As it happened, he had been feeling unhappy lately. Taking it out on Danzō was the perfect opportunity. It would also serve to intimidate the ninja clans aligned with the Hokage—killing two birds with one stone.
But how should he do it?
Gisei Shiraishi began to think carefully.
Should he lead a team and charge in directly?
No. Doing that would be equivalent to completely tearing off the mask. The Third Hokage wouldn't sit idly by, and Danzō wasn't stupid; if Gisei led a large group there himself, Danzō would almost certainly detect it.
Going alone to the meeting...
It seemed this was the only way.
Danzō had definitely made ample preparations to kill him. Fortunately, Gisei had always kept his true strength hidden; otherwise, there really was a possibility of "capsizing in the gutter," as they say.
Gisei began to calculate his own abilities.
Taijutsu: He was considered elite Jonin level. The only move he could really show off was the Lightning Body Flicker.
He had been developing nintaijutsu recently, wanting to create a style that combined hardness and softness. It was similar to Tai Chi from his previous life, but also completely different. It used chakra to stimulate body activation, combined with the intent of Tai Chi punches, forming a systematic taijutsu similar to the Hyuga Gentle Fist.
The strike that made Tsunade suffer a loss just now used this exact style. It wasn't perfect yet and still needed time to be refined.
Ninjutsu: He was proficient in various jutsu of the five nature transformations, several advanced forms of the Rasengan, the Lightning Release forbidden jutsu Lightning Prison executed using Thunder Butterflies, and the "Five-Attribute Fusion Gun" he developed himself.
Come to think of it, he hadn't named this ninjutsu yet. How about calling it the Ultimate Five Elements Broken-Style Rotating Gun?
Hmm... just kidding. Something casual is fine. Let's call it the Five Rings Gun.
As for secret techniques, Danzō would definitely be on guard. Among the ambushers, there would absolutely be members of the Aburame clan—unless Gisei used forbidden techniques.
He currently knew only two Butterfly User forbidden techniques: Butterfly Explosion and Poison Explosion.
Butterfly Explosion utilized Exploding Butterflies that absorbed chakra to perform a self-destruct sequence. The maximum power of one Exploding Butterfly was comparable to ten paper bombs.
His current chakra volume could only support a thousand Exploding Butterflies, though he could control the explosion location precisely. It was like having paper bombs with eyes—essentially an alternative version of the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags. It was just that the chakra consumption was massive.
Poison Explosion was a poison powder he researched himself; he honestly looked down on the recipes recorded by the clan. By letting Summoning Butterflies sprinkle poison powder from the sky, combined with the Water Release: Rain Haze technique, the falling venom would burn holes into anyone it touched.
It could be considered an enhanced version of acid rain. Anyone within range would be corroded into white bones alive; even using Earth Release to block it wouldn't work.
Its massive range made it an absolute weapon of war, but it was too cruel, and it was very easy to get caught in the crossfire himself. Fortunately, their clan had a flight secret technique; otherwise, Gisei wouldn't have learned this kind of forbidden technique at all.
When Eisawa said the clan had a flight secret technique back then, he hadn't lied.
Technique of the Butterfly Wings: Consumes a large amount of chakra to form butterfly wings on the back. Flight speed varies from person to person.
The activation was similar to the Akimichi clan's Butterfly Mode, but the effect was completely different. Butterfly Mode was used to enhance strength; their butterfly wings had no other function besides flying.
A bit useless, honestly, and it consumed way too much chakra.
Even without unsealing the seal inside his body, he now had the chakra volume of an elite Jonin. If he used the Technique of the Butterfly Wings, he could probably fly for two minutes, and then there would be no "and then."
Currently, the Technique of the Butterfly Wings was only used in conjunction with Poison Explosion—better than nothing.
These were all his current abilities.
If calculated by combat power, he should be considered a fighter jet among Kage-level ninjas. To become a "Super Kage-level" player, he had to develop or learn some truly perverted forbidden techniques.
He had already set his sights on the ninjutsu in the village's Scroll of Seals.
Thinking of this, Gisei revealed a playful smile.
That guy Danzō wanted to fish him out? It wasn't that simple. If he didn't eat a few more mouthfuls of bait, he wouldn't be doing justice to Danzō's schemes and plots.
Orochimaru definitely had a guilty conscience; there was a high probability he had conspired with Danzō. Wanting Gisei's support was fake; he was probably after the ninja clans behind him.
If Orochimaru really gained the recognition of those clan heads, Gisei would become his stumbling block. At that time, Orochimaru would definitely be more desperate than Danzō to kill him.
Gisei smiled coldly. These guys were all calculating so well with their wishful thinking, simply viewing him as meat on the chopping block.
It seemed he had pretended to be a pig for so long that he was completely treated as one.
Gisei arrived at the secret laboratory located beneath the clan grounds.
The place in the Forest of Death had already been abandoned. When he renovated the clan grounds, he built a massive research institute underground to hide it from prying eyes.
That's right, a research institute.
Relying on the chakra control ability granted by the Butterfly Seed, he planned to train all the Butterfly User ninjas into medical ninjas to help him with various experiments. As for combat matters, everything would be handed over to the Takemoto clan ninjas.
There was no other way. Given the current state of the Butterfly Users, it would take at least twenty years to restore them to their previous scale. The time was too long; he couldn't afford to wait. It was better to let them play support first; maybe there would be unexpected gains.
Walking into a lab, he summoned a Ninja Butterfly and asked it to bring a test subject.
After the butterfly returned with the subject, it delivered a piece of not-so-good news.
There weren't many test subjects left; Mei had killed a few.
Gisei frowned. Mei was still conducting advanced development of the Blood Contract Cursed Seal; he knew this. But where was he supposed to catch test subjects now?
Putting this matter aside for the moment, he began his experiment.
He was going to transform this test subject into his own likeness—plastic surgery, essentially.
As for why? Of course, it was to have him step into the trap in Gisei's place.
With his current medical ninjutsu, a face identical to his own soon appeared before his eyes.
Gisei nodded, pinching his chin as he began to ponder.
What method should he use to control this test subject?
The Blood Contract Cursed Seal was too obvious. Genjutsu? His genjutsu wasn't very good; the Uchiha were the experts at that.
It seemed he would have to capture a few Uchiha test subjects in the future; the functions of the Sharingan were quite convenient. When the time came, he would engrave the Blood Contract Cursed Seal on them, and they would have no choice but to obey.
"You can use the Butterfly Seed to manipulate him, and it won't be detected by anyone."
Shiro, inside his body, suddenly spoke.
Gisei was stunned, only then realizing he had forgotten a very important matter.
He needed to have a good talk with Shiro.
He gradually sensed that something was wrong—not just with Shiro's abilities, but with his own.
Previously, Eisawa said that the abilities brought by the Butterfly Seed were absorbing chakra, enhancing chakra control, and super-strong sensory perception.
But now, he only experienced the improvement in chakra control. His sensory ability was the same now as it was before—it was as if it had never grown.
The ability to absorb chakra was the same; the speed of absorbing chakra from a Genin and a Jonin was exactly the same. This was too strange.
That guy Shiro had definitely hidden something from him.