You come more and more, are you still worried about running out of money?

If you have money, Kakuzu can become an exclusive staff member.

Now he can only be regarded as a non-staff member of his cattery.

Therefore, Toneri now has a total of two employees. One is Uzumaki Reika who does not need a salary. As long as he provides shelter and safety, he will be loyal. The other is Kakuzu, a powerful shadow-level person. This person's price is relatively high.

, but it is still within the acceptable range.

Isn't it nice to be a shadow-level powerhouse who can be measured in money?

"We, the common people, are so happy today -" Sheren hummed a little song and seemed to be in a good mood.

Isn't it just a barbecue?

As long as there are no people from the Akimichi clan, I can afford it!

The dinner at the barbecue restaurant didn't cause much commotion. As a regular customer of the barbecue restaurant, the boss even gave Toneri a 10% discount.

Jiraiya has a typical hatred of rich people. Apart from sacrificing himself, he is the one who eats the most at night.

...

...

It was still dark the next morning.

Toneri and Orochimaru gathered at the gate of Konoha.

The two of them left Konoha together.

After the barbecue last night, Orochimaru told Toneri that he would prepare everything and go out with him today. There was a more important task that he needed to participate in together.

Although he felt a little uneasy, after all, it was a task that even Orochimaru needed help with.

"Teacher Orochimaru, what is our mission this time? Why do we feel like we are going straight to the Land of Fire now? Is the mission target outside?" Toneri couldn't help but ask.

Orochimaru did not show off, and said calmly: "Our experiment has now reached a bottleneck, and you also know this, so in order to break through this bottleneck, I plan to collect some rare and valuable materials, maybe we can

Become a breakthrough for experimentation.”

Shiren was stunned.

During this period, of course, the main target of the experiments they conducted was the cells of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama. Under the premise that Toneri did not reveal his own arm or what he knew about the Yin and Yang escape, the two people's experiments were indeed plunged into

In the bottleneck, or Orochimaru fell into the bottleneck.

Toner and Orochimaru both have experiments that only they know about. This is something they both know very well and is normal.

"Has the teacher thought of a solution?"

Orochimaru gave him a meaningful look, especially on his left hand, which was wrapped in bandages, and stayed there for a while.

At that moment, Toneri felt that Orochimaru had seen through the thing on his left hand.

If he didn't have enough confidence in Kushina and the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique, the hairs on his body would stand on end.

However, Orochimaru continued: "In Senju Hashirama's cells, I discovered a very strange energy. After many tests, this energy cannot be counted among the ordinary chakra attributes.

But there are only a few chakra attributes in this world, and apart from the five attributes, the first thing I can think of is tailed beast chakra."

Hearing these words, Shiren was shocked.

Orochimaru is worthy of being Orochimaru. He was able to find the key to Senju Hashirama's cells so quickly. The combination of earth escape and water escape can produce the key to wood escape.

As for tailed beast chakra...

"You have always paid close attention to the two tails in your body. I also know the concerns in your heart. After all, for any jinchuriki, the tailed beast in their body is not only their strength, but also their life.

Of course it's understandable for you to do this, so I won't start with you.

As for Kushina's Nine-Tails, the involvement is still too great and it's not easy to deal with it, so we can only target the Jinchuuriki of other hidden villages."

Orochimaru said matter-of-factly, but Toneri suddenly recalled a certain memory in his heart.

eight-tail!

Orochimaru's target is the Eight-Tails!

But he had no intention of hiding it from Toneri, otherwise he wouldn't have brought him out with him.

"Except for the nine-tailed and two-tailed beasts that cannot be touched, the only tailed beasts whose locations are known so far are the one-tailed one on Monk Fenfu of Sunagakure Village, the four-tailed one on Old Murasaki of Iwagakure Village, the three-tailed beasts on Kirigakure Village and Kumogakure Village's three-tailed beasts.

The whereabouts of the eight-tailed ones, the remaining five-tailed ones, the six-tailed ones and the seven-tailed ones are unclear.

