Ch. 276. Three benevolent people, it's difficult to practice «Sage Mode». [2]

　　Mt. Myoboku uses toad oil to help ninjas absorb the natural energy.

　　And it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, your body will turn into frogs or even become petrified due to excessive absorption of natural energy.

　　Although Mizuki wasn't worried about petrification, he didn't have toad oil:

- "Although I forgot to bring the toad oil from Mt. Myoboku, I used liushen water yesterday and I could clearly 'see' the natural energy."

- "I believe that with the help of liushen water and toad sage liquor, I will be able to practice in «Sage Mode»."

　　Mizuki used «Flying Thunder God Technique» and came to a quiet forest.

　　He took out liushen water, opened the lid and smelled it.

　　In an instant, his whole brain was refreshed and his thinking became extremely clear.

　　His mental power surged sixfold, even overflowing from his body.

　　Although he had his eyes closed, he could "see" the tiny things around him with the mental power overflowing from his body.

　　Dust in the air, bacteria in the soil under your feet, fluff on bacteria...

　　It's like arriving in another world.

　　He collected his mind and focused on natural energy. He wrapped a ray of natural energy with his mental power and pulled it back into his body.

　　He also controlled some ordinary chakra in his body and merged with this ray of natural energy.

　　When the two come into contact, they naturally merge together.

　　But the next moment, Mizuki frowned.

　　Failed again!

　　This time there was too much normal chakra, and the new fused chakra was very unstable and dissipated automatically.

　　Undeterred, he once again controlled a ray of natural energy to enter his body and continued to try.

　　In just 10 seconds, Mizuki tried 4 times.

　　But none of them were successful.

　　Mizuki opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief:

- "It's really difficult!"

　　The effect of liushen water has ended and I can only try again tomorrow.

　　Mizuki:

- "Although the effect of liushen water is strong, it only lasts for 10 seconds each time, which is really too short."

He felt that it would be best to permanently improve mental power.

　　This temporary improvement is still not enough.

　　Mizuki:

- "When Naruto and Nobita become chunin, i can recruit more disciples and then find a way to get something that can permanently enhance their mental power."

- "liushen water won't work. You have to find something else, preferably medicine."

　　After his short training, he returned to Iwagakure.

　　In the next three days, he would use liushen water every day to try to absorb natural energy.

　　But he don't know why, but it doesn't work every time.

　　He always feel like something is wrong, but he can't quite pinpoint it.

　　The rest of the time, he just wandered around, trying the food of Iwagakure and looking at the exotic scenery.

　　He didn't plan to cause trouble until the Chunin Exam were over.

　　Even if someone wants to cause trouble, he will take action decisively.

　　In short, in one sentence, we must ensure that this Chunin Exam is successfully completed.

　　Of course, if you don't make trouble, you won't make trouble, but it is still necessary to make some preparations before making trouble.

　　For example, he took advantage of these three days to do some research on the remaining Gobi Jinchuuriki in Iwagakure.

　　Mizuki, who was wandering on the street, received a notification from Iwagakure ninja:

- "Shodai Ōtorikage-Sama, in the second round of the Chunin Exam, the battle for the Scroll of Heaven and Earth has ended. Tsuchikage-Sama asked me to come and inform you to go to the hot spring valley in the center of the rocky jungle to observe the semi-finals together."

Mizuki:

- "Okay, I understand, lead the way!"

　　Hot Spring Valley, in the middle of the rocky jungle.

　　At this time, 15 people gathered the scrolls of heaven and earth and came here.

　　All six from Phoenix Village arrived.

　　A group of people arrived in Konohagakure was Rock Lee, Tenten, and an unknown sidekick.

　　There is only one group of people in Kumogakure Killer Bee's three disciples, Samui, Omoi, and Karui.

　　What surprised everyone the most was that a group of people from a little-known small village called Senningakure managed to get here.

　　While everyone was surprised that this village have symbol "Sage" in their forehead protectors, they were also curious about where this village came from.

　　Even the genin from Sunagakure and Kirigakure were eliminated. Three contestants from this Senningakure actually reached the semi-finals.

　　This gave rise to various speculations in everyone's mind.

　　When Mizuki came to Hot Spring Valley and saw the three genin from Senningakure, he raised his eyebrows.

　　The three people in Senningakure were all familiar to him:

- "Two guys and that woman, I forgot her name, but I remember that she mastered the kekkei genkai and is not weak."

- "So, this Senningakure is the previous Otogakure?"

- "So, is Kabuto Yakushi here too?"

　　Mizuki turned around and looked around, and saw a strange middle-aged man in the direction where the Senningakure's ninja were standing.

　　Although ne looked strange, Mizuki felt that this this person was Kabuto Yakushi in disguise.

　　Orochimaru returned to Konohagakure and handed over the Otogakure to Yakushi Kabuto.

　　He haven't heard any news about Yakushi Kabuto for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet him here.

　　Mizuki only glanced at the other person and then looked away.

　　He frowned slightly, and he noticed an unusual aura on Yakushi Kabuto:

- "Has he already mastered the «Sage Mode» in Ryuchi Cave?"