thefictionvixens Chapter 81 The Return of the Heroes
Chapter 81 The Return of the Heroes
Chapter 81 The Return of the Heroes
West Street Warehouse.
Tsubaki stood in front of Hinata Masaru's bed, looking at the paralyzed man.
Although Hyuga Masaru was unable to move, he was conscious. His eyes were filled with humiliation.
"Is he from the Hyuga clan?"
Tsubaki recognized those eyes. The elite families of Konoha.
"It's a division of the family," Sosuke corrected.
Chun didn't say much. She put on her gloves and started working.
Her movements were rough, even carrying a hint of retaliatory force.
She took off Hyuga Katsumi's clothes.
"Turn over."
She forcefully turned the heavy Hyuga Katsu over and began to examine the bedsores on his back.
"It's already red and swollen here. It'll fester and break through in another two days."
Tsubaki took out the silver knife provided by Sosuke, scraped off the dead skin, and applied ointment.
Hyuga Katsu let out a muffled groan. It was pain, the agony of having his dignity as a man trampled upon.
But he couldn't move. He could only let this woman, who was also filled with hatred, do as she pleased.
"Bear with it, Ninja Master."
Chun said coldly.
"Compared to the civilians you killed, this pain is nothing."
She was giving Hyuga Katsu a massage. Her fingers dug firmly into the gaps between his muscles, kneading away the hardened lumps.
It hurts.
But this malicious exertion actually stimulated the deep muscles just right.
Sosuke stood at the doorway, watching this scene unfold.
"This woman is not bad."
Chiba stood beside him and gave his evaluation.
"Her technique was very professional. Although she was emotional, she didn't cross any lines."
Sousuke agrees.
"Chiba, keep an eye on things here. If she tries to kill someone, have Dai do it."
"Yes."
With Tsubaki's arrival, Sousuke was finally freed from the tedious and trivial matters.
He had more time to study the snake's eye.
late at night.
Sosuke sat in front of the mirror. He took off his blindfold.
The snake's head emerged from its left eye socket, its red tongue trembling and hissing.
It was hungry.
Sosuke could feel that hunger. If it wasn't fed, it would become restless and gnaw on the surrounding nerve tissue.
Sousuke picked up a bottle of purple nutrient solution. This was "snake food" sent by Orochimaru.
He used a dropper to draw about ten milliliters of liquid. The purple liquid was thick and viscous, gleaming faintly under the light. Sosuke tilted his head back and used his left hand to pry open his eyelids.
The white snake seemed to smell something; it opened its mouth, revealing fine, needle-like fangs.
Tick.
Drops of nutrient solution fell. The white snake caught them precisely.
Sosuke felt a chill.
The liquid didn't drip onto the surface of the eyeball; it was swallowed by the snake. Immediately afterward, a chilling sensation spread deep into the eye socket.
It's like someone injected liquid nitrogen into your brain.
That was the white snake digesting, and then subtly feeding the transformed bioenergy back to the optic nerve.
As it ate, the white snake's scales opened slightly, and its pale color seemed to become more translucent.
Just then, Sousuke's right eye suddenly narrowed.
Is that an illusion?
The instant the white snake swallowed the nutrient solution, through the connection between the snake's eyes and its brain, he "saw" a very obscure fluctuation.
That's not pure bioenergy.
That is—chakra.
A faint, extremely cold chakra.
This chakra was not consumed; instead, it quietly seeped into Sousuke's body along the white snake's tail.
"I see----"
Sosuke put down the dropper and looked at the snake eye in the mirror, which had already shrunk back and was showing a satisfied expression.
"It doesn't require me to use my chakra because this nutrient solution itself contains Orochimaru's chakra."
"Or rather, it contains some kind of cell extract imbued with his will."
This is the price of something being free.
This snake eye is indeed a useful tool. But it is also Orochimaru's backdoor, a potential threat.
With each feeding, Orochimaru's chakra would accumulate a little more within Sousuke's body.
Once it accumulates to a certain level, no one can say for sure what kind of mutation Sousuke will undergo. Perhaps even Orochimaru doesn't know.
