Chapter 81: Considerations for the Shadow Division Members and Summoning Beasts
The Souji looked at the classified information that was now accessible to those with authorization in the confidential archives, while pondering the matter.
The easiest and most loyal candidate for the Shadow Division has already been recruited by Sasori.
At this point in time, there aren't many Kage-level figures who could be recruited.
One that comes to mind is Kakuzu, and the other is Tsunade, who has already left Konoha.
After failing to assassinate Hashirama Senju, Kakuzu returned to the ninja village and was held accountable. In a fit of rage, he killed the village's high-ranking officials.
For the next few decades, he wandered around, earning a living by taking on assassination missions and earning bounties.
In the original timeline, he would have been persuaded by Pain to join the Akatsuki organization.
We don't know exactly where Kakuzu is now, but there are only so many black market figures who carry out assassinations outside the ninja villages, and it's not hard to find out the trading locations called 'exchange shops'.
Kakuzu is the kind of person who can be subdued by force; once we find him, things will be much easier.
As for Tsunade, she's a bit more troublesome.
Regardless of whether you can defeat her, even if you could, she's not the type to simply submit after being defeated; it wouldn't be surprising if she resisted to the death.
Of course, demonstrating strength is also necessary, but if we want to win Tsunade over, it seems we can only persuade her.
This is quite uncertain, but we can only give it a try.
The Souji has already dispatched some Konoha ninjas to investigate the whereabouts of the two, and has also asked Sasori to investigate from the underworld.
Sasori was originally a rogue ninja who usually raised funds to make puppets by buying things for free and killing people for bounties, just like Kakuzu.
Although he moved from the Land of Wind to the Land of Fire, these things were still familiar to him.
These two are individuals who could potentially be subdued right now, and who have already reached Kage-level strength.
Besides these, there are some other candidates worth considering.
In addition to the Akatsuki trio, there is Kisame Hoshigaki, and Yotsuki, who was originally developed to become a casualty of the peace talks between Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
There are several possible Jinchuriki, such as Bunpuku, the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, Utakata, the Jinchuriki of the Six-Tailed Beast, and the Jinchuriki of the Seven-Tailed Beast whose current identity is currently unknown.
All three of these individuals could potentially be recruited.
Bunpuku's understanding of love and peace goes beyond simply protecting Sunagakure.
He has a deeper understanding of love and peace, and if everyone can have a proper discussion, it is possible for him to join his cause of changing the ninja world.
Utakata is a recluse type of character. In the original story, he would have defected from Kirigakure and lived a peaceful life in seclusion.
It is possible that he could take this personality with him, but Utakata is only 6 years old now, which is still too young, so it is hard to say what will happen.
Kisame Hoshigaki is in a similar situation.
Although he is also a very promising individual, he is only 10 years old and has probably just graduated from the Ninja Academy.
It's uncertain whether his job of hunting down rogue ninjas has even started yet.
Besides these, there are some less well-known figures, such as the descendants of the Uzumaki clan scattered throughout the ninja world.
Nagato is in the Land of Rain, and Karin was originally from the Land of Grass.
Her parents' generation might still be in the Grass Village.
And based on these two examples, it's clear that they should be found all over the ninja world.
Even without the inheritance of high-level sealing techniques, the Uzumaki clan's innate advantage of having a huge amount of chakra still indicates that they have great potential.
The cast for the film department is roughly set.
As for the choice of contracted summoning beasts, Souji found a suitable target after reviewing the confidential files.
dragon.
Toad, slug, and python are the corresponding summoning beasts of the three legendary Sannin of Konoha.
The toad comes from Mount Myoboku.
Slugs come from the Wet Bone Forest.
The python came from Ryūchi Cave (Dragon Ground Cave).
Each of the three types of summoned beasts has its own sacred ground and a patriarchal immortal, who has lived from the era of the Six Paths Immortal to the present day, and is a long-lived species with a lifespan of over a thousand years.
According to Konoha's classified information, there are other similar beings known in the ninja world besides these three sages.
For example, the summoning beast Enma, which was contracted by the Third Hokage, also came from a sacred land with a sage ancestor.
However, apart from the Hokage and the Sannin, no one has been found to have successfully signed a contract with these beings.
The ability of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha to sign contracts with these four sacred lands and races, allowing them to summon top-tier summoning beasts at any time, is one of Konoha's strengths.
Of these known top-tier summoning beast races, the most powerful is the dragon.
Deidara later created the C2 Dragon, whose form was extremely similar to the image in the Konoha Archives.
It is estimated that Deidara had seen the dragon before creating the C2.
In any world, snakes are a subordinate form of dragons, and this is no exception in the ninja world.
Despite being a snake, they named their sacred place Ryuchi Cave because snakes always dream of transforming into dragons.
These dragons inhabit an island called Dragon Island, far from the Ninja World continent.
Dragons are incredibly powerful and extremely arrogant.
To date, no one has ever successfully signed a contract with a dragon, but Souji doesn't seem to care.
The system provided Momotaro Rice Ball recipes, which are said to be the most delicious food for all summoning beasts, addictive once eaten, and can be used to exchange for summoning beasts' consent to sign contracts.
The dragon's power is at the top of all summoning beasts.
Its appearance is incredibly imposing, and it also has the ability to fly.
This will save me a lot of time when I need to travel around the ninja world in the future.
Without a doubt, it is the best choice.
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Another day passed, and Homura Mitokado returned to Konoha, completed the procedures, and both Souji and Minato were officially promoted to elite Jonin.
Afterwards, Souji went to the Hyuga family mansion as promised and visited Hyuga Saizo, the current head of the Hyuga clan.
Unlike his son, Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Saizo was more diplomatic.
The two exchanged a lot of pleasantries, platitudes, mutual flattery, and probing questions, but in the end, Hyuga Saizo summarized it into one meaning.
Considering your status and strength, Mochizuki Souji, we can make an exception and allow you to marry outside the family, with your surname Mochizuki after the marriage.
As for their children and descendants, as long as they don't show any disdain, I won't interfere in any way.
However, if the Byakugan is awakened, then it must be handed over to the Hyuga family through adoption, and of course, the Caged Bird Seal must be applied.
The Hyuga clan has Hyuga Saizo and his son Hyuga Hiashi as the main family, while the other hundreds of clan members are from branch families.
All of them, including Hyuga Saizo's other son Hyuga Hizashi, are under the Caged Bird Seal.
If anyone can break the Caged Bird Seal, the Hyuga clan will be thrown into chaos.
Therefore, no matter how high Souji's status and strength were, Hyuga Saizo remained unyielding on this point.
The Souji didn't have much to say about it.
Although I told Tsukiyo before that I would order the Hyuga clan to break the Caged Bird Curse once I became Hokage, in reality, regardless of whether the Hyuga clan obeyed or not, it is very likely that the Hyuga clan themselves did not have a way to break the curse.
Like many amateur poison users, they just randomly mix and match poisons without even knowing how to counteract them.
In this case, in the end, it is very likely that one will still have to rely on their own special abilities, such as using extremely high-level sealing techniques, or accumulating enough knowledge about curse seals and then using ninjutsu deduction to create a way to break the seal.
Since that was the case, the Souji simply smiled slightly, neither agreeing nor refusing, only saying that it was still wartime and the marriage would take place after the war ended, and everything would be discussed in detail then.
Hyuga Saizo assumed he needed to consider it, so he didn't say anything more and smiled as he saw Souji off.
A few days later, Yahiko and his two companions arrived in Konoha...
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