Except for a few people and a few things, he was an open-minded person and would not force others to make choices that would make them feel embarrassed.
"Maybe later. I need to confirm the safety of Nagato and Shisui first." Yahiko thought about it. Although he was tempted to go to Konoha, he shook his head when he thought of Nagato.
Konoha still has a filter in Yahiko's heart. After all, in the words of his teacher Jiraiya, Konoha in the Land of Fire is a symbol of wealth and stability except during war times.
For Yahiko, if possible, he would also like to go to Konoha Village with Nagato and Konan to experience it and understand the system of Konoha Village.
But now that Nagato was missing, he was not in the mood. He was puzzled as to why White Zetsu, Shisui and Nagato all disappeared in the end, and he was the only one left on the battlefield among the four?
"Don't worry, Nagato will be fine! Maybe he will be the legendary child of destiny who will change the ninja world?" Jiraiya patted Yahiko's shoulder and comforted him.
When they separated, Jiraiya made a contract with Yahiko using a communication frog, telling him that after he got any news about Nagato, he could use the communication frog to pass on the message to him.
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The gap between life and death.
"Yahiko should be worried about us, right?"
In a simple shelter embedded in a stone wall, Nagato hugged his knees in the small shelter and said with some concern.
The disappearance of him and Shisui must have made Yahiko, who had not received any news from them outside, go crazy with worry.
"I'm sorry." Shisui's apology reached Nagato's ears. "If it weren't for me, you would have returned to the Rain Country safely by now."
"Don't say that! Whether it's me, Yahiko, or Konan, we'll come when you and Kane need help. We're friends, aren't we?
What's more, Lu Nie also saved us! If it weren't for Lu Nie, not only Yahiko, but also Konan and I would have had a hard time surviving from the Rain Country.
Besides, we are not desperate yet, are we? "
Nagato raised his head and looked at Shisui with an apologetic look.
"In fact, I'm not sure if Lu Ni can find us in time! Because the time here is chaotic compared to the ninja world.
The speed of time here is hard to predict. Perhaps a long time has passed here, but in the ninja world, it only takes a cup of tea."
Shisui said honestly.
This shelter can play a certain concealment role and allow the people inside to survive for a longer period of time, but if nothing unexpected happens, this short period of survival will not affect the final outcome they will face here.
That is facing the scavenger!
It was then devoured, purified, branded, and sent to the hell of Hueco Mundo.
Shisui has never been to Hueco Mundo, because according to Luna, it is the territory of the dead! Compared to the peaceful Pure Land, the souls there are active. Although most of them have no memories, they are still pursuing some kind of desire in their hearts.
"That's the worst-case scenario, right?"
Although Nagato was a bit simple-minded, he was not stupid. After Shisui had said this, he immediately understood the unspoken meaning in Shisui's words.
The flow of time is different from that of the outside world, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
They had been here for a long time, and although without the rising and falling of the sun and moon as time markers, the concept of time might be a little confusing, but Nagato calculated in his mind that they had been here for at least three days!
If the time here flows faster than that in the ninja world, then if there are no accidents in the outside world, Yahiko should have found Luna by now, and Luna should have come looking for them long ago.
In the current situation, it is speculated that the flow of time is slowing down. Without any comparison, Nagato and Shisui have no way of knowing for sure how much time has passed in the outside world.
If the gap is too great, by the time Lu Nie gets the intelligence and takes the initiative to go in to look for them, they may have already died here and been sent to the realm of the dead - Hueco Mundo and Hell.
Now both of them are in bad condition. First of all, they are exhausted from the previous battle. Nagato is fine, as his chakra is as abundant as that of the tailed beasts.
But after using the Mangekyo and Hougyoku modes and trying his best, Shisui found that his body was empty after entering this "shelter".
If he stayed any longer, without food, Nagato would probably have to watch Shisui starve to death in front of him.
This complex feeling of both hope and hopelessness is the most torturous and helpless thing about this strange space.
During this agonizing wait, there was suddenly a slight movement in the dark outside world.
Shisui, whose consciousness was already a little hazy, did not realize it, but Nagato, who was still conscious, was keenly aware of it.
Although he couldn't see in the darkness, Nagato's perception was still able to automatically outline the appearance of the sound in his mind based on the sound.
A beast with a lithe body?
Are there any wild animals here? Could it be some kind of wandering creature that has just entered and has not yet been devoured by the scavengers?
"Meow! Pah! So you are here, I finally found you!"
A meow made Nagato's consciousness shudder again, and then a more neutral, feminine voice sounded, which made Nagato completely sober up. He even wondered if he was having some kind of auditory hallucination before death?
But soon, a cat with blue-black flames burning all over its body swaggered in from outside the "shelter" with light cat steps.
The blue-black fire on the cat's body, although dim, is the only light in the darkness.
When Nagato saw this light, he realized for the first time how precious light is.
As his eyes quickly adjusted to the light, he looked at the cat that appeared in front of him, or rather, it couldn't be called a cat, because its body looked too big compared to a cat, it looked like a leopard.
"Is he dead?" The cat stepped forward and used the pads on its front paws to push Shisui, who was lying opposite Nagato. After feeling and confirming that Shisui was not dead, it breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that it has arrived just in time.
