Chapter 263: Chapter – 259 The Scene of 2nd Gokage Summit
On the scroll sent by Shinichi, he briefly mentioned the recent task that was assigned to him and Biwa Juzo, the task was to capture a Swift Release Kekkei Genkai user in the land of Whirlpool.
"Firstly, Storm Release, and now Swift Release…?"
Putting down the scroll from his hand, Kuroto's expression gradually became a solemn one.
If hearing the news of the Storm Release Kekkei Genkai user disappearing led Kuroto to guess, but now that he received the brief summary of the task that Shinichi was assigned with clearly answers his doubts. Kuroto can surely conclude that this is being done under Hiruko's directives.
'It seems that Hiruko has indeed completed his imperfect Chimera Technique.'
The reason why Kuroto was not in a hurry to obtain the Chimera Technique was that he believed that it would take Hiruko at least a decade or more to be able to complete his imperfect Chimera Technique.
Kuroto didn't really expect that Hiruko who has joined Akatsuki would complete 'his' Chimera Technique so early, this was beyond Kuroto's calculations and planning, and now that things have gone a little off-track Kuroto is caught off guard.
'Since Hiruko has already targeted Storm Release and Swift release, then he must have also been eyeing other Kekkei Genkai.' – After a pause, Kuroto continued his thought, 'With Akatsuki Organization assisting him in his plans of capturing the Kekkei Genkai users he has been targeting, it would be impossible for the targets to escape his palms, it's also possible that he has already succeeded in gathering all of them.' – As Kuroto though this, a sudden sense of crisis emerged in his heart.
Kuroto has to brainstorm a method to get his hands on that imperfect Chimera Technique, otherwise, it would be very very very difficult to obtain the information on the Chimera technique once Hiruko completes his Kekkei Genkai Stealing/Absorption Plan.
It must not be forgotten that in the original series, Hiruko's strength took a massive boost even after he fell short of success and failed to merge the last Kekkei Genkai, which was Sharingan, so even with his Kekkei Genkai Absorption Plan unsuccessful, he and his bird alone were easily able to overpower the combined might of the Konoha-11, and Kakashi.
And if Hiruko managed to complete his Kekkei Genkai Absorption Plan, then there is no telling just how high will his strength evolve.
When that happens, it would be very difficult to extract out the secrets of the Chimera technique from the hands of Hiruko, as such, Kuroto must do what he can to get his hands on the Chimera Technique which is the most crucial step for his Project Godhood!
So, after making up his mind, Kuroto again wrote a message on a scroll that will be sent to Shinichi, the content of the scroll was an order for Shinichi to pay close attention to Hiruko's every move and keep Kuroto notified.
Now Kuroto is obviously very anxious about which Kekkei Genkai Hiruko is targeting, whether they are the same as in the Original Series or is there some degree of deviation? Sas he succeeded in obtaining all of them, and lastly, when and where will the ritual to absorb the Kekkei Genkai take place, will it be the very same Mount Shumisen or some other place?
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Next Day.
As soon as Kuroto and Shisui met for their regular duty to keep a watch over Uzumaki Naruto, Kuroto noticed that Shisui had a sullen face.
Curious, Kuroto asked, "What's wrong, did something happen in the Clan?"
Shisui spoke with a resentful tone, "Kuroto-san do you remember Uchiha Hiiragi?"
"Uchiha Hiiragi? Wasn't he one of the challenges that the Uchiha Clan sent?" – Kuroto answered, as he recalled Uchiha Hiiragi.
And not long ago, when Kuroto disguised himself as Homusubi, it was Hiiragi who he encountered, as such Kuroto does remember, Uchiha Hiiragi.
Shisui nodded and said, "Yes him, he disappeared last night, only his sword was found in one of the clan training grounds, so everyone suspects that it is again the work of Amatsukami."
Kuroto frowned when he heard this.
In the past, if a clan member was not seen for a night or two, then it was not that big of a deal, but now the situation is completely different.
Whether the village, the Uchiha, or other clans, they are all on very high alert under the threat of Amatsukami.
And the fact that Uchiha Hiiragi was not seen for an entire night, he did not even come for his assigned duties, as such there was only one conclusion, the shameless and bastards of Amatsukami have again acted against the Uchiha Clan, and this time they kidnapped Uchiha Hiiragi.
The reason why Kuroto frowned was another reason, it wasn't difficult for him to relate the disappearance of Uchiha Hiiragi with Hiruko's Kekkei Genkai Absorption Plan, but what surprised him was this change.
