Chapter 219: The Storm Temporarily Subsides
Meanwhile.
Land of Grass.
Near the border of the Land of Earth.
Baishi stood at the site of his previous battle with Roshi, activating his Super Vision – X-ray Perception to carefully observe the underground lava flow and identify a suitable location.
After a long while, he finally found a lava chamber beneath a low mountain nearby, similar to the one beneath Moon Island.
"Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique!"
With a series of rapid hand seals, Baishi channeled chakra through his feet into the ground, activating the C-rank Earth Release jutsu.
Instantly, the earth beneath him softened into flowing sand, swallowing him whole.
Holding his breath, Baishi descended deeper, feeling the surrounding temperature rise rapidly—but for him, this was hardly a concern.
After about ten seconds, he felt the ground beneath him give way—he had arrived.
Taking a glance around, this lava chamber was much smaller than the one on Moon Island—only about seventy to eighty square meters, with a height of three to four meters.
But that was enough.
Releasing his grip from the rocky walls, Baishi dropped straight into the molten lava below.
If this had been before, he would have needed to activate Ice Release to protect himself. But now…
After over half a month of intense adaptation, he no longer needed any protection.
The moment his body made contact, his clothes were instantly incinerated to ashes, yet his skin only turned slightly red.
At this point, even with the lava reaching over a thousand degrees Celsius, it merely felt like a warm discomfort to him.
Wasting no time, as soon as the molten lava submerged his entire body, Baishi activated his system, initiating the evolution of Absolute Adaptation.
Seeing the steady progression of the progress bar, Baishi nodded in satisfaction.
The rate of evolution here is exactly the same as on Moon Island.
It was precisely because he had thought of this location that he was willing to temporarily leave Moon Island.
And now, it was clear—this decision was the right one.
As long as he stayed low-key, who would ever expect him to be hiding in a lava chamber?
With no disturbances, and his Four-Core System accelerating evolution, it wouldn't take long before his power reached a whole new level.
"Heh, this is gonna be good~"
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While Baishi remained in seclusion, focusing on his evolution, the ninja world was thrown into chaos.
A shocking event had taken place.
The infamous mercenary organization—Akatsuki—attacked Kirigakure, forcefully seizing the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails.
Despite his desperate resistance, Fourth Mizukage Yagura was still unable to stop Akatsuki's advance—and he, too, was captured.
This news sent shockwaves across the entire ninja world.
People were on edge, fearful of who would be next.
In particular, Kumogakure went into Level-One Emergency Alert.
And Baishi understood why.
Out of the nine Tailed Beasts,
Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Nine-Tails were with him.
One-Tail, Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Six-Tails had been taken by Akatsuki.
That left only one Tailed Beast remaining—Eight-Tails in Kumogakure.
So naturally, Kumogakure was panicking.
But it wasn't just them—every village was now on high alert.
Especially Konoha.
After Minato learned about Akatsuki's true objective from Baishi, he immediately launched a full-scale investigation.
And Jiraiya, true to his reputation, quickly tracked down Orochimaru.
It wasn't clear if Orochimaru had leaked the information on purpose, but Konoha was able to confirm that Baishi had told the truth.
With this crisis looming, Minato made a decisive move—
He called for a Five Kage Summit.
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"A Five Kage Summit?"
"Yes, my lord. The news has already spread across the entire ninja world." Hotaru confirmed.
"I see…"
Baishi finished dressing himself and asked again,
"Do we know when the meeting will take place?"
"In one month, my lord!"
"And the location?"
"The Land of Iron, at the General's Headquarters."
"As expected… The Land of Iron…"
Aside from the Land of Iron, which had been mutually agreed upon by the Five Great Nations as a neutral territory, he couldn't think of any other suitable place.
As for why they were making such a big spectacle of it?
Baishi figured that:
1. They wanted to intimidate the more reckless factions in the ninja world.
2. They wanted to showcase the Five Great Nations' power.
After all, if they had to sneak around just to hold a Kage Summit, they might as well not have one at all.
"Heh, they sure are confident."
Baishi chuckled and muttered,
"If only they knew just how deep this rabbit hole really goes…"
Hearing his words, Hotaru asked,
"My lord, do we need to take any action?"
Baishi fell into deep thought.
Previously, he had planned to use Konoha to put pressure on Akatsuki and slow down their progress in capturing the Tailed Beasts.
But he hadn't expected Nagato to act so decisively—he had directly invaded Kirigakure, forcibly seizing the Three-Tails and Six-Tails.
Judging by the timeline, Akatsuki had just finished sealing One-Tail and Two-Tails, and immediately went after the next—their efficiency was insane.
This meant that their next targets were clear:
1. Eight-Tails in Kumogakure.
2. The Four Tailed Beasts inside Baishi.
Baishi wasn't too concerned about himself, but as for Eight-Tails…
To be honest, even though Killer Bee was a perfect Jinchūriki with great survival instincts, Baishi doubted he could escape his fate.
If possible, he wanted to capture Eight-Tails first.
That way, he could:
Further accelerate his evolution.
Prevent Akatsuki from gaining more Tailed Beasts.
And as for drawing Akatsuki's attention to himself…
Did it even matter?
Even if he didn't go after Eight-Tails, would Akatsuki just ignore him?
Of course not.
As long as he kept the Four Tailed Beasts, he and Akatsuki were bound to clash eventually.
So, rather than waiting for trouble, why not take the initiative?
Various thoughts flashed through his mind before Baishi finally said,
"No need for now. Just monitor the situation with Eight-Tails. We'll act when the time is right."
Hotaru responded immediately,
"Understood, my lord!"
"Good. You may go now."
"As you command!"
With that, Hotaru disappeared with a Body Flicker Technique.
The room fell silent once more.
Now alone, Baishi turned his attention back to himself.
Looking at his gradually whitening skin, he opened his system panel.
His Absolute Adaptation ability was on the verge of leveling up—just a tiny step away.
Wasting no time, he sat cross-legged, activating his Four Tailed Beasts' chakra extraction to replenish his energy.
Once his chakra was fully restored, he entered the Dimensional Ring, absorbing natural energy to convert his chakra into Senjutsu Chakra.
With everything ready, he stripped off his clothes and activated Flying Thunder God to teleport back into the lava.
This time, the lava barely affected him at all.
The evolution is working.
With that, he sank into deep training once again.
As if everything that had just happened was nothing more than a brief interlude.
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