Konoha's entry is ninja!

But the Eight-Tails was currently blocked by the Fire Netherworld Lock, making it difficult to exert force.

"Bi, I'll use that move, and you'll be ready to break free from his seal!"

Yatsuo shouted.

Kirabi nodded immediately: "Understood!"

The next moment, the power of the Eight-Tails that Shuichi Hoshita pulled outwards broke, turning into an Eight-Tails that was pulled into Shuichi's body and sealed.

But after being sealed, it turned out to be an octopus tail.

Tail substitute!

"Roar!"

The eight tails howled loudly and broke the chains.

Shuichi Hoshita disappeared immediately and appeared next to Asuka.

Almost at the same time, Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Shisui also retreated.

The other Konoha ninja and Kumo ninja also stopped fighting and retreated to confront each other.

Ai Guo ducked back to Kirabi: "How's it going, Bi?"

Kirabi, who had escaped from the tailed beast form, gasped: "Brother, I'm fine."

"This guy tried to take Xiaoba but failed, idiot, bastard!"

Toshiro said with a solemn expression: "I didn't expect his genjutsu to be even more powerful than that Uchiha!"

Because of his experience in dealing with Uchiha, he had previously avoided being controlled by Uchiha Shisui's illusion technique, but he also could not break through Uchiha Shisui's blockade, and he could not break Uchiha Shisui's teleportation technique.

"No wonder the first and fourth tails were captured. Such a combination is too strong."

Toshiro couldn't help but sigh, and immediately shouted: "Ai, retreat!"

Ai nodded happily this time. Although he was eager to take revenge, he also knew that it was impossible.

If he continues, Kirabi may lose the eight tails.

"withdraw!"

Ai retreated with the Kumo ninja, and Hoshita Shuichi and others did not pursue them.

Namikaze Minato came to Hoshita Shuichi a little tired and asked: "Shuichi, how are you doing?"

Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "If you want to extract the Eight-Tails, you must not be disturbed for at least an hour or two."

The main body's spiritual transformation technique is enough to hold back Kirabi and the Eight-Tails with illusions, but it takes a very long time to extract the Eight-Tails.

He estimated that an hour would not be enough. The Eight-Tails' chakra was too huge.

Namikaze Minato heard this and said: "It seems there is no way to take it."

"In this situation, the Kumo ninja will never let the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki go out alone."

Xingxia Xiu nodded, but he was not disappointed. There would be another chance in the future.

This time, one-fifth of the power of the Eight-Tails was captured, but it was not bad. Although there was no consciousness of the Eight-Tails, it would be gone after use, but it was enough for research.

Moreover, the Eight-Tailed Horn is still being cultivated in the experimental base, and it can be fed with this chakra.

……

In the next few days, Hoshige Shuichi led the team to contain the AB combination, while Namikaze Minato led the Konoha army to counterattack across the board, but they won every step.

Without the AB combination, Kumo Ninja wouldn't even have anyone who could stop Namikaze Minato.

Moreover, reinforcements continued to come from Konoha, gradually making up for Konoha's shortage of troops.

Time flies to November of Konoha's 45th year.

In the Kingdom of the Moon, Shuichi Hoshita, who had just finished a battle, was resting with his eyes closed, but Minato Namikaze suddenly appeared.

"Shuichi, the third Raikage died in the Land of Earth!"

Hoshita Shuichi opened his eyes and was not surprised.

But Uchiha Shisui next to him couldn't help being surprised, and Asuka couldn't help but exclaimed: "The Third Raikage is dead?"

Namikaze Minato nodded: "The Iwa Ninja took advantage of the peace talks with us and Sunagakure to mobilize heavy troops. The specific situation is still unclear, but the Third Raikage is indeed dead. This news came from the Iwa Ninja, but We also got confirmation from Yun Nin."

