Konoha: At the beginning of the six library immortal thief, apprentice Orochimaru
Chapter 223 Reconciliation
"How do you feel now, teacher?" Hoshino Kaze asked curiously.
"It's better than ever! It seems like the whole world is connected to me. I am nature, and nature is me!" Orochimaru looked intoxicated.
"Hey, is this sage mode really so powerful?" Hoshino Kaze looked at Orochimaru's exaggerated expression and couldn't help but feel a little strange.
However, not long after Hoshino Kaze came to this world, he learned the skills of the Immortal Thief of Liuku and could steal the vitality between heaven and earth.
That is, he maintained a close connection with nature from the beginning.
Therefore, after entering the fairy mode, there is no sense that the whole person is integrated into nature, that the sky is high and birds can fly, and the sea is wide and fish can jump.
"Haha, if you are like me and have been pursuing a vision for half your life and finally get it one day, you will definitely understand me.
Just like an ascetic traveler in the desert, he feels that wonderful feeling when he finds an oasis and drinks the first sip of spring water. "
"Really? Maybe it's been too smooth for me all the way." Hoshino Feng thought in his heart. There was no need for him to say it out loud at the moment, as it would attract hatred.
"Then congratulations to the teacher."
"I wonder if the White Snake Immortal once used inorganic reincarnation?" Hoshino Kaze asked a question.
"Now I have simply entered the sage mode. Inorganic reincarnation should be a method driven by celestial chakra. Although I can now feel the resonance with the natural energy and can even control them to a certain extent, but But not to the level of White Snake Sage. It's like I understand the principle, but can't actually apply it." Orochimaru said.
"Use space transfer again and go to Ryūchi Cave." Orochimaru said in a surprising tone.
"Teacher, are you kidding? I just offended it and used the thunder talisman to shock it. You don't think you can compete with it using magic, do you?
I know how to do magic, but I can't use it on someone's home court. All natural energy is controlled by it.
We can only store up the natural energy here first, and then use it as a one-time use there. "
"No need, just have a good communication with the White Snake Sage. Ryuji Cave's influence in the ninja world has not been as good as it used to be in the past few decades. They really need a talker outside. This is the contract I obtained from Ryūchi Cave before. Factor." Orochimaru said.
Hoshino Kazunori still had those dead fish eyes, clearly indicating that he felt this was unreliable.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll go back to the room to get something.
And if we can't reach an agreement this time, Immortal White Snake will probably use natural energy to kill us instead of capturing us alive like before. "
After saying that, Hoshino Kaze disappeared into the whirlpool, and when he came back, he had already entered the sage mode. Then a whirlpool enveloped the two of them, and they returned to Ryūchi Cave again.
"Hey~"
Brown Scales, who was eating, felt a familiar person appear next to him: "Huh? Ah Feng? Your kid is desperate for his life, but you still dare to come back!
No, is this magic?
And Orochimaru, you actually succeeded, so why did White Snake Sennin order you to be killed? "
Now Brown Scales is full of doubts. Orochimaru failed to practice the magic according to what White Snake Sage said, so he ran away and had a conflict with White Snake Sage.
So angry, it ordered all the people in the Dragon Cave to hunt down Orochimaru and Hoshino Kaze.
In fact, the main reason why I was angry was that the White Snake Immortal had confidently said that he would eat them, but then he failed to pretend to be evil and slapped them in the face. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
"Originally, we came here to study in a friendly manner, and we came here this time to continue the last course." Hoshino said.
Brown scales cursed: "Why don't I believe it? You can make the White Snake Immortal order you to be hunted down and killed with your kindness?"
"Study? How dare you come back!"
A distant and empty sound echoed in Longdi Cave, and then along with a burst of smoke, a little old lady walked out of it.
Suddenly, the natural energy around Hoshino Kaze condensed into substance, and he was firmly imprisoned.
"Why are you only confining me?" Hoshino Kaze asked, looking at Orochimaru who was still able to move freely.
"He has learned the magic of our Ryūchi Cave, that is, we are from Ryūchi Cave." White Snake Immortal then said to Orochimaru: "I didn't expect that you died once and came back to enter the sage mode again, and your body The changes are almost negligible except for the sharp corners, which means your immortal transformation is perfect.
