Chapter 187

Under Ryosuke's cautious choices, the three-person squad, despite heavy crises, did not encounter any danger again.

And facts also proved that those previous situations were indeed traps carefully planned by the black-robed figures.

Since "soft" didn't work, the black-robed figures prepared to come "hard."

For example, giant rocks suddenly rolling from behind, a large number of hidden weapon traps, and sudden illusions.

These played no role at all under Ryosuke's full preparation and astonishing strength.

You say giant rocks?

The outcome was naturally being easily shattered by Ryosuke.

Hidden weapon traps, perfectly defended by a hand of ice barriers.

Illusions?

Broken in one second by extreme cold nerves, and then dragging Terumi Mei and Mizunuki Hikohiko to turn around and leave.

It was precisely because of this that the black-robed figures hiding behind the scenes had long since been driven to a breakdown by Ryosuke.

Finally, Ryosuke's squad stepped into an extremely deep location in the cave.

Relying on his keen perception, Ryosuke soon discovered the differences in the surroundings of the cave.

Subsequently, Ryosuke leaned toward the rock wall at the edge of the cave; borrowing the light of the torch in his hand, Ryosuke was able to see the situation of the rock wall clearly.

This was a relatively abstract mural.

The content on the mural seemed to tell a story.

A man with two horns on his head came to the deep mountains, seemingly looking for something.

After searching for a while, the man seemed to have gained nothing in the end.

But later, the man discovered a cave, and finally discovered something unexpected inside the cave.

Afterwards, the man settled down in the cave.

Then, the man with horns met a creature with triangular ears and a round face.

The man seemed to have established some kind of relationship with the mysterious creature, and subsequently, the mysterious creature also lived in the cave with the man, engaging in some unknown mysterious activities together with the man.

Later, the man's purpose didn't seem to have been realized, and he finally left the deep mountains.

Before leaving, the man handed a circular object to the mysterious creature to take care of.

At the end of the story, the mysterious creature also left the cave and headed to the mountain far away from the cave.

And the cave where the mysterious creature and the man lived was marked with an "X" symbol.

This abstract mural, in the eyes of Mizunuki Hikohiko and Terumi Mei, seemed somewhat incomprehensible.

But in the eyes of Mizunuki Ryosuke, it was somewhat terrifying to think about.

·· Begging for flowers ··

If the content on the mural was true, then the secrets hidden behind it were likely unimaginable to ordinary people.

Mentioning the man with horns on his head, Mizunuki Ryosuke instantly thought of one person.

That is—the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo!

Of course, also having horns on their heads were Hagoromo's brother, Otsutsuki Hamura, and the two brothers from Kumogakure who once backstabbed Senju Tobirama, Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

But Mizunuki Ryosuke thought carefully and felt that the possibility of it being Kinkaku and Ginkaku, or Otsutsuki Hamura, was not high.

First of all, it was never heard that the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers had anything to do with the Land of Water; these two brothers could basically be excluded directly.

And the two Otsutsuki brothers, after sealing Otsutsuki Kaguya, Hamura had always stayed on the moon.

The possibility of it being Hamura was also basically excluded.

And the Sage of Six Paths, after sealing Kaguya, only established the Ninja Sect after traveling through the ninja world.

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Is it possible that the Sage of Six Paths accidentally came to this cave while traveling through the ninja world?

Thinking about it, only the Sage of Six Paths fits the time and motivation of the events described on the stone wall.

Assuming the content recorded on the stone wall actually happened, and the man with horns on the stone wall really is the Sage of Six Paths.

Then what secrets are buried in this cave? And what does it have to do with the Sage of Six Paths?

What is even more worth pondering is, what is the connection between the mysterious creature in the picture and the whole thing?

Especially at the end of the mural, the mysterious creature went to the big mountain next to the cave, and the direction pointed to by the mission scroll is exactly the big mountain next to the canyon.

Does the so-called "Mizukage Secret Scroll," and the Mizukage assessment, have a connection with the mysterious creature?

The appearance of the mural made the whole thing suddenly complicated.

A flash of profound insight crossed Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes; anything that could be related to the Sage of Six Paths was definitely not a simple matter.

If one could crack the secret of this place, would it mean being able to obtain some heritage left by the Sage of Six Paths?

Before Mizunuki Ryosuke could continue to think carefully in this direction.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!"

The sharp sound of wind breaking in the air interrupted Mizunuki Ryosuke's thinking.

"Hidden weapons again?"

Ryosuke frowned, before he could make a move.

On the other side, Mizunuki Hikohiko, who was on guard nearby, also detected the movement at the first moment.

Ice Style: Ice Wall Technique!

Following Hikohiko's seal-forming, an ice wall blocked the front of the three.

The sharp object did not pierce Hikohiko's ice wall, but before the three could relax, suddenly.

"Boom!"

A huge furry claw smashed through the ice wall. ===== CHAPTER 189 =====