Chapter 43: When Your Apprentice Goes Full Mad Scientist

"Old man, do you know what I did in the Root... Hatake Sakumo's attitude is not normal."

"War is so ruthless, the human body is so fragile, and the relationship between master and apprentice is the same. If you want to transcend the constraints of this world, you still need immortality..."

Orochimaru has already felt that he is drifting away from Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha.

For Orochimaru who wants to pursue the path of immortality, he gradually regards this bond as a constraint and a burden.

...

And in the Hokage Residence.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who received the report from Hatake Sakumo, also felt the same as his beloved disciple Orochimaru.

The one who was once his most promising disciple had now become too entangled with Danzo, and was beginning to lose his sense of morality, not even caring to maintain the appearance of the Will of Fire.

Originally, among Tsunade, Orochimaru and Jiraiya, Sarutobi Hiruzen was most optimistic about Orochimaru.

He is calm and gifted.

Whether it is his personal ability in combat, his command ability on the battlefield, or his ability to manage the village, he is top-notch.

But the problem is that Orochimaru's heart is not on the same line with Sarutobi Hiruzen...

So, the stronger his ability is, the more troubled the Third Hokage is.

"Sakumo, take this child to the ANBU to train, cancel the name of Kinoe, let him forget everything in the Root, and live in Konoha under the name of Yamato in the future..."

"I'll do it right away, Hokage-sama."

After Hatake Sakumo left, Sarutobi Hiruzen once again thought about the teacher of Asuma and Kazuki.

Obviously, after the incident in the Root, Orochimaru was no longer within his consideration.

So, the remaining options are only Jiraiya, Tsunade and Jiraiya's apprentice Namikaze Minato.

"Minato's quality and skill are very good, but the problem is that Kazuki's skill is so outstanding, and Minato is still very young..."

The current Namikaze Minato has just come of age and is not the yellow flash that made a name for himself in the Third World War.

When choosing teachers for Kazuki and Asuma, Sarutobi Hiruzen selfishly thought about the status problem brought by seniority...

"Then there are only Tsunade and Jiraiya..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed. These two apprentices are both a headache.

One was heartbroken by the war and was on the verge of self-abandonment. He had not practiced seriously for a long time.

The other was trapped by the toad, and kept shouting words like the son of prophecy that people couldn't understand. He went to Mount Myoboku two days ago and hasn't come back yet.

"Let's wait for Jiraiya to come back and talk to him first..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head. These disciples really made him worry.

But thinking of Kazuki and Asuma, the Hokage smiled from the bottom of his heart again.

What good kids!

They haven't even graduated from the Ninja School yet, but they have worked together to find the black material of the Root and dug out the Wood Release Ninja hidden in the Root.

Sarutobi Hiruzen hummed a little song from the Sengoku period and read the documents leisurely.

And at Kazuki's house.

His master, Senju Tobirama, looked particularly serious and was negotiating with Kazuki...

"Kazuki brat, tell me why you can bear my power!"

Senju Tobirama questioned Kazuki in a deep voice.

In his opinion, Kazuki should have used some secret technique to imprison his soul and regarded him as a 'tailed beast'.

This is not simple.

The soul is a complex thing, even for Tobirama, who had barely scratched the surface of its nature.

If it were as easy as summoning a soul to draw out its power, that would be terrifying.

However, Senju Tobirama did not think that Kazuki had reached such a height. At present, his power is controlled by himself and can be taken back by his subjective consciousness.

Still, Tobirama knew he had to unravel the mystery behind this.

Fortunately, he was sealed in Kazuki's body. With his wisdom and calmness, Senju Tobirama thought that he would not be fooled by the evil Uchiha brat...

If his elder brother Senju Hashirama was sealed here, it would be all over.

In Senju Tobirama's opinion, the simple elder brother would be fooled by Kazuki and lose his way, and then lend all his strength to Kazuki with passion!

Senju Tobirama couldn't imagine that scene:

Kazuki, with a pair of scarlet Sharingan, clapped his hands and stood on the head of the True Several Thousand Hands, and there was a Hashirama in his body cheering him up, shouting Kazuki, hurry up, I still have a lot of chakra, rush for the will of fire...

That kind of world is really hell!

"I don't know, it's none of my business, Tobirama…" Kazuki frowned, but then smiled. "Actually, bringing you into my body was an accident."

