"Call me Sniper, Satori Hyūga."
Satori licked his fingers and struck a shooting pose.
He formed a hand seal, summoning a small snake. The snake carried in its mouth a sealing scroll.
Satori grabbed the scroll and sealed the two wounded men inside before tossing it back to the summoned snake.
Afterward, Satori released the summoning technique, and the snake disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Summoning Technique really is convenient."
At that moment, two figures approached rapidly from afar. Upon seeing the battlefield, they rushed toward Satori.
"Lord Satori! Are you unharmed?"
"We were trapped earlier by sealing formulas. We beg for Lord Satori's judgment."
The two guard ninjas knelt before Satori, their hearts pounding with shame and fear.
They had failed in their duty—endangering a Main House member, an unforgivable crime in the eyes of the Hyūga Clan.
Had Satori been injured or killed, they might have even lost their lives, along with their families.
Seeing their anxious expressions, Satori waved a hand, signaling them to rise.
"These bandits are truly bold, daring to attack me here in Konoha. Fortunately, I had contingencies prepared by Professor Orochimaru, which scared them off."
"You two clean up this battlefield and leave no trace. Do not speak of this to anyone, to avoid unnecessary attention."
"I will report the matter to Professor Orochimaru and let him handle it properly."
Upon hearing this, the two guard ninjas were overwhelmed with gratitude, tears welling in their eyes.
They could clearly tell—Satori was protecting them, two failures who deserved punishment.
In that moment, emotions swirled within them.
Until now, they had seen Satori merely as a genius from the Main House—an immature child.
Now, they recognized him as someone with compassion, treating Branch House members kindly—a rare and admirable figure among the Main House.
This filled them with gratitude, gradually accepting Satori and beginning to see him not only as an adult but as a true leader.
Leaving everything to the guards, Satori turned and left, returning to the Hyūga clan compound.
Using ninja techniques, the two guard ninjas quickly cleaned the battlefield, erasing every trace.
After they departed, two ghost-like figures flashed into the scene.
Standing there were two masked Root operatives, silently scanning the area.
"Those two incompetent failures botched the mission. Satori wasn't even hurt."
"The Branch House guards were already neutralized. Could there be others guarding Satori?"
"Forget it. Let's go report to Lord Danzō."
Finding no clues, the two vanished instantly without a trace.
Back home, Satori opened the door and went downstairs into the basement.
Inside, a Shadow Clone was performing research in the lab below.
Scientific research looked simple but was mostly tedious and dull. Satori preferred going out to work rather than staying locked in the lab all day.
Thus, the Shadow Clone became his go-to tool for such tasks.
Even though they were both himself, squeezing even a little more out of them was still better than nothing.
With a *poof*, the Shadow Clone dispersed, and a torrent of memories surged into Satori Hyūga's mind.
The day's experimental results left Satori feeling unsettled. He rubbed his temples, trying to relieve the tension.
"The Shadow Clone Jutsu takes too heavy a toll on one's spirit. If I hadn't lived two lifetimes and possessed abnormally strong spiritual energy, daily use would likely reduce anyone else to mental instability."
The Shadow Clone Jutsu was convenient, no doubt about it—but it definitely had its flaws.
For efficiency and accelerated learning, Satori gritted his teeth and endured—for now.
When he could no longer bear the pressure later on, he planned to work on improving this technique.
A small snake slithered out from a corner, a sealing scroll clenched in its jaws.
Satori took the scroll from the snake's mouth and released the two people sealed within with a hand seal.
*Poof!* The smoke vanished.
Two unconscious ninja lay on the ground, their chakra completely chaotic and unstable, keeping them unconscious.
After glancing at them briefly and confirming they posed no threat, Satori stripped them bare and laid them on the lab equipment.
Since he intended to use them for testing, naturally he needed to examine their physical data first to determine how to proceed with the experiments.
In the ninja world, there were techniques that used corpses to gather data—obviously, even more information could be obtained from a living body.
Combining ninjutsu with scientific instruments, Satori displayed their bodily data before him.
Height, weight, cellular activity, chakra reserves and nature types, nerve responses...
Honestly speaking, neither had ever examined or understood their own bodies as thoroughly as Satori had.
"Sand ninja infiltrating Konoha to target me? Seems pretty suspicious."
Looking at the report, Satori immediately identified one key detail—their origins as Sand ninja.
From their physical conditioning and ninjutsu training alone, he could deduce a wealth of information.
But Satori didn't really care. He had always known that someone would eventually come after him. Their arrival was actually quite convenient—it would help advance his research.
"It's time to try out my Lightning Release cell activation experiment. And I can also begin testing stimulating the Eight Gates using Lightning Chakra."
"Pity there aren't enough test subjects. I'll need to use them carefully."
Satori stared at the two figures with closed eyes, excitement flickering across his gaze.
His physical strength had been increasing too slowly lately—he'd hit a plateau and could no longer achieve significant gains.
This troubled him greatly. Without enough power, he wouldn't be able to safeguard his own interests.
Even with allies like Orochimaru and Jiraiya, depending on others just wasn't as reliable as forging his own strength.
The Lightning Release cell activation method was something he derived by extrapolating from the Cloud Village Kage's training regimen depicted in the original series.
It had a very high chance of success—once the experiment worked, his physical capabilities could rise sharply once again.
As for the experiment involving stimulating the human body's Eight Gates through Lightning Chakra, that was Satori's own idea.
Diligent training—opening the gates through sheer willpower and relentless effort—that method was far too grueling.
Ordinary people stood no chance of reaching such extreme demands.
The further he advanced in training, the more difficult it became to open the final gates within his body.
Satori Hyūga found that even these methods—various weighted ninja tools and scientifically designed workouts—no longer had any effect on unlocking the final two gates of the Eight Gates Release.
He hoped this experiment might provide a method to break through the final two gates.
Success would not only allow him to forge his own Eight Gates Army, but also grant him immense power.
Satori Hyūga had bound Bei Gongcheng, a Jonin, to the experimental table using chains made of ninja tools. Thin wires were inserted into specific pressure points across his body.
Once everything was ready, Satori slowly pulled the lever. Blue arcs of electricity surged through the wires and coursed into Bei Gongcheng's body.
Zzzzaaaap!
A sharp crackling filled the air, accompanied by the rising stench of burnt grilled meat.
Satori steadily pushed his hand downward, intensifying the current. The voltage surged, charring Bei Gongcheng's exterior while leaving his insides tender and juicy.
"Aaaargh! What did you do to me?!"
The searing pain jolted Bei Gongcheng awake from his unconsciousness. He thrashed violently against his restraints, desperate to escape.
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