Naruto: The whole world knows I am the savior

Chapter 83 War, Gift of Kunai

After Orochimaru returned, he barely paid any attention to Yosuke Shirakumo and began his own experiments with the Perfect Cursed Seal.

First, he took some of Sasuke Uchiha's cells, then combined them with Jugo's preserved cells for culture. After completing this step, he said without looking up, "Kabuto, call the Four."

"Yakushi Kabuto isn't here, Orochimaru. This isn't something that can be done in a short time, so there's no need to rush. Why don't you find me some food? Soldier pills will do."

Hakuun Yosuke reminded him from the side that, according to his calculations, it would take at least a month for the cells to devour one side with the help of the cursed seal technique, but Orochimaru seemed to be expecting results within today.

He had just expended so much energy that even with the help of tailed beast chakra to replenish it, he couldn't reduce the hunger in his stomach. And to make matters worse, he had forgotten about Tsunade's special soldier rations today.

"I don't have any soldier rations here, and the food was prepared by Kabuto. Besides, we need to finish the first step to save time later. But Yosuke-kun, how did you figure out this method for cultivating cursed seals?"

After Orochimaru successfully cultured and preserved the cells, he looked at him with keen interest: "Could it be your ability? You were able to deduce the perfect result after only reviewing my research data once?"

He really wants this!

His innate ability to research forbidden techniques and decipher knowledge is the perfect fit for him!

If he had this ability, he would be immortal and all forbidden techniques in the world would be no match for him. Wouldn't that fulfill his wish? Orochimaru, who could break through everything in the world!

If the cursed seal can be perfectly fused this time, Orochimaru's next goal is to research the art of immortality and Hashirama cells; the Sharingan is very powerful, but the First Hokage won at the Valley of the End.

Orochimaru wouldn't have given up if Hashirama cells hadn't been so difficult to control; now, seeing Yosuke Shirakumo's abilities, his interest in Hashirama cells has been rekindled.

"Don't look at me like that. Put away your thoughts. Even if you took over my body, you wouldn't be able to get this ability. Besides, you don't even have a chance."

Bai Yunyoujie's lips twitched as he said that Orochimaru's gaze was too intense. Although he wasn't afraid of Orochimaru doing anything to him, it was still very uncomfortable to be stared at like that.

His body has been modified, and he has acquired many snake-style ninjutsu. He also possesses the Nine-Tails' chakra, allowing him to quickly enter Tailed Beast Sage Mode and master the Flying Thunder God Technique.

With so many precautions, Hakuun Yosuke could face Orochimaru with equality and fearlessness.

"Yo-suke, come help me with my research from now on. If we join forces, we'll definitely be able to crack all the forbidden techniques in the world."

"That's not my desire. I'll help, but I also have other things to take care of."

"Ten days a month!"

"Why don't you just let me stay here? Absolutely not, especially with the war coming up, and I'm already planning to go to the battlefield!"

Bai Yunyou quickly shook his head and said, "Orochimaru is too crazy. I don't know why he is so interested in researching forbidden techniques. He has been researching them since he was thirty years old, and he has never given up or rested much."

After discussion, Orochimaru agreed that after Hakuun Yosuke returned from the battlefield, he should come to him for at least four days a month and one day a week.

"I've come here to ask you for help, Orochimaru. Can you lend me a few men?"

Orochimaru glanced at Yosuke Shirakumo after hearing this, then sat down in a chair and asked, "Yosuke-kun, Jiraiya and Sarutobi-sensei have come to my door these past two days, scolding me for talking nonsense about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the Fourth Hokage's son."

"That's strange. I don't even know who the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is, Yosuke-kun. What's going on?"

With a serious expression, Shirokumo Yosuke analyzed, "It seems they want to cause you trouble. This is going too far. Orochimaru, don't worry, I will definitely stand by your side."

Orochimaru glanced at Shirokumo Yosuke. If he hadn't obtained the method for perfectly fusing the cursed seal today, he would definitely have pressed for details. However, he was in a good mood, so he didn't pursue the matter.

"As for subordinates, I can only lend you Kimimaro and the Four. Although they are not very old, they all have cursed seals. A team of five can take on two or three Jonin."

After thinking for a moment, Orochimaru said, "The others have to take care of the base and can't come over in a short time. Besides, my most capable assistant is only Kabuto Yakushi, but I can't lend him to Yosuke."

