Chapter 591 Kakashi Yang Sealed Form

Fifth Yang Seal Form

After returning to the Shinobi Sect, Nagato first went to Muzuki to report.

After Muzuki confirmed there were no problems, Nagato brought Sasori to Muzuki’s study.

Muzuki didn’t immediately begin conversing with Sasori; instead, he put down his book and gestured for them to sit.

Sasori also used this brief moment to observe the Land of Rain’s newly risen legend.

Although he had participated in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament, Sasori had never paid attention to Sōsuke.

This was only the second time Sasori and Sōsuke had met closely; the first was in prison.

Perhaps because they were in the study, Sōsuke didn’t feel like a battle-hardened legendary Ninja to Sasori, but rather like a literature teacher.

Of course, Sasori dared not underestimate Sōsuke.

Sōsuke’s reputation wasn’t just talk; even a renowned strong Ninja like Hanzō, leading elite troops, couldn’t gain an advantage against him.

If it were a head-on battle, even using the Third Kazekage’s Human Puppet, Sasori wasn’t confident he could defeat such a powerful opponent.

“The Third Kazekage’s Human Puppet is now just a Chakra core; that matter shouldn’t have been exposed,” Sasori thought of his confiscated Sealing Technique scrolls.

Sasori felt somewhat fortunate that he had abandoned the Third Kazekage’s puppet body during the final battle; otherwise, the situation might be even worse now.

If the news that he assassinated the Third Kazekage spread, it would be detrimental to Sasori with no benefits.

Sunagakure would no longer consider Chiyo’s feelings and would pursue and issue a bounty for him.

Sasori might not have cared before, but now he wanted revenge and didn’t want any complications.

Muzuki picked up the teacup on the table, took a small sip, and looked at Sasori, saying,

“Nagato told me you have something to discuss with me.”

Although Sasori hadn’t spoken yet, Muzuki had already guessed Sasori’s purpose.

As a prisoner, what else could Sasori’s request be? Most likely, he wanted an early release.

“That’s right, I want to make a deal with you,” Sasori nodded and replied.

“I possess a unique puppet technique unmatched in the entire Ninja World. As long as you are willing to help me unseal the Sealing Technique on my body and release me early, I can not only teach you the technique but also make three puppets for you free of charge.”

Sasori finished stating his conditions in one breath, then looked at Sōsuke with a calm expression.

He felt that the conditions he offered were very generous, and Sōsuke had no reason to refuse.

After all, he had only attacked a few Konoha Ninja and hadn’t killed any Ninja or civilians from the Land of Rain.

Sōsuke had no reason to give up his puppet technique for a few Ninja from another village whose interests were unrelated to his own.

“If that’s all you have to say, then you can leave,” Muzuki smiled lightly and refused.

Sasori’s Human Puppet technique was indeed unique, but it was truly useless to Muzuki and the Shinobi Sect.

For Muzuki, puppet techniques couldn’t increase his combat power, and for the Shinobi Sect, there was no one who understood puppet techniques, so no one could use the Human Puppet technique even if they had it.

“You mean you refuse?!” Sasori frowned, looking at Sōsuke.

Then he thought of something and quickly said, “My technique is called the Human Puppet technique, which can turn human corpses into Human Puppets. These puppets can not only use the Ninjutsu they had in life, but even Bloodline Limits can be inherited.”

Sasori believed that he hadn’t properly introduced his new technique, causing Sōsuke to make a misjudgment.

“My answer is still the same: if that’s all you want to say, then you can leave,” Muzuki still refused cleanly and decisively, without even changing his expression.

Sasori looked at Sōsuke in disbelief, completely unprepared for such a response.

He had thought Sōsuke would be shocked by his technique and then increase the demand for the number of puppets, or that Sōsuke would seize the opportunity to recruit him. He had never imagined Sōsuke would refuse so quickly and decisively.

This was the Human Puppet technique, a cross-generational advancement in puppet techniques in Sasori’s eyes.

Unlike Sasori, Nagato showed an expression of ‘as expected’.

Sasori thought he had attacked a few Konoha Ninja that Sōsuke didn’t care about, but Nagato knew that those Konoha Ninja Sasori attacked were all Muzuki’s disciples.

To be honest, Nagato felt that Muzuki was already very merciful for not directly killing Sasori.

After all, Sasori not only attacked Muzuki’s disciples but also seemed intent on doing it again in the future.

And Muzuki not only didn’t kill Sasori but only made him do forced labor for ten years, which was considered overly benevolent among Ninja.

