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"Mina-san, could your summoning beast participate in the battlefield? If we have the assistance of your summoning beast, it could greatly reduce our casualties."
After listening to Shikaku's report, Jiraiya sought out Mina at the medical unit.
However, he had to wait for a long time, only managing to catch Mina during her break, which was nearly around noon the next day; the ninja injured last night were so numerous that the medical unit was busy until the next day, by which time all the injured had been attended to.
As for those who died on the spot, that was beyond the capabilities of the medical unit.
Mina was the most diligent in treating the injured last night. Her chakra capacity, the unique properties of her chakra, and her unparalleled medical ninjutsu skills meant she single-handedly took care of a third of all treatments.
After arranging for others to take over her duties, Mina was preparing to go rest.
But just then, she encountered Jiraiya.
After hearing Jiraiya's request, Mina immediately shook her head and said, "Jiraiya-sama, Gates is not my summoning beast. It is Yoichi-sama's summoning beast. Only Yoichi-sama can command it.
In fact, if it weren't for the Sand Ninja attempting to harm me last night, Gates wouldn't have bothered to move."
Jiraiya, not willing to give up, inquired, "Can't you persuade it?"
"Gates does not listen to me. Only Yoichi-sama can communicate with it."
Mina still shook her head, implying that while she could convey a message to Yoichi to send a message to Gates, it wasn't necessary.
She had already done enough. As a medical ninja, she had excelled in treating injuries and preventing the enemy's poison, soon to be promoted for her contributions.
There was no need to trouble Yoichi-sama for Jiraiya-sama's request.
"Perhaps, Jiraiya-sama, you might consider asking Yoichi-sama directly."
"Then, I'll give it a try," said Jiraiya, seeing that Mina wouldn't relent, and left somewhat awkwardly.
Though he mentioned giving it a try, he had no intention of actually seeking help from Yoichi.
After Jiraiya left, he decided to follow Shikaku's advice and request reinforcements from the village.
According to their intelligence, the Sand Ninjas still had at least two thousand ninjas in the River Country, while Konoha only had three hundred ninjas in Kikyo Castle.
If the Sand continued to attack twice more, they would face a significant number of casualties and might have to abandon Kikyo Castle.
The news quickly reached Konoha, but the situation in the village was also not great.
The Third Raikage's retaliation came quickly. Although Konoha was prepared, facing the aggressive Cloud Ninjas, the village atmosphere couldn't help but become somewhat tense.
With three thousand Cloud Ninjas indicating Konoha would need to prepare at least four ninja squads, two thousand Konoha ninjas to confront the Cloud Village.
Fortunately, the Third Raikage had lost an arm, significantly weakening his power.
...
In the Hokage's office, surrounded by smoke, one piece of bad news after another almost overwhelmed Hiruzen. Now, he was pondering over his pipe how to deal with the upcoming challenges.
This situation was different from the Second Shinobi World War when they proactively went to war to establish their authority after the death of the Second Hokage to prevent being underestimated by other ninja villages.
After making a plan, they aggressively attacked, severely hitting the Rain Country's morale, nearly shattering Hanzo's dream of the Sixth Great Ninja Village, and gaining an upper hand in wars against the Rock and Sand.
However, they didn't go to war with the Cloud, as the Second Hokage was killed by Gold and Silver Brothers, but the Second Raikage also died at the hands of those Cloud ninjas, giving Konoha no reason for revenge.
Suddenly, the door to the Hokage's office was forcefully opened, revealing Danzo . Sarutobi put down his pipe and asked, "Danzo, any news?"
"Somewhat. The Rock has deployed at least three hundred ninjas along the border with the Grass Country, though it seems they have no intention of invading. Besides the Grass Country, we've also found quite a few Rock ninjas in the Waterfall Country."
As Danzo reported, he placed the intelligence scroll on Sarutobi's desk.
The Waterfall Country, heading east, borders the Iron Country, which interestingly demarcated an area for ninjas to pass through on their territory. This area is somewhat desolate but perfectly allows Rock or Cloud ninjas to borrow paths from each other.
