The Remnants of the Ten-Tails
"This poison is quite potent."
The valley's poison didn't affect him much, but that didn't mean it wasn't strong. While not as potent as a salamander's, it was far more than the Water Bat No. 6's. The valley also teemed with poisonous herbs, and the ravines held a considerable amount of poisonous water, powerful enough to affect even a jonin.
With time being short, he didn't collect the herbs. Instead, he had his clones transport the poisonous water using a large sealing scroll, adding a powerful product to the Land of Waves' Poison Company. This toxic atmosphere was a natural factory. During the war, it would undoubtedly provide a steady stream of cash. He left numerous clones to continue collecting while his main body darted toward the Hidden Star Village.
"Light and Heavy Rock Jutsu!"
He scaled the cliff and, with the help of his radar, easily avoided the patrol. As expected of a small village, it didn't even have a decent sensory ninja. What was even more amusing was that the head of this small village dared to call himself "Hoshikage."
'Even Hanzo doesn't dare to call himself Kage,' he thought. 'This tiny village is truly arrogant.'
After some thought, he realized the key. The village's isolation, surrounded by poisonous gas, had contributed to its blind confidence. Its excessive isolation also led to a shallow situation with many unfaithful, which triggered intense internal conflicts.
'The Star Stone must be hidden inside,' he thought.
Through his perception, the circular stone house in front of them was teeming with an extremely violent source of chakra, even more so than the Nine-Tails'. At that moment, there were only two people in the house: a child and an old man. The old man possessed an enormous amount of chakra, superior to a typical Kage's; he was, without a doubt, the Third Hoshikage.
"Akahoshi, focus and calm down. Don't waste my chakra."
"Yes, Master Hoshikage."
Having said that, the Third Hoshikage placed his hands on the child's back, transmitting chakra to him.
"Chakra sharing? No, it's chakra devouring!" Sasuke narrowed his eyes. He understood that Akahoshi could use this secret technique to devour the Hoshikage's chakra. It was no wonder the old man, despite using the meteor to cultivate, managed to live over a hundred years.
After concluding their training, they sealed the meteorite and left the room. Seeing them leave, Sasuke slipped in. As soon as he entered, an extremely uncomfortable sensation overcame him.
"Cellular activation?"
Under the meteorite's radiation, his cells unexpectedly went into activation mode, even emitting traces of purple chakra energy. A star ninja's chakra didn't come entirely from the meteorite, but from their own life force.
Although the meteorite had not met his expectations as an energy source, he wouldn't pass up such excellent research material. The faint pressure emanating from it made it clear that it was not as simple as he had imagined. His perception, sharpened by the Spiritualization Technique, told him that the meteorite's pressure, though weak, was surprisingly stronger than the Nine-Tails'.
"Could this really be the remnants of the Ten-Tails?"
Sasuke's heart trembled. He didn't dare to think about using the remnants to clone the Ten-Tails, but using them to replace the Demonic Statue, absorbing the beasts' chakra, and fusing it to create a small Ten-Tails was a promising idea.
"What a pleasant surprise!"
He devised a plan and finally decided to control the power of the Six Paths. However, even the small Ten-Tails was still incredibly powerful. It seemed he needed to possess at least one or two of the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, the Mangekyo Sharingan, and the Wood Style Kekkei Genkai; otherwise, he would easily become a scapegoat for others.
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