Infinite Clone System - I.C.S Chapter 169: Unveiling the Mystery of the Balrogs

“Chakra creatures!”

Jiraiya concentrated, if you were to say what the most famous chakra creatures are today, it would be the Tailed Beasts.

They are born from the world and are huge chakra entities, even if they die, they can be resurrected after a period of time.

They are naturally wild life forms with endless chakra, after being sealed, they are valuable strategic weapons for the great countries. It can be said that the current balance of power between the five great countries is partly due to the existence of Tailed Beasts and jinchūriki.

But besides the nine Tailed Beasts, there are also other chakra life forms in the ninja world, and even some countries are conducting zero-tailed research.

But at this moment, the flame monster that Fugaku said is different from all the known chakra life forms. Firstly, they are only half-chakra aggregates, the upper body still has biological entities, and they are much weaker than Tailed Beasts, otherwise, they would not have been easily solved by Fugaku.

Well… although Fugaku, who has the Sharingan, would not have too much difficulty dealing with Tailed Beasts…

“It should be the Balrogs.” To everyone’s surprise, Ace seemed to know this kind of creature. He walked to a corpse, perhaps before dying they were unable to control the power of flames, that extremely high temperature instantaneously crystallized the carbon elements inside of them, leaving behind a white statue-like remains in the fiery red armor.

“Balrogs? What are those?” Jiraiya asked

“They were once a type of demon race, demon race is not like the human race, but a loose alliance of several races. In addition to the Holy Lord’s royal family, there are many other types of demons, the Flame Demon clan is one of them,” Ace rubbed his forehead and continued, “But the Flame Demon clan should have been completely eliminated by the wizards a long time ago.”

“But if they were eliminated by the wizards? Why are they now appearing from the invisible empire?” Jiraiya spread his hands, “I think we need some information about these so-called Balrogs, they are likely to be our enemies.”

“…Because for thousands of years, we have always thought that the Flame Demon clan has been completely extinct, so except for knowing that the other side is good at using flames and can mobilize natural energy to some extent, we do not have any other information.”

“Sigh…” Jiraiya slapped his own face, and said helplessly, “Forget it, intelligence is always the most important thing in war, I’ll go undercover in the town and collect some information.”

“You?… Alone?” Ace looked at him doubtfully, “Although I don’t know why you’ve become younger, this kind of thing not only requires the daring of young people, it also needs professionals like me to guide.”

When it comes to Jiraiya’s rejuvenation, almost everyone showed a curious look. After all, they all had heard of the famous Jiraiya, but shouldn’t this guy have entered a mid-life crisis logically? Looks like a young man now?

Fugaku and Shisui had seen Jiraiya before he accepted the Ripples and knew what he looked like before, almost making them doubt their own Sharingan.

The fact that Jiraiya practiced Ripple is currently known only to him and the Third Hokage, not even his disciple Minato Namikaze, As well as Danzo of Anbu who has been pressing Jiraiya and Third Hokage, but the two of them have never revealed it.

Because the Ripples are too mysterious, perhaps it has no effect on the enemy, but even if it doesn’t have a hint of offensive power, the ability to delay aging is so attractive!

Ninjas are not Immortals, their lifespan is like normal people, and you will not live for hundreds of years because you are powerful, and in their later life, they will also suffer from symptoms such as a decline in physical function, chakra reduction, slow nerve response, disease invasion, etc. due to aging.

If the fact that Jiraiya experienced Ripple was made public, then it is unknown how many people would be after Jiraiya’s ripple cultivation method, because there are not many people in this world who can calmly accept death.

That’s why no matter how much the Third Hokage and Jiraiya’s old friends pressured them, the two of them still avoided discussing the matter.

So Jiraiya just answered Ace’s words, “You Know! In the past, I, Jiraiya, experienced the Second Great Ninja War, and then in the Third Great Ninja War, I killed many people, the name of the crazy demon Jiraiya is well known by all!” He laughed loudly, “Don’t say infiltrate a small town, even infiltrating the invisible empire of the demon race would be no problem for me!”

This makes his words somewhat boastful, after all, what is the invisible empire? That is the demon race’s old nest, managed for thousands of years, now the whole ninja world doesn’t even know how to enter it, let alone him infiltrating alone.

“The Balrogs do not have eyes, they observe people through heat sensing, so even if you use shape-shifting techniques, you cannot imitate that extremely high temperature. But I am different…” Ace said confidently “I am also a flame person!”

“It seems reasonable…” Jiraiya said in surprise “I was originally very confident in my infiltration skills…”

“In that case, I’ll go too.” Just as he decided to let Ace gather information, Fugaku suddenly spoke up

“Let me handle this kind of thing.” Ace chuckled, and then his body suddenly transformed into flames, the flames that coiled around his upper body like a flame armor. “See, each trade has its specialization. My disguise is unbeatable.”

Watching everyone’s gaze, Fugaku only explained through action. His body suddenly began to change, and in everyone’s amazed gaze, he slowly emitted fire and transformed into the shape of a demon of flame, just like the one lying on the ground!

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