Chapter 155: Monster trio on the move. (Patreon)

In a village that was close to Konoha, people were currently cheering a wandering doctor that just saved a hopeless small kid from an unknown illness that was plaguing him for months, and they lost all hope in saving him… But then this doctor called Shinno arrived at the scene and to the disbelief of the villagers, he was actually able to treat the ill kid!

Shinno was an elderly man with long grey hair that flows out at the back and muttonchops connected to his beard of the same color. His eyebrows were thick and of a darker grey, but neatly trimmed. He also had yellow eyes with dark bags around them, and tear troughs under them, giving a somewhat stern look.

He wore a black shirt with a white gi with brown and blue edges over it, and further a sleeveless red jacket with gold sidings over that, and simple blue pants. He also originally wore a dark red bandanna

But the joyful and happy village was suddenly visited by three people, they were quite the terrifying trio that didn't come to share the villagers in their happy atmosphere.

"Did you locate our target?" Asked Fugaku to Mukai whose left eye turned completely white and had many veins stretching out from it.

"Yes, he's currently at the village chief's home, I must say, this guy's acting is perfect, if I didn't have enough information about him, I probably wouldn't have thought he was up to no good" replied Mukai while observing Shinno's behavior intently without missing a beat.

"That's good" said Fugaku to Mukai before he turned to Minato and said "Minato, it's up to you to lead him to our trap"

"Don't worry, according to what we know, he's quite weak before he transforms so catching him off guard shouldn't be a problem" replied Minato calmly, and Mukai and Fugaku quietly nodded at him before they both flickered away to where they laid a trap for Shinno.

Seeing them leave, Minato's eyes turned a shade colder as he looked at the location of the house where Shinno was currently staying before he disappeared at a terrifying speed and appeared right outside of it and he could hear the people inside having a huge celebration…

"Shinno-sama, this is a huge blessing for our village to have you visit us" Said the village chief bringing a frown to Minato's face.

"That's true, if not for you, I can't imagine what could have happened to our son, thank you, thank you so much!" Said a woman tearfully, clearly she was the mother of the kid that Shinno treated, and beside her was her husband that was also shedding tears of joy and thanking Shinno for saving their son.

'Just why would such a person turn so evil when he can bring so much happiness?' thought Minato with a frown before he suddenly disappeared from his position and appeared behind Shinno, and before the latter or any of the villagers could react. Minato put his hand on his shoulder and they both immediately disappeared thanks to the Flying thunder god Jutsu.

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In a man-made cave that was filled with all kinds of seals for the purpose of restricting and suppressing. Minato suddenly appeared along with Shinno, and Fugaku and Mukai who were waiting for them immediately activated the seals to completely immobilize Shinno.

Shinno at first was disoriented by the sudden change in environment from Minato's Jutsu, and then he was suddenly hit by a strong wave of weakness as well as he couldn't move at all as some dark chains held him in place.

But the realization of having been kidnapped quickly reached his mind 'What's going on? was I discovered? How???' thought Shinno before he started observing his surroundings and his eyes landed on the trio that kidnapped him causing them to constrict!

Minato was hooded so he couldn't identify him but he was terrified by the identity of the other two 'What's the Hokage and that traitor Mukai doing together?'

Shinno recognized Mukai because he even planned to approach him at some point and use the excuse of healing his son to get his loyalty, but then he suddenly disappeared and not much was known about him, not to mention that he then heard that Tsunade healed his ill son so he gave up completely on those plans.

But now seeing him along with the terrifying Hokage sent chills down his spine 'Was my identity exposed? Impossible, I left no clues! Unless that snake sold me out? No, he wouldn't, he still desires my medical mastery and wouldn't give it up so easily… Not to mention, who in the hell is this hooded person? Was he the one that brought me here? Did he use… Space jutsu!'

Shinno's mind was overwhelmed by all kinds of thoughts leaving him almost speechless, but being a master spy wasn't for nothing and he quickly regained his calm and decided to play it dumb until he confirms what this trio knows about him 'Maybe the situation isn't so hopeless' he thought before he said

"Gentlemen, what's going on here? If you want my help, I would gladly provide it without any need for this"  Fugaku's Sharingan was already active as he observed every change on this man's face and he was surprised by how quick he regained his calm and he couldn't help but think 'This guy is really dangerous, now I understand why Bakorio gave him so much attention'

Mukai and Minato shared similar thoughts with him, but the latter easily saw through this doctor so he said "Shinno, Please explain to us all you know about dark chakra, and do not try to hide anything"

Shinno felt a chill when he saw two blue lights shining from under the darkness of the hood, and hearing what Minato said made him understand that his biggest secret was exposed so his gentle smile quickly turned into a twisted one as he said

"Oh, I didn't think you bastards from Konoha actually know about dark chakra, how surprising, where did you get that knowledge from?"

Fugaku narrowed his eyes at how relaxed this man was acting while facing such a hopeless situation 'What makes him so fearless?' Thought Fugaku thoughtfully while Mukai simply stared at the man lazily while drinking silently... his thoughts unknown.

"I will ask again, tell us everything you know about dark chakra" Said Minato in a cold tone, but Shinno with the same twisted smile titled his head and said "Or what?"

"Or this" Said Mukai and before Shinno could react, Mukai's kick was already coming in contact with his stomach which made his face twist in agony from the terrible amount of pain he was feeling.

Then, Mukai lifted him from his long white hair and said "Now, are you going to explain"

Mukai could see Shinno stare at him with a face full of agony, but that face suddenly changed back to the same twisted smile as the latter tried to catch him off guard and punch him but Mukai calmly dodged it by tilting his head.

"That tickles" said Shinno, still with a twisted smile as a dark current started revolving around his body and the Konoha trio stared speechlessly as the normal-looking man in front of them seemed to go against the tides of time as his white hair turned black and his slim body started getting bigger and bigger transforming like hulk until his clothes got ripped apart from his huge size except for his wide pants as he turned into a human specimen.

"It seems the seals designed for normal chakra didn't work against this kind of chakra" muttered Minato while staring at the transformed doctor, and seeing that they might be forced to kill him at this point and won't get any information, Fugaku suddenly gestured to Minato for a change in plans and the latter immediately disappeared…

"I can't wait to crush all of you Konoha bastards like a bug, marvel at my greatness!" exclaimed Shinno before he rushed at Fugaku with a terrifying speed…