Naruto: Creating Immortal Techniques at Six, Shocking Uncle Snake

Chapter 170: Methods to Deal with Ghosts!

"What about Kirigakure? What's the current situation over there? If I recall, the Sennin Organization is based there, right?

And Amegakure—have we gathered any information from them?"

The Fourth Raikage suddenly asked, remembering the two most mysterious organizations in the shinobi world.

One was the Akatsuki, whose headquarters seemed to be in Amegakure.

The other was the Sennin Organization, headquartered in Kirigakure.

With this in mind, the Fourth Raikage turned his gaze to his secretary.

The secretary, understanding the question, promptly replied:

"There's no intel on Amegakure. Even if we send Jonin, they return empty-handed.

As for Kirigakure... it's the same situation."

"I understand. You're dismissed for now."

The Fourth Raikage waved his secretary off, then shifted his focus to Mabui.

Some matters could only be entrusted to her. So, the Fourth Raikage signaled for the rest of his subordinates to withdraw.

Mabui quickly understood—there was something important the Raikage wanted her to handle.

"Lord Fourth, what should we do next?"

"We must gather intel on Amegakure and Kirigakure. It's possible they have solutions to this problem.

Send Samui's squad to infiltrate Kirigakure, and have Darui infiltrate Amegakure."

After a brief pause, the Fourth Raikage issued his orders, selecting the personnel within mere seconds.

Samui, with her calm demeanor and sharp wit, was the best choice for Kirigakure. After all, compared to the Akatsuki, the Sennin Organization was likely easier to approach.

As for sending Darui to the Akatsuki, it was because of his solid strength. If anyone had a chance of returning alive after probing the Akatsuki, it was him.

The Fourth Raikage couldn't leave his village unattended—that would cause unrest in Kumogakure. But Darui was different.

This could also serve as a trial for Darui. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, he would likely become the next Raikage.

Meanwhile, Sunagakure had already fallen into a severe decline after repeatedly losing its high-end combat power. Without Lady Chiyo occasionally stepping in to stabilize the situation, the village might have already been carved up by others.

Or worse—it might have disappeared into the desert entirely.

The harsh environment alone was enough to deter other villages from occupying or invading it.

On the other hand, Iwagakure had been relatively fortunate. It was one of the villages that had suffered the least.

This was unlike Kusagakure, which, after the war, had been demoted from a major village to a mid-tier village.

If not for its chaotic location surrounded by other villages that needed it as a buffer zone, Kusagakure might have been wiped off the map entirely.

The fact that Kusagakure had lost relatively few elite ninjas during the war was its only saving grace.

After all, the strength of a village wasn't determined by population alone—it depended heavily on its high-end combat power.

A small village with enough elite shinobi could still rise to prominence and become a major village one day.

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"I really didn't expect so many strange occurrences these past few days. I can't even see those ghosts, but thankfully, my Dust Release can deal with them. The problem is... sigh..."

Ōnoki let out a long sigh. Since he couldn't see the ghosts, he was forced to fire Dust Release randomly in all directions.

It was fine if he hit them, but if not, he was wasting chakra—and causing considerable collateral damage.

Creating a massive crater was the least of his worries. One misfire could level someone's house entirely.

To make matters worse, ghost sightings in Iwagakure had become increasingly frequent. The situation only calmed down briefly after a few shinobi died.

"Grandpa, why can't you just use Dust Release to clear all the ghosts from Iwagakure?"

"Do you even know how large Iwagakure is?! Even if I drained every last bit of my chakra, I still couldn't clear them all!"

Ōnoki grumbled irritably. Did they really think he didn't want to deal with the ghosts?

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Almost every village was experiencing similar problems—except Amegakure.

In Amegakure, the ghosts were discovered by Uchiha Itachi!

Currently, Uchiha Itachi was not only the leader of the Akatsuki but had also awakened a new Sharingan.

Moreover, he had trained in Sage Mode energy!

It was this Sage energy that allowed him to see the ghosts.

He also discovered that Sage energy could harm these apparitions.

As a result, Itachi began promoting Sage Mode training among the Akatsuki members.

He ordered them to go to the outskirts of Mount Myōboku to train.

The reason they were limited to the outskirts was because Itachi had once entered the mountain itself, but the frogs refused to let them in.

The frogs had no desire to teach them how to absorb natural energy and master Sage Mode.

But these were Akatsuki members—each one a genius!

Sage Mode?

Before, they simply lacked access to such training. Now that they had the opportunity, mastering it was easy.

With Sage Mode, they were now able to fight back against the ghosts.

Furthermore, since Amegakure's territory was relatively small, dealing with the situation wasn't overly exhausting...