Chapter 119 Shinobu and Haku (Last Part)

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Chapter 119 Shinobu and Haku (Last Part)

"It's time."

At night, there were only Kocho Shinobu and Giyu in the abandoned patrol station.

Kocho Shinobu came to the bedside, holding the kerosene lamp taken out of the scroll in one hand, and pulling out a thermometer from under Giyu's arm with the other hand.

"36 degrees 2..."

Kocho Shinobu used the dim light to read the data on the glass tube.

"Although the body temperature is still a little low, the rate of improvement is very stable. He should be able to survive tonight safely."

Once the swordsman's breathing method reaches a normal level, the body temperature is considered normal when it remains above 37 degrees 5 or above, which is considered a low-grade fever in the eyes of ordinary people.

At this moment, Giyu's body temperature is still far away from this temperature, but it is no longer at a level that requires doctors to be afraid.

Kocho Shinobu breathed a sigh of relief.

She put the thermometer on the table, leaned over and said to Giyu: "Tomioka, keep it up. After working hard for so long, it's time to take a good rest."

She didn't know if it was related to what she said or It was due to the light from the kerosene lamp that Giyu's eyelids suddenly began to tremble violently, just like when ordinary people were dreaming, and there was a faint sound in his throat, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't.

"Did you have a nightmare?"

Kocho Shinobu frowned, quickly sat on the edge of the bed, and reached out to touch Giyu's face with some worry. She hoped that skin-to-skin contact would have a certain soothing effect.

But just when Kocho Shinobu's fingertips were about to touch Giyu's cheek, her fingers were caught by Giyu's right hand that suddenly raised, but the strength was very weak.

"...Kocho?" Giyu's heavy eyelids opened a crack, he let go of her hand, and his hand fell.

"You're actually awake."

Kocho Shinobu heard his voice quite clearly and covered her mouth lightly and laughed.

"Why do I fail every time I want to poke your baby face (including the last time in my dream)? Tomioka, do you think I am hostile to you?" She once heard Tanjiro say that Rengoku Kyojuro would instinctively subdue his enemies even in his sleep. I wonder if Giyu can do the same thing.

Giyu didn't answer, and turned his head towards the direction of the voice: "Why, I can't see anything clearly..."

"Wait a minute." Kocho Shinobu held the kerosene lamp, letting the brightest part get close to Giyu's eyes. She went to open Giyu's eyelids, and then opened the other eye.

"The eyelid does not respond to light, and there are still a lot of bloodshot eyes on the sclera. It seems that the flash of light did quite a lot of damage to your eyes, but since you can see more clearly, It means the damage is not permanent. Your eyes will be back to normal, you can rest assured."

After Kocho Shinobu judged it, she whispered as if coaxing a child: "As a patient, you must listen to the doctor's words, close your eyes, and don't try to see anything, so as not to increase the burden on your eyes. "

"..."

Giyu nodded drowsily and closed his eyes.

[Although he has the same awkward personality, he is at least more obedient than Shinazugawa Sanemi. ]

Kocho Shinobu's satisfaction with him as a patient has slightly increased.

Patients with limited mobility indeed corporate the most.

"While you are awake, let me explain to you first. There are no fatal injuries on your body. The main problem is excessive blood loss, damage to the Achilles tendon of your left foot, and fractures to varying degrees on your left arm and leg. It must be because you were subconsciously using the left half of the body to resist the impact of the explosive tags."

Kocho Shinobu added: "I have given you painkillers, you can save some attention to control the bleeding wounds, especially the one on the abdomen that wound is very deep, so don't be careless."

"But if there is danger..."

Giyu heard that he had been injected with painkillers, his brows furrowed and then he calmed down.

"We are both Hashiras, so you should have some confidence in me."

Kocho Shinobu smiled. "In addition, I heard that people who take painkillers are a little stupider than usual, so please stop thinking in vain, okay? Just leave the outside matters to me. And as of now, we are very Safe, staying in a place where no one usually visits."

