Hyōjin's face changed when he heard this, but he quickly returned to normal and replied respectfully, "The assessment went smoothly, and the Three Generations have arranged for me to enter the Anbu."
He had just finished the Tokubetsu Jonin assessment, and Orochimaru already knew about it, which somewhat surprised Kuroto. Obviously, Orochimaru had more than one spy planted in the village.
Orochi Maru put down his glass, stared at Hyōjin with a cold expression, and asked, "Kuroto, your recent growth is somewhat beyond my expectations. Is there any secret? Or has the research of Byakugan yielded results? "
Hyōjin's recent improvement in strength was very significant. Those who didn't know him might think that it was just a normal awakening of his bloodline. After all, Hyōjin was in the age of rapid improvement in strength. For example, Guy, Asma, and others, their strength was also rapidly improving during this period. It could be said that there was a change every day.
But Orochi Maru was different. He knew Hyōjin very well and knew that Hyōjin was not a talented ninja, so Hyōjin's recent performance aroused his suspicion.
Hyōjin naturally wouldn't admit anything. He shook his head and said, "The research of Kekkei Genkai is not something that can be done overnight. You should know this better than me."
Orochi Maru narrowed his eyes and said, "Is that so …"
Orochi Maru knew that Hyōjin had only participated in the research for a few years, and it was impossible to produce results in such a short time. Moreover, he had also checked Hyōjin's laboratory, which was full of the most basic genetic testing data, and there was no part involving live experiments at all.
Think about it, there was no live experiment, let alone the results.
Of course, Orochi Maru didn't know that Hyōjin had actually done a live experiment, and the subject of the experiment was himself, so naturally there was no relevant experimental data.
After a while, Orochi Maru smiled and said, "It seems that I was wrong before. Not only do you have the potential to become a researcher, but you also have the potential to become an excellent ninja."
"Thank you for your compliment!"
As if suddenly remembering something, Orochi Maru smiled and said, "I met an interesting guy recently. He asked me about you."
"Who?"
"The Red Sand Scorpion of the Sand Crypsis," Orochi Maru stared at Hyōjin and asked word by word, "You've seen it before?"
Hyōjin nodded calmly. "We did meet once."
Obviously, during this time, Sasori and Orochi Maru have joined Akatsuki, and Orochi Maru is one of Muye's Sanin, so it is natural for Sasori to inquire about Hyōjin's information from him.
For this, Hyōjin had expected it, so he did not show a surprised expression.
Seeing that Hyōjin's expression was the same as before, Orochi Maru went on to say, "He seems to want to kill you, how did you provoke him?"
Hyōjin believed that with Sasori's pride, he would not tell Orochi Maru in detail about his defeat, so he briefly talked about Muye's action to clean him up, only omitting the accidental capture of the Three Generations of Kazekage puppets.
After that, Hyōjin smiled and said, "A small person like me escaped from his hands, maybe it made him feel very ashamed."
Hearing this, Orochimaru let out a rare laugh.
What Hyōjin didn't know was that although Orochi Maru and Sasori temporarily formed a two-person team, they didn't get along well.
Both of them were obsessed with immortality. One of them walked the path of biotechnology, while the other walked the path of mechanical technology. Both of them had touched the threshold of immortality in their respective fields. One could imagine how sharp the difference in their views on science was.
After laughing for a while, Orochimaru said, "Although I didn't tell him about you, he must have other sources of information, so you have to be careful, he is a paranoid guy, and I don't want to see you among the puppets in his collection." Kuroto nodded.
Hyōjin immediately smiled bitterly: "It's really not a pleasant experience to be hated by such a strong person."
Uchiha Clan Land.
Seeing Zhishui's figure, Itachi, who was wandering on the side of the road, hurriedly greeted him: "Brother Zhishui, did the assessment go well?"
Zhishui stroked Itachi's head: "Well, it went well."
"So, Brother Zhishui, you are already a Tokubetsu Jonin?" Itachi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately asked: "What is the content of the assessment? Tell me quickly."
Zhishui immediately talked about the interesting things during the Tokubetsu Jonin assessment.
Itachi listened carefully for a while and suddenly asked: "Brother Zhishui must have easily defeated all the opponents, right?"
Zhishui's face stiffened, and then he shook his head gently: "In the last round of the test, I lost to my opponent, but Naruto Sama felt that my performance was excellent, and in the end, he allowed me to be promoted to Tokubetsu Jonin."
Itachi was shocked: "Lost? This … How is this possible! "
Zhishui's title as the first genius of Uchiha was not boasted by Uchiha behind closed doors, but was supported by his achievements.
Zhishui had the strength of a Tokubetsu Jonin, which has long been recognized in the Uchiha Clan, so Itachi did not expect that in this Tokubetsu Jonin assessment, someone could defeat Zhishui.
"I didn't think I would lose." With a helpless smile, Zhishui continued: "The person who defeated me, you also know, is Kuroto-Senpai of the Hyuga Family."
Itachi suddenly understood: "Kuroto-Senpai …"
Since young, Itachi had a sharpness far beyond that of ordinary people. He was good at observing and could always find details that others could not notice. Because of this, when he encountered the Jinchuriki of Nibi of Cloud Village last time, he was keenly aware that Hyōjin was not too afraid of the opponent.
At that moment, he guessed that Hyōjin was by no means an ordinary Chunin.
Zhishui said seriously at this time: "Itachi, there are endless strong people in the village, we can't be blinded by the power of the Sharingan, we must always be humble."
Itachi didn't really understand, but he still nodded seriously.
Looking at the clansmen coming and going in the distance, Zhishui asked in a low mood: "What do you see in them?"
Itachi carefully observed for a while and said: "Pride!"
"Yes, they are proud to be born in the Uchiha Clan." After a pause, Zhishui then said in a deep voice: "But this pride is too much, too much that we can't bear it!"
In the previous battle with Hyōjin, not only did Zhishui not use the ability of the Mangekyou Sharingan, he even reserved some of his conventional means.
And the reason why he did this is not only because he was aware of the village's suspicion of Uchiha, but also because he clearly felt the undercurrent within the Uchiha Clan.
The matter of the village's great loss of vitality is known even to the other Shinobi villages, not to mention the Uchiha Clan living in the village.
There has never been a lack of ambitious people in the Uchiha Clan, but there were too many strong people in the village such as Sanin, Four Generations, Nine Tails' Jinchuriki, and so on, so the Uchiha Clan could only choose to stay dormant.
But now there is only one Jiraiya left in the Sanin, and he is not in the village most of the time. Four Generations and Nine Tails' Jinchuriki have also died in the battle. In the village, only the Sanin and Danzō can make the Uchiha Clan feel afraid, so the ambition of many people in the Uchiha Clan broke out uncontrollably.
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