"It's this Fujiwara Nagase again..."
In Kawanokuni, a man wearing a white haori and with his hair braided into a long braid, who looked to be in his twenties or thirties, listened to his subordinates' reports with curiosity.
The man in white shook the transparent glass of crimson wine, then took a sip and asked the subordinate who had completed the report to leave.
"Yes, Lord Cixian." The subordinate who was half-kneeling on the ground addressed him respectfully and left the room.
“Could it be the bloodline of the two descendants of the traitor Kaguya? It seems that their power is somewhat extraordinary.” The man called Jigen put the wine glass on the table, leaned back against the seat, leaned slightly to the right, and spread the five fingers of his right hand to the side of his face for support.
Cixian fell into thought.
In the eyes of his subordinates, their leader might just be a wealthy ninja who was somewhat mysterious, but they would never have imagined that their leader had lived for more than a thousand years.
Of course, the reason why Cixian was able to live so long was not because he was so powerful or possessed such extraordinary magical skills as the three great ancestors of the holy land.
The reason why he could live longer than the Six Paths Sage and lived from the most distant ancient times of the samurai to the current era of the Ninja Village is because he was parasitized by an alien named Otsutsuki Isshiki.
ps: I only borrowed some settings about Otsutsuki from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, I am not planning to write Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
The relationship between Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Jigen is not like the relationship between Nagato and Tendo Pain.
No matter how much Tendo Pain behaves like a living person, he is just a corpse after all. Without Nagato's chakra, he will instantly turn into an unresponsive corpse.
But Jigen is different. He is a living person. Although he has no thoughts of his own now, he is still alive and has lived for thousands of years relying on Isshiki's chakra.
The person named Jigen is a living puppet.
"His genes should be good, maybe he can bear my wedge, but it's a pity that he is from the Fire Nation..." There was a hint of regret in Jigen's words, but the expression on his face did not change.
The wedge is the confidence that the Otsutsuki clan can plant sacred trees unscrupulously in the starry sky.
The Otsutsuki clan can copy their own data and then inject it into other people's bodies. A black diamond mark will appear on the palm of the person into whom the information is injected. This mark is the wedge. As long as the wedge is still there, the Otsutsuki can be resurrected.
But such a powerful ability is not without weaknesses. How can an ant withstand the power of a giant
Not everyone can withstand the power of the wedge. On the contrary, in that weak indigenous planet, he has been there for so long but has not found anyone who can withstand the power of his wedge, including Cixian, whom he is now controlling.
Jigen's body could not withstand his wedge, but Otsutsuki Isshiki had no choice at that time, so he controlled Jigen.
Of course, this may also be related to the fact that he did not carry out large-scale activities.
Because of the betrayal, Ishiki is now extra careful.
Over the past thousand years, he has never created any large ninja organization. For a long time, he even hid alone in the mountains and forests and never came out.
He was extremely cautious because there would be a major problem if his body could not withstand the force of the wedge.
That is, as long as he uses his strength to fight, it will inevitably cause damage to this body.
Although ninety-nine percent of the ninjas in the ninja world are no match for him, there are always a few freaks in every era.
Even if they haven't opened the Rinnegan and haven't reached the Six Paths level, they still have a lot of Super Shadows.
Isshiki was seriously injured by Kaguya. Half of his body was eaten by the sacred tree, leaving only the other half that ran away.
Being seriously injured and facing a series of negative buffs that would cause him to get hurt if he really fought, it is no wonder that Isshiki is so cautious.
It was not until the beginning of the First Ninja World War, that is, after Hashirama's death, that he began to slowly develop his power in River Country again.
Isshiki doesn't have high requirements for power, as long as he can bully ordinary people. He needs his subordinates to capture children to test whether they can withstand the power of his wedge.
This is the only thing he has persisted in for thousands of years.
Now Yishiki feels that he has almost recovered to the best condition he can be in, and the rest is no longer a problem that time can solve.
He must change his body, a body that can carry his wedge, only then can he truly return to his heyday.
The five major nations once again convened the Five Kage Conference to decide the new order of the Ninja World.
