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

Chapter 66 Instant Kill of a Jonin!

Cold, bloated.

A strange feeling flooded Nara Rinka's brain. He felt as if something had suddenly appeared in his mind, and his consciousness became hazy.

I don't know if a second or an hour has passed.

When Nara Rinka regained consciousness, the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a person who looked exactly like him standing opposite him.

Yakushi Nonou stood not far from the "Nara Osaka" statue, her pale face filled with anxiety.

"No...it's not that someone looks like me, it's that person is me!"

Realizing this, Nara Rinka's personal consciousness seemed to be suddenly elevated to a higher dimension, as if looking down at the entire room from the perspective of memories.

His gaze first fell on "himself" at this moment.

A small, scarecrow-like doll was lying flat at the doorway of the room.

Its body was wrapped in a layer of tattered burlap, and its grayish-yellow face, made of straw, had two vertical holes that looked like eyes.

The most eye-catching feature is the white paper made of a special material stuck to the forehead of this scarecrow doll.

Just seconds before, the word "curse" was printed on this piece of white paper.

This blank sheet of paper is the spell mark talisman for the "Mind-Body Transformation Puppet Spell" that the strange female voice just pointed out.

Any ninja who attacks the scarecrow will trigger the cursed talisman paper attached to it, and then be directly controlled by the "Mind Transfer Technique" sealed within the talisman paper.

This is a trigger-based cursed seal trap developed from the root!

Yakushi Nonou glanced at Nara Rinka beside her, then at the scarecrow at the door, biting her lip so hard it seemed she was about to tear her skin.

Just now, she was also attacked in a similar manner.

At the same time, it was during the counterattack that it suffered the targeted effect of this special cursed seal technique.

With just a simple counterattack, he fell victim to the opponent's "Mind Turning Technique" and completely lost control of his body.

"To pluck the laurel..."

A sense of despair crept into Yakushi Nonou's heart. She quietly reached into her hidden pouch, intending to take out a kunai or a senbon.

Yakushi Nonou knew little about the Mind Transfer Technique of the Yamanaka Clan.

But she knew how to dispel illusions.

"Just now, Lan Gui also broke the opponent's mental transformation technique by inflicting intense pain..."

Yakushi Nonou proceeded with her actions cautiously.

She knew that she was currently unable to use chakra, and that she likely only had one chance to attack.

Only success is possible; failure is not an option!

Even if it means sacrificing myself, I will help Lan Gui unlock the secrets of the mountains!

"The Nara clan's shadow techniques."

Nara Lan Gui awkwardly manipulated the shadow beside him, revealing an arrogant smile that looked down on him.

"It looks like tentacles, it's disgusting..."

Having confirmed the successful use of the "Mind-Body Conversion Puppet Curse Seal Technique," Yamanaka Rin, a Root ninja from the Yamanaka clan, no longer concealed his emotions.

As he familiarized himself with the casting of the Shadow Technique, he turned his head to look at the Pharmacist Nono beside him, his murderous intent revealed.

"A traitor who threatens the village's peace, I'll... um?"

At that very moment, Yamanaka Rin suddenly felt a new spiritual consciousness awaken within "his body".

In the ethereal and elusive spiritual world.

Nara Rinkazu appeared, sizing up the female ninja opposite him, with waves of shadow surging beneath his feet.

"What's going on?!"

"I am utterly astonished," said the forest in the mountains.

"You actually have two consciousnesses... Just who are you?"

Two mental consciousnesses?

These are the different consciousnesses of the original self and the clone!

Nara Ranka pursed his lips, having no intention of explaining his abilities to his opponent.

"Did you consider the consequences of barging into my mental world so rashly?"

A surge of dark energy surrounded Nara Rinka, and a colossal, demonic figure loomed behind him, exuding an aura of imposing arrogance.

The colossal demon god, wreathed in blazing black flames, wielded his jet-black shadow blade with the unstoppable force of creation, as described in mythology!

"The ignorant will not escape their fate."

boom!

The spiritual world of the [Shadow Clone] was cleaved into pieces by this world-destroying giant sword.

As for the spirit of the forest in the mountains, it was like a grasshopper in autumn, blasted away and returned to its physical form in this attack.

Bang!

The Shadow Clone exploded into a cloud of smoke.

Upon seeing this scene, Yakushi Nonou, who had just taken out a thousand books from her hidden bag, froze on the spot.

"Lan Gui...exploded?"

Yakushi Nonou instinctively took a step forward.

Just then, a hand firmly grasped her right calf, and a familiar voice came from below.

"Nonou-nee, you stepped on me."

Distracted, Yakushi Nonou looked down and saw Nara Lan Ke lying on the ground, her right hand holding her calf. The warm touch emanated from her palm and spread upwards along her calf.

"...?!"

Yakushi Nonou quickly pulled back her right leg and took several steps backward. She watched in surprise as a new Nara Rinka emerged from the ground.

