Shinji returned and stood quietly for a while before taking off his disguise mask and cloak.
This time he faced the invasion, which actually didn't take much time. The clock on the wall showed that it only lasted about forty minutes, but he felt very tired.
He can't bear this burden!
Looking out the window, he looked at the quiet Konoha Village in the middle of the night. An inexplicable feeling of loneliness grew in his heart. Now no one but him knew that the crisis was coming, and he couldn't shout out loud.
It seemed that everything could only be endured silently by him, a remnant of Uchiha.
"Why choose me..."
He began to feel guilty and doubted his ability to prevent the destruction of the ninja world.
However, he did not allow this pessimistic mood to continue to spread. Instead, he quickly calmed down and thought about how to deal with it.
The burden is already on you, so do your best!
As a junior lantern bearer, he currently has the authority to recruit two attendants.
In other words, he can choose two helpers in the ninja world, two helpers who can tell the truth without worrying about being contaminated by other worlds.
"Who should I call?"
The first thing he thought of was none other than Itachi Uchiha, who had killed him once.
Because Itachi is the only ninja in the ninja world who possesses the "Amaterasu" eye technique besides him.
He has natural restraint against ghosts, and coupled with his own shadow-level strength, he can deal with almost all invading ghosts.
But his recruitment of waiters can only shield against contamination, but cannot lock in loyalty.
Not to mention that he has no contact with Uchiha Itachi at all now. Even if he could meet him, as a survivor of the night of genocide, it would be difficult for him to establish mutual trust with Itachi, the murderer of the genocide.
If Itachi thought he was a lunatic, or a conspirator plotting to overthrow Konoha, and gave him a 'Ten Fist Sword', then the gain would outweigh the loss.
"With my current strength, I'd better not provoke such a dangerous person..."
He shook his head.
I feel that at least I can consider recruiting a ninja of Itachi's level to be my waiter only after I have the ability to talk to Itachi on an equal footing.
Then he thought of Sasuke again, but quickly gave up the idea.
By conservative calculation, it will take six or seven years for Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō and obtain the 'Amaterasu'. If he can afford to wait, the ninja world may not be able to afford it.
Then, he considered other people.
This helper cannot be too weak. If it is too weak, it will not be of much use. It cannot be too strong, because strong people usually have ninja villages or organizations to which they belong, and it is unlikely that they will take orders from him, a remnant of Uchiha. It is also very difficult. Make sure not to leak information about other worlds and cause secondary pollution.
And the helper should have the means to deal with ghosts.
Even if you can't get rid of the ghost quickly, you still need to at least have the ability to trap the ghost and wait for him to get rid of the ghost, or wait for the sun to appear and get rid of the ghost.
pity.
He screened for a long time and found that there was no one around him who was trustworthy and had such ability.
After sighing, he remembered the 'Land of Xixian' in Tired eyes.
He clearly remembered that tiredness was the "Wang Xian Zhi Wu" in the Twelve Ghost Months, but now it had become the "Luxuan Zhi Lu". At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, but now that he thought about it, he realized something was wrong.
The person controlling the invasion behind the scenes this time was a 'lantern bearer' like him.
The world of Demon Slayer has probably undergone tremendous changes. If he still speculates based on the old impressions in his mind, he will be overturned.
And Aster.
During the first hand ghost invasion, she had seen hand ghosts. Although her memory was now sealed by Shinji's illusion and the contamination was temporarily contained, it was not safe.
"Give Ziyon a place to help her shield herself from pollution? The witch's sealing technique may have miraculous effects on ghosts!" After thinking for a while, he hesitated again: "But she is still a child..."
Ghosts really prey on humans. Ziyuan is only seven years old now and can only go shopping...
At this time, there was a feeling of discomfort in his eyes, reminding him that today's pupil power consumption was a bit excessive.
Along with it came a strong feeling of exhaustion, so he fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning.
Dong Dong...
A knock on the door woke Shinji from his sleep. He was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing.
Opening the door, he found Bai standing outside the door, holding a box of bento in his hand: "Bai? You're not..."
Bai smiled: "The misunderstanding between the village and Kirigakure has been resolved."
Shinji's eyes fell on the bento in Shiro's hand.
Bai immediately handed the lunch box to Shinji: "I saw you were still up so late, so I helped you go downstairs and buy some breakfast."
Shinji looked back at the wall clock in the room and found that it was already ten o'clock in the morning.
After inviting Shiro into the apartment, Shinji ate breakfast while listening to Shiro describe the negotiation process between the village and Kirigakure.
It turned out that because of the Kyuubi rampage that night, Kirigakure, who felt that he was the most suspicious, immediately approached the Third Generation and said that Kirigakure had nothing to do with it. In order to show sincerity, they even gave up asking Konoha for it.
Bai's request.
So Bai is free today.
"I see..."
Shinji was thoughtful, and an idea came to his mind.
Bai asked at this time: "I heard that the village has reduced the number of chunin exams this time. After the written exam in the morning, the final competition will start in the arena in the afternoon. Shinji-san, do you want to go and see it?"
Shinji also wanted to relax a little, so he nodded.
Not long after, the two arrived at the arena together.
Perhaps because the previous incident of the Nine-Tails Rampage was resolved too quickly, not only were the villagers not affected, but they were greatly encouraged.
After all, in the eyes of ordinary villagers, being able to quickly subdue the rampaging Kyuubi shows that the village is stronger than before.
So when Shinji bought the ticket and entered, he found that there was already a sea of people inside.
After finding their seats, Shinji and Shiro chatted while waiting for the game to start.
At this moment, the people around him suddenly looked in one direction and started whispering.
Shinji also looked over and saw that at the entrance opposite, Sasuke put his hands in his pockets with a cool face and walked into the arena under the gaze of everyone.
Shiro on the side looked deeply at Sasuke opposite: "Shinji-san, is that your fellow Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Um."
Bai couldn't help but admire: "I heard that he was the one who single-handedly subdued the rampaging Kyuubi that night and saved the village! He is even younger than us, which is unbelievable!"
Shinji found that other people around him also had similar admirations.
He subconsciously glanced at the rest areas of several other villages and found that the ninjas from other villages who had come to take the chunin exam were also observing Sasuke indifferently at this moment.
Feeling the attention from all directions, Sasuke's face turned cold and the corners of his mouth raised slightly...
