Kimimaro's words made Orochimaru's eyes light up.
"The forbidden land of the Uzumaki clan - the Hall of Masks?"
Orochimaru, who was once a high-ranking member of Konoha, naturally had a deeper understanding of the Uzumaki clan than most.
For example, this Hall of Masks.
After the Uzumaki clan was destroyed, Mito Uzumaki, the wife of the First Hokage, who was already on her deathbed, sent her confidants to the ruins of the Uzumaki clan to bring back twenty-seven masks and built a place called the Hall of Masks in a hidden place in Konoha to enshrine these masks.
Others thought it was strange, but didn't ask much.
Firstly, Mito Uzumaki had a high reputation, she only needed to say that these were the offerings of the Uzumaki clan since ancient times, and others had to believe it even if they didn't.
Secondly, these masks didn't look special, so others didn't pay much attention.
Who would have thought that these ordinary masks would be related to the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan.
"If there are masks of the Uzumaki clan there, it should be that place."
Kimimaro gave Orochimaru a definite answer.
"The Hall of Masks? I've been in Konoha for so many years, how come I've never heard of this place."
Yakushi Kabuto pushed his glasses, his expression puzzled.
"It's normal that you don't know. This place is extremely hidden, no one in Konoha knows about it except for a few people. I was very interested in the Uzumaki clan before and studied them for a while. That's how I know.
I just didn't expect that these inconspicuous masks would be related to the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan. Kimimaro, where did you see it?"
Orochimaru was a little curious.
Even he didn't know these secrets, so where did Kimimaro learn about them?
That white-haired boy was becoming more and more incomprehensible to him.
Moreover, his bloodline disease seemed to have improved a lot.
He hadn't coughed up blood even once after talking for so long.
If it were before, he would have coughed up blood at least twice.
It seemed that the biggest gain from this Konoha trip was his.
"I see. Then I'll set off for the Hall of Masks in Konoha Village now and bring that mask back."
Yakushi Kabuto was about to leave, but Orochimaru stopped him.
"With your strength, I'm afraid you can't enter Konoha now. After this uproar, Konoha's alert level will be raised to the highest."
Orochimaru said, looking at Kimimaro.
"Kimimaro, it seems you need to go this time. I remember you developed a technique with extremely strong camouflage ability, even I can't see through it. Using this technique to infiltrate Konoha shouldn't be difficult."
"Okay."
Kimimaro didn't refuse.
In fact, he was also interested in the Hall of Masks.
There were a total of twenty-seven masks inside, he wondered if there were other gods besides the God of Death.
For example, the evil god who granted Hidan immortality.
He didn't know where the Hall of Masks was before, but now that Orochimaru had given him the specific information, it was no longer a problem.
After getting the location information, Kimimaro immediately set off for Konoha.
Looking at his departing back, Orochimaru was thoughtful.
He didn't know when it started, but Kimimaro seemed to have exceeded his expectations.
"What an interesting guy, I wonder how many secrets he's still hiding."
Recalling Kimimaro's final move in the Konoha Crush plan, Orochimaru's eyes were still filled with amazement.
What an amazing technique, he had never seen it before, yet it was incredibly powerful.
Were these all created by Kimimaro himself?
Had his attainments in techniques reached such a level?
"Kabuto, go to the secret room and bring out all the information about the Uzumaki clan, see if you can find any records about the masks. A technique of this level probably can't be performed just by having the mask."
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru."
Meanwhile.
Kimimaro used Gaia Foundation to change his identity and set off towards Konoha.
It would take him three days to reach Konoha using Sound travel.
Night fell, and Kimimaro found a cave in the wilderness to stay in.
He hadn't finished counting all the gains from the Konoha Crush plan, so he took out the things he got from Danzo.
A Mangekyo Sharingan, eight three-tomoe Sharingan, and a hand full of Hashirama cells.
"The Mangekyo Sharingan just used Kotoamatsukami, it will take more than ten years to recover its power. Unless I extract the Hashirama cells from Danzo's arm and inject them into the Mangekyo Sharingan, I can shorten the cooldown time. This is a big project, I have to take it slow and put it aside for now.
As for these eight three-tomoe Sharingan... besides using Izanagi, they don't seem to have much use. Danzo used Izanagi twice and wasted two Sharingan, what a pity."
After complaining about the deceased Danzo, Kimimaro put these things away and then took out the Scroll of Seals.
The Scroll of Seals, a collection of forbidden techniques that only Hokage could see.
The techniques inside were all-encompassing, and at the very least, they were all A-rank ninjutsu.
The so-called forbidden techniques were not judged by the difficulty of learning and the power of the techniques, but by their effects.
There were two criteria for classifying ninjutsu as forbidden techniques.
One was like the Eight Gates Released Formation and the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, techniques that caused great harm to one's own life, or even threatened life, could be classified as forbidden techniques.
The other was like the Edo Tensei, a technique that violated ethics and morality, was also classified as a forbidden technique.
After reading through the techniques inside, Kimimaro was most interested in the Art of Spiritualization!
The Art of Spiritualization allowed one to separate their soul from their body while still alive and fight with their soul.
It could ignore distance and enter the spiritual world of others, controlling or killing them.
It could be said to be an invincible enhanced version of the Yamanaka clan's Mind Body Switch Technique.
Even the flaws were the same.
That was, when the soul left the body, the body was like falling into a deep sleep. If there was no one to protect it, even a child could easily kill it.
To make the soul able to travel thousands of miles away from the body, one first needed to strengthen the soul to an extremely terrifying degree.
And this Art of Spiritualization had such a method.
Of course, the difficulty of cultivation was very high, and there were also certain risks involved.
Currently, besides his soul being his own, nothing else was.
So this cultivation method was quite appealing to him.
If one day, his bloodline disease really couldn't be completely cured, he could also use his powerful soul to perform the Living Corpse Reincarnation.
If he learned Yin-Yang Release, he could even create a body for himself out of thin air using Yin-Yang Release.
In Kimimaro's view, a powerful soul was also one of the conditions for longevity.
"Everyone has a soul, but not everyone can touch it. To cultivate the soul, one needs strong mental power and Yin attribute chakra. These two are the whetstones for honing the soul."
After reading through the Art of Spiritualization, Kimimaro began to cultivate.
Something came up today, I'll write another chapter, until two o'clock, the third chapter will probably have to be made up tomorrow.
(End of chapter)