Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Naruto, his face contorted in pain, said, "Could you take me to the hospital? I think this is a bit serious."

"immediately!"

Without saying a word, Ino helped Naruto up and, together with Shikamaru and Choji, prepared to go to the hospital.

at this time.

Do you need help?

"We were attacked by SMTH, and two of us were injured."

Shikamaru answered immediately.

"I'll take you to the hospital."

The ANBU ninja was relieved and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead—

Ino-Shika-Cho trio plus a Jinchūriki.

Thankfully, nothing serious happened to them, especially the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. What if Mizuki had activated the Nine-Tails...

I almost caused a huge disaster!

Unfortunately, the two genin who came to deliver the prisoners were killed by Mizuki who rushed out and killed them. They didn't have time to react and were unable to save the two men.

I vaguely remember it being called Red Copper Armor or Sword Beauty?

"Fortunately, there are the parasitic insects cultivated by Lord Chiba."

"In addition, I hope the mountain clan can extract some information from the corpses, otherwise we really won't be able to explain this time."

"How could this happen out of nowhere?"

The Aburame clan ninja, filled with gratitude and confusion, escorted Naruto and Choji to Konoha Hospital.

Naruto was a little nervous.

"I don't have much money."

"Don't worry, I'll pay for the medical expenses."

I forgot to update... Sorry.

Chapter 136 Yamato: Who is the captain?

"Has Shuimu gone mad?"

Chiba frowned. "What's going on?"

The claw waved its pincers, communicating with Chiba in insect language.

Although it was very unclear, Chiba still understood.

The power of the cursed seals erupted from Mizuki's body. The spirits sensed it after being summoned and immediately flew over to devour all of his chakra.

One or two parasites went mad as a result.

but.

Most of them were unharmed.

Chiba paused for a moment to recall.

I vaguely remember there being such a thing, but he didn't have such great power in the original story.

We arrived in Konoha.

With the help of chakra, probing Mizuki's internal condition would be a piece of cake.

"According to my memory, a disguised ninja gave him a bottle of medicine yesterday. Also, according to my memory, this person was involved in the previous incident where he hinted to Naruto to steal the scroll."

What's going on with SMTH?

Even crazier?

That shouldn't be Mizuki's own curse mark, but rather a powerful curse mark triggered by a forcibly injected drug.

"I didn't have time to send someone to inform you. Where did you get the information from?"

"I gonna go see."

Chiba wished he had the Flying Thunder Formation technique right now, so he could instantly teleport himself to Konoha and see what new things Orochimaru had researched.

"possible."

But the other party is definitely in Konoha.

"What's wrong with his chakra? Is it different from that big guy's?"

Is this Orochimaru's new research?

"Could this guy be the assistant we found earlier?"

The claws went to digest the chakra.

"Parasitic insects".

Haiyi said.

Unfortunately, he had to walk there.

"possible."

The claw pondered for a long time, but its simple wisdom was not quite able to understand his question.

Chiba frowned.

"How is it going? Have you searched their memories?"

He quickly entered the Dark Division through Haiyi's channels and saw Mizuki's corpse.

and so.

The memories of the deceased are not preserved for long, so the earlier the excavation, the more information can be found.

Ibihi chimed in from the side.

really!

Mizuki is dead.

Then, he became somewhat puzzled.

Chiba thought for a moment and said, "I fought him before. He is very cautious and always uses shadow clones when he goes out. I suspect he might be a ninja from Konoha."

Chiba squatted down and carefully examined the corpse, his expression turning somewhat solemn.

Chiba then tried asking in several different ways.

Hai nodded, then sighed regretfully, "It's a pity you didn't arrive sooner, otherwise you could have come with us and maybe we could have uncovered more information."

"Ah."

Only a Konoha ninja could know so much about Konoha's prison, the Book of Seals, and so on. Of course, it's also possible that Orochimaru told him.

Hai Yi was talking to himself.

He didn't go into detail about some other intelligence.

"Chiba."

If we really wait for Chiba, the effect is not as good as checking it directly.

Finally, it gave a rather vague answer: "The taste is different, this time it's even crazier."

Although he doesn't know medical ninjutsu, he does have medical knowledge, and if Chiba is willing, he can adjust his close-range perception to an extremely subtle level.

Chiba asked again.

"I think you shouldn't rush to find out this person's identity. There's too little information about him, and we won't be able to find out his true identity in a short time. But you should pay attention to this potion."

Chiba said seriously, "Do you know what this power is?"

"The cursed seal, the previous Jirobo was the Earth Curse Seal, and..."

Hai thought for a moment, then didn't continue.

Not hard to guess.

What he didn't mention was probably about the red beans.

Chiba didn't press further, but continued, "Since that's the case, you should know how terrifying this power is, but I can also use its essence. The power I used to cultivate the new parasitic insects in cooperation with the Aburame family is similar."

"what?"

Haiyi and Ibiki exchanged a glance, then suddenly realized, "No wonder the parasitic insects are like their nemesis; they've already adapted to this power."

"This drug drains one's life force in exchange for cursed seal chakra, which shows that Orochimaru's research has made further progress. If such a thing can be mass-produced in the future, then Orochimaru's attitude will be very important."

Chiba expressed his "concerns".

Inoichi and Ibiki are the heads of the Dark Side's intelligence and interrogation departments, and they are extremely sensitive to intelligence. They just didn't know the true nature of the cursed seal before.

After Chiba's prompting, they realized the same thing.

Ordinary Chunin like Mizuki can unleash power comparable to Jonin in a short period of time after being enhanced by a drug.

This kind of medicine...

What is Orochimaru planning to do?

"Chiba-kun, thank you for the information."

"It's nothing. Orochimaru is quite interested in me. If his target is me and the research institute, it's better to be prepared in advance for safety."

That makes sense.

Hai nodded.

He wouldn't assume Orochimaru's target was the research institute just because of Chiba's words. What if it was a diversionary tactic, seemingly targeting Chiba but actually aimed at the Third Hokage?

But as Chiba said, there's absolutely no problem with preparing in advance.

Orochimaru is becoming increasingly dangerous.