Basket of Water

After a while, the two below looked like they had little strength left, Shiro took a little blood from the bottle and smeared it on his hands.

"Summoning Technique: Black Snake!"

"Black Snake, freeze them in place."

"Yes, Lord Shiro," the Black Snake replied, then crawled towards the two of them.

The Black Snake is one of the most skilled Genjutsu in Ryūchi Cave. Its Binding Illusion is extremely powerful, and it taught the Blue Snake its Snake Binding Illusion.

Shiro and Orochimaru use different methods to summon spirits from Ryūchi Cave.

Orochimaru prefers to summon a massive swarm of snakes to complement his Ninjutsu. He rarely summons specialized snakes like the Black Snake and the Gray Snake, because Orochimaru is more skilled at this than they are.

Shiro is different. Due to his physical limitations, he can only use Wind Release and pure Chakra Ninjutsu. Although he can also use Yin Release and Yang Release, they are very difficult for Shiro to learn.

Therefore, Shiro pays more attention to specialized summoning beasts like the Black Snake to make up for his own shortcomings.

The moment the Black Snake descended, it successfully used the Binding Illusion to control them. Seeing this, Shiro lightly leaped and landed in front of the two of them.

He walked towards them while forming hand seals.

Upon approaching, he patted each of them with both hands.

"Sealing Jutsu: Evil Sealing Method!"

"Alright, let them go. Thank you for your hard work, Black Snake. You can go back now."

"Yes, Lord Shiro."

The Black Snake treated Shiro very well. Every time they came out to summon spirits, they didn't have any heavy work to do and were treated very well. Basically, as long as they didn't eat people, they could be satisfied.

In comparison, Orochimaru's food is also good, but he dies too easily. Every time he summons a batch, another batch dies.

Fortunately, they can live in Ryūchi Cave, otherwise Orochimaru could have completely wiped them out.

Meanwhile, after sealing the two men's Chakra, Shiro pointed to a rock by the roadside, indicating that they should sit down.

The two exchanged a glance, sighed helplessly, and obediently sat down.

There was no other way but to sit down. My Chakra was sealed, and I had just exhausted my stamina. Moreover, judging from the Sealing Jutsu that the Masked Man in front of me had just used, his strength was definitely not weak.

Resistance means death, but compliance may mean survival; they naturally know which to choose.

"You know Toshiki Inoshita?" After saying that, Shiro looked at their expressions. "Very good, it seems you do."

"Then could you tell me the latest information about him?"

Just as they were about to speak, they heard a sharp "snap!" and immediately sat there, their eyes glazed over.

This is a Suggestion Magecraft performed by Shiro. Every word and action of Shiro after sealing Shiro away has been preparing for this Magecraft.

Of course, Shiro couldn't let them tell him this information themselves. What if they didn't know and made it up to save their lives? Separate interrogations were less convenient than this.

Seeing that the Magecraft had taken effect, Shiro narrowed his eyes slightly behind the mask and asked:

What's the latest information on Toshiki Inoshita?

"After being discovered by the Amegakure, Toshiki Inoshita has been relentlessly pursued and has now fled to the border of the Land of Grass. His exact situation is unknown, and there are rumors that the Akatsuki is planning to rescue him and recruit him into their organization."

Upon hearing this, Shiro Lang frowned; this was not good news.

Although the Akatsuki doesn't seem to have turned evil yet and isn't very strong, Shiro is worried about the White Zetsu lurking among them.

Shiro didn't want to attract Madara's attention so soon, especially regarding Nagato.

The best course of action is to stay away from them. Generally speaking, although White Zetsu clones are scattered throughout the Shinobi World, most of them only report back to the main body after discovering important information.

To Madara, Shiro is just a nobody now, not worth reminding at any time. But Nagato is different; he is very important in Madara's plans.

Therefore, Nagato would know immediately if there was any disturbance around Nagato.

Shiro wasn't naive enough to think that Madara, now old and frail, had no backup plan. How could he dare to implant the Rinnegan into Nagato if he had no backup plan?

Putting aside other things, there is a special White Zetsu Tobi in the original work, whose fighting power varies depending on the person he possesses, and he is still a considerable threat to Shiro.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Shiro decided to give up the mission. It was a bit of a pity that such a suitable example was being used; he was practically a low-budget version of Kakashi.

Shiro had wanted to see the power of the five elemental techniques combined in Kakashi's hands, to see if they were suitable for him, but it seems his efforts were in vain.

There's no other way; stability must be the priority.

The Workshop was located near the Land of Rain because the area is currently in chaos, which would give Shiro ample opportunity to develop.

Putting everything else aside, there are tons of bounty hunters here, and the chaos means that many things can be easily hidden, which can ensure that Shiro's research can proceed smoothly.

Furthermore, Shiro's Workshop is protected by Magic Barrier, making it undetectable to ordinary people, and even White Zetsu Shiro has ways to stop it.

The situation is different now. Nagato is attracting too much attention and the risks are too great. It's not worth it for ten million. The Third Hokage is more proficient in the combination of the Five Elements Escape Technique.

It should be enough to give Kakashi some pointers if he wants to go down this path.

Having made his decision, Shiro killed the two men before they could recover from the suggestion, then collected their bodies and headed towards the nearest Exchange.

On the way, Shiro roughly calculated that this operation would cost around 25 million, which was almost half of what Shiro had saved up over the past few years. The haul was pretty good.

It was at this moment that Shiro realized why Kakuzu so enthusiastic about bounty missions—because the rewards were truly substantial!

For tasks of similar difficulty, the Exchange fee is at least 30% higher, and sometimes even two or three times higher!

This situation arises mainly because ninja village missions are usually commissioned by one side, resulting in lower prices. Furthermore, the village takes a cut, making the price even lower.

The Exchange is different; its bounties accumulate continuously. For example, if there's a bounty of 100,000 here and another of 100,000 there, the total amount will be 200,000.

This is why some people accumulate more and more money; the more people they offend, the more money they naturally have. Therefore, measuring strength by the amount of money one has is unrealistic.

However, this harvest didn't have much impact on Shiro. This amount of money was just a drop in the ocean when it came to building Shiro's Workshop. The later the facilities were built, the greater the consumption would be, not to mention the consumption of making dolls.

And these infrastructure-related costs are just the tip of the iceberg; the real bulk of the costs are the facilities in the two experimental zones, which are the most expensive.

Because that Shiro can basically only be bought through underground channels, and the price is outrageously high!

Unfortunately, Shiro doesn't have any official channels. The only one he can openly contact is Orochimaru. The two have made deals before, and Orochimaru can help with that.

However, he will not engage in any deeper deals with Orochimaru until Shiro has sufficient means to protect himself.

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