Reborn into Naruto World with Tenseigan

by Little Merger

The trembling Hyuga Kuroto finally got the treasure that he dreamed of! How exactly will the world of Naruto be perceived with his glowing Royal Blue Tenseigan

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Shishui's emotional words made Itachi lost in thought.

He was naturally aware of the undercurrents surging within the family. He could already vaguely feel the contradiction between the Uchiha Clan and the village even when he was much younger, but he could not do anything about it.

After a moment of contemplation, Itachi wanted to say something but stopped: "Shisui-San, if the news of your loss to Kuroto-Senpai spread, I'm afraid..."

It's not just the suppression from the Village that the Uchiha clan was excluded from the village. It can be said that most Uchihas are not very easy to get along with.

The main reason for all this is that once Uchiha's people open their Dojutsu Kekkai Genkai, their strength will advance by leaps and bounds with the awakening of their Kekkai Genkai, and eventually they will grow into Jonin pretty easily, this is almost an inevitable fact.

It doesn't take them too extraordinary effort to gain power above others.

Over time, it is natural for them to develop a sense of superiority over others.

Therefore, Itachi was very worried that after the news that Shisui the most genius of the Uchiha had lost to Hyuga Kuroto, the unruly individuals in the clan would definitely go to seek trouble with Hyuga Kuroto.

This is not unprecedented.

Shisui smiled: "I know what you are worried about, but you can rest assured that Kuroto-San is stronger than you or I might think!"

Itachi immediately understood the purpose of Shisui, so he was even more curious about the battle between Shishui and Kuroto, and hurriedly asked, "Tell me about your battle with Kuroto-senpai!"

Shisui recalled the previous contest with Kuroto and said slowly: "I never thought that Kuroto-San, who had been so unknown before, has higher Dujutsu power than me. Hey, every time I think of such a genius is so low-key, but I was repeatedly called the most genius by the Uchiha Clan, enjoying the envy and admiration of the companions in the village, I really felt ashamed."

After shaking his head and sighing, Shisui described the process of the battle again.

"Both genjutsu and taijutsu are almost ineffective against him?" Upon hearing Shisui's view of the battle, Itachi lowered his head and muttered to himself for a while, and then he said again: "Kuroto-senpai is so strong, it seems that I have been worrying too much for nothing."

Shisui recalled something now, and said, "I also had a feeling during the entire time I was fighting him!"

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Itachi asked, "What feeling?"

"Kuroto-San seems to know that I didn't use my full strength in the battle, it seems as if he..."

Shisui wanted to say that he had a feeling that Kuroto seemed to be aware of the fact that he had awakened Mangekyo Sharingan, but he quickly shook his head and drove this kind of absurd idea out of his mind.

At present, there are only two people that are aware of the information that he has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and those two are none other than Shisui, himself, and Itachi, and Shisui believes that Itachi is more than sensible enough to not reveal this secret to anyone.

On the other side of Konoha Village,

Private Room, 2nd Floor, Izakaya

Izakaya on the second floor.

After talking about his encounter with the Sasori of the Red Sand, Kuroto thought for a while, and tentatively asked: "Orochimaru-sama, do you know about the tail beasts?"

Orochimaru was a little surprised by Kuroto's sudden question: "You are interested in the tail beast? Is it because of the Nibi Jinchuriki you met not long ago?"

Kuroto did not hide it and naturally nodded: "Due to my lack of talent, my chakra has never been sufficient enough. To solve this problem, I read many books and materials and conduct some research, but the final answers all point to the tail beast."

Orochimaru smiled softly: "It seems we are quite similar, aren't we? You too will do whatever it takes to get the answer you are looking for, but I'll give you a piece of useful advice, don't touch the tail beasts, they are more troublesome than one might think."

Kuroto quickly said: "Tailed beasts are the secret Weapons of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Of course, I won't do anything to harm their interest so ignorantly. Therefore, I came to another conclusion, and I wanted to ask about it from you Orochimaru-Sama."

"Hou… And what conclusion did you reach?" Orochimaru asked with some curiosity.

"Is it possible to artificially create something akin to that of a tailed beast?"

Now this question drew Orochimaru's interest.

Seeing the positive change in Orochimaru's expression, Kuroto immediately explained his idea of making an artificial-tailed beast to him.

With Kuroto's current knowledge reserves, it is absolutely impossible to be able to create an artificial tail beast. If he wants the zero-tailed artificial tail beast to come into existence in advance, he must rely on the power of the Orochimaru, the second-best researcher in the Shinobi world.

As for why not the best? That question is very easy to answer!

The best is already dead, Nidaime Hokage-sama Senju Tobirama in Kuroto's belief was the best researcher in the Shinobi World.

Moving that aside and coming back to the discussion.

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Surprised by Kuroto's thinking, Orochimaru was again taken aback for a moment, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Kuroto-Kun, you really are different from others, you are a person full of ideas and imagination."

Kuroto looked at Orochimaru expectantly: "Is it possible to realize this vision of mine, Orochimaru-sama?"

After thinking for a while, Orochimaru said in a deep voice: "In fact, the Konoha village has been studying the tail beast since the time of Shodai Hokage-sama's era of power. Until the Nidaime Hokage-sama came to power, the tail beast research project has always existed. But then I don't know why, the project was suddenly called-off, all the research data was sealed, and the tail beast research project was completely suspended."

Kuroto who heard this and thought in his heart: "The village really has studied the tail beast in the past!"

In fact, since he met Shinnō, Kuroto has been trying to figure out from which village did he possibly stole the technology to artificially create a zero-tailed tail beast.

Among the five great Shinobi Villages, the political situation of the Village Hidden in the Mist and Sand; has always been unstable, and their military strength is also not very high. Therefore, it wouldn't be wrong to say that they simply do not have the ability to conduct in-depth research on the tail beasts, and this fact is clearly visible from their unstable Jiinchuriki. So, these two villages can be eliminated.

As for the Village hidden by the Rocks and Clouds, does focus on comprehensive research; but their focal point of research is the development of Earth Release and Thunder Release plus Taijutsu skills respectively.

Although Cloud Village has some understanding and research of Tailed Beasts because of Turtle Island and the inheritance left by the Clan of Ginkaku and Kinkaku that were distantly related to the Sage of the Six Path, this is clearly visible from the fact that Cloud Village has perfect Jinchuriki, but Kuroto doesn't believe they have enough research resources and researchers that can conduct artificial Tail Beast research.

Therefore, Konoha is the only village, that had both resources and methods to conduct tail beast research, the presence of Shodaime Hokage-sama with his Wood release; alone made it possible to suppress the tailed beasts coupled with Nidaime Hokage-sama's scientific interest and scientific psychology most likely made such comprehensive research quite possible.

Therefore, Konoha is the only village from which Shinnō could have obtained research results about the artificial tailed beasts

This is the reason why Kuroto believes Orochimaru is the most likely person to be able to give him some data on what he is looking for.

Converging his divergent thoughts, Kuroto asked promptly, "So what made the research to be suspended?"

Orochimaru replied, "Although I don't know the specific reason, as much as I can guess, it was probably because of the unstable nature of the artificial tailed beast, I did check some information on this topic, and all the data states that the probability of the tailed beast running away is very-very high, there is no suitable method of sealing or suppression, and once the tailed beast runs away, it will be a total disaster, therefore Sandaime probably put a stop to this research!"

Kuroto once again put forward an idea, "What happens if we abandon the attack ability of the tailed beast and just use it as a Chakra 'Battery', wouldn't that improve its stability?"

Orochimaru glanced at inquisitive Kuroto, and said in a guiding tone, "The accumulation of a large volume of chakra itself has quite the destructive power, and there is no such thing as abandoning the attack ability. I tried using similar assumptions that you're thinking in my early years, but it didn't work accordingly, therefore I reached a thesis, according to which 'to improve the stability of the artificial there is most likely only one method and that is: using only one Chakra source to create the artificial tailed beast, additionally the source of chakra shouldn't be too aggressive in nature.'"

Kuroto frowned upon hearing Orochimaru's thesis, "Then according to this theory, in terms of single chakra source except for the tailed beasts themselves, close to nobody can act as a source of Chakra for supplying the artificial tailed beast."

"Exactly, in the Ninja World, perhaps only Shodaime-sama can supply chakra to the artificial tailed beast with his own power. Anybody else, including Nidaime-sama, probably doesn't have enough Chakra volume to meet the criteria." After a short pause, Orochimaru continues, "Moreover, as I mentioned previously, the source of Chakra shouldn't be aggressive or violent by nature, else the artificial tailed beast might run away, which again eliminate all the natural tailed beast, as their chakra is extremely violent by nature since there was no suitable source, so probably the research project was abandoned."

Upon listening to Orochimaru's thoughts on the matter, Kuroto tried thinking about everything from the memories of his previous life, hoping to find some answer to this seemingly unsolvable question.

He can vaguely think of several people, who have an extremely large amount of Chakra, but these people are all extremely strong standing at the pinnacle of the Ninja world, but no one of them would suitably work for Kuroto as a source of Chakra.

Excluding these useless people, Kuroto also thought of the two extremely mysterious places with extremely large energy sources.

First is the Ryumyaku [Dragon Vein] of the ancient city Roran in the Kingdom of Wind, and second is the Moryo sealed in the Land of Demons by the Witch of the Land of Demons…

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Kuroto wanted to mention the Ryumyaku and Moryo to Orochimaru, but after considering that it would be difficult to explain how he knew these secretive and highly classified pieces of information, Kuroto hesitated, and finally choose not to speak.

And taking a look at Orochimaru, he seems to have no interest in artificial tailed beasts.

However, this is also quite normal. Chakra Volume is not a problem for Orochimaru, who has mastered Furō Fushi no Jutsu [Living Corpse Reincarnation] and The Secret Technique of Physical Regeneration and is now developing the "Edo Tensei!".

After weighing all the information, he has in his hands, Kuroto finally asked the million-dollar question: "Orochimaru-sama, could you tell me what will it cost me to get information about artificial tailed beasts from you?"

Orochimaru looked at Kuroto with interest: "I'm curious Kuroto-Kun, why are you so attached to the artificial tailed beast? Is there any specific reason you would like to share with me? Who knows I might share the know-how of its research without you paying me anything!"

Obviously, Kuroto won't reveal his true intention, the first rule of negotiation is, never reveal your true intentions, only then can you get benefit from it.

Therefore, Kuroto didn't answer directly, but asked a question in return, "Then why are you so fascinated by the Kinjutsu [Forbidden Technique]? As you said before you and I are the same type of people. To research something, do I need to have a specific reason? It's just a matter of interest."

Orochimaru patiently waited for Kuroto to complete his speech and then spoke, "Although what you speak is indeed true, but your explanation isn't enough to convince me." After shaking his head while staring at Kuroto, he smiled slightly, "However, I also wish to see what kind of monsters can you make, and what you become! So, this time I'll excuse your request."

Kuroto was obviously overjoyed upon hearing Orochimaru agree, "So you agree?"

However, Orochimaru didn't answer Kuroto's question but stretched out two fingers, "I will give you all the information, but there are two conditions."

"Please speak!"

Orochimaru smiled and said, "First, I want you to share the research results with me. Second, I want you to collect information on all the members of the Anbu unit, including Old man's Shadow Guards."

The manner in which; Orochimaru spoke was not conditional but like an order. This obviously meant Kuroto didn't have any other choice or any room for bargaining, so he nodded and agreed.

After some more discussion, Orochimaru got up and left.

On the night of the same day, Kuroto got all the information about the artificial tailed beast stored with-in a sealing scroll from the mouth of the One-eyed Viper.

Seeing the scroll in his hands, Kuroto can infer that Orochimaru had stolen most of the Forbidden Technique and research material from the Archives before defecting from the village, and this may also be a reason why the Village senior officials carried out a bloody cleansing of Orochimaru's former subordinates.

Unfolding the scroll recording the data of the artificial tailed beast, Kuroto just glanced slightly and frowned.

The complexity of the research articles and the experimental data about the artificial tailed beast is beyond all his previous expectations.

The research states that there are more than 700 kinds of complicated Fuinjutsu techniques involved in the process, many of which are sealing techniques that would be difficult to perform even for the likes of elite Jonin ninjas.

Additionally, the artificial tailed beast has unusually high requirements for the type of material used for its core body.

According to the data, the village has conducted tests using 17 different types of material. Of which, only one material namely, "Purple Clay" could barely carry a huge volume of Chakra.

'Purple Clay' is a special product of the Numa no Kuni [Country of Swamp, it is a special type of clay soil found in the deepest part of the Swamps.

Because of its source 'Purple Clay' is difficult to mine, so the overall output is quite scarce. As a result of this, it's the market price is equivalent to Gold, which is a very rare and expensive metal.

Kuroto had the idea that only obtaining a large source of Chakra would be the problem in creating an artificial tailed beast, but after learning this information, almost everything from the source of Chakra to the material for the core body is a problem!

"It's no wonder that even Shinnō, who controls the remaining military power of the Land of Sky also took so many years to finally be able to create Zero Tail even if it was in the incomplete state."

After sighing with disappointed emotion, Kuroto shook his head and put away the scroll.

With his current means, it is simply a pipe dream to be able to create an artificial tailed beast, whether it is the suitable materials required or the necessary Fuinjutsu [Sealing Technique] knowledge, or the most important of all funds to carry out research and experiments, he lacks it all, so Kuroto doesn't have any option but to temporarily give up the Artificial Tailed Beast Project.

After clearing all the thoughts, Kuroto went to sleep, as he was mentally exhausted by the series of events that took place today.

...…..

Early the next morning, Kuroto rushed to the Anbu Office.

After going through the complete recruiting procedure, he received his new ninja ID, now he was officially a Tokubetsu Jonin of the Konoha Village, and at the same time, he was also an Anbu working directly under Hokage.

In the equipment room, Kuroto met Might Guy and Uchiha Shisui.

After greeting each other, the three of them carefully selected the equipment for each of them.

When it was their turn to choose the mask, Kuroto tried an eagle-faced, it felt just right, so he opted for this mask.

Guy chose an ordinary Dog-face mask.

Shisui appeared confused between a Kitsune and a Neko mask, in the end, he gave up the Kitsune mask that appeared deceitful and opted for a relatively docile Neko mask.

While all this was going on there was one thought that seemed to really confuse Kuroto, and that was how come Might Guy selected in Anbu?

Kuroto is clear than anyone that the person named Might Guy, with his straight forward and honest to boot personality, lacks the necessary darkness needed to be an Anbu Ninja, and this fact should also be very clear to Kakashi and Sandaime-sama too, even then they decided to select Guy in Anbu Squad?

This is something that Kuroto can't comprehend, and in-fact he can remember from the memories of his previous life, that although Might Guy tried to join Anbu to accompany Kakashi and help Kakashi overcome the darkness, but was eventually rejected by Sandaime-sama himself, using the same reason, so how in the hell is he now a part of Anbu?

Honestly, Kuroto could only sigh at such, unpredictable changes in the story, it most likely is his influence, because he can't think of any other possible reason for this to happen.

Putting away the unnecessary thoughts Kuroto followed Shisui and Guy to exit the equipment room.

Hokage Office,

Hyuga Kuroto, Uchiha Shisui, and Might Guy, who had now changed into their official Anbu costume, stood upright in the presence of Hokage-sama.

The Sandaime-sama observed the three recruits carefully for a while, then nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yes, all three of you appear very energetic, I believe you all will retain this vigor, now before being officially becoming a member of the Anbu Black Ops, you three will have to undergo a recruitment test if you three pass the test successfully then you'll undergo Anbu special training, let's call your team, temporary Recruitment Class: 11 until it becomes official."

After saying this much Sandaime-sama clapped lightly.

Following the sound of the clap, a figure fell beside him.

Hokage-sama introduced: "He is Kitsune, I believe you three knows his identity, he will be the captain of your temporary squad and also the proctor for your test."

Kitsune took off his mask and indifferently introduced himself, "Hatake Kakashi, pleased to meet you all!"

Following Kakashi's gesture, Kuroto, Guy, and Shisui also took off their respective masks and introduced themselves one-by-one.

"Now come that matter of your Recruitment task!" Hokage-sama knocked on the table with his tobacco-pipe for attracting the attention of the 4 teenagers, and continued, "A few days ago, the Witch of the Country of Demons sent a request to the Konoha Village, hoping that we would send some shinobi to help seal 'A demon from another world', the detailed mission information is in this scroll, this will be a semi-Anbu mission, that means you all wouldn't be acting as Anbu, but Kakashi would be responsible for judging whether you three are qualified to join Anbu. The mission rank is S-Class! Good Luck!"

When Kuroto heard this, his heart almost froze.

Not because of the so-called recruitment test or something but because just yesterday he thought of the Moryo of the Land of Demons as a possible Chakra source, and today Hokage-sama has assigned a mission to help the Witch of the Country of Demons, seal the said Demon. Kuroto didn't know if it was just a mere coincidence or whether the Village authorities have learned of the detail about his Artificial Tailed Beast Plan.

Not paying any attention to the three recruits, Sandaime-sama stood from his seat, turned around, and looked at the village from the window of his office, after a momentary daze, he continued "While on the mission, the four of you will operate as a team of a Jonin Captain and three Tokubetsu Jonnin ninjas, not as a member of Anbu Black Ops, it is highly likely that you'll encounter the Shinobi of the other Great Villages too while on this mission, try to extra careful and operate in such a manner to avoid any unnecessary conflict with them."

"Yes!" The four shinobi nodded in unison.

"That is all! Disperse!" With Hokage-sama's final ordered the four shinobi left the Hokage office, the time was short and the task was urgent, none of the four delayed any longer and left the village and rushed to the Country of Demons; after preparing the required equipment and material supplies in the shortest amount of time.

As soon as the four left the village, Guy excitedly spoke while rushing toward their destination, "Kakashi my eternal rival! I am finally close to catching up to you!"

Kakashi replied feebly, "Yes, yes…"

Guy didn't notice Kakashi's impatience at all, or even if he did, he probably chooses to ignore it, "Kakashi, chasing after companions and growing together is the real youth, When I think of this, I feel so full of energy!"

Kakashi turned his head and slightly glanced at Hyuga Kuroto and Uchiha Shisui behind the team while continuing to deal with Guy's antics.

Behind, realizing that Kuroto seemed to be a little upset, Shisui asked curiously, "Kuroto-san, is there something wrong?"

Kuroto shook his head slightly, "Nothing!"

Right now, Kuroto's mind is highly focused on figuring out a certain possibility and that is his suspicion on the village for being given this mission.

Kuroto is indeed a little suspicious over this mission, just yesterday he met Orochimaru and discussed the artificial tailed beast plan, and although didn't mention Moryo but still thought of it as a suitable chakra source, is it just a coincidence to be sent to the mission of sealing Moryo the very next day?

However, he did all the brainstorming all he could, and it seemed that the Witch of the Country of Demons did pass away around this time, leaving behind her only daughter Shion, as the next-generation of witch who was about the same age as Naruto…

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In Kuroto's impression based on the fact that Shion was around the same age as Naruto and that her mother Miroku, the witch of the Land of Demons before Shion, died sealing Moryo to protect her daughter, and based on the mission details it seems that now is that time, but it is this coincidence that makes Kuroto feel more uneasy.

Seeing that Kuroto was still worried about something, Shisui decided to divert Kuroto's attention towards some other thoughts and asked, "Kuroto-san, what do you think of this mission and recruitment test?"

Kuroto who was busy storming out his brain answered casually, "The Land of Demons is located between the Wind nation and the Earth Nation, this time the objective of the task involves a demon from the other world, therefore the high priestess will most likely seek help from Sand Village and Rock Village too, as such the mission will definitely involve the participation of multiple shinobi village. In short, it will be very troublesome."

Shisui asked a little curiously, "Hey, I don't know what kind of monster that Demon from the foreign world would be!"

Kuroto thought about it a little and decided to reveal some information he knew about Moryo to his teammates, "According to my guesses, the Demon should at the very least have the Chakra level to match that of a tailed beast, otherwise, Hokage-sama wouldn't classify this task as S-Class."

"Tailed Beast Level…" After a moment of contemplation, Shisui whispered to Kuroto in a low voice, "Kuroto-san, I have a short-term countermeasure against the tailed beast, but I am afraid that after using it, I will temporarily lose my combat effectiveness."

Kuroto was taken aback by what Shisui said, obviously, Kuroto knows that Shisui with his Mangekyo Sharingan has a short-term countermeasure against the tailed beast but he didn't expect Shisui to reveal a hint of this information to Kuroto, at least not at this early, they don't even know each other for too long, is this trust or is it his naivety that eventually led him to be betrayed at the hand of Shimura Danzo?

Kuroto spoke solemnly after a short silence, "When we were duking it out yesterday, I already had a feeling that your Sharingan is different from the normal Sharingan."

Hearing Kuroto's solemn answer, Shisui seemed hesitant a few times, it appeared as if he wanted to say something, but he still had a lot of concerns.

Upon noticing Shisui's internal struggle Kuroto smiled and spoke, "You don't need to explain it to me, everyone has their secrets, after all, these secrets are also what makes people unique in a way, as long as your intentions are not harmful to the village, your secret will remain safe."

Shisui sighed in relief upon Kuroto's comforting words and said sincerely, "Thank you Kuroto-san!"

Kuroto waved his hands nonchalantly, "It's no big deal, actually I also have a few secrets, in fact, I too have a secret technique in my arsenal that can hold off against the tailed beasts even if for a short duration."

What Kuroto spoke is not nonsense, Sandaime KakeKage; known as the strongest Kazekage has the ability to suppress Ichibi, with his Magnet Release, and since Sandaime Kazekage puppet is in his hands, he naturally has some ability to contend against a tailed-beast class strength, even if only for a short time.

Upon hearing, Kuroto say this Shisui smiled slightly and said, "Sure enough, I always felt that you didn't use all your strength in yesterday's battle, Kuroto-san!"

Sharing one's secrets is undoubtedly one of the best ways to get closer to each other, after only a short discussion, the friendship between Kuroto and Shisui improved a lot.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that both of them are members of the Noble Clans, and shinobi's with Dojutsu Kekkai Genkai, therefore their situations are much similar than it may seem; and as the saying goes 'Birds of a feather flocks together.'

The front end of the team.

Kakashi turned his head back after observing Kuroto and Shisui talk for a while and said to Guy running beside him: "Kuroto seems to have become exceptionally stronger in the past few months!"

Guy smiled hearing this, "Your saying? Hehe, He isn't inferior to your genius talent!"

"Yes, yes." Kakashi dropped his head and said nothing more.

After being traumatized by his father's suicide, then one after another death of his friends and teammates Obito, Rin, and finally his teacher Minato, Kakashi has become a depressed, indifferent and silent person, very occasionally would he say more than a few words that too only when he is with people he would consider as a friend.

...…..

The four-member of Team-11 are all outstanding ninjas from Konoha's new generation of Shinobi's, and their speed of traveling is naturally amazingly fast. In just one week, they crossed the border and entered the Land of Rain.

In a cave.

The four, Kakashi, Guy, Kuroto, and Shisui sat around a small bonfire while analyzing the next route.

Between the Land of Fire and the Land of Demons, there are several small nations such as Land of Rain, Land of Birds, and the Land of Bears. At present, there are several rebellious ninjas hidden in these small countries, if they aren't careful in the choice of route to take, then encountering a fierce battle wouldn't be so surprising, which isn't something they could afford due to the urgency of the task, therefore they must be cautious in selecting the most optimum route.

After a while of discussion, Kakashi who has marked the route put away the map.

At this time Guy whispered, "The weather of the Land of Rain is really Bad, it rains all day long, making the environment really humid and sticky."

As the captain of the team, Kakashi dutifully explained, "Although the Land of Rain is small, it also has its own Shinobi Village, the 'Demi-God' Hanzo of the Salamander, is the leader of the Rain Village, so we have to be extra careful while passing from the Rain Country."

Both Guy and Shisui nodded seriously at Kakashi's words.

Hanzo of the Salamander is a known figure throughout the Shinobi world.

The title of Sannin was granted by Hanzo himself.

Kuroto leaned against the drywall of the cave and pondered to himself, "Based on the timeline, Hanzo should have been killed by Nagato by now?"

Sasori and Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki successively not long ago, this implies that the Akatsuki has transitioned from the time when Yahiko was the leader to the stage with Nagato in power.

As far as Kuroto could remember after Nagato became the leader, the first thing he did, seemed to be avenging Yahiko's death and taking control of the Rain Country from the Shadows.

And following Yahiko's death, Nagato no longer cared about good or evil, right or wrong, compared to some Moryo that only ravaged the Land of Demons and its surroundings; the Akatsuki Organization under Nagato's power was a group of real monsters, hidden in the ninja world, with the ability to destroy all the Shinobi Villages.

Thinking about Hanzo, a powerful shinobi known as the 'Demi-God', died so silently, Kuroto couldn't help but feel cold sweat down his back, "Hey, Shinobi World is really very sinister!"

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After passing through the Land of Rain without encountering any surprises and dangers, Class-11 also passed through Land of Birds and bears quite smoothly.

Class-11 thought that everything went well up to now and they would soon be able to meet High Priestess of the Land of Demons, but unexpectedly as soon as stepped into the Lands of Demons trouble started coming at their door on its own.

Boom….

Loud sounds echoed throughout, and the sky was filled with clouds of dust and smoke.

Guy retreated suddenly seeing this and shouted "Damn it, we are a little late, what to do about these monsters?"

At this time in front of the four shinobi of Class-11, was an army of stone soldiers moving at Ghostly Will.

These ghost army should be the brigade of stone soldiers serving the Demon Moryo, the rushed towards; Class-11 with aggressive steps.

Kakashi used Chidori against a few of the stone soldiers, Guy used Konoha Daisenpu to kick away a few of them but without any damage, these stone soldiers stood up again and started coming after the four.

Seeing their attacks being ineffective, Kakashi frowned, "These seem to be unbreakable!"

Kuroto also doesn't have much knowledge about these Stone Soldiers, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that these stone soldiers and nothing more than an army of soulless puppets acting under the orders of someone else, so he suggested, "There's no need to waste any time here on these puppets, I would be best to meet with the High Priestess first, I think she should know what to do with them!"

Regarding the current situation of Land of Demons; all four of the Class-11 have no idea, therefore everyone agreed with Kuroto's proposal and rushed to the temple of High Priestess by-passing the slow-moving puppets in the hinterland of this country.

Along the way, everything they saw or heard was all about Stone Soldiers raging in this country.

Not just some small villages but even the large towns have suffered, there is a very high casualty count among the civilians, shocking the four ninjas who have experienced the third shinobi war not long ago.

Although shinobi are trained to become emotionless, they still couldn't bear to see such loss of life, still, they grit their teeth and increased their speed because the four of them knew very clearly.

