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Chapter 223 Shisui's Kaleidoscope: Kushina Becomes an Apprentice (Please Subscribe)

"Hidden Mist Ninja, the enemy is here!"

After spotting the enemy's trail, a signal flare was launched into the air. The Konoha ninja then quickly threw his shuriken and explosive tag kunai in an attempt to stop the enemy before reinforcements could arrive.

"He's been discovered! Kill him immediately!"

After realizing their infiltration had failed, the Mist Village members immediately tried to eliminate the enemy in front of them, then retreat to report the mission failure, or infiltrate the Land of Fire from another direction to cause damage.

"Water Release: Water Whip"

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall."

Several Hidden Mist Village members unleashed Water Release ninjutsu: a Water Wall to defend against shuriken and explosive tag kunai, and a Water Whip to strike the Konoha ninja who released the signal.

The Konoha ninja hurriedly dodged, but the Kirigakure ninja, wielding a water whip, chased after him, forcing him to use ninjutsu to repel the enemy.

"Lightning Release: Swift Arrow".

After temporarily forcing back the two Hidden Mist ninjas in front of him with Lightning Release ninjutsu, the Konoha ninja secretly felt uneasy. He seemed to have strayed too far from the others, and even if his companions could see the signal flare, it would probably take them some time to get there.

But he was only a Chunin; he couldn't use that kind of ninjutsu many times.

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave."

Shuraken, senbon throwing!

Substitution Technique!

In an instant, both sides used ninjutsu to attack and escape, but there were three Kirigakure ninjas. Even though the Konoha ninja used the Substitution Jutsu to dodge one of their attacks, the attacks from the other two almost caused him a fatal wound.

"Die, Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

At the critical moment, a figure appeared in front of the Konoha ninja, quickly forming hand seals and using a scorching fire-style ninjutsu to directly neutralize the opponent's water dragon.

"Shisui, thank goodness you came."

Upon seeing the Uchiha fan before him, the rescued Konoha ninja felt relieved and said that as long as Shisui was there, he was safe.

A Kirigakure captain opposite him also showed a solemn expression upon seeing Uchiha Shisui; although this Konoha ninja was young, he already had a considerable reputation in Kirigakure.

"Shisui: Body Flicker Technique, huh? Although the infiltration mission failed, killing you will still allow me to go back and claim credit. Water Release: Mist Concealment Technique!"

After using the Hidden Mist Technique, the Kirigakure Jonin was determined to kill Uchiha Shisui. In the past, a failed mission would simply mean returning to report, and although he would be blamed, the punishment would not be severe.

However, recently, none of the Hidden Mist ninjas can accept mission failure. Under the even harsher Blood Mist policy than before, the consequences of mission failure are worse than dying in battle.

Behind a thick fog, three tomoe suddenly appeared in Uchiha Shisui's eyes. After looking around, he frowned slightly and said, "This is a bit difficult. This Kirigakure is probably a specialist in silent killing techniques. Sansuke, you watch your back from now on. Leave the other directions to me. Don't be nervous. His silent killing technique won't succeed."

Just as Uchiha Shisui finished speaking, a burst of laughter came from the thick fog.

"Hahaha, my silent killing technique won't succeed? Shisui of the Body Flicker, there have been more than a dozen ninjas this confident before you."

As soon as the sound fell, the forest shrouded in thick fog fell silent. In an instant, all sounds disappeared, and Tanaka Sansuke could even hear his own breathing.

The deathly silence passed second by second. Uchiha Shisui was fine, but Tanaka Sansuke's psychological pressure was increasing, and he was sweating profusely.

Swish!

A faint sound rang out. Uchiha Shisui glanced back, quickly flashed in front of the Hidden Mist ninja who suddenly appeared behind him, turned his kunai around, and stabbed it fiercely toward his heart!

puff.

The blood sprayed out and splattered onto my hands, still feeling warm.

It's a real person!

