Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

Seeing that defiant look in his eyes, the mysterious youth offered a word of praise, and then threw a punch.

A heavy blow struck Hiashi's abdomen. Hiashi's expression changed, and then he reluctantly closed his eyes, collapsing to the ground with his body limp.

Looking at the fallen Japanese soldier before him, a hint of excitement finally appeared in the boy's eyes.

He slowly extended his right hand, just as it was about to touch Hiashi's forehead.

A voice suddenly rang out from behind him:

"Tell me, what do you plan to do to my lovely disciple?"

Chapter 29 Beiliuhu

"Tell me, what do you plan to do to my lovely disciple?"

Just as the mysterious boy's right hand was about to touch Hiashi's forehead, a voice suddenly rang out from behind him.

Upon hearing that familiar voice, the mysterious young man paused.

He then slowly withdrew his outstretched right hand, stood up again, and looked behind him.

The one speaking was Kagura, who had rushed over and arrived just in time.

Frowning at the figures lying on the ground, Kagura knew without asking what had just happened.

Fortunately, judging from the slowly rising and falling chests of those lying down, the three were still alive.

Knowing that she had finally made it, Kagura breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, his eyes flickered, and after a flash of blue light, his figure suddenly appeared behind the mysterious boy.

At that moment, he was holding the three people who had been lying on the ground in his arms.

After pulling his disciples back from the enemy, he stood still and formed several hand seals with one hand.

After he finished forming the hand seals, an object resembling a large clock suddenly appeared on the ground.

However, this large clock only has a round clock face at the very top, while the area where the pendulum should be is just an empty wooden cabinet.

Kagura slowly opened the wooden cabinet and put the three of them inside.

As he closed the cabinet, the large clock, along with the three of them, turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared from the spot.

This is a ninjutsu that Kagura copied from an enemy using her Sharingan during a previous mission.

This ninjutsu has no harmful capabilities, but it is an extremely useful special ninjutsu.

Both objects and living beings can be stored inside that clock and preserved in another dimension.

However, the preservation time is only twenty-four hours. After that time, the large clock will automatically appear next to the caster.

Considering its extreme usefulness in protecting important figures and documents, Kagura learned it without hesitation.

Despite Kagura's various actions, the mysterious boy remained standing still, making no attempt to obstruct her.

Even though Kagura used ninjutsu to take away Hiashi, whom he had targeted, his face remained calm, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Seeing that Kagura had finally finished, he finally spoke slowly:

Is it okay now?

Kagura?

Kagura was taken aback when she heard the way the other person addressed her.

He felt there was something strange about the boy's tone of voice, like...

It was like a friend of his for many years.

But the problem is, he doesn't seem to know this kind of person at all.

Sensing Kagura's confusion, the boy slowly removed the bandage covering the lower half of his face.

As the bandages were slowly unwrapped, a terrifying face, resembling a woman torn apart, appeared before Kagura.

Around the boy's mouth were wrinkles that looked like cracks, but their density was enough to send chills down one's spine.

After unwrapping his bandages, the boy seemed to revert to his true nature.

He grinned savagely with his terrifying mouth before speaking:

"By the way, I look a lot different now."

It's perfectly normal that you don't recognize it.

When I was still in Konoha, my name was Hiruko!

Still remember me?

My classmate!

However, after he said his name, Kagura's confusion did not fade; instead, it seemed to intensify.

He stared at the slightly deranged boy with a puzzled look, his mind constantly searching for memories.

Wait a minute, where did this classmate come from?

Beiliuhu?

Do I remember any classmates with such a strange name?

Because of Kagura's silence, a strange atmosphere suddenly filled the room.

This is like two unparalleled masters preparing for a duel, where one announces his name while the other declares he has never heard of him.

When she realized that Kagura still didn't remember her after she gave her name,

Hiruko suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, wiping away tears that streamed down his face as he said with a self-mocking tone:

"As expected, an ordinary person like me would never be remembered by a genius like you."

In your eyes, someone like me is no different from an ant!

However, at this moment, Kagura, who had finally found a certain image in her mind, suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He stared at the enemy before him in disbelief and said:

"It's you?

"Hello, Beiliu?"

Looking at the boy in front of her, who was almost unrecognizable, Kagura struggled to reconcile him with the gentle boy in her mind.

Hiruko was a graduate of the same class as him and the "Three Ninjas".

Unlike those with exceptional talents like Kagura or Orochimaru, he was just an ordinary person, the most common type in Konoha.

Even after graduating from the Ninja Academy and becoming a Genin, he was still the kind of person with extremely average talent in both taijutsu and ninjutsu.

It took him several years to finally and barely reach the rank of Chunin.

However, for someone like him, it's almost impossible for him to become a Jonin in this lifetime.

When they were still at the Ninja Academy, Jiraiya and his friends were very good friends with him.

Kagura, on the other hand, had almost no interaction with him whatsoever.

This is why it took Kagura so long to remember him.

There was no other way; Kagura had just transmigrated at that time, and her mind was filled with thoughts of how to quickly increase her strength and change the future.

They wouldn't pay attention to what their classmates were doing.

Besides, although he was only a few years old at the time, he had the body of a man who was nearly thirty years old.

How could someone like him possibly want to be friends with little kids who are only a few years old?

As for Tsunade and the other two, their relationship with him at the Ninja Academy was nothing more than that of a sadist and a victim.

Kagura, who finally remembered the name Hiruko, immediately recalled all the information about this person.

Just before the Second Shinobi World War began, this person seemed to have developed a new ninjutsu.

However, it seems that his new ninjutsu requires human subjects for experimentation.

After being discovered by Hiruzen Sarutobi, he was forced to defect from Konoha.

Kagura was away on a mission at the time and was not in the village. It seems that Tsunade and the other "Sannin" were sent to hunt him down.

Looking at Hiruko's strange appearance, Kagura said with slight surprise:

"You...how did you become like this?"

In my memory, I didn't have much of a relationship with this former classmate.

However, the two met several times before he defected from Konoha.

In Kagura's memory, Hiruko was a normal young man with long hair.

He was almost a completely different person from the short boy with his nearly disfigured face he is now.

Hiruko remained unconcerned when Kagura asked her question.

He revealed a sinister smile and said:

"Back then, that old man Sarutobi was afraid of my new ninjutsu and expelled me from Konoha."

However, he didn't expect that I would eventually complete the Ghost Sprout Technique through my own efforts.

Now, I only need one more bloodline limit.

Hehehe, compared to that kid who rolled his eyes.

Kagura, you are the last and most perfect person in my heart!

Chapter 30 The Art of the Ghost Sprout

"Kagura, you are the last perfect person in my heart!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a palpable killing intent erupted from Hiruko's body.

Even Kagura, who had faced a powerful figure like Madara, looked solemn at this moment.

Although it is unclear what Hiruko's so-called "Oni-Garara Technique" actually is, and what kind of experiences this former ordinary ninja of Konoha had.