Rather than wasting time here entangling with these puppets; it's better to meet the High Priestess and find a method to solve the one controlling them in one go; otherwise, the victim count will keep on rising.

Fortunately, the Land of Demons is not a very big country; after just a few days of high-speed traveling; they arrived at the temple of the High Priestess...

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On a high cliff.

Standing on the edge of a high cliff; the four members of the Class-11 observed the Grand Temple in the distance.

There was an extremely thin barrier surrounding the Temple that protected it from the attacks of the Stone Army, since these stone puppets couldn't pass through or break the barrier; they surrounded the Temple from all directions.

Seeing that the Temple was still standing; Kakashi sighed with relief, "Since the Temple of High Priestess is safe that means we still have a chance!"

Guy anxiously said, "But with so many of these Stone Soldiers present; how do we get in?"

Kakashi turned his head and asked Kuroto, "Kuroto, can you look for an open route that we could take to enter the temple?"

Kuroto shook his head, "I did! But the Temple is surrounded by the Stone puppets from all directions, leaving close to no space, gaps, or dead ends that we could use."

Finally, Shisui said in a deep voice, "In that case; making our way from the front is the only option left!"

Obviously, it is not an easy task to make their way forcibly.

They have already tried dealing with these Stone Soldiers several times on their way here since entering the Land of Demons; although these puppets have extremely clumsy movements, they are powerful, once they start battling it would be very difficult for Class-11 to make an effective conclusion.

Kuroto who was still observing the surroundings suddenly pointed to a high cliff on the opposite side: "Look at that!"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed at, and they saw a few figures appearing on the opposite high cliff; from their clothing, they seemed to be Sand Shinobi.

As the captain of the team, Kakashi pondered for a moment and said, "That should be the Sand Ninjas Team sent by the Sand Village for the same task. We might be able to cooperate with them to break through the encirclement of the stone army and enter the Temple of the High Priestess."

The current common enemy is the Demon from the Foreign World, so in this crisis situation; nobody was opposed to the idea of cooperation with some another village, therefore, everyone nodded one-by-one in agreement to Kakashi's proposal.

Soon the two sides met together.

The Sand team also consists of 4 Shinobi. The Captain of the team is a Kunoichi named Pakura. 'Pakura of the Scorch', a very powerful Kunoichi, well known throughout the Ninja World for her Scorch Release Kekkai Genkai and is also recognized as a war hero of the Sand Village.

As the captain, Kakashi came forward and exchanged a few words with her to reach a consensus.

The two captains, Kakashi and Pakura took charge of the assault at the forefront, Guy and three other shinobi of the Sand Village were responsible in the middle, and at the end were Kuroto and Shisui.

After deployment, the gatecrash operation began immediately.

...chiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrppppppp...

With a sharp, singing sound of a bird song!

Kakashi took the lead of the charge, his hand shining with the thunder of Chidori, he dashed into the encirclement of the Stone army.

Boom...

Boom...

Boom...

Followed by a series of loud noises; stone puppets fell to the ground one after another.

Chidori's penetrating power was fully demonstrated by Kakashi at this moment, almost instantaneously, he had already torn through the queue of five layers.

Seeing the aggressive charge of Kakashi, Pakura who followed him closely immediately printed the hand seals and shouted, "Scorch Release: Five Great Streaming Explosive"

Five Scorch balls appeared around Pakura instantly; desiccating the surrounding stone soldiers into dry sand.

The three Sand ninjas in the middle of the team used "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall".

As a result, two earth walls protruded from the bottom of the ground protecting the corridor that Kakashi and Pakura forcibly broke through, establishing a temporary safe passage in the array of stone soldiers.

At the end of the assault team.

Kuroto shouted towards Shisui: "Shisui head to the middle, I'll hold off the back."

Knowing the strength of Kuroto, Shisui didn't talk any nonsense; and immediately rushed to the middle squad.

Kuroto who was at the back; now completely focused on dealing with the Stone soldiers, with the insight of the Tensigan the attacks of the stone soldiers became slow-moving frames for Kuroto's perception. Unless absolutely necessary Kuroto didn't even use Revolving Heaven to deal with these stone soldiers, with simple Gentle Fist strikes and Shurikenjutsu; Kuroto was able to deal with them.

And from an extremely close distance, Kuroto was also able to see that the Chakra signature of all these puppets was exactly the same; which obviously implies that the source is the same.

Moreover, the source of Chakra felt extremely evil and violent in nature.

"If the source of Chakra behind this Stone Army is 'Moryo' the Demon from the Other World, then…"

Thinking of this Kuroto shook his head.

Such evil and Violent Chakra isn't suitable to act as a source for the Artificial Tailed Beast, therefore the option of using Moryo as a possible Chakra source was eliminated by Kuroto.

Although there were only eight ninjas in the two teams, every one of them is an elite of their respective Shinobi villages, especially Pakura who was already near Kage tier Kunoichi, so it didn't take much time for the joint team to make a breakthrough. Passing through the array of Stone Soldiers they safely entered the Temple protected by the barrier.

As soon as the combined assault team entered the enclosed barrier, they heard the cheering sound of the guards protecting the temple from within the barrier.

Because of the weakening of the seal of 'Moryo', the High Priestess of the Land of Demons had to bear the whole burnt of continuous assault from the monster, as a result of which the guards of the Temple didn't dare to relax even for a moment. Now that they finally saw some powerful reinforcements arrive, they were naturally filled with joy; discarding away quite the anxiety and fear.

In the Temple.

The High Priestess was sitting on the futon with a sad face, and there was a little girl probably around one year old beside her. From each of their appearances, it wasn't very difficult to judge that they shared the bond of Mother and Daughter.

On one side, a group of Shinobi stood dressed in the official uniform of Rock Village Shinobi.

Obviously, this meant that the Shinobi of Rock Village had arrived here before the Konoha Village and Sand Village; and from appearance alone, the ninjas of Rock Village all looked very arrogant and quite unruly.

When Kuroto saw this group of Rock Shinobi, he suddenly became very angry and had the urge to kill them.

These are the same Rock Shinobi that ambushed Kuroto only 10 miles away from the Konoha Village, while he was escorting the wounded back to the village. Back then, it was his closest encounter with the feeling of death.

If not for the fact that support from the village arrived in time, otherwise Kuroto would have died aggrieved just like most of the ninjas that were part of the escort team.

Kuroto never forgot to ask the identity of such a bold Rock Shinobi and learned that they were the famous Beheading Troops of the Rock Village.

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While Kuroto was busy controlling his killing urge, the Rock Shinobi were also observing the newly arrived helping hands.

"Huh… did Konoha sent such imps to die? It appears; the rumors that Konoha has grown weak is actually true!" a ninja of the Rock Beheading Troop spoke condescendingly.

There was no need to speak of Pakura who is a famous figure from the third Shinobi War and the Beheading Corps of the Rock Village are a force to be greatly feared; among these famous and strong individuals of both the villages; team-11 of Konoha that consisted of young Kakashi and the three not so known; recently promoted Tokubetsu Jonin; really lacked the required influence at first glance.

In Konoha's team, the older ones were only around 15 years old and the youngest Shisui was around 11 years old, so they were indeed few imps compare to Rock and Sand ninjas.

However, Team-11 isn't allowed to be looked down upon, because all their actions influence the reputation of the village, if these four left a weak impression in the subconscious of other forces; then it wouldn't be very surprising if a nInja army is invading Fire Country in a few weeks; therefore, they can't appear to be weak.

So Kuroto spoke coldly, "If you think so, then you better be careful not to accidentally die in the hands of this imp!"

If it was someone else trying to provoke them, Kuroto would be too lazy to bother, but facing the Rock Beheading Troop; he just couldn't hold his sharp tongue.

Captain of the Rock Beheading team, who was standing with his arms folded around his chest; said with a gloomy look, "Kid, do you want to die!"

"If you think you can do it, why don't you try?"

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"If you think you can do it; why don't you try?"

Facing the Rock Village's elite Beheading Corp's squad leader, Kuroto wasn't afraid at all. He took a step forward; releasing his unmasked Killing intent for the other party.

Kuroto is more than clear why the other party is trying to provoke Konoha's Shinobi team.

Undoubtedly the impact because of the unexpected death of Yondaime Hokage and second-generation Kyuubi's Jinchuriki has yet to fade away. The Sand village and Mist village are not being so proactive against Konoha because of their weaker military power for whatever reasons but the Cloud Village and the Rock Village aren't the same. There are definitely signs of them trying to make small movements here and there.

This is one of the reasons why Konoha Shinobi can't afford to shrink back or appear weaker here because these kinds of provocations won't decrease if one party shrinks away; rather the more one party shrinks the more another party will intensify!

Feeling Kuroto's unmasked killing intent the captain of the Beheading unit squinted his eyes and put his hands on the short sword at his waist. For some reason, he felt that this not so young brat wasn't bluffing.

On Kuroto's side, Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui immediately got into a fighting stance, and the members of the Rock Beheading unit on the opposite also became alert for any possible attack.

An intense stare-off was taking place with both parties looking for an opportunity to make an effective attack.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse by the second the High Priestess sitting on the Futon stood up with the intentions to persuade and resolve this matter peacefully, "Ninja-san, I ask you all to please let go of your prejudices, for the time being, the Demon from the foreign world is breaking through the weakening seal as we speak, and the Stone army will soon be able to get past the barrier protecting this temple, I ask that you all work together to solve this upcoming calamity!"

Listening to Priestess' request both sides finally didn't continue with provocations anymore, they also know that infighting isn't a wise choice given the current situation since the monster is continuously approaching here, so each side took a step back to maintain a temporary peace.

Pakura who had been watching the two sides going at each other; finally asked the witch: "High priestess, could you please elaborate on the current situation??"

The witch nodded, "The enemy we have to face is a Demon from a foreign world; named 'Moryo'. His objective is to destroy the shinobi world and create 'Sennen Okoku' [Thousand Year Kingdom] to rule over it, long ago a clan of Shinobi had borrowed his Ghost Army to help him achieve this goal. However, he was stopped and sealed away by my ancestor. However, the seal isn't permanent and it has been broken by the descendant of that very shinobi clan, freeing the soul of the Demon.

The barrier enchantment I placed around the Temple can hold both the Demon and his Ghost army to pass-through however it cannot hold off against the cultist following him. This is why Moryo will definitely order his cultists to attack here in order to kill me, who can reseal him. If I were to die before resealing him, the whole Shinobi world will be destroyed by him."

After understanding the gravity of the situation; everyone's faces were gloomy.

Although nobody here has faced the Demon Moryo but having dealt with his Ghost army gives them some understanding of what kind of power he might possess, and if it exactly as the Priestess described then letting him run amok in the Shinobi world would put the whole world in danger.

After the Priestess finished with the explanation Kakashi asked straightforwardly, "Miko-sama, you mentioned that you have a method of resealing the Demon?"

While stroking her daughter's hair, she replied, "Yes, that's right! The Priestess of each generation has the responsibility to keep the Demon sealed away, but the location where the seal is placed is in the Land of Swamps."

It is obviously good news that the Demon can be resealed but the location is troublesome.

Pakura asked while pondering over all the details, "Then how are we going to lead the monster to the objective location?"

Hearing Pakura's question the Priestess smiled sadly, "Don't worry, everyone, I am the biggest threat to that monster. As long as I personally go there, he will definitely follow."

As soon as Priestess revealed this detail, Kakashi took out a map and spread it directly on the ground.

Although the Land of Swamp is adjacent to the Land of Demons, the distance between the target location and the current location is still well over several hundred miles, the planning of the route has to be done carefully as the Priestess isn't a shinobi and paths are quite steep and mountainous.

After some more thinking Pakura said, "The Ghost Army isn't really troublesome, with their slow speed we don't have to be worried about them catching up to us as long as we break through their encirclement."

The captain of the Rock team also nodded in agreement, "And in that case, the enemies we have to particularly careful against is the Demon himself and the cultists' Shinobi."

The shinobi following the Moryo's command was originally just a group of weak ninjas with their leader Yomi only at the level of a Jonin.

But now they have been blessed by Moryo; they have an almost inexhaustible supply of evil Chakra from the Demon, with this they can unscrupulously perform ninjutsu, and even use several large-scale combined attacks making them much more dangerous.

Considering that the situation might get out of hands if their team were to be chased while traveling to the sealing mountain, Pakura said with a hint of blood lust in her tone, "Instead of being besieged by the cultists and the stone army on our way to the sealing mountain, it's better to use this enchantment that can block the intrusion of Ghost army to solve the cultists, and then escort the Priestess to the sealing mountain in the Land of Swamps."

The captain of the Rock unit agreed, "We think so too."

Kakashi also nodded with Pakura's proposal, "We have no objections."

Following the unified opinions of Konoha, Sand, and Rock shinobi, they all mobilized in the temple immediately and prepared for the upcoming battle.

Because of the Byakugan and mastery over Revolving Heaven, giving him both sensor abilities and high defensive techniques, Kuroto was responsible to personally guard the Priestess and her daughter.

Unlike most of the Shinobi that were highly worried, Kuroto wasn't very concerned about the situation, so his thoughts were more focused on the artificial tailed beast plan.

As Kuroto has gained more knowledge and data about his Tenseigan in the past few months; he has come to understand that the biggest obstacle stopping him from being able to use other abilities of the Tenseigan is his lack of Chakra Volume. Therefore, only by increasing his Chakra supply can Kuroto utilize other abilities of the Tenseigan.

And this problem isn't very difficult to judge considering the case with Nagato and his Rinnegan.

Madara transplanted the Rinnegan to Nagato while he was very young but he awakened the Rinnegan only after the emotional stimulus because of his parent's death but it should be noted that he still couldn't use all its abilities, it was only when he had grown up did, he start using other abilities of the Rinnegan after another emotional stimulation due to Yahiko's death, but that still sucked away most of the vitality within him, making him the dried-up skinny person he appeared in the story.

One thing to not forget is that Nagato is from the Uzumaki Clan whom Madara selected carefully to revive him, the Uzumaki's are well known for their especially high Chakra Volume and tenacious vitality, and such a person was so overwhelmed under the effects of the semi-awakened 'eyes of God'.

So Kuroto suspects that the Tenseigan didn't yet awaken all the abilities is because it's probably protecting him as the current him can obviously not support the fully awakened Tenseigan.

This is the reason why Kuroto seeks the artificial tailed beast more relentlessly. He most definitely needs a 'battery' that continuously provide him with chakra energy, only then can he continue his research on the Tensigan with confidence, because he doesn't want to become like the skinny Nagato; as the gains wouldn't be worth it…

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Kuroto wasn't very concerned about Moryo and the Ghost army because he is aware that although they are undeniably a big threat that cannot be underestimated, but that's all!

There are countless such powerhouses hidden within the ninja world; let's not mention the others; Nagato with the Rinnegan is more than enough to deal with the Moryo and his Ghost army; therefore, even if the Miko-sama fails to successfully seal the Demon; it is impossible for him to truly destroy the shinobi world.

Moreover, Kuroto vaguely remembers, this seemingly weak Miko-sama of the Land of Demons in front of Kuroto actually has mastery over extremely powerful Fuin [Sealing] techniques. If nothing changes, then her self-sacrifice would be more than enough to seal the Demon successfully.

Therefore, Kuroto converged his racing thoughts and started to make his own set of calculations over how he can be benefitted from the situation here.

After a while of brainstorming, he glanced at the little girl beside the Miko-sama and asked, "Is she your daughter Miko-sama, what is her name?"

The little girl didn't wait for the Miko-sama to answer and said in an excited voice, "My name is Shion!"

Miko-sama smiled at her daughter's excitement as watched Kuroto and Shion talk.

Kuroto squatted beside Shion and spoke in a teasing manner, "Oh, your name is Shion-chan? hum you have a pretty nice name!"

Shion-chan stared straight at Kuroto's eyes and asked courageously; "Ninja-nii-chan, your mask is really interesting, can I see it?"

With a smile, Kuroto took off his mask and handed it to Shion-chan.

Shion -chan jumped and ran around the hall in excitement.

Looking at the carefree Shion-chan, a trace of melancholy appeared on Miko-sama's face.

From the conviction that Kuroto could see within her eyes, he understands that she has made up her mind, even if she has to sacrifice herself, she would do it all to seal the Demon.

So, Kuroto asked, "Miko-sama, are you really sure you can seal the demon?

Miko-sama lowered her head and answered: "In order to avoid the threat so that everyone can live safely, I will seal it, definitely!"

"Even at the cost of your life?"

Miko-sama suddenly raised her head in shock at Kuroto's sudden unexpected question. Although she didn't understand why he would ask this but still calmed herself down and nodded her head firmly, "Yes, even at the cost of my life!"

As soon as the Miko-sama nodded; a loud sound echoed...

BOOOM...

The loud sound was the result of a violent explosion just outside the hall.

There is no doubt that the enemy has infiltrated the Temple.

With this Kuroto was immediately alert, he immediately took his Anbu mask from Shion-chan and stood on guard in front of the Miko-sama and her daughter.

Gradually, the sounds of explosions outside became more frequent, the entire temple was faintly shaking, shouts of the enemy; shouts of guards and the wailing of the wounded were all mixed together in this chaotic situation.

Kuroto was staring at the gate with only one thought repeating in his mind.

'It doesn't matter whether this mission was simply a coincidence or some kind of enticement from the Hokage sama; since I have come to the Land of Demons, I can't afford to waste this unexpected opportunity."

Since Kuroto made up his mind, he whispered lightly to the Miko-sama, "Your daughter is still too young; she isn't yet ready to live without the protection of her mother!"

Miko-sama asked in puzzlement, "What are you trying to say?"

Kuroto said quite frankly, "The Demon isn't exactly as dangerous you think it to be. I would say he is at the level of a tailed beast at best. In the Shinobi world, although there aren't many methods to suppress someone as strong as a tailed beast; but that doesn't mean there aren't none!"

Hearing Kuroto's words Miko-sama seemed to be thinking something.

Without waiting for her to speak, Kuroto directly stated his condition: "I need some special materials from the Land of Swamps; if Miko-sama is willing to help me in obtaining them, I can guarantee your life!"

Arranging some special materials wouldn't be much difficulty for someone of her position; at best it could be considered extra reward or compensation, but she had doubts whether a 14 or 15-year-old teenager really had the ability to go against the Demon Moryo.

But she also doesn't have very many choices, so she asked, "What exactly do you want?"

Kuroto stated his requirement, "Purple Clay!"

Purple Clay is not only expensive that would take him at the very least 3 to 5 years if he were to collect it alone, but it would also bring attention towards Kuroto; as Purple Clay is a really precious material.

But if it were the Miko-sama of the Land of Demons this problem would be solved. With her high-status, the expensive price wouldn't be a trouble and it would also avoid any suspicious attention giving him a sense of assurance over the secrecy of his artificial tailed beast plan.

Hearing that Purple Clay is what Kuroto wants, Miko-sama frowned slightly, "As far as I know Purple Clay can be used for Fuin techniques, what do you need it for?"

Now Kuroto obviously can't answer this question, so he promised once again, "As long as Miko-sama gives her word in helping me obtain Purple Clay, I will guarantee your safety until you successfully seal the Demon, and I don't back down on my promise!"

This promise is not some empty words from Kuroto but he really has the confidence to fulfill it. With his strength, he isn't much worried and if worst comes to worst, he can just bring out his secret cards.

Whether the KazeKage's puppet in his possession or Shisui's Susanoo, both of them have the ability to fight against tailed beast class opponents for a short time, and can also be used against Moryo without any problem.

With him and Shisui keeping the Demon busy; it would get much easier for the Miko-sama to seal it.

Seeing Kuroto's confidence Miko-sama decided to trust in the words of the teenager, after all even if he can't fulfill it, she would only die and death is something she has prepared herself to face long ago.

Therefore, "Alright, I promise you!" was Miko-sama's reply.

Although 'Purple Clay' is precious but not enough to make Miko of the Land of Demons to consider too much or hesitate.

After the deal was settled both parties quiet down tacitly.

Only the ignorant Shion-chan raised her head, stared at her mother for a while then turned towards Kuroto, not understanding why the both of them went quiet all of a sudden.

When suddenly, several shinobi in white robes rushed into the main hall of the Temple.

Kuroto didn't hesitate and directly used Rein Wheel rotation to attract them towards him and killed them instantly with precise Gentle Fist Strikes, this whole process only took a few breaths, as soon as traces of panic started to appear on Miko-sama's face the enemy shinobi were already dead.

Miko-sama who couldn't even see the enemy shinobi's appearance was taken aback and finally exclaimed, "You really are an excellent ninja!"

"Since I have made a promise then I would naturally do my best to keep Miko-sama safe." After a short pause, Kuroto asked again, "I hope Miko-sama can keep our agreement confidential!"

Miko-sama nodded gently, "Don't worry I give you my word!"

As more time passed, the outside noises started to calm down.

Not long after, the shinobi of Konoha, Sand, and Rock returned to the hall of the Temple one-by-one under Pakura's lead, "Most of these cultists have been eliminated by us, the leftover won't be enough to pose a threat."

The captain of Rock's unit said, "Miko-sama, we should depart now."

Kakashi also nodded silently.

Kuroto glanced at the group of people, they all looked a little tired but none of them was injured, and this is also normal considering that the enemy shinobi were only genin or chunin level at best while Konoha, Sand, and Rock shinobi are all elites of their own villages.

Aside from the enemy's high chakra volume provided by Moryo; all their techniques are only chunin or genin class, so it is natural for them to suffer a crushing defeat.

Suddenly Kuroto thought of something and asked, "What happened to their leader of the cultists?"

Guy laughed heartily, "Their leader managed to escape but I don't think he would survive considering he was pierced by Kitsune's Chidori!"

Hearing Guy mention this Kuroto vaguely remembered it was remnants of cultists that triggered the resurrection of Moryo in the main series, but he isn't sure whether the leader of the remnants in the future is the same as the current one.

But it was no use thinking about it anymore, who knows what might happen in the future; after all his presence here will keep affecting the events, and as he starts getting more and more involved with the happenings, the future might be a totally different picture then what Kishimoto-sensei painted…

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Since the leader of the cultists was mortally wounded and the problem of harassment from the enemy was resolved, the next step of escorting Miko-sama to the Demon Mountain in the Land of Swamps can be carried out immediately.

Before departing, Miko-sama hid Shion-chan in a secret room in the temple.

Nobody knew what Miko-sama talked about with Shion-chan, but Kuroto can guess that Miko-sama was prepared to sacrifice herself if need be even with his promise to protect her.

Well, he can't do anything about that other than to fulfill his side of the deal.

Since all the preparations were completed, the team finally went through the plan, Pakura with her Scorch Kekkai Genkai was responsible for opening up the path, Team-11 of Konoha was responsible for the personal protection of Miko-sama and the Rock shinobi were responsible to stop the chase of Ghost Army in the back with their Earth release techniques.

Soon, the group broke through the encirclement of the Ghost Army outside the Temple and moved towards the targeted destination.

On the way, Miko-sama was continuously guiding everyone, while also sensing the approach of the Ghost Army and the Demon himself.

According to Miko-sama's real-time sensing, they realized that the Demon was chasing them very fast, at least not inferior to the speed of an elite Shinobi.

Fortunately, in the previous battle; in and around the temple; the Demon himself didn't show up or rather couldn't show up otherwise successfully breaking through the encirclement would have been troublesome.

At the temple; the demon and his Ghost army couldn't pass through the barrier set up by Miko-sama therefore all he could do was to send the cultists to kill her, but now that the Miko-sama is out of the protection of enchantment; Moryo will no longer sit back quietly only waiting to be resealed.

Seeing that the Demon was continuously closing on them, the Captain of the Rock unit said, "Hey! We can't continue like this!"

And Rock shinobi aren't the only one feeling stressed.

Pakura also agreed, "If we continuously consume chakra like this, I am afraid that even if we do get to the Sealing Mountain, we won't have enough chakra left to suppress the Demon!"

Unlike the Demon with almost inexhaustible Chakra, the consumption of the Shinobi traveling at full speed is extremely high, if they can't get rid of the chase in a short time; then the situation would turn more and more unfavorable for them.

Kakashi suggested, "In that case choose a suitable place to set up an ambush!"

Miko-sama who was carried by Guy on his back thought for a while and hesitantly spoke, "I can set up a temporary Fuin enchantment, if it works, it may be able to trap Moryo temporarily."

Pakura nodded, "Please do then!"

The plan of action was finalized and everyone immediately got to work, they choose a steep gorge with a winding river in the valley as the spot for setting the ambush.

With some assistance, Miko-sama placed several seals on the rock walls on both sides of the canyon.

All these Fuin techniques were all very complicated. Others simply started feeling a headache trying to understand them and Kuroto wasn't any better even with his Tenseigan.

The Demon finally appeared after waiting for some time after setting up the ambush.

Moryo was a gigantic creature with a very long and dark purple body, and multiple dragon-based heads, at least four were clearly visible, with glowing red eyes and bluish tongue hanging down from his mouth and a light purple illusive aura surrounding his body.

"This... how could it be so big!?" everyone exclaimed looking at Moryo's huge and strange body.

Although most of his body is covered in a purple aura, it is not difficult to judge that his size is as big as a tailed beast, implying that he is a monster in the true sense.

Pakura frowned seeing Moryo's size, she isn't very good against foes with such big size.

Even many ninjas with Kage level strength like Pakura aren't very good at dealing with big monsters.

Kakashi and Guy's condition wasn't any good either, they were reminded of the night of Kyuubi's Rebellion, the Image or Moryo and raging Kyuubi from half a year ago seemed to overlap within their mind.

Moryo's huge size was like a nightmare for most of the ninjas.

So, everyone's reaction to Moryo's appearance was kind of justified!

If anyone present was not shocked; then it was undoubtedly Miko-sama who was familiar with the Demon from long before, and Kuroto because of his memories.

As for Shisui, for some reason, he wasn't afraid of the demon either, however, he wouldn't dare using his Mangekyo techniques because once exposed, the village elders would find it difficult to tolerate him because of the threat he might become for them being an Uchiha!

Realizing that moryo had entered the ambush circle, Kuroto who was still calm, shouted: "Start!"

With Kuroto's shout, everyone immediately recovered and launched the attacks according to the pre-discussed plan.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"

"Earth Release: Bottomless Swamp!"

"Earth Release: Mud Slide"

"Earth Release: Earth and Rock Flow!"

The four members of the Rock unit, Kakashi and Sand shinobi distributed on both sides of the canyon immediately printed hand seals and launched several Earth release ninjutsu.

Instantly...

Quicksand, mud, soil walls, and stone pillars surrounded the Demon from the four sides; temporarily trapping him in the canyon.

Roar...….

A breathtaking loud roar came from the Demon's mouth making everyone to freeze momentarily.

