"Is it you?" Xie Mao was a little surprised. In his eyes, Iwasa Xiu was almost equal to a dead man. Most people really couldn't call him out of his home.

Ishigaki Kaoru could actually ask him to come to the hospital to visit him? Their relationship is better than Xie Mao thought.

"It seems you still remember me, kid." Iwasa said lazily, his half-length brown hair was quite messy.

"If you were here, I wouldn't have taken a detour to see him off," Xie Mao said.

"Wait a minute, I'm accompanying Xiaoxun not just to visit you."

Iwasa Xiu's expression became more serious, and he said solemnly: "I hope to ask you to do something."

"Huh?" Xie Mao first looked at Ishigaki Kaoru, then looked at Iwasa Xiu, "What's the matter?"

"Xiao Xun told me about your divination. I beg you to help me get my father's forehead protector back."

Iwasahiu said in a low voice that he actually didn't mind asking for help from people younger than him. He seemed a bit useless as an older man, but in order to get back his father's forehead protector, Iwasaxiu was willing to bow his head.

Xie Mao slightly raised his eyebrows: "Is your father a teammate?"

"Yes, they died together in the battle with Yanyin Village. The only one who survived was Ichimukui." Iwasa Xiu said, giving Xie Mao a look intentionally.

What do you mean, does he suspect that there is something wrong with Yi Mukui? Xie Mao said: "Let's talk as we walk."

The three of them walked non-stop towards Ishigaki Kaoru's home. Xie Mao shared the pastries in his hands with the other two people. When they tasted them, they found that they were surprisingly good, and the sweetness was in line with his taste.

Kaoru Ishigaki looked around while eating, and finally his eyes rested on Xie Mao: "Scorpion-kun, please, last time I told others when I went back, they didn't believe it. Only Brother Iwasa believed me."

"Why do you believe me?" Xie Mao glanced at Iwasa Hugh.

"Because Xiaoxun's description is very detailed, it doesn't look like she's making it up, and I can also witness it with my own eyes." Iwasa Xiu stuffed the cake into his mouth, put his hands in his pockets, and replied with a stooped look.

There was no vitality at all.

"I don't mind helping you, but I don't plan to help you for free." Xie Mao said. He was not familiar with Iwasa Xiu. He just had a fight. Moreover, unlike Ishigaki Kaoru, who had no financial ability and was still a child, Iwasa Xiu

He was already a serious genin, so naturally he couldn't do divination for free.

"...I understand, what do you need?" Iwasa Xiu was not too surprised.

"I haven't thought about it yet, but it will be within your acceptable range." Xie Mao is not short of money, so he has not yet thought about what compensation Iwasa Xiu should give.

Xie Mao will definitely not refuse such things as divination, which is conducive to his digestion. Even if Xie Mao helps with divination for free, he can still gain performance completion and digestion progress, just like what he did with Kaoru Ishigaki.

However, since others don't know his digestive needs, he can naturally get some extra benefits, as long as he doesn't scare others away, so Xie Mao added the second half of the sentence.

Iwasa Xiu thought for a moment and did not refuse. In his opinion, his father's forehead protection was greater than many things.

Seeing that Xie Mao and Iwasa Xiu had almost concluded the divination matter, Ishigaki Kaoru asked: "Scorpion-kun, why were you injured today?"

"Didn't Yimukui tell you?" Xie Mao asked.

"No, Uncle Ichiki only said that you were injured and hospitalized." Ishigaki Kaoru replied with a clear voice.

Well, I was originally surprised that a ninja knew about my injury. It makes sense that Ye Cang has the status of a jounin, but Ichimukui is only a chuunin and can actually know it. Now it seems that he does not know in detail, maybe it is just hearsay.

...Xie Mao thought of this and temporarily gave up his unnecessary thoughts, and began to answer Ishigaki Kaoru's question: "Because I was attacked by a spy."

"Spy?" Kaoru Ishigaki opened his eyes in surprise, "What is that?"

"...To put it simply, they are the bad guys hiding in our village from other places." Xie Mao paused and explained roughly.

"You were assassinated by ninjas from other villages?" Iwasa Shu was stunned when he heard this. He was as shocked as Ishigaki Kaoru. He had lost contact with most ninjas and had no suitable channels to learn the news.

However, being able to be assassinated by ninjas from other villages means that Xie Mao's identity or strength must be extraordinary, and he is definitely not just a ninja school student who can do divination.

The name Scorpion is somewhat familiar to me, but I really don’t know what it means... Iwasa Shu frowned slightly.

"right."

Based on Xie Mao's own character, he might brag about his counterattack, but firstly, he is now wearing the character of "Scorpion", and secondly, Uncle Sen died in this assassination, so he doesn't have much

Speaking of desire, he just nodded lightly.

"Assassinated by ninjas from other villages..." Ishigaki Kaoru didn't know exactly what this meant. He was just subconsciously afraid and terrified, feeling that it was very, very dangerous.

"Don't worry, the matter has been resolved." Xie Mao looked around, "Your home should be right in front."

