Danzo Shimura, who had been in charge of "Konoha's Darkness" for decades, immediately pierced through Mizuki's seemingly hard shell.

No one can survive in this world independently, even if he has given up most of his humanity for the sake of his desire for knowledge, like Orochimaru. As long as there are concerns in this world, there will be weaknesses. And for Shimura Danzo, who knows the dark side well, seeing through the weaknesses of human nature is just one of his many skills to gain a foothold in the dark land.

After that, Shuimu calmed down and helped Xiaochun make dinner as usual, and then ate dinner together. He observed Xiaochun's condition calmly while thinking about countermeasures.

Logically speaking, although Kotoamatsukami is known as the strongest illusion, it takes too long to recover, and the cycle of use is calculated in years. So Danzo would definitely not waste a precious opportunity on Kotsubaki. The original work only mentioned that Shimura Danzo used it at the Five Kage Tournament, but the method of use and the effect are unknown, and he was discovered directly and stopped halfway.

Therefore, Mizuki is still unable to figure out what the mystery of Kotoamatsukami is. To be more precise, he is not familiar with all the Mangekyō Sharingan's eye techniques. Without any research or reference objects, the principles behind them are really hard to imagine, and he doesn't know how to resist them.

However, even if it is not Kotoamatsukami, the strengthening effect of Sharingan on illusion is extremely terrifying. With Mizuki's level of illusion, it took a lot of effort to use illusion on Xiaochun, but now Xiaochun fell into it without knowing it. It is still unknown whether there are still hidden illusion masters in Konoha. However, among the people Mizuki knows, Yuhi Kurenai, who may be able to do this, is still lying in a coma in the hospital. Hatake Kakashi was chatting with him in the morning and should still be the nanny of Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto. So except for Shimura Danzo who also has Sharingan, Mizuki really can't think of anyone else who can have this ability.

"He attacked Xiaochun in secret and tried to control me indirectly with illusion. Xiaochun has not shown any signs of brainwashing or mind reading. Fortunately, it can still be remedied..."

Shimura Danzo is not a good person, but at least he is not bad enough to blatantly attack fellow villagers who have not harmed the village, or even ninjas who have made many military achievements, so he would use this method to get specific information. It is estimated that he is also jealous of the method of making the all-purpose potion or even the fake Jinchūriki.

Perhaps Danzo had overestimated Mizuki's strength. Everyone must have known that he was good at illusion and sealing techniques. However, he still underestimated Mizuki's illusion skills and overestimated the power of the Sharingan. If it wasn't for the Mangekyō Sharingan's eye technique, it would still be just an ordinary ninjutsu. This level of illusion would not have much effect on someone like Mizuki, who had a terrifying chakra control and was extremely sensitive to changes.

"Shui Mu, why are you looking at me like that?" His fiancée Chie Tsubaki looked at Shui Mu's strange eyes and asked, "Is there something wrong with me?"

Mizuki shook his head and tapped Xiaochun's forehead with his finger: "Relax, don't worry."

As a wave of chakra poured in, under Mizuki's control, it flowed through Xiaochun's body. Then Xiaochun seemed to have been drained of strength and collapsed on the seat.

"Shuimu, what happened to me..." Xiaochun, who had just lifted the illusion, was still at a loss as to the situation. "What did you do to me?"

"It's okay, just take a rest first."

Xiao Chun calmed down and supported herself, and seemed to react. Then she asked in shock, "I was hit by an illusion? How is this possible?"

"Leave it to me, I will take care of it."

"I didn't even know when I was caught in the illusion. I didn't feel anything at all." Xiaochun said, "Do you know something? Mizuki, is it dangerous?"

"Dangerous? How can there be anything absolutely safe? But at least we are safe, and someone will help us..."

