Chapter 86: Chapter – 84 Travel Request
The difficulty of learning Contract Seal is not any less than that of Four-Symbols Seal. This is because the contracts are of many types including weapons, Summons, Souls, Bloodlines, demons, even life & death, and other illusionary things that are difficult to explain and comprehend.
However, Kuroto is also no longer the rookie he was until a few months ago.
After the careful guidance of the Miko of the Land of Demons and his personal study and research of the Four-Symbols Seal, his current knowledge of Fuinjutsu is no longer that of a novice.
This is especially the case in regards to the Uzumaki Fuinjutsu, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he has at least surpassed the beginner stage.
After half a day of study and research, Kuroto estimated that it would take about a week for him to master the Contract Seal.
Fortunately for him, the Village is in the period of peace talks with the Cloud Village, and since Team-11 was given a vacation, so he had the time to master it.
On the fourth day, Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui suddenly came to Kuroto's house.
Glancing at the three members of Team-11, Kuroto asked with a smile, "So, what brings the three of you to my home, not to mention at the same time?"
"Kuroto, didn't you hear about the rumor that's been going on for the past week?" – Guy asked impatiently.
"What rumor?" – Kuroto asked in confusion.
Over the past few days, Kuroto stayed at home and only practiced the Contract Seal, his only source of information is Yue, and since she didn't mention any rumor so he has no idea what Guy was talking about.
Kakashi calmly said, "About the ongoing peace negotiations with the Cloud Village."
"What about it?"
"Kuroto-San, it's said that the peace talks with the Cloud Village broke down!"- Shisui finally said.
"What?" – Kuroto exclaimed in surprise.
It shouldn't be the case, according to Kuroto's memory, the peace agreement was signed between Konoha and Cloud, otherwise how come the Cloud head ninja attempted to kidnap Hyuga Hinata?
If the talks were to break down midway then such a thing wouldn't have happened. So, it is unlikely for the peace agreement to break down.
As the Captain of Team-11, Kakashi obviously had more information, so he explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail.
"There have been rumors that the shinobis of Cloud Village are also dissatisfied with the peace talks, just like the case in Konoha, they believe that as long as they persist and apply enough pressure, it shouldn't be a too difficult task to win against Konoha." – Kakashi
"Is that the reason?" – Kuroto muttered while thinking.
Since both sides are unable to accept the conclusion, then it wouldn't be strange if the negotiations do fall apart.
However, after thinking a little, Kuroto shook his head negatively, "I don't think that's the case, the Village can't afford another war, Sandaime-Sama should be clear of this more than anyone. Even the Cloud Village wouldn't stupidly escalate this conflict any longer."
"How come you are so sure about this?" – Guy asked curiously.
"Think about it a little, the raid not long ago should just be a temptation from the Cloud side to judge the strength of Konoha, now that Raikage-Sama had his answer, he wouldn't send his shinobi to die needlessly, even if he is hot-blooded and reckless, he is still the Kage of Cloud Village after all.
Moreover, there aren't just two shinobi village, although the situations of Mist Village is a mystery the Rock Village is still there, and considering the enmity, Cloud Village has with Rock Village…"
Whether according to the original story or based on the information he has of the current status of the five great shinobi villages, Kuroto can be sure of his conclusion.
If Konoha really didn't have any strength to fight back, Raikage would have definitely pressured Konoha.
But since Konoha proved that although incredibly weak, it is still not weak enough to bow down to Cloud Village.
So, cloud village also wouldn't waste their ninjas needlessly.
After, Kuroto's assurance and some more light discussion in regards to each other's progress in strength, Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui went back to their house.
Closing the door of his house, Kuroto thought to himself, "It seems that the peace talks between the village and Cloud will take a long period."
Although it is known that the two sides will eventually sign a peace treaty, how long will it take is unknown.
But this also beneficial for him.
As long as the peace negotiations aren't successfully concluded, Council advisors wouldn't risk civilian unrest, so this period will also serve as a shield for the Uchiha Clan.
With this thought, Kuroto continued his practice.
With meticulous study and research, he successfully mastered the Contract Seal, although it took him five extra days than predicted but doesn't matter much.
The main reason for the delay was again the lack of opportunity to practice his hands on. While studying Four-Symbols Seal he could still practice it at home without much worry but that's not the case with Contract Seal, as you have to have individuals with Summons to sever the Contract and all.
Thankfully, there were some extremely detailed notes in the scroll handed to him by Sandaime-Sama, so somehow, he was able to theoretically understand them.
After the complete mastery of the Contract Seal, when Kuroto returned the Scroll, Sandaime-Sama was extremely surprised.
Sarutobi Hiruzen initially thought that it would take at least one whole month for Hyuga Kuroto to master the Contract Seal, but unexpectedly the kid completed it in just 13 days. At this moment he was reminded of Namikaze Minato who took fifteen days to master this Fuinjutsu technique.
