Fleeing from Konoha

Chapter 857: Chapter 32: Seeing Through

"Border lockdown?"

In the keep of the Daimyo’s Mansion of the Land of Wind, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa of the Hidden Sand Village looked with a puzzled expression at the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, who sat calmly in the main seat, inquiring about the meaning of this.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind, sitting in the main seat, appeared somewhat obese and merely replied calmly to Rasa: "The Ghost Legion of the Land of Demons has revived. As the Kazekage, you should have heard about this."

"Yes."

The Ghost Legion, also called the Terracotta Army, is a group of special puppet soldiers constructed from hard rock.

The techniques of puppetry even surpass most Puppet Masters of the Hidden Sand Village.

Moreover, they can be remotely controlled, and the maximum number that can be manipulated has reached an astonishing level.

However, considering that the practitioner controlling these stone soldiers is not human, but demonic creatures passed down from ancient times, Rasa was relieved.

Such a presence as demonic creatures has existed since ancient times.

It is said that during the era when the Six Paths Sage spread the Ninja Sect, ninjas were not mainstream, and the Ninja Realm fell into chaos with myriad demons running rampant, birthing countless demonic creatures that fed on human flesh and blood, with violent personalities, inflicting terrible devastation on the human nations of the time.

Among them, the demonic creature Moryo was outstanding.

It was defeated by a Wandering Witch of that time, with its soul sealed in a shrine in the Land of Demons, and its body placed in a volcano shrine in the neighboring Land of Swamps, separated and isolated.

The Land of Demons and the surrounding countries like the Land of Swamps and the Land of Shadow respect the Witch for her contribution.

After that, the Daimyo system in the Land of Demons was abolished, making it the only non-Daimyo system country in the Ninja Realm, with the Witch abolishing the role of Daimyo.

However, these matters are too ancient, and Rasa could only find some clues from ancient books.

Whether it is ancient demonic creatures or the Six Paths Sage, they are merely mythical beings.

No matter how powerful Moryo is, it is at most at the level of a Tailed Beast.

Rasa, possessing the ability to seal Tailed Beasts, naturally regards the demonic creatures of the Land of Demons with disdain.

This is also why he doubts the Daimyo of the Land of Wind’s decision to lock down the border.

To Rasa, this was completely making a mountain out of a molehill.

"Demonic creatures are different from Tailed Beasts; they are special beings distinct from Tailed Beasts."

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind glanced at Rasa meaningfully.

"Special beings?"

"Unlike the purely Chakra-based beings like Tailed Beasts, Moryo is a special species born from various negative human emotions combined with Chakra. Essentially, it is the dark consciousness deep within the human heart. As long as humans exist, Moryo will never die."

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind shook the folding fan in his hand slowly, speaking deliberately.

"In this respect, it’s indeed similar to Tailed Beasts... However, as long as we use Sealing Technique..."

Rasa was about to respond but was interrupted.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind gazed deeply at Rasa: "You are human. If you’re human, you will harbor malice and darkness, with various desires, only to become food for Moryo. This means you should understand the importance of the witch of the Land of Demons. Their lineage has long ceased to be human."

Rasa fell silent.

It was indeed the first time he heard of such a thing.

Does sealing require an existence without any malice?

Given the Daimyo of the Land of Wind’s status, he wouldn’t lie about such matters. freewebnoveℓ.com

Thus, it seems that this Moryo is practically a natural disaster born to eradicate humanity.

No wonder the Daimyo of the Land of Wind would consider the Hidden Sand Village incapable of dealing with the demonic creature Moryo.

It was never something that humans could seal in the first place.

"In this matter, didn’t Elder Chiyo and Ebizo ever tell the Kazekage about this?"

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind asked curiously.

The true identity of the witches of the Land of Demons is no difficult secret for the upper echelons of the Five Great Nations to know.

Within the Hidden Sand, Elder Chiyo and Ebizo, who once assisted both the Second and Third Kazekage, could not possibly be unaware of some secrets of the Land of Demons.

Hearing the Daimyo of the Land of Wind ask this, Rasa sighed and said: "In fact, Elder Chiyo and Ebizo, due to their advanced age and the current stability in the Hidden Sand, are now in a semi-retired state. They have not been involved in the affairs of the village for three or four years."

The Chiyo siblings are even older than the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi of Konoha, and both sustained injuries during the Third Ninja War, leading to thoughts of retirement after the war.

Their semi-retirement was to pave the way for him as the Fourth Kazekage to prevent the Hidden Sand Village from falling into troublesome power struggles.

Now with the Hidden Sand Village’s stable situation, the retirement of the Chiyo siblings to enjoy their later years is also a rightful thing.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind nodded, waving the folding fan in his hand: "I see, no wonder you, Kazekage, were unaware of this matter. Dealing with the demonic creature Moryo can only rely on the power of the Witch. Ninja have no advantage against such creatures, resulting only in meaningless sacrifices."

Thus, it’s understandable that Rasa was unaware of this.

The witches of the Land of Demons are indeed a mystery within the Ninja Realm.

Over the years, Rasa had been busy with the construction work in the Hidden Sand Village, restoring its military strength, thus naturally not paying attention to the witches of the Land of Demons.

In fact, if not for the current outbreak of the Ghost Legion chaos in the Land of Demons, most nations would probably have forgotten the existence of the witches of the Land of Demons.

"In that case, locking down the border is not a pointless move. I will arrange personnel as soon as possible to prevent those ghost soldiers from disrupting the borders of the Land of Wind."