Impossible to Sense? Summoning Contract

Several figures appeared silently.

They had been secretly observing from there for who knows how long.

"No mistake!"

"That fiery red hair must belong to a member of the Uzumaki Clan!"

"Those bite marks all over his body, it's truly a pitiful sight..."

"The Uzumaki Clan's Chakra can heal themselves or others. Those guys in Kusagakure probably took them in because they wanted the Uzumaki Clan's special abilities!"

"It's not that those guys in Kusagakure don't know what's good for them, it's just that they simply don't have any good medical-nin, so they just treated this woman like a kept man for medicine!"

"That girl, she probably has a similar constitution to her mother!"

"The Uzumaki Clan's vitality is truly remarkable. That woman has been constantly overdrawing her own Chakra to treat the wounded from Kusagakure, and she's managed to hold on until now!"

"Never mind that, Danzo has ordered us to bring them back to Konoha!"

All of a sudden.

Seeing that the ninjas from Kusagakure had left, they confirmed that no one was watching them.

"Whoosh... whoosh..." Several black shadows shot out.

He suddenly appeared in front of Karin and her daughter.

"You..."

The red-haired woman's expression changed.

But before he could finish speaking, he and his daughter both lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

He used Genjutsu to subdue the mother and daughter.

The members of the Root did not slack off.

They took them with them and quietly headed away from Kusagakure.

And at this moment--

Outside a village within the Land of Fire.

Rikuto was following Tsunade and Shizune at a leisurely pace, stopped in his tracks.

They looked in surprise towards the northwest.

"What's wrong, Rikuto...?"

Rikuto closed his eyes and sensed for a moment.

Pointing northwest, he said directly to Tsunade and Shizune, "About twenty or thirty miles away, there's a very powerful Chakra presence, but it seems very unstable and somewhat weak..."

"That direction..."

Looking in the direction Rikuto pointed out...

A villager who happened to be passing by saw this and his expression changed drastically.

He hurriedly shouted, "You lot, are you from out of town? Don't go over there!"

"Um?"

Shizune asked with some curiosity, "Uncle, is there a problem there?"

"About twenty miles away lies the ruins of a Shuto Castle, which was breached by enemy forces decades ago. Its lord Shuto Goza, committed suicide, and the castle where Shuto Castle once lived still stands there..."

The villager, recalling something with apprehension and fear, said in a deep voice, "But it's said that he left a curse before he died, and that place has become a ghost town!"

"Over the years, many have tried to break into the castle in search of the treasure left behind by Shuto Castle, but none have ever come out alive!"

"Oh?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow.

"Shuto Castle? Curse?"

Shizune holding Tonton.

I instinctively shrank my neck.

"I see..."

Rikuto, standing to the side, suddenly realized what was going on.

Unexpectedly, they stumbled upon the vicinity of Shuto Castle.

No wonder he had such a strong Chakra response.

He remembered that when the Shuto Castle, Shuto Goza, saw that he could not resist the enemy's attack, he foresaw the inevitable defeat.

On his deathbed, he resorted to Summoning Technique to summon his own summoned beast.

Using Secret Techniques, it merges with the castle, devouring any life that intrudes.

But decades have passed since then.

The spirit beast was bound there by the contract.

It's almost out of fuel.

Rikuto suggested, "Then let's go over there, Sister Tsunade..."

Although he signed the contract for Shikkotsu Forest.

But it doesn't say that other contracts are not allowed, right?

Moreover, that summoning beast was quite powerful, and its abilities were very special; it was a rare Genjutsu- type summoning beast.

It might actually be a rather powerful group of spirit beasts.

Even if he doesn't need such a summoned beast to fight, he can leave it to Tenten, Ino, and the others.

"Okay! Let's go take a look!"

High skill breeds boldness.

Tsunade naturally had no fear of any "curse".

Moreover, Rikuto just said that there is a considerable amount of Chakra present over there.

This is probably the origin of the so-called "ghost town".

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Unable to Perceive? Summoning Contract [Fifth Update]

"Whoosh..."

A cool breeze blew by.

Even at midday, Shizune and Tonton, one human and one pig, couldn't help but shiver.

It just felt eerie.

Ahead, a hazy, gray fog still shrouded the area.

Everywhere there were ruins, broken tiles, and wreckage.

"This is it..."

Looking around, Rikuto laughed, "But Sister Tsunade, that Chakra fluctuation just now suddenly disappeared; I couldn't sense it at all!"

He was quite surprised.

The spirit beast bound here by the contract has definitely not disappeared.

However, aside from being able to sense its presence at the beginning, it vanished into thin air in a very short time.

"Yeah?"

Tsunade frowned.

She knew very well how powerful the Rikuto's perception was.

Even from ten or twenty kilometers away, one can easily sense another person's Chakra.

Leading the way, he said in a deep voice, "Since we're already here, let's go take a look first!"

"Did someone just come here, be sensed by you, Rikuto, and then suddenly leave?"

Shizune guesses, and hurriedly followed with Tonton.

Soon.

An ancient castle appeared before the three of them.

"Swipe...12..."

His eyes turned bloodshot.

Rikuto, having awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, surveyed the castle before him, somewhat astonished. "Even the Sharingan can't see through it, and I can't sense its Chakra fluctuations at all..."

Such stealth capabilities are truly astonishing.

He remembered that even the Byakugan of the Hyuga Clan hadn't noticed anything unusual.

It's not surprising that a regular Sharingan wouldn't be able to detect it.

Thinking about this...

Rikuto did not hesitate.

The eyes changed again, transforming into a dazzling Mangekyō pattern.

Sure enough, in Rikuto's view, the dilapidated castle in front of him changed instantly.

With the astonishing insight of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Rikuto saw right through his disguise.

What castle is that?

It was essentially a giant summoned beast.

It was transformed from a giant white lizard!

"Rikuto, have you found anything?" Shizune asked hurriedly from the side.

"Yes, it's a giant lizard that transformed into a castle, so anyone who intrudes will be devoured and naturally cannot leave alive..."

Rikuto didn't hide anything and said directly, "It should have a very strong ability to conceal itself, even completely hiding its Chakra fluctuations!"

"Just now, someone must have broken in. It was probably 'feeding' or something, which is why I suddenly sensed Chakra fluctuations!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Rikuto say that...

Tsunade was also quite surprised.

"It must be very weak, trapped here by the Summoning Contract..." Observing the summoned beast's condition, Rikuto shrugged. "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be exhausted in a few years!"

"Sister Tsunade... such a special summoning beast, why don't you try to capture it?"

Rikuto made a suggestion to Tsunade.

This lizard's ability to hide.

He's definitely on the same level as the Second Tsuchikage, Mu.

Neither the ordinary Byakugan nor the Sharingan could detect any flaws.

If it weren't for his precognitive abilities, he wouldn't even have activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to observe.

"Boys really do prefer those imposing-looking summoned beasts..."

Shizune was somewhat helpless.

He couldn't help but advise, "But Rikuto, you've already signed the contract for the Shikkotsu Forest. Although the Katsuyu the Sage is very easy to talk to, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

As she spoke, she looked at Tsunade.

"You little brat..."