43.The Forbidden Technique

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Kaito turned back to look at the medical ninja he had previously controlled, only to find that he had already been affected by the indiscriminate attack of the poison bugs from the initial Aburame clan ninja, losing consciousness and life unwittingly.

"You better start moving." Izuna shook the blood off his sword onto the ground, "Perhaps the root ninja out on missions will soon return here."

"Well, no rush, you know, I've set up a barrier, no one can come in now," Kaito continued with his dead fish eyes.

Izuna's forehead creased, he flicked his finger hard on Kaito's head, and angrily said, "A barrier can block people, but won't they suspect something? Stop dawdling! Get moving! Brat!"

"Alright, I got it." Kaito rubbed his head, obediently nodded, his eyes brightening again, and quickly began forming hand seals, "Good thing I've gathered most of the paper jutsu spirits here."

"By the decree of rapid command!"

As the jutsu was cast, all paper jutsu spirits, except those maintaining the barrier, began to move.

They quickly moved towards various directions of the base, starting to move bodies and clean up traces of the battle.

Fortunately, Izuna and Chiri had relied on concealment papers for stealth assassinations and did not cause any damage to the base itself.

Soon, all bloodstains inside the base were cleaned, and the bodies were moved and gathered in one place by the paper spirits.

"It's starting."

Kaito took a deep breath, then his hands swiftly connected through a dozen seals.

The surplus paper spirits had already been retracted, with only a few left, each standing on a body.

The paper spirits quickly absorbed the warm blood from the corresponding bodies until completely soaked, then began to emit a slightly bloody glow, appearing quite eerie.

As all paper spirits on the bodies turned blood-colored, Kaito began forming seals again.

The blood-glowing paper spirits flew up, turning into streaks of blood light that drilled into their brains from the foreheads of the bodies.

"By the decree of rapid command! Rise!"

Kaito called out again as he formed seals.

At this moment, his eyes had turned into the Mangekyou Sharingan, his hair and clothes began to move without wind.

Instantly, all the bodies simultaneously opened their eyes, shining with blood light, and slowly stood up.

Then, the wounds on their bodies began to disappear, their movements and expressions became more and more natural, and the blood color in their eyes quietly faded away.

"It's done." Kaito wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Controlling so many bodies at once really isn't easy."

He approached "Danzo" and asked, "How is it? How much memory have you accepted?"

"Danzo" respectfully answered, "I have accepted most of it."

"Good." Kaito smiled satisfactorily, "From now on, you will be responsible for the normal operation of the root base along with them."

"Yes."

"Ah, also, prepare a secluded room for us."

"Yes."

Thus, what happened in the root was completely hidden, causing no impact on Konoha.

Root members returning from missions continued to report back to the base without noticing anything unusual.

This was the formidable aspect of the forbidden Yin-Yang jutsu "Blood Puppet" employed by Kaito.

Blood Puppets could perfectly control the corpses of the deceased, even access memories in their brains, occupying all that was originally theirs without anyone noticing.

Aside from those who are also Yin-Yang Masters, no one could detect anything amiss.

The reason why Blood Puppets are considered a forbidden jutsu is because if the caster becomes obsessed with exploring others' memories, the barrage of different memories could cause them to lose themselves.

Furthermore, this jutsu ultimately manipulates the corpses of the deceased, which feels malevolent.

Additionally, Blood Puppets have a weakness: they can only maintain control for seven days, after which they can't be used on the same target again.

Therefore, for Kaito, the Soul Summoning technique, which had already made progress, was much more useful than the forbidden jutsu, Blood Puppet, and he wouldn't attempt it excessively.

He didn't try to read Danzo's memories; now that he had become his puppet, anything Kaito wanted to know could simply be asked directly.

After all, he didn't need to know the details.

At the moment, Kaito was playing with a small glass vial containing a Mangekyou Sharingan, having learned from "Danzo" the origin of this eye.

"It's actually Uchiha Shisui's eye," he couldn't help sighing, "Kotoamatsukami, such a terrifying ability. He actually told the higher-ups of Konoha about this powerful genjutsu ability. Not sure whether to call him too naive or to praise him for truly being Uchiha Kagami's grandson. zhaoshuyuan.com"

"He just wanted Konoha's recognition too much, all because of the influence left by Kagami," Chiri slightly frowned, "After all, their generation grew up in the shadow of the First Hokage. Especially the Third Hokage and Kagami, their way of doing things unconsciously leaned towards the First."

"Hmph, as weapons of war holding power, ninjas can never achieve peace through gentle means," Izuna looked down on these younger generation's actions.

He asserted, "Hashirama was indeed compassionate, but that's because he had unmatched martial prowess. Even though he positioned himself humbly, no one would look down on him. Those without such strength trying to imitate him are just courting death."

"Ah, I was thinking of summoning the owner of this eye, after all, a Uchiha who activated the Mangekyou Sharingan would be a strong addition to our forces," Kaito gazed at the Mangekyou Sharingan pattern inside the glass vial.

He expressed some regret, "But it seems his ideology doesn't align with ours, so let's forget it. I don't have the patience to persuade such a stubborn fool."

"However, I had a new idea a few days ago," he then said somewhat excitedly, "Just wait, Izuna, you'll soon be able to fully utilize your strength."

"I'm looking forward to it," Izuna smiled.

Kaito then began to focus on the seal jutsu materials he had gathered over the past few days.

And Chiri started to carefully review the mission records of the Root.

Izuna, feeling somewhat helpless, picked up some of the Root's experimental records to start going through them.