Xie Mao told Qianyo yesterday that he was going to visit Fenfu, and Qianyo had already made arrangements. When Xie Mao went out, the flat-chested ninja with small tiger teeth named Qian Qingya that he had seen before appeared next to him

.

"Are you going to find the Jinchuuriki?" Qian Qingya first smiled as a greeting and then asked.

"Well, will you take me there?" Xie Mao asked.

"Correct answer! Follow me!"

Gan Qingya always looks full of energy and leads the way with goose steps. Because he looks very cute, his goose steps are also very cute, as if he is showing off his cuteness.

Xie Mao followed her, a little funny in his heart, and asked calmly: "What are you doing?"

"Huh? Lead the way." Qian Qingya turned his head and answered.

"We can hurry up and hurry up." Xie Mao said with a slight eyebrow raised.

"Well..." Qian Qingya puffed up his cheeks, "I've been bored to death protecting you these days. Slow down, so you can relax."

Xie Mao took a look at Qingya Ya, thought for a while and said, "Let's go there early now and eat outside and relax when we come back."

"Hey, do you want to invite me?" Qian Qingya's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Well, let's join the other ninjas who protect me." Xie Mao did not hesitate to pay for a meal.

"Okay!" Qian Qingya happily raised his arms in celebration, "Then let's go quickly!"

I can really bribe you with just one meal... Xie Mao nodded lightly, and the two of them immediately ran towards their destination at the speed of a ninja.

Sharing blessings is also a blessing, but it is called no blessing.

During the period of the Second Kazekage, the still young Bunfuku was implanted into the one-tailed Shukaku and became the Jinchūriki of Sunagakure Village.

In today's Sunagakure Village, the jinchuriki is not a hero, but a monster that the villagers fear, and a bomb that the higher-ups are afraid of. Maybe one day if you are not careful, the rampaging jinchuriki will destroy the entire village.

So even though Fenfu had never made a mistake and never harmed others, he was still imprisoned by the village's senior officials, and even his name was gradually forgotten. In the end, people regarded him as a monster and only called him "Shukaku"

proportionate.

Under the leadership of Gan Qingya, Xie Mao came to the prison located in a cave on a hill far away from the center of the village.

Amidst the dust blown up by the strong wind, Xie Mao, who was specially wearing a hooded windbreaker, followed Qian Qingya to the prison gate. After several verifications, he finally reached the last checkpoint.

At the entrance of the cave, two ninjas wearing white dust hats, off-white vests, and dark long-sleeved trousers stopped in front of Xie Mao and Gan Qingya. The leading ninja was originally cold-faced, but after

When he noticed Xie Mao, a genius who had recently become famous in the village, he showed a friendly smile and said:

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Although I don't know what you want Shukaku to do, you must be careful about that monster."

Speaking of the latter part, the ninja seriously reminded him that he was worried that something might happen to Xie Mao in his territory.

"Don't worry, uncle, I will keep an eye on him." Qian Qingya responded with a smile.

Xie Mao nodded lightly and followed Qian Qingya into the cave.

When the two of them entered, the follower next to the leader came closer and said, "Who is that red-haired brat? He doesn't speak to his seniors, he's so cold."

The leader glanced at the follower and lowered his voice: "Please lower your voice. He is the grandson of Advisor Chiyo, and he also served as a key figure in an S-level mission before."

"Oh, it seems to be called...'Scorpion', right? That S-level mission was led by Advisor Chiyo and Jonin Yakura, right? He just went for gold plating, right?" the follower questioned in a difficult tone. He was almost thirty years old.

Okay, I haven't even tried an S-level mission yet.

"That's what I originally thought..."

The leader swallowed, but there seemed to be shock in his eyes: "But a few days ago, Xie killed a spy without a puppet and was seriously injured."

"Is... is that spy too weak?" the follower said subconsciously.

"...I don't know. In short, don't be too petty. If they want to communicate with monsters, just let them do it." The leader shook his head gently, "They will soon give up."

How can monsters communicate?

Ta-ta!

Xie Mao and Qian Qingya went deep together and soon saw the prison surrounded by dark purple iron bars. In the darkness behind the prison, a figure sitting cross-legged could be vaguely seen.

Before the two of them reached the prison, a cold feeling filled with evil thoughts emerged from the depths of their hearts, frightening the two of them to stop at the same time.

After a brief pause, Xie Maobian, who knew the nature of the tailed beast well, continued to move forward and said: "You stay here."

"You...be careful." Qian Qingya did not refuse Xie Mao's kindness, but she was indeed a little frightened.