"Doesn't the Waterfall Village have any pride as a ninja village? They even have the Seven-Tails."
Sarutobi frowned as he opened the scroll to closely examine the intelligence. Root's methods of gathering intelligence from other countries proved to be somewhat more effective than ANBU.
Root didn't shy away from using any means necessary to complete their missions. Sarutobi was aware of Root's training and mission execution methods. If he were managing Root, he might not have been able to do as Danzo did.
Yet, the village needed this darker aspect, as now, to gather specific intelligence on the Rock's troop distribution, Root's existence was essential, which is why Sarutobi tolerated and even reinstated Danzo.
"The Waterfall Village has big ambitions. They lack a leader like Hanzo but harbor his dream. They naturally want to gain benefits, so they align with a major country."
Danzo casually mocked the Waterfall Village before continuing, "While the Rock is guarding against us, they're also wary of the Cloud. Given the relationship between the Rock and Cloud, they probably despise the Cloud more. Sarutobi, what's your plan?"
"Let's discuss it with Koharu and Homura."
After some thought, Sarutobi decided to call for a meeting. He wasn't as decisive as before.
Danzo noticed this and sneered internally. If it were the Sarutobi from the Second Shinobi World War, a decision would have already been made.
Soon, Koharu and Homura arrived at the Hokage's office. They had been classmates and teammates for decades, and Sarutobi had grown accustomed to relying on them for advice.
After sharing Danzo's intelligence and the situation at Kikyo Castle with them, Koharu and Homura quickly grasped the current state of the ninja world.
Upon review, they realized the Fire Country was in a precarious position with too many potential battlefronts and not enough new ninjas.
"Sarutobi, what's your plan?"
After adding some tobacco to his pipe and lighting it, Sarutobi said, "For the Cloud front, I'm thinking of having Sakumo lead three ninja squads to hold them off, and keep Orochimaru in the village."
Given the uncertain movements of the Rock, they needed to keep some forces in reserve, especially since the Mist, although currently docile, might seize the opportunity to cause trouble.
"Sending Sakumo to deal with the situation in the Hot Water Country is a good idea, but the Cloud's aggressive stance this time means giving him too few men won't be enough."
Homura added. Once Sarutobi made a decision, he and Koharu would address any oversights.
The four of them discussed and soon decided on who to send and how many ninjas to deploy against the Cloud Village.
Danzo had hoped to take command of the eastern front, believing Sarutobi's moment of weakness was an opportunity to gain significant merits.
He set his sights on the Cloud Village, aiming to gain more prestige than Jiraiya by defeating the Cloud. With the merits of being a disciple of the Second Hokage and his war contributions, he hoped to compete for the title of the Fourth Hokage.
Danzo thought the Third Raikage's injury, combined with his advantage in Wind Release over Lightning Release, gave him significant confidence.
However, Sarutobi flatly rejected his proposal. Sakumo was also a formidable Wind Release ninja, and the Root needed Danzo for leadership and intelligence gathering.
Sarutobi, Koharu, and Homura then started to detail their plan, deciding who to send and how to manage logistics and medical support.
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[Master of Dreams]: A partial ability of the Dream God, capable of creating anything within dreams. Actions within the dream follow the rules of reality, and the memories and sensations from the dream can transfer to the real body.
This was a new ability for Yoichi, one he found potent and believed would become even stronger with proper development.
Abilities related to gods or rules, when effectively utilized in certain aspects, could be terrifyingly powerful. The Master of Dreams was one such ability.
"Let's give it a try. Understanding how to use this ability requires experimentation, though I'm not sleepy right now."
Yoichi, after some thought, went out to the Konoha Hospital to buy some sleeping pills for forced slumber.
Upon returning home, he also summoned a small snake that could understand human speech, asking it to watch over his body while he slept.
This snake, recommended by Orochimaru from the Ryuchi Cave, held great potential. With proper training, it could reach levels similar to his own.
After taking the sleeping pills, Yoichi quickly fell asleep.