Miko-sama warned, "Everyone! Be careful, don't get too close to him!"

Meanwhile, the Demon was struggling violently but it was a little difficult for him to get free because of being trapped in the mud swamp at the bottom.

"Scorch Release: Multiple Furious Lions!"

To prevent the Demon from breaking free, Pakura used her Scorch Release to land several attacks at Demon's heads forcing him deeper into the swamp.

At this time Miko-sama started chanting the sealing spell.

Following her chant, the Fuin techniques printed on both sides of the canyon started glowing, and a thin enchantment appeared covering Moryo within it.

As soon as Miko-sama completed the chant, Guy hurriedly asked, "Was it successful?"

Miko-sama nodded weakly.

With Miko-sama's state, it can be judged that even the temporary seals are burdensome for her to cast as Miko's sealing techniques use vitality as it's fuel.

Seeing that the ambush was successful and the Demon is temporarily trapped, Kakashi didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately urged everyone: "Let's go, we don't know how long will this hold him off, we have to hurry to the Sealing Mountain!"

Instantly the shinobi scattered all around returned to the assault formation again and rushed toward the sealing mountain at full speed.

Rumble…

Loud noises continued to be heard from behind, clearly indicating that the Demon was slowly breaking free from the trap, and every time he hits the enchantment, the whole canyon would shake showing his incredible power.

Miko-sama weakly reminded everyone, "Moryo can influence and manipulate others. Don't get too close to him; otherwise, you will become a puppet under his control!"

Everyone had cold sweat listening to this detail.

Obviously, no one would want to fight against such a monster, but unfortunately, the current situation doesn't give them much choice…

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After continuously traveling for several days and nights, the assault team finally arrived at Demon Mountain.

Looking at the sinister appearance of the mountain ahead, Pakura asked while suppressing the uneasiness in her heart, "This creepy place is the Demon Mountain!?"

Miko-sama nodded while giving a short explanation, "There is a naturally active volcano within the Demon Mountain capable of suppressing evil chakra. It is an excellent place to seal Moryo."

Listening to Miko-sama's explanation, Pakura asked, "So what should we do next?"

Different from their previous self, whether the Sand or the Rock shinobi; didn't have any trace of arrogance; only anxiety after witnessing the Demon personally and the danger he could pose to their respective villages, therefore, everyone wanted to complete the task as soon as possible.

Miko-sama said while pointing towards the entrance of a cave that went straight to the inside of the mountain: "Lead the Demon inside that cave and seal its body there!"

Captain of the Rock unit asked in puzzlement, "Only seal the body?"

Miko-sama nodded gently, "Yes, only his body will be sealed there."

Rock unit captain continued asking in puzzlement, "Why!??"

"Moryo's power is far too strong, and his chakra is extremely corrosive in nature, if he is sealed as is; he will be able to break free within a few years." After a short pause, she continued, "So it's body and soul must be sealed separately to decrease his chances of breaking off from here!"

"In that case, please start the sealing process immediately!" Kakashi spoke as he started looking into the distant sky and said thoughtfully, "I have a feeling if we don't hurry it wouldn't be possible to finish all the necessary requirements before he gets here, so we don't have much time."

At this time Kuroto stood up and said to everyone, "Just guard the outside, let me be responsible for guarding Miko-sama during the final sealing process!"

Everyone was surprised by Kuroto's sudden Voluntary action.

Protecting Miko-sama during the final sealing process can be said to be the most dangerous part of this mission. Not to mention Sand and Rock Shinobi, even Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui of the same village looked inexplicably at him. Nobody could understand why would Kuroto volunteer for the most dangerous part of the task.

Pakura asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean?"

Kuroto stated calmly, "You already understand what I mean. When the Demon comes, let him pass through, without putting any resistance, all you need to do is to block the Ghost Army, and I will be responsible for suppressing the Demon while Miko-sama is sealing it."

Captain of the Rock unit said mockingly, "I can't rest assured with just you responsible for suppressing the Demon!" Although he was unwilling to personally fight the Demon, he didn't want to mess things up, so he immediately disapproved of Kuroto's request.

Seeing the disapproval from both the villages Shisui also stood up, bowed to everyone, and said sincerely, "I too will be responsible in suppressing the Demon together with him, please rest assured we will definitely fulfill our part of the task!"

Kuroto was earnestly grateful to Shisui for his support and whispered, "Thank you!"

Shisui didn't say anything but passed a gentle smile.

Pakura on the other hand said coldly, "If you want to really take that part then, Konoha must be held responsible in case you fail!" In her view, the confidence of these two shinobi in suppressing the Demon even after having witnessed the power of the other party simply means they have some means to complete the job.

Although Kakashi also had some doubts he still chose to trust Kuroto and Shisui seeing their confidence.

As for the captain of the Rock unit, he didn't have any option but to nod with a gloomy expression because of the approval from both Kakashi and Pakura.

After the decision was finalized, everyone immediately began preparation.

Kuroto took Guy to the side and spoke in a whispering voice, "Don't let anyone other than the Demon enter inside the cave, not even you and Kakashi, understand?"

Guy was a little confused, "Why?"

"I will explain all that later, for now just do what I asked!"

Obviously, Guy didn't agree and asked anxiously, "Then what if you have an accident inside? Do you just want us to watch from the outside!?"

Kuroto said solemnly, "If both I and Shisui can't suppress the Demon together you would just be coming to die either way!"

"Kuroto, you have to trust your companions, I might not be strong enough to help you but Kakashi is very powerful, if it's him, he would definitely find some method to help you!"

"Idiot! It is because I trust both you and Kakashi that I am asking you to trust me too! Besides, blocking stone soldiers isn't an easy task!" With a smile, Kuroto insisted: "Remember my words, NO-ONE-OTHER-THAN-THE-DEMON-IS-ALLOWED-TO-ENTER. Use Hachimon Tonkou if need be!"

Seeing the solemn look on Kuroto's face, Guy decided to trust in Kuroto's words and nodded seriously, "I promise!"

With Guy's assurance, Kuroto, Shisui, and Miko-sama walked inside the cave of the Demon Mountain.

While walking in the gloomy cave, Kuroto asked Miko-sama, "How long will it take you to complete the preparation?"

Miko-sama seemed to have considered this long ago so immediately answered him, "Setting up the preparation won't take much time, but it will take at least 15 minutes or probably even longer in activating it!"

Kuroto frowned hearing this, "In other words, we have to suppress Moryo for at least 15 minutes?"

Miko-sama nodded solemnly.

Miko-sama wasn't sure whether Kuroto and Shisui could suppress Moryo that long so she was prepared to sacrifice herself while sealing the Demon. Except for her daughter Shion, nothing else is stopping her from doing so.

Hearing Miko-sama's words, Shisui gritted his teeth and said earnestly, "Kuroto-san, let me fight against him!"

Kuroto just glanced slightly at Shisui from the side and shook his head, "You are far too young to be able to fight against someone of the tailed beast class, you may have the necessary power, but your immature physical constitution would be under severe burden if you consume too much pupil power."

Shissui's strength is more dependent on his pupil power at his current age. In terms of pure physical power, he is only slightly better than others because of the limitation of his immature physique, and this is also the reason why he lacks the necessary amount of chakra.

Shisui wanted to insist, "But…"

However, before he could finish speaking, Kuroto interrupted him: "Don't worry, I already have a plan. All you have to be responsible for is suppressing the Demon in starting, I will take care of him after that."

At this time Miko-sama walking on the side also interjected, "Maybe I can also delay him for a while!"

Kuroto asked her in puzzlement, "What can you do?"

Upon Kuroto's question, she hesitated for a while, finally sighed and decided to confess, "The Demon Moryo has a deep connection with the Miko's of the Land of Demons. If you insist on knowing, he is actually part of me."

Shisui's eyes widened at this unexpected information, "WHAT…...!!!!!????"

However, Kuroto wasn't as surprised, although he doesn't remember the exact story behind the entanglement between the Miko's and the Demon, he still knows that there is a secret connection between the two, otherwise, the Demon wouldn't chase after her all the way from the Lands of the Demons to the Land of Swamps.

After finally confessing the biggest secret she has hidden in her heart, Miko-sama seemed to feel relaxed, and she kneeled down in front of Kuroto and Shisui to express her apology.

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Kuroto sighed and stepped forward to lift Miko-sama who bowed to them in dogeza because of her guilt. "Now is not the time to feel guilty or repent, once Moryo is successfully sealed you will have all the time in the world to redeem your sins."

Miko-sama nodded silently while Kuroto took a glance towards Shisui and continued after giving him a tacit nod, "Miko-sama, we may be using forbidden techniques to suppress the Demon, we hope that you can keep the information about them a secret."

Miko-sama solemnly promised Kuroto and Shisui, "Please be assured, I swear not to reveal any information to anyone!"

With her promise, the estrangement between the three disappeared.

Following this discussion, Miko-sama got busy with the arrangements for sealing the demon while Kuroto and Shisui analyzed the surrounding terrain to have an in-depth understanding of the battle site to use it for their advantage.

Being in the belly of the mountain with an active volcano makes the area around extremely dangerous with boiling lava everywhere, even a little bit of carelessness would lead straight to death by vaporization.

Therefore, combat here is extremely difficult not only for them but also for the enemy.

But from the looks of it, this isn't the first time Miko-sama came here because she is shuttling back and forth all around so easily while arranging the sealing techniques.

After looking around with the Tenseigan Kuroto reminded Shisui, "Surface rocks doesn't look very durable, make sure to pay attention to them while in battle."

Shisui nodded while observing the surroundings with the 3 tomoe Sharingan.

After a little while, Miko-sama completed all the necessary process, looking at all the symbols arranged around the mountain Kuroto exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Miko-sama's mastery in Fuinjutsu is really something to look up to!"

Shisui also nodded, "As far as I know Miko's Fuin mastery is as strong and famous as the Uzumaki Clan, with the demise of the Uzumaki Clan; it would be difficult to find someone as proficient as Miko-sama in Fuinjutsu in the current shinobi world."

Suddenly Shisui thought of something muttered in sadness, "And being too famous is not a good thing!"

The Uchiha clan is the perfect example of this, with their high reputation, even the young children of the clan develop arrogant and domineering personalities, they even look down on the companions of the same village, which is one of the major reasons why the Uchihas are continuously isolated from rest of the Konoha.

However, Kuroto wasn't thinking of these things now but seriously considering how he can seek more assistance from her for his plan.

According to the scroll given to him by Orochimaru; the sealing techniques account for more than 70% of the process, and lack of source material has led to a lack of Fuinjutsu knowledge. This point has become a serious problem for him considering the importance of Fuinjutsu in most of the rituals and techniques.

Therefore, the existence of Miko-sama with such high proficiency in Fuinjutsu is an impeccable treasure for Kuroto.

But considering her position, reputation, and prestige if he wants to learn something from her, Kuroto must consider his approach quite carefully else it might cause some diplomatic issues.

Kuroto was also trying to think of the result he might get from seeking Miko-sama's assistance:

In the artificial tailed beast plan, Konoha village used Uzumaki Fuinjutsu techniques. Although the Uzumaki clan has very high accomplishments in the field if he seeks extra assistance from Miko-sama then combining the Uzumaki and Miko's Fuinjutsu techniques may or may not give some unexpected results and that could also be of great benefit for him….

As Kuroto was mulling over the pros and cons, suddenly the ground shook.

... shake. …. shake...….

At the same time, pieces of rubble from the surrounding walls and roof also fell on the ground and lava resulting in immediate vapourization.

...…whish...whish….

Miko-sama sitting at the center of the sealing formation said loudly, "He's here!"

Kuroto and Shisui glanced at each other and hid around the surroundings.

Not long after, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, Moryo's humongous body came inside the cave in a flash.

"Miroku, you shouldn't refuse me!"

Moryo who blocked the entire entrance of the cave arched up and spoke in a sinister voice.

Miko-sama seemed to ponder over his words for a moment, then shook her head, "No! You are the wrong one!"

Moryo slowly approached Miko-sama while trying to entice her, "Unify with me, once our power combine, we will be the strongest, and the whole world will crawl at our feet, the Thousand Year Kingdom wouldn't be a dream anymore!"

"No! No! No!"

Seeing Miroku's continuous denial, Moryo still didn't take any action, but spoke loudly, "What are you worried about? You should be very clear that with our powers combined we will be unstoppable! What ninja!? What Samurai!!? Every one of them will crawl at our feet like the ants they are!"

"NO! Doing so will only bring infinite disaster and chaos to the world!" Miko-sama continued to delay the time by speaking in a loose tone. "You are being too arrogant!"

"Arrogant!?" Moryo snorted condescendingly while speaking in rage, "You are the one being too stupid! Did you forget who we are? Did you forget... NO, what are you doing!!?"

Halfway through the conversation, Moryo instinctively felt an incoming danger to himself.

Seeing that the plan was revealed and Miko-sama couldn't delay any more time, Kuroto and Shisui immediately rushed out of hiding.

Before Moryo could react to the sudden appearance of the two, Kuroto shouted, "Shisui! Do it!"

As soon as Kuroto gave the order, Shisui closed his eyes and opened them again with three tomoe rapidly spinning as they blended together into a four-edged shuriken.

"SUSANOO!!" Without any hesitation, Shisui directly used the legendary Susanoo.

Following his shout, an emerald green humanoid avatar with a fiendish look and a red tomoe in the center of its chest made up of Shisui's chakra manifested around him.

The sudden appearance of Susanoo between Miko-sama and Moryo left both of them shocked as neither could have imagined the little guy with a cat mask could bring out something so majestic and horrifying.

The horrifying Susanoo Chakra made both of them aghast.

Since keeping Susanoo manifested would be very burdensome for Shisui, he didn't waste any moment and directly held the demon with all his strength, restricting any kind of movement.

Moryo was angered by how he was being treated and roared in fury, "Humble human, HOW-DARE-YOU...!!!!????????"

Boom…

As Moryo was again interrupted halfway through his words, only this time by a huge iron spear that fell from the sky, and fiercely inserted in his mouth, making the demon roared in pain and anger.

Miko-sama looked at Kuroto hovering in the sky with a stunned look on her face.

At this time, Kuroto was standing on an iron sand platform, hovering in the midair, and beside him, there was a strange ninja covered in bandages from head to toe with a pair of iron sand wings on his back.

Seeing Miko's stupefied look, Kuroto faintly said with a prideful smirk, "Miko-sama, don't just stare in a daze…"

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Kuroto's words brought Miko-sama out of her dazed state, and she immediately activated the sealing formation.

The chakra energy emitting from the sealing formation made Moryo's spine tingle because of the danger his instincts were feeling from it. It should be noted that both Miko and Moryo are part of each other; just like Moryo understands Miko's fear and weaknesses similarly Miko also understands Moryo's fear and weaknesses.

Therefore Miroku-sama was able to clearly feel Moryo's mental state and struggling!

Rumble… Rumble… Rumble…

As Moryo was continuously struggling to free itself from Susanoo's grasp because of the instinctive danger, the whole cave started to shake due to his harsh movements.

It wasn't difficult to figure out from Shisui's expression that his hold was weakening. To keep Moryo impaled on the floor he gritted his teeth and urged the chakra he could muster into the Susanoo

The two behemoths continuously struggled, one keeping the hold and the other escaping the hold, as a result of which large cracks became apparent on the ground, gravel was falling, dust was rising, lava was becoming more and more active as the time passed making it seem as if the entire cave will collapse and the volcano will erupt any moment.

Kuroto was calmly observing the battle between the two with the Tenseigan from midair while simultaneously avoiding the falling rubble.

Moryo's body is larger than Shisui's Stage-2 Susanoo that only has a skeletal upper body, therefore Shisui is not the dominant one in this struggle, seeing this Kuroto no longer waited and immediately transferred more Tenseigan Chakra to Kazekage puppet to perform his strongest move.

"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Law!"

Following the call, iron sand particles gathered into the air in the form of countless spears, and with the speed of a cannonball fire, the iron sand spears continuously pierced Moryo's body, firmly nailing him on the ground, but that wasn't the end as more iron sand gathered and connected all the impaled spears like thorny branches confining Moryo's body within an iron sand prison.

Miko-sama who was continuously transferring her chakra along with her vitality into the sealing formation muttered in surprise, "Really Magnet Release!??"

In the ninja world, people known for mastering Magnet Release are only those of the Kazekage clan, and those alive from them could possibly only be Sandaime Kazekage who disappeared mysteriously, and the Yondaime Kazekage who is currently in power.

Although Miko's generally doesn't pay much involved with the events happening in the Shinobi World; but they still have general happenings and information of the Shinobi world.

In Kuroto's previous attack she wasn't sure, but now that she has witnessed the strange ninja hovering alongside Kuroto, use the 'Iron Sand Law', she felt convinced that he is using Magnetic Release Kekkai Genkai.

This makes her wonder how is that even possible, because it is simply not possible for Konoha Shinobi to master a Sand hidden technique, and she can also understand why he would ask her to not reveal the information about it.

Anyway, back to the fight.

Under the combined effect of Shisui's Susanoo and Kazekage's Iron Sand Law, the pressure on Moryo increased several times resulting in his struggle becoming weaker.

Moryo roared in an eardrum popping sound, "DAMN IT! You stupid humble Humans, you don't understand to whom you have provoked!"

However, Kuroto and Shisui were unmoved by Moryo's shout, and they increased their effort in suppressing Moryo.

"Miroku!

Watch and learn!!!!

These ants can't stop me!"

Miko-sama's face changed suddenly and she shouted in warning, "Hurry up, get away from him! Moryo's going to use Mind Control Arts!"

"Hahaha… Haha…, he can't escape!" With maniacal laughter, Moryo stared at Shisui and shouted: "You should be honored to become my plaything!"

"Secret Art: The Demon Within!"

"The Demon Within" is a Genjutsu that allows Moryo to control the hearts of humans. The subject once under the effect of this Genjutsu becomes a soulless puppet who only obeys Moryo's command mindlessly.

After activating this genjutsu, Moryo immediately ordered Shisui, "Quickly go and Kill them!"

The target that Moryo ordered for Shisui to kill was naturally Kuroto and the Kazekage puppet hovering in the air, so Kuroto and Miko-sama both looked at Shisui with anxiety, in fact, Miko-sama's heart was almost at her throat that she even forgot to continue transferring chakra to the sealing formation.

For a moment, everyone's attention was at Shisui.

And Shisui, with his Mangekyou wheel spinning, was silent, then suddenly, he let go of one of Moryo's head to free his left arm, raised it high in the air, and bonked the head that gave him the command with all his power.

Bang... A loud sound echoed!

With a muffled sound, Moryo's head slammed to the ground, leaving the demon himself and Miko-sama dumbfounded!

"This… how is this possible!?" Extremely surprised and shocked Moryo shouted in hysteria, "It's your eyes!... damn it!"

Obviously, Moryo isn't an idiot ignorant and immediately figured out that the cause of the failure of his Mind Arts on Shisui is his Mangekyou.

Miko-sama also breathed a sigh in relief. She was really scared just a moment ago; if Shisui really became Moryo's puppet then the situation would have definitely become irreversible for them. And if that were to happen then she wouldn't even be sure if she would be able to seal Moryo even with her death as the catalyst.

Although Miko-sama was glad and slightly happy, it was a different case for Moryo.

The demon was shouting at Shisui in anger: "A human such as you can resist my Mind Art. This is enough for you to be proud of for the rest of your measly life. Hum! It appears you are a rare strong individual among the humans…"

Halfway through, the only free head of Moryo twisted, looking at Kuroto on the other side with a wicked smile, and shouted, "Hahaha, if I can't control that brat then you will become my puppet!"

"Secret Art: The Demon Within!"

The sudden action of Moryo again brought despair to Miko-sama as again her heart was about to fall off her mouth in panic.

Currently, she was feeling both extremely angry and increasingly annoyed. Anger at Moryo's despicable actions, that he suddenly attacked Kuroto with Mind Arts. But more annoyed because she forgot to warn Kuroto in advance because of her panic.

According to Miko-sama Shisui was able to resist the effect of Mind arts was most likely because of those Dojutsu he has, as the Miko she knows that it must be the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan, although it is extremely shocking for her to see someone capable of resisting Moryo, maybe with the Mangekyou it is a possibility however that's not the case with Kuroto as he doesn't have the Mangekyou, therefore she didn't believe Kuroto can resist Moryo's attack with the Byakugan, as she is well aware of the true essence of this dangerous art.

In midair, Kuroto was standing at the iron sand felt a wave of evil chakra pass through him, and then…

And then, there was nothing...

Feeling that nothing should not have happened, Kuroto ignored the Demon who was laughing arrogantly and asked Shisui in a puzzled manner, "What is he trying to do?"

Shisui seemed to seriously ponder over Kuroto's question and then replied with some uncertainty: "He seems to be trying to perform some sort of genjutsu on us, because of the Mangekyou, I don't feel anything, what about you Kuroto-san?"

"Hum, I don't feel anything either!" after a short pause, Kuroto curled his lips and said, "Well, he knows how to bluff for sure!"

Shisui also nodded earnestly: "Well yeah, I was a little scared!"

Kuroto then turned towards Miko-sama and asked, "Miko-sama, how much longer will it take for the seal to activate completely?

"Huh...!" Miko-sama who was again brought out of her stupor by Kuroto's carefree attitude immediately restarted transferring chakra into the sealing formation.

Miko-sama's mind was in a mess right now, she's been dumbfounded more times in the past few hours than in her entire life. Now all she feels is that it is a waste to worry about these two strange ninjas.

The Demon was also flabbergasted because his genjutsu didn't have any effect on Kuroto either so he looked at Kuroto in more surprise: "Impossible! How can you too resist the effects of my Mind Arts, how is this possible!???""

When dealing with the cultists, he didn't even need to use Secret Technique to control them; his simple orders were more than enough for them to follow like a soulless puppet, so Moryo didn't expect his secret to be ineffective against both the humans here…

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Outside the Cave.

"Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder!"

Accompanied by the 'hissing' sound of steam, the surface of countless terracotta puppets gradually dried up, with numerous cracks appearing that became larger and larger as the moisture turned into a vapor mist, and eventually all the puppets shattered into a pile of gravel.

However, Pakura didn't pay much attention to them, at this time, she was a little pale, and stressed.

On the other side, after continuously using Earth Release ninjutsu to temporarily imprison many puppets, the captain of the Rock Unit turned his head and looked at the entrance of the cave with a solemn expression. He could only imagine what kind of fierce battle would be taking place inside the cave based on the loud rumbling noises and the continuous shaking of the mountain since the Demon went inside

At the Cave Entrance.

After temporarily repelling the Ghost Army with Detonation Charm, Kakashi retreated to Guy's side and asked anxiously: "Guy, are they really okay?"

Guy nodded without any hesitation, "I believe in Kuroto!"

...…. Rumbling noises...…

As soon as Guy spoke, another loud noise came from inside the cave.

Accompanied by the loud noise, a breath of evil chakra could also be felt from the outside!

Kakashi quickly looked at the cave with the Sharingan passed onto him by his teammate Uchiha Obito.

In the vision of the Sharingan, Kakashi could see that the evil chakra belonging to Moryo was so substantial that it was getting difficult to be contained within the cave, as it spread in the surroundings making the area all-around gloomy and chilling.

Wiping the trace of sweat from his temple, Kakashi couldn't help but sigh helplessly, "Facing such a Demon means looking for death!"

Inside the Cave.

Kuroto who was hovering in mid-air shouted to Shisui, "Leave the rest to me!"

Shisui nodded without any argument and dispersed the Susanoo.

It has only been a few minutes from the beginning to now, but he was already out of breath. From Shisui's condition, it can be judged that that awakening Mangekyo at a very young age is not a good thing!

Without Susanoo's suppression, Moryo's struggle to free itself became more intense.

The previous failure of ineffectively casting his secret technique not only slapped away his arrogance but also dropped his confidence in himself.

At this moment, Moryo has understood that both Kuroto and Shisui are strong ninjas with weird dojutsu powers that make him feel uneasy instinctively.

Such a thing was unimaginable before!

In fact, Moryo has been unable to catch up with the series of changes since the appearance of Susanoo. He is unaware of the top powerhouses of the Shinobi world. Never did he imagine falling into such a dangerous trap, making him a little panicked at the situation.

It wasn't until now he realized that the cultists that were following his orders didn't have any power to stand up to the top powerhouses of the Shinobi world. It was simply a mistake to use those weaklings as a basis to judge the strength of the entire Shinobi world.

Moryo has also been aware that the strange ninja hovering beside Kuroto is a soulless puppet, but unfortunately, he hasn't been able to manipulate it because of the interference of Tenseigan Chakra.

Two powerful Shinobi about whom he knows close to nothing, plus the Miko of the Lands of Demons who can naturally restrain him, no matter how arrogant he may be, Moryo realizes that the current situation is unfavorable for him making him feel that if he doesn't escape from here then he can't avoid the fate of being sealed here, therefore, he was putting all his effort in getting out of restraints.

Facing the crazy struggle put up Moryo, Kuroto looked grim.

Since Kuroto has already revealed the KazeKage puppet and openly used Magnet Release so naturally, he won't hesitate in transferring all his chakra, so matter how many iron spears Moryo get rid of, they will keep on coming to firmly nail him in one place.

"Damn Human!"

The continuous barrage of iron spears piercing his body made the Demon roar in anger.

The current combat effectiveness of the Kazekage puppet with all the chakra that Kuroto transferred, is close to the Kazekage himself while he was still alive, and the Sandaime Kazekage was known as the strongest Kazekage with Kage level strength.

If such a powerhouse is restraining the Demon; then short-term suppression isn't very difficult.

Time passed second-by-second!

And finally, the sealing formation was activated.

In just a few moments, all the Fuin symbols arranged all around the cave emitted a faint glow, this glow became brighter and brighter like a dazzling sun!

Moryo was feeling more and more threatened as this was all happening, his struggle to escape was near suicidal, even if he injured himself in the process all he wanted was to escape from this damn cave.

...…. Rumbling noises...….

Due to the shaking of the mountain, a part of the ground on which Moryo was impaled broke apart resulting in iron sand scattering all around.

Seeing this Kuroto made up his mind.

Its already reached this point, how can he give Moryo any chance to make a comeback, so without any restraint, Kuroto transferred his leftover chakra to the Kazekage puppet.

The crushed and shattered iron sand once again reformed into spears, piercing the Demon's body.

Although, Shisui still wanted to help, however, as soon as he took a step forward, his feet softened, and fell to the ground.

Using Susanoo consumed most of his chakra, although he didn't feel the immediate effect but when he thought of using it once again, Shisui realized that with his current immature physique he can't bear it!

