On the other side, in a forest near the village where they were staying, amidst the light rain and muddy ground, Dosu and Kin were battling the rampaging Getsu, Yoru and Yami.
-Damn it! This again! What's wrong with them?- Kin yelled angrily, using her hair to defend herself.
Dosu didn't respond, but used his air vibration at maximum power, the next moment, the three screamed in pain and quickly fell to the muddy ground.
-Arrest them.- Dosu said, breathing heavily.
Kin didn't dare linger and quickly used her hair to tie them up while Dosu grabbed some chains.
A month earlier, Getsu, Yoru and Yami had gone mad and killed all the dogs in the village, even venturing into the forest to kill a pack of wolves. Luckily, Dosu noticed quickly and hid the mangled bodies of the dogs.
They found the trio covered in blood, but calmer, in the end, with Jugo not around, the case remained unsolved.
Until today, the trio had gone berserk again, but Dosu had no idea why until now. He could only drag them away from the village before they started killing humans. Fortunately, in this rainy land, people go to bed early and close their windows, so no one saw them in action.
The stray dogs weren't so lucky.
Dosu finally managed to apprehend the enraged trio and sighed thoughtfully.
He couldn't understand the reason, but in the end, he could only look up sadly, wondering what to do and hoping Jugo would return soon.
It was while looking up that he saw the full moon.
Lost in thought, he began to remember something.
-Kin, the first time they went crazy was during a full moon, right?- Dosu asked, still looking at the moon.
Kin, who was washing the mud off her body, stopped for a moment, disgusted, looking up.
-I think so...- she replied with a doubtful look.
-That's also when Jugo-sama disappeared.- Dosu pointed out.
Kin thought for a moment before speaking. -Do you think it's related to the moon?
Dosu didn't answer, he just stared at the moon for a while longer before letting it go and leading the werewolves to hide in a nearby cave, they would spend the night there, he hoped the trio would feel better by morning.
Kin looked at the three with pity and saw their increasingly pitiful state, the trio whimpering in pain. -Dosu, I think they need to kill dogs or wolves, should we take them to them?
Dosu stopped, looking at the trio in pain and growing weaker. He worried they might die. Jugo must be furious, right?
Thinking of Jugo's furious expression, he wanted to agree, but the next moment, a voice was heard behind them.
-No need, they'll calm down soon.- Jugo appeared behind them at some point, looking at the canine trio with a slightly embarrassed expression.
He had truly forgotten about them, he really should choose zombies from now on, at least they wouldn't have problems with the curse.
As for Hirota Ken? Jugo had already warned him to take analgesic before going out, he shouldn't go out during a full moon or it would be problematic.
In any case, Jugo still didn't feel that the man had called him, so he still had time.
Now he didn't even need a plan, he could kill Orochimaru head-on, preferably by destroying his soul.
But he had a greater desire, Orochimaru was a scientist above all else and possessed many good qualities, it would be a shame to lose all of that simply by killing him.
He wanted to let Orochimaru take over Ken's body and see if the werewolf curse would affect him.
Even if that weren't the case, he could still corrupt him with the energy he had left in Ken's body. At that moment, he didn't think Orochimaru could escape his fate of becoming a skilled subordinate.
Dosu and Kin jumped in fright and assumed fighting stances, but upon seeing that it was Jugo, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Dosu nodded, relieved to see Jugo, Kin wanted to jump on him, but noticing her own muddy body, she became embarrassed and gave up.
Jugo didn't care and approached, pulling the girl close to him, he didn't mind a little mud.
Kin struggled a little, uncomfortable being seen like this, but seeing that Jugo wasn't going to let her go, she could only shrink back, embarrassed.
Jugo didn't look any different than before, so neither Dosu nor Kin noticed Jugo's increasing power, several times stronger than a month earlier.
Jugo asked how they spent that month and if there had been any news.
Dosu said that they trained indoors and hardly ever went out. Dosu pretended to be a hunter and Kin was his sister, who stayed at home, so they didn't attract much attention, except for some idiots who tried to take advantage of Kin. Dosu found them and beat them fiercely.
He didn't show any ninja skills, but it was enough to make him look like a "strong man".
The problem with the dogs was also reported, but Jugo knew about it and didn't take it seriously, he was even surprised that they attacked dogs and wolves, not people.
His belief that this potion was more linked to depravity than to massacre itself grew stronger, it was clear that the act of killing one's own kind to survive was an act approved by the cursed side of the potion.
There were also no reports of ninjas outside the village, Dosu and Kin found nothing, even with the dog's sense of smell, they found nothing unusual. That small village fulfilled its purpose of being sufficiently isolated.
Of course, a village so close to the Purple Mist Swamp already made it clear that it wouldn't be visited frequently.
Jugo looked at the trio of dogs and decided to wait until they recovered before leaving, he let their souls enter the Tenebrous World. From the outside, it only seemed as if they were sleeping.
Jugo didn't stay in the village waiting like an idiot, instead, he released some clones to go and gather information. Furthermore, he sent one clone away with hundreds of coins, leaving them hidden all the way to the Sound Village.
When he was finished, Jugo could use mirrored teleportation to quickly bring Kin and Dosu back.
Once there, he could simply summon the trio of dogs.
The summoning had two stages, the first was to bring the summoning from point B to point A, and the second stage was to return it, returning the summoning from point A to point B. However, the second stage was optional, they could simply choose not to return to point B and remain at point A. This essentially made it a one-way trip.
Once the summoning gives up the option of returning to the original point, it can only remain at that point.
As for why not maintain the possibility of returning indefinitely? It's not possible.
Maintaining this requires constant chakra, like a return seal engraved on the creature at the moment of summoning, the seal then remains on the creature, consuming its chakra indefinitely until it returns.
But even if the creature's chakra were infinite, it could not accept being summoned again while it maintained this seal.
Overall, there are more cons than pros to keeping the return seal, but it doesn't matter much because most summons are called for quick battles and in extreme cases, they can simply give up the return seals.
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