Upon falling asleep, he felt his consciousness flicker and suddenly found himself in a blank space.
"It's too bright."
He instinctively said, causing the space to dim to a comfortable level of brightness.
"Under my control? The Master of Dreams truly lives up to its name. And it mentioned that memories and sensations from the dream would transfer to my real body, similar to the Shadow Clone Technique. Does this mean I can train in my dream and wake up with the same gains?"
"Forty-eight hours, is this the time I have in this dream? It seems short. But let's see how my real body reacts after I leave."
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Creating a shadow clone felt just like using a technique in reality, as if part of his chakra had indeed split off.
"You practice the Flying Thunder God Technique. I'll work on something else."
Yoichi had his clone practice the Flying Thunder God Technique, still not quite mastered, while he planned to work on the Reanimation Jutsu.
"A sacrifice, the flesh I collected earlier, and a scroll!"
As he spoke, these three items appeared before him, surprising Yoichi.
He examined them closely. The sacrifice was an unconscious stranger, ready to be used for the Reanimation Jutsu; the flesh was indeed from Mabumu, and the markings on the storage scroll were made by him personally.
"Let's see."
He then began practicing the Reanimation Jutsu.
Capable of summoning the dead back from the pure land, this forbidden jutsu was originally developed by the Second Hokage to complement another forbidden jutsu, the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
Only the infinitely regenerating reanimated bodies could fully exploit the potential of the explosive tags.
The enhancement of the reanimated bodies to regain their original power was the work of Orochimaru and Kabuto.
How exactly they modified it, Yoichi wasn't sure, but he knew the quality of the sacrifice directly affected the reanimated body's power, with the best sacrifice being White Zetsu cells containing Hashirama's DNA.
"Modified Summoning Jutsu, connecting to the underworld, using the chakra contained in the flesh for summoning... the Second Hokage was a genius to be able to modify it like this."
In his first attempt, Yoichi merely followed the procedure without considering enhancing power. Getting the reanimation to work was the first sign of success.
The dream even provided a living person for the sacrifice, so connecting to the underworld for reanimation shouldn't be an issue, as his actions were governed by the laws of reality.
The first reanimation attempt failed, only summoning debris that adhered to the sacrifice, who then died.
"It seems I got the summoning formula wrong. Another sacrifice, please."
The second attempt at reanimation also failed.
The third, fourth, fifth... After attempting once every half hour, Yoichi had tried over seventy times, visibly frustrated.
"This time it must work!"
Having made almost every conceivable mistake and taking notes to remind himself, Yoichi aimed to avoid the errors made in the previous seventy-plus attempts.
"Reanimation Jutsu!"
The summoning formula activated, and debris began to gather on the sacrifice, quickly taking Mabumu's form.
"It worked!"
Yoichi was elated as the reanimated body did not disintegrate, indicating the critical step of the Reanimation Jutsu was successful.
Next, he inserted a control talisman into the reanimated body's head.
Having prepared the control talisman in advance, he was finally able to use it after more than seventy attempts.
After inserting the talisman, Yoichi awakened Mabumu's consciousness.
"How am I here?"
"Silence!"
Commanded Yoichi , and Mabumu immediately fell silent, though still glaring angrily.
"Use the Shadow Clone Technique at full strength."
Following the command, Mabumu executed the Shadow Clone Technique, managing only three clones.
"Only three clones at full strength... His chakra is less than that of a Chunin!"
Yoichi's disappointment was evident. This reanimated body's quality was the lowest tier, but at least the reanimation was a success.
"For improvements... The strength is related to the sacrifice, so increasing the reanimated body's control is necessary. Orochimaru and Kabuto must have modified the control talisman. Otherwise, Kabuto controlling dozens of reanimations would be too taxing."
Yoichi pondered, realizing that controlling a single reanimated body already required a bit of effort, and managing two would consume all his focus.
The experimentation continued.
(End of Chapter)
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"It's difficult. It's best to wait for Mina to return. We have too little knowledge about sealing techniques, and the talisman improvements show no effect."
Even with ample time, