Chapter 129 Do You Know What You Did Wrong?

Kyojuro put down the teacup in his hand with satisfaction and praised loudly: "It's been a long time since I tasted such authentic wisteria tea! It's exactly the same as the one brewed by Madam Tianyin herself, which makes people miss it so much!"

As he said, he turned his head and his hot and bright eyes stayed on Giyuu's face, "Giyuu, do you think so too?"

Giyuu said that he would get along well with all the resurrected pillars to make up for the regrets of the past.

In Kyojuro's opinion, if you want to do this, nothing is more effective than sincerely praising another person's intentions.

So he decided to lend a hand and guide Giyuu once...

But to his surprise, after Giyuu finished drinking the tea, he just nodded calmly: "Maybe."

Kyojuro's expression froze for a moment, feeling that he had done something unnecessary.

Giyuu not only did not praise, but also looked indifferent. Thinking of Miss Shinobu's personality...

[Sure enough, I shouldn't have forced Giyuu to evaluate Miss Shinobu's work results without any advance hints! Now...】

To his surprise, Shinobu Kocho actually covered her mouth and laughed without caring: "Even if you ask him to say it, he can't say it. Because Tomioka has never drunk the wisteria tea brewed by Mrs. Tianyin."

"Why is that?"

Kyojuro had never worked at the headquarters with Giyuu before, so he didn't know this, "Is it because he can't get used to the taste of wisteria?"

"Hey, this is related to Tomioka's embarrassing thing. Although he may not realize what's wrong with what he did..."

Shinobu Kocho's eyes flickered mischievously, and she turned to ask Giyuu: "How about it, do you want me to say it?"

"I don't have any embarrassing things at all."

Giyuu's Sharingan showed a strong look of doubt, "I don't know what you want to say."

Shinobu Kocho showed an expression of "as expected", "Since you said so, I won't be polite. Rengoku should also want to hear it?"

In fact, Kyojuro had no intention of prying into other people's dark history.

But he saw with his own eyes that although Giyuu has made progress in facial expression detection over the years, he has actually regressed in reading the air.

If Miss Shinobu thinks that it is an embarrassing thing, but Giyuu does not realize it, then it is indeed time to bring up the past and alert Giyuu, otherwise history will repeat itself sooner or later.

So he nodded, looking attentively: "I would like to hear more about it!"

"Then I will tell you."

Shinobu Kocho sat upright, looking like a storyteller in Kabukicho, "When the incident happened, I was not yet a bug pillar, so it was my sister who told me about it.

"It is said that when Tomioka was still an ordinary team member, he always followed clues to find the traces of demons by himself. His crows were very old and could only follow him everywhere, so he could not often report back to the headquarters. Later, it was not until his sister met him by chance that she learned from the crows' complaints that Tomioka had killed more than 100 demons. According to the rules, a swordsman can become a pillar if he kills 50 demons. "

"Is it possible to achieve such a result without becoming a pillar? "

Kyojuro couldn't help but applaud, "That's amazing! Giyuu!"

Shinobu Kocho also nodded in approval and continued, "Anyway, my sister told the lord about this, and the lord decided to ask Tomioka to come to the headquarters to complete the appointment ceremony of the water pillar. Because it was the first time they met, and Tomioka's crows rarely returned to the headquarters to report the situation, neither the lord nor Mrs. Tianyin knew much about him. When Mrs. Tianyin served the new pillar with wisteria tea as usual, Tomioka immediately got up and left. "

"I can imagine!"

Kyojuro was not too surprised. If it were someone else, this would be a serious disrespect, but if it was Giyuu, it seemed normal.

"The lord and Mrs. Tianyin were very young at the time, and something inexplicable happened suddenly, so they were inevitably a little overwhelmed, so they asked frankly why Tomioka left, and whether there was something wrong with the taste of the tea?"

Shinobu Kocho said this, her eyes swept across Giyuu's face: "Tomioka answered like this at the time-'I won't drink this cup of tea. I'm different from them. You shouldn't have come here. '"

"I see." Kyojuro understood all of a sudden.

According to Giyuu's always too low opinion of himself, he felt that he was not qualified to be a pillar, so he couldn't drink this cup of ceremonial tea with peace of mind like other pillars.

