Start with a Zanpakuto and build the strongest Mist Village.

In that instant, the azure crystal enveloped the two of them.

"Binding Spell #73: Mountain-Turning Crystal!"

"Don't even think about running away, you snake-skinned brat! Hand over the Seven-Tailed Beast!"

"A special barrier?"

Orochimaru glanced at the crystal that completely sealed them, while many bubbles appeared on Hozuki Gengetsu's body and floated towards him.

"Wait, what if we get blown up in this environment!"

Orochimaru's expression froze. Instantly, he bit his finger, then quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Summoning Jutsu!"

Bang!

White smoke billowed, and the figure of the giant purple serpent almost filled most of the inverted mountain crystal.

"Orochimaru, what are you doing? Why did you manage to defeat me again in such a short time...?"

"boom!!!"

The violent explosion interrupted the ravages of the myriad snakes and even completely shattered the entire Daoshan Crystal.

When the thick smoke from the explosion dissipated, the heavily wounded and unconscious Manda disappeared in a puff of white smoke.

"Using a summoned beast to avoid the explosion, that's quite ruthless."

Hozuki Gengetsu grinned, a look of eager anticipation in his eyes: "Snake-skinned brat, you seem to be able to pique my interest in fighting a little."

"It is truly an honor to be praised by the Second Mizukage."

Orochimaru took a deep breath: "So, if I don't kill you here, I can't take the Seven-Tails back?"

"That's right. If you insist on running away, then I'll give Konoha a surprise. You don't want Konoha, which is already struggling to deal with Iwagakure and Kumogakure, to have its positions wiped out by the Steam Explosion, do you?"

"So, either defeat me and leave, or leave the Seven-Tails behind."

"In that case..."

Orochimaru formed the "未" (wei) hand seal, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly rumbled as a wooden coffin burst forth from the earth.

"Orochimaru, it's you again... Wait, who are you?!"

The Third Kazekage's tone was very unfriendly, but when his gaze fell on the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, the angry words that were about to come out stopped abruptly.

The Second Mizukage, wasn't that guy already dead?!

Could it be that it is also a forbidden technique like the Impure World Reincarnation?

"You're using the Impure World Reincarnation technique against me?" Hozuki Gengetsu tilted his head, then suddenly realized, "So you don't understand anything at all."

"What do you mean?"

Orochimaru frowned slightly.

He knew that the Second Mizukage possessed powerful Water Release techniques and limitless explosive ninjutsu, including the Steam Explosion Technique.

The Third Kazekage's iron sand not only effectively restricts Water Release techniques, but its ability to infinitely regenerate through the Impure World Reincarnation technique also makes it a natural enemy of this type of ninja capable of endless explosions!

Using the Third Kazekage to deal with the Second Mizukage is absolutely no problem.

But why isn't this guy afraid at all...?

Never mind, I'll just try it and see!

"The Second Generation Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu..."

Amidst the Third Kazekage's incredulous words, Orochimaru took out a cursed kunai and placed it behind his head.

Before the soul and the impure body could fully merge, the figure of Hozuki Gengetsu suddenly vanished.

A flash of cold light.

The Third Kazekage's body was cut in half at the waist by Hozuki Gengetsu!

"It's useless. Impure World Reincarnation makes you immortal. Even if you manage to seize the opportunity when the soul and the impure body are not fully activated, you still can't stop it..."

"Are you sure."

Hozuki Gengetsu chuckled lightly, completely unconcerned about the so-called immortal Impure World Reincarnation, and slashed his long sword down at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru dodged to the side, but Hozuki Gengetsu raised the fingers holding his Zanpakuto, and several water guns burst forth from his fingertips.

At the same time, countless bubble water balls appeared on the palm of his left hand.

"call out!"

The water cannon accurately struck Orochimaru's body, causing him to stop in mid-air, while the water ball technique, released almost face-to-face, also landed entirely on Orochimaru's snake body.

"boom!"

The soft snake body was blasted to pieces, and the battle seemed to have ended at this moment.

However, Hozuki Gengetsu was not in a hurry.

A few breaths later, Orochimaru emerged unharmed from the shattered snake body, his snake eyes fixed on Hozuki Gengetsu: "You can't even fool me with a fake death? And how did you do that? Why did the Third Kazekage, resurrected through Edo Tensei, just shatter?"

"Do you think I'd be foolish enough to just tell my enemy my intelligence like that?"

Hozuki Gengetsu snorted and clapped his hands with his Zanpakuto: "If you handed the Seven-Tails over to me, I might tell you a thing or two, but now... eh?"

Orochimaru spat out the sealing vessel of the Seven-Tails and threw it in front of Hozuki Gengetsu.

The man with the mustache stared blankly at the seven-tailed vessel in front of him, his composure crumbling in an instant.

Dude, didn't we agree to have a fight? What are you doing?!

"To draw your sword against someone you know is an invincible opponent is a foolish act that leads to your own death. Besides, we have no hatred between us," Orochimaru said in a low voice. Then, his gaze fell on the Third Kazekage, who had already vanished like dust.

"Now, could you tell me, Second Mizukage, how did you do that?"

"The immortality power of the Impure World Reincarnation allows you to regenerate even if your physical body is completely destroyed. Just who are you...?"

"What is restored is the impure body, not the soul."

Hozuki Gengetsu snorted lightly. He didn't know what to say to such a sensible person. He casually accepted the seven-tailed vessel and said calmly, "The principle of Impure World Reincarnation is to call the soul of the deceased out of the underworld. So as long as his soul is destroyed, this so-called Impure World Reincarnation will collapse on its own."

"If all the ninjas in Konoha were as sensible and knew when to back down as you, how come you were able to fight Kirigakure to such an extent not long ago?"

"...So that's how it is, it's the soul."

Orochimaru ignored Hozuki Gengetsu's sarcastic remarks and quickly began to think.

In other words, the reason why Hozuki Gengetsu was able to directly defeat the Impure World Reincarnation technique was because he severed the Third Kazekage's soul with a single strike, causing the Impure World Reincarnation technique to collapse at its very soul level.

Orochimaru's gaze fell on Hozuki Gengetsu's Zanpakuto at his waist.

This sword is actually a Kusanagi sword?

The term "Kusanagi Sword" is not the name of a single sword, but rather a general term for a class of famous swords in the ninja world. It's similar to the "Supreme Grade Swords" in One Piece, but no one knows exactly how many there are.

Orochimaru's Kusanagi sword, for example, possesses the characteristic of being 'indestructible'.

It seems that the Second Mizukage's ability to be resurrected is very likely related to the 'Kusanagi Sword' that can sever souls!

"What, you're interested in my Zanpakuto?"

Hozuki Gengetsu clearly noticed Orochimaru's burning gaze and patted the Zanpakuto at his waist: "Sorry, this is my personal property and cannot be lent out."

"That's natural."

Orochimaru said in a low voice, "Then I won't disturb the Second Mizukage any longer. Farewell."

After encountering the Akatsuki organization and Hozuki Gengetsu in succession, he suddenly felt that Iwagakure and Kumogakure were nothing in comparison.

The former possesses the Sage's Eye of the Six Paths, while the latter wields the power of the soul and is a primordial figure resurrected from the Pure Land of the Underworld!

Compared to guys like this, the war between Iwagakure and Kumogakure and Konoha is like child's play.

"We must bring all this intelligence back with us!"

Orochimaru quickly left and disappeared into the shadows.

"Tch, this is really boring."

Hozuki Gengetsu pursed his lips and walked towards the outside of Takigakure Village while releasing Ten-Ting Kongra to report on the mission.

"Fourth Boss, I've completed my mission here, and even exceeded it a bit."

“Takigakure doesn’t have a Jinchuriki, so I brought back the entire Seven-Tails sealing vessel. So, do you want me to go straight back to the village, or…”

"oh?!"

Inside Kirigakure, Yoru, who was in the Mizukage's office, suddenly showed an excited expression.

He sent out the squad leaders this time not only to collect a large number of souls and create spiritual lands, but also to locate the coordinates of the various tailed beasts in the ninja world, in order to prepare for the upcoming tailed beast hunting plan.

As the Mizukage, Yoru naturally could no longer create bloodshed at will, but he also couldn't just stop accumulating points and let his strength stagnate for too long.

