Chapter 487

Apart from eating and necessary sleep time, Mu Yue and the others were basically traveling.

Under high-speed marching, they soon entered the Land of Grass and arrived near Kusagakure.

"There's no warning barrier, we can sneak in directly." Shibi Aburame reported to Mu Yue after recalling his scout insects.

The secret techniques of the Aburame clan have a sort of jack-of-all-trades feel; as long as you raise enough insects, not only can you fight, but reconnaissance and other support abilities are also quite good.

This was within Mu Yue's expectations; in the Naruto world, sealing techniques and barrier techniques are not separate fields.

Basically, only the major hidden villages can afford a large barrier that covers the entire village; minor villages at most master some specialized sealing techniques.

The team of Kosuke Maruboshi had two elite jōnin; among them, Shibi Aburame was an all-round ninja, while the somewhat weaker Nara Suzaku was above average jōnin and could serve as the team's brain. The overall strength of the group was enough to execute S-rank missions.

Their squad plus Mu Yue totaled eight people. For an infiltration investigation, a squad of this size definitely couldn't act together; too many people would easily expose their whereabouts.

Because he had just thought of something very frightening.

The cooperation meeting between Kusagakure and Iwagakure, the plan of the Kusagakure leader, the disagreement between the Grass Fruit and Grass Flower factions, and the secrets of Kusagakure—all were laid out before Mu Yue within Wuchang's memories.

Combining known information, Mu Yue believed that the Gokuraku Box should be the work of the Sage of Six Paths.

To build such a large-scale barrier required not only sealing technique experts, but not just one or two; it would take a specialized sealing squad to possibly complete it. Ordinary villages couldn't assemble such a setup.

"Iwagakure, cooperating to escalate the war, opening the Gokuraku Box to make the Land of Grass great again…"

The sealing technique inside the Gokuraku Box was very peculiar. Normal sealing techniques, no matter how powerful, would weaken over time.

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"If we're exposed, try to make a big commotion; that way I'll come to solve the problem right away." Mu Yue took out a Flying Thunder God kunai and handed it to Kakashi.

To become Hokage, you can't rely solely on hot blood. Even Naruto, who saved the ninja world in the original story, became the Seventh Hokage only after studying hard.

In Kakashi's team, Kakashi, Shisui, and Obito — going all out, each had combat power at the level of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and together they were like the Three Ninja Swordsmen, but not sustained.

"No way, Rin-chan said it's because that damn Kakashi has more experience; that damn Kakashi really did become a ninja much earlier than us." Obito comforted himself in his heart.

【Skill: Fire Nature Transformation (Mastery: 2300/ ), Fire Release: Heaven Prison (Mastery), Fire Release: Great Flame Heaven Prison (Mastery)...】

Mu Yue's expression did not change; he continued to gather chakra. Pitch-black Armament Haki chakra enveloped his finger, and Mu Yue thrust out another finger.

"Learning to become a leader." Obito silently recited the words Mu Yue left behind, and his mind couldn't help but recall Rin Nohara's answer just now.

In the ninja world, besides aliens like the Ōtsutsuki, there were also some strange existences native to the land, such as the Jashin cult that caused Hidan's immortality.

【Name: Wuchang】

Previously on the battlefield, Kakashi had served as vice-captain and commanded. Now that they were splitting into groups and Kakashi was group leader again, Obito also wanted to be the boss once and command Kakashi.

Mu Yue figured that if he used full power, he should be able to kill it directly with a Munō single slash.

"Rin-chan, what would you choose?" Mu Yue continued to ask Rin Nohara.

Then Mu Yue created a Shadow Clone and had it transmit chakra into the Gokuraku Box.

"This box… it feels like a sealing technique has been applied to it." Observing the Gokuraku Box, Mu Yue noticed something.

"Gokuraku Box?" Mu Yue looked at the eerie box, and in his mind, some memories gradually surfaced.

When Wuchang swung a fire sword at the intruder, his eyes widened and sweat poured from his forehead—the intruder in front of him had disappeared.

On the surface, this was an investigation mission, but from the personnel assignment, it was clear that investigation was definitely not the main point.

Although he was someone who didn't like reading, at this moment Obito decided that after the mission ended, he would read a lot to recharge.

If he took out the Six Paths Staff and attacked with full power, he might actually break the Gokuraku Box.

So Mu Yue divided them into three groups for investigation: he, the strongest, alone as one group; then his four disciples as one group; and the remaining Nara Suzaku, Kosuke Maruboshi, and others as the last group.

