章節 19: Chapter 19 - Cursed Seal

*Punch*Punch*Punch*

"Ha! The Power of Youth! Yusuke hadn't even seen Guy yet, but he could already hear his screams and the sound of hitting the mannequin. As Yusuke approached, he saw a familiar figure in green tights, Guy, who, having just finished beating the dummy, immediately began doing push-ups. The young man did not interrupt him, and began to calmly wait until he finished.

After Guy performed a thousand push-ups, he disappeared from his seat and appeared in front of Yuusuke. After wiping sweat from his face, Guy revealed his trademark welcoming smile, "Yusuke are you here to fight? I just finished warming up, so let's have a man fistfight!"

Yuusuke shook his head and said, "No, I was just passing by, I need to find Kakashi and discuss something with him."

If someone else had been in Guy's place, he would have immediately realized that Yusuke was lying. Since Guy was training in a very remote place, it was silly to say that you were passing by. This became more obvious when you remember the fact that Yuusuke stood and waited for Guy to finish doing push-ups.

But Might Guy didn't really think about such things, so he easily believed Yusuke's words and asked with curiosity, "Why do you need Kakashi?"

Yusuke laughed in his heart but didn't let it show on his face, "Nothing special, just lately, I'll be very busy, so I was thinking of asking Kakashi to practice taijutsu with my students." At that moment, Yusuke sighed heavily, before than continue. "As you know, among my peers, besides me, Kakashi is the only one who is good at this."

Hearing Yusuke's words, Guy stared at him intently with red eyes like those of a rabid bull, which even frightened the youth a little.

"Think again, Yuusuke, there is someone better than Kakashi!" Guy said without looking away.

"Truth? Yusuke raised an eyebrow in surprise and pretended to think. "No, better than Kakashi, no. Yuusuke shook his head.

"Me," Guy jabbed his thumb into his chest. "I'm definitely better than Kakashi when it comes to physical training and taijutsu!" Guy said almost screaming, remembering to bare his dazzling smile to appear more convincing.

Yuusuke feigned a frown, gave Guy a skeptical look from head to toe, and said, "Are you sure? I certainly don't doubt your skills, but Kakashi seems more reliable."

"Don't worry, you can trust me completely! I Might Guy will help you, train your students! And if you are not satisfied with their progress, I will accept any punishment!" Guy said, beating his chest furiously.

"Are you sure?"

"More than ever!"

"Haa, okay, okay, then I'll reluctantly trust you this time."

"Thank you so much, Yuusuke!!"

"Not at all, we're friends!"

***

After resolving his students' training problems, Yusuke took Kabuto and went to Orochimaru's lab. On the way, Yuusuke explained everything to Kabuto in detail and asked if he was against his plans for his future. Kabuto did not think long, he already had a strong craving for knowledge in the field of medicine and biology. So Yuusuke's plan to make him a scientist was received very positively by him.

So two weeks passed, during this time, Kabuto showed himself perfectly, Orochimaru was completely stunned by his ability to learn. He had never seen such a smart, resourceful and insightful boy.

In the beginning, Kabuto only knew the basics of ninjutsu, but as time went on, under the strict guidance of Orochimaru and Yusuke, two scholars and experienced ninjutsu researchers, he began to progress at an astonishing rate. In just a week, Kabuto was already skilled enough to truly participate in the Forbidden Cursed Seal project.

"Yusuke-kun, Kabuto's talent has completely blown my mind, I wonder if you can enroll him in me?" Orochimaru looked at Kabuto as if spellbound.

When Kabuto, who was stirring the ingredients in the flasks, heard his words, his movements stopped and he looked at Yuusuke with concern.

Even though he had been with Orochimaru for a week now, he still couldn't get used to the latter's creepy look and terrible aura. Every time those snake eyes looked at him, it seemed to him that dozens of poisonous snakes were chasing him.

"Hahaha, Orochimaru-sama don't joke like that, Kabuto is a member of my family and my valuable student, so I can't give him to you" - Yusuke firmly refused, Kabuto was very relieved to hear his answer.

"Very sorry," Orochimaru said as he continued to stare at Kabuto.

"Today is the decisive day in the elections for the position of Hokage, is it normal that you are still here?" Yusuke asked hoping to turn Orochimaru's attention to himself. He was sorry to see his student cringe at the sight of this madman every time.

Orochimaru reluctantly looked away from Kabuto and casually waved his hand, "There is no way for me to take the Hokage chair. Sarutobi-sensei is a skilled strategist, neither I nor Danzo are against him, so why should I waste my precious time. Besides, I'm more interested in our task now!!"

The Hokage was not chosen by the people of the village, although the original story said otherwise. Unfortunately, as elsewhere, those in power had the greatest influence on elections. And Konoha was no exception, everything depended on what the highest echelons of power in Konoha and some high-ranking officials from influential clans decided.

After the upper echelons, there was the so-called middle stratum of the population. Which included authoritative shinobi, such as, for example, Yusuke, Shisui, Kakashi and other shinobi with little fame, power and strength. But, to be honest, this layer did not really decide much. They existed only for show.