In this situation, the tailed beasts, which are marked as 'special life forms' by the system, can earn 500,000 points for killing them once, and are never destroyed and can be resurrected indefinitely. They undoubtedly become the best target for Night to farm points!

Originally, he only wanted Hozuki Gengetsu to mark the tailed beasts like Yagura did, but he didn't expect Hozuki Gengetsu to give him such a huge surprise, exceeding expectations and bringing back the Seven-Tails' sealing vessel.

As expected of the Second Mizukage, the captain of the Sixth Division!

With 500,000 points within reach, the night was almost unbearable.

"Well done, Second Generation. Bring him back... No, I'll just use the reverse membrane to bring you back."

Chapter 121 Even the stars in the sky could be our enemies.

The desolate island is empty, with only reefs and a few trees standing there.

This area is still within the Land of Water, some distance from the village. It's an uninhabited island, but it's undoubtedly the best place to deal with the Tailed Beasts.

A ray of light broke through the slightly overcast sky as Hozuki Gengetsu, the captain of the Sixth Division, descended from the heavens.

"Here you go, the Seven-Tails you wanted."

The man with the mustache slowly took out the Seven-Tails vessel: "During the mission, I also encountered several interesting guys, such as Sasori of Sunagakure, the bounty hunter Kakuzu... and a pair of Rinnegan, which should be the Nagato you mentioned earlier, Fourth Hokage."

"They're gathering partners or something; Kakuzu was just recently pulled into the Akatsuki organization."

“Besides that, there’s Orochimaru,” Hozuki Gengetsu said. “That guy is quite interesting. He has a deep understanding of ninjutsu, and his mastery of the Impure World Reincarnation technique is also quite good.”

"His target was also the Seven-Tails. I fought with him, and seeing that he was no match for me, he handed the Seven-Tails over to me."

"Is his target also the Seven-Tails?"

Ye raised an eyebrow slightly; this was quite unexpected.

It's not a big secret in the ninja world that the Seven-Tails is the tailed beast of Takigakure; many people know this.

Although everyone covets the power of the Tailed Beasts, these things are, after all, their property. If Konoha were to bring them onto the battlefield... it would be hard to shake off the reputation of being a petty thief.

However, it cannot be ruled out that Konoha is currently hesitant to act rashly, and is capable of doing anything to avoid defeat.

"Fourth Hokage, what are you planning to do?"

Hozuki Gengetsu looked at the Seven-Tails' sealing vessel with some curiosity: "It shouldn't be just as simple as adding a new Jinchuriki to Kirigakure, right?"

"of course not."

Night shook his head, releasing the seal on the Seven-Tails as he explained, "I have two reasons for searching for these tailed beasts, but to explain in detail, we must start with the origins of the tailed beasts."

"As we all know, in the war-torn history of the ninja world, the tailed beasts are terrifying beings that are deeply imprinted in people's minds along with disasters."

"Their power is so great that people are terrified of them and regard them as ferocious beasts that bring disaster. But it is precisely because of this power that they are sometimes used as tools of war and sometimes as a deterrent force to bring peace to the world, and are exploited by mankind."

Hozuki Gengetsu nodded; this was common knowledge among the strong ninjas of the ninja world.

The power of Jinchuriki has always been an indispensable part of war. As early as the Warring States period, some people had already set their sights on these individuals with powerful chakra and used them as tools and weapons.

When the ninja villages were established, the First Hokage distributed the tailed beasts to balance the power of the various ninja villages.

As a result, what was originally intended as a means to suppress war became an aid to the war effort of the various ninja villages...

"This is the public understanding of the Tailed Beasts in the ninja world, but you know very little about the origin of these Tailed Beasts."

Ye spoke calmly, recounting the secrets of the ninja world: "Legend has it that the Sage of Six Paths defeated the God of the Ame-no-Mikoto, dividing his divine power into nine parts. The nine tailed beasts currently in the ninja world are actually a part of the original God of the Ame-no-Mikoto."

"In the ninja world, there is a group of people who have their eyes on these chakra aggregates. They want to collect the tailed beasts to recreate the power of the God of the Heavenly Eye and achieve their own goals."

"And what I have to do is restrict them."

The sealing vessel of the Seven-Tails was broken by Night.