After observing the early warning traps set up by Itachi, Kuroto randomly picked a clean spot, leaned against the tree trunk, and fell into a light sleep.
In the false sleep, Kuroto thought about his own affairs.
Except for the lack of inheritance about the information on Tenseigan, the biggest problem that restricts his improvement at the moment is the amount of Chakra.
As the Tenseigan entered a stable period after the adaption period, the increase in his Chakra volume has also stabilized. Although it is increasing every day, the effect is far less significant than during the adaptation period.
In terms of Chakra volume alone, although he already has an impressive chakra volume among the peers of the same generation, this does not satisfy him. He hasn't reached anywhere near Yondaime Hokage-sama's level!
In fact, there is no way to solve this problem.
The tail beast is a very good supply of chakras. Almost all the jinchuriki have near inexhaustible chakras in the raw form. The difference lies in whether they can control it or not.
However, the nine-tailed beasts are in the hands of the five great Shinobi villages, and they are still Akatsuki's goal in the future. Therefore, capturing these tailed beasts is no less than grabbing food from the mouth of a tiger. If he doesn't pay attention, he will set yourself on fire.
On the other hand, Reibi is different. This is a self-made artificial tailed beast. Although its strength and stability are far inferior to the original Nine-tailed beasts, if it is only used as a chakra 'battery', it might solve Kuroto's low chakra level problems.
Thinking of this, Kuroto inadvertently glanced at Shinnō who was resting not far away and thought to himself: "When Reibi officially appeared, Uzumaki Naruto had grown into a teenager. If I have to wait for more than ten years, it wouldn't exactly be useful for me, Need to search for another method to accelerate the time of Reibi's appearance."
The next morning,
The three packed up and went on the road again, and when they entered the territory of Ta-no-Kuni(Land of Sound), they were immediately spotted by a group of wandering ninjas.
The wandering ninjas are often missing-nin of the five Great Ninja Villages and the rebellion ninjas of the small Ninja Villages. These ninjas are generally not strong, so most of them are entrenched in small countries like the country of tea or waves without the protection of the Ninja village.
Looking at the wandering ninjas hiding far behind him, Itachi asked, "Captain, what should we do?"
Kuroto looked around and said lightly: "There are three ninjas ambushing from the front, and three are behind. I will solve the front, you solve the back, a quick fight don't delay if not necessary!"
swish...
swish...
Following Kuroto's order, he and Itachi turned into two afterimages, one after the other, pounced on the wandering ninjas who were staring at them.
On Kuroto's side, he didn't use Rein Wheel, but with the amazing insight of the Tenseigan, he solved the three wandering ninjas in front of him with two soft fists attack each.
And when Kuroto turned around to check, Itachi also ended the battle.
With the exquisite kunai throwing skills, coupled with the movements without a trace of extra action, Itachi's battle is also straightforward, not inferior to Kuroto in any aspect.
The whole battle seemed to be just an inconspicuous episode, and the three of them didn't care too much and continued on their way.
After walking for another half day, Kuroto suddenly stopped.
Both Itachi and Shinnō looked puzzled, but upon noticing that Kuroto looking into the distance with a very serious face, so they didn't ask questions, but unconsciously became alert.
After a few breaths, Kuroto said in a deep voice: "We are probably in trouble!"
Itachi asked, "Is it Cloud shinobi?"
Kuroto nodded.
The four people who are fast approaching them all have a good amount of chakras, especially the leading one. The amount of chakras is more than anyone Kuroto has ever seen before, even more than the Sandaime Hokage!
Moreover, the four of them did not even try to conceal their movements, this simply meant their target was his group.
Kuroto is not stupid, by now he had realized that what Shinnō had stolen in the cloud village should be something very important, otherwise, the other party would not be so set on retrieving it that they sent such an elite team to pursue it.
After just ten breaths, the four figures appeared on the surrounding big trees, condescendingly examining Kuroto and others without hiding their presence.
While the other party analyzing Kuroto's group, Kuroto also observed the other party.
There are a total of four people on the opposite side. The leader is a female ninja who is probably of the same age as Kuroto. And based on the memories of his previous life, Kuroto can make a good guess of her identity, although he doesn't exactly remember her name, but he can be sure she is the jinchuriki of Matatabi.
In addition to the jinchuriki, the other three in the team seem to be high-level chunin, their responsibility should be guarding Matatabi Jinchuriki specially arranged by Yondaime Raikage of the Cloud Village.
After a brief stare of the opposite party, Jinchuriki spoke coldly, "Hey, Konoha brats! Hurry up! Go back and tell your village, that you encountered Cloud Shinobi, Konoha won't blame you for giving up the task!"
It was obvious that she and Kuroto were of similar age, but he was treated as 'brats!', oh now the readers can imagine our protagonists' mood. {Wirter: I don't blame her! Taking a kid Itachi to the mission was your idea! Obviously, she doesn't understand who is Itachi!}
Similar to all the cloud shinobi's Matatabi Jinchuriki is also very conceited of her strength and did not hesitate to look down on Kuroto and Itachi. Such blatant disrespect isn't unnatural from the cloud shinobis side.
According to Kuroto's vague impression of Matatabi Jinchuriki she is too arrogant, she insisted to single out Akatsuki's undead duo and ended up being captured, not only lost Matatabi but also lost her life.
Shinnō's face was uncertain at this moment.
He has a lot of experience traveling around the world. In his eyes, Hyuga Kuroto and Uchiha Itachi are indeed very good ninjas, but compared with Cloud's jinchuriki, they are obviously weaker.
Itachi is a thoughtful person. When he saw the lineup sent by Cloud village, he guessed that Shinnō, as their employer, must be hiding something very important.
Seeing Kuroto and Itachi seemed unmoved, jinchuriki girl said again: "This guy named Shinnō has stolen our important secrets from Cloud Village. He is a complete liar. Do you think it is worth it to give up your life for such a worthless person?"
Shinnō immediately defended: "I have never entered your village at all. How could I steal your secrets? It is not honorable for you to treat a doctor like this!"
Jinchuriki sneered, "No need to argue, we will know after the interrogation, whether you're speaking the truth or not!."
Kuroto was really hesitant at the moment. He did the task to uplift his status and reputation. If he didn't fight, he would betray his employer, let alone complete his objective. I am afraid he would in fact be punished by the village for giving up on the mission.
And the jinchuriki is not an ordinary opponent, once he fights, the degree of battle is difficult to control.
Boom...
Just as Kuroto was weighing the pros and cons, there was a sudden explosion in the distance.
For a time, both the enemy and their eyes were attracted to the distance.
When Kuroto looked, he found that two people were fighting in that, and recognized both of them, they were none other than his teacher Orochimaru and Jiraiya, two of the three Konoha Sannin.
At this moment, from the corner of his eyes, he suddenly noticed that a hint of joy flashed across Shinnō's face...