Chapter 52: Chapter – 51 Chakra Source
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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Chapter 53: Chapter – 52 Title at the END
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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