Looking at the whistling wind ball, Hoshita Shuichi raised his eyebrows, raised the sickle in his hand, and chopped it down fiercely, splitting the wind ball in half.
Boom!
A strong airflow exploded from both sides of Hoshita Shuichi, and the storm swept through, tearing a large number of houses to pieces.
Kakuzu's pupils shrank slightly as he watched, somewhat surprised at the power of this madman.
But there was no pause in his hand movements, and he performed another ninjutsu. This time, lightning condensed as he opened his mouth, and then shot out, forming a blue light column. After piercing through a charging samurai, the light column moved, cutting everything into pieces in its path, and Hoshita Shuichi was also within the attack range.
Hoshita Shuichi flew into the air, looked at the samurai who were rushing towards Kakuzu from behind, and said with a smile: "Let me help you!"
The three seals were completed in an instant, he opened his mouth and a huge fireball whizzed out, heading straight for the warriors, but Kakuzu was also within the attack range.
Anyway, I'm immortal, so it doesn't matter if I get hit.
Kakuzu snorted coldly and formed seals with his hands to perform water jutsu.
His hand seal formation speed was definitely fast, but just as he was getting started, the fireball that was flying towards him suddenly split up and formed a dense swarm of moths that whizzed through the air. Kakuzu was so fast that he didn't even have time to complete his hand seal before he was covered by the moths.
Like a moth to a flame!
Boom, boom, boom~~
The moths exploded, waves of fire rolled, and in a blink of an eye, they enveloped Kakuzu and the samurai who were charging forward.
"Give you another cold shower to cool you down!"
As soon as Hoshita Shuichi landed, the seal was completed.
Water Release, water explosion!
He opened his mouth and spit out water, which then created huge waves and rushed towards the sea of fire in front.
Hoshita Shuichi's hands did not stop, and he made three more seals.
Water snake binding!
In the turbulent water, a large number of water snakes gathered together, like a snake tide hidden under the waves.
When the waves collided with the flames, water vapor immediately rose up.
The waves of water continued one after another and soon put out the sea of fire, but the entire battlefield was shrouded in water vapor.
"Be careful underwater!"
"ah!"
Shouts and screams came from the steaming water vapor.
One by one, the warriors were suddenly entangled by water snakes that jumped out from the bottom of the water, and then pulled into the water. Soon, the warriors, covered in dust, fainted and then floated to the surface.
Soon, the water vapor dissipated, and warriors were floating on the water. In the center, Kakuzu was in tattered clothes and there were many burnt spots on his body.
At the same time, many black tentacles appeared.
His hardened skin can make him immune to most physical attacks, but he is not completely immune to explosive and shock wave attacks like Fire Release.
Looking at the embarrassed Kakuzu, Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "Oh, I'm very sorry, the newly developed Fire Release technique is not very precise in control."
Kakuzu looked at Hoshita Shuichi with a serious expression: "It seems that your methods are not bad, but you must be careful when doing tasks next time, and don't hinder me!"
After saying that, Kakuzu turned and left.
Hoshita Shuichi smiled, picked up the sickle and followed.
Be careful?
Your heart will explode sooner or later!
…
In the study room of Konohagakure, Hoshita Shuichi suddenly looked up.
The spirit clone who pretended to be KouGai Kuohai returned the memory.
After digesting it, Hoshita Shuichi couldn't help but laugh: "Kakuzu is quite interesting... Earth Grudge can be considered a way to achieve immortality."
Kakuzu was a man of the same era as Senju Hashirama . He was much older than Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Mizukage, and Ōnoki.
"Two consecutive missions have targeted small countries and daimyo. This old man, Onoki, is really restless."
With his attention diverted, Hoshita Shuichi snorted coldly, and after sending a clone to the Hokage Building, he used the spirit clone technique again.
Now it is the White Zetsu Afei who is impersonating KouGai Kuohai, but it cannot last long.
The spiritual clone left the body and headed towards the River Kingdom at an extremely fast speed.
…
Hokage's office.
After hearing the information, Namikaze Minato frowned: "The Iwagakure Village is trying to infiltrate these small countries through political means."
Hoshita Shuichi nodded: "That's probably the case."
"They have already attacked the leader of the Kusagakure Village once, and now the war has just ended, so they don't dare to provoke us easily."
"But since they attacked the Daimyo of the Grass Country, and used Akatsuki's hand, we can't use similar methods again, otherwise we will fall into an infinite cycle and plunge the Grass Country into chaos."
"Of course, this is under normal circumstances."
