Chapter 358

Nara Saki smiled, not taking it to heart.

Even he himself found the current situation unbelievable,

compared to the Land of Fire of a few years ago,

medical ninja could be counted on one hand,

but now in the Land of Fire,

the number of medical ninja had multiplied several times over!!!

If a few years ago someone had told Nara Saki that the Land of Fire would reach today's state,

Nara Saki wouldn't have believed it either!!.

158. The Appearance of Kakuzu: Hashirama Senju, I'm taking your head!

"Kakuzu, the secret arts of Takigakure have already been handed over to you…"

"What remains will have to depend on you…"

"We hope you won't let down the expectations we have for you!!!"

The upper echelons of Takigakure looked at the Kakuzu before them and said with solemn expressions!!!

Regarding the recent upheaval in the ninja world's situation—

it forced the ninja of Takigakure to helplessly make these decisions!!

They could only think of measures to counter Hashirama Senju!!

For them,

this was probably the only way to oppose Hashirama Senju!!!

For this,

they even broke convention,

handing over Takigakure's secret arts to Kakuzu!!

hoping he would use Takigakure's secret arts to assassinate Hashirama Senju!!

"Elders, you can rest assured!!!"

"Now I am completely different from before…"

"With Earth Grudge, no matter who it is, I am confident I can kill them!!!"

"Hashirama Senju's head is mine—I'll handle everything!!!"

Kakuzu excitedly clenched his fist,

speaking solemnly to the Takigakure upper echelons before him!!!

Even he himself hadn't expected,

that this time the village would make such a decision,

directly handing over Takigakure's secret art Earth Grudge to him!!!

As for this secret art,

Kakuzu himself had only heard of it,

never actually seen it!!

The entire Takigakure regarded Earth Grudge as a supreme treasure,

and aside from these few village elders,

no one had ever seen Earth Grudge!!

When he received this mission,

Kakuzu himself couldn't believe it,

that he would one day obtain Takigakure's supreme secret art!!

Feeling the ceaseless powerful force surging from within his body,

Kakuzu grew even more certain of his future!!!

He believed that with the aid of this secret art,

Hashirama Senju could not possibly be his opponent!!

Even though the outside world had publicly acknowledged Hashirama Senju as the foremost person of the ninja world,

his strength having even surpassed that of the Sage of Six Paths, the founder of the ninja sect,

Kakuzu now considered all of this nothing but nonsense!!!

After personally obtaining Earth Grudge,

Kakuzu himself realized just how powerful this secret art truly was!!

Now Kakuzu had already completed his training in this secret art,

and he believed he was now more than ten times stronger than before!!

He could use chakra to control the black tendrils released from within his body,

which could be transformed into ninjutsu suited for long-range attacks.

In this way,

he could unleash battle tactics the opponent could not fend off.

Moreover,

by using the tendrils to seize the hearts of others,

drawing them in along with their chakra nature,

he could perform advanced ninjutsu of the basic five natures,

making himself an existence close to immortal and undying!!!

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