Ninja Recruitment System

Letting someone else's bugs enter your body and control them is extremely dangerous, equivalent to putting your life in someone else's hands. So, upon hearing Zhang Miao's suggestion, the Fourth Raikage immediately frowned.

"Is this really necessary?"

"Mm-hmm!" Zhang Miao shrugged at the Raikage's frown. "It's obvious, of course. You can refuse, but it's not my loss."

Hearing Zhang Miao's words, the Fourth Raikage's frown deepened. He knew Zhang Miao was right, so after a few moments of silence, he decided.

"At this point, I have no choice but to trust you!"

Saying this, the Fourth Raikage removed his white outer garment and nodded at Zhang Miao.

"Let's do it!"

Zhang Miao was surprised by the Fourth Raikage's readiness. After a brief pause, he gave him a thumbs-up.

"You're a real man. From now on, I won't call you 'Raikage Blackie.' Shino, start!"

"Yes!"

Shino Aburame responded immediately to Zhang Miao's command. A female tracking bug flew out from his collar and entered the Raikage's chest.

As the tracking bug entered, Zhang Miao noticed that, although the Raikage's expression remained calm, a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. It was unclear if this was from pain, fear, or both.

Seeing this, Zhang Miao curled his lips into a smile. "It looks like he's not as fearless as he appears."

After about ten seconds, the tracking bug re-emerged from the Raikage's body and flew back into Shino's hand.

After securing the bug, Shino nodded at Zhang Miao.

"Boss, the explosive bugs have been cleared!"

Upon hearing this, the Raikage wiped a bit of blood from his chest with his clothing and nodded at Zhang Miao.

"Thanks a lot!"

As soon as the Raikage finished speaking, the system's prompt sounded in Zhang Miao's mind.

"Ding... Congratulations, Your Highness, you have received A's gratitude, obtaining 10 seven-star Kage-level A ninja fragments!"

Helping the Raikage was partly an effort by Zhang Miao to build a good relationship for future fragment collections. Hearing the system's notification, his smile grew even brighter.

"I've already started collecting his fragments so quickly. It seems the Raikage knows how to be grateful. My help wasn't in vain!"

Thinking this, Zhang Miao nodded at the Raikage while smiling.

"Alright, Raikage, the explosive bugs have been cleared. You can use your jutsu now, so you should be safe. You go ahead; I'll handle things here and catch up later."

"Handle things here?" The Raikage looked puzzled. "What else is there to do here?"

"Well..."

Seeing the Raikage's confused expression, Zhang Miao thought momentarily before nodding at him.

"Since you'll find out eventually, I'll just show you. It's too unbelievable to explain, so seeing is believing. Keep your eyes wide open."

With that, Zhang Miao turned to the bodies of the five Hyena Clan members, clasped his hands, and formed the "Ram" seal, uttering in a low voice.

"Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!"

The Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique is the highest level of resurrection jutsu in the Naruto storyline. It is a forbidden S-rank jutsu that only Rinnegan users can perform.

Like the Reanimation Jutsu, this jutsu requires the user's life in exchange. In the original story, Nagato used it to revive the people he killed in Konoha after being persuaded by Naruto, exhausting his chakra and life force.

However, Zhang Miao was not bound by this limitation. With the system, he could use ninja fragments to offset the jutsu's chakra and life force costs!

This applied to the Reanimation Jutsu and the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!

If Zhang Miao had used the Reanimation Jutsu to revive the five Hyena Clan members, it would have cost 400 ordinary ninja fragments per Jonin-level individual, totaling 2000 fragments for all five.

However, the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique only required 1600 ordinary ninja fragments per use. It could revive all ninjas in the user's line of sight, making it more convenient and cost-effective.

Therefore, Zhang Miao chose to use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect the Hyena Clan members in front of him.

Under his jutsu's effect, golden light strands appeared, falling like raindrops on the Hyena Clan's bodies. These "golden rains" rejuvenated their previously shriveled skin, making it complete and supple again.

After about two minutes, the "golden rain" ceased, and the five Hyena Clan members, who had been dead for some time, began to open their eyes and rise one by one.

This scene was beyond Raikage's understanding, so he immediately retreated a great distance and shouted at Zhang Miao.

"Careful, they're dangerous!"

Hearing his warning, Zhang Miao laughed and waved his hand dismissively. "Don't worry, they're my subordinates now."

As soon as Zhang Miao finished speaking, the five Hyena Clan members knelt on one knee before him.

"Thank you, Lord Hades, for granting us new life. We pledge our loyalty and lives to you, spreading your glory across the ninja world!"

Those resurrected by the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique were as loyal to Zhang Miao as those revived by the Reanimation Jutsu.

Seeing this, Zhang Miao nodded at them.

"Alright, I accept your loyalty. Whatever your names were before, from now on, you'll be called Monkey One, Monkey Two, Monkey Three, Monkey Four, and Monkey Five. Now, rise!"

"Yes, Lord!" When Zhang Miao finished speaking, the five responded in unison and stood up.

The system's prompt sounded in Zhang Miao's mind at that moment.

"Ding... Congratulations, Your Highness, you have received 10 ninja fragments each from Monkey One, Monkey Two, Monkey Three, Monkey Four, and Monkey Five!"

Hearing this prompt, Zhang Miao was elated.

"As I expected, any character who appeared in the original story, regardless of having a name, can be recruited as elite ninjas. Recruiting these five will significantly advance my recruitment progress!"

With this thought, Zhang Miao's smile widened. He turned and nodded at the dumbfounded Raikage.

"The journey to Kumogakure is long, and Karui is injured. With people to carry him, we can leave sooner. These free laborers shouldn't go to waste. Right?"

"Uh..."

Hearing Zhang Miao's words, the Raikage was once again left speechless.