I don’t know what means you used to make your body so coordinated with the natural energy, but that’s not important anymore. I just need you to continue to be my Longdi Cave’s boss in the outside world. In return, I will teach you what I have. About the methods of using magic. "
White Snake Sennin slowly floated to Orochimaru's side and said, then he knocked the ashes with the immobile Hoshino Kaze, causing a "well" to appear on Hoshino Kaze's forehead, "Don't be angry, if you kill it, the Ryūchi Cave will no longer be usable..."
"Why, the young man seems to want to kill this old man like me?" The White Snake Immortal turned his head and looked at Hoshino Feng, then suddenly revealed his snake face and neighed at Hoshino Feng.
Hoshino Kaze was so stifled by this guy's bad breath that he couldn't even open his eyes.
"Whoo~"
Hoshino Feng took a big breath to dispel the bad breath.
"Old woman, stop kicking your nose and face!"
Immediately, parts of the White Snake Immortal's body began to wither quickly, becoming withered and gray.
"What a good boy, you're so poisonous, you actually use poisonous insects!"
The White Snake Immortal waved his hand, and all the natural energy around him surged over, and then turned into transparent crystal like the red lotus' crystal escape, turning Hoshino Feng into amber.
It stands to reason that for a life of the level of the White Snake Immortal, and because it is an ancestor who plays poison, it will basically not be eroded by poisons.
But what the Hoshino wind blew out were countless tiny mite-like bugs. Once they invaded the tissue, they quickly devoured the original cells and began to reproduce at a high speed, reaching an incredible degree of poison over and over again.
The White Snake Immortal did not show any signs of panic. He just mobilized the huge natural energy inside his body to kill all the poisonous insects and turned them into stones. The damaged cells of the White Snake Immortal were also recovering powerfully. Under the influence, it regained its vitality.
This can be regarded as an alternative anti-virus method for those who have mastered the magic of magic.
"Tell me, boy, how do you want to die? I have no interest in eating you now. You are covered in poisonous insects. I might even have diarrhea after eating it."
Orochimaru: "White Snake Sage, my disciple is very important to me, please..."
"Crack, click..."
Before he finished speaking, the shell that originally wrapped Hoshino Feng's natural energy suddenly cracked like a crystal, full of cracks.
"Tongtianlu, swallowing talisman!"
Still a universal talisman, the two patterns on the cloak on Hoshino Feng's shoulders turned into blue whirlpools that continuously sucked in the surrounding natural energy or the vitality of heaven and earth, eventually causing the natural energy crystal that sealed Hoshino Feng to be broken.
He had long known that White Snake Immortal would use natural energy to bully him, so he could not be targeted by her using the same method over and over again, so he had these talismans prepared in advance.
"Crack!"
Hoshino Feng's shoulders moved slightly and then he directly shattered the last layer of crystals, and the whole person walked out.
"Although you control enough natural energy, my talisman is not that precious, and one soul-swallowing talisman is enough to absorb the natural energy of 50 people..."
Dozens of spirit-swallowing talismans once again appeared on Hoshino Feng's hand. Under his control, these talismans could be activated at any time and then swallow the natural energy here.
Immortal White Snake couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, "Natural energy is endless and endlessly born and destroyed. Let alone these ten, even if you have tens of thousands, you can't solve all the natural energy!"
"But how much have you refined?" Hoshino Feng grinned.
Immortal White Snake suddenly looked ugly as if he had been hit seven inches. Indeed, as Hoshino Kaze said, he can only receive endless rewards, but the share of Immortal White Snake's refining is only so much. Once he is swallowed by Hoshino Kaze, he will really ignore it Lose.
The other two holy places will not sit back and let such a good opportunity slip away. They will definitely take advantage of the effect of Longdi Cave's home advantage bonus to attack in the future, especially Toad. These two have fought a lot, and they are already feuding.
"Orochimaru, take care of your address. Also, the psychic contract has been canceled by you. If the snakes don't obey, you can sign the contract with another snake. Of course, you can also summon the other snakes in Ryūchi Cave as before." White Snake Sage avoided. Instead of talking about Hoshino Kaze, he started to reconcile with Orochimaru.
Sometimes, successful negotiation in the ninja world does not require complete suppression by force. As long as you find the other party's pain points and exploit them, you can achieve the point where the weak defeat the strong.
