Chapter 113 Unsealing the SealIn a dark palace somewhere in the Ghost Country.
A somewhat thin man in a robe was refining chakra.
He was surrounded by a purple energy with a slightly ominous aura.
Just then, footsteps and knocks came from outside.
"What is it!?"
"Lord Yomi, a message from the palace guards: the Shrine Maiden has taken some strangers to the shrine where Lord Moryo is sealed!"
"? ? ?"
The man frowned and asked coldly.
"Do you know the origins of those strangers?"
"Not clear. It's their first time appearing, but they're all wearing ninja outfits, just without headbands."
"Ninjas! I understand. Summon the Five Ninja Squad!"
"Yes!"
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Under the night, on a mountain road behind the city.
A group of people were walking slowly forward.
Leading the way was naturally the Shrine Maiden of the Ghost Country, Miko. Beside her were her guards, Kamiya and Jippo, both dressed as Onmyoji.
They were all looking at the group of ninjas who had suddenly appeared beside the Shrine Maiden with wary eyes.
If Miko-sama hadn't ordered that these people were friends, they probably would have attacked already.
And so, led by Miko, everyone crossed over high mountains and through narrow, dark mountain ravines. Soon, a large wooden building that looked very ancient and was built against the mountain appeared before everyone.
The group walked up to it and looked up. The shrine was at least twenty or thirty meters tall, giving people a sense of great oppression, coupled with the dark environment of the surrounding ravine at night, making people feel as if they were in the land of the dead.
The guards protecting this place were somewhat surprised to see Miko-sama come here so late at night.
However, they did not forget their manners and immediately saluted.
"Shrine Maiden!"
Miko nodded and said.
"Open the gates of the shrine. I need to go in and check the seal on Moryo."
At this, the guards all looked at each other, their eyes filled with doubt as they fell on Rosha and the other ninjas.
Seeing this, Miko sighed and explained.
"Don't worry, these ninjas are not bad people. They're here to help us."
Seeing that Miko-sama had said so, the guards opened the gates of the shrine, revealing the dark world inside.
"You guys continue to guard outside. Kamiya, Jippo, and Mr. Rosha, please come in with me!"
"Yes!"
Led by Miko, the group quickly entered this dark world.
Unlike the wooden structure outside, what appeared before the group was an underground palace built entirely of stone.
As soon as Rosha came in, he sensed the massive natural energy and chakra mixture beneath the ground.
The concentration of this energy was no less than that of the Dragon Vein chakra.
"Looks like I came to the right place!"
This made him feel a little excited.
Honoka also suddenly stopped and said with a somewhat surprised look.
"I can feel the huge, evil chakra below. Do you really want to go down? To be honest, with such a huge amount of energy, I don't have much confidence."
This surprised the people of the Ghost Country. Miko also became a little uneasy.
However, now that he was here, Rosha had no reason to back down. He said firmly.
"Yes, let's continue!"
Only then did the group continue to walk down.
However, as he walked, Rosha asked Miko.
"Shrine Maiden, is Moryo sealed here?"
"Yes."
It seems that the plot of the movie hasn't happened yet. Moryo's body and soul haven't been sealed separately.
Moryo should be stronger than in the movie.
But even so, so what? If Naruto, who hasn't even activated Sage Mode, can take care of it, how strong can it be?
Not to mention, there are two sealing experts here now.
"Then, do you know about Moryo's origins?"
Miko was stunned and said with some shame.
"I'm sorry, I don't know about Moryo's origins. All I know is that the mission of us shrine maidens has been to seal Moryo for generations."
"? ? ?"
"In other words, you shrine maidens have been fighting Moryo for so long, but you don't even know its origins?"
Miko was even more embarrassed.
Seeing this, Rosha was too embarrassed to ask anything more.
Just then, the group had gone down the steps and arrived at a huge underground world. An uncomfortable, dark, and evil aura permeated everywhere, and in the center of this dark world, connected by a stone bridge, a huge blue pillar of light came into everyone's view.
Miko then pointed to a stone door in the center of the blue pillar of light and said.
"That's where Moryo is sealed!"
Rosha said to the six people behind him.
"Wind Blade, Lightning Blade, Sand Lizard, Sand Eagle, you go prepare the barrier. Great Black, Stone Friend, Gravel, pay attention to protecting the others. Shrine Maiden and Honoka, come with me."
After giving the instructions, Rosha went straight to the seal formation that sealed Moryo.
Honoka followed without hesitation.
Seeing this, Miko told Kamiya and Jippo to stay here, and then followed.
Soon, the three of them crossed the stone bridge and arrived at the center of the shrine where Moryo was sealed.
Rosha was not in a hurry to undo Moryo's seal formation, but began to study the seal formation here.
Then, he discovered something that made him frown slightly.
Honoka sensitively noticed Rosha's slightly furrowed brow and asked curiously.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Rosha asked.
"Do you recognize the seal formation here?"
Only then did Honoka look at the seal formation, and she was also a little surprised at first glance.
"It looks a little familiar. It seems very similar to the sealing techniques of our Uzumaki clan."
Rosha then said.
"It's not just the sealing formation of your Uzumaki clan. I once went to a place called Loran, where there is also a sealing formation called the Dragon Vein Seal. Speaking of which, it's also somewhat similar to this, and, very interestingly, only the queens of Loran and their descendants, who have been passed down through generations, can use the Dragon Vein Seal."
Miko, who had followed closely, also heard this. As the shrine maiden who controlled a country, she was not a fool, and she immediately understood what Rosha meant.
"Mr. Rosha, are you saying that the seal of our Ghost Country, the seal of Loran, and the seal of Miss Honoka's family may have the same origin?"
Rosha didn't answer, but he already had the answer in his heart.
"If you want to know, then I'll have to trouble you to undo Moryo's seal."
"....."
At this moment, Miko really hesitated, but her inner yearning to break free from fate and the future she had seen in her dreams still made her muster up the courage to say.
"I understand. For the sake of the shrine maidens of the past, even if there is a glimmer of hope, even if it costs me my life, I will try."
Looking at Miko's appearance as if she was about to die generously, Rosha rolled his eyes and said.
"Don't worry, if it wants to hurt you, it has to see if I agree. Moryo may be a terrible monster to you, but to me now, it's just a slightly troublesome monster."
After speaking, in Miko's relieved eyes, he said to Honoka.
"Later, after Miko undoes the seal, you don't need to do anything for the time being. Just protect Miko."
"Yes!"
"Then, I'll have to trouble you next..."
Miko nodded heavily, and then stretched out her arms and began to undo the seal with a sealing technique different from that of ninjas.
"Release... Formation... Dissolve..."
Instantly, the seal runes on the stone door sealing Moryo fell off, and the stone door began to crack open from the middle.
"Boom..."
The massive dark purple chakra, visible to the naked eye, turned into a strong gale, pouring out in all directions...