Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

"God Lord!"

Mako's tearful look instantly ignited the long-suppressed anger in Shenhuo's heart. The door on the Paradise Box that exuded an ominous aura was definitely a place where one could enter but not exit. Then, his palms lit up with a light blue light and slapped the guards escorting the girl.

"Send a broken palm!"

The angry attack of the divine fire would force even a captain-level ninja to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, but the strength of these guards was obviously not enough to reach the captain level.
"Oh!"

"Plop~"

As a result, they didn't even have time to scream before their hearts were blown up by the ghostly divine fire. A moment later, only three people were left alive in the entire venue.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Protecting the panicked Zhenzi behind him, Shenhuo faced the elder with a slightly cold face. As time passed, this familiar scene made the three people present feel mixed emotions.

"Shenhuo, you shouldn't have come."

The elder looked at Shenhuo with a stubborn look in his eyes and sighed slightly. He had always trained the young man in front of him as his own disciple. Not only did he take him out of the chakra training camp where he could only enter but not leave, he also taught him many secret techniques of the Kusagakure Ryu.

"Elder, I'm sorry, Mako is more important than my life."

He slowly stretched out his hand towards the sword. Even though the two of them were now on opposite sides, Shenhuo still respected the elder. If it weren't for this old man, he and Mako would have starved to death on the streets and become food for other refugees. So when he drew the sword, there was a look of deep apology on his face.

"Boom~"

"Alas~ You just ruined your last chance of survival."

The elder had lived for so many years and had witnessed all kinds of life and death, love and hate, so he was not moved by the bond between Shenhuo and Zhenzi. The expression on his face remained cold. After hearing the impatient cry of the Box of Bliss, he shook his head with some regret and said something that made the two of them puzzled.

"Elder, you are old, and you may not be my opponent."

Shen Huo, who had just been promoted to the elite captain not long ago, was very confident in his own strength. In his opinion, the elders who were already a candle in the wind were no match for a young man like him.

"Move aside, elder. I don't want to hurt you."

Waving the sword in his hand and making a beautiful knife flower, Shenhuo's tone carried a hint of threat. The reason why he had just used the force of thunder to kill several fully armed guards in seconds was to intimidate the elder and make him retreat.

"If you hadn't killed them just now, you might have had a chance to survive."

The elder was unmoved by the threat of the divine fire. Instead, he looked at the guards who were lying on the ground without a breath with some sigh. If these people were still alive, they could completely replace the woman named Mako. However, because of the young man's impulse, someone in the field had to become a sacrifice for the Box of Bliss at this moment.

"I don't want anyone to come to support me. I have knocked out all the fighters outside. No one will come in the short term."

In order to ensure the safety of his own actions, Shenhuo took advantage of his identity to knock out and tie up several colleagues who came to protect him, thinking that if Zhenzi really encountered any danger, he would forcibly take everyone away.

"You young people are still too impatient."

The elders were very disappointed by the rebellious behavior of the Divine Fire. Their cloudy eyes stared at the two men with an inexplicable look, making them feel uneasy.

"Bah~"

Knowing that the longer he delayed, the less chance he would have of escaping, Shenhuo ignored the uneasiness in his heart and wielded the saber in his hand to kill the elder who was standing there.
"God Lord!"

Seeing that the sharp blade of the divine fire was about to chop the old man, Mako's childhood memories flooded into her mind. This father-like old man had actually saved her and the God-King from the brink of death. No matter what, they could not draw their swords against the old man who saved their lives.

"Don't worry, I won't kill him. At most, I will make him unconscious for a while."

The Divine Fire that used the back of the knife to attack did not really intend to hurt the old man. At most, it could knock him unconscious, giving them the opportunity to escape.

"Shenhuo, I will teach you one last lesson."

Facing the sharp blade, the elder did not dodge, but slowly raised a wrinkled hand. As the flaming red light lit up, he said in a very cold voice,

"Don't be soft-hearted to anyone who stands in your way."