[By the way, speaking of being stupid...]

Kocho Shinobu looked back at the books divided into two piles on the table, and raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she was thinking about something shady.

[A person who is not good at lying to begin with, and now he is taking painkillers...he shouldn't be able to avoid or conceal it, right? ]

"Tomioka, let me ask you."

Kocho Shinobu leaned forward.

It was clear that Giyu couldn't see anything, but she still blinked her eyes playfully to reduce the slight guilt in her heart for "taking advantage of others."

"Those unopened new books in your scroll, were they bought for yourself? Or were they bought for others?"

"It's for Sasuke." Giyu said what he wanted, without any extra consideration, in less than half a second. The answer was given.

After all, when he thought about it, the newly bought books should be just the villain books he asked Hozuki Suigetsu to buy for Sasuke in Yugakure Ninja Village.

Kocho Shinobu leaned back half a minute in surprise.

Although I had already expected that Giyu was not buying it for himself to see, this Sasuke seemed to be his twin brother, who was less than ten years old this year.

Before she thought about it, it was probably the boy named "Itachi" who was more likely. After all, he was just at the age of youth and restlessness.

[I didn't expect it to be the one who hasn't grown up yet... This is not a good interest for children. ]

"I can't tell, Tomioka, you are the type to spoil your children."

Kocho Shinobu sighed, "You really can't tell a person's face."

"My father didn't allow him to see it, because he thought it would make the child weak and ignorant. "

Giyu added dazedly: "But he often hides under the quilt in the middle of the night and peeks. He must have liked it very much, so I bought it."

The authors of the Villain's Books are ordinary people. In terms of value orientation, These are more acceptable to Giyu and are not as cruel and cold-blooded as ninjas. He wished Sasuke could watch more.

"Are you the type who refuses to change despite repeated admonitions? If you are like this at a young age, what will happen when you reach the rebellious stage in two years? It is really unimaginable. Your parents will really have a hard time in the future (to have a son like you). "

Even though they haven't met yet, Kocho Shinobu's impression of Little Sasuke is already a bit bad.

Kocho Shinobu thought for a while and then asked, "Did you buy it for him personally?"

After all, if it was Giyu who bought it, those books would also reflect his aesthetic concepts to a certain extent.

"It's Hozuki Suigetsu."

"It's that little follower of yours who's making noises?"

Kocho Shinobu suddenly realized, and felt that everything made sense.

At the same time, her initial favorability towards this Hozuki Suigetsu, whom she has yet to meet, has dropped to negative.

"In order to learn your sword skills, he tried to please your twin brother with these corrupted books? It seems that he is not a good boy. He really needs a good education."

"He should... just like... to say things that sound scary. If so..."

When he said this, Giyu's voice was intermittent and became much weaker, and it seemed that he was about to fall asleep again.

The flames of gossip flashed in Kocho Shinobu's eyes. This was undoubtedly the best moment to ask questions.

"Speaking of this book... Tomioka, you are such an awkward person, have you ever liked someone of the opposite sex? The kind that you have a slight crush on can be counted!" After asking, she covered her mouth nervously, as if she was worried.

Her own breathing affected her ability to hear the answer.

However, the result may be beyond Kocho Shinobu's expectations.

Giyu suddenly raised his head as if "reflecting on the light", and without any warning, he grabbed Kocho Shinobu's wrist with much greater strength than the last time. He obviously attached great importance to what he was about to say.

"Kocho..."

"Yeah." Kocho Shinobu suddenly panicked, and she didn't expect to hear her name.

But Giyu's words were not finished yet.

Just when Kocho Shinobu thought she was trapped in a cocoon and didn't know how to deal with it, Giyu said the second half of the sentence very seriously: "Be careful of sharks." After saying that, he immediately lay back on the pillow and fell asleep within a few seconds, but his right hand was still tightly wrapped around Kocho Shinobu's wrist.

Kocho Shinobu: "..."

After dealing with the brief embarrassment, a trace of deep worry appeared in her eyes.

