I, the stepfather of the ninja world!

"Let's take a day off first. We've traveled thousands of miles without a rest and we must be exhausted," Kimura suggested.

Anyway, the client has been found, so there is no need to worry.

The situation can't get any worse. It's nothing more than Huang Quan resurrecting the monsters. It won't have much impact. It's just a tailed beast.

As long as the client is safe and sound, just pay the fee afterwards.

Tsunade and Shizune looked at each other and agreed to Kimura's proposal.

The master and his two disciples protected Ziyuan and moved to another safe place, where they set up camp and rested.

……

Ever since the army was wiped out, Ziyuan has been alone, frightened and sleeping very lightly, often dozing off. She is very tired and her eyelids are drooping. She doesn't even dare to take a bath and is dirty all over. If it weren't for the nobility she has cultivated in the palace for so many years, it would be hard to associate her with a shrine maiden who rules a country.

Now with the protection of the three masters and apprentices, Shion could finally take a comfortable bath to wash away the filth on her body, ask Tsunade for clean clothes, then relax and have a good sleep.

This sleep was more comfortable than ever before, even more comfortable than lying in the bedroom before. I slept from morning till night.

Tsunade, who was relatively energetic, was in charge of the guarding; Kimura and Shizune took advantage of Shion's rest time to catch up on some sleep. The long journey over the mountains and hills was too tiring.

Late at night, it was Tsunade's turn to rest. Kimura, Shizune, and Shion sat around the campfire to keep watch. In the distance, dozens of little slugs were on guard.

Unlike in the morning, Ziyuan is now clean and tidy, with a gleam in her watery eyes, bright and beautiful, and even more charming.

After communicating for a while, Kimura discovered that this shrine maiden had a simple mind, was spoiled and stubborn, spoke directly and in a light tone... Of course, this was not a princess syndrome, because she was really a princess, not a disease.

The priestess who governs a country has such a clear performance. Kimura speculates that it is probably because the area is remote, has little intersection with the ninja world, and the people are relatively simple; or it is because she was brought up by the ministers and maidens of the Demon Country and is protected too well.

Moreover, perhaps due to the butterfly effect of the time traveler, there are some deviations in time and events in this remote area of ​​the ninja world.

Originally, the previous priestess was supposed to seal the demons in this era, but it happened more than ten years ago. Originally, the Huangquan rebellion was supposed to happen more than ten years later, but it happened earlier in this era.

It was as if an invisible hand had sped up the time in the Land of Demons and the Land of Swamps by more than ten years. The age of the residents in this land also increased accordingly.

The miko Shion is already an adult woman of twenty years old.

……

Volume 035 I want to improve so much! : The fight with the witch

No matter how the remote areas change, it will have little impact and will not hinder the main progress of the ninja world.

Kimura happily accepted the fact that Shion was twenty years old.

A woman of the right age would definitely be more suitable for him to relieve Kaguya's swallowing than a woman of the wrong age.

Although there is no sign of further development in their relationship, it does not affect his happiness about it.

"Since you are Princess Tsunade's apprentice, you should be very strong. Can you let me see it for myself?"

Shion opened her beautiful eyes and stared at Kimura. Although she asked politely, she would obviously not be happy if she didn't get what she wanted.

The night is long and it’s time to have nothing to do.

Kimura raised his eyebrows and asked, "How do you want to see it?"

"I'll know after I compete with you!" Shion raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes sparkling with excitement. She has never fought a ninja in her life!

Competition?

Kimura thought for a moment and said, "You want to fight me, no problem. But we have to set the rules first."

"What rules?" Shion asked.

"We can't hurt the other side!" Kimura stressed solemnly, "We're going to fight the Ghost Army tomorrow, and I don't want us to get hurt unnecessarily and waste our energy before then."

The meaningless healing must be stopped. It is Kimura's responsibility to protect the progress of the devouring!

"Okay, sure! I won't hurt you!"

