[Space: Four Symbols Seal]

Orochimaru looked around and confirmed that there were no other people, Ninja, ninja beasts, Kikaichū, or anything like that.

Then he spoke, "Actually, if Teacher Sarutobi isn't dead, I'll have to find a way to make a move."

"The longer he lives, the greater and more unforgivable his mistakes will be."

"It's a good thing that it can end early, for Teacher Sarutobi."

Although I can't get a final, definite answer from you, I already have my own answer in my heart.

Orochimaru bowed deeply and said, "Anyway, thank you."

Shazo laughed and said, "Orochimaru -sama, don't try to fool me with empty words when you thank me."

"Help me complete this task, and we'll be even."

Orochimaru chuckled. "Good, it's best if we can even things go even."

"Fifth Hokage, what do you want me to do?"

Shazo said, "I've set my sights on a small country— Rōran."

"To be precise, it's the dragon Dragon Vein, a priceless treasure passed down through generations of the Rōran royal family. I want to obtain Rōran's land and dragon Dragon Vein, and I need Lord Orochimaru's help to design and promote the relevant plans."

Orochimaru looked up at the sky, actually carefully recalling his past experiences. "Rōran, let me think—"

"I've got it! The Ancient Kingdom of Roran."

Suddenly, Orochimaru lowered his head sharply, looked at Shazo, and exclaimed in surprise, "Hiss! This is not good. Country of Roran is a country within a country, nestled within the Land of Wind."

"Fifth Hokage, perhaps you should change your mission. It involves obtaining the kingdom from the Queen of Roran, who is also within the territory of Sunagakure. This is too troublesome."

Shazo laughed, "Lord Orochimaru, your information is outdated."

"Rōran has been destroyed. Their people are scattered across several oases in the Land of Wind, led by their new queen, organizing caravans to make a living through trade."

"As long as Konoha provides the money and a piece of land, it won't be difficult to buy the entire Rōran."

"What I want you to solve is the problem of Sunagakure."

"Alright, let me put it more clearly. I can easily defeat Sunagakure and force them to hand over this land to Konoha."

"But as the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, I cannot attack my allies without a reason. I need a justification, a sufficient reason to retaliate against Sunagakure."

"If it's just the Fourth Kazekage insulting me like before, the intensity of retaliation is limited. I can't kill people indiscriminately, much less seize their resources and land."

"This time, I need a bigger, more ruthless, and more hostile pretext for attack."

Orochimaru's tongue, startled, fell out of his mouth and drooped limply at the corner of his lips.

"Slurp! Fifth Hokage, you've truly impressed me! I never imagined you could be so despicable, so shameless. You're really... quite a surprise."

Orochimaru retracted his tongue and said excitedly, "Leave this to me. I need to think carefully about how to get Sunagakure to attack Konoha."

"As an ally of Konoha, attacking Konoha without cause is certainly a plausible reason for retaliation."

"Hmm, Fifth, you turned Sunagakure into a wooden fortress last year. It's easy to provoke the hatred of the Sunagakure Ninja, but how can I instill in them the Ninja that they can severely damage Konoha?"

"Oh dear, Fifth Hokage, you beat them so badly before, they've lost all their courage. It's not good to encourage them now."

"I need to think carefully about who I should bring in."

Orochimaru was completely absorbed in thought, excitedly calculating and pondering, before leaving as if no one else was around.

The Fifth Hokage Shazo, who was left on the roof of the Hokage Building, sneered at himself twice and then disappeared from the spot.

Orochimaru is a senior Ninja, and he's thinking about how to better complete his mission.

Politeness is Politeness.

The Fifth Hokage didn't care!

I don't care at all!

Shazo did not go home this time. He left Konoha and ran all the way to the Valley of the End, arriving at the training ground that had already been set up.

After fusing with the Nuclear Style Kekkei Tōta, Shazo was horrified to discover that the successful fusion itself was a huge risk. At that time, if he made even the slightest mistake in controlling his Nuclear Style Chakra, the [Nuclear Style: Solar Particle] he used would go out of control.

The uncontrolled Nuclear Style Secret Technique will result in the Konoha exploding.

His house, Quan's house, and the surrounding neighbors were all going to be blown to bits, and half of the people he knew would die instantly.

Feeling deeply frightened, Shazo never dared to Kekkei Tōta again in the village, which is why he opened a training ground in the Valley of the End.

As it turned out, his worries were not unfounded.