The next moment, Shenhuo, who was wielding the sword, felt the pain all over his body as if he was burned by flames. The chakra he had just extracted disappeared in an instant, and his dried-up meridians had no vitality at all. Unable to bear the piercing pain, he fell to the ground in a mess, emitting bursts of painful wails.

"Ah~ah~ah!"

"God Lord!"

The sudden change made Mako, who was already worried, scream in shock and stumbled to Shenhuo. Seeing the young man's painful appearance, the girl hurriedly checked his condition, and found that red lines like tracks had appeared out of thin air on his skin, emitting a burning breath.

"This is."

Shenhuo, who felt it was difficult to breathe, endured the pain and raised his head. He looked at the old man whose red light in his hand disappeared. The doubt in his eyes could not be dispelled for a long time.

“Shenhuo, if you can endure for a few more years, you might be qualified to learn this move.”

[Fire Escape: Heavenly Prison]

This move is a secret technique unique to the elder lineage. It sends chains that bind chakra into the enemy's body, limiting the refinement of chakra and making it lose its combat effectiveness.

"Well"

Unexpectedly, the old man had a hidden magic fire. His face was full of reluctance. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth no matter what. However, at this moment, the two of them had already torn their faces apart. The friendship between them as master and apprentice had disappeared as soon as the conflict just happened.

"Elder! Please let the Lord God go. I am willing to go in!"

Unable to bear watching the divine fire being tortured, Mako wiped the tears from his face, stood up and smiled sadly.
"No! Mako!"

Upon hearing this, Shenhuo struggled to get up, but the flaming chains on his body tortured his expression into a hideous look.

"Elder, as long as you can let Mako go, I'm willing to do anything!"

It was another familiar scene. After hearing it, the elder suddenly had a dirty butt pop up in his mind, and his mood suddenly became bad.

"Shenhuo, if you want her to live, go in."

An ungrateful person who cannot be tamed will only cause trouble if he is kept. It is better to let him make use of his remaining energy and contribute to the rise of the Grass Kingdom.

"."

Shenhuo paused after hearing this, turned his head to look at the dark door on the Paradise Box, and nodded without any hesitation.
"Elder, please keep your promise and don't hurt Mako."

"Humph! As long as the Box of Bliss is successfully opened, I have no intention of competing with a little girl."

The elder snorted coldly, showing a strong disdain. Once the Box of Paradise is opened, their Grass Country will lead the ninja world again. By then, they will have no time to care about these scumbags.

"it is good!"

Hearing the elder's words, Shen Huo felt relieved. He lowered his head to look at the tearful girl and gently stroked her head.

"Mako, you must take good care of yourself when I'm gone, and don't go hungry."

"God, don't!"

The girl, sensing the young man's determination, hugged him around the waist, tears streaming down her cheeks.

“Ahhhhhh~ Be gentle, it’s going to break!”

His waist was almost broken by the girl's slender arms. Shenhuo screamed and patted the girl's back, signaling her to let him go.

"Ah! Sorry, God-sama."

Seeing that Shenhuo was breathing in more than out, the girl quickly let go of his hand, her face slightly reddening.
"Huh~ How come your strength is getting stronger? But I feel relieved now. If someone bullies you next time, just give him an electric shock."

Shenhuo was panting, with a look of having survived a calamity on his face. After a long sigh, he patted the girl's shoulder and spoke.

"God."

Looking at the Divine Fire that he had taken down with one move, a bold idea suddenly popped up in Mako's mind.

Glancing at the Box of Bliss that was emitting a chilling aura, Mako started at zero frame, suddenly raised his leg, and gave an electric cannon to Shenhuo who was about to say some last words.

Click!

Note: The sound of eggs breaking ~
"what!!!"

The Divine Fire that was suddenly hit hard turned red and hot in an instant, and he began to roll on the ground, covering his lower body. When the male elders saw this scene, even though their testicles had been in disrepair for many years, they could not help but turn pale and subconsciously covered their crotch.

"Sir, I'm sorry. Who told you to be stupid?"

The girl smiled calmly at the fallen Divine Fire.
"Mako, what do you want to do?"

