You Know Nothing About Pain

Before entering the mansion, Naruto who was walking at the back suddenly paused, and turned his head slightly as if he saw something, at this time a gray figure flashed past the far corner of the wall.

A smile appeared on Naruto's face, without saying anything, he followed the others into the mansion.

Naruto and others came to a living room with Brother Qiandao and waited quietly. During this period, Neji explained the content of this mission to Naruto.

The general content is that a supernatural event suddenly occurred in the country of birds. At night, unknown undead warriors would appear, wander around, and sometimes even attack the mansion of the big man.

"Undead samurai?" Naruto was taken aback for a moment, then laughed dumbly and said, "It must be someone pretending to be it. It's really a simple way to use the ghost's hand to achieve your goals."

"I think so too." Neji nodded and said, "The situation in the country of birds is also very complicated. When the previous daimyo Olu-sama passed away, the candidates for the daimyo were the son of the previous daimyo, Lu-sama, and the counselor. Hong Ming, although Hong Ming was very opposed to it at the beginning, Master Lu was the daimyo in the end. This time, the client, Monk Meng Zong, supervised him. However, Master Lu's twin sister, Zhu Lu, died suddenly half a year later. Rumors of undead warriors began to appear in the city."

"That's right." Brother Qiandao on the side answered, "People in the city say that this is the undead soul of Master Dalu. The previous daimyo, Master Dalu, was killed by someone. His murderer paid for it."

"Looking for someone to pay for his life? It's really an old-fashioned plot." Naruto didn't show the slightest surprise on his face. He touched his chin with a thoughtful expression and said, "Then who is this undead warrior mainly looking for?" What about the account?"

"It's... counselor Hongming." Brother Qiandao gritted his teeth and said, "Undead warriors have been attacking Lord Hongming's mansion non-stop until now."

"Oh, that's it, the counselor Hongming..." Naruto continued to ask with a smile, "So Master Meng Zong asked you to find someone from Konoha to solve the trouble?"

"Yes." Brother Qiandao just answered, and Xiao Li who was beside him couldn't wait to speak.

"It must be the counselor Hong Ming who wanted to become a daimyo, so he murdered the previous daimyo!" Xiao Li waved his hands enthusiastically and said, "The undead warrior came to seek revenge on him! We must bring this despicable villain to justice." Law!"

"Hey, didn't I say it all? I don't really believe in things like ghosts." Naruto said helplessly: "If according to your statement, it is really the former daimyo who killed Hongming who came to make trouble, then Isn’t this undead warrior really a ghost.”

"Don't worry, we don't know what's going on." Naruto turned his head to look at Neji who was beside him and said, "What do you think of Neji?"

Ning Ci should be considered the calmest of all, frowning and said: "No one can rule out the suspicion now, even this time the employer Meng Zong..."

"Impossible!" Brother Qiandao suddenly said excitedly: "Master Meng Zong is a highly respected monk, and he is also the employer of this mission. If he is the murderer, how could he find someone to arrest him!"

"That's right." Tiantian on the side also said, "No matter how you think about it, it's impossible for Meng Zong to do such a thankless thing."

"Actually, sometimes—" Naruto smiled and was about to say something, but suddenly his expression changed, and then he said abruptly: "You are right, Mr. Meng Zong cannot be the murderer, probably the counselor Hongming."

The moment Naruto's voice fell, the door suddenly opened, and a bald, white-bearded monk with a fat head and a figure of about [-] meters walked in.

As soon as he saw the other party coming in, Brother Qiandao immediately sat down and saluted, saying: "Master Meng Zong, fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. I brought you Konoha's ninja."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Meng Zong waved his hand slowly and said with a benevolent look, "I see."

Immediately afterwards, Meng Zong asked them in a very sincere begging tone to help catch the undead warriors who were making trouble in the city, and finally bowed down and knelt down.

"Master Lu has been disturbed by the matter of the undead warrior recently, and he has not thought about eating and drinking for many days. It will definitely not work if this continues." Meng Zong said sadly: "Please also save the country of birds, the country of birds cannot live without Lord Heron. what."

Xiao Li, where did they see this posture every day? Although they are already ninjas, they are still teenagers with a thin skin. Seeing Meng Zong's sincere appearance, they quickly patted their chests to promise that they would complete the task.

