Kakashi felt that Rin's posture was a little strange at this time, but he couldn't see where it was strange.
He carefully looked at her. He found that Rin was different from before.
It seemed that she had finally completed the last step of maturity.
Although Kakashi thought it was very presumptuous, he felt that Rin looked more feminine than before.
He said, "Rin, we are still the best partners, I shouldn't have been like that today…"
Rin said softly, "It's okay, Kakashi, it's okay."
Kakashi came to apologize, which means that he still has her in his heart. That's enough.
"Thank you, Rin."
Kakashi's haggard face had a smile.
He felt that he had said too much, and it was good that Rin could understand.
"I hope we can continue to be on good terms in the future."
"I…"
Looking at Kakashi's hopeful eyes, Rin didn't know what to say.
Her heart ached again. If Kakashi knew that she was no longer the same as she used to be, what would happen?
Some things, once lost, are lost forever.
"That's what I think too."
She lowered her head slightly, her short hair gently brushed over her reddish eyes, and a silent tear quietly fell.
"Ah, it seems like some sand got into my eyes…"
Rin gently rubbed her eyes, trying to hide the trembling in her heart.
A trace of joy flashed in Kakashi's slightly empty eyes, as if in this brief pause, he found the shadow of old friendship.
The two continued to move forward, the shadows under the streetlights were stretched slender, swaying gently with their steps.
The two shadows seemed to be able to overlap, or they seemed to be forever parallel, never intersecting.
…
Land of Demons.
"Is Lord Daimyo's illness getting worse recently?" Miroku asked Sada.
Doctor Sada enjoys a great reputation in several countries such as the Land of Demons and the Land of Swamps.
"No." Sada shook his head.
He said, "Lord Daimyo is harmed by a demon possessing him. His lifespan is greatly reduced, and his physical body has aged so badly that even a slight infection of wind and cold is a great disease for him."
Doctor Sada carefully considered his words and then continued, "The doctor who treated Lord Daimyo's injuries was very skilled, perhaps we can continue to ask him to come again, or we can ask the famous Princess Tsunade."
Doctor Sada told Miroku the solution so as not to incur the wrath of this noble Priestess.
He then said some names of doctors with good reputations.
Listening to a series of doctor names, Miroku sighed.
She naturally wouldn't allow Kiyoshi to manipulate her.
She had searched for countless doctors, but unfortunately, there had been no progress.
On the contrary, the money spent on finding these doctors was much more than what was given to Kiyoshi. But Kiyoshi only comes once in a long time.
Now is the time of the Great Ninja War, with chaos and turmoil, ninjas are trying their best to deal with the ninjas of enemy countries, how can they care about the mission orders of small countries?
Unless they are willing to form an alliance and offer a large amount of materials to help the great powers...
"Go down."
Miroku rubbed her brows, and there was a lingering worry between her brows.
"Yes, Priestess."
Doctor Sada respectfully said goodbye and left the Priestess Shrine.
After he left, a female guard presented a letter to Miroku. The envelope was heavy, containing something.
"This is a letter sent by Uchiha Kiyoshi from Konohagakure."
"I know."
Miroku waved away the female guard, and out of curiosity, she opened the envelope to take a look.
She found that there was an ordinary kunai inside, and the handle of the kunai was painted with a strange black pattern.
There was also a letter attached below, saying that this was a gift for Miroku.
"What is he thinking?" Miroku frowned slightly.
Kiyoshi should not be the kind of person who would give her gifts for no reason. But Miroku couldn't think of what this kunai was for.
She casually put down the kunai and took off the priestess's robe.
Inside, she was only wearing a thin undergarment, which fit her graceful curves, and occasionally trembled with the full arc.
Miroku soon fell into a dream.
Morning.
"Sleeping so early?"
When Miroku was drowsy, the sudden voice startled her from her dream.
She opened her eyes and Kiyoshi's face actually appeared in her view.
"!"
Miroku hugged the quilt and leaned back, almost falling off the bed.
Looking at the extremely noble priestess, being frightened and embarrassed, Kiyoshi laughed.
"You… how did you do it?"
Miroku glanced around and found that Kiyoshi was holding the kunai in his hand.
It was the one Kiyoshi had given her.
"Wait, this is…"
Miroku seemed to remember something and recalled carefully.
She suddenly said, "Isn't this Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Miroku remembered that Minato had used such a ninjutsu. But it seems that the distance is limited.
The Land of Demons is separated from the Land of Fire by numerous countries, can it be reached instantly with such a ninjutsu?
"To be precise, this is the Second Hokage's technique." Kiyoshi corrected Miroku's fallacies.
He wandered around the simple room and hung the kunai on the beam of Miroku's room.
While Miroku was sleeping, Kiyoshi also placed spare kunai in other places.
Miroku ignored Kiyoshi's behavior.
She put down the quilt, walked to Kiyoshi, and said, "The Daimyo has recently suffered from a serious illness again, I hope you can cure the Daimyo."
"Then you should know what I want." Kiyoshi said lightly.
He has almost learned the priestess sealing technique.
What he lacks is the priestess's chakra.
His chakra has already mutated due to [Reincarnated Priestess (Blue)], adding 40% demon-slaying effect.
But these are not enough, Kiyoshi wants more.
The demon-slaying attribute can likely suppress the tailed beasts. Kiyoshi cannot give that up.
In the ninja world, there is not just one Ten-Tails. There is also a second Ten-Tails.
That is the tailed beast held by Isshiki.
After all, a tailed beast is a large mass of chakra, which can be cut and recreated.
After sealing Isshiki's Ten-Tails in another dimension, it was later split into countless fragments due to certain events, even awakening and evolving into what are known as "Human God Trees."
Like the other nine tailed beasts, they possessed intelligence and the ability to think.
Furthermore, their bodies weren't in the backward beast form like the other tailed beasts, but rather in a highly condensed humanoid form.
As everyone knows, a Jinchūriki's strength is definitely greater than a single wild tailed beast.
This is a matter of efficiency. Naruto is a perfect Jinchūriki, so he can achieve better results than Madara and Kurama.
And those "Human God Trees" are essentially all perfect Jinchūriki, and to top it off, they each have a Rinnegan.
Sasuke was eventually sealed, becoming one with the God Tree.
Given the potential for such a crisis in the future, Kiyoshi naturally wanted to accumulate demon-slaying chakra.
Later on, genjutsu wouldn't have much of an impact on enemies of that caliber.
"I can give you money."
Miroku didn't hesitate and immediately replied to Kiyoshi.
Money was useless to her. As long as she could save the Daimyo of the Land of Demons, it didn't matter.
"Not just money, I want a batch of advanced medical equipment." Kiyoshi took out a list and handed it to Miroku.
This equipment was expensive and would take a lot of effort to acquire.
This was also why Orochimaru worked for Danzo. To do research, you need the support of a patron.
Since Kiyoshi could control Miroku, he didn't need to collude with Danzo like Orochimaru, and he didn't have to constantly provide experimental results to Danzo.
Otherwise, the probability of Danzo transplanting so many Sharingan eyes using Hashirama's arm would be almost zero.
"…Okay." Miroku nodded.
The items on the list were indeed very expensive and would put a strain on the Land of Demons's treasury.
After all, they were a small country, not comparable to the economy of the major powers.
But as long as Kiyoshi could cure the Daimyo, none of that mattered.