Hyuga Sho did not trust Mount Myōboku, nor did he trust Ryūchi Cave.
There was a whole horde of monsters and demons inside, all of them running wild.
Who knew whether Sage Mode might have some kind of drawback?
Compared to that,
Hyuga Sho trusted the Plunder from the Evolution Chart more.
If he could plunder Sage Chakra from Jugo the Scales...
"Dance of the Spider Lily..."
Just as Kimimaro finished transforming and was about to pull out the spine from his back...
"Hm?"
Shin widened his eyes.
Pfft...
Blood spurted from Kimimaro's mouth.
What was going on?!
The Sound Four and the other ninjas from Otogakure were also stunned.
They all stared at Kimimaro as he vomited blood.
They had thought Shin had used some strange jutsu.
"This guy... there's something wrong with his body..."
Shin narrowed his eyes and examined Kimimaro.
It came from experience.
Having followed Lord Orochimaru in the past and undergone countless human experiments, Shin easily recognized that something was wrong with Kimimaro's body.
"It's probably... Bloodline Disease."
Shin shook his head regretfully, lowered his stance, and no longer intended to continue fighting.
"Poor little brat..."
That look of pity made the blood-spitting Kimimaro even angrier.
"What did you say...?!"
"I said you have a rare Bloodline Disease."
Shin smiled.
"Some people say Bloodline Disease is caused by intermarriage, while others say it's caused by overdeveloping a Kekkei Genkai. In any case... it's an almost incurable disease... Even my master, Lord Orochimaru, would probably be helpless against it..."
Shin smiled.
"Come to think of it... perhaps the reason Lord Orochimaru didn't choose you as his vessel was that he had already discovered something was wrong with your body."
"What about you?!"
Kimimaro retorted.
This blue-skinned freak had devoured his Kekkei Genkai.
Could he also...
"..."