In less than three days, the Shinobi Village was completely restored to its original state.
"Thank you so much! You've all done Dali these past few days!" Shiyu said, expressing her gratitude.
"We should be ashamed! In our quest to retrieve the star, we actually attacked your village. It's only right that we help rebuild it now," Natsuhi said.
Shiyu nodded and said, "Since you've helped me, I'll also remind you that the chakra within your bodies has already been activated. If you continue to use stars to further enhance chakra activity, you'll all die within five years. I'm being conservative; you'll die in less than three years at the earliest."
Fire Fly and Natsuhi nodded and said, "Sigh, actually we don't recommend using stars to become stronger anymore, but if we don't use stars, the village's strength will get weaker and weaker, and other ninja villages will attack us and even take our stars."
"What's meant to be will be. If you can't protect your belongings, you'll be robbed instead."
"As the saying goes, man proposes, God disposes; success depends on human effort. If you can seriously study ninjutsu and forge your own path, your strength may even surpass that of those who rely on the power of the Star Stone," Shiyu suggested. Fire Fly and Natsuhi both seemed to understand.
"Alright, I'll stop nagging. The stars are a product of your village, so how to deal with them should be left to your village. I'll accompany you to the Hoshigakure in the Land of Bears this time. I also want to know who the mastermind behind it all is." Shiyu already had a guess about the person's identity, but he wasn't sure yet.
"Thank you so much! If we can find Hoshikage, we'll have completed our mission. As for the Third Hokage Hoshikage..."
Shiyu said, "According to my guess, the Third Hokage Hoshikage is not dead, but merely being controlled. A living Third Hokage Hoshikage would have a better chance of destroying my Shinobi Village and easily controlling you."
"Ah, that makes sense. In that case, let's set off. By the way, will the Shinobi Village be attacked again after you leave?" Fire Fly asked.
"That's not necessarily true, but I have faith in the ninjas of our village."
Kakuzu, Uchiha Masamune, and Gray Fang can already be considered the pillars of the Shinobi Village, and currently, no one else should have the strength to attack the Shinobi Village.
"Let's go! Let's set off!" Shiyu then handed over the Shinobi Village to his subordinates. Uchiha Yoshiki's scheme had worked very well this time, Shiyu was quite impressed with Yoshiki's intelligence.
"Yoshiki, this time, you will stay and guard the village. With the three great ninjas of my Shinobi Village together, we are an impregnable fortress!" Shiyu entrusted Yoshiki with the important task of assisting the ninjas, and Yoshiki nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, Shiyu, along with Fire Fly, Natsuhi, and a group of Star Hidden Village ninja, headed to the Land of Bears.
The Land of Bears is located in the northern part of the Land of Rice. It is covered with forests and is known as the Forest of the Land of Bears. After entering the Land of Land of Bears, you will see a long canyon filled with green poisonous gas.
"Lord Shiyu, this is Hell Valley. To enter Star Hidden Village, you must wear the appropriate gas mask, otherwise... Wait! Lord Shiyu!" Before Fire Fly and Natsuhi could finish speaking, they saw Shiyu throw Kunai into the canyon, and then Shiyu disappeared instantly. When he reappeared, he was already in the middle of the canyon.
Shiyu calmly threw out another Kunai, then used the Flying Thunder God to reach the other side of the cliff.
"Hurry up and catch up." Shiyu smiled faintly.
"How... how is this possible!?"
"This is Hell Valley! How can you Teleportation there without using Kunai or ropes? What kind of ninjutsu is this?!" Natsuhi and Fire Fly were both stunned.
"This is the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique. It allows for instantaneous teleportation using Kunai. In your eyes, Hell Valley is an insurmountable barrier, but it's completely useless against me," Shiyu explained with a smile.
The two men ran over using Kunai and ropes, then said, "You inhaled some poisonous gas, more or less. Are you alright?"
"Poison gas?" Shiyu immediately waved his hand and said, "It's alright, it's alright. I'm immune to all poisons. Let alone smelling some poison gas, even if I fell into Hell Valley, I could still breathe normally."
"Even the Natsuhi and Fire Fly stare at each other awkwardly; I really don't know if what Shiyu said is true or false."
After passing through Hell Valley, Natsuhi and Fire Fly immediately led Shiyu to the house of the Third Hokage Hoshikage.
The so-called Shadow Guards at the gate were nothing more than elite Chunin, and their bodies were covered with hidden injuries from their Star Training. The two gatekeepers immediately stopped Shiyu, Natsuhi, Fire Fly.
"The Third Hokage Hoshikage said he only saw Akahoshi."
"Please inform them that Akahoshi is dead, and that we have returned after wiping out the Shinobi Village. Make sure the Third Hokage Hoshikage sees us; military intelligence cannot be delayed!" Fire Fly said.
"I understand. Huh? Who is this boy?" The guard noticed Shiyu.
"I am a prisoner. I am a prisoner of the Star Village, the leader of the Ninja Village," Shiyu said.
"Oh? Is that so?" The guard looked at Natsuhi and Fire Fly with suspicion.
"That's right, that's how it is. Only by capturing the leader of the Shinobi Village will it be of any use, isn't it?" Fire Fly said.
"Okay! Don't be impatient!"
The guard then went inside to report, and after a while came out saying, "Hoshikage has agreed to see you."
"Great!" Natsuhi nodded and entered Shiyu Fire Fly.
An old man wearing Hoshikage robe and Hoshikage hat had his back to the three of them.
"Oh? You're back. I heard you wiped out the Shinobi Village? And captured the leader of the enemy village! That's wonderful!" said the Third Hokage Hoshikage.
"Excuse me, the Shinobi Village wasn't destroyed. On the contrary, Third Hokage Hoshikage, you were controlled by genjutsu, weren't you?!" Shiyu questioned him directly.
"Hahaha! How could I be controlled by genjutsu?" The Third Hokage Hoshigakure turned around, his eyes now Sharingan.
"What is this!?" Fire Fly and Natsuhi were shocked. The Third Hokage Hoshikage was clearly being controlled by the Sharingan's genjutsu.
"Mysterious Peacock Method!" The two immediately used the secret technique of their village, knowing the power of Hoshikage.
The two guards who rushed over from outside, hearing the commotion, saw the two standing with Shiyu and using the Mysterious Peacock Method. They immediately assumed the two were planning to assassinate the Third Hokage Hoshikage and shouted, "Assassins!"
"Mysterious Peacock Method! Beast!"
Ignoring everything else, the two members of the Shadow Guard launched a chakra attack on the three of them.
The two sides 'Mysterious Peacock Method clashed, instantly plunging the world into darkness.
Meanwhile, the Third Hokage Hoshikage had also formed the hand seals of the Mysterious Peacock Method.