Chapter 605: Chapter – 598 Troubled Kuroto
'Not before taking the position of Konoha's Hokage…?' Tsukihi's face under the Homusubi mask frowned.
Although these days she has mainly focused her attention on improving the Chimera Jutsu and tries not to distract herself from any other problem, this doesn't mean she is completely ignorant of Danzo's recent movements… after all, Naomi had made sure to deliver all the intelligence she finds to Tsukihi, so most of Danzo's actions are in Tsukihi's watch.
It's just that Tsukihi hasn't yet confirmed whether Danzo plans to use a Coup d'état in order to force himself to take the position of Konoha's Hokage, or whether he wants to use political means to initiate the populace's distrust in Sandaime Hokage and make Sarutobi Hiruzen resign from his position.
Judging from common sense, Danzo is unlikely to launch a Coup d'état against Sandaime Hokage because in that case, Sandaime has a clear-cut advantage against him. Both Jiraiya and Tsunade-hime are present in the village, and Danzo's men won't be able to rival the high-end combat power of the two Sannin… Moreover, if Danzo uses force, other Shinobi Clans won't sit by on the sidelines, and most, if not all will choose to support Sandaime Hokage.
Therefore, the only means left that Danzo could use in his favour are political manoeuvring and gaining the support of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
After pondering a little over this, Homusubi warned Orochimaru, "I don't care what plans you and Danzo are making… but I want to let you know that Amatsukami has received a commission to save the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi and the heiress of the Hyuga Clan… and since they are both in your hands so their safety must be ensured… otherwise, Amatsukami will be left with no choice but to intervene and bring them back to Konoha… am I clear?"
To complete all the improvements in the Chimera Jutsu as soon as possible, Homusubi has maintained a cooperative relationship with Orochimaru and chose not to rescue Naruto and Hinata despite being aware of where they are… Of course, this is also to see if Naruto can really learn Senjutsu, but more of it is because Homusubi doesn't want to have a conflict with Orochimaru at this point in time. After all, conflict with him will affect the development of the Chimera Jutsu.
Naturally, this doesn't mean that she was willing to let Orochimaru do whatever he wants with the two of them, Hinata aside, the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi, Uzumaki Naruto is much more important, and his safety cannot be compromised at any cost.
Orochimaru said with a smile, "Don't worry… I don't find them interesting enough to do anything to them… in fact, they are now important chips that Danzo plans to use while seizing the position of Konoha's Hokage…"
'As I expected… Danzo really plans to enact a drama of rescuing Naruto and Hinata from Orochimaru's hands to curry the favour of the Hyuga Clan as well as other Shinobi Clans…' thought Homusubi upon understanding the context behind Orochimaru's words.
Reaching this conclusion, Homusubi no longer wasted any time while engaging in conversation, and after quickly finishing her part of today's work, she immediately left the laboratory.
After changing back into the main body, Kuroto made his way back towards the village while pondering over his next plan.
Obviously, as Homusubi worked with Danzo and Orochimaru, she didn't stop her other plans, so during this time she also made sure to continue to visit the Ancor Vantian several times in order to check up on Karin and Gaara's progress and also to check the status of the Fujin Clone.
Following the Blood Transfusion, Kuroto has confirmed several times and reached the conclusion that the Fujin Clone is currently stable and the disintegration of the cells has halted temporarily.
Although this is not a permanent solution, this is still quite satisfactory for the time being, and for this reason, Kuroto finalized that he will be using the Fujin Clone for the Wind Chakra Nature during the absorption ritual.
It's just that a problem has arisen because of this, the strength of the Fujin Clone is quite high when compared to the Tsukihi Clone (without the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan), and Suijin Clone, therefore, Kuroto needs to increase the strength of both these clones in order to reach a balanced state.
Of course, this is not an imminent problem for Kuroto, and he can continue to train the Suijin Clone and Tsukihi Clone in the future… what's imminent for Kuroto at this point in time is to start the planning for the next Clone since the development of Fujin Clone has also been completed.
No way, Akatsuki Organization is like a vicious dog chasing behind him to the point that Kuroto can't let down his guard for even a moment… Nagato's rapid increase in strength has posed too much pressure on Kuroto, and Kuroto has no idea when will Nagato make his move, so he has to do everything possible in order to speed up his project of Godhood.
To do so, naturally, the development of all the clones is very important… and since Kuroto already has three clones ready, the fourth clone has become the object of his attention.
Now the only Chakra Natures left for Kuroto to use are Earth Chakra Nature, Lightning Chakra Nature, and finally the Yang Chakra Nature.
