Somewhere in the Land of Earth.
Kicking the beaten and bruised-up person lying in front of them, Kakuzu said to Sasori, "If not for the requirement that Hiruko needed him alive, I really want to dig out this guy's heart!"
There are only two things that Kakuzu desires, first is wealth and the other is heart, the desire of collecting as many good hearts as possible is almost instinctive to Kakuzu, therefore whenever Kakuzu encounters a strong shinobi in a battle, he will always have the urge to dig out their hearts.
Sasori also has a bit of greed in his eyes, "This Steel Release user was stronger than I expected, and dealing with him was more troublesome, he is actually quite strong; if made into a puppet I should be able to obtain a rare masterpiece."
Even with Sasori's high standards, he has to acknowledge the strength of the Steel Release user in front of him.
The fierce battle a while ago was not much difficult for Sasori or Kakuzu, but that was only because the Steel Release user knew nothing about their abilities, and was also affected by the poison that Sasori used.
If not for that, then the battle might have been much difficult, as the opponent's extreme defense and endurance courtesy to Steel Release made him a shinobi who matched the toughness and defense of the current Raikage if not the previous one.
After injecting the drug into the unconscious ninja's bloodstream, Kakuzu carried him by the neck and started walking towards the Land of Rain while muttering, "I hope that ritual would not destroy his heart."
Sasori remained silent and walked next to Kakuzu.
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Somewhere in the Land of Bears.
A ninja wearing torn rags was constantly running through the forest.
Boom…
Boom…
Boom…
Suddenly a series of explosions sounded around him.
The sound of the explosions soon subsided and the dust cleared.
The shinobi who was running through the explosions suddenly turned around, threw several Shuriken in the direction of the enemy, and after immediately printing the hand seals, he shouted,
"Dark Release: Judgement!"
Whiish…
Accompanied by heavy winds, the tornado of Dark Chakra shot from the hands of the ragged ninja and rushed towards the sky.
Hiruko who was standing on the artificial bird had a Glasgow grin at this moment, it was as if everything was going perfectly according to his plan.
As the tornado of Dark Chakra was rushing towards him, the artificial bird slammed its wings fiercely and flew high up into the sky, using the altitude to its advantage it easily dodged the attack.
Immediately as the tornado passed away, the artificial bird flapped its wings again and shot down countless feathers.
Whiish… Whiish… Whiish… Whiish… Whiish… Whiish… Whiish… Whiish…
The feathers collided with the earth at an extremely fast speed and were nailed to the ground as a Kunai would.
After having dodged multiple attacks for so long, the ragged ninja was panting and did not have much stamina left anymore, so when he saw another rain that covered hundreds of meters of territory in the range of the attack; he had a look of despair on his face.
Soon, several of those feathers pierced through his body, and some were stuck on him, then there was an…
EXPLOSION…!!!
BOOOOM!!!
When the smoke and dust settled and the view became clear; it could be seen that the whole forest suffered severe damage as almost all the area was burnt to crisp, implying that the explosion was large enough to destroy the forest, but strangely enough, there was no damage on the one-meter vicinity where the ragged ninja lied in a pool of his own blood, although his life and death status was unknown at the moment.
After the enemy was successfully incapacitated, Shinno who did not act throughout the battle spoke in a complimentary tone, "Using explosions and physical attacks was indeed the most effective method to deal with someone who can easily absorb ninjutsu using the Dark Release Kekkei Genkai."
Hiruko nodded, "No Kekkei Genkai is perfect, so long as one master the right method to deal with them, winning is pretty much determined!"
With those words, the bird descended on the ground, Shinno jumped of the artificial bird and determined the state that the ragged ninja was in currently.
After confirming that he was indeed alive, Shinno injected the drug into the ragged ninja's bloodstream and then threw him on top of the artificial bird. "The Dark Release Kekkei Genkai has been captured, now all we need to do is to return to Amegakure, and wait for the others to bring the Kekkei Genkai users that they were assigned to bring, but I still wonder whether it would be possible for the leader to capture Hatake Kakashi?"
Hiruko firstly nodded then said with a confident expression, "I don't think there is anything to worry about it, the leader has the eyes of Rikudo Sennin, obviously Hatake Kakashi who only has a Sharingan would be no match to the leader, so obtaining the Sharingan shouldn't be much difficult, what I am more concerned about is Steel Release user, both Sasori, and Kakuzu are not the type to allow a good corpse to get away so easily. And then there is also some worry about the Swift Release user; if that person wants to escape; then stopping him is not so easy, unless you have the same level of speed then catching up to him is likely impossible for both Uchiha Shinchi and Biwa Juzo."
Shinno thought about it a little and said, "I don't think that will be an issue, as Uchiha Shinichi and Biwa Juzo's duo undoubtedly has the best teamwork out of all the duos, moreover, Uchiha Shinichi also has the Mangekyou Sharingan so he should be able to figure out something together with Juzo who can use Silent Killing."
