Chapter 457: Chapter – 451 Orochimaru’s Curiosity
Before leaving the Naka Shrine, Kuroto gave several instructions to Itachi, exhorted Itachi to stay close to Shisui and protect him during the adaption period, and at the same time warned Shisui to be especially careful these days against enemy attacks.
After all, Obito, Danzo, and Orochimaru, all are threats that cannot be underestimated.
Moreover, all three of them have the right motivation to deal with Uchiha Shisui, the current strongest of the Uchiha Clan, because to deal with the Uchiha Clan one must first overcome the obstacle of Uchiha Shisui.
But because Shisui is not in the right condition now, therefore, he can't use his true combat power; which is why he must be protected.
Itachi obviously understood Kuroto's reasoning and made sure that he would protect Shisui, at the same time, he would carry out other instructions given by Kuroto as well.
Satisfied, Kuroto bid farewell to Shisui and Itachi, then quietly strolled back towards his home.
On the way to his home, Kuroto of course thought about the many changes that happened during the day; and honestly, Kuroto is quite glad that he did not become arrogant and overconfident after awakening the Tenseigan and did not expose his true combat power and true identity to the public, otherwise, he would have become the center of attention of all the enemies.
And if that had been the case, Kuroto would have to be constantly worried and guard against all kinds of conspiracies, not only from Obito and the other enemies but also from many people around him, after all, who knows when someone will start getting strange ideas, or maybe the people they cherish the most are taken hostage so that would leave them with no choice but to fulfill the instructions of the kidnappers.
Judging from the method Obito used to conspire against his own Sensei; he is definitely the kind of guy who has no bottom line when it comes to achieving his goal, of course, Kuroto is no different, but that's not the point here. The point is that, had Obito known Kuroto's true identity and power, Obito would gain more chess pieces that he can use to take advantage of Kuroto's weakness, but that wouldn't be the case for Kuroto. After all, Obito is completely empty from the inside and someone who doesn't even care for who he is, and since there is no one left alive whom Obito seems to care about any longer so there is probably nothing stopping him from using even the dirtiest of means to take advantage, but Kuroto won't be able to do so.
Then, Kuroto would have no option left but to bring Nohara Rin back to life and use her to deal with Obito, but bringing her back to life would be a very difficult task for the current Kuroto, because if the current him were to bring her to life, then he would die as a result which is definitely not beneficial enough.
Fortunately, Kuroto has been a level-headed person, and only chose to reveal himself to the extent that wouldn't be too suspicious, and wouldn't cause him too many problems.
Now one could argue that if Kuroto really wanted to, he could have completely hidden; not garnered even a bit of attention and that would have been much more advantageous, but Kuroto doesn't think that way. According to him, being too inconspicuous is also quite suspicious as it would at some point definitely garner attention, after all, there's only so much one can truly hide, and there's only so much one can survive against just based on luck.
This is why, it is better to reveal a few things, make others think that they are the ones in control; make others believe that they know everything about him when in reality they would have no idea of the true depths of his abilities.
This way others will believe that he is a bit difficult person to deal with, but at the same time, he is not too big of a threat and can be disposed of any time if they really feel like doing it, as a result, they will focus on things and people who are more important and more threatening (that is the Amatsukami) compared to just an elite Anbu Squad Captain.
Now considering the fact that Amatsukami is very secretive and hidden too well, so Obito and the rest of the Akatsuki will have to direct more and more of their attention and efforts towards finding and understanding them to be able to deal with them. But since they won't be able to find them, so they will also fear Amatsukami. After all, the fear of the unknown is the greatest of all fear. And this unknown, that is the Amatsukami, will also stop them from running rampant, and restrict them subconsciously so that they would not dare to act rashly.
'I suppose that even now, all Akatsuki personnel are more than likely either increasing their individual strength or investigating the traces of Amatsukami all over the world now.' Thought Kuroto as his lips curled into a mocking snicker.
Before finding Amatsukami that is playing Akatsuki and the other villages in the palm of their hands, Akatsuki should not dare to deal with the Five Great Shinobi Villages, unless they are confident enough, the lesson they learned at Amegakure should have been more than enough to keep them in check, after all, even Nagato who had the Rinnegan and could summon Gedo Mazo, and Nibi almost lost his life at the hands of the leader of Amatsukami. So even if Akatsuki is reluctant; they have to admit that Amatsukami can actually threaten their existence.
