Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

Chapter 248 Mabui's Fear

"If we can grasp the principles of the process, then as one of the ninja beings, the quality of my prayers might be equivalent to that of a group of people."

So, does that mean I'll be able to use this kind of prayer and blessing to make anyone I glare at get pregnant? And even have a fetus that can steal the mother's essence?

Think about it, if you encounter a few beings who don't understand power systems like faith and blessings but have ridiculously high combat power, wouldn't it be possible to weaken their combat power in this way?

This is similar to a fantasy version of the "Blessing Decree" based on having children; the more children someone has, the weaker the person being blessed becomes.

After all, the Hagoromo and Hamura brothers took a huge amount of Kaguya's chakra from conception to birth, which was definitely not a small amount.

Later, Kaguya went berserk for some unknown reason. After losing her humanity, she instinctively wanted to reclaim the chakra, forcing the Six Paths Brothers to completely rebel and seal their berserk mother in order to protect themselves.

This also shows that if Kaguya Otsutsuki hadn't suppressed her instincts with her compassion, the Hagoromo and Hamura brothers might have died long ago.

As he spoke, Hiruko gestured with his hands, as if he were describing a grand blueprint.

"No, no, no! I am not ready to be a mother yet, please allow me to refuse."

Mabui crossed her arms over her massive chest and shook her head frantically. Even the usually calm and collected Raikage could no longer remain composed, his eyes filled with terror and resistance.

"Really?" Hiruko's lips curled up slightly, revealing a mischievous smile.

“I remember you’re already twenty-nine years old, Mabuyi. Don’t you really want a lively and lovely child? A child’s innocent smile can heal all the troubles in the world.”

"I'm only twenty-eight years old!"

Mabuyi emphasized that when it comes to age, most women have a strange obsession with it, and even a difference of only one or two years is extremely important to them in her view.

"And absolutely no children, especially those who are pregnant out of wedlock!"

Mabui shook her head violently, looking quite frightened, her eyes filled with panic. "Who knows if you're serious? Judging from your previous provocations of Orochimaru, you're not a decent person. I don't want to become your guinea pig."

Upon hearing this, Hiruko couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Just kidding, pregnancy makes you stupid for three years. I still need you to work for me, how could I let you get pregnant?"

You're my most capable assistant; I can't do without you.

He said it with a smile, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"Really, please don't scare people like that!" Mabuyi patted her chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and scolded playfully, the blush on her face not yet completely gone.

"Relax, Mabuyi. I've only just gotten a little bit of a clue, but the specific principles still need deeper research."

Even if I wanted to get you pregnant simply by wishing you well, I couldn't do it now.

At most, I can only influence your mind now, and then use secret techniques to make you give birth to a monster similar to a demon, existing between illusion and reality, in a state of madness and darkness.

"Distance can be transformed from the abstract to the concrete through prayer and blessings. The idea of ​​directly creating offspring without regard to distance or other limitations still requires gradual exploration," Hiruko said, his smile fading, his expression turning serious.

Hiruko gently patted Mabui's trembling shoulder, trying to comfort her in a gentle tone: "Don't worry, everything will be alright."

However, these words did not have the effect of calming people down; instead, they made Mabuyi even more panicked.

Her already somewhat dark skin instantly turned deathly pale, as if all the blood had been drained from her.

A terrifying monster is born from the human heart. What kind of evil beings are her new boss and future employer?

Did she make a wrong decision? Will the ninjas of Kumogakure become the devil's minions in the future?

Countless terrifying thoughts flashed through Mabuyi's mind, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

Meanwhile, Konoha Hospital was bustling with noise.

Naruto was dragged here by a group of people. Upon learning that he was going to have Sasuke's eyes transplanted into him, he immediately jumped up and shouted, "Huh? Transplant Sasuke's eyes? No way! Why do I have to have Sasuke's eyes transplanted?!"

He was so anxious that he stomped his feet. Although he felt he had no right to pull Sasuke back to Konoha, as his opponent, he still wanted to surpass and defeat Sasuke with his own strength.

Naruto still considered Sasuke his most important friend and rival from the bottom of his heart, so the sudden decision to transplant Sasuke's eyes was really hard for him to accept.

"Because Konoha isn't strong enough, because we're too weak."

Shikamaru took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and started smoking. He looked somewhat exhausted. "I'm so weak that I can only hope that you, Naruto, will receive a gift from the Sage of Six Paths like in the manga, and then defeat Uchiha Sasuke in one fell swoop."