Therefore, our first target is the Eight-Tails in Hidden Cloud Village. After all, it is the strongest existence besides the Nine-Tails, and it should be able to provide relatively high reference experimental results for the experiment."

As expected, Orochimaru still focused on the Eight-Tails very simply.

It's because the Eight-Tails is the strongest tailed beast besides the Nine-Tails, and it definitely has the highest reference value.

That is to say, Orochimaru is like this. A highly skilled person is so bold that he directly challenges the Eight-Tails, which is the most difficult level.

"Teacher Orochimaru, it seems that it is better for you to do this kind of difficult lurking mission alone? Aren't I just going to hold you back?" Toneri thought for a while and said.

This is Kumo Hidden Village among the five hidden villages, and if nothing else, it is the most powerful Hidden Village besides Konoha.

The current Third Raikage Ai is definitely not a strong man like Sarutobi Hiruzen.

And because he is a ninja who uses taijutsu and thunder chakra mode as his main fighting methods, the peak period of his entire ninja career will last longer.

According to Toneri's memory, the Third Raikage used his own power to fight against the berserk Eight-Tails many times. In the end, both sides were exhausted and collapsed at the same time.

This is a man who can defeat the eight tails.

What is even more exaggerated is that in the future, he will single-handedly challenge tens of thousands of ninjas in Iwagakure Village to buy time for his companions to escape. In the end, he will die of exhaustion after three days and three nights of fighting.

He is definitely one of the top five strong men in the ninja world at this time, and he is also the well-deserved third generation Raikage of Kumogakure Village!

With such an exaggerated figure, and there are many powerful but not famous ninjas in Hidden Cloud Village, Toneri feels that his small body is not as good as the Third Raikage's Hell Thrust and Shibon Gunshou.

Orochimaru, who was running, glanced at Toneri gently again, "Aren't you curious about the power of the Eight-Tails? You must have figured out the limit of the Two-Tails' power based on your ability. Don't you want to see it?

What is the difference between the second tail and the eighth tail?

Don’t you want to see what kind of place Yunyin Village is?”

Toneri's expression froze, "I want to see it, but as long as we are exposed a little bit, the result may be catastrophic."

"Jun Sheren, it has been almost three years since I became your teacher, right?

In the past three years, we have similar interests and have gotten along fairly well. Do you think I don't know your life-saving ability?

As you said, our goal this time is Cloud Hidden Village. Once exposed, it will be very dangerous, so we need someone who can handle me. And there are not many people in Konoha who can trust me. You

It happens to be one of them.”

Orochimaru licked his lips, his voice full of magnetism. It must be said that the personality charm exuded from Orochimaru at this moment was unmatched by anyone.

No wonder there will be so many people in the future who will follow him wholeheartedly, even if they go to death.

After saying that, he took out a scroll from the inside of his clothes and handed it to Toneri's hand.

"This is the Rashomon psychic contract you have always wanted. I only have the triple Rashomon psychic contract in my hand.

This operation can also be regarded as your apprenticeship test. If it can be completed successfully, it will be considered as you have officially passed the apprenticeship. I will help you write a letter of recommendation to the old man and apply for you to become a real Konoha jounin."

Toneri accepted Rashomon's psychic contract with a face of surprise.

Rashomon has always been what he has longed for. Even if it is only the third level, its defense is definitely the top in the ninja world.

As for jounin or not jounin...it's not a big problem.

Listening to Orochimaru's promise of practical benefits and the temptation to become a Jonin, it seems that he indeed has a very firm determination for the Eight-Tails of Kumogakure Village.

Toneri, who has read the original work, knows that this trip to Yunyin Village is actually not very dangerous.

But Orochimaru doesn't know this, so it's not unreasonable for him to be so careful.

As for what help Sheren can do?

When a tailed beast really goes berserk, except for a few overly powerful ninjas, the only one who can compete with it is another tailed beast.

Anyway, even Orochimaru is not willing to face an almost unkillable creature.

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Chapter completed!