Shion nodded without hesitation. This was not a difficult task at all. She had mastered the sealing technique passed down from generation to generation by the miko. It was completely possible to restrict a person's movements without hurting him.

"Then let's get started."

Kimura stood up and left the campfire, and Shion followed him to the gravel ground beside the stream. Shizune sat there, holding her chin and watching the show.

"Remember, stop when you have reached a certain point and don't hurt anyone!"

Before the fight began, Kimura emphasized it again, in case the delicate shrine maiden did not observe martial ethics.

"Do not worry."

Shion agreed readily, but felt that Kimura was being too nagging, so she took decisive action and chakra burst out from her palm.

Instantly, golden chakra threads flew out from her hands and rushed towards Kimurano.

Instant without seal!

Kimura's eyes narrowed, thinking that he was worthy of being the only survivor of the Demon Country's army. It seemed that he was not only protected by others, but also had enough strength.

Latent Shadow Snake Hands!

Kimura raised his hand and waved it. Dozens of pythons jumped out from his sleeves and rushed towards Shion opposite.

With golden light flashing, thin chakra threads wrapped around the ferocious pythons, binding them so tightly that they could barely struggle and were no longer able to move.

"I didn't hurt you, but you let the snake bite me!"

Shion pouted and stomped her feet angrily, very unhappy.

Kimura quickly explained: "These are my summoned beasts, under my control. They can only restrain you, but they won't bite you!"

"Oh, that's more like it."

Shion's emotions came and went quickly, so she ignored them and continued to concentrate on controlling the chakra threads to attack.

Kimura narrowed his eyes, quickly formed seals with his hands, and used the basic ninja clone technique.

Instantly, three Kimura appeared, running to different directions and launching attacks separately.

"Interesting!" Shion's eyes lit up, and she controlled the chakra threads to split into three clusters and chased after him relentlessly.

The three Kimura were being chased and running wildly.

Soon, the two weak clones were caught up by the chakra threads, tightly entangled, and exploded into smoke.

The real body rushed straight towards Shion who was standing there.

Shion saw this and a smug smile appeared on her face. She then waved her hands, and the chakra thread increased its speed a bit, quickly wrapping around Kimura.

"You can't move! I win..."

Before Shion could finish her words, Kimura opened his mouth wide, his jaw split at an alarming angle, and his outer body was discarded as a substitute as if he was shedding his skin, and a new body jumped out of his body.

Orochi Style Substitution Technique!

Kimura consumed a large amount of chakra to get rid of the golden thread seal that had not yet taken shape, and then took advantage of the height difference from his mouth to pounce on the witch from top to bottom with great momentum.

"What's this?!"

Ziyuan had never seen anything like this before. Witnessing the scene of shedding skin and changing body at close range was so shocking that she felt so nauseous that she forgot to resist for a moment.

Kimura threw her to the ground, then quickly helped her up and said with a smile, "The competition is over."

Shion's sealing technique is somewhat similar to Kushina's Diamond Seal, but it is much weaker and takes a relatively long time to take effect. The control of the target and the suppression of chakra are not fast enough. This can be seen from the python that was just entangled. Although it was controlled, it still had time to struggle and breathe.

The time difference between being wrapped in the gold thread and being completely bound gave Kimura enough buffer.

After Tsunade's guidance over the past few days, he could cast spells much faster than before.

This little time was enough to perform the Great Snake-style Substitution Technique and catch Shion off guard.

Of course, this was just Kimura's beautiful idea, and it just happened to come true due to luck.

After all, Shion was a shrine maiden who had participated in wars and had accumulated a lot of combat experience. The reason she didn't react was that she was disgusted by this sticky ninjutsu.

Nausea, it came and went quickly. Shion came to her senses, the strong smell of a man lingering in her nose, and when she looked carefully, she saw Kimura was very close, holding her shoulders.

In the past in the palace, no person of the opposite sex dared to get so close to her, so close that her face was clearly reflected in those black eyes.

