Chapter 553: Kurotsuchi in Konoha Village
Disguising herself as Obito to control the Three-Tails, as Deidara to attack the Six-Tails jinchuriki Utakata, and then as Madara Uchiha to raid the bounty station. Wielding Samehada, she impersonated Kisame and used the Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave to attack two suspected outer bases of the Kara organization...
Ino went back and forth, reaping seventeen Blame Points.
She used seven points to raise Boil Release to Lv5, then four points to raise Lightning Release to Lv5. Finally, Ino spent one more point to unlock Storm Release, a kekkei genkai formed by fusing water and lightning natures. Darui, the future Fifth Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village, was very skilled in Storm Release.
With the help of the Storm Release kekkei genkai, Ino officially integrated Lightning Release chakra into her cells.
Now, water, earth, wind, fire, lightning, and yang—six chakra natures—were all integrated into her cells. She was only one Yin Release chakra away from the seven-nature Kekkei Mōra.
Ino planned to max out Storm Release. After fully mastering the six natures, she would finally tackle the difficult challenge of Yin Release chakra.
This challenge shouldn't be too difficult for her; it would just take some time. She had already thought of several good methods for it.
She still had five Blame Points left. Storm Release was currently only Lv1. With her understanding of ninjutsu, she could train it up a couple of levels herself first.
So, she turned her attention back to her basic stats.
"Tai," "Gen," and "Str" had not yet reached their maximum values.
Might Guy had fully demonstrated the power of taijutsu, so she put three points into "Tai." The remaining two points went to "Str."
"Tai" went from 8 to 9, and "Str" from 7 to 8.
Her stats after the allocation were: Nin 10, Tai 9, Gen 8, Ken 10, Str 8, Spd 10, Sta 10, Sea 10. Total stats: 75.
Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water, Fire, Yin, and Yang chakra natures were all at Lv5.
In terms of kekkei genkai, Wood, Ice, and Boil Release were at Lv5, while Storm Release was at Lv1.
Jumping back and forth in the timeline consumed a great deal of chakra and mental energy. After obtaining the chakra of the two rarest Tailed Beasts, the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, Ino used the treasured tool Plough to return to her own time.
The news of Madara Uchiha's revival had spread from the Konoha high-ups to the jonin level after the battle in the eastern sea.
Mei Terumi used the excuse of being injured to stay in Konoha Village to recuperate and never left. One day, she "accidentally" leaked the news of Madara Uchiha's revival to the Third Tsuchikage, who had also come to Konoha because of the Gedo Statue and the matter of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
The Hidden Stone and Hidden Mist quickly allied, constantly pestering Minato Namikaze for a clear answer from Konoha.
The Hidden Mist's Three-Tails and Six-Tails, the Hidden Stone's Four-Tails and Five-Tails—who should these Tailed Beasts belong to? Should it be "finders keepers" on the battlefield, or should they follow the old rules?
The Hidden Stone Village still had its military strength. The Third Tsuchikage was unwilling to beg a Hokage of his "grandson's" generation like Minato Namikaze. Mei Terumi, however, didn't care about such things. My village is about to go bankrupt. Who else would I come to? She clung to Minato Namikaze, demanding resources, aid, and the ninja swords!
Finally, she even went directly to Minato Namikaze's house to demand an explanation. When Naruto returned home from a mission and opened the door, he was startled to see the charmingly smiling Mei Terumi. Who is this woman with bare shoulders and deep cleavage? Is this my house? Why is this woman here? Could she be my mom?
His dad had said his mom had red hair and a beautiful smile. This woman... looked a bit like it!
Unlike Mei Terumi, who was alone, the Third Tsuchikage had brought a large entourage to Konoha Village.
Among his entourage was Kurotsuchi, the future Fourth Tsuchikage.
Compared to the impoverished Hidden Stone Village, Konoha was undoubtedly much more prosperous.
The endless stream of pedestrians on the streets, the dazzling array of goods in the shops—these were all things the Hidden Stone Village lacked.
While the Third Tsuchikage was constantly communicating with the Konoha high-ups, Kurotsuchi, with nothing to do for the past two days, wandered around the village. Soon, she became addicted to a game called "Whack-a-Rabbit."
Chakra was not allowed in the game. Rabbit dolls would randomly appear from the ground, and she would use a comically oversized but harmless wooden hammer to hit them.
Kurotsuchi played with a joyful expression. Even without chakra, her physical abilities were much stronger than ordinary people's. The rabbits would randomly pop out of more than a dozen holes, and each time, she would be the first to raise her wooden hammer and smash it down fiercely.
The Hidden Stone ninja guarding her from the side was speechless. What's so fun about this? He held the prizes given by the shop owner—all of them worthless trinkets like gold coins, red envelopes, and lucky rabbit's feet.
The guard was unimpressed, but Kurotsuchi was very happy.
She won a huge pile of prizes and in the end, even won the wooden hammer used as a prop. She didn't care about the looks of the people around her. She slung the wooden hammer over her shoulder, swung it left and right, felt it was too light, and decided to make a solid one when she returned to her village!
She said cheerfully, "This is so fun! We should have a game like this in our village too!"
The Hidden Stone guard genuinely didn't see what was so fun about it, but he didn't dare to contradict the Tsuchikage's granddaughter, the future Tsuchikage. He could only smile awkwardly and nod, saying, "You're right."
After staying in Konoha Village for two days, Kurotsuchi learned that the series of games like "Whack-a-Rabbit," "Stomp-a-Rabbit," and "Shoot-the-Rabbit-with-a-Bow-and-Arrow" were all creations of the Yamanaka clan.
When the leader has a preference, the subordinates will follow suit.
The clan head liked to go hunting rabbits in the forest, so the ninja in the clan had to keep up. Whatever the reason, just do it.
No clan was perfectly harmonious. The Yamanaka clan also had its main family and branch families.
There was no shortage of snide remarks, but it couldn't be helped. The clan head was a powerful fighter! This one advantage made up for all her shortcomings. Let alone liking to hunt rabbits in the forest, if she asked the branch family ninja to dress up as rabbits, they would have to agree.
Some clan members without ninja talent couldn't go hunting in the forest, so they racked their brains and came up with a bunch of games to show their determination to be mortal enemies with rabbits.
The "Whack-a-Rabbit" game that Kurotsuchi found so fun was one of them.
Kurotsuchi didn't know why she liked such a childish-looking game, but she just did. For the past few days in Konoha, she had been obsessed with rabbits like a fool.
When Ino returned to her own time, she invited Kurotsuchi to go rabbit hunting in the forest. Disregarding her guard's advice, Kurotsuchi gladly accepted the invitation. The next day at noon, the two of them returned to the village cheerfully.
The matters of Madara Uchiha, the Tailed Beasts, and the Reanimation Jutsu all landed on the desk of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage.
Each problem was more troublesome than the last.
He had only told Jiraiya that the masked man was Obito and had not mentioned it in the village, fearing it would be a heavy blow to Kakashi's heart, which had just recovered from the darkness.
Madara Uchiha could not be equated with the masked man for now. He was worried that one day, the masked man would suddenly appear in Konoha Village, take off his mask, and say, "I'm showing my cards. I'm done pretending. I am Obito Uchiha!"
If that scene really happened, Kakashi's state of mind would definitely change.
________________________________________
If you want more chapters, please consider supporting my page on Patreon. with 50 advanced chapters available on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/GirlsLove1