But for the lord and Lady Amane who met him for the first time, I'm afraid Giyuu's answer would only make them more confused.

"For a long time after that, the lord and the lady thought that Giyuu simply hated the taste of wisteria tea. Every time they met, the lady only gave Giyuu plain water. It was not until more than half a year later that they figured out the actual meaning of that sentence, but the habit of serving plain water to the water pillar remained. So from beginning to end, Tomioka never enjoyed the same treatment as other pillars. "

At this point, Kyojuro finally understood Giyuu's comment of "maybe".

[As expected of Miss Shinobu. For more than three years, Giyuu and I have met every day, but my understanding of Giyuu is still not comparable to hers!]

Chocho Shinobu narrowed her eyes and asked Giyuu jokingly: "So, do you know what you did wrong now?"

"Yes." Yiyong nodded deeply and said seriously: "When dealing with people with a higher status than yourself, it would be rude to stand up and leave. I should explain the reasons first and ask for permission before leaving. Otherwise it will make others uncomfortable.”

"..."

Butterfly Ninja clasped his hands and squeezed hard. After enduring it for a while, he commented sarcastically: "I've felt it before, Tomioka... you are really good at grasping the key points in other people's words."

Who would have thought that Yiyong actually nodded helpfully and responded politely: "Thank you for saying that, Butterfly."

Flame Pillar and Insect Pillar looked at each other, and both raised their foreheads and lowered their heads in unison. Only Yiyong was left in the room, sitting peacefully in embarrassment and silence, recalling Butterfly Ninja's "praise" for his way of conducting himself in the world.

After about half a minute, Xingjulang was the first to regain his composure and took the initiative to break the silence: "I suggest that from today on, everyone should address each other by their first names! This will reduce the sense of distance and estrangement!"

After all, Giyu no longer has the surname Tomioka. In addition, he was a person who easily dwelled on the past. Anjuro felt that if the Butterfly Ninja continued to scream like this, it might awaken many negative memories that he had buried for a long time.

Butterfly Ninja thought for a while and nodded: "Just call me by my name."

She recalled her lord's judgment that there was a "sense of tearing" in Giyuu's heart. Calling him Tomioka would indeed risk aggravating this feeling of tearing. But calling the name Uchiha felt too unfamiliar to her. Besides, she would inevitably meet Yiyong's family members or tribesmen in the future, and it would always be a bit strange to call them by their last names.

"I can do anything." Yiyong also had no objection.

In this way, the three people reached an agreement on the first matter.

"Okay, now that we've finished the tea and exchanged pleasantries, it's time to get down to business."

The Butterfly Ninja looked solemn, took the map, spread it flat on a short round table made of rolled tree branches, and drew three circles on it with his fingers.

"This is what I asked Yakushi Kabuto, and he told me that Orochimaru has three other strongholds in the Kingdom of Water."

"Are there many people who have been captured?" Anjuro gestured on the map with his fingers, as if calculating the distance.

"That's right." Butterfly Ninja nodded: "Those three strongholds are smaller than this one. There are two or three special children in each stronghold, but more of them are 'experiment subjects' captured by Orochimaru. There are ninjas and ordinary people among them, and Orochimaru's other subordinates are responsible for taking care of them."

"Those three places are not far from here."

Anjuro judged: "I can bring them back within a day! The key question is how to place them later."

In addition to the children who have lost their families, the "experiment subjects" who were caught are also a mixed bag.

Some of them were fugitives who committed all kinds of crimes, some were farmers from nearby villages, and some were simply ninjas from Kirigakure Village. How to properly screen and arrange these people is also a big problem.

For example, the adults working with the blood children below the hillside were the ones Anjuro had carefully observed and were less likely to be hostile to others, so he brought them out.

As for the remaining people whose conditions are still uncertain, they are still isolated individually in the prison area on the second floor of the base, and there are hundreds of them. Coupled with the three batches he is about to bring back, the number of people will not be too small.

"These people can be handed over to the daimyo of the Kingdom of Water and let him find his own way to identify them. The key is still these helpless children."

Butterfly Ninja frowned and said decisively: "They absolutely cannot stay in this country."

"The Fourth Mizukage is dead and the decree has been abolished."