At this moment Miko-sama also finished chanting, following which she slowly got up from her position, pointed at Moryo, and spoke in a sublime voice:

"Fuin-Technique: The Demon's Sealing: Start"

The dazzling glow around the cave brightened at Miko-sama's command and all the light spots flew towards Moryo.

"NO!!!" Moryo struggled in horror and wailed.

Moryo's final struggle was violent that it was getting increasingly difficult to breath because of the evil chakra escaping in the surrounding, and even then, he was still able to resist the sealing. Seeing no option left Kuroto sighed and used the secret technique of physical regeneration, forcibly squeezing out the chakra from the new cells.

...cough-cough...…. Cough...….

He coughed out blood because of the overconsumption and burden he was feeling, but this technique did help fight the Demon to the end.

With the last wave of attacks, the Demon could no longer resist the sealing technique, and accompanied by a wailing sound, his huge body deflated like a popped-up balloon.

As soon as Moryo wilted, Miko-sama made several hand seals following which the light balls all around merged into a curtain of light engraved with the same sealing technique; this light curtain wrapped around the Demon layer by layer firmly restricting his movements.

By the time all the light dissipated, only a giant cocoon wrapped up in white cloth with the sealing formation printed on it fell in front of Kuroto and Shisui.

Shisui, who somehow managed to get sit, exclaimed in joy, "Is that a success?"

As if to answer Shisui's question, suddenly, a thick and dark purple chakra bursts out of the cracks suddenly, but strangely it didn't try to attack anyone, only fled in a panic towards the entrance of the cave.

Undoubtedly when Moryo's body was sealed by Miko-sama, his soul hid in the crevices, thereby avoiding the fate of being sealed and now he is trying to escape because nobody is in any condition to stop him…

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Seeing Moryo trying to escape in the soul form, Miko-sama was suddenly panicked, "Hurry up and stop it!"

If Moryo's soul manages to escape then the purpose of sealing would be useless, and there would be endless trouble in the follow-up.

...…...whoosh...…

Even before Miko-sama spoke, a sharp sound of cutting through the wind was heard.

The sound was the result of Shisui throwing several shuriken towards escaping Moryo!

Although they were accurately targeted nonetheless all of them passed through him and didn't cause any substantial damage to Moryo's soul, which wasn't anything strange either; after all, how can something like shuriken with a physical state affect Moryo's soul that is a pure amalgamation of evil chakra!

Seeing the attack being ineffective Shisui's expression sank, although he wanted to use another attack it was already too late as the soul of the demon was far out of his range not mention his attacks seemed to be ineffective on Moryo.

Within just a few moments, Moryo's soul was already near the entrance of the cave.

Seeing the situation turning for worse, Kuroto gritted his teeth and decisively used Rein wheel Pull, suddenly the madly laughing Moryo in the soul state who was almost close to escaping the fate of being sealed stagnated, as if being firmly grasped by an invisible pair of hands he couldn't move anymore, even if he is a combination of evil chakra in the soul form; being under the effect of Rein Wheel interaction he wasn't able to break free!

"If I really…. Haah…haah… let you escape then wou-cough-cough…wouldn't I have put this much effort in…. cough-cough-cough…. in vain!!!?" With much difficulty, Kuroto muttered and restarted using the secret technique of Physical Regeneration to obtain chakra, as a result of which he was able to increase the chakra input in Rein Wheel Pull to drag Moryo's soul towards him.

With the improvement in strength that Kuroto has experienced in the past few months the effective range of his Rein Wheel interaction from 15 meters to 20 meters and this improvement isn't just quantitative but also qualitative, that is to say within a range of 20 meters with him as the center he can have complete control over interaction force.

So, being able to escape from this attack was no longer an option for Moryo.

As Moryo's soul slowly got pulled towards Kuroto, Miko-sama took out a wooden box from the storage scroll and used printed several Fuinjutsu techniques on it to make it suitable for containing Moryo's soul.

"NO!... Please no…...! NnnnnnnoooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!!!!!!!!"

In the soul state without the protection of his physical body, he couldn't resist Miko-sama's sealing and with the last unwilling roar, he was completely sealed in the wooden box.

Seeing that it was finally over, the three slumped on the ground and sighed with relief.

At this time all three of them are extremely exhausted both physically and mentally.

Miko-sama performed several Fuinjutsu technique one-after-another that took a lot out of her, especially the final Fuin techniques that sealed away Moryo's body exhausted most of her chakra, and put a lot of burden on her both physically and spiritually, so even if she didn't personally intervene in the battle her consumption is no less than others.

Shisui's situation is not any better, having awakened the Mangekyou at such a young age already puts a lot of burden on him before he grows up and his Mangekyou evolves into eternal Mangekyou, additionally, he used Susanoo to suppress Moryo so his consumption was far greater than he could have imagined.

As for Kuroto, his condition is the worst of all, he even had to rely on the Secret Technique of Physical Regeneration to overcome his lack of chakra in the battle, so his life span was also shortened by at least 2 to 3 months.

Nevertheless, this is still the best situation considering just how strong Moryo's actual strength is, if not for the trap and ambush method their win would have been difficult to imagine.

After a short rest, Miko-sama sincerely thanked Kuroto and Shisui: "I am really grateful to both of you; I cannot imagine the consequences that might have happened if Moryo somehow managed to escape!"

Miroku was grateful to both Kuroto and Shisui from the bottom of her heart. Originally, she thought that only by using her death as a catalyst would she be able to successfully seal the Demon; but because of Kuroto and Shisui's help things turn down quite smoothly.

After putting away the Kazekage puppet, Kuroto nodded to Miko-sama, "I have done what I promised!"

Miko-sama also nodded, "Don't worry, I will also honor my promise!"

At this time Shisui also stood up and asked Kuroto curiously, "Kuroto-san, did you use puppet technique in the battle? And was the puppet using Magnet Release!!?"

Listening to Shisui's question, Kuroto decided to not hide it, and directly told the truth, "Well, it's a puppet obtained by pure coincidence and yes the puppet was using Magnet Release, as for why it can use Magnet Release, that's easy to answer, it's because it's a human puppet created from the body of Sandaime Kazekage's corpse."

"Wh-What!!!""

Not only Shisui, but even Miko-sama was also taken aback as soon as they heard this piece of information.

They couldn't help it either, Sandaime Kazekage, known as the strongest Kazekage became a puppet! If this is not shocking then translator-kun doesn't know what is!

"Hum! Sandaime Kazekage was killed and turned into a Human Puppet through forbidden techniques by a puppet master of the Sand Shinobi Village that became a missing-nin. Not too long ago, I accidentally encountered him in a battle and was lucky enough to have obtained the puppet by a chance of pure coincidence."

Kuroto briefly explained about his encounter with Sasori.

However, this information again surprised Shisui, "Kazekage-sama were assassinated by a ninja of his own village?"

Kuroto nodded, "Precisely because this information is highly confidential that I don't use this puppet often, moreover this matter also involves Sand Village's reputation, if revealed in public it would cause serious diplomatic issues, make sure to not reveal the puppet's existence else it would definitely lead to a conflict between Konoha and Sand."

Hearing Kuroto mention the seriousness of the information and it could elevate to a possible war between two of the five great Shinobi Villages Miko-sama and Shisui both solemnly promised: "We will never leak it out!!!"

Obviously, the reason why Kuroto dared to use Kazekage's puppet here because he is sure that neither Shisui nor Miko-sama would reveal this information to anyone else.

Miko-sama is the kind of good nature person who would rather sacrifice herself than let the Demon run havoc on the world additionally she is also indebted to him so she wouldn't reveal it.

As for Shisui?

Is there even a need to consider this?

Uchiha Shisui committed suicide to avoid becoming the fuse of war between the Uchiha and Konoha even after being betrayed by Shimura Danzo, he is someone who would definitely avoid doing something that would threaten Konoha's peace, and for the second reason Kuroto also knows about Shisui's Mangekyou, so in a way, they are both keeping a secret for each other.

And even in the worst-case scenario puppet's existence is leaked somehow, it wouldn't be such a big deal to hand it over to the village as a spoil of war, after all, it was just pure luck for him to have obtained it, it's not like he is the who killed the Kazekage, his only worry would be to effectively hide Tenseigan's existence.

Anyway, Kuroto decided to change the subject and asked Shisui, "So the rumors about there being an advanced form of the Sharingan called the Mangekyou Sharingan above 3-tomoe state is true? If I am not wrong you have awakened the Mangekyou haven't you Shisui?"

Shisui also didn't try to hide or evade the question and honestly answered with a smile, "Well, it is true, the technique I used to fight against Moryo is called Susanoo which the Uchiha's can use once their Sharingan evolves into Mangekyou Sharingan..."

As said before sharing one's secrets is undoubtedly one of the best ways to get closer to each other, after Miko-sama, Kuroto, and Shisui shared their individual secrets the friendship between them deepened a lot.

With all said and done, Kuroto decided to ask something from Miko-sama, "Miko-sama so what are you going to do with Moryo's soul?"

Miko-sama who was repeatedly checking the seal on the cubical Wooden Box that sealed Moryo's soul answered Kuroto's question absent-minded, "After repeatedly strengthening the seal, I am going to choose a suitable location in the Lands Of Demon to place to hide this box, that way Moryo's body and soul will be hundreds of miles apart, so his chances of resurrecting again will be minimal!"

Compared to the seal on Moryo's body, the wooden box sealing his soul isn't safe enough, according to Kuroto's guess that might have been one of the reasons he managed to get free in the original series, but since Miko-sama has stated that she would rearrange the seals on it and place it in a secure location, therefore, Kuroto decided not to worry much about it.

In fact, Kuroto's mind has long been past the Demon Moryo and he has already begun to wonder how to ask Miko-sama to teach him Miko's Fuinjutsu techniques.

After witnessing her seal Moryo, Kuroto has reached the conclusion that her Fuinjutsu mastery is undoubtedly among the best in the current Shinobi world.

If he missed this opportunity, then his artificial tailed beast plan may only remain a dream forever and Kuroto isn't willing to let that happen…

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While supporting each other out of the cave, Guy's figure was the first one that came into Kuroto's sight.

Obviously, Guy faithfully followed Kuroto's instructions and didn't let either of the Sand or Rock shinobi enter inside the cave.

Finally noticing that the three people although in a battered state but safely came out of the cave, Guy showed his signature smile and spoke with a thumb up, "Kuroto, I knew you will succeed!"

Not far away Kakashi didn't say anything but took a breath of relief. No matter how cold and indifferent he may look, his subconscious actions speak otherwise.

Pakura along with the other shinobi of the Sand village also carefully observed Miko-sama, Kuroto, and Shisui. The previous movements and shaking of the cave was felt by everyone outside, so they can more or less guess, at least Pakura being a near Kage class Kunoichi can make some conclusions just how fierce the battle inside might have been, and the fact that both the Konoha Shinobi not only managed to come out alive but also successfully sealed the Demon, earned both of them her respect.

On the other hand, the look in the eyes of the Rock Beheading unit was not so good, although their captain didn't let it show on his face; by masking himself with a thoughtful look, that seemed to say that he was considering some things by being a little absent-minded, it wasn't that difficult for Kuroto to judge some of his intentions.

Since the Demon Moryo; which was a threat to the Shinobi world is successfully sealed, the cooperative relationship between the several Shinobi villages has also come to an end; and is replaced by previous hostility just like all times.

At this time, Miko-sama who was holding the cubical wooden box gratefully bowed to all the ninjas present and thanked them earnestly for helping her seal Moryo.

Although the others that were outside didn't play any significant role like Kuroto and Shisui, just from the broken stone puppets of the Ghost Army lying all around and the traces of battle left it's not hard for her to see that the battle that took place outside to stop the interference of the Ghost Army was just as fierce if not fiercer than the one that took place inside.

After all, until Moryo is completely sealed the ghost Army had a continuous supply of Chakra, because of which they were almost undefeatable due to their toughness and regeneration giving them an immortal trait.

And even then, the Shinobi guarding the cave didn't let even a single puppet pass through, which made it possible for Kuroto and Shisui to suppress the Demon, therefore, Miko-sama was earnestly grateful to all those present here.

After everyone accepted Miko-sama's gratitude, the Shinobi of Sand and Rock villages left one after another, while the Konoha Class-11 was responsible for safely escorting Miko-sama back to her Temple in the Lands of Demon.

Because of the deal between Kuroto and Miko-sama Konoha Shinobi were also given another mission of eradicating the remnants of Cultists as an excuse of their temporary stay in the Lands of Demons.

Of course, the work of eradicating the remnants of the cultists was handed over to Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui by Kuroto, while he recovered from his injuries at Miko's temple patiently waiting for the delivery of 'Purple Clay'.

While he didn't have nothing much to do Kuroto recollected and summed up his battle with Moryo.

This battle was the first time that he had used up all his Chakra since awakening the Tenseigan, therefore, even though he had to rely on the Secret Technique that cost him approximately 2 to 3 months of lifespan, it still exposed and gave him an understanding of many of his problems and flaws, which was an unexpected gain.

But the adverse effects of exhausting all his chakra volume were more serious than he expected them to be making him unable to exert any energy and an extremely worn out spirit in the following days to come.

Undoubtedly Kuroto is glad that the Tenseigan pair within his eye sockets is his own, making it perfect sync with his soul and body so the burden is easy to bear.

If his Tenseigan would have been transplanted from others, then by now he would have suffered an irrecoverable backlash, and even if he somehow managed to survive he would have lost much of his vitality.

And this was the case with Otsutsuki Toneri; after being defeated by Naruto the Tenseigan he awakened by transplantation of Hanabi's Byakugan faded away since his chakra and spirit were exhausted.

When someone like Toneri; capable of cutting the Moon in half wasn't able to keep the Tenseigan awakened, goes to show just how difficult it is to maintain the Tenseigan.

Similar is the case with the Rinnegan, the power displayed by Madara with it is obviously of another scale compared to Nagato or Obito.

They never used techniques like Tengai Shinsei, or Rinbo: Hengoku and other superior techniques of the Rinnegan like Madara did, this clarifies just how different it is when the real awakener uses the dojutsu compared to non-awakener.

The weaklings don't even have the qualification to possess the Eyes of Gods!

This again confirmed Kuroto's guess that his Tensigan is in sync with him spiritually and has been suppressing its abilities instinctively to avoid causing any irreversible damage to Kuroto who isn't yet worthy of possessing them.

After understanding this Kuroto couldn't help but sigh emotionally.

Now Kuroto has also understood not use all his chakra rashly in the future, at the same time he is more obsessed with the artificial tailed beast, the same kind of obsession that Orochimaru had with the Sharingan. As a result of which Kuroto couldn't help it anymore and asked Miko-sama to teach him Fuinjutsu.

However, her reply was a disappointment for him.

According to Miko-sama Miko's Fuinjutsu techniques can't be used by those not carrying their blood, and this point has been verified by several generations of Miko's.

Simply put, it's a Kekkai Genkai. This is also the reason why the position of Miko's of the Land of Demons is inherited only by their descendants.

So, Kuroto had no choice but to sigh in disappointment, but Miko-sama still promised to help him learn the other Fuinjutsu techniques he wants, as a Fuinjutsu master it is not very difficult for her to understand other techniques. Therefore, Kuroto immediately entrusted all the 700 Fuinjutsu techniques involved in the artificial tailed beast plan to Miko-sama and asked for her guidance.

Miko-sama was also not reserved but in fact, showed great interest.

All the sealing techniques involve in the artificial tailed beast plan are of the Uzumaki Clan. Being the most proficient clan to have even developed techniques like the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, the Adamantine Sealing Chains, the Four Symbols Seal, etc. Even Miko-sama with extreme mastery over Fuinjutsu was amazed by their skills.

After several days of research and learning, combined with her own knowledge, she soon became familiar with the Uzumaki seals and mastered all the Fuinjutsu techniques involved in the artificial tailed beast plan.

"These techniques are simply too deft, Uzumaki's were really admirable to have developed such amazing knowledge." these words came from her heart.

Uzumaki Fuinjutsu style focuses on 'Controlling the strong by the weak'. With the weak body of a human, monsters like tailed beasts can be easily suppressed, this is the reason why since the establishment of Konoha, Kyuubi's Jinchuriki has always been the Uzumaki clansmen.

So, after learning all these sealing techniques Miroku felt that she had actually taken a big advantage off of Kuroto, which is why she wholeheartedly guided him in learning Fuinjutsu without any reservation…

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Since awakening the Tenseigan Kuroto's comprehensive power has increased a lot; therefore, under Miko-sama's careful guidance he mastered all the 700 techniques involved in the artificial tailed beast plan within 10 days.

"These Fuinjutsu techniques are aimed for sealing the tailed beasts, aren't they?" This was her conclusion.

Kuroto didn't try to hide from her since it was pretty much useless to do so in the first place and nodded while he also asked a question, "Miko-sama, do you think it would be possible to suppress the tailed beasts with mastery over this much knowledge?"

She thought for a while then shook her head, "Uzumaki Fuinjutsu knowledge is too deft, although I have understood most of what you have provided me with, it's still not enough for me to draw out a conclusion. Besides, there are many parts even I am not confident about, so I can't say for sure."

Kuroto frowned from her response, "You were able to seal Moryo who has a similar level of strength as a tailed beast, shouldn't you be able to judge using this fact alone?"

However, Kuroto had to be disappointed as Miko-sama denied with an apologetic smile, "You're misunderstanding as well as overestimating my strength Kuroto-san. The only reason I can seal Moryo is because of the natural restraint Miko's Fuinjutsu has on him. If it was a tailed beast in his stead, the result would have definitely been unpredictable.

As the two sides of one coin, Miko's and Moryo have a mutual restraint on each other, so our fight cannot be used as a basis to make an effective judgment."

Listening to her words Kuroto's frown deepened, for the past 2 weeks he has been using Miko-sama's battle with Moryo as a basis to judge the strength of tailed beasts.

But now that she has said otherwise, Kuroto finally understands that the reason why Konoha dropped the Tailed beast project is that the lack of Fuinjutsu knowledge to safely create a Jinchuriki. The tailed beasts must be secured with enough restraints, else it isn't a weapon against the enemies but a ticking time bomb for their own village, and with the demise of the Uzumaki clan, Konoha's source of obtaining such information disappeared.

Since he thought about it, Kuroto decided to have an in-depth discussion with Miko-sama. So, after pondering for a while, he asked her, "Miko-sama have you ever seen a tailed beast?"

Miko-sama shook her head.

"I personally estimate that the strength of Moryo is in the same class as Ichibi or maybe Nibi." Taking a short pause, he continued, "If you don't count the natural restraint you have on Moryo, do you think it would have been possible to seal Moryo with these techniques?"

Miko-sama took a moment to think and then replied, "If Moryo is in a weakened state, it may be possible! Regardless of that, if Konoha village needs help in sealing the tailed beast I might be able to help!"

"How?"

Miko-sama explained, "Uzumaki Fuinjutsu technique is different Miko's as their primary focus is internal sealing, while I have mastery over external sealing."

Since Kuroto has already mastered the basics of Fuinjutsu, he immediately understood what she was trying to imply.

Uzumaki Fuinjutsu pays more attention to practicality, their sealing technique is often focused from the inside to the outside, as such it is possible to obtain the power of the sealed subject. The best example of this power is the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki.

On the other hand, Miko's Fuinjutsu is more traditional, as they focus on isolation and suppression. In terms of subtlety, it is far inferior to Uzumaki's while in terms of stability they are far superior to Uzumaki's.

Now that he knows this Kuroto immediately cooked up a new idea, that is, a double seal!

In the first step, as per the thesis according to the scroll given to him by Orochimaru, use the core-shell made of 'Purple Clay', and use Uzumaki Fuinjutsu techniques to make an unstable tailed beast.

In the second step, use Miko's Fuinjutsu to seal the unstable tailed beast in an object that can be carried.

In this way, the risk of artificial tailed beast running away will be greatly reduced, and Kuroto wouldn't have to be worried about being influenced by it either. There would be no need to worry about it on regular days, and it can be immediately suppressed by external seals if something is found wrong while in battle.

With this objective in his mind, Kuroto decided his further course of action.

...…

A few days later, Kakashi and the others responsible for destroying the cultists returned to the Temple of Miko.

From the looks of it, the mission wasn't a success. After Moryo was sealed, these cultists vanished into thin air, no matter how much effort they put all they could find were some of the low-level members, but their leader Yomi was missing.

However contrary to what Kuroto expected Miko-sama didn't care too much about this.

According to her, without Moryo's support, Yomi is no different from just some Chunin class wandering nin, if he leaves any trace then she can just hire shinobi from the five great nations to eliminate him.

Since Miko-sama didn't care Kuroto also put past the thought, since Miroku-sama is alive which is different from the case according to the original series therefore Moryo's resurrection shouldn't happen, moreover, he will be in contact with her for his artificial tailed beast plan so there would be more opportunities to come to eliminate Yomi.

Kakashi and others were a little depressed about it, but they also knew that the 11th Class can no longer stay in the Land of Demons as it has already been close to a month since they left for the mission and since the Konoha is under great pressure so they have to leave, so with an apology they bid goodbye to Miko-sama and left.

Before they left Miko-sama also completed her part of the deal so Kuroto received Purple Clay as promised.

In fact, she went a little board and collected nearly a ton of Purple Clay by mobilizing the power of Land of Demons, although it must have cost a lot but nobody complained.

After all, some monetary value is nothing compared to the countless lives that were saved, including her own.

Additionally, Kuroto and Shisui repeatedly reassured her that they would never reveal her secret so Miko-sama went full throttle, and the authorities of Land of Demons naturally complied with her demand.

So after finally bidding farewell to Miko-sama and Shion, the four Shinobi of the Class-11 embarked on their returning journey.

On the way back, the four shinobi who went through many life and death battles together in the past few days were more friendly with each other and chatted without any reservation. This mission not only increased their knowledge, strength, and experience but also their trust in each other.

Even the silent and indifferent Kakashi would occasionally add sentences in the conversation.

The group mostly traveled with occasional stops, soon they were past the territory of the Land of Demons and entered the Country of Bears.

There is a small shinobi village in the Country of bears, but their military strength isn't very strong, so there are many wandering ninjas here that are supported by Rock Village. Their purpose is to quietly infiltrate this country and continuously plunder the resources of the Country of Bears.

While traveling through a dense forest, Kuroto at the front suddenly stopped.

Guy asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

Kuroto's replied with a gloomy face, "Ambush!"

Kuroto's reply immediately alerted the other three.

Kakashi sniffed his surroundings, he actually has very good smelling senses like that of an Inuzuka making him able to even notice what others can't. Even in the third shinobi war, he used this point to take advantage of his enemies.

Boom…... Boom... boom…

Suddenly, a series of violent explosions broke out all around, and the flames of the explosions engulfed the four shinobi of class 11…

Title: Ambush

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As soon as the four were about to be engulfed in the flames, Kakashi used a Water Release ninjutsu.

"Water Release: Water Formation wall!"

...crash...whiiiissssshhhhhh...

The agitated water released by Kakashi collided with the surging flames of the explosion, resulting in boundless steam rising up that covered the surroundings in a thick mist.

Feeling the vibrations from his feet and Kuroto immediately warned, "Everyone, disperse!"

As soon as his words fell, countless sharp soil thorns burst out of the ground, shooting at the four people.

With Kuroto's warning, the four of them jumped to the trunks of the surrounding trees, avoiding another silent attack under the cover of explosions.

Guy looked around... "Where is the Enemy!!!???"

BOoom... boom... Boom!

As if to answer Guy's question, there was another series of deadly explosions.

Under the effect of explosions, the four shinobi of class-11 were forced to disperse again, now the distance between them was again increased.

Although the surrounding mist was not very disturbing for Kuroto because of the Tenseigan, the continuous explosions forced him to retreat opposite to the direction where his teammates were.

Seeing that he was continuously being separated from the others, Kuroto more or less guessed who the attacker might be!

And sure enough, it didn't take long for a figure to step in front of Kuroto.

"So, should I say that I am extremely grateful for you to show yourself here on your own accord!!!??? Because you know, I was really worried about how I was going to find you!!" Kuroto spoke with his bloodlust leaking. He wasn't even trying to control his blood lust which is completely opposite to how Shinobi work, but against this bastard, he won't.

While Kuroto said this a figure wearing the official shinobi uniform of the Rock Village came out of the burning flames. That's correct reader-Kun, it is the captain of the Rock Beheading unit who was also part of the assault team while sealing the Demon Moryo that came through the burning flames.

Initially, Kuroto thought about killing the captain along with eradicating the entire Beheading Unit, but then he let that thought pass away because he has more important things to do, so to avoid pointless trouble, he suppressed his urge for revenge.

He didn't consider that even if he didn't bother to go after the bastard, the other party would come to him on his own initiative.

The captain said with a smile, "Well look at you!!? Was it so expected?"

Kuroto didn't answer but just grinned, "Although I am a little curious, how did you discover the route we would be taking? I can be quite sure no one was following us!"

Based on the continuous attacks since the ambush, the Rock unit had clearly discovered the route they were going to follow in advance, otherwise, it is simply impossible to have arranged ambush attacks so perfectly.

But he is also confident that Class-11 wasn't any careless in choosing their route, he himself was continuously exploring the surroundings not to mention Shisui was there to make sure they weren't being followed.

"Squeak….!!!

At this time, a small head sprang out from the neckline of the captain, Kuroto frowned seeing it, because it was just an ordinary-looking squirrel.

"A squirrel!!??" Kuroto muttered absent-mindedly, then shook his head denying, "No, this isn't just some ordinary squirrel, it's a summon beast!"

There are many types of summoning beasts. It's not wrong to say that as long as an animal is capable of using chakra it can be regarded as a summon beast, and this seemingly ordinary squirrel is no exception to that.

"Isn't this guy cute!!? He may be little but is perfectly capable of tracking any familiar smell from miles away!" After a smile, he continued, "I know you belong to the Hyuga Clan so of course, I won't follow you personally!"

Kuroto wasn't any surprised when he heard that but he still asked, "So you do remember me huh!?"

From the other party's manner of speaking, it wasn't hard to figure out that he also remembers him. After the battle in which Kuroto almost died, not only did he remember the other party, but the enemy also remembered that he survived.

Now the captain put away his smile, and said with a cold face, "Last time you were just a low-class chunin, I didn't expect you to grow up to this point in such a short time. The saying 'Konoha being a cradle of geniuses' isn't wrong!"

Kuroto also said coldly, "It looks you regret it huh?"

Captain gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Yes, I really not being able to kill you that time! So here I am, correcting the mistake of the past. This time he won't be here to save you and I'll never let a second Yellow Flash appear in Konoha! If I allow you to grow anymore, you'll become a threat for the Rock Village, and it is my responsibility as you being alive is my mistake!"

