Hokage: I, Kakuzu, Immortal God
Chapter 260 Kaguya Otsutsuki, Resurrection
"Kakuzu, don't be too arrogant. I have already given away the Samsara Eye. In addition, I have also prepared a big gift for you. I believe you will like that gift very much..."
Hei Jue wanted to push something more, but his body was already completely embedded in the center with stones.
As the last stone rose, his eye that was left alone outside was completely covered.
The huge stone in the sky has taken shape.It looks like a moon from a distance.
Earth Explosion Star completed.
The protagonist of Black Zetsu Saves His Mother has been killed by Kakuzu.
All that's left is to find those "supporting characters" and sort them out one by one.
But before that, Kakuzu had one more thing to do.
Walking to Nagato's side, Nagato was lying on the ground dying, and his red hair gradually turned white.
Covering Nagato's heart with his hand, Yin Dun Yang Dun continued to use force.
The combination of yin and yang can give birth to all things.
Kakuzu is saving Nagato's life.
Under the combination of Yin Dun and Yang Dun, Nagato's complexion gradually improved, and the eye sockets that had been sunken now became protruding again.
Although he lost his reincarnation eye, Nagato also grew new eyes.
And these eyes are Nagato's original ones.
Just as Kakuzu was treating Nagato, something happened on the other side.
Uchiha Madara sat on the rock, holding his cheek with his right hand. He was still waiting for the arrival of his Samsara Eye.
But the fact is that his reincarnation eye seems to have been amputated.
"Obito, Obito, what are you doing!"
Bai Zetsu, who was holding the Rinnegan, looked at Obito in front of him in horror.
Obito didn't talk so much nonsense to him.
"Divine power!"
The twisting power of his left eye instantly twisted Bai Jue in front of him into two pieces.
The two Rinnegan eyes that were about to fall to the ground were also caught by Obito.
Immediately afterwards, Obito also showed off some cool moves.
He dug out the Sharingan in his left eye.
The reincarnation of Uchiha Madara was also installed.
It's hard to say whether you will lose or gain by using your divine power to exchange for the ability of the Samsara Eye.
But Obito has no regrets.
He clenched his fist and felt the feeling of putting on the Samsara Eye.
"Yin Escape, Yang Escape, the power is even stronger!"
I have learned Yin Yang Escape from Uchiha Madara before, and now I am not very familiar with it, but at least I can get started quickly.
"Move the toilet!"
One hand was supporting the ground, and densely packed psychic runes were centered on the palm of the hand and spread out to all sides.
Roar!
A huge heretic demon breaks through the ground.
He appeared in front of Obito in a violent form.
"You guys, go in!"
Obito turned to look at the jinchuriki controlled by him.
The jinchuriki barely hesitated and jumped into the mouth of the heretic golem.
With each jinchūriki joining, one of the eyes on the forehead of the heretic demon will always open.
"Okay, there's one more thing to do next!"
Obito activated the virtualization of his right eye's power, and his body gradually disappeared into this space.
On another battlefield, Nagato gradually opened his eyes.
A line of clear tears flowed from the corner of his eyes.
"Kakuzu-sama, I..."
Recalling what happened before, Nagato felt useless.
He repeatedly suppressed the murderous thoughts in his heart, but in the end he still made a wedding dress for Uchiha Madara.
"Okay, this is none of your business. You've done a good job. No one will blame you!"
Kakuzu tells Nagato not to think too much.
How many people can escape from the schemes of strong men like Uchiha Madara?
There is nothing that can be done about Nagato getting hit.
"Master Kakuzu."
Hearing someone calling him, Kakudu turned his head and looked.
The speaker was a short-haired beauty with blond hair.
She looks very cold, and her figure is also explosive.
With her fighting power, she can at least compete with Tsunade and Sai.
Her name is Samui, a ninja from Kumogakure.
Participated in this ninja war as a sentient ninja.
"what's up."
"There's news from Long Yin. It seems something big happened there. You'd better go back and take a look!"
Ryuyin Village is Kakuzu's base camp.
The war has reached this point, as if the flames of war have already reached there.
Kakuzu pondered for a moment, and he had the answer in his heart.
Kingdom of Dragons.
Facing the huge Susanoo, Heisei Rokuno and hundreds of ninjas surrounded him.
