#127 - The next plan, the ninjutsu given by Orochimaru

Hidden Leaf Village, the Hokage Building.

Sunlight streamed through the windows, illuminating the floor of the Hokage's office. Hiruzen Sarutobi stood by the window, a pipe in his hand.

"Kiyoshi, you've done an excellent job on this mission to the Land of Demons."

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled approvingly.

"Not only did you successfully complete the mission, but the Daimyo of the Land of Demons even wrote a letter of gratitude."

Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped the ash from his pipe. This mission was about escorting the priestess, and Kiyoshi's actions were an additional achievement.

But it was done perfectly, demonstrating the wisdom of Leaf ninjas in dealing with emergencies.

This would enhance the reputation of the Leaf Village, making employers more willing to entrust missions to such a village.

Kiyoshi bowed his head slightly, his tone calm:

"Hokage-sama, you flatter me. This is the duty I should fulfill as a Leaf ninja. Moreover, I couldn't have done it without the help of others, such as Minato-sama..."

Kiyoshi didn't take all the credit for himself, indicating that others had also done a lot.

"We put in a lot of effort this time."

Asuma Sarutobi had a lollipop in his mouth, with only a short stick showing.

Kiyoshi was busy helping the priestess, while they were dealing with a lot of terracotta soldiers, panting with exhaustion.

"Haha, thank you for your hard work. Minato, Yuki, take a break for a while."

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze politely declined.

Yuki Minazuki had bandages wrapped around his hands, which Kiyoshi had applied on the way.

However, Kiyoshi didn't perform any extra procedures, claiming that the equipment was insufficient to perform precise surgery.

This caused the injury on his hand to be delayed, now festering with rotten flesh, causing pain when forming hand seals.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Yuki Minazuki nodded. He couldn't go out on missions for the time being.

Subsequently, Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed the weary group to collect their rewards and return home to rest.

He continued to smoke his pipe.

His son, Asuma Sarutobi, was also on this mission. Hiruzen Sarutobi was pleased with his son's progress.

But he was more concerned about another matter.

Recently, there were more and more frictions. His wife, Biwako Sarutobi, was always complaining to him that the hospital was short of staff.

After thinking for a while, Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned a group of people, intending to discuss preventive measures against war and how to prepare for war as soon as it breaks out.

............

Night.

The Hyuga clan compound.

After the meeting, Hiashi Hyuga gathered the members of the clan and stood solemnly in the center of the hall.

"Everyone, the Hokage-sama mentioned in the meeting today that the situation in the ninja world is unstable, and war may break out at any time."

Hiashi Hyuga's voice was low, "We must make full preparations, and also adjust our relationship with other families, especially the Uchiha clan."

Hiashi Hyuga heard Sarutobi Hiruzen mention many times in the Hokage Building that Minato's team and Minazuki's team perfectly completed the task in the Land of Demons.

He also praised Uchiha Kiyoshi, one of its members.

Thinking of Uchiha Kiyoshi's genius performance in the Chunin Exams, Hiashi Hyuga planned to adjust the clan's strategy.

War could break out at any time, and having a good relationship with the Uchiha clan was completely beneficial.

In war, everything is empty except strength.

And the Uchiha were obviously good teammates. If war really broke out, it would be best to help each other.

The crowd in front of Hiashi Hyuga was divided into left and right sides.

The ones on the left were the main family, and the ones on the right were the branch family.

Hyuga Ginka, located in the main family, changed her expression slightly when the clan leader said "Uchiha clan", feeling a little uneasy in her heart.

No wonder she couldn't find Uchiha Kiyoshi after the Chunin Exams. It turned out that he was out on a mission.

Hearing Hiashi Hyuga greatly change the previous policy, Hyuga Ginka's expression was a little bad.

If Hiashi Hyuga finds out about this, I'm afraid she will be scolded.

"Ginka, what's wrong?"

When Hiashi Hyuga was talking eloquently above, Hyuga Nobuhiko looked at Hyuga Ginka.

He was Hyuga Ginka's fiancé.

Usually, the main family would only combine with people from the main family, but if the main family was particularly rare in some periods, it would also combine with branch families to avoid birth defects caused by inbreeding.

"No... nothing."

Hyuga Ginka's heart tightened, and she quickly shook her head, saying she was fine.

She secretly looked at Hyuga Natsu in the branch family.

She found that Hyuga Natsu was also looking at her.

Because of the evening breeze, Hyuga Natsu's expression was blocked by her dark green hair that reached her chin. In addition, she was hanging her head slightly, making it difficult for Hyuga Ginka to see her expression clearly.

She didn't dwell on this matter, nor did she open her Byakugan to see.

The thoughts of a branch family member were not important.

Only she and Hyuga Natsu, who served her, knew about this matter.

With the "Caged Bird Curse Seal" in place, Hyuga Natsu would definitely not dare to gossip.

Otherwise, before she was punished, Hyuga Natsu would definitely be the first to suffer her revenge.

"As long as I explain things to Uchiha Kiyoshi, this matter will be covered up without anyone knowing, just like it never happened."

............

Back home, Kiyoshi first took a bath and changed his clothes.

The space inside the sealing scroll was very precious, and Kiyoshi only brought one spare set of clothes.

But being out on a mission for almost half a month, two sets of clothes were simply not enough to change.

*Plop*.

After taking a bath, Kiyoshi casually threw a piece of meat on the ground into a stainless steel plate.

"Hiss..."

The white snake immediately crawled over and began to swallow the piece of meat left by Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi had never raised a psychic beast before, and his attitude towards the white snake was like raising a dog.

How a dog is raised is how the white snake is raised.

"We have to let the Sand Village fall into chaos first, then we will have a suitable reason to get in touch with Mikoto."

Kiyoshi wiped his black hair with a towel, thinking about the next plan.

The war will last for several years, gradually increasing in intensity.

The early stages won't be too tragic.

And his current strength is much more relaxed than he was more than a year ago.

If the Sand Village falls into chaos, he can plan more benefits.

For example, another method of strengthening pupil power can also play a role in tempering himself.

But the most important thing is that the Uchiha clan will also participate in the war.

That way Mikoto and Fugaku won't be together so early.

He will have the opportunity to intervene before the two confirm their feelings and block the spring of Itachi's birth.

Just thinking of this, Kiyoshi's pupil power faintly fluctuated.

His path to the Three Tomoe was in sight.

"Go find Orochimaru for some benefits first."

After pondering for a while, Kiyoshi put down the towel, then took out his ninja sword and infused it with Fire Release chakra, letting the high temperature bake his hair.

That's right, there is no hair dryer in the current Leaf Village, and Kiyoshi has to do it manually.

Currently, the progress of the [Priestess's Sealing Technique (Green)] entry has been unlocked and is slowly increasing the progress bar.

After completion, Kiyoshi can synthesize a blue Reincarnated Priestess entry.

But the effect is still unknown.

The next day, Kiyoshi went to find Orochimaru.

"Kiyoshi-kun?"

Orochimaru looked at the figure who came in carrying a bag of things.

At the same time that Kiyoshi stepped into this building, Orochimaru sensed Kiyoshi's arrival.

He also has "Yin Release".

"Orochimaru-sama, please forgive my presumptuous intrusion."

Kiyoshi smiled lightly.

"Hehe, I'm more than happy to have such an excellent talent as Kiyoshi-kun."

Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth.

He was serious.

If it wasn't for the fact that Yakushi Nonou was still in the Leaf Village, he would definitely have taken Kiyoshi as a disciple or as an assistant.

Compared to Mitarashi Anko, Kiyoshi was much more excellent.

The talent that the world has crowned as genius, the thoughts that surpass the ignorant...

Kiyoshi has too many qualities similar to him.

And when a person sees his own shadow in the younger generation, he often develops a good feeling.

"This is the fruit I brought for Orochimaru-sama."

Kiyoshi didn't react much to Orochimaru calling him Kiyoshi-kun.

It's better to say that these are all going according to his ideas.

He is not a person from this world after all, but a transmigrator who knows the plot well.

It's just a fetal transmigration, and then it took several years to awaken his past life's wisdom.

All characters have advantages and disadvantages.

In the ninja world, no one is perfect, and they all have their own greed, truth, and infatuation, as well as their seven emotions and six desires.

Including Orochimaru, one of the Sannin.

The pursuit of truth and immortality can be said to run through Orochimaru's life.

Kiyoshi guessed that the current Orochimaru has already conducted human experiments, but he didn't see anyone's organs here.

They were all animal organs.

It looks like an excellent researcher's style.

This means that Orochimaru still has a bottom line and scruples in doing things at this stage, at least he won't casually expose these things.

"Hey, why isn't there any for me?"

Mitarashi Anko didn't know where she came from and stretched out her hand.

"I didn't know you were here."

Kiyoshi shook his head, feeling that Mitarashi Anko was a bit too familiar.

"Uh..."

Mitarashi Anko suddenly felt that what Kiyoshi said seemed very reasonable.

After thinking about it, she handed Kiyoshi a paper cup, which was still steaming.

"This is red bean soup, do you want to drink it?"

"No need."

Kiyoshi shook his head and refused, turning to look at Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru-sama, I'm here because I found some monsters."

Kiyoshi released the sealing scroll and took out a few bodies of the Land of Demons' ninja who had been turned into monsters.

He had collected a few when he left.

"This power..."

Orochimaru's vertical pupils stared at the corpses of these monsters, and he stepped forward to check them a few times, finding that they were all using a strange chakra.

Such materials were fresh, and he had never seen them before.

"Hehe, if there are such things in the future, just hand them all over to me."

Orochimaru showed an interested look in his eyes.

After listening to Kiyoshi's theory of soul and will persistence, he began to study this aspect.

This requires a lot of materials, the more samples, the sooner he can develop such a ninjutsu.

If he really completed such a ninjutsu, his choice would no longer be civilians.

But those ninjas who possess bloodline limits.

This requires studying the adaptability and rejection of various different bodies to the soul.

"Kiyoshi-kun, you brought me these precious materials, I think I should give you some reward."

Orochimaru asked Mitarashi Anko to move all these corpses into another laboratory.

He could see at a glance that these were transformed from humans.

But the seemingly not very smart Mitarashi Anko didn't have such knowledge. The corpses on the ground had three wolf heads or eight spider legs, and she couldn't tell what they were.

She just thought they were monsters from somewhere.

"Yes, Orochimaru-sama."

In order to have Orochimaru accept her as a disciple, Mitarashi Anko immediately pulled these corpses into another laboratory.

"Is there a Wind Release ninjutsu? Orochimaru-sama, I would like to know about this aspect of ninjutsu."

Kiyoshi spoke.

Rashly asking Orochimaru for "Soft Body Modification" has a small chance of success, it is better to come step by step.

First get Wind Release ninjutsu to fill Kiyoshi's gap.

His chakra amount is unusually large, with the blessing of double bloodline limits and entries, he can support the consumption of "Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique", so he can put it aside for the time being.

Wind Release has a higher priority.

After learning this, Kiyoshi can enchant the ninja sword.

"Chakra Flow Fire Release" is definitely in the category of "Fire", and after adding Wind Release, Kiyoshi estimates that the flame will rise more fiercely.

Because it can trigger the blue entry of Chakra Nature Master.

His previous Wind Release was mostly used for lifting baskets and flowing in the body, and it was very difficult to use it on his hands.

"What kind of type do you like?"

Orochimaru had no dissatisfaction with Kiyoshi's request, but felt that this child's pursuit of ninjutsu and truth was like himself.

In those days, he also longed to learn ninjutsu.

"I wonder if there is a ninjutsu that can inject chakra into ninja tools, preferably Wind Release chakra nature."

Kiyoshi said.

With wind, he can interfere with the morphological changes of chakra flow.

For example, in battle, letting the flame suddenly lengthen, the enemy is easily injured by surprise.

"Hehe, I just happen to be looking at Wind Release ninjutsu recently."

Orochimaru spat out a scroll from his mouth.

If Kiyoshi had come a few days earlier or later, he would have needed to take Kiyoshi to the bookshelf in his home to get it.

"You usually use a long sword, right? This ninjutsu happens to allow you to better control the chakra injected into the sword."

Kiyoshi took the ninjutsu scroll that Orochimaru had wiped clean.

It was called "Wind Release Chakra Sword Membrane", a C-level ninjutsu.

Kiyoshi immediately expressed his gratitude.

Mitarashi Anko, who had been busy inside for a while, finally came out and felt puzzled when she saw Kiyoshi and Orochimaru talking so happily.

These two always like to talk about some strange questions.

She stretched out her small hand, holding the paper cup that Kiyoshi didn't want, and drank the red bean soup deliciously.

It would be even more perfect if there were three-colored dumplings.

Mitarashi Anko thought so.

Unfortunately, Kiyoshi doesn't know how to appreciate food.

After being polite for a while, Kiyoshi said goodbye.

Kiyoshi simply wanted to get some benefits, and since the main business was finished, there was no need to stay any longer. He still needed to go to Yakushi Nonou's place.

He planned to ask Yakushi Nonou if there was a way to strengthen summoning beasts. As it was, the White Snake was just like an ornament.

After Kiyoshi left, Orochimaru looked at Mitarashi Anko, who had already finished the red bean soup and still looked like she wanted more.

"I want to take you as my apprentice, Anko."

"Ah!"

Mitarashi Anko excitedly put down the paper cup.

"However, the prerequisite is that you need to get closer to Uchiha Kiyoshi."

"Ah?"