Not only is his strength comparable to that of the elite Jonin, but he is also proficient in medical ninjutsu, which is extremely useful in his experiments; except for his occasional obsessive-compulsive disorder that makes Orochimaru very uncomfortable, he is otherwise on par with Kabuto.

Why be so stingy?

Shirokumo Yosuke felt a pang of regret, but being able to borrow Kimimaro and the Four was enough. He could borrow their tailed beast chakra, along with their cursed seals and their expertise in barrier techniques, which might have an unexpected effect on the battlefield.

The combination of tailed beast chakra and the Four Purple Flame Formation might be able to bind a Kage-level ninja.

Five helpers will do," Shiraku Yosuke readily agreed, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Orochimaru."

Orochimaru spoke again, "I've retrieved that whirlpool from Kusagakure. He certainly has impressive abilities, but unfortunately, the Kusagakure lacked foresight. Yosuke-kun, what do you plan to do?"

"I'm going to the battlefield, and Tsunade-sensei is going to the battlefield too, so I'll stay here with you for now."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Yunyang said, "If we take her to a place that Konoha hasn't arranged for her to go, she might be targeted by Hiruzen Sarutobi. After all, Karin Uzumaki's chakra is also very special, and she might be a natural candidate for Jinchuriki."

Just as the two were talking, Uchiha Sasuke slowly woke up.

Baiyun Youjie cautioned, "Sasuke-kun is awake. Although I recommended Orochimaru to you, you'd better learn ninjutsu from him instead of abusing some banned drugs."

Even without using banned drugs, Orochimaru has ways to make Sasuke Uchiha stronger, but he'll most likely be too lazy to use them and will instead use words to entice Sasuke to use them voluntarily.

Orochimaru is a bizarre and eccentric biological researcher with a twisted sense of humor!

"It doesn't matter, as long as I gain power, I don't care if my body collapses!"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha looked at his fist. He felt that he had become much stronger, with a continuous stream of power surging from his body.

He will become even stronger if he works in conjunction with that cursed seal.

Feeling the power he had just gained, Uchiha Sasuke turned his gaze toward Shirakumo Yosuke, his fighting spirit blazing.

However, Orochimaru said, "Forget it, Sasuke-kun. I can't say I can definitely capture Hakukumo Yosuke. Although you've become stronger, you're still only at the level of someone who just graduated from the Ninja Academy. Let's put those ideas aside for now."

What? It's that strong?

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Sasuke was startled and looked at Shirokumo Yosuke in disbelief. He had always thought that Shirokumo Yosuke was strong, but only slightly stronger than him. Now that he had become so much stronger, he should be able to reach the level behind Shirokumo Yosuke and have the possibility of surpassing him.

But Orochimaru's words deeply affected him!

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Sasuke. My strength comes from other means, and you shouldn't be targeting me. Think about your purpose and why you want to become stronger."

Hakuun Yosuke waved his hand and said, then turned to Orochimaru and asked, "Orochimaru, is there anything to eat?"

He was a little hungry; he had used up too much energy using his abilities and needed to replenish himself.

"Only eggs."

"Cooked? That's fine too. I'll take thirty."

"Raw."

After resting for a while, Shirokumo Yosuke left Orochimaru's "prison".

He has already borrowed people: Kimimaro and the Four. After activating their cursed seals, they are all good fighters on the battlefield, especially Kimimaro. He hasn't reached his peak strength in three years, but after activating his cursed seal, he can surpass many Jonin.

Not long after leaving Orochimaru, an Anbu member found Shirakumo Yosuke: "General, the Hokage has sent a message requesting that you go to the Hokage's office immediately."

"I see."

After Bai Yunyou finished speaking, the Anbu in front of him disappeared. Ever since he had shown his strength by being assertive in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Anbu had been very polite to him.

Although there were still people watching him, the number of covert surveillance cameras had decreased significantly.

"I was planning to go out for a meal."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Yunyang realized it might be related to the Hidden Cloud Village, so he abandoned his plan to eat and headed towards the Hokage Building.

Before long, when Shiraku Yosuke arrived at the Hokage's office, he found that quite a few people had already gathered inside.

Tsunade glared at Shirokumo Yosuke with her beautiful eyes and said, "Come here quickly, we need to discuss the plan."

It was indeed related to the war!

Hakuun Yosuke came to Tsunade's side. It was perfectly normal for the master and disciple to stand together. After he, the last person to arrive, arrived, Nara Shikaku began to talk about the situation in the ninja world.

