Chapter 267 : Hiruko's Review!!

[Hinata's situation has been roughly reviewed, and now it's time for our beloved Hiruko.]

[Previously, I gave everyone an overview of Kakuzu's character.]

[Kakuzu, due to his connection with the Earth Grudge Fear, can take other people's hearts. He possesses five lives and can also use all five basic nature transformation jutsu.]

[Hiruko can be considered a younger, more powerful version of Kakuzu.]

[While Kakuzu uses the five nature transformations, Hiruko uses various Kekkei Genkais.]

"Hmm??? Did I see that wrong, or did I misunderstand? Various Kekkei Genkais… that 'various' can't mean what I think it means, right?"

As the second half of the review began, everyone quickly shifted their focus from the sweet romance of Hinata and Naruto.

But right from the start, there was a word that made Jiraiya doubt everything and gave him a bad feeling.

"Stop fooling yourself, it's exactly what you think."

Compared to Jiraiya's disbelief, Orochimaru was much more excited.

He had been researching how to make multiple Kekkei Genkais appear in clones.

With his talent, even this kind of research was making him pull his hair out.

After several months of work, the results could be called less than satisfactory.

The conflict between Kekkei Genkai was too intense. He had tried various methods, but none solved the conflict.

Clones can only possess one type of Kekkei Genkai.

And this Kekkei Genkai cannot be too powerful, like the Uchiha's Sharingan or the First Hokage's Wood Release.

Once the Kekkei Genkai is too strong, the clone won't be able to handle it and will collapse.

Unless you use the original Kekkei Genkai user's cells to create the clone.

But in that case, the cloned body will be the Kekkei Genkai user's body, which isn't suitable for the user anymore.

Because of this, adhering to the principle of "better to have none than a bad one," Orochimaru hasn't replaced his body until he has cloned a satisfactory one.

Now, however, when his research hit a bottleneck, a person he almost forgot about, Hiruko, appeared.

He hopes to find a way to break through this bottleneck in Hiruko's body.

"Old classmate, don't disappoint me now~ kekekekeke~"

[Hiruko, this character is the idiotic BOSS from the Will of Fire heir's big stage.]

[As a classmate and friend of the Legendary Sannins, his talent was inferior to theirs, so out of bitterness, he secretly started developing forbidden jutsu.]

[Everyone knows that among the Legendary Sannins, Orochimaru was the one most likely to dabble with these little jutsu side tricks, but Hiruko's actions were even earlier than Orochimaru's.]

[Before long, Hiruko's little actions were discovered by the Third Hokage, forcing him to become a rogue ninja.]

[Unable to ride on the Legendary Sannins' fame, Hiruko was quite dissatisfied.]

[When he learned that Kakashi had inherited Obito's Sharingan during the Third Ninja Wars, he realized that other people's Kekkei Genkai could also be used to improve oneself, so he started trying to latch onto Kakashi's fame, determined to become a major influencer in the ninja world.]

[At some point, he approached Kakashi, who was only about ten years old, and placed a puppet jutsu to control his actions in Kakashi's body, preparing for future use.]

[In this regard, Hiruko can be seen as a patient and calculating man.]

"What?"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise, completely unaware that Kakashi was actually cursed with a puppet jutsu by Hiruko.

"Let me take a look."

Soon, Tsunade and Kushina arrived in front of Kakashi.

The former began to check Kakashi's body, while the latter started to investigate whether he was really cursed with a puppet jutsu.

This thing is actually a relatively advanced curse seal.

Before activation, the cursed person appears completely normal, and simple medical checks or physical exams won't detect it.

For ordinary ninjas, this is quite troublesome.

However, in front of Tsunade, the medical expert, and Kushina, the sealing technique master, this puppet jutsu is nothing to worry about.

Soon, the two of them finished their checks and confirmed that Kakashi indeed had the puppet jutsu on him.

"Well, Kakashi, should we remove it now?"

Kakashi paused for a moment and then replied, "There's no rush. Let's finish watching Hiruko's video first before deciding."

"Alright."

Kakashi wasn't in a hurry to remove the puppet jutsu.

Among those present, besides Tsunade and Kushina, Jiraiya and Orochimaru could also remove it.

There was no need to rush. After watching Hiruko's video and understanding his intentions, they could remove it later.

[After placing a puppet curse on Kakashi, Hiruko went into hiding and continued his research.

[Years later, after successfully understanding the Chimera Technique, and absorbing the Kekkei Genkais of the four great ninja villages—Dark Release, Storm Release, Swift Release, and Steel Release—he was ready to conduct a ritual to absorb Kakashi's Kekkei Genkai, reaching the state of immortality and invincibility.

[At this point, Konoha had already gone through a change of leadership, and the timeline was set during the period when Naruto had completed his training with the Rasengan shuriken and had finished dealing with Kakuzu.

[Hiruko's classmate, Tsunade, who once had a bit of history with him, had now become the Hokage.]

"Bang!"

"What do you mean 'a bit of history'? This old lady never had anything to do with Hiruko!" Tsunade shouted angrily.

You could tell Tsunade was really mad.

Not only did she punch her chair to pieces, but she also called herself "old lady" in frustration.

Tsunade hated being called old.

It's easy to imagine just how angry she was—so angry she almost lost her mind.

"Alright, Tsunade, you didn't quite understand the video recap the first time. The Content Creator, Hayashi Sora, sometimes has a strange sense of humor and likes to make jokes that are funny but harmless," Jiraiya explained.

"Yes, Tsunade, Hayashi Sora enjoys making these jokes. For example, he once said to let Hidan drive a blood donation truck, sent Hidan to the women's bathroom, and made a joke about Kakuzu throwing shuriken at the First Hokage from eight hundred miles away, among others."

Seeing Tsunade's anger, Orochimaru and Jiraiya quickly tried to calm her down.

But the more they tried to calm her, the angrier Tsunade became.

She ignored Orochimaru and grabbed Jiraiya by the collar, shouting, "Bastard Jiraiya, you think my dignity is a trivial matter here?!"

"Huh?" Jiraiya was stunned, feeling as if he had eaten a whole bunch of Sichuan peppercorns—numb all over.

When trying to comfort Tsunade, he never realized she felt this way.

Luckily, his reflexes were quick enough. He grabbed her hand that was holding his collar and looked at her with deep affection, saying, "How could that be? In my heart, you are the most important."

Normally, this was something he could never bring himself to say to Tsunade.

But isn't this an emergency?

When Tsunade gets angry, she doesn't care about the situation. She really would hit someone.

Jiraiya has lost count of how many times Tsunade has beaten him up since they were kids, and each time it was pretty brutal.

To avoid getting hit, he quickly came up with this line to try and gross her out.

"Ugh~ you're really disgusting."

As expected, Tsunade was grossed out by him. She swiftly let go of him and walked over to Orochimaru.

"Tsunade, something seems off about you," Orochimaru said.

He stood up and politely gave up his chair for Tsunade, standing to the side.

"Stop being so annoying. Go watch your light screen video and stop bothering me."

"Heh."

Orochimaru smiled slightly and didn't say anything further.

The one involved is confused, but the observer sees clearly.

He had a feeling that maybe soon, he'd be able to eat the wedding candy from these two old partners of his.

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