"What a dangerous guy, Orochimaru. He actually experimented on me—"
Sosuke touched his cold eye sockets.
This is the cutting-edge technology of the ninja world. There's no user privacy agreement, only unfair terms and conditions.
Should we replace it?
Sosuke extended his right hand, and a silver knife materialized in his palm.
He can dig the snake out whenever he wants.
With his wealth, buying an ordinary eye on the black market wouldn't be difficult. He could even afford, if he were willing to spend a large sum, the eye of a wandering ninja with excellent dynamic vision.
but----
Sosuke looked out the window.
It was the darkest hour before dawn. But in the vision of my left eye, the world was crystal clear.
This visual effect is incredibly powerful.
For someone who doesn't have any special eye techniques and whose reaction speed isn't top-notch, this eye is incredibly useful.
"To throw it away just because it's poisonous is the act of a coward."
Sosuke loosened the hilt of his sword.
"Since a backdoor has been implanted, let's crack it."
This snake's eye is a living organism. Living organisms have weaknesses.
Since it can eat Orochimaru's "feed," it can naturally eat other things as well.
Chiba.
Sosuke called out.
Chiba, who lived next door, heard the call and pushed open the door to come in.
"Mr. Sosuke, your eyes—"
Chiba stared at the snake's eye, and although he had seen it before, he was still shocked.
"Chiba, I need you to analyze this."
Sosuke handed the remaining half-bottle of purple nutrient solution to Chiba.
"I need to know its ingredients."
Chiba took the bottle, opened it, and smelled it.
"It smells of blood—and some kind of amphibian hormone. It's very complex."
"Analyze it."
Sosuke's voice was cold.
"Then, we need to make new feed. We need to formulate a nutrient solution that is completely our own."
"That might be a bit difficult, but I have another idea —"
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Chiba thought about it for a moment.
"I remember you said that Lord Orochimaru's snakes originated from Ryuchi Cave?"
"That's right."
"You also said that the practice in Ryuchi Cave is about immortal arts, which is natural energy."
"That's right. You mean—" Sosuke suddenly understood what the child was thinking.
This is an extremely bold hypothesis.
"We can feed it liquid natural energy extracted from Yugao's body. Of course—" Chiba was excited, but still rational, "natural energy is too violent. Feeding it directly might cause it to explode, or even make your eye sockets burst."
"That's why I need you."
Sousuke patted Chiba on the shoulder.
"Dilution, blending, neutralization."
morning.
Red Fan Street, a place of sweet flavors.
Sosuke, wearing an eye patch, sat behind the counter. He hadn't been there for several days.
"Boss, two skewers of meatballs, please."
An Uchiha security guard walked in, looking somewhat tired.
"OK."
Maki went to get it immediately.
The team member sat down, took off his hat, revealing a head of messy hair.
"Things haven't been peaceful lately," a team member remarked.
"What's wrong?" Sosuke asked casually.
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"A lot of rats have sneaked into the village."
The team member lowered his voice, glanced around to make sure everyone around him was one of his own, and then continued.
"Last night, the fourth squad discovered several bodies in the southern area."
"This is not an ordinary murder case."
"A lot of flesh and blood had been removed from the body. The method was very strange."
Sousuke was startled. A large amount of flesh had been removed from the corpse?
Was it Orochimaru who did it? — No, that's not right. Orochimaru wouldn't leave a body at the scene.
Danzo? No, that's not right either. Danzo has no shortage of materials, and he wouldn't need to make a move in Konoha.
Who else could it be?
After thinking for a long time, Sosuke still couldn't think of anyone else.
This made him feel a sense of crisis.
It seems he's not the only one in this world who wants to become stronger through "unorthodox methods".
Orochimaru is one, Danzo is another. Now, another mysterious figure has emerged from the shadows.
We are all people trying to dig a tunnel under the despairing high wall of the theory of talent determinism.
However, this mysterious person seems to have gone to an even more extreme position.
"Strengthening security is the right thing to do."
Sousuke said.
"I heard that the abandoned textile factory area is haunted recently."
"Hmph, troubled times breed monsters."
