After dealing with the curse marks on the modified test subjects in the cell, it didn't take long to go to Baishi.

Although the power left by Orochimaru on the spell mark is strange and powerful, even a high-level sealing technique cannot completely suppress such a will that can constantly regenerate sufficient will, making people sigh that its vitality is huge, as difficult as an immortal cockroach...... But this is not enough in front of Shiraishi, who has begun to touch the roots of Chakra.

The art is derived from the chakra and the Indian style, and these two constituent and vital things are the areas that Shiraishi has been exploring so far. If Orochimaru's understanding of power is still at the level of 'technique', then Shiraishi's mastery of power is deeper than 'technique'.

And the spell mark is a kind of 'technique'.

As long as the foundation of the composition of the 'technique' does not change, for Shiraishi, it is just a boring process to repeat the same process over and over again after knowing the answer in advance.

Removing the spell mark from the last person, Shiraishi withdrew his palm, although it was only a repetitive process, but this also consumed a lot of Shiraishi's energy, making his forehead start to sweat.

"Is it all settled?"

After Shiraishi came out of the room, Kakashi glanced at the people in the room, who had fallen into a state and passed out due to the loss of the curse mark, and then closed the book "Intimacy Paradise" that he had already read many times in his hand, and turned to Shiraishi and asked.

Shiraishi nodded, glanced slightly at the unconscious people in the room, and then sighed and said, "It's okay. They have undergone the living transformation of the Great Snake Pill, and their mental and physical strength will be stronger than ordinary people, and they will probably wake up at night."

As a result, these people have gained the basic ability to survive in troubled times, but from the perspective of the process, these people are just lucky poor worms.

Orochimaru's human experiments, which are no different from the roots of Konoha, are amazing, but the process is extremely lethal.

In the past, the roots concentrated resources to carry out the wood escape experiment, and the test subjects consumed were at least hundreds.

Ninjas, civilians, old people, women, men, and newborn babies...... But in the end, only Tenzo of the Konoha Shadow survived and became an unfortunate and lucky individual.

Unfortunately, in the infant stage, they experienced a cruel human trial of nine deaths and a lifetime, and fortunately, the other party was the one who succeeded.

The rest of the test subjects, without exception, became a pile of white bones that no one cared about, buried in the bottomless darkness.

Orochimaru's human trials are also similar to the root, ninjas, civilians, men, women, and children, all who can bring benefits, will not refuse.

And Orochimaru only needs to pay a little bit of food, so that they have the ability to basically live, so that they will not die, and they can get endless experimental materials.

Even so, most of them who were consumed as test subjects regarded Orochimaru as 'sacred', a savior who rescued them from the sea of suffering.

There are a total of eleven people in this cell, and if the survival rate of living transformation is 1 in 10, or even lower, it means that they are the unfortunate ones who are lucky to survive among the hundreds of people.

There are several of them, and Shiraishi can see that their body structure has been deformed, has a tendency to become beasts, and has been transformed into unknown anomalous creatures, and the natural lifespan may only be 30% of that of normal humans.

"It's a terrible world."

Taking a breath, this was Shiraishi's heartfelt speech.

"Do you feel guilty?"

Kakashi asked.

He knew that the country of ghosts had used its international influence over the years to cause civil wars in many countries, and perhaps among the people who took refuge in Orochimaru, there were people who had to flee to other countries to escape the civil war.

"No, it's a bit cruel to say that, but there's a limit to what I can do, and there's a limit to what the Oni Country can do. This is something that cannot be achieved immediately based on slogans and ideals. Peace is a war that will never end."

Therefore, Shiraishi never uses words such as peace and justice on his lips.

()

There is a struggle in human nature, and as long as this nature remains, it will be impossible to eliminate wars between people and between nations.

No matter how loud the slogan is and how high-sounding the ideal is, in essence, it is an action to eliminate dissent. Keep those who agree with your ideas, and dispose of those who don't share your ideas as garbage.

And in this process, no matter how careful and subtle it is, it will give birth to the "existence of sacrifice."

All he could do was keep the amount as low as possible.

"Yes, such a victim, no matter how many times you watch it, will make people feel that this world is hopeless."

Kakashi also doesn't claim to be a savior.

Human beings can only save themselves, and cannot be redeemed by others.

The only one who can save himself is himself.

But in the process of self-rescue, vulnerable human beings are often devastated by strong external forces. Reality is so cold.

"So, what's next for them? We can't stay here for long."

Kakashi asked the most crucial question.