Unable to tolerate this any longer, the Cloud Ninja officially declared war on Konoha and dispatched four ninja battalions to the border, ready to cross the Land of Hot Springs and attack Konoha at any time.

Fortunately, Konoha had already set up a ninja brigade on the border, temporarily led by Jonin Hayama Hakukumo, which could hold off the Cloud Ninja army.

However, besides the Cloud Village, the Rock Village was not content with the situation and directly formed an alliance with the Grass Village. Now the two ninja villages are practically inseparable.

I heard that the reason why the Grass Ninja Village immediately chose to side with the Rock Ninja Village was because someone infiltrated their village and stole the Grass Ninja Village's ninjas.

Although there is no clear evidence, the final clues from the Grass Village's investigation point directly to Konoha.

After Nara Shikaku finished recounting this information, Shirakumo Yosuke turned his head with a serious expression and began to study the necklace left behind by the First Hokage. It possessed powerful chakra and could make the surrounding area turn snow-white and round.

Although many people were watching him, Shiraku Yosuke felt no pressure at all.

Why should Orochimaru's actions be attributed to him? It doesn't make sense!

Skipping over all the unimportant information, Shirakumo Yosuke roughly knew what Konoha planned to do next.

In a probing situation, they adopted the tactics of the Third Shinobi World War, opening up multiple battlefields in the form of ninja squads.

This is the best tactic for dealing with ninja villages that possess Jinchuriki. In the worst-case scenario, you must never launch a final battle against the Hidden Cloud Village, and you must not even allow them to discover your base.

Otherwise, if the ninja army were gathered together for a war, the Jinchuriki of the Hidden Cloud Village would be overjoyed, transforming into Tailed Beasts and unleashing Tailed Beast Balls, thus ending the war.

With the tactics, reinforcement numbers, frontline command, and objectives of the war confirmed, the discussions were considered complete.

Hakuun Yosuke will also lead his squad to the front lines, but he has the greatest freedom; having mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, even if Konoha wanted to restrict him, they couldn't.

Hiruzen Sarutobi also discussed with the other two advisors whether to restrict Yosuke Shirakumo's actions, but the conclusion was that it was impossible.

Forcibly binding them with force would be tantamount to breaking ties with Tsunade. Judging from Tsunade's protective stance, even her teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, might not be able to influence her.

But if you don't use a sneak attack and force to subdue and restrict them, who can restrain the user of the Flying Thunder God Technique?

I can't control it!

Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered that they had very little control over Yosuke Shirakumo from the beginning, especially when Tsunade was protecting him.

They will be deployed the day after tomorrow. This time, many Chunin and Jonin will form wartime teams to go to the front lines together. Tsunade and the medical team will also be among them.

The addition of medical experts to the battlefield has given Konoha a significant boost in confidence; serious injuries have been reduced to minor ones, and minor injuries to no injuries at all – this is the change that a powerful medical team brings to the battlefield.

After the discussion, everyone dispersed to prepare. Tsunade greeted Hakuyun Yosuke and then went to Konoha Hospital to gather a medical team.

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"Phew, I'm full!"

Shirokumo Yosuke placed the empty bowl aside and slowly exhaled; after eating twenty bowls of ramen, he finally relieved the hunger in his stomach.

Today, I used my abilities to help Orochimaru calculate the perfect fusion method for the cursed seal, which consumed a lot of energy. Fortunately, I used the tailed beast's chakra, so I'm just hungry and weak.

Before, he probably wouldn't have been interested in anything, and would have only acted on instinct.

"War is imminent, ninja tools and manpower are all prepared, and tonight I can hand over the ninja game I designed to Kazuma. Next thing to do... say goodbye to Ino?"

After thinking for a while, Shirokumo Yosuke realized that he had prepared everything he needed to, and there was nothing he had forgotten, except that he hadn't seen Ino for two days.

In the afternoon, the ninja school let out.

As soon as Yamanaka Ino stepped out of the school, she saw Shirakumo Yosuke in the distance and her face lit up with joy as she tried to run over to him.

But Ino suddenly realized that this was too unreserved, so she puffed out her cheeks and pretended not to see Shiraku Yosuke, and walked forward with her head down. She had been to that forest for the past two days, but had not found anyone once. She had eaten all the desserts she made!

"Ino, you're angry again, but you're not scary at all when you're angry. On the contrary, you're quite cute."

