"Kumogakure's people on the border have already withdrawn. The Two Tails jinchuriki Yugito died in battle."
Yagura (Rengoku) opened his mouth with a heavy bombshell.
Onoki was also extremely shocked, "The Two Tails jinchuriki died?"
Yagura gave a slight nod, "If the Akatsuki hadn't intervened, the Eight Tails jinchuriki Killer Bee would have died in Uchiha Rengoku's hands too."
"The Akatsuki intervened?"
Onoki's expression grew solemn. This was an organization without a fixed base of operations (outsiders only assumed the Amegakure was their office).
But its fighting strength far surpassed the Five Great Shinobi Villages, making it highly dangerous.
"We originally planned to blow Kumogakure Village flat, but unfortunately the Akatsuki's Senku made a move."
When Rengoku, in Yagura's appearance, said this, Han's face clearly showed some expression.
After all, he had been captured by Senku in one move and had completely lost face.
Onoki's eyes carried a look of thought, "Doesn't Konoha have connections with the Akatsuki?"
"The Akatsuki is just a mercenary group. Whoever pays gets their service."
"This time after the Akatsuki's leader Pain made a move, he was deliberately misled by people from Konoha."
"This caused the Akatsuki to become Konoha's scapegoat."
After Yagura (Rengoku) said this, thought appeared again in Onoki's eyes.
But he could not yet verify the truth of the intel, so for now he would simply listen.
"What does this have to do with you, Mizukage?"
Yagura (Rengoku) spoke coldly, "I do not care what the Akatsuki wants to do, but he should not block my way."
"I want to cooperate with you Iwagakure, and together encircle and kill Senku."
A look of surprise flashed in Onoki's eyes, "You want to go against the Akatsuki?"
"Aren't you afraid of Pain's retaliation?"
Yagura (Rengoku) revealed a profound, unreadable smile, "It would be nice if he could retaliate."
Onoki did not ask why Yagura wanted to deal with Senku.
Because it was obvious that Senku posed too great a threat to jinchuriki.
And what Kirigakure could bring to the table was exactly jinchuriki.
Senku dying had countless benefits and not a single drawback.
On top of that, Yagura's line clearly had a hidden implication.
Considering the recent intel saying Pain was already dead.
Onoki's mind quickly spun through these thoughts, "How do you want to cooperate?"
"I will provide Senku's whereabouts. When the time comes, we will jointly encircle and kill him."
"You can find Senku's location?", Onoki looked at the Five Tails jinchuriki Han.
For villages with jinchuriki like theirs, Senku's death aligned perfectly with their interests.
Especially now that Kumogakure only had one jinchuriki left, while Iwagakure still had two.
Their only concern was that this might be a trap.
If Iwagakure encircled Senku, they would completely offend the Akatsuki.
If Pain truly was dead as intel claimed, that would be ideal. If not, it would be troublesome.
Perhaps sensing Onoki's hesitation, Yagura (Rengoku) added, "We of Kirigakure will be the ones to make the move."
Onoki replied calmly, "Fine. When the time comes, use this to contact me."
As he spoke, he threw out a scroll. On it was his method of contact.
Yagura (Rengoku) extended a chakra arm and grabbed it directly out of the air.
"Then I'll take my leave."
Following the principle of enough being enough, Rengoku caught the scroll, lifted Yagura quickly upward, and soon disappeared.
After pondering for a moment, Onoki asked the Five Tails jinchuriki Han, "Senku subdued you with one move last time?"
Han had nothing left to be embarrassed about. After all, Senku could even extract the Nine Tails.
"Yes. Kokuo's chakra was instantly suppressed."
"His 'Holy Seal' should be specifically made to target tailed beasts."
Onoki nodded, leading them to float down from the sky.
After speaking with the detection unit, they confirmed Yagura had indeed left and released the alert state.
Onoki returned to his office and called over the Anbu.
"Can we contact Deidara?"
The Anbu shook his head, "Deidara went to the Land of Lightning, and he is now near Kumogakure. If we contact him, he will be easily discovered."
"It's not recommended to contact him by force."
'Kumogakure?'
'It seems the credibility of Yagura's words has increased quite a bit.'
"Find the right opportunity to contact him. Have him investigate which members are currently inside the Akatsuki."
"Yes!"
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[Konoha Village]
[Uchiha District]
Rengoku only slept one extra day compared to usual before waking up completely.
When he woke, he did not feel anything strange at all, as if the one who had a blood transfusion and underwent an operation had not been him.
His own pupil power had recovered only a very small amount.
After all, the blood he had given and the transplanted liver from Karin could not provide much Yang Release cells and chakra.
"Your body is already accustomed to Karin's cells. During this period of observation, there has been no rejection."
"We can proceed to the next step."
Rengoku had barely woken up when Orochimaru arrived.
It seemed he had timed it perfectly.
Rengoku looked around, "Is Karin alright?"
"Relax. She already went out to buy food."
Rengoku couldn't help smiling, 'Truly a little glutton.'
"The conditions are fully prepared for you. Now it depends on you," Orochimaru looked at Rengoku with glowing eyes.
Rengoku glanced at the various monitoring devices on himself, "Then I'll begin now."
He opened his Bond Star.
Then he took Karin's one star and two star.
["Ding, Karin's Level One and Two Bonds have been unlocked."]
["Congratulations to the host. Obtained: Memory Fragment."]
["Congratulations to the host. Obtained: 10 percent of the body's chakra."]
In Orochimaru's delighted gaze, the monitoring devices instantly showed that a large amount of chakra had suddenly appeared inside Rengoku's body.
As this chakra circulated through him, all of it lingered at the transplanted portion of Karin's liver.
And it began rapidly converting. The blood leaving that place carried chakra through his body, and Rengoku clearly felt its Yang Release nature.
A vigorous life force radiated outward from that point, flowing through Rengoku's entire body with his circulating blood.
The human body was incredibly complex, but what Rengoku was doing was essentially cheating and did not belong to biological science.
The Bond Star's chakra properties would convert automatically. From previous experiments, as long as the body had the relevant physical attribute, the original attribute would remain.
The aching and swollen feeling in Rengoku's eyes completely vanished. First a cool sensation cleared away the old pain.
Then a gentle warmth continued to soothe Rengoku's Mangekyo.
By now Karin's 10 percent chakra was gone.
"It has begun. Don't stop. Convert it all in one go!"
Orochimaru monitored Rengoku's body while reminding him from the side.
Rengoku continued and opened Karin's fourth star:
["Ding, Karin's Level Four Bond has been unlocked."]
["Congratulations to the host. Obtained: 100 percent of the body's chakra."]
Karin's Yang Release chakra began pouring endlessly into Rengoku.
Originally the chakra should have rapidly converted, but because Rengoku's body contained Karin's internal organs, it directly began coexisting with Rengoku's chakra.
Large quantities of Yin Release chakra and Yang Release chakra began producing the power of all creation.
Not only did Rengoku's eyes need this power, his body was also absorbing it.
"Looks like my calculations were correct. You'll need to lie down for a while," Orochimaru stared at the wildly jumping data, his eyes filled with fanaticism.
Nothing was more exciting for a scientist than breaking through a problem.
He extended his tongue to lick his face clean, a trace of mania on his expression.
This was only the first step of the bloodline fusion, although some parts were unique to Rengoku.
But it also laid the foundation for future experiments.
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