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Chapter 23: The Way to Death! (Seeking follow-up recommendation votes and monthly tickets)

Seven days are too short, seize the day!
After taking the Bingliang Pill, Xingxia Xiu began to think about how to make the best use of these seven days of unique conditions.

"First of all, my main body doesn't have to stay up all day and night. My main body needs time to recover its energy so that I can use it to create a clone to practice."

"The clone can have the same status, and the following training projects can also rely on the clone to accumulate experience."

Xing Xiaxiu immediately grasped the key point: "The most important thing is that there are two soul consciousnesses, one of which is used to receive feedback from the clone, so as not to put too much pressure on the main body."

Thinking of this, Xing Xiaxiu paused for a moment: "In this case, it seems that I do have a chance to get this status..."

The shadow clone is responsible for cultivation, while the original body can go out and have fun.

Try your best, and if it doesn't work out, don't say it's a waste of time.

of course.

The possibility of achieving the goal is still small, but at least there is some hope.

So, taking advantage of the time to recover his strength, Xingxia Xiu re-examined the feasibility of the plan.

After a long time, when his strength had almost recovered, he made a decision.

Give it a try!
He created six Wood Release clones to continue practicing, while Xingxia Xiu's original body built a wooden house to rest.

Because he has a double soul, even if the clone runs out of chakra and disappears, it will not affect his rest.

The night passed in a flash.

After waking up at six in the morning, Xing Xia Xiu once again created six clones to practice, while the original body still spent an hour on physical training before returning to the root base to eat and drink.

After eating and drinking, Xingxia Xiu came to see Danzo and made his request.

"Kakuzu?"

Danzo frowned slightly.

Of course he knew this person.

He was once an elite ninja of Takiguni Village and is currently a very famous bounty ninja.

And this guy once assassinated the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

To this day, Kakuzu is still on Konoha's wanted list!

of course.

Hashirama Senju didn't take Kakuzu seriously back then, but the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, insisted on putting Kakuzu on the wanted and bounty lists.

But it must be said that Kakuzu was able to assassinate Hashirama Senju and even escape, so his strength should not be underestimated.

So after Konoha lost a lot of manpower in the early days of hunting down Kakuzu, the matter was left unresolved.

We can't let the Hokage hunt him down himself, right?
Not to mention that Konoha has been plagued by misfortunes since the death of Hashirama Senju.

"Are you sure you can handle this man?"

Danzo asked.

Kakuzu is now an S-rank wanted criminal.

According to intelligence, this guy is extremely powerful and cannot be taken down by an ordinary Jonin.

In response to Danzo's question, Hoshishita Hide said, "Kakuzu was able to escape from the Shodaime, which shows that he is quite powerful. I am not sure I can capture him at the moment."

"But I also need an opponent to hone my Wood Release."

"If you want to become a sharp sword to slay the enemies in the darkness, you need to sharpen it with blood."

Danzo nodded.

What he admired most about Xingxia Xiu, besides his ability of Wood Release, was this awareness!
However, even if you want to sharpen a blade, you can't directly use a strong man like Kakuzu to avoid breaking the blade in one go.

At this time, Xingxia Xiu continued: "I will not be reckless. I will first select some enemies in the village to sharpen my sword."

"Like, the air ninja."

"Or some other target."

"For now, as a bounty ninja."

Danzo was lost in thought.

The reason why he gave Xingxia Xiu a long vacation to practice was that he needed Xingxia Xiu to master more wood escape power.

Secondly, the Root is currently in a stage of rapid expansion and needs manpower to train more new people, which means that the Root cannot spare enough energy to carry out tasks.

But due to the special nature of Xingxiaxiu, he did not arrange the task of training new people, so it seems like a good idea to let them go.

Using blood to sharpen a blade is just what he likes!

Three birds with one stone!
So, after just a moment's hesitation, Danzo made a decision: "Okay!"

"I'll have Ten compile a list, along with the latest intel on Kakuzu, but..." Danzo stared at Hoshita Hide, "Remember, you're an important force within the Root, and you don't need to be compromised by a target like Kakuzu."

Xingxia Xiu raised his head and looked at Danzo with a sincere and ardent gaze: "Don't worry, sir, I will never lose anything until you become Hokage!"

"Becoming Hokage, sir, is my lifelong goal!"

Danzo was very pleased.

He is indeed a ninja that I trained myself.

Faced with such a star-studded show, Danzo couldn't help but be moved. No, it was emotion, but also... it was love for talent.

But he still cooled down.

tool!

They are all ruthless tools!
Even if he possesses the power of Wood Release, he is still a tool and can be sacrificed at any time.

In that case, there is no need to pour emotions into it.

So Danzo nodded coldly and said, "Go ahead. I'll wait for the day when you grow up."

Xingxia Xiu nodded, then disappeared from the spot.

After returning to his residence, Xingxia Xiu took off his mask and let out a long breath.

After saying so many disgusting things, he felt that his breath might be a bit bad.

But he is worthy of being Danzo.

How heartless!
This is a way to die!
Jie Jie Jie!

With a sinister smile, Xingxia Xiu put on his mask again and continued to practice.

During lunch, Codename Ten, Shimura Daichi, who was beside Danzo, brought a booklet to Hoshita Hide.

There are many target persons and related intelligence here.

There is also Kakuzu's.

However, Hoshita Hide took a quick look and found that the information about Kakuzu was from a month ago.

It's near a gold exchange in the River Country.

Xingxia Xiu frowned slightly, then shook his head secretly.

Seven days is not enough to find someone like this.

"It seems that I can only try my luck in Takinin Village..."

Xingxiaxiu pondered secretly.

Anyway, he had no confidence in defeating Kakuzu.

Moreover, compared to Kakuzu, Takiguni Village might be easier to deal with.

2 p.m.

Hoshita Hide left six clones in Konoha to continue training, and his real body left Konoha Village and headed straight for Takigakure Village in the north of the Land of Fire.

Coincidentally, one of the target people given by Danzo was from Takikuni.

This person is a minister of Taki Country. A month ago, he proposed to hand over more of Taki Country's tasks to Taki Village.

This means that the number of missions from Takikuni given to Konoha will decrease.

So Danzo decided to kill this guy.

have to say.

Standing in Konoha, in Danzo's position, Xingxia Xiu also felt that this guy was seeking death.

Although, what the Minister of Taki Country said will not affect the overall situation.

Because Konoha is strong enough, but Takigakure is not strong enough, it cannot handle so many tasks even if it wants to.

The reason Danzo gave for killing this minister was that this minister had connections with the Iwagakure.

In other words, it is very likely that the task of this guy to cut down Konoha is to give it to the Iwagakure Village.

As to whether this minister is really connected with the Iwagakure.

that's not important.

What matters is that he said that.

　There will be another chapter later. My schedule has been a bit messed up these past two days. I will adjust it as soon as possible and update on schedule. Sorry, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)