Counting Kosuke Maruboshi, who was a genin in name but a jōnin in reality, their mission configuration was eight jōnin, and Mu Yue in particular was a powerhouse famous throughout the ninja world. With such a personnel setup, not to mention investigating Kusagakure, they could kill all of Kusagakure's high-ranking officials without issue.

Wishes couldn't be granted, but it could turn the person sealed inside into a monster called 'Satori'.

Obito's face instantly turned ashen; the blow Rin Nohara's words just now dealt him was even greater than not becoming group leader.

To him, this pain even surpassed the hell of doing practice exams continuously for two months.

"Don't just stand there dumbfounded. With your meager abilities, not only will you be my subordinate for this mission, you'll be my subordinate for life. Just obediently listen up." Kakashi said with a slight smirk.

As for Obito, Shisui felt that a position requiring too much thinking still wasn't suitable for Obito at present.

Mu Yue, having dealt with Mujo, looked with interest at the huge box inside the base that emitted a strange aura.

Mu Yue used a transformation jutsu to become Yamanaka Inoichi, crouched down, placed his palm on Mujo's head, and activated the secret technique of the Yamanaka clan.

With the existence of the Box of Bliss sealing technique, no matter how much chakra the strange aura inside the box absorbed, its true body could never break free, because the stronger it became, the stronger the seal became.

With his current strength, instantly killing a jonin like Mujo was only to be expected, nothing worth paying attention to.

Mu Yue discovered something even more interesting.

You see, these so-called villages in the ninja world were actually city-sized.

The moment he thought that Rin had contacted him to celebrate Kakashi becoming Hokage, Obito's blood pressure shot up and his Sharingan almost popped out—it was simply too painful.

Everything Mujo had experienced recently flashed through Mu Yue's mind.

After leaving the inn, Mu Yue left a Shadow Clone to secretly protect Team Kakashi, while his main body began investigating Kusagakure.

"Is its essence something like a god of evil or such?" Mu Yue wore a thoughtful expression.

In the plot, Satori's strength wasn't very great either; apart from being able to see into the hearts of those who fear, its performance was rather ordinary. Naruto's Rasenshuriken was enough to seriously injure it.

Bang!

With a loud bang, Mu Yue's finger, which could easily pierce rock, jabbed at the Box of Bliss without even leaving a white mark.

After fiddling with the Box of Bliss for a while, Mu Yue turned his gaze to the unconscious Mujo.

In Kakashi's heart, the lives of comrades were above the mission; if there was danger, he would prioritize ensuring Obito and the others survived, rather than completing the mission.

【Chakra:】

Although Obito now shouted all day about becoming Hokage, he was really lacking in ability. He couldn't rely entirely on Kakashi to support him after taking the position; he had to have some skills of his own.

"I will prioritize everyone's safety." Kakashi took the Flying Thunder God kunai and nodded in assurance.

Whoosh!

Bang!

Mu Yue appeared like a ghost behind Mujo and knocked him out with a single blow.

After confirming that none of Mujo's abilities posed a threat to him, Mu Yue entered the underground base directly using Earth Release.

Although his Byakugan had an extremely long range, what could be seen at different distances was different; from close range, he could see more thoroughly and more deeply.

Moreover, with Rin as a medical ninja also having the combat ability of a normal jonin, as long as Kakashi and the others weren't surrounded by several hundred ninja, they could retreat even if they couldn't win.

Mu Yue saw a chakra that could be called eerie.

Of course, it was only eerie; Mu Yue didn't feel a great threat from it.

The Box of Bliss didn't seem to be a nest for that strange aura, but rather a cage imprisoning it.

This was something that hadn't even happened in the original story. Mu Yue didn't know whether breaking the box would result in Satori being completely free or being destroyed; until he understood the situation, he wouldn't be so reckless.

"Next, proceed according to the original plan." Mu Yue commanded Aburame Shibi and the others.

Mu Yue fully considered the safety of his team members; each squad had the ability to safely retreat after being exposed.

Mu Yue didn't start investigating immediately; instead, he took the team to find an inn and rented several rooms to serve as the rally point for this mission.

"Kakashi, I guess." Shisui thought for a moment and replied.

The result was still unchanged; he couldn't leave a mark on the Box of Bliss.

In the plot, this box was very hard; Naruto's Rasenshuriken could seriously injure Satori, but striking the box left it unharmed.