On the surface, Heisei Rokuno and the others surrounded Obito.
But just ask such a big Susanoo, what did Heisei Rokuno and the others use to fight?
"You are the Obito in the rumors, right?"
"No matter what, I won't let you take Nanao away today!"
"Even if I risk my life, I will stop your steps here!"
……
People from Heisei Rokuye said that they would fight tooth and nail to stop Obito today.
But Obito's face was filled with endless indifference.
"What kind of ninjas like you can do to stop me!"
Obito's right eye erupted with swirling flames.
"Fire Escape·Storm Flurry!"
A huge burst of fire shot out, scattering all the ninjas of Ryugin Village in front of them.
Although Heisei Rokuye and many Ryugakure ninjas were a little embarrassed, they still formed seals and prepared to fight back.
"Oh!"
With a burst of smoke, Aya appeared on Nanao's head.
"Liuye, take the people and evacuate immediately!"
"What, this..."
Heisei Rokuye seemed a little in disbelief.
"This is an order from Kakuzu-sama, do as I say!"
"Yes!"
Heisei Rokuye finally nodded and quickly retreated from here with the Ryuugakure ninjas.
Soon only the tall Susan was left confronting the tens of meters long Nanao.
"Chongming, maybe I really want to wrong you now!"
Cai knelt down and gently touched Nanao's hair.
"It's okay, I want to believe you and Kakuzu!"
Over the years, Kakuzu has fully fulfilled his promise and given Nanao maximum freedom without locking it up like a strategic weapon.
If the ninja world can get through this.
Kaku doesn't mind letting Chongming feel real freedom.
"Thank you so much!"
Aya patted Nanao's back, and then jumped off Nanao's body. She took a deep look at the giant Susan, and then quickly evacuated.
Obito in Susanoo was a little confused at first when he saw one and two people running away from Ryuugakure.
This is an obvious conspiracy.
But does this matter to Obito?
"Kakuzu, no matter what you want to do, you can't stop me after all. That new world is the true meaning of peace!"
Obito formed a seal with one hand, and the heretic demon was summoned again.
Countless iron chains spit out from the mouth of the heretic demon, fixing Nanao Shigeaki's body.
During this process, Chongming did not resist at all.
With a little effort, Obito pulled Nanao Shigeaki into the mouth of the heretic demon.
"Hmph, something unexpected will happen to Kakuzu next!"
Obito's body entered the virtual state again, and when he reappeared, he had returned to the original battlefield.
Accompanying Obito came out a huge heretic demon.
"That world should wake up!"
Standing on top of the head of the heretic demon.
He looked down at the tens of thousands of ninja coalition troops below with a thunderous expression on his face.
Obito is preparing to use his ultimate killing move.
The heretic demon statue under his feet also moved at this moment.
The appearance of the Heretic Golem seemed to have changed.
"Oh? It's so interesting, how he managed to gather the nine tailed beasts!"
The body of the heretic demon has begun to change, which shows that the energy in the body is enough.
Could it be that while going to pick up Nanao, Obito also went to Konoha to kill his master?
"Kakuzu-sama has just confirmed it. Teacher Minato said that Mrs. Kushina is still being protected in the barrier. Obito has not obtained the Kyuubi's chakra."
Kakashi stood up and said with a serious expression.
"Oh, since he didn't get the Kyuubi's chakra, how do you explain the heretic demon in front of him? I think he is about to turn into another form!"
Kakashi was silent for a moment, and finally opened his mouth to speak.
"I feel ashamed to say that Kushina-san may not be the only one in this world who possesses the Nine-Tails Chakra. According to ANBU information, there was once a monk in the Fire Temple of the Land of Fire, and he also underwent Nine-Tails Transformation. "
"The Fire Temple is a sacred place for Buddhism, and it is also one of the places that the Daimyo pays the most attention to. In order to prevent the Fire Temple from being affected, the news was deliberately hidden by the Daimyo. Only the Hokage and a few people knew about it. I was also arrested not long ago. inform."
"Oh, I remembered it."
Jiaodu patted his head and almost forgot about such a thing.
The energy of Kyuubi in this world can be roughly divided into three parts.
The first part is the Kyuubi inside Kushina.
That is also the largest part of the head, accounting for at least [-]%.
Another part is in the hands of the Gold and Silver Horn brothers.
