The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

White Zetsu asked weakly, feeling utterly exhausted. It had just escaped from the lightning and hadn't even had a chance to catch its breath before encountering members of the Akatsuki.

They could only continue their escape underground, and even when traveling underground, they had to stay away from the Akatsuki members, for fear of being discovered.

"Let's find a safe enough place to lie low! The ninja world can't stay peaceful forever. Once all the tailed beasts are reborn, the Akatsuki will definitely start making their move..."

Black Zetsu finally made a decision: Sasuke Uchiha had not yet grown up, and without obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan, there was no point in trying to fool him.

Furthermore, the Akatsuki organization hasn't even started collecting the Tailed Beasts yet, so there's no need to rush.

Time heals all wounds; at worst, we'll just have to wait until Nagato dies.

Chapter 227 Different Type of Lightning Chakra

Inside the Kamui Space Laboratory, Hongzhi was staring intently at the scroll on the table, which was the improved version of the curse seal he had created.

Although it could be called a curse seal, Hongzhi felt there was something strange about it.

After the Black Spotted Lightning is injected into the cursed seal, it will fuse with the lightning-attribute chakra stored within it by Hongzhi under the influence of the cursed seal.

After the cursed seal is completely absorbed, it's time to obtain the bloodline limit, Black Spotted Lightning.

Hongzhi had already experimented on a test subject, who was just an unlucky guy named Uchiha Obito. After confirming that his body showed signs of developing a bloodline limit, Hongzhi ended the final transformation.

The problem now is that only a small amount of Black Spotted Lightning is needed to complete the creation of a curse seal, while the Black Spotted Lightning in Hongzhi's body is completely beyond the scope of the required amount.

If all of it is injected into it, the strength of the Black Spot Lightning will increase dramatically, but the time required to completely absorb the curse seal will also gradually increase.

Without much hesitation, Hongzhi injected all the black-spotted lightning into it, and then stuck the black curse mark onto his arm.

As chakra surged in, the curse seal that was originally on the scroll gradually entered Hongzhi's body, which was an extremely painful process.

After all, the massive amount of black spot lightning needs to be compressed onto the arm through sealing techniques and some special methods, and it also needs to be connected to the meridians that can change the whole body.

The pain was enough to make someone faint, which is probably why Sasuke Uchiha needed to lie in a dark wooden barrel for a while when he fully activated the cursed seal.

That was a life-saving measure provided by Orochimaru, and even for Hiroji, this process took a long time.

Of course, this is because he injected far too much Black Spot Lightning, since there wasn't a single one left in the Hidden Cloud Village.

Perhaps that guy named Darui still has a little bit of Black Spot Thunder in his body, but compared to the Black Spot Thunder in Hongzhi's body now, it's just a drop in the ocean.

After the cursed seal was injected, Hongzhi could feel an unusual chakra starting from his arm and gradually spreading throughout his body. This was a different type of lightning chakra that Hongzhi's own chakra had transformed into after being affected by the Black Spotted Lightning.

Because it is originally Hongzhi's chakra, there is no pain when absorbing it; on the contrary, it will subtly change the genetic aspects.

That is, to transform the lightning chakra originally engraved in the genes into black spot lightning chakra.

This means that bloodline limits have been born, and since Yang Lei, Zi Dian, and Lan Cun have already been created, this will not affect their existence.

After all, these are engraved on different genes.

Hongzhi estimated that it would take about three months to fully absorb the information, which was acceptable to him. He did not plan to show his face in Konoha for the next three years.

There was no problem with the time allotted, but there were still two shadow clones active in the ninja world, one of whom was carrying a lightning sword and waiting to meet the Akatsuki.

If you want to know the Akatsuki's specific progress, it would be more appropriate to infiltrate them. It's just unknown whether Nagato will not have this idea because he is wary of the power of the Shadow Clones.

The other shadow clone disguised itself as a pursuit force from Kirigakure and wandered around areas in the ninja world with lakes, its target being the Three-Tails.

The Two-Tails revived and killed the Three-Tails. If this continues, perhaps we can wait until the day when Hongzhi's Rinnegan is activated.

As for the issue of lifespan, Hongzhi has no worries at all. The vortex and Senju bloodlines will become more closely integrated within Hongzhi's body as he uses the Yang Lei or Zi Dian chakra modes.