Mizuki, who had just reached an agreement with Hyuga Hiashi on cooperation, did not need to worry about any problems for the time being. As long as he was careful, nothing should happen. The trouble was with Xiaochun. From the beginning, many things were not hidden from Xiaochun, so Xiaochun was also in danger. The reason was that she knew too much. Maybe she was not clear about Mizuki's specific things and purpose, but at least she was basically clear about the progress of Mizuki's experiment, the efficacy of the potion, and the method of making a pseudo-jinchūriki. Except for the almighty potion for cultivating flesh and blood, she could not synthesize it. In fact, what she knew was not much different from Mizuki.

"Okay, Shuimu, I believe you." Shuimu felt that the most tacit understanding between him and Xiaochun was mutual trust, even though he didn't know much. "If you need any help, please tell me."

"I will." Mizuki nodded, "Tell them to temporarily stop the experiments you are doing and move them all to the underground laboratory. Be careful not to be discovered. From now on, this area will be handed over to the second fake Jinchūriki who is about to be completed."

"I will be careful about this. But it's not necessary to be so cautious..."

"Oh? Do you have any ideas?" Shuimu asked in confusion.

"Look at this." Xiao Chun took out a sealed scroll, untied it quickly, formed seals with both hands, and then pressed them on the unfolded scroll. With a wave of chakra, a figure appeared in the field of vision.

"When did you do this?"

What appeared in front of him was actually another identical Chie Tsubaki. Even for Mizuki, it would be difficult to tell the difference if he didn't look carefully.

"Isn't this cultivated from the hair you pulled out more than a month ago? It was made some time ago. I followed the method you mentioned, using chakra to induce it, and it became like this. It's not difficult to make it using your sealing technique, but I just haven't used it before. It would be embarrassing if others saw two of me..."

"Well done, Tsubaki."

It is very difficult for Mizuki, who is short of manpower, to find a helper. It is possible to cultivate a copycat Jinchūriki clone, but without high-quality chakra, that is, before the senjutsu chakra, the adaptability to other bodies is very poor, and even the balance of chakra cannot be maintained because the rejection is too great.

However, one cannot rush into training one's own clones. Stimulating growth too quickly can easily cause deformities or even other problems, making the body in poor condition and having a short lifespan. One can only try to maintain a certain speed in cultivation. At present, it seems that maintaining a growth cycle of one and a half months, or at least one month, is barely enough to make a usable body.

And don't forget that everything needs resources. Don't think that a lot of equipment, a lot of nutrient solution, and various experimental samples just fell from the sky. They all cost a lot of money to accumulate. Moreover, many of them are not easy to get, and are not even suitable for public sale. Shuimu needs to buy the raw materials and make them by himself. This cost a lot of time, money, and energy.

Just when Mizuki was at a loss, a helper suddenly appeared who had not been exposed yet, who could be completely trusted and was experienced. He was not an amateur who knew nothing and needed to learn from scratch. This kind of helper Mizuki needed was really hard to find in the ninja world.

"What should I do? I originally wanted to make a flower shop, but it can't be closed all the time..."

"Don't worry about that. I will find him." Now is not the time to focus on such trivial matters. "How is your breath-retaining technique going?"

"Not quite there yet..." Xiaochun shook her head awkwardly.

"It's okay, you don't have to force it." Xiaochun's talent for chakra control is also very strong, especially her talent in changing form and properties, which makes Shuimu very envious. However, when it comes to operations down to the cellular level, she is a bit stretched. It is really too much to ask her to learn the Breath Concealing Technique in a short time like Haruno Sakura.

"In this case, the endurance of your fake Jinchūriki clone will be a problem. You can't come back every now and then to exchange memories and replenish chakra. If you do that, the chances of your hidden man behind the scenes being exposed will be too high..."

However, this problem cannot be solved in a short time. For now, we can only make do with it. If we are careful for the time being, it shouldn't be a big problem.

After thinking for a while and still having no clue, Shuimu gave up.

"Let's leave it at that for now. We'll use the cabin in the back mountain as a transit station, and it would be best if we could use a flower garden to cover it up. We'll just have to put up with it for a while while we wait to extract the fairy chakra."