Without a doubt, Yang Chakra Nature Clone is the most difficult because there are too many technical difficulties involved in it as such Kuroto thinks that Yang Clone should be created at last… So, the options left for him to choose are Earth Chakra Nature and the Lightning Chakra Nature.
Of these two Chakra Natures, Lightning Chakra Nature is the most unstable, so the difficulty of creating the Lightning Chakra clone is only second to the Yang Chakra Clone. Compared to Lightning Chakra Clone, creating Earth Chakra Nature Clone will be relatively easier. And using the principle of doing easy things first and difficult things later, the only option left for Kuroto to choose is the Clone of the Earth Chakra Nature.
"Earth Chakra Nature Clone it is…" muttered Kuroto in the decision.
Now that the Earth Chakra Nature Clone has been decided, the next issue is, "Whose Cells should I use to create the Earth Chakra Nature Clone?"
Based on Kuroto's knowledge, there are two Kekkei Genkai that he can choose from…
First is Lava Release, a Kekkei Genkai which is the result of the fusion of Earth Chakra and Fire Chakra Nature.
What's unique about Lava Release is that it is a Kekkei Genkai with several variants that vary with the users, and each user has their own unique method of using the Lava Release Kekkei Genkai.
Roshi, the current Jinchuriki of Yonbi uses molten rock in solid and liquid form, Terumi Mei, the current Anbu Commander of Kirigakure, uses acidic mud, Kurotsuchi, the granddaughter of Sandaime Tsuchikage Onoki uses corrosive quicklime and Volcanic Ash, while Dodai, the attendant of the Yondaime Raikage uses Vulcanised Rubber form of Lava Release.
So, it is a very good Kekkei Genkai and Kuroto will have all these options in his hands if he chooses the Lava Release… Moreover, there are also quite a lot of users of Lava Release so obtaining the cells of the user of Lava Release wouldn't be that big of a deal either.
Obtaining Terumi Mei's cells would be easiest because she works under Yagura, and even Kurotsuchi's cells can be obtained with relative ease as she is just a child at this point, both of them have good potential as both of them became the Kage of their respective villages in the cannon, but even if that's the case, Kuroto is a little hesitant in using either of their cells the reason being that both of them are females.
Because both of them are females, so there is a good chance that the gender of the Earth Clone will also turn into a female which is not what Kuroto wants.
While Roshi is already an old man so his cells wouldn't have that vitality, and as for Dodai? His feats are not impressive enough, so he was rejected at first thought…
With all four options having one or the other problem, Kuroto is not sure which one of them should he use… and thought of the second Kekkei Genkai.
The second Kekkei Genkai that came to Kuroto's mind is the Explosion Release. Explosion Release is the result of the fusion of Earth Chakra Nature and Lightning Chakra Nature and it allows users to create explosions.
There are two users of Explosion Release that come to Kuroto's mind, Deidara and Gari and both of them have their unique method of using this Kekkei Genkai. Deidara uses Explosion Release through his art, while Gari releases explosions from his hands.
Both of them are good options and Kuroto can use either of their cells, without any worry of old age or gender alteration… but in regards to Explosion Release, Kuroto is not quite sure because mastering Kekkei Genkai is just a step in his plan for the Earth Nature Clone…
According to his plans for the Earth Nature Clone, Kuroto is aiming for Dust Release, so he is not certain if he should choose Explosion Release which has almost nothing to do with Dust Release.
Dust Release, the result of the fusion of Earth, Fire, and Wind Chakra Natures is the only known Kekkei Tota in the Shinobi World. It is a very powerful and dangerous ability as it is capable of disintegrating anything that comes in contact with it at a molecular level.
So, Dust Release is undoubtedly a very good option, and mastering this Kekkei Tota will make the strength of the Earth Chakra Nature Clone very high.
Now if mastering the Dust Release is the goal, naturally, Onoki's cells should be the first choice, and speaking from a certain perspective his cells are the best option, because without a doubt, at this point in time, the current Tsuchikage Onoki is the strongest representative of the Earth Chakra Nature… But using his cells has the very same problem as using Madara's or Roshi's cells, Onoki is quite old so his cells wouldn't have that vitality, as such Kuroto is a little hesitant in using Onoki's cells.
But Kuroto is not worried in this regard, because Dust Release is somewhat different in this regard and has its own advantage.
