Inside the cave.
Renye stood before the stone platform, the bound Cloud Ninja glared, his body struggling violently: "Bastard, let me go!"
Renye didn't respond, merely picked up a pinch of powder and flicked it from his fingertips.
“Swish—”
Fine dust scattered, silently falling onto the Cloud Ninja's exposed skin.
The Cloud Ninja was oblivious, still struggling and cursing angrily.
His body suddenly twitched, and his struggles briefly halted.
Renye quietly observed his reaction, sensing the medicine had taken effect, and then unbound him.
The Cloud Ninja, seeing the young man in front of him release his restraints, immediately flipped off the bed and created distance between them.
"Damn it, how dare you ambush us!"
As he spoke, he formed hand signs, attempting to use Ninjutsu to attack.
Renye's Sharingan observed the Lightning Release Chakra flow within the Cloud Ninja, with no intention of intervening.
"Lightning Release: Snake Lightning!"
As the words fell, a blue, serpentine bolt of lightning rapidly struck.
Renye stood his ground, with no intention of dodging, staring intently at the Snake Lightning.
Just as the Snake Lightning flew halfway, it suddenly changed its attack trajectory, landing on a nearby rock wall.
"What... did you do?!" The Cloud Ninja's face showed horror.
This guy just stood there and changed his attack trajectory!
He thought it was just an accident and, not believing it, formed hand signs again to condense Lightning Release, but this time, the condensed lightning dissipated as soon as it appeared.
His pupils constricted into pinpricks, a terrified expression appeared on his face, his breathing became rapid, and his muscles began to tremble uncontrollably.
The Cloud Ninja could clearly feel that when he formed hand signs just now, his Lightning Release Chakra was somewhat out of control, leading to the failure of the hand signs.
It was like the first time he learned Ninjutsu as a child, the feeling of being unable to successfully circulate Lightning Release Chakra, completely losing control over his Lightning Release Chakra.
"Bastard, what exactly did you do to me?!" Fear made his voice sharp.
"Keep using Ninjutsu, don't stop." Renye worried the Cloud Ninja wouldn't cooperate, so he activated his Sharingan and used genjutsu to control him into performing Ninjutsu.
Under Renye's control, the Cloud Ninja began to continuously form hand signs and release Ninjutsu, but without exception, they all failed.
After about three minutes, the symptoms began to alleviate, and he could barely use Ninjutsu...
"Although it's only for three minutes, the effect is already very good." Renye showed a satisfied smile, recording the experimental data.
After several days of sleepless research, he finally developed a poison that could counter the Lightning Release Chakra Armor.
He just wasn't sure about the specific effects, as only one person participated in the experiment, lacking a control experiment.
After all, everyone's strength is different, and the impact of the powder will also be different.
Individual cases cannot be taken as experimental data.
More "guinea pigs" are needed for the experiment to obtain accurate data!
...............
Late at night, Cloud Ninja Camp.
Renye's figure was like a phantom, silently lurking in the shadows.
His Three-Tomoe Sharingan glowed faintly in the darkness, calmly scanning the Cloud Ninja patrol squad in the distance.
Since Ninja frequently went missing from the camp, Kumogakure's vigilance had been raised to the extreme.
The number of patrol squads increased.
The number of people in each squad also changed from two to three.
Ninja on patrol were everywhere around the camp.
More patrols were actually beneficial to Renye, meaning more "guinea pigs" could be used for experiments.
His gaze locked onto a patrol squad.
—A combination of two Chunin and one Special Jonin.
"Special Jonin data... is more valuable."
The moonlight was covered by dark clouds, leaving only the faint light of the torches held by the patrolling Ninja in the camp.
The three Cloud Ninja advanced in a triangular formation, when the Special Jonin at the very front suddenly saw a pair of scarlet eyes light up in the darkness.
His pupils suddenly dilated, and the Three-Tomoe pattern reflected in his eyes, clearly indicating he was caught in a genjutsu.
"What's wrong?" The other two were completely unaware of their companion's abnormality.
"Quick! There are injured people over there!" The Special Jonin suddenly shouted, his voice urgent and real.
"Three people? Where?" The two looked around blankly, seeing no injured people.
"Over here, behind the tree, come with me quickly!" The Special Jonin suddenly ran over, "Under the tree, it's Lon of the Third Squad!"
The two exchanged glances, then quickly followed.
When the two arrived closer, they saw the Special Jonin standing blankly, his back to them, showing no reaction.
The two looked around but found no injured people...
"Hey, what exactly are you doing? There's no one here at all!" One Ninja couldn't help but complain.
"Are you seeing things? Let's go back quickly." The other Ninja urged.
They were now outside the camp's perimeter, and it would be bad if they encountered danger.
One should know that these past two days haven't been peaceful, with Ninja often going missing...
The Special Jonin still stood in place, unresponsive.
"Bastard, don't joke around like that, hey!" One Ninja, somewhat impatient, stepped forward and pushed him.
The Special Jonin fell straight to the ground.
The two were instantly stunned and quickly went to check.
Just then, a faint sound of footsteps suddenly came from behind them.
They instinctively turned their heads and met a pair of scarlet eyes.
Renye looked at the three people lying on the ground and couldn't help but sigh:
"My genjutsu is getting stronger and stronger."
He observed his surroundings, finding no one had noticed the commotion, then dragged the three unconscious individuals and immediately withdrew.
...............
The next morning, the Cloud Ninja Camp was once again in an uproar.
"Bastard, you bastard!" The Long-haired Strong Man grabbed his adjutant's collar and roared: "Didn't I tell you to strengthen patrols? How did another patrol squad go missing?!"
"Co-Commander, I... I don't know!" The adjutant's face turned pale with fear.
He had clearly increased the personnel in the patrol squads and even specifically equipped Special Jonin in the squads.
Yet people were still going missing, what else could he do?
"Useless!" The Long-haired Strong Man threw him to the ground and said coldly: "When the ceasefire ends, you go to the front lines!"
"Commander... give me another chance... Ah!"
Before he could beg for mercy, he was thrown out of the Commander's tent.
The adjutant clenched his fists unwillingly, his eyes bloodshot:
"Who exactly is targeting me?!"
He had just become an adjutant when these incidents happened one after another, making it hard not to suspect someone was targeting him...
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Inside the cave.
Renye diligently recorded the "guinea pigs'" experimental reports; four "guinea pigs" sacrificed their lives for the great cause of science.
After several days, he finally developed a poison to deal with the Strong Man!
"The strongest Raikage in history?"
Renye curled his lips in disdain, scoffing.
"That's because he hasn't met me!"
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PS: Recently, I've been working overtime at the company, so I really don't have time to add more chapters. There will be a minimum of five chapters on the weekend.
I only play one game, Hokage, and I log off after completing daily tasks, so there's no such thing as delaying updates due to game addiction!
