Konoha
Military Police Force Building
Naraku was working in his captain's office, scribbling on a sheet of paper with pen and ink.
After several days of traveling day and night, Naraku led his clan members back to Konoha under cover of darkness, sneaking in without a sound.
The whole trip had taken Naraku half a month.
Tsunade of Konoha Hospital, Uzumaki Nao, and Kurama Ryota had each tried to see Naraku several times.
But Naraku's trusted subordinates in the clan had put them off with excuses, saying that Naraku was ill or busy honing his ninjutsu.
He had been out of sight for half a month, which struck many of the people and factions keeping an eye on the Uchiha as strange.
Today, Naraku had made a point of touring Konoha before returning to the Military Police Building to begin work.
When the various factions saw that Naraku had reappeared, they all reported the news to their leaders. Naturally, Naraku knew nothing about it.
At his desk in the Military Police Building, Naraku held a pen and wrote several large words on the paper.
Among them were Wood Release and Dark Release.
Naraku had completely mastered the Chimera Technique. The next step was to abduct Kekkei Genkai users and strengthen himself.
Of the five Kekkei Genkai, Wood Release was essential. He would have to research it himself, and after a successful Wood Release experiment, devour the test subject. Since that was the most difficult task, he would leave it for last.
As for the others, Naraku was interested in Dark Release. He believed there was merit in this Kekkei Genkai, which could absorb ninjutsu and use it for oneself, then return it to the original caster.
Many years ago, Naraku had been known as the Copy Ninja. But after years