Yiyong said in confusion, "If we find their relatives who may still be alive, maybe we can raise them into adults..."

"It's not that simple."

The butterfly ninja shook his head and interrupted him: "I know what you are thinking, Giyu. You think this is the same as killing the ghost Wu Tsuji and all ghosts will cease to exist. All the mistakes are the fault of the initiator. As long as the evil is solved source, everything will slowly get better, right?”

"Yes." Yiyong nodded, "Hasn't the daimyo of the Kingdom of Water always wanted this country to return to normal? Now he has no obstacles."

"It's a very simple idea."

Butterfly Ninja asked: "But have you ever thought about the impact of so many years of cruel policies on this country, many of which are irreversible in a short period of time."

Butterfly Ninja planned to give some examples.

“The reforms in the late Meiji period have proven that no matter how outrageous the policy, there will always be beneficiaries.

"According to what I have learned in the past few days, the Fourth Mizukage persecuted the villages with blood inheritance limits, but at the same time he also targeted those blood inheritance families. Although this approach is puzzling, it has given a large number of civilian ninjas more Opportunities for promotion, and even the privilege of killing first and reporting later.

"Now that he is dead, these beneficiaries are still there, and the conflict between them and the big family that was damaged in the past few years is on the verge of breaking out. The Mist Ninja Village will be used to solve this problem for a long time. Conflict, the Kingdom of Water is still not at peace. If these children continue to live among the people of the Kingdom of Water, they will either become an outlet for civilian ninjas; or they will be taken away and become tools of the blood successor ninjas."

Butterfly Ren paused, "Furthermore, the policies of the Fourth Mizukage not only affected the concept of ninjas, but also made the people regard these special children as disaster stars and enemies; on the contrary, it is difficult for these children to have experienced this. Trust people who are different from them.”

There was a trace of disgust in her tone, "For example, that Yakushi Kabuto cooperated with Orochimaru to destroy the homes of those children, but many of them not only did not hate him, but were very grateful and begged me not to kill him. Can you do this? Can you figure it out?"

Not to mention Giyuu, even Anjuro raised his eyebrows strangely, feeling a little weird.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's not difficult to understand why they had this idea. The villages destroyed by Orochimaru were either discovered by the Kirigakure ninjas and were about to be destroyed due to the existence of blood inheritance limits; or the villagers were trying to survive. , intending to attack these children in advance.

"But no matter which one they are, most of these children have experienced the disillusionment of being treated as enemies by their fellow villagers after their blood inheritance limits were exposed. Those who are lucky are hidden at home by their parents and are not allowed to go out to meet people at all; more are unlucky. He was locked up without water or food, and the people in the village were waiting for him to fend for himself. At this time, Orochimaru's psychic beast destroyed their home, but they couldn't. I also happened to completely lose trust in my parents, family and fellow villagers...

"Afterwards, Kabuto Yakushi appeared as a savior. He promised them food, strength and a future. Even if we exposed the truth and told them it was a trap, some people still hated Kabuto Yakushi and Orochimaru. They couldn't get up. Because in their opinion, if it hadn't been for this accident, they would probably have died at the hands of their biological parents, but they did benefit from it. "

Under the warm sunshine, Butterfly Nin's words sent chills all over the body.

"Can you call the villagers' actions evil? But the policy is there. If these children with blood inheritance limits are not targeted, they will all face the risk of being killed.

"Can you call these children who are grateful to Yakushi Kabuto and Orochimaru without conscience? If those villagers were not the ones who died, then they would have died, and they would have died in unimaginable despair of being betrayed by their families. And this is the distortion that Kirigakure's policies have brought to the people. Once the bond of family ties is destroyed, it will never be restored without a generation...

"Can you imagine the consequences of allowing these children to grow up in a place like this?"

"It's really a pity, they are obviously so young..."

Xingjuro stood up and looked at the children below who were chopping trees and transporting rocks. They seemed quite happy for the time being.

"But their trust in people has been ruthlessly destroyed! If they are allowed to grow up in this country, they will never experience the kind of warmth that people should fully appreciate, and naturally they will not bring this warmth to others! Over time, they will become distant, withdrawn, and hard-hearted..."