Just like Hoshino Kaze, just by using these small talismans, he once again won the psychic permission of Ryuji Cave and Orochimaru's use of senjutsu and magic. Of course, this will also belong to Hoshino Kaze in the future.
It can be said that Hoshino Kaze now has all the magic in the three holy places in his hands. He only needs to practice and integrate it, if possible.
"Hoshino, put these away and let us sign a new contract with the White Snake Sage." Orochimaru smiled appreciatively at Hoshino Feng.
Then the talismans around Hoshino Feng's body returned to his clothes again, turning into exquisite patterns that complemented other patterns.
It seems that this is a dangerous and wonderful cloak. Every pattern on it is made of Hoshino Feng's talismans, and the talismans can overlap, so theoretically there is no upper limit to the number of talismans on this cloak. .
If Hoshino Kaze wanted to, it would be possible to draw 6000 billion detonating symbols on it. Of course, if he really did that, Hoshino Kaze would have been exhausted or bored to death.
For a period of time after that, Orochimaru followed the White Snake Sage to learn the use of celestial arts. For Orochimaru, who had already passed the threshold of mastering natural energy, he had not lost to anyone just because of his brains.
It was faster than Naruto in the original novel learning techniques such as Frog Kumite. In just one day, he learned all the techniques such as Inorganic Reincarnation, White Geki no Jutsu, and Natural Energy Resonance.
As for Hoshino Kaze, he was thinking that instead of working hard to learn the magic of Ryūchi Cave, he might as well just kill Tian Xinji and three of them, and then invite their spirits to take over.
This not only eliminates the need to take the risk of learning, but is also very cost-effective and easy to use.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"
Hoshino Kaze knocked on the door of Tian Xinji's temple.
"hiss!"
Suddenly, a snake face appeared behind Hoshino Kaze and poked its head out from behind his shoulder, spitting out the snake letter and licked Hoshino Kaze.
"It's you bastard. If you don't learn your magic, why are you here? I'm not the White Snake Immortal. I'm kind-hearted and won't do anything!"
"Tsk, is this how you treat your contractors in Longdi Cave?
Not only does he speak dirty words, but he also likes to tell lies with a wink. "Hoshino Feng didn't dislike it and said directly face to face with it.
"Stop talking nonsense, what on earth are you doing here!"
"Actually, it doesn't mean much, I just want to lend you your soul!"
I don't know when, an independent barrier has been divided by Hoshino Kaze's Liuhe Pearl, temporarily isolated from the outside world, which means that the White Snake Sage has no way to know what is going on here. Of course, Hoshino Kaze will not do that. It's rough, this area will make the White Snake Immortal perceive that nothing happened, rather than that there is a missing piece in the sensing area.
The latter situation is like a large area of unexplorable place appearing on your radar map. It means that there is no silver 300 taels in this place. No matter how much anyone wants to see what is going on there.
"Soul? Hoshino! Do you know what you are talking about!" Tian Xin Shenji suddenly became furious, and her whole body turned into a white snake. She directly entangled Hoshino Feng and imprisoned her. She opened her mouth and wanted to use these fangs to hurt Hoshino Feng. This bastard is an unforgettable memory!
"God of Death, suck out the soul!" Hoshino Feng simply moved his fingers, and then the God of Death bit Tian Xinji's soul, sucked it back fiercely, and swallowed it into his belly.
And the white snake that restrained Hoshino Feng also fell down softly, and the heart and Dabao began to slowly stop moving, which meant death.
Naturally, it was impossible for Hoshino Kaze to directly kill the boy under the White Snake Sennin and cause trouble, and then take out a soul and quickly put it into Tian Xinji's body to preserve its life and activities first.
"The souls are not very compatible, but they are still alive."
Then Hoshino Kaze copied part of Tian Xinji's memory to that soul body. Although it was said to be several thousand years old, most of it was the boring life of Ryūchi Cave. It was completely unnecessary to add it and just replace it with repeated memories.
Then modify her soul to suit this body, making it as similar as possible to her life, so that it is less likely to be exposed. Even Hoshino Kaze did not add any memories that were true to her. The modified memories were too It's too rigid and boring, and it also has a lot of flaws.