This is probably the only reason why they have been quiet for so long and haven't carried out their other plans, even Obito sneaked inside Konoha and took back his eye, but did not care about the Uchiha Clan that hasn't been destroyed yet, nor did he care about all the movements that Konoha has been making these days.
In Obito's eyes; the threat of a mere Uchiha Clan and Konoha is nothing compared to Amatsukami, but what he doesn't understand is that if he doesn't make his move on the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, he would never be able to find anything about Amatsukami, which will eventually form an endless loop.
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In Konoha's Guesthouse.
Kimimaro looked at the night view outside the window with many thoughts going in his mind.
The events that happened for the whole day kept flashing in his mind, but the major part of all those flashes was the scene where Hyuga Kuroto dared to satirize Orochimaru-sama openly. Intense killing intent appears in his heart whenever he thinks of Hyuga Kuroto.
At this time, a shadow emerged from the darkness and sneaked into the room quietly.
"Who are you? Show yourself!" Kimimaro turned around quickly and said all while a bone blade extended out from his hand; staring at the intruder with cold eyes.
The shadow wasn't panicked under the cold gaze of Kimimaro, rather it smiled and said, "As expected of Kimimaro."
"Kabuto?" Kimimaro recognized that tone, and asked, "What are you going here?"
Kimimaro adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, then said, "I have heard about everything that happened today. How does it feel to be able to defeat the genius kid of the Uchiha Clan?"
"The genius of the Uchiha Clan? He wasn't enough for me to even bother to care about!" because the victory against Uchiha Sasuke was too easy, Kimimaro felt no sense of accomplishment.
Kabuto smirked and said in a casual tone, "That's right, compared to the hateful Hyuga Kuroto who betrayed Orochimaru-sama, the genius kid of the Uchiha Clan is really not worth mentioning, huh?"
As soon as Kimimaro heard Kabuto's words, his face turned gloomy.
Kimimaro can ignore others insulting him, but what he can't ignore are the insults to Orochimaru-sama, and Hyuga Kuroto not only dared to betray Orochimaru but even satirize Orochimaru to his face, which really made Kimimaro angry, and determined to assassinate him.
'That's right, Kabuto should know, huh?' Kimimaro's eyes lit up, and after making up his mind, he asked Kabuto, "Kabuto, you should know where he lives, right?"
Kabuto was obviously surprised by Kimimaro's question, and asked, "What are you going to do? Don't forget that we are currently in Konoha, and from what I have heard, he is a Jonin."
Kimimaro said coldly, "Tell me where he lives, and you don't need to care about other things."
With a bit of hesitation, Kabuto drew a map on a piece of paper; then handed it to Kimimaro with a worried expression, "Be careful, if you feel that you don't stand a chance then don't insist on it."
With an indifferent look, Kimimaro took the map from Kabuto, and without saying a word he disappeared from the room.
After Kimimaro left, Kabuto showed a strange smile.
Similar to Kimimaro who hates Hyuga Kuroto, even Kabuto hates Hyuga Kuroto, and he too wants to get rid of Hyuga Kuroto.
After Kimimaro had left, a hoarse voice suddenly came from behind Kabuto, "Kabuto, I don't remember, I allowed you to do something like this."
Kabuto turned around with a shudder; immediately knelt respectfully on the ground, and said, "Oro… Orochimaru-sama?!"
Orochimaru slowly walked out of the shadow and said, "Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"
Sweat poured out of Kabuto's forehead, and he swallowed deeply upon feeling the heavy pressure he was subjected to, "Oro… Orochimaru-sama, I… I was just… I ju-just wanted to clear away the… the traitor!"
"Is that so?" With a smile, Orochimaru cast his gaze outside the window, and said, "It's fine then."
Upon noticing that Orochimaru does not have any intention of pursuing the matter, Kabuto sighed in relief, at the same time, he also realized that if Orochimaru was really opposed to the idea, then he would have stopped Kimimaro before Kimimaro left.
Gazing at the night view of Konoha outside the window, Orochimaru said lightly. "It's okay for him to try it out, but whether he succeeds or not is an entirely different matter." At the same time, Orochimaru perceived the reaction of Anbu Shinobi to Kimimaro's movements and quirked his eyebrow upon noticing something.
'It appears that he is not taking any chances, huh?' was his thought.
