Although the current Hozuki Mangetsu showed no reaction, Kusuo knew in his heart that with his strength, it wouldn't be long before he started to resist. Most importantly, he was under Orochimaru's control. Through his own Transparent World, Kusuo could clearly sense that Orochimaru's control over him had not been lifted.
In this way, this was a battle between puppet techniques. But Kusuo was still very clear in his heart that being able to control him meant he could still get some information out of him.
"Lord Hatake Kusuo, then what should we do with him now?"
Kusuo reached out and made a throat-slitting gesture. In the original work, he was very clear that operating the Impure World Reincarnation had very high requirements on a person. So now, to be able to cause Orochimaru to waste more resources was actually a good thing for him.
Xiari walked gently to the girl's side and took out a shuriken from her own hand. "This is for you."
She handed it to Itsuki Nohara.
"What is this?" Itsuki asked curiously.
"This is an exploding tag shuriken."
"An exploding tag shuriken? Is this the kind that explodes immediately upon contact with the opponent?" Itsuki was surprised.
Xiari nodded.
"I can't believe you even have an exploding tag shuriken! You're so amazing! How do you have so many magic weapons? How did you get them?"
Xiari smiled. "It's hard to explain in a short time. For now, I'll just give it to you. I think this will help you a lot in the future."
Hearing that she was going to give her the exploding tag shuriken, Itsuki's eyes widened in surprise. She then shook her head and refused, "How can I do that? How can I accept your exploding tag shuriken? You saved me several times before, and then you gave me a large piece of the Star Fragment. Now you want to give me an exploding tag shuriken? How can I accept it?"
"I am already very grateful to you. So please take this back. I won't accept it. Besides, this is a rare ninja tool. I think you must have had a hard time getting it, so I absolutely can't take it."
But Xiari still stuffed the shuriken into her hand. "You must accept this. You came here to do these things for your mother. Having this in your hands will also be a form of security for you. Although we don't know each other well, it is, after all, a matter of fate. And your strength is not great. This exploding tag shuriken can be used by anyone of any cultivation level. With it, no one will be able to do anything to you in the future. If you want to come up the mountain to look for Star Fragments in the future, you can also rely on your own ability to find them."
Under Xiari's repeated persuasion, Itsuki had no choice but to accept it.
Thump!
Itsuki began to cry with gratitude. Then she knelt before Xiari with a thud.
"What are you doing? Get up, quick!" Before Xiari could help her up, Itsuki had already kowtowed once.
"Thank you, Big Sister Xiari. I will never forget your great kindness. After my mother gets well, I will definitely repay you well."
Xiari nodded. "Alright, get up quickly. Then take the Star Fragment and go back to see your mother. She needs your help now."
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Hidden Star Village.
After the previous incident, Kusuo now realized it was necessary to return to the Hidden Star Village once. Coming here, he could just happen to investigate what had happened before. He could also check if there were any other missing Star Fragments in the village.
After reaching the village gate, Kusuo turned his head and glanced at Xiari. "I'll leave this matter to you alone. Can you handle it?"
Xiari nodded. "Don't worry, Lord Hatake Kusuo. I'm just going back to check. These small tasks are no problem for me."
Seeing her say this, Kusuo also felt relieved. Although he had once done some meaningful things for this village, after all, the world was as it was now, and he didn't want to be too high-profile here.
After Xiari left, Kusuo immediately turned towards the small village where the previous Hoshikage had left. The location of that village... Xiari did not know.
The moment Xiari returned, she saw the Star Village Daimyo and the Daimyo Akihotaru angrily questioning Natsuhi outside the training room door.
"Don't lie to us! You have to tell us the truth! Where did he go?"
"Don't you know? That fellow caused a huge disaster today."
The Star Village Daimyo was very angry, glaring at Natsuhi. Natsuhi couldn't even lift her head. But she had no intention of telling them Xiari's whereabouts.
"I don't know where he went."
The Daimyo Akihotaru took a deep breath and asked in a gentler tone, "Natsuhi, I hope you can tell us the truth. The Daimyo of the Land of Bears has already come to the Star Village. He says that an outer-gate ninja from our village killed their great ninja, Duoyoulong."
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