Now Sasori still wanted to get out early and go after Kakashi and the others; Nagato only felt that Sasori was constantly testing the boundaries of death.

“You’re not a puppet master, so you might not understand the significance it represents.

If you kill Hanzō and then use the Human Puppet technique to turn him into a puppet, you can have a Hanzō without a mind, completely under your control.”

“Furthermore, if you apply this technique to yourself, you can gain eternal life!”

Sasori, not believing it, introduced his technique in even more detail. To make Muzuki understand the value of his Human Puppet technique, he even revealed the secret that Human Puppets had a chance at eternal life.

However, Muzuki’s answer remained unchanged; Sasori still received a refusal.

At this moment, Sasori felt a strong sense of being unappreciated.

Possessing such a technique, yet unable to even exchange it for freedom.

“Increase the puppets I make for you to five. Just release me five years early and allow me to research puppet masters in my free time,” Sasori had no choice but to raise his offer and lower his demands.

What he worried about was wasting ten years, which would prevent him from killing Kakashi after his release.

If the time was reduced to five years, and he could continue to grow stronger, then Sasori was confident in getting his revenge.

Suddenly, a thought flashed in Muzuki’s mind. He neither refused nor agreed, but instead asked Sasori:

“Can your Human Puppet technique be used to make only a part of a limb? The kind that can be used normally, just like ordinary limbs.”

Although Muzuki wasn’t very interested in Human Puppets, if he could successfully develop useful prosthetics, that would indeed be a good thing.

For normal Ninja, hands and feet are indispensable. Without hands, they can’t form hand seals to use Ninjutsu, and without feet, they lose mobility. If they lose even one, they are basically retired.

If they could wear prosthetics, it would be different. After getting used to them, they might even work better than normal arms.

Because puppet arms can be equipped with various mechanisms, they have an advantage over normal arms.

Not only could Ninja use them, but civilian prosthetics could also be developed, benefiting the general public.

“Technically, there’s no problem, but it doesn’t have much significance,” Sasori replied.

In his opinion, if you’re going to modify, modify the entire body into a puppet body. What’s the point of just modifying an arm or a leg? It’s neither here nor there.

Just as Sasori thought he was about to succeed, Muzuki spoke.

“If you want to cooperate, you can, but forget about those conditions of yours. Listen to my conditions. If you think they’re acceptable, then we’ll cooperate. Otherwise, this matter ends here.”

Sasori clenched his fists. He felt he had already lowered his demands to the absolute minimum, yet Sōsuke still wouldn’t agree.

At this moment, Sōsuke’s calm face seemed particularly hateful in Sasori’s eyes.

“I don’t need you to make Human Puppets for me. If you perfect the technique and create limbs that Ninja and ordinary people can use normally, then I can reduce your sentence by five years,” Muzuki continued.

“From now on, you don’t have to act like a regular forced labor prisoner. Nagato will decide your tasks. If Nagato deems your performance excellent, then your sentence can be further reduced by one to four years based on your specific performance.”

It was indeed a bit wasteful to have a skilled individual like Sasori doing manual labor, so Muzuki simply handed Sasori over to Nagato, letting Nagato decide what Sasori would do.

After all, his initial idea was to use Sasori to train Nagato.

Listening to Sōsuke’s words, Sasori’s clenched fists loosened, and his face was filled with confusion and surprise.

Because the conditions Sōsuke offered were actually better than what he had just proposed himself. Even without Nagato’s scoring for additional sentence reduction, he could get five years. If the additional reduction was maximized, his sentence would only be one year.

Sasori found that he truly couldn’t understand Sōsuke.

It was simply too strange. He gave up a technique that could enhance strength and even grant eternal life, and instead asked him to develop limbs that Ninja and ordinary people could use. What was the point of that?

“How about it? Are you willing to accept these conditions?” Muzuki asked with a faint smile.

He didn’t care at all when Sasori would be released.

Compared to Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara in the shadows, Sasori was just a small fry, and it would be very easy to deal with him.

“I need the Seal to be undone when I research puppet techniques,” Sasori emphasized the point.

He noticed that Muzuki hadn’t mentioned the Seal just now.

“It will be unsealed for you then,” Muzuki replied.

With Nagato watching Sasori, even unsealing Sasori wasn’t a big problem.

After all, a Sasori without puppets facing Nagato would truly only have the fate of being easily suppressed.

“Willing,” Sasori immediately replied.