This led to a gradual transformation in Hongzhi's life essence, ensuring that his strength would steadily increase for at least fifty years.

As for fifty years from now, Sasuke Uchiha might have turned to ashes, and it's possible that Sasuke Uchiha could awaken the Rinnegan, since when Hongzhi treated his severed arm, he added a little bit of Naruto Uzumaki's cells.

Although it may be very little, or even have no effect on Uchiha Sasuke, just a little bit is enough to give him a chance to successfully awaken the Rinnegan.

If Hongzhi can't do it, then Uchiha Sasuke, as the reincarnation of Indra, should be able to, but when he activates it, he will probably be like Uchiha Madara, with little fighting power left.

One pair of Rinnegan is definitely meant to be used to activate Infinite Tsukuyomi and bring Kaguya out, but if Hiroji had two pairs of Rinnegan, then he wouldn't need to wait for his own Rinnegan.

Of course, it's definitely the one you use most effectively; otherwise, the only way to keep the Rinnegan from consuming chakra fruits would be to consume chakra.

In the dark cave, the phantom images of Akatsuki members slowly emerged, but compared to the previous times, there were two fewer people here.

Kisame Hoshigaki, of course, did not come. As he strolled through the ninja world admiring the scenery, he was even somewhat puzzled: why hadn't the Akatsuki's pursuers arrived yet?

As for the second one who was missing, it was Black Zetsu and White Zetsu. As the one who always appeared with the so-called "Uchiha Madara", Black Zetsu and White Zetsu naturally suffered from Nagato's purge.

Of course, this incident also damaged the Akatsuki's intelligence system considerably. After all, although there were very few White Zetsu before, their intelligence gathering ability was still quite good, and they were also very fast.

However, after the White Zetsu disappeared, the Akatsuki's intelligence transmission became somewhat inaccurate; for example, intelligence that occurred yesterday would only be transmitted today.

Although there is a ninjutsu like the Illusionary Body Technique, it still requires the Rinnegan to activate, and frequent use of the Rinnegan will make Nagato's body even worse.

Especially now that the Three-Tails hasn't been found and the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki has just been killed, Nagato naturally needs to continue lying low and waiting for the right opportunity.

"Where did Kisame Hoshigaki go?"

Hidan asked with some surprise, "Could it be that after Itachi Uchiha died, that guy also met his end?"

"He is on another mission."

Nagato, controlling Pain, explained that although Kisame Hoshigaki hadn't been in contact for a long time, he didn't believe Kisame had betrayed the Akatsuki.

On the contrary, if it weren't for that guy, he would probably still think that guy was the so-called Uchiha Madara.

"On a mission? But how could Jue betray us? He's been around for a long time, hasn't he?"

After receiving an answer to his question, Deidara asked curiously, as he and Sasori had been extremely busy lately due to Zetsu's betrayal.

"He attempted to steal the organization's secrets."

Nagato explained again that too many things had happened recently, and problems started to surface after Itachi Uchiha went to Konoha and didn't return.

Kisame Hoshigaki inexplicably attacked the so-called "Uchiha Madara," confirming that he was not Uchiha Madara.

He had barely received the news when Jue and that guy had already run away.

Chapter 228 It seems I'm not the only one who's been deceived.

[Yin attribute change; Limit Break +10, Spirit +10]

[Yin Lei; limit breaking +10, confusion +10]

[Dark Water; Limit Break +10, Control +10]

[Yin Lightning Chakra Mode; Limit Break +10, Body Tempering +10]

Another shadow clone was retrieved. Hongzhi looked at the notification that popped up in front of him and felt a little good. Before, because the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan was not yet in place, Hongzhi had not been able to make the Yin attribute change reach the limit +10.

Now that the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is in hand, improving these things naturally needs to be put on the agenda. Although the training is only in the Purple Lightning Chakra Mode, the final result is undoubtedly terrifying.

Just as Hongzhi had expected, after Zidian reached the +10 limit, it directly transformed into Yin Lei, and its color changed from the original light purple to dark purple.

This had no impact. After this training, Hongzhi fell silent again. Apart from the Black Spotted Lightning that was still being slowly absorbed, everything else that Cloud Village had obtained had been converted into combat power. So what should the Shadow Clone do next?

There's no problem with mastering Wood Release and Ice Release, but it only takes three years and five hundred shadow clones to fully master them. So the remaining shadow clones still need to be utilized.

