blogombal Chapter 2 Success! The Demon Sprout Technique!
Chapter 2 Success! The Demon Sprout Technique!
A somewhat dilapidated house, this is the residence of Gen Takuno.
Theoretically speaking, the ninja profession is not low-paying; even the simplest missions offer substantial rewards.
As a special Jonin, even if Minamoto no Takuno couldn't afford the most luxurious mansion, he wouldn't live in such a dilapidated little house.
That's true, except that Gen Takuno doesn't have high requirements for housing; he just needs normal residential functions.
As expected, the room had everything one would expect, but it always gave off a sense of simplicity and lacked any warmth or liveliness, as if the owner of the house did not live there often.
This is also true. Gen Takuno spends most of his time outside Konoha on missions when there is no war, so he doesn't come back to live in this house very often.
Even if he returns to live here, he will only study sealing techniques in one room, so there is indeed not much human presence.
Yuan Tuoye walked to the desk and sat down, tapping his fingers slowly on the desk as he pondered his next move.
Stealing the Ghost Sprout Technique was imperative; it was his only chance to turn the tide with his extremely ordinary talent.
What happens after the theft?
He needs to master it in a very short time, at least before Nohara Rin is captured by the Kirigakure, to solve his biggest weakness, namely the problem of chakra quantity.
I wonder how well the technique of the Ghost Sprout Technique is completed. It probably hasn't reached the point of fusing five bodies, but it has definitely completed the technique of fusing one or two bodies, and maybe even three.
Research on techniques is always the most troublesome at the beginning, and even if the later ones are not yet perfected, Yuan Tuoye is confident that he can complete them.
As for the body to be used for fusion? That has naturally been prepared; he hasn't wasted those twenty-seven years.
Where to put it? Naturally, not within Konoha. His experimental base wouldn't be placed inside Konoha like Hiruko's, waiting to be discovered!
And so, Gen Takuno picked up the sealing scroll from the desk and began to scrutinize it from the beginning, thinking about what could be changed.
That evening.
Takuno put down the scroll and looked at Hiruko's experimental base, which was still completely silent. Even Kakashi Hatake's side was completely silent, and he was getting a little anxious.
Could he have misremembered? This part is quite vague in the original work. Hiruko was discovered at the same time that he learned that Kakashi Hatake had obtained the Sharingan, and then the Sannin together expelled him.
"That shouldn't be the case..."
Gen Takuno frowned. Could it be that Hiruko gave Kakashi Hatake the Puppet Spell after he was expelled?
It's important to know that when Hiruko imprinted the Puppet Curse on Kakashi Hatake, Kakashi Hatake clearly still had the two-tomoe Sharingan, meaning it was indeed after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge and before Rin Nohara was captured.
"Could it be that Hiruko returned to Konoha after being expelled...?"
Gen Takuno frowned, pondering this possibility. Then he thought of the scene in the original work where Uchiha Itachi brought the shark head directly into Konoha, and suddenly, he felt a little numb.
You know what, given Konoha's consistent use of unchanging codes for its barriers, it's actually quite possible!
Fortunately, although they didn't see Hiruko leave, they also didn't see any of the Sannin, so the plan hadn't failed yet.
If it's really the possibility he just thought of, then the plan will have to be changed.
Hiruko was able to escape from the Sannin, which can basically be said to be because the Sannin showed leniency out of consideration for their childhood friendship. However, the show still had to be done, and Hiruko was bound to be injured. It is just unknown how serious the injury will be.
But no matter what, he could only make a move against Hiruko at this moment. Otherwise, if Hiruko hid and searched for the corpse of the bloodline limit, it would be too difficult to find Hiruko again.
To be honest, Gentsuke didn't want to fight Hiruko, not for any other reason than that even before Hiruko used the Oni-Garara Technique, his strength should have reached the level of a Jonin, only he was not as strong as the Sannin.
He was able to easily inscribe the Puppet Curse on Kakashi Hatake. Even though Kakashi Hatake's Jonin rank was created during the war, it still shows that the opponent's strength is not weak. It is not safe for him, a Special Jonin, to deal with Hiruko.
If he could intercept Hiruko, that wouldn't be the worst outcome. The worst outcome would be to completely lose the opportunity to intercept him, and then if he wanted to change his talent, he would have to study it on his own.
Actually, he had considered doing his own research before, but on the one hand, he wasn't sure if he could figure it out, and on the other hand, he had other techniques to research. After all, his experimental base wasn't in Konoha, and he was the only one there, so he couldn't have too many research directions.
Since the technique of Oni-Garuru is already recorded in the original work, he naturally wants to use the existing technique and then focus on another technique.
Yuan Tuoye took a deep breath and tapped his forehead with his finger, slowly calming himself down.
Wait a little longer. The three legendary ninjas haven't appeared yet, and things haven't reached the worst possible outcome. He still has a chance.
And so, with trepidation, Yuan Tuoye waited until the evening of the third day, and then he opened his bloodshot eyes, which were filled with joy.
Because Hiruko has finally emerged from the experimental base, and the direction he is heading is exactly where Kakashi Hatake is right now!
Yuan Tuoye breathed a sigh of relief, then got up and began to act. Even at this point, he absolutely could not afford to be careless and be discovered by the ninjas patrolling at night. He didn't want to be watched by his superiors right now.