Hiruko also thought about what Shinno said and then nodded, "I suppose that is true."
At this time, Shinno asked, "If all goes according to the plan then when are you sure to start the ritual?"
Hiruko said, "There will be a celestial phenomenon at the end of next month, and if all the Kekkei Genkai are successfully gathered, then I will try to complete the ritual ceremony during that celestial phenomenon."
Shinno's eyes flickered when he heard this, but masking it soon enough and not letting his thoughts be seen by Hiruko, he said with a smile, "I am really looking forward to seeing how things will change after this."
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One of the Uchiha Training Grounds
The strange arrival of the person immediately made Hiiragi realize that the person in front of his not ordinary.
He immediately activated his three-tomoe Sharingan, and vowed to himself, 'I will not let the same thing that happened the previous time repeat again!'
The figure emerged out of the spiraling whirl and looked at Uchiha Hiiragi was had already raised his sword, activated his Sharingan, and stood in a battle-ready pose, then he cast a deep look at the pair of Sharingan spinning in his eye sockets, and chuckled, "You have a nice look in your eyes."
Looking at the black robe with golden patterns and the orange spiral mask that the other person wore, Hiiragi asked coldly, "Are you also a member of Amatsukami?"
Neither did the masked person denied nor did he agree.
"Where is Homusubi, where is he!?" – with a roar, Hiiragi dashed towards the masked person, and shouted, "Answer my question!"
In Hiiragi's heart, Amatsukami is indeed a very strong organization, But Homusubi is the only person he is truly afraid of; as for other members of Amatsukami? Hiiragi is not scared of them.
The masked man chuckled, "Why the hurry? Why do you want to know where Homusubi is so ardently!?"
Hiiragi's eyes become colder, "If you are here to play games, then you can die for all I care!" – finishing this sentence he immediately reached next to the masked and waved his sword with all his strength!
Wouch…
Accompanied by the sound of whistling wind, Hiiragi's sword traversed a perfect arc and slashed towards the masked man's throat.
But suddenly something that Hiiragi didn't anticipate happened, his attack that was supposed to have been too fast for the other party to be able to react, the attack that was meant to cleave off the enemy's neck of his torso in just one strike, that very same attack did not even give Hiiragi any feedback that he cut through the flesh of the enemy.
What happened was strange, the sword and him, both passed right through the enemy without even making momentary contact with the enemy, it was as if he passed right through a projection, it was as if what stood before his was not a person but a projection.
"Huh…?" – Hiiragi was confused.
Coming to a stop, Hiiragi turned back and glanced at the place where the masked-man or maybe some kind of projection stood?
At this time, Hiiragi had a puzzled look, and the three tomoe in his Sharingan were spinning, he was trying to see if what stood before him was some kind of Genjutsu.
While Hiiragi stood there in a stupor, the masked man also turned around and slowly walked towards him.
Looking at the approaching masked-man, and that similar indifferent and cold aura oozing off of him, Hiiragi instinctively trembled, and muttered, "Why am I feeling like this?... Why…? Am I…? A am I afraid of him? No… I am… not… I am not afraid of him!"
But no matter how much Hiiragi tried to reassure himself, his hand that carried the sword was shaking!
Hiiragi still gritted his teeth and raised his sword hand and waved fiercely, once… twice… thrice… fourth… fifth… again… again… and again… and again, and again, and again… and again… but no result, every time the sword passed right through the masked man's body, it was as if he is not even present here, yet he was there, laughing coldly!
"W-what are you? Are you even a person or some kind of ghost???" – shouted Hiiragi in hysteria.
"Perhaps I am the death itself." – masked-man muttered to no one.
At this point, Hiiragi has already started to back away, the sword in his hand dropped heavily to the ground, he turned around and wanted to run away but is that even possible?
The masked man grabbed Hiiragi's collar which did not allow Hiiragi to take even a single step and dragged him inside the spiraling whirl regardless of all the resistance Hiiragi tried to put.
Amidst the sound of Hiiragi's exclamation, shouts, and begging to let him go, his figure was distorted and disappeared into the spiraling whirl.
After the disappearance of Hiiragi, the masked man looked at the four faces carved on the Hokage Mountain at the other end of the village and then disappeared in a similar whirl, leaving the place to the strange silence where only the sound of cicadas echoed.
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Hyuga Kuroto's home.
Poof…
With a cloud of white smoke, Kasai appeared before Kuroto and passed on a scroll to him.
Kuroto took the scroll and passed a thousand Ryo bills to the greedy cat. While the cat happily took the money and went away; Kuroto started reading the content written in the scroll, and after reading a bit, Kuroto's eyes narrowed as he muttered, "Sure enough I was right."
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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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