Land of Rain.
While Hyuga Kuroto was busy carrying out various experiments for the cultivation of Fire Nature Clone, Hiruko, a Konohagakure missing-nin, was also conducting various experiments in his laboratory in the Land of Rain.
Ahhhhhhh…
Suddenly, a loud screaming and wailing sound echoed in his laboratory.
On the test bench, a certain man's body was constantly swelling into various blobs of huge sarcomas that glowed with purple light. The number of these blobs was quite a lot, giving the man a distorted and disgusting appearance.
But, Hiruko who stood at the side did not detest this, and in fact, had a happy and ecstatic look, his eyes clearly dictated that he was very excited by observing the changes that the man went through!
At this moment, the wailing and screaming of the man on the test bench gradually subsided.
The huge blobs of sarcomas that stood out of his body also shrank back one-after-another, as if they were never even there a few moments ago.
Boom…
Then suddenly, the man's body that had just recovered suddenly burst from inside, splattering blood, gore, meat, and bones all over the laboratory.
Splashed with blood and gore all over his body, Hiruko was not only not angry, but in fact, had his lips curved into an evil grin.
"Heh, Dark Medical Ninjutsu turns out to be more useful than I thought!"
In the original story, in the same time period, Hiruko had to constantly avoid being noticed by Konoha's Anbu and therefore had to change his hiding place from time to time, and had to work in extreme secrecy, moreover, he was also busy with the matter of funding for his big project, so the development of Chimera Jutsu was very slow, almost close to a standstill.
But that's not the case here, after being forced to join Akatsuki Organization, Hiruko no longer fears being discovered by Konohagakure, and also has support from the Akatsuki Organization in terms of funds.
Moreover, he also has Shinno's assistance, who is extremely proficient in human physiology, has remarkable medical knowledge, and is also a master of various Regeneration Techniques.
There is also Yomi, who is a master of Dark Medical Ninjutsu.
So, having to not work in so secrecy, access to proper funding's curtesy to Akatsuki, coupled with the advice and assistance from Shinno and Yomi, Hiruko was able to speed up the development of the Chimera technique by many times and has now made a major breakthrough in it.
Hiruko walked out of the laboratory while wiping away the blood and gore on his body.
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In another room.
Shinno was discussing some of his ideas about artificial Bijuu with Yomi.
Similar to Hiruko, joining Akatsuki has been quite beneficial for him, as his Reibi project has also proceeded very smoothly. At present, there are only a few technical difficulties he has to solve to become a perfect Jinchuriki of Reibi.
Seeing that Hiruko walked out of his experimental laboratory, Shinno immediately stopped his discussion with Yomi, and asked eagerly from Hiruko, "How was it, did you succeed?"
Hiruko threw the blood-stained towel to the trash can and spoke, "The initial phase was a complete success, but the body of the test subjects are too fragile to be able to bear the burden of holding in the Chimera Buds!"
Shinno was a little disappointed and sat back with a dispirited look. If Hiruko's experiment had succeeded, Shinno would have also started his Reibi project because all those technical difficulties would have been solved more or less.
Hiruko did not care about Shinno's downcast look and spoke with a Cheshire grin, "But Dark Medical Ninjutsu was indeed more useful than I thought, if the core of the subject that will take in the Chimera Buds is strong enough, then the probability of success would be as high as 95%."
Yomi laughed immediately, "I am happy that Dark Medical Ninjutsu is useful."
After being saved by Hiruko and Shinno, Yomi also joined Akatsuki but in terms of rank, he is Hiruko and Shinno's subordinate so his authority is not much, as such, Yomi has to always maintain a polite and careful tone when talking to them.
"Really, 95%!" – Shinno exclaimed when he heard the words again, and said, "If that's the case, then that means we can start to implement both of our plans, right!?"
Hiruko tried to suppress the excitement in his heart but it was difficult to suppress it while he nodded to Shinno's question.
After his recent breakthrough in the study of the Chimera Technique, Hiruko is confident in the success of his plan, and therefore, he can officially commence the Kekkei Genkai stealing plan, he has been making preparation for this moment for so long, now all that he lacks are the Kekkei Genkai users that he is going to absorb inside him to become the perfect ninja.
