Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

The spell, which was completed after exhausting all calculations and expending all military force, has ended up like this. How can anyone be satisfied with this outcome?

Having seemingly lost all his abilities and strength, Hidan knelt weakly on the ground.

Kakuzu also turned around and looked at the smiling girl riding on the giant beast.

"The evil god is really fair, isn't he?"

A flash of light from the space-time ninjutsu, and Sakura had already stepped into Hidan's jutsu ring.

The injuries to her waist and abdomen had long since healed, revealing smooth skin beneath her tattered clothes.

"Flying Thunder God..."

Kakuzu gave a bitter laugh, only then realizing what an absurd choice he had made.

If a ninja with space-time ninjutsu doesn't linger in battle, there's no way I can obtain her blood.

His years of successful cooperation with Hidan led him to subconsciously choose to trust Hidan rather than his own Earth Grudge Fear technique.

That's why, at the crucial moment, he abandoned the only weapon he had to fight for her, and turned away, running further and further down the wrong path.

"You bastard! You are not allowed to blaspheme the evil god!"

Hidan suddenly leaped up from the ground, his final scythe aimed straight at Sakura's eyes.

Click!

He spread out his five fingers, which were imbued with Armament Haki, and gently gripped the scythe.

With a clear shattering sound, the blood-red giant scythe broke into pieces on the ground.

At the same time, Hidan's body was also bound by dozens of black veins, preventing him from being swallowed whole by the giant wooden-faced earth-grinning beast behind him.

"Hmm, research material acquired~"

Sakura pulled out several sealing runes from her bosom, rolled them up, and flicked them into the giant beast behind her, transforming it into a massive sealing field.

"Looks like we've lost!"

Kakuzu sighed helplessly. It seemed the immortal duo was about to meet their end today. "But you really have a twisted sense of humor. You clearly had the ability, yet you didn't kill us the first time!"

"That would be so boring!"

The fighting spirit emanating from her body slowly subsided, and the girl looked at him with her emerald eyes. "Making every opponent give their all is my way of showing respect to all the strong people who have clashed with me."

"Haha, that's truly...an honor!"

Kakuzu's words rang out along with the sound of a sword piercing flesh.

The destruction of the last heart dispelled the resentment and anxiety associated with his surgical technique.

From then on, this rogue ninja, who had dominated the ninja world for over sixty years, left the stage of the ninja world in this nameless place.

"Sakura!"

Ino's powerful shout came, and in a gentle breeze, Sakura was embraced tightly by her.

The hand that was pressed on her back was bleeding, which made Sakura feel sorry for her and take her hand to treat her.

"Honestly, if you were capable of dealing with them, you should have said so earlier! You made us worry to death!"

Shikamaru walked toward the two girls with his hands in his pockets.

When he got to them, he lifted his scarred legs, hoping to get some treatment.

"Uh-huh!"

Choji, who practically scrambled to meet them, echoed Shikamaru's accusations.

After treating Ino, Sakura clasped her hands together and begged for forgiveness, saying, "Sorry, sorry, I won't do it again!"

"You want a next time?" *3

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While the 10th squad returned with their mission objective, on the other side, in the Land of Fire...

"Did Kakuzu and Hidan both fail...?"

The wandering monk leaning against the wall of the capital palace received the intelligence delivered by White Zetsu and pondered for a moment.

In the main hall behind him, Kazuma, who had once served as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, knelt on one knee before the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

"Your Highness, such an opportunity is once in a lifetime! Don't you want to surpass your ancestors and seize all power in the Land of Fire?"

Upon hearing these words, the man sitting in the daimyo's seat hesitated.

"But that's not a good idea. After all, I and the Hokage are the twin treasures of the Land of Fire, not to mention that Tsunade is a princess with the bloodline of the Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools!"

Upon hearing Daimyo's reply, Kazuma's eyes revealed a look of disappointment.

The previous daimyo was like this, and the current daimyo is still like this.

The lineage of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire is truly hopeless.

"Since Your Highness has no such resolve..."

Kazuma stood up, his killing intent emanating from the sharp blade in his hand.

"Let me lend you a hand!"

Chapter 270 Asuma's Plea for Help

"That shouldn't be the case. What's the underlying principle?"

In the laboratory that had been prepared long ago, Konoha researchers, dressed in brand-new protective suits, crowded around the experimental table, uttering sounds of doubt.

The two leading figures are two of the world's top medical ninjas. One is skilled in life science and her signature ninjutsu is Yang Release healing. The other is her disciple, who is skilled in biology and whose signature technique is Yang Release modification!

On the dissection table, a gray-haired man with a slicked-back hairstyle was completely naked, his body covered with sealing runes.

Even though his head and body were separated, he was still shouting and cursing with great vigor.

"Regeneration begins at 6 minutes and 6 seconds!"

Sakura pressed the stopwatch and turned Hidan's thigh around for the other researchers to see.

"The wounds you caused before didn't heal because of your technique?"

Tsunade also pressed the stopwatch and lifted up Sakura's arm, which she had previously disassembled, revealing the muscle texture under the skin.

“Hmm, my Haki can hinder the flow of chakra, so we can tentatively confirm that the being called the Evil God regenerates its body through chakra.” Sakura waved to the researcher and asked him to record the results of the first ten autopsies and some of her personal speculations.

"Aside from this immortal body, this guy is actually no different from an ordinary person."

Watching Sakura deftly pick up the scalpel, cut along Hidan's abdominal muscles, skillfully set up the scalpel, and smoothly open his chest cavity, Tsunade revealed an expectant and satisfied look in her eyes.

"In that case, wouldn't we be able to use it directly for future drug development and surgical trials?"

Sakura's gaze was cold and focused, and she completed a thorough examination of the other person's organs in no time.

At the same time, a doctor from the hospital brought over Hidan's medical examination report, distributed it to many researchers, and then put on a hazmat suit and came in.

"That's true. We've accumulated a lot of research topics, but we've been struggling to find subjects."

The director of the Konoha Research Institute raised his hand and adjusted his glasses.

"What you're saying makes sense..."

Tsunade nodded approvingly, her eyes lighting up with excitement. She gestured with her hand, "I just had an idea. Let's try it out now. Look here..."

Hidan's body was injected with Yang Release chakra without restraint, causing his organs to begin to mutate and deform.

Sakura shook her head, pointed to her head, and said the key point: "Tsunade-neechan, the first thing to do with Yang Release modification is to process the neural signals in the brain."

"There's such a thing?" The director of the Konoha Research Institute, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly seemed to have a flash of insight. "Then why not just remove the brain and replace it with a technique to control it?"

Tsunade pondered for a moment, then half-accepted, "Indeed, this is simpler, but chakra refinement requires mental strength, and completely removing anything detrimental to subsequent modifications..."

"Yes, yes! And... no, that's not right, it should be like this..."

"Hmm? That's a good idea. I'll copy one for myself and Tsunade later!"

"Easy to say, easy to say."

"Wait, I didn't teach you this technique. Do you have another teacher outside?"

"Hehe! I've met an elder who is good at pharmacy. This technique requires the use of special drugs. I'll write a paper about it for you later."

"That's more like it. Send it directly to my office. Also, it's about time you started learning the Yin Seal!"

"Hey you two, I research gene editing. Could you take me on a research project when you start working on it?"

On the dissection table, the three of them chatted amongst themselves, from the modifications to Hidan to their respective research directions.

The topics they discussed were so far-fetched that the people taking notes couldn't keep up with their train of thought.

Finally, with the help of a group of researchers, the three were separated and able to return to their respective work.

After briefly processing Hidan and preserving him as valuable material for the Konoha Research Institute, Sakura and Tsunade's mission was complete. The rest was left to the research institute to handle.

After leaving the underground laboratory, the two returned to the Hokage Building and met the Ino-Shika-Cho trio who had been waiting for them in the office.

"Lord Hokage!"

Upon seeing Tsunade enter, Ino quickly pulled Shikamaru and Choji along to greet her.

Sakura, meanwhile, casually sprawled on the sofa in front of them, enjoying the bright afternoon sun.

"You did a great job this time, thank you for your hard work!"

Tsunade walked to the desk and sat down, nodded to the group, and waved for them to sit down.

"Actually, we didn't do anything special, it was mostly just..."

Shikamaru scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and explained to Tsunade.

"Hey~ Shikamaru, don't be polite with them!"

"We dealt with two S-rank rogue ninjas this time, and the commission is super generous!"

The pink-haired girl, who occupied the entire long sofa, turned over, raised her hand and waved it, wriggling like a maggot.

The crisp sound of a pen being crushed rang out, and the entire office fell silent instantly.

In the silence, the sound of impatiently flipping through documents could be heard.

The person sitting at the Hokage's desk looked up and cast an impatient glance.

Suddenly, her waving little hand froze, and she weakly withdrew it.

"Alright, you three can go back and rest now. Sakura, stay here!"

With Tsunade's permission, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji were overjoyed and fled the office at breakneck speed.

The office suddenly felt empty, and Tsunade tossed the documents in her hand to Sakura.

"see this!"

Hearing Tsunade's serious yet somewhat helpless voice, Sakura picked up the intelligence document bearing the ANBU's special emblem.

"What the hell? The Two-Tails and Seven-Tails have been captured???"

The girl's astonished exclamation echoed in the office, while Tsunade sighed and covered her head.

From the moment the One-Tailed Beast was stolen from Sunagakure, the Leaf Village and the Sunagakure alliance had already jointly issued warnings to other ninja villages and provided them with information about Akatsuki members.

Incredibly, despite having prior preparations and intelligence, they were able to let their tailed beast be captured without any counterattack.

Calling them a makeshift operation is an understatement.

"The Akatsuki is becoming increasingly dangerous. I will propose that they hold a Five Kage Summit!"

Tsunade, deep in thought, raised her hand and tapped it on the table. "However, these are just supplementary information. The real information you need to see is later."

later?

Sakura subconsciously twirled the information in her hand, and after unfolding it, she saw the words "two requests for help" and "Asuma".

"cough!"

The girl coughed softly, pretending nothing was wrong, "Well, something came up at home. My mother cooked me some food, so I'll head back now, Tsunade-nee~"

After saying that, she immediately stood up and turned to leave.