After a moment of silence, the only thing Hongzhi could think of was to have a small number of shadow clones think about the secrets of soul techniques. If a brilliant idea was born from this, it would undoubtedly be a huge win.

However, in this case, there's no need to maintain so many shadow clones. Leave five hundred shadow clones for training and fifty shadow clones for contemplating soul techniques.

Basic training and thinking are different. If Hongzhi were to create a large number of shadow clones for thinking, his brain would definitely not be able to handle it when the shadow clones disappear.

The remaining chakra was used to enhance the two shadow clones who were wandering around the ninja world, thus ensuring that their identities would not be compromised.

After completing this plan, Hongzhi began to slowly study the secret arts of the soul. Although Orochimaru had researched this subject, to achieve the effect that Hongzhi needed, it was basically necessary to start from scratch.

Hiroji really liked Itachi Uchiha's Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror. Although Shisui Uchiha's Susanoo had a Rasengan, it was just an ordinary weapon.

As for Obito Uchiha's shuriken, they were much more ordinary; divine weapons were far superior.

In addition, the creation of the Soul Secret Technique would allow Hongzhi to determine the state of the Tailed Beasts, and if he could find a way to completely kill the Tailed Beasts' souls and permanently absorb their chakra.

That would mean that one could permanently complete a qualitative change in life, that is, remain permanently in the six realms of existence.

At that time, Infinite Tsukuyomi will pose no threat whatsoever, and may even be used to annihilate Kaguya Otsutsuki's soul and will, thus achieving the ultimate goal.

While Hongzhi was still pondering, the Akatsuki meeting was also reaching its final stage.

"Let's continue to lie low; the future will surely belong to us."

Nagato, controlling Pain, spoke calmly. Sasori, Deidara, Hidan, and Kakuzu, who heard his words, were speechless. However, since their purposes for joining Akatsuki were different, they naturally didn't care about this.

As for collecting the tailed beasts, they weren't particularly concerned.

As the Akatsuki members left one by one, Nagato quietly watched Konan from the tower in Amegakure.

"Perhaps we need stronger forces. Let's try to contact that person. As for Kisame Hoshigaki, let's try to get him back."

Nagato spoke with some calmness. With the Akatsuki members' fighting strength greatly reduced, it was natural to need to bring in strong individuals. In addition, he also needed a staunch supporter to support his plans, or even to take his place.

Who knows if the tailed beasts will cause any more problems? The Two-Tails' resurrection is still unknown, and his body will only get weaker and weaker. Perhaps he really won't live to see that day come.

"I see."

Xiao Nan nodded calmly, then turned and left.

……

Half a month passed in this way. Kisame Hoshigaki, who was wandering around the ninja world, finally met the Akatsuki pursuers he had been longing to see.

However, just as he was about to make a move, he discovered that Xiao Nan on the other side had no intention of doing so at all. She simply left with a casual remark: "Your vacation is over. Remember to attend the next meeting," and prepared to leave.

Kisame Hoshigaki, who had already pulled out Samehada, looked puzzled. Seeing his confusion, Konan added, "The trainee members Tobi and Zetsu betrayed the Akatsuki. If you encounter them, kill them immediately."

Having received this information, Kisame Hoshigaki reluctantly put Samehada back. He finally understood that he wasn't the only one in the Akatsuki organization who had been fooled.

That makes sense, really. Since that guy claims to be the mastermind behind Akatsuki, he at least needs to deceive the leader. Thinking about it, Kisame Hoshigaki actually admires Obito Uchiha's courage.

For someone with such trashy strength to be able to fool a leader who possesses the Rinnegan is, in a sense, incredibly audacious.

"It seems I'm not the only one who's been deceived. But that trainee's name should be Uchiha Obito. He used to be on the same team as Kakashi of Konoha, and he was a student of the Fourth Hokage."

Kisame Hoshigaki directly revealed the information he had recently gathered. The intelligence from the black market was quite reliable; as long as you had a name, you could get most of the information that wasn't being concealed.

As Kakashi Hatake's teammate, Obito Uchiha naturally attracted attention, since Kakashi's eyes were supposedly from this so-called Obito Uchiha.

How do you know all this?

Konan, who was about to leave, stopped. They only knew that the man was not the real Uchiha Madara, but they had no idea about his true identity. Hearing Kisame's words, they were naturally confused.