As soon as Namikaze Minato heard this, he knew that his disciple had some ideas, so he smiled helplessly and asked, "What are your ideas?"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "The Iwagakure Village's plan is nothing more than the same as before, supporting a daimyo who is biased towards them, and then using the daimyo to restrict the Kusagakure Village and stay away from us at the same time."
"If that's the case, then why can't we use the same method?"
"First, assassinate the daimyo they support, and then let the Fire Country daimyo send people to the Grass Country in the name of an alliance to support a young... Well, it would be best if the Fire Country daimyo sent someone to marry the new daimyo of the Grass Country. Then, it would be more legitimate for the Fire Country to interfere in the affairs of the Grass Country."
"Then the Daimyo of the Land of Grass can naturally hire our Konoha ninjas to protect him!"
Namikaze Minato was shocked when he heard this: "You want the Fire Country to take advantage of this opportunity to swallow up the Grass Country?"
Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "I can't say swallowed, I can only say controlled."
"Now is not the time to swallow it, or we might end up fighting with the Iwagakure Village."
"But we can lay the groundwork first."
He laughed as he spoke, "For example, the marriage I mentioned, at this stage, is to control the Daimyo of the Grass Country, maintain the interests of the original interest groups of the Grass Country, and let the nobles, ministers and merchants of the Fire Country erode them, and continue to deepen the bond through cooperation."
"When the right time comes and the Daimyo of the Grass Country dies, the Daimyo's wife can succeed him as Daimyo of the Grass Country. Then when the right time comes, the female Daimyo can lead the Grass Country into the Fire Country."
"Of course, during this process, we need to work together with the Kusagakure Village to block those open and secret attacks."
"We must also be careful with the Kusagakure Village, or the final step of this plan must not be known to the Kusagakure Village, because it conflicts with their interests."
Now that the Land of Grass is gone, the Grass Village will naturally no longer exist.
Namikaze Minato pondered over it again and again, and felt that this plan was very good. Looking at Hoshita Shuichi, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Kushina is right, you are more suitable to be Hokage than me!"
Hoshita Shuichi immediately waved his hand: "Teacher, you are only 24 years old now, so don't let your imagination run wild."
"Okay, teacher, please discuss the specifics with the Sandaime and Shikaku-senpai."
After saying that, it exploded into a cloud of smoke with a bang.
Namikaze Minato could only smile bitterly, then he said after a moment's silence: "Genma Shiranui!"
Genma Shiranui appeared immediately.
Namikaze Minato ordered: "Please go and ask the Sandaime and Shikaku to come over!"
"clear!"
…
Soon, Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Nara Shikaku gathered in the conference room.
After listening to Namikaze Minato's narration, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Nara Shikaku were stunned.
"This plan…"
Sarutobi Hiruzen was smoking a cigarette and didn't know how to describe it for a moment.
Nara Shikaku said: "This plan doesn't seem like it was proposed by a ninja."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, this was also what he thought in his heart.
Because this is not a question from the perspective of Konoha, but rather the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, or even...
Namikaze Minato smiled and said, "This was suggested by Shuichi."
"He also brought back the information."
"really."
Nara Shikaku said in a deep voice: "But I have to say that this plan is very amazing and very good."
"My advice is to adopt this plan. If necessary, I am willing to go to the daimyo's mansion and convince the daimyo and other ministers and nobles."
Although Namikaze Minato had already made up his mind, he still looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said, "Sandaime, what do you think?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "You can do it, but you must also be prepared for some necessary failures."
Namikaze Minato nodded, then said to Nara Shikaku: "Shikaku, I'll leave it to you to perfect the specific plan."
"This is a top-secret S+ plan and mission."
"Once a more specific plan comes out, you, Shikaku, will also be required to go to the Daimyo Prefecture."
"Well, then you can explain to the Daimyo that this plan was proposed by Shuichi."
Nara Shikaku nodded seriously: "I understand."
After the meeting, Namikaze Minato returned to the Hokage's office and immediately began to make arrangements.
The details of the plan need to be refined, but some work must be done up front.
For example, the information about the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Grass, to see if the newly appointed Daimyo of the Land of Grass will turn to the Iwagakure Village as Hoshita Shuichi said.
If so, then the plan can be implemented.
At that time, the newly appointed Daimyo of the Grass Country will be assassinated.
However, Namikaze Minato did not intend to use the Akatsuki organization to do this dirty work like the Iwagakure Village did, but instead planned to use the Anbu.
Thinking about the next steps, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but truly feel the reason why the Third Hokage let Danzo go before.