Hyuga Kuroto, who is only about 15 years old is already able to interfere in the battle involving tailed beast class monsters, it is hard to imagine what will his strength be in a decade, if allowed to live, he will inevitably grow up to be another Yellow Flash, which is absolutely intolerable for the Rock Village!

Rock village has never forgotten the humiliation at the hands of Yellow Flash!

Boom….

A faint explosion sounded in the distance.

"There is no doubt that the other members of class-11 have also encountered enemies, and currently battling them." Kuroto thought with some absent-mindedness.

Seeing Kuroto a little distracted, the Rock captain said, "Don't worry about them! Those brats will be joining you in the Pure Land very soon! Remember the name of the person to kill you is Iwamodo!"

"Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu!" [Earth Release: Hiding like a Mole Technique]

Seeing Iwamodo dive into the ground, Kuroto jumped on a big tree to avoid being attacked from the ground and observed carefully.

However, suddenly there was a sound of water bursting off the ground not far away.

Kuroto turned his sight and muttered, "This is the technique of waterfall!!?"

Although this Jutsu isn't a threat for Kuroto while he is on the tree, he didn't dare take any chances. The opponent is not only an elite Jonin but also the captain of the fearsome Beheading Unit, someone who is more than experienced to not waste any chakra on the battlefield unnecessarily!

Because of the Water Release Jutsu, the ground was wet and muddy.

Kuroto felt that the muddy ground was somehow not good, but it was difficult for him to tell why exactly, after all, he didn't know much about Earth Release.

... whish...….

... whish...….

... whish...….

Suddenly, many pellets fired out of the muddy ground, and like sharp kunai, they all blasted towards Kuroto on the tree.

In the face of dense shots of Rock pellets, Kuroto didn't hesitate to use defensive techniques.

"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!"

Revolving Heaven can protect him but not the tree under his feet.

In the blink of an eye, the tree was ridden with holes all over and fell to the ground in the flying sawdust.

As Kuroto landed on the other tree not far away, few whips made of wet mud, entangled his legs and yanked him towards the ground.

"Bang!!!" With a muffled noise, Kuroto fell on the ground.

"Cough-cough…" Kuroto curled up and coughed out blood.

The sudden fall made him feel dizzy, and even his breathing was getting rigorous, looks like a few ribs are broken!

Seeing Kuroto down, Iwamoto rose from the ground, revealing half of his body, and said with a condescending smile: "It seems that I overestimated you, and your Byakugan is also not strong as I imagined!"

Suddenly, Kuroto who was curled up suddenly raised the corners of his lips, revealing a mocking smile.

Seeing that smile Iwamodo didn't have any good feeling, but when he was about to sink into the ground a sudden force caught him and plucked him out of the ground…

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"Wh=what the hell!!?"

In a panicked state, Iwamoto was dragged towards Kuroto.

Kuroto who fell on the ground suddenly propped his body and with all his effort used "Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"

… tuk…. tuk….… tuk…. tuk….… tuk…. tuk….

Accompanied by the rapid sounds of palm strikes, Iwamoto flew out and fell on the mud not far away.

"Cough-cough…...Shit!" After delivering a series of gentle fist strikes to Iwamoto, Kuroto again coughed out blood.

Although he deliberately pretended to let Iwamodo drop his guard but the injuries he suffered were not fake. To be honest he didn't expect the mud whip to be powerful enough to injure him, having fallen from such height injured his lungs and due to internal bleeding, he was feeling a little dizzy.

'Guess that's what you get for underestimating the enemy!'

Taking a deep breath to stabilize his ragged breath, Kuroto said lightly, "It's useless Iwamoto, I know you are well awake!"

When Iwamado heard Kuroto say this, he opened his eyes suddenly and jumped out of the mud while speaking in surprise, "Boy, what Jutsu was that just now?"

Kuroto snorted, "Idiot! You think I'll tell you!!??"

However, Iwamoto wasn't angry at Kuroto's denial as he said lightly, "It's alright I'll make sure to extract everything out of you after I rip your arms and legs apart!"

As he said, Iwamoto pulled out a short knife from his waist.

Kuroto had to accept that Iwamoto is an elite Jonin of Rock Village, previously when he was pulled by Kuroto under Rein Wheel's effect, the bastard immediately used an Earth Release ninjutsu, hardening several parts of his body, so even though Kuroto's palm strikes sealed his tenketsu, it still didn't cause any significant harm to his body.

Although Iwamoto's tenketsu are blocked making him unable to use chakra from them but as an elite Jonin, even without complete access to his chakra pathway, he is definitely a dangerous enemy.

And since Kuroto was injured therefore Iwamoto felt he still had an advantage over the kid.

Seeing that his situation was not very optimistic, Kuroto said no-nonsense and directly took out a scroll with "San" written on it, to summon Kazekage puppet in front of Iwamoto.

"This is…?" Iwamoto was stunned when he looked at the puppet floating in the mid-air with iron sand all around him.

As a ninja to have experienced three shinobi world wars, his knowledge is more than enough for him to recognize the unique Kekkai Genkai of the Kazekage Clan!

Exposing the Kazekage puppet here is a very risky move, so without speaking any nonsense Kuroto transferred his chakra to the puppet to launch attacks.

"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Weaponry!"

Instantly, the iron sand floating in the sky turned into hundreds of sharp spikes, shuriken, kunai, spears, and swords, which rushed towards Iwamoto like raindrops.

...…...Chink...clang…...clink…...shing-shang...…...

Iwamoto had a cold sweat on his forehead seeing this series of attacks, as soon as the spikes, spears, and swords rushed towards him, he took a defending stance, and the short knife in his hands was like a gorgeous dancing Bella, accompanied by the sound of the harsh metal collision, he continuously diverted, deflected, blocked, dodged, and reflected back the iron sand objects.

Seeing this Kuroto frowned, he thought since Iwamoto's chakra is sealed, the battle should be concluded quickly with Kazekage's attacks, but he didn't expect the bastard Iwamoto is such proficient in Kenjutsu.

However, Kuroto was still not very worried, because Iwamoto obviously can't stop an endless rain of attacks, and not long after Iwamoto's waist, abdomen, chest, right eye, and several other parts of his body were ridden with sharp objects.

Now Iwamoto also knew, he can't make a turnaround in this battle, so he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Secret Technique: Blood Burst Technique!"

The Blood Burst technique is Iwamoto's unique secret technique, as soon as it is used, the amount of chakra in the body of the user will sharply increase, making it possible to break through genjutsu, chakra restraints, and even some seals.

As Iwamoto used the secret technique, his face and body turned blood red as if all the blood in his body was burning, and steam started coming off of him.

For some reason, even Kuroto felt danger and immediately retreated backward to increase the distance between the two.

In the vision of the Tenseigan, he could see that the Chakra within Iwamoto was like a raging flame, it was so violent, unrestrained, and uncontrolled!

Kuroto remembers this kind of chakra turbulence, this is similar to Guy's Hachimon Tonkou.

However, Iwamoto's state is much worse than Guy's as his chakra could completely engulf him at any moment, which is definitely a negative effect of the secret technique, and very often such techniques have extraordinary power that can even turn the tide of a battle!

In just a few breaths, the tenketsu sealed by Kuroto's palm strikes were overflowed with chakra following which Iwamoto started printing hand seals with a flashing speed.

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

"Earth Release: Earth and Stone Bamboo Shoot!"

"Earth Release: Mud Whip Bind!"

In an instant with a low voice filled with murderous intent, he fired three Class-A ninjutsu simultaneously.

All of a sudden, the howling dragon rushed towards Kuroto, then four spears sprout out of the ground in an attempt to skewer him not to mention the violent mud whip that was coming to entangle him to prevent him from dodging.

Faced with this series of attacks even with the insight of Tenseigan; Kuroto wasn't sure how to dodge.

Since he can't dodge then the defense is the best option.

"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Armor!"

The Iron sand flying all around suddenly condensed into a huge iron sand ball wrapping him and the Kazekage puppet inside in protection.

…. Boom-boom…. smash….and…. crack...….

The deafening sound of the continuous impact was hurtful to the eardrums but the Iron Sand Armor didn't budge.

Inside the Iron Sand Ball Kuroto was squatting on the ground, trying to think of a way to make an effective countermeasure.

The sequela of the secret technique is bound to be unsustainable for Iwamoto, so according to common sense as long as Kuroto drags out the battle, the balance of victory will continue to tilt on his side, but considering how meticulously Iwamoto arranged this ambush, the enemy may not be just their four-man team, as reinforcements could arrive at any time.

So, it isn't possible to be sure whether dragging out the battle would be advantageous or not.

After a little brainstorming, Kuroto decided to go for a quick decision even if that would involve some risks. After all the identity of the Kazekage puppet is too sensitive if any other Rock shinobi discovers it and passes on this information to their higher-ups, it would be very big trouble for him.

After making up his mind Kuroto instructed Kazakage puppets to use their strongest move.

"Magnet Release: Iron Sand law!"

Most of the iron sand protecting Kuroto were pulled away in an instant and turned into sharp spears, that rushed at Iwamoto with cannonball speed.

Seeing hundreds of spears coming at him, Iwamoto's who has already gone insane under the effect of chakra overdrive, cackled maniacally as he was driven by madness.

The bastard actually gave up the defense and launched Earth Release ninjutsu at Kuroto like a mad man, the only thought rushing in his brain was to kill the brat!

Even Kuroto didn't know what to feel about this situation! But at this point, he let go of all the thoughts. In the battle of life and death, half-heartedness will only lead to regret. This lesson has been taught to him by his Jonin Sensei.

After taking a deep breath to let go of unnecessary thoughts, almost at the same time, both sides attacked each other at the same time.

Iwamoto's already damaged body that he somehow roughly mended using Earth Release was now again pierced, his entire right shoulder was stabbed, limbs were impaled on the ground by multiple smaller spheres. The whole person was ridden with spears from head to toe, the pool of blood dripping along the sphere stained the ground in red.

On Kuroto's side, because Iron Sand Law took away more than half of the iron sand from the protective iron sand sphere, there was a large gap in the defense, although it still safeguarded him from most of the attacks, there was still one Rock Spear that managed to get through and pierced him through the right leg…

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Being ridden with spears all over his body, Iwamoto had difficulty in breathing and there were only few words he could muster.

"I… cough-wheeze, my pre-wheeze… monit-cough-cough… premonition, gulp… was correct, y-you… cough are a threat-wheeze!"

Kuroto who was sitting on the ground while covering the wound on his right leg with one hand gave a death stare to Iwamoto!

'Bastard, you are still alive!!'

Judging from Iwamoto's chakra reaction, he still has high vitality, so his current weakness may just be a disguise.

Iwamoto continued weakly, "Heh! You're being a little too cautious kid; won't you come here and give me a good ending?"

Kuroto has also experienced a shinobi war, he may still be green but he is not an idiot!

He thought suspiciously, "He wants to lure me to approach him!!?"

Not giving any time for Kuroto to consider, Iwamoto suddenly broke free of the Iron spears, all the injuries and holes in his body were covered and filled by mud, and he unexpectedly ran away deeper into the forest, leaving Kuroto flap his mouth like a fish in a dazed state!

"He wants to escape!!!" Kuroto was taken aback by Iwamoto's unexpected action, and secretly cursed: "Bastard! Come back here! You think I'll let you escape!!??"

The secret of Kazekage's puppet can't be leaked, so without any thought, Kuroto stretched out his hand and used Rein Wheel pull with all the chakra he could muster!

Under the huge pulling force of Rein Wheel Pull, Iwamoto could barely struggle as he got attracted towards Kuroto.

Regardless of the injuries on his body, Kuroto used the Gossip Palm strikes on Iwamoto with all the strength he has.

… tuk…. tuk….… tuk…. tuk….… tuk…. tuk….

In the muffled sound of palm strikes, the whole forest now returned to silence.

From the touch Kuroto felt while delivering the strikes he could be quite sure that Iwamoto didn't have the opportunity to use skin and muscle hardening jutsu, so this time even if he couldn't crush Iwamoto's heart; the lungs were completely damaged.

As he expected, Iwamoto's body fell lifelessly at his feet.

But just as Kuroto was about to take a breath of relief thinking it was finally over, Iwamoto on the ground suddenly jumped up, and wrapped himself around Kuroto like a Koala, as he muttered in a hoarse voice: "Young genius of Konoha, I'll take you to the Pure Land with me!!!!!"

Hiss…

From the hissing sound of ignition, Kuroto realized that this bastard has altered his body by planting many detonation charms under his skin that can be ignited at any moment by directing chakra through them, this didn't come into Kuroto's perception as it was covered with various seals.

Looking at Iwamoto's calm face, Kuroto suddenly had an epiphany!

From the beginning, since Kuroto was led into an ambush this bastard never once thought of fleeing in this battle, the only reason he even pretended to escape was so that he could get close to Kuroto for the final suicide attack!

...Booom Booom… Booom Booom Booom Booom ...….

A rain of explosion swept the whole forest in shocking disturbance as the resulting impact razed the surrounding area into meters long burnt hole, with no signs of life left. Only smoke and fire were left and the whole forest was shaking due to after effects.

On one edge of the forest.

Shisui has solved the last ninja under the effect of genjutsu with his Anbu sword.

Currently, nine corpses were already lying around him and only one of them was a member of Beheading unit while the rest were all wandering Shinobi.

Just as he sheathed his anbu sword, a violent explosion shaking the entire mountain came from the other end of the forest.

"What happened!!?"

In a fit of astonishment, he hurried over to the site of explosion.

On the other End.

Kakashi pulled out his right hand covered in the lightening of Chidori from the enemy's heart that was nothing more than a corpse now.

While panting heavily, he also looked in the direction of explosion.

Based on the experience as a shinobi he has had up to now, Kakashi can judge this is not the result of some mere Jutsu or detonation charm, as a result his face was gloomy, because he is quite sure that none of his teammates have any such attack method.

Even if he was suffering from Chakra exhaustion, even if he didn't have much strength to continue fighting, but he didn't hesitate and limped towards the site of explosion because…

"…Those who abandons their comrades are worse than scums!"

On the last battlefield.

Guy clutched his injured left arm with a serious face.

Being in the siege, he was less worried about the battle in front of him but more about his other companions of Class-11. Even if wanted to go after them, the enemy wouldn't let him and this also made him realize that the others would be in the same situation which made him more worried!

But the sudden violent explosion that shook the entire forest, attracted the attention of both sides.

Guy's heart sank, he was having a bad feeling about this.

Seeing the explosion even the beheading unit ninja's face changed greatly and suddenly ignoring the slightly injured Guy he led the rest of the wandering shinobi towards the sight of explosion.

Guy was stunned because of this but he took a calming breath and followed after them in the same direction.

Site of the explosion.

After the dust settled, Kuroto's figure slowly appeared.

He glanced around calmly and sighed lightly.

At the final moment, Kuroto used Revolving Heaven along with expelling chakra from all his tenketsu following which he used Rein Wheel Push to send Iwamoto as far away as possible and used a combined Iron Sand Wall along with Revolving Heaven jutsu to make a protective shell that covered him from all the direction and took the whole burnt of the explosion.

The damage around goes to show just how threatening the explosion was. Even with the several layers of defense of Combined jutsu, Kuroto still suffered some injuries merely from the resulting vibrations and heat of the explosions leaving him in a very embarrassed state.

On the other hand, there is not even a single bone left of Iwamoto, only a half burnt and broken forehead protector fell on the ground while Kuroto repelled him.

Kuroto dragged his injured leg and picked up the broken forehead protector.

As a sign of his respect for the enemy Kuroto decided to keep it as trophy.

In this battle of life and death he won.

"Ha ha ha ha…cough-cough… hahaha… cough."

No matter how injured or burnt Kuroto was but he was still laughing, this laugh was not because he is a battle maniac or loves the thrill and adrenalin rush of life and death battle. NO! It's because of the joy he is feeling.

Not long ago, he was just a ninja that could even be ignored if necessary, he was a threat to no one, not many would even bother taking him seriously, in short, he was just a pathetic ninja who could be easily killed. Someone on whom Jonins like Iwamoto would even be reluctant to waste any Chakra to kill.

And today, Iwamoto died in his hands, he did everything to kill Kuroto, even relied on such a large-scale suicide attack, but all for none, at the end Iwamoto died in his hands.

This feeling of power was what made him laugh.

His heart was full of emotions.

Of course, this was also his first battle against an elite Jonin, so even if he had to rely on sneak attacks and cheap tricks to win, his performance in this battle was still remarkable. Of course, not counting those embarrassing situations he had to go through under Iwamoto's deceptive actions.

While still thinking about this and that Kuroto suppressed his laughter and put away the Kazekage puppet into a scroll and sat cross-legged on the non-damaged ground, bandaging and medicating his injuries, his face was calm as if he was only tying shoelaces.

While Kuroto was busy wrapping his wounds, a group of shinobi arrived in front of him with the member of the beheading unit as their leader, their total number was eight.

After a short inspection of the ragged battle site their leader immediately shouted towards Kuroto who was still not perturbed by their arrival or number.

"Damn brat, where is our captain!?" Shouted the Rock ninja.

However, there was no reply from Kuroto as he continued wrapping his wounds calmly, completely ignoring the others.

Kuroto's actions were putting a lot of psychological pressure on the wandering shinobi as traces of sweat started coming of their forehead.

Nobody dared to make a move on him even if ignored them because for some reason they all had a feeling if they rushed to attack, only death would await them.

Kuroto was silent and the enemy was also silent, only the sound of breathing could be heard, even the birds didn't dare shit in this place.

Finally, after a full 2 minutes of silence, when he has completely wrapped all the wounds, Kuroto got up and said lightly, "Don't worry you'll meet him soon enough!"

And without even waiting for the enemy to react he rushed towards them without the slightest hesitation.

In the battle against Iwamoto, there are many things that Kuroto learnt, but his biggest gain is the Fearless Heart of The Strong!

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3 days later inside a Cave in the Country of Birds.

The four shinobi of class-11 were sitting around the bonfire, eating, chatting, and discussing

It has been 3 days since their battle against the Rock unit in the Country of Bears, since everyone except Shisui was more or less injured so Kakashi decided to take a short break in the Country of Bird.

As for what happened in the final battle against the wandering ninjas you ask? It's obvious. Although Kuroto was quite injured but still had enough strength and after their battle with Guy the enemy ninjas were also injured not to mention Shisui and Guy soon arrived.

After killing all the enemy ninjas, the four people gathered all the information about the ambush attack only to find that in addition to the 4-person team of Rock Beheading unit, there were a total of 24 wandering-nin from the country of Bears that participated in the ambush.

Of the total ambush party, their captain Iwamoto took the initiative to deal with Kuroto, and the remaining three members of the beheading unit led 8 wandering-nin each, after Kakashi, Shisui, and Guy.

Iwamoto was an elite Jonin, there is no doubt that the remaining three members of the beheading unit were also Jonin, and the wandering-nin also had the strength of above genin class.

If you think about it, this was already a powerful force, what's more, the battle started from an ambush, so for Class-11 to even make it out alive would have already been a big achievement not to mention they completed annihilated the enemy force.

Among the four shinobi, Shisui had the easiest time eliminating the enemy, with the Mangekyou even ordinary genjutsu attacks are much more dangerous so the rock ninja that went after him didn't even get the chance of casting any ninjutsu and died without putting up any resistance.

Without the command to lead them, the wandering-nin also died one after another in the same way, from Shisui's description it seemed all too easy that the other three of the Class-11 kind of felt depressed!

Kakashi's performance was only slightly inferior to Shisui's. Because his body cannot bear the burden of Sharingan, so even if he has the largest chakra among the four, it's continuously consumed by the Sharingan, which is why even an A-level ninjutsu Chidori is too much for. Therefore, after the battle, it is normal for him to collapse.

Guy's fight was not very interesting.

This is also natural, as no matter how much effort he puts, Guy still hasn't grown up so his natural strength is still not very high, unless he uses 'Eight Gates' it is difficult for him to go against one Jonin plus 8 near chunin class ninjas, so him managing to stay alive is already more than one could ask for.

In Kuroto's opinion, his performance wasn't bad either.

The only part that makes him depressed was that he was being led around by the enemy for most of the battle, and the fact that he was deceived by Iwamoto at the end, that put him in an extremely dangerous situation, he still gets a cold sweat thinking of that suicide blast.

This battle gave Kuroto the understanding that he is still too green, he may have gained the strength but he isn't experienced enough to use it effectively.

Kakashi didn't agree with Kuroto's thought as he shook his head and bluntly denied, "In Konoha, very few people can kill the leader of Beheading unit! So, your performance is actually more than just impressive"

Kuroto asked curiously, "Why? Is he that dangerous, I mean I know Iwamoto is dangerous obviously, but he can be such a threat?"

"Of course!" Kakashi nodded while continuing, "As far as I know there are only 7 beheading units in the Rock village, of those 7 one units one was besieged by more than 100 shinobi of our village but almost all the shinobi of our village died in that battle!"

Guy was surprised: "More than 100 shinobi were eliminated by just 1 unit?"

Kakashi nodded seriously: "Well, that battle was very tragic, although that unit was eliminated, only 7 of our shinobi came out alive."

"Several of the elite Jonins of the Uchihas were also killed by Rock's beheading unit," Shisui added.

Guy was a little shocked and muttered, "Then did we do a good job? By the way, if we count the unit we just eliminated, does that mean only 5 beheading units are left?"

Kakashi again shook his head, "No! There are only 2 left. 2 of them were annihilated by Yondaime-sama and 1 was eliminated by Sandaime Raikage!"

Hearing Kakashi mention this Kuroto subconsciously muttered, "No wonder Iwamoto had so much hatred towards Yondaime-sama!"

Iwamoto mentioned 'Yellow Flash' more than a few times during the battle.

Only now Kuroto understands the resentment Iwamoto had towards Yondaime-sama and where does it come from, "It wasn't just because of the incident that time... huh?"

"We have more pressing issues that we need to be worried about now! I am afraid Rock Village will use this incident to cause some disturbances!"

Listening to Kakashi mention this Kuroto leaned against the wall and said in a carefree manner: "Well, too bad! What is there to be worried about? This matter will be up to Hokage-sama, we were just defending, it's not like we could just let them kill us without putting up resistance, can we?"

Guy suddenly raised his hand, "By the way, why did they ambush us anyway?"

Listening to Guy's question both Kakashi and Shisui turned to look at Kuroto.

Kuroto only shrugged in response: "Don't look at me, I am not very clear either!"

Even Kuroto isn't very sure why Iwamoto was so obsessed with killing him? It shouldn't just be because he feared Kuroto would eventually become another Yellow Flash? Because if that's the case then it's too dumb!

And even if that really is the case, Kuroto can't come to publicize such a thing.

Once such a thing spreads out, it would attract too much attention to him, the hostility of the entire Rock Village not to mention the unwanted attention of people like SHIMURA DANZO!

After all, Kuroto was promoted to the rank of a Special Jonin just about a month ago, the rapid increase in strength has already brought too much attention to him that he isn't willing to seek now. If it becomes known that the captain of the Beheading unit of Rock Village came after him because he considered him a threat on the same level as Yellow Flash; then it would get increasingly difficult for him to hide the Tenseigan.

Kuroto is already feeling a headache after knowing just how big of a matter being able to eliminate Iwamoto is! He doesn't have any idea how to explain this matter in the report; after all, according to common sense, a recently promoted Special Jonin shouldn't even be capable of competing against an elite Jonin, much less being able to kill him.

Sigh… Kuroto could only try not to think about it for some peace of mind.

After everyone had their fill, Shisui took the initiative to keep the watch.

Kuroto naturally had no objection as his injuries were the most severe.

Guy also smiled and said, "You don't have to watch for the whole night, I will watch from midnight."

After a few days of rest in the Country of Birds, Class-11 finally returned to the village and this time there was no trouble on the route so they returned safely.

Because it was an Anbu mission directly under Hokage-sama's order, they reported the details of the mission in the Land of Demons to Sandaime-sama.

After hearing that the Demon Moryo had the strength comparable to a tailed beast, Sandaime-sama were also surprised, and that surprise only became more apparent as he learned of the ambush party Class-11 encountered, by the time the team leader and proctor Kakashi conveyed all the details Hokage-sama fell into a silence.

After pondering for a long time, the details of the mission were classified as Class-S secret and sealed in the confidential archive that only the Hokage could read.

At the same time, a password was issued to all members of Class-11, any information related to the mission must be kept confidential and not be disclosed to anyone.

And finally, because of the successful completion of the mission, the three members of Class-11 were officially appointed as Anbu, which means the test was considered to have passed...

Even Guy was appointed to the Anbu, which is something Kuroto can't understand…

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Well it was one heck of a year, but even beside all the troubles we were facing we still managed to make it out alive.

Some might have also reincarnated or transmigrated to other worlds possible to the fiction of their desire and I sincerely wish that they live peacefully, but for those that didn't get such a chance hopefully don't get it for the next few decades.

At the end, live happily and read everything, and celebrate the 2021.

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After leaving the Hokage's office, the four members of class-11 went home.

This S-Class mission took nearly 2 months, after repeated battles and traveling, everyone was exhausted, so Hokage-sama gave Class-11 half a month's vacation.

Back at home Kuroto was lying on the Futon as he recalled Sandaime-sama's reaction.

From Sandaime-sama's behavior, Kuroto can conclude that the mission to the Land of Demons was just a coincidence, and there was no temptation.

'It seems that I was being overly concerned, if Hokage-sama really suspected me of being Orochimaru's spy, he could directly confront me; why would he bother using such a roundabout method?' With this thought in his mind, Kuroto let go of one worry and decided to count the gains he had during the entire mission.

Obtaining 'Purple Clay' and being able to master all the Fuin techniques involved in the artificial tailed beast plan was undoubtedly his biggest gain.

Earning Miko-sama's friendship and trust was another major gain.

Don't underestimate the authority and prestige of the Miko of Land of Demons, even the five great shinobi villages had to send their elite ninjas immediately in response to Miko-sama's request, with this incident alone it can be judged just how high her prestige is!

Being able to earn the friendship of someone like her is comparable to having the backing of Daimyo, which was something that Kuroto desperately needed, at least now he wouldn't be in a situation like he did after Orochimaru's defection, moreover, Miko-sama is also a master of Fuinjutsu; and can provide him with a lot of professional guidance and ideas.

"Now the only problem to begin the artificial tailed beast plan is the Chakra source, sigh… this is also the biggest problem!" Thinking so Kuroto can't help but sigh.

The chakra source Shinno used for the Reibi was the darkness of a human's heart, as long as there is darkness in the user's heart Reibi can continuously generate chakra, and the deeper the darkness the stronger the chakra.

This was also the reason why Reibi was both weak compared to the other tailed beasts and also quite unstable as it easily possessed Shinno after its previous host overcomes the darkness within her heart with Naruto's help.