The thought had barely crossed Uchiha Shisui's mind when he suddenly felt Tanaka Sansuke move beside him and shouted, "Shisui, watch out!"

The next second, Uchiha Shisui felt himself being bumped, and then he turned around and saw that Tanaka Sansuke's throat had been slit by the Kirigakure Jonin who had just killed him, and the Kirigakure ninja who had killed him had also deactivated his transformation jutsu.

This was another Kirigakure genin who used the transformation technique to trick him into using his full strength against him, and his death was also intended to lower his guard.

"asshole."

Enraged, Uchiha Shisui rolled on the ground and swiftly threw ten shuriken, but the Kirigakure Jonin swung his short sword and knocked him away. He then leaped backward and hid in the thick fog.

"Hmph, you got lucky this time. You won't have a scapegoat next time."

The voice of the Hidden Mist Jonin came from the thick fog, but Uchiha Shisui only came to Tanaka Sansuke's side and looked at his dead comrade. He had only taught Tanaka Sansuke a C-rank ninjutsu, and from then on, Tanaka Sansuke always treated his best friend as his nemesis.

A few seconds later, the Hidden Mist ninja reappeared, raised his short sword, and thrust it fiercely at Uchiha Shisui, shouting, "Die!"

The dagger missed its mark, and the person before him suddenly turned into a phantom.

"A clone? When?"

"Just when I awakened these eyes."

At the same time, the answer to the question rang out, and the Hidden Mist ninja felt a sharp pain in his chest as a kunai pierced through his heart; the Hidden Mist Jonin used his last bit of strength to turn around and only saw a pair of blood-red, windmill-shaped Sharingan eyes before everything went black.

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"Nohara Rin's body trembled for a moment, and then a blush appeared on her face."

Then Nohara Rin slowly began to catch her breath.

"Lin, you don't need to do that."

"No, Teacher Yangyi has improved the pills; this is a reward."

Uchiha Yoichi has just successfully improved the Beast Power Pill and had Nohara Rin test its effects.

After taking the Beast Power Pill, Nohara Rin's strength increased significantly. She used only chakra to protect her fist and then shattered the wooden wall created by Uchiha Yoichi with a single punch.

In order to test the effects of the Beast Power Pill, Uchiha Yoichi created two wooden ingot walls. The third one was more than two meters thick, but it was still shattered by Nohara Rin with a single punch.

This is pure physical strength. If combined with superhuman strength, it would be even more terrifying. Moreover, this strength alone can keep a ninja in a state of superhuman strength at all times. If combined with the Wind-Riding Pill, it would be the speed and explosive power of a Jonin.

The Lesser Restoration Pill was also successfully improved; however, when testing the Lesser Restoration Pill, Uchiha Yoichi couldn't bear to let Nohara Rin harm herself, so he found a member of his clan to test it on.

The Uchiha clan now regard Uchiha Yoichi's orders as divine decrees. Upon hearing Uchiha Yoichi's words, they took out kunai without much hesitation and stabbed themselves with seven or eight non-fatal wounds.

Only after Uchiha Yang called for a stop did the man throw away the kunai and then put down the small recovery pill.

The pills melted almost instantly upon entering the mouth, and within ten seconds, the bleeding on the clansman stopped, and the wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This left him and his clansmen speechless. Eight wounds healed in twenty seconds, faster than even a medical ninja could heal.

Seeing the effect, Uchiha Yoichi was quite satisfied, and then he dispelled the clone and sent the message back.

The improvement was exceptionally effective, and both Uchiha Yoichi and Nohara Rin, who was acting as his assistant, were very happy. Nohara Rin blushed and wanted to celebrate with Uchiha Yoichi.

What followed was an hour-long celebration.

"Unfortunately, this kind of elixir cannot be produced by industrial machines. Many of the medicinal materials required are extremely precious, and each material is from a different year and requires different extraction times. I can only refine it myself slowly."