If Danzo's Root was still there, such dirty work could obviously be left to the Root, and as Hokage, he would have a calm retreat.
For example, if the matter is exposed, then you can shirk responsibility.
"Darkness and light, this is the weight that the Hokage should bear!"
Namikaze Minato's eyes were firm, and he had no intention of restarting another Danzo Root.
Hoshita Shuichi took the risk to get rid of Danzo so that he could gather strength more calmly after he succeeded to the throne. How could he let others down just to avoid darkness?
…
After giving out the intelligence and strategy, Hoshita Shuichi no longer cared about the matter.
The specific plan was perfect, and he believed that Nara Shikaku and the others were better at it than he was.
He is very busy right now and has no time to worry about these things. He just keeps an eye on the progress.
Only because his physique is now comparable to that of the tailed beasts can he create so many clones to work.
However, Hoshita Shuichi soon discovered that Kakuzu was a task-maniac.
In addition to the tasks of the Akatsuki organization, he also has to go out and do odd jobs to complete bounty missions.
Hoshita Shuichi is a little jealous of Konan for being such a hard-working employee.
Time passed day by day, the New Year was getting closer, and Gekko Hayate's another surgery was put on the agenda.
December 28th, Konoha 48.
In the study, Hoshita Shuichi reviewed his practice over the past year, then he increased his concentration and thinking speed, then activated the Star Seal, and finally had a "flash of inspiration".
The precious ten minutes begin the countdown.
Hoshita Shuichi lowered his eyes, his thoughts working at such a high speed that the temperature of his head rose sharply and wisps of mist rose from his head.
Time passes by every second.
With a fast-moving mind, ten minutes seems long, but in reality, ten minutes is very short.
When the "flash of inspiration" effect wore off, Hoshita Shuichi sighed with loss, feeling like he had turned from a God into a fool.
Fortunately, this time the harvest was quite fruitful.
After drinking the salt and sugar water he had prepared in one gulp, Hoshita Shuichi began to write the ritual on the blank scroll.
Curse of the Stars!
The first thing he perfected was still this curse seal, even though he had already mastered the Sage Mode.
But for Hoshita Shuichi, the Star Curse Seal is still very important. It can usually replace the Sage Mode and continuously nourish the cells with the power of sage arts, thus achieving an alternative purpose of maintaining the Sage state for a long time.
This is similar to how Tsunade uses a small amount of chakra to maintain her beauty and youthfulness. The chakra she consumes on a normal basis is actually very little.
Moreover, with regard to the development of the Star Curse Seal, Hoshita Shuichi's goal is to enable him to absorb natural power as food and become a true Sage!
Because the source of the Star Curse comes from the talent Tree, it was an ability originally given to the Ame-no-Murasaga.
Its inherent characteristic is to absorb natural energy.
Although Hoshita Shuichi has improved his physique and made a qualitative change in his chakra by digesting the power of the tailed beasts, he has not gained the unique abilities of the tailed beasts.
That is to absorb natural energy to replenish physical strength.
He now needs to use transformation techniques to turn into a tailed beast in order to quickly recover his strength.
Complex techniques flowed out from the tip of the pen, and this time the harvest was far greater than before.
It took Hoshita Shuichi a full hour to complete the latest version of the Star Curse Ritual.
The previous Star Curse Seal only amplified Fire Release, Wind Release, Yang release, and Yin Release.
This time, Hoshita Shuichi further improved it and achieved the same comprehensive amplification as the Sage Mode.
That is to say, any ninja illusion!
And this is for Hoshita Shuichi.
If it is Yakushi Nonou and the others, since Hoshita Shuichi is the one who planted the curse, then the source of the curse is him. Yakushi Nonou, Shizune and the others will also gain the same level of Yang release nature change as Hoshita Shuichi.
This is also what Hoshita Shuichi intended.
He doesn't want to watch his beauty grow old.
In addition, the Star Seal can also be separated.
For example, the Fire Mystery Seal that previously amplified Fire Release alone, the Seal of Life given to Gai amplified Yang Release, and had the built-in Creation Regeneration Technique.
The one that amplifies lightning jutsu is called Lightning Mystery Seal, the one that amplifies water jutsu is called Water Mystery Seal, the one that amplifies wind jutsu is called Wind Mystery Seal, and the one that amplifies earth jutsu is called Kamiusan Seal.
But it is named after the name of the god.
From now on, the Star Curse Seal Hoshita Shuichi will not be easily spread.
After putting away the scroll and sealing it, Hoshita Shuichi turned his attention to the talent tree.
Another talent is in an activated state.
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