After spending a few days in the Land of Hot Water, Kiyosuke returned to Konoha and reported the mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi in person.
"The Cult of the Evil God? Their abilities are indeed quite troublesome. Are you sure you've cleared them all?"
"It's impossible to completely eliminate them. No one knows exactly how many people this cult has recruited. All I can say is that I've taken care of the vast majority of them."
The person who founded the Cult of the Evil God must have been a madman. Whether there was an Evil God or not, Kiyosuke didn't know. Maybe there was, after all, there was even a death god in this world. But now, it had nothing to do with him.
"Yeah, you're right. Thanks for your trouble with this matter. Go back and write a report for me. I'll file it," Hiruzen Sarutobi said.
"Okay. By the way, Third Hokage, I want to learn the Mutual Multi - Shadow Exploding Tag technique."
"Hmm? What do you want to learn that for?" Hiruzen Sarutobi was puzzled. "That's a jutsu created by the Second Hokage. Although it's very useful, it's used in conjunction with another forbidden jutsu. An ordinary person using it would be blown to..." At this moment, he suddenly remembered the special nature of Kiyosuke's body.
"That's right. Your body can indeed learn this move."
This was a jutsu developed by Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, to be used in combination with the Reanimation Jutsu.
By using a single exploding tag to infinitely summon trillions of exploding tags in a loop and trigger an infinite chain explosion, it could keep going. Its power was astonishing. Once attached by one exploding tag, it was impossible to get rid of.
The power of this jutsu depended on the number of exploding tags the user had. In short, it depended on how thick your wallet was.
This was a money - burning way of fighting. Ordinary people couldn't learn it.
A certain wealthy woman with six trillion exploding tags: Who's richer than me?
Kakuzu: All that money was earned by me! Earned by me! ! !
The method of using the Mutual Multi - Shadow Exploding Tag technique wasn't complicated. It was easy to learn, but it had high requirements for the user's wallet. Not just anyone could casually take out a large number of exploding tags.
Moreover, the explosion range was very large. If not careful, the user would be affected. After all, when the Second Hokage developed this jutsu, he didn't consider it for living people to use.
It was attached to the reanimated people, making them charge into the enemy camp and launch a suicide attack, thus detonating the exploding tags and achieving large - scale destruction.
Combined with the Reanimation Jutsu, it was a killing weapon on the battlefield. Even if a living person used it, it was only suitable for highly mobile ninjas like him who had the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
Because an ordinary person needed to first attach it to a person or nearby, allowing the exploding tags to keep summoning and then explode.
The range was too large. Without the speed of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, it was difficult to escape.
But Kiyosuke didn't need to consider this. Because even if his body was blown to pieces, he could reconstruct it. He was used to "dying together" with the enemy.
Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed and gave him the cultivation method of the Mutual Multi - Shadow Exploding Tag technique.
In fact, it was an improved summoning jutsu. Only the usage method was changed, and it wasn't difficult to learn.
Soon, Kiyosuke mastered this jutsu. However, he didn't plan to use it yet. He was going to use it against Obito. Without six trillion exploding tags, he could only choose a smaller but more sustainable way.
Leaving the Hokage Building, he went to the Uchiha clan's area, planning to see Naruto. But he found Itachi taking care of two children.
"Is it Sunday today?"
"No."
"Then why aren't you at school?" Itachi was at the age to go to school, and it seemed he had been attending for more than three months.
Itachi said, "I sent a shadow clone to school for me. Anyway, the shadow clone's memories will be shared back, which is no different from me going to school."
Good grief, this is what a genius is like?
Thinking back, he seemed to have done the same thing before...
He coughed and said, "I see. I have to say, the Shadow Clone Jutsu is a very perfect jutsu. Naruto, don't bite Sasuke's feet. How many teeth do you have?"
He picked up Naruto, who was wrestling with Sasuke. The child, under Mikoto's care, had grown chubby and white. The whisker - like marks on his face added a bit of cuteness.
He babbled something, patted Kiyosuke's face with his chubby hands, and giggled. On the other hand, Itachi's foolish little brother, Sasuke, was lying in his brother's arms, enjoying it.
"The school curriculum can't satisfy you, Itachi."
"Yeah. I always feel it's a bit simple. It's not too difficult."
This is the world of geniuses?
If your father heard this, he would surely say, "I'm proud of my son!"
He felt that being with this kid, he would be severely shown off. "Hey, have you made any friends?"
"Should... have."
If those guys didn't treat him as their big brother...
Should...
"You didn't take them as your followers, did you?"
"Ah? Well, they call me 'Lord'. I just helped them solve a problem caused by some upper - class students."
"That shows you have strength. You must be popular with girls at school, right?"
"Well, there are too many. It's noisy."
Good grief, this was the treatment Kakashi had back then. Even he could only enjoy part of it!
At this time, Itachi asked, "Mr. Kiyosuke, what is a ninja? And what is a village?"
Here comes the philosophy again?
Kiyosuke thought for a while and said, "I have many different answers. My teacher, Orochimaru, said that a person who has mastered all ninjutsu is a ninja. Lord Jiraiya believes that a person who endures everything is a ninja. And I think a ninja is someone who keeps enduring for their goals."
"As for the village, you can see it as everyone's 'home'."
"Home?"
"Yes. Konoha was jointly founded by the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan. It's a ninja village born for the pursuit of peace. Many clans have gathered here, and they have long regarded this place as their home. For example, Itachi, if someone came to your home to rob, what would you do?"
"Drive them away."
"Exactly. The wars we participate in to protect Konoha are the same. We're protecting our home."
"Why do living beings fight?"
Kiyosuke thought for a moment and said, "At the very beginning, in the most primitive stage of life, fighting was for food and reproduction. Most animals are like this. Humans are different from them because of emotions. But ultimately, it's for survival."
"Survival?"
"Death isn't despair. During the process of living, humans will experience various things, such as happiness, joy, anger, pain, sadness... These are all human emotions. Because of emotions, we live brightly like stars. Life is a glorious journey, as fleeting as a star."
"Because we're alive, life has meaning. We may take the lives of others, but it's also for our own survival. Everyone will die, just at different times."