Hidezawa's goal is very clear: to directly replace Naruto and become the new Ashura.
Although he was a pirated version, when his strength truly reaches a certain level, who dares say that the pirated version could not defeat the genuine one?
However, if Hidezawa wanted to replace him and become the new Ashura, he still had a very long way to go.
If an Uchiha wanted to replace Sasuke and become Indra, it would actually be relatively simpler.
After all, Uchiha Madara truly told you the path to improvement in the future.
As long as you have siblings and were lucky (unlucky) enough to awaken the Mangekyō, then trying to reach his level was not impossible.
At the very least, you would be unrivaled for a certain period.
Moreover, even if you don't have siblings, as long as you have a chance to awaken the Mangekyō, you could at least reach Obito's state.
But Ashura was much more miserable because the path was truly somewhat elusive.
"Senju Hashirama's Wood-style, Naruto's Tailed Beast Chakra Mode…"
Tailed Beast was at least something Hidezawa doesn't dare to think about right now, so what he can consider is Senju Hashirama's Wood-style.
"Indeed, Indra only needs to consider adding Sharingan, but Ashura has much more to consider…"
Especially for an ordinary person like him, without a bloodline, there was even more to consider.
Fortunately, he was a cheat-user.
"Yang Style, Water Style, and Earth Style must reach the same level for there to be a possibility of fusion."
The higher the level of a single element, the deeper Hidezawa's understanding of it, and the deeper his understanding, the more he could discover nodes within it that could be fused with other elements.
However, such nodes were truly difficult to find; normal people probably could not even touch them in a lifetime.
Otherwise, why were there so many ninja in the vast Ninja World, yet so few Kekkei Genkai families?
But this was nothing to Hidezawa; as long as he had Free Points, everything was doable.
"However, in addition to these attributes, Overall Physical Attributes and Chakra must also keep up."
Chakra was the foundation of everything, and strong physical fitness could allow him to carry more chakra.
Especially since he had already read the Scorch Style Experience Insight obtained from Pakura, which made him understand how terrifying the amount of chakra needed to experiment and fuse a kekkei genkai truly was.
In fact, with Hidezawa's current physical fitness, he wouldn't have a problem if he infused chakra himself, but practicing was not as much effective as adding points.
Moreover, the points he adds in Chakra, combined with his Overall Physical Attributes, also has an extremely terrifying recovery efficiency.
'Speaking of which, should I consider fusing Scorch-style first to see?'
Hidezawa walked and thought, through that experience report, he had roughly understood how to fuse Scorch-style, and he could completely 'copy the homework' to achieve it.
The only difficulty was that he inherited Konoha's traditional spirit, the principle that Land of Fire ninjas were not best at Fire-style.
His Fire Style's level was still only LV2.
"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. The most important thing is to see if I can produce Wood-style."
Hidezawa shook his head. Wood-style was a very crucial thing, and he still hoped to use Wood-style to deceive people.
He wanted to figure out if the Uchiha buried deep underground existed, and even wanted to dig them out, so he must figure out a lot of things.
He could not rely on Uchiha; that group of people doesn't even know where their 'ultimate weapon' fell.
Otherwise, they should at least try to recover it, after all, it's a Mangekyō!
"The only ones I can think of are the Uzumaki, Sarutobi, and Senju who participated in the encirclement."
Unfortunately, the Uzumaki Clan was annihilated, and their legacy was basically within Konoha's vault, so Hidezawa doesn't have the guts to steal it.
'The Sarutobi Clan...'
'It's better to go to Konoha's secret vault and try to steal the Uzumaki Clan's legacy!'
Looking around, it seemed that only the Senju Clan, which appeared to be gone but was actually still around, and also had someone with influence like Tsunade, was the most practical.
Especially since Hidezawa's focus was now on Wood-style, no matter how he looked at it, the best target seemed to be with the Senju.
But as he walked, Hidezawa suddenly frowned.
Not far from him, he seemed to vaguely see a dark figure flashing.
Besides that, he also seemed to sense a unique Flying Thunder God Mark suddenly appearing.
…
"Obito, that kid is about to set off."
On the highest peak of the Konoha's back mountain, Obito was overlooking the entire Konoha.
However, just then, a pitcher plant monster emerged from the ground and spoke in a deep voice.
"I think now would be a good opportunity."
Black and White Zetsu had been watching Uchiha Itachi these past few days. Obito's plan, to put it politely, was 'not perfect'.
But whether it was perfect or not, sometimes it didn't matter; what mattered was planting a seed in people's hearts.
Doubt was the most terrifying weapon; once doubt arises in the heart, a rift would inevitably appear, which would then slowly intensify.
Ultimately, without any answers, everything would only lead to destruction.
Obito was not afraid that such doubt would not arise, because according to his investigation, Hidezawa was from Root.
"What an interesting turn of events. That guy is going on a mission so late; he's practically giving us an opportunity."
Obito nodded, smiling faintly, and Black Zetsu also nodded along.
"He just became a chūnin, so he's very enthusiastic. Moving at night also makes it less likely to attract attention, which is a relatively cautious approach."
"Then, what about Shigen Hidezawa? How is he doing now?"
Obito nodded. When he was on missions back then, he was also incredibly enthusiastic.
However, his enthusiasm back then was to be with someone.
But unfortunately, things have changed, and that person is no longer here...
"Shigen Hidezawa has had contact with the new Nine-Tails Jinchūriki."
At this point, the half of White Zetsu's face spoke.
"Honestly, that guy acts too rude. The Jinchūriki invited him to eat, and he looked like he would almost beat the kid up."
"Eat?"
Obito was a bit confused. He was already used to White Zetsu's erratic behavior; he wouldn't be surprised by anything this guy said.
"Yes, eat."
Half of White Zetsu nodded, his face full of regret.
"The Jinchuriki kid spent half a day painstakingly gathering mushrooms in the back mountain, and he was still treated like that. Obito, I support your plan."
"…"
'What is all this about?'
Obito had a headache. Fortunately, Black Zetsu knew what Obito wanted to know, and he spoke now.
"However, Shigen Hidezawa has already separated from the Jinchūriki kid. I think we can go and attract him."
"Very well."
Obito nodded, finally there was someone relatively reliable.
"Then, let's prepare to act. Tonight, we'll give him a big surprise!"
"No problem."
Black Zetsu also nodded, only his other half was still shaking his head and sighing.
"What a pity for that large basket of mushrooms; they looked so good, and seemed so delicious."
Hearing that, Obito nearly stumbled.
Even if he was dumber, he knew that those things were not edible!
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