"Gengetsu Hozuki, not even a challenge? What kind of ridiculous name is that…"
"So this guy's actually a descendant from the same bloodline as the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki?!"
"He probably pulled strings to land himself a long-term mission outside the village. Well, given how Kiri's Bloody Mist policies are still talked about, who wouldn't run?"
"Whoa! He's got some serious moves! So that's how Hydrification Technique works? They call it a secret technique, but doesn't it practically count as a Kekkei Genkai already? Crap! Definitely can't use it…"
"Water Gun Technique, Sōteki, Machine Gun, Suishō no Jutsu, Suiganshō…"
"Wait? This guy has actually seen the scroll of the Second Mizukage Gengetsu Hozuki and made a contract with his summoned beast, the Shin, a summoned beast known as a mirage beast? Whoa! That's impressive indeed!"
Kei Yamanaka placed one hand on top of Gengetsu Hozuki's head, activating his Memory Reading Jutsu.
The more he saw, the more thrilled he became!
Hydrification Technique, the exclusive illusionary art belonging solely to the Hozuki Clan—he had learned about it before through the memories of Kiri prisoners during his time at the Analysis Team.
Though regrettable, even knowing every detail, every step of the training process, the blue skill listing [Water Release Mastery] still prevented him from using this secret technique.
But with techniques like Water Gun and other powerful water-based jutsus passed down in the Hozuki Clan, he was already walking away with massive gains.
And this—this was the inheritance of the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki!
In the original storyline, Gengetsu Hozuki only appeared briefly, but those short appearances alone were enough for Kei to grasp the man's terrifying strength.
Even when he clearly held back during the battle against the Allied Ninja Forces—
He toyed with them all effortlessly.
With just one move, [Shōhiganbi no Chikara], he dragged the Second Tsuchikage, the creator of a Kekkei Tota, straight into the afterlife.
Absolutely insane!
That was a Kekkei Tota—something far surpassing ordinary Kekkei Genkai!
With an inheritance like this, as long as you found a suitable heir, you could definitely cultivate at least a Kage-level warrior!
"How deep can one's sorrows run? Like a eunuch stepping into a pleasure house — poor kid…"
Kei cast a pitying glance toward Gengetsu Hozuki.
Actually, the boy's talent in Water Release wasn't bad at all—but his aptitude for illusions? Absolutely terrible.
Even having received Gengetsu Hozuki's legacy,
He couldn't fully unlock its power.
The reason he pulled strings to get this remote outpost assignment wasn't to escape Kiri's bloody policies—it was to escape the suffocating pressure of family expectations and prying eyes.
Despite inheriting Gengetsu's legacy and receiving strong support from the clan,
He hadn't met their expectations.
Expectations from elders, disappointment, ridicule and mockery from clansmen—all of it crushed down on him, suffocating him.
"Hkkk! Ughhh!"
As Kei temporarily ended the memory reading, Gengetsu immediately stirred awake, gasping for breath.
The mental damage caused by the A-rank genjutsu, along with his desperate resistance—the suicidal clash of willpower—left him dizzy, vision darkening, vomiting uncontrollably.
"You should just stay down, you know? Hurts less that way."
Kei smirked slightly.
Though he pitied Gengetsu's plight, he didn't hesitate when it came to doing what had to be done.
Just like if he fell into the hands of ninja from other villages, they wouldn't spare him for a second.
In a world where every ninja is an executioner.
Feeling sympathy for an enemy ninja was practically a death wish!
[Mind Transfer Puppet Jutsu]!
Ignoring Gengetsu Hozuki's dry heaves, Kei Yamanaka instantly seized control of his body using Mind Transfer Puppet Jutsu almost instantaneously.
Recalling the amount of chakra required to summon the clam that held the Summoning Contract Scroll—as seen in the memories he'd just accessed—he guided Gengetsu's body to bite his fingertip and rapidly form hand seals.
Boar-Dog-Bird-Monkey-Ram!
Poof!
A surge of chakra smoke rose up.
A jet-black clam materialized within the lab, over six feet in diameter and looking extremely tough.
Controlling Gengetsu's body, Kei tapped the clam's shell.
The tightly shut clam slowly opened, revealing a massive Summoning Contract Scroll nearly three feet wide inside.
"How dare you defile it like this! That's our Hozuki Clan's summoned beast! How dare you do this!"
Gengetsu's soul was squeezed into a corner of his consciousness, watching furiously as the contract scroll was taken out.
"You talk far too much."
Kei fused his mental fortitude with chakra, transforming it into a torrent of Yin Release energy, and smacked it directly onto Gengetsu's soul.
Already injured, his already weakened soul suffered another devastating blow.
Wracked with unbearable pain, his soul shrank into a trembling ball, letting out soft whimpers of agony.
Kei's original body waited nearby, receiving the contract scroll passed over.
As he unfurled the scroll, Gengetsu Hozuki's name stood at the top, followed by over a dozen signatures. Sighing in mild exasperation, he muttered,
"Looks like the Hozuki Clan was desperate to find someone worthy of carrying on Gengetsu's legacy."
Unfortunately, over a dozen attempts all ended in failure.
"Guess there's no helping it. I just can't let some Impure World Reincarnation puppet summon this beast again."
Kei took out a blood storage tube from his Jonin flak vest, dipped his finger in it, and wrote his name at the end of the scroll.
He distinctly felt the contract take root, so he nodded in satisfaction.
Then, forming a single-hand seal, his palm quickly gathered a complex sealing formula.
[Contract Seal]!
With a single palm strike aimed at Gengetsu Hozuki's name on the scroll.
The sealing formula surged rapidly across the parchment, seeping inside to directly sever the contract between Gengetsu Hozuki and the clam clan.
The once-bright crimson names, written in blood decades ago, began darkening to a deep black as the contract's power faded.
Without wasting time, Kei continued applying the Contract Seal.
Contract Seal was an advanced sealing technique of the Uzumaki Clan.
In the original story, Minato Namikaze once used this seal to break the summoning contract between Obito Uchiha and the Nine-Tails,
preventing him from summoning the beast through the Summoning Jutsu ever again.
Back when Kei studied under Kushina, he made mastering this technique a priority—to ensure Madara Uchiha couldn't pull any hidden tricks.
His mastery even rivaled the Four Limbs Sealing Array—a technique he could perform effortlessly.
Clap~ Clap~ Clap~ Clap~
The Contract Seal had been used more than ten times consecutively.
When the final seal was pressed onto the name "Hozuki Bugaratsu," the black clam that had been summoned moments earlier vanished into smoke inside the research facility.
Yamanaka Kei stared at his own name—the only one still glowing bright red on the scroll.
After a brief pause, he summoned the black clam once again and handed the contract scroll back to it for safekeeping.
According to information from Hozuki Bugaratsu's memories:
The clam clan resided in an unknown sea, completely isolated from the ninja world—a place no one had ever reached.
The Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, had formed a pact with them solely because he did something just as reckless as Jiraiya had done before—performing the Summoning Jutsu without first establishing a contract with any living creature.
The only difference was this:
Jiraiya was transported by the Summoning Jutsu to Mount Myoboku.
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