REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 106: Tossing Down Another Bait
"Hehe..." Orochimaru laughed meaningfully. "The Akatsuki organization was always just a ragtag group. Everyone has their own agenda."
"Nagato wanting everyone to work together in harmony for some new world order of shinobi peace—that was never going to succeed from the start."
"Right now his power is the strongest, so everyone can only follow his orders."
"But if his commands truly conflict with members' bottom lines, the inevitable result will be rebellion and defection, just like with Itachi."
"I don't think you'll last long in the Akatsuki organization either!"
"Oh no, no, I'm completely loyal to the Leader!" Yasushi grinned shamelessly, professing his loyalty, but his words carried not a shred of credibility.
Orochimaru didn't expose him, just smiled and turned his head to look back at Hiruko.
At this moment, Hiruko must have encountered Yasushi's "powerful resistance." He deployed the Chimera Technique, merging with his summoning beast beneath him, attacking the empty air while shouting boasts.
"Haha! My Chimera Technique is the perfect technique!"
"Not only can I use it on myself, I can also merge with my summoning beast, letting it use my Kekkei Genkai!"
"Susanoo truly lives up to its reputation—that defensive power is indeed strong, but my Steel Release is no slouch either!"
"Your greatest weakness is..."
"You're too slow!"
"Look at my Swift Release—you can't even hit me!"
Hiruko controlled his summoning beast, running wildly around the courtyard.
That speed was truly swift as the wind, creating a small tornado throughout the entire courtyard. As he continued moving, it kept expanding, completely destroying the entire yard and sending debris flying everywhere.
Even Orochimaru became interested this time.
"Oh, so the Chimera Technique can be used like this!"
"What's the principle behind it?"
"Won't the human body and summoning beast produce rejection reactions?"
"This is really quite intriguing!"
"Perhaps I can use this in my cloning experiments!"
Seeing the tornado growing larger and beginning to seriously affect the surrounding environment, Orochimaru said to Yasushi:
"The test has gone on long enough. Let's end this farce!"
"You do it, or should I?"
"I'll handle it. Orochimaru-sama has given me so much convenience along the way—how could I be shameless enough to trouble you to act personally?"
The Mangekyo in Yasushi's pupils rotated. Hiruko suddenly encountered something unknown and cried out in surprise, actively canceling the Chimera Technique and jumping down from his summoning beast.
Without its master's control, the summoning beast immediately stopped, standing guard before Hiruko.
The tornado dissipated into a gentle breeze. The debris that had been swept into the air rained down, creating a shower of broken stones.
Yasushi released the genjutsu, clapped his hands, and called out loudly: "Alright, Hiruko, your performance was good. You're qualified to join the Akatsuki organization."
Hiruko's vision blurred. Breaking free from the genjutsu, he looked at the corpses covering the ground and the chaotic battlefield. His expression immediately turned ugly.
"Damn it!"
"Genjutsu!"
"When?"
"That moment we made eye contact?"
"Aha..." Yasushi said cheerfully, "Didn't you notice?"
"After fighting for so long, you didn't receive a single injury."
"You didn't think that was Steel Release's doing, did you?"
"Your opponents are one of the Sannin and an Uchiha. How arrogant must you be to think you could emerge unscathed before us?"
"Only because injuries or chakra disruption would break the genjutsu's effect and wake you up, so I deliberately controlled the genjutsu content to let you have a pleasant dream."
"Now the dream is over. You should face reality."
"Damn it!" Hiruko's teeth nearly shattered from grinding. His eyes practically spat fire, but he'd learned his lesson this time. His gaze honestly fixed on the ground before him, only using peripheral vision to monitor Yasushi and Orochimaru's movements.
After the stick came the carrot.
Yasushi smiled and tempted him:
"I know you want to seize Kekkei Genkai to perfect your Chimera Technique, but I'm afraid you don't realize your technique has flaws. Your ultimate achievement is limited—the ceiling isn't high."
"Forget ruling the world and defeating the Five Great Nations. Even if you complete your technique and become the so-called perfect shinobi, you'll at most be one level above Kekkei Tota. You'll still be a hundred and eight thousand miles from the shinobi world's pinnacle!"
"What?" Now Hiruko was displeased. His face immediately flushed red as he shouted.
"That's impossible!"
"My Chimera Technique is flawless!"
"Who in this world could have as many as five Kekkei Genkai?"
"As long as I fuse five Kekkei Genkai together, I'll definitely become the perfect shinobi, definitely become invincible!"
"Who could possibly compare to me?"
"Hmph!" Yasushi curled his lip disdainfully, deciding to open this country bumpkin's eyes.
"Hiruko, your origins are rather humble, and your perspective is limited by your intelligence access, which is why you think Kekkei Genkai are so impressive."
"But you don't realize—there are thousands upon thousands of Kekkei Genkai in the shinobi world, common as weeds. But even among Kekkei Genkai, there are distinctions of quality."
"Kekkei Genkai like Wood Release and the Sharingan are among the absolute highest tier in the shinobi world."
"And what you've chosen—Steel Release, Swift Release—fucking trash!"
"They look decent in combat, but before truly top-tier shinobi, these things are nothing."
"Even if you had ten or twenty Kekkei Genkai, compared to those top-tier bloodline limits, you'd still be utterly helpless."
Hiruko's face darkened, feeling very uncomfortable.
But thinking about how he clearly possessed two Kekkei Genkai, yet after encountering Uchiha Yasushi was controlled with a single glance and played like a monkey for ages, he had to admit in his heart that the Sharingan bloodline limit was indeed more advanced than the two he possessed.
Seeing Hiruko somewhat moved, Yasushi pulled out the same words he'd used to fool Orochimaru and repeated them to fool Hiruko again, then tempted him:
"Hiruko, your Chimera Technique's fundamental concept is excellent, but in your hands it can't possibly reach its most perfect state."
"Your intelligence and knowledge are too limited. You can only set your plunder targets on the lowest-tier Kekkei Genkai."
"But choosing which Kekkei Genkai to absorb based solely on combat power is extremely low-level behavior!"
"The Chimera Technique's most powerful aspect is that it can forcibly fuse bloodlines of different chakra nature transformations together."
"You need to select different bloodline users to combine based on different chakra nature transformations."
"If you join our Akatsuki organization, we can help you plunder more powerful bloodlines and make your bloodline combinations more reasonable."
"Think about it!"
"Don't you want your plundered bloodlines to include the Sage Body, Sage Eyes, and Sage Bones?"
"If your combination is reasonable enough, you could use just five bloodline users to balance Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water—the five elements—plus Yin and Yang!"
"That's the Bloodline Encompassing—an existence far beyond both Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Tota!"
"Hiss..." Hiruko couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath, deeply moved.
"That's right!" He slapped his thigh, his voice beginning to tremble. "Besides balancing the five elements, I can also incorporate the Yin-Yang duality!"
"And what are these Sage Body and Sage Eyes? Where can I get them?"
"The Uchiha clan's Sharingan is the Sage Eyes!"
"These eyes are directly inherited from the Sage of Six Paths, which is why the Uchiha clan is a great shinobi house, why they're so powerful!"
"Didn't you already choose Kakashi as your fusion target?"
"That choice is very correct!"
"Later we'll absorb him first!"
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