Initially, Orochimaru had completely different plans for the Alliance Ceremony. Orochimaru wanted to embarrass his Sensei, Sandaime Hokage in front of all by using the Edo Tensei of Shodaime and Nidaime to kill him.
Whenever Orochimaru thinks of Sarutobi Sensei being forced to battle to the death against the two previous Hokage; who are also his Sensei and the scene where all the three of them together destroy the village in the aftermath of their battle Orochimaru feels extremely excited.
For him, other than the pursuit of eternal life and mastery of all the Jutsu, destroying everything that his Sensei loves and cherishes has become a joy for him.
But Orochimaru never expected that Konoha's defense would be so rigorous, much stricter than the spies initially reported. The presence of the representatives of Sunagakure, Kusagakure, and Takigakure was a matter Orochimaru did not take into account. Not to mention there are also Jiraiya and Tsunade in the village. Then the Konoha Military Police Force led by Uchiha Fugaku too, and finally the identity of one of the Anbu keeping watch over him.
Although the fourth Anbu joined in keeping watch over him not very long ago, Orochimaru recognized him based on the recent intelligence he has just received from Shimura Danzo only about an hour ago; the fourth Anbu with the Weasel mask keeping watch over him turned out to be none other than Uchiha Itachi of the Uchiha Clan.
'No wonder Uchiha Itachi was respectful to Kuroto-kun, after all, he is a subordinate in Kuroto-Kun's Anbu squad.' Thought Orochimaru about what he had learned from Shimura Danzo's mouth in exchange for some things.
In the face of so many high-tier combat personnel, especially Uchiha Itachi even Orochimaru can't help but sigh and dared not act rashly.
Besides, Orochimaru is also not sure about what combat power can the two Edo Hokage display; therefore, he decided not to make any move on Konoha, for now, at least.
But of course, this doesn't mean that he won't test a few things.
For example, what does Hyuga Kuroto want from Kimimaro? And the attitude of Uchiha Itachi towards Konoha and Hyuga Kuroto. After all, the moment Kimimaro sneaked out, he was obviously noticed by the four Anbu, but neither of them stopped him, not even Uchiha Itachi, therefore, Orochimaru was more curious about a lot of things.
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Among the four Anbu.
Hana asked Weasel, "Is it alright to ignore him?"
Weasel (Crow Clone) nodded, "I have had my summon follow him secretly, so his movements are still under my watch."
Rabbit said, "But I wonder what does captain wants from him?"
Akame answered Rabbit's doubts, "It's to obtain intelligence on Kaguya Takashi, the newest member of Akatsuki, as per the intelligence Captain managed to obtain while he was in Kirigakure, Kaguya Takashi along with Hoshigaki Kisame, and Chinoike Mageta have also joined the Akatsuki, and since this kid, Kimimaro is one of the last two members of the Kaguya clan, therefore, he is a source of intelligence that we can't let go so easily."
Hana nodded, "Makes sense I suppose." Then without any more care, she continued the mission assigned to the four members of Team Ro by their captain.
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Chapter 458: Chapter – 452 Assassinating Hyuga Kuroto
"Today was really exhausting." A Konoha Chunin who was walking in the direction of his home said while taking a puff of smoke from the lit cigarette he held with his index finger and middle finger.
The companion who was walking on the side said, "Fortunately the Alliance Ceremony went without a hitch, and no one caused any trouble."
Konoha's incredibly tight security naturally did not come without a price, in addition to the Konoha Military Police Force, the workload on many Genin and Chunin also increased a lot to make sure that the Alliance Ceremony went without any obstructions.
The Chunin who was smoking; threw the cigarette bud on the ground at this time, stepped on it in order to extinguish the spark, then said, "It's already so late, I don't think that anything major will happen now."
As soon as he said so, a shadow swooped on him from behind and made a few precise jabs on the back of his neck, "Wh…?" were his last words before he lost consciousness and collapsed on the ground.
'Someone wants to take advantage of the night and cause chaos?' was the thought of the other Chunin as he tried to launch the signal flare, but before he could, he suddenly felt a tremendous force on his abdomen causing him to vomit out some fluids. His body arched under the huge force and he too lost consciousness.
"They are unexpectedly weak." Muttered Kimimaro with a doubtful expression.
