Published at 22nd of January 2024 9:35 am

Chapter 668 Theory of Strangeness

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While moving down the hallway of Ancor Vantian, Kuroto squinted his eyes and thought of Danzo, and as he thought of Danzo, something else came into his mind, “The Rinnegan!”

Thinking of the Rinnegan, Kuroto took out the small capsule from his pocket and looked at the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan floating inside it.

From his observation of this pair of Sharingan, Kuroto can clearly see that after absorbing the Yin-Yang chakra from Danzo’s ritual, the visual prowess of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan has improved quite a lot… in fact, it can even be said that the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in his hand is only a step away from evolving into the Rinnegan… just the right trigger is required, and it will be done.

This makes Kuroto quite delighted… Even if Kuroto already possesses the Tenseigan, he is still very excited to think that the Rinnegan with the power to distort the boundaries of life and death is within his reach.

But Kuroto can’t yet judge whether this is a good thing or a bad thing because along with the increased visual prowess, even the independent will that the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan carries within has also become stronger and more active.

And this ‘Independent Will’ deeply affects Homusubi’s thought process…

Even while she was hiding in the woods and observing the conversation between the Raikage and Hamu, she had to put a lot of effort into controlling the greed she was feeling at that time. The Independent Will in her eyes was urging her to steal Danzo’s eyes even if it risked all her plans, and it took too much effort on her part to control that greed.

“Haaah…” After a deep exhale, Kuroto put back the capsule in his hand inside his pocket and smiled.

He now has a new plan in his mind, and that plan involves the use of Rinnegan.

Based on his understanding of the Chimera Jutsu up until now, Kuroto has concluded that no matter how much improvement is made in Chimera Jutsu, undergoing the Kekkei Genkai Absorption Ritual is an extremely risky process with no guarantee of hundred percent success.

Therefore, having a pair of Rinnegan in his hand is a good practice as it would provide him with reassurance that if something unexpected happens to him and he dies, he can at least be brought back to life with the help of Rinne-Rebirth.

This also means that Danzo must be eliminated as Kuroto would need that pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in his eye sockets to create the Rinnegan.

It’s just that Kuroto feels quite weird about Danzo’s situation.

Especially his conversation with the Yondaime Raikage Ay.

In fact, by that time, Kuroto had already understood the gist behind Danzo’s strange behavior.

From what Kuroto has observed, the reason behind Danzo’s strange behavior was the unexpected change in the ritual that was brought by Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal that he secretly planted in Danzo’s body.

That Cursed Seal was obviously not the right solution to the problem of fusion of souls…

Natural Energy eroded all the souls, and Danzo’s own soul wasn’t spared… Although, his soul recovered with the awakening of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, however, once something is broken, then even if it is repaired, there are always cracks left behind, and those cracks in Danzo’s soul are the cause of his strange behavior.

The other souls in his body were not completely eroded by the Natural Energy, they are still present inside his body. And since Danzo doesn’t seem to have any power to suppress them for the time being, therefore, those souls are able to manifest themselves from the cracks in his soul.

This is the only reasoning Kuroto has come up with to explain why Danzo showed several different personalities in such a short amount of time.

Thinking of this, Kuroto summoned a crow and wrote a message to Yagura.

If Kuroto’s guess is indeed correct, then among the five souls present inside Danzo’s body, only four of them have manifested so far during the battle.

The first soul manifested itself while ‘Danzo’ used Crystal Release Jutsu to cut off the tree roots that were holding the volcano in order to escape… the coordination and planning he used highlighted that the soul that was in control of Danzo’s body had some experience as a Shinobi, but not too much, otherwise, he wouldn’t have chosen to do things so messily.

The second soul appeared when ‘Danzo’ slaughtered Kumogakure Shinobi and showed an excited expression… At that time, the battle prowess of ‘Danzo’ was very poor… This was definitely the soul of someone who was just a civilian, without any understanding of how Shinobi fights.

The third soul appeared when Danzo was heavily punched by Raikage’s thunder-ax, but survived and then used Vapor Release Jutsu. At that time, Danzo’s temperament had again changed, he showed the calmness of a shinobi and displayed good battle tactics…

And finally, the fourth soul manifested, when Danzo suddenly stopped his battle with the Kumogakure shinobi and identified himself as Hamu.

One of the souls has yet to manifest itself, but it doesn’t really matter all that much.

What’s important is that if the soul of Kirigakure Shinobi inside Danzo’s body is manifested, then there is a good probability that ‘Danzo’ might try to run away from Kumogakure and go to Kirigakure. Kuroto is not sure if this will really happen, it’s just a possibility.

Precisely why, Kuroto informed Yagura of the situation and instructed him to be prepared in advance so that encircling ‘Danzo’ becomes more accessible.

As for the possibility that Hamu aka Danzo will not leave Kumogakure?

Kuroto highly doubts it.

Raikage has indeed taken Hamu to Kumogakure, but Raikage is no fool… obviously, he won’t give Hamu the kind of treatment ‘Danzo’ might be expecting… This is Shinobi World…! Where benefits are the first priority.

Moreover, even if Raikage is willing to give shelter to Hamu, he wouldn’t do so without complete reassurance that he won’t be a danger to the village and that he will be helpful to the village because nobody wants to carry baggage.

And even if he is willing to provide shelter to Hamu, the senior staff of Kumogakure wouldn’t allow it to happen so easily.

Therefore, the most likely thing to happen to Hamu is that he will be locked up in some dark cell or tied to a test bench, and then his nightmare will start.

Kuroto believes that Danzo should also understand this, as such, he won’t dare stay in Kumogakure any more than necessary.

This is more evident from the fact that while Hamu explained Raikage quite a lot of things related to the ritual, he didn’t mention a thing about Wood Release and Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan that Danzo can use.

Knowing this, Kuroto’s worries in regards to the safety of the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan also diminished, because at this point in time, other than, him, Orochimaru, and ‘Danzo’, no one is aware of the presence of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in Danzo’s eye sockets.

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