Grass Hidden Village spread the invasion date throughout the entire ninja world. Konoha naturally received the news, so recently, their blockade on the border became stricter.
However, they could only blockade the ground. They had no means to deal with aerial invasions, especially invasions from Cloud Hidden Village.
Wu Jie and Xiang Ran were currently above the cloud layer, flying at supersonic speeds across the border of the Land of Fire. It didn't take long for them to arrive in the small town where Shin'ō was located.
Supersonic flight saved them a lot of time, so when they arrived, Shin'ō was still conducting medical consultations in the town.
Wu Jie and Xiang Ran queued up behind the line. Shin'ō's medical skills were excellent, and his efficiency was surprisingly high. It wasn't long before it was their turn.
At this time, Shin'ō looked like a kind and benevolent elder. He smiled and asked the two, "Your complexions look very healthy. Do you feel unwell anywhere?"
Wu Jie shook his head indifferently, then said to Shin'ō, "No, we don't feel unwell anywhere. It should be you who feels unwell. We are here to bring you trouble."
The Uzumaki siblings were inseparable, and their red hair was too conspicuous. So, the moment Shin'ō saw them, he recognized their identities. They were indeed the notorious, recently famous fugitives in the ninja world!
War Criminals!
Shin'ō didn't know what these two Uzumaki wanted from him, but out of caution, he still hoped to feign ignorance. So, he put on a surprised expression and said, "You've completely messed me up. I'm very clear about my own physical condition. Did you perhaps come to the wrong person?"
Wu Jie's lips curved slightly, then he said, "You haven't contracted a physical illness, but a mental one. I have a cure for your mental illness, and its name is... It's the Scroll of Zero Revival, which you haven't found even after searching for ten years."
Hearing this, Shin'ō's face instantly changed. He had never told anyone about his search for the Scroll of Zero Revival!
Wu Jie watched him and continued, "What? Are you still going to pretend you know nothing at this point? If you keep pretending, I'll start to look down on you, Shin'ō-sensei, the current leader of Sora Ninja Village."
Sora Ninja Village, as its name implied, was a ninja village capable of flying and fighting in the air.
This village had a different development path from traditional ninjas. They used chakra as 'energy' and vigorously developed technology.
The ninjas of Sora Ninja Village wore things resembling wings. They could inject chakra into their wings, gaining the ability to fly freely in the sky by creating internal and external airflow differentials.
Moreover, when they fought, they would also use new ninja tools similar to guns to fire high-speed projectiles for long-range attacks. They could even build aircraft carriers, launching flying ninjas from afar, piercing through ground defenses from high altitudes to enter enemy territory. Then, by dropping bombs and using painful-to-use projectile launchers, they would precisely strike the enemy's vital forces and important facilities.
Because their tactical philosophy was too advanced, and attacks from the air were almost impossible to defend against, Sora Ninja Village was practically invincible on the battlefield.
However, this result also made them arrogant. In a previous Great Ninja War, Sora Ninja Village arrogantly declared war on the Five Great Ninja Villages, but the price of their arrogance was severe damage, and the village was eventually destroyed by Konoha.
However, not all of Sora Ninja Village's ninjas perished.
The remaining people fled overseas on the surviving aircraft carriers. They entered the territory of the Land of the Sea and, utilizing the secluded environment, hid themselves, silently recuperating and waiting for the day Sora Ninja Village would rise again.
But after Sora Ninja Village was helplessly destroyed by Konoha, Shin'ō realized that while technology could be powerful, it could not make the village defeat beings beyond humans.
So, to avenge Konoha, and also to regain control of this world, he secretly returned to the land, began searching for a way to revive Zero-Tails, and attempted to use Zero-Tails' power to make Sora Ninja Village rise again!
Shin'ō's purpose was first pointed out by Wu Jie, then his identity was exposed. If he continued to pretend he knew nothing, he would truly appear quite foolish.
So, he said to the other commoners behind the two, "My apologies, due to an important matter, today's consultations will end here."
He wasn't sure what was happening now, so Shin'ō didn't want to easily abandon this identity he had painstakingly maintained for over a decade. After speaking, he looked at Wu Jie and said to him, "Looking at your demeanor, you don't seem to be here to cause me trouble. If that's the case, why don't we have a good talk?"
Wu Jie nodded and smiled, "Indeed, just as I wished."
Shin'ō led Wu Jie and Xiang Ran back to his room on the inn's upper floor. After they sat down again, Shin'ō asked them, "Before we continue, can you tell me how you know my identity?"