Kocho Shinobu knew that the shark Giyu talked about was the shark that swallowed Hidan's body in Yugakure Ninja Village and then disappeared.

The reason why she was worried was not because she was worried about the harm that shark would cause like Giyu, but because the two targets of Giyu's coming to the land of water - the Fourth Mizukage and Orochimaru had just been solved, and they were immediately burdened with new burdens. On his own, he refused to even give himself a chance to breathe.

Thinking of the instructions given by her lord, Mrs. Amane and Mr. Kagaya before leaving the underworld, Kocho Shinobu felt that the road ahead was extremely stressful and rough.

[We can only take our time. ]

When Giyu was completely asleep, Kocho Shinobu took out her wrist, then stuffed Giyu's right arm into the quilt, and planned to get up and leave.

At this moment, her movements paused. Then she squatted down and used a kerosene lamp to illuminate the ground - where a few drops of glucose solution had just leaked, there were actually a few sizable ants sipping there.

"Are you sensitive to sweet taste? This proportion of Glucose can also attract you."

Kocho Shinobu reached out and grabbed an ant that was twisting desperately and observed it for a while. For the time being, all she could see was that the mouthparts were sharp and abnormal. The ants are relatively large and are probably omnivorous. It is unknown whether they are poisonous or not.

"Sorry, I can't let you guys with unknown origins stay around the patient."

Suppressing her curiosity to continue observing, Kocho Shinobu flicked the ants out of the window one by one.

Then, she took out a box of seaweed rice (Kimbap) from Giyu's food box, walked out of the hut, and looked at the umbrella-like banyan tree not far from the cliff.

Haku was wearing a thin singlet, hugging his legs and sitting on a raised plank, staring blankly in the direction of Kirigakure Village.

"Haku, here eat this."

Kocho Shinobu's voice suddenly sounded. Haku turned his head hurriedly, and the box of seaweed rice had been handed to him.

He didn't know when Kocho Shinobu came, nor when she sat next to him, he didn't even hear a sound.

If Kocho Shinobu were an enemy, he would probably be dead and dismembered long ago.

[Perhaps as Zabuza-sama said, I am really not suitable to be a ninja. ]

"Thank you." Haku and Shinobu each took a piece of seaweed rice and put it in their mouths, then gently bit off a small piece.

"Well, it tastes surprisingly good." Kocho Shinobu's eyes lit up.

In fact, she wasn't hungry at all, and she didn't even feel thirsty. The exact reason is still unknown.

She just wanted to try it because she hadn't eaten in the underworld for too long. Unexpectedly, the taste of the seaweed rice was no worse than that made by her sister. It was an unexpected surprise.

Of course, this is also thanks to the excellent preservation function of the seal scroll.

"It's great. It tastes much better than what I made." Haku has already started to eat the second one. "It would be great if I could always eat it."

"You must not have thought that he made this by himself, right?" Kocho Shinobu smiled and said, "Such a talent is really convenient."

"Does he like cooking very much?" Haku asked: "At his age, if he doesn't really love cooking, it would be difficult for him to do so well, right?"

"I would be very happy if he had such a hobby. But rather than saying that cooking is a hobby, it is better to say that he completes the tasks assigned to him perfectly."

Kocho Shinobu, who knew some of the inside story, turned her head and said, "This Guy has always been like this. Now he is even more serious now than before, which is really distressing."

"Speaking of which..." Haku picked up the third one, but did not put it into his mouth immediately, "Can I ask a question?"

"No need to worry, just ask."

"Since Konoha has not issued an order on the mission to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage, he is not a ninja. Why did you say before that he came specifically for the Fourth Mizukage?"

I have been holding back this question for several hours, but it was so embarrassing that I cried so much before, so I didn't ask further.

"Is that what you want to ask?."