"Gulu~"

"Alas, Lord God, if I die of hunger, will I become a starving ghost?"

After gently stroking the Divine Fire's head, the girl stood up and touched her hungry stomach regretfully. Then she jumped with her back to the door of the Box of Bliss, and her last appearance was frozen in the Divine Fire's gray eyes.

"Do not!!!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As the final sacrifice was offered, the Box of Bliss groaned with satisfaction, and a black gas filled with a breath of destruction suddenly rose up, as if the end of the world was about to come.

"It's done! It's done!"

Seeing this scene, the elder's icy old face showed excitement for the first time. He looked at the full Paradise Box with trembling body, waiting for the moment to make a wish.

"Mako!"

The Divine Fire that had fallen to the ground nearby screamed miserably, his heart already consumed by regret, and he barked helplessly.

"Don't scream. It is her honor to be a sacrifice. When the Grass Country unifies the ninja world in the future, I will engrave her name on the monument."

Compared to the unification of the ninja world, this guy Shenhuo seems insignificant. Anyway, he has been controlled by the Tianlao and can't make any waves. Let him witness the rise of the Grass Country before he dies!
"Boom~Boom~"

The elder waited quietly for the Box of Bliss to be opened. With a rumbling sound, the Box of Bliss slowly took back the black air that had escaped. The dark door still gave off a cold aura, as if it was waiting for something.

“I’ve finally been waiting for this!”

The elder, who was touched, raised his hand excitedly and shouted towards the dark door in front of him,

"Box of Paradise! Please let our Grass Country become the kingdom of this world again."

"Gulu~"

"World's"

"Gulu~Gulu~"

"Whose stomach is growling?!"

The wishing process was interrupted several times by strange gurgling sounds. The stagnant elder turned his head and scanned the entire scene, trying to find the guy who was ruining the mood.

"not me."

As the only two living people in the field, Shenhuo shook his head subconsciously, and was very confused.

Why does this sound of my stomach growling sound so familiar?

"Bata~bata~"

Seeing the gurgling sound disappear, the elder, who knew which side was lighter and which side was heavier, was about to continue making a wish when a sharp sound of footsteps suddenly rang in his ears.

The elder, feeling something in his heart, immediately turned his gaze towards the source of the sound, and what he saw was a scene that left him dumbfounded. "Mako?!"

Shenhuo also shifted his gaze over there, and he let out a scream with his tone full of joy.

"Bata~bata~"

I saw a pretty figure slowly walking out of the door of the Paradise Box, her white feet stepped on the cold ground, making a clacking sound.
After the girl walked out, the Box of Bliss, which had been active just now, instantly fell silent. No matter how the elders called out, there was no response.

"How is that possible? What did you do?"

The elder stretched out his hand tremblingly, with a look of deep surprise on his usually cold face.

"Mako!"

Shenhuo had no idea how terrifying the Box of Bliss was. In his eyes, there was only the girl who had been lost and found again. He struggled to stand up in great joy and ran towards the silent girl.

"Don't go there!"

However, the elder's loud shout stopped the divine fire in its tracks.
"It's not her!"

With a gloomy look on his face, the elder looked at the quiet girl for a while and spoke coldly,
"what?"

There was a living person standing in front of him, how could he make a mistake? Shenhuo ignored the elder's warning and continued to move forward. As a result, a hoarse mumbling made his outstretched foot stop in mid-air.

“Eat, eat.”

The girl who returned from the door was quiet for a moment, then suddenly opened her mouth and revealed a weird smile. Then, in the shocked gazes of the two people, she flashed to the body of the guard who was killed instantly by the divine fire, and a red light brightened in her cold eyes.

"Mako, what are you going to do?"

The girl named Mako was unmoved by the call of the divine fire. Facing the bloody corpse on the ground, a black mist escaped from it and instantly enveloped the breathless guards on the ground.

The livid-faced Shenhuo and the elder felt a chill in their hearts at the same time.
"Well"

But for a moment, her cute and naive appearance did not please the two people present. Instead, it made them feel deeply frightened.

