In the brightly lit laboratory, a huge floor-standing glass container is placed in the center.
Experimenters in white coats and Menma gathered in front of the container, watching the "fireflies"-like insects floating in the container.
The emerald green solution filled in this container is the essence extracted from the Greer veins, and contains a large amount of natural energy.
What they have to do now is try to apply natural energy to animals.
Just then, the door to the laboratory opened.
The insect came in from outside.
"Oh, are you back from the land of ghosts so soon?"
"The mission was successfully completed."
Insect walked up to Menma step by step and handed him the letter in his hand: "As you said, the miko has anticipated our arrival and is very friendly towards us."
"But she didn't say anything. She just asked me to hand this letter to you and said that you will understand as long as you read this letter."
Having said that, Zhong looked at the creature in the container with interest: "Chong? It's a bit familiar. Is this a new variety you cultivated?"
Menma took the letter and was not in a hurry to open it for verification.
He still believed in Chong's ability to do things.
He has a cautious and careful personality, yet is decisive and fierce. He is also an outstanding presence among many bounty teams.
[In view of the general environment,
That's why Menma gave him the mission to go to the Kingdom of Demons.
"Didn't you say before that the information about the explosion bugs was leaked?"
Menma smiled and looked at the "Firefly" in front of him: "This is the new blasting bug I prepared for you."
"Compared to the previous blasting bugs that could only absorb chakra to grow, this newly cultivated blasting bug uses natural energy as its energy supply. It is more concealed and practical. It will also facilitate your learning of magic in the future."
Among Xuanyuan Zhong, they are Yao who is good at changing the nature of earth escape, Yan who is good at changing the nature of fire escape, Miao who is good at changing the nature of water escape, and Ling who is good at using shadow secret techniques.
And Mushi, who was born in the "Mushiji" clan of Iwagakure Village, has abandoned his name and past to become a bounty ninja.
Each of them was given a systematic technique by Menma.
Individually they are not very powerful ninjas, but their true strength lies in working together.
To deal with most enemies, only four people are needed. Only when encountering powerful ninjas will Zong use the explosive bugs at the bottom of the box to blow up the enemies.
It is by relying on this kind of cooperation that the Xuan Yuanzhong are able to thrive in the black market.
A long time ago, the insect's body was transformed by Menma's genetic fusion fluid into a body that could control various insects.
She has similar abilities to the Aburame clan, but is far more adaptable than the Aburame clan.
"Explosion bugs" are micron-sized bugs that have the ability to parasitize the human body and absorb chakra without solution. Even Konan and Kakuzu of the Akatsuki organization have suffered from this.
However, you need to use illusion to cover the opponent's sight before using it, otherwise the presence of the blasting bug will be easily discovered.
The new type of blasting bug does not have this shortcoming.
"Hey, is this for me?"
Zhong's eyes lit up and he smacked his lips: "Exploding bugs can absorb natural energy. If they face enemies who can use magic, wouldn't they be able to completely restrain them?"
"Moreover, can you actually help me practice magic?"
This is the first time Zhong has heard of a bug that can harness natural energy.
"Theoretically it can be done, but you still need to participate in the experiment."
Menma also took out a scroll, handed it into the hand of the insect, and said: "If you have time, you can look for traces of the Earth Spider Clan. Their leader "Walker" can use a weapon called "Wrathful Sky" forbidden technique. "
"That forbidden technique is said to be able to destroy oneself.
However, the energy is stored in the body. The longer it is accumulated, the greater the scope of destruction. If it is accumulated for long enough, it will explode outwards with itself as the center, and can destroy the entire area with a radius of hundreds of kilometers or more. "
Although Chong didn't have a deep understanding of scientific research, he also knew what this forbidden technique meant.
"You mean...if I can get that forbidden technique, maybe I can develop my own Insect Master mode?"
Realizing this, Zhong's face revealed a look of excitement that was difficult to conceal.
But after a while, he suppressed the turbulent mood in his heart, touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "In that case, maybe I can try to take on the bounty mission."
"Huh? What kind of bounty mission is this? With your strength, you still need to hesitate?"
Zhong narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "The mission was issued by people from Shannin Village. Some unidentified ninjas stole the secret technique passed down from generation to generation in Shannin Village. He wanted to entrust us to take back the secret technique, and the reward is a One hundred million taels."
"One hundred million taels? What secret technique is worthy of a small ninja village offering a reward of 100 million taels?"
Menma was also a little surprised when he heard about the reward.
