Chapter 74 star stone Obtained
"Lady Chiyo, the Konoha Ninja have brought new antidotes again. This time, after our Ninja injured them, they recovered in less than three minutes after injecting the antidote!"
"What!?"
Inside Baosha Town, Chiyo's startled cry was clearly heard even by the Ninja outside the house.
It was no wonder Chiyo was so surprised; the poisons meticulously prepared by Sand Ninja Village's many skilled puppeteers were being broken one after another by the Konoha people, completely nullifying one of their powerful killing moves.
"Who did it? Did you get any specific information? Has the Slug Princess come to the front lines again?"
Chiyo asked with an unpleasant expression. If their poisons were ineffective, then the Sand Ninja would be completely at a disadvantage in their battles against the Konoha Ninja.
At this time, Konoha's military strength was the strongest among the Five Great Nations, even surpassing the Cloud Ninja, who were known for their martial prowess.
During the Second Shinobi World War, a large part of Konoha's victory was attributed to Tsunade; the Slug Princess not only deciphered all of the Sand Ninja's poisons but also the poison of the Salamander. It was precisely because Tsunade was present that the Sand Ninja's offensive was contained.
This time, they had clearly heard that Tsunade had left Konoha, so who else among the Konoha Ninja could break their Sand Ninja poisons now?
"This... I'm not sure, but we haven't heard any news of Konoha's Tsunade arriving at the Land of Rivers battlefield."
"It's not Tsunade, Elder Chiyo."
Rasa suddenly pushed the door open and said with a troubled expression,
"After the second poison was broken by Konoha, I sent the Anbu to gather information. Although they didn't find out who exactly was breaking the poisons, Tsunade appeared in the Land of Hot Water a while ago. In such a short time, it's impossible for her to have come to the Land of Rivers."
Chiyo immediately asked in confusion, "Then who could it be? Has another Ninja highly skilled in Medical Ninjutsu appeared in Konoha?"
While Rasa was also concerned about this, what was more important now was that they couldn't continue to be at a stalemate with Konoha. So he said to Chiyo, "Elder Chiyo, I have decided to send an envoy to form an alliance with Iwagakure to jointly attack Konoha."
Chiyo glanced at Rasa and slowly said, "Ōnoki, that Old Man, doesn't easily give promises..."
"For now, this is the only way. I've already asked the Anbu to invite Master Bunbuku. With the One-Tail Jinchuriki participating in the battle, Iwagakure will surely be unable to resist taking a bite out of Konoha."
"Bunbuku..."
Upon hearing that name, Chiyo knew that Rasa was determined to defeat Konoha on the Land of Rivers battlefield. The participation of the Jinchuriki was almost their Sand Ninja Village's last resort.
"Everything is up to you, after all, you are now the Fourth Kazekage of Sand Ninja Village."
After Chiyo finished speaking, she prepared to continue concocting a new poison. If there wasn't a large-scale war, her greatest role would be to continuously prepare powerful poisons, giving the Sand Ninja a decisive means against the Konoha Ninja.
Konoha didn't yet know that the Sand Ninja were mobilizing a Jinchuriki to the battlefield, otherwise, they would definitely formulate countermeasures.
If a Jinchuriki fully unleashed the power of their Tailed Beast on the battlefield, it would be an apocalyptic disaster; even the weakest of the Tailed Beasts, the Ichibi, would require a Ninja of Orochimaru's level to deal with, or seven or eight Elite Jonin who were good at teamwork, to contain the Jinchuriki.
"Is the money all gone?"
Hyuga Mirai's expression was calm, but Vortex Ayaka, with her head bowed, could feel an inexplicable chill rising from in front of her.
"No, there's still some left. I'm very frugal..."
At this point, Vortex Ayaka might have felt a bit embarrassed, her voice gradually trailing off until Hyuga Mirai couldn't even hear what the fellow was mumbling with her head down.
Vortex Ayaka indeed hadn't spent all of it, but the remaining twenty thousand or so Ryo wouldn't last a week even if she spent frugally; if Hyuga Mirai hadn't come to find her again, Vortex Ayaka would have considered getting a part-time job.
However, in just one month, she had spent around five hundred thousand, and she had only bought one or two changes of clothes. The village housing wouldn't have many expenses, which meant all that money was eaten by her?
Hyuga Mirai looked around and thought helplessly.
Vortex Ayaka was the first subordinate Hyuga Mirai had taken on. It would be a huge loss to drive her away just because she ate too much; Vortex Ayaka's abilities and talent were very good, and she would be a capable assistant once she grew stronger.
But her eating habits were a bit...
Hyuga Mirai stared at her for a while, not speaking for a long time. His pure white eyes made Vortex Ayaka's head drop lower and lower, almost burying itself in her chest.
"...Spend it carefully."
Hyuga Mirai left Vortex Ayaka another sum of money, saying this, though it might make him seem a bit undignified, Hyuga Mirai genuinely didn't have much money left.
He had been transferred to the position of antidote preparation, so he wasn't handling military supplies, and his income suddenly decreased. He heard that Orochimaru had chosen his replacement, so it must be a trusted subordinate. Presumably, after repelling the Sand Ninja, Orochimaru would at least earn enough to cover the cost of a clone.
Afterward, Hyuga Mirai checked Vortex Ayaka's training progress and explained many of the doubts she had accumulated during her training.
Hyuga Mirai's teaching level might not be as good as those Special Jonin who specialized in teaching, but it was enough for Vortex Ayaka to absorb.
Three days passed quickly. Hyuga Mirai went to the black market, obtained the star stone, and immediately returned to Kikyō Castle.
None of the Shadow Clone's memories had been transmitted back, indicating that nothing unexpected had happened in Kikyō Castle.
After returning safely, Hyuga Mirai eagerly began to analyze and research the star stone.
This thing had radiation. Although the Third Hoshikage lived for over a hundred years without issue, that Old Man might have been an exception.
So Hyuga Mirai had made preparations early on, and clothes made of protective materials were already ready to be worn; moreover, the star stone could radiate Chakra, causing Chakra to mutate, so Hyuga Mirai didn't even dare to send a Shadow Clone to assist.
"Oh~, I originally thought this was a meteorite, but I didn't expect it to have characteristics of a living organism. Could the star stone really be the Ten-Tails' remains?"
After Hyuga Mirai studied the molecular structure of the star stone, he found that this star stone was in a state between living and dead, possessing both cellular survival characteristics and maintaining a stable physical structure.
"The Ten-Tails' body is currently the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. This meteorite couldn't possibly have fallen off Kaguya, could it?"
After the Shadow Clone obtained the chemical properties and molecular structure of the star stone from the main body, it began to calculate the feasible equations for converting the star stone into an energy furnace. Then it said to the main body, "It will take approximately one day. Before that, you need to clear out the useless impurities and then isolate and observe it."
"The source can be verified later, but this star stone contains a lot of energy. It can definitely be made into an energy power furnace."
Now, the energy power furnace for the biomechanical assistant was settled.
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