This lesson also verifies Orochimaru's conjecture, that there should be a single source of chakra and it should not be evil or dark in nature.

So, the option of using a lot of chakra sources is already out of consideration, but a single source with enough chakra is really difficult to find.

Even the demon Moryo is out of option, he may have the necessary volume to act as a source but the nature of his chakra is evil, not to mention his self-awareness.

Using him would only mean giving the Demon a different body from his original, in essence, there would be no difference.

And Kuroto isn't idiot enough to carry a ticking time bomb with him.

What he needs is a source with large chakra volume, neutral chakra nature, and weak self-awareness, and Kuroto could only think of one such option, it lies in the ancient city of Roran of the Kingdom of Wind, Ryumyaku aka, Dragon Vein is the only best option that probably meets all these requirements.

In Kuroto's impression, Dragon Vein's chakra nature may be quite gentle, as it can be controlled by ordinary humans like the Queen of Roran even if it may be because of her bloodline. More importantly, Dragon Vein shouldn't have a strong sense of self-awareness, as long as the right method is mastered even the people not of the Royal Family of Roran can probably use it.

Using it as the source should increase the stability of the artificial tailed beast.

The only problem at present is that the Dragon Vein was sealed by Yondaime-sama. If Kuroto wants to use the Dragon Vein, he must first break the seal used by Yondaime-sama.

"The Fuinjutsu technique used by Yondaime-sama should be of the Uzumaki-Clan, but I don't even know which one he used!" Kuroto frowned thinking about it.

With Miko-sama's teaching, although Kuroto mastered the basics of Fuinjutsu of the Uzumaki Clan that were involved in the artificial tailed beast plan, it doesn't mean he can be called a master in Uzumaki Funijutsu art.

On the contrary, he is currently unable to use even a single of the Uzumaki techniques, not to mention there are Kinjutsu techniques like the 'Dead Demon Consuming Seal'.

What Kuroto has learned up to now is just to follow the description in the information scroll and arrange the seals designed by Uzumaki's one by one.

As for the Chakra running skills and the methods required to perform the complex Uzumaki Fuinjutsu, he can't do it at all!

Kuroto thought to himself, "Looks like I'll have to go to Roran myself to check out the seal Yondaime-sama used!"

Only by going there in person can he accurately judge which Fuinjutsu technique was used by Yondaime-sama; and then plan his course ahead to think of a suitable method to break it.

There is also the fact that Queen's blood has a very high influence on the Dragon vein, when I break Yondaime-sama's seal, her help might be necessary to prevent any accident in controlling the Dragon Vein.

After making this series of conclusions, Kuroto took a long nice sleep to get over all the tiredness and exhaustion he was feeling.

The next day early morning, Kuroto took some equipment and went straight to the forest of Death.

The two battles, one with Sasori and the other with Iwamoto made Kuroto realize the importance of poisons.

Kuroto regrets that he never used poisons like Sasori.

In his case even when Iwamoto was severely injured twice, he still didn't die, but if it was Sasori in his stead, even a little injury would have led to Iwamoto's death.

In fact, Kuroto is no stranger to poisons.

His summon beast, the one-eyed viper has a lethal snake venom. But because of people like Demi-God Hanzo, when all the villages started doing research on poisons, the so-called lethal snake venom was of no effect on the battlefield. Therefore, Kuroto never used poison.

So now Kuroto decided to compound a poison himself that would be useful in battles.

As soon as he entered the territory of the Death Forest many sets of memories flashed in his mind.

Of course, he is no stranger to this forest, before graduating from the Ninja Academy, there were many combat drills conducted by the teachers for all the students. So, Kuroto is more or less familiar with this place.

There are many sources of poison in the Death Forest, including venomous snakes, scorpions, spiders, centipedes, moths, and even rats. The purpose of his visit this time is to obtain the poison sacs of these creatures.

After searching for about an hour, while shuttling through the treetops along with collecting various poison sacs from different creatures, Kuroto's attention was attracted towards a small pond.

At the small pond, a cobra was facing a baby boar.

Since Kuroto needed poison from the Cobra, so he decided to help out the baby boar, "Hey little guy, looks like you got unlucky huh!?" He said as a shuriken nailed the Cobra's head to a tree on the side.

Falling on the side of the cobra, he carefully dissected the corpse to extract the poison sac, after which he threw the corpse aside as it wasn't of very much use to him.

But the baby boar that had just escaped due to the sudden arrival of Kuroto rushed back again, picked up the cobra's body, and went away; completely ignoring Kuroto.

Kuroto was startled by the baby boar's action and shouted hurriedly, "Hey, you idiot there's still poison in it!!"

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Even before Kuroto could speak, the baby boar went away with the cobra, seeing this Kuroto felt a little annoyed.

The leftover poison in the cobra's body is extremely deadly for beasts that can't use chakra, and Kuroto can be quite sure that the baby boar has no chakra flowing through him; so, eating the cobra is a death for the baby boar.

But whether the cobra eats the boar or the boar eats the cobra, are all part of the food chain, moreover, Kuroto doesn't have enough time to deal with such trivial matters so he immediately started searching for more poisonous creatures and ignored the soon to be dead baby boar while cursing him annoyingly under his breath.

After a full morning of hard work, he was able to find more than ten types of lethal poisons.

Kuroto returned home while buying some guinea pigs along the way.

The concoction of poison is not simply mixing different types of toxins to obtain a more lethal type one.

Different toxins have different properties, most of the time random mixing will not only not increase the toxicity of the resulting compound, but in fact, neutralize the lethality of the poison.

Therefore, the art of making poison also requires a large amount of data and in vivo experiments.

Additionally, it also involves...

Modulation…

Testing…

Recording data…

This was why Kuroto was busy with this meticulous work for the whole afternoon, and still, all the results he got were unsatisfactory.

The toxicity of the poison in the Death Forest is weaker, as a result, they can't even kill a lab rat instantly, so they were definitely unsuitable against the ninjas that can use chakra.

However, it's not there was no achievement, at least he was able to find a moth toxin with a strong paralyzing effect and scorpion's poison that increases the rate of blood circulation.

Once combined properly, they would produce an instant paralyzing poison.

It's just that he has no idea on how to combine these, additionally how high should he keep the toxicity? Will it be effective on powerful shinobi? There are so many questions and only further experiments can possibly give him the answer.

While Kuroto was busy experimenting, Yue came in the evening, along with a hot pot.

Seeing all the mess and so many corpses of guinea pigs tossed around by Kuroto, she was shocked, "Kuroto-Kun what are you doing?"

Kuroto replied casually while he was busy recording the data of the latest test, as the cute rabbit in front of him took its last breath, "I'm compounding toxins."

Kuroto made sure not to hide his research on toxins. From going to the Death Forest in the morning to collecting the poison samples to buying lots of guinea pigs in the market at noon, the whole series of tasks were carried out in the open.

Yue squatted beside Kuroto and asked in a low voice, "Are some poisons really useful?"

Yue is also a Hyuga, and similar to most of the Hyuga clansmen she has a subconscious rejection of the use of poisons, but she is also a shinobi to have gone to the battle-field of third shinobi war several times and understands well enough that everything is reasonable in a war so long as you survive!

Kuroto smiled while he petted her head, "Of course it's useful, maybe these poisons I am concocting now will make sure that I returned alive to you the next time I go on a mission!"

Yue had a sudden blush across her cheeks as she heard Kuroto-Kun's blunt words and all the petting she was getting. She nodded shyly and silently went away as Kuroto grinned looking at the cute reaction he got from teasing her.

Anyway, after finishing recording the data, Kuroto tidied up and then ate the hotpot Yue brought.

In addition to bringing food for Kuroto, Yue also brought a piece of news, or rather she also informed him that Hizashi-sama wants to meet him.

Obviously, Kuroto can't deny this, Hizashi-sama has great influence within the Hyuga clan, and he is also the person responsible for the affairs between the village and clan, therefore Kuroto can't reject this.

So, he nodded to show his approval.

At night in an izakaya.

Hyuga Hizashi looked at Kuroto while smiling as he asked gently, "Why to agree to meet only here?"

Kuroto said casually, "Hizashi-sama must be aware that now I am appointed in the Anbu Ops directly under Hokage-sama, so it is better to keep some distance from the clan, this is good both for the clan as well as me."

However, the real reason is the fear of exposing the Tenseigan, after all, members of the Hyuga clan continuously pass by while he is on the clan grounds, and if someone opened the Byakugan even by mistake, then the Tenseigan would be exposed.

While here in the Izakaya, the two of them are just chatting privately, naturally no reason to worry, Hizashi-sama would also not use Byakugan for no reason, so the chances of his Tensegan being discovered will be greatly reduced.

Of course, this is just him being too paranoid and cautious.

In fact, because of the perception ability of the Byakugan, the Hyuga clansmen generally do not use Byakugan while in the village. After all, keeping the Byakugan activated is kind of snooping around on the ninjas of the same village, and no liked to be spied on.

But it never hurt to be careful! And as the saying goes, it's better safe than sorry!

Well even though Kuroto just gave the previous reply as an excuse but Hizashi-sama was deeply impressed by his thinking, and nodded seriously: "Well you are right to think as such! The higher-ups of the Hokage clan are very guarded against us noble clans."

This fact is very clear from the recent arrangements in the village, and Uchihas aren't the only ones Konoha authorities are keeping under monitoring.

The suppression of the Uchihas is also worrisome for the Hyugas.

Kuroto opted to stay silent as this topic is too sensitive to be discussed here, so to divert the direction of the conversation he decided to ask the main question, "So Hizashi-sama, may I ask what is the purpose for you to meet me?"

Hizashi-sama spoke seriously, "Next month, the village will initiate a vote of confidence for the promotion of Jonin."

Under normal circumstances when a Special Jonin is promoted to the rank of a Jonin, it is necessary to pass a small-scale vote of confidence, and this also the reason why Hyuga Hizashi met Kuroto.

Hizashi continued: "There is a senior member of the main family, currently at the rank of Special Jonin, participating in the promotion test, and since you are now in the Anbu Ops under Hokage-sama, so not only you have the right to vote but your vote is also of great value, so I hope you can help in this matter."

Listening to Hizashi-sama's request, Kuroto smiled and nodded happily, "Don't worry Hizashi-sama, it shall be done!"

Right now, as Hizashi-sama asked him for supporting the member of the main family, Kuroto really felt the change in his political status, back when he was only a wartime chunin, let alone participating, he wasn't even qualified to have information about such things.

And now, the higher-ups of the Hyuga clan are also asking him for such things!

Of course, the reason why he agreed so happily is also his selfishness.

Unlike the domineering Ucihhas, the Hyugas have always been the calm and low-key type, so their reputation in the village has always been much better than the Uchihas, and many ninjas are willing to team-up with the Hyugas, therefore, supporting the clan is not burdensome for him, in fact, it is rather advantageous to increase the influence of the Hyuga clan and have them as his backing.

After a few more light conversations, the two parties bid goodbye to each other and left the Izakaya.

Early the next morning, when Kuroto was going out to collect some samples of poisons in the Death Forest, a figure blocked his path.

Without waiting for Kuroto to respond, he asked coldly, "Hey, kid, you are Hyuga Kuroto right?"

Although Kuroto was curious why his identity was asked he still nodded.

While playing with a kunai in his hand, the other party stated, "I am Uchiha Shinichi, and I heard that you defeated Shisui not long ago. So, I came here to have a duel with you, I want you to understand that the Uchihas are not so easy to mess around with, the name of Uchiha cannot be trampled so casually by the likes of you!"

Kuroto's face was indifferent during the whole time Uchiha Shinichi continued with his monologue, and after he ended, Kuroto only said lightly, "I am sorry, I am busy right now so you should maybe come another time, or maybe it would be better if you don't come at all!"

Hearing Kuroto's light reply, Shinichi snorted arrogantly, "You don't have an option here!"

Title: The Uchiha's Challenge?

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Seeing that Uchiha Shinichi wasn't about to let him go so easily, Kuroto had no choice but to agree to the challenge.

After arriving at a remote grove, Kuroto glanced around and finally pointed towards a large tree at a distance, "Let's take this duel there!"

Shinichi nodded and proudly declared, "I'm going to let you know this beforehand, I am different from Shisui, and I am not going to go easy on you!"

"Oh!" Kuroto nodded absent-mindedly.

Shinichi was annoyed by this absent-minded reaction it felt as if Kuroto was completely ignoring his presence, "Hey, are you even listening carefully? I-said-I-will-use-everything-I-got! If you don't pay attention or take this battle lightly, you will die for sure!"

Kuroto nodded helplessly as Shinichi tapped his finger on his chest while shouting, however all he could reply was, "I really have something very important to do, can we please hurry this up?"

"DAMN IT!" Shinichi opened his Sharingan in annoyance, and stared fiercely at Kuroto, "You are too ignorant kid! You have to understand the difference between the strong and the weak, today I will let you experience the true might of an Uchiha!"

Having said that, Shinichi quickly printed the hand seal and shouted, "Fire Release: Fireball technique!"

As soon as Shinichi started printing hand seals, Kuroto's figure flashed at high speed to avoid the ninjutsu attack.

Under the cover of Fire Release ninjutsu, Shinichi appeared in front of Kuroto with a quick Body Flicker Technique, the three tomoe in his Sharingan were spinning rapidly.

For a second, they both looked at each other.

As soon as Kuroto matched eyesight with Shinichi's, he was suddenly in a dazed state, his body stopped moving and he stood straight dropping his head blankly just like a soulless puppet.

Shinichi curved his lips seeing the genjutsu attack succeed, "What, so weak? How could Shisui lose to someone so pathetic?"

While muttering to himself Shinichi walked closer to Kuroto.

In the vision of his Sharingan, Kuroto's chakra flow at this moment is extremely chaotic.

This is also the state of having fallen under Genjutsu's effect, so without any care, with the thought that he has already defeated Hyuga Kuroto in just a moment, he put a Kunai at Kuroto's throat first, before proceeding to unlock the genjutsu, so that he can watch opponent's shocked face and humiliate Hyuga Kuroto.

But just as Shinichi raised his right arm, without raising his head, Kuroto suddenly shot a series of palm strikes.

...…tuk…tuk…tuk….

With the muffled sound of fist strikes, Shinichi fell to the ground with a shocked look and passed out.

While patting away some dust, Kuroto said lightly, "Okay, you can come out now Shisui!"

Whish!

As soon as Kuroto spoke, Shisui's figure appeared next to him.

Shisui first glanced at Uchiha Shinichi who had a shocked face while being unconscious, then bowed to Kuroto and said with a smile: "Kuroto-San, thank you for the hard work!"

Obviously, Kuroto has long since noticed Shisui trailing behind Shinichi.

With the friendship between the two, Shisui would have notified him in advance, but since he didn't it could only mean that this all happened all of a sudden.

Kuroto wasn't very worried about Shinichi but something else so he asked feeling a little troubled, "This kind of troublesome thing won't happen every day in the future, right?"

Shisui shook his head and said solemnly, "Of course not, Shinichi is also very respected in the clan. This time he lost so badly; the restless clansmen will definitely wait to strategize some countermeasure. So, I guess, it should take at least a few days at the earliest for the next challenge."

'How can you say that with a straight face!'

Listening to Shisui say that there would be more people coming, Kuroto asked helplessly, "More would be coming!?"

Shisui hurriedly promised, "Don't worry! The elders will definitely make sure to not send elite Jonins after you, at most they will be at the level of Special Jonin or Jonin!"

However, Kuroto had black lines on his forehead as Shisui stated this all so calmly, "So, according to your estimation I am going to be dueling against most of the Uchiha Shinobi? By then, won't I get the strange title of 'Uchihas Nemesis' or something along the lines!!???"

"Hahahaha, that sounds kind of nice! 'Uchiha's Nemesis!!', it's kind of funny, anyway thank you so much Kuroto-San for bearing with the actions of the Uchiha, okay bye, I'll see you next time!" Giving a smirk, Shisui immediately picked up unconscious Shinichi and ran away in a panic!

Kuroto hurriedly shouted from the distance, "Hey, don't escape, next time be sure to inform me in advance!"

The only reason Kuroto managed to defeat Uchiha Shinichi so easily this time, was purely because of the other party's arrogance.

All he had to do was to disrupt his Chakra flow, and Shinichi was easily fooled because of his overconfidence in the Sharingan. If it was someone like Itachi or a more cautious type of person, then it wouldn't have been so easy for Kuroto to win.

"Got it Kuroto-san!"

Shisui expects Kuroto-san to suppress the more and more unrestrained and domineering Uchiha clansmen, so obviously he offered to promise.

After solving this matter, Kuroto's plan remained unchanged, so he went straight to the Forest of Death.

With yesterday's experience, he was more familiar and comfortable with collecting samples.

Today, in less than 2 hours, he had more than twice the number of venom sacs compared to yesterday.

Just as he was about to return, there was a sound of bushes moving around.

Kuroto stopped and searched for the source of the sound.

From the direction of the sound, suddenly a baby wild boar, the same one Kuroto encountered yesterday, sprang out and looked in his direction stupidly.

Seeing the baby boar Kuroto was slightly surprised, "Huh, you are still alive!?"

According to his guess, the poison sac still left in the body of the cobra was more than enough to kill a wild boar ten times the size of this baby boar, so long as it eats the body of the cobra, it should have definitely died!

"Did it not eat the cobra, or did it remove the poison sac?" As soon as Kuroto thought about this, he couldn't help but be more confused, because he suddenly discovered that there were traces of chakra flowing through the body of the boar, this is definitely different from what he saw yesterday.

"How come…?" This change was unexpected according to him.

Although the wild animals can learn to use chakra accidentally, the probability of such an accident happening is very small, more often such animals are intelligent than their peers, and generally, they are strong and the old types. For such a young baby boar to learn to use chakra, is undoubtedly unexpected.

"Is it the birth of a genius or a monster!?"

While Kuroto was thinking, the baby boar rushed towards him and grunted!

"What!?"

As Kuroto asked what does it want from him, the baby boar started circling around him.

"You wanna play!?"

It shook its head negatively.

"So, you understand me!?"

No reply!

"What do you want!? Something to eat!?"

Grunt-grunt, it makes a grunting sound as it shakes its head positively.

"So, you want something to eat!? Sorry little guy I don't have anything-- WAIT!" he suddenly stopped halfway and took out a small thumb size sac from his waist pouch and threw it towards the baby boar. "Do you want to eat that?"

Wild animals generally have instincts that let them distinguishes between what's good for them and what's not, so Kuroto wants to check whether this unusual little boar he encountered will eat the poison sac?

After all, the smell of this poison sac is slightly pungent, let alone eating, ordinary animals will stay away from this sort of smell, but if this baby boar dared to eat this, then it would finally mean that he is extraordinary at least.

Here Kuroto was thinking that it would at least smell what it's eating, but NO! As soon as Kuroto threw the poison sac, it jumped up and swallowed the poison sac as a whole while still in mid-air.

As the baby boar swallowed the poison sac Kuroto decided to wait for a while and watch what happens.

So, he waited… and he waited… and waited… and waited… and waited a little more… but nothing happened to the little guy as it continued nudging him at the feet asking for more.

"Heh, this is kind of interesting!" Kuroto smiled as he threw more poison sacs.

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After circling a few rounds around Kuroto, baby boar that happily swallowed a few more poison sacs nudged him a few times and disappeared into the forest.

"Is it resistant to poison?" Kuroto contemplated and thought of an experimental plan.

He has been lacking a suitable experimental subject. Although using guinea pigs like rats and rabbits for conducting tests is well and good, but they aren't ideal subjects as their poison resistance is far too weak.

As such the baby boar that seems to have strong poison resistance is a good solution to his problem.

With this thought in mind, Kuroto returned home.

There are two main types of poisons Kuroto is compounding.

First: Instant Paralysis Poison.

Ingredients: Venom powder from the crushed wings of a moth, venom from the tail of the red-tailed scorpion, and venom of the giant red ant.

The venom powder of moth has a strong paralyzing effect and the venom of red-tailed scorpion increases the rate of blood circulation as well as acts as a catalyst. The concoction of the two venom results in an instant paralysis venom.

Modulating venom, A with the venom of a giant red ant will increase the activity of the resulting poison by four to five times.

Second: Killing Poison.

Ingredients: Venom of One-eyed viper, tarantula spiders, giant black centipede, and saliva of the giant red ant.

Kuroto's summon beast, the venom of the one-eyed viper is already very toxic if it is mixed with other poisons and configured as a compound toxin than the standard antidotes used by the great ninja villages would be of no use.

Of course, these are just his thesis and theories, continuous research and experimentation is the necessary process to bring these poisons into reality.

So, after a whole afternoon of hard work, Kuroto prepared a total of ten samples of which five are paralytic and the other five are killing poison.

The reason for preparing so many samples is to find out the most optimum ratio.

Seeing that it was already past afternoon, he packed up all work and decided to go to Forest of Death tomorrow to find the baby boar.

As of the evening, he has other plans.

Uchiha Clan grounds.

Itachi, who was returning home from the academy, saw that the clansmen were gathered in groups of 2 or 3 and seem to be discussing somethings, this scene also attracted his attention, so while walking he perked up his ears and listened.

"Shinichi actually lost?"

"Yes, I heard that he lost terribly and Shisui had to carry him back while unconscious!"

"Too incompetent, how could he lose? Moreover, how could the elders and clan head allow him to go after Hyuga Kuroto if he was so weak! Isn't this discrediting the reputation of the Uchihas!!!"

"Don't be an idiot! We both know that Shinichi isn't weak, he has been a Special Jonnin for about 2 years. In fact, I heard he was going to take the upcoming Jonin assessment, so how he be considered weak?"

"So, what are you trying to say? That Hyuga kid is so strong?"

"Huh! How can that be? I heard that he was just a wartime Chunin a few months ago, how can he be so strong?"

"But it stands to reason that he defeated both Shisui and Shinichi!"

"There's only one explanation to this, I say Shisui didn't take him seriously!"

"Shisui may not have taken the Hyuga kid seriously, but Shinichi also lost to him… if again someone of the Uchiha is defeated by him, then..."

"Can't let that happen!"

"Definitely send a strong one next time!"

"We have to make sure that he realizes that Uchiha are not so easy to mess around with!"

After listening for a while, Itachi walked away with a helpless expression, "Sure enough…"

The 'Sure enough' here has two meanings.

First is that the Uchiha Shinichi really lost!

The second is that the Uchiha can't swallow this defeat silently.

Full of thoughts, Itachi returned home.

While passing by the courtyard, he found his father sitting in a room while turning over some documents. In order not to disturb his father, he subconsciously relaxed his steps.

At this moment, Uchiha Fugaku suddenly called, "Itachi?"

Being called suddenly, Itachi hurriedly stood up straight, "Father, I am back!"

Uchiha Fugaku just nodded without looking back, still doing some work, and asked in a flat tone, "Did you hear the rumors circulating among the Uchiha?"

"Yes, I just heard the clansmen talking about Shinichi's loss."

Fugaku nodded and asked, "What are our thoughts on the matter?"

Itachi's talent and mature mindset are visible to most, and being his father, Uchiha Fugaku is clear about this fact more than anyone, so from a very early time, Fugaku has been training Itachi as the next Uchiha clan head.

For this reason, Fugaku occasionally asks Itachi's views on certain affairs to exercise his knowledge and thinking ability to handle political affairs.

Listening to Fugaku's question Itachi was silent for a while, and after thinking a little he replied, "For the Uchihas, this loss may be a good thing."

Listening to Itachi's reply Fugaku waved his hand noncommittally, and said, "You can go…"

Itachi bowed to his father and left the courtyard silently while busy thinking.

Past evening.

After repeatedly confirming that no one was spying on him, Kuroto shut all the windows and doors of his house.

Kuroto uses the evening time to practice various techniques involved in creating an artificial tailed beast.

To successfully create an artificial tailed beast, of course, Fuinjutsu knowledge isn't the only requirement, one must also have mastery over chakra shape transformation and some ninjutsu's should also be mastered to reduce any errors or omissions in the process of creation because there would be no opportunities for modification once any mistake happens.

Therefore, before officially starting the artificial tail beast project, Kuroto is making sure that he is 100% proficient in all the techniques required.

But to have 100% mastery there isn't any shortcut except hard work, so taking advantage of this short vacation granted by Hokage-sama, Kuroto is practicing.

Because as the saying goes 'practice makes a man perfect!', so as long he practices enough, 100% proficiency isn't difficult to achieve.

While Kuroto was busy with all the practice and hard work, On the border of Land of Fire and Land of Hot Water.

One Cloud Shinobi crushed the throat of a Konoha ninja held in his hands and said to the Jonin captain beside him, "It seems that Konoha hasn't noticed yet!"

Yugito Nii who was squatting while looking at the map spread on the ground said "However, our team seems to be slower."

Another Cloud Jonin approached her and frowned while looking at the map: "The information sent by the spies is not accurate, this is already the fastest we can go!"

"It shouldn't be the problem of the intelligence team. It is very likely that Konoha recently changed their defensive formation at this border." After a pause, Yugito Nii continued, "Forget it, continue the advancement, we must confluence with the unit led by Bee-san in two days!"

With Yugito Nii's order, more than 20 cloud shinobi dashed towards the hinterlands of Land of Fire…

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Early the next morning Kuroto came to the Forest of Death carrying a bulging bag.

Initially thought that it would take some time to find the baby boar, but unexpectedly as soon as he landed near the small pond that seems to be the little guy's hunting ground, it suddenly sprang out from the bushes.

It felt as if he didn't find the Baby boar rather the baby boar found him!

As soon as it came out Kuroto observed it.

Kuroto can judge that the size of the boar is obviously bigger than it was yesterday, but several patches of hair on its torso were bitten out and bled a little along with a bulging right eye that has gone purple, it seems this guy was seriously repaired by some other wild animal.

Looking at the limping baby boar, Kuroto asked with a smile: "Who did you provoke? It looks you have been repaired quite badly huh?"

After a little bit of teasing, Kuroto put down the bag he brought along.

Taking out a large chunk of raw meat, he cut them into small pieces with a short knife and laid them on the ground.

The baby boar that was squatting aside, stared at the pieces of meat greedily with saliva dripping from the mouth which Kuroto tried his best to ignore.

After orderly placing the meat pieces, Kuroto numbered them one by one, then took out five bottles of paralytic poison and injected them into the pieces of meat numbered from 1-5.

All five bottles of paralytic poison have the same ingredients, with only a difference in their composition ratio.

The objective of today's test is finding out the right ratio for most toxicity, which he will use to further fine-tune the poison.

After doing all the preparation, Kuroto threw the No. 1 meat piece towards the baby boar.

The little guy who has been eyeing the meat pieces with pure greed in the eyes ran over as soon Kuroto threw No. 1 meat piece, and swallowed it in two or three bites.