And Naruto also echoed a few words with the others, while carefully observing Meng Zong's expression.

"Speaking of which, Master Meng Zong, do you think that this undead warrior who appeared in the city is really a ghost?" Naruto said suddenly: "I heard that you are a highly respected monk, and you must know the most about such things. right?"

"This..." Meng Zong was silent for a while, and then said with a smile: "The ghost thing must be nonsense, someone must have deliberately pretended to be a ghost to take the opportunity to make trouble."

"Is that so?" Naruto nodded knowingly and said, "I also don't think it's a ghost, but I just don't know what's the point of making people panic in the city."

When Meng Zong heard Naruto's words, his expression changed, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Actually, Mr. Heron, the current daimyo, was originally opposed when he was in power. Now this kind of thing happened again, and it also affected the annual bird festival So now many retainers are criticizing a lot, saying that if the counselor Hongming was appointed as the daimyo back then, there would not be so many things."

After Meng Zong finished speaking, he didn't say any more, leaving a few people with unlimited room for reverie.

Because of the undead samurai, the current daimyo of the Bird Country has been criticized, and everyone said that if the counselor Hongming was chosen as the daimyo, there would not be so many things.

Naruto also showed a thoughtful look on his face, but he was not thinking about what Meng Zong said, but the purpose of Meng Zong's words.

When you want to see a person's true thoughts, but you don't know him very well, the best way is not to listen to what he says, but to watch what he does, and what will happen to him? The reaction, and this reaction is often the real thought of this person.

Not long after he finished speaking, Meng Zong ordered Brother Qiandao to follow the ninjas from Konoha carefully, and then said that he had something important to do and made excuses to leave.

The few people didn't think it was interesting to be here, so they went out with Brother Qiandao, planning to walk around the city to find clues.Several people were walking on the road, brother Qiandao led the way at the front, Xiao Li and Tian Tian walked in the middle, the two were discussing fiercely about how to arrest the counselor Hong Ming in the future, Ning Ci followed behind them, and Naruto walked silently at the back, without saying a word.

Ning Ci noticed Naruto's strangeness, and couldn't help asking: "Naruto, what are you thinking? So serious."

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about one thing." Naruto smiled and said, "Assuming that the counselor Hongming is behind the legend of the undead warrior, why would the undead warrior attack his mansion? Isn't it funny? Do you catch yourself?"

"It's not easy." Xiao Li, who was walking in front, heard Naruto's words, turned around and said, "It must be that Hong Ming performed such a play in order to get rid of his suspicion. Anyway, his purpose is to disturb the city. order here, and then force the current daimyo to step down so that he can become the new daimyo,"

"But don't you think this is a bit too simple?" Naruto frowned and said, "The counselor Hongming, since he is a counselor, would he come up with such a naive strategy? It's easy to see his purpose at a glance. .”

"And there is another crucial clue that you haven't noticed, and that is the timing of the appearance of the undead warrior." Naruto continued: "The undead warrior appeared after the death of the current daimyo's twin sister, why didn't it appear earlier? It didn’t show up late, but it happened at this time, if the previous daimyo had just died, the current daimyo had just ascended the throne, and the regime was not stable, wouldn’t it be better?”

Hearing Naruto's words, Xiao Li, Tian Tian, ​​and brother Qiandao couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay. For them, the thinking and calculation involved were a bit too complicated.

"Could it be because Lord Toki died, and the current Daimyo Lord Lu was too sad, so Hong Ming wanted to take advantage of it." Brother Qiandao hesitated and said, "That makes sense."

"It doesn't make sense for you to say that." Naruto shook his head and said, "You are making judgments based on the premise that Hong Ming is the mastermind behind the scenes, and the presumption of guilt is unfair at the beginning. How to get a fair result."

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in front of the street, and a convoy slowly approached from a distance. The pedestrians on the street knelt on both sides of the road to salute after seeing it.

Qiandao also knelt down to salute, and Naruto and the others could stand and watch because they were not citizens of Bird Country.

"The one in the car is the current daimyo of Bird Country, Lord Lu." Qiandao, who was kneeling on the ground, whispered, "Since the death of Lord Lu's twin sister, he has been taciturn, and now he is listening to politics behind a curtain, basically No contact with any outsiders."

Sitting in the car was a handsome but expressionless young man who looked cold.

