Chapter 775: Chapter 701 Substitution from Below Chapter 775: Chapter 701 Substitution from Below Under the watchful eyes of Konoha’s Anbu, the members of the Bright Family left the small forest in a rather embarrassed manner, glancing at each other and seeing the awkwardness and discomfort in each other’s eyes.
“Relying on their connections!
They’ve gone too far!
This is really too much!”
Henry, as their leader, spoke indignantly at this moment, expressing his dissatisfaction.
“Exactly, they think they can do whatever they want just because they’re on good terms with the natives.”
“And those natives, can’t they see that we are more important?
They do not know whom to bet on.”
“However, these natives aren’t stupid either.
A person of such status being in good terms with the other party either means some deal has been struck, or that the other party also has a notable background.”
After venting their anger, they were still able to look at the situation more calmly and moved past their frustration without thinking further about literary theories.
The other party being on good terms with the natives must have some capital behind them.
It couldn’t just be groundless love.
“There will always be a time when they’re alone, we’ll figure it out sooner or later.
First, let’s deal with those two from the Xu Family.”
Having been stifled by Tao Yu, Henry wanted to vent his anger elsewhere.
He then directly sought out the two at another inn.
Very rudely, he kicked the door open, and a strong scent of medicine rushed to meet him.
As a result of the lingering shockwaves of the Heavenly Obstruction Stellar Event, Ye Rong and her team had dug themselves into a hole on the ground, and these two men had been blown away.
At this moment, they looked pitiable indeed.
Their upper bodies were covered in blood-stained bandage marks.
The numerous small cuts were countless.
Now with the door kicked open, the two of them turned their heads woodenly to look at Henry, their eyes appearing dull and lifeless, showing neither anger nor fear.
They simply asked in a hoarse voice,
This attitude, so different from what he had imagined, genuinely took Henry by surprise; he then used the same reasoning he had used with the Ye Family.
After finishing speaking, he continued,
“You would not want members of the Bright Family to come questioning directly at your doorstep, would you?”
After listening to them calmly throughout, Xu Cong nodded and said,
“Alright, we have no objections.
We are currently healing, please feel free to do as you wish.”
Their indifferent attitude left Henry feeling as though his energy had been drained for nothing.
But after all, this place was still Konoha, and he did not feel right about making a bigger scene, so he simply left, leaving behind the broken door.
But once they had left, Xu Cong’s wounds began to move slightly, and a few cockroach-like insects began to crawl out of his wounds, continuously moving up to his ear, the tentacles seeming to be moving and conveying something,
Suddenly, many tentacles sprang out of the wound on his arm, quickly propping up the damaged door frame and once again barely blocking the outside.
Then, turning his head 180 degrees, he looked back at his own companion and said,
This body won’t last much longer.”
“There’s a Ninja Clan in this village that excels in communicating with insects; it’s a bit troublesome, we must deal with it before acting.”
“We can use the information from our brothers to influence them in return.”
“That will need time, and any interruption could mean all our previous efforts were in vain.”
As the two spoke, cockroaches crawled in and out of their mouths, ears, and wounds, appearing extremely unsettling.
Their bodies seemed as if they were merely covered with a layer of skin, under which were some meandering raised marks.
But as they continuously twisted their bodies, they made a chilling, crackling sound, and their skin gradually rejuvenated.
It just looked slightly less elastic.
After moving their limbs again, the two expressionlessly moved the broken door aside and swiftly headed in the direction indicated by the scent of bugs…
On the other side, in a temporary training ground in the Forest of Death, Jiraiya also arrived upon invitation, landing on the treetops with a few leaps.
He watched Tao Yu cooking mushrooms below and Minato Namikaze next to him, and he couldn’t help feeling a bit joyful.
“Ahaha, I smelled this delicious aroma early on, let’s verify it before proceeding…”
But when he saw the pot of colorful mushrooms bubbling, his facial expression suddenly stiffened.
Even for him, it wouldn’t be pleasant to drink this stuff.
“Are you trying to trick me into drinking it first and then take advantage of an old man?
I’m not that foolish, who would drink something so obviously…”
Then, he was somewhat speechless to see that Tao Yu was drinking it heartily.
“The mushrooms of the Ninja World are really delicious, they don’t need any special techniques, so savory.”
After finishing his drink, Tao Yu looked at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya, I’ll be troubling you next.”
“It’s not really trouble.
Actually, I wanted to gather some information on the Pioneers too.
Anyone who can confidently challenge my Sage Mode must not be weak.”
Jiraiya’s eyes grew solemn.
For ninjas, the battle of intelligence is extremely important.
Now, gaining information about an opponent without having to pay a high price, he felt it was a profitable deal.
As he summoned the two Toad Sages and started to prepare for Sage Mode, Tao Yu observed the changes in Jiraiya.
“Indeed, a person without talent using Sage Mode makes it easier to see; overall, it’s a decent way of integrating Chakra, but for me, it’s somewhat unnecessary…”
Originally, Tao Yu wanted to see if it was similar to something exceptional like the Eight Gates.
But now, seeing that Sage Mode was merely a pure mixture of Chakra and Natural Power, he sighed.
Before gaining the fusion of abilities from the Taiji Xuanqing Path with his own, Tao Yu would have been interested.
But now, this only seemed like a lower substitution for him, having integrated the Taiji Xuanqing Path, transforming the Longevity Secret to merge with his own power.
Neither in absorbing the power of the heavens and earth nor in manipulating Natural Power could it compare to him.
“It’s a bit of a pity…”
“Hey hey, I haven’t even completed deriving it, and you’re already feeling pity for something?”
With his hands together, still continuously regulating his Immortal Technique Chakra, Jiraiya looked at Tao Yu’s somewhat regretful expression and also felt a bit speechless.
“Um, I’ve already seen the complete form from Hashirama, I thought it should all be in that mode in the end, but it seems not.”
Tao Yu seemed to be contemplating something, then with a single Hand Seal looked toward Jiraiya.
Sage Art: Gate of the Bright God!
An array of Torii gates appeared out of thin air, falling from the sky right onto Jiraiya, instantly causing all his Immortal Technique Chakra, and even his own Chakra, to fall into a silent state.
His entire muscular strength was weakened.
Even the two Toad Sages on his shoulders were in the same state!
“Incredibly unbelievable.”
Shinzou’s face was filled with astonishment as he experienced the powerful suppressive force of the Gate of the Bright God.
It didn’t seem like an Immortal Technique, but…
The feeling was even more terrifying than the manipulation of an Immortal Technique!