Chương 72: Selling the Knife

Zhu Yin looked at Jie Luo with a puzzled expression.

"Go and pull the knife out. Your Mimi has been working hard for a long time," Jieluo said.

Zhu Yin nodded and called out, "MiMi!"

If transliterated, it can be called Ningning.

At that moment, lightning crackled around Ningning, and a bolt of lightning struck Zhu Yin's empty hand. Immediately afterward, Zhu Yin pulled with one hand, and the nodachi detached from the wall, flying in mid-air with Ningning in her grasp.

This child possesses considerable natural strength.

Whether it was the swinging of the knife or the drawing of the knife, there were some clues. Being hit by such a fist must have hurt a bit.

"Zhu Yin, take off your clothes and let me see," Jie Luo said.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin did not hesitate, took off her coat, revealing a camisole underneath. Her flat chest wasn't very attractive, but Jie Luo raised an eyebrow as he looked at her muscular physique.

They have undergone considerable rigorous training.

Stopping Zhu Yin from undressing further, Jie Luo stepped forward and pinched her muscles.

Hard.

"Lightning Release stimulates cell activation," Jieluo said.

"Don't use this technique anymore."

Zhu Yin looked at Jie Luo and asked urgently, "Why?"

"Because they die quickly," Jieluo laughed.

There are many ninjutsu that activate cells, and it's not just Lightning Release that can cause this phenomenon. The essence is to accelerate cell division, exceeding limits and overdrawing life force to obtain a large amount of chakra, and also to a certain extent to enhance physical constitution. Earth Grudge Fear also has similar technology, which keeps the stolen heart active and can also squeeze the life force of the heart cells beyond limits to temporarily extract a large amount of chakra.

The price is that the lifespan of the heart will be shortened.

Frequent strain puts a lot of strain on the heart, requiring it to constantly regenerate.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin's eyes dimmed slightly, and she said, "I can't not use it."

Many geniuses die young for various reasons, and the ninja world is such a place.

Judging from Kakashi's performance, this technique not only consumes his life force, but also his potential.

"Let me teach you a new technique." Jieluo raised a hand, his arm quickly turning black, and said, "Earth Release: Earth Spear. This technique is more suitable for your swordsmanship."

For a moment, Zhu Yin fell silent, her head bowed, lost in thought.

"What's wrong?" Jie Luo asked.

"Thank you, Oni-hime-sensei," Akane said softly.

"Listen up, my name is Jieluo," Jieluo said.

"The Jieluo Class is being established today. Come on, I'll treat you to a meal."

"Yay!" Lucy exclaimed.

Terumikoto stood to the side with an elegant smile, while Akane looked up at Yura with burning eyes.

The four left the training ground.

At noon, they had lunch at a barbecue restaurant in the village. During this time, Jie Luo managed to uncover most of the details about the two men.

Teru Mikoto's clan is a medium-sized ninja clan with several hundred members. There are many ninjas with two bloodline limits in the clan, but none with two bloodline limits. They maintain a neutral and ambiguous position in the village.

Zhu Yin comes from the Oto clan, a small ninja clan specializing in sound-based genjutsu. The clan is dwindling in size, with only a handful of members, and the strongest remaining member is a Jonin. After joining Kirigakure, her elders have high hopes for her, wishing her to lead the clan to revival.

With Lucy included, the three of them were all young girls. They quickly became friends over dinner and played together, chatting and laughing in a harmonious atmosphere.

Yura sipped a glass of sake and looked out the window at the misty streets.

Lucy has the ability to unconsciously influence other people's emotions, an ability she cannot yet control precisely, while Jieluo has the ability to absorb other people's negative emotions.

What are the consequences of absorbing negative emotions?

If you absorb it completely, you will feel mentally fatigued, accompanied by a brief period of sage-like state.

As long as Jiro is present, Lucy can't influence other people's emotions, so she behaves just like a normal person.

In the afternoon, Jieluo led the three to accept missions. She didn't look at missions of B rank or higher, as the White Lotus Elder could assign missions to Jieluo at any time, so it was best not to leave the village during this period. She randomly selected a D rank mission and gave it to the three to complete, while Jieluo continued to study the Earth Grudge.

The current progress is in body modification, creating the special tentacles of the Earth Grudge.

Even after nearly sixty years, Kakuzu still hadn't completed the transformation of his entire body's tentacles, nor had he completely abandoned his physical form.

Jieluo had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept the scale of the project.

However, there is a shortcut: complete a part first, transforming the tentacles into a hair-like entity, and discard the physical body first. Although this method does not have the weakness of a heart, it is not strong enough.

Regardless of the method, both lead to proliferation, evolving into a massive collection of resentful, monstrous creatures like the Thousand Ghosts Granny.

The physical form of the body is irrelevant to Jieluo, but she doesn't want to simply discard it. Jieluo also doesn't intend to simply create the Earth Grudge Tentacles. Combining Jieluo's own conditions, she adds a step to demonize the Earth Grudge Tentacles.

It's unlikely that Jieluo's body will grow up naturally any longer, and its appearance is basically set, so it won't age anymore.

But using forbidden techniques to modify the body is a different story.

Sitting on a water tower, Jieluo looked down leisurely at the three people walking on the lake picking up trash.

"The basics are pretty good."

He's stronger than most kids who just entered the ninja world at the age of twelve.

Lucy would sink to the bottom every now and then. Making her fly would be easy and effortless, but making her walk on water would be extremely difficult.

At this time of year, Akane would dive into the lake and pull Lucy out. The division of labor was clear: the task of picking up trash was mainly done by Mikoto. It was truly remarkable that such an elegant young lady could do it with such a smile on her face.

While looking after the three, Jieluo lowered his head and looked at a thin, black tentacle in his palm.

It can be said that Jieluo has a second type of hair, which she named Reverse Hair. Her previous hair was Demon Hair. This thing only needs one strand, which, as part of Jieluo's body modification, can generate demon power and then condense into Demon Hair.

It turned out pretty much as Jieluo had predicted.

For the time being, it cannot be separated from the body to fight independently; it needs to be modified into a core heart-like mask.

But there are other ways.

As I mentioned before, I would give them a powerful knife.

In Jieluo's hand, the tentacle broke off. After being transformed by Jieluo's demonic transformation and the tentacle modified by the Earth Grudge, it possessed the property of immortality. Under Jieluo's thought, demonic power condensed on the tentacle, and a large number of hairs grew wildly. With the tentacle as the core, they wrapped around and transformed into a hilt of a sword, and then grew and combined to form a black sword.

The invisible black blade could be called the Hidden Strike, or, using traditional naming conventions, the Yura Cutter, a demonic sword capable of cutting through metal and iron, but unable to sever Yura's hair and body.

This thing will be Jieluo's main source of income for a long time to come.

Selling knives.

It was sold to every Kirigakure ninja, and they all had one.

They drove the price of chakra metal down to rock bottom.

Custom-made, chakra-marked, it self-destructs and dissipates after being away from its owner for a period of time, preventing resale and ensuring exclusive monopoly.

As for why they didn't make kunai, for a normal ninja, kunai made from Yura hair would be very difficult to retrieve once thrown.