XX-level Hokage

Xiao Nan was completely unable to speak at this point. Attack.

Xiao Nan winced slightly, but still managed to suppress her cries. A night of lily dance.

The next day, Konan woke up in bed with aches all over her body, only to find that Mashiro was nowhere to be seen.

With difficulty, I got up and saw a bowl of porridge and a piece of paper on the bedside table. There were some words written on the paper.

"Return in ten days. He will take care of the treatment himself. Don't worry."

Xiao Nan lay back down on the bed. Yesterday was a strange feeling, but it wasn't bad.

Konan was in a good mood after receiving the promise to save Nagato, though it could also be due to the lingering pleasure caused by that wretched tail.

(Here's some information about Uchiha Zero's Mangekyou Sharingan. Name: Uchiha Zero)

Kaleidoscope started at age 13. Reason: Unknown (likely referring to a specific type of ink dream).

Style: Simple snowflake design. Left eye ability: Mind reading.

Right eye ability: Predicts the next five seconds

His keen eyesight, exceptional eloquence, and innate talent for deception led all the women close to him to call him a liar.

Chapter Sixty-Seven:

The Land of Demons, a mysterious country with priestesses passed down through generations, has seen its priestesses disappear one by one with the appearance of the demon, Kiyo. Only those capable of sealing the demon...

The lineage of the High Priestess still exists, and each generation of High Priestess possesses the powerful ability to seal away the curse.

The great priestess of the Demon Kingdom in this generation is named Shiwan.

"Has Miyo's reinforcements not arrived yet?" asked Ashiho, who was in charge of guarding Shiwan. "Don't worry, everything is in the hands of fate," Shiwan said expressionlessly.

Not long ago, a major event occurred in the Land of Demons. The Ghost Legion's Yomi used mysterious dark healing techniques to resurrect the demon Qixi, which possessed terrifying power capable of destroying the world, and hoped to use it to establish a dark, thousand-year kingdom.

After possessing Yomi, Tiaoti ordered the Ghost Legion to attack the Land of Demons, attempting to kill the priestess Shion, who possessed the ability to seal demons and foretell death, and to reclaim Tiaoti's body sealed in the Land of Swamps.

Once Qiao's soul and body become one, the ninja world will suffer a huge blow. News of the attack on the Land of Demons quickly spread to other countries, and Konoha immediately decided to send aid. Mashiro was the recipient of Konoha's aid this time.

"My lady, how can you say that? Your safety cannot be entrusted to fate. You are the only hope to defeat Tsutsumi," Ashiho said anxiously.

At this moment, the ghost legion attacked, vast and mighty, and quickly surrounded the two.

"Your Highness, please go first. I'll hold them off." Azusa said, her body trembling as she suppressed her panic. "Today is not my day of death," Shiwan murmured to herself.

"My lady, what are you saying?" Just as Ashiho was wondering, "Melting Release: Torrent."

A clear female voice came.

Immediately following, a mudslide carrying rocks and lightning swept in, clearing a path through the ghost army's encirclement. "So, I've arrived just in time?" Mashiro said, walking up to the two.

Without the Shadow Legion infiltrating the shadows beforehand, Mashiro couldn't teleport to the Land of Demons, so it did take her quite a while to find this place.

"You must be the priestess of the Land of Demons, Miss Shion. I am Hyuga Mashiro, a reinforcement sent by Konoha. You can call me Mashiro," Mashiro said to Shion with a smile.

"Are you the reinforcements sent by Konoha? Hyuga Mashiro, you are the disciple of the Third Hokage, the legendary Black and White Phantom Lord Hyuga Mashiro!" Ashiho said excitedly.

“You will die. No, you are already dead. No, your fate is strange.” Ziwan looked at Zhenbai and suddenly said.

"Lady Mashiro, please don't mind her. The priestess has always been like this, a bit outspoken," Ashiho quickly said, afraid that the two might have misunderstood each other.

"Oh, really? I've heard that the High Priestess of the Land of Demons not only has the ability to reseal resurrected demons, but also the ability to foresee the deaths of others. I wonder how you envision my death?" Mashiro asked with interest.

“You are special. It seems you have two endings. In the first ending, you were burned to death by flames. In the second ending, you were killed by a person with red eyes,” Ziwan said in an extremely serious tone.

Hearing Ziwan's words, Zhenbai's expression became unusually serious. The first ending was being burned to death by flames. That was how she died in her previous life. So, in this second ending, could it be that she was killed by someone with red eyes in this life? Red eyes... could it be the Sharingan?

