Just as preparations for the Five Kage Conference were in full swing, Aoyu had already returned to Taki Country.
But the plan didn't go very smoothly.
Because there are waterfalls everywhere in the country of Taki, the huge waterfalls prevent the invasion of other countries and also hide the existence of Takigakure Village.
In order not to alert others, Zabuza and Haku had always been cautious, but they only confirmed that Takigakure Village was hidden behind a waterfall, which was a bit like the Water Curtain Cave in the Flower and Fruit Mountain.
Although the current Takigakure Village has long since declined, in the era before Kakuzu defected, Takigakure Village was definitely very powerful.
It can be seen from the original distribution of tailed beasts that Sunagakure was unwilling to have two tailed beasts, so he proposed to use the other one in exchange for resources and money. In the end, the Nanao took advantage of Takigakure.
If Takigakure Village didn't have two attacks, Hashirama wouldn't have given the tailed beast to a weak force at that time.
After that, Takigakure became even more confused, and actually sent Kakuzu to assassinate the First Hokage. I don't know if he was kicked in the head, so he made such a stupid judgment, which also laid the groundwork for his subsequent decline.
The secret technique Ji Yu, regarded as a treasure by the village, was taken away by Kakuzu. All the high-ranking officials in the village were killed by Kakuzu and their hearts were taken away.
Since then, it has been in a state of decline, leaving only the Seven-Tails Jinchuuriki and the Hero's Water, which has terrible side effects.
In fact, Qingyu has always suspected that the senior officials of Takigakure Village at that time might know how to take the Hero's Water correctly, and perhaps the secret was hidden in the secret technique of Earthly Resentment.
In a sense, people who practice Earth Resentment can live forever as long as they replace their hearts with new ones before their body functions stop.
This is really a miraculous thing.
In particular, it seems that the 'black thread' has drawn fresh vitality from the heart to supply itself.
Then here comes the problem. After taking Heroic Water normally, it will swallow up the user's vitality. If the user's vitality is not sufficient enough to complete the transformation, then he will die.
But what if someone who has practiced Earth Resentment takes the Heroic Water?
Is it possible to use the method of stealing the heart to offset the side effects of Hero Water and satisfy the consumption of vitality?!
Aoyu has always had a question, that is, when Kakuzu seized the secret technique of Earthly Resentment and launched his revenge, why did he have to take away all the hearts of all the high-ranking officials?
He doesn't need that much heart at all. If it's just for revenge, wouldn't it be better to kill those people in a more cruel way?
So Aoyu was wondering whether it was when Kakuzu was seizing the secret technique of Earth Resentment Yu that he learned from the records that the Hero's Water can be consumed in this way without dying.
So he just kept doing nothing, secretly took the Hero's Water, and then used the skyrocketing amount of chakra and the secret technique of Earth Resentment to complete a real massacre and transformation!
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Kakuzu suddenly became so powerful and slaughtered so many elites in the village by himself.
Even if the secret technique of Earth Resentment and Yu is very strong, it should not have such a result.
Moreover, all the ninjutsu released by Kakuzu are somewhat astonishingly powerful.
Things like chakra do not mean that whoever lives longer can continue to grow without limit. In the final analysis, it still depends on talent.
But all this is just Qingyu's own conjecture. As for whether it is what he thinks, only Kakuzu himself knows.
But even if his guess is correct, it only provides him with an idea.
He would definitely not make himself a human or a ghost just to increase his total amount of chakra.
............
In the blink of an eye, there are only three days left before the Five Shadows meeting.
Everyone from the five great ninja villages arrived almost on time and rested under Mifune's arrangement.
Although this meeting of the Five Kages was mainly to discuss how to deal with Akatsuki and recapture the tailed beasts and jinchuriki captured by Akatsuki.
But when the people from the five major ninja villages gathered in the Iron Kingdom, they really didn't like each other.
The long-term war has long made the major ninja villages full of hatred. Just agreeing to come and sit down and talk does not mean that all the previous grievances have been wiped out.
Even Konoha, who most hopes for peace in the ninja world, has the blood of people from other major ninja villages on his hands.
So in order to prevent these people from suddenly fighting, Mifune, who took over this hot potato, had to find a way to arrange the people coming from each party as separately as possible.
Especially for enemies like Kumogakure and Iwagakure who want each other to die, it is best not to meet each other before the meeting starts if possible.
It is also worth mentioning that in order to avoid misunderstandings, each Kage only brought two guards with him, and no jinchūriki were brought with him. Strict arrangements must have been made to prevent Akatsuki people from receiving the news.
Raid.
Just like that, the calm, or the calm before the storm, passed by in a blink of an eye for three days.
It was finally time for the Five Shadows Talks to officially begin.
"We've been waiting for you for a long time. Please put Wuying's bamboo hat in front of you."
The five flags of water, wind, fire, earth, and thunder were lined up in sequence. Terumi Mei, Maki, Jiraiya, Ohnoki, and Yondaime Ai all sat down in their respective positions and placed the hats on their heads in front of the table.
"In response to Lord Tsuchikage's call, the Five Kages have gathered here today. I am in charge of Mifune."
Opposite the U-shaped conference table, under the huge word "Servant" carved on the wall, Mifune, with two samurai standing behind him, spoke slowly and solemnly.
"Now, the Five Shadows Talks will officially begin."
As soon as Mifune finished speaking, an invisible solemn atmosphere suddenly enveloped everyone.
Until Onoki, who looked a little unhealthy, took the lead to break the silence and said with a hint of irony: "The Five Shadows have really changed a lot. The position of Hokage has actually been passed down to the sixth generation, and the Kazekage simply came.
An agent.”
Although Onoki didn't say it clearly, he was actually mocking the fifth generation Hokage's defection, and the fact that the dignified Sunagakure couldn't even find a suitable Kage. Even the Mizukage Terumi Mei who was not mentioned was also being ridiculed.
Within the scope, after all, strictly speaking, she was not the real Fifth Generation Mizukage before.
Obviously, Ohnoki has such a hated character, and he offended most of the people present as soon as he opened his mouth.
Those who know will regard this place as a meeting of the Five Shadows, and those who don’t know may think they are watching a rant conference!
Jiraiya, who was originally bohemian but now extremely calm, laughed outright, "Not everyone is as greedy for that position as Tsuchikage-sama. When my teacher was still alive, he always said one sentence, the future.
This is a world dominated by young people. When people get old, they must either retire gracefully or enter the old age."
"I just don't know what kind of person Tsuchikage-sama would be..."