After finishing up, it again squatted on the ground staring at the remaining pieces.

At this time Kuroto quickly observed the baby boar with his Tenseigan.

However, the baby boar who ate the No. 1 meat piece containing paralytic poison was exactly the same as it was before. There were no obvious changes in its chakra flow or muscles around it, even the blood circulation was normal.

The only thing that has changed is the saliva dripping from the corners of its mouth, which seems to be more than before.

"No effect?"

Obviously, Kuroto was annoyed with no result. The No. 1 meat strip was injected with not just some ordinary poison, but a compound paralytic poison that he carefully modulated.

According to his estimation, even chunin class ninjas might not be able to handle it.

But here he is now, the annoying little boar is completely unaffected, after taking in the paralytic poison infused meat piece, there is no effect at all, this was completely unacceptable!

The unbelievable Kuroto threw out No. 2 meat piece… and then, piece No. 3, No. 4, No. 5…

The little wild boar took all the pieces in order very politely, and after eating, there was no change except for the greasy mouth and the dripping saliva that doesn't want to stop flowing out.

Seeing the little boar affectionately nudging his leg, and rubbing its saliva on his pants, Kuroto's forehead was full of black lines.

This piggy boar doesn't have any intention of being a subject for the live poison test at all, and actually regards him as a source of food!!!

"Do you think that's all I got!!?" Kuroto, who was a little frustrated having lost against a mere baby boar, took out the sixth bottle the most lethal one in anger, injected it into the No. meat piece, and threw it to the little wild boar…

An hour later, Kuroto who returned home started a completely new toxin preparation project.

As for the previous ones?

THREW THEM AWAY!!!

Even a baby boar that only seems to have a weak poison resistance can't be affected, what value does such a poison has?

In the next few days, Kuroto continued making poison, testing poison, and re-compounding poison repeatedly.

Talking about the results?

It's not as though there was no successful result, at least the little wild boar that is his test subject was fed properly to grow strong and healthy…

It was another such morning of his daily routine when Kuroto had just left the house to go to the Forest of Death, a person was waiting at his door.

The person saw Kuroto coming out, so he stood up, and said while blocking Kuroto's path, "My name is Uchiha Hiiragi, you should already be aware of my purpose for coming here, so decide, whether you want to start here or go elsewhere!"

While looking at the thin figure who is a shinobi of the Uchiha clan blocking his way, a small note that Shisui handed him last night flashed in his mind.

'Uchiha Hiiragi, Jonin with a cold personality, good at Fire Release, Wind Release, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, and Shurikenjutsu, weakness: poor physical strength to match his Taijutsu and Kenjutsu specialty, accustomed to taking risks in kenjutsu battle, too focused on killing the opponent.'

Based on the description of Shisui's note, Uchiha Hiiragi's abilities are quite comprehensive.

The only weakness of poor physical strength may be a serious problem in a life and death battle but in a duel between two shinobi of the same village, it's not too big of a disadvantage. Not to mention Uchiha Hiiragi must have thought of a way to complement his weak physical strength.

It can be seen that this time the Uchiha clan has worked quite hard to win back their reputation.

So, the only thing that Kuroto can take advantage of is probably Uchiha Hiiragi's habit of taking a risk when using a sword, or that he is mentality is easily affected by his killing intent.

Thinking so, Kuroto said, "Alright, come with me."

Hiiragi nodded and followed.

Leading Hiiragi to a practice site, Kuroto said, "So what do you want to compare in the duel?"

Hiiragi seemed stunned. He didn't expect Kuroto to ask this, so after thinking a little he said, "Both Ninjutsu and Taijutsu are fine, you choose whichever you want!"

Kuroto smiled and said, "Then compare in taijutsu skills."

Since his battle with Iwamoto, Kuroto has discovered that the Hyuga style taijutsu may be strong but isn't effective enough when dealing with weird ninjutsu users, so although he didn't have much expectation but he still aroused Hiiragi to limit their type of combat. But unexpectedly Hiiragi let him choose the type of battle, and naturally, he would taijutsu skills.

After deciding the battle aspect of comparison, Kuroto and Hiiragi took the battle stance.

Kuroto's body sank slightly, with both palms wrapped in blue chakra.

Hiiragi pulled out his short sword.

The morning light hit the blade of the short kife, reflecting brilliant light.

...whiiiiiiish...

A breeze blew by, blowing off a few leaves scattered around.

The leaves whirled and floated in the air, and fell on the blade of Hiiragi's short sword, and silently broke into two pieces.

Looking at the short sword Kuroto was impressed, "Nice Sword!"

If a fine sword such as this one is in the hands of a Kenjutsu master then the effective combat power of the resulting party would increase exponentially.

Even Kuroto felt a little alert from the murderous energy coming off of the sword.

Woosh!

Uchiha Hiiragi moved suddenly and like an after image accompanied by the sound of breaking wind, rushed towards Kuroto.

Although Hiiragi's speed is extremely fast, in the vision of Tenseigan, his every movement and expression were clearly visible and moving like a slow picture, so Kuroto wasn't nervous and used the Gossip-palm stikes to meet him head-on.

In the early morning when the morning dew has still not faded away, Uchiha Hiiragi's chakra-infused Short sword and Huyga Kuroto's Hyuga-style gossip palm strike are competing for dominance!

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'One's subconscious actions are a product of their belief self.' This is Kuroto's firm belief.

Uchiha Hiiragi's aura is a reflection of his pride in his kenjutsu skills and his trust in his blade, the same pride and trust are what makes him want to take risks while in combat.

He may have never even noticed this, however, Shisui was well aware of this habit.

And small details such as this are sometimes the key to victory!

After the first clash with Hiiragi, Kuroto took the initiative to retreat with the intention to fight him using the terrain of the small forest.

...swish… swish… swish…

Another thick tree was cut off by Hiiragi's sword.

Counting this one there have already been more than 10 big trees that have been brutally attacked by him.

Along with the smoke and dust that rose from the falling of the tree, Kuroto successfully dodged another one of Hiiragi's attacks.

Frustrated by Kuroto's continuous dodging, Hiiragi shouted in anger, "Coward! Do you only know how to escape?"

Kuroto calmly replied, "Do you only know how to cut trees?"

"Why you little…!!" Hiiragi was speechless at Kuroto's retort.

Seeing Hiiragi going silent Kuroto didn't continue to ridicule him but concentrated on coping with Hiiragi's ferocious attacks.

In Kuroto's understanding, Hiiragi is indeed an elite of the Uchiha. Even without the use of genjutsu and ninjutsu, his strength is definitely a Jonin class, with Kenjutsu alone combining with the dynamic vision of the Sharingan.

Honestly, Kuroto doesn't really have an effective method to win against Hiiragi without using Kazekage puppet or using Rein Wheel Interaction. If not for the information that Shisui sent him beforehand, he isn't even sure whether he can compete against Hiiragi.

So, Kuroto's tactics are quite simple for this battle, and that is dragging it out as much as possible!

As the duration of the battle will continue to increase, Hiiragi will start getting impatient and reckless.

Similar to most Uchiha; Hiiragi is also not a very patient person, as such his mood started to get worsen and unstable because of Kuroto's continuous dodging.

As a result of which, Hiiragi's movements started getting flawed, and these flaws allowed Kuroto to fight back.

But Kuroto was in no hurry.

He firmly believes in the information Shisui sent him, but he believes in his eyes even more.

There was another game of chase, the two: one attacking while the other dodging, left behind the already messy practice range, and arrived at the calm lake nearby. The villagers washing clothes by the lake were surprised and shouted in a panic.

Standing on the lake Kuroto said while struggling to catch his breath, "It… wheeze… it seems you are better than the last guy."

Hiiragi shouted in anger, "You bastard who only knows how to hide isn't qualified to judge the Uchiha! …cough-cough…"

Hiiragi coughed violently, as Shisui described, Hiiragi's low physical strength is his weakness, and the high-intensity battle just now was burdensome for him, coupled with the fact that his impatience is only making the physical exertion on him greater due to madly chasing after Kuroto.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Kuroto said with a mocking smile, "Hide? I am again surprised at your shallowness!"

This time Kuroto took the initiative to attack without waiting for Hiiragi's reply.

As Kuroto took the initiative, Hiiragi raised his guard and immediately slashed his sword at the incoming Kuroto.

The calm lake was stirred by the momentum of the two; resulting in high rising waves all around as they fiercely fought against one another.

In the concentrated state of battle, this time Kuroto could feel that Hiiragi's moves were getting messier by the second, the errors in his moves were continuously increasing, although the killing intent in his every move was as fierce as ever, however, just having fierce killing intent isn't enough to kill people.

Opportunity!

Opportunity!

Opportunity!

In his field of perception, Kuroto continuously discovered Hiiragi's flaw.

But Kuroto was still not in a hurry, he has to be patient, he wasn't just looking for the chance to defeat Hiiragi, but in fact, for an opening to take away Hiiragi's short sword.

Kuroto's objective is to completely crush Uchiha Hiiragi's confidence, and only by breaking his pride would Hiiragi accept defeat.

So, the game of chasing continued, until not long after, an opportunity appeared.

Without any hesitation to let the chance pass by, Kuroto immediately locked his palms into a fist and went for a strike at Hiiragi's chest, and just according to his expectation, rather than choosing to back away, Hiiragi chooses to recklessly attack him, with an up to down vertical sword slash.

Seeing Hiiragi's slow-moving action with Tenseigan, Kuroto smiled sinisterly: "Sure enough, he likes to take unnecessary risks!"

Suddenly, the fist about to strike changed the direction of its momentum and hit the opponent's wrist holding the sword, loosening the grip, while his other hand took away the sword.

The entire process happened in milliseconds.

After grabbing the short sword, Kuroto immediately backed away, leaving the stunned Hiiragi who was looking at his hands in a daze.

Kuroto was really impressed by the sword in his hands and faintly said, "It is indeed a fine sword, it's a pity that its master isn't good enough to showcase its true abilities."

"You…!"

However, before Hiiragi could retort Kuroto threw back the sword while saying, "You lost!"

The stunned Hiiragi couldn't deny Kuroto's words and left the lake in a fit of rage.

Not long after, Shisui appeared next to Kuroto and asked calmly, "How did it go Kuroto-san?"

Because Uchiha Hiiragi's strength is very high, Shisui wasn't confident enough to trail the other party without being noticed, so, he couldn't watch the entire battle like last time with Uchiha Shinichi.

Kuroro nodded, "Fortunately it went well, but I have to say that Uchiha Hiiragi is very strong. If not for the fact that he agreed on a pure taijutsu battle, the result might have been a little different."

Although Kuroto looked calm and indifferent during the entire battle as if he didn't put Uchiha Hiiragi much in his eyes, in fact, without using the Kazekage puppet and Rein Wheel interaction, this is his limit.

If Hiiragi hadn't agreed on a taijutsu battle then the result would have been the opposite.

Shisui smiled and selectively ignored Kuroto's last words.

"It's inconvenient to use some techniques in the village, if the next opponent is stronger than him, I am afraid I wouldn't be able to win."

This is completely true.

Although Kuroto did manage to win, it was only because the opponent agreed to the style of combat that's Kuroto's strong suite, if the Uchiha sent a stronger Jonin, then he isn't sure if he can win.

Listening to Kuroto's words again, Shisui hurriedly promised, "Please don't worry Kuroto-san, I am sure the Elders wouldn't send anyone for some time because of Hiiragi's defeat."

The reason Kuroto accepted Shisui's request to accept Uchiha's challenge in the first place, is to increase his combat experience and also increase his personal reputation.

Although the Uchiha are isolated and suppressed, their reputation is still the highest. Konoha shinobi may not speak this openly, bet they subconsciously revere the Uchiha as the elites. Using the Uchiha as his stepping stone can be regarded as the most efficient and safest way to become famous and get on the good side of the Hokage Clan.

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With the successive defeat of Shisui, Shinichi, and Hiiragi the information that was initially limited to the Uchiha was now talk of the village. Once the news of Uchiha's successive failure spread, other ninjas also joined the discussion.

At night.

After finishing with the dishes, Yue asked Kuroto with a little hesitation: "Kuroto-Kun, are the rumor going around true?"

Kuroto who was still busy thinking about compounding poison, absentmindedly asked, "What rumors?"

Yue asked anxiously, "About you and the Uchiha!?"

"Oh, that's what you are asking?" With a slight smile, Kuroto nodded, "Well, the Uchiha Clan did send someone to challenge me, but I defeated them."

However, contrary to what Kuroto expected, Yue didn't seem impressed but said with a more worried look, "Nothing good will come in angering the Uchiha, let's not provoke them, okay?"

Kuroto was taken aback by Yue's words and looked at her strangely

Seeing the strange look, she was getting, Yue asked carefully, "Did I say something wrong?"

Kuroto shook his head and reassured Yue with a little petting.

However, he was indeed surprised just now. He really didn't expect that even Yue being a member of the Hyuga Clan, another one of the major clans of Konoha, would be so afraid of the Uchiha. This shows what kind of attitude ordinary ninjas have towards the Uchiha.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that the Uchiha have been completely separated even from the hearts of villagers.

And thinking of this Kuroto couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

For Kuroto, the Uchiha aren't just a stepping stone to increase his fame, but also a magnet to attract all sorts of attention. As long as there is the Uchiha Clan, whether the Hokage-sama, Shimura Danzo, or Obito hidden behind the scenes will have their attention directed towards the Uchiha Clan.

But once the Uchiha Clan is gone, God knows who will become the target of their attention.

Therefore, for his own benefit, Kuroto can't allow the Uchiha Clan to disappear, at least not before his personal strength reaches the level of a Kage.

What's more, Kuroto has also been thinking about the artifacts 'Sword of Totsuka' and 'Yata Mirror'.

Orochimaru, whose strength is probably on the same level as a tailed beast while using the 'Eight Branches Technique', was so easily sealed by Itachi, using 'Sword of Totsuka'.

During the entire confrontation, Orochimaru couldn't even fight back and was suppressed so easily and neatly.

Therefore, Kuroto has a very high impression of these two artifacts.

He has two speculations about these two artifacts.

According to the first: the two artifacts, 'Sword of Totsuka' and 'Yata Mirror' are just unique abilities of Itachi's Susanoo. If this is the case then they would be part of Itachi's chakra and can't exist separate from him.

In the second case, these are spiritual artifacts in a chakra state, because of this, he can use both of them while using Susanoo.

And according to Kuroto's guess, the second possibility is more likely to be correct, because when Itachi used 'Sword of Totsuka' and 'Yata Mirror', both Orochimaru and Zetsu not only clearly recognized the artifacts but were also aware of some of their abilities.

Based on this information alone, it can be judged that the two artifacts have existed in the Shinobi World since long ago, otherwise, it would be impossible for both Orochimaru and Zetsu to know the details of these artifacts even when Itachi used them for the first time.

It simply doesn't make sense.

Of course, before the official appearance of these two artifacts, all these are just Kuroto's speculations.

As for where these artifacts may be hidden?

Kuroto has considered it a lot, but his conclusion is that whether the first possibility is correct or the second, the task of finding both the artifacts should be left into Itachi's hands.

Because the fact that even Orochimaru with such a deep understanding of Shinobi World, and even after searching for so many years has not been able to find them just goes to show that they are hidden in some special place.

Kuroto even suspects that the clues about their whereabouts might be hidden somewhere within the Uchiha Clan, and Itachi might have found those clues after exterminating the entire clan.

However, Itachi is still too young, so Kuroto can only put aside this thought for a while. After all, it's not like anyone would be able to get their hands on the two artifacts for the next decade, and Kuroto's immediate priority is the artificial tailed beast plan.

As long as he has enough Chakra support, Kuroto can not only further explore the superior abilities of the Tenseigan but also confidently and boldly learn a variety of other 'Secret Techniques' and 'Kinjutsu'.

…

The next day, Kuroto came to the Death Forest as usual.

After a series of regular failures, the 18th trial sample of the paralytic poison he prepared finally showed some results.

As soon as the baby boar ate the meat piece containing the poison, it started showing signs of weariness, and after struggling a few times, it fell on the ground.

However, the baby boar was back to normal in just about 5 to 6 minutes which greatly annoyed Kuroto but he was still satisfied with this result.

As in a battle between shinobi, not to mention 5 to 6 minutes, even 1 to 2 seconds is more than enough to decide life and death, just a momentary flaw could be fatal.

Therefore, he was satisfied and smiled slightly seeing the success.

Previously he has been using the powder of crushed wings of tussock moths. Although they have a large number, their toxicity is less, so he decided to use the tussock moth King for the 18th sample, their numbers are less, they have a high toxicity.

And reduced the proportion of giant red ant's venom because it was acting as an inhibitor for the toxicity.

By making these two changes and adjusting the compounding process accordingly, although the activity of the resultant poison decreased from 3 days to 1 day, its toxicity has increased. And the poisoning effect of a poison is what's more important for him.

Content with the results just as he was beginning to record the data of his experiments while thinking about how to further improve the poison and how to prepare an antidote, a figure appeared on the big tree in front of him.

"Hyuga Kuroto! Hokage sama has summoned you urgently!"

Even before Kuroto could nod, after leaving such a sentence the Anbu ninja left in a hurry. It seems he still has the task of informing other Shinobi of the urgent summon from Hokage-sama.

Kuroto put away the notebook with a thoughtful look, "The half-month vacation isn't over yet, so how come Hokage-sama has summoned? Is it because Rock Village has started taking some actions?"

The reason why Kuroto was developing the Poisons for the past few days is that he was worried that the Rock Village would attack Konoha under the pretext of destroying their Beheading Unit.

Konoha has lost Yondaime-sama, 2nd Generation Kyuubi's Jinchuriki, and Orochimaru, so it no longer has the same deterrence effect of the third Shinobi World War, therefore it wouldn't be strange for Rock Village to try to utilize this opportunity.

In this scenario, even if there is no war, small scale conflicts are inevitable, and as a member of the Anbu Black Ops directly under Hokage-sama, Kuroto has to participate in the frontline battle, so there is a serious urgency for him to improve his strength as soon as possible…

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As soon as he arrived at Hokage Office, Kuroto found that the place was filled with ninjas. On a rough count, there were more than 100 shinobi of the upper chunin to elite jonin class.

'The fact that Hokage-sama summoned so many elites indicate that the seriousness of the situation is beyond doubt.' – Kuroto thought silently as he walked over to the place where Class-11 was.

Guy greeted in his usual cheerful manner and asked, "How come so late? We have been waiting for you to come for quite some time."

Kuroto didn't explain that he came from the Forest of Death, and instead asked, "Is there any information why Hokage-sama called for an emergency summon?"

However, no one seems to be aware of the reason and shook their head negatively.

No one is clear about the exact reason for the emergency summon.

At this time Shisui suddenly spoke, "Could it be related to Rock Village?"

"Most Likely." - was Kakashi's reply.

The battle between Konoha's Class-11 and Rock's Beheading Troops in the Land of Bear gives Rock Village a perfect excuse to cause trouble to the weakened Konoha, therefore all the four shinobi of Class-11 have been psychologically prepared for the upcoming battles.

Because of the issued password, Class-11 didn't discuss this topic anymore but diverted towards some casual chat.

Not long after, Hokage-sama, Mitokade Homura, and Utatane Koharu of the Konoha Council along with Ino-Shiko-Cho Clan heads, and Hyuga Hizashi of the Hyuga Clan appeared, one after another.

With Hokage-sama's arrival, the venue immediately became quiet as everyone could judge that matter was serious from the solemn expression on his face.

Hokage-sama took a step forward and announced to the ninjas present, "We have received news from the border about 2 hours ago, according to the news a raid party of the Cloud Village has breached the border of Land of Fire about 3 days ago."

Suddenly hearing such shocking news, the quiet meeting place suddenly became extremely noisy.

The news about Cloud Village's sudden raid reminded everyone present here of the Third Shinobi War that ended not long ago.

And everyone couldn't help but shudder thinking of that terrible war. There are too many painful memories attached to it, no one present here wants to experience such a thing again.

However, Class-11 was more surprised than shocked.

Guy muttered, "Shouldn't it be Rock Village, how come Hokage-sama mentioned Cloud Village?"

Kakashi also frowned, "This is really not good!"

Shisui also whispered, "It shouldn't be the case that Cloud Village and Rock Village join forces, right? If that happens…"- he didn't finish his words, nor was there any need to finish, because everyone knows that if such a thing really happened, it would get close to impossible for Konoha to resist the joint attack, and in that case, Konoha might even cease to exist.

However, Kuroto shook his head negatively, "Things won't get so bad. Remember, the third Raikage died in the hands of Rock Shinobi! So how could Cloud Village agree to form an alliance with Rock Village? Not to mention even if they did, Rock Village wouldn't trust Cloud Village. So even if Rock Village did have some plans of attacking Konoha, Tsuchikage would opt to watch Konoha and Cloud fight while waiting for a suitable opportunity to strike a hard blow to both the villages at the same time."

This isn't just Kuroto's speculation, but because he was reminded of the information that even in the original series, Konoha and Cloud did have some small-scale conflict after the third shinobi war.

Later, when the representatives of Cloud Village came to Konoha to sign a peace agreement, the Head Ninja responsible for the mission died at the hands of Hyuga Hiashi.

It was also this incident that led to the sacrifice of Hyuga Hizashi.

Therefore, Kuroto thinks that even if the conflict against the Cloud may not be on a small scale, it shouldn't develop to the level of an actual war involving several villages.

After hearing Kuroto's analysis, every one of Class-11 thought about it and found it reasonable, which greatly relieved them.

Hokage-sama standing on the stage raised his hand to calm down the discussion on the field, and then said with a solemn expression, "Based on the current information, the commander leading Cloud Village's charge is Hachibi's Jinchuriki, Killer Bee along with 3 head ninjas as well as Nibi's Jinchuriki Yugito Nii is part of the raiding unit."

Hearing that Cloud village had sent both of their Human Column Force at the same time, Konoha shinobi at the field were both indignant and worried.

Seeing that everyone was a little demoralized, Hokage-sama ordered in an indisputable tone: "You all present here will form an advanced team responsible for preventing Cloud Village's invasion!"

"Yes!"

Konoha shinobi seemed to have recovered some confidence from Hokage-sama's majestic voice and bowed their head respectfully.

With the return of morale and confidence in his shinobi, Hokage-sama nodded and continued: "Until Jiraya's arrival, Nara Shikaku will temporarily serve as the commander while Hyuga Hizashi will be the deputy commander of the advanced team."

Both Nara Shikaku and Hyuga Hizashi immediately appeared and accepted the appointment of Hokage-sama.

Finally, after one last glance at everyone, Hokage-sama said, "Anbu stays, rest will go back and prepare to depart!"

"Yes!"

...whoosh… whoosh… whoosh...

With Hokage-sama's orders, the group of Shinobi left the venue one-after-another with quick body flicker.

Now there were only Hokage-sama and two elders of the Konoha Council, as well as 16 Anbu ninjas, including the Class-11 that Kuroto was part of.

At this time, Hokage-sama took four scrolls from the hands of Mikado Homura and handed one of them to each captain, with the order, "Your tasks are all recorded in the scrolls. This time the safety of Konoha is at stake, you must put all your effort!"

The 16 Anbu kneeling in front of Hokage-sama replied in a unison, "Please rest assured Hokage-sama, we will definitely complete the task!"

Sandaime-sama nodded: "Class-11 stays back, rest leave for the preparation!"

With a quick bow again 12 Anbu disappeared with a quick body flicker.

...whoosh… whoosh… whoosh...

Now with only Class-11 left, Hokage-sama led them to the Hokage office.

After lighting up the tobacco pipe, Sandaime-sama slowly said, "According to the regulations, it is only allowed to apply for advanced Jutsu after serving for 1 year in the department. However, this time considering that the difficulty of the task is very high, I am giving special authorization for you all to apply to learn an advanced type of Jutsu."

The authorization here only applies to Kuroto, Guy, and Shisui.

As for the captain of a Class-11 Kakashi? He is already an old man in the Anbu Black Ops, so Hokage-sama's words were not for him.

Kuroto didn't expect such benefits to appear, so after pondering for a while, he asked, "Hokage-sama, what rank of Jutsu can we apply for?"

While playing with the tobacco pipe he replied, "Some Rank-A and most of the Rank-B Jutsu are allowed."

After Kuroto heard Hokage-sama's words, he fell into thinking again…

At the border of Land of Fire and Land of Rain

A Konoha messaging eagle swept across a valley as it flew towards the hinterland of the Land of Rain.

The messaging eagle is specially trained by Konoha. A creature of the sky, not only capable of long flights but also fearless of most of the creatures, with close to zero natural enemies.

Konoha's last resort for emergency transmission of information.

The same eagle was now passing through this border when suddenly a shuriken was shot out of nowhere, and it accurately hit the messaging eagle in its high-speed flight.

Bang…

The messaging eagle suddenly fell from the sky on a high mountain cliff.

At this time, the air around the high cliff where the eagle fell distorted into a vortex, and a mysterious man wearing a one-eyed spiral pattern mask walked out of it.

The mysterious man leisurely picked up the dead message eagle, untied the small scroll on its leg, opened it to take a look, and suddenly spoke while laughing madly, "Too bad Hokage, it seems Jiraiya couldn't receive the emergency news!"

And with just a small fire release he burned both the eagle and the scroll and disappeared mysteriously leaving no trace of his existence.

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If Kuroto has to choose between Rank-A and Rank-B Jutsu, then he thinks that Rank-B Shadow Clone Jutsu and Rank-A Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu would be most useful for him.

For a ninja specializing in taijutsu, the Shadow Clone Jutsu can instantly double the combat power, and if used properly it can often have a miraculous effect in the battles.

And according to his guess, there must be a collection of Shadow Clone and Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu in the libraries of the Hyuga Clan.

Therefore, Kuroto had actually planned to ask for the favor of Hyuga Hizashi in learning these Jutsu after providing the vote of confidence for the member of the main branch in the Jonin assessment.

However, he never thought that his plan could not keep up with the sudden changes, and now it was already too late to make a request from the Hyuga Clan.

Despite this, he still didn't want to use the opportunity that Hokage-sama has provided to learn Shadow Clone Jutsu.

This time the opportunity is too rare, it can be said that this is the best chance for him to get into touch with Fuinjutsu openly.

As for learning Shadow Clone Jutsu?

Asking Shisui's help on this matter would be most reasonable.

Shisui owes him a favor for helping out with the matter of the Uchiha Clan so, passing a mere Rank-B Shadow Clone Jutsu shouldn't be big deal, right?

After making up his mind, Kuroto said in a deep voice, "Hokage-sama, I hope to learn advanced Fuinjutsu!"

Hokage-sama frowned hearing Kuroto's request, "Fuinjutsu!?"