But that part of their chakra has been absorbed by Kakuzu.
And it was transformed into the psychic technique, Nine-faced Subaha.
There is also a small part of the chakra that was caught by a guardian of the Twelve Hokage named Kazuma due to the leak of the Nine-Tails Night.
He instilled that part of chakra into his son Sora's body so that he could also complete the Nine-Tails transformation.
Based on this, it can be inferred that Kushina is fine and Gold and Silver Horn has not been resurrected.
Then the chakra of the Nine Tails in the Ten-Tails' body naturally belongs to this boy named Sora.
"Okay, if Obito can find this information, it can be regarded as catching me by surprise!"
Shaking his neck, Kakuzu walked to the front of the battlefield, raised his head slightly and looked directly at Obito on the heretic demon statue.
"Come on, give you time to summon the Ten-Tails!"
Kakuzu was so confident that Obito snorted slightly from above.
He must not lose here.
Just as Obito was about to take action, a person appeared next to him.
"Obito, your movements are still so slow!"
He glanced sideways at Madara Uchiha next to him.
"If you feel relaxed, you can do it. Why didn't you kill Kakuzu?"
"Haha, that guy's plan for this day is not a matter of one or two days. I have not been to this ninja world for so many years. It is normal for some things to be unexpected, but everything is still under control. Within the scope, he will only be a flash in the pan!”
Obito just glanced at him quietly, no matter how much water there was in Uchiha Madara's words.
But he had his own plans anyway.
"The rest is up to you!"
Obito threw a blood-white object with his right hand, and Uchiha Madara caught it with one hand. This was his right eye, the Rinnegan.
It is certainly unhygienic to scratch your eyes.
But when it comes to installing a light bulb, don't be so particular about it.
Uchiha Madara pressed his right eye to the right socket, and his right eye regained its brightness.
As for the left eye, it's still on Obito's body.
"It's okay, but you need to move a little faster."
After saying this, Uchiha Madara turned his gaze to Kakuzu.
The sight of the two people has caused countless sparks in the air.
Their plan was simple, Uchiha Madara stood in front and Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki.
It looks like a very good plan.
"Anyway, the protagonist is dead now. If I kill Obito before you and destroy the remaining Rinnegan, Uchiha Madara, you should say goodbye to this world!"
The third eye on Kakuzu's forehead gradually opened, just when he was about to make a move.
Boom! ! !
The roar from the horizon attracted everyone's attention, and tens of thousands of people unanimously looked in that direction.
That seems to be the easternmost water country.
It was already dusk at this moment, but there seemed to be a huge black hole in the sky over there, which could be seen clearly even from such a distance.
"What happened!"
Kakuzu looked at Samui and asked.
Samyi couldn't come up with an answer for a while, so he could only quickly contact the stronghold in the Kingdom of Water.
Uchiha Madara, who was about to go down and have a big fight with Kakuzu, also stopped.
Looking at the black hole in the sky, his eyes turned to Obito.
"What are you planning to do again?"
Obito frowned.
"What am I doing? What do I want to ask you to do? Isn't this your arrangement?"
"Oh, who would do such boring things!"
Obito and Uchiha Madara are called allies, but in fact they have their own agendas and their ideas are different.
Just look at the two of them.
This doesn't seem to be the masterpiece of either of them.
If it wasn't the work of the two of them, it could only be the work of another person.
"Kakuzu-sama, news came from the contact point in the Kingdom of Water. They don't know why a black hole appeared in the sky. The black hole covered the sky and was absorbing everything around it. With his prominence, the sky It’s also lightning and thunder, and a tsunami. If it’s not stopped in time, I’m afraid the Kingdom of Water will be in catastrophe.”
If this was a natural disaster, it could only be said that Kirigakure had bad luck.
But this is still man-made.
After patting his head, Kakudu expressed that it was a little troublesome.
"Hei Zetsu is indeed a person who can survive in the ninja world for thousands of years. I quite approve of your methods."
"Although you have been sealed now, you have finally achieved your ultimate goal."
The protagonist of "Hei Jue Saves His Mother" died, but he still completed his great achievements.
Kaguya Otsutsuki was resurrected.
As for resurrecting Kaguya Otsutsuki's body, there should be a person more suitable than Madara Uchiha, and that is Shinichi Otsutsuki.
The genuine blood of Otsutsuki flows in his body.
He and Kaguya's bloodline may be more compatible.
Hei Jue wanted to push something more, but his body was already completely embedded in the center with stones.
As the last stone rose, his eye that was left alone outside was completely covered.
The huge stone in the sky has taken shape.It looks like a moon from a distance.
Earth Explosion Star completed.
The protagonist of Black Zetsu Saves His Mother has been killed by Kakuzu.
All that's left is to find those "supporting characters" and sort them out one by one.
But before that, Kakuzu had one more thing to do.
Walking to Nagato's side, Nagato was lying on the ground dying, and his red hair gradually turned white.
Covering Nagato's heart with his hand, Yin Dun Yang Dun continued to use force.
The combination of yin and yang can give birth to all things.
Kakuzu is saving Nagato's life.
Under the combination of Yin Dun and Yang Dun, Nagato's complexion gradually improved, and the eye sockets that had been sunken now became protruding again.
Although he lost his reincarnation eye, Nagato also grew new eyes.
And these eyes are Nagato's original ones.
Just as Kakuzu was treating Nagato, something happened on the other side.
Uchiha Madara sat on the rock, holding his cheek with his right hand. He was still waiting for the arrival of his Samsara Eye.
But the fact is that his reincarnation eye seems to have been amputated.
"Obito, Obito, what are you doing!"
Bai Zetsu, who was holding the Rinnegan, looked at Obito in front of him in horror.
Obito didn't talk so much nonsense to him.
"Divine power!"
The twisting power of his left eye instantly twisted Bai Jue in front of him into two pieces.
The two Rinnegan eyes that were about to fall to the ground were also caught by Obito.
Immediately afterwards, Obito also showed off some cool moves.
He dug out the Sharingan in his left eye.
The reincarnation of Uchiha Madara was also installed.
It's hard to say whether you will lose or gain by using your divine power to exchange for the ability of the Samsara Eye.
But Obito has no regrets.
He clenched his fist and felt the feeling of putting on the Samsara Eye.
"Yin Escape, Yang Escape, the power is even stronger!"
I have learned Yin Yang Escape from Uchiha Madara before, and now I am not very familiar with it, but at least I can get started quickly.
"Move the toilet!"
One hand was supporting the ground, and densely packed psychic runes were centered on the palm of the hand and spread out to all sides.
Roar!
A huge heretic demon breaks through the ground.
He appeared in front of Obito in a violent form.
"You guys, go in!"
Obito turned to look at the jinchuriki controlled by him.
The jinchuriki barely hesitated and jumped into the mouth of the heretic golem.
With each jinchūriki joining, one of the eyes on the forehead of the heretic demon will always open.
"Okay, there's one more thing to do next!"
Obito activated the virtualization of his right eye's power, and his body gradually disappeared into this space.
On another battlefield, Nagato gradually opened his eyes.
A line of clear tears flowed from the corner of his eyes.
"Kakuzu-sama, I..."
Recalling what happened before, Nagato felt useless.
He repeatedly suppressed the murderous thoughts in his heart, but in the end he still made a wedding dress for Uchiha Madara.
"Okay, this is none of your business. You've done a good job. No one will blame you!"
Kakuzu tells Nagato not to think too much.
How many people can escape from the schemes of strong men like Uchiha Madara?
There is nothing that can be done about Nagato getting hit.
"Master Kakuzu."
Hearing someone calling him, Kakudu turned his head and looked.
The speaker was a short-haired beauty with blond hair.
She looks very cold, and her figure is also explosive.
With her fighting power, she can at least compete with Tsunade and Sai.
Her name is Samui, a ninja from Kumogakure.
Participated in this ninja war as a sentient ninja.
"what's up."
"There's news from Long Yin. It seems something big happened there. You'd better go back and take a look!"
Ryuyin Village is Kakuzu's base camp.
The war has reached this point, as if the flames of war have already reached there.
Kakuzu pondered for a moment, and he had the answer in his heart.
Kingdom of Dragons.
Facing the huge Susanoo, Heisei Rokuno and hundreds of ninjas surrounded him.
On the surface, Heisei Rokuno and the others surrounded Obito.
But just ask such a big Susanoo, what did Heisei Rokuno and the others use to fight?
"You are the Obito in the rumors, right?"
"No matter what, I won't let you take Nanao away today!"
"Even if I risk my life, I will stop your steps here!"
……
People from Heisei Rokuye said that they would fight tooth and nail to stop Obito today.
But Obito's face was filled with endless indifference.
"What kind of ninjas like you can do to stop me!"
Obito's right eye erupted with swirling flames.
"Fire Escape·Storm Flurry!"
A huge burst of fire shot out, scattering all the ninjas of Ryugin Village in front of them.
Although Heisei Rokuye and many Ryugakure ninjas were a little embarrassed, they still formed seals and prepared to fight back.
"Oh!"
With a burst of smoke, Aya appeared on Nanao's head.
"Liuye, take the people and evacuate immediately!"
"What, this..."
Heisei Rokuye seemed a little in disbelief.
"This is an order from Kakuzu-sama, do as I say!"
"Yes!"
Heisei Rokuye finally nodded and quickly retreated from here with the Ryuugakure ninjas.
Soon only the tall Susan was left confronting the tens of meters long Nanao.
"Chongming, maybe I really want to wrong you now!"
Cai knelt down and gently touched Nanao's hair.
"It's okay, I want to believe you and Kakuzu!"
Over the years, Kakuzu has fully fulfilled his promise and given Nanao maximum freedom without locking it up like a strategic weapon.
If the ninja world can get through this.
Kaku doesn't mind letting Chongming feel real freedom.
"Thank you so much!"
Aya patted Nanao's back, and then jumped off Nanao's body. She took a deep look at the giant Susan, and then quickly evacuated.
Obito in Susanoo was a little confused at first when he saw one and two people running away from Ryuugakure.
This is an obvious conspiracy.
But does this matter to Obito?
"Kakuzu, no matter what you want to do, you can't stop me after all. That new world is the true meaning of peace!"
Obito formed a seal with one hand, and the heretic demon was summoned again.
Countless iron chains spit out from the mouth of the heretic demon, fixing Nanao Shigeaki's body.
During this process, Chongming did not resist at all.
With a little effort, Obito pulled Nanao Shigeaki into the mouth of the heretic demon.
"Hmph, something unexpected will happen to Kakuzu next!"
Obito's body entered the virtual state again, and when he reappeared, he had returned to the original battlefield.
Accompanying Obito came out a huge heretic demon.
"That world should wake up!"
Standing on top of the head of the heretic demon.
He looked down at the tens of thousands of ninja coalition troops below with a thunderous expression on his face.
Obito is preparing to use his ultimate killing move.
The heretic demon statue under his feet also moved at this moment.
The appearance of the Heretic Golem seemed to have changed.
"Oh? It's so interesting, how he managed to gather the nine tailed beasts!"
The body of the heretic demon has begun to change, which shows that the energy in the body is enough.
Could it be that while going to pick up Nanao, Obito also went to Konoha to kill his master?
"Kakuzu-sama has just confirmed it. Teacher Minato said that Mrs. Kushina is still being protected in the barrier. Obito has not obtained the Kyuubi's chakra."
Kakashi stood up and said with a serious expression.
"Oh, since he didn't get the Kyuubi's chakra, how do you explain the heretic demon in front of him? I think he is about to turn into another form!"
Kakashi was silent for a moment, and finally opened his mouth to speak.
"I feel ashamed to say that Kushina-san may not be the only one in this world who possesses the Nine-Tails Chakra. According to ANBU information, there was once a monk in the Fire Temple of the Land of Fire, and he also underwent Nine-Tails Transformation. "
"The Fire Temple is a sacred place for Buddhism, and it is also one of the places that the Daimyo pays the most attention to. In order to prevent the Fire Temple from being affected, the news was deliberately hidden by the Daimyo. Only the Hokage and a few people knew about it. I was also arrested not long ago. inform."
"Oh, I remembered it."
Jiaodu patted his head and almost forgot about such a thing.
The energy of Kyuubi in this world can be roughly divided into three parts.
The first part is the Kyuubi inside Kushina.
That is also the largest part of the head, accounting for at least [-]%.
Another part is in the hands of the Gold and Silver Horn brothers.
But that part of their chakra has been absorbed by Kakuzu.
And it was transformed into the psychic technique, Nine-faced Subaha.