Soon, Gen Takuno arrived at Hiruko's experimental base and, following the method Hiruko had previously observed for entering, proceeded step by step into the interior of the experimental base.
Once inside the experimental base, the area was no longer within the crow's reach. After all, he was a little worried that the crow would be discovered by Hiruko, so he never dared to let the crow get too close.
However, it's not that there are no solutions.
"Water Release: Reappearance Technique!"
Takuno formed hand seals, channeling the chakra within his body.
That's right, it's Water Release. Genji Takuno's chakra nature is water and earth, which are very ordinary natures, completely unlike the wind and lightning that the protagonist gets.
Water Release is alright, after all, Konoha has the Second Hokage, a master of Water Release, so there won't be a lack of ninjutsu later on. But Earth Release is a problem, as useful Earth Release ninjutsu such as Light and Heavy Rock Technique and Heavy Rock Technique are only mastered by Iwa ninja.
As for the Wood Release bloodline limit of Earth and Water? How could that be? Didn't you see that the Mizukage Mei Terumi's Earth and Water bloodline limit was just Lava Release? Therefore, Wood Release must have something special about it, and perhaps only the bloodline of the First Hokage could possess it.
However, Yuan Tuoye didn't care too much about these things. As long as he had the Ghost Sprout Technique, he would have the other attributes sooner or later, so there was no rush.
During this period, he studied a lot of ninjutsu, such as the previously mentioned Clairvoyance Technique.
The Water Release: Reappearance Technique currently being used is...
A thin layer of liquid began to appear and flow rapidly from beneath Yuan Tuoye's feet. This liquid quickly covered the ground in front of him, and many footprints emerged from the liquid, some going in and some going out.
What Minamoto Takuno was staring at was naturally the clearest row, which was the footprints left by Hiruko when he just left.
Following the footprints he had just left, Yuan Tuoye quickly moved towards the interior of the experimental base.
Soon, the view opened up, revealing countless corpses, some exposed, others immersed in solutions inside culture tanks.
Gen Takuno frowned as he smelled the stench permeating the air. This Hiruko was really too careless. His experimental base was much cleaner than this place, and the difference was significant.
The corpses on Hiruko's side were mainly animal carcasses, while on his side... they were mainly the corpses of the targets he had personally killed during the mission.
However, this is not the time to comment on these things. We are basically safe here. There are probably some traps or mechanisms in the passageways, but this is an experimental area, so there are no deliberate traps or mechanisms here.
In fact, Yuan Tuoye didn't find any traps in the passage he had just passed, unlike what he had done by setting up a bunch of deadly traps, poisons, acids, etc...
But thinking about it, it makes sense. In the original story, the Sannin only discovered Hiruko when they arrived inside the experimental base and saw him.
Therefore, the reason why the three ninjas could move so freely was partly due to their strength, and partly because Hiruko probably really didn't set up any traps or mechanisms.
Even if it was set up, there were no alarms. If it were his experimental base, he would know immediately if any mechanism was triggered or even hacked.
However, now was not the time to criticize Hiruko. His eyes quickly searched the experimental base, and soon he found a large pile of experimental records stored to the side.
Yuan Tuoye had a bit of a headache. It seemed he would have to organize these experimental records to find what he was looking for.
With a sigh, he began to take action, taking out the scrolls he had prepared with him, breaking the seal, and immediately a large number of blank scrolls appeared.
Then, Gentoki opened Hiruko's experimental records. He didn't have time to read them all at the other party's experimental base, so he had already researched a ninjutsu for this purpose.
"Water Release: Copying Technique"
Countless drops of water covered Hiruko's experimental records, eventually adhering to the text on the records. Then, Gen Takuno took the new scroll he had prepared, and the water seemed to have found its target again, eventually merging into the scroll in Gen Takuno's hand.
Finally, countless words appeared rapidly on this scroll, and the handwriting was exactly the same as that left on Hiruko's experimental records!
Looking at the scroll in his hand, Gen Takuno smiled with satisfaction, and then quickly copied all the experimental records.
By the time the last copy was finished, he could no longer suppress the urge to burst into laughter.
But now is not the time, let alone here.
Finally, Gen Takuno suppressed his smile and examined every corner of the laboratory, including Hiruko's bedroom. After confirming that no experimental records had been missed, he stretched.
Then, he formed hand seals and used his clairvoyance once again, discovering that Hiruko had also succeeded and was on his way back.
Minamoto Takuno wasn't worried about encountering Hiruko, because while getting in was troublesome, getting back would be far less so.
By this time, he had reset all the experimental records, and the footprints matched the other party's footprints. It was just that he used water escaping techniques more often, which caused the humidity in the base to rise a bit.
However, this was just a minor change in humidity, unlikely to attract anyone's attention. Moreover, Hiruko himself didn't seem to care much about details at the moment, and he was probably quite excited after succeeding, making it even harder for him to notice this.
Yuan Tuoye has no malicious intent to deliberately leave any traces for the other party to discover and then start to suspect something.
Just like some people who would take risks and leave at the last minute before Hiruko returns, he had already completed his communication with his summoned beast.
In that rather dilapidated room, a crow slowly used its small body to unroll a very large scroll, on which a spell was engraved.
"Spiritual communication!"