Speaking of Shigaraki Tanuki, Black Zetsu felt a little more energetic.
This guy really gave him a big surprise.
"That guy named Tanuki does have some skills, and besides him, there is also a guy named Shennong in Sunagakure's team. Medical Ninjutsu is very accomplished, and even has a very high level of research on the physical body. With the three of them joining forces, they have really almost completely restored this technique! What they are doing now is just to add the last layer of insurance to the control of this technique."
If that technique can really work perfectly, then even Orochimaru will have absolutely no way to prevent Ten-Tails's resurrection, and once Ten-Tails is successfully resurrected, Black Zetsu's final plan will only be a few steps away.
"Oh? In that case, Sunagakure really gave me some surprises! There are such outstanding talents."
To be honest, Nagato really looked down on Sunagakure.
In other villages, in times of crisis, ninjas who were at least from the Mesozoic era stepped forward and shouldered the important task of protecting the village's heritage. Only Sunagakure had to ask an old man who had retired long ago to come forward.
But even so, Sunagakure did not last long before being destroyed, which can be called a shame for Five Great Shinobi Villages.
Nagato can't understand why Hanzō failed to defeat this weakling village back then!
But now it seems that this village can become one of Five Great Shinobi Villages because it still has some background.
Just like Shura, who has gradually become famous over the years, relied on Seven-Day Breathing Method to open the fifth breathing state with one hand, and even forced Might Duy to open Seventh Gate to defeat it.
Of course, Shura was ultimately unable to defeat Might Duy who had turned on Seventh Gate. In the end, he was defeated after a big battle. He was eventually discovered by Konan who noticed the movement on the battlefield and took advantage of his ability to fly to save him.
But part of the reason for this is that Might Duy's strength has declined in the past two years due to his age.
Although Tenten screams youth and trains hard every day to maintain his condition, he has finally become an old man in his fifties.
The human body has its limits after all.
Practicing Eight Gates Technique is to squeeze the body's potential. In order to perfect this technique when he was young, Might Duy suffered hidden injuries to his body that have been cured by Orochimaru. However, after all, he lost a lot of vitality when he was young, and even his lifespan was affected.
Although he has been recuperating over the years, his peak period ended several years earlier than ordinary ninjas.
Most ninjas, if they are talented enough and have enough resources, will basically improve slightly in their twenties, and will not reach their peak physical condition until they are thirty years old.
Just like Kakashi and Asuma in the original work, if the increase brought by Mangekyō Sharingan is excluded, in fact, when Chunin Ninja Exams reaches Shippuden, Kakashi's age increased from twenty-six to thirty. According to the official formula book, Kakashi's "body", "virtue" and "speed" each increased a little during this period, and the overall value increased from sixty-six to sixty-nine.
During this period of time, Asuma's "body" and "speed" increased a bit, and the overall value increased from sixty-three to sixty-five.
After reaching the peak, it lasts until he is in his fifties, which is the period when Third Hokage retires. This period is probably the peak period of a ninja's career. After that, whether the peak can be maintained depends on the individual ninja.
If they are ninjas like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki, who have extremely high attainments in ninjutsu, it's okay. After they get old, their physical condition and Chakra's quantity will decline. Minus, but as long as they don't fight Taijutsu with the enemy in close quarters, their superb ninjutsu skills can still cause great damage. As long as they are not too old to walk, no matter how low the battle is, there will always be a lower limit.
However, Taijutsu ninja relies entirely on his own body to exert his strength. When Might Duy used Seventh Gate when he was young, he could still reach the mid-to-upper level of Kage Level, but now, there has been a slight decline.
It can be said that Might Duy is gradually descending from the top of the mountain, while Shura is climbing towards the peak that Might Duy once reached, and even surpassing it!
When he was young and fighting against Might Duy, he even briefly burst out with a combat power close to that of Kage Level, which surprised many people. Now the remaining Sunagakure ninjas regard him as the most important person who can revive Sunagakure in the future!