After tidying up, Uchiha Yangyi looked at the Beast Power Pill and said with a hint of regret.

The first to third grade pills are still basic pills. The medicinal materials used can be grown in large quantities, and the age of almost all medicinal materials can be controlled to achieve a similarity of about 98%.

However, fourth-grade pills are different. The difficulty and required medicinal materials are a level higher. Not only are the medicinal materials difficult to grow in large quantities, but even the natural stones are not easy to melt. It also requires Uchiha Yangyi to use chakra to draw them together.

In short, fourth-grade pills can no longer be mass-produced industrially. Although third-grade pills have a high failure rate, as long as the medicinal materials are from the same year, there is a 40% to 50% success rate.

"Teacher Yangyi, it's getting late, I have to go back now."

After cleaning up, Nohara Rin checked the time and said to Uchiha Yoichi, "It's already dark outside, and my legs are a little weak."

"Okay, be careful on your way back, Lin."

"Teacher Yangyi, will you still be here refining medicine in the next few days?"

"Yes, we'll finish refining these herbs first, and then we'll have to wait for them to be collected from outside."

Uchiha Yoichi just took stock of some medicinal herbs. If the success rate remains good, the herbs he has collected are enough for him to refine thirty-four Beast Power Pills and seventeen Small Restoration Pills.

If you want to refine it again later, you need to collect medicinal herbs, and they need to be old herbs.

Beast Power Pill and Minor Recovery Pill can only be considered the clan's treasure medicines now, but they are not that precious. At least the medicinal materials can be cultivated by ourselves, but they need to be in a place with abundant energy.

If a Jonin carries several secret medicines from the Uchiha clan, he might even be able to hold his own against a Kage-level ninja.

These pills can boost strength, speed, heal injuries, protect meridians, and restore chakra. Consuming all of them will grant you five buffs, making you capable of going toe-to-toe with a Kage-level powerhouse.

Even before their chakra is exhausted, ordinary Kage-level powerhouses would not dare to confront them head-on, and even if they did consume their chakra, they might not be able to outlast them.

This is the family's secret medicine.

In the past few days, Uchiha Yoichi spent his mornings handling business at the Hokage Building and his mornings visiting Tsunade at Konoha Hospital, and his days were spent in the alchemy room refining pills.

I also mentioned it to Mikoto, asking her to collect some of this medicinal herb; however, this kind of herb that has been growing for many years is very rare, and I had previously bought it at a high price from a herbalist.

On the other side, at the Sarutobi family's residence.

Nara Shikaku finally managed to buy a hind leg of a magical goat, intending to save it for a meal with his family.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi sent people to invite him, along with Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza.

So Nara Shikaku left one piece for his wife and took the rest as a gift to Hiruzen Sarutobi's house.

Upon arriving at the Sarutobi clan's territory, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza happened to run into each other and walked inside together.

After knocking, Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the door and, seeing the leg of lamb in Nara Shikaku's hand, exclaimed in surprise, "What a coincidence, Shikaku! I also bought some magical goat meat, though not as much as you did!"

"Then please have Lady Biwako make it as well, otherwise it won't be enough for Lord Choza alone, or even for Lord Misaka."

Nara Shikaku said with a smile, and then the three of them were welcomed inside by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"The Uchiha clan's magical goat meat is really hard to buy. Even if you line up early in the morning, it will be sold out in less than half an hour. But this meat is really delicious. Choza has been thinking about it for a long time, and this time he can finally eat his fill."

Choza Akimichi laughed and said, "This meat really tastes delicious, and it even helps relieve fatigue after eating it. It's just that I bought too little. Shikaku is a limited-edition item. How did you manage to buy so much?"

"I asked three people to queue with me, and after I paid, they let me take it, but I don't think this method will work anymore. It's quite annoying."

Nara Shikaku scratched his head and said that he should have just asked the supermarket staff to separate the lamb legs so that it wouldn't be exposed.