There is also a small part of the chakra that was caught by a guardian of the Twelve Hokage named Kazuma due to the leak of the Nine-Tails Night.
He instilled that part of chakra into his son Sora's body so that he could also complete the Nine-Tails transformation.
Based on this, it can be inferred that Kushina is fine and Gold and Silver Horn has not been resurrected.
Then the chakra of the Nine Tails in the Ten-Tails' body naturally belongs to this boy named Sora.
"Okay, if Obito can find this information, it can be regarded as catching me by surprise!"
Shaking his neck, Kakuzu walked to the front of the battlefield, raised his head slightly and looked directly at Obito on the heretic demon statue.
"Come on, give you time to summon the Ten-Tails!"
Kakuzu was so confident that Obito snorted slightly from above.
He must not lose here.
Just as Obito was about to take action, a person appeared next to him.
"Obito, your movements are still so slow!"
He glanced sideways at Madara Uchiha next to him.
"If you feel relaxed, you can do it. Why didn't you kill Kakuzu?"
"Haha, that guy's plan for this day is not a matter of one or two days. I have not been to this ninja world for so many years. It is normal for some things to be unexpected, but everything is still under control. Within the scope, he will only be a flash in the pan!”
Obito just glanced at him quietly, no matter how much water there was in Uchiha Madara's words.
But he had his own plans anyway.
"The rest is up to you!"
Obito threw a blood-white object with his right hand, and Uchiha Madara caught it with one hand. This was his right eye, the Rinnegan.
It is certainly unhygienic to scratch your eyes.
But when it comes to installing a light bulb, don't be so particular about it.
Uchiha Madara pressed his right eye to the right socket, and his right eye regained its brightness.
As for the left eye, it's still on Obito's body.
"It's okay, but you need to move a little faster."
After saying this, Uchiha Madara turned his gaze to Kakuzu.
The sight of the two people has caused countless sparks in the air.
Their plan was simple, Uchiha Madara stood in front and Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki.
It looks like a very good plan.
"Anyway, the protagonist is dead now. If I kill Obito before you and destroy the remaining Rinnegan, Uchiha Madara, you should say goodbye to this world!"
The third eye on Kakuzu's forehead gradually opened, just when he was about to make a move.
Boom! ! !
The roar from the horizon attracted everyone's attention, and tens of thousands of people unanimously looked in that direction.
That seems to be the easternmost water country.
It was already dusk at this moment, but there seemed to be a huge black hole in the sky over there, which could be seen clearly even from such a distance.
"What happened!"
Kakuzu looked at Samui and asked.
Samyi couldn't come up with an answer for a while, so he could only quickly contact the stronghold in the Kingdom of Water.
Uchiha Madara, who was about to go down and have a big fight with Kakuzu, also stopped.
Looking at the black hole in the sky, his eyes turned to Obito.
"What are you planning to do again?"
Obito frowned.
"What am I doing? What do I want to ask you to do? Isn't this your arrangement?"
"Oh, who would do such boring things!"
Obito and Uchiha Madara are called allies, but in fact they have their own agendas and their ideas are different.
Just look at the two of them.
This doesn't seem to be the masterpiece of either of them.
If it wasn't the work of the two of them, it could only be the work of another person.
"Kakuzu-sama, news came from the contact point in the Kingdom of Water. They don't know why a black hole appeared in the sky. The black hole covered the sky and was absorbing everything around it. With his prominence, the sky It’s also lightning and thunder, and a tsunami. If it’s not stopped in time, I’m afraid the Kingdom of Water will be in catastrophe.”
If this was a natural disaster, it could only be said that Kirigakure had bad luck.
But this is still man-made.
After patting his head, Kakudu expressed that it was a little troublesome.
"Hei Zetsu is indeed a person who can survive in the ninja world for thousands of years. I quite approve of your methods."
"Although you have been sealed now, you have finally achieved your ultimate goal."
The protagonist of "Hei Jue Saves His Mother" died, but he still completed his great achievements.
Kaguya Otsutsuki was resurrected.
As for resurrecting Kaguya Otsutsuki's body, there should be a person more suitable than Madara Uchiha, and that is Shinichi Otsutsuki.
The genuine blood of Otsutsuki flows in his body.
He and Kaguya's bloodline may be more compatible.
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