The thing about Dust Release is that both Nidaime Tsuchikage and Sandaime Tsuchikage mastered it, while neither Onoki's son Kitsuchi nor his granddaughter Kurotsuchi's has shown any signs of mastering Dust Release, which means Dust Release is a Kekkei Tota that can be learned and doesn't necessarily need to be inherited genetically…
So, there is a solid chance that Kuroto can learn Dust Release even if he chooses not to use Onoki's cells for creating the Earth Chakra Nature Clone.
One more thing that Kuroto thinks is very important to learn Dust Release is mastering Lava Release… Although he doesn't have any solid proof about this, he still thinks that mastery over Lava Release will make learning Dust Release relatively easy as Onoki can also use Lava Release…
'What to do…?' thought Kuroto with a troubled expression…
As he was thinking as to whose cells should he use for the Earth Chakra Nature Clone, suddenly he had an idea, and the bulb lit up, "Wait…! Why don't I try to do that?"
With that, Kuroto had a plan in mind, "Yes, that's it…! I know what to do!" and quickly made his way home.
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Upon returning home, Kuroto quickly noticed an extra plant with several bamboo presents on the lawn that wasn't supposed to be there… and the strange thing is, this plant was outside the range of the perception barrier covering his house…
With a frowned expression, and his Byakugan activated, Kuroto looked at the plant and quickly realized that one of the bamboo grasses contained a piece of parchment inside it.
Curious, Kuroto took out that piece of parchment and took a look only to find that it was a map of the Land of Fire, and a particular position was marked red.
After remembering that position, Kuroto quickly destroyed the map and smiled slightly, 'Contact from Akatsuki, huh? It's only been a few days and Obito is already asking for information. It seems he is quite impatient…'
As for how this piece of parchment made its way inside that bamboo grass?
This isn't such a big mystery; it was naturally the work of White Zetsu or probably his Clones.
Since Kuroto is acting as Obito's spy, so he has also given the key of Konoha's perception barrier to Obito, as such, it wasn't surprising that Zetsu or his Clones were able to get through without alerting anyone.
The reason why Kuroto went as far as to give the key of the perception barrier to Obito is also quite simple… With Obito's strength, and he's mean, he can easily obtain this information after capturing any Anbu… doing so would be a piece of cake for him, so to make sure that Obito doesn't lay his hands on any Anbu Kuroto directly told this information to Obito.
Of course, this wasn't the only reason, telling this information to Obito had one more advantage, it made Obito think that he is in the dominant position as Kuroto has already betrayed Konoha, and Obito can always use this information to pressurize Kuroto.
Anyway, now that he has a location that he needs to go to, Kuroto quickly sneaked out of the Konoha Village and made his way towards a dense forest which is the location that was marked on the map.
After discovering that no one was present in the immediate vicinity and only a clone of White Zetsu was hidden several hundred meters away, Kuroto shook his head with a chuckle, then dropped the scroll on one of the trees and quickly left the forest.
A long time after Kuroto had disappeared, the clone of White Zetsu that was hidden far away made his way out of the ground, and after picking up the scroll he sank back into the ground.
At the same time, a similar scene happened a few miles away, where instead of Hyuga Kuroto, Uchiha Itachi––upon receiving the call came to deliver his findings.
Similar to Kuroto, Itachi too did not find anyone in the immediate vicinity, so all he did was drop the scroll that he brought with him and then quickly left the forest.
After Itachi disappeared, the scroll was then picked up by another clone of White Zetsu who also sank back into the ground.
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Chapter 606: Chapter – 599 Amatsukami’s Intelligence & Naruto’s Progress
The base of Akatsuki Organization.
After receiving the two scrolls from his clones who brought them back from the Land of Fire, Zetsu passed them to Obito and said, "These two scrolls were given by the two informants that you recently developed in the Konoha Village…"
While taking the two scrolls from Zetsu's hand, Obito asked casually, "How did it go? Did either of them try to be over-smart?"
Obito wasn't too worried about Hyuga Kuroto and felt that Kuroto was in his control, but in regards to Uchiha Itachi, Obito couldn't be so sure because, for some reason that Obito is unable to figure out, Uchiha Itachi was too calm while interacting with him.
Zetsu replied with a smile, "It went quite well actually… Sometime after I placed the marks, both of them rushed to those locations… And both of them were alone without any suspicious people behind them… maybe they are really worried about the two kids…"
Obito nodded with a thoughtful expression, then unfolded the two scrolls and started to read the information written in them.
As he read the information recorded in the scroll sent by Hyuga Kuroto, Obito's face became extremely serious…
Zetsu hurriedly questioned, "What is written inside it?"