"Everything is ready, but Jiraiya hasn't returned yet. Let's wait for him."

Upon arriving at the main hall, Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a smile, "We have separate grills for each person. In addition to the sliced ​​mutton, there are also seafood and other grilled items. Each person has a small table with a small grill on it."

Jiraiya returned from his mission today, which is why Hiruzen Sarutobi invited Shikaku Nara and the others.

After a while, Jiraiya finished his mission and rushed over. As soon as he entered the room, he saw several people sitting at a table, waiting for him.

"Sorry, sorry, I was a little late turning in the quest. I'm really sorry."

Jiraiya quickly apologized. Actually, after leaving the Hokage Building, he couldn't help but go to Kushina's house to take a look. He saw that Kushina was training with shadow clones and felt that she hadn't given up on her revenge yet. He watched for a while before coming over.

After Jiraiya took his seat, Sarutobi Biwako began serving grilled dishes for the group to enjoy.

After eating for a while, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly spoke up and said, "Shikaku, I'd like to recommend Jiraiya to compete for the Fifth Hokage position."

The room fell silent for a moment, broken only by the sizzling sound of grilled meat. After two seconds, Nara Shikaku finally spoke, "Third Hokage, are you confident?"

"Jiraiya has been busy with missions lately, and his mission record is now the best in Konoha. If he continues like this for another year or two, he will definitely leave everyone in Konoha speechless."

Nara Shikaku's lips twitched when he heard this. He knew he couldn't do it himself, yet Jiraiya-sama was going to do it.

Seeing the look in Nara Shikaku's eyes, Jiraiya gave a wry smile and said, "Don't worry, Shikaku. Even if I'm unwilling, I won't run away from the responsibilities that I have to shoulder."

"If Jiraiya-sama had this kind of awareness, things would be much more convenient."

Nara Shikaku began, quickly adopting a strategist's stance: "Minato, your loss to the Fourth Hokage last time was due not only to his overwhelming strength, but also to your lack of popularity within the village and your influence with the higher-ups in the Daimyo's prefecture; and these are two points we can influence, for example..."

Upon hearing Nara Shikaku's suggestion, both Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya nodded in agreement. Moreover, Sarutobi Hiruzen trusted Nara Shikaku very much. The friendship between the four families had a long history and had been well maintained since the Warring States period.

Without the Sarutobi clan, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio might not have been able to join Konoha.

With Nara Shikaku's advice, Jiraiya seemed to have a clear mind again, and he quickly knew his opponent and what to do next.

After a while, Nara Shikaku stroked his chin and said, "Third Hokage, Jiraiya-sama, if our opponent were only Uchiha Yoichi, it would be fine; we wouldn't be without advantages. But the most difficult thing now is, does the Fourth Hokage intend to abdicate?"

"Sakumo often leaves the Hokage Building early these days, so many village affairs are handled by Uchiha Yoichi."

At this point, Hiruzen Sarutobi was filled with disappointment and frustration towards Sakumo Hatake; if he found administrative affairs troublesome, why didn't he come and ask him, the Third Hokage, for help? He had extensive experience in handling village affairs.

What's the use of handing it over to a young man? Now he hears that neither of them likes to deal with these trivial matters and they use clones to handle them. How can they be responsible to the village if they are so perfunctory?

"His desire to be Hokage is waning. I estimate that he won't be able to hold on for another year or two and a new Hokage will be elected."

Nara Shikaku clicked his tongue upon hearing this. Hatake Sakumo could be said to meet all the requirements of the Hokage, but he didn't expect that he himself was not very willing.

If you didn't want to run for Hokage in the first place, why did you run? It's only been a few years and you're already electing a new Hokage. This left Nara Shikaku speechless.

"Then there's no problem. Now all we need to do is have the Third Hokage handle winning over the Daimyo's ministers, and the rest will be handled by the ninjas of our four clans."