And Hiruko knows that with the power of Akatsuki, gathering all those targets will be very easy.
Soon, Hiruko came to the tallest tower of Amegakure, the place from where the God of this land watches over the people of this nation.
Under the leadership of Angel-sama, he was allowed to meet Lord Pain, the savior of this world and the leader of the Akatsuki Organization!
For a moment Hiruko looked at the pair of Rinnegan, the eye with the purple ripple pattern then looked away immediately and said, "Leader, my experiment has reached a critical juncture, and I believe that I am extremely close to success, to finally complete the project I need help from Organization!"
Tendo Pain had an indifferent look as if he was not interested but still choose to humor himself, "What do you need from the Organization?" – he questioned in a deep voice.
Hiruko immediately said, "I… I need the organization's help to gather few ninjas with selective Kekkei Genkai so that I can finally start the preparation for the ritual!"
Angel on the side spoke, "Gathering shinobi with Kekkei Genkai wouldn't be an easy thing."
Hiruko nodded slightly, "I understand that well enough, I have already marked all of them with my Puppet Curse a few years ago, but gathering them will take a lot of time and will, therefore, attract the attention of other shinobi villages, and precisely why I need Organization's help, I believe that with the power of the organization, it should be easy to capture them in the shortest amount of time possible!"
Pain questioned, "Who are the shinobi you have selected, and what are the Kekkei Genkai they have?"
Hiruko immediately answered, "The shinobi I have selected belong to the five great nations, and the Kekkei Genkai they possess are, Swift Release, Steel Release, Dark Release, Storm Release, and Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan from Konoha, I believe that gathering the first four should be much easier but I am not so sure about Sharingan, for that reason I marked Hatake Kakashi with the Puppet Curse as he owns one Sharingan despite not being an Uchiha, but I am still not sure if that would work as there would definitely be people stopping him."
After hearing Hiruko's answer, Pain was silent for a few seconds and said, "I will consider your request, you can go back for now."
Hiruko wanted to add something but looking at those indifferent and cold eyes, he tacitly chose to shut up and obediently left as per Lord Pain's order.
After Hiruko left, a spiraling whirl appeared in the void, and out came the masked 'Uchiha Madara' from the whirl. A few seconds of silence later, he asked, "What do you think about his project?"
Pain did not give any answer, his attitude clearly depicted that he was not much interested in this ritual whatsoever!
For him, who has the Rinnegan, the eyes of Rikudo Sennin, Kekkei Genkai Stealing Plan is all but meaningless, and therefore, he doesn't have much interest in it.
'Madara' crossed his arms over his chest and while leaning on the wall and spoke, "The most recent information I have received has confirmed that Amatsukami can no longer be ignored, as they are also targeting the nine Bijuu."
Pain's gaze narrowed; a trace of coldness appeared.
'Madara' seem to have noticed this change but he continued, "It is said that Konohagakure has proposed to hold the 2nd Gokage Summit to deal with mercenary organizations like Akatsuki, Amatsukami, and Nokizaru Group, at present, the four other villages seem to have accepted their proposal and are in discussions to decide the location where the Gokage Summit will be held."
Konan asked, "Can Amatsukami really pose a threat to us?"
'Madara' said, "Suijin was able to go toe to toe with Sandaime Hokage, Homusubi was able to fight against Kumogakure's A-B Combo with some help from the third member who uses Magnet Release, rumors say that this third member is even stronger than Suijin and Homusubi, there is no information proving whether that is true or not, but what other abilities he has are unknown for now, so it could be possible, finally, there is that mysterious Yama, who we know nothing about other than his name and the disguise he wears, and we also don't have any information if there are other members in their organization.
Overall, I don't believe that they pose a threat to us but given that their goals are also the nine Bijuu, as such they will be a force we will have to deal with at some point in time, and I have a feeling that we will need more combat personal with high power to deal with the upcoming future events…"
Pain pondered over those words a while and spoke, "If that is the case then agree to Hiruko's request, and gather all the Kekkei Genkai that he needs for his ritual."
Konan nodded and walked out.
"I will solve the problem of Sharingan!" – Leaving that sentence 'Madara' disappeared in the spiraling whirl.
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