Asuka said: "The son of the Third Raikage is already very powerful. His chakra capacity is completely comparable to that of a tailed beast. The Third Raikage should be stronger, but it is really surprising that he would die in the Land of Earth."

"Did the Third Tsuchikage take action?"

Namikaze Minato couldn't answer this question, and Konoha had no specific information at the moment.

Uchiha Shisui said: "Minato-sensei, so the Kumo ninja are going to withdraw?"

Namikaze Minato shook his head: "The Kumo ninja have already decided on a successor, and there will be no civil strife, so they will not retreat in a short time."

"But in order to take revenge, I'm afraid the next destination for the Kumo ninja will be the Iwa ninja."

Hoshita Shuichi asked: "The Iwa Ninja has defeated the Third Raikage. I'm afraid the war in the Country of Grass will not end so easily, right?"

Namikaze Minato nodded, but comforted: "Don't worry, although it won't end so soon, the result will not change."

"It's very difficult for Iwa-nin to get back to the previous situation, but Shuichi, you have to be mentally prepared to lose the Four-Tails."

Hoshixia nodded: "Don't worry, Minato-sensei, I understand."

This was just what he wanted.

Chapter 168 The coveted eyes! (Please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

2024-03-30

The day after receiving the news of the death of the Third Raikage in battle, the Kumo ninja retreated again, but Konoha did not continue the pursuit. Instead, they also received the news of the retreat and withdrew from the Moon Country to the Fire Country.

Along with the order to retreat, there were also orders for Shuichi Hoshita and Minato Namikaze to return to the village.

Shuichi Hoshita was not surprised by this, because the AB group withdrew from the front line, so he and his teacher Minato Namikaze were no longer needed on the Kumo ninja battlefield, and their combat power was overflowing.

On the way back to the village, Namikaze Minato suddenly revealed to Hoshita Shuichi: "Shuichi, after the war is over, I may succeed as the Fourth Hokage."

Then looking at Shuichi Hoshita's expression without any surprise, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Shuichi, you have guessed it a long time ago? You are still as sharp as ever!"

Hoshita Shuichi said with a smile: "Because there is no one in Konoha who is more suitable than you, teacher."

Namikaze Minato was curious: "Why do you say that?"

"Forget about Jiraiya-sensei and Tsunade-senpai, but Orochimaru should be quite suitable, right?"

Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "Orochimaru is too obsessed with studying ninjutsu. The teacher should feel that his chakra is different from the past, right?"

Namikaze Minato nodded: "That's true, he doesn't feel like a human being."

Shuichi Hoshita hit the nail on the head: "Such a person who has lost his ethics and morals in order to study ninjutsu will be a very terrible thing as Hokage, and will make the whole village lose control and lead to an unknown place."

"What's more, there is Danzo behind Orochimaru."

"The Third Hokage knows Danzo better than we do. He is too tough and unscrupulous both internally and externally."

"With them united, no one can imagine how terrifying Konoha will be in the future."

"Of course, Orochimaru is not a person who can be controlled, and he may not want to be Hokage."

Namikaze Minato was thoughtful after hearing this, and after thinking about it he asked: "Shuichi, how do you think Orochimaru should be treated?"

"This one……"

Hoshita Shuichi thought for a moment and then said: "Does the teacher know that Danzo and Orochimaru are studying the first-generation cells?"

Namikaze Minato looked solemn: "I probably guessed a little bit, but I also guessed it from you."

Hoshita Hide nodded and said, "Although I don't know the specific situation yet, and Orochimaru said the experiment has failed."

"But there is no doubt that it must be human experimentation."

"It is not enough to conduct human experiments based on the roots, even if it is a hostile ninja. And after learning from the last experiment, Orochimaru will definitely start from other places."

"Judging from the information I got from the ANBU, I'm afraid they are targeting people near the village, and they are children."

Namikaze Minato's expression suddenly darkened when he heard this: "The experiment failed, isn't it..."

