The Plan
However, Shiro's current knowledge of Magecraft is insufficient to understand these things. Therefore, his most important task right now is to continue practicing Projection Magecraft. He will eventually figure it out, and there's no point in thinking about it now.
Furthermore, while B-rank Noble Phantasm are stronger, they also require a higher level of skill, thus demanding more effort from Shiro. Most importantly, they consume more chakra, and Shiro's Chakra hasn't shown any significant change yet.
We can't sustain a prolonged battle yet, so for now, the priority is to survive. Also, the Workshop isn't finished yet, so there's no need to go anywhere for the time being.
Several more months passed, and it has been more than a year since Shiro left the village. The Workshop is almost finished, and all that's left is to fill it with equipment.
However, well, Shiro's money is gone again.
He had many ways to make money, but after thinking it over, Shiro still felt that doing bounties was more reliable. Although the money came in slowly, it could accumulate combat experience and verify some of Shiro's ideas about cultivation.
At the same time, it's also to recruit talent. He's all alone now, and aside from other things, intelligence gathering is very inconvenient. When you're out in the world, you still need to build your own intelligence network.
After all, Shiro has started some shady research now, and he can't get all his information from the village, at least not now.
Furthermore, Shiro's Chakra reserves have begun to change significantly, now reaching approximately 20 chakra. Although this is still considerably less than Naruto's 100 chakra at the same age, he can't afford to let it go to waste, can he?
However, the improvement is still rapid, so Shiro isn't too worried; for now, it's sufficient.
Because Shiro's biggest drain on mana is Noble Phantasm release, but with Shiro's current skill level, he can only support the release of two B-rank Noble Phantasm. Any more and his Magic Circuits will collapse, and there's currently no cure for that.
Therefore, for Shiro at present, the most useful thing about this amount of Chakra is to use it to Mana Burst, which can be maintained for a long time.
Meanwhile, after this period of study, Shiro has completed the initial tactical design of the Enkidu, and therefore, he urgently needs a battle to test it.
However, before that, Shiro needs to find out some general information about the Shinobi World recently.
Three days later, in an inn in a small town, Shiro casually set up a barrier and then opened the scroll he had retrieved from the intelligence point in Konoha and began to read it.
After a while, Shiro frowned. The matter of Hoshigakure was having quite a significant impact.
Since Shiro impersonated Tobi of Akatsuki and destroyed Hoshigakure, thus spreading the Akatsuki's fame throughout the Shinobi World, it seems to have become a role model for some ninja groups that aspire to fame.
In a short time, all the small ninja villages suffered attacks of varying degrees, attempting to gain fame in this battle. And surprisingly, some actually succeeded.
An organization called Wind succeeded; they successfully infiltrated Yugakure, looted it completely, and became the second organization to gain fame for this!
However, this also led to a bounty being placed on his head by all the ninja villages in the Shinobi World. After all, if he dared to mess with you today, he could mess with me tomorrow, so they wanted to prevent such things from happening.
The smaller ninja villages were the most proactive, as they were the most likely to be attacked, and therefore, they were more anxious than anyone else in this regard.
Kaze's bounty has now reached 100 million ryo! And it's still growing! This is comparable to the Five Kage, considering that even Elite Jonin Asuma only has a little over 30 million.
However, they would need to uproot the entire organization to obtain this sum of over 100 million taels, so when divided among everyone, it's actually not much.
Unfortunately, they've been laying low for a while now, so Shiro didn't get much information from them.
Shiro really wanted to go, but unfortunately, the information about them was still incomplete, so Shiro had no way to proceed and had to put it aside.
In addition, what caught Shiro's attention was that a masked Akatsuki member calling himself Tobi had been making appearances from time to time, which was completely opposite to what Fu had done.
However, he is extremely strong. So far, he has repelled many attackers, and intelligence estimates him to be at the Elite Jonin of an elite Jonin.
However, Shiro thought that might be a bit low. If Shiro remembered correctly, that guy should be that special White Zetsu, the one who could possess.
Not only can he use the possessed person's moves, but he can also enhance them. In addition, the red hair revealed in a simulation image makes Shiro feel that he is possessing a member of the Uzumaki Clan.
After the great changes, the ninjas of the Uzumaki Clan who were scattered outside were generally quite strong, and he wouldn't choose to possess a weakling.
However, Shiro didn't intend to deal with him. Firstly, Shiro wasn't strong enough, and secondly, he couldn't find anyone.
Most importantly, his appearance, under the identity of the Akatsuki, suggests that Nagato and his Akatsuki may have been premeditated. Nagato should now be able to use the Rinnegan, and Shiro is unlikely to go and offer himself up for death.
Thinking of this, Shiro put down the scroll in his hand, took out the latest bounty list he had just exchanged from the Exchange, and wanted to see if he could find suitable talent to build his own team.
After all, ordinary ninjas don't usually have high bounties, and this also allows them to find suitable bounty targets.
Not long after, Shiro found a bounty target: 20 million ryo, roughly Jonin level, skilled in Wind Release, but that wasn't the main point.
Most importantly, Shiro had just seen him at this hotel this morning.
This is like a piece of easy money delivered right to our doorstep; why not take it?
After thinking for a moment, Shiro put away the things on the table, turned off the barrier, and walked towards the lobby of the inn, intending to guard him there.
After all, Shiro didn't know he had a bounty on his head and hadn't paid much attention to him, so he didn't know much about his room. Rushing in would only alert him.
But after taking only two steps, Shiro stopped and lightly slapped himself across the face.
He doesn't need to wait at all; the King of Projection, the No Face May King, can go find him, right? Seriously, I've been working myself silly doing research lately.
Thinking this, Shiro Lang Projection the No Face May King, then stealthily made his way towards the door.
Furthermore, despite the cover provided by the No Face May King, Shiro still proceeded with great caution. After all, the No Face May King could only conceal his form; if his movements were too violent, it would cause changes in the airflow, thus exposing him.
Therefore, Shiro's search did not go very smoothly. After all, no matter what, the other party was a Jonin, whose experience in this area was beyond Shiro's reach.
In the end, Shiro met him in the corridor, but Shiro did not act rashly, not because he was worried about the inn, but because Shiro was not sure if this was his real identity.
Just like when Shiro was in the Workshop, if he needed to go out to buy something, he would usually send Shadow Clone Technique to buy it, and then use Summoning Jutsu to deliver it, and then immediately dispel the Shadow Clone Technique.
If Shiro can think of it, there's no reason why others can't. The specific Ninjutsu may differ, but the general idea is similar.
Therefore, Shiro will only take action after confirming that the other party is his true identity. He is not concerned about things like inns; after all, he will run away after killing Shiro, and no matter how chaotic things are here, it is none of his Shiro.
And so, Shiro remained invisible, slowly following behind him while carefully observing him.