"Elder! What's going on?"

Shenhuo gritted his teeth and questioned the elder,

"Impossible, our ancestors never recorded such a thing."

The elder was too lazy to answer Divine Fire's question. With a frown on his face, he was only concerned about why the Box of Bliss had become ineffective.

"Forget it, let me take you down first!"

The girl who walked out of the Box of Bliss is the only clue now. The elder no longer hesitates, raises his reddened palms, and releases the Heavenly Prison Technique towards Mako, awakening the restraints that had long been planted in her body.

"Zi La~Zi La~"

But the result surprised the elder. He saw chain-like lines first appearing on the girl's body, but they were soon swallowed up by the black mist emanating from her skin. No matter how he activated the Heavenly Prison Technique, there was no movement.

"What kind of monster are you?"

Ever since the girl came out, the elders no longer regarded her as a normal human being. Her behavior just now, as well as the Heavenly Prison Technique that ignored herself and others, directly caused the elders to expel her from the human category and classify her as a monster.

“Eat, eat.”

As if she heard the elder's angry curse, the squinting girl slowly turned her head and her scarlet eyes instantly locked onto him.
"What do you want to do?"

Although Mako's eyes were now very terrifying, the elder, who was absolutely confident in his own strength, did not back down, but glared back.

"Whoosh~"

The hungry Mako would not indulge the elder's bad habits. Since the food in front of her dared to glare at her, she decided to try it first. Her pretty figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.

"what!"

When the elder saw Zhenzi disappear, he immediately made a seal with one hand and put on a battle-ready posture. As a result, he felt a flash before his eyes, and then a piercing pain came from his arm. He looked down and found that the hand he was making the seal with was missing. The severe pain made him scream.

"eat"

Mako appeared not far away, holding a bloody arm in his hand, and spit out black mist from his mouth again, swallowing it.

"monster"

The elder endured the pain and stopped the bleeding. A hint of fear flashed across his eyes. He really wanted to find out where this monster in human skin came from.

“Eat, eat.”

As if the only word she knew was "eat", the girl, after tasting the elder's arm, locked her gaze on him again. Her pink tongue licked across his plump lips, her eyes full of desire for food.

"not good!"

The elder's heart tightened, and he didn't bother to hide his incompetence. He raised his only remaining hand, and a red light flashed. The fighters on duty outside suddenly felt a burst of heat in their bodies.

"Ah? What's going on?"

The lower-ranking fighters were in a panic, thinking they had been ambushed by the enemy.

"Not good, go to the elders!"

The few veterans who knew the art of the Heavenly Prison were frightened when they saw the chains emerging from his body. They thought this was a signal left by the elders, and he was in danger.

"Bang! Bang!~"

With a burst of noisy footsteps, all the fighters on duty arrived. Some of them looked unhappy. They pointed at the divine fire in the field and said loudly,

"Shenhuo, why did you attack us?"

"That's right~"

"You guys, you don't want to be a rebel ninja, do you?"

"Shut up! Take her down for me first!"

The elder who only had one hand left coldly stopped the fighters who were talking at once, pointed at Mako standing beside him, and gave an order.

"Ah? Elder, how did you get so badly injured?"

It was only then that the fighters discovered that the elder, who had always been as steady as a rock, actually had a broken arm.

"Yes!"

No one dared to delay and they all drew their weapons and surrounded the silent Mako.

"Do it!"

Everyone looked at each other in tacit understanding, and then rushed forward all at once.

"No!"

The divine fire, restrained by the Heavenly Prison Technique, could only howl helplessly on the sidelines, its hateful gaze seeming to devour the elder.

"What is this?"

"what!"

However, facing the aggressive fighters, Mako grinned happily, and the black mist from his mouth instantly filled the entire scene. After a brief moment of confusion, everyone was entangled by the black mist, and then let out screams of fear.

The elder on the side witnessed all this, his face was as black as tears. This monster born from the Box of Bliss must have her unique features. Since it was related to the rise of the Grass Kingdom, he must study it thoroughly.

