Novel Full Chapter 344: To Kusagakure
Chapter 344: To Kusagakure
Kuroto has obviously been planning to cultivate loyal subordinates for quite some time. If you want to run an entire organization like Amatsukami then a lot of members are required… After all, the Shinobi World is too big, and Kuroto alone can not do all things alone.
And Kuroto’s clones alone won’t cut out for it. After all, Kuroto has to be the one controlling them. But now it seems that now things have started to come along.
There are Shinichi, Shisui, Itachi, Pakura, Sandaime Kazekage Puppet, and he himself too, but that is still too less…
After all, there are still many things that they cannot do…
Well anyway, with Gaara and the next person he is going after; more things will become somewhat easy for Kuroto.
To be honest, Kuroto really respects his sensei Orochimaru in this regard, whatever kind of person he may be, but when it comes to finding loyal subordinates who would do anything regardless of how cruel or morally wrong it may be, Orochimaru is a master.
Most of his subordinates were exceptionally loyal to him, whether they were the Sound Four, Kimimaro, Kabuto, or any other subordinate, in fact, even Mizuki is loyal to Orochimaru.
Even when Orochimaru’s hand was sealed by Sandaime-sama, and Orochimaru was greatly weakened they did not betray him, in fact, Kabuto was constantly present by Orochimaru’s side.
Considering this, and many other feats of Orochimaru, it wouldn’t even be wrong to say that other than the times when Orochimaru went after the bodies of Uchiha, Orochimaru seldom stumbled in his life.
In comparison to Orochimaru, the majestic Uchiha Madara is a complete loser in this regard.
Except for his younger brother Uchiha Izuna, Madara never had the true loyalty of any subordinate. Even after his disagreement with the Shodaime Hokage, when Uchiha Madara chose to leave Konoha, none of the Uchiha chose to follow the Patriarch.
Even later when he attempted to create Kuro Zetsu, he was fooled by Kuro Zetsu into believing that Kuro Zetsu is his creation, and not even a single one of the Shiro Zetsu was loyal to him either…
Even Obito to whom he had planned to leave as a subordinate to keep watch over Nagato, also betrayed him.
Nagato himself was never informed of anything, but that doesn’t matter anyway.
Overall, all of Uchiha Madara’s arrangements of coming back to life in his prime actually turned into nothing more than a joke.
If it was not for Kabuto, this unexpected person to suddenly appear with Uchiha Madara’s Edo Tensei, then things would have been too different.
And how did Kabuto even obtain Uchiha Madara’s cells for Edo Tensei? Obviously, because of Kuro Zetsu’s lead who wanted Madara to be the Jinchuriki of Juubi to revive Kaguya with Madara as the sacrifice. If not for his usefulness for reviving Kaguya, Madara may have never even gotten the chance to return to the Shinobi World after he had ventured into the afterlife.
The experiences of both Orochimaru and Madara are a lesson for Kuroto. From Orochimaru, Kuroto has learned how to cultivate a loyal subordinate, and from Madara, Kuroto has learned what not to do in order to not dig his own grave.
Well anyway, after coming out of the Flying Fortress, Kuroto used the Tenseigan Chakra Mode to go towards the Land of grass, and specifically to Kusagakure in the Land of Grass.
Since Kuruto has made up his mind, so he will obviously act on it as soon as he can.
To train powerful Shinobi, proper training from a young age is very essential, all villages do so, and Konoha is no exception to this, with most of the children entering into the Academy by the age of eight years in the times of peace, of course, war times are another matter altogether and then there are also other exceptions like Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi.
But the official training as a shinobi can be commenced a few years earlier.
Gaara is at the right age for the start of his training, but the Kid’s temperament is still not right, as he is more of a silent type, having a friend or two who are opposite to his character will not only improve his temperament, but it will also induce a competitive spirit.
Therefore, Kuroto’s goal this time is Uzumaki Karin, who was one of the three last known descendants of the Uzumaki Clan.. actually, five if you count Senju Tsunade’s quarter Uzumaki lineage.
But anyway, Uzumaki Karin not only has the lineage of the Uzumaki Clan but also a cheerful personality, overall, she could have been a pretty strong Kunoichi in the original story.
As a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan, Karin’s talent is unquestionable. Even if she did not receive any formal education as a Kunoichi from a young age that should have been given to an Uzumaki, and even under the extremely harsh growth environment where she was repeatedly abused of her ability to heal others, she was still pretty decent where she could use few of the most dangerous techniques like ‘Chakra Suppression Technique’, ‘Adamantine Attacking Chains’, ‘Heal Bite’, ‘Mind’s Eye of Kagura’, ‘Chakra Transfer Technique’. All these techniques show that Uzumaki Karin’s talent is incredible, it’s just that she never got the chance to bloom unlike the other Uzumakis of that time.
Heck, she could have been the best Medical-nin had she received Senju Tsunade’s teachings.
So, with all that said, Kuroto finds her to be very useful, and she might even be able to become Kuroto’s lab assistant… the same way Kabuto is to Orochimaru. After all, it would be a waste to let such an unpolished diamond remain buried.
As such Kuroto has come to Kusagakure.
In fact, Kuroto is also very eager to witness Karin’s growth, he wonders what level of strength Karin can achieve in the future under his tutelage.
This is obviously not the first time he has come to Kusagakure, but this time the state of the village seemed a little different.
After disguising himself as a common citizen, Kuroto strolled through the streets of Kusagakure.
Having been to Sunagakure only a few days ago, Kuroto can clearly recognize that Kusagakure seemed to be more lively than Sunagakure.
Especially the mission commission center, shinobi were continuously coming and going to the mission commission center.
Driven by curiosity, Kuroto observed the Mission Commission Center and soon found out the reason for such a high number of commissions.
The fees of each commission are significantly lower compared to what fees Konoha as well as other great shinobi villages charge. In fact, it is as low as one-quarter of the average fees Konoha charges from its clients.
‘Low price to remain in business, huh?’ – After getting the answer, Kuroto was no longer interested. In the shinobi world, if a small village like Kusagakure wants to survive then lowering their commission fees is the only option they have.
But it must never be forgotten that Shinobis are not machines, once injured, they too require time to recover, raising new shinobi alone takes up a lot of time. Therefore, Kusagakure may be able to compete against great villages with such low fees for some time, but it will never last for too long. After all, compared to great shinobi villages, villages like Kusagakure lacks the necessary foundation as well as top-level combat powers.
Well, anyway, after taking his stroll around Kusagakure, Kuroto activated his Byakugan and soon noticed several chakra signatures that were distinct and powerful, at the level that a Jonin has.
But two specific chakra signatures caught his attention, both of them seemed very similar and reminded Kuroto of that distinct Uzumaki Chakra, out of these two, one of the Charka was somewhat less but it was brimming with vitality, while the other was not the same, it was losing all its vitality, and was on the verge of extinguishing… it seemed very close to death.
Following the direction of this particular Chakra source, Kuroto soon reached a dilapidated hut at one of the corners of the village.
Around the same time, Kuroto arrived near the hut, a shinobi that was dressed in the Kusagakure’s combat uniform gone, and a bandage wrapped around his hand, walked outside with an annoyed look, “The effect seems to be worsening day by day… All my injuries haven’t even recovered even after I took so many bites… what a waste!”
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