Maintaining the peace in the Shinobi World, and ensuring that Otsutsuki Kaguya does not break free of the Yin-Yang seal to destroy the Shinobi World by absorbing all the Chakra is a responsibility that Rikudo Sennin has chosen to bear on his shoulder, the father of Ninshu.
Before he finds a suitable substitute, Rikudo Sennin will definitely not give up on Naruto and Sasuke who are the reincarnations of Asura and Indra and were given the job of protecting the Shinobi World in the Cannon.
Besides, as Kuroto analyzed previously, the situation between Naruto and Sasuke is not that bad.
What Akatsuki needs of Kyuubi, so obviously their target is the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi Naruto, so, Sasuke and Neji are just ordinary hostages in their hands with no value… and What Orochimaru is after is a talented Uchiha's body, for which he has chosen Sasuke as his target who awakened the Sharingan at a very young age. So, Naruto, and Hinata are more or less meaningless to him.
In fact, Kuroto knows that Orochimaru wouldn't dare to play around with Naruto, after all, the kid is the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi, and Orochimaru should perfectly understand how dangerous Kyuubi can be…
Therefore, either a hostage exchange will take place, or the hostages will simply be returned back to the village in exchange for some ransom.
Before either of the scenarios happens, the lives of Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, and Hinata should basically be guaranteed.
And considering the fact that the trust between Orochimaru and Akatsuki has long been lost, the hostage exchange will never be completed in a short period of time, which means, that Naruto and Sasuke, as well as Neji and Hinata, should remain safe for some time.
After repeatedly assuring Itachi who was worried about Sasuke, Kuroto left a Shadow Clone to act in his stead, then secretly left the Village and returned to the Ancor Vantian that has been floating irregularly in the midst of clouds above the Sea.
As soon as he returned, Kuroto was greeted by Gaara and Karin, who both spoke in unison, "Welcome back, Kuroto-sama!"
Kuroto nodded slightly, then immediately checked the state of the seal of Ichibi on Gaara's body with a serious expression. After thinking a little, Kuroto said, "Wait, I am going to add an extra Seal on your body."
"Alright, Kuroto-sama." - though he did not understand why Kuroto needed to add an extra seal, Gaara nodded nonetheless.
Kuroto did not say much to explain anything, he just weaved the hand signs and then tapped on Gaara's stomach.
With this action of Kuroto, a Tetragram pattern appeared on Gaara's stomach.
"Ahhhh…" And Gaara, who has always been stoic, couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.
Karin, who was standing next to Gaara quickly supported him, and asked with a concerned expression, "Y-you okay Gaara-kun?"
Gaara gritted his teeth and nodded slightly, "Y-yes… I am okay."
After completing the seal, Kuroto looked at Gaara's sweaty forehead, and explained, "I have completely cut off Ichibi's connection with the physical world and the Tailed Beasts' world this time, don't try to actively use the slightest bits of its power without my permission, do you understand?"
This time what Kuroto has done is completely different. With this seal in place, both Gaara and Ichibi's connection is completely cut off, at the same time, Ichibi's interference in the physical world is also completely cut off, and that's not all, Ichibi will not be able to come in contact with the other tailed beasts either using tailed beasts' special plane…
Gaara also realized that he seems to have lost all the connections with Ichibi sealed within him, and quickly said, "Kuroto-sama, Shukaku has been very cooperative during this period, he doesn't try to threaten me to seize my body, and he also doesn't affect me psychologically… so there is no need to punish him…"
Kuroto said lightly, "I am not punishing him, the reason I have cut off his connection with everything is different and it has nothing to do with the uncooperativeness… well you don't need to worry too much about it, this time, just do as I say… it is for the safety of both of you anyway…"
"If that's the case, then okay…" Gaara nodded hurriedly…
Kuroto nodded slightly, gave a few instructions to both the kids then, he walked towards his laboratory.
The main reason he has completely cut off Ichibi's connection with everything is mainly to guard against the Akatsuki Organization.
