Ch. 12. Taking on Sasuke as a disciple, new returns rewards. [1]

　　Mizuki gasped. He had consumed one-third of his chakra just now.

　　The [Mutated Substitute Technique] consumes a lot of chakra.

　　But the effect is amazing.

　　Let the enemy be killed by his own kunai without any defense.

　　Life and death are reversed in an instant.

　　Mizuki:

- "You can replace yourself and any object in an instant, and it doesn't matter whether the replacement is dead or alive."

　　When activated, the [Substitution Technique], one of the [Three Body Techniques], emits white smoke, blocking the enemy's sight, and replaces his own body with a wooden stake, while he takes the opportunity to jump away and hide.

　　It is a disruptive technique that makes the opponent think that the attack was successful.

　　Essentially, surrogacy is just a simple deception.

　　The [Mutated Substitute Technique] is simply a replica of the [Rinnegan Technique]: [Amenotejikara].

　　[Space-Time Ninjutsu]!

　　Mizuki:

"Cool! From the most basic E-level ninjutsu, it has been directly upgraded to S-level ninjutsu."

　　Although the chakra consumption is a bit scary, with his current total amount of chakra, he can only use it 3 times in a short period of time.

　　But Mizuki still said:

- "It sounds really amazing!"

- "The mutation effects of the [Transformation Technique] and the [Substitution Technique] have been figured out. The only thing left is the [Clone Technique]. We will study it when we have time."

　　He came under the tree, looked at the corpse, and frowned immediately.

　　Because the corpse's throat was pierced by kunai, and no blood flowed out.

　　Mizuki:

- "Is it a puppet?"

- "No, the sound of kunai entering flesh just now is unmistakable. It is definitely flesh."

　　A closer look revealed the results quickly.

　　This ANBU had been dead for at least three hours. There was another fatal wound on his back.

　　He had been dead for three hours, but he could still move.

　　Mizuki narrowed his eyes and say:

- "It's not the [Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation], then it is undoubtedly the [Dead Soul Technique]."

- "Kabuto Yakushi!"

　　The [Dead Soul Technique], Kabuto Yakushi's specialty, is to briefly control the movement of corpses.

　　Kabuto Yakushi once used this technique to deceive Kakashi.

　　Mizuki immediately became alert.

　　For the [Dead Soul Technique], the operator cannot be too far away from the corpse, which means that Yakushi Kabuto is nearby.

　　The murderous intention in the dark is spreading.

- "Genjutsu: [Temple of Nirvana Technique]."

　　After a soft voice, feathers descended from the sky.

　　However, this illusion that can make people fall into sleep has no effect on Mizuki.

　　The principle of illusion is quite simple:

- Interfere with the flow of chakra in the opponent's body and control it, thereby manipulating the opponent's five senses and causing him to fall into hallucinations.

　　The stronger the chakra control ability of a person, the higher the illusion resistance.

　　For example, Sakura during the Chunin Examination was not affected by the [Temple of Nirvana Technique] due to her excellent chakra control ability.

　　Mizuki's chakra control ability is almost 100%.

　　Kabuto Yakushi, who secretly casts genjutsu, cannot control Mizuki's chakra at all, let alone control the five senses.

　　Mizuki:

- "Humph, I found you!"

　　Yakushi Kabuto's voice revealed his position.

　　Mizuki waved his hand and shot three kunai towards Yakushi Kabuto's hiding place.

　　A black shadow jumped out, holding a kunai, "ding ding ding" knocking down the shuriken, and then rushed towards Mizuki.

　　Just then, footsteps sounded in the distance.

　　Seeing someone coming again, the black shadow turned around and walked away very fast. After a few jumps, he disappeared into the woods.

　　Mizuki breathed a sigh of relief.

　　Judging from his body shape, the opponent was probably Kabuto Yakushi.

　　With Mizuki's current strength, if he faced Yakushi Kabuto head-on, he would definitely be beaten.

- "Mizuki, what's going on here? Is Sasuke at home?"

The person coming was Iruka.

　　He originally looked outside the village, but later he heard some villagers say that he turned around and came back when he saw Sasuke walking towards the Uchiha clan.

　　Mizuki said:

- "I'll talk more about what's going on here when I see the Hokage later. Sasuke is indeed at home. There was a battle just now and he hid."

　　Iruka quickly took Sasuke out. After a while, ANBU came to investigate and took away the body.

　　It was approaching early morning and the Hokage's office was brightly lit.

　　Iruka, Mizuki, Sasuke, and a few ANBU.

　　The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen also came from home, his face as dark as water.

　　His research results came out, so he was very unhappy!

　　Third Hokage:

- "Mizuki, you tell me what had happen tonight first."

　　Mizuki described in detail what he saw and heard after arriving at the Uchiha clan's land, leaving nothing out.

　　- "[Dead Soul Technique]?"

The Third Hokage frowned and looked at an ANBU investigator on the side.

　　ANBU nodded and said:

- "BIRD death lasted more than 4 hours, and his heart continued to beat after death. He was indeed controlled by the "[Dead Soul Technique]."

Third Hokage took a few puffs of his pipe, his eyes focused:

- "The spy Orochimaru placed in the village has mastered the art of death and should be an excellent medical ninja. The Anbu will investigate from this aspect, confirm the target as soon as possible and then arrest him."

　　The Third Hokage's eyes turned to Sasuke again:

- "A [Scroll of Seals] is fake. I will criticize Naruto for his prank."

- "As for Sasuke, he was only instigated, but he found his way back and did not cause any adverse consequences to the village, so the matter was dropped."

- "It's late at night, everyone should disperse!"