Konoha: Who's the good guy?

"Hozuki Futsuki, no date? What kind of weird name is that..."

"This guy is actually a descendant of the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu?"

"Did they specifically pull strings to get a long-term stationed mission outside the village? Well, like in Blood Mist Village, who wouldn't run away if they could?"

"Wow, you know quite a lot! So the Water Transformation Technique works on this principle? This is supposed to be a secret technique, but it's practically a bloodline limit, damn it! I knew I couldn't use it..."

"Water Gun Technique, Double Dagger, Sweeping Shot, Great Water Arm Technique, Water Grappling Shot..."

"Huh? This guy actually read the Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu's ninjutsu scrolls and even formed a contract with his summoning beast, the Mirage?! Wow, wow!"

Yamanaka Kei placed one hand on Hozuki Fugetsu's head, using his memory-reading technique.

The more I look at it, the more surprised I become!

He had learned about the Water Transformation Technique, a genjutsu unique to the Hozuki clan, through the memories of some Kirigakure prisoners when he was working in the Analysis Class.

Unfortunately, even knowing the entire principle and cultivation process, the blue attribute [Water Release Mastery] still prevented him from using this secret technique.

With the powerful Water Release ninjutsu of the Hozuki clan, such as the Water Gun Technique, he had already made a huge profit!

Moreover, it's the legacy of the second-generation Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu!

In the original work, Hozuki Gengetsu doesn't appear in many episodes, but the few episodes he is portrayed are enough for Yamanaka Kei to understand his strength.

Even when facing the Allied Shinobi Forces, he showed no fighting spirit and held back relentlessly.

They were still able to manipulate the Allied Shinobi Forces at will.

With a single, explosive move, he managed to drag the Second Tsuchikage, who had created the Bloodline Elimination technique, to the Pure Land.

Just outrageous!

That's the Bloodline Elimination, which transcends Bloodline Limits!

With such a legacy, as long as a qualified successor is found, at least one Kage-level fighter can be cultivated!

"How much sorrow can one have? It's like a eunuch going to a brothel, poor thing..."

Yamanaka Kei glanced at Hozuki Fugetsu with pity.

This guy's water-escape talent is actually not bad, it's just a pity that his illusion talent is terrible.

Even though he inherited the legacy of the second-generation Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu.

It also fails to unleash the power of this legacy.

The reason I used connections to find this overseas assignment was not to escape the Blood Mist policy, but to escape the gaze of my clan.

He clearly inherited Hozuki Gengetsu's legacy and received strong support from his family.

However, it fell far short of the expectations of the clansmen.

The expectations and disappointments of the elders in the clan, the contempt and ridicule of the clan members—all of these weighed heavily on him, making it hard for him to breathe.

"Gag! Gag!"

After Hozuki Fugetsu temporarily ended the memory reading in the mountains, he immediately struggled to regain consciousness.

The psychological trauma inflicted by the A-level illusion and the suicidal mental clashes that repeatedly resisted memory reading left him dizzy, his vision blurred, and he began to gag.

"Wouldn't it be better to just lie down and suffer less?"

Shan Zhongjing curled his lip.

Although he pitied Hozuki Futsuki's plight, he showed no mercy when it came to killing him.

Just like if he fell into the hands of ninjas from other villages, they would not possibly show him any mercy.

In a ninja world where everyone is an executioner.

Showing mercy to a ninja is tantamount to courting death!

Ninja Art: Mind Transfer Clone Technique!

Ignoring Hozuki Fugetsu's dry heaving, Yamanaka Kei easily seized control of the other's body with a near-instantaneous mind clone technique.

Recalling the memory I had just seen, I realized the amount of chakra required to summon and store the clam holding the summoning scroll.

He controlled Hozuki Fugetsu to bite his fingertip and quickly formed hand seals.

Hai-Xu-You-Shen-Wei!

bang~

Chakra smoke rose.

A clam with a diameter of over two meters, a jet-black exterior, and an extremely hard appearance appeared in the laboratory.

Yamanaka Kei, controlling Hozuki Fugetsu's body, patted the clam's shell.

The clam, which was originally tightly closed, slowly opened.

A large psychic contract scroll, one meter in diameter, was revealed inside.

"How dare you! This is a summoning beast of our Hozuki clan! How dare you!"

Hozuki Fugetsu's soul was squeezed into a corner of his sea of ​​consciousness, his eyes wide with fury as he watched the contract scroll being taken out.

"You talk too much nonsense."

Yamanaka Kei's spiritual power and chakra combined, transforming into a vast Yin Release energy, which slapped onto Hozuki Fugetsu's soul.

His already damaged mental strength suffered another severe blow.

The pain that penetrated to the very core of his being caused his soul to curl up into a tiny ball, and he would occasionally let out a low moan of agony.

Yamanaka Kei had been waiting on the side of the main body, and took the contract scroll handed to him.

Upon opening it, I saw more than a dozen names starting with Hozuki Gengetsu, and I sighed in exasperation.

It's clear that the Hozuki clan is eager to cultivate a successor who can carry on the legacy of Hozuki Gengetsu.

Unfortunately, I tried more than ten times, and failed every time.

"It's a bit of a hassle, but I don't want anyone to be resurrected by Edo Tensei and still be able to summon this guy."

Yamanaka Kei took out a blood storage tube from the pocket of his Jonin vest, dipped it in blood, and wrote his name at the end of the scroll.

He nodded in satisfaction after clearly sensing that the agreement between the two parties had been reached.

With his right hand forming a hand seal, a complex sealing technique quickly condensed in his palm.

Sealing Technique: Contract Seal!

He slapped the name of Hozuki Gengetsu on the contract scroll.

The sealing technique spread rapidly and invaded the inside of the contract scroll, directly sealing the contract between Hozuki Gengetsu and the Clam Clan.

Originally written in blood, the name, which remained bright red for decades, gradually turned black after losing the power of the contract.

Without delay, Shan Zhongjing continued to cast the contract seal.

Contract Seal is an advanced sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan.

In the original story, Minato Namikaze used this seal to break the contract between Obito Uchiha and Kurama (the Nine-Tails).

This prevents the opponent from summoning the Nine-Tails using the summoning technique.

When Yamanaka Kei and Kushina were learning sealing techniques, they focused on mastering this technique to ensure they wouldn't be tricked by Uchiha Madara in the future.

Its proficiency is comparable to that of the "Four Limbs Re-Sealing" technique, which can be used at will.

Snap~ Snap~ Snap~ Snap~

The contract seal was used more than ten times in a row.

After the final contract seal was placed on Hozuki Futsuki's name, the summoned black clam turned into smoke and dissipated within the research institute.

Yamanaka looked at his own name, the only one still bearing its bright red color, on the contract scroll.

After thinking for a moment, he summoned the black clam again and handed the contract scroll back to the other party for safekeeping.

According to the information in Hozuki Futsuki's memories.

The Clam Clan lives in an unknown sea far from the ninja world, a place completely untouched by humankind.

The Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, was able to form a contract with this clan entirely because he did something just as foolish as Jiraiya.

He rashly used psychic abilities without having made any contract with any living being.

The only difference is.

Jiraiya was brought to Mount Myōboku by the power of summoning techniques.

Hozuki Gengetsu, with his exceptionally large chakra reserves since his youth, by chance summoned the ancestor of the clam clan, a colossal clam named "Shin."