Yachihoko

The shuriken left its wielder's pale hand, and as the other party wished, struck the bullseye hanging in the bushes.

The morning sunlight filtered through the dense foliage, falling on Kazashiro's face, forcing him to squint to see the target clearly.

"That's truly rare. This is the first time I've seen you training in the morning since I came to Konoha."

Awakened by the sound of shuriken, Uchiha Hikari yawned and left the wooden house in the courtyard, coming up behind Kazashiro.

"And the training is for these basic skills."

"Sometimes, what can lead to unexpected success is this kind of unassuming basic skill."

Kazashiro ignored Uchiha Hikari behind him and continued throwing shuriken at the target.

"Besides, if I train my ninjutsu here, you can forget about your little hut."

As the shuriken hit the bullseye once again, Kazashiro answered Guang's question half-jokingly.

Just like Isshiki, he would never have believed that someone with the strength to sweep across the entire Shinobi World would be tricked by a simple trick like Shadow Clone, turning to ashes along with his unfulfilled ideals.

"You seem very afraid of that Ōtsutsuki?"

Back in the house, Uchiha Hikari pulled out some snacks and had them in his mouth. Seeing that Kazashiro was still training, he vaguely guessed the purpose of the other's hard training.

"I'm afraid of him? Humph, afraid of him?"

Although he said he wasn't afraid, Kazashiro's shuriken only hit the third ring this time.

Is this what you call not afraid?

A Hokage, his shuriken missed the bullseye—isn't that enough to illustrate the point?

Uchiha Hikari was speechless; this guy's mouth was not only sharp, but also incredibly stubborn.

"If you really want to increase your strength, I do have a good plan."

Seeing that Kazashiro was still pretending nothing was wrong and continuing to twirl his shuriken, Uchiha Hikari hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to help him out.

Kazashiro was puzzled. "You can have another solution?"

Uchiha Hikari rolled his Byakugan at the distrustful tone.

Just tell me if you want it or not.

"If your plan guarantees a successful outcome, I'll definitely take it, but if..." Kazashiro tilted his head, his tone and actions filled with distrust of Uchiha Hikari.

Uchiha Hikari was furious. He was incredibly stupid to have suddenly decided to help this idiot.

Feng Byakugan as Uchiha Hikari Byakugan, which had just rolled up, transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan. Terrified, he thought that the other party was about to activate Susanoo to cut him down again, and immediately tried to Flying Thunder God Technique to run away.

"Don't move!"

Uchiha Hikari forcefully pressed his hand on Kazashiro's shoulder.

"What... what are you going to do?"

Seeing Uchiha Hikari quickly withdraw his hand, Kazashiro shook his head, wondering what the other party had done to him.

"It's nothing, just a mark left on you."

Uchiha Hikari angrily turned his back, unwilling to deal with this guy any longer.

Kazashiro was clearly panicked. "Imprint? What imprint?"

"Don't you already know? My Dojutsu Yachihoko."

After leaving those words, Uchiha Hikari walked towards the entrance, preparing to go inside and enjoy breakfast.

Dojutsu, Yachihoko —these names sound familiar.

Oh right, when Uchiha Hikari first came to the village, Fugaku mentioned something about it, something like a kind of Dojutsu that can manipulate a person's mind and Chakra...

Holy crap, this guy's trying to control me!

After Kazashiro came up with a wrong answer, he felt that his already countless Chakra had increased by a tiny bit.

"Do you understand? I transferred a portion of your Chakra to you using the Yachihoko. Of course, in return, I can also use your Chakra for myself or other people who have been imprinted."

Before entering the house, Uchiha Hikari left Kazashiro with this sentence, somewhat annoyed.

However, the amount of Chakra is not that important in defeating Isshiki.

However, Kazashiro still managed a smile.

In short, bringing this guy back to Konoha was the right choice.

"As per your request, I have upgraded and modified the hibernation pod."

With his arms crossed and a cigarette dangling from his lips, Amado showed Jigen the hibernation pod he had just upgraded.

Jigen bent down to observe the structure of the hibernation pod, occasionally placing his hand on the metal surface of the pod to feel the cool touch.

"Very good."

Seeing that Amado had indeed modified the hibernation pod according to his wishes, Jigen spared no praise.

"As long as you're satisfied."

Amado was hoping that Jigen would give him more Ōtsutsuki cells for research, so his tone carried a hint of flattery.

Taking a deep drag of smoke, Amado, seeing that Jigen seemed to be considering entering the hibernation pod, seemingly casually revealed some information to Jigen:

"I heard Yaowan is going to attack Konoha again?"

"Let him be. If he's determined to do it, I have no reason to stop him."

Jigen didn't care about Yaowan's actions.

"But what if he dies?"

Amado had heard Scorpion mention that Yaowan had been saved by Jigen.

Once Ke Jigen enters the hibernation pod, if anything unexpected happens to Yaowan during his hibernation period, he simply won't be able to rescue him immediately.

"I have done more than enough for him."

Jigen's words made his attitude towards Yaowan clear.

Since that guy is determined to die, there's no need for him to stop him.

"Yeah..."

Amado exhaled a puff of smoke and turned his head to focus his gaze on a newly erected petri dish.