The Wind-Controlling Swordsmanship from Under One Person

Chapter 232 Uchiha Itachi and Kisame

Kabuto's face was contorted with fervor, his eyes behind his glasses were bloodshot, and his fingers twitched involuntarily.

His desire to explore the power of domination was like a raging fire, almost consuming his entire heart.

If it weren't for the vast difference in strength, he would probably have already imprisoned Qin Ye on the experimental table and used every means to try and uncover the secrets of the Dominator's power.

"I advise you to give up. You can't control this power," Qin Ye said coldly, throwing cold water on your hopes.

Kabuto's expression froze instantly, his finger that was pushing up his glasses stopping in mid-air: "What do you mean by that?"

Qin Ye did not respond to Yakushi Kabuto again and walked straight into the depths of the cave.

Rune power is known for its rage; if things go wrong, it could lead to the collapse of the world and the destruction of Runeterra. Two mortals who don't even know magic would probably die without even knowing how they died if they tried to control it.

If it weren't for the existence of the Floating Life Record, the Blade Overlord within Qin Ye's body would have definitely burst his body, and he wouldn't even have had the chance to fuse and mutate.

Kabuto Yakushi stood there, watching the figure gradually disappear into the darkness, his expression grim and uncertain.

He slowly took off his glasses and rubbed his temples with trembling fingers, as if trying to crush the irritability and resentment in his heart.

When I looked up again, my eyes had regained some clarity.

He took a deep breath, the damp cave air mixed with the fishy smell of moss filling his lungs, before taking steps to catch up with the receding figure.

When Qin Ye saw Orochimaru again, the other man's snake-like eyes gleamed with undisguised greed.

Orochimaru's words were exactly the same as Kabuto's, even more explicit than the latter's. He directly demanded that Qin Ye provide the power of dominion for his research, or directly reveal the source of this power.

“You can’t control this power. If you don’t want to become a dried snake, stop thinking about it.” As Qin Ye spoke, he released Yagura from the sac: “Extract the tailed beast from me.”

"Oh? The Fourth Mizukage." Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the pitiful baby face on the ground.

He naturally knew Yagura Karatachi, and had even fought against him.

The opponent's Water Mirror Technique is quite troublesome; he suffered a considerable loss at its hands before.

His current miserable state is completely different from when we first met him.

Orochimaru's gaze returned to the young man before him. They had only been in the Land of Water for a short time; he hadn't even figured out what was going on with Sasuke's power, and this guy had already captured the Mizukage.
Just how powerful is this guy?
"What are you looking at? Go ahead and smoke."

Qin Ye's voice rang out, pulling Orochimaru back from his thoughts.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and now extracting the tailed beasts is a piece of cake for Orochimaru.

The same old procedure was followed, and in no time, all of the Three-Tails' chakra was drawn into the Tailed Beast container.

Qin Ye then released Xiaobai, allowing it to devour the chakra of the tailed beasts.

More food was served, and Little White was overjoyed. It rubbed its big head against Qin Ye, its glossy fur trembling with its movements.

Then the little white fox's lips twitched, and it began to devour the Three-Tails' chakra.

[World Favor +10%]

Soon, the tailed beast chakra in the container was completely devoured by Shiro, but its tails remained at five and did not increase.

"You've even devoured a few tailed beasts with your summoned beasts. Why don't you let me study them first?"

Orochimaru scrutinized Shiro like a lab rat.

In terms of combat strength, he believed that the myriad snakes he could summon might not be weaker than the fox.

No matter how powerful Manda is, it cannot devour tailed beasts to grow stronger. This is not sealing, but devouring, which is a fundamental difference.

Therefore, his interest in this fox was no less than that in the holy blood he obtained from Qin Ye.

Before Qin Ye could even respond, Xiao Bai had already put down its forelegs, its snow-white fur bristling slightly. It bared its sharp white fangs at Orochimaru, a low, threatening growl rumbling in its throat, as if it were about to pounce on him and tear him to pieces at any moment.

Orochimaru just smiled sinisterly, not taking it seriously at all. His face still wore that sinister smile, and his eyes were filled with undisguised greed.

However, the next second, he felt a darkness above his head as a huge claw slammed down, knocking him to the ground and embedding him perfectly into the soil, raising a cloud of dust.

"This... Lord Orochimaru..."

Kabuto's lips twitched. He glanced at Qin Ye, and seeing that he didn't react, he immediately ran forward and dug Orochimaru out of the ground.

With a fierce look on its face, Shiro raised its claws again. This time, its gaze swept back and forth between Kabuto and Orochimaru, as if it intended to slap the two of them into the ground together.

