Land of Waterfall is located to the west of Land of Iron, and is adjacent to the Land of Fire, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Grass. There are a lot of waterfalls in the territory. Unfortunately, in the cold winter, heavy snow keeps falling, so large sections of the rivers are frozen, and waterfalls become cliffs, which are daunting.
But no matter how dangerous the place is, naughty kids can't be stopped!
On a 50-meter-high cliff, there is a blue-white glacier stretching across, reflecting the blue sky. Several naughty kids are yelling and running around on the glacier, so happy that they didn't care about anything else!
Several adults yelled anxiously on the shore, but the naughty kid ignored them at all.
Until…
"You little brats, come back soon, or the devil will come to eat you later!!"
A middle-aged man shouted at the top of his lungs. He is not trying to scare the naughty kids, because during this period of time, nearly a hundred people have gone missing from their small village one after another, including men, women and children, leaving no traces at all, as if they were swallowed whole by a devil!
Although the village chief invited the Shinobi from Takigakure quickly, some people still disappeared every day, which made the village panic!
Because of this, the reputation of the devil is getting louder and louder. The naughty kids on the glacier are often frightened by their parents with the devil's name. Therefore, hearing the shouts of the middle-aged person, they immediately go ashore in desperation, obediently follow the adults back to their home.
The middle-aged men looked at the dejected backs of the children, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the smile then became deeper, colder and sharper.
"Orochimaru, it seems that you're in a good mood. You even have time to spend time with the children."
Kanpū, who transformed into Taki, walked out from the other end of the glacier, and with a few flickers, he had already come to the middle-aged man.
"Have you found the remains of the Uzumaki Clan's members?"
The middle-aged man said with a hoarse and cold voice, which is unique to Orochimaru.
The research on Impure World Reincarnation requires a lot of living sacrifices and the remains of the dead. Out of various considerations, Orochimaru sneaked into the Land of Waterfall, found a small village, and then killed a middle-aged man. He then used the peeling face technique to take the middle-aged man's face, take it as his own, and then live in the village as this middle-aged man.
As for those who have disappeared, they were naturally captured by Orochimaru as sacrifices.
"I have found it."
Kanpū replied, and then asked, "What about you? You should have mastered the Impure World Reincarnation, right?"
Orochimaru shrugged and said: "The progress is not bad, but…"
After more than a month passed, Orochimaru has already been able to summon the soul of the dead back from the Pure Land, but it is very unstable, and the soul will dissipate after three to five seconds, so it needs to continue to experiment.
Kanpū doesn't understand this, so he didn't ask too many questions. He just encouraged Orochimaru earnestly, as long as the Impure World Reincarnation succeeds, he will have a lot of Uzumaki Clan's remains!
"Hey, that guy with sunglasses, who are you?"
Suddenly, a rough voice came from the distance. When Kanpū looked up, he was a man wearing Takigakure's forehead protector.
Kanpū is a little confused about the situation, but Orochimaru was used to this matter, so he ran to the Takigakure's Shinobi in panic, while yelling: "Save me, my lord, save me, this guy, this guy is the devil. Just now, he wanted to catch me, please save me!!"
The Takigakure's Shinobi on the opposite side was shocked, and he immediately took out his kunai and rushed towards Kanpū fiercely.
Kanpū was taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to expose Orochimaru, but he remembered that he and Orochimaru are now in a group.
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'So close!'
So, he smiled coldly and said: "Damn it, I didn't expect to be ruined by someone! But don't be proud, I will come back!!"
Leaving behind the classic cruel words, Kanpū turned around and fled.
When the Takigakure's Shinobi saw this, he was overjoyed!
He had guessed that the so-called devil was a Shinobi before, but he didn't know the strength of this Shinobi, so he had always been cautious and low-key, but now, it seems that the other side is just a Genin, and when seeing himself, he unexpectedly…
'Eh…'
'Doesn't I look down on myself If I think so?'
The Takigakure's Shinobi let his imagination run wild while chasing Kanpū across the glacier.
After just a few seconds, the Takigakure's Shinobi found that he had lost the target.
"Damn it, he ran so fast!"
The Takigakure's Shinobi turned around and saw the middle-aged man standing in place, looking at him expressionlessly.
The Takigakure's Shinobi's heart skipped a beat, and there was a sense of anxiety in his heart.
"Why didn't you kill him?" The middle-aged man asked.
"Hello? Who are you… talking to?" The face of Takigakure's Shinobi changed.
Kanpū walked out from behind a tree, and said: "I just did my best to cooperate with you in acting. After all, I just came here, so I don't know the situation here."
"It's not because you're soft-hearted, right?" Orochimaru's view as a bystander seemed to have noticed something.
Kanpū looked directly at Orochimaru's gaze, his face was expressionless.
"You, who are you?!" The Takigakure's Shinobi's voice broke the silence.
"You will stay in the village as this person from now on until I completely master the Impure World Reincarnation."
Orochimaru took back his gaze, and then formed hand seals, "Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Several yellow-scaled snakes shot out from his sleeve, and in an instant, he crossed the ice river of more than ten meters, and swallowed the stunned Taki's Shinobi.
"Ahhhh! Stop it, don't kill me! Help, help…"
After screaming for a while, Takigakure's Shinobi's voice disappeared.
Those yellow-lined snakes swam back to Orochimaru with their mouths full of blood, slipped into his sleeve and disappeared.
Kanpū mourned silently while using Transformation Technique. With the light smoke, Kanpū has become like the Takigakure's Shinobi.
After letting the White Zetsu's clone handle the corpse, Kanpū, who turned into Takigakure's Shinobi, returned to the village with the middle-aged man Orochimaru.
