Vegapunk didn't know that someone was coveting his brain. He was currently dealing with a group of assassins and killers.
"Seriously, we're only a few hundred kilometers from Konoha, and we still run into Ninja from Kumogakure Ninja and Iwagakure Ninja. Is Konohagakure's deterrent power really that low now?"
With a helpless expression, Vegapunk removed his hand from the head of a Ninja wearing a Konoha forehead protector, shaking his head with a speechless look.
"That's normal! Ninja are inherently like that. It's much easier to destroy than to protect! Konohagakure can't protect its surroundings, and other Villages are pretty much the same."
Mei Terumī stood by, speaking calmly, making it hard to tell that she had just effortlessly melted three Ninja with terrifying ferocity.
"But has Master confirmed that it was Kumogakure Ninja and Iwagakure Ninja who did this? Konohagakure wasn't involved?"
"Of course, don't worry. My brainwave reading is a completely different system from Chakra, so those seals in their brains have no effect on me."
Any Ninja sent out by a Village to do dirty work would certainly have various seals in their brains, and would even undergo rigorous brainwashing, to ensure that no one could extract information from their mouths or minds.
However, those seals are for the chakra system. Vegapunk can directly use the Quantum chip's massive computing power to deduce the opponent's brainwave signals and convert them into concrete information, achieving something akin to mind-reading and memory extraction, completely ignoring the existence of those seals.
After all, no matter how much they seal, they can't seal away brainwaves. If they could, then it wouldn't be a living sacrifice, but a dead person!
The forces sent by Iwagakure Ninja and Kumogakure Ninja were actually not weak: two Jonin, four Special Jōnin, and more than a dozen elite Chunin. This level of strength, even for assassinating a Kage, had a slight possibility of success if intelligence was sufficient.
It's important to know that, under normal circumstances, the total number of Jonin in a single Village wouldn't exceed a hundred, and those who reach the Jonin position and are willing to delve into the darkness to do dirty work for the Village are even rarer. Even a large Ninja Village would struggle to find a few.
Konoha is known as the strongest Ninja Village in the Ninja World, but the Jonin who actually do dirty work can be counted on five fingers. Other Ninja Villages are naturally no exception.
It was clear that Kumogakure Ninja and Iwagakure Ninja were indeed very wary of Vegapunk. This time, Vegapunk was invited to Konoha, and if he were killed en route, Konoha would naturally be the most likely suspect.
Even if other Ninja Villages had suspicions, the first target for war would probably still be Konohagakure, which is always considered the strongest. One could say that the two great Ninja Villages were using a complete open conspiracy this time.
Unfortunately, the two great Ninja Villages knew nothing about Vegapunk's true strength. Although they knew Vegapunk had powerful guardians around him, they always thought Vegapunk himself had no combat ability, which is why they felt they had an opportunity.
However, those Ninja hadn't even approached the carriage before they were sensed by Vegapunk's and Hancock's Observation Haki. Afterwards, Hancock sent the coachman (Uchiha Obito) and the maid (Mei Terumī) to deal with them.
But Vegapunk felt that simply eliminating them was too wasteful, so under Obito's instructions, most of the Iwagakure Ninja and Kumogakure Ninja survived, only to be turned into idiots by Vegapunk's electronic pulses.
As for what kind of biological weapons or test subjects these guys would be transformed into later by Vegapunk, that remained unknown.
"I'll go to the laboratory in Amenominaka Space to modify these people! Hmm, I think they'll be useful in Konohagakure."
Vegapunk instructed the others, had Hancock open the door to the alternate dimension, and disappeared into space with the test subjects.
Once Vegapunk left, Uchiha Obito and Mei Terumī were left standing beside Hancock. Hancock didn't even glance at them, going directly into the carriage to rest.
Mei Terumī cautiously boarded the carriage as well. When Vegapunk was around, Hancock would restrain herself a bit, but now that Vegapunk had gone to conduct experiments, she would probably be terribly bullied throughout the journey.
Seriously, why doesn't Konohagakure have space teleportation arrays installed? There aren't even cars or trains, and they still have to ride in such backward things as carriages! Mei Terumī complained silently in her heart.
As for Uchiha Obito, he merely shrugged, then went back to driving the carriage. Of course, Uchiha Obito hadn't actually learned how to drive a carriage; he just cast a Genjutsu on the horses and let them run on their own... "Hmm, is it time?"
Vegapunk glanced at his watch. According to the time reminder on the watch, Hancock and the others should be arriving at Konohagakure soon, right?
He then looked at the Ninja he had modified. Due to time constraints, limited resources, and the fact that they were enemies, Vegapunk used a nearly destructive method of modification.
After being modified, those Ninja had ashen faces, bulging muscles, and looked incredibly strong. The Chakra fluctuations around them were extremely intense, almost three to four times that of a normal Jonin.
At the same time, Vegapunk also installed intelligent combat chips in their brains to control the Chakra within their bodies, allowing them to use the Ninjutsu they were skilled at almost without hand seals.
After this series of modifications, the stronger among these Ninja could almost contend with Kage-level Ninja, and the weaker ones wouldn't be inferior to Jonin. However, this modification method was carried out by squeezing their life force and destroying their intelligence. According to Vegapunk's estimation, these Ninja not only had their potential exhausted, but their lifespan was also probably only a few years left.
"Forget it, why pursue so much for a one-time weapon? And their strength is just right."
Vegapunk shook his head. After integrating most of the Ninjutsu knowledge from the Naruto World, if Vegapunk had wanted to, he could indeed have made these one-time weapons even more perfect. It wouldn't even be too difficult to create one-time suicide fighters capable of using the Eight Gates from the bodies of two Jonin.
However, for Vegapunk, that would be too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it would also be difficult to control the destructive power. What he required was suitability, not mere power.
"I wonder if Konohagakure will like the gift I'm sending them?"
Vegapunk smiled. He didn't think his visit to Konoha, under the name of the Sea Country Alliance, would truly go smoothly. If that were the case, it would be more interesting to first throw Konoha, Kumogakure Ninja, and Iwagakure Ninja into chaos.
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