Although he had thought of a solution, Shuimu felt a headache just thinking about its side effects. Fortunately, the research was about to succeed, but because of some moral dilemmas that he couldn't think through, he hadn't found a solution to make up for it, so it hadn't been implemented.
However, there was no time to worry about that now. As Shuimu's mind turned, the effect of the seal on his right arm weakened sharply. Even though Shuimu did not make any movements other than thinking, the seal, whose power mostly came from his own will, instantly lost control of the seal. The previously hidden seal of the mutant tiger instantly appeared on Shuimu's arm, and the runes of the seal spread rapidly, covering most of his body in a blink of an eye.
As the curse seal exploded, even without Mizuki's control, a large amount of natural energy was attracted into the body, generating mutated curse seal chakra. The rampant external energy instantly broke Mizuki's illusion.
In a flash, the scene in front of him changed. The original cave at the entrance of the underground base turned into a jungle with scattered falling leaves.
"So I was tricked from the beginning. Moreover, this seems to be specially prepared for me. It's really well prepared."
Although he admires the strength of the fake Jinchūriki, Mizuki will not belittle himself! Mizuki's original body has a great advantage, that is, all the fake Jinchūriki clones will never use the Sage Mode. Not to mention the medium for sensing natural energy in their bodies, the large amount of chakra required for the Sage Mode is the death warrant for the fake Jinchūriki clones. Without such a large amount of chakra to squander, as long as he does not make a fool of himself, the current fake Jinchūriki clones will never be able to defeat Mizuki.
Shuimu didn't plan to guess any more. Since they had already fallen out, he might as well just come clean.
Thinking of this, Shuimu's mind moved, the curse runes quickly faded, and then were sealed in the body again by the Evil Seal.
Enduring the intense pain brought by the outbreak and disappearance of the curse, Shuimu gasped for a moment, activated the Sage Mode without any hesitation, and then turned into a swift light and shadow, rushing towards the underground base.
There were traps and barriers along the way, but in the face of Mizuki's absolute basic power, they could not stop him at all. The chakra shield enhanced by natural energy blocked all tangible attacks.
He rushed to the gate of the base in his memory at lightning speed. This time, he rushed in without stopping. The traps on the road were smashed to pieces by Shuimu's heavy punches. In order to save time, Shuimu even broke through the stone ground and quickly reached the bottom of the base.
In the laboratory at the bottom, the fake Jinchūriki Mizuki was doing experiments, and he seemed to be unaware of Mizuki's arrival. Only when the noise above became louder and louder, he finally realized something was wrong. Before he could strengthen his vigilance, a huge explosion was heard, and a big hole suddenly appeared in the stone ceiling above, and a large mass of rocks mixed with debris slammed down, making the laboratory a mess.
The fake Jinchūriki clone looked in amazement as a hand stretched out from the stone ruins, forcefully pushed away the stone pressing on his body, and stood up unscathed.
"Is it you?"
Finally realizing that it was the real Jinchuriki clone, he asked in surprise, "Why did you come here suddenly? And in this way?"
The real Mizuki looked seriously at the face opposite him which was exactly the same as his own, and did not answer the question of the fake Jinchūriki.
Suddenly, Mizuki's real body asked, "Where's Xiaochun? Not here?"
"Xiaochun? You mean her Jinchūriki clone? She went out to get more experimental materials today." The fake Jinchūriki clone answered honestly, "What happened? Why are you rushing here in such a hurry?"
"So you don't know anything?"
Shuimu observed the other side for a long time, but did not find any sign of deception.
"What do you mean?" The fake Jinchuriki finally realized that something was wrong.
Mizuki came here in such a hurry, and he was in Sage Mode, obviously ready to fight, but I was the only one here...
"I'm not looking for you. I'll talk to you in detail later. You'll still be needed to clean up the damage to the laboratory! I have something important to deal with right now. There may be bigger troubles that I need your help with, so please stand aside and watch carefully!"
Mizuki stepped forward and pushed away the fake Jinchūriki clone that was blocking his way. The other side did not suspect anything and stepped aside to watch the real one perform his actions.
Shuimu walked to the middle of the spacious laboratory, observed carefully for a while, and quickly came to a stone wall.
"What's wrong here?" It looked like an ordinary stone chamber, and the fake Jinchūriki who knew every inch of the place couldn't see anything wrong.
"Open your eyes wide and watch carefully!" As he said that, Shuimu punched the stone wall. In addition to a dull impact sound, there was also a crisp cracking sound.
"What is this?" The fake Jinchūriki clone looked at the bright golden curtain wall with an embarrassed expression, and then quickly collapsed and disappeared, "Why is there a barrier here? Why didn't I know about it?"
Mizuki ignored the complaints of the fake Jinchuriki's clone and punched the stone wall one after another. An extremely heavy stone door was destroyed by Mizuki's violence. With the last heavy punch, an empty stone chamber appeared in front of the two men amidst the flying stones.
"I didn't expect it was found after all. We were just a little bit away!"
A voice exactly the same as Shuimu's, but with regret and fatigue, came over.
When the smoke and dust cleared, a face that looked exactly like Shuimu's, except for slightly different clothes, was revealed.
"What's going on? There's another fake Jinchūriki clone?" The first fake Jinchūriki clone who saw it asked in surprise, even revealing a hint of fear in his tone.
"In fact, I just found out about this as well." Mizuki asked the second Jinchūriki clone, "I'm very curious about how you did this. You should know that you, who exist as a shadow clone, should not be able to hide anything in your memory. I am really in awe of my wisdom. If I hadn't suddenly wanted to come and see, I really don't know what you would have done!"
"You don't have to find ways to praise yourself. Since you are here, it means I have failed."
Shuimu's main body did not deny the other party's point of view. Shuimu came to the door, and all the other party's small actions naturally had no effect. "Since you are so opinionated, what should I call you?"
"I gave myself a name - Beryl!"