Isshiki also felt a sense of urgency, even though he was not at the scene when the Six Paths brothers were fighting Kaguya, hiding in a corner to recuperate.
But with the information he received later, he roughly knew what happened. It was that Kaguya's two good sons betrayed her, so he sealed Kaguya away.
As a member of the Otsutsuki clan, although Kaguya is an Otsutsuki of a lower rank than him, she is also a real Otsutsuki. He has an inexplicable confidence in Kaguya. He believes that Kaguya will not be sealed like this, and will break the seal sooner or later.
So much time has passed, and he has not yet found a body that can carry his wedge. If he doesn't find one, Kaguya will probably be resurrected.
If Kaguya is resurrected at that time, she will be in her peak state after eating the fruit of the sacred tree, and he is still in this disabled state, then his only fate will be death.
The ninja world today is not the same as it was a thousand years ago. Ninjas are now very popular and various secret techniques emerge one after another. If Kaguya controls the ninja world now, he may not be able to hide any longer.
"It's time to take action. We must expand our influence. I need the talents here to help me, and I also need more experimental subjects." Cixian picked up the red wine on the table and drank it all, his eyes flickering.
He decided to change his previous conservative policy and began to expand his influence.
This is not difficult for him. Although he has not done anything special in the past thousand years, the accumulation of thousands of years is also terrifying.
Every item in his room is an antique from the samurai era, and there would be no demand for it if you took it out to sell.
Although Jigen is arrogant, he is not stupid. He knows that the current ninja world is very different from the previous one. The ninja village has gathered many powerful ninja families from the past, and the power is more concentrated and powerful.
Even an Otsutsuki like him needs help from the natives of the ninja world at this desperate moment.
He decided to proceed in two steps. The first step was to expand the power of the base camp Kawakuni, and the second was to send undercover agents to erode the ninja village.
Since this was a preliminary action, Jigen did not plan to immediately target the five major ninja villages, but instead target newly established small ninja villages such as the Hikari Village.
Although no one has been found who can withstand his wedge over the past thousand years, there have been some unexpected byproducts.
Although these people could not withstand the power of his wedge, they unexpectedly survived and were able to use the power of his wedge to a certain extent. However, if they used the power of his wedge too much, they would die because they could not withstand it.
Even with this kind of by-product, Yishi has very few of them. Currently, there are only three people alive, all of whom are his most capable subordinates. Under normal circumstances, Yishi will not send them out.
After all, if you use it too much, it will die, so you should cherish it.
Now Isshiki decided to send the weakest one among them to go undercover in the Hikari Ninja Village.
Newly established forces are usually the easiest to go undercover in. Relying on their impressive strength, they should be able to quickly become high-level officials, and finally control the Light Ninja Village for him in secret, and find a child who can withstand the wedge for him in the Land of Rice.
… …
Since Itachi had already agreed, he went to the place he had agreed to meet Shijo Kaori the next day.
Shijo Kaori's movements were not slow, and Itachi didn't have to wait long. Soon, the fully armed Shijo Kaori appeared in front of Itachi with two guards.
At this moment, Shijo Kaori looked like a soldier preparing to rush to the front line to fight, fully covered in armor, except for a helmet on her head.
Itachi looked at Kaori Shijo dressed like this and for a moment he didn't know how to complain.
"Won't it feel heavy?" Itachi said.
"Huh." Shijo Kaori took a breath, then said as a matter of course: "Of course it's heavy. I felt it was heavy when I was riding a horse, and now it feels even heavier when I get off and walk. I feel much more tired just walking."
Itachi felt that Shijo Kaori might not be an ordinary girl. Maybe she had received some ninja training. Otherwise, an ordinary girl would be too tired to walk wearing such a outfit.
Itachi didn't say anything after that, but just silently accompanied Kaori Shijo on the hunt.
On the other hand, Shijo Kaori didn't look like she was here to hunt at all. Instead, she looked like she was here for a picnic. She kept asking Itachi questions and wasn't afraid that the noise of her voice would drive away the beast.
However, since Kaori Shijo is her employer, Itachi cannot say anything to her, and he rarely responds to Kaori Shijo's words.