Kocho Shinobu said without thinking: "He heard that the Kirigakure Ninjas often killed entire villages in order to eliminate the bloodline limits among the people, causing many families to be destroyed and displaced. The situation was so tragic that even the ruling class like the daimyo, who regarded human lives as numbers, could no longer stand it, so he came all the way here. With his simple idea that 'everything that goes wrong must be the fault of the person who made it', He probably thought that as long as the fourth Mizukage who issued such a decree was killed, such sad things would not happen again, so he rushed over without stopping."

"..."

Haku was silent for a long time before he was sure.

I can figure out a central idea from the description of Kocho Shinobu.

"What Miss Shinobu means is that the Uchiha boy wants to do it is neither for the reputation of defeating the Kage of a Village, nor for bounty or personal grudges, but because he simply wants to stop the atrocities imposed on the people of the Land of Water by the Mizukage?"

Haku paused and seemed to be a little excited, "For strangers like us in a foreign country? Are there really such people in the world? Almost risking their own life for a stranger they don't even know?"

He couldn't figure it out. Because he never heard of it.

Even in the stories.

"There is a reason for this."

Kocho Shinobu nodded and looked at the crescent moon in the sky.

"But I guess the other aspect is that he can't accept that while he has a perfect family, there are so many people who are losing or will lose their families or even their lives. As long as he thinks of this, he can no longer enjoy his life with peace of mind."

"In fact, it's not difficult to understand. "Kocho Shinobu turned her head and stretched out the index finger of her right hand to shake, "If you have suffered misfortune, you hope that others will not suffer the same disaster as you; if you live a happy life, you also hope that others will live as happy as you. Many people had this idea, but he had the power to make this idea a reality, so he acted. "

Haku was struck by lightning and stayed in place with a face full of doubts.

What kind of injustice has he suffered? When he becomes stronger, he will learn from it and let others experience this injustice.

If you live a good life, you will see that others are not doing well. On the contrary, you will be even more happy...

This is probably the most common thing in Kirigakure Village, even among the people of the Water Country, and even the entire ninja world.

This Uchiha boy, and the girl in front of him who seems to understand each other completely, it is almost like they are people from another world.

Just like characters in fantasy.

[If I could always get along with such people...]

This thought flashed across his mind, which shocked Haku himself.

He quickly shook his head, to dispel the unrealistic delusions.

At this moment, Kocho Shinobu's crow En flew over from a distance and landed on the land in front of the two of them.

"Shinobu-sama. "

En lowered her head. Her voice was not as loud as Kaname's, but it gave people a polite feeling.

There are also psychic beasts that can talk, so Haku didn't make such a fuss, just watched quietly with confused thoughts in his mind.

"After flying for so long, let's eat something first. There is some seaweed rice you like in it. "

Kocho Shinobu tore a piece of seaweed rice into several pieces, put it in her hand and handed it to En.

"Thank you very much. I'm gonna eat now." En said politely, and then started eating slowly, even making a humane expression of closing her eyes and enjoying it.

After she ate the food, Kocho Shinobu asked: "En, have you found those two people? Their companions? Who are they looking for? "

Haku then realized that this bird was following the two Kirigakure ninjas at noon.

"I found it. Including those two people, there were ten people in total, all wearing the same forehead protectors, and they were camping forty kilometers southwest."

Yan replied: "After the two of them met with others for more than two hours, they found four teenagers near a waterfall. They were the targets they wanted to arrest. "

"The youngest of these four teenagers is about ten years old, and the oldest looks to be fourteen or fifteen years old, but they are all led by a white-haired boy about twelve years old. At first the ninjas seemed to want to appease them, but the four refused. The two sides started fighting without saying a few words, and finally ended with the four teenagers exhausted."

"Exhausted? " Kocho Shinobu raised her eyebrows and said in a confused tone, "are they injured?"

"These four teenagers have special bodies. They can break the skin and take out the bones from the body to fight. The physical damage will be repaired quickly."

"In addition, those ninjas didn't seem to want to kill anyone, so they didn't stop until they were exhausted. "

Suddenly, Kocho Shinobu remembered that the young Kirigakure ninja who had a taijutsu duel with Giyu in Yugakure Ninja Village to exchange information seemed to be called Kaguya Kamochi. Because Giyu used the Moon Breathing to fight the opponent at that time, Kocho Shinobu knew the situation at that time.

