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"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—boom!"
At the end of the seemingly pale and robust arm, a mortise and tenon joint, also in a fully mechanical Sealing Technique structure, collided with a subtle bio-electric current where it connected to Shimura Danzo's shoulder.
The two parts were firmly joined together.
Shimura Danzo looked at his arm, and in his special right eye, the flow of Chakra and subtle changes in his body were suddenly reflected.
His extremely high dynamic vision allowed him to clearly see every change in muscle fiber in an instant, and naturally, he could also feel the corresponding physical enhancement.
"Click, click."
When he first used this arm, he was clearly still a bit unaccustomed, finding it difficult to even move his fingers.
But after only a brief test, Danzo adapted to this novel method of body control, freely performing small movements like clenching his fist and extending his palm, followed by bending his fingers and forming hand seals.
Before long, he even adapted to the Chakra flow within his meridians.
"This is truly a good arm."
Shimura Danzo looked at this arm, which had almost no differences except for its skin color, and nodded slightly, saying to Hiruko with satisfaction, "Has the function I mentioned to you before also been realized?"
"Yes, Danzo-sama."
Hiruko immediately nodded, handing him a scroll, and continued, "However, because the power of Wood Release is too strong, for now, it can only be used simply in part. Before that, on behalf of the entire team, I hope you can adapt to the arm for a period before..."
"I can't wait!"
Shimura Danzo's expression was excited.
Wood Release!
He had never forgotten this power since he witnessed it once.
The terrifying power of Advent of a World of Flowering Trees used by First Hokage-sama, as if it could destroy heaven and earth, if it could be realized, he would obtain it no matter the cost!
Especially at a time like this.
Before the surgery began, Shimura Danzo had already received battle reports from the front lines.
That kid Sawara Kiri's strength had clearly improved greatly; both Rasa, who was internally designated as the next Kazekage, and the Jinchuriki of Shukaku, were easily killed by him.
Danzo had witnessed the power of a Tailed Beast; he had even fought Roshi in the Earth Country when he was young.
If he couldn't obtain the power of Wood Release, Shimura Danzo admitted that he probably wouldn't be able to defeat that kid who was still rapidly growing stronger.
"Dan... Danzo-sama?"
Before Hiruko could say anything more, Danzo had already strode out of the laboratory and walked towards the training ground.
By the time he reached the training ground, the reserve personnel, brought out from various secret detention cells, were already prepared.
"Heh, only a few left?"
Shimura Danzo stood shirtless, revealing his robust muscles, his gaze sweeping over the captured Ninja before him with a hint of disdain.
These were all Cloud Ninja captured from the battlefield.
At this moment, seeing Shimura Danzo's arrogant demeanor, they exchanged glances.
With almost no hesitation, one of them shouted and rushed to the front as a vanguard.
"But that's fine."
Shimura Danzo seemed not to notice the man, testingly twisting the wrist of his new right arm: "I'll use you all to test it out—the power of the First Hokage."
"Lightning Release: Lightning Slash!"
Accompanying the deafening roar, the Ninja sword in the Cloud Ninja's hand was suddenly enveloped in a layer of fine Lightning Release Chakra. His figure rushed to Shimura Danzo's front at the fastest speed, and the blade in his hand chopped down directly.
The next moment, Danzo took a sudden step forward.
He punched.
"Boom—"
The surface of the pale arm suddenly swelled with robust muscles, and the violent Chakra reaction simultaneously erupted with terrifying power.
Before the Cloud Ninja's blade could even deflect, his abdomen was heavily struck by a powerful punch.
Without any ability to resist, this Cloud Ninja, whose strength was at least that of a Chunin, exploded into a cloud of blood mist in mid-air.
"Indeed."
"Does the immense Yang Release Chakra total also bring sufficiently immense strength and cellular activity?"
Shimura Danzo carefully felt the changes in his body during the battle.
Although this arm did not fully belong to him, even just by being connected to his body, he could feel the incredibly abundant Yang Release Chakra flowing from this arm, feeding back into his gradually aging, past-peak body.
It was quite incredible, almost as if he was slowly rejuvenating.
At the same time, another companion of that Cloud Ninja had already arrived behind him.
He completed his hand seals.
"Lightning Release: Ground Run!"
However, compared to the complex hand seals, Shimura Danzo only needed to form the 'Tiger' seal with one hand and low-pitched a shout:
"Wood Release: Wooden Wall."
Stacked wooden walls shielded Danzo's back, and also temporarily blocked the Cloud Ninja's vision.
Before he could react, a Kunai, tightly gripped by the pale arm, easily pierced his throat.
"Not only strength, but also astonishing dexterity."
