Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

"The original whole soul is divided into two parts: good and evil. The good soul devours the evil thoughts, and the evil soul devours the good thoughts."

In this chaotic world, it is a good time to leave good souls in the human realm to continuously devour evil thoughts.

Evil spirits, on the other hand, travel to the Pure Land to devour the goodness and power within.

"However, in doing so, the benevolent souls who fight endlessly will inevitably fall into the Asura realm and never be reborn."

Evil spirits, however, are inevitably indecisive, like nagging women, and unlikely to accomplish anything great... Moreover, once the soul is separated, the structure of both is immediately destroyed, which is practically a path to death. What should be done then?

"But if we succeed by chance, and our two souls are not destroyed."

So when the two souls switch places, the connection between them can be used as a guide to mobilize the boundless power of the Pure Land… In that case, this chaotic world can be completely ended.”

"I would call this transformation demonization!"

The more Temari looked at it, the more her head spun; her big eyes practically swirled around in circles.

What is all this nonsense? Pure Land and Asura Realm, is it really appropriate for a little girl to be reading this?

Thankfully, a sweet "Dinner's ready!" ended Temari's disastrous day.

"Mmm, let's eat!"

Temari quickly put away the secret manual and prepared to eat breakfast.

Ms. Whirlpool's culinary skills are beyond question; today's breakfast was as plentiful and nutritious as ever.

However, just as the family sat down to start their new day, a rather strange news report came on the television.

"A brief news item... A woman claims that the Fifth Hokage, Hiruko, was a scumbag who created a harem and then abandoned his lovers."

Worst of all, he also arbitrarily arranged marriages for his godson, causing his daughter-in-law immense suffering.

The content of this news is actually quite ordinary.

It's just a personal attack on Hiruko.

In response, not only the Hokage family, but the entire Hidden Leaf Village remained calm—because Hiruko never hid the fact that he was a scumbag.

In his words, it's better to attack yourself than to let others attack you.

So he frequently had others attack him for being a scumbag, in order to eventually desensitize the people of Konoha.

To put it bluntly, once you've been scolded so much, it doesn't hurt anymore.

Outsider: "The Fifth Hokage is a scumbag."

Konoha ninja: "Yes."

No matter how eloquent you are, you cannot attack the morality of a person without morality.

The cursing and swearing had become a habit, just like the sun rising in the east every day.

The idea of ​​attacking Hiruko and then destroying Konoha would be extremely ineffective—Hiruko had been aware of his terrible reputation since last year and had begun to distance himself from it long ago.

Anyway, he doesn't rely on fame for a living; he relies on his fists and thick skin.

However, this was not the main concern of the Hokage family.

Nonou put down her teacup and frowned slightly: "The Hokage's son... does that mean Naruto? But Naruto doesn't have a marriage partner at all. Didn't you say that we'd wait until Naruto grows up and let him choose for himself?... This news sounds like it's about some personal grudges."

Rumi Uzumaki shook her head: "I don't know."

The two ladies didn't care about such a trivial matter and remained very calm. After all, they had seen far too much political gossip of this magnitude.

But Temari's two golden ponytails suddenly twitched—this was her "green radar," as sensitive as a ninja dog.

"Hoo hoo... Someone's trying to steal my fiancé!"

Bai tilted his head slightly, his tone as calm as still water: "But haven't you been being cheated on all along?"

"That's true." Temari took a couple more bites of rice, chewing them crunchily, then realized something was wrong and her chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

"and many more."

***

Kisame stared at the glowing object in front of him, still unable to figure out what it was.

On the surface, it looks like a large, grayish-white stone with a somewhat rough surface.

In terms of shape, it looks a bit like an eye—it is indeed the shape of an eye, and even has patterns similar to a pupil.

But it was clearly not an ordinary stone—whose stone could fly? Moreover, it was hovering motionless in mid-air, emitting a very obvious flow of chakra.

That chakra wasn't violent, but it was extremely penetrating, like some kind of power compressed to its limit.

Kisame has traveled all over the world over the years and has seen all sorts of strange and wonderful things.

But he had never seen this thing before.

Out of necessary caution, Kisame took a dozen steps back, held his beloved sword Samehada in his hand, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the flow of chakra in the nearby stone.

Chakra flowed slowly inside the stone, as regularly as the tides, yet it carried an indescribable sense of antiquity.

"This stone seems to possess a very powerful energy, containing a portion of the Byakugan's aura, but it's not entirely the Byakugan... What exactly is going on?" Kisame murmured, looking up at the sky.