At this moment he couldn't help but look at Hyuga Kuroto with a different light, a thought that 'Hyuga Kuroto might just be a rare Fuinjutsu master!' took root in his mind.
After returning the scroll back Kuroto also expressed his request for traveling outside of Konoha for a short period.
Sandaime-Sama narrowed his eyes at Kuroto's request and asked with slight confusion, "Travel? Why such a request?"
Kuroto has long thought of a suitable excuse for this question, so without any hesitation, he spoke politely, "I want to find a suitable Psychic Beast."
Obviously, it is not uncommon for ninjas to travel, especially in Konoha, one of the three Sannin Jiraiya is a typical example because unless there is an emergency, he wouldn't be in Konoha.
But going out for travel requires approval from the village. Even Jiraiya isn't an exception to this rule, otherwise, the ninja will be listed as a missing-nin, and then an endless onslaught of hunter-nin will come after you!
Of course, if the backing and strength are strong enough, like that of Tsunade Hime, then they wouldn't be treated as 'missing-nin' but 'run away'.
Being an Anbu Shinobi, it is reasonable to say that Kuroto isn't eligible to apply for this request, especially during the sensitive period of peace negotiations with the Cloud Village.
Therefore, he had to come up with a suitable excuse, so that Sandaime-Sama wouldn't refuse.
A 'Psychic Beast' is related to the combat power of a shinobi, so searching for a suitable 'Psychic Beast' is the most legitimate reason for Kuroto to travel.
Sandaime-Sama pondered over Kuroto's request and reason, and finally agreed, "I can only give you two months."
Kuroto readily accepted this, and after expressing his gratefulness for the approval, he hurriedly returned home.
Completing all the preparation, he would need for his trip, he walked towards the main gate of the village.
The purpose of Kuroto's trip is obviously not to look for a 'Psychic Beast' but to check out the seal applied by Yondaime-Sama to seal the Dragon Vein, and see if he can break it with his current knowledge or does he need more study.
As long as Kuroto can break through Yondaime-Sama's seal, the artificial tailed beast plan could finally proceed to the final stage.
After registering at the main village gate, Kuroto left Konoha.
Since Kuroto left Konoha so suddenly, the Root ninja responsible for monitoring him had no choice but to follow closely.
Kuroto also noticed the follow-up and thought to himself, 'I have to somehow get rid of him!'
However, before he could even take any measures, a metal chain suddenly appeared from the side of the tree, tying him firmly and restricting all his movements.
With Kuroto tied-up and restricted, two figures appeared from the bushes, one on the left and the other on the right, carrying ninja swords in their hands and pierced through Kuroto's heart and throat.
All this happened so suddenly, Kuroto couldn't even react.
As soon as the blade pierced the target's heart, one of the attackers grinned, "Twenty-five million Ryo are secured!"
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Chapter 87: Chapter – 85 Dealing with the Bounty Hunters
One of the attackers smiled greedily, upon seeing that the attack succeeded, "Heh… such a pathetic brat, twenty-five million Ryo bounty and such weak strength."
Bang…
However, before the two could celebrate, Kuroto's body exploded into a cloud of smoke upon being pierced through by the sword.
Both the attackers were taken aback by this and shouted in surprise, "What, a Shadow Clone!?"
At this time, Kuroto's figure jumped down from a tree, and directly stepped on the heads of the two, burying both of them to the ground.
Squatting down, using the heads of the two bounty hunters as a foothold, questioned the two, "Hey, did you two come here for the bounty on my head? But seeing your pathetic state and useless attempt, it feels like you are looking down on me, is that the case?"
"You bastard!"
"How could it have been a Shadow Clone?"
The two bounty ninjas obviously couldn't move because of being trapped.
Seeing the two struggles, Kuroto thought to himself, 'Does the name of Hyuga Clan already has no deterrent power that the likes of no-name bounty hunters are coming after me? That too without any background check?"
In Kuroto's opinion, the bounty ninjas that will be coming after him should at least know of the Byakugan that he has, simply based on his portrait and name.
But it didn't seem that these two attackers took any countermeasures against his Byakugan.
In terms of skill and strength, they are obviously not weak, both of them seem to have the strength of a high -class Chunin, and even then, they didn't take countermeasures for the Byakugan?
Now Kuroto is a little uncertain, he isn't sure whether these two bounty hunters were just too ignorant for their own good or that the Hyuga name has already faded to such an extent.
Tying up the two bounty ninjas, Kuroto returned to the village.
Kuroto has already confirmed that these two bounty ninjas have defected from the Mist Village. According to the general trend, if a shinobi defects from his village then a bounty is placed on his/her head, and based on their crimes this bounty keeps increasing. Therefore, these two bounty hunters also carried bounties on their heads.
When Kuroto delivered the two, at the mission center of the village, he received 3 million Ryo for the combined bounty.
Kuroto also learned that the Mist Village is in a state of civil strife.
One of the major shinobi Clan in the Country of Water, Kaguya Clan directly initiated a rebellion, the situation of the Mist Village has become a mess, as a result, a large number of ninjas on the mist side have defected recently, some became wandering ninjas while the other chooses to become bounty hunters.
