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

As for the others...

Chiba glanced at him.

"enough."

Consciousness is the key.

This result...

Overall, it wasn't too unexpected.

Kabuto does possess combat abilities, but these were very limited before the various modifications. His combat ability was only at the Jonin level, and he was definitely not on par with Guren, who specialized in combat.

Kabuto's ability to defeat Guren was already beyond Chiba's expectations.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Karin gritted her teeth and said, "Lord Chiba, what should I do?"

"Keep learning. You haven't mastered that ability yet; it was only passively activated in dangerous situations. You need to learn it."

"Yes!"

Karin quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

This person doesn't seem to need his physical abilities much, so it looks like things will be much easier for him in the future.

She began to have some hopes for the future.

……

Sound Village Prison.

Honglian sat quietly in her cell, reading a book. She seemed quite comfortable with prison life and didn't appear to be thinking about escaping.

Da Da Da~

Footsteps echoed in the dark dungeon.

Honglian frowned, turned her head to look, and soon, Yakushi Kabuto appeared in her line of sight.

"Kabuto, you've finally come to kill me?"

"Kill you? Heh, why would you think that?"

Kabuto found it somewhat laughable.

"Isn't that right? Kidomaru and Sakon and Ukon are already dead. What you want to do is simply to take Orochimaru's research for yourself, doesn't it?"

Honglian sneered and said, "All the opponents are dead, and I'm sure I'll be no exception."

“You’re wrong. Sakon, Ukon, and Kidomaru died simply because they refused to abide by the rule of not killing indiscriminately, but you did not.”

Dou moved aside and stood sideways.

A short while later, Chiba emerged from behind him.

When Honglian saw this figure, a look of deep astonishment instantly appeared on her face.

Yagyu Chiba!

"Why are you here?"

"Because I am behind the pocket."

Chiba smiled and said, "I made him do it. The rules of Otogakure were set by Orochimaru before. Now that he's dead, the new rules should take over."

"So that's how it is, Kabuto. You betrayed Lord Orochimaru long ago!"

Honglian's eyes were filled with rage.

Her first thought was that Orochimaru failed because Kabuto had sold all of his information to his new master beforehand.

"I didn't provide any information. On the contrary, my bet with Lord Chiba is that I will only help Lord Orochimaru if he can crack his plan."

Dou is right, but he overlooked some details.

such as--

Before that, he betrayed Orochimaru, revealing many details about ninjutsu to Chiba.

Chiba would never betray his teammates.

He laughed and said, "Orochimaru may be strong, but you should remember that the Impure World Reincarnation is a Konoha ninjutsu, right?"

"so what?"

Guren sneered, "If Kabuto hadn't betrayed you, could you have broken the Impure World Reincarnation? This is a technique optimized by Lord Orochimaru!"

"No, Orochimaru made a mistake."

Chiba shook his head.

Honglian clearly didn't believe it, turning her head away without saying a word.

"Let me give you a free fact: the creator of the Impure World Reincarnation technique is Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage himself. So, when Orochimaru used this technique to summon the Second Hokage, do you understand what that's equivalent to?"

Chiba couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"..."

Honglian opened her mouth, but couldn't speak for a moment.

To evaluate without taking a stance —

This is practically like dancing on your own grave, terrified of dying young, but considering the other party is Orochimaru...

She stubbornly replied, "Lord Orochimaru can perfectly control the Edo Tensei."

"Those kinds of talismans can be detected as long as one has strong senses, and they are not difficult to break. I really can't understand how Orochimaru dared to use this method to summon the Second Hokage."

Chiba couldn't help but mock.

This was his true thought. Those talismans were like fireflies in the dark to him; he could spot their location at a glance, not to mention that Konoha also had the Hyuga clan.

"Furthermore, don't forget that we in Konoha also have the Hyuga clan. The Byakugan can definitely see the location of the talisman. As long as a Byakugan expert can break the talisman, his Impure World Reincarnation will be broken as well."

Orochimaru's plan...

It can only be achieved if his barrier can completely isolate the enemy and prevent the Hyuga clan from entering and causing trouble.

That's too idealistic.

Both Kabuto and Guren had something to say about this, but in the end they didn't speak.

Chiba's perception is indeed abnormally advanced, surpassing that of ordinary people.

but.

There's no way to deny that the Hyuga clan is involved.

Orochimaru was indeed careless. Treating the Second Hokage as a summoning member was far too arrogant and conceited, and it's no wonder he's facing such dire consequences.

Honglian was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Even so, would the people of Konoha help revive Orochimaru? I don't believe it."

"I know how to revive Orochimaru, and currently, only I can do it. You only have this one choice."

Chiba smiled gently. "Besides, I don't necessarily need your cooperation. I have other ways, such as... this eye."

As he spoke, he took out Kotoamatsukami.

Honglian looked up and saw that Chiba was holding a ninja tool for attaching Sharingan, which puzzled her somewhat.

Sharingan?

"The Mangekyou Sharingan, you may not have seen this kind of eye before. Its technique is to completely control other people."

Chiba glanced at Kabuto Yakushi as she spoke.

A look of surprise flashed across Dou's face, then he quickly lowered his head, not daring to meet Chiba's gaze.

real or fake?

"However, I don't need that ability to control you."

Chiba explained that he was performing a technique to link nerves.

The next second, the Sharingan spun, and under the hypnotic effect, Guren's eyes became dull—

She entered a state of illusion.

Honglian immediately dispelled the illusion. After breaking free from the illusion, she looked at Qianye strangely.

The meaning behind the look in his eyes is probably...

That's it?

Chiba smiled.

"Let's go."

He left the dungeon with Kabuto. Before leaving, Kurama's pitiful and sighing expression left Guren stunned.

A day later, Chiba came again, repeating the same thing as yesterday.

Honglian still didn't understand.

On the third day, Honglian noticed something was wrong. She seemed to be very sleepy these past two days, and she was even more tired during the day than before.

Day ...

She found herself even more tired.

Day .

Before Chiba could speak, Guren asked first, "What did you do to me?!"

"I didn't want to waste too much time on you, so I had to use a technique I didn't really want to use."

Chiba smiled.

Dou watched from the sidelines the whole time.

He couldn't understand it at first, but he vaguely sensed that Chiba was using some kind of spiritual technique.

According to Chiba's description.

The ultimate effect of this technique should be to change a person's behavior patterns.

Subsequent surveillance and observation corroborated this.