These experimental subjects who have been subjected to the living transformation of the Great Snake Pill have no relationship with normal human beings.

In addition, they have been isolated from the outside world for a long time, and they have no way to integrate on their own

into the world of mankind.

If you let them go, you'll just leave them to fend for themselves.

"I've dispatched a team from the Land of Demons, and I'm on my way here. At that time, according to the diplomatic regulations, the Daimyo of Tanokuni will negotiate, and when the time comes, these people will be extradited to the country of Oni for recuperation."

For physical ailments, Shiraishi can rely on time to help them clean up, or they can restore their bodies to normal human beings, but psychological trauma may accompany them for a lifetime.

Allowing these people to be free and flow into the human community would be a very terrible hidden danger for ordinary people.

And Shiraishi also adheres to the idea of saving people to the end, since he decided to intervene, naturally he can't give up halfway in this matter.

He doesn't have the ability to save everyone, but if he only removes a few dozen or hundreds of people, it won't be a problem, and it won't obviously bring a political and economic burden to the country of ghosts.

If it is the migration of hundreds of thousands of people, or even millions of people, Shiraishi really has to seriously consider whether it will bring heavy pressure to the country of ghosts.

But such a large-scale population transfer, unless there is a long-term ninja war, or an uncontrollable natural disaster, there will be no such a huge population movement in the ninja world.

Kakashi nodded, understanding Shiraishi's thoughts.

"Looks like I'll need to stay in Tanokuni for a while."

Stating that he will stay in the country of Tian for the time being, escort these people, and then contact the diplomatic mission of the country of ghosts who came to the country of Tian, and lead these experimental subjects oppressed by Orochimaru to return to the country of ghosts together.

"I'm relieved to have you there. But do you have enough people on your side?"

Shiraishi was suspicious.

"There are a few miscellaneous people, but Mizuki has a lot of people on his side, and he basically subdued the people from a stronghold, so he can help when the time comes."

Kakashi thought about it for a moment and asked Mizuki to help him, which could be regarded as giving him a chance to rise.

"That guy? He's doing really well. In that case, then you will have full command of him from now on, and when this is done, I will credit him for it."

Shiraishi thought about it for a moment and agreed to Kakashi's plan, making Kakashi Mizuki's direct boss and directly leading the other party.

In terms of identity, Mizuki is also a veteran cadre with considerable qualifications in his hands. It's a talent he discovered when he was still in Konoha days. However, it was after he left Konoha that the other party was promoted to a middle ninja.

Although Mizuki is average as a ninja, he is quite talented in personnel management. And he has a strong desire to perform, can grasp the opportunity to get promoted, and is an ambitious man with a strong self-motivation.

"I've probably been()

I saw the sinister grin that guy was about to show."

Kakashi said.

"However, I heard that he has a fiancée who is a medical ninja with good skills...... You've been out and about all these years, have you ever considered starting a family? Teacher Shuo Mao is under Jiuquan, and he probably doesn't want to see the Qimu family extinct either."

Shiraishi patted Kakashi on the shoulder, quipping in the tone of an elder.

Kakashi shrugged helplessly, always feeling that Shiraishi's topic was a bit jumpy.

"Well...... I haven't met a girl I like yet."

"Need I introduce you?" I have a lot of information about princesses from all over the world, and they are at the age of marriage.

「…… We'll talk about it then."

Kakashi replied sullenly.

Shiraishi didn't mention it anymore.

"Then I'll go to the next stronghold, and you can send someone to receive it when the time comes."

With that, Shiraishi said goodbye to Kakashi and headed to the next stronghold, preparing to dispose of the curse marks on the transformed test subjects there, so as to avoid future troubles.

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The mission of returning to Konoha and arresting Orochimaru can be said to have ended in complete failure.

In the Hokage's office, Jiraiya and Tenzo reported to Tsunade.

「…… Here's how it happened, Sasuke Uchiha was taken away by Chiba Shiraishi, and as for Orochimaru, he should be dead. But whether it was Sasuke Uchiha, or Chiba Shiraishi, or Orochimaru, who the two of them jointly killed, is unknown."

Jiraiya's voice became stiff and seemed a little difficult to speak, and for him, it was undoubtedly a failed experience.

Especially when he knew that Orochimaru was likely to die, his feelings became more complicated.

Anyway, it was his companion who had lived and died together in the past, but as a result, he went to the opposite with a thought, and now the other party died suddenly...... This made him breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, his heart suddenly became dull.

"It was Sasuke Uchiha who did it."

