I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 137 The Heaven-Reaching Dust Escape!

"A black beast?"

Inside the wartime meeting room of Iwagakure.

The then Third Tsuchikage, "Two Scales" Onoki, slammed the scroll of documents in his hand onto the table and unleashed a torrent of abuse at the silent Iwagakure Jonin in front of him.

"You bunch of idiots!"

"Konoha has unleashed a yellow flash; you can't handle it!"

"Now there's some kind of 'Black Beast' that you can't handle either!"

"If this continues, what's the point of fighting Konoha? We might as well just raise the white flag and kneel down to surrender!"

"That so-called 'Black Beast' has been roaming the Grass Country for so long, and you haven't been able to gather any information about it. You don't even know what it looks like?"

"Did Iwagakure train you just so you could freeload?"

In the huge conference room, only Onoki's loud and forceful cursing voice could be heard.

"Calm down, old man."

Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, who was sitting not far away, gave a cold reminder, while picking up the scroll from the rock desk.

He participated in the meeting because he heard that the "black beast's" appearance was somewhat similar to that of the Konoha ninja from the Nara clan who had cooperated with Orochimaru some time ago.

Han had little interest in listening to Onoki's reprimand.

Han opened the scroll and gazed at the jet-black beast, resembling a night owl, depicted on the pristine white scroll.

"A strong person won't just appear out of nowhere in Konoha."

Han tossed the scroll back onto the table and crossed his arms.

"This 'Black Beast' should be the person I mentioned to you a while ago."

"Is that the Konoha ninja who teamed up with Orochimaru to force you into your full Tailed Beast form before fleeing?"

Onoki's words left Han speechless.

Old man, if you can't speak properly, then shut up!

The other Iwagakure ninja present did not comment on the leak of this information.

The news that the Five-Tails Jinchuriki had suffered a great loss on the battlefield in the Land of Grass had been circulating in Iwagakure for some time.

This is also why Onoki later transferred the Five-Tails Jinchuriki to the Land of Lightning battlefield and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki to the Land of Grass battlefield.

Upon hearing Han's report, Onoki's anger gradually dissipated.

If it's an opponent that even the Five-Tails Jinchuriki couldn't defeat.

Let the village's low- to mid-level ninjas, whose basic skills are already lacking, deal with the enemy...

That's really putting people in a difficult position.

"Huang Tu, go to my office and get the intelligence scroll that Han submitted earlier."

Onoki gave an instruction to his son.

The latter retreated immediately.

"As for you guys..."

Onoki shifted his gaze to the intelligence personnel in the conference room.

"Regarding the 'Black Beast,' it's been basically confirmed that he's a Nara clan ninja—what the hell! The Nara clan actually produced such a remarkable genius, damn Konoha..."

Suppressing his dissatisfaction and jealousy towards Konoha, Onoki spoke solemnly.

"How much intelligence have you gathered about him?"

A moment of silence fell over the office.

With many eyes on him, the leader of the Iwagakure intelligence squad had no choice but to stand up.

"Reporting to Lord Tsuchikage."

The intelligence squad leader lowered his head and said.

"The Black Beast's movements are completely unpredictable; he's like a ghost floating on the battlefield—"

"Pooh!"

Onoki aimed a small, hard pebble at the head of the intelligence squad leader, narrowly missing the latter's head and startling him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Stop talking nonsense!

"But that is indeed all the information we have, Lord Tsuchikage."

The intelligence squad leader wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It's like a yellow flash, and like the white teeth of yesteryear."

"Any ninja who sees the Yellow Flash and White Fang will basically die at their hands, because their Body Flicker Technique is so fast that no one can react to it."

"The same goes for the Black Beasts now."

"All we know is that Black Beast possesses a special ability to fly, and he kills people very quickly... but apart from that, we really haven't been able to find or gather any other intelligence."

"But one thing is certain: Black Beast's own teleportation speed is definitely not as fast as Yellow Flash or White Fang!"

"That's all nonsense!"

Onoki waved his hand somewhat irritably.

The intelligence squad leader felt as if he had been granted a pardon and immediately sat back down in his seat. Unbeknownst to him, his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

"Yellow flash! White teeth!"

Onoki gritted his teeth and looked towards the office entrance, where Yotsuchi was walking in with a scroll in his hand.

"I want to see if Konoha has really produced another ninja of this caliber!"

……

A few days later.

Within the territory of the Grass Country, at a temporary grassland research base.

Nara Rinkei gathered up the relevant data scrolls in the research base and then sorted and arranged them.

"There's a growing amount of research data."

Nara Rinka brought a bulging bag of luggage, filled with all sorts of small scrolls.

"It seems that when I return to the village, I will have to buy a giant psychic storage scroll from Mrs. Cat."

"Or Rising Dragon Hall? I remember the old clan chief saying that it's a ninja tool shop run by the Tenten family."

Nara Rinka emerged from the research site, quickly formed hand seals, and used the [Iwaya Collapse] technique to completely destroy the research base.

During this period of time.

Nara Rinka didn't use many other ninjutsu, but he used the Earth Release ninjutsu "Iwa-ya no Jutsu" and "Iwa-ya Collapse" countless times.

Choose a random location, build a temporary research base, and then completely destroy it before leaving.

Nara Langui acted very cautiously.

As for the research findings...

It's just so-so.

"The fusion of Yin Release and Earth Release..."

