Chp-100: There's Such an Operation?

In the Konoha camp, Orochimaru's eyes shone as he stared at Hyuga Satoru.

"Young Master Satoru, you've been staying in the camp these past days, working on something, haven't you?"

"You could say that. I've been developing a new jutsu, but it's not worth mentioning."

Hyuga Satoru replied nonchalantly.

"Is that so?"

Orochimaru chewed on this for a moment before continuing.

"Did you know? Yesterday, the new Fourth Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village was inaugurated. It's Pakura."

"Is that so?"

Hyuga Satoru became curious. He had been busy creating his miniature constructs and hadn't paid much attention to the outside world.

"Rasa seems to be completely done for. To think that a Kage of a major ninja village would fall to such a state..."

Orochimaru chuckled hoarsely.

He could imagine Rasa's miserable condition. This wasn't a normal Kage succession; otherwise, Pakura should have been the Fifth Kazekage, not the Fourth.

This indicated that...

Rasa had been deposed.

How laughable... a Kage of a village being removed from power, likely for the first time in history.

Hyuga Satoru shook his head with a smile.

He hadn't expected his good friend Rasa to be played out by him.

It was inevitable. Since he had left the village, he had been constantly scheming against Rasa.

Good friend, you can't blame me.

I'm just training you, but you couldn't withstand it.

Hyuga Satoru expressed his helplessness.

"One more thing."

Orochimaru's hoarse voice sounded, and he looked at Hyuga Satoru with a smile.

"Young Master Satoru, your bounty in the underground black market has already reached 100 million Ryo. I heard that a ninja who once fought against the First Hokage is searching the world for you."

"Oh?"

Hyuga Satoru's expression turned peculiar.

It must be Kakuzu.

He had previously controlled the gold dust to rob Kukuzu of his goods, framing Rasa and watching the tigers fight.

Now that his Magnet Release ability was exposed, it was only natural for Kakuzu to hunt him down.

Especially with a 100 million Ryo bounty.

"Young Master Satoru, aren't you a bit nervous?"

Orochimaru asked curiously. After all, this was a ninja who had once fought against the First Hokage. Just the reputation could scare many ninjas.

"Nervous? Why should I be nervous?"

Hyuga Satoru looked at him strangely.

He suddenly had an idea, one that could milk a lot of wool.

It's just a bit rough on Kakuzu!

Orochimaru was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and continued, "The latest intelligence indicates that the Hidden Stone Village, upon learning of your ability, replaced all shuriken and kunai with bone and wood to ensure no metal in their weapons."

"I heard that recently, the price of ninja tools in the ninja world has fluctuated significantly. All major ninja villages are offering high prices for non-metallic weapons."

"Is that so?"

Hyuga Satoru suddenly thought.

Doesn't Uchiha Rin's family run a ninja tool shop? And a large one at that.

Should I discuss with Rin about mass-producing non-metallic weapons to reap a huge profit?

He didn't care what type of weapons the enemies used; his abilities were far beyond that.

Moreover, selling non-metallic weapons was an inevitable trend.

Better to profit themselves than others.

"What about forehead protectors? Weapons can be replaced with bone or wood, but forehead protectors are also metal, right?"

At Hyuga Satoru's question, Orochimaru suddenly laughed.

"Except for Konoha, all other villages are inventing new types of forehead protectors. The most popular currently are cloth strips with the village emblem drawn on them."

"There's such an operation?"

Cloth strips?

Drawn emblems?

Such a strong visual!

Hyuga Satoru chuckled, "Are there any white cloth strips?"

Orochimaru thought for a moment.

"Yes, to save costs, many are using undyed white cloth strips."

Hyuga Satoru burst into laughter.

This could be considered a way to boost the ninja world's economic development and ideological awakening, right?

Orochimaru suddenly fell silent, his gaze deep as he stared at Hyuga Satoru.

"By the way, Young Master Satoru, those three Hyuga ninjas who returned early have gone missing."

"Is that so?"

Hyuga Satoru pretended to be surprised.

"We don't know the reason yet. No signs of battle were found; it seems they vanished into thin air."

"I've been in the camp all along. I just heard about this now."

"Let's hope they're okay since they're kin."

Hyuga Satoru shrugged, showing concern.

"Indeed." Orochimaru chuckled hoarsely.

"Young Master Satoru has been in the camp the whole time; I can vouch for that."

...

The main force began to retreat.

They were returning to Konoha in grand fashion.

The Sand Village had surrendered.

The peace agreement was still being signed, and the Hidden Sand Village faced huge war reparations.

If they wanted to redeem One-Tail, they would have to add another zero.

Making the already impoverished village even worse.

Hyuga Satoru suddenly thought that his good friend Rasa might have to work to pay off debts. Without the Kage position and only the Magnet Release, he might spend his life digging for gold dust and still not pay off the debts.

Upgrading electromagnetic power to level 5 required 100,000 experience points. Relying on levelling up to improve strength in the short term was unrealistic.

Hyuga Satoru turned his focus to research.

Whether it was the Tenseigan project or promoting family reforms, it all required a lot of money.

Hyuga Satoru laughed.

Although he was currently following the main force back to the village.

He was here, but not here.

It seemed complicated, involving quantum mechanics.

In fact, it was simple; he had taken control of Zero's body.

The main body was returning to the village with the main force, seemingly without any abnormalities.

Meanwhile, the clone was sneaking into the underground black market.

A perfect alibi.

For Zero, Hyuga Satoru could take control of the body at any time.

That's why he wasn't worried about rebellion or self-awareness awakening.

Because Zero was essentially his clone, purely a clone, but one that could grow on its own.

...

In the forest dozens of miles from the Konoha main force.

A silver metal fighter jet was flying low, spewing blue flames from its tail.

At a certain moment, the fighter jet landed in the forest.

The silver fluid writhed, turning into Hyuga Satoru's form.

There seemed to be no difference.

Hyuga Satoru smiled.

His current body was very much like the Terminator from the movies.

But it was a super pro version.

That's the terror of nanomaterials. Although essentially metal, the stacking of nanomolecules could perfectly achieve human appearance.

Combined with the transformation technique, it was the ultimate transformation.

Not only could it mimic the appearance, but it also felt and functioned the same.

This clone was much weaker than the main body in terms of electromagnetic power but surpassed in some aspects, like flexibility.

In the future, Hyuga Satoru considered using it as a certain persona.

But for now, he had to deal with Kakuzu.

Though this clone couldn't use the Byakugan, electromagnetic sensing was still functional.

Kakuzu's five-hearted body was exceptionally noticeable in electromagnetic sensing.

He was close.

Hyuga Satoru grinned.