"He's a handsome guy." Tiantian looked at Lu in the car with some sighs and said, "I didn't expect him to be so handsome."

"The current daimyo?" Naruto frowned and looked at the heron on the car, especially some small details, which always made him feel weird.

So Naruto looked more carefully, trying to find out what he thought was strange. The powerful five senses gave Naruto unparalleled insight, especially in observing details. Looking at it, Naruto suddenly noticed a Point, the neck of the young man in the car...

However, just when Naruto was about to take a closer look, the heron in the car suddenly noticed Naruto's gaze, threw a disgusted look at Naruto, subconsciously blocked his neck vigilantly, and then took the bamboo next to the car The curtain was drawn, as if he didn't want Naruto to see it.

"Oh, why is it covered?" Tian Tian said with some disappointment, "I want to watch it for a while longer."

"Interesting..." Naruto had an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, and said meaningfully: "It's really interesting. People are not necessarily people, and ghosts are not necessarily ghosts. This country of birds is really here. correct."

"A person is not necessarily a person?" Xiao Li, who overheard Naruto's words, said with a puzzled face, "What are you talking about, Naruto?"

"It's nothing, just a little emotion." Naruto said with a smile: "I just think this place is really interesting."

Immediately after the few people were ready to eat, Brother Qiandao volunteered to take the few people to a barbecue restaurant that was said to be very good.

"Come, come, you're welcome." Brother Qiandao greeted enthusiastically: "The grilled chicken wings in this store are excellent, and the price is also very affordable. I like to eat here the most."

After they sat down, they honestly ordered the grilled chicken wings recommended by Brother Qiandao. While waiting for the dishes, Xiao Li couldn't wait to ask about Naruto's experience after leaving the village.

"Where did you go, Naruto, after you left the village?" Xiao Li looked at Naruto curiously and said, "Have you been to all the five major countries?"

"How long has it been? How could it be possible to go to all five major countries." Naruto said with a smile: "If you don't count the country of fire, I have only been to the country of wind in the five major countries so far."

"Only been to the Land of Wind?" Xiao Li said with some disappointment, "Then where have you been?"

"It's not only the five major countries that can see this world, but sometimes the small countries are more interesting, such as the country of birds this time." Naruto said with a smile: "After I left the village, I went to the country of fire first. A few days, I also met two acquaintances during the period, and then went to the country of waves, met a few friends I met when I was doing the mission, and then took a boat all the way to the country of the wind, and went to the hidden sand village to meet me Gaara, after coming out of the country of wind, he went to the country of rain, and then came to the country of birds."

"Speaking of which, did Gaara really become Kazekage?" Tian Tian couldn't help interjecting, "It's not that I don't believe it, but it's just a bit dreamy."

"Of course, it's absolutely true." Naruto said with a smile, "I also participated in Gaara's Kazekage Succession Ceremony. It was really crowded with people."

"That's a major event that you don't care about the ninja world. This news has been spread long ago, okay?" Neji complained from the side: "And the first thing Gaara did after he came to power was to come to Konoha to cooperate. Now Konoha and Sand Yin are already in-depth partners, and the two villages have signed a ten-year resource exchange contract, and it seems that the term will be renewed."

Naruto naturally knew what Neji said about the agreement, and he couldn't help showing a warm smile on his face when he heard that his idea for Gaara was successful.

"Let's not talk about those boring things." Xiao Li, who is more insensitive to this aspect, waved his hand and said, "By the way, Naruto, when are you going back to the village? We have all become Chunin and Jōnin, and you will still be a Konoha Jōnin by then, how embarrassing you are."

"Just bear with it, there's nothing wrong with it, anyway, I don't care." Naruto said with a gentle smile, "I guess it will take more than half a year anyway, and there are still three of the five major countries that have not gone."

"I really hope Naruto you come back soon." Xiao Li sighed and said, "There is something missing in the village without you. There are only three people in the seventh class you are in. I heard that the village wanted to They wanted to assign a new team member to them, but Sasuke refused to agree to it, and it was quite unpleasant."

"Sasuke?" Naruto was taken aback for a moment, then as if remembering something, a warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said: "If it was him, it wouldn't be strange to do such a thing."

"So, come back quickly." Xiao Li said, "I remember your original dream of becoming Hokage. Come back quickly and do tasks in the village, so that you can become Hokage faster."