After listening to Jiraiya's narration, Tsunade directly told him and Tenzo the answer.

This answer made Jiraiya and Tenzo's eyes widen in surprise.

"Actually, before you came back, there was already a rumor going on outside."

Tsunade crossed his hands on the table, a helpless smile on his lips.

"Before we come back? How could it be ......?"

Jiraiya opened his mouth wide, seemingly in disbelief.

Did the news get out so quickly?

It was less than a day since they returned from that stronghold

The noodles have already reached the point of going viral...... How is this possible?

If only the high-level leaders of the major powers know about it, then it is still possible.

But it can't get to the point where it goes viral to the outside world.

"It's true." Tsunade's expression became serious: "Before you came back, the news of Sasuke killing Orochimaru had already spread, and it was spreading more and more. I guess a lot of people in the village now know about it through the merchants from outside."

"Why is that?"

Jiraiya frowned.

I don't understand why such rumors spread.

"Probably to build momentum for Sasuke Uchiha." Tsunade paused, and said the guess.

"Building Momentum......

"Killing Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, is an opportunity to raise his reputation to a celebrity. Although Sasuke Uchiha is only sixteen years old, he has already approached the Five Shadows by relying on his exploits in killing Orochimaru."

Tsunade judged it this way.

No matter who killed Orochimaru in the end, when such news spreads, it will only be counted on Sasuke's head for Orochimaru's killing.

As long as such rumors are made a foregone conclusion, no matter what the truth is, people will only recognize the fact that Sasuke killed Orochimaru as the only fact.

"For the sake of an Uchiha Sasuke to do this level, aren't you afraid that the other party will die halfway?"

()

I was a little surprised.

"What if, it was really Sasuke Uchiha who killed Orochimaru? Is it just a matter of building momentum? There is a possibility of this, and it is very high."

Tsunade's slightly meaningful rhetorical question left Jiraiya speechless.

"Is it really possible to do this with just the Sharingan? Could it be that his writing wheel eye has evolved into a kaleidoscope writing wheel eye?"

After calming down, Jiraiya doubted this.

"Who knows about such a thing. In short, those two advisors should have a headache."

Tsunade did not gloat, but sighed quietly.

Although she didn't like the two advisors of Koharu and Mito Menyan, they were Konoha ninjas after all. Now being targeted by a dangerous person like Sasuke Uchiha is undoubtedly a provocation to Konoha.

"What are you going to do, Tsunade?"

Jiraiya asked.

"If it's just Sasuke Uchiha, there's nothing to fear. But I'm more worried that the Oni Nation will take this opportunity to step in. Judging from this operation, Uchiha Sasuke and Kakashi Hachiki defected to Orochimaru in the past, most likely because they were instructed by Chiba Shiraishi behind their backs. Not surprisingly, they have been from the land of ghosts from the very beginning."

Tsunade furrowed her brow, a sign of her irritability.

The problem now is no longer with Orochimaru, but with the oni country that absorbed Kakashi Hachiki and Sasuke Uchiha.

There is no doubt that before you know it, the country of ghosts has once again completed its layout, making its military power stronger.

But Konoha has no means to stop it, or rather, the difference in strength between the two sides is too big to stop it at all.

All Konoha can do is watch all this happen, powerless to change.

Seeing that Tsunade was in distress, Jiraiya and Tenzo glanced at each other and silently exited the room, leaving Tsunade alone in the office.

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Two days have passed since defeating Orochimaru.

"I've got you back with a broken arm."

In the break room of the town inn, Sasuke throws the two severed arms he found at Onimimaru.

Oni Tong Maru hurriedly caught the two broken arms, looking at the lost arms, his face was filled with a happy smile, and he was very excited that the lost broken arm was found by Sasuke at this time.

"Thank you so much, Sasuke-sama, for letting you personally help me get my broken arm back."

Oni Boy Maru is very grateful to Sasuke for this move, and it also proves that he is not wrong.

His new owner is indeed a cold-faced and hot-hearted guy.

Sasuke nodded, then looked at Jirobo and said, "There is no potato chip you like in this town, so I'll help you buy it when you get to the country of ghosts."

As a result, Jirobo's mood became happy.

"Speaking of which, has anything happened during my absence?"

Sasuke glanced at everyone.

Oni Boy Maru was about to answer, but Tayuya had already stepped forward to answer, "Lord Sasuke, in the few hours since you left, there have been rumors of your defeat of Orochimaru everywhere outside."