Because, Kuroto isn't sure whether the Akatsuki Organization already has or will be able to develop some means to perceive the locations of tailed beasts, so just to be on the safe side, Kuroto chose to completely cut off Ichibi's connections with everything to make sure that perceiving Ichibi becomes an extremely difficult task.
By ensuring that Shukaku does not fall into the hands of Akatsuki, Kuroto can delay their plan of resurrecting the Juubi, even if by a little, and as long as Juubi is not resurrected, Kuroto can be sure that the situation will not be completely out of his control.
Anyway, after arriving at his laboratory, the first thing Kuroto did was immediately take out the Fujin Clone from the Nutrition Tank.
After placing it on the test bench, he did a comprehensive inspection of the Clone Body through his Byakugan and by using several medical devices, only to find that the state of the Fujin Clone is extremely poor. The entire circulatory system seems to be near collapsed state, the bones are decaying and the muscles are disintegrating. Even many organs are not spared and are damaged to a certain degree.
But all these things are not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is that these injuries and damages cannot be repaired because of the presence of 'All-Killing Ash Bones' particles in the blood.
"The degree of damage and the state of the clone is worse than I had presumed…" muttered Kuroto with a sigh.
Seeing the extent of the damage that the clone had suffered, it wouldn't even be wrong to say that if this was a human body instead of a clone, the human would have already lost his life by now, because a normal human body simply can not withstand this degree of damage and would have disintegrated long ago.
In fact, Kuroto's other clone bodies wouldn't have been able to withstand such damage either and disintegrated by now, only the powerful Fujin Clone which has mutated due to the fusion of the Hyuga and Kaguya genes has been able to barely withstand it without completely disintegrating.
But even then, if Kuroto doesn't take immediate measures and repair it as soon as possible, this clone wouldn't even be able to last more than a week, that too when not being in use… and this is already its limit.
In order to repair this clone, the key is obviously to purify the blood by removing the excessive concentration of 'All-Killing Ash Bones' particles.
Thinking of this, Kuroto's eyes subconsciously shifted to the Wind Clone-B floating in the other nutrition tank that he hasn't touched at all because of its unsatisfactory quality.
'Blood Transfusion' is undoubtedly the best way to purify the blood and also remove the excessive concentration of 'All-Killing Ash Bones' particles from the Fujin Clone, and it just so happens that because of the presence of the Wind Clone B in the laboratory that Kuroto hasn't used has enough blood necessary for the 'Transfusion' process.
While thinking about the idea of Blood Transfusion, Kuroto walked closer to the Nutrition tank and looked at the Wind Clone B.
In fact, the overall specs of the Clone B are actually very good so the Clone B is not that bad, but compared to Clone A i.e., Fujin Clone, those good specks can only be considered mediocre, and Clone B can only be treated as unsatisfactory.
Therefore, Kuroto has no hesitation to sacrifice Wind Clone B in order to repair and preserve Wind Clone A.
The only problem is that the Blood of the Wind Clone B too contains the 'All-Killing Ash Bones' particles, although the concentration is far lower compared to the Wind Clone A, they are present nonetheless. As such, even if the Blood is transfused, this treatment will only be a temporary solution and the root cause will not be solved.
Kuroto weighed the situation slightly, and seeing that he has no other option, he finally decided to repair Wind Clone A by replacing the blood.
The development and cultivation of the Fujin Clone have already reached perfection, as long as its physical functions are maintained by the time Kuroto will perform the ritual, it can be used in the fusion process.
As for the problem of the disease of the Fujin Clone being passed to Kuroto during the ritual process? There is really no need to worry about it.
If Kuroto's ritual succeeds, he will attain Kekkei Mora. Reaching Kekkei Mora means his physique will strengthen and reach the same level as Otsutsuki Kaguya; when this happens the disintegrating effects of 'All-Killing Ash Bones' particles will no longer be effective on Kuroto's body.
And if Kuroto's ritual fails, Kuroto will undoubtedly die in the ceremony even before the Kekkei Genkai disease becomes active.
Therefore, regardless of success or failure, there will be no need to worry about the 'All-Killing Ash Bones' particles affecting the body after the fusion ritual.
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