"Stop filming." Qin Ye stopped them, looking at the disheveled Orochimaru with a faint smile on his face: "I said before that I would only cooperate with your research after I have devoured all the tailed beasts. Don't mention it before that, otherwise I may not be able to stop you next time."

After saying that, he ignored Orochimaru's gloomy face and turned to leave.

Xiao Bai's body quickly shrank, turning into a snowball the size of a palm. It lightly leaped onto Qin Ye's shoulder, not forgetting to turn back and grin at Orochimaru. However, after shrinking in size, its fierceness actually looked cute and adorable, lacking any intimidating power.

Qin Ye hadn't gone far when he bumped into Sasuke, who had rushed over after hearing the commotion.

The black-haired boy paused, his expression faltering slightly upon seeing Qin Ye. He then lowered his head, silently stepped aside, and made way for him.

After leaving Orochimaru's base, Qin Ye strolled under the moonlight, which draped him in a silver veil.

Next, it's time to find the next tailed beast.

Now, in a way, he is racing against the Akatsuki to see who can capture the remaining tailed beasts faster.

In my memory, Kirigakure had two tailed beasts: the three-tailed Isobu and the six-tailed Saiken.

However, Qin Ye could not be entirely certain whether the Six-Tails Jinchuriki was still within the Land of Water at this point in time.

Let's look for it first.

The whispers faded into the night wind, and his figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.

In the following days, Qin Ye traveled to every island in the Land of Water and visited surrounding villages and towns, but he still could not find any trace of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

In the original manga, after the Six-Tails Jinchuriki Utakata left Kirigakure, he seemed to go to the territory of the Tsuchigumo clan.

However, Qin Ye wasn't quite sure where this earth spider was.

The current situation with the Tailed Beasts is that Shiro has devoured the One-Tailed Shukaku, the Three-Tailed Isobu, and the Eight-Tailed Gyuki.

As far as Qin Ye knew, Xiao only possessed the Two-Tailed Brigade.

The Seven-Tails, Chongming, is yet to be resurrected. As such, the remaining tailed beasts are only the Four-Tails, Son Goku, the Five-Tails, Kokuo, the Six-Tails, Saiken, and the Nine-Tails, Kurama.

"The Nine-Tails' whereabouts are unknown. The Four-Tails and Five-Tails are both in Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) in the Land of Earth."

After a moment's thought, Qin Ye decided that going to Iwagakure would be the most cost-effective option, as he could capture two tailed beasts at once if all went well.

Hmm, that makes sense. "Little White."

As soon as the words were spoken, the little white fox, whose mind was connected to the human, immediately relinquished its miniature form. Its body rapidly expanded under the moonlight, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant fox spirit and floated in mid-air.

A huge fox head, with wisps of smoke like clouds drifting behind it, looked eerie no matter how you looked at it.

Qin Ye leaped and landed lightly on the fox's head. He sat cross-legged, gently patting the little white fox's fluffy head with his slender fingers, a smile playing on his lips.
"Set off."

With a whistle, Little White soared towards the horizon like an airplane nose, leaving a long trail of white streak behind it.

A kilometer away, Qing, who was leading a small team of secret agents, had his transplanted white eye's pupil contract violently.

"Quickly! Return to the village immediately! I must report to Lord Mizukage at once!"

Kirigakure Village, Mizukage Building.

Mei Terumi sat upright in the seat that once belonged to Yagura Karatachi, her slender fingers tapping lightly on the table, making a rhythmic sound.

The misty fog outside the window cast a shadow over her profile, making her expression appear even more stern.

After Yagura was captured for several days, the Kirigakure leadership concluded that he had no chance of survival, and Mei Terumi naturally succeeded him as Mizukage.

With a formidable enemy at hand, there was no need for any elaborate ceremonies; he simply took over all the affairs of the Mizukage.

It's like a tyrant falling from power and a new, highly anticipated ruler taking over.

If circumstances allowed, the whole village would probably be celebrating.

"Spirit Beast".

After hearing Qing's description, Mei Terumi's beautiful eyes furrowed slightly.

After a brief moment of contemplation, she immediately issued the order: "Send out the Anbu and keep an eye on that person no matter where he goes. That person will definitely try to capture the Tailed Beasts again. He has been to Konoha, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and even our Kirigakure. I predict that his next stop will be Iwagakure. Notify the other ninja villages and prepare for battle."

"Yes!"

The secret agents responded in unison and dispersed.

At this moment, Ao suddenly spoke up: "Lord Mizukage, while monitoring Akatsuki, we unexpectedly discovered Orochimaru, a rogue ninja from Konoha. It seems there's some unknown secret between them. Should we..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and swept it across his neck, making a throat-slitting motion.