Over the years, Shura and Shennong have often interacted. Shura needs Shennong's superb medical skills to regulate his body. Shennong also gave Shura, the semi-finished product Eight Gates developed by Second Hokage that he acquired that year, so that he could absorb the essence and perfect his own Seven-Day Breathing Method.
Now, Shennong has also been converted from Eight Gates to Seven-Day Breathing Method.
After all, the Eight Gates he obtained was not complete, and the upper limit he could reach was naturally not as good as that of Kai and Dai. Instead, it was Seven-Day Breathing Method. Under the guidance of the founder, Shura, it would be easier for him to practice.
Not to mention, the current Seven-Day Breathing Method has been basically perfected and successfully developed through the joint research and development between him and Shura.
Shura can now activate the fifth breath under normal conditions, but the sixth breath has also been created, but he has not used it yet. As for the seventh breath, there is now a basic theoretical prototype, and it is only a matter of time before it is successfully developed.
Nagato pondered for a long time, thinking about Akatsuki Organization's next action, and then turned to look at Black Zetsu.
"Among the current Nine Tailed Beasts, One-Tail to Eight-Tails are either already in our hands, or are on their way to being trapped. So, what solution do you have for Nine-Tails?"
He remembered that Black Zetsu once said that he had a way to solve this problem. There was something in Shinobi World that could replace Nine-Tails.
"Hey, Nine-Tails, the real Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is in the hands of Konohagakure. It is indeed difficult to get it, but the fake one..."
Speaking of this, Black Zetsu threw a piece of information to Nagato, and it seemed that he was well prepared.
"Among Twelve Guardian Ninja, the Daimyo who were guarding Land of Fire back then, there was a guy who was very hostile to Konohagakure, called Kazuma. However, he was secretly eliminated by Anbu sent by Shikun Mitarashi several years ago."
"However... in Nine-Tails Incident back then, he also secretly infiltrated Konohagakure, collected a large amount of Nine-Tails Chakra, and used his son Kong as a container to seal it, with the hope of cultivating a new pseudo-Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in the future to fight against Konohagakure."
"Although this approach seems a bit stupid, he did save a lot of energy for us now."
"And now, the poor fellow who was the fake Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is now staying in Temple of Fire as a trainee Ninja monk, and was raised by Jirōbō, a monk who was also a member of Twelve Guardian Ninja."
"If the Nine-Tails Chakra in that guy's body hadn't exploded a few years ago and directly entered the state of Tailed Beast Transformation, and even grew four tails, causing quite a stir, the White Zetsu lurking in Land of Fire might not have been discovered."
Nagato's eyes lit up.
"Oh? Can Tailed Beast Transformation have four tails even in its current state? It's more than enough as a substitute! But what about Temple of Fire...
It is said that the Ninja monks there are said to be very powerful and control a power called Sage Art, and it is located within the territory of Land of Fire. If you want to go there to capture the fake Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, you must break through the layers of blockade of Konohagakure. It seems that only experienced formal members of the organization can do this. "
Nagato thought for a moment, thinking about which of the current Akatsuki Organization would be more suitable to perform this task.
Not long after, after Nagato used Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to communicate with other members of Akatsuki Organization, Kakuzu finally took Hidan to Land of Fire.
That's because among the enemies Temple of Fire faced this time, Temple of Fire's abbot Jirōbō had a bounty of up to 30 million taels on the black market, which made Kakuzu very excited.
Nagato, considering that Kakuzu itself was experienced enough, and the immortal duo themselves were also extremely powerful, agreed.
Land of Fire, deep in the mountains.
"What! There are actually people living in such deep mountains and old forests, and they even built such a big temple! It makes me tired from walking!"
Carrying Sickle, Hidan, who followed Kakuzu all the way from Land of Rain to secretly break through the blockade and sneaked in, sat down on the ground.
What was in front of them was Temple of Fire's tightly closed Main Gate.
Perhaps it was because the location of this temple was too high and remote, so they saw no believers coming to worship along the way.