When Shiraku Yosuke realized that Ino was pretending to be angry, he simply reached out and poked her cheek.

"Idiot~ You idiot, even if you praise me, it won't work. It doesn't count for lying to me about making desserts!"

When Yamanaka Ino heard the praise, she said somewhat flusteredly, but her face, which she turned away from, couldn't hide her joy and blush.

After suppressing her smile, Yamanaka Ino turned her head and gave a soft hum, then casually asked, "If you're busy lately, just let me know in advance, so I don't make desserts and no one eats them, hmph~"

Bai Yunyangjie said, "I may have to leave the village for a while, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back anytime soon."

"Where to?"

Upon hearing this, Yamanaka Ino narrowed her eyes and looked at Shirakumo Yosuke. Anxious, she stopped and stood in front of him, asking, "Why are you leaving the village?"

Shirokumo Yosuke said in a relaxed tone, "I am the general of the Daimyo Prefecture. I have some missions to take care of recently, so I will be away for a while. But before I leave, I wanted to tell Ino about this, so I came to find you!"

"How could your mission be dangerous?"

Yamanaka Ino asked somewhat unwillingly. She also remembered Shirokumo Yosuke's identity. She had asked her mother about it last time. She never expected that Shirokumo Yosuke was really a general of Daimyo Prefecture.

"It's easy. Who would ask the general to risk his life? It's just that I won't be able to see Ino for a while, so I came to let you know."

Shirokumo Yosuke offered a casual reassurance to Yamanaka Ino, noting that he wasn't like Namikaze Minato, who would definitely use Flying Thunder God Technique to escape when faced with insurmountable danger.

Afterwards, while talking about other things, Shirakumo Yosuke escorted Yamanaka Ino home.

The war was also an opportunity for Shirakumo Yosuke. He wanted to gather more intelligence in the war and figure out how he would deal with other ninja villages in the future.

The first battle to make a name for myself is against the Cloud Ninja. I need to find an opportunity to crush them, and it would be even better if I could crush them to death.

After seeing Yamanaka Ino off, Shirakumo Yosuke suddenly noticed that this place seemed to be not far from Kurenai Yuhi's house, so he decided to go and visit her to let her know.

I didn't go to my illusion magic class this morning, and I haven't been notified yet. I probably won't be going for a while either, so I should at least let Kurenai know.

It's a bit of a pity that the opportunity to learn from such a gentle and intellectual mature woman every day was interrupted by a sudden war. In this respect, the Cloud Ninja had a way to bring about their own demise.

dong dong!

After knocking, a gentle voice answered from inside: "Just a moment, I'll be right there."

Soon, Kurenai opened the door and saw Yosuke Shirakumo. A smile appeared on her pretty face as she said, "Yosuke-kun, I thought you weren't coming today."

"Sorry, Senior Hong, something came up this morning and I didn't have time to pass on your message."

After being ushered into the house, Shirokumo Yosuke sat down at the round tatami table and continued, "The war is about to begin, and I will be going to the battlefield, so I may not have time to learn illusion magic from you anymore."

"Yosuke-kun, are you going to the battlefield too? But you didn't graduate from the ninja academy."

Kurenai asked in surprise. Although she knew that Shirakumo Yosuke was a general of the Daimyo Prefecture, she vaguely remembered that when she first met Shirakumo Yosuke, he had just entered the academy.

Besides, Konoha doesn't need to send such a young boy to the battlefield now. She herself didn't actually participate in the war until several years after graduating from the Ninja Academy.

"I'm not going to the Ninja Academy anymore, Kurenai-senpai, and I have some special abilities that are enough to protect myself on the battlefield. But Kurenai-senpai, you just said 'also,' does that mean you're going to the front lines too?"

Bai Yunyang asked thoughtfully in return.

Kurenai Yuhi said with a helpless expression, "Yes, we've received the notification. I didn't expect that after only a few years of peace, there would be war again."

"When war breaks out, many people will inevitably lose their lives, even the village's Kage are no exception. Although Senior Red's illusions are powerful, it is also very dangerous if you are not careful and get surrounded by the enemy."

As he spoke, Yosuke Shirakumo took a Flying Thunder God kunai from his ninja tool bag, placed it on the table, and handed it to Kurenai Yuhi.

"This is a kunai I made specially for you, Kurenai-senpai. If you encounter any danger, just channel your chakra into the incantation on the kunai."

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