You must know about the destruction of the Land of Lightning, Naruto? Sasuke has the power to destroy a country without taking any damage.

Naruto frowned and whispered, "But if I transplant Sasuke's eyes, even if I defeat Sasuke in the end, it will still be..." His heart was filled with resentment and struggle.

"Sasuke Uchiha also had Hashirama cells transplanted, just like Madara Uchiha, seemingly wanting to awaken the power of the Rinnegan."

Shikamaru took a drag of his cigarette, exhaling a smoke ring, and continued his persuasive work on Naruto, recalling the information he had received from the Fourth Hokage. "You don't need to feel any pressure at all."

"However, even if I transplant these eyes that have lost their pupil power, it's impossible for me to awaken the Rinnegan in a short time."

Naruto frowned and muttered to himself, his mind filled with doubt, "That Madara guy only evolved the Rinnegan when he died."

"But how is this any different from cheating?" Naruto was still hesitant, his brows furrowed, and his hands unconsciously clenched the hem of his clothes.

He was very conflicted. If it were someone else, Naruto wouldn't be so hesitant, but Sasuke was different.

In his heart, Sasuke is a unique being, and he longs to defeat Sasuke fairly and squarely through his own strength, rather than by relying on external forces.

"Huh? Naruto, are you out of your mind? Isn't it cheating when you ask me for chakra all the time?"

Nine-Lama gave me a look that said, "Are you kidding me?" He curled his lip in disdain, his huge mouth opening wide to reveal sharp teeth.

Naruto must have selective amnesia, forgetting all those times he yelled at me for chakra during the Chunin Exams and before that. Jinchuriki are practically cheaters, aren't they?

Naruto's face suddenly turned red, like a ripe apple, and then he stubbornly argued, "This is different!"

Just like the examiner said during the Chunin Exams, Kiba could bring Akamaru into the arena, and Shino could control insects; these are essentially ninja tools, so it can't be considered cheating. Therefore, my borrowing power from Kurama shouldn't be considered cheating either!

Can the act of becoming a Jinchūriki be called cheating?

Having experienced the powerful and exhilarating feeling of the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto had no intention of giving up this huge advantage.

The Nine-Tails looked at Naruto with astonishment, having watched him grow up over the past ten years.

Knowing full well that this kid, having suffered from discrimination and various complex environmental factors for a long time, had a kind of reckless and shameless streak deep down.

However, after growing up over the past two years, Kurama rarely saw Naruto being so shameless and rascal-like in his sophistry.

“Since borrowing power from me isn’t considered cheating, then according to your logic, borrowing power from the old man shouldn’t be considered cheating either, since even chakra itself originated from the old man.”

Kurama's eyes darted around, and he began to entice, "Moreover, Uchiha Sasuke had already fused with Hashirama's cells. Maybe the reason he's so strong now is because the old man transferred some of his power to him beforehand."

"How is that possible!" Naruto exclaimed, his eyes wide with disbelief.

"How is that impossible?"

Kurama shook his huge head and continued to coax and deceive, "Think about it, Sasuke Uchiha's Sharingan is still only at the Mangekyou level, but its power is so much stronger than the power shown by his Eternal Eye in the manga."

The manga mentions that the old man intends to distribute the power equally between you and Sasuke. Could it be because you haven't seen the old man yet?

So he can only lend Sasuke a portion of his power temporarily, and then distribute it equally after you meet him?

"Let me think about it some more." Naruto bit his lip, struggling internally, his eyes revealing obvious wavering.

At this moment, the situation in the outside world was as critical as a raging tide—the demons broke free of their seal, and the countless rock terracotta warriors seemed to have gathered into an undead army as vast as the ocean, beginning to rampage and ravage the world.

Many small countries were powerless to resist this terrifying force, and their people fled their homes, embarking on a journey of escape and becoming displaced.

Some clever and resourceful people flocked to the Eternal Empire, simply because there was also an army of immortals there. In everyone's eyes, only the power of immortality could fight against this threat of immortality.

Many refugees also chose to flee to the Land of Rain, even though it was a terrifying kingdom with a strict hierarchy and extremely strict laws, ruled by an autocracy.

But the mechanical puppets that were once feared now brought these exiles an unparalleled sense of security.

Some of the remaining refugees fled to the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, hoping to find refuge.