After stabilizing his Nuclear Style, his attempts to fuse with Dark Style techniques failed in the following days.

The reason for each failure was not the inability to complete the fusion, but the sudden burst of suction after successful fusion, which made it difficult for the newly formed Dark Style Chakra to maintain its balance, causing it to decompose back into Wind Style, Water Release, and Lightning Release.

How terrifying is the suction force at the moment of successful fusion?

Shazo gathered the three nature Chakra that had Nature Transformation in his lower abdomen, and a stream of Dark Style Chakra that seemed to be pure darkness was born.

The moment the Dark Style Chakra appeared, it first devoured the Wind Style, Water Release, and Lightning Release Chakra that had not yet fully fused.

Then it suddenly swelled up, but at the same time it seemed to have grown up, recognized its master as Shazo, and stopped absorbing Shazo's Chakra.

But then it appeared outside Shazo's body, and like a black hole, it began to absorb everything except Shazo.

That's right, the biggest difference between Dark Style Kekkei Tōta and Dark Style: Kekkei Genkai is that Dark Style: Kekkei Tōta can not only devour Chakra, but also matter.

When the fusion was first successful, and Shazo was still unable to control the Dark Style Chakra, his devouring of matter was extremely terrifying.

Luck, the Dark Style Chakra could recognize Shazo's life force and wouldn't immediately devour him, unlike Shimura Danzō tragically died from his own technique after using the [Reverse Four Symbols Seal].

Shazo's clothes were the first to suffer, and he was instantly left naked.

Next, Shazo's house was absorbed. The entire wooden house was decomposed and absorbed under Shazo's gaze, disappearing without a trace.

Then the surrounding trees and soil flew towards Shazo and disappeared before his eyes.

If this happened in Konoha, and what was flying towards them was their neighbor's house, or even the neighbor himself, Shazo would definitely be devastated.

It was at this moment that a large amount of matter was absorbed by the Dark Style Chakra, miraculously contained and disappeared by the Dark Style, while the Dark Style Chakra itself was also suffering a huge impact.

As the absorption range expanded to 80 meters, the Dark Style Chakra seemed to have overeaten, beginning to vibrate violently before disintegrating once again, breaking down into its original three elemental Chakra attributes.

The moment of collapse was also the moment when Shazo's focus reached its peak.

He divided all his attention into two parts: one part focused on maintaining and restraining the Dark Style Chakra, extending its existence as much as possible, and slowing down the process of its disintegration.

The other part of his attention was focused on using all his observational abilities to observe the details of the Dark Style's operation and its disintegration process.

He observed many details, some of which he had seen before, and some of which were entirely new, but all within the scope of his deductions.

After repeated deductions and calculations, Shazo jumped out of the large pit that had been absorbed by the Dark Style.

Yes, he is still naked.

Shazo Zuo pressed his hands to the ground and activated Earth Release Ninjutsu.

[Earth Release - Earthquake Core]

The earth began to shake, and the cracked ground rose and fell in a rhythmic pattern, like the keys of a piano.

Under Shazo's control, the ground Shattering amidst the tremors, filling in the large crater created by the Dark Style. Although there were still obvious pits and depressions, the ground was largely restored to a smooth surface.

Shazo continued to use his Secret Technique.

[Magnet Style - Sandification]

Centered on Shazo, the surrounding land rapidly weathered, turning into golden sand. The sand grains Flow slightly, filling in the large and small pits and making the land completely flat.

[Wood Release: Wood Release: Great Forest Technique]

The sand swelled up into lumps of varying sizes, and then saplings sprouted from the soil, growing with a crackling sound, and in the blink of an eye, they became a dense, all-encompassing Forest.

The newly formed Forest constantly sheds leaves, which quickly decompose upon landing and mix with sand to form black humus soil.

Then all sorts of small grasses sprouted from the soil and covered the ground.

Everything returned to normal, as if the Dark Style had never gone out of control, and the Forest had not been completely destroyed by the terrifying suction force.

Shazo suddenly sighed, "Ninjutsu is so convenient."

As he spoke, he clapped his hands together, Chakra Microwave.

[Wood Release: Three Rooms and Two Halls Technique]

The surrounding trees seemed to come alive, intertwining and twisting, constantly deforming and contorting, transforming at an astonishing speed into an exquisite and spacious wooden mansion.

Aside from the fact that it's all made of natural wood, making the color look monotonous, and it lacks decorative elements like glass, it's a truly perfect building.