The special eyeball in Shimura Danzo's right eye rotated rapidly, carefully observing every subtle change in his body and the field.
At this point, the other Cloud Ninja had already realized that the man before them was far beyond what they could contend with one-on-one. They immediately formed small groups of four and simultaneously performed combined hand seals.
"Compound Ninjutsu: Great Fireball!"
The scorching flames, swept by the storm, suddenly expanded several times, engulfing the dozens of meters of the training ground in a burst of power.
However, before any hint of relief could appear on their faces, they saw the center of the fire field suddenly emit a series of subtle earth-shattering sounds.
"Wood Release: Exploding Tree Spear!"
In an instant, several tree Roots, like javelins, suddenly pierced through the fiercely burning fire field with lightning speed, abruptly impaling the figures of the front few individuals, staining a large area of soil red amidst their screams.
Seeing this scene, the remaining few faces were already filled with terror.
One of them even fantastically tried to escape this narrow courtyard-like structure using taijutsu.
However, all he received was a disdainful smile from Shimura Danzo:
"Before Wood Release, everyone is truly as insignificant as weeds."
"Let me show you the power of Wood Release."
"Hah!"
He suddenly clasped his hands together, pouring all the Chakra in his body into his right pale arm, maximizing the activation of the Wood Release Chakra within it.
Then, he roared with wide eyes:
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees—!"
Almost in an instant, countless giant tree branches burst out from underground, struggling like tentacles, crushing all obstacles in their path, growing vigorously to form towering giant trees all around, directly engulfing the entire area covered by the surrounding training ground.
Whether it was the Cloud Ninja standing still attempting to resist, or the Cloud Ninja trying to escape from above by stepping on the walls, all were swallowed by this seemingly endless forest of trees. Lush giant trees continuously spread upwards, sucking all living beings enveloped within them into dried husks.
Watching this scene, Shimura Danzo couldn't help but burst into laughter:
"Haha... Hahahahahaha—Ahhhhhh!"
But as he laughed, for some reason, his voice suddenly changed pitch.
The Root Ninja observing nearby had just been chatting.
"As expected of Danzo-sama, to be able to replicate Shodai-sama's Ninjutsu so perfectly. He truly should be Konoha's true leader."
"That's also thanks to this arm's contribution, otherwise Danzo-sama probably wouldn't be able to achieve this level."
"Why are you still chatting? Isn't Danzo-sama's voice a bit off?"
"What do you know? He must be too happy."
"Huh? But his body is twitching!"
"Why didn't you say so earlier?!"
After a considerable effort, and with a few Root Ninja, Shimura Danzo was finally rescued from the center of the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees. Only then did the people around realize that the pale arm, which had just been connected to his shoulder, had shrunk by more than half, completely different from its previously robust and swollen appearance.
Danzo was so drained he almost fainted.
That previous Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, he could activate it but not stop it. Chakra continuously poured into the arm without any feedback, almost draining his entire Chakra reserves.
Even now, Shimura Danzo remained in a weak state, barely breathing.
When Hiruko rushed over from a distance, he glared with wide eyes:
"How did you make this arm?!"
Hiruko also had a mournful expression: "Danzo-sama, I told you it could only use part of its functions."
Who would have thought you'd start with Advent of a World of Flowering Trees?
Danzo's expression stiffened, but he said nothing, just waved his hand: "Con... continue researching! This time, when the arm is ready, connect it to me again."
"Yes!"
Hiruko secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a bit fortunate—thank goodness he let Danzo, this fool, test the waters first, otherwise, he might have been drained by the Hashirama cells before he even got to use this arm himself.
Hiruko's eyelids drooped slightly.
As a survivor of the Land of the Sky and its current leader, he naturally harbored an irreconcilable hatred for Konoha—the Sky Ninja Village was destroyed by Konoha after the First Great Ninja War.
Originally, his only idea was to steal the scroll sealing the Zero-Tailed Beast from Konoha to obtain the energy to reactivate the Sky Ninja Village's fortress and complete the Jutsu he was creating.
However, due to various coincidences, he connected with Danzo.
It must be said that in the entire Ninja World, if one were to talk about where it was most suitable for developing Ninjutsu, it would have to be Konoha.
Abundant resources, a prosperous commercial environment, a complete scientific research and innovation system...
Although Orochimaru and Sawara Kiri were still not satisfied with this level of environment, for Hiruko, who was born in a small Ninja village and created forbidden Jutsu like 'Body Regeneration' and 'Body Activation,' this was already a sufficiently desirable and unattainable place.
What's more, after contacting Danzo, he also learned about good things like Hashirama cells and Wood Release.
If he could master both of these...