Shaking his head at the disparity of the Mist Village again left the Village without any delay.
Jumping from tree to tree, Kuroto didn't seem too happy at the recent profit he just received, on the contrary, he had a murderous expression on his face.
During the attack that he encountered not long ago, Kuroto hid himself a little because he was worried about the follow-up attacks from the two bounty hunters and observe his surroundings carefully, although those two bounty ninjas disappointed him, he was able to notice that the Root ninja hiding in in the shadows didn't even move an inch to help him.
Even if the other party is responsible for monitoring him, but in the face of a life and death situation, shouldn't the other party come forward at least help him out?
After all, both are the shinobi of the same village!
But the other party didn't seem to care.
This obviously means that the other party not only doesn't care about him but has already regarded Kuroto as an enemy.
Since the other party thinks in this manner then how could Kuroto tolerate this?
Initially, Kuroto decided to ignore him, as he considered that the ninja was only doing his job and nothing more, so Kuroto only thought to escape his chase, but now that's no longer the case
If the other party has such thinking, then he can only die!
…
At night Kuroto chose a flat terrain to set up a campsite, after lighting up the bonfire, he sat on a broken tree bark while the rabbit meat he caught was being roasted by the fire.
Not far away from Kuroto, the Root ninja responsible for monitoring him sat on a tree branch observing Kuroto closely.
"Huh… lighting a bonfire? The vigilance is too pathetic! How did someone like him even get into Anbu Black Ops?" slandered the Root ninja while chewing the dry food he carried along.
The code name of this Root ninja is 'Kuroshimasu' and he is very apt in these sorts of tasks.
Surveillance and Assassination are his specialties.
According to 'Kuroshimasu,' surveillance and assassination are two steps of the same task because the target he generally monitors end up becoming a target of an assassination by the orders of Danzo-Sama!
Therefore, 'Kuroshimasu' never considers his targets as anything but an enemy, even if they are from the same village!
Suddenly, 'Kuroshimasu' felt strong killing intent directed towards him, with his years of experience, 'Kuroshimasu' clearly felt that someone was watching him and definitely not with good intentions!
"Ninpou: Super Beast Imitating Drawing!"
Almost subconsciously, Kuroshimasu soared into the air and drew an ink bird on the paper.
Swish…
Unfortunately, before he could even land on the ink bird, two iron spears pierced through the ink bird, splashing it all over the air.
Falling on the ground, Kuroshimasu discovered that the attacker is some unknown ninja covered from head to toe in bandages.
But what shocked him more was the iron sand floating around the mysterious ninja.
At a glance, Kuroshimasu realized that means.
"Magnet Release!?"
As a member of Root, Kuroshimasu has an understanding of some of the weirdest and most known Kekkei Genkai, therefore he instantly realized the unique Kekkei Genkai of the Kazekage Clan, exclusive to the Sand Village.
And if the identity of the enemy to be able to master Magnet Release can't be ordinary, as a result, Kuroshimasu was a little tense, and asked nervously, "Who are you!?"
Even in the sand village, there are very few ninjas to have mastered Magnet Release, currently, there are only Yondaime Kazekage and the missing Sandaime Kazekage, whose alive or dead status is unknown.
Kuroshimasu doesn't believe either of those two monsters would sneak into the Land of Fire specially to attack him. Sand Village will also not send ninja to assassinate him because of their alliance.
So, in his opinion, this mysterious ninja has to be some missing-nin.
But this still confused him, as to why would he be attacked, the reason for believing this is because Kuroshimasu is quite sure that neither does he have the intelligence nor some important items that would prompt the other party to attack him.
So, unless the other party has specific hatred towards him, there is no reason for the missing-nin to assassinate him.
Therefore, it could only mean one thing, 'He target isn't me but Hyuga Kuroto!'
Considering the huge bounty on Hyuga Kuroto's head, this was the most logical explanation Kuroshimasu could reach.
'He must be thinking that I am getting in his way, so he wants to get rid of me first, and then go after Hyuga Kuroto!' thinking this, Kuroshimasu suddenly had an idea.
If Hyuga Kuroto is the target, then as long as he leads the enemy ninja towards Hyuga Kuroto, the opponent will naturally ignore him and attack the target instead.
Once this thought appeared, Kuroshimasu was a little relaxed.
After all, Kuroshimasu knows that he isn't capable of defeating the other party, as long as he survives, it would be fine, as for the Hyuga Kuroto?
'He can die for all I care.'
"Ninpou: Super Beast Imitating Drawing!"
Quickly drawing two ink lions to act as small divergence, Kuroshimasu immediately fled towards the campfire using the Body Flicker Jutsu
While traveling at high speed, he noticed that Hyuga Kuroto was still sitting by the bonfire, and leisurely chomping down the rabbit meat, and said with disdain, "What a fool, didn't even notice a fight at such a close distance even though he is a Hyuga…"
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