The conditions Sōsuke offered were better than what he had proposed himself, so even if he didn’t get good reviews from Nagato, it wouldn’t be a loss.

After discussing the cooperation, Nagato quickly left Muzuki’s study with Sasori, no longer disturbing Muzuki.

“You just finished a mission today, so take a day off. You don’t need to go to the construction team, nor do you need to research puppet techniques,” Nagato decided to give Sasori a day off.

Sasori looked at Nagato speechlessly. He had been hoping to have the Seal undone today, but Nagato just gave him a day off.

“I want to research puppet techniques,” Sasori said.

“Being fatigued is not conducive to research,” Nagato refused.

“I’m not tired.”

“Do you want to lower your performance score?”

Sasori immediately fell silent. He had to admit that Nagato had grasped his lifeline.

Sasori wanted to be released early and then get revenge, so Nagato’s performance evaluation was very important; it could reduce his sentence by up to four years.

If it were just anyone else, Sasori might have given up on this sentence reduction, because he couldn’t possibly curry favor with someone every day just for a reduced sentence.

But Sasori had some understanding of Nagato; he was a good person in public perception and a reasonable person.

So if Sasori truly performed well, Nagato would most likely not deliberately give Sasori a low score.

Ultimately, Sasori obediently returned to his small room to rest.

Watching Sasori’s retreating back, Nagato nodded inwardly.

He wasn’t someone who liked to threaten others with what they cared about, but he had to admit that it was indeed effective.

Next, Nagato also returned to his room and looked at the mission data and maps.

“The main focus of work will be on the north from now on,” Nagato looked at the land bordering the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth.

The problems in the central region were much smaller than in the southern and northern areas because Amegakure was located in the central part of the Land of Rain.

Before the Shinobi Sect reorganized the south, the central part of the Land of Rain was the safest place in the Land of Rain.

…

“Muzuki-sensei, I think I’ve met the requirements. Could you please take a look?”

Kakashi, who was resting and reviewing the Yang Seal, felt he had met the requirements, so he walked up to Muzuki.

Muzuki used Appraisal Technique to glance at Kakashi’s status, confirmed that the proficiency in Yang Seal was fine, reached out and grabbed Kakashi’s shoulder, performing Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation to help Kakashi adjust his body to its peak condition.

“You can start,” Muzuki said after releasing Kakashi’s shoulder.

“Thank you for your trouble.”

Kakashi thanked Muzuki, then sat on the ground, closed his eyes, focused his breathing to the extreme, entered the Transparent World state, and then began to set up the Sealing Technique within his body.

Muzuki activated his Byakugan and watched Kakashi, ready to immediately use Medical Ninjutsu to treat Kakashi if he made any mistakes.

In Muzuki’s view, Kakashi steadily completed each step until the Seal was fully finished and Chakra entered the Seal.

When Kakashi’s Yang Seal accumulated a certain amount of Chakra, a lightning mark appeared on his forehead, which was covered by his forehead protector.

“Muzuki-sensei, did I succeed?” Kakashi opened his eyes and asked, somewhat uncertainly.

“Yes, you can first try to refine Chakra as much as possible to accumulate more Chakra within the Seal, and then try to activate it once,” Muzuki nodded and said.

Seeing Kakashi learn the Yang Seal in just over a month, Muzuki felt a little emotional.

It took him and Tsunade over two years to develop this Ninjutsu together, but his disciple didn’t even need a tenth of that time.

This couldn’t help but make Muzuki feel a renewed sense of respect for Senju Tobirama. Whether it was Shadow Clone or Flying Thunder God, both were very practical Ninjutsu.

Kakashi also wanted to try the effect of the Yang Seal, so he closed his eyes and concentrated on refining Chakra.

At this moment, Kakashi was very excited. In the past, Might Guy would seek him out for battles, but now Kakashi wanted to seek out Might Guy for battles.

With the Yang Seal, he was no longer the Kakashi who would collapse himself after unleashing a full-power slash.

The Chakra reduced from Thunder Breathing he could use to create opportunities with Earth Release, or he could use more powerful Lightning Release attacks.

“Why is Kakashi resting for so long today? Has he finally given up and wants to be lazy?” Obito noticed Kakashi, who hadn’t gotten up to train for a long time, and couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

Although he had discovered this fact, Obito wasn’t planning to go over and mock him now. He would wait until today’s training was over.

Then Kakashi wouldn’t have trained and would still have to endure his humiliation; it was like losing big time.

PS:

Ugh, burnt out. Now I’m a dried-up Xiao Ju ()