Chapter 98: , Traces of the Six Paths Appear

As the black robe boss walked out of the control room, tunnels extending in all directions appeared before its eyes.

This cave even connected to the underground of the forest in the canyon; relying on the tunnels, the black robe boss could quickly appear anywhere.

The black robe boss was already accustomed to this scene and walked alone into one of the tunnels marked with a "Z."

On the other side, Mizunuki Ryosuke led Tatsuo and Terumi Mei through "thousands of dangers" into the extremely deep level of the cave.

At this moment, the structure of the cave was no longer a single path to the end, but had branched out.

The squad could only continue to explore in the cave and choose reasonable routes in time.

Suishi Tatsuo and Terumi Mei had become completely indifferent to everything that happened in the cave.

The two even felt that based on this mission experience alone, they could write a book when they returned, titled "One Hundred Ways to Deal with Traps."

What should you do when you see a mysterious treasure chest emitting golden light?

A. Stop your companions from going forward, use force if necessary.

B. Send a clone to check and confirm the danger.

C. Destroy the treasure chest from a distance with Fire Style until not even a residue is left.

D. Destroy the entire scene completely, leaving no trace, and choose to take a detour.

The answer is ABCD.

Suishi Tatsuo held the bump on his forehead, looking somewhat tearful.

Clearly, this was the consequence of being "stopped by force" by Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Or for example, when two forks appear ahead, and a voice calling for help comes from one of them, which one do you choose?

A. Take the one where someone is calling for help.

B. Take the one where no one is calling for help.

And the answer is C: immediately return the way you came and choose another path at the previous fork.

Thinking of this, a hint of helplessness flashed in Terumi Mei's eyes, recalling the incident where she was dragged back by Mizunuki Ryosuke when she was ready to rush in to "save people."

Similar situations happened countless times.

Treasure?

Mizunuki Ryosuke would tell you that if something is abnormal, there must be a demon; the "treasure" appearing here suddenly must be a scam.

Then, without a shred of greed in his heart, he would destroy the golden-glowing treasure chest in front of him and destroy everything around it along with it.

Someone calling for help?

In the wilderness, it's unreasonable to mention that someone is calling for help here.

Even if someone is really calling for help, what does it have to do with him?

The call for help isn't Tian Yang's voice.

Instead, someone calling for help in one of the two paths suggests that both paths are likely the opponent's traps.

It's better to retreat and choose another one.

Under Ryosuke's cautious choices, the three-man squad didn't encounter any more danger despite the heavy crises.

And the facts proved that the previous situations were indeed traps carefully planned by the black robes.

Since "soft" tactics didn't work, the black robes prepared to come "hard."

Such as boulders rolling down from behind, a large number of hidden weapon traps, and sudden illusions.

These had no effect under Ryosuke's full preparation and astonishing strength.

You say boulders?

The outcome was naturally being easily smashed by Ryosuke.

Hidden weapon traps? A perfect defense with an Ice Wall.

Illusions?

Escaped in a second with extreme cold nerves, and dragged Terumi Mei and Suishi Tatsuo away.

It was precisely because of this that the black robes hiding behind the scenes had already been driven to a breakdown by Ryosuke.

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

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

Then, Ryosuke leaned toward the rock wall at the edge of the cave, and with 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 some searching, the man seemed to have gained nothing.

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

Afterward, 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 then the mysterious creature also lived in the cave with the man, engaging in some unknown mysterious activities together.

Later, the man's goal didn't seem to be achieved, and he eventually left the deep mountains.

Before leaving, the man handed a circular object to the mysterious creature for safekeeping.

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 seemed somewhat incomprehensible to Suishi Tatsuo and Terumi Mei.

But to Mizunuki Ryosuke, it was somewhat terrifying to think about.

If the content on the mural was true, then the information hidden behind it was a secret that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

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

That was—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 the Hidden Cloud Village who 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, he had never heard of the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers having any connection with the Land of Water; these two brothers could basically be ruled out directly.

And after the two Otsutsuki brothers sealed Otsutsuki Kaguya, Hamura had been staying on the moon.

The possibility of it being Hamura was also basically ruled out.

And the Sage of Six Paths only established the Ninshu after traveling through the ninja world following the sealing of Kaguya.

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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 fit 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 was really the Sage of Six Paths.

Then what secret was buried in this cave? And what did it have to do with the Sage of Six Paths?

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 was 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 complicated.

A deep look flashed in Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes; anything that could be related to the Sage of Six Paths could not be a simple matter.

If one could crack the secret of this place, would it mean being able to obtain some legacy 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 thoughts.

"Hidden weapons again?"

Ryosuke frowned, before he could act.

On the other side, Suishi Tatsuo, who was on guard nearby, also noticed the movement at the first moment.

Ice Style: Ice Wall Technique!

As Tatsuo formed seals, an ice wall blocked the front of the three.

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

"BOOM!"

A huge furry claw smashed through the ice wall.

— Author's Notes —

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