"They are from the Kaguya clan. "

Haku on the side confirmed Kocho Shinobu's guess, "They attacked the Kirigakure Village last night. It wasn't until the morning that they surrendered after hearing that the Fourth Mizukage was dead. But one of the young tribesmen named Kaguya Kimimaro broke free at the prison door, killed the ninja who was guarding him and escaped. The other three also escaped together with him."

"Kimimaro? "

Kocho Shinobu still remembers that before Kaguya Kamochi died, he gave Giyu a bone filled with secret words and asked him to take it to a junior named Kaguya Kimimaro. And Giyu also agreed to this.

Kaguya Kamochi said that this junior was born with white hair and was gifted, and was a secret weapon used to deal with the Kirigakure Village.

"I asked Zabuza-sama. According to the leader of the Kaguya clan, the clan member named Kimimaro developed a serious resistance to being detained because he was detained in solitary confinement since he was a child, so he suddenly became violent and escaped."

Haku shook his head regretfully, "It seems like he still hasn't been able to escape the fate of being locked up."

[Now we're in trouble...]

Kocho Shinobu looked back at the hut where Giyu was resting, wondering what to expect. Now that he can act on his own, how will he handle this matter?

Unfortunately, many things don't have to wait, they will come to you on their own.

At the same time, in a ninja camp dozens of kilometers away, a middle-aged ninja came to the captain with two young ninjas who tried to kill Kocho Shinobu earlier.

"What's the matter?" Captain Gen Shinichi was adjusting his breathing with his eyes closed. He didn't even open his eyes when he heard the noise, he just asked casually.

A trace of disgust flashed in the eyes of the two-handed sword ninja, but he immediately hid his emotions.

The middle-aged ninja said respectfully: "When my two juniors went to check out the passers-by at noon. They coincidentally met the Momochi Zabuza follower, that pretty little girl."

"That's a boy." Gen Shinichi opened his eyes suddenly, "But what is he doing out there alone?"

Without waiting for the middle-aged ninja to answer, Gen Shinichi said to himself and the answer was given.

"Yes, Momochi Zabuza is also a candidate for the next Mizukage. According to the regulations, all candidates can only stay in the Mizukage Building for three days, waiting for the Jonin in the village to complete the voting. If Anyone planned to go find that brat to dig up dirt on Momochi Zabuza, Zabuza would lose his qualifications as a candidate. It is understandable to send that brat out." At this point, he paused, and a trace of ridicule emerged from the corner of his mouth: "However, with Zabuza's popularity, the chance of being elected is not high. It is really unnecessary. If he lets that brat sacrifice his appearance to attract a few votes, there is still some hope. But it is not great, Jounin Terumi Mei has many supporters in Kirigakure."

The middle-aged ninja whispered: "It is said that Jounin Terumi Mei and Jonin Zabuza often whisper together, and they must have a secret plan, and she also takes good care of that brat in private, so that brat may also know a lot about that woman. Jonin Gen, I heard that your brother is also one of the candidates, but his reputation in the village is slightly lacking. If we can rely on this brat's intelligence to reduce Terumi Mei's votes..."

Gen Shinichi's eyes lit up and he waved his hand, indicating that the middle-aged ninja did not need to say any more.

"Do you still remember where you met him?" Gen Shinichi looked past the middle-aged ninja and towards the two young juniors.

The two looked at each other and nodded.

"Okay, if I can really get information from that brat, I will recommend the three of you to Elder Genji."

Gen Shinichi promised happily.

This time, even the two-handed sword ninja who hated the big family the most grinned.

He changed his previous angry youth appearance and even said with a smile on his face: "Master Seigi is a Sensory ninja, and that kid has the Ice Style Bloodline limit. The chakra is very special and there is absolutely no way to escape."

"Well, Then I'll lend you my blessing."