Xie Mao continued to move forward and found that the terrifying cold feeling was only due to the tailed beast's chakra escaping around, rather than Fenfu or Ichibi Shukaku taking the initiative to scare them.

These stray chakras are not condensed, are filled with Shukaku's negative emotions, and are mixed with Bunfu's own chakra, so they are not considered pure tailed beast chakra, and Xie Mao can be sure that they cannot be used by him.

Xie Mao walked closer to the prison, and with a faint light, he could clearly see the people in the prison.

It was an old man with a bald head and long eyebrows that were all white. Wrinkles covered his forehead and cheeks. His face was peaceful, but his deep-set eyes looked a little scary.

The old man was wearing a dirty light blue robe with a purple robe on top. He clasped his hands piously and peacefully and ignored Xie Mao's arrival.

After Xie Mao looked at it quietly for a while, he slowly said: "Hello, I am Scorpion."

"..." The old man slowly raised his face, looked at Xie Mao silently for a few seconds, then opened his dry lips and uttered a hoarse voice: "Hello, Scorpion, no honorifics are needed, I have a blessed name."

"Can I sit here?" Xie Mao didn't want to continue the conversation while looking down.

"This is not my place, but maybe it's okay." The corners of Fenfu's mouth turned up slightly.

"Thanks."

Xie Mao simply sat cross-legged opposite Fenfu. The two looked at each other across the iron fence. Xie Mao asked calmly: "How long have you been staying here?"

"How long?" Fenfu raised his left eyebrow. He thought for a long time, and finally showed an apologetic smile, "I didn't remember."

Huh? Qian Qingya, who was listening carefully at the back, was stunned for a moment, feeling that this jinchuriki was not as scary as he imagined or what was rumored in the village.

"Has it been so long that you forgot?"

"No, I just didn't remember." Fenfu smiled calmly.

"That's okay." Xie Mao nodded slightly. He looked at Fenfu's old appearance and said, "Do you remember your age?"

Fenfu slowly shook his head and said: "There are no years in the mountains."

It means I can’t remember clearly.

"The person in your body should know, right?" Xie Mao asked.

Fenfu's sunken eyes met Xie Mao's gaze, and he said hoarsely: "If you really want to know, I can ask him."

"No, let's do a divination and put some of your chakra on this deck of cards." Xie Mao took out a stack of cards and gestured.

"Divination...?"

Bunfu, who was implanted into Shukaku by the second-generation Kazekage at a young age, did not receive much basic education and did not know the meaning of "divination". Fortunately, Shukaku inside him explained it.

"Yes, I will use this deck of cards to divine your age." Xie Mao explained.

"It looks like a toy I saw when I was a kid." Fenfu smiled and did not refuse. He stretched out his hand and injected a little chakra into the card.

Xie Mao immediately shuffled the cards quickly, then put them in front of him, took out the first card and showed it, and saw that it was an "ugly" card in the right position.

Xie Mao raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Chou" ranks second among the twelve earthly branches. In this divination, the "Chou" card means that the age at which blessings can be shared is only 36 years old at most.

But Fenfu has an old look on his face, no matter how old he is, he doesn't look that young.

If his inspiration hadn't been abnormal, Xie Mao would have suspected that there was something wrong with his divination.

"What's wrong?" Fenfu noticed Xie Mao's expression.

"You are younger than I thought." Xie Mao shuffled the "Chou" card back into the deck. After a quick shuffle, he drew the first card again, which was the upright "Chen" card, representing 5

.

"You are actually only 29 years old?" Xie Mao frowned in disbelief.

"Well... Shukaku said you were right." Fenfu couldn't help but smile happily, "Divination is really amazing."

If I weren't really good at divination, who would know from your appearance that you are only 29 years old... Xie Mao still can't accept it.

The dried green sprouts not far away also looked shocked.

"Can you explain to me how divination is done?" Fenfu asked innocently like a curious child.

"It's very simple." Seeing that his divination aroused Fenfu's curiosity, Xie Mao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

He stretched out his hand to spread out all the cards and explained:

"There are a total of twelve cards, starting with 'Zi' and ending with 'Hai'. They are divided into upright and reverse positions. Enter chakra. After the first full shuffle, the first card is drawn, such as the 'Chou' just now

', it represents the second twelve years, then the cards are taken back and reshuffled, and the first card is drawn, just like the 'Chen' just now, which represents 5. Because both cards are upright, the sum is 29,

If the two cards drawn are both reversed, they will be added together. Only when one is upright and the other is reversed will the two numbers be subtracted."
Chapter completed!