In the original series, Hatake Kakashi was Hiruko's target, and Kakashi was also marked with the puppet Curse of Hiruko.
As such, Kuroto initially thought Hiruko's target will be Kakashi, but it appears that's no longer the case, but when Kuroto thinks about it, it does seem reasonable.
In the original series, Hiruko was not part of the Akatsuki, so he was obviously unwilling to deal with the Uchiha Clan, so Hatake Kakashi, who was a non-Uchiha, and yet had the Sharingan became his target because stealing Sharingan from Hatake Kakashi would have been much hassle-free when compared to the other Uchiha Shinobi.
But here the circumstances are different, Hiruko has joined Akatsuki, he is obviously not afraid of some Uchiha Clan, so he would obviously target a full-fledged Uchiha and try to obtain the complete Sharingan Kekkei Genkai, as such, Uchiha Hiiragi became the unlucky prey.
Or is it that the person who came to kidnap Hiiragi intentionally did not target Kakashi?
Kuroto thought, 'Someone was able to sneak into the village and also kidnap Uchiha Hiiragi without alerting anyone? Even in the Akatsuki, only Obito should be able to accomplish such a thing.'
And if Obito was indeed the attacker, then the chances of Hiiragi's escape were obviously zero without any question!
Regardless of all that, Kuroto can now be sure that the Kekkei Genkai that Hiruko is targeting are pretty much the same as they were in the original series, with Storm Release, Swift Release, and Sharingan confirmed, the other two Kekkei Genkai will obviously be Dark Release and Steel Release.
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Hozuki Castle, the scene of 2nd Gokage Summit.
"A bounty-nin organization like Amatsukami composed of missing-nin appeared in the shinobi world precisely because of the incompetence of you all, so obviously you all should be responsible for this!" – Roared Yondaime Raikage as he smashed his fist on the wooden table in front of him.
Ay's current was past the level of tolerance, and his roars continued to be echoed the walls of this prisoner castle.
The previous attack not only caused the Yondaime Raikage to lose two of his powerful Jonin ninjas but also lose Kumogakure's face and his own prestige as a Kage of one of the five great Shinobi Villages.
With his violent temper, it is obvious that he is very furious at Amatsukami, but unfortunately, there is no method for him to vent his anger on the bastards of Amatsukami, as such the Kages of other villages became his targets, because Amatsukami comprises of missing-nin from their villages.
Sandaime Tsuchikage Onoki snorted softly, he had a look of disdain towards the Yondaime Raikage who couldn't even control his temper.
Onoki's snort obviously didn't go unnoticed by the Raikage, turning his head towards the Tsuchikage, Ay glared at him and spoke, "I have yet to completely settle accounts with Iwagakure about the assassination of Watanabe, I suspect that your Iwagakure is connected with Amatsukami, and you are secretly supporting them, otherwise, why would Amatsukami take Iwa's issued mission and assassinate our head ninja in Konoha?"
Listening to Raikage's accusation, everyone's eyes turned towards the Tsuchikage.
Tsuchikage was unperturbed, "What Amatsukami? We Iwagakure have never even heard of them until now! Even if Kumogakure wants to frame us to cover up your incompetence, you have to first bring a shred of solid evidence to prove your conjecture, otherwise, your accusations are nothing but complaints. Come on Raikage, do you any evidence?"
The already furious Raikage was more furious, and blue Lightning Chakra Cloak subconsciously appeared over him, it was extremely violent and threatening.
Tsuchikage was also not afraid, he floated in the air, eyes stern, dazzling white light started to emerge in between his hands as if he was ready to start whenever the Raikage wants.
Kumogakure and Iwagakure are old enemies, Sandaime Raikage died because of Iwagakure's betrayal, and almost ten thousand Iwa shinobi dies in the hands of Sandaime Raikage so the parties will obviously not settle such hatred so easily.
As such, it has not even been full five minutes since the Gokage Summit commenced and Tsuchikage and Raikage were already pointing blades **metaphorically** at each other's throats.
With Raikage and Tsuchikage ready to go at it, everyone in the room got up and raised their guards.
"Cough-cough…!" – At this time, Shimura Danzo who did not speak from the beginning stood up, drew everyone's attention towards him with a cough, and said, "Everyone, I proposed to hold the 2nd Gokage Summit so that we can peacefully sit down and discuss how to efficiently deal with these emerging bounty-nin and mercenary organizations like Amatsukami and Akatsuki, so let's let go of our previous hatred for a while and commence an effective…"
As Shimura Danzo was speaking, Raikage suddenly interrupted him midway, "Who do you think you are? Why has Hokage not come to the summit, and instead chose to send one of his subordinates to the Summit?"