Just as Mashiro was pondering, the ghost army began to surround them again. They were immortal and coexisted with the ghosts.

"This isn't the place to talk, let's leave first." Mashiro suddenly picked up Shion and, before the path opened up by the flood could be blocked, headed away into the distance.

Seeing this, Shiho quickly followed suit and left.

Mashiro carried Aster and leaped through the woods. Soon after, they arrived at a wooden house.

"I found this on my way here. It seems the master has escaped. We can rest here for a while." Zhenbai put Shiwan down and said, "Thank you." Shiwan landed on the ground and looked at Zhenbai.

A little while later, Ashiho arrived as well. There were two rooms in the cabin.

"You two should take a break. I'm on duty tonight," Masashi said with a smile.

"Then I'll trouble you." Zu Sui said gratefully, having helped Zi Wan evade two trials; he was indeed very tired.

Ziyuan nodded to Zhenbai and went into a room. Soon, it was late at night.

Mashiro sat on the roof of the wooden house, looking at the bright moonlight.

"Can you take me up?" Ziwan appeared outside the wooden house at some point and asked.

"Aren't you asleep yet, so late?" Mashiro asked, looking down at Shiwan. Shiwan didn't answer, but quietly looked at Mashiro.

Mashiro smiled, then extended his hand to Aster. "Fang Xiang Guan Yin"

With a very slight effort, Mashiro slowly pulled Shion onto the roof, where she landed beside her. Shion remained silent. Helpless, Mashiro turned to look at the moon again, and Shion, seeing this, also looked up at the moon. "What are you thinking about?" Shion suddenly asked.

Mashiro stretched and murmured, "I wonder if there's Princess Kaguya on the moon." "Too bad there's only a Gedo Mazo and a bunch of cataracts," Mashiro added to himself.

“You’ve become very different, Zero,” Aster said, looking directly at Mashiro. Mashiro turned to look at Aster, his expression becoming deep and thoughtful.

“I guessed it. Also, you feel very familiar to me, just like in that dream. When I said you were burned to death by flames, I inexplicably felt like I had said those words before, and then I remembered that dream.” Ziwan was not afraid of Zhenbai’s gaze and spoke softly.

Mashiro's gaze became distant. Yes, in her previous life, Shiwan had said those words.

She came with Naruto and the others. After meeting Shiwan, Shiwan pronounced a death sentence on Naruto and herself. Later, because Naruto broke Shiwan's premonition, she stopped caring.

“You recognized me? What, are you looking for revenge for what I forced you to do back then?” Mashiro said, looking at Shiwan’s face.

"No, that's not it. After all, that was just me in a dream, and it has nothing to do with the real me. I was just curious about you. It's strange that one person can have two lives," Ziwan said, turning to look at the moon.

Looking at Aster's profile, Mashiro felt a momentary lapse in time. This was the first person to guess her identity based on her own efforts. [Name: Aster]

Gender: Female; Age: 16; Favorability Rating: 50

Relationship: Friends (?)

Affection Reward (90): Precognitive Power

This is the first person to have only one reward on the panel. Is it because the initial favorability is too high? Mashiro couldn't help but wonder.

“I have high hopes for you. You are someone who can control your own destiny, and I envy that. Our priestess clan has always been burdened by fate. This is not because of Qiao. Even without Qiao, there would still be Mei. Everything is in flux. I am just a drop in the tide of fate,” Ziwan said expressionlessly.

"Have you ever thought about breaking away from the role of a shrine maiden, or rather, making shrine maidenness a profession rather than a tradition?" Mashiro gently stroked Shion's hair as she spoke. Shion turned to look at Mashiro, and their eyes met. A plan was born from this moment.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Shinra Tensei

The next morning, when Ashiho woke up and went out of her room, she saw Mashiro and Shion sitting together, talking about something. "Miya-sama, Mashiro-sama," Ashiho said respectfully as she stepped forward.

"You're awake. Let's set off then and take care of Qiaoshai," Mashiro said, then picked up Shiwan and began heading into the Land of Demons.

Ashiho originally wanted to wait until the reinforcements from other countries arrived before setting off, but seeing Mashiro carrying Shiwan away, she had no choice but to follow.

Along the way, they encountered many of Qiaoti's subordinates, all of whom were easily dealt with by Mashiro.

As for those impervious "Terracotta Warriors," although they are difficult to destroy, they can simply be buried underground using earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique in Chinese fantasy novels). While traveling and dealing with enemies along the way, Mashiro still managed to find time to talk to Shiwan.