"He's still alive, I can still feel his breath and vitality!" Nagato spoke quickly. His voice was very weak, but compared to Shisui, whose consciousness was in a drowsy state, his condition was much better.
"I know. You are so lucky!" The cat complained again, his eyes glancing at Nagato who was trying hard to stand up.
"Are you Kane's summoned beast? Where is he?" Nagato's heart was filled with joy. Although he had gradually begun to accept his fate during these days of being trapped, surprises often come so suddenly.
"I am a spiritual beast that guides souls between the worlds of life and death. Come on, I will take you away from here." The cat's paw slapped the ground vigorously. With its paw as the center, a black square appeared, and then spread to the surroundings like a copy, until it formed a black door stuck to the ground.
Shisui and Nagato fell down the black door with almost no resistance. Their eyes turned dark and bright, and the world before their eyes was completely different.
His body fell to the ground, and Nagato groaned softly. However, he did not have time to feel the pain in his body, but instead was extremely happy to experience everything he felt, everything familiar.
Ninja world!
Chakra!
As well as Luna and Anko.
"I've finished my work. Do you have anything else for me to do?"
The cat suddenly appeared from mid-air, stepped on Nagato's body as a cushion, jumped lightly, and landed next to Lune. He stretched out his front paws, arched his hind body, stretched hard, retracted his blue-black flames, licked his paws, looked at Lune and asked.
"Thank you for your hard work!" Lu Nie waved to the cat again.
"These are two high-quality and powerful souls! I have a feeling that after they enter the Hueco Mundo, my power will become stronger." Nekomata looked with pity at Nagato who was groaning and holding his stomach, and Shisui who was dying. After muttering a complaint, he jumped up and disappeared into the black cavity in the air that had not yet closed.
"The Nekomata's aura has become even stronger!" Hongdou looked at the Nekomata who disappeared in mid-air with some envy.
The power of this split body of the Two-Tail has been transformed, and its connection with the Two-Tail has evolved from a similar clone to a different individual with independent consciousness, similar to blood ties.
In the past, the Two-Tails could have possibly recovered the chakra that was cut off, but now, even the Nekomata's power attribute has changed greatly, and its relationship with the Two-Tails is just a relationship derived from it. Want to recover it? That's impossible.
Unless it is similar to re-forging the tailed beast and transforming it into the Ten-Tails.
Although she didn't hate snakes, Hongdou wouldn't mind signing an extra summoning contract if there was such a powerful and beautiful summoning beast like a cat.
As for the fight between the summoned beasts?
Hongdou couldn't guarantee how powerful the immortal in Ryuchi Cave was, but at least the cat's ability to suppress snakes was still very high.
"How's Shisui?"
Seeing Kakkiri walk over to Shisui and squat down, with the palm of his hand pressing on him emitting a bright green light full of vitality, Nagato half-sat up with the help of Anko and asked in a low voice.
"He's very weak, but not in danger of life." After checking, Lu Nie said while using medical ninjutsu to maintain and adjust Shisui's physical condition.
"Is that so?" Nagato's face showed a look of relief when he heard this. Even though they knew that their lives were protected after Lu Nie appeared, it was more reassuring to hear the confirmed information from Lu Nie's mouth.
"His physical condition will not be restored. The real problem is his eyes. His kaleidoscope pupil power is almost exhausted."
"What do you mean?"
Nagato was stunned when he heard Lu Nie's subsequent words.
"In layman's terms, his eyes are already blind! Even if he recovers, he won't be able to see anything. He won't be able to use the Sharingan and Mangekyō eye techniques anymore."
Lu Nie said softly.
Shisui's Mangekyō is a very powerful pair of Mangekyō, but unfortunately it can no longer be used. Even if Lu Nie can restore its pupil power, it will take a lot of time, and there is a possibility of blindness again.
Nagato's joy of survival instantly disappeared. After going through so many things in the past year, he already understood what strength meant in the ninja world.
Now that Shisui has lost his Sharingan and Mangekyō, there is no doubt that his strength will drop drastically!
After adjusting Shisui's physical condition, Lu Nie took out a needle of green liquid prepared in advance and injected it into Shisui's neck.
The liquid filled with nutrients entered Shisui's body and under the guidance of Lu Nie's medical ninjutsu, it quickly turned into nutrients, nourishing Shisui's extremely weak body.
And Shisui's body was also madly absorbing the nutrients from the outside world. In a short period of time, Shisui's pale face became ruddy and had a bit of blood color. The beating heart and life breath in his chest also became much stronger and more vigorous.
In Nagato's perception, Shisui's life fire was no longer as shaky and dying as a candle in the wind, but had become resilient and strong.
"Next is your turn." Lu Nie left Shisui, who had not yet woken up, to the care of Red Bean and came to Nagato, who was also weak.
After examining Nagato's body, Kane could only admire that the Uzumaki clan had a strong physique, especially Nagato. Even though he had not drunk a drop of water for a long time and his body was extremely weak, after the examination, he found that his body was not weak to the point of collapse and exhaustion.
Even if Lu Nie did not provide medical treatment, he could rely on his remaining strength to find food, and then quickly recover by eating food alone.
(End of this chapter)