Enrollment

After returning to the Laboratory, Minamoto Takuya gently ran his slender fingers over the three scrolls in his hands. He had only skimmed through them while in Iwagakure; the ninjutsu contained within still required careful study.

As for Dust Release, that would require more cautious research later on.

However, he had not the slightest doubt that Ōnoki would dare fob him off with fakes.

That confidence stemmed from an absolute disparity in strength. The price of deception was far beyond what Iwagakure could bear in its current state.

His power was not some fleeting bloom that vanished after being used once. If there was even the slightest falsehood in these scrolls, all it would take was a single thought for him to once again descend upon Iwagakure from above.

And then, it would no longer be a simple warning. A cold curve touched Minamoto Takuya's lips.

He had always valued efficiency and reliability. Killing had never been the goal itself, merely a means of clearing obstacles.

As long as the other side was wise enough to bow before absolute power and offer up the "tribute" he required, he did not mind sparing them.

But if they insisted on resisting to the bitter end, he would not mind using absolute force to send them to meet the Reaper!

At that moment, Minamoto Takuya stretched lazily, an indescribable sense of satisfaction filling his heart.

The gains from this trip had far exceeded his expectations when he first set out after capturing the Four-Tails.

Not only had he successfully extracted and sealed the wild, immense chakra of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, but he had also taken Iwagakure's two core secret ninjutsu scrolls—Earth-Style: Added-Weight Rock Technique and Light-Weight Rock Technique—as well as the cultivation method for the Kekkei Tōta secret art, Dust Release.

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