Simply put, the election of the Fourth Hokage is just a small game of the Third Hokage. Orochimaru didn't have any advantages from the start, except for his big name of the legendary Sannin. However, Sarutobi Hiruzen held the post of Hokage for more than a day, at first he put forward a very good candidate, then he removed Danzo and most of the people who could interfere with him from the road. And so these elections were won.

"For sure, if you don't show up there, Danzo-sama will be greatly disgraced!" Yusuke decided to say it anyway, even though he had no respect for that nasty old man.

Orochimaru silently looked at the scroll in his hand and with a faint note of sadness in his voice said, "Yusuke-kun, let's focus on our task and finish it as soon as possible, but it's better not to think about the rest for now."

"As you say" - Yusuke smiled and said nothing more, focusing his attention on developing the forbidden seal.

"By the way, Yusuke-kun, if you don't mind, tell me who would you vote for?" - suddenly asked Orochimaru, as if remembering something important.

***

Meanwhile, Konoha's top leadership has gathered at the Hokage's residence to hold a vote. Everything happened quickly and without surprises, Minato defeated Orochimaru by an overwhelming margin. And since Orochimaru himself was not at the meeting, all the mocking glances and reproaches were directed at Danzo, who at that moment was darker than a cloud.

Following this, the Third Hokage officially announced the appointment of Namikaze Minato as the Fourth Hokage. This caused general rejoicing among the villagers. It was obvious that they had a much better opinion of Minato than of the gloomy Orochimaru.

After seating Minato in his chair, Hiruzen Sarutobi deployed another company to help his successor consolidate his position. Thanks to the help of the old man, Minato quickly sorted out all the affairs and made a number of political decisions that had a beneficial effect on the lives of both the villagers and the well-being of the various influential forces of Konoha.

Also, in addition to these significant events, in the following months, another, no less important, was discovered. First within the Uchiha clan, and later throughout the village, rumors began to circulate that the strength of the current head of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Fugaku, was far inferior to that of the "Fire Swordsman" Yuusuke Uchiha, who was now said to be the number one expert in the Uchiha clan.

Even more divisive, rumors stoked that Shisui Uchiha, an even more gifted shinobi than Yusuke Uchiha, would probably soon surpass the latter.

These rumors were, of course, spread by one of the Third Hokage's subordinates. Thus, the old man began to set the stage for his subordinate. Once these rumors reach their peak, Shisui Uchiha will be able to wrest the title of the Uchiha clan's strongest expert from Yuusuke's hands and become the most powerful person in his clan.

Uchiha Fugaku was very upset by all these rumors, he was not a fool and perfectly understood that someone was trying to quarrel his clan and make him, the head of the clan, hate Yusuke, and also, this should have spoiled the relationship between Yusuke and Shisui , two brilliant shinobi clan.

Itachi, being Yusuke's student and Shisui's best friend, was in turn as concerned as his father. But, thanks to his intelligence and insight, his thoughts completely coincided with the thoughts of his father.

***

Yusuke, who was busy developing the cursed seal, also heard about these rumors, but he didn't have time to take care of it. After all, the development of the seal, which should be the key to awakening his Sharingan, has reached a critical point!

"Yusuke-kun, I think it should work properly now," Orochimaru's grim and hoarse voice couldn't hide his excitement.

Yuusuke, who had dark circles under his eyes, also couldn't contain his joy and smiled in satisfaction, "Not bad, this seal is not only capable of storing a huge amount of Yin chakra, but also has extreme stability!"

"Yusuke-kun, let me personally place this seal on you!" - licking his lips, his long tongue, said Orochimaru.

"Thanks, but I don't want to be bitten by a man," Yuusuke instantly refused and pulled out a syringe.

The syringe contained a special liquid developed using Hashirama's cells. By using the powerful Yang chakra in the cells, they were able to complete a seal that could seal a huge amount of Yin chakra in the human body and give it full access at any moment.

It must be admitted that Hashirama's cells were worthy of being the cornerstone that laid the foundation for many forbidden techniques. Without them, even if Orochimaru and Yusuke joined together, they wouldn't have been able to complete this technique so quickly. Perhaps they should say thank you to Danzō, from whom Orochimaru was able to get a lot of the material he needed back when he supported him. Although if the old man found out that the First Hokage's hard-earned cells had gone to him, he would most likely burst with anger.

Yuusuke took off his shirt and used a syringe to inject liquid into his body, after which he quickly folded his hand seal.

"Seal of Two Opposites" - A very faint black and white Yin Yang symbol appeared on Yuusuke's left chest.

"And How?" Orochimaru asked looking at him.

"Everything is great! It is very stable, unfortunately, it needs to be infused with Yin chakra to make it more pronounced," Yusuke said as he put on his shirt.

Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction, he didn't need the seal itself at the moment. But in the future, he planned to use it to strengthen his soul.

"Thank you very much, Orochimaru-sama for your help, without you, I would have spent much more time on this. Here, accept this scroll as a token of gratitude, there is something that will interest you very much." Yuusuke took a scroll from his pocket and threw it to Orochimaru, "You know the autopsy seal, please be careful, I do not have a copy of this scroll. ".

The scrolls that Yuusuke used to store important items used a seal-lock, and if the wrong seal is used during opening, the scroll, including the items stored in it, will be destroyed.

"Oh, something interesting?" Orochimaru was intrigued by Yuusuke's words.