However, there are still some minor problems. Mizuki sensed the patrolling ninjas passing by his window. He might not have noticed them when he was not paying attention, but now that he was alert, he could clearly feel the pattern.

"Three people, taking turns to look after him, and there seems to be a hidden spy."

Anyway, as long as they don't rush in, with the barrier set up in the house, if you want to explore the concept, you don't have to have some skills. Moreover, Shuimu has already moved the important things away. In the current situation, Shuimu will not be stupid enough to place some important things in his own home. It would be bad if he was caught with something bad.

Although some bad things happened, Shimura Danzo's actions made Mizuki experience the toughness and cunning of "Konohagakure" for the first time. However, once you get used to those evil tricks in the dark, you can't help but shift your behavior habits in that direction. In fact, Mizuki is not afraid of this the most. As long as they are all small tricks that are not worthy of being put on the table, there are always some roundabout ways to solve them. And if it is like the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen, who directly shows his cards and forces Mizuki to make a choice or even compromise, Mizuki really has no way to think about it.

"It's better if we don't meet. The longer we delay, the better..."

…

Since Mizuki found out that he was being targeted by Danzo, he became more cautious. After arranging some trivial matters, in the eyes of outsiders, Mizuki seemed to have entered a state of slackness to recuperate. For several days, he stayed at home all day, reading books, doing some small experiments, practicing chakra control, and occasionally going out with Xiaochun to stroll around the streets and take a breath of fresh air. All other matters were left to the fake Jinchuriki to deal with.

In the secret underground laboratory, with the help of Xiaochun's copycat Jinchuriki clone, Mizuki's copycat Jinchuriki No. 2 was finally completed on the third day. From then on, the research on the energy after the separation of the cursed chakra began.

On the rooftop of Konoha Hospital, Mizuki once again stood side by side with Kakashi, looking at the crowd below.

"I haven't been here for a few days. Why did you think of coming to see me?" Kakashi would occasionally joke after getting to know me better. "By the way, how is your injury?"

"It's okay, there shouldn't be any problem. Look, I look very energetic, don't I?"

"Alas." Kakashi sighed and said, "Can this kind of thing be hidden from others? Can it be hidden from my Sharingan?"

Kakashi pointed at the eye patch on his left eye and continued, "You've been in front of me so many times, how come you didn't notice it? I'm not that blind..."

"Well, you are awesome, you copied the ninja Sharingan Kakashi." Shuimu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Sharingan is simply cheating. If Chakra is an ordinary cheat code, then Sharingan is the level of VIP collector's edition cheat code. In the words of playing games, it is the difference between ordinary players and RMB warriors. It is really unfair, especially recently, Shuimu has thought about whether to try a pair of Sharingan...

"Don't change the subject, Mizuki." Kakashi asked seriously, "Tell me the truth, how much time do you have?"

"Do I have to tell you?" Mizuki said helplessly. Although he did approach Kakashi with utilitarian intentions at the beginning, after getting to know him for so long, he felt that he was getting along well with him and could barely be considered a good friend. Sometimes he didn't want to lie to him.

"It's still unknown whether Moonlight Gale is alive or dead, the Third Hokage is dead, and Yuhi Kurenai has been dead for four or five days, but she still hasn't woken up. The effect of your potion is no secret. Two serious injuries, plus two large doses of potion, others wouldn't be able to handle it in one go, but it doesn't make sense that you used much more, but nothing happened to you, and your hair..."

"Kakashi, I don't want to tell you the exact time. I don't know if I can hold on until the day when the problem is solved. If I don't get seriously injured again, I still have a few months..." Mizuki said to Kakashi calmly, "If I really can't hold on any longer, help me..."

After a pause, Shuimu continued, "Forget it. They're already dead, why bother arranging for the living?"

"You are really free and easy, but tomorrow Jiraiya-sama will set out to find Tsunade-sama, you should be fine..."

"That's right. I'm not that short-lived. I've been unsure of myself against so many powerful enemies. How about this time... eh?"

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked in confusion.

"Get ready, it's your turn, Kakashi, a guest is coming..."