The Uchiha member snorted and took a bite of the dumpling.
Just then, the wind chimes at the door rang again.
The person who walked in this time was someone that Sosuke never expected.
He wore a green Jonin vest, his long white hair was wildly disheveled, and his face was painted with red greasepaint.
Jiraiya.
One of the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya the Gallant.
Wasn't he commanding from the front lines? What's he doing here?
As soon as Jiraiya entered, his tall figure made the small shop seem a bit crowded.
He ignored the wary glances from the Uchiha around him and walked casually to the counter.
"Boss!"
Jiraiya slammed the draft of "The Story of Jiraiya's Strong Willpower" onto the table.
"I heard you have the sweetest red bean soup in all of Konoha?"
"Give me a bowl! The kind that's so sweet it'll make your teeth fall out!"
Sosuke looked at the legendary toad sage.
In Snake Eyes' vision, the amount of chakra within Jiraiya's body was like an erupting volcano.
It was enormous, scorching hot, and brimming with masculine energy.
It's the complete opposite of Orochimaru's cold, purple chakra.
"Wait a moment, Jiraiya-sama."
Sosuke turned around to serve the soup.
He was making plans in his mind.
Jiraiya's presence here suggests that the war situation is probably more severe than it appears on the surface.
Jiraiya's return to the village means that the front lines may be temporarily stable, or—perhaps—something big is about to happen within Konoha.
"Delicious soup!"
Jiraiya took a big gulp and let out a sigh of praise.
"This taste reminds me of Tsunade—that girl used to love sweets too, although she loved drinking even more."
He seemed to be talking to himself, or perhaps to someone else.
"Boss, your business is doing well. Even the Uchiha are patronizing it."
Jiraiya turned his head, his seemingly unserious eyes gleaming with a sharp light.
"I heard that you not only sell desserts, but also a kind of water that can save lives?"
"It's a small business," Sosuke replied.
"Haha, a small business like yours can actually get the security detail to issue you a license?"
Jiraiya laughed and patted Sousuke on the shoulder.
"Don't be nervous, I'm here to thank you."
"My apprentice, Minato. He mentioned you to me from the front lines."
He said your water saved the life of a new recruit in his team.
Namikaze Minato. Zongsuke understood.
"It's my honor to be able to help the village."
"Um.
""
Jiraiya stopped smiling and lowered his voice.
"Since you have this ability, you should stock up on more goods recently."
Why?
"because----"
Jiraiya looked out the window, his gaze seemingly piercing through the walls of Konoha and reaching towards the distant north.
"Those barbarians from the Land of Thunder might be about to make a move."
The Land of Lightning, Hidden Cloud Village.
That martial arts-oriented ninja village that reveres strength and possesses two Jinchūriki.
If they also get involved, the Third Shinobi World War will escalate to a full-scale war.
Sosuke's pupils contracted slightly.
Land of Lightning —
That means a user of Lightning Release Chakra Mode is coming.
This is very disadvantageous for him, since he is based in Konoha and it's hard to say whether he will be affected. But at the same time, it is also a huge opportunity.
He had been trying to find a safe and effective "electrical stimulation method".
If we could capture a Cloud Village ninja and study their physical structure—
Sosuke stroked his chin. Greed, at that moment, overwhelmed fear.
"Thank you for reminding me, Jiraiya-sama."
Sousuke poured Jiraiya another cup of tea.
"To thank you for your message, this order is on the house."
"Haha! That was awesome!"
Jiraiya gulped down the red bean soup, grabbed his draft, and strode out.
"Young people these days are really interesting."
His voice drifted away on the wind.
Sosuke watched his retreating figure.
The Land of Lightning is about to enter the fray. This means that the prices of iron, medicine, and explosive tags will skyrocket.
It's time for Takaya Trading Company to stockpile another batch of goods.
besides----
Sosuke touched his left eye.
If the people from Kumogakure come, he might have a chance to obtain the real "Lightning Release Secret Technique".
Combined with his snake eyes, that would be the key piece of the puzzle for him to make up for his shortcomings in overall martial arts.