Mujo gathered chakra in his hand, used the Kusagakure secret technique Fire Release, and holding a fire sword, rushed straight toward the direction of the noise.

Mu Yue had originally planned to find the Kusagakure ANBU base and enter to look for information, but his Byakugan unexpectedly discovered that Kusagakure had a suspicious underground base.

Actually, the base itself wasn't suspicious; what was suspicious was something inside the base.

"Who's there?" Mujo, who had been watching the Box of Bliss, sensed something wrong.

"Inherently evil, detestable white-hair. Once I've learned how to lead people, I'll definitely give you harsh orders." Faced with such an arrogant Kakashi, Obito, whose status was temporarily inferior, didn't dare to retort and silently stored the hatred in his heart.

Since there was no barrier, Muyue directly led the disguised group and infiltrated the Kusagakure.

The thought of taking out the Six Paths Staff faded from Muyue's mind; the Box of Bliss was not indestructible, but it was extremely hard.

"We're all jōnin, so why is Kakashi the team leader?" Obito asked somewhat puzzled.

Muyue had deliberately asked Rin Nohara just now; knowing Obito so well, how could he not know how much of a blow Rin's denial of Obito would deal to him?

Muyue put away Enma and activated his Byakugan again to examine the Box of Bliss up close.

Muyue walked up to the Box of Bliss, gathered chakra on his finger, and poked the box.

If his memory was correct, this box was said to have the ability to grant wishes in legend.

Feeling Obito's expectant gaze, Rin Nohara finally spoke her mind with a pained expression, "I feel Kakashi, who has more experience, would be more suitable."

Having said that, Kakashi stepped out first.

"Fire Release: Heaven Prison Fire Sword!"

With Wuchang's strength, he should hold a considerable position in Kusagakure; perhaps he would have the information Muyue wanted.

Rin Nohara had personally said he was inferior to Kakashi—could it be because Rin thought Kakashi was stronger? Obito couldn't help but start imagining wildly.

His dream was to become Hokage, but Muyue said that he didn't yet have the ability to be a leader. That meant there was a possibility that Kakashi would become Hokage while he would fail to be chosen.

The sealing technique on the Box of Bliss was different. Muyue discovered that this sealing technique had a mysterious connection with the eerie aura inside. When he input chakra into the Box of Bliss, the eerie aura absorbed the chakra and grew stronger, and the seal also suddenly became stronger.

As the most orthodox inheritor of the Uzumaki sealing techniques, Muyue had never seen a sealing technique within the Uzumaki sealing system that could achieve a similar effect.

Muyue's investigation method was straightforward and crude—he simply activated his Byakugan and took a walk around Kusagakure.

Kakashi had proven his ability through many missions; he indeed had the skill to lead a team.

Shibi Aburame, Shikajaku Nara, and Kosuke Maruboshi all nodded, disguised themselves as ordinary people one by one, and walked out of the inn.

Losing the chakra to sustain it, the fire sword in Wuchang's hand disappeared, and he fell directly to the ground.

So Muyue didn't care whether Kakashi and the others could find out any information; he would take action anyway.

Muyue believed that Satori, sealed inside the Box of Bliss, must have caused some destruction in the ninja world before the Sage of Six Paths packaged it up and made it into the Box of Bliss.

Then Muyue took out Enma, injected a large amount of chakra into Enma, added a layer of Armament Haki chakra to Enma's blade, and swung it at the Box of Bliss.

"Using such low-level means to invade, go and..."

The Box of Bliss shook violently, eerie chakra surged, and a white mark was left where Enma had slashed.

Curious, Muyue walked near the underground research base of Kusagakure, preparing to enter and examine the situation carefully.

Of course, it was just legend; in reality, this box was not that powerful—at least, based on the plot's performance, it wasn't that powerful.

As for himself, needless to say, with his current true strength, he could come and go as he pleased in an ordinary ninja village like Kusagakure.

"Shisui, if you had to choose someone to be the team leader, who would you choose?" Muyue didn't answer Obito's question, but instead asked Shisui.

Before leaving, Muyue patted Obito on the shoulder and said, "If you want to become a leader, Obito, you still need to learn more knowledge."

Before infiltrating, Muyue used Appraisal to glance at the profile of the only ninja in the base.

Muyue had already arranged the specific action plan on the way.

"Indeed, Transformation is a useful skill." Muyue sighed inwardly after viewing the memories.

Actually, using Transformation in combat was troublesome because it required a lot of chakra and had limited uses, but it was really convenient for other purposes, making Muyue truly all-around.