Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 189 The Bizarre Secret Techniques of the Land of Demons

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"Is this very hot?"

Bai Mo noticed Hei Tu's strange expression, as if he were holding a hot potato, and was somewhat puzzled.

"No, I wanted to ask how to use this."

Hei Tu shook his head, clearing the strange thoughts from his mind.

"Resonate with the stone, master and use its natural energy to amplify yourself."

"Oh, I see."

Hei Tu breathed a sigh of relief.

She said, "If it's a pearl, how could there only be one? One can only be used as a (mouth) ball."

No, what is she thinking?!

Why does my mind become so dirty the moment I see Bai Mo?

"Why is even the Tsuchikage here?"

Tsunade was puzzled.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking that? Why is even the new Hokage here?"

As the Tsuchikage, I am not only close to the Land of Demons, but my grandfather also frequently assisted the Land of Demons in eliminating bandits and robbers during his tenure.

Is it inappropriate for me to act as a middleman?

Kurotsuchi was somewhat displeased upon hearing Tsunade's words.

Back when Iwagakure hadn't yet lost 10,000 ninja to the Third Raikage, they were incredibly arrogant.

Helping a country like the Land of Demons, which doesn't even have ninjas and only a few ordinary guards, handle some minor matters and get some money is a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done after that.

If it weren't for Bai Mo's appearance, which led to reforms in Iwagakure in the Land of Earth, any missions in the Land of Demons would have required crossing mountains and valleys to reach Konoha in the Land of Fire, just like in the original story.

The neighboring Hidden Stone Village couldn't afford to produce any talent, and the Hidden Sand Village in the Land of Wind was also too poor to produce any talent.

However, just as Kurotsuchi said, the relationship between the Land of Demons and the Land of Earth is still acceptable.

"..."

Tsunade had no reason to refute, so she could only purse her lips and continue reading the intelligence.

After joining, Kurotsuchi continued her journey towards the "Royal Castle" of the Land of Demons.

"So this demon only appeared for such a short time? I thought it was some ancient demon god."

After Tsunade finished reading the last part of the information, she handed the item in her hand to the curious Kurotsuchi.

"Yes, I didn't expect that."

Bai Mo glanced at it a few times while Tsunade was looking at it.

After all, his memory of some parts of the movie's plot was already a bit hazy.

The previous theatrical versions all ended up in the same way, despite their different approaches.

A proud and arrogant female character, a villain with whom she has relatives and friends, then the female character finds herself again and becomes gentle, finally making a color-changing pill, and the story ends.

The intelligence includes information about a key figure, [Huang Quan].

The name "[Huang Quan]" sounds intimidating and powerful, but it would be better to call it "[Huang Pian]" or at least the latter, as it might get censored or banned.

Huang Quan possesses dark medical ninjutsu and is one of the survivors of the previous war launched by Wang Liang. His goal is to unseal Wang Liang, merge Wang Liang's body and soul into one, and control the stone army to destroy the five great nations.

Bai Mo initially overlooked the age of the previous priestess, as well as Huang Quan's age and background.

In short, the last time the demons launched a riot was closer than Bai Mo had imagined.

There's no need to think about things like "because it uses chakra, it must be behind Kaguya."

This was roughly thirty years ago.

And there was no indication that it would trigger any ninja war.

This made Bai Mo somewhat worried.

He is not afraid of enemies that are too strong, but rather enemies that are too weak.

If the demon is too weak and there isn't much chakra to extract, that wouldn't be good.

"What's wrong? Is the enemy too strong?"

Seeing Bai Mo's expression, Hei Tu couldn't help but feel nervous.

She hadn't finished reading the intelligence yet, and didn't know the enemy's strength.

"No, the enemy might be too weak, and we're the heroes, so it's not good to drain the shrine maiden dry as well."

Bai Mo thought of the fact that the priestess Shion seemed to possess a vast power within her body.

Black Soil: ?

Hei Tu was full of questions.

What does it mean to "badly drain the shrine maiden dry"?

She brought Bai Mo and the others into the Land of Ghosts, could she be acting as a guide?

Black Earth stopped in his tracks.

"What's with that expression? I already said we're the good guys."

Bai Mo remained silent.

"You really don't use shrine maidens?"

Hei Tu was skeptical.

"I won't smoke... wait, something feels off about that. It makes it sound like I'm about to do something lewd. Even if I did smoke, it wouldn't be me."

Bai Mo glanced at Uchiha Hikaru beside him.

It's the eight thousand spears of light absorbing chakra.

"Besides, if I really want to absorb them, shouldn't I absorb yours first? I'll absorb all of you Kage first, then the entire ninja world. Maybe I should just stick to the plan and activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

Bai Mo rolled his eyes.

"That's true, I'm sorry."

Hei Tu scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.

Tsunade witnessed this scene and couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

Kurotsuchi's association is not without foundation; it is the environment of the entire ninja world that has created this habitual way of thinking.

Too many people have fallen because of power.

She had misjudged Bai Mo because of this kind of thinking before.

Speaking of misjudging, we must mention that "perhaps someone misjudged Bai Mo today, and perhaps they will misjudge him again tomorrow, but Bai Mo is Bai Mo, and he is never afraid of others misjudging him."

comfortable.

Bai Mo and his group arrived at the royal city of the Ghost Kingdom.

It's called a royal city, but it's actually just a shrine maiden's "villa".

The guards inside used bows and arrows and long swords for protection.

It's like going back a thousand years to an era before chakra existed.

After Heitu spoke a few words to one of the guards, the guard led Bai Mo and his group inside.

The current priestess Shion is about the same age as the Konoha 11, both only twelve or thirteen years old.

Given her age, she naturally wouldn't know about the previous friendship between the Land of Demons and the Land of Earth; her guards had to relay the information before introducing her.

Before Bai Mo and his group entered the house, Zi Yuan had already prepared the etiquette and attire.

But you could tell from her eyes that she was very resistant to this meeting.

Although she was only twelve or thirteen years old, ever since she inherited the power of the priestess, she has been constantly predicting the death of those around her, which has caused her to begin to feel fear and want to escape.

Now she's just waiting for the basic procedures to finish. No matter what conditions, requests, or anything else the Tsuchikage of the Land of Earth makes, she won't even consider it. She'll simply refuse and then kick him out.

"What happened to the guard?"

Uchiha Hikaru noticed that Bai Mo glanced twice at the guard who had brought them in and was now standing outside the door, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"This guard has a secret technique that's extremely lewd... well, not exactly lewd, but rather a bit perverted."

"What secret technique?"

Uchiha Hikaru was curious.

"The Shadow Mirror Transformation Technique can completely transform a person's appearance, even their clothes, into that of another person, but it cannot change their inner self at all, not even their voice."

Bai Mo glanced at the guard a couple more times, thinking of the strange secret technique in the Land of Ghosts.