You know, Sarutobi Asuma, as the son of the Third Hokage, only has a bounty of 35 million ryo.
One hundred million taels...
Such a mission is extremely rare even during wartime. It must be an S-level mission that requires the cooperation of several jounin to complete.
"It seems that the secret technique lost in Shannin Village is not something simple..."
"Furthermore, the person who robbed the secret technique of the Sugi Ninja Village is suspected to be the Kumogakure ninja..."
Insect and Menma looked at each other in confusion, both seeing the strange look in each other's eyes.
The banditry of the gangsters in Cloud Hidden Village is not a secret in the ninja world. They often go around collecting secret techniques and forbidden techniques.
Sometimes, ninjas with blood inheritance limits are even kidnapped and taken back to Yunyin Village to be "stallions".
Before that guy Oya Jōen returned to the Land of Snowfall, his biggest human smuggling partner was Kumogakure.
However, on the one hand, the Ninja Village of the small country could not find any evidence to prove the identity of the other party, and on the other hand, it was also out of awe of the "Five Rogue Countries".
Therefore, most of the small country's ninja villages will choose to swallow their anger, and the other four countries with dirty butts will just turn a blind eye to the practices of Kumogakure Village.
In this case, it is very likely that Kumogakure Village, which has always practiced authoritarianism, will steal the secret skills of Suginin Village.
"Then let's go investigate."
Menma nodded and said meaningfully: "Since I accepted the mission, I must complete the mission even if my opponent is the Raikage."
"No problem, customers are God, this is our purpose."
Wormheart smiled knowingly.
After that, he said goodbye to Menma and walked out of the laboratory step by step.
Stepping on the head of the Fourth Raikage made Xuanyuan Zhong famous.
Such an exciting thing made him, who had always been calm, a little excited.
………………
After the insect left, Menma stayed in the laboratory for a while and then walked back to his office.
I happened to meet Uchiha Shisui outside the office.
"Lord, there is important information from the Shadow Guards from Hidden Mist Village."
The Intelligence Department of Snow Country is now in charge of Uchiha Shisui, and he reports to Menma every week on the important intelligence collected recently.
But for him to come in such a hurry, he must have attached great importance to the information about Kirigakure Village.
"I really can't sit still."
Menma sighed secretly in his heart and asked, "Don't be impatient. Let's go in and talk."
After calming down the impatient Shisui first, the two of them entered the office together.
"What happened in Kirigakure Village that deserves your attention, Shisui?"
The country of water where Kirigakure Village is located is a special island country. The country is surrounded by the sea on all sides. There are also many high mountain areas inland, so it is buried in thick fog all year round.
Since the First Ninja World War, the four major ninja villages of Konoha, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure have fought against each other. However, the Kingdom of Water lies outside the mainland and is separated from the mainland by a vast sea area, so it is lonely. The overseas Kirigakure Village did not intervene in the Ninja War.
In recent years, the Kirigakure Village, which has been shrouded in thick fog all year round, has gradually become known as the "Residence of Blood Mist".
Moreover, because Kirigakure Village adopts a closed policy all year round, the Robin Group's entry encountered great resistance.
Even if Kazuka Koyuki, the country's leader, personally wrote a letter to the Daimyo of the Country of Water, it only allowed the Robin Group to open a branch in the Country of Water, but did not gain the right to open a branch within the Kirigakure Village.
The level of xenophobia in Kirigakure Village has exceeded Menma's expectations.
It is not easy to place people in Kirigakure Village.
Until now, only one shadow guard who was originally from Hidden Mist Village has infiltrated it.
And all that can be obtained is relatively fragmented information.
The only thing that is certain is that Kirigakure Village is still under the rule of the Fourth Mizukage, the Three-Tailed Jinchuuriki, and Goju Shikura.
"Lord Lord, based on the information from that shadow guard..."
Zhisui thought for a moment and said, "Some kind of conflict has intensified within Kirigakure Village, and there is a strong smell of gunpowder between factions."
"And a Kirigakure Jonin named Terumi Mei seems to want to launch a coup to overthrow the rule of the Fourth Mizukage."
After a pause, Shisui continued to add: "However, this is just a guess made by the shadow guard based on fragmentary information. It is not yet certain whether it is true, so I came here to report to you."
Although Shisui was a little unsure about this information, Menma naturally knew what the news meant.
"It seems that the transfer of power between the Fourth Mizukage and the Fifth Mizukage is at this time point."
Menma frowned and tapped his fingers on the table.