The young age and the lack of adequate experience, as well as the simplicity of his mind, have made Kimimaro's conception of the outside world very limited and completely dependent on the narrations of Orochimaru and Kabuto as well as the few battles he has had against strong fellows.
Although Kimimaro knows that he is quite strong based on what Kabuto has told him, how strong to be exact, Kimimaro is not so sure.
Both Kabuto and Orochimaru know that Kimimaro is already reaching the level of a Jonin and when using the Curse Seal, his strength might as well be on the level of an elite Jonin. So, no matter which village, he already belongs to the elite class. This is the main reason why Kabuto has some confidence in Kimimaro's abilities at being able to assassinate Hyuga Kuroto. And also, the reason why Orochimaru did not stop Kimimaro.
After dragging the two Konoha Chunin inside an alleyway and tying them up, Kimimaro again checked the map to discern the right direction, then his figure flashed and disappeared into the direction of the Hyuga Clan, but not before changing his appearance into that of one of the Chunin with the use of Transformation Jutsu.
Of course, Kimimaro did not notice the lone crow sitting on top of an electric pillar who has been following him silently and observing everything that he has been doing.
Running all the way, Kimimaro arrived near the compound of the Hyuga Clan, and thought, 'Based on what Kabuto has told me, If I have to go from here on out, then I must transform my appearance into that of a Hyuga Clan shinobi, this is the only way, else I would be noticed by their Byakugan.'
With this thought, Kimimaro used transformation Jutsu upon himself to change his appearance into that of a Hyuga Kuroto and then proceeded in the direction of Hyuga Kuroto's home.
Fortunately, it was already past midnight, so there was hardly anyone present on the streets, and those Hyuga guards who noticed him recognized him to be Kuroto-sama so chose not to disturb him.
After passing through a few blocks, Kimimaro gently landed on the roof of a house and made sure to not make even a bit of sound, neither from his footsteps nor from the creaking of wood.
Standing on the roof, Kimimaro scanned the house in front of him and the nearby streets with a cold expression. According to the information given to him, the house in front of him is undoubtedly Hyuga Kuroto's house.
'I will make sure to end your life today!' After secretly making up his mind, Kimimaro covertly crossed the street and sneaked into the courtyard of Kuroto's house.
He stayed hidden inside the canopy of the small tree for a few minutes, silently observed the surroundings, and perked up his ears, while trying to listen to any sound that came from inside the house, but even after a lot of waiting, nothing except for smooth rhythmic breathing came which can only mean one thing. Kimimaro was now certain that Hyuga Kuroto was most likely asleep on the first floor of his house and no one else was present at his house which means Kimimaro's presence was not noticed by anyone, including Hyuga Kuroto.
With that understood, Kimimaro exerted strength into both of his legs, then jumped up and sneaked inside the room on the first floor from the open window.
Although the lights in the room were switched off, the moonlight coming from outside the window was bright enough for Kimimaro to clearly see everything inside the room.
"You… you are awake?" Kimimaro was taken aback, he can be quite sure that he heard rhythmic breathing coming from this room, but now he sees that Hyuga Kuroto is sitting on a chair facing the window and there is no one else in the room.
What's more frustrating is that Hyuga Kuroto is sitting leisurely with his right arm on the armrest of the chair and his head resting on the right arm giving off a strange feeling as if he was expecting a visit.
Looking at Kimimaro, Kuroto muttered with a faint smile, "It seems that my luck hasn't yet run out completely."
Kuroto's entire purpose of mocking Orochimaru on the street was to lure Kimimaro to his house, the purpose is obviously to obtain Kimimaro's Cells.
Obito's sudden action of taking back his eye from Kakashi has also put a lot of pressure on Kuroto, therefore, he must do everything in order to speed up his Project Godhood.
However, if Kuroto were to take initiative to find Orochimaru and ask for Kimimaro's cells, then obviously he would have to give something in return too, at the same time, he will be able to figure out a few things.
Therefore, Kuroto used this approach, he stimulated Kimimaro to come to Kuroto's house on his own initiative, of course, since the security in the village is so tight, so Kuroto wasn't exactly sure if Kimimaro would dare to sneak into his house, but he did and it means that Kuroto's plan worked.