This technique is an improvement on Tenzo's [Wood Release: Four Pillars House Technique]. In fact, it only changes the house structure to make the house more in line with Shazo's own wishes.

Shazo pushed open the wooden door and went inside. The room was fully furnished with tables, chairs, beds, and other furniture.

He casually sat down in the large chair in the living room and began to recall the details before the collapse of the Dark Style.

Just now, Shazo recalled the various details before Shimura Danzō's death, and thus connected the various manifestations of [Reverse Four Symbols Seal] with the manifestations of the Dark Style Kekkei Tōta absorbing all things.

Although their performances seem different, they actually share many similarities in the details.

Following this line of thought, Shazo then thought of a god-level skill, Obito Uchiha's [Kamui], which was also a skill often used to absorb matter or even capture enemies.

Finally, there are Nagato's [Banshō Ten'in] and Chibaku Tensei, which are based on the Rinnegan. He personally experienced the former once and felt many details.

Now, putting all of this together, Shazo finally had an idea.

He wanted to use the [Inner Four Symbols Seal] to create a space for the Dark Style Kekkei Tōta —no, two spaces.

The Sealing Technique space is used to contain the absorbed Chakra and matter separately, preventing the Dark Style Chakra itself from being directly impacted and collapsing when it is completely filled with various items.

Shazo smiled, "That's right, sometimes being kind isn't a bad thing."

"The reward for teaching Naruto Sealing Technique is now being realized at its greatest value."

He began to form hand Hand Seals, using Chakra as magic and his spirit as a brush, drawing black Sealing Technique Runes.

Because Shazo had to learn Sealing Technique before teaching Naruto, and also had to deal with Naruto's endless questions, he became very proficient in Sealing Technique.

With his mind at ease, he instantly designed all the sealing structures for the [Space· Four Symbols Seal].

However, Shazo had never used Sealing Technique in battle, nor did he practice Sealing Technique during training. When he started to actually use them, he found that his mind was full of ideas, but his hands just wouldn't obey him.

Brain: This way, that way, turn it around a bit more, and it'll be done.

Hand: I know, but don't rush.

Shazo could only awkwardly and extremely slowly sketch the Runes, gradually completing the spell's structure.

Throughout this process, he remained extremely cautious.

Even though Shazo was indeed very proficient in Sealing Technique and had a complete set of design plans in mind, it was really a problem that his hands wouldn't obey him.

Several times, a single mistake at the last minute ruined a large part of the surgical procedure.

The Fifth Hokage, hailed as the strongest Ninja in the Ninja World, was forced to break out in a cold sweat by the Sealing Technique he himself designed.

Fortunately, he was ultimately a powerful Super Kage-level Ninja, and his hands had honed hand seals for many years, giving him a very good foundation, which allowed him to gradually advance the construction of the Sealing Technique.

As time went by, Shazo's hands gradually adapted to the hand seals of the Sealing Technique, and the speed at which he drew the seals began to increase, while his heart gradually relaxed.

As dawn approached, the massive Sealing Technique of [Space· Four Symbols Seal] was finally successfully constructed.

This is a spherical, multi-layered Sealing Array. Its core Aether, constructing a rotating and balanced spatial structure.

Its cathode space can contain Chakra, while its anode space can contain natural matter.

The fish-eyes in the Yin-Yang space can output the absorbed Chakra and natural substances, unlike the Taotie which only takes in and doesn't give out, eventually bursting itself.

The outermost layer of the Sealing Array has 12,840 contact points, corresponding to the core nodes of the operational structure after the successful fusion of Dark Style Chakra.

Shazo intends to use [Space: Four Symbols Seal] as a starting point, integrating his own Wind Style, Water Release, and Lightning Release Chakra to ensure that the Dark Style: Kekkei Tōta is integrated with the Sealing Space from the very beginning.

Just as he was about to begin, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he remembered the Dust Release Kekkei Tōta, which he had not yet tried.

Based on his experience in forging Kekkei Genkai Ring, the closer one gets to completion, the stronger the interference from the Kekkei Genkai becomes, increasing the difficulty of fusing a new Kekkei Genkai.

The fusion of Dark Style is inherently very difficult, but the numerous failures may well be due to interference from Wood Release, Steel Style, and Nuclear Style.

The final Dust Release: Kekkei Tōta Fusion technique will likely be incredibly difficult to master.