Just like this, a new Tian Xinji who didn't even know she had been replaced returned to Longdi Cave again.
"It's better than ever! It seems like the whole world is connected to me. I am nature, and nature is me!" Orochimaru looked intoxicated.
"Hey, is this sage mode really so powerful?" Hoshino Kaze looked at Orochimaru's exaggerated expression and couldn't help but feel a little strange.
However, not long after Hoshino Kaze came to this world, he learned the skills of the Immortal Thief of Liuku and could steal the vitality between heaven and earth.
That is, he maintained a close connection with nature from the beginning.
Therefore, after entering the fairy mode, there is no sense that the whole person is integrated into nature, that the sky is high and birds can fly, and the sea is wide and fish can jump.
"Haha, if you are like me and have been pursuing a vision for half your life and finally get it one day, you will definitely understand me.
Just like an ascetic traveler in the desert, he feels that wonderful feeling when he finds an oasis and drinks the first sip of spring water. "
"Really? Maybe it's been too smooth for me all the way." Hoshino Feng thought in his heart. There was no need for him to say it out loud at the moment, as it would attract hatred.
"Then congratulations to the teacher."
"I wonder if the White Snake Immortal once used inorganic reincarnation?" Hoshino Kaze asked a question.
"Now I have simply entered the sage mode. Inorganic reincarnation should be a method driven by celestial chakra. Although I can now feel the resonance with the natural energy and can even control them to a certain extent, but But not to the level of White Snake Sage. It's like I understand the principle, but can't actually apply it." Orochimaru said.
"Use space transfer again and go to Ryūchi Cave." Orochimaru said in a surprising tone.
"Teacher, are you kidding? I just offended it and used the thunder talisman to shock it. You don't think you can compete with it using magic, do you?
I know how to do magic, but I can't use it on someone's home court. All natural energy is controlled by it.
We can only store up the natural energy here first, and then use it as a one-time use there. "
"No need, just have a good communication with the White Snake Sage. Ryuji Cave's influence in the ninja world has not been as good as it used to be in the past few decades. They really need a talker outside. This is the contract I obtained from Ryūchi Cave before. Factor." Orochimaru said.
Hoshino Kazunori still had those dead fish eyes, clearly indicating that he felt this was unreliable.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll go back to the room to get something.
And if we can't reach an agreement this time, Immortal White Snake will probably use natural energy to kill us instead of capturing us alive like before. "
After saying that, Hoshino Kaze disappeared into the whirlpool, and when he came back, he had already entered the sage mode. Then a whirlpool enveloped the two of them, and they returned to Ryūchi Cave again.
"Hey~"
Brown Scales, who was eating, felt a familiar person appear next to him: "Huh? Ah Feng? Your kid is desperate for his life, but you still dare to come back!
No, is this magic?
And Orochimaru, you actually succeeded, so why did White Snake Sennin order you to be killed? "
Now Brown Scales is full of doubts. Orochimaru failed to practice the magic according to what White Snake Sage said, so he ran away and had a conflict with White Snake Sage.
So angry, it ordered all the people in the Dragon Cave to hunt down Orochimaru and Hoshino Kaze.
In fact, the main reason why I was angry was that the White Snake Immortal had confidently said that he would eat them, but then he failed to pretend to be evil and slapped them in the face. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
"Originally, we came here to study in a friendly manner, and we came here this time to continue the last course." Hoshino said.
Brown scales cursed: "Why don't I believe it? You can make the White Snake Immortal order you to be hunted down and killed with your kindness?"
"Study? How dare you come back!"
A distant and empty sound echoed in Longdi Cave, and then along with a burst of smoke, a little old lady walked out of it.
Suddenly, the natural energy around Hoshino Kaze condensed into substance, and he was firmly imprisoned.
"Why are you only confining me?" Hoshino Kaze asked, looking at Orochimaru who was still able to move freely.
"He has learned the magic of our Ryūchi Cave, that is, we are from Ryūchi Cave." White Snake Immortal then said to Orochimaru: "I didn't expect that you died once and came back to enter the sage mode again, and your body The changes are almost negligible except for the sharp corners, which means your immortal transformation is perfect.