Senju Tobirama narrowed his eyes, raised his eyebrows, and motioned Kazuki to continue.

"I told you, didn't I? I want to borrow your wisdom to solve the current problems between Uchiha and the village, so I need to talk to you."

Kazuki looked at Tobirama calmly and lied with his eyes open: "I have heard of the Impure World Reincarnation you developed, but my grandfather's classics did not leave any related techniques, so I tried to work backwards from the results and wanted to study this technique myself..."

"If I can reincarnate you, can't I talk to you?"

Senju Tobirama laughed disdainfully.

He had to admit that Kazuki was talented in ninjutsu. Even Senju Tobirama had to admit that he was far behind Kazuki when he was his age.

But when it comes to the ability to develop ninjutsu and forbidden techniques...

Senju Tobirama has never been defeated by anyone.

In those days, whenever he developed a technique, if it was not water release, Senju Hashirama would throw it into the list of forbidden techniques. In the end, it was filled with a large scroll, so after collecting some other forbidden techniques, it was named 'Scroll of Seals'.

"You want to use the Impure World Reincarnation... kid, you won't dig my grave, right?" Senju Tobirama's eyes became dangerous.

"Of course not, why are you so extreme, old man? Do you think I am you?"

Kazuki looked at Senju Tobirama with contempt and said sarcastically: "I feel that the Third Hokage still has good eyesight. It is appropriate to give you a zero for your Will of Fire..."

Senju Tobirama's eyebrows jumped uncontrollably.

"Don't change the subject, brat Kazuki! If you want me to teach you my techniques, tell me the truth." Senju Tobirama crossed his arms, but he was not very confident.

If Kazuki didn't want to tell him, then Kazuki himself wouldn't lose anything.

But unexpectedly, Kazuki nodded and continued to explain: "You know that the first step to Impure World Reincarnation is to first sense the existence of the Pure Land, and then capture the specific soul through the DNA of the deceased..."

Tobirama, surprised, nodded.

He thought that Kazuki was just using the Impure World Reincarnation as an excuse, but it seemed that he really had discovered something.

Could it be that Kazuki was also a genius in the development of ninjutsu?

What Tobirama didn't know was that thanks to the 'Inventor of the Shinobi World (Tobirama Version)', although Kazuki couldn't completely recreate the forbidden techniques in a short time, he could at least understand their general workings.

"But when I perceived the Pure Land, I felt a strong connection with a particular soul, and I decided to try to summon it…" Kazuki sighed helplessly. "That soul is you."

"As for why I can borrow your power, that's your own problem."

"At first I regretted the summoning. I thought I had brought about a calamity, because I immediately realized that I could transfer my chakra to you, and I was afraid that you might steal it by force…"

Tobirama blinked and silently tried to draw out Kazuki's chakra, but nothing happened.

Kazuki frowned. "It's really the evil old ghost of Senju, my worries are right..."

But despite saying so, Kazuki still used the connection of 'Senju Tobirama's Power' to pass his power to Senju Tobirama.

So, a dramatic scene happened.

Senju Tobirama's eyes turned blood-red, and a dark tomoe appeared...

"What are you doing, kid! Take back your evil power quickly, don't pollute me!" Senju Tobirama waved his hands violently, but his body was very honest, constantly scanning the surroundings with the Sharingan.

To be honest, this Sharingan is indeed much better than his eyes. Look at this observation ability and dynamic vision, it's really good...

Involuntarily, Tobirama remembered when Izuna mocked him: "Repent of your sad fate for not having a Sharingan…"

If he had a pair of these eyes, he would have beaten that bastard into incontinence…

It's a pity that Uchiha Izuna is already dead.

"Between you and me, it's the same. I can't forcefully extract your power, and you can't do it with mine either…"

Kazuki took back his power, and the tomoe in Senju Tobirama's eyes slowly disappeared.

Inexplicably, Senju Tobirama still felt a little disappointed...

He hasn't had enough!

"I think the obstacle is that, from the beginning, I accepted you, while you look at me with distrust, as happens between a Jinchuriki and his tailed beast."

Kazuki shook his head with emotion. "What can I do? I am tolerant enough, but it's hard to say about some people."

Senju Tobirama snorted coldly.

He didn't believe Kazuki's nonsense. If that's the case, now that he can lend his power to Kazuki, doesn't it mean that he agrees with this evil Uchiha kid?

Impossible!

This kind of thing is absolutely impossible!

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