But immediately, he turned around and said loudly: "But we need to let them understand that even if they get a bloody blow, even if they feel that they have ten thousand reasons to hate the world, even if they think that everyone is their enemy , or potential enemies, but goodwill, friendship, and family affection in life can still pull them back from the edge of despair! No matter what kind of predicament they sink into, there should still be light in their hearts! "

"us!"

Anjuro turned his back to the morning sun, patted his chest heavily, and looked at Giyu and Shinobu with infinite hope.

"It's up to us to be their family and friends! To be the ones who can pull them back from the cold abyss! It's up to us to give them a warm home! We are very powerful and have this ability; we also We are young and have the energy and patience! As long as we persevere, we will definitely be able to do this!”

"Not bad." Butterfly endured the bloodshot cheeks and said with a smile, "That's exactly what I thought."

"At least," Yiyong nodded seriously, "we can't let them become the same people as those who harmed them. In that case, everything they did before will be meaningless."

The three people reached a consensus again.

"But," Yiyong's voice changed, "after leaving their hometown, where should we take them?"

"In my opinion, this place is very good."

The Butterfly Ninja turned over the map of the Land of Water, and on the back was a map of the Ninja World.

And the place where her finger was pressed was the center of the world.

"According to Yakushi Kabuto, Orochimaru's bases are all over the ninja world. And this country is located in the center of the continent. No matter where you go, the distance is about the same. Even if he is really resurrected, it will be much more convenient for us to find him from here. Finally. The key is, you know this place very well.”

Giyuu and Anjuro looked down and expressed their disapproval in unison: "The Land of Rain?"

"Yes. It is unrealistic to take them to settle in a big country. Big countries have their own ninja villages and daimyo. We bring a group of children with blood inheritance limits, and there is a risk of being targeted and exploited. Although the three of us are not Weak, but the children are not ready yet. If we raise them in a big country, there will be many things to worry about. Moreover, we need to reduce the influence of ninjas on them."

The Butterfly Ninja took out a stack of folded papers from the pocket of his white coat.

"I searched everywhere last night and found some records of Orochimaru. I noticed that the Daimyo of Rain Country seemed to have ignored state affairs for many years. Although it is in the center of the world, it is a relatively closed country. Except for its geographical and strategic value during wartime , there are almost no resources worthy of attention, so big countries have little interest in it. The area of ​​this country is comparable to Switzerland, but according to Orochimaru's calculations, it has a population of less than 100,000.

"Considering that he wrote these contents ten years ago, the population of the Land of Rain should be smaller now, and the only Sanshouyu Hanzo that needs to be taken care of is also dead, and the new leader (referring to Xiaonan) and Anjuro are also familiar . Overall, this place is most suitable for our self-sufficient life and for our children to grow up in relative privacy.”

Obviously, the Butterfly Ninja had already made corresponding plans, so he started doing his homework last night.

"The Kingdom of Rain does have advantages in terms of geographical location, but it is probably impossible to be self-sufficient!"

Anjuro had a full understanding of the Land of Rain and put forward the reason for his objection: "During the Second Ninja War, Sansho Hanzo fought against ninjas from all over the world and released a large amount of poison. Because the battlefield was on a plain where farming could be done In the area, the poisonous gas has completely polluted the land, and the crops have died in the war; while in the dense forests that are less affected by the poison, there are terrifying beasts and poisonous insects everywhere, which are extremely dangerous and are also unsuitable for human survival!

"For many years, the ninjas led by Hanzo have been the only economic pillar of the Country of Rain. It is precisely because of this that ordinary people are insignificant in the Country of Rain. Now that Hanzo is dead, the Rain Hidden Village has a new leader, but this is still the case It’s so troublesome. The environment in this country is really too bad!”

The Butterfly Ninja didn't care much about this, but grasped a key point: "What do you mean by native crops?"

"A kind of flood-tolerant rice. It is said that it can thrive even if it rains for three months."

Anjuro replied, "It's just that after the rainwater and soil are filled with sanshotoxin, this kind of rice will no longer be able to survive."

There are no surprises for butterflies: “Rice is a self-pollinating crop, so it’s not surprising that it evolves too slowly to adapt to new environments.”

