Konoha: I have a gravity training room

"You're finally here. I thought you forgot." Tsunade's face was tired.

"Lady Tsunade, you don't look well. Are you hungover again?" Xia Mu asked casually with concern, but saw Shizune and Tuntun beside him shaking their heads.

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Not hungover? But you look really bad!

Tsunade waved her hand: "It's just some old guy causing trouble for me, you don't have to worry about it. Since you are here, I will give you an S-level mission, which is related to the Akatsuki organization."

Xia Mu took the scroll handed to him by Tsunade, opened it and was stunned again.

The scroll said that people dressed in black with red clouds were discovered in the Sand Country. They were suspected to be members of the Akatsuki organization. One of them was a man with blond hair and a ponytail, and the other looked like a hunchbacked old man.

"Blonde hair with a ponytail? It's either Ino or Deidara! This duo must be Deidara and Scorpion!"

Xia Mu looked at Tsunade calmly: "Is this also a follow-up investigation?"

Tsunade nodded, "Yes. It would be best to find out the identities and abilities of these two, just like before. However, I don't think they are immortal. So we only need the information, not send a team to eliminate them like before."

No, Scorpion of the Red Sand is actually immortal, but the damage he causes is not as great as Kakuzu and Hidan.

Xia Mu agreed and then disappeared in a flash.

He was afraid that if he didn't leave, he would burst out laughing, because this was simply an easy question!

He only needed to find the whereabouts of Deidara and Sasori, follow them for a day or two, and then organize the information about the two according to the original work, and then come back to complete the task.

Then, after completing three S-level missions, he can go to see the Thousand Hands Collection.

Chapter 186 Danzo's Madness

After Xia Mu left, Tsunade couldn't help rubbing her eyebrows again.

Shizune said worriedly, "Tsunade-sama, Elder Danzo is being too reckless. Should we unite with Elder Yan and Elder Xiaochun to suppress him?"

Tsunade couldn't help but roll her eyes. "They're three of a team, how can we suppress them? I never imagined that under my personal supervision, Danzo would actually dare to covet Kakuzu's body and secretly send people to dig up Hidan's body. That old man is crazy!"

She remained silent, not knowing what to say.

Naturally, Shizune had no good feelings towards Danzo.

It would be fine if he didn't help the village, but he kept causing trouble for Lady Tsunade, and this time he went too far.

But there was no way around it. Danzo had been favored during the Sandaime's reign, and even with the Root officially disbanded, Danzo's influence in the village was deeply entrenched. Furthermore, "Five-Five-Three" Mitomono En and Utane Koharu generally shared Danzo's interests, often ignoring Tsunade's opinions and choosing to support Danzo.

This made Tsunade very angry.

Tsunade is different from the Third Hokage. She is a decisive reformer. She wants to change many of the village's decadent conventions and build a new Konoha.

But this would undoubtedly affect the rights and interests of several old guys, so the old guys united to resist.

Tsunade really wanted to beat those old men to death with one punch each. They were so old, but instead of taking good care of themselves, they had to cling to power and benefits, just like vampires.

In fact, it’s a vampire!

Not to mention that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo died later, the two old warriors, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu, lived for a long time.

When Kakashi, Naruto, and Shikamaru successively served as Hokage, the two old masters were still active. Not only did they occupy the positions and the benefits, they also refused to retire and interfered in various ways. It was only because Naruto and the others were not cold-hearted enough that if someone more powerful came to power, he would not only dethrone the old masters, but also make the Mitomon clan and the Utatane clan spit out all the blood they had sucked over the years.

Tsunade took a deep breath and said, "Shizune, you don't need to be here for now. Go to the Intelligence Department and keep watch. If Danzo fails to steal the body once, he will do it again. Please keep a close eye on it for me!"

"Yes! Tsunade-sama!"

Shizune put Tuntun down to accompany Tsunade and hurried out the door.

Meanwhile, the root base.

Hidan's head, which was almost a pile of rotten flesh, was still making a sound: "Hey! You blasphemers! The evil god will not let you go!"

Danzo looked at Hidan like this with a strange light in his eyes.

He is still alive even in this situation, he is worthy of being immortal. Is this evil cult so magical?

Beside them, Yamanaka Kaze and Aburame Tone half-knelt on the ground: "I'm sorry, Master Danzo, it's my fault that I couldn't snatch Kakuzu's body!"

Danzo waved his hand and said, "Tsunade is watching it personally, so it's normal that you can't grab it. However, there is another way. Take your men to the Kingdom of Rivers to investigate the evil cult, and be sure to bring back all the relevant information. In addition, send some people to Takigakure Village to see if there is a copy of the Earth Grudge."

The two immediately accepted the order: "Yes, sir!"

Danzo watched the two leave, his eyes gleaming: "Huruzen is dead, but I will not die! I will find the secret of immortality, even if it means I have to outlive Tsunade, I will become Hokage! And I will live forever and be the Hokage of Konoha forever! Hiruzen, you will never be able to defeat me!"

