Under Kakuzu's intimidating deterrence, the three little ones hurriedly fled the scene.
Uchiha Nen secretly turned his head, seemingly wanting to imprint the back of that generous big brother in his heart, but Kakuzu sensed his gaze.
A cold gaze swept over, and Nen immediately shrank his neck, chasing after Tong Ren's rear as they fled in disarray.
"So, fighting me in front of those three kids, that's your purpose?" Kakuzu said meaningfully, "That Uchiha kid, he must have a close relationship with you, right?"
"Kakuzu, I don't really like people who are too smart." Shin'yu said softly, "If you are a smart person, then please pretend not to be so smart, that way we can get along better, understand?"
He still had that smiling look, but after saying this, a chaotic murderous aura rushed towards them, then disappeared in an instant. The momentarily stagnant air made Kakuzu's breathing stop, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Understood."
"Yes, that's right." Shin'yu returned to his amiable demeanor.
The two of them left together, departing from the Hidden Leaf Village.
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By the time Uchiha Nen and the other two ran back to the residential area, it was already late.
On the horizon, the huge sunset was sinking, and the dim yellow light shone on the Hokage Rock. The face of the First Hokage carved there had half of its face golden and bright, and the other half dark as ink.
The three little ones paused in front of the Uchiha Clan Territory.
"Man, that was close today, we almost lost our lives." Tong Ren said, covering his pounding little heart, still feeling lingering fear.
"We got a lucky escape. Fortunately, that Blindfolded Man didn't have any killing intent, neither towards us nor towards that weirdo." Orochimaru's senses were always very sharp.
"What I'm more curious about is, why does he know the identities of the three of us?" Tong Ren frowned and said, "Orochimaru is one thing, but Nen... no offense, almost no one outside the clan knows about him."
"Could it be that he's a member of the Uchiha Clan?" Nen suddenly said.
"No way, I can guarantee that I've really never seen him before." Tong Ren immediately denied.
Nen hesitated, wanting to share the scroll in his hand with his companions, but they both refused.
Orochimaru clearly wasn't interested in it, leaving behind a sentence, "A gentleman does not take what others cherish," before leaving.
After witnessing Shin'yu's battle with Kakuzu, he refreshed his view on eternal life.
And Tong Ren also ran home with a heavy heart, he was more curious about the identity of that blindfolded youth, and wanted to ask his sister for clarification.
Left with no choice, Nen could only carry the scroll and quickly run back to his house.
As soon as he entered, he immediately locked the door, closed the windows tightly, and even drew the curtains, sitting down against the wall with a thud.
When the small light in the room turned on, he carefully took out the scroll and slowly opened it.
"Spiritualization Technique!"
"Transform spiritual energy into a living soul, traverse distances and kill enemies regardless of distance, and can also control the opponent's body and enter the spiritual world of others..."
He read word by word, feeling fortunate in his heart. Luckily, he had learned to read and write from Uncle Setsuna, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to understand the scroll now.
But as the reading progressed, when he reached the specific cultivation method, he slowly frowned his little eyebrows.
After all, this kind of forbidden technique was indeed too difficult for a child who barely understood how to extract Chakra to comprehend, no different from asking a kindergarten child to solve calculus.
There was no other way, he could only carry the scroll close to his body and study it later when he came into contact with more Ninja knowledge.
...
"Sand Ninja rogue ninja, 'Calamity Wind' Kaji, I'll take your heart plus 30 million Ryō."
In the sandy desert, Kakuzu pinched a person's neck, and black tentacles protruded from the cracks in his wrist, piercing through the opponent's chest.
Wrapped in black tentacles, a bloody heart was taken out.
"This is the last one, right?"
Not far away, Shin'yu stood on a high gravel, surrounded by corpses of wandering Ninja.
"Yes, this completes the set of five elemental hearts." Kakuzu responded in a muffled voice, a gap opened in his chest, and he filled the warm heart into the hole. As the black threads slowly sutured, his body returned to its original state.
After devouring, the two walked together.
"How many people have you recruited into the organization you mentioned?" Kakuzu asked, following behind Shin'yu, "It's not just the two of us, is it?"
"Of course not, there's one more." Shin'yu said, "I'm just running errands, she's the boss of the organization."
"She?" Kakuzu hesitated, "Is she strong?"
"Very strong!" Shin'yu nodded, a solemn expression appearing on his face for the first time, "If she tells me to go east, I wouldn't dare go west."
"I see..." Hearing this, Kakuzu became much more restrained.
He looked at Shin'yu's dashing back, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked, "Speaking of which, there are so many strong people in the world, and there are many Ninja with Bloodline Limits, why did you choose me?"
"Of course, it's because I value your abilities." Shin'yu shook his head, "My subordinates need a life as tenacious as a cockroach, so they won't die easily."
"Uh..." Kakuzu was speechless, not knowing whether this was a compliment or an insult.
Shin'yu seemed to have thought of something, "But your current strength is indeed too weak. Relying on information gaps to fight is not the way of the strong. If someone finds out your secret of immortality, you'll suffer a big loss."
"Thanks to you, three kids already know."
"Don't worry, they won't tell."
With that, Shin'yu reached into his pocket, took out another scroll, and casually tossed it to Kakuzu.
"This technique is more suitable for you, practice it from now on."
"This is..." Kakuzu opened the scroll with suspicion, and a line of small characters at the beginning caught his eye:
"Body Technique Mystery · Eight Gates Release Formation."
He was shocked, "Isn't this the one you used last..."
It was not long ago that Shin'yu suddenly erupted with terrifying power in the Hidden Leaf Village forest, casually disassembling his body like a doll. Kakuzu still remembered that scene vividly.
"That's right, the eight extraordinary meridians in the human body contain unimaginable power. 'Eight Gates Release Formation' is the passage to unlock the Chakra restrictions within the human body, to temporarily obtain powerful power, the ultimate body technique mystery."
Shin'yu shook his head, "But the specific effect varies from person to person. The higher the body strength, the more it can withstand the destruction, and the stronger the power gained."
Kakuzu's eyes trembled as he looked at the scroll, his breathing becoming heavy.
"Especially the last gate, once opened, you can instantly gain power far beyond the Five Kage." Shin'yu's tone was coaxing, "The price is that the fire of the heart is completely extinguished, which would definitely kill an ordinary person, but for you..."
He revealed an interested smile, "You have 5 hearts, after all."
Kakuzu was silent, rapidly flipping through the contents of the scroll. Its profound effects were almost exactly as Shin'yu had described.
Burning hearts to unlock ultimate power... this usage was many times more ingenious than the traditional use of Earth Grudge Fear!
"Indeed, it's a technique more suited to me." He took a deep breath, closed the scroll, and couldn't help but hesitate, saying, "Such a powerful force, and you're willing to let me cultivate it without worry? Aren't you afraid..."
"I said it just now, the effects of the taijutsu vary from person to person."
Shin'yu understood his implied meaning, smiling calmly, "If you don't cultivate it, you'll see me as a frog at the bottom of a well sees the bright moon; if you do cultivate it, you'll see me as an ant sees the blue sky."
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