As for the matter of obtaining information on Kaguya Takashi? It was just an excuse Kuroto made up to make sure that his subordinates of Team-Ro who are keeping a watch over the Otogakure squad under Kuroto's instructions don't stop Kimimaro. If Kuroto really wants information on Kaguya Takashi, then Yondaime Mizukage is a better option, but using this excuse is also believable and enough of a reason for Hokage-sama to ignore this matter, otherwise it would have been impossible for Kimimaro to sneak up to Kuroto's house.
At this time, Kimimaro also realized something and said, "So you were prepared?" he soon recovered from the shocked expression as a bone blade extended out from the palm of his hand, and said coldly, "That's good then, I too want to have a fair fight with you!"
"Ignorant kid, there is no such thing as a fair fight in this shinobi world. If you do see a fair fight, then it's all just someone's manipulations, either you are capable of noticing those manipulations and act accordingly, or you remain ignorant and still act accordingly." Said Kuroto and tapped the fingers of his left hand on the armrest of the chair he sat on.
"What do you mean?" Kimimaro frowned, but not caring about whatever nonsense Hyuga Kuroto was spouting, Kimimaro crouched down a little, in order to rush towards Hyuga Kuroto.
"!!!" But as he did so, Kimimaro was shocked to find out that his body is trapped and he can't even take a single step forward. He looked downwards to see the cause only to notice that the ground has unknowingly come to life and risen upwards encasing his feet up to his waist inside it as a result restricting his movements.
'When did he use Earth Style Jutsu to trap me?' Kimimaro can't help but frown again because he did not even notice Hyuga Kuroto using any hand signs, nor did he notice any Chakra fluctuations from the surroundings.
"I mean exactly what I said, anyway, now that I have you as my prisoner, I can do anything with you." Said Kuroto in a wicked tone and licked his lips in the same manner that Orochimaru does.
Kimimaro snorted, "Don't think that just this can stop me." And decided to make some bones sprout out of his legs and break the ground that is trapping him.
But strangely enough, not even a single bone came out, now Kimimaro had to take this seriously, "What's going on?"
"As I said, you are now a prisoner of mine, and obviously I can't allow a prisoner of mine to be able to use Chakra, now, can I?" said Kuroto and pointed at Kimimaro's chest, "Look at your chest."
Kimimaro looked down and noticed black symbols appearing all over his body, and these symbols were sealing his Chakra.
"Can you seal my Chakra without even weaving any hand seals or touching me?" Kimimaro asked after recovering from the shock of having his Chakra sealed.
"Who knows, I have no interest in answering questions of an ignorant fool like you." Said Kuroto as he looked at Kimimaro's state with a provocative smirk.
Kimimaro gritted his teeth and decided to use the Curse Seal of Earth.
Kuroto still sat on his chair, and asked, "Are you sure that you want to go so far? Do you really think that your actions are concealed and no one has noticed you coming here?"
Kimimaro said, "It doesn't matter what happens to me."
Kuroto chuckled, then said, "Naïve kid, you coming here can still be attributed to just a small conflict between you and me, but if you decide to use the Curse Seal implanted by him then it would be noticed by Konoha as well as other shinobi villages, and they will realize that Otogakure is a shinobi village established by him, what do you think will happen then?"
Kuroto's words made Kimimaro stop midway, and he was now considering the implication of Kuroto's words, upon realizing that he might create trouble for Orochimaru-sama, a hesitation flashed on Kimimaro's young face, Kimimaro is ready to bear everything, but he does not want to cause any trouble for Orochimaru-sama.
Kuroto obviously knows this, so he said with a smirk, "Don't worry, as long as you answer all my questions, and do not make any unnecessary moves you can safely go back to the guest house that you sneaked out from, even he won't be implicated, how does that sound?"
Kimimaro hesitated, and asked, "And why do I trust your words?"
Kuroto chuckled, "It's not like you have any other option, the fact that you dared to sneak here alone can create a lot of trouble for him… so now you are to follow everything I instruct you to do, without any question, that is, if you want to go back safely and not cause any trouble for him, else I don't mind to instruct the Anbu stationed around the guest house to act immediately and take him as a prisoner."
Kimimaro snorted, "He will not be captured by those weaklings."
Kuroto said with an evil grin, "Maybe, but are you sure that you want to take the chances? Trust me when I say this, but even if it is him, he will not be able to escape scot-free if you were to make even a single rash move."
Looking at Hyuga Kuroto's face, and listening to his words, Kimimaro suddenly started to have a bad feeling in his heart.
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