Becoming an immortal Ninja would no longer just be a dream!
For this, Hiruko had already made up his mind to completely drain Danzo, this fool, of all his value.
However, before that, he still had to feign compliance with this guy for a while.
Shimura Danzo slowly recovered for a while, then had the constantly twitching Hashirama cells arm removed, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Just then, a Root Ninja quickly walked over, and ignoring the gazes of others, he leaned in and whispered something into Danzo's ear.
Shimura Danzo initially looked at him with some displeasure, thinking, 'What's so urgent that it can't wait?'
However, after hearing the news whispered into his ear, his pupils suddenly constricted.
"What?!"
"Hiruzen, that fool, actually...!"
He instinctively roared out the words.
But very quickly, Danzo realized that this place was not suitable for discussing matters, so he swept his gaze around the crowd and immediately said to his Root subordinate:
"To the secret room."
"Also, immediately contact Homura Mitokado for me."
"Yes, sir!"
While the scientists here were diligently conducting their research.
On the other side, the former 'Konoha scientist' was also constantly developing solutions to his own problems.
Hiruko stared at the thick scroll of Sealing Technique in front of him, his face full of excitement.
"Finally, it's finally going to be completed!"
Aburame Ryoma stood to the side, frowning slightly as he looked at him: "Is this thing of yours really useful? If you're not careful and attract that guy, I won't take the blame with you."
"What nonsense! What kind of talk is that?!"
Hiruko yelled at him in dissatisfaction, then proudly raised his head: "This is the crystallization of my hard work over several months!"
"Don't underestimate me, Ryoma, a former Root research supervisor."
Aburame Ryoma still frowned, sighing softly.
Ever since they arrived in the Land of Grass under Ren's orders, the two of them had essentially been left to their own devices, with no one watching over them.
During the initial period, Hiruko and Aburame Ryoma were both extremely nervous for a while, fearing that he would suddenly appear from some corner, just like in the illusion, and slap them both hard again.
But after operating for a period of time, Hiruko boldly robbed a merchant caravan first, and then used the money he stole to bribe a small faction—such small organizations were not uncommon in a chaotic place like the Land of Grass, and Sky Ninja Village simply couldn't manage them all.
With a faction, naturally came manpower and a bit of a foundation.
Naturally, they could then inquire about various news from the outside.
However, they found absolutely no related news, and Kaguya Ren seemed to have vanished into thin air.
At the same time, the Sealing Technique imprinted in their minds was, after all, a hidden danger, and both Hiruko and Aburame Ryoma were deeply worried about it.
Taking advantage of this time, Hiruko immediately decided to break free from Kaguya Ren's control and absolutely develop a Sealing Technique that could not be bound by him.
At first, he had no clue.
After all, using Sealing Technique to control spies, organization members, and so on, was a crucial Ninjutsu used by all Ninja Villages.
If it could be easily broken, then the secret organizations of the major Ninja Villages wouldn't need to operate, and those obviously suicidal missions would likely have their members flee halfway through.
However, Hiruko was a very quick-witted person.
Since a direct breakthrough was extremely difficult, why not try a different approach?
One must know that activating a Sealing Technique ultimately still relies on specific Chakra frequency band radiation for its effect, just like remotely controlled explosives also need wireless signals to be detonated.
So, what if the Chakra signal was completely blocked?
Supported by this line of thought, Hiruko created the scroll titled "Chakra Command Shielding Sealing Technique" in just three months.
"From now on, the sky is high for birds to fly, and the sea is wide for fish to leap!"
Hiruko was in high spirits and immediately unrolled the seal on the ground, encompassing himself within it.
"Buzz—"
The patterns on the surface of the Sealing Technique scroll flashed, and a surge of Chakra flames instantly ignited several characters.
Immediately after, those characters, like flowing insects, slowly crawled from the Sealing Technique scroll onto Hiruko's body, and then entered his brain through his ears.
Almost visibly, the Sealing Technique in Hiruko's mind, which was constantly connected to the outside world, immediately faded, gradually turning into unactivated characters.
"It's done!"
The moment he felt this, Hiruko's heart was instantly filled with excitement, and he couldn't help but clench his fists, gritting his teeth:
"Ren!"
"One day, all the humiliation I've suffered during this time, you scoundrel, will be repaid with interest!!!"
"Just you wait!"
Aburame Ryoma, standing by, couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes.
It really worked?
However, just as he showed a look of excitement and was about to say something more, his gaze suddenly froze, and his whole body tensed up.
"Boom—!"
Almost at the same instant Hiruko's voice fell, a figure like a meteor streaked across the sky, breaking through an indescribable vacuum path at a speed completely imperceptible to the naked eye.