On the other side, Xia Mu arrived at the Land of Sand on a giant eagle.

He first transformed and disguised himself, then found the location where Deidara and Scorpion appeared in the intelligence. After investigating, he followed the clues.

Fortunately, these two showed up openly and had no intention of hiding anything.

Xia Mu found them easily, and then just stayed far behind them, not getting close at all, let alone making any moves to inquire about them. Instead, he took out a pen and paper and began to draw portraits of the two people, and selectively recorded their basic information.

For example, Deidara, a rebel ninja from the Hidden Rock Village, is good at clay bombs and can also use clay to make flying objects to carry out air raids. Clay bombs are restrained by lightning release, etc.

Scorpion of the Red Sand, a rebel ninja from the Sand Village, grandson of Chiyo, has the appearance of a puppet and is skilled in puppetry.

There is no need to write so much about Scorpion. Tsunade and Chiyo are old rivals and are very familiar with each other. She is also very good at dealing with puppets. It is not too easy for her to kill a puppet with one punch. If she is coated with poison, it is also simple. Isn't it just a matter of detoxification? Tsunade is the strongest medical ninja in the ninja world!

After getting this information, Xia Mu is basically fine...

You can just follow him casually during the day, or simply go into the gravity training room to practice, and you don’t have to worry about losing him.

The purpose of this time is to investigate. It doesn't matter even if we lose him. The information is already in our hands. We can still complete the mission by going back. Instead of wasting time tracking him, we might as well take the opportunity to practice more.

At this moment, in the gravity training room, Xia Mu released ninjutsu under fifteen times the gravity.

He recalled Kakuzu's hand seals and imitated them. The next second, he opened his mouth and spit out several huge lightning spears: "Lightning Release: Pseudo-Darkness!"

boom! boom! boom!

The lightning spear tore the distant mountains into pieces.

As for the Earth Style: Earth Spear and Water Style: Water Curtain Tent, they were actually just the Hardening Technique and Water Cannon Technique. Xia Mu had already learned them, but he still tried to learn them and found that Kakuzu's moves were obviously more advanced. Not only was the Hardening Technique extremely strong, but the power of the Water Cannon was also more terrifying.

No wonder Kakuzu basically only uses these few moves. It’s not that he doesn’t know other moves, but these moves are the strongest.

Many times, Kakuzu only needs these few moves to defeat the enemy. If that doesn't work, he will use a combination of ninjutsu to basically sweep away all enemies.

"Unfortunately, I don't have the fire and wind attributes. Although I can practice, it is not compatible after all, and it is more difficult to practice."

Xia Mu said so, but he still learned the Fire Style: Head-Ku and Wind Style: Suppression Hand Seals, and also performed them. However, compared to the power released by Kakuzu, it was like an ant compared to an elephant.

Fortunately, Xia Mu didn't force it and just treated it as a pastime.

Moreover, Kakuzu's ninjutsu could be used to exchange with others in the future, or taught to younger generations.

In this way, Xia Mu practiced outside for a month.

He was not in a hurry to go back. If he went back too early, he might be assigned other tasks. Moreover, the later he went back, the more difficult the task would seem, and the benefits he might get would be greater.

Of course, he still regularly sent notes to Tsunade's office, occasionally attaching a few sentences of incomplete information.

This proves that we are indeed investigating, but it will take time.

Fortunately, Tsunade didn't rush him. After all, Natsuki's current performance was normal for an investigation mission. His previous performance was too outrageous and unbelievable.

Chapter 187: The Collection of Books of the Senju Clan (Please give a good review)

It was the first of the month again, and Xia Mu completed his mastery of Sage Mode and his battles in Sage Mode in the special laboratory.

However, Xia Mu can quickly activate the Sage Mode in an environment with rich natural energy, but under normal conditions, it takes more than a minute to activate, and the duration is about the same as Jiraiya, only four or five minutes.

The pre-swing is too long and the duration is too short, which makes it feel a bit useless.

It can only be used as a killer weapon.

"However, as you continue to practice, the activation time should be shortened. One day, you may even be able to activate it in seconds like Hashirama Senju. In addition, the duration should also be able to be trained. I will practice for a few years continuously. I don't believe that I can master it before the Ninja World War. You know, Sage Mode can cause irreversible damage to the Ten-Tails and Six Paths!"

Xia Mu secretly included the practice of Sage Mode into his daily practice plan. As long as he persevered every day, he would surely make progress.

It was almost time. After Xia Mu once again confirmed the approximate location of Deidara and Sasori, he used Flying Thunder God to return home. After preparing three days of food and water, he went straight to the Hokage's office.

Tsunade saw Xia Mu and said happily, "You're back. It seems that the investigation went well."

Xia Mu nodded. "This time it's more troublesome. Perhaps because of the deaths of Kakuzu and Hidan, the other party is very cautious. However, the guy with the blond ponytail is the apprentice of Tsuchikage Ōnoki. Based on this clue, we can investigate. And Deidara often calls his teammates "Scorpion Master", so I boldly guess that it is Scorpion of the Red Sand..."