Because he has been loyal to the new master, Tayuya's name for Orochimaru has also become realistic.

Her eyes were full of adoration and admiration for Sasuke's personality, and there was a hint of strange emotions that even she could perceive, the shyness and admiration of a girl.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, it was clear that he didn't know about it.

"What's going on?"

Tayuya shook his head and continued to answer, "We don't know, anyway, such rumors are already everywhere. Now it is estimated that people in many countries know that it was you who killed Orochimaru. There are even many people who have begun to worship you and want to take refuge in you."

Fame is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it is substantive.

In many cases, there is none

It is also cumbersome.

But sometimes, it can make a big difference.

。

For example, now, people who have been persecuted by Orochimaru will be grateful for Sasuke's actions, and will even surrender to Sasuke and follow in his footsteps.

Or maybe someone worships him for his power to kill Orochimaru, and thus surrenders to him.

Of course, this also has bad effects, such as the bounty on the underground black market starting to increase in price, and more people want to kill him and exchange his body for a high bounty.

「……」

Sasuke fell silent. Such fame has advantages and disadvantages for him.

But in general, the pros outweigh the cons.

Moreover, such rumors should be deliberately promoted by someone, and the power behind them is extremely great.

There is only one person who can do this.

Chiba Shiraishi.

He knew very well that he had only defeated Orochimaru, and Shiraishi had also contributed to the killing of Orochimaru. But the other party no longer needs these reputations to enhance his prestige, so they all superimpose on him, allowing him to enjoy the glory of defeating Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas.

Sasuke saw through this part of the truth.

This is a new test.

"Sasuke-sama, what's wrong with you?"

Tayuya saw that Sasuke didn't say a word, and asked suspiciously.

"No, it's nothing, don't bother with those rumors outside."

Sasuke said.

"Yes."

Sasuke looked at the time and said to Shigego, "Shigego, go get out of the room and meet at the entrance of the town."

"Okay."

After a brief response, Shigego went to the front desk of the hotel to settle the bill.

Sasuke, on his side, quietly left the hotel with the four of them.

……

At the entrance of the town, when Sasuke and the four of them came here, he found that Shiraishi was already riding the steel giant beast called "Thunder Maru", and chose to squat on the side of the road at the entrance in order not to disturb the passers-by.

Even so, passers-by still trembled and chose to bypass the giant beast, not daring to approach too closely.

Shiraishi watched the arrival of the five Sasuke, lingered on Sasuke, and looked at the four behind him.

If I'm not mistaken, these people seem to have been Orochimaru's subordinates before.

The four people who were stared at by Shiraishi suddenly felt numb, and their hearts stopped beating as if they were grabbed by someone's hands, and they were in layers of cold sweat.

This is a throbbing from the soul, so that they do not have the slightest intention of resisting.

Especially when he saw the Tianyu girl standing behind Bai Shi, who seemed to be a loyal guard, her eyes were even more frightened.

If it weren't for Sasuke's assurance, they would have wanted to be reincarnated and escape immediately, and they didn't want to stay with such a terrifying guy.

And the Heavenly Feather Girl didn't react to the four of them, as if she had forgotten about the insects that escaped from her hands two days ago, and didn't care.

"They have nothing to do with Orochimaru anymore, and now they are my subordinates."

Sasuke explains this to Shiraishi.

Shiraishi nodded and said, "Are they the only ones?"

"There's another one."

While Sasuke was talking, Shigego had already arrived at the entrance of the town and joined here.

"Come up."

Shiraishi saw that all the people had arrived and sent out an invitation.

In the past two days, he has dealt with all the affairs of Tian no Kuni, and it is time to return to the Ghost Country.

Sasuke jumped up first, standing firmly on Thunderingmaru's back, and Shigego followed.

The four of them hesitated, then jumped on and followed Sasuke closely, their bodies restrained, not daring to let go.

Obviously, Bai Shi and Tian Yu Nu had put too much pressure on the four of them.

Thunder Ming Pill felt the weight on his back increase again, although it was a little unpleasant, but Shiraishi was present, it was not easy to attack, but it was dissatisfied with a snort, shook the steel wings, rushed into the air, and flew all the way to the west, attracting frequent sideways glances from passers-by below.

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A large () man wearing a red cloud on a black background ()

The man in the clothes, with a sad face, stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the sunset in the distant sky and the sun that was about to sink in the west.

The earth is hovering at the junction of red and black, giving off the last of its residual heat.

The sound of a campfire burning behind me crackled.