But what unfolded next was a little beyond Itachi's expectations. First, the two guards disappeared for no reason, then they walked into a cave, and suddenly a rock rolled down and blocked the cave.
Although Itachi is a child, he is not an ordinary child. He looks at Shijo Kaori with suspicion.
This young lady was clearly trapped in the cave, but she was still smiling and talking to him about all kinds of irrelevant things.
It's so suspicious.
"Ms. Shijo, was this arranged by you?" Itachi asked directly.
"How could it be? I'm just a powerless girl, how could I have such evil intentions and power?" Shijo Kaori's eyes widened and mist appeared in her eyes, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"How can you question such a pure soul with your suspicious eyes?"
Itachi is a child after all. No matter how smart he is, he still has some childish characteristics. Just when he thought it was really a series of accidents, Shijo Kaori blew herself up.
"It's boring. Don't novels always write that the male and female protagonists are trapped in the same place and their feelings quickly grow? Why did it become like this in my case?" Shijo Kaori said as if she was doubting her life.
She tried to use Itachi's shoulder but was ruthlessly dodged and fell to the ground because of her armor.
Itachi's mouth twitched as he gained a deeper understanding of the boredom of humans and sighed helplessly.
"Miss Shijo, please don't do such boring things in the future. This stone can't trap me."
After Itachi finished speaking, he stretched out his hand, and a large amount of chakra gathered in his palm. Suddenly, a small ball made of pure chakra appeared in Itachi's hand, constantly spinning at high speed.
Itachi directly hit the stone with a Rasengan. With a loud bang, a huge crack appeared on the stone, and then it split open violently.
Shijo Kaori was also a little shocked when she saw this scene. Itachi had never shown his strength, so Shijo Kaori didn't know Itachi's strength.
"I should have arranged a bigger stone." Kaori Shijo said in annoyance.
In fact, the stone was not that big, and it didn’t even completely cover the entrance to the cave, but people couldn’t get out.
Of course, this was also to facilitate the subsequent exit, but she did not take Itachi's strength into consideration.
After Itachi finished clearing the stones, he discovered a huge wild boar over three meters tall near the cave. No, it should be called a ninja pig.
Itachi looked at Shijo Kaori with a calm expression, and had the urge to leave her behind and go by himself.
Although he had only known her for a few short days, he was already fully aware of the troubles this girl was in.
Unexpectedly, Kaori Shijo also showed a surprised expression when looking at the huge wild boar.
'Wasn't this arranged by her? ' Itachi thought as he looked at Shijo Kaori's expression.
"Did you, Itachi, arrange this? In fact, it was your summoning beast or something, and then the hero saved the beauty." Shijo Kaori looked at Itachi with surprise.
"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome. As long as you..."
"No!" Itachi interrupted Kaori Shijo with an expressionless face.
How could he do such a boring thing? His observation range did not include the terrified face of the girl when she was in danger.
"Go back to the cave, I'll take care of it first," Itachi ordered quickly.
Now that he has accepted the protection mission, Itachi will not give up halfway.
Kaori Shijo tried calling out to her "missing" guard, but when she got no response, she realized that something might have happened, so she retreated back to the cave.
Her level of physical fitness would obviously only do more harm than good, so she didn't shout about fighting together or increasing or decreasing their relationship to cause trouble for Itachi.
Itachi first tried to communicate with the Inosuko, but finally found that it was impossible to communicate, so he gave up and started fighting.
Although the wild boar was huge, its flexibility was far inferior to Itachi's. Itachi first cautiously tested the wild boar's strength, then quickly used breathing burst to cut off its limbs, and finally used fire escape to kill the ninja pig.
"Itachi, you are so awesome, so strong, even stronger than father's bodyguards." Shijo Kaori praised with her eyes wide open.
Itachi did not respond to Shijo Kaori's words. It was just a compliment from a stranger. Rather than that, he decided to investigate whether there was any situation with Shinobi Ino first.
He felt that this matter was a bit strange. How could there be so many coincidences
But Itachi didn't find anything wrong, and in the end he could only think that this was a real coincidence today.
In the darkness where no one could see, one person nodded, while the other shook his head.
"This kid Itachi is most likely destined to be alone." said the man who shook his head.