Wu Jie thought for a moment, deciding to pin the blame on Orochimaru. Then he first smiled and said, "You must have heard about it, the events that happened in the short street. Orochimaru and I met there."
Shin'ō was instantly enlightened!
No need to say anything else, it must have been that bastard Orochimaru who leaked his information! After all, in this land, only Orochimaru, who had studied biotechnology with him, knew his true identity!
Moreover, during his interactions with Orochimaru, he had subtly tried to ascertain information about the Scroll of Zero Revival, but he hadn't revealed any crucial information. However, given Orochimaru's intelligence and wisdom, it was not difficult to deduce his purpose from those clues.
Damn Orochimaru!
Don't let me find out where you are! Thinking of this, Shin'ō nodded, then continued to ask, "I understand. Then let's talk about your purpose. I imagine you wouldn't just give me the Zero-Tails scroll without reason."
Wu Jie's lips curved upwards, then he said, "Naturally. As compensation for curing your mental illness, I don't need much. Just two things."
Looking at the smile on Wu Jie's face, Shin'ō, as a schemer and ambitious person, instinctively felt a bad premonition in his heart.
"First, I need all of Sora Ninja Village's ninja tool manufacturing technology, including your flying device manufacturing technology and aircraft carrier fleet construction technology."
"Second, I need the Physical Activation Technique and Flesh Transformation Technique that you possess, and furthermore, based on these two, the Flesh Mutation Technique formed by combining them with dark chakra."
Shin'ō's eyes twitched. Indeed, it wasn't much; it was just asking for everything he possessed. And how did they know about the secret techniques he held?
Especially the Flesh Transformation Technique that can restore youthful vitality and infinitely strengthen one's body during injury. This ninjutsu must be used in conjunction with dark chakra, but dark chakra has no shadow now!
But this was no time to be stunned. Coming back to his senses, Shin'ō immediately refused, "Impossible. Your demands are too high. Even the Scroll of Zero Revival isn't worth this much. At most, you can get one of them, and I will not teach you the Flesh Transformation Technique."
Wu Jie smiled faintly. He looked at Shin'ō and said with ill intent, "I don't think you have a choice. Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, the Zero-Tails scroll I gave you is just its whereabouts. If you want to get it, you still need to get it yourself."
Because Wu Jie also didn't know what the Zero-Tails Revival Scroll was like.
Hearing this, Shin'ō's eyes flashed with a dangerous light. He said to Wu Jie, "Are you treating me like a fool? What, you don't think I already have those things? Talk like that is for when you're dreaming. As for intelligence, I have many clues myself, no need for you to provide this kind of unverified information."
Wu Jie really came empty-handed and tricked him, because in his original plan, he hadn't thought of contacting Shin'ō so early. So he didn't prepare any chips.
In his original plan, he was supposed to wait until the war began, after the Land of Whirlpools had gathered a large number of manpower, and then recruit an army and begin training.
After the training achieved certain results, he would then go to contact Shin'ō, and then obtain those 'advanced' ninja tools from Sora Ninja Village from his hands, and equip them into the army.
Because large-scale deployment of equipment would inevitably not escape the eyes of other villages, after obtaining Sora Ninja Village's power, the threat level of the Land of Whirlpools in the eyes of others would immediately rise significantly. This did not align with his plan of secretly developing and only entering the war in its later stages.
However, thinking of this, Wu Jie still smiled slightly and said to Shin'ō with a menacing tone, "Please do not doubt the authenticity of the information, because Uzumaki never lies. And if you refuse our transaction, I will spread your objective to the person who possesses the scroll. Tell me, will they preserve this scroll in a place you can never find, or will they simply destroy it directly? If you cannot get the Zero-Tails Revival Scroll, do you have any other way to make Sora Ninja Village rise again?"
For Shin'ō, the most crucial function of the Zero-Tails Scroll was not to bestow powerful strength, but the dark chakra on Zero-Tails' body!
After dark chakra was combined with the Flesh Transformation Technique, he would be able to use this secret technique to restore the body's youth, allowing himself to return to his prime!
Wu Jie's lips curled up, and he continued, "Mr. Shin'ō, how old are you now? How much longer can you live?"
Shin'ō's eyes narrowed. After half a beat of silence, he finally spoke, "Little brats, when you were still drinking milk, I was already rampaging through this ninja world for decades. You want to threaten me? You're a hundred years too early!"
At this moment, Wu Jie's eyes also grew cold. "Old man, when we attack Konoha and stir up a ninja world war, you're still planning in the shadows where you'll go to beg for food tomorrow? On this evil path, we are your seniors. You will show me respect."
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