Although it is not yet night, the ghost shark has already habitually lit a fire and skillfully placed skewers of fish on the fire to prepare dinner.

"I just went out and heard rumors of Orochimaru's death."

Standing on the edge of the cliff, looking at the sunset, the weasel heard the words of the ghost shark behind him.

Itachi was unmoved, and it seemed that Orochimaru's death could not cause him any waves.

"It was your brother, Sasuke Uchiha, who killed him."

Hearing the name that he hadn't seen for a long time, the weasel couldn't help but turn his head slightly, the scarlet writing wheel eyes, and the figure of the ghost shark clearly appeared in the corner of his eye.

Oni sat next to the fire, as if he had expected Itachi to react to such a thing, and continued to smile and said, "Speaking of which, it really deserves to be your brother, Itachi, that guy Orochimaru can be regarded as a cocoon and self-restraint."

"It seems that in Orochimaru's hands, he has also grown."

Itachi was unmoved, and only said such words.

"The leader's side doesn't know what to think for the time being, but Orochimaru died suddenly, and the next action of the organization is estimated to be adjusted. And, be careful, Itachi, your brother's target, it's likely to be you next."

The ghost shark fiddled with the fire and advised the weasel in a concerned tone.

Itachi's face still hasn't changed at all, looking at the sunset in the distance, and the scarlet writing wheel eyes don't know what is brewing.

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Back in the land of ghosts, it was already a day later.

When he saw Shion City again, a super-large city with a very strong industrial atmosphere, Sasuke's eyes did not fluctuate at all, as if in his eyes, such a city was just an ordinary level.

The Thundering Pill went straight through the prevention and control field above Shiyuan City, and landed safely at the military platform of Shiyuan City, allowing everyone to jump off its back.

"I've already arranged the residence and position here. Orochimaru's old division will also be divided into your command. But before I can do that, I need to remove the spell marks from the four of them."

Intentionally or unintentionally, Shiraishi swept over the four members of the Oni Boy Pill and the others, inadvertently giving them an invisible pressure.

"Doing so will have an impact on their own strength."

Sasuke frowned.

A large part of the strength of the four depends on the curse seal. If the curse mark on their bodies is removed, it is likely that their own strength will be greatly reduced.

"The impact is certain, but not as severe as you think. Moreover, their bodies have been transformed by spell seals, and they have a certain induction base for natural energy, so they can try to expose them to immortal arts."

"Immortal art is not a power that can be cultivated overnight."

Sasuke, who has come before, knows this very well.

"That's just as well."

Shiraishi knew that Sasuke wanted to use the power of the four quickly, rather than waiting for an uncertain outcome.

Thinking of this, he set his eyes on Shigego.

"In that case, I need this person to help me experiment and try to improve the spell marks on them. If my information is not wrong, most of Orochimaru's curse marks, except for the part of Yin and Yang Escape, come from this person's special physique. It's really fun to be powered."

For an immortal body like Chonggo, who can naturally gather natural energy, Shiraishi's eyes are full of interest.

If he had such a precious experimental material in the past, natural energy and immortal art would have been perfected earlier.

Shigego didn't care about Shiraishi's slightly fiery gaze, most of the researchers had such strange problems, and they were full of curiosity about the unknown.

This is very similar to Orochimaru, except that Orochimaru's curious and unknown gaze is mixed with madness and distortion, ()

Shiraishi was just pure curiosity.

"What do you think?"

Sasuke asks what Shigego thinks.

If the other party is unwilling, he will not force it.

"It's okay, I don't see the same malice in his eyes as Orochimaru. Also, it's very peaceful, I like it, it feels like it's completely quiet."

Shigego nodded yes.

"Well, they'll leave it to you for the time being."

Sasuke agreed to Shiraishi's request.

"Well, don't be in a hurry to study things first, you must be tired all the way, I'll let you take you down to rest."

Shiraishi didn't start the experiment immediately, and after being away for so many days, there must have been a lot of work accumulated here, and he needed to go back and deal with it.

Just as Shiraishi was about to lift his feet and leave, Sasuke's voice rang out and stopped Shiraishi:

"There's a request from my side more than that."

"Oh? Tell me, if it's not too much to ask, I can accommodate you."

Shiraishi paused with interest.

Sasuke took a deep breath, his eyes turned into the form of the three-hooked jade writing wheel eye at some point, his eyes stared at Shiraishi, and a trace of hot battle intent erupted from his writing wheel eye:

"My request is simple, I need a strong opponent who can weigh my true strength."