"What do you mean there's no seat? Isn't there one over there?" Kouki pointed to a spot near the corner, and smiled as he grabbed Kurenai Yuhi's hand.
"Don't worry about me. You're all overthinking it. I'm fine! Let's go!"
As he said that, he pulled Kurenai inside.
Kurenai and Might Guy exchanged a glance, and could only follow Kouki inside with a hint of worry.
However, after the meal, the two of them realized that they had really been overthinking it. Kouki was still as cheerful as usual.
They couldn't see any signs of depression, anxiety, anger, or other bad emotions between his eyebrows, and the two of them were relieved.
After the meal, Kouki ruthlessly drove away Might Guy, who was redundant, and took a walk in the village with Kurenai.
He was in a very good mood.
After returning to his room, Kouki routinely went to the Kamui dimension to check on Sasori's condition.
After the Nine-Tails Rebellion ended, Kouki had installed Sasori's "control center" back. In theory, Sasori should have come back to life.
But several days had passed, and Sasori hadn't made any movements.
If it weren't for the energy fluctuations in the control center, Kouki would have thought that Sasori was dead.
It seemed that controlling the soul puppet and fighting Kouki had caused a lot of backlash for Sasori.
Kouki couldn't figure out exactly when Sasori would recover, so he would come in to check every few days.
However, this time, what surprised Kouki was that Sasori had actually woken up.
"What is the technique you used to deal with my soul puppet!" As soon as they met, Sasori immediately asked impatiently without saying any nonsense.
This was the question he cared about most.
"If you want to know, first give me your soul puppet technique," Kouki said to Sasori with a blank expression.
Sasori was a little unwilling. That was his biggest trump card. How could he hand it over so easily?
"This is a different dimension that I own. There's only you in the entire space. It's good that you don't need to eat or drink, and can stay in one place forever."
"I'll give you enough time to think about it."
After saying these words, Kouki ignored Sasori and directly withdrew from the Kamui dimension.
Sasori, as a puppet body, couldn't be controlled with genjutsu, nor could he be tortured. Of course, Kouki wouldn't easily do something as low-level as torture.
Anyway, he was only curious about that soul puppet technique, and didn't urgently want it, so he didn't mind playing with Sasori slowly.
In the afternoon, the patrol continued.
On the way, Kouki suddenly felt a trace of chakra fluctuation coming from the black rod he had given Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was summoning him.
Kouki naturally didn't hesitate. After leaving a Shadow Clone behind, he directly used Kamui to appear at the location of the black rod.
Buzz!
A spatial vortex appeared, and Kouki's figure appeared with it.
He turned his head and looked around, and found that it was a dark and humid room, and there was a faint smell of the sea in the air.
Kouki immediately understood where he was. It must be Orochimaru's secret experimental base on the island.
"Lord Kouki!"
A slightly hoarse voice rang out. It was undoubtedly Orochimaru. Next to Orochimaru was Kimimaro, who looked timid.
In just over two months, Kimimaro had undergone earth-shaking changes. His face had become much rosier, and there was a gleam in his eyes.
He had been completely renewed.
But thinking about it, the life in prison couldn't compare to the present.
"Lord Kouki," Kimimaro greeted Kouki as well.
Kouki looked at Kimimaro's little face, and couldn't help but reach out to touch it and pinch it. The feel was really good.
Kimimaro didn't dodge, but raised his little head and looked at Kouki, his eyes filled with confusion: Lord Kouki, what is he doing?
Is he testing my aptitude, and is he going to train me in some way?
Poor Kimimaro. His life in Kirigakure was simply inhuman. He couldn't even understand some intimate gestures between people.
"It seems that Lord Kouki likes Kimimaro very much. Would you like to keep Kimimaro by your side?" Orochimaru suggested from the side.
"It's not time yet. After all, I'm still a Konoha ninja," Kouki shook his head.
"With Lord Kouki's strength, it's as easy as turning your hand to become Hokage," Orochimaru licked his lips and said casually, "As long as you become Hokage, Lord Kouki can do whatever you want."
Kouki didn't commit to this. He wasn't a very ambitious person to begin with. He hadn't thought about becoming Hokage for the time being.
His temporary goal was to keep signing in and keep making himself stronger, to reach universal invincibility.
At least Kaguya's resurrection wouldn't threaten him, the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon wouldn't threaten him, and when Momoshiki and other members of the Ōtsutsuki main family descended upon the ninja world, they wouldn't threaten him either.
Kaguya and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki were sent by the Ōtsutsuki clan to Earth to plant the God Tree and guard the God Tree. Their clan would descend sooner or later.
And when the Ōtsutsuki clan saw that the chakra that should have belonged to the God Tree had been scattered throughout the ninja world, they would definitely collect it.
In fact, Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and other members of the Ōtsutsuki clan in the future did indeed do so.
Kouki naturally had to guard against this.
Of course, this was just for now. No one knew what would happen in the future, and it was hard to say whether Kouki would really become Hokage one day.
"Alright, Orochimaru, what did you call me here for? Is there any progress on the matter I entrusted to you?" Kouki asked.
Orochimaru shook his head: "Those two Jinchuriki have disappeared from the ninja world for many years. They're not so easy to find. I don't have enough manpower right now, but..."
Speaking of this, Orochimaru changed the topic, "I have made another new discovery: Takigakure Village. The Seven-Tails is in this village."
Takigakure Village?
Kouki thought carefully, and recalled this village.
This was a village that had appeared in a Naruto movie. It was also called "Village Hidden by a Waterfall", and was sandwiched between four countries, but was surrounded by waterfalls on all sides. Its geographical location was very hidden.
This secrecy was true secrecy, and wasn't as simple as being surrounded by water like Kirigakure. Instead, it was hidden within one waterfall after another.
Even the entrance to the village was inside the waterfall, like the Water Curtain Cave of Flower Fruit Mountain.
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