The scale of this village Orochimaru found for is not very large. It is roughly estimated that there are only about 2,000 households, but it is enough for Orochimaru's experiment.
On the way, many villagers greeted Kanpū, saying lord this and lord that. Kanpū doesn't know their names, so he didn't dare to talk to them. He can only pretend to be serious and indifferent towards the villagers.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, Orochimaru started to act. He caught an old man who had fallen asleep in the village, a pretty widow at the west of the village and a youngster in the south of the village, and then dragged them back to the basement of his house.
"Why are you here?"
As soon as Orochimaru entered the basement, he saw 'Hyuga Taki' who turned into Takigakure's Shinobi.
"To study and observe, are you welcoming me?" Kanpū said.
Orochimaru sneered and said nothing, how can he not understand 'Hyuga Taki' secret agenda?
'He just wants to learn Impure World Reincarnation secretly!'
'Unfortunately, if Impure World Reincarnation can be used after just knowing few hand seals, how can it be called Forbidden Technique?'
'Naive!'
Orochimaru threw the three sacrifices on the ground and began to prepare.
Kanpū stood by and observed carefully. Although he didn't understand clearly, he could still collect him!
However, he has to wait for Orochimaru to enter the 'research state' first. With full concentration, he would naturally relax his vigilance around the surroundings. At that time, if Kanpū collects him, the success rate should be higher.
Not long after, Kanpū suddenly noticed a vague gaze from behind him. When he looked back, he saw White Zetsu's clone had half of his body coming out from the ground, looking at Orochimaru with treacherous eyebrows.
'So shameless!'
Kanpū cursed secretly, and then continued to observe Orochimaru.
A few minutes later, Orochimaru completed the preparations, and then he formed the hand seals: Tiger - Snake - Dog - Dragon!
Then Orochimaru clasped his hands together and shouted in a low voice: "Impure World Reincarnation!"
Whoosh whoosh…
A gust of wind rises from the ground, rolling up gray and white debris from the sky, which then covered the sleeping sacrifice.
After a few seconds, the sleeping old man had already turned into… Kanpū?
No, it should be the Takigakure's Shinobi who was replaced by Kanpū!
"Success?"
Kanpū asked, and threw out the Collection Technique impatiently.
Not at Orochimaru, but at the summoned Takigakure's Shinobi.
Kanpū then stared at the green light cluster in his mind.
'Move, move!!'
Unfortunately, it didn't move, and Kanpū's whole body was not good.
"Failed."
Orochimaru suddenly said, and there's no sadness or joy in his tone.
But Kanpū was overjoyed in his heart. After all, if the Impure World Reincarnation succeeds but he can't collect them, then what's the use of those Uzumaki Clan's remains in his body?
When he really wanted to learn is Fuinjutsu!
Kanpū crossed his arms near his chest, feeling a little fortunate, but also a little anxious.
At this time, the countless dust that wrapped the sacrifice slowly fell, revealing the old man's sleeping face, but the old man is lifeless now.
The White Zetsu's clone consciously got out of the wall, picked up the old man, walked into the wall, and buried him on the spot.
Then Orochimaru started the second round of the experiment.
Kanpū stood by and waited silently. Seeing that Orochimaru was in serious state, he secretly threw a Collection Technique at him, but the collection failed.
Kanpū does not hold any grudges, after all, this will depend on Orochimaru.
Soon, the second sacrifice was also covered in countless dust, revealing the face of Takigakure's Shinobi.
This Takigakure's Shinobi's face is full of cracks and his eyelids are trembling. Seeing this, Kanpū can't help but get excited: "Orochimaru, did you succeed?"
Orochimaru did not speak, but quietly for a few seconds.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, four…
The dust on the Takigakure's Shinobi's body suddenly disintegrated and fell to the ground.
'Failed.'
Orochimaru frowned, 'It was like this again, the soul cannot stay for a long time. Is it because the sacrifice is too weak?'
But Orochimaru had used young and strong living people as sacrifices before, and the ending remained the same.
'Since it's not about the sacrifice, could it be…'
Orochimaru suddenly turned his head to look at the White Zetsu's clone and said, "Bring the body of Takigakure's Shinobi here."
"Understood."
White Zetsu's clone knew that he needed to show his worth, so he immediately got into the ground as soon as Orochimaru ordered him, and dragged the previously buried Takigakure's Shinobi over in less than half a minute.
Orochimaru's eyes flickered when he saw this. He then cut off a large piece of the Takigakure's Shinobi directly, and then experimented again.
Tiger - Snake - Dog - Dragon!
Orochimaru clasped his palms together: "Impure World Reincarnation!"
Countless dust gathered again, wrapping the last youngster, and gradually, the face of Takigakure's Shinobi appeared once again.
The Takigakure's Shinobi has a few cracks on his face, like broken porcelain. Then, he slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of black eyes.
'It's done?'
Kanpū's eyes flickered, and he couldn't wait to throw a Collection Technique at him.
The green light cluster in his mind rolled and surged in an instant!
At this moment, Kanpū thought of the remains of the Uzumaki Clan's remains in his pocket, and thought of Shodaime Hokage, Nidaime Hokage, Sandaime Hokage, ahem, Sandaime is not dead yet, in short, countless dead strong men will become his nourishment!
Kanpū feels comfortable all over the body!
The green light cluster in his mind slowly stopped.
'Huh?'
'The collection… failed?'
'How could it fail?'
'When collecting dead people before, I succeeded every time!'
Kanpū looked towards the Takigakure's Shinobi's eyes. Although the eyes on the other side are black, he could still see the uncontrollable fear and… alert!
At this moment, Kanpū was depressed once again.
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