Although this ninja village, which is isolated from other countries in the mainland, has been closed for many years, their strength as one of the five major ninja villages should not be underestimated.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Ever since the First Ninja World War, Kirigakure Village and Iwagakure of the Land of Earth fought, Kirigakure Village has been recuperating over the years. The previous Second Ninja World War had nothing like Kumogakure Village of the Land of Thunder. move.
The Robin Group has never found a good way to open the markets of Water Kingdom and Kirigakure Village.
This is all related to the closed policy of Kirigakure Village.
After all, this is the land of blood mist.
After thinking for a moment, Menma also figured out the reason. His frown slowly relaxed, and a playful smile appeared on his face.
"Those old guys finally couldn't stand it anymore."
In recent years, Kirigakure Village has been taking an exam in which two people fight each other, and the winner graduates from the ninja school.
Although the number of ninjas has been reduced to a certain extent, the Kirigakure ninjas who managed to survive are all elites among ninjas.
Fierce, brutal, bloody...
This is the impression that most ninjas have on Kirigakure ninjas, thus creating the reputation of "The Land of Blood Mist".
However, this is obviously not a good thing.
Task delegation is a large part of the finance of Ninja Village.
But how many people are willing to ask a group of crazy people to help them solve their problems?
Even the gangsters in Yunyin Village are concerned about the image of the village. With the reputation of "The Village of Blood Mist", Kirigakure Village obviously has a hard time in terms of both face and dignity.
Not all high-level officials like to be dubbed the "Blood Mist Sato", not to mention that the Fourth Mizukage, under Obito's control, went crazy and massacred blood-successor ninjas to vent his anger, which would inevitably lead to further conflicts.
Now the factions in Kirigakure Village are probably going to completely break up with each other.
One side wants to continue to implement the policy of "Blood Mist", and the other side wants to stop this unreasonable status quo immediately.
If this is the case, then he will add another fire to the fire pit of Kirigakure Village.
"Shisui"
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Ma knocked on the table and looked up at Shisui: "How much do you know about Zabuza Momochi, the "demon" of Kirigakure Village? "
Hearing this, Shisui pondered for a moment and then said: "Momochi Zabuza, one of the second group of seven ninja swordsmen in Kirigakure Village, the second user of the beheading sword, nicknamed Ghost, good at water escape ninjutsu. And assassination techniques, he is also famous in the ninja world for his superb skills in silent killing techniques."
"In the graduation exam at the age of 9, he killed all the candidates in the same class. Later, his plan to assassinate the Mizukage failed, and he escaped from Kirigakure Village and became a rebel ninja."
"In my impression, he is a very cruel and ambitious man."
He spoke in great detail, and it seemed that he had collected information on Zabuza.
but……
"These are not enough."
Menma, who has a partial God's perspective, can see something deeper.
He could see some clues from the actions of Kirigakure and Zabuza.
A few years ago, Uchiha Obito used illusions to control the third generation of Mizukage, and began to massacre blood successor ninjas and implement the cruel policy of "Blood Mist".
At that time, Goju Shikang, who was a Kirigakure jounin, overthrew the violent rule of the third generation of Mizukage with the help of old men such as Genshi, Gonbei, and young people such as Zabuza, Kito Mangetsu, and Lin Eoyu Yuri. He took the position of the Fourth Mizukage.
When they get everything on track and start moving towards a better development path than before.
All the beautiful visions ended because of the shadow puppet show operated by Uchiha Obito.
He once again used Shicang to restart the policy of Blood Mist, changing the governance policy originally pursued by Shicang. Kirigakure returned to the reign of terror before liberation overnight.
As for Momochi Zabuza, as a supporter of the Fourth Mizukage, it would be no exaggeration to say that his faith has collapsed.
The Fourth Mizukage he followed betrayed his faith, and everything he had done with his companions, as well as the blood of all the innocent companions on his hands, were all burned.
As a "ghost", Zabuza was angry and attempted to plot an assassination against the Fourth Mizukage, but was discovered before the action even started.
In the end, he had no choice but to defect to Kirigakure Village and accumulate his own strength outside.
"If my guess is correct, Zabuza should be in the Country of Waves right now."
Menma's eyes flickered, and his tone was faintly excited, "Since someone wants to support Mei Terumi to sit on the throne of the Fifth Mizukage, why can't we support someone to muddy the waters?"
"Someone keeps the door closed and doesn't want me to go in. Then I will find someone who is willing to let me in and open the door for me from inside Kirigakure Village."