The sky was calm, just as Kisame remembered, and it didn't look like anyone was preparing to attack—in this era, who would attack Kirigakure headquarters? Although Kirigakure, like Konoha, covered a very large area, it also included a large number of rivers and forests.

But no matter where they fight, they are provoking Kirigakure.

Kirigakure is now beset by internal and external troubles, but a great ninja village is still a great ninja village.

Apart from Takigakure Village, which is a 5.5-ranked village, it's a breeze to defeat any small ninja village.

Even Kisame knew that the new Mizukage might be hoping someone would come and beat her up.

After all, military merit is the most important criterion, and unless the other four major ninja villages take action, Kirigakure is almost certain to win.

After a battle, the internal problems of the Hidden Mist should be mostly resolved—that's the charm of war: diverting external conflicts and uniting people's hearts internally, a principle that has held true throughout history.

"This thing is really strange... How could it fall from the sky? Is it a remnant of some kind of large-scale ninjutsu?"

Although rare, some ninjas do train their skills in using large-scale ninjutsu in remote places.

Kisame, feeling uneasy, went to the forest to clear his mind, and perhaps that's when he encountered this unfortunate event...

Is that really the case? Kisame couldn't be sure.

Even though there are quite a few ninjutsu masters in the ninja world, the overall educational level of the ninja world is actually quite tragic, given the much larger number of ordinary ninjas.

Most ninjas are only proficient in combat; their minds are filled with nothing but killing and being killed.

Only those ninjas with special roles, sufficient strength, or who have lived long enough can gradually broaden their knowledge.

Kisame, through his chakra senses, could roughly determine that this thing might be related to the Byakugan.

But what exactly is it...?

"...This thing is far too suspicious. Fortunately, it seems quite stable and shows no signs of rioting...Let's leave it to the Mizukage and have him give it to the research team to take a look."

Kisame had no intention of keeping anything to himself.

He was the most traditional kind of ninja; once he accepted a mission, he would definitely complete it.

He would obey the village's chosen leader 100%.

It doesn't matter who becomes the county magistrate, he just wants to be the county magistrate's wife—although it doesn't sound very nice, that's really what Kisame thinks.

Because Tu Zi ran away immediately, Kisame had no intention of defecting at this time.

After much deliberation, Kisame took out a sealing scroll.

After a brief attempt, Kisame easily absorbed the stone-shaped eye—the sealing process went exceptionally smoothly, as if the stone itself was willing to be contained.

...The power within the stone seemed to be suppressed by the stone itself, showing no sign of dissipating outwards.

***

Before long, Kisame arrived at the Mizukage's office.

As soon as he entered, he saw Hiruko and Terumi Mei sitting together behind the desk.

However, Mei Terumi used a solid wood chair with a wide seat and water patterns carved on the armrests.

Hiruko used a plastic chair... the cheapest kind of white folding chair, which would creak when you sat on it.

This is a well-known quirk of the Fifth Hokage.

It's clearly just a glimpse into the village, yet they nitpick over every little detail.

Why is this guy back again, and with...?

Kisame was about to speak when Hiruko ruthlessly interrupted him.

"Kisame, you've come at just the right time."

We happen to have something we'd like to ask you about... After thinking it over, we think it's safest for you to handle it. Do you have the confidence?

Kisame silently looked at Mei Terumi sitting next to Hiruko.

Mei Terumi rubbed her temples helplessly, her purple eyes filled with exhaustion: "It's like this, Kisame, there's something in the Land of Birds... sigh, it concerns the future of Kirigakure."

In the previous coup, Kisame did not take action like Zabuza.

But for a skilled player like him to choose to AFK (away from keyboard) is itself a statement of attitude.

Now that the coup is over, Mei Terumi still considers them as one of her own.

After all, without the saw blade left by Kisame, it's uncertain whether she could escape the cage...

As Kisame listened to Mei Terumi's narration, he gradually came to understand everything.

Not long ago, the daimyo of the Land of Water sent a mission—he had heard that a group of wandering ninjas of dubious origin had arrived in the Land of Birds.

For the safety of the entire Land of Water system, the Daimyo of the Land of Water hoped that Kirigakure would properly deal with this group of ninjas.

At first glance, this seems like a very normal task.

However, anyone with even a slight understanding of the situation could sense the deadly danger within.

At the very least, Kisame could sense it.

The Land of Birds now has no ninjas or ninja villages.

For various reasons, the Bird Kingdom has never been established.

But recently, for some unknown reason, the current ruler of the Bird Country, Lord Oogawa, suddenly had the idea of ​​taking in a group of wandering ninjas.