Nara Rinka raised his right hand, clenched his fist slightly, and a dark, deep color suddenly appeared on his forearm. Its appearance had a hard, cold, metallic luster, which was awe-inspiring.

With a thought, the layer of dark energy covering his right arm converged forward, slowly forming a gigantic black iron fist.

"I feel like the art style has gone a bit off track for some reason..."

Nara Rinka waved his hand, dissipating the dark chakra on his right hand.

Several months have passed.

Nara Rinka has made significant progress in the dual fusion of Yin Release and Earth Release.

The biggest contributor to the progress of the research was not the previously expected [Rock Clone], but another technique.

The B-rank technique, Earth Release: Earth Spear, that Nara Rinka initially obtained from Kakuzu's Ninja Scroll.

The effect of the ninjutsu 【Earth Spear】 is to harden the body and increase defense by using the earth-style chakra flowing within the body.

The Rock Clone used the Yin Release Mask, but made no progress whatsoever.

But in an unexpected experiment...

[Shadow Clone] successfully formed a defensive technique called [Earth Release: Earth Spear] on the body surface using the chakra within the [Earth Release Mask], thereby breaking through the barrier of fusion between the two chakra natures.

Nara Rinka has not yet confirmed the optimal chakra ratio for [Yin Release] and [Earth Release].

However, they have already been able to make preliminary use of the new nature changes produced by the fusion of [Yin Release] and [Earth Release].

"However, what should we call the bloodline limit created by the fusion of Yin and Earth?"

A shadow creature emerged from the shadows of Nara Rinka and began flying towards the Konoha camp.

For several months, unless supplies were completely exhausted, he would rarely return to the Konoha camp for resupply.

The fusion experiment of bloodline limits has now been initially successful.

Nara Rinka planned to return to the camp first to do some simple resupply.

On the way back to Konoha camp.

Nara Rinka's increasingly refined senses detected the presence of a group of Iwagakure ninja.

He manipulated the shadow creature, rapidly descending the altitude.

The appearance of that ferocious black beast in the sky seemed to bring some unknown fear.

"It's the Black Beast!"

"The black beast is coming!"

A terrified, piercing scream echoed through the sky.

Nara Lan Gui, standing on the back of the "Shadow Creature," was speechless.

What on earth are you Iwagakure ninja yelling about?!

Don't tarnish someone's reputation for no reason!

The shadow creature hovered in the sky for a while, its shadow intertwining and touching with the Rock Hidden Ones on the ground below, a thin line of shadow completely connecting all the Rock Hidden Ones' shadows into one.

Shadow Binding Technique!

Nara Rinka descended from the sky, single-handedly binding all the Iwagakure ninja present.

"Hey, you bunch of guys!"

Nara Rinka did not attack immediately, but instead inquired about the strange nickname.

"That 'black beast' you guys were just shouting about, were you talking about me?"

But upon seeing Nara Rinka's landing, one of the Iwagakure ninjas quickly activated a certain technique and vanished into thin air.

"Um?"

Nara Rinkazu looked at the cloud of smoke, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Reverse psychic abilities?"

Various thoughts flashed through Nara Rinka's mind.

The Iwagakure troops he had previously encountered had almost no chance of resisting the attacks of the shadows.

This is the first time that someone has escaped the control of the Shadow Binding Spell by using a spell like today!

What's more, the technique the other party used was suspected to be a reverse spirit communication technique!

"Could it be that Iwagakure has made some kind of special arrangement?"

Nara Rinka looked at the group of Iwagakure ninjas who remained in place and lost the idea of ​​chatting with them.

The Shadow Binding Technique silently transformed into the Shadow Head-Strangling Technique, with long, black arms climbing up the shadows of the Iwagakure ninjas and instantly killing them.

"It's been so long since I triggered a high-level mission. I'm curious to see what surprises the Iwagakure ninjas have prepared this time!"

Nara Rinka summoned the shadow creature from the sky, then flipped back onto its back and waited there leisurely.

It was also to guard the Iwagakure ninja who had just escaped using the Reverse Summoning Technique.

Both the [Spirit Summoning Technique] and the [Reverse Spirit Summoning Technique] have time-limited effects!

Just then.

A narrow, sandy road, resembling an earthen dragon, sped towards us from afar.

Nara Rinka, sitting cross-legged on the back of the [Shadow Creature], looked down at the unusual activity below.

"Earth Dragon Concealment Technique? Such incredible movement speed... it seems a truly formidable ninja has arrived!"

Unleashing his full sensory abilities, Nara Rinka sensed downwards and immediately felt a massive accumulation of chakra.

next moment.

A towering white beam of light burst forth from the depths of the earth, heading straight for the location of Nara Rinkaku.

"This is?"

Nara Rinka's pupils contracted slightly, and he immediately manipulated the [Shadow Creature] to dodge to the side.

The white beam of light continued to fly forward, destroying everything it touched into molecular forms invisible to the naked eye.

Starting from the earth and ending in the sky.

This white beam of light seemed to have punched a hole in the sky!

"Dust Release: Limit Demise Technique!"

The aged voice came a step later.

It appeared alongside it.

There are also new quests triggered on the Nara Ranka panel.

[A-rank ninja battle mission detected!]

[Rank A Mission: Two Libras - Onoki]

[Mission Objective: Defeat/kill Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village)]

[Mission Reward: Rank A Ninja Scroll]

First update.

(End of this chapter)