In the Land of Wind, Gaara, the Kazekage of Sunagakure, took advantage of the terrain to create a man-made quicksand hell, burying and sealing a large number of terracotta warriors, thus allowing Sunagakure to temporarily find peace.

In the Land of Fire, Minato Namikaze, the former Hokage of Konoha Village, roamed the border battlefield as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Whenever a terracotta warrior approached, he would unleash a Tailed Beast Ball without hesitation. However, what was extremely annoying was that the terracotta warrior would quickly reassemble and revive after being broken.

However, the three highly skilled sealing ninjas from Konoha Village—Mito Uzumaki, Kushina Uzumaki, and Minato Namikaze—worked together and quickly developed a barrier that could be released by a group of ninjas, effectively trapping the immortal terracotta warriors within it.

Next, they modified the Inner Four Symbols Sealing Technique, creating black cube-shaped substances that continuously sealed and devoured the undead army within the barrier. Overall, the battle situation in Konoha Village remained relatively stable.

As for the Land of Water, due to its isolated location overseas, the war on land has not yet reached them. However, it is said that Sasuke will be setting sail to conquer the Land of Water in a while.

The Land of Earth became the most unfortunate and tragic entity, facing both the undead army of the demons and the puppet army of the Land of Rain.

The entire country has been plunged into the quagmire of war, with most of its territory turned into a chaotic battlefield, experiencing the same suffering that the people of the Rain Kingdom once endured.

However, if it weren't for the sudden disruption caused by the demons, which interrupted Pain's process of unifying the Land of Earth, the Land of Earth might have already fallen completely.

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Within the land of swamps lies a deep and mysterious place.

Hiruko, Sasuke, Orochimaru, Shion, and the others were walking leisurely toward the volcano shrine where the body of the demon was sealed.

According to their speculation, the demon was waiting there for Ziyuan to come and seal it, so that Ziyuan could take the opportunity to break the seal on the ancestral hall first.

Unexpectedly, as the group wandered through the jungle and rocky peaks, they bumped into several acquaintances.

"Itachi, it's been a long time." As soon as Orochimaru saw Itachi Uchiha, his eyes lit up instantly, like strange stars twinkling in the night sky, with a greedy light dancing wildly in his eye sockets.

He couldn't help but stick out his long, sticky tongue and lick it back and forth at the corners of his mouth, as if the person standing in front of him was not a person, but a ripe apple that exuded an enticing sweet fragrance, and he wished he could rush up and swallow it whole.

Orochimaru's near-manic obsession with the Sharingan stems from the mysterious charm of this man—Uchiha Itachi.

Itachi's unique aura, cold and profound, like a sharp blade lurking in the abyss, is so damn sweet that once you fall for him, you can't help but want to possess him completely.

Unfortunately, Orochimaru, who had read the manga, knew that he was utterly miserable in this battle against Itachi. Even though he had leveled up several times under Hiruko and his strength had improved, he still might not be able to defeat Uchiha Itachi.

Itachi's control over him was too severe, like a cat naturally controlling a mouse, like natural enemies, making him feel apprehensive every time he faced Itachi.

"I never expected to see you here. As expected of Itachi, who has a heart for peace and has had the mindset of a Hokage since childhood."

Upon seeing Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but start mocking him. His sarcastic tone was like a sharp thorn piercing straight at Itachi.

He slightly raised his chin, his eyes filled with disdain and provocation.

Itachi Uchiha was taken aback at first, but his calm face remained unmoved. He paid no attention to his brother's malicious mockery, nor did he acknowledge Orochimaru, who was like a cunning snake beside Sasuke.

Chapter 249 Slaying Odosang

He was more concerned about Sasuke's purpose in coming here, so he asked softly, "Sasuke, are you also here to seal away the demon?"

The entire ninja world became even more chaotic due to the emergence of the demon, with war raging and countless lives lost. Itachi Uchiha felt it was necessary to do something more for this world before he died, even if it was just a small contribution.

Considering that the demonic spirits of the form, before obtaining a physical body, are more like the strange spirits of Orochimaru's original form, the White Phosphorus Serpent, they are elusive and extremely dangerous.

Therefore, Itachi had already made a plan in mind, deciding to find a way to force the demon out of Yomi's body, and then seal it completely in the illusion world with the Totsuka Blade, so as to completely eliminate a scourge for the world before he died.