Ashiho followed silently behind, watching Mashiro cleanly and efficiently take down one enemy after another, and her tense heart gradually relaxed. Mashiro was still able to keep up, but Ashiho was running out of energy.

"Lord Mashiro. Shall we find a place to rest?" The intense travel had taken its toll on his body. Mashiro looked at Shion, who nodded. Then Mashiro went to a lakeside and stopped.

"You two rest for a bit, I'll go find something to eat." Mashiro put Aster down, then turned and left.

When the tassels landed here, he only saw Shiwan. He couldn't help but ask, "My lady, where is Mashiro-sama?" "She went to find food," Shiwan said, sitting down by the tree.

"How could this be? What if there's danger?" Upon hearing this, Azusa became tense. He stood around Azusa, looking around. Sure enough, ninjas from other countries were unreliable, Azusa couldn't help but sigh.

Just then, two of their subordinates suddenly appeared, brandishing their spears and stabbing at Ziwan.

"My lady, watch out!" Ashiho immediately rushed to stop him, but only managed to block one. The other had already reached Shiwan. Just as his sharp blade was about to pierce Shiwan, a samurai sword suddenly slashed out from under the shade of a tree, cleaving the assassin in two.

"The two tails that have been following behind must be you, right? Very good. Now can you tell me where the top is?" The assassin who was blocked by the foot tassel had been captured by Mashiro at some point.

"I won't say anything," the assassin said with unusual determination, before attempting to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

But in Mashiro's eyes, everything he did was merely a struggle. "Truth Technique"

A wisp of green chakra threads emerged from Mashiro's hand and entered the assassin's head.

This is a ninjutsu used for interrogation, limited to use by two people with a huge difference in chakra levels. It can forcefully extract the information you want to know, but the person being interrogated will instantly become an idiot.

The assassin's eyes were glazed over, and he was drooling, but he still managed to utter the exact location of Qiaosha.

Having obtained the desired information, flames erupted, incinerating the assassin into ashes. "Let's go, now we know the location," Masashi said with a smile.

"Lord Mashiro, was all of this within your expectations?" Ashiho asked, somewhat surprised.

"Not really. I did go find something to eat, but I set a mousetrap before I left, and I didn't expect to actually catch a mouse," Mashiro said.

Hearing Mashiro's words, Ashiho was completely confused.

Walking up to Ziyuan, Zhenbai took out a roasted sweet potato wrapped in paper from her pocket and said, "Here, a roasted sweet potato."

"Aren't you going to eat?" Ziwan asked hesitantly, looking at the roasted sweet potato that Zhenbai offered. "I've already eaten," Zhenbai said with a smile.

Ziwan said nothing more, her gaze softened as she looked at Zhenbai, and then she took the roasted sweet potato that Zhenbai handed her and started eating. She had been busy escaping for the past few days and hadn't eaten anything for a long time.

In fact, Mashiro didn't lie this time. She really did come after eating. If she hadn't been in a hurry, she would have even wanted to buy some more fruit.

While Aster was eating, Mashiro began to ponder Aster's previous prophecy again.

"You were killed by someone with red eyes." Red eyes—was it a natural red eye like the color red? Or the Sharingan? Or something else entirely?

How are we born? How do we die? These are questions everyone is curious about. Let's ask Aster in detail after we've finished drying it.

At this moment, Aster also finished eating, and Mashiro skillfully picked her up, and the three of them continued on their way.

With the location information, Mashiro successfully found the nest of the owl as evening approached. Leaving Azusa waiting where she was, Mashiro led Aster to the nest.

The first thing they encountered was Huang Quan's four subordinates. The four of them were originally brothers and sisters, and their ninjutsu was mediocre. However, after receiving Qiaoshai's blessing, they were able to freely use the power of the four elements of ninjutsu: water, fire, earth, and wind.

The moment they saw Mashiro and Shion, the four immediately launched an attack, raining down water bullets, fireballs, earth spikes, and whirlwinds.

Mashiro held Shionrou in her arms, and with a single hand seal, summoned a gray stone wall to block the four's attack. "Earth Release: Regeneration Rock"

The gray stone wall quickly shattered under continuous attacks, but new stone walls immediately regenerated after it was broken.

Instantaneous ninjutsu, no hand seals required. These four people don't seem to have much chakra, nor do they know any advanced ninjutsu. It's as if they cast the ninjutsu out of thin air through a special method. Their chakra is just a trigger. Is this how the blessing of the sun is supposed to be? Connecting one's own chakra with these four people in some way, watching them cast the illusion technique, and then releasing it using the sun's chakra. Interesting. "Mashiro muttered to himself.