The practice of Fuinjutsu has extremely high requirements. If someone doesn't specialize in Fuinjutsu from childhood, then they often need to reach the level of an elite Jonin to successfully start learning it.

Fuinjutsu not only has high restrictions on the chakra volume of the practitioner but also chakra controlling ability.

Some parts of Fuinjutsu even requires a ninjas mental strength to be very high or having some sort of Kekkei Genkai, in simple terms practicing Fuinjutsu has a really high threshold, this is one of the reasons why Fuinjutsu masters are regarded highly.

So, after hesitating a little at Hyuga Kuroto's request, he finally nodded.

After all, it is up to the person himself to choose what Jutsu he/she wants to learn, and even as the Hokage, he doesn't have much reason to interfere in the personal interest of his subordinates as long as it is not harmful to the village.

So, after conforming to Kuroto's request, Hokage-sama turned to look at Might Guy and Uchiha Shisui.

Guy gave up the opportunity to learn advanced Jutsu without hesitation on the grounds of concentrating on Taijutsu style combat.

Sandaime-sama nodded approvingly to Guy.

Precisely because Guy's entire focus is on taijutsu mastery, he becomes 'Konoha's Blue Beast of Prey' and one of the few ninjas who can threaten Uchiha Madara in the 4th Shinobi World War.

Shisui, being a member of the Uchiha has no shortage of Rank-A and Rank-B Jutsu either, so initially, he also thought of giving up this opportunity to learn any advanced Jutsu, however, Kuroto has chosen to learn and if both he and Guy gave up, it would be a little embarrassing for Kuroto, so he randomly opted for a Rank-B Fire Release ninjutsu.

With all this decided, Kuroto and Shisui followed Hokage-sama to the confidential database located under the Hokage Office.

On the way to the confidential database, Kuroto observed every detail with the Tenseigan.

'There are Anbu guards at the corners leading to the basement on the first floor. Two members on each spot, a total of four people. Judging from their Chakra volume, they should be Chunin class.'

'There are sealing technique engraved here, one, two, three… five in total, hmm, these seals should be induction type, if the person entering doesn't have Hokage-sama's chakra signature, or whatever is used for identification, these seals should activate…'

'Hum? There are more seal techniques engraved on each stair step, they kind of look strange, not like the Uzumaki sealing techniques…!'

Kuroto was observing and analyzing all the possibilities of sneaking in.

The overall security of the Hokage Building isn't as strict as one would expect, this may also be due to a shortage of manpower in the village.

Leaving aside the working staff in the Hokage Building, there are probably a dozen Chunin guards on the bright, while there are only four Anbu squads and Hokage-sama's personal guards protecting the Hokage Building from the shadows.

Although the number of guards is small, with Sandaime-sama himself present here, there probably is no need for many individuals.

After all, if someone could bypass Hokage-sama himself, then no matter how many guards there are, they would all be pretty useless.

Moving along the stairs, the three arrived at a door under the leadership of Hokage-sama.

At this time, Sandaime-sama quickly made a few hand seals and then pressed one hand on the door.

...Click...

With a clicking sound, the door slowly opened.

"Come in!"

Giving this instruction, Sandaime-sama took the lead in entering the confidential database room.

As soon as he entered the confidential database room, he couldn't help but sigh… 'The underground database is so much larger than I expected, it goes to show just how much secret information, knowledge, and Jutsu are hidden here!'

Calming his emotions, Kuroto observed Sandaime-sama; skillfully shuttle through the rows of bookshelves, and quickly took out two scrolls that he passed to Kuroto and Shisui each.

Shisui randomly selected a Rank-B Fire release ninjutsu that he didn't know from the scroll and silently stood on the side.

While Kuroto carefully observed the seal, techniques recorded in the scroll.

There are many seal techniques he could choose from, including the Five -elements seal, Four-Symbols Seals, Eight-Trigram Seal, Contract Seals, and so on.

After much deliberation, comparison, and repeated observation, Kuroto found that among these sealing techniques Four-Symbol Seal was the best for him for now, so after a little more consideration, he opted for Four-Symbols Seal.

Sandaime-sama nodded slightly, and then put away the introduction scrolls.

Then from the bookshelves on the front, he selected a scroll that separately records the Four-Symbols Seal along with a scroll of the Rank-B Fire Release ninjutsu selected by Shisui and passed them to Kuroto and Shisui respectively.'

Sandaime-sama also reminded: "The Jutsu you are learning while in the Anbu cannot be passed out to others, both of you should be aware of this!"

Kuroto and Shisui both nodded, of course, they are aware of such rules.

Additionally, "Turn in the Jutsu scroll within 1 month. While you are on official missions, this time will be postponed, and if you encounter an accident, make sure to destroy the scroll and never leak it!"

"Yes!"

With Hokage-sama's nod, both Kuroto and Shisui left the Hokage Building.

As soon as they came out, Kuroto talked about the Shadow Clone Jutsu with Shisui.

However, SHIsui was stunned and looked strangely at Kuroto.

And, why wouldn't he be stunned?

From Shisui's perspective, with Kuroto-san's strength, being able to kill the elite Jonin of Rock Village as well as the fight and suppress the Demon Moryo, Shadow Clone Jutsu should have been mastered long ago…?

Anyone with a little bit of brain and necessary chakra level will at least master it, even if they don't use it much.

Even Kuroto was feeling a little embarrassed about it, obviously, he can't tell Shisui that he was just a cannon fodder class ninja until a few months ago, where can he learn such important Jutsu!

All he could do was to come up with some excuse to hide this embarrassment…

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Listening to Kuroto-san's explanation Shisui didn't think much about it, and immediately explained the principle of Shadow Clone Jutsu while also demonstrating the hand sign printing method, as well as chakra running method for the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Kuroto observed the entire process with the Tenseigan very carefully.

And after only a few attempts, he was able to roughly master the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

After all, with his current Chakra volume, mastering a Rank-B Jutsu is not so difficult. What's more, with the insight of the Tenseigan, he can clearly observe the flow of chakra in Shisui's Chakra pathway.

Anyone with a little intelligence can master such techniques using the same method.

This is the advantage of having a Dojutsu Kekkai Genkai.

Even Kakashi was able to copy so many Jutsu earning him the title of 'Copy Ninja Kakashi'. This is not only because of his talent but also because of the Sharingan that Obito passed onto him.

After this short episode, both Kuroto and Shisui went to their respective home to prepare for the secret mission.

Considering that this time, the mission will be amid fierce conflicts close to the level of a small-scale war against the Cloud Village, Kuroto didn't dare to be careless.

Shuriken, Kunai, Senbon, etc. he made sure to take them in an appropriate amount.

Along with more than 500 detonation seals.

Paralytic poison, Antidotes, Medical Bandages, Military Ration Pills, etc. were all orderly prepared.

After doing all the packing and preparation, when Kuroto was about to go out, the ninja pouches around his waist were already bulging.

As soon as he stepped out of his door, he collided with the anxious Yue.

Helping her stabilize herself, Kuroto said with a gentle smile, "Why are you being so anxious?"

While catching her breath Yue looked at Kuroto-Kun, who was already ready to go to the battlefield, while bending her head down, she murmured, "You… you must be careful Kuroto-Kun!"

There were thousands of words in her heart that she wanted to speak, but right now all she could muster to ask him was to be 'Careful!' while on the battlefield.

Although Yue spoke in a very light voice, Kuroto heard it more clearly than he could have ever, seeing her anxiousness and worry, Kuroto reached out his hand to hold her right cheek, lifting her head to match with his eyesight, he spoke reassured her with a confident smile, "I am a Special Jonin now, it isn't me who has to be careful but the enemy ninjas."

Feeling Kuroto-Kun's confidence, Yue felt a little relieved. Then as if she suddenly remembered something, she took out a sword and handed it to Kuroto, "Here Kuroto-Kun. Clan head asked me to give it to you."

Kuroto took the sword from Yue's hand and looked at the beautiful carving around the hilt.

... unsheathing sound...….

As he drew it out of the sheathe, a beautiful silver blade came out.

Even the warm sunlight of the day couldn't dispel the cold air lingering around it. One could feel its sharpness with just a glance.

Highly impressed by the short sword in his hands, Kuroto couldn't help but mutter, "Good Sword!"

Seeing, Kuroto-Kun busy admiring the sword, Yue decided to explain, "It's a Chokuto, capable of channeling chakra, and Hiashi-sama said that it's a Kusanagi Sword. It also has a special ability according to which if an enemy is injured by it, then it would prevent the healing of that wound."

"Sword of Kusanagi!?" Kuroto was a little startled by this information and thought silently, 'Could this really be one of those many Kusanagi no Tsurugi?'

Of course, Kuroto was extremely surprised by the sudden gift from Clan head, not to mention one of the Kusanagi!

But after thinking about it a little, this sudden gift may not be so unexpected, considering that now he isn't just some cannon fodder that he used to be.

As a member of the Anbu Black Ops, serving directly under Hokage-sama, Kuroto also has some authority, he can participate in the internal and external affairs of the village. Adding the fact that he defeated Shisui, Shinichi, and Hiiragi not long ago, which made his reputation increase several times, makes him undoubtedly the most outstanding of all the Hyugas around his age.

It is completely natural for the Clan head to get on his good side, 'If Hiashi-sama doesn't even do this much then what sort of Clan head would he be?'

Hyuga Hiashi should be more than clear about the true picture of the Hyuga Clan. Although there are many Chunin in the clan, the number of Jonin is not so much. And in the younger generation, apart from the sudden appearance of Kuroto, there is only Yue with the potential to reach Jonin Class or probably higher.

This is also one of the reasons why the Hyugas have always preferred to stay low-key, they simply don't have enough strength like the Uchiha.

It's just that even if it is natural for the clan head to do something like this, Kuroto never expected that Hiashi-sama would give such a valuable treasure, this made him sigh with lots of emotion. Undoubtedly the background and history of a Millennia will have an inheritance such as this.

Kuroto doesn't know much about this Kusanagi Sword, even in the original series, only three Kusanagi swords were shown, but does that mean there are only three of them?

This is an answer he might never be able to find out. Who knows how many of such swords have been buried in the long river of history?

Therefore, Kuroto decided to ignore all these issues, and be content with the gift he received.

After bidding a farewell to Yue, with some petting and a hug, and finally an Itachi style flick on her forehead, Kuroto rushed to the meeting point of Class-11.

Both Shisui and Guy were already waiting, but there was no sign of Kakashi.

So, after a short greeting with the two, while waiting for Kakashi to come, Kuroto had some discussion with Shisui about his new sword.

After waiting for a long time, Kakashi finally arrived.

Guy asked curiously, "Kakashi my rival! What took you so long?"

Kakashi said with an apologetic expression, "I just went to the Memorial Stone, so it took a little while."

Hearing this Kuroto suddenly wrinkled his brows.

'Kakashi actually went to the Memorial Stone before performing this secret mission? Why do I have a bad feeling about this? It seems that the secret mission handed by Sandaime-sama is not so simple!' – Kuroto thought silently.

However, he can only try doing his best, since it was almost time for departing, so everyone stopped chatting and immediately set off.

While traveling, Kuroto decided to ask Kakashi, "What is the task of Class-11?"

Shisui and Guy also look towards Kakashi once they heard Kuroto's question.

The task scroll handed by Hokage-sama is kept by the Captain of the quad, so currently, only Kakashi knows the specific information of the secret mission handed over to Class-11.

In response to Kuroto's question and seeing the curious look of Shisui and Guy, Kakashi only shook his head negatively while saying, "I can't speak yet."

To prevent the outflow of intelligence, mostly the squad leader only informs the details of the task to other members of the team after arriving at or near the mission location.

Because Kuroto knows this so Kakashi's denial only increased his worry.

He can feel that this mission is definitely not going to be easy, and maybe it has nothing to do with blocking the Cloud Village raid party; because if it was just blocking the invasion of the enemy forces, there was no need to keep it a secret.

'Well looks like I can't rest assured huh?'

In the following week, Class-11 detoured all the way avoiding the Cloud Village troops invading the Land of Fire, passing through the Land of Hot Springs, and finally approached the border of the Land of Lightning.

By now, every one of the Class has figured out that this secret mission will be carried out in the enemy territory.

Captain Kakashi no longer concealed the details of the mission, spreading a map on the ground, he pointed at a red dot, while explaining, "Remember it, this is the location where we have to carry out the mission."

The red dot on the map is located at the border of Land of lightening and Land of Frost. Carefully Looking at the topography on the map, the target location is on a valley, and the surrounding geography is hard to tread.

Kakashi continued, "According to the intelligence, a secret warehouse storing a large number of tools and ration supply of Cloud Village is located here. Once this warehouse is successfully destroyed, Cloud's offensive in the Land of Fire will be forced to slow down."

Listening to the objective of the mission Shisui immediately asked, "What about the security from the enemy side?"

Kakashi shook his head at Shisui's question, "The intelligence team could only detect the location, the number of enemy guards and security are unknown, so before heading out, we have to be prepared for the worst!"

It would not be surprising to find more than a hundred shinobi guarding such a large warehouse.

On the other hand, Class-11 only has four people. Although nobody here is weak, with being so heavily outnumbered, no matter how you look at it, the chance of successfully completing this mission is very low.

After all, even the 3rd Raikage died by being outnumbered.

After hearing all the details of the task Kuroto couldn't help but slander, "No wonder Sandaime-sama were suddenly so generous…!"

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Happy Bday To Me!

I wish myself a very happy birthday coz' today I am officially 20 years old...

Man what a feat!

"There is one more information you all should know. Shinobi army of the Rock Village has already been assembled at the border of the Land of Grass; therefore, we must end the conflict with the Cloud village as soon as possible. Otherwise, Konoha's situation would become similar to the time of the 3rd Shinobi War." – Kakashi gave another message.

The conflict between the five great shinobi villages has never been isolated.

When Cloud Village launched a surprise attack on Konoha, Rock Village has already received the news and would naturally respond accordingly.

As the news spread further, perhaps even the Sand Village and Mist Village will also make their responses, but these issues are not what Team-11 can consider right now.

While Kuroto was busy with his thoughts, Shisui asked seriously, "In other words, we can't afford to fail the mission!?"

Kakashi nodded, "We don't have an option of failure, because if we fail, Konoha would fall into an extremely disadvantaged situation like that of the 3rd Shinobi War, no, in fact, even worst situation than that."

However, Guy didn't have the slightest fear or depression, and said, "So what are we doing here standing around? Let's go already!!!"

Kakashi put away the map and ordered calmly, "I will complete the final assault. The three of you are only responsible for providing me with cover by distracting the enemy forces. That's an order."

Listening to Kakashi's serious order, both Kuroto and Shisui nodded, although Guy wanted to object a little but seeing Kakashi's determination he decided to stay silent and nodded firmly.

On the battlefield in the Land of Fire.

In the semi-liberated state, Killer Bee easily blocked the Ino-Shika-Cho Formation attack while sweeping away Choza Akimichi aside with one of Hachibi's tails.

Immediately afterward, Killer Bee rapped in his unique tone, "Yeh, why did Konoha, send only you people?"

Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi looked helpless when he heard this.

In their eyes, Killer Bee, who can perfectly cooperate with the Hachibi is a monster through and through, they could barely even resist him with Ino-Shika-Cho joint techniques.

Glancing around the battlefield from the corner of his eyes, all Nara Shikaku could see was the passive situation of Konoha, feeling anxious he couldn't help but think, "How come Lord Jiraiya hasn't arrived yet? Such monsters are not what we can resist!"

Not far away, Hyuga Hizashi panted heavily as he stared at the black-haired Cloud Shinobi in front of him.

The opponent is no one other than the deputy commander of the Cloud Invasion force. A Black Lightning Kekkai Genkai user.

Before Hizashi arrived here, 2 teams of Konoha ninjas had already been buried in his hands. If not for Hizashi trying to block the enemy, the nearby Konoha ninjas would hardly be spared.

The enemy grinned mockingly, "You are weak!"

Hizashi didn't bother refuting but silently pondered about the countermeasure.

Black Lightning is a combination of Lightning Release and Water Release. It not only has the destructive power of Lightning Release, but also the free control of Water Release, giving a lot of versatility to the user.

Additionally, the enemy deputy commander is also an experienced shinobi with quite an experience in using the Kekkai Genkai, so the power displayed is quite overwhelming, which is restraining for Hizashi.

Looking at the faintly exposed Cage Bird seal on Hizashi's forehead, the enemy commander curled his lips: "Unfortunately, you are a member of the branch family of the Hyuga Clan. Otherwise, I would have been able to collect a pair of Byakugan this time."

Hizashi's expression shrank as soon as he heard this, and he straightened the forehead protector immediately, completely covering the caged bird seal.

These words touched the deepest pain in his heart inadvertently.

On another part of the battlefield.

In the completely liberated state, Nibi's Jinchuriki is almost uncontrollable, the entire battlefield in the region has become a playground for her unscrupulous attacks.

At this time, 8 Konoha ninjas shouted together:

"Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome of Magnificent Nothingness!"

With their combined shout, a huge amount of mud rose from all directions and suddenly joined together, trapping the Nibi's Jinchuriki in the liberated state inside a dome of earth.

Roar…

However, before Konoha ninjas could breathe a sigh of relief, accompanied by a huge roar, Yugito Nii easily broke through the dome of earth and swept the huge claws at Konoha ninjas.

7 ninjas died on the spot, some managed to dodge but not without being injured.

"Water Style: Water Colliding Wave Technique!"

"Earth Style: Earth Spear Technique!"

"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Technique!"

How could the remaining of the Konoha ninjas watch their comrades falling one after another so, they immediately released ninjutsu attacks without sparing any chakra.

Boom… bang… crack… whish…

Countless ninjutsu was fired at the Human Column Force in the tailed beast state, but not a single attack proved to effective in stopping her.

While in the tailed beast state, she opened her mouth and shot out a huge flame from it. Instantly, the surrounding forest was burning in the flames of death, and all the Konoha shinobi were plunged into the sea of fire.

…cough… cough…

There was only one ninja who was still alive in this sea of fire. His condition was not any better than being half-dead, while coughing-up blood he could only mutter with deep sadness, "If Yondaime-sama and Kyuubi's Jinchuriki were still alive, you people…"

Even before he could finish his words, Yugito Nii crushed him with her claw and snorted coldly: "Unfortunately for you, they are already dead!"

White Fang committed suicide, Princess Tsunade ran away, Orochimaru defected, Jiraya left on his journey, Yondaime-sama and Kyuubi's Jinchuriki died during the Kyuubi's rebellion, the impact of all these events has finally broken out in the Land of Fire!

In the face of Cloud Village's two perfect Jinchuriki, the weakness of Konoha was clearly exposed.

On the side of Team-11.

After a few days of travel, the four shinobi of Team-11 finally arrived at the target location.

The land of Frost and Land of Lightning are adjacent to each other, making it an effective war zone.

This is also the reason why Konoha has very detailed information about the geography of this country; allowing Team-11 to pass-through without much risk to successfully reach the border of Land of Lightning.

Standing at the top of a big tree, Kakashi looked at the valley in the distance and said, "We are here!"

Kuroto observed the surroundings, "A large number of sealing techniques have been arranged around the valley that's blocking Byakugan perception, so I can't tell how many enemy ninjas are there."

Cloud Village has many years of experience against Konoha, so they will naturally take effective measures against Byakugan detection.

Kakashi wasn't disappointed, and said quietly, "In that case, proceed according to the agreed plan. The three of you are responsible for attracting enemy attention and leading away from the guards on the periphery, while, I will execute the final attack!"

Guy tried to say something, "But…!"

However, before he could say anything, Kakashi cut him off, "I am the captain, and this is an order, execute it without any question!"

Shisui also looked at Kakashi, then at Kuroto, hoping for him to do something.

Guy also turned his head towards Kuroto.

According to their belief, if anyone in Team-11 could persuade Kakashi, it is only Kuroto.

Seeing both looking at him expectantly, Kuroto put one hand on the hilt of his sword, tied at his waist, and asked solemnly: "Kakashi, I only have one question, are you sure?"

Without any hesitation, Kakashi replied with a determined look, "Of course I am sure. Rest assured; I will meet you all at the retreat point!"

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Time: Around Midnight.

Location: Valley where the secret Warehouse of Cloud Village is located.

...…wheh...….

A cool breeze blew past, causing the two Cloud ninjas in the sentry post to unconsciously tighten their clothes.

One of them suddenly asked, "Hey, did you hear something?"

Another person listened for a while, then shook his head negatively, "Isn't it just the sound of insects and birds? What else did you hear?"

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed into the sentry post and dashed towards the two cloud ninjas.

"Who?"

Two cloud ninjas didn't even have the opportunity of subconscious defense before they fell under the cold light of the blade.

Taking a step forward the shadow checked the breath and pulse of the two of them. After confirming that the two were now dead, he slowly stood up and cast his eyes towards the secret warehouse located at the innermost part of this valley.

The shining moonlight fell on the black shadow, revealing his face.

This person is not someone else but Hyuga Kuroto who is responsible for attracting enemy attention and leading them away to generate a suitable opportunity for Kakashi.

After sneaking into the valley, Kuroto found that Cloud village had arranged a very tight defense for guarding against enemy attacks. Even when quite far away from the warehouse, there are already so many ninjas spread around here.

From such strict security, Kuroto can guess that Cloud Village must have stocked a lot of supplies here.

However, after a moment of careful observation with the Tenseigan, he couldn't stay calm anymore.

The number of ninjas guarding the warehouse is more than 150, and that's just those in the bright, if those guarding from the shadows are included than at the very least more than 200 enemy shinobi are present here.

This situation is far beyond Kuroto's expectations.

Initially, Team-11 expected about 50 to 80 enemy shinobi and planned their tactics accordingly, however, the current situation is obviously not what they expected.

Suddenly, there was a noise from the other end.

The noise was mixed with shouts and fighting sounds, it made the entire silent valley extremely noisy!

Kuroto looked in the direction while murmuring, "That should be Guy's direction, was he discovered so soon?"

The battle plan deployed by Team-11 is very simple.

Firstly, Kuroto, Shisui, and Guy will infiltrate into the valley from three different directions, while assassinating any of the enemy shinobi they encounter along the way, once they are spotted, they would immediately retreat while leading some guards away, to decrease the enemy number guarding the warehouse.

Then, Kakashi who is responsible for the final assault will charge straight into the warehouse and destroy it completely.

Finally, the four-member of the Team-11 who completed their part of the task will meet at the retreat point and return together to the Konoha Village.

However, the premise of this battleplan succeeding is that the enemy number should be around 80 at maximum. With the current enemy count, it's obviously not possible. So, an ominous premonition surged in Kuroto's heart.

As Kuroto prepared himself, the noise on that end finally faded away.

'Since Guy was exposed then he must have acted according to the plan, leading away a part of Clouds forces.' – thought Kuroto.

But Guy's exposure also made the Cloud ninja extremely alert and aware of the enemy attack. As a result of which teams of ninjas spread out and searched the entire valley inch by inch.

Seeing that enemy ninjas were about to approach at his location, Kuroto no longer hid and immediately threw several dozen kunai tied with detonation paper in their direction one-after-another.

Boom… boom… boom…

There was a series of violent explosions.

Under the cover of darkness and the rising smoke from the explosion, Kuroto unsheathed his sword and rushed towards the panicked ninjas.

"Who is it!?"

"Where…?"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!!"

"Be careful! It's an enemy attack!!"

The sword light flickered, and like a reaper, Kuroto reaped these ninjas, in the blink of an eye four ninjas were already dead.

"Wind Release: Breakthrough!"

However, before he can take any more actions, one of the chunin leaders reacted immediately and using a Wind Release ninjutsu cleared away the smoke and dust.

Without the cover of smoke, Kuroto's figure appeared in front of the whole crowd of Cloud shinobi.

Another Chunin leader immediately shouted as soon as he saw Kuroto, "It's Konoha Anbu, everyone, be careful!"

This group of Cloud search forces consists of Chunin and Genin ninja, so along with sending a signal to the base camp deep in the valley, the surrounded Kuroto.

According to the plan, Kuroto should retreat right at this moment.

However, considering that the number of enemy ninjas is far beyond what they imagined, he had to stay and attract more attention. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Kakashi to get close to the warehouse.

…

In another direction, Shisui also took the initiative to launch the surprise attack.

He started with the Body Flicker Technique, and in just a few moments, solved a four-person squad of Cloud shinobi, after which he rushed deeper into the valley.

Along the way, he didn't entangle with the enemy much but did kill off the individuals he could without letting the enemy discover himself, but as soon as he was about to approach the warehouse, a group of Cloud ninjas with a Jonin as their leader detected him.

With the fierce assault of Kuroto and Shisui, the entire valley was noisier. Explosions, roars, wailing and crying for help, one after another all the sounds mixed together.

Kakashi, who was hiding in the dark, was paying attention to all this, but he had to be patient as it wasn't yet time for him to assault.

Before long, Kuroto and Shisui choose to withdraw from the valley.

However, the enemy ninjas were obviously not kind enough to let the two of them get away so easily. So, two chasing units followed the two; to chase and kill them respectively.

"Guy drew eight people, Kuroto drew away 16, while Shisui drew away 12 ninjas…"

Kakashi while hidden in the dark silently counted the number of enemies led away by the teammates as he observed the changes in the guarding formation after the attack.

Counting the total number, the three members of Team-11 killed and led away, there are still more than 100 enemy ninjas here. But Kakashi can't blame them, this is already a very good result.

As for the problem of the enemy number being much higher?

Kakashi has no fear of it.

On the contrary, this increased his determination to destroy the warehouse, because such a strong defense just implies that that the supplies stored must be really important for the Cloud Village.

Taking a deep breath, he muttered, "It's now!"

Ox – Rabbit – Monkey – Dragon – Rat – Bird – Ox – Snake – Dog – Tiger – Monkey

As Kakashi completed this hand sign printing, suddenly, a sharp and piercing sound reminiscent of many birds chirping echoed throughout the valley!

Accompanied by the sound of birds chirping, Kakashi, dashed forward into the valley…

…

On Kuroto's side, as he was moving through the trees, the sound of Kakashi's unique Jutsu 'Chidori' echoed throughout the valley, indicating that Kakashi has launched the final assault.

While still jumping from tree to tree, he glanced at the Cloud ninjas chasing behind him. There were sixteen of them divided into four squads. Among these 16, there were 2 at least Jonin Class from their Chakra Volume, and five were Chunin while the rest being Genin class.

'I have to eliminate these people before reaching the retreat point!' – thought Kuroto.

Having made up his mind, he stopped at a clearing, and slowly pulled the Kusanagi Sword out of the sheathe on his waist.

Clouds chasing ninjas immediately spread around, surrounding him. The leader of one of the squads smiled and said while looking at the Kuroto's young figure, "Just a kid, but look at the courage, dared to sneak in here!"

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