In other words, Kimura's handsome face was also reflected in her eyes.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, and Ziyuan's heart trembled. She turned her eyes away somewhat unnaturally, and looked down at her slightly painful hands. There were slight scratches on the edges of her palms, which were caused by the sharp stones when she was knocked down just now.

Shion snorted lightly, pushed away the arm that Kimura was supporting her with, then raised her own hand and showed the wound on her palm to Kimura.

"You lost! We agreed not to hurt anyone, but you hurt me!" The witch raised her smooth chin and said proudly.

"Well, I broke the rules. Sorry."

Kimura apologized and turned to ask Shizune to come and treat Shion's flesh wound. If the wound is not treated quickly, it will heal soon.

After healing the wound, Shion looked at the skin shed by the Great Snake Style Substitution Technique with a look of disgust, and said: "The technique you just used is so disgusting."

She said she felt sick, but she didn't look away. Her sparkling eyes were filled with curiosity. Obviously, she had forgotten her nausea. The vast and new ninja world was unknown and interesting to her.

"The technique I just used isn't pretty enough, but it's very useful. If you want to see some cool techniques, we have them too!"

As Kimura said this, he formed seals with his hands, then snapped his fingers, and a wisp of black flame ignited at his fingertips.

The black flame's shape kept changing, sometimes a snake, sometimes a frog, sometimes a slug, all vividly and lifelike.

Shion's eyes lit up, she smiled and clapped her hands in praise, "Interesting!"

Kimura grinned and said proudly: "This is me..."

"Ono!"

In the quiet early morning, a female voice with a hint of anger and authority suddenly sounded, interrupting Kimura's show-off performance.

Volume 036: I want to improve so much! : Everyone has their own thoughts

A familiar female voice.

Kimura shuddered and turned his head to look over, and it was indeed his master.

Tsunade rested for most of the night and happened to get up and saw Kimura showing off his Fire Release to Shion.

With her keen eyesight, she naturally saw the apprentice's romantic feelings for the witch.

It would be fine if Kimura was single, but he already has Mikoto! Isn't it an attempt to seduce a simple shrine maiden who has not experienced the world by doing this now?

This is not possible!

Tsunade can't sit idly by and watch Kimura play with her client's feelings, and as a master, she must stop her disciple from going astray.

"Ono, you should save your chakra and use it when you kill the enemy."

After Tsunade finished speaking, she didn't even look at Kimura and Shion, but went to the stream to wash up.

Kimura heard the hidden meaning in Tsunade's words, and withdrew his hand awkwardly, no longer showing off his fire escape technique.

Shion was watching with great interest when she suddenly stopped watching. She felt a little unhappy and pouted at Tsunade's back.

"Yejun, how did you do that just now?" Shion asked curiously.

Kimura secretly glanced at Tsunade's back and whispered, "Let's talk about this later."

"Are you afraid of her?" Ziyuan asked softly.

Kimura coughed lightly: "It's not fear, it's respect, understand? She is my master, she has taught me. I have great respect for her!"

Shion nodded, a cunning look flashed across her eyes, and said, "I understand, you are afraid of her. Otherwise, you wouldn't even dare to explain Fire Release to me!"

"..."

Kimura gave Shion a blank look and laughed, "Ms. Miko, your method is too crude. I won't be fooled."

The provocation failed.

Shion snorted and pouted, "I don't want to know how you did it! Don't ever tell me!"

After saying that, he turned around and left, sitting next to Shizune, deliberately not looking in Kimura's direction.

It was just like a quarrel between two kids, without any of the maturity of an adult.

Kimura shook his head and laughed.

A few minutes later, Tsunade finished washing up, and the four of them packed their luggage and headed to the Swamp Country Shrine led by Shion.

More than 20 years ago, after Maitreya sealed the ghosts, she organized the people to bury the temple, forming a mountain. Now, Huang Quan is leading the ghost army to dig the mountain day and night in order to release the ghosts' bodies.

The territories of the Swamp Country and the Demon Country are about the same size, with a total of several small towns.