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Kushina dispelled the Wood Human Technique. and Rōshi, his body battered and burned, lay in the crater.
He was still alive, though barely. Shin didn’t care about Rōshi’s condition, as long as he was still alive. That was merciful enough.
Of course, Rōshi’s life was only temporarily spared. He’d be dead soon, once the Four-Tails’ chakra was extracted.
“Yomotsu Hirasaka!“
Shin walked over, picked up Rōshi, who was like a dead dog, then took Kushina’s hand and stepped into the spatial gate.
In the blink of an eye, they traveled from the border of the Land of Earth to the Akatsuki base in the Land of Rain.
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“Space-Time Ninjutsu is really convenient.” Kushina’s face showed a hint of envy. She also wanted to learn Space-Time Ninjutsu, but unfortunately, she lacked the talent for it.
Kushina had studied the Flying Thunder God Technique for a long time, but in the end, she hadn’t understood a thing. Eventually, she had to give up on learning Space-Time Ninjutsu.
It couldn’t be helped—she just couldn’t learn it. It was a complete waste of time, and Kushina didn’t want to waste any more time.
Shin found Pain and tossed Rōshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, to him. He also made a quick trip back to the Land of Whirlpools, brought the Three-Tails over, and tossed it to Pain as well—
“Tell the Akatsuki members to hurry up. Stop dawdling,” Shin said to Pain as he was leaving.
“…..” Pain’s expression showed no change.
“Let’s go.” Shin said to Kushina.
The Akatsuki had now collected a total of four Tailed Beasts. They still needed the Five-Tails, Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails.
The Five-Tails, Six-Tails, and Seven-Tails were relatively easy to capture. The Eight-Tails was already under Shin’s control. The most difficult one to deal with was just the Nine-Tails—
—By this calculation, the Tailed Beast collection plan was likely to be completed ahead of schedule.
But Shin wanted it to be ahead of schedule.
“Shin, what are you thinking? Something on your mind?” Kushina, seeing Shin lost in thought, couldn’t help but ask.
“Indeed, there are some things. To be precise, some ideas.” Shin exhaled, then said to Kushina.
Previously, Shin had an idea:
—Use a Divine Replication Card to duplicate himself, then use another Divine Replication Card to copy the duplicate’s strength.
Would that give him double the power?
The cost would be two Divine Replication Cards…
Looking at his system panel, he still had three Divine Replication Cards. Consuming two—Shin wasn’t entirely reluctant.
However, it felt particularly awkward… Copying another version of himself.
Meaning, even if Shin really did duplicate himself, he would definitely end up killing the duplicate.
The problem was, he knew his own strength. If he really created a duplicate, it wouldn’t be easy to kill.
Even if he then copied the duplicate’s power, doubling everything, increasing his combat strength by more than double, Shin still wasn’t 100% confident he could kill himself.
Some of his techniques—like his Dōjutsu [Tenmomei] and [Takamagahara]. They were practically unbeatable—Shin himself didn’t know how to counter them.
“I’ll pass. My strength is already sufficient. No need for these fancy operations.”
Shin finally sighed, dismissing these wild thoughts.
Kushina looked at Shin sighing inexplicably. When she asked him, he wouldn’t tell her the reason, which made Kushina very annoyed.
“Don’t be annoyed. It’ll make you ugly,” Shin pinched Kushina’s cheek, teasing her a bit to cheer her up.
“I won’t become ugly! Also, are you planning to abandon me once I become ugly?”
Kushina’s dangerous gaze fixed on Shin.
Had he said anything like that? Clearly not. Kushina was just letting her imagination run wild…
“Where is this place?” Kushina asked Shin. Since Shin had brought her here using Yomotsu Hirasaka, Kushina didn’t know where they were.
“Within the Land of Rice Paddies.”
This was the Land of Rice Paddies, where Orochimaru’s Otogakure was located. Though, to be precise, Orochimaru’s Otogakure was already gone.
The Sound Four were dead.
Kimimaro was also dead.
Orochimaru no longer had the personnel to support a small Hidden Village.
Of course, Orochimaru didn’t care about any Hidden Village. He established them only to facilitate his actions; whether they existed or not was irrelevant.
“Not far from here, I sense chakra,” Kushina pointed ahead, sensing dissipated chakra. It was likely someone fighting.
Kushina looked at Shin expectantly.
Kushina really wanted to go join the excitement. She just didn’t know if Shin was willing to go.
“Let’s go take a look. The chakra fluctuations are very familiar,” Shin said with a faint smile.
Shin sensed Naruto Uzumaki’s chakra. To be precise, it was the Nine-Tails’s chakra.
Besides that, there was also Uchiha Clan chakra. This Uchiha chakra, if he wasn’t mistaken, definitely belonged to Sasuke Uchiha.
Hmm, the reason he could sense it was because of the Sharingan. The Uchiha Clan’s chakra was somewhat different.
“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry over!” Kushina, impatient, grabbed Shin’s hand and used the Body Flicker Technique to rush them over.
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This was a battlefield. The two sides fighting were Orochimaru and Team Seven, led by Yamato.
Kakashi was still on leave; Yamato was still in charge of Team Seven.
Yamato was currently fighting Orochimaru, using Wood Release Ninjutsu. But Orochimaru was handling Yamato’s Wood Release with ease.
Speaking of Yamato and Orochimaru, they did have a connection. The reason Yamato possessed the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai was because Orochimaru had transplanted First Hokage cells into him.
Yamato was one of Orochimaru’s test subjects, and also the only one among Orochimaru’s many test subjects to survive.
Though Hashirama Senju was dead, his cells still contained vitality. Transplanting First Hokage cells… basically no one could resist the erosion of the First Hokage’s cells.
Those who survived transplanting First Hokage cells included Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, Danzō, and Yamato.
The first three had a commonality: The Sharingan. Danzō himself didn’t have the Sharingan, but he had transplanted it.
This indicated that the power of the Sharingan could likely neutralize the power of the First Hokage’s cells. As for Yamato… he was a complete miracle.
However, Shin’s main focus was on the battle between Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.
The Battle of SasuNaru—
The clash between these two was quite spectacular. Sasuke Uchiha had learned quite a lot from Orochimaru.
The most important thing was the use of the Cursed Seal Orochimaru had researched—at this moment, Sasuke Uchiha was using the second stage of the Cursed Seal of Heaven to fight Naruto Uzumaki.
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