I don’t know what means you used to make your body so coordinated with the natural energy, but that’s not important anymore. I just need you to continue to be my Longdi Cave’s boss in the outside world. In return, I will teach you what I have. About the methods of using magic. "
White Snake Sennin slowly floated to Orochimaru's side and said, then he knocked the ashes with the immobile Hoshino Kaze, causing a "well" to appear on Hoshino Kaze's forehead, "Don't be angry, if you kill it, the Ryūchi Cave will no longer be usable..."
"Why, the young man seems to want to kill this old man like me?" The White Snake Immortal turned his head and looked at Hoshino Feng, then suddenly revealed his snake face and neighed at Hoshino Feng.
Hoshino Kaze was so stifled by this guy's bad breath that he couldn't even open his eyes.
"Whoo~"
Hoshino Feng took a big breath to dispel the bad breath.
"Old woman, stop kicking your nose and face!"
Immediately, parts of the White Snake Immortal's body began to wither quickly, becoming withered and gray.
"What a good boy, you're so poisonous, you actually use poisonous insects!"
The White Snake Immortal waved his hand, and all the natural energy around him surged over, and then turned into transparent crystal like the red lotus' crystal escape, turning Hoshino Feng into amber.
It stands to reason that for a life of the level of the White Snake Immortal, and because it is an ancestor who plays poison, it will basically not be eroded by poisons.
But what the Hoshino wind blew out were countless tiny mite-like bugs. Once they invaded the tissue, they quickly devoured the original cells and began to reproduce at a high speed, reaching an incredible degree of poison over and over again.
The White Snake Immortal did not show any signs of panic. He just mobilized the huge natural energy inside his body to kill all the poisonous insects and turned them into stones. The damaged cells of the White Snake Immortal were also recovering powerfully. Under the influence, it regained its vitality.
This can be regarded as an alternative anti-virus method for those who have mastered the magic of magic.
"Tell me, boy, how do you want to die? I have no interest in eating you now. You are covered in poisonous insects. I might even have diarrhea after eating it."
Orochimaru: "White Snake Sage, my disciple is very important to me, please..."
"Crack, click..."
Before he finished speaking, the shell that originally wrapped Hoshino Feng's natural energy suddenly cracked like a crystal, full of cracks.
"Tongtianlu, swallowing talisman!"
Still a universal talisman, the two patterns on the cloak on Hoshino Feng's shoulders turned into blue whirlpools that continuously sucked in the surrounding natural energy or the vitality of heaven and earth, eventually causing the natural energy crystal that sealed Hoshino Feng to be broken.
He had long known that White Snake Immortal would use natural energy to bully him, so he could not be targeted by her using the same method over and over again, so he had these talismans prepared in advance.
"Crack!"
Hoshino Feng's shoulders moved slightly and then he directly shattered the last layer of crystals, and the whole person walked out.
"Although you control enough natural energy, my talisman is not that precious, and one soul-swallowing talisman is enough to absorb the natural energy of 50 people..."
Dozens of spirit-swallowing talismans once again appeared on Hoshino Feng's hand. Under his control, these talismans could be activated at any time and then swallow the natural energy here.
Immortal White Snake couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, "Natural energy is endless and endlessly born and destroyed. Let alone these ten, even if you have tens of thousands, you can't solve all the natural energy!"
"But how much have you refined?" Hoshino Feng grinned.
Immortal White Snake suddenly looked ugly as if he had been hit seven inches. Indeed, as Hoshino Kaze said, he can only receive endless rewards, but the share of Immortal White Snake's refining is only so much. Once he is swallowed by Hoshino Kaze, he will really ignore it Lose.
The other two holy places will not sit back and let such a good opportunity slip away. They will definitely take advantage of the effect of Longdi Cave's home advantage bonus to attack in the future, especially Toad. These two have fought a lot, and they are already feuding.
"Orochimaru, take care of your address. Also, the psychic contract has been canceled by you. If the snakes don't obey, you can sign the contract with another snake. Of course, you can also summon the other snakes in Ryūchi Cave as before." White Snake Sage avoided. Instead of talking about Hoshino Kaze, he started to reconcile with Orochimaru.
Sometimes, successful negotiation in the ninja world does not require complete suppression by force. As long as you find the other party's pain points and exploit them, you can achieve the point where the weak defeat the strong.
