บท 18: People of the Past and Warning
8 Hours later
Well, we defeated the 3 tails this morning and are now heading to where the 6 tails was spotted on the east side of the land of water. "Hmm what's that" I said while looking downward"
"It's just a volcano." Hashirama said after analyzing the mountain in front of us.
"No, I mean underneath. I sense a large amount of natural energy."
"Huh" Hashirama says before activating his sage mode. "It seems there is something down there. Let's go take a look"
"Alright" I say before following him up the side of the mountain "Look there, it's a cave." I say while pointing ahead.
"Let's go in." He says before going into it.
We traveled down a winding path lower and lower into the earth before we started noticing something. "Is that acid?" I say while pointing to a pool.
"It looks like it" He replied. "There are lots of bones scattered around and it looks like this cave is being held up by the ribcage of an ancient beast." He said while pointing at the walls where we could see giant bones stretching all the way to the ceiling.
We continued traveling deeper until we eventually came across some murals. "It looks like people worshiping some kind of Slug." I said while looking at the drawings. 'This must be the damp bone forest'
"It does look like that. I sense nature energy gathering ahead. Let's take a look." He said before continuing into what looked like a giant room.
"Wow,'' I said while looking around and seeing slugs of different sizes scattered around the room. Some were in pools of acid while others were resting on huge bones. "One is coming towards us." I said pointing ahead.
"Hello Humans, May I ask why you have come?"
"We sensed a large amount of natural energy gathering down here so we entered." Hashirama replied while looking at the scene.
"Ah it would seem so." The slug responded in a cheerful voice. "You are the first humans here in a few hundred years so the original would like to speak with you."
"Original"
"Yes, we are all just split from the Immortal. She cuts off connection to us so we aren't overwhelmed with all the different thought processes of each other; however she can reconnect at will."
"Is it fine telling us this?"
"We can tell that you come in peace." She said while looking at Hashirama. " Follow me" She said before she headed towards what seemed like another large room.
"Wow" Both Hashirama and I said while looking at the giant slug resting in the room. It looked like it was nearly 200 meters tall and over a kilometer long.
"Welcome, Young ones." The slug said in a soft but ancient voice. "It has been a long time since we had visitors.
"Thank you for allowing us to be here" Hashirama replied in a respectful voice.
"You two remind me of some people I knew in the past, that is all." She replied while looking at Hashirama with a gentle look while looking at me somewhat confused.
"Who might they be?" I ask pretending to be ignorant. Knowing full well she was talking about Asura and Kaguya
"Well You," She said, looking at Hashirama. "Remind me of a young man named Asura who came here many years ago. He was a gentle boy who would never try to fight anyone but if they went after what he loved he would fight them to the best of his ability." She said while reminiscing. "While you," she looked over at me. "Well, the past is the past. I just hope you don't get corrupted like that young woman was. She had the potential to become a protector of this world but was too scared to go up against enemies at the front lines and only became a tyrant."
"That sounds….. Reassuring."
"Well, as long as he is around, you should be fine." She replied while looking at Hashirama.
"Ok, Good." I said.
"So what is an immortal anyways?" Hashirama asked after learning this information.
"There are 2 other immortals other than me. One is that slippery snake, Say away from him or he'll try to eat ya. The other is that little frog, He was the one who convinced the son of that woman to defeat her." She said while looking at me,
"Was that man the legendary sage?" I asked after a moment of fake deliberation.
"Yes, the legendary sage of six paths. That frog was only about 50 when he met that man, now he just passed 1000."
"Wow, that's a long time ago. If you know all this then how old are you?" I asked.
"Its kinda rude to ask a lady her age." She chuckled while replying.
"Sorry"
"It's fine, I've been around for about 2300 years now. Although many of the years were spent sleeping in order to preserve my life force. That is why I have so many slugs split from me, they exist to gather information that informs my unconscious mind. As well as to cultivate natural energy."
"Why do you want to preserve your life force so badly?"
"The previous Great elder of the toads was a friend of mine….He had a prophecy, that one day a great danger would arrive on this world. At first I thought it was from a thousand year ago but that woman's reaction and attempt to gather power made me realize otherwise. Anyway that's enough for Old stories. Hey Little Hashirama, put your name on this, If you need to contact me then you can summon one of my clones." she said before pulling out a scroll for Hashirama to sign his name.
"A summoning contract?"
"Yes, you seem like a good child so I trust you will pass it on to one who deserves it."
"Thank you for your trust." he said before signing his name. "Come on Shu, we have a long journey ahead of us.
"Alright, bye Miss Immortal." I said before following him to leave the cave.
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