From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

The Third Raikage, who had mastered the Lightning Release chakra mode, was undoubtedly the best candidate in his mind.

"The Third Raikage is buried at..."

Mabui knew the burial place of the Third Raikage. The Third Raikage once fought against ten thousand ninjas single-handedly for three days and three nights before finally dying from exhaustion.

After the death of the Third Raikage, the Fourth Raikage succeeded him, and Mabui also rose to become a high-ranking member of the Cloud Village.

Later, after the Third Shinobi World War, Kumogakure paid a heavy price to retrieve the body of the Third Raikage from Iwagakure. Mabui, who was then a high-ranking official, personally accompanied the Fourth Raikage to bury the Third Raikage.

Don't fight! Don't fight!

I'm here to steal things, to dig up graves and exhume corpses!

We're not here to kill or set fires.

After listening silently to Mabui's story, Sasuke gave himself a word of advice and then nodded.

He left the room directly and headed towards the location Mabui had mentioned, while Mabui naturally lay down on the bed after he left.

Sasuke wasn't worried that Mabui would realize anything was wrong when she woke up.

After all, he inherited Orochimaru's memories, which Orochimaru was able to make even the Eight-Tails lose its memories of him.

Not to mention, Sasuke now has all the methods Orochimaru had, and even some that Orochimaru didn't.

Of course, more importantly, Sasuke really didn't want to fight or kill anyone.

He had considered this from the very beginning.

And so, on this dark and stormy night, the bodies of Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and the Third Raikage of Kumogakure vanished without a trace.

Chapter 241 The Bloodline Characteristics of the Feathered Robe Clan

Hidden Clouds, Raikage Building.

"boom!"

The Fourth Raikage slammed his fist heavily onto the wooden table in front of him. With a loud bang, the table shattered into pieces and was completely destroyed.

"You mean there are corpses in the cemetery that have been stolen?"

The Fourth Raikage angrily shouted at his subordinate.

The ANBU ninja wiped the cold sweat from his forehead without batting an eye and said in a deep voice, "Yes, Fourth Hokage. Tonight, our colleagues patrolling the cemetery discovered signs of excavation. When we opened the grave, we found that the body inside had disappeared."

"Damn it! Who is it!?"

The Fourth Raikage was furious. Others might not know which grave contained whom, but did he not?

It was those two heinous criminals, Golden Horn and Silver Horn!

Thinking of this, the Fourth Raikage was furious again. He raised his hand high to strike again, but seeing that the table in front of him had already been shattered, he could only awkwardly withdraw his hand.

"Tell me, who do you think it is?"

The Fourth Raikage's face turned red as he asked impatiently.

After a moment of contemplation, the ANBU ninja said in a deep voice, "Fourth Hokage, there is too little information, and I don't know either."

The Fourth Raikage roared, "You don't know? You don't know? Others have infiltrated the village, and you didn't know? Even if someone killed me that day, you still wouldn't know?"

"Your Excellency, please calm your anger. It was my dereliction of duty. Please punish me!"

The ANBU ninja immediately knelt down.

"Humph!"

The Fourth Raikage let out a heavy snort, then seemed to remember something, his expression suddenly froze, his eyes narrowed sharply, and the veins on his hands bulged.

"Call Mabuyi over here!"

After leaving those words, a thunderous boom resounded, and the Fourth Raikage transformed into a humanoid bolt of lightning, smashing through the office wall and speeding off in a certain direction from Kumogakure.

It was as fast as lightning!

boom!

The Fourth Raikage was very fast, and in no time he arrived at the place where the Third Raikage had been buried.

After remaining silent for a while upon seeing the still flat land before him, he finally decided to open it and inspect it himself.

Upon seeing that the coffin inside was empty, his expression froze slightly for a moment, then instantly darkened, and a sharp, chilling killing intent emanated from his entire body. Soon after, thunderous electric snakes began to emerge and spread and roam everywhere.

"Lord Fourth Generation, you wanted to see me?"

Soon after, Mabui, who had been sleeping, arrived. Just as she was about to ask a question, she was speechless when she saw the empty tomb of the Third Raikage.

"Mabuyi, who do you think it is?"

Upon seeing his advisor arrive, the Fourth Raikage took a deep breath, managing to calm himself down slightly before asking his question.

After a moment of contemplation, Mabui said in a deep voice, "Fourth Hokage, I think the person who did this is very likely Orochimaru."

Mabuyi's face was grave, but his tone was extremely natural, showing no trace of having been under a hypnotic illusion.

Orochimaru?

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Raikage's expression faltered slightly, then he said impatiently, "Tell me your reasons!"

"Ok!"

Mabui nodded and explained, "I believe it's Orochimaru for two reasons. First, in all the years since the village was founded, he's the only one who has ever sneaked into the village without anyone noticing. Although there's no clear evidence that Lord Burubi's Eight-Tails rampage was related to Orochimaru, our intelligence agents' infiltration of Konoha revealed that Orochimaru disappeared from the Konoha Allied Forces for a period of time during the Eight-Tails rampage, and it's very likely that he infiltrated the village during that period."

"Secondly, a few months ago, when Orochimaru attacked Konoha during the middle school entrance exam, he fought against his teacher, the Third Hokage, and summoned the deceased First and Second Hokage. This was witnessed by our spies at the time. Although we don't know the name of Orochimaru's forbidden technique that can summon the dead, it is certain that Orochimaru has the ability to summon the dead."

