In the Senju clan's great training ground, Tobirama looked at Hibari with a strange expression and asked, "The Third Raikage is already here in the village. Aren't you going to see him? What are you fiddling with here?"
Hibari said with some excitement, "Didn't I tell you before, Ojiisan? I needed the corpses of Kinkaku and Ginkaku as material for a new jutsu. I've been busy with this for the past few days. I'm not that interested in the Third Raikage. Hiruzen-jisan is more than capable of handling that matter, and there's no need for me to join in on the fun. I might as well give you a look at my new jutsu and get your feedback to see if there's any room for improvement."
Tobirama raised an eyebrow and then looked at Kakuzu, who was standing on the side. He then said, "Kakuzu and you had a feud before. Knowing how petty you were towards Reigetsu, I doubt you'd let go of your grudge so easily unless you needed to rely on Kakuzu for something. Let me guess... this new jutsu of yours is related to Kakuzu's Jiongu (Earth Grudge) jutsu?"
Kakuzu also smiled when he heard this. When Hibari recruited him, Tobirama was still fighting on the front lines, so he had never met him. He had only become a little familiar with him in the past few days and understood the grandfather and grandson's way of tearing each other down.
Hibari said with some dissatisfaction, "What do you mean, 'petty'? I just didn't hold a grudge. Kakuzu, don't listen to my ojiisan's nonsense..."
"Hehehe, as long as the money is right, nothing is a problem," Kakuzu said with a chuckle.
Then, to change the subject, Hibari quickly said, "It's not just related to the Jiongu jutsu. It's also related to the Edo Tensei (Impure World Reincarnation) jutsu that you gave me to study. This is a brand new jutsu that combines two secret jutsu that involve life and death. Watch closely..."
After saying that, without making Tobirama wait any longer, Hibari raised his hand to his mouth and bit his thumb, drawing a drop of crimson blood.
Seeing this, Tobirama immediately understood that he was about to perform a Summoning Jutsu!
Sure enough, in the next second, Hibari's palm pressed down on the ground, and he said in a low voice, "Summoning Jutsu!"
As he finished speaking, a complex sealing formula instantly spread out on the ground beneath his hand. Then, with a soft 'bang,' two plumes of smoke exploded, and when the smoke cleared, two wooden coffins were summoned.
One of the coffins had the character 'Gold' written on it, and the other had the character 'Silver.' Seeing this, Tobirama was stunned for a moment. Wasn't this the same as his incomplete Edo Tensei jutsu?
However, Tobirama didn't rush to ask anything and continued to watch Hibari's next move. As expected, the subsequent jutsu was very different from the Edo Tensei jutsu.
Hibari quickly made a few hand seals in front of his chest and then whispered, "Secret Technique: Walking Corpse Jutsu!"
Hearing the somewhat dark name of the jutsu, Tobirama frowned slightly. But then he thought that there was no need to delve into what the jutsu was called, as long as the user wasn't someone with a dark mind.
While he was still thinking about these irrelevant things, the two wooden coffins moved. Soon, the corpses of Kinkaku and Ginkaku broke out of the coffins.
Unlike the 'freshness' of the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu, the corpses of Kinkaku and Ginkaku were now dark in color. Their muscles looked dry and tight, and they seemed to be very stiff. Kinkaku especially had suture marks all over his body, and even his arm had been reattached by Hibari. In contrast, Ginkaku only had a visible stitched wound on his waist, which Tobirama knew he was responsible for.
At the same time, unlike the 'revitalization' of the Edo Tensei jutsu, Kinkaku and Ginkaku were clearly dead corpses and had no souls or intelligence.
"Zombies?" Tobirama said with a curious whisper.
Hibari smiled proudly and said, "That's right, zombies. But the show hasn't started yet, Ojiisan, so don't be too surprised!"
After saying that, Hibari made a few more hand seals. Then, the two zombies, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, underwent a rapid change. Black tentacles, similar to those created by the Jiongu jutsu, burst out from their bodies, and within a few breaths, they wrapped around the two zombies. Then, the tentacles merged into their bodies.
It was at this moment that their shriveled bodies became strong again. However, they were still lifeless, and anyone could tell that they were corpses with a single glance.
Not only that, but a faint green light also appeared on their bodies, a clear sign that a toxin had been produced.
"Corpse poison... that's a very tricky poison," Tobirama said softly with some surprise.
But that wasn't the end of it. Before he could be too surprised, he saw the two zombies, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, begin to move and fight each other.
The quality of the zombies' bodies seemed to have become very excellent under the effect of the Jiongu. They didn't have the rigid and stiff feeling they looked to have. Instead, they were very agile. The two zombies fought each other, showcasing the fighting instincts of experienced warriors to Tobirama.