"You...I..."

Even ninjas rarely see such a strange and novel sight.

"I've broken through their technique."

Nara Ranka moved his right hand and gave a brief reply.

Aside from eating and sleeping, he is always active as a shadow clone.

As the first S-rank Yin Release ninjutsu mastered by Nara Rinka, the Shadow Clone Technique is an extremely useful container for consciousness, capable of holding the spiritual consciousness of his original self.

Yamanaka Rin used a cursed trap to seal away the spiritual consciousness of Nara Rinka's true form.

But that's how it works.

The previously suppressed consciousness of the clone came online and used the "mutual destruction" move to send the mountain forest flying.

Nara Rinka's original consciousness returned, and after receiving the memories of the [Shadow Clone], she understood everything.

"I wonder how that mountain clan ninja is doing now..."

Nara Rinka looked at Yakushi Nonou and asked directly.

"Nonou-nee, where did you meet that ninja just now?"

For Nara Rinka, the most urgent task is to pursue the 99% likely Root ninja who attacked, to prevent him from taking the opportunity to escape with his information.

Yakushi Nonou involuntarily raised her hand and pointed in a direction, but the wandering shrine maiden realized what she meant the next second.

"Don't go to Lan Gui!"

"I can't help it," Yakushi Nonou said anxiously.

"They are ninjas from Root! They came under orders from the village's higher-ups!"

"Their target is you!"

"So now they're my targets too."

Nara Rinka left only one sentence before disappearing from the spot using the [Body Instant Technique].

……

In a building near the Kikyo Orphanage.

"puff!"

Lin suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of scalding blood. His face and aura turned visibly ashen, and his spiritual energy was almost completely exhausted.

"Lin, what's wrong?"

The ninja codenamed "Shin," who was on a mission with Yamanaka Rin, had his brows furrowed tightly beneath his mask.

"The mission failed?"

"It failed..."

The tone of Yamanaka Rin was filled with shock and fear.

"That brat...that guy...don't go near him!"

After saying this, Yamanaka Rin's head lolled to the side, and he fainted on the spot.

"That piece of trash!"

He raised his right foot and kicked Shan Zhonglin, only to find that the latter was completely unconscious.

"We did so much preparation beforehand, and even deliberately gathered intelligence on the enemy, yet the mission still failed!"

If it weren't for the fact that the secret techniques of the forest in the mountains could still be of some use to Lord Danzo.

Shin is now so eager to pull out his knife and clean up the mess at the base.

His cold, indifferent gaze swept across the mountain forest, then shifted to the window, gazing at the Kikyō Orphanage not far away.

"Then I'll have to carry out Lord Danzo's mission! Slay Yakushi Nonou! Bring back the treasure to Nara!"

"As expected, it was Shimura Danzo..."

An unfamiliar voice rang out in the room.

His pupils contracted slightly, and without hesitation, he drew the kunai from his waist and threw it forcefully in the direction of the sound, while simultaneously retreating rapidly.

The pitch-black kunai flew through the air and embedded itself directly in the wall of the room, leaving a small dent.

[A Rank B Ninja Battle Mission has been detected!]

[Rank B Mission: Root Elite]

[Mission Objective: Defeat/Kill the invading Root ninjas]

[Mission Reward: Rank B Ninja Scroll]

"Another B-rank mission..."

Nara Rinka, maintaining a transparent demeanor, glanced at the panel.

"As for that B-rank mission, it was completed immediately after the [Shadow Clone] self-destructed..."

Just as Nara was checking the panel for tasks.

The next wave of attacks has already arrived.

This Root elite formed hand seals at lightning speed and unleashed a B-rank ninjutsu.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

call out--

A highly concentrated stream of Wind Release chakra shot out from the front of the new mask, easily tearing through the air with an exceptionally sharp sound and immense power.

However, Nara Rinkachi was still just a simple "shadow form," and thus avoided this attack.

"Traditional hand seal ninja."

Nara Rinka raised his right hand, and a shadow bullet condensed at his fingertips.

"The moment you couldn't see through the camouflage... you were already dead!"

[Spiral Shadow Piercing Bullet]!

The supersonic, jet-black bullet sliced ​​through the air and struck his new heart with pinpoint accuracy, a fountain of crimson blood gushing from his chest.

In just one encounter, this Root ninja, who still hadn't found the enemy, died from Nara Rin's dirty trick of "invisible shooting".

[You have defeated the B-rank ninja combat objective!]

You have obtained a Grade B [Ninja Scroll]!

The Yamanaka clan's "Mind Transfer Technique" allows them to simultaneously use the chakra and ninjutsu of the controlled person.

For details, please refer to chapter 523 of the manga, where Kakashi Hatake faces off against Edo Tensei Zabuza.

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Lin in the mountains is an original character, whose design is based on the future character Feng in the mountains.

(End of this chapter)