"Orochimaru's forbidden technique likely requires the corpse of the dead as a medium to summon the dead. If there is anyone in the entire ninja world who has the most motive to steal the corpses of the Third Hokage and the Gold and Silver Brothers, then it is Orochimaru."

At this point, Mabui paused for two seconds before continuing, "During the attack on Konoha, the First and Second Hokage summoned by Orochimaru were sealed by the Third Hokage. As a result, Orochimaru's fighting strength is likely to have suffered a heavy loss, which is why he has now set his sights on our Kumogakure. Powerful ninja heroes like the Third Raikage, as well as the Gold and Silver Brothers, who were once known as sinners whose strength surpassed that of the Five Kage, are undoubtedly the best candidates to replenish his fighting strength after losing the First and Second Hokage."

"In conclusion, I believe the person who did this is Orochimaru!"

Orochimaru!

The Fourth Raikage pronounced the name word by word, as if each syllable was about to transform into lightning and tear the man to shreds.

As someone who was able to become the Raikage, although the Fourth Raikage had a rather volatile temper, he was not a fool. On the contrary, he inherited a lot of his father's rough but meticulous nature.

He just rarely shows it, as he usually resolves things with his fists.

Even without listening to Mabui's analysis, the Fourth Raikage would have pointed the finger at Orochimaru as the prime suspect.

Mabui's analysis only solidified his suspicions about Orochimaru!

"Tell the villagers to find out where this old viper is!"

At this point, the Fourth Raikage paused, then added, "When necessary, we can share information with the people of Konoha, but Orochimaru's life must be dealt with by me personally!"

"Yes!"

Mabuyi's expression hardened, and she quickly agreed.

Outside the Hidden Cloud Village, deafening thunder echoed through the endless valleys.

The culprit who stole the corpses of Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and the Third Raikage is standing on the original Flying Thunder God coordinates, gazing at the brightly lit village in the distance.

At this moment, Sasuke was naturally unaware that the people of Kumogakure had actually focused their suspicions on Orochimaru.

Even if Sasuke found out, he wouldn't care. After all, Orochimaru had already taken the blame for countless times, so one or two more wouldn't make a difference.

The trip seemed to have gone too smoothly, leaving Sasuke feeling inexplicably uneasy.

Although Sasuke had warned himself before coming here not to fight or kill, he felt for some reason that something was missing.

Perhaps we should just miss one major battle?

Sasuke chuckled to himself. Since he had achieved his goal, he had no intention of provoking them any further.

After all, it's unreasonable to steal someone else's father's corpse and then beat him up.

"Excuse me, farewell!"

Sasuke chuckled, and the next moment he transformed into a black rainbow that streaked across the sky, hurtling towards his Otogakure base.

................

A week later, on Ghost Island, at the same base, in the same laboratory.

However, Sasuke was doing something different.

He was studying the cells of the golden and silver horns.

For decades, the Hidden Cloud Village had been studying the bodies of the Gold and Silver Brothers without success. Before their deaths, the Second Raikage mobilized the entire village to have a large number of volunteers eat the Eight-Tails' octopus tentacles. However, as many volunteers died in the experiment, the Second Raikage had to stop and seal all related records as a dark history.

After the death of the Gold and Silver Brothers, the Third Raikage did not restart the experiment of absorbing the tailed beasts' chakra, but he continued to study the Gold and Silver Brothers' cells.

However, as I said before, nothing has been researched yet.

But Sasuke is different. To some extent, he is standing from God's perspective. Moreover, among the scientific research talents of the ninja world, Orochimaru has eight parts, Kabuto has one part, and the rest share one part.

Having inherited Orochimaru's memories and experience, he can be considered a scientific research talent with eight-fold scientific research abilities.

"As expected, the Hagoromo clan are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths."

Sasuke is an experimental fanatic. Upon obtaining the corpses of Kinkaku and Ginkaku and returning to the base, he immediately used a special method to activate the cells from their bodies and extract their cells.

Cell activation went smoothly, cell extraction went smoothly, and you could even say that everything in the research went very smoothly.

Through a week of research, Sasuke discovered that Kinkaku and Ginkaku were indeed descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, and from the Hagoromo clan, which was only mentioned briefly in the original work.

"It is neither the Yang lineage nor the Yin lineage, or rather, it is both the Yin and Yang lineages. The Feathered Robe Clan is related to both."

Sasuke's expression was solemn, his eyes flashing.

The reason why the Feathered Robe Clan is said to possess both Yin and Yang bloodlines is because their bloodline has characteristics of both immortal bodies and immortal eyes.

Of course, to be more precise, they inherited the chakra of the Ten-Tails from the Divine Tree!

Just as the Hyuga clan inherited Hamura's Sage Eyes, the Kaguya clan inherited Hamura's Sage Body, and the Otsutsuki clan on the moon inherited Hamura's chakra.

The Hagoromo clan is similar to the Otsutsuki clan on the moon within the lineage of the Sage of Six Paths.

Since it is chakra, it must be a fusion of physical and spiritual energy, so the Hagoromo clan possesses some characteristics of both the Yang and Yin lineages.

They are born with an astonishing amount of chakra, and their chakra also possesses certain unique properties!

The ability of the Ten-Tails from the Divine Tree to devour all chakra!