Just like Hoshino Kaze, just by using these small talismans, he once again won the psychic permission of Ryuji Cave and Orochimaru's use of senjutsu and magic. Of course, this will also belong to Hoshino Kaze in the future.
It can be said that Hoshino Kaze now has all the magic in the three holy places in his hands. He only needs to practice and integrate it, if possible.
"Hoshino, put these away and let us sign a new contract with the White Snake Sage." Orochimaru smiled appreciatively at Hoshino Feng.
Then the talismans around Hoshino Feng's body returned to his clothes again, turning into exquisite patterns that complemented other patterns.
It seems that this is a dangerous and wonderful cloak. Every pattern on it is made of Hoshino Feng's talismans, and the talismans can overlap, so theoretically there is no upper limit to the number of talismans on this cloak. .
If Hoshino Kaze wanted to, it would be possible to draw 6000 billion detonating symbols on it. Of course, if he really did that, Hoshino Kaze would have been exhausted or bored to death.
For a period of time after that, Orochimaru followed the White Snake Sage to learn the use of celestial arts. For Orochimaru, who had already passed the threshold of mastering natural energy, he had not lost to anyone just because of his brains.
It was faster than Naruto in the original novel learning techniques such as Frog Kumite. In just one day, he learned all the techniques such as Inorganic Reincarnation, White Geki no Jutsu, and Natural Energy Resonance.
As for Hoshino Kaze, he was thinking that instead of working hard to learn the magic of Ryūchi Cave, he might as well just kill Tian Xinji and three of them, and then invite their spirits to take over.
This not only eliminates the need to take the risk of learning, but is also very cost-effective and easy to use.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"
Hoshino Kaze knocked on the door of Tian Xinji's temple.
"hiss!"
Suddenly, a snake face appeared behind Hoshino Kaze and poked its head out from behind his shoulder, spitting out the snake letter and licked Hoshino Kaze.
"It's you bastard. If you don't learn your magic, why are you here? I'm not the White Snake Immortal. I'm kind-hearted and won't do anything!"
"Tsk, is this how you treat your contractors in Longdi Cave?
Not only does he speak dirty words, but he also likes to tell lies with a wink. "Hoshino Feng didn't dislike it and said directly face to face with it.
"Stop talking nonsense, what on earth are you doing here!"
"Actually, it doesn't mean much, I just want to lend you your soul!"
I don't know when, an independent barrier has been divided by Hoshino Kaze's Liuhe Pearl, temporarily isolated from the outside world, which means that the White Snake Sage has no way to know what is going on here. Of course, Hoshino Kaze will not do that. It's rough, this area will make the White Snake Immortal perceive that nothing happened, rather than that there is a missing piece in the sensing area.
The latter situation is like a large area of unexplorable place appearing on your radar map. It means that there is no silver 300 taels in this place. No matter how much anyone wants to see what is going on there.
"Soul? Hoshino! Do you know what you are talking about!" Tian Xin Shenji suddenly became furious, and her whole body turned into a white snake. She directly entangled Hoshino Feng and imprisoned her. She opened her mouth and wanted to use these fangs to hurt Hoshino Feng. This bastard is an unforgettable memory!
"God of Death, suck out the soul!" Hoshino Feng simply moved his fingers, and then the God of Death bit Tian Xinji's soul, sucked it back fiercely, and swallowed it into his belly.
And the white snake that restrained Hoshino Feng also fell down softly, and the heart and Dabao began to slowly stop moving, which meant death.
Naturally, it was impossible for Hoshino Kaze to directly kill the boy under the White Snake Sennin and cause trouble, and then take out a soul and quickly put it into Tian Xinji's body to preserve its life and activities first.
"The souls are not very compatible, but they are still alive."
Then Hoshino Kaze copied part of Tian Xinji's memory to that soul body. Although it was said to be several thousand years old, most of it was the boring life of Ryūchi Cave. It was completely unnecessary to add it and just replace it with repeated memories.
Then modify her soul to suit this body, making it as similar as possible to her life, so that it is less likely to be exposed. Even Hoshino Kaze did not add any memories that were true to her. The modified memories were too It's too rigid and boring, and it also has a lot of flaws.
Just like this, a new Tian Xinji who didn't even know she had been replaced returned to Longdi Cave again.
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