"Self-pollination?" This is a rare and difficult word. When he repeated it, Anjuro was not even sure whether he could write it correctly.

Although Yiyong didn't speak, his blank expression showed that he needed to add some scientific knowledge.

"You don't deal much with drugs and insects, so it's not surprising that you don't know about these. It seems that I need to explain to you what is the evolution of plants and what is self-pollination..."

Butterfly Ninja put his finger on his chin and pondered for a while, then suddenly asked: "Do you know about Carrot Legs?"

Giyuu and Anjuro nodded at the same time: "It means that human calves are as thick as white radish."

"That's what it means." Butterfly Ninja laughed, "But do you know that in the Heian Era, carrot legs were not only used to describe people's thick legs, but were used to praise other people's thin and long legs?"

After thinking about the shape of his favorite radish, Yiyong shook his head: "This gap is too big."

"With the efforts of dozens of generations, nothing is impossible."

Butterfly Ninja stretched out two slender fingers and gestured, "It is recorded in the book that most of the white radish in the Heian period was only this thin, and the roots were very long. And the round, white and tender radish we eat is , is a new variety that people have been breeding for four to five hundred years before it appeared. It was not until the Edo period that it became available everywhere.

"Actually, the principle of breeding is very simple. It is to pick out all the thin radishes with poor appearance, plant only the seeds of those with good appearance, and then let these high-quality radishes pollinate each other, and repeat this process. For hundreds of years, Later, radishes of inferior quality were completely eliminated, leaving only the kind we eat today.

"In other words, through this kind of artificial elimination, we have achieved the evolution and evolution of radish varieties and tamed them into what we want. But the plants we have tamed are far more than just radish, wheat and rice have also been tamed. in.

"It's just different from radish. The pollination of radish is cross-pollination. Just like your parents combined to give birth to you. Although the three of you are similar, you are essentially different people. From generation to generation, the differences will become bigger and bigger. , and changes in the environment will guide this difference, allowing future generations to better adapt to this environment and achieve evolution, and avoid being eliminated by the new environment.

"But rice, a self-pollinated crop, is like a copy of itself, and the difference between generations is very small. Once this kind of crop wants to evolve, it takes much longer than the former, which leads to Once the environment changes drastically, self-pollinating plants will die before they can evolve."

Yiyong asked: "You mean, we can grow other cross-pollinated crops in the Rain Country?"

"No, it's not just that. I have a more reliable way, which is to use external forces to make the evolution of crops catch up with the speed of drastic changes in the environment. Look at the apple seed in my hand..."

Butterfly Nin stood up, shoveled the ground behind him, and buried the apple seed into the soil.

Then she knelt down on one knee and folded her hands on the ground, "Now, I use the ability of Wood Release to turn chakra into the nutrients it needs to grow, so that it can grow quickly."

As soon as she finished speaking, a green seedling that swelled when the wind broke out of the ground, quickly enlarged and widened, hardened its soft skin, and became a fruit tree over two meters tall and as thick as an ordinary person's arm.

Then, pink and white flowers appeared on the branches of the apple tree, but they fell off in a moment; then its receptacle expanded rapidly, and in just a few seconds it turned into green fruits, and finally the fruits quickly turned red and turned into fist-sized apples.

It took less than 20 seconds from planting the seeds to producing new apples.

"20 seconds." Shinobu Kocho stretched out two fingers and said proudly: "I can make a fruit tree go through a generation in 20 seconds. If I repeat this work for an hour without stopping, I can make the apple reproduce 180 generations, which is 4320 generations in 24 hours a day... equivalent to 70,000 years of human evolution (18 years old is one generation)!"

Hearing this number, Giyu and Kyojuro couldn't help but get excited.

After 70,000 years of evolution, are you still worried that you can't cultivate crops that can resist toxins?

"It feels very hopeful."

At this time, Kocho Shinobu smiled cunningly: "But if you really think so, you are wrong."

As she said, she jumped up and picked an apple from the treetop, then broke it hard, "Look, is there any difference in this apple?"

Giyong and Kyojuro stared at it for five or six seconds before they realized that the apple in Kocho Shinobu's hand was different from a normal apple: "No seeds!"