"They're not afraid of anything as the dead. They have no senses and are unaffected by genjutsu and pain. And their bodies are very hard? They also have corpse poison. This is indeed a very tricky jutsu. And from the looks of it... you don't seem to be deliberately controlling them? Is this a part of the Jiongu jutsu's effect? It allows them to fight on their own?" Tobirama observed for a while and then quickly analyzed.
Hibari also nodded and said, "As expected of the 'Kinjutsu inventor,' you can see so much just from a glance? But this isn't all. Although my Walking Corpse Jutsu can't make Kinkaku and Ginkaku as strong as they were in life, after my testing, I believe these two zombies are fully deserving of being called 'masterpieces.' They have at least a higher level of strength than an average Jonin. And if you want to know why... watch closely, Ojiisan. This is the essence I extracted from the Edo Tensei jutsu!"
As soon as Hibari finished speaking, he made a 'Dragon' hand seal in front of his chest and then shouted in a low voice, "Corpse Sealing: Release!"
As Hibari's voice fell, another massive change occurred in the two fighting zombies, Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Two streams of orange chakra emerged from their bodies, and the two zombies were able to perform a crude tailed beast transformation!
Tobirama was truly stunned by Hibari's techniques. If he could make the dead's special abilities from when they were alive manifest in this jutsu, it would be an incredible feat!
It was only at this moment that a proud smile appeared on Hibari's face. He said very proudly, "How about that, Ojiisan? This new jutsu I developed is pretty good, right?"
Tobirama also slightly put away his surprised expression and then said, "It's good. It's quite good... If you can keep developing it, the implications of this jutsu are very far-reaching. It's not impossible to even achieve the feat of 'one person becomes an army'..."
Tobirama's thoughts were not wrong. If Hibari could turn all the strong enemies he had killed into these zombies, then he alone could be considered an army in the future. It was a bit like a puppeteer.
However, Hibari scratched his head awkwardly and then said, "That's what I thought at first too, but this jutsu has its limits. Combining the secrets of the Jiongu jutsu and the Edo Tensei jutsu... in the end, you can only create a theoretical maximum of five zombies, or rather, you can only use five at a time. So it's no problem to achieve 'one person becomes a squad,' but becoming an army... is not very likely."
Tobirama was a little disappointed after hearing Hibari's explanation, but he quickly said, "Five zombies like this, fighting alongside you, will definitely greatly increase your strength. It's a great trump card."
"Of course! But this is just one of the branches of my new jutsu. Maybe I can create a brand-new school of jutsu. I plan to call it 'Shiryōjutsu (Necromancy),' a school of jutsu that specializes in jutsu related to death and souls. These zombies are just one of them. I also have another jutsu called the Skeleton Revival Jutsu, but that one requires a larger area to perform and can cause a lot of commotion. So I won't demonstrate it for you this time. Just know that that's my ultimate secret technique." Hibari said with great excitement.
There were many schools of jutsu, such as the Lightning Release Armor of Kumogakure, the Water Release Secret Jutsu of the Hozuki clan, and to a larger extent, the Mind Secret Jutsu of the Yamanaka clan, the Expansion Jutsu of the Akimichi clan, the Shadow Secret Jutsu of the Nara clan, and the Insect Jutsu and Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu, which were all considered schools of jutsu. For thousands of years, they have been passed down as secret techniques by various clans or masters.
If Hibari could really create a series of jutsu related to the 'dead' and pass them down to create the 'Shiryōjutsu' school of jutsu he spoke of, it wasn't just empty words. It was highly possible. To put it another way, after successfully developing and organizing these jutsu, Hibari could completely go out and create his own school of jutsu, contributing a great deal to the prosperity of the shinobi world's ninjutsu.
"Hehehe, then work hard. But these jutsu of yours are quite dark. They don't sound like proper jutsu..." Tobirama first encouraged Hibari, then teased him.
"Who cares if they're dark or not? If they can enhance my strength, they're good jutsu. As long as I don't use them for some crazy things, it's fine, right?" Hibari said with a laugh, not caring at all.
After saying that, he also dispelled the jutsu he was using, re-sealed Kinkaku and Ginkaku back into the coffins, and took them back.
According to Hibari's plan, he was going to also perfect the Edo Tensei jutsu, as well as incorporate Kakuzu's Jiongu jutsu into it. He would then summarize all of them into the Shiryōjutsu school of jutsu, making these two jutsu the cornerstone of the school.
He even had plans to get his hands on the Spirit Transformation jutsu of the Kato clan and perfect it as well, to enrich this new school of jutsu. In the future, he would find a disciple he was satisfied with and teach him all these crazy jutsu...
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