"Hey! Have you gone home already?" The girl realized that she would be separated from Xie Mao and Iwasa Xiu here.

"It's already very late, go back and rest early." Iwasa Xiu echoed from the side.

"Then...good night, Brother Iwasa, Mr. Scorpion." Ishigaki Kaoru said goodbye with some reluctance.

"Good night." Xie Mao said calmly, watching Kaoru Ishigaki return to his home.

"My home is still a little way away from here." Iwasa Xiu said while turning his head.

Why, you want me to take you home too? Xie Mao nodded lightly, followed Iwasa Xiu and asked, "Do you have anything you want to tell me alone?"

"Yes, as I hinted before, I suspect... Ichimukui betrayed the village." Iwasa Xiu said with some pain.

Xie Mao thought thoughtfully: "Because he survived the battlefield alone? But if it is such an obvious abnormality, the higher-ups in the village will not notice it."

"In the war with Iwagakure, only Ichimukui survived the serious injury. After he recovered, he returned to the battlefield and killed many Iwagakure ninjas, which naturally dispelled the suspicion." Iwasa Shu said slowly.

"Well, this shows that he is not a traitor to Iwagakure."

"But I still doubt him." Iwasa Xiu's expression twisted in pain.

"Why?" Xie Mao asked strangely. Since the other party was not a traitor, why did he still doubt him?

"Because... he once encouraged me to hate our village and Iwagakure." Iwasaxiu gritted his teeth and said with some fear, "I am sure there is something wrong with him. There must be a secret behind his survival. You should be careful about him and stay away from him.

.”

Encourage? Yes, when I accompanied Ishigaki Kaoru to his house, he also chatted with me alone. I originally planned to spend time to figure it out, but then one thing happened after another, and I didn’t have time to deal with Ichimukui’s

It's happened... Xie Mao's mind was spinning. He looked at Iwasa Xiu beside him and said:

"I thought of the reward I need."

Iwasa Xiu took a breath to calm down: "You say."

Xie Mao said calmly: "I am also worried about Yi Mukui's problem, so I hope you will go and find out more relevant information."

"This is also what I want to do, but..." Iwasa Xiu rubbed his forehead with disdain and pain, "I said, stay away from him, I... don't dare to pry."

"Huh?" Xie Mao was stunned for a moment.

"...That year I just graduated from the ninja school and became a genin. Before I went to the battlefield, I got the news of my father's death. For a long time after that, Ichimukui led me, and I also fought on the battlefield.

, do auxiliary work, and try to find out the secret behind Yi Mukui."

Iwasa Shu sighed: "But after I was seriously injured and almost died, I was really scared."

"Afraid of death?" Xie Mao didn't laugh at Iwasa Xiu's cowardice, he simply said.

"I'm not only afraid of death, I'm also afraid that after I die, my brother, Xiaoxun, and other children, most of their families rely on me to help them, but even so they live very hard. What will happen to them if I die?"

manage."

Iwasa Xiu's eyes turned a little red: "I don't dare to go to the battlefield anymore, and I don't dare to explore the secret of Ichimukui anymore. My only thought now is to get my father's forehead protector back."

Xie Mao listened quietly and did not reply.

Iwasa Xiu laughed at himself and said: "Very timid, right? I also hate myself like this. I hate myself for having no strength and qualifications."

He grabbed his hair in pain and muttered: "I have given up."

He was once full of vigor, he was young and frivolous, and he was passionate and passionate, but these "immature" emotions were all torn and destroyed by the cruel war.

It was because he was protected at the back that he overestimated his capabilities and tried to join the Jonin battlefield where he was at a disadvantage, so he suffered heavy losses and disrupted the battle rhythm of his own Jonin.

In that serious injury that almost caused death, Iwasa Xiu, who was lying on the hospital bed, did not completely lose consciousness. He seemed to be able to hear the cries of the little guys he regarded as his younger brothers and sisters, and the jounin scolding him.

Feeling that he was constantly sinking in the darkness, the suffocation and despair that was a hundred times more painful than drowning made Iwasa Xiu understand that he was not without fear, he was not alone, and he could not stand out with his passion.

After a difficult journey at the door of death, Iwasakyu, who was lucky enough to survive, learned to cherish his life and not to get involved in battles far beyond his own level, so he was afraid and ignored Ichimokui's possible problems.

.

He said this just to tell Xie Mao that he did not dare to inquire about Yi Mukui anymore.

After hearing this, Xie Mao neither looked down on Iwasa Kyū nor encouraged him. He just slowly asked, "What if you won't die?"

"What?" Iwasa Xiu was stunned for a moment, not understanding Xie Mao's words, "How can a person not die?"

Seeing that Iwasa Xiu's attention had been attracted, Xie Mao said in an inscrutable tone: "There is not enough danger, how could you die?"

Iwasa Shu subconsciously frowned and asked, "How do I know if there is any danger?"

Xie Mao was obviously looking up at Iwasa Xiu, who was taller, but he seemed to be looking down, and his voice became ethereal: "It's very simple, why not try magical divination?"
Chapter completed!