Konoha.

Hinata Yutaki's eyes moved slightly as he was walking on the street.

Just now, a line of prompts popped up in front of his eyes.

"160 points of soul power..."

It was contributed by Hinata Jiyue.

Our little dancer has been very hardworking recently...

Hinata Untaki thought in his mind, with a faint smile on his lips.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, had been tepid during this period, and was so calm that he was a little surprised.

This is a bit unlike his character... Could he be planning to hold back a big wave?

Shaking his head slightly, Hinata Yuntaki walked back to Hinata's mansion.

……

The pale white light shines on the silver-white metal cabin, reflecting a chilling luster.

A total of ten silver-white, dormant-like things were placed side by side.

The cabin was filled with milky white liquid, and bubbles appeared from time to time, proving that there seemed to be living things inside.

Next to these sleeping cabins, Orochimaru's eyes were filled with enthusiasm, and his hands kept inputting instructions on the console.

When the last command was entered, he turned around and looked at the training cabin in front of him. He looked a little crazy due to excitement: "Finally... it's done..."

"For three whole months..."

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and stared at the training cabin in front of him.

About a minute later, the milky white nutrient solution in the culture chamber slowly subsided and was discharged, revealing the naked human body inside.

Human cloning!

In the past three months, except for regularly going to Konoha Prison to pick up prisoners who had completed their interrogations, all his energy had been spent on this matter.

To this end, he spent all his savings, purchased various precious instruments, and established a brand new secret experimental base outside the village.

Human cloning technology is a taboo technique. Once exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The culture chamber slowly opened, exposing the clones inside to the air.

Orochimaru stood beside the culture cabin, looking at the clones with expectant eyes.

As time passed, the clones in the cultivation cabin showed no signs of opening their eyes.

Gradually, the anticipation in Orochimaru's eyes turned into disappointment.

"Did you fail..."

He stretched out his hand and pressed his fingertips between the clone's brows.

He could feel the physical energy contained in this body.

But there was no sign of any spiritual energy.

Life is the combination of physical energy and spiritual energy.

The clone in front of me is not so much a human being as a composition of cells with a humanoid appearance.

He is dead.

"Where is the problem?"

Orochimaru retracted his hand and closed the training chamber again, with a look of thinking in his eyes.

The cultivation of the body is undoubtedly successful, but the cultivation of the spirit, or the cultivation of the soul as proof of the existence of living things, is a failure.

"What should we do so that the clones have souls..."

Orochimaru murmured softly.

The bright lights were as bright as day, but his shadow seemed extremely long and narrow.

……

The next day, Hinata Untaki, who was fully prepared, opened the door under the worried eyes of his mother, Haruko.

The front door of the mansion.

As soon as Hinata Untaki arrived, Hinata wearing a cat mask slowly appeared in the shadow of the corner.

"Senior Li, I have kept you waiting for a long time."

It was 7:30 at this time, half an hour before the agreed time. Hinata Yutaki came relatively early, but he did not expect that the other party would come earlier.

"Let's go."

Arriving next to Hinata Untaki, Hinata spoke with a slightly hoarse voice.

Hinata Yutaki nodded slightly to him.

Then, the two left the village together.

As ninjas, they did not choose to use vehicles and ran on the official road on foot without carrying any heavy objects.

This is the basic skill of a ninja.

Starting from Konoha, it would take about three days to reach the Moon Country with the strength of a chuunin.

Hinata is a taciturn person and rarely speaks unless necessary.

In fact, it's not just him, most of the ninjas who have been carved with the Caged Bird Curse have similar personalities.

In this way, the three-day journey passed by in an atmosphere of silence.

……

"Crackling..."

The dry firewood burned with a subtle crisp sound.

The fire dispelled the darkness and illuminated this small space.

This is a small cave in the mountain.

The space inside the cave was not large. After setting up a fire, the remaining space was only enough for Hinata Untaki and Hinata Ri to sit opposite each other.

It was already late at night, and the chirping of unknown insects could be vaguely heard outside the cave. Occasionally, the roar of beasts could be heard from further away.

This is the border of the Kingdom of Fire, and it is only about half a day's journey from the Kingdom of the Moon.

After three days of traveling, both of them felt exhausted.

Hinata took off his mask, took out the dry food from his arms, and ate slowly with the cold water in the kettle.

Under the light of the fire, Hinata Untaki could clearly see his face.

Hinata is not very old, she looks about seventeen or eighteen years old.

At this age, becoming the village's special jounin is enough to prove his excellence.

There was a scar on the eyebrow above his left eye. The scar cut his eyebrow in half, and the lower end of the scar was less than half a centimeter away from the white of his left eye.

It can be said that as long as the enemy who caused this wound in the first place attacks a little further, Hinata's left eye will be completely blind.

Above the scar is the forehead protector that covers the Caged Bird's curse mark.

Feeling Hinata Untaki's gaze on his forehead, Hinata, who was eating solid food, subconsciously turned his head.

The next moment, he reacted and turned his head again expressionlessly.

After a moment of silence, he said in a hoarse voice:

"When you get there tomorrow, you will complete the task independently."

"I won't take action until it's a life-or-death situation."

Hinata Yutaki nodded: "I know, Ri-senpai."

After the simple conversation, the cave fell into silence again, and the sound of burning matches clearly reached the ears of the two of them.

Hinata thought for a while, looked at Hinata Yunlong with an expressionless face, and said again: "This is your first mission, do you have anything to ask?"

"...It's not available for the time being, Senior Ri." Hinata Untaki shook his head.

"..."

Seeing that Hinata Untaki had no questions to ask herself, Hinata nodded and leaned back against the rock wall of the cave: "I'll take a rest first. You'll keep watch for the first half of the night, and I'll come for the second half of the night."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Looking at Hinata resting, Hinata Untaki smiled.

He didn't expect that Hinata, who behaved silently and coldly, would unexpectedly take care of a member of his own race.

Compared with the first half of the night, it is undoubtedly harder for those who watch the second half of the night, but for the past three days, Hinata has taken the initiative to watch the second half of the night every day, and wakes up an hour earlier to give him more time to rest.

Hinata Untaki looked outside the dark cave, and the dancing firelight made his profile look a little uncertain.

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