As he spoke, he handed the information scroll to Tsunade.

Tsunade flipped through it and nodded, obviously very satisfied with the information.

"Well, you completed this mission very well. With that, you have completed your three S-rank missions. When do you plan to check out the collection?"

"Now!" Xia Mu couldn't wait any longer.

"Now? Well, I'm not busy right now, so I'll take you there."

Tsunade had no intention of delaying and immediately dropped her work and took Natsuki to the Senju clan's territory. Even though the Senju clan was almost deserted, no one dared to take the clan's territory. However, because of the lack of people, the clan's territory looked a bit dilapidated and old, and thinking of the Senju clan's former glory, it was inevitable that people would sigh.

Not long after, Tsunade brought Xia Mu to a secret room and opened it with a special seal. Suddenly, a dull smell rushed to his face.

Tsunade pointed to the room and said, "Almost all the books are in there. You only have three days, so read whatever you want. Oh, and be careful when you look through them, don't damage them. I'll come pick you up in three days."

After saying that, he pushed Xia Mu inside and closed and sealed the door again.

Xia Mu waved his hands to clear the air, but the stale smell still rushed into his brain. He had no choice but to endure it.

It was pitch black all around and I could hardly see anything.

"This old woman is really something. She just locked me in there. There's not even a light in there. How can I see? Besides, how am I supposed to eat, drink, defecate, or urinate?"

Luckily, he had his lighting equipment with him, and a spiritualist summoned a headlamp, which he put on. As for food, drink, and toilet, he brought three days' worth of food and water. And surprisingly, there was even a toilet inside the chamber. Fortunately, there was a toilet, otherwise Xia Mu wouldn't mind digging a pit in the ground.

However, he still had to warn Neji and Sasuke after he got out.

These two basically don't carry anything with them, so they will definitely suffer when the time comes.

Xia Mu began to look around. Fortunately, these books were labeled, so he didn't have to look through every scroll.

As I searched along the way, I found many historical records of the Senju clan, some were biographies of Senju heroes, and even some were about the history of other clans. In short, there were all kinds of content, and many of them were very old and could not be found in the ninja world.

Soon, Xia Mu found the column for cultivation notes.

Many predecessors of the Senju clan would record their cultivation experiences and pass them down as cultivation notes for future generations to read and learn from, but now they are all collected in secret rooms.

Xia Mu picked up a scroll and started reading. It was written by a senior who was good at using lightning escape. He had summarized many techniques of using lightning escape, which benefited Xia Mu a lot.

Let’s look at the next one. This one is a senior who is good at water escape, and the next one after that is good at earth escape.

Indeed, compared to simple ninjutsu scrolls, these books are the real treasures!

Many cultivation experiences and techniques have been written down by the predecessors and stored here. Now they will all become nutrients for Xia Mu!

Xia Mu was not polite and read through the book frantically, paying special attention to some of the predecessors' research on the nature of chakra. More importantly, there were also speculations about the fusion of different chakra properties and the creation of bloodline limits.

Why did Xia Mu want to read the Senju clan's collection of books?

Is it simply to learn from the cultivation experience of predecessors?

Certainly not!

His goal is to find the profound experience of his predecessors, and then try to integrate the different chakra properties of his own to create his own bloodline limit!

Xia Mu is very strong now. He knows the White Fang Sword Technique, the Eight Gates Ninjutsu, and even the Flying Thunder God. He has also developed his own powerful special moves. He is already a Kage-level strongman, and it will not be a problem for him to surpass Kage in the future. But Xia Mu is very greedy. He is not satisfied with this and wants to become even stronger.

If you want to become stronger, the best way to break through is bloodline limit.

He has a golden finger that allows him to enter a special laboratory state on the first of every month, which is the best experimental condition.

What he lacked was knowledge. He didn't really understand the nature of chakra, he didn't know how to combine different properties, and he didn't understand the problems and risks that needed to be paid attention to.

That's why he wanted to read the Senju clan's collection of books!

The Senju clan is an ancient family, but only Hashirama Senju possesses the Wood Release bloodline, while the others just have a lot of chakra.

During the years of chaos during the Warring States Period, the Senju clan suffered a lot when facing the Uchiha clan who possessed the Sharingan.

Therefore, there must be someone who also wants to delve into the bloodline limit.

The research experience of these people was exactly what Xia Mu needed. He didn't have the time to research himself, so he could only draw on the experience of his predecessors. Then, through crazy experiments with the golden finger, there would always be a certain chance of success. Once he succeeded, he would take off again, and even benefit future generations.

After all, the newly created bloodline limit will be recorded in the genes and passed down as bloodline.

Whether it's for myself or for my future children, I must create this bloodline limit!

Fortunately, Xia Mu was lucky. The Senju clan's collection of books did contain what he wanted, so he looked through them all without hesitation.

Moreover, he also has the Thousand Hands bloodline, so isn't this just like reading his own family's collection of books?