"What are you afraid of? Keep going!"

The first wave of fighters who went up left no trace except screams. The people behind them were so scared that they stood there looking at each other, not daring to move forward. Seeing this, the elder slowly raised his hand, and the hot breath made the remaining fighters swallow subconsciously.

"Mako!"

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, Shenhuo, who had been offline for a long time, stumbled over. When the fighters saw this, they all turned their eyes to the elder, waiting for his orders.

"Never mind, just let him go."

So the fighters made way for him, and Shenhuo, with a sad look on his face, slowly walked up to Zhenzi.

“Eat, eat.”

Facing the food that was delivered to her door, Mako tilted her head and slowly opened her mouth, ready to enjoy the delicious meal.

"Makko, I'm sorry."

Sensing that he was being locked by a terrifying aura, Shenhuo revealed a bitter smile, raised his hand with great effort, and gently stroked the hair of the girl in front of him.
"Eat. Eat. God. Lord."

The familiar caress made the girl with bloodshot eyes waver a little. The elder was also attracted by this scene, and his cloudy eyes moved between the two of them.

"Mako."

"Eat God"

The girl's body began to tremble violently, and the black breath from her mouth was faintly dark red. She raised her head and looked deeply at the bewildered young man. Mako's body softened and she collapsed in his arms.

"Elder, what should we do now?"

The cannibal girl suddenly fainted, and the remaining fighters had to ask the elders for orders.

"Send them to prison and separate them."

After pondering for a while, the elder said coldly.

"Yes!"

After imprisoning Mako, the elder first made a pair of shackles using the strongest material in the Grass Kingdom, and then placed several seals on the girl, barely able to control the girl's riot.

After completing all the preparations, the elder dragged his seriously injured body to conduct a detailed study. It turned out that the girl had to eat a large amount of fresh flesh and blood every day, otherwise the escaping black mist would madly erode the seal he had set.

After the seal was lifted, the girl dragged her shackles and began to wreak havoc, attacking the researchers present. Every time this happened, the divine fire locked aside came in handy. As long as he was brought in front of the rioting girl, the man-eating monster would fall into a brief silence, and the elders could take the opportunity to re-apply the seal.

This use indirectly saved Shenhuo's life, but it also became a torture to his soul.

Just when Shenhuo thought that such days would never end, a huge coup took place among the high-ranking officials of the Grass Country Ninja Clan. The one-armed elder was defeated by the up-and-coming young man and was slammed heavily on the beach by the waves behind him. He died without solving the mystery of the Paradise Box and went to the Pure Land with regret.

At the moment of the elder's death, the numb Divine Fire in the prison suddenly felt his body lighten, and the restraints of the Heavenly Prison Technique disappeared. However, due to years of imprisonment, he had already become a useless man and was unable to escape from the cage.

But Mako was different. As soon as the elder died, the seal on her was quickly worn away by the black fog. Without any restraints, she devoured everyone in the prison except the Divine Fire, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Not long after, the new leader of the Kusanagi relaxed the guard on Divine Fire, giving him an opportunity to secretly recover. On a dark and windy night, he successfully killed the jailer and escaped from the prison.

With the girl's divine fire in his heart, he looked at the road in front of him with blank eyes, picked up a tattered sword on the side of the road, and started his journey to find his wife.

Walking from the west end to the east end of the Grass Kingdom, the young man changed from a handsome young man to a bearded, disheveled uncle, until he wandered all the way to a small town in the Fire Kingdom. He heard rumors about cannibals in the town, which rekindled his hope.

Looking at the anxious old mayor in front of him, the frail Shenhuo gently stroked the worn sword at his waist and spoke slowly,
"My name is Kagami! I'm a ninja from the Land of Grass. I heard you have a mission commission?"

Ps: I have finally finished writing this short side story. Some people say that my writing is sloppy. But how could I, who works so hard, write sloppy writing?

n(｀^)n
Every character I write must have his own meaning of existence~ (End of this chapter)