Obito replied in a deep tone of voice, "It is exactly as we suspected… According to what Hyuga Kuroto has written in this scroll, Amatsukami and Konoha are indeed suspected to have formally signed several agreements not long ago… Although the content of the agreements are unknown even to Anbu as Sandaime Hokage is the only one aware of the exact content, it can still be assumed that their cooperation is now formal because in the past month, the female Homusubi has appeared in Konoha several times and each time she appears, she walks inside the village through the main gate under the escort of Konoha's Anbu and then personally meet up with the Sandaime Hokage…"
Zetsu raised his eyebrow in surprise, "Unexpectedly, the cooperative relationship between Amatsukami and Konoha has already reached this point… it seems we have to be more cautious in our future actions against Konoha…"
Obito nodded lightly, and added, "Yes… other than capturing the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi, we shouldn't try to do anything else to Konoha… I need to warn Nagato too… otherwise, there is no telling what would happen if we were to encounter Yama!"
If it was in the past, even when Namikaze Minato was alive, Obito was never afraid of sneaking inside Konoha, in fact, not only was he not afraid, he always treated Konoha village as his personal back garden… he would sneak inside Konoha whenever he wanted, and then leave whenever he wanted… But after receiving this information from Hyuga Kuroto, Obito wouldn't dare to do so anymore… Because if female Homusubi can openly come and go in Konoha, then the possibility of Yama as well as other members of Amatsukami appearing in Konoha is also very high, and he wouldn't want to get himself surrounded by more than one member of Amatsukami at the same time.
In fact, not only for him, but even for other members of the Akatsuki Organization, Konoha Village will be made a forbidden region, because unlike him, the others cannot use space-time Jutsu or Izanagi to escape, and Obito doesn't want to imagine the consequences of them running into Amatsukami.
Zetsu nodded and asked again, "Did your informant write any specific details of Konoha and Amatsukami's cooperation? Or maybe any other detail of Amatsukami that we can use to our benefit?"
Obito shook his head, "Apparently, Homusubi only talked with the Sandaime Hokage, and didn't engage in any sort of conversation with anyone else, as such, only Sarutobi Hiruzen is aware of the specific details of their cooperation… the others, including the Anbu, are not even qualified to know those specific details…"
At this time, Black Zetsu asked with a doubtful expression, "Do you really think he is speaking the truth? What if he is lying and wants us to stay away from Konoha? Or what if he does know the exact contents of the deal between Amatsukami and Konoha, but he is not telling us?"
Obito narrowed his eyes and asked, "What are you trying to say?"
Black Zetsu replied, "I am just asking whether the information he has given is really credible or not?"
Obito became silenced, then he showed the last part of the scroll to Black Zetsu and said, "See this part…? He seems to be quite impatient in regards to the safety of his disciple… Although this too could be an act, still, the fact that we have his disciple as hostage cannot be denied… what's more, he also asked when can I provide him the way to remove the Cage Bird Curse Seal from his forehead… since there are things that he wants from the Akatsuki, therefore, I don't think he will try to fool us… the information he has given should be true to some extent…"
White Zetsu nodded with a chuckle, "It seems we really have caught his weaknesses…!"
"The fate of the members of the branch division of the Hyuga Clan is really quite pitiful… But I don't really have the time and energy to break the Cage Bird Cursed Seal… and once our plan succeeds, I wouldn't even need to crack it… In the Genjutsu world, he will be free of the Cage Bird Cursed Seal…" then he added with a thoughtful expression, "But that aside, for now, one of our doubts has been confirmed… Amatsukami is only in contact with the Hokage of Konoha, this is why none of our spies in Kumogakure, Sunagakure, or Iwagakure were able to report any intelligence about Amatsukami cooperating with the five great shinobi villages… because it turns out that rather than cooperating will the leaders of all the villages, Amatsukami is only in cooperation with the leader of Konoha Village…"
White Zetsu nodded and said, "Since we have Hyuga Kuroto in our control, why don't you force him to directly steal information from the Sandaime Hokage? Or maybe we can try to use him to control Konoha's Hokage? Anyway, he has already betrayed the Konoha Village… and with Cage Bird Seal on his forehead, there is no turning back for him, as such, he shouldn't dare refuse our instructions… so we can use him to control Konoha's Hokage, and then obtain all the information about Amatsukami from Konoha's Hokage…"
Obito thought about it and said, "I will think about it…" after that he unfolded the second scroll brought by Zetsu, and as soon as he read the content written in it Obito's expression under the mask became strange and he became inexplicably silent…
Zetsu was surprised at Obito's sudden silence, and knowing that the scroll was given by Uchiha Itachi, he couldn't help but ask, "What is it? Did Uchiha Itachi give some useful information that would help us figure out the identity of the two Homusubi and help us deal with the two of them?"
