
After leaving Konoha Hospital, Kuroto took a walk in the streets.
As some of the blocks had to be rebuilt, Konoha today has become a major construction site again, and the streets are full of carts that transport building materials.
Fortunately, Sandaime-sama issued a state of emergency that night and evacuated most of the villagers so that even though many buildings were destroyed, the number of casualties was still quite small.
Of course, Kuroto also played a big role in resolving Shinno's threat, otherwise, even if the villagers were evacuated, there was a high chance that they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the Ghost Army.
With this thought in his mind, Kuroto secretly came to his secret laboratory.
To be honest, Hiruko's success in the Kekkei Genkai Absorption Ritual about ten years earlier than it should have happened completely messed up all of Kuroto's plans, leaving him feeling tired and troubled over the past few months.
And what worries him even more is that as Hiruko's power and fame increase, people all over the shinobi world will also try to obtain the Chimera Technique, because the potential of the Chimera Technique if it succeeds is too high, so no one will deny that this technique is truly capable of changing the Shinobi World.
"I must obtain this Chimera Technique as quickly as possible!"
At first Kuroto was in no hurry, as there was always Shinno willing to sell this technique to Shinichi or others at quite a high price.
But since Kuroto as 'Uchiha Tsukihi' interfered with Shinno's plan to swallow Shion, as well as injuring Shinno quite a lot, Shinno would not be willing to sell Shinichi the Chimera Technique, because it was Shinichi's subordinate who messed up his plan.
Thus this direct channel will obviously not work.
"I still have that one option, but it would be better to visit Orochimaru before then, first of all I will be able to confirm his circumstances before starting that plan, he said, and maybe try to see if Orochimaru is willing to give the Chimera Technique to me at a cheap price" – Kuroto murmured.
After making up her mind, Kuroto created the Shadow Clone to cover up her absence and then quietly left the village.
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Two days later, the Land of Sound.
Kuroto was walking through the dense forest in Suara Country.
At this time, Yakushi Kabuto came out from behind the tree, and after greeting Kuroto, he said, "Orochimaru-sama is waiting for Kuroto senpai, please follow me."
Kuroto nodded, then followed Kabuto.
Soon Kuroto was in Orochimaru's underground laboratory, and saw Orochimaru sitting on a stone chair with bandages wrapped around his body.
Although Kuroto did not activate his Byakugan, it did not stop him from feeling the strangeness within Orochimaru. Kuroto could feel some sort of discomfort inside Orochimaru's body.
This kind of feeling might be hard to detect by others, but not for Kuroto, as she was already very familiar with the soul and body. Whenever there was aversion between body and soul, such an uncomfortable feeling came.
'It looks like Orochimaru has suffered more than I thought!' – thought Kuroto.
"Coughs.." – Seeing Kuroto's serious face, Orochimaru coughed to attract Kuroto's attention and said in a hoarse voice, "Kuroto-kun, I wonder why you suddenly decided to visit me?"
Kuroto asked hesitantly, "What happened to your body?"
Orochimaru chuckled, "Huh, the son of the Uchiha Clan is the cause."
Although Orochimaru seemed to be laughing at her as something ordinary, Kuroto, however, was able to feel Orochimaru's gloomy aura when he said it.
Kuroto's words seemed to bring back some painful memories, and an indescribable expression flashed in Orochimaru's eyes. But this expression was fleeting and soon disappeared.
At this moment, Orochimaru asked, "I wonder why you suddenly came here?"
Kuroto immediately revealed his reason, "For the Chimera Jutsu!"
Orochimaru said with a smile, "I shouldn't be surprised, you came to look for me in a hurry, it must be because of the Chimera Technique."
There was no need to hide her intentions, and Kuroto nodded with a smile, "So, you understand, right?"
As far as Kuroto understood Orochimaru, it was clear for Orochimaru to have him. Even if Orochimaru underestimated Hiruko, he would not mind getting a magical technique like the Chimera Technique capable of plundering other people's Kekkei Genkai.
This fact can be clearly seen from Orochimaru's actions, when he personally went to observe Hiruko's ritual, even if as a woman.
Orochimaru weighed up Kuroto's words, then said, "Right, I do have the original version of the Chimera Technique, though, but I must warn you that Hiruko's success in plundering other people's Kekkei Genkai is not solely due to this technique, other techniques are also involved. ."
Although Kuroto knew this, she still asked curiously, "He also developed another Kinjutsu to help him?"
Orochimaru shook his head in a disdainful tone, "No, being able to create something like the Chimera Technique takes up most of his time, so I guess he doesn't have enough energy to develop another Kinjutsu. Hehehe... I also heard that he lost to this old man.time even after succeeding in his ritual, which is ridiculous.." – After mocking up here, Orochimaru continued, "He was able to endure to the very end and complete the ritual because of the other two Kinjutsu, one of which was the Physical Regeneration Secret Technique he had obtained from Shinno while the other, the other one, was, The Darkness Medical Ninjutsu he got from someone named Yomi from the Demon Country."
Kuroto thought, 'Hiruko used both Techniques? I thought it was just Ninjutsu Medical Darkness, but it seems I was wrong…'
After pondering for a while, Kuroto asked, "How much do I have to pay to get the 'Chimera Technique' as well as the 'Dark Medical Ninjutsu'?"
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Meanwhile in the Rainy Land, in Amegakure, inside Akatsuki Base.
Tendo Pain looked at the distant sky and asked, "So, the goal failed this time?"
Madara shrugged helplessly.
Pain said nonchalantly, "Stop doing such meaningless actions."
In the eyes of Tendo Pain, Madara's actions to spark civil strife in Konoha are meaningless. The philosophy of pain is quite simple: suppress all forms of dissatisfaction and conflict with absolute power, pain, and fear. Only when people experience the pain of others can they hope to understand the pain of others and only then will peace prevail over war.
Madara did not answer Pain's words, instead, he said, "Shinno is hiding something, for 'something' that he decided to commit an unauthorized act that exposed him to the people of Konoha and gave a third-party presence, so overall, because his actions the plan failed."
Pain frowned, and said, "I'll have Hiruko investigate."
When Hiruko was mentioned, Madara thought a little and said, "Hiruko is really lacking in battle experience, you better send her to do some tasks, the way she lost this time is too ridiculous ... I don't want to see his potential go to waste."
Standing at the top of the Rain tower, Pain raised both his hands and said, "No problem, Gedo Mazo will be ready soon, and we can finally start collecting nine Bijuu, nothing will stop Akatsuki from bringing peace to the Shinobi World."
Madara reminded, "Don't forget Amatsukami, they've been quiet for a while now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they act suddenly, we're gonna need as much power as we can. We can deal with Amatsukami."
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