Silent Killing Technique, Kimimaro Kaguya

Before using the Chimera Technique to fuse with the Uchiha bloodline, Minamoto Takuya had done some research.

Although the Uchiha Clan generally did not intermarry with outsiders in order to preserve the purity of their bloodline, there were still a very few cases in the story where outsiders might have married into the Uchiha Clan.

Of course, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno did not count. After all, Sasuke Uchiha had been the only bachelor left in the Uchiha Clan at the time. There had not been a single woman, so he could only marry outside the clan.

Even so, he was still a little worried. It would be troublesome if the one he had chosen happened to be descended from an outsider.

To that end, he had looked through the man's records. Fortunately, the man had not been anyone important within the Uchiha Clan. He had only awakened the Sharingan shortly before his death, and nobody had known about it.

So Minamoto Takuya had been able to access his records. After confirming that all of his elders since the village's founding had been members of the Uchiha Clan, he finally relaxed. As for before the village's founding, the Uchiha Clan had been even less likely to intermarry with outsiders.

As long as the purity of the man's bloodline was ensured, he could handle awakening the eyes himself.

And as for why he had the authority to look through the records, naturally, it was because he was no longer unemployed.

After Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, he naturally had to promote his own people. Minamoto Takuya had been honorably selected to become the leader of the Sealing Team.

If it had been any other team, Minamoto Takuya would have found it too troublesome and refused. But the Sealing Team... in the end, he accepted.

After all, the leader of the Sealing Team could access the village's Sealing Jutsu. More importantly, he could get close to the barrier sealing jutsu that enveloped the village!

This was crucial to whether he could freely use the Summoning Technique to come and go.

At this moment, Minamoto Takuya watched the confused expressions of those people as they looked around through the thick fog. He had tested it long ago—the Sharingan could see through dense mist and perceive objects.

That was why this technique was called Ninja Art: Water Mist Technique, rather than the Mist Shinobi's Mist Hiding Technique.

There was an essential difference between the two techniques. The Mist Hiding Technique was a special technique of the Mist Shinobi. The dense fog it created was filled with Chakra, and this mist could obstruct the Sharingan's vision.

For example, Zabuza Momochi had used the Mist Hiding Technique to limit Kakashi Hatake's Three Tomoe Sharingan.

The Water Mist Technique created by Minamoto Takuya was fundamentally simple. It was mist formed by combining Water Style and Fire Style. This mist contained no Chakra, so it could not obstruct the Sharingan.

There was precedent for this as well. The steam formed when the Second Hokage had previously caused Water Style and Fire Style to collide had also been unable to obstruct Uchiha Izuna's Sharingan.

As for why Minamoto Takuya had Fire Style? Naturally, it was because of the Uchiha. You could hardly find an Uchiha who did not possess Fire Style!

However, Minamoto Takuya soon deactivated his Sharingan. This time, he did not intend to rely on the Sharingan to kill his enemies, but... on perception.

He wanted to slowly gain insight from it and awaken the power within the Uzumaki Bloodline—the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

His figure moved soundlessly. He merely walked slowly toward a member of the Kaguya Clan. Only when he had arrived before the man did the latter notice him. Just as the man tried to pounce, Minamoto Takuya had already slit his throat with a kunai.

Then, as if nothing had happened, he continued toward his next target. His footsteps made no sound, his movements gave off no fluctuations, and within the dense mist, he was like a ghost!

This was... the Silent Killing Technique!

Minamoto Takuya did not know what Zabuza Momochi's Silent Killing Technique was like, but the core of his own Silent Killing Technique was... Wind Release.

He used Wind Release to completely erase every sound of his own movement, ensuring that his actions caused no change in the dense mist.

He could even use Wind Release in battle to reduce air resistance while moving and create propulsion, thereby increasing his speed.

But here, it seemed he would not need that.

Minamoto Takuya walked casually, while the kunai in his hand continuously reaped the lives of one Kaguya Clan member after another.

Suddenly, his steps paused. Within his perception—

Those Kaguya Clan members had begun attacking one another. They could not distinguish whether the people around them were enemies or allies, so...

They treated everyone around them as enemies. They showed no mercy in their attacks, and quite a few had already died at the hands of their own companions.

"They really are insane." Minamoto Takuya sighed again. He was almost getting used to their madness.

But that did not stop him from reaping their lives. While they slaughtered one another, whenever he wanted to kill one of them, they generally could only realize that someone was nearby in the final moment before death.

When the thick fog dispersed, Minamoto Takuya stood atop a mass of corpses. Blood flowed endlessly across the ground, yet his clothes remained dry, as though not a single drop of blood had stained them.

At this moment, he looked at the houses within the Kaguya Clan compound. According to his perception, there was no longer a single person inside.

The moment they learned that a battle had come to their door, they had all taken the initiative to come out and cause trouble for Minamoto Takuya.

However, now they all lay here, stripped of life.

Thus, the Kaguya Clan had been exterminated several years ahead of schedule.

Minamoto Takuya walked through the Kaguya Clan compound, spreading his perception to its limit as he searched for Kimimaro Kaguya.

He remembered that Kimimaro Kaguya should have been locked in a very small cell, surrounded by uneven rocks.

As he thought about it, he paid particular attention to buildings fitting that description.

In the end, after quite some time, he finally found a house with a basement and entered it.

Then he saw a prison cell. Even with torches here, it was still dim.

Yet Minamoto Takuya could clearly sense a trace of hollow fluctuation coming from the Chakra within the other person's body. When he felt that fluctuation, he froze for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

Because this should be one of the Mind's Eye of the Kagura's functions. If he continued like this, sooner or later he would master all of the Mind's Eye of the Kagura's abilities.

At this moment, he came before the cage and looked at the small figure inside.

This year, Kimimaro Kaguya was even younger than in the Original Work, yet he had already been locked in a cage.

"Who are you?" Kimimaro Kaguya had not cared who had come down at first, but when he saw Minamoto Takuya, he froze. In his impression, no member of the Kaguya Clan dressed like Minamoto Takuya.

"I am a ninja who enjoys collecting all kinds of strange things. I am very interested in your Kekkei Genkai, so may I ask whether you can give me your Kekkei Genkai?" Minamoto Takuya asked.

Kimimaro Kaguya was stunned. He did not understand what the other person meant. After frowning, he said, "But I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't know how to give it to you."