"For people, belief in something like this requires looking up. If it is at a high place, the temple will give people a sense of dignity and inviolability. Therefore, temples are generally located on high mountains to give believers the feeling of looking up."
Uncle Kakuzu has lived for almost a hundred years and is considered well-informed, so he casually explained for Hidan.
"Faith? My faith is Lord Jashin!"
Hidan suddenly became energetic.
"This group of pagans, I must sacrifice them all to Lord Jashin! I believe there should be many people in such a big temple, and they will definitely satisfy Lord Jashin!"
"Kill, kill, but remember our mission, catch that fake Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Kakuzu's arm hardened into gray-black color, and then he punched Temple of Fire's Main Gate hard.
This is Earth Release·Earth Spear, which can greatly strengthen the body, can smash hard rocks with attack, and can withstand the explosion of Explosive Tag at close range.
"Oh? There's actually a seal carved on the Main Gate of this temple? No wonder it's quite hard!"
Main Gate was not broken by a punch, which was somewhat beyond Kakuzu's expectation, but a big deep pit had appeared on it, and it looked shaky.
"Boom!"
Angle punched Main Gate one after another, hitting Main Gate with such force that even the ground was shaking.
In the temple, a monk who was sweeping the floor staggered and looked at the location of Main Gate in horror.
"What's going on! The iron wall seal has been destroyed again. Is it because the power in that boy's body has gone crazy again? Go and report it to Lord Jirōbō!"
The monks in the temple ran towards the depths of the temple in confusion and panic.
Many years ago, Sora, who was only ten years old, went berserk because of the Nine-Tails Chakra in his body. Not only did he break the iron wall seal on Main Gate, he even almost destroyed several villages at the foot of the mountain after running out. In the end, he was suppressed by the Earth Master who used Sage Art.
It is precisely because of this that Sora has been called a "monster" by many monks in Temple of Fire since he was a child.
"Boom!"
Before these monks could get far, the broken Main Gate collapsed, splashing countless rubble.
"Hey! You pagans, you don't look like you believe in Jashin Cult!"
Hidan carried Sickle and walked in first carelessly.
"This kind of outfit... Red Cloud Black Robes, it's unmistakable, it's the rumored Akatsuki!"
The monk holding the broom swallowed and said with some horror.
Daimyo of Akatsuki Organization is now known to everyone in Shinobi World. In other places, many people regard it as the only hope to defeat Orochimaru. However, within the territory controlled by Konohagakure, Akatsuki Organization is a powerful and ambitious terrorist organization.
At this moment, a burly monk wearing white robes, bare feet, thick eyebrows and big eyes walked out from the depths of the temple.
"Akatsuki Organization? I will be responsible for the head-on confrontation, and the rest of you will be responsible for the support!"
"Great, if Master Jirōbō can even subdue that monster, he will definitely be able to defeat the enemy!"
All the monks looked at Jirōbō in front of them with some excitement.
Because Jirōbō is indeed a highly respected monk with profound Buddhist teachings.
How profound is Buddhism?
My Buddha is compassionate! Master Jirōbō, who served as Twelve Guardian Ninja, is good at physical salvation, and his Buddhist teachings are as high as a bounty of thirty million taels!
"You two! No matter why you came here, if you just retreat, I can still let you live!"
Jirōbō looked at the immortal duo in front of him with a cold eyebrow.
"Let us retreat obediently? Do you not want to commit unnecessary killing? It's really touching! But my sect has exactly the opposite belief than yours!"
"Do you have faith? My faith is money, and your head happens to be worth thirty million taels!"
Hidan and Kakuzu dismissed Jirōbō's words, and then rushed directly towards Jirōbō.
But the next moment, the two of them were quickly knocked to the ground by countless huge fists waving in the air.
"Come to welcome·Senju kill!"
I saw Jirōbō pointing to the sky, standing on one foot, and glaring with anger, just like the angry-glaring King Kong of Buddhism.