"Hokage?"

Naruto paused for a moment, and then showed a somewhat emotional expression.

Yes, Hokage...what a familiar term...

Speaking of which, he hadn't thought of this thing for a long time.

Hokage was indeed his dream, and he also firmly believed that he would become a Hokage like the third generation grandfather, and then gain the approval of the villagers.

But now, he is no longer the same self as before, and the temptation of the position of Hokage to him is far less than that of the original.

Rather than saying that Naruto's dream has changed, it is better to say that he sees it more clearly. Now he is no longer stuck to a specific position or identity.

For him, it doesn't matter what position he holds.It is important to be who you are and what you do.

Seeing Naruto suddenly fell silent, Xiao Li was a little puzzled and said, "Naruto?"

Hearing Xiao Li's call, Naruto reacted, with an expression on his face that he couldn't tell whether he was laughing or sighing and said:

"Hokage? Who knows..." In the evening, the sky was completely dark, and the clouds were thick tonight, and the moon seemed to shyly hide behind the clouds without showing its face. For a while, only the electric lights on the roadside could illumination.

Because of the undead samurai incident, the curfew is temporarily enforced in the city. At this time, there are basically no pedestrians on the road. During the day, Naruto and others have followed Brother Qiandao around the city. They are preparing to find a place rest.

"Naruto, do you want to stay in a hotel with us?" Xiao Li looked at Naruto expectantly and said, "I've practiced a lot of new martial arts since you left, and I want to discuss with you."

Naruto waved his hand and said, "No, I've already found a place to live in advance, and my two friends are waiting for me, it's not good if I don't go back at night."

If Naruto doesn't go back, Hase Ryusheng doesn't worry about it, but Kyuubi definitely doesn't worry about it. Kyuubi doesn't want Naruto to not show up for half a month. Naruto simply feels that Uncle Ichiro's house is a comfortable place to live.

"Find it?" Xiao Li blinked curiously and said, "Is it also a hotel in the city?"

"It's not a hotel in the city." Naruto said with a smile, "It's just a small village not far from the city. I'm staying with a family for the time being."

"A small village outside the city?" Xiao Li said with a worried expression on his face when he heard this, "Aren't you running out of money, let me tell you earlier, I don't spend much of the money I usually earn from doing tasks, so why don't you just take it?" Go ahead and use it."

After saying that, Xiao Li was about to take out the passbook from his pocket, Naruto immediately stopped him and said, "I have enough money, I'm just going out for a trip, I have to experience everything, you don't have to worry."

"It's okay, it's okay, you don't have to be polite." Xiao Li said energetically, "Mr. Akai said that fateful opponents are also best partners at the same time. You don't have to be polite to me."

Naruto twitched his lips helplessly and said, "So, I'm really not polite to you."

Just when Naruto and Xiao Li were rejecting each other, a commotion suddenly broke out somewhere in the city, as if a fire had been caused. The southeast corner of the city was in chaos and brightly lit, and a lot of shouts could be heard from a distance.

"That direction..." Younger brother Qiandao said with a little confusion, "It seems to be...the mansion of counselor Hongming?"

Adviser Hongming?

Hearing this interesting name, Naruto reacted the fastest, followed by Neji. The two looked at each other, and they both saw the speculation in the other's heart, so they didn't say anything, and ran directly in the direction of the riot and go.

"Hey!" At this time, Xiao Li from the rear shouted belatedly: "Why are you going, you don't need to do this if you don't want my money!"

"Idiot! It's obvious that something happened to the mansion of the counselor Hong Ming!" Tiantian also reacted, and angrily hit Xiao Li on the shoulder, and then followed up and said: "According to the previous news, it is likely that the undead warrior pretending to be a ghost is here. make trouble!"

As soon as Xiao Li heard it, he realized and quickly followed. As for the hard-working brother Qiandao, he must also follow, but he is just an ordinary person, so he can only follow behind slowly.

Naruto was the first to arrive at the scene of the accident. When he arrived, the place was basically a mess. There were soldiers holding torches and shouting all over the place, and a few soldiers held high-brightness anti-aircraft flashlights in their hands. For a while, the torches and flashlights were interlaced, and the spears and knives in the hands of the soldiers were once very magical.