Until it landed on the ground.
"Thud."
His knee shattered the earth, creating a sunken, cracked depression.
The figure in the dust slowly stood up and, under Hiruko's suddenly stunned gaze, slowly walked towards the two of them, hands in his pockets, and asked as if nothing had happened:
"What humiliation? Who's the scoundrel?"
"You continue."
"I'm listening."
At that moment, Hiruko felt as if his entire being had been frozen from the inside out.
Although he had thought that the guy might immediately go to the Land of Grass to find them after being unable to detect their Sealing Technique coordinates, he never expected him to come so quickly.
"I, uh, no..."
Sawara Kiri merely smiled as he looked at him.
After realizing that Hiruko's internal seal had disappeared from his perception just now, he immediately rushed over.
As for how he found him?
He naturally wouldn't tell Hiruko that the Sealing Technique he had imprinted on him that day was far more than just the one in his head; it also included the spatial positioning Ninjutsu he had learned from Namikaze Minato.
Although this Ninjutsu was not very useful for him, who couldn't use Flying Thunder God, it was quite convenient for finding people when combined with Limitless.
One must know that for a Ninjutsu like Limitless, which constantly compresses space, the further the distance traveled, the more convenient it became.
It only took a few minutes to travel from Konoha to this godforsaken place, crossing over a thousand kilometers.
At most, the total Chakra consumption was slightly higher.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly caught sight of something on the ground, let out an 'oh,' and bent down to pick it up.
Under Hiruko's bewildered gaze, Sawara Kiri glanced at the scroll.
"Chakra Command Shielding Sealing Technique"?
Sawara Kiri's eyes lit up after just reading the title.
Connecting this to the moment he suddenly perceived that Hiruko's internal seal had vanished from his senses, Sawara Kiri immediately understood, and with a natural demeanor, he rolled up the scroll and gently said to Mr. Hiruko, who was in front of him, with great interest:
"How did this thing fall on the ground?"
"Mr. Hiruko, it couldn't be yours, could it?"
Hiruko, who had just been at a loss, immediately put on a bewildered expression and shook his head, saying: "I don't know either, Lord Ren."
"I just arrived and saw this thing on the ground."
"I was just about to pick it up and take a look."
Aburame Ryoma's eyes widened instantly, looking at him with an incredulous expression.
Hiruko, however, seemed completely oblivious to the other's disdainful gaze, acting as if it were perfectly reasonable.
At this moment, what face did he have to save?
His life was definitely more important!
Seemingly noticing his gaze, Sawara Kiri also turned his head to look at him: "Mr. Ryoma, do you perhaps know where this scroll came from?"
"Lord Ren, you understand me."
Aburame Ryoma, who had just been looking astonished, almost instantly changed his expression to one of utmost simplicity the moment Sawara Kiri turned his head, and he nodded:
"I am a crude man, not very knowledgeable about research in this area."
"Is that so?"
"Then I'll take it."
Sawara Kiri looked at the two of them with a gentle smile, as if seeking their opinion.
"Please feel free, Lord."
The two immediately bowed respectfully.
Seeing their impeccable demeanor, Sawara Kiri's gaze lingered on Hiruko's face for a few seconds, then he suddenly spoke:
"Mr. Hiruko."
"Here!"
At that moment, sweat immediately broke out on Hiruko's temples, and his whole body felt icy cold.
However, Sawara Kiri merely gently instructed: "You are a very capable person, so please don't waste your talent in research."
"Th-thank you for your praise, Lord Ren."
"Then I'll be leaving."
Having said what needed to be said, Sawara Kiri stepped forward, and then suddenly stomped his foot.
With a roar, his entire being shot into the night sky like a meteor, becoming a speck of light that suddenly broke through the clouds and pierced through the stratosphere, abruptly disappearing.
Only a crater nearly ten meters in diameter was left behind, as if a meteorite had just crashed there.
Hiruko and Aburame Ryoma stared blankly at the way this Lord disappeared, both somewhat lost in thought.
Did that guy just 'whoosh' over like that?
Is this still a Ninja?
After a long while, Aburame Ryoma finally spoke with a sigh of emotion:
"Hiruko, maybe we should just give up."
"I think it's too much."
...
Hiruko stood silently in place for a long time.
The Ninjutsu he had painstakingly completed over three months was suddenly gone just like that. The anger in his mind, after Sawara Kiri disappeared, suddenly boiled like a hotpot, exploding within his head.
Finally, he looked at the silhouette that had already vanished into the depths of the sky, and suddenly, as if releasing all his frustration, he bared his fangs and claws, roaring loudly:
"Kaguya Ren—!"
"I will never rest until I have my revenge on you!!!"
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