[Fire Temple]
Rengoku lurked in the shadows, continuously observing Sora.
The Nine-Tails chakra that Kazuma had sealed into his body wasn't much, and although Sora was using the Five Elements Seal, it was also sealed very tightly.
When they regularly applied the strengthening seal on him, Sora couldn't notice anything abnormal.
When the other monks were doing morning lessons, Sora sat alone in a corner.
His expression was very depressed.
Ever since that time he fainted, after he woke up he became like this.
Nobody told him why.
He only knew that the senior brother who used to like him was ignoring him.
The people who used to play with him were also avoiding him.
Rengoku saw that in the entire temple, only Chiriku didn't exclude this child.
But Chiriku also had the appearance of a strict teacher, not smiling or joking.
Sora was somewhat pitiful.
Kazuma wasn't in the Fire Temple. According to the timeline, he should be with his teammates studying Earth Release secret techniques and digging up corpses.
Since Kazuma wasn't present, Rengoku directly stole his house.
Rengoku had also scouted around; the room where Sora lived was a single separate room.
He didn't know if it was to make it convenient for Kazuma to come and seal.
It just happened to be convenient for Rengoku now.
As time passed, one day quickly went by.
There was not even electricity in the Fire Temple, and naturally no other entertainment facilities.
When night fell and it became dark, everyone returned to their rooms to sleep.
Rengoku waited for Sora to come to his room and then snuck in.
Sora only felt a flash of a figure before his eyes and then lost consciousness.
Seeing that Itachi outside hadn't started acting yet, Rengoku lifted Sora's clothes and checked the Five Elements Seal on his stomach.
Rengoku, who was proficient in the Five Elements Seal, revealed a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.
'This Kazuma really is insane.'
Not only did he continuously apply the Five Elements Seals, but he also kept applying internal pressure; afterwards the pressure of the Nine-Tails chakra would become stronger and stronger.
When the seal was finally released directly, the chakra could increase explosively.
It's just that Sora's body would suffer extreme damage.
BOOM!
Outside the gate of the Fire Temple suddenly came a loud boom, and the huge sealed iron wall burst open and flew inside, with thick smoke rising outside.
Countless fire oil flew out in the thick smoke and quickly started burning.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The huge flames along with the thick smoke startled everyone in the Fire Temple awake.
"Put out the fire!"
"Who dares attack our Fire Temple?"
"Go quickly and bring Lord Chiriku!"
The monks of the Fire Temple had obviously never experienced this kind of thing; each of them was like a headless fly.
Some wanted to put out the fire, some went to get weapons.
They were in the middle of this thick smoke and chaos.
Rengoku had already transformed into a monk and carried Sora to the gate.
Several monks were standing here and asked Rengoku, "What happened? Why did Sora faint?"
Rengoku coughed a few times, "I don't know, maybe he inhaled too much smoke."
"The air here isn't good. I'll take him outside first," Saying that, he directly carried Sora out.
The few monks at the gate didn't pay attention either and were still focused on the big fire inside.
Chiriku had originally been doing evening practice in the back hall, and after the chaos happened outside, he immediately came out.
Under his command, the burning area was quickly isolated.
While putting out the fire, they also searched for suspicious people.
But after the fire was out, they still hadn't found the attackers, and Chiriku asked everyone, "Do we have any casualties?"
"No."
"Where did Sora go?"
"Earlier he seemed to have inhaled toxic smoke and was carried out."
Chiriku's heart suddenly sank.
"Go find Sora's whereabouts immediately!"
The monks were startled, and then immediately went to look.
In the end, not only was Sora gone, but nobody knew the monk who had carried him away.
Chiriku was at this time inspecting their sealed iron wall; there was a huge dent on it, clearly smashed open by brute force.
The biggest possibility was a summoned beast.
After receiving the other monks' reports, his expression also became very ugly.
This was obviously aimed at kidnapping Sora.
But the perpetrator acted so cleverly that he had no idea who did it.
'And why would they know Sora's identity?'
'Could it be that a monk leaked it?'
'Is there a monk who harbours resentment from the previous berserk incident?'
It was too chaotic; there was simply no way to know where to start investigating.
The key point was, how to explain to Kazuma?
Chiriku only felt a tangled mess in his heart.
———
Of course, Chiriku would never think that there was a prophet like Rengoku who knew Sora's identity.
Nor would he think that the ones who came to the Fire Temple to kidnap someone were people from the strongest tier in the entire ninja world.
It was absolutely impossible to find them.
After Rengoku met up with Itachi, they found a hidden cave.
"Itachi, keep watch at the cave entrance first, I'll handle Sora," Rengoku instructed.
He wanted to undo Sora's seal right here.
The earlier the seal was undone, the less damage it would do to Sora.
After all, the Nine-Tails chakra had merged with Sora's chakra; if the chakra was extracted again, Sora's life would be gone.
Itachi had also learned on the way that this child was the tool Kazuma prepared to realize his own ambition.
He felt somewhat strange in his heart.
"I understand, Senpai."
Rengoku didn't waste time; he lifted Sora's eyelid and cast a genjutsu, making Sora fall into a deep coma.
He formed hand seals, pressed onto Sora's stomach, and twisted in reverse.
The massive seal instantly appeared, and then the Nine-Tails chakra rushed out from the gap in the seal.
Rengoku's hand pressed on it, and the chakra was continuously absorbed into his body.
At this point, the amount of chakra in Sora's body wasn't much and was quickly absorbed clean.
It was just that after the Nine-Tails chakra entered his body, Rengoku felt a sensation like magma burning his body.
Luckily, this body wasn't a real physical body, otherwise it would've been quite troublesome.
Rengoku struck his own body with a palm, and the Four Symbols Seal instantly appeared on his abdomen.
The scattered Nine-Tails chakra was quickly bound into a cluster by the Four Symbols Seal and settled down.
Rengoku also breathed out a sigh of relief; the first step of the plan had been completed.
He lifted his head and saw that Sora was still in a deep coma.
Rengoku thought for a moment. Since he had conveniently rescued Sora from the den of demons, giving him a stable ordinary life was also easy.
"Itachi, come in."
"Senpai," Itachi quickly came in, surprised that Rengoku acted so fast.
Rengoku pointed at Sora, "Can you completely erase his memories without damaging his brain?"
Itachi stepped forward and checked Sora, "No problem, Senpai."
"Do you want me to fabricate some other memories for him?"
Rengoku shook his head, "Fabrications might be discovered. Just let him forget the past and be an ordinary person."
"Our Uchiha clan is big and wealthy, we can fully provide for him."
"There are people in the clan who have no ability to raise children, at least he'll have no worries about food and clothing."
[T/N: The Silk Song is real!]
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