"That's right. In most cases, only plants that have been pollinated will produce seeds, and only with seeds can the next generation of crops be planted. I can use Wood Release to force apples to bear fruit, but pollination requires other work. Of course, I can pollinate artificially, but the speed of plant iteration will not be very fast. If I plant a hundred of the same crop and add pollination, it will be difficult to have one generation a day; if I can use insects to pollinate, things will become very simple, and I can achieve two to three generations a day."

Kocho Shinobu concluded: "In short, this is the general process.

"The first step is to plant the seeds of the crop in the slightly toxic soil where it can barely survive, and use Wood Release Chakra to provide nutrients to make it grow.

"The second step is to cross-pollinate by artificial or insects to ensure that the crops can produce seeds.

"The third step is to force the plants to bear fruit before they are killed by the soil or rain, and harvest the seeds for replanting. Then repeat this cycle hundreds and thousands of times, gradually increasing the toxicity of the soil. After generation after generation, there will be thousands or even tens of thousands of new varieties, and at least one will be safe to eat while producing toxicity.

"By that time, large-scale planting in the Rain Country will not be a problem. Besides, the total population of a country is only so much, and we don't need much land. We can just pick the least toxic soil from the beginning..."

"How long will it take, plus the workload of pollination?"

Kyojuro's eyes are full of confidence.

If crop breeding can be successful, not only will these homeless children in the Water Country have a place to live, but those refugees in the Rain Country who can only pick berries and mushrooms to eat will no longer have to live in fear, and they will finally be able to find their own value in a country.

【The angel of the Rain Country will be very happy to know this, right? 】

"Conservatively estimated, one to two years."

Shinobu Kocho looked at Giyuu, "If there is a way to control insect pollination, it may be faster."

Giyuu responded: "The Aburame clan of Konoha has a secret technique to control insects. I can ask, but this is a family skill that they rely on for survival. There is little hope that they can tell me."

Shinobu Kocho narrowed her eyes dangerously, "Have you ever seen a scum who kills innocent people in this clan?"

If there is, she can legitimately "rob" this secret technique and use it as a way to atone for the sins of this clan. After all, Konoha was part of the people fighting in the Rain Country.

"The ninjas in Konoha are relatively peaceful, so it's not known yet if there are any."

Giyuu nodded, "But I'll check it out when I go back."

"Okay." Shinobu Kocho nodded, then looked at Kyojuro, "The weather in the Land of Rain and the Land of Water is very humid. When it's foggy, there will also be toxins in the fog, which means that the crops here are also resistant to toxins. Recently, we can collect the unique crops here, and then use them to crossbreed with the same crops in the Land of Rain to see if there will be better mutant varieties after hundreds or thousands of generations of cultivation."

"Okay, I'll definitely pay attention!"

Kyojuro praised sincerely, "I didn't expect that the strongest ninja in the ninja world would be The matter that even the people (referring to Nagato) are helpless about can be solved in this way. Shinobu is indeed the brain trust of the Demon Slayer Corps. "

"It's just a concept now. When things are actually done, it will definitely not be as smooth as we think."

Shinobu Kocho was praised and felt ashamed. "Although I hate guys like Orochimaru, he is indeed a talented person and gave me a lot of inspiration. I think it is necessary to learn a lot of things he left behind, so that I can avoid many detours...

"But what really worked," Shinobu Kocho turned to look at Giyuu, showing a smile that truly belonged to her rather than a habitual smile, "is the resurrection carrier you chose for me. No matter from which aspect, the ability of this body is more suitable for me. Thank you, Giyuu."

[Sure enough, just like what Kyojuro said, the relationship has been drawn closer. 】

Giyuu can tell that Shinobu Kocho is really very happy now.

However, Sasuke said that when his father is happy, that is when he asks to go to the Fire City to watch the newly released movie as a family.

"Since you thank me..."

Yiyong said in a consultative tone, "Can you release Guideng Shuiyue? Although he is not flesh and blood like you and me, it won't work if he is frozen like this."

"Sure enough, just like I said."

Butterfly Ninja's eyebrows and eyes curved into crescent shapes, and the meaning in his smile was completely different from a few seconds ago.

"Giyuu, sometimes you are really good at reading the atmosphere."

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