"Hmm," Mei Terumi didn't respond immediately, but instead turned to look at her secretary: "What's Konoha's response?"

The secretary immediately said, "Konoha has once again declined the joint operation proposal. Their Hokage said that due to changes in village administration, they simply cannot spare the manpower to participate in such a siege operation that lacks a clear objective."

"Lack of a clear objective!?" Ao glared and roared, "The Akatsuki's campaign to hunt down and seize the tailed beasts from each village is what you call lacking a clear objective? Has the Fifth Hokage lost his mind!?"

His voice was filled with anger and incomprehension.

Terumi Mei raised her hand to signal him to calm down.

She walked slowly to the window and gazed at the outline of the ninja village shrouded in mist in the distance: "Since Konoha has chosen to stay out of it, then we don't need to pay attention to Orochimaru. By joining forces with Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure, even if that person is strong, it will be enough."

"Iwagakure?" Ao frowned. "Iwagakure has no conflict with Akatsuki, and they've even reportedly cooperated before. Will they participate in the operation?"

“Yes, it will.” Mei Terumi said decisively, “There will be conflict soon. With the temperament of that old Tsuchikage, he will definitely not tolerate it if a tailed beast is taken from him.”

On the other side, Qin Ye lay lazily on the huge fox head, letting the sea breeze caress his face, completely unaware that an encirclement and annihilation campaign was quietly unfolding against him.

The azure sea shimmered, occasionally dotted with fishing boats.

When the fishermen looked up and saw the snow-white fox head, as big as a house, flying through the air, they were all terrified and collapsed onto the deck.

"Little White, fly higher."

Qin Ye gently patted the soft fur beneath him, feeling the gentle touch on his fingertips. He planned to fly all the way to the Land of Earth like this.

Little White let out a soft hum, and like a helicopter, it rose straight up into the high-altitude clouds.

In his fox spirit form, Shiro's flight speed far exceeded expectations. The Land of Water and the Land of Earth are located in the east and west, respectively, almost spanning the entire ninja world continent, yet Shiro arrived at his destination in just one day and one night.

When the scenery beneath his feet changed from the azure sea to the brownish-yellow rocks, even Qin Ye was shocked and speechless.

If he had known that Xiaobai could travel a thousand miles a day, he would have saved so much effort.

Upon landing, Little White's body rapidly shrank, instantly transforming back into a palm-sized white fur ball.

Qin Ye stretched. Although Xiao Bai's head was quite spacious and fluffy, flying in the sky all the time was still tiring.

As if sensing his thoughts, Xiaobai rolled its big, round eyes, as if to say: I, the horse, am not tired, but you, the rider, are tired?

Qin Ye looked around and saw nothing but jagged rocks and steep cliffs.

He straightened his slightly disheveled clothes, chose a direction, and started walking.

His priority now is to find Iwagakure and then try to obtain information about the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.

The Land of Earth is mostly covered by desolate rocky terrain, and its borders are connected by rocky mountains, cutting off communication with other countries.

Winds blowing from the north cross the mountains, carrying small rocks from the country to other countries; this natural phenomenon is known as 'rock rain'.

At this moment, amidst the falling rain of rocks, two figures are moving forward at a leisurely pace.

They wore identical conical hats, and their black robes with red clouds fluttered in the wind.

One of them slightly raised his head, revealing a pair of scarlet eyes beneath his straw hat, with three tomoe in his pupils that were captivating.

The other person carried a giant weapon wrapped in layers of bandages, with sharp barbs peeking out from between the bandages.

"Itachi-san, we're almost at the Land of Earth." Kisame Hoshigaki, carrying the great sword Samehada on his back, raised his hand to adjust his straw hat, looked up at the gray sky, and small rock particles hit the hat, making a soft rustling sound.

"Hmm." Itachi Uchiha responded calmly, his voice low and steady, as if whether or not he reached the Land of Earth had nothing to do with him.

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned, revealing his mouthful of sharp teeth, clearly having long been accustomed to his partner's taciturn nature.

He gave a playful smile and said:

"What do you think of what happened that night? He killed Sasori and took the One-Tailed Beast, and then went to Kirigakure to capture the Mizukage. Heh, he's obviously trying to steal our business. The bounties that the major powers have put on him are much higher than ours."

His words sounded somewhat like jealousy, and somewhat like schadenfreude.

Itachi Uchiha's eyes glowed red, and the three tomoe slowly rotated as he calmly stated his opinion:

"Defecting from the organization is nothing, you can just hide like Orochimaru. But trying to steal a tailed beast is almost a death sentence."

(End of this chapter)