Shuichi Hoshita was noncommittal: "Human experiments have always been like this, so whether it's to study the power of tailed beasts or the first-generation cells, I haven't used them rashly."

"But it is undeniable that Orochimaru's research on the first-generation cells has been very in-depth. The failure may just be bad luck."

"What is wrong is not the experimental research, but the method and supervision."

After hearing this, Namikaze Minato already understood Hoshita Shuichi's attitude.

Hoshita Xiuichi changed his tone and asked: "Do you know the Moonlight Clan, teacher?"

Namikaze Minato reacted quickly: "What Shuichi wants to say is that the Moonlight Clan has awakened the Toetsu Blood Sequence Limit, but is suffering from the Blood Sequence Disease, Gekko Hayate?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "Not bad."

"His condition cannot be cured even with lung replacement, which means re-transplantation is required every once in a while, but it is obviously impossible to have so many lungs to replace."

"But the first generation of cells has this possibility. Even if it cannot cure the disease, it can still make him normal."

"But it was too difficult to control the first generation of cells, but Orochimaru's experiment made the impossible possible."

When faced with Moonlight Hayate's blood disease, the first method that came to mind was actually human body modification, and the idea came from Orochimaru.

His second thought was Hashirama Cells.

Of course, it is not to implant Hashirama cells into Moonlight Hayate, because Moonlight Hayate cannot bear it.

Unless you also transplant a pair of three magatama sharingan eyes to Moonlight Hayate.

So instead of implanting Hashirama's cells, we weakened Hashirama's cells and mixed them with Moonlight Hayate's cells, and then cultured and cloned the lungs in a targeted manner and transplanted them to Moonlight Hayate.

Orochimaru has done a very good job in weakening Hashirama's cells.

As for cloning, Orochimaru's technology is unique in the ninja world.

Of course, it is not called cloning now, but cell culture.

For example, the eight-tailed horns, and the tail of the four-tailed one being cultivated.

Namikaze Minato obviously didn't understand these studies, Hoshita Shuichi explained in the simplest terms, including the goals of the first-generation cell research that he and Tsunade were currently conducting.

Hoshita Shuichi said this naturally not to defend Orochimaru, but to gain support from the future Fourth Hokage.

Namikaze Minato couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Don't worry, the Third Hokage supports it, I won't object to it."

"If the technology of directed cultivation of cloned organs and even limbs that Shuichi you mentioned can really be developed, then many ninjas who have lost limbs can recover and become ninjas again."

Xingxiaxiu nodded: "Indeed, it can also solve many diseases."

Namikaze Minato asked again: "Shuichi, that human body modification you mentioned can really solve Moonlight Hayate's problem."

Shuichi Hoshita said cautiously: "The only temporary solution is to give him another breathing method and at the same time improve the lung function."

His idea was to use Orochimaru's software modification technology.

But this is just an idea at the moment, and even the most basic ideas have not been carefully considered.

However, he learned a lot from Orochimaru Hoshita Shuichi, and he had a certain degree of confidence in Moonlight Hayate's human body transformation.

The master and apprentice chatted while walking, and did not stop until they returned to Konoha.

After seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi come out of the Hokage Building, Minato Namikaze smiled and said: "Shuichi, I really hope all of your ideas can be realized."

"It seems like we have to work harder next time!"

After hearing this, Xingxiaxiu pretended to be serious and said: "Teacher, you have to work hard. It is up to you to realize these ideas of the disciples."

Namikaze Minato smiled and patted Hoshita Shuichi on the shoulder, and warned: "Come and see Kushina when you have time. She hasn't seen you for a long time."

"I also got the ninjutsu you asked for and kept it at home!"

Hoshixia Xiuyi said quickly: "I will go see Master's wife tomorrow."

Namikaze Minato nodded and then disappeared.

Hoshita Shuichi also went home immediately, feeling like he was returning home at this moment.

He hasn't been back for more than half a year!

……