With an inexplicable expression, Obito threw the scroll towards Zetsu and said, "Read it yourself."
Zetsu unfolded the scroll with a strange expression and read the content written on it, "Uchiha Obito who was assumed to have died as a war hero in the battle of the Kannabi Bridge is suspected of being the male Homusubi of Amatsukami?"
Obito said with a sullen tone, "I don't know if he wrote this intentionally or not… but he is implying that according to him Uchiha Obito is suspected of still being alive…"
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Ryūchi Cave
Ichikishima hime smiled and while lovingly patting Naruto's head, she praised him, "Naruto-kun… you learned it so easily and so quickly!"
"Huh? Already…?" Naruto had traces of serpent scales on his face along with vertically slitted slit golden eyes and reddish-orange eyeshadow was surprised by Ichikishima hime's words…
Ichikishima hime clasped her hand nodded, "Yup… you have already learned it… and I might as well add that among all the people I have taught Senjutsu as of yet, you were the fastest to learn… So, you are the most genius kid I have ever seen when it comes to Senjutsu!"
"Yosha! I managed to learn Senjutsu! Haha… Hahahahaha…!" Naruto who was praised by Ichikishima hime burst into loud laughter…
While Naruto was cheering and jumping in joy, Ichikishima hime couldn't help but think to herself, 'Even Kuroto-sama cannot match Naruto-kun's talent when it comes to Senjutsu… it's really surprising… it is as if this kid was born to wield Natural Energy!'
And Ichikishima Hime was indeed right.
As the descendant of the Uzumaki Clan, Naruto's basic physique is very strong, moreover, he is also the reincarnation of Asura, and has been housing Kyuubi inside him from the time of his birth, so his compatibility with Natural Energy is very high, and because his understanding of Chakra itself is not that good at this point in time so when introduced to the concept of Naruto Energy, Naruto was able to sense it with much ease. Additionally, Naruto's thoughts are very simple, he doesn't any ideological burdens, and messy thoughts because of his young mind, so his compatibility with Natural Energy was also better.
This is completely different from the cannon…
In the cannon, when Naruto went to Mount Myoboku, there were several reasons, but the main reason was that he wanted to avenge Jiraiya, and for that he needed strength… although his reasons were completely legitimate and right from a certain perspective and motivated him to learn Senjutsu, these thoughts were selfish in a way and were also a source of ideological burdens on his mind. At the same time, Naruto was also made aware of what would happen should he fail to learn Senjutsu, so, he was also psychologically pressured.
But here at this moment, Naruto's mind has no such ideological or psychological burdens are on … Heck, he isn't even aware of what Senjutsu is, what sort of power will it give him, how strong will it make him, or what would be the consequences of failure that's why his progress was so fast that it even surprised Ichikishima hime.
It must be known that Ichikishima hime has trained countless practitioners over the course of the past few centuries, and among all of them, Naruto has made the fastest progress…
Seeing the changes in Naruto's physical appearance, and also the appearance of horns on his head Ichikishima said, "Okay, your state is stable… now let's test the results…"
"All right… when what should I do?" Naruto asked curiously.
Ichikishima hime pointed at the rock wall in the distance and said, "Try to punch that rock wall with all you might!"
Naruto looked strangely at Ichikishima hime, but seeing that she was being serious, he walked towards the wall suspiciously, reached out his hand, and touched wall… feeling that it was extremely hard, he hesitated and said, "Onee-chan… this wall is so hard… if I punch it with all my strength, my hand will be injured…"
"Hehehe…" Ichikishima hime shook her head with a giggle, then motioned Naruto to trust her and not be afraid…
Seeing Ichikishima hime's insistence, Naruto was helpless, he shut his eyes tightly, then took a deep breath while clutching the fist of his right hand, then with that, he punched the rock wall with all his might…
Smash!
The moment, Naruto's fist fell on the rock wall, the rock wall was smashed and the cave shook…
Feeling the vibration and rumbling in the cave, Naruto was taken aback and exclaimed, "Wh-what…? Why is there an earthquake?"
Ichikishima hime smiled and after coming closer to Naruto, she asked, "Naruto… is your hand injured?"
When asked by Ichikishima hime, Naruto suddenly reacted and looked at his hand with a blank expression, at the same time, he looked at the rock wall where he punched then noticed the deep depression there along with all the cracks, and couldn't help but mutter in a daze, "Did I… did I make this hole?"
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