"Moreover, we can cooperate. You really want to become the next member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, right?"
"Once you lure out Raiga, I'll use his body for experiments, which will also accelerate the progress of my research. To completely cure your illness, I need more experimental materials."
Kiyoshi stared at Ringo.
The Kiri ninjas' obsession with becoming one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen is like the children in Konoha all shouting that they want to become the Hokage.
It's a symbol of recognition and status.
"Do you think I would betray my comrades?" Ringo retorted.
"Betraying your comrades doesn't necessarily mean betraying the village. Don't you have confidence that you can do better than him after becoming the new member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen?" Kiyoshi smiled.
Taking ordinary people or innocent people for experiments is definitely inhumane, and Kiyoshi doesn't want to do such things.
But these ninjas are different. Ninjas are essentially executioners who carry out missions.
Raiga has countless lives in his hands. As a Kiri ninja invading the Land of Fire, it's a matter of life and death.
When dealing with such people, Kiyoshi has no psychological burden.
If he were caught, he would also face the fate of being killed and having his eyes taken.
So, it's normal to maximize the benefits when the opposition's strength is inferior and they fall into his hands.
In fact, the Second Hokage, Tobirama, had done a lot of such things.
His forbidden techniques were inseparable from human experimentation.
Edo Tensei is solid proof of human experimentation.
Successful execution requires a living person's life as a sacrifice.
But why would anyone think of using a living person as a sacrifice?
And how many lives were used during the development period, is worth pondering.
"You think so, right?"
Kiyoshi's crimson eyes flashed, and he quietly poured a large amount of his pupil power into Ringo, planting a suggestive genjutsu.
This was to prevent her from revealing the information about this transaction.
The strength of spiritual energy is inseparable from a healthy body.
Although Ringo was able to drag her weak body to obtain the position of one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and had honed a tough will with long-term pain, her frail body was ultimately like a leaky container.
It continuously consumed the vigorous spiritual power, causing her spiritual power to gradually get weaker.
Only when her body is healed can her spiritual power return to its peak.
Simply put, applying suggestion in this state can be described as perfect timing.
Ringo's eyes flashed a hint of red, but she herself didn't notice it.
She laughed, and the sharp teeth in her rosy little mouth reflected light in the mottled sunlight filtering through the trees.
"Interesting, you really are a different Uchiha."
Ringo was not repulsed by Kiyoshi's offer of cooperation.
She doesn't have any concept of comrades.
If she wants to become the new member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, she definitely can't avoid a confrontation with the previous one, and there will be a battle sooner or later.
There's Zabuza in the village who is about the same age as Mei, who has killed all the students of the current class with his own strength.
Such behavior was not only not not punished, but instead made Zabuza's reputation spread far and wide.
At a young age, he had the nickname Kirigakure's Demon.
This is the current Kirigakure, bloody, brutal, and with the strong prevailing.
Even if you kill your comrades, as long as you don't defect from the village, the village won't blame small-scale infighting.
Honestly, Ringo didn't know why the Third Mizukage, who was once wise and honourable in his youth, had become so brutal in his old age.
But the policies issued by the Kage are very important.
If one goes against them, it will be considered defection, and they can only wander in the ninja world forever.
This has led to Kirigakure becoming increasingly chaotic.
What made Ringo curious was that Kiyoshi, who had come from Konoha with the "Will of Fire," actually wanted to offer cooperation to an enemy like her.
Isn't he afraid of being treated as a traitor by the village?
"Let's meet here next time."
Kiyoshi left a sentence and quickly rushed to the battlefield ahead.
Now he has secured experimental subjects for the future.
He doesn't need too many experimental subjects. Just one for daily research, and another to verify the success of the experiment.
As long as the amount of Moryo's power is reduced, there will be no danger to life.
At most, there will be some mutations, multiple eyes, multiple legs, and so on.
As the humid air by the stream drilled into Kiyoshi's nose, he returned to the mist.
This mist had dissipated a lot and was quickly dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Retreat!"
Kiyoshi heard Raiga's shout.
The next moment, rustling sounds rang out.
The mist receded, leaving only the Uchiha ninjas, Minato and three other foreign ninjas.
"They retreated?"
Minato frowned, but didn't go after them.
"We will go to support Fugaku-sama." Horikawa said.
Then he ordered several clansmen to deal with the bodies on the ground.
These corpses will either be burned on the spot or sealed into sealing scrolls and taken back.
A ninja's corpse can be used to expose a lot of secrets, such as the ninja's ninjutsu, the nature of chakra, kekkei genkai, and special drugs that have been used, etc. So they are dealt with in a timely manner.
If foreign ninjas die in Konoha during the Chunin Exams, the jonin leading the team from that country will take the corpses back.
Minato nodded, that was indeed the best choice.
"Let's go."
Kakashi glanced at Obito faintly.
Obito still had a smear of blood on his face, obviously having just been in a battle.
"Died... died."
Obito watched as the clansmen were cleaning up the few Uchiha corpses on the ground.
The minced meat that had just been shattered by the water was difficult to deal with, so it was directly burned with fire release.
He had met these people in the clan before.
Now, in the blink of an eye, they had already taken their last breath.
Such a sense of contrast made Obito want to vomit.
"Can't you be a little more mature like Kiyoshi?" Kakashi said.
"I'm different from that kind of cold-blooded guy!"
Obito couldn't accept Kiyoshi's indifferent look at the death of the clansmen.
Doesn't he even feel anything at the passing of life?
Kiyoshi felt Obito's gaze, shook his head, and said nothing.
He resealed his sword into the sealing scroll, and followed Horikawa.
"Obito, Kiyoshi isn't that kind of person." Rin defended Kiyoshi.
How could Kiyoshi, who could take the time to teach her lightning release chakra nature transformation, be what Obito had said?
Kiyoshi is a good person!
During the battle just now, it was excusable under the urgency of the situation.
"Did you just come out of the mist?" Horikawa asked.
"Yeah, I was chasing that brown-red haired woman." Kiyoshi replied.
"Let's hurry."
Horikawa didn't ask any more questions, and after disposing of the corpses of the clansmen, he quickly led the people to the battlefield.
...
The sun fell from the top of the mountain, and the night was like a layer of ink, covering the sky in black.
The battle in this area had come to an end.
Kiyoshi killed eight Kiri ninjas, and he could feel his pupil power strengthening.
If it continues like this, he will be able to touch that limit.