"Okay, Shikaku, let's proceed according to your plan."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and said, "No one could devise a better plan than you."

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"Tsunade-neechan, please, please accept me as your disciple."

Kushina clasped her hands together sincerely and said to Tsunade in front of her; after thinking for a long time, she felt that becoming Tsunade's apprentice and learning from her was the best and most suitable choice for her.

Kushina trained on her own for a while, but with little effect; she also read the training notes left by Minato, and although she learned the Rasengan, she was stuck on the next step.

Minato couldn't add a nature change to the Rasengan, and Kushina tried for a while but failed as well.

However, she didn't want to waste the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, so after thinking it over, she felt that ninjutsu training was not suitable for her, and Tsunade's fighting style was more suitable for her, especially since Tsunade had already returned.

However, Tsunade looked a little embarrassed after hearing Kushina's request.

"Kushina, it's not that I'm unwilling to teach you, it's just that I have other things to do right now, and teaching you with shadow clones would be a bit troublesome for me. Can we wait a while?"

Tsunade sighed and said that she could guess why Kushina wanted to become stronger, but that was why she felt a little awkward refusing her, especially since Kushina had lived in her house since she was a child.

However, the two experiments she was busy with every day were already taking a toll on her mental energy; creating shadow clones did not burden Tsunade's chakra at all, but the memories transmitted back were what affected her the most.

Orochimaru used to conduct four experiments every day. After dispelling the Shadow Clones, he would sit quietly for one or two hours to sort out his memories, otherwise his memory would become confused sooner or later. After taking Nawaki as his disciple, he also temporarily stopped one experiment.

Tsunade had the same concerns, so she wanted to persuade Kushina to slow down and take Kushina as her disciple when she was less busy.

"Kushina, you still have to take care of Naruto right now, so there's no need to rush your training. Wait a few more months, and once I've finished what I'm doing, I'll teach you ninjutsu and taijutsu."

No sooner had Tsunade finished speaking than someone knocked on the door and came in.

"Tsunade, the experiment has made a breakthrough. Kushina is here too."

The person who came in was Uchiha Yoichi. Tsunade had approached him today, saying that there had been a small breakthrough in the experiment, so he rushed over.

"Kushina, do you need to see Tsunade?"

"I would like to become Tsunade's apprentice, but... I'll have to wait a moment, Lady Tsunade."

Kushina lowered her head and said, but before she could finish speaking, she left on her own.

After everyone left, Tsunade bit her finger and clicked her tongue, saying, "It seems Minato's death had a significant impact on her."

When she left just now, she didn't even call Tsunade-nee anymore. Was it because there was no Tsunade-sama who would immediately take her as a disciple? What a temperamental girl.

However, Tsunade wasn't angry. She had been through something similar to Kushina, so she could understand her.

"It's probably not just about Minato's death."

After Uchiha Yang finished speaking, he immediately mobilized and consumed some of the Nine-Tails' chakra, leaving him with just enough to enter Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

However, after entering the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Uchiha Yoichi sensed it for a while and then withdrew: "The person is far away, and I can no longer sense any malice."

"What's wrong?"

Tsunade asked curiously, sensing that Uchiha Yoichi was referring to Kushina.

"Kushina asked me to help her master the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. At that time, she may have been invaded by the negative emotions in the Nine-Tails Chakra, and the dark side of her heart also expanded."

Uchiha Yoichi thought about it for a moment and realized that this possibility was very high. Moreover, he felt that Kushina's gaze towards him was indeed a bit strange.

"I'll have Mina keep a close eye on it later. If it's true, we should come up with a plan as soon as possible. But Kushina will have to bear this alone. Tsunade, which experiment has yielded a breakthrough?"

When Tsunade saw that Uchiha Yoichi had asked about the experiment, she led him inside: "The clone you wanted has already started to be bred into an infant. You'd better use your chakra to take over the clone's infant body now."

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