Asked by Raikage, everyone's attention also shifted towards Shimura Danzo, waiting for his answer.
However, Shimura Danzo was silent, as if a cat got his tongue… nothing he could say would amount to anything, why? Because he is not the Hokage!
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Chapter 264: Chapter – 260 Targeting A Kage?
Shimura Danzo expected to be able to represent Konoha in the Gokage Summit and hoped to convince the other four Kages to form a joint coalition with Konohagakure as the head of the Coalition to fight against the threat of Amatsukami and Akatsuki and gain huge prestige for him by doing so, to replace Hiruzen as the Hokage of the village in the future.
However, Raikage's cold words that did not have even an ounce of respect or patience made him suddenly realize that he, Shimura Danzo may be the consultant elder of Konoha, leader of the Root division of the Anbu department, he may be the second-most powerful political authority in his village, but here, at the scene of a Gokage summit, for the Shinobi world, he is nothing but a subordinate of Hokage.
At this moment, Danzo hoped from the bottom of his heart that he was the one wearing the Hokage Hat and the Hokage Robe, he bore the title of Konoha's Hokage, could speak for Konoha!
The deeply rooted ambition of becoming the Hokage was burning in his heart.
Sighing lightly, he suppressed all kinds of thoughts and said with a firm voice, "If Raikage-dono and Tsuchikage-dono want this Gokage Summit to become a ridiculous farce, and the name of the five great shinobi villages become a laughing stock for everyone, then please continue with your petty conflicts, I have nothing more to say."
Raikage also knows the purpose for which this Gokage Summit was organized, and also understands the consequences of behaving in an unrestrained manner in front of the Kage and representatives of all the other great villages, so he suppressed his anger and deactivated the Lightning Chakra Cloak.
Tsuchikage Onoki also did not continue anymore, and slowly descended back to his seat, but his face had a slight unsightly expression.
Followed by Raikage and Tsuchikage, the others also sat down one-by-one.
At this time, Raikage picked up a file and scattered documents before the other four representatives, "Look at these documents for yourself, Amatsukami and Akatsuki Organization is filled with missing-nin and Kekkei Genkai users from your villages!"
Kazekage Rasa picked up the file and frowned after reading the content recorded in it, "This is impossible, even in my village; apart from me, no other shinobi has mastered Magnet Release, let alone someone who has mastered Magnet Release and defected."
Tsuchikage sneered coldly, "This Magnet Release user of Amatsukami might as well be the missing Sandaime Kazekage-dono." – After having read the document, Onoki is again full of confidence as neither Amatsukami nor Akatsuki have any member who was a shinobi of Iwagakure.
As such, he can freely taunt others.
Kazekage Rasa spoke with murderous intent, "Tsuchikage-dono, I hope you understand the meaning of your words."
Elder Chiyo, who accompanied Kazekage Rasa to the Gokage Summit said, "It has already been confirmed that Sandaime Kazekage-sama has been assassinated by the missing-nin Sasori, who fell to the wrong path and chose to join the Akatsuki, so please be mindful of your words Tsuchikage-dono."
In fact, Suna's leaders have long suspected that their previous Kazekage who has gone missing has somehow died, otherwise, they would not choose the next Kage.
However, they were still unwilling to release this news to the public for the sake of reputation.
But in the previous fierce battle that Suna had with the members of Akatsuki just a few months ago, Sasori personally confessed to having killed the Sandaime Kazekage, as such, it is no longer possible to hide this, so Chiyo decided to announce this news on behalf of Sunagakure.
Karatachi Yagura, the Yondaime Mizukage of Kirigakure, and the Jinchuriki of Sanbi; read through the documents, and spoke after a long silence, "There are no Ice Release users in Kirigakure now, the Ice Release user of Amatsukami probably left Kirigakure even before I became the Mizukage as I have never heard of any shinobi of the Yuki Clan have such strength that he can go toe to toe with Sandaime Hokage.
As for Biwa Juzo of Akatsuki, he also left Kirigakure before I became the Mizukage."
Raikage said with a dissatisfied tone, "All you lot are doing is shirking responsibility!"
At this time, Shimura Danzo said, "Regardless of who these shinobi are, or whatever their past affiliations are, what we cannot deny is the threat they pose to the world of shinobi and the five great powers. More so, when Amatsukami has openly announced that they will start targeting the nine Bijuu, so instead of our petty conflicts, we must focus on how to eradicate these organizations as soon as possible!"
Targeting Bijuu is definitely hitting the sensitive nerves of all the major shinobi villages.
The first one to agree was obviously the Raikage, who deeply understood the threat of Amatsukami, "I agree!"
The young Mizukage himself is a Jinchuriki, so he also agreed without much hesitation, "Seconded!"
After a bit of thinking, Kazekage also nodded, "I also agree!"
Seeing that the overall direction has been set, Tsuchikage also nodded, "I have no objection."
Now that all five villages have unanimously agreed to deal with these emerging organizations, the four Kage and Shimura Danzo discussed the specific matters including the encirclement and suppression of these organizations.
However, it has not been very long since the second great shinobi war ended, so the distrust between the various shinobi villages is too deep.
Neither of the shinobi villages has been pushed to their bottom line, nor was there any declaration of a war against the entire shinobi world, as was the case in the Original Series, so Shimura Danzo's proposal to establish a joint crusade was immediately rejected by the Kage of various villages.
Danzo was obviously angry but he was also helpless, so all he could say was, "Someday, you will all regret this decision you made today!"
The four Kage looked at each other, but neither of them commented anything.
In the end, the result of the 2nd Gokage Summit resulted in a joint agreement that the five great powers will each be responsible for the encirclement and suppression of the activities of these emerging organizations within their own countries, and will also share any and all intelligence involving Amatsukami and Akatsuki.
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Outside Hozuki Castle.
The masked-man quietly stood on a tree, supporting his back on the tree stem, and looking at the distant island where the Hozuki Castle is located.
At this moment, Zetsu's figure emerged from the tree trunk and said, "The 2nd Gokage Summit seems to have been concluded."
"That was fast…?" – masked-man muttered in surprise, then immediately asked, "What did they talk about?"
Zetsu spoke, "There are too many sensor-nin all around the Hozuki Castle, moreover there was also something that was constantly absorbing chakra, I was unable to figure what that was but regardless, I was unable to get too close to the meeting room, as such I am unaware of what topics they discussed."
The masked man nodded and asked again, "How long until they start returning to their respective villages?"
Zetsu said, "They have already started the return journey, the fastest Raikage is no longer in Hozuki Castle."
The masked man nodded and was silent for a while.
It is undoubtedly the best choice to intercept one of these Kage and intercept them on their returning journey.
He did not consider Raikage and Tsuchikage, because both of them are not easy to be captured, therefore, masked men thought of the current Kazekage and Mizukage.
As for Shimura Danzo?
Masked Man didn't even bother to think about him.
Keeping the ambitious as he is will only stimulate Konoha's internal strife and induce more infighting, by not being under control, Shimura Danzo would do more damage to Konoha than when controlled.
Now that he was left with only two targets, the Masked man asked, "Who are the guards following the Kazekage?"
Zetsu replied, "The Puppet master Chiyo, and the commander of Sunagakure Anbu department, Pakura of the Scorch Release."
"Dealing with three Kage Class individuals will be a bit troublesome, especially Pakura with her Scorch Release!" – Shaking his head, the masked man asked again, "Who are the guards of Mizukage?"
The Kazekage has already made several attempts to eliminate Pakura, the threat to his reign. But every time something comes up and Rasa is left with no choice but to postpone Pakura's elimination into the future.
The first time was because of the urgent request by the Miko of the Land of Demon, Rasa was left with no choice but to temporarily give up his thoughts and sent Pakura to the Land of Demon to assist Miko-sama in her conquest to save the world by sealing the demon Moryo.
For the second time, when Rasa had already planned out the cleaning arrangements of Pakura and was about to implement them, he was again left with no choice but to put them on hold as the Ryuumyaku was suddenly stolen.
For the third time, not long ago, he has just made up his mind to clean up Pakura, but it just so happened that the Sasori crusade force that Suna had just formed encountered several members of Akatsuki, and in those consecutive fights, Sunagakure suffered a heavy number of casualties, again leaving Rasa with no other choice but to put away the thought of cleaning up Pakura for the time being.
Therefore, Pakura, who should have died as a part of the negotiation between two nations, and to ensure the reign of the Kazekage not only did not die but became the current Anbu Commander of Sunagakure, and the Kazekage Rasa who has been trying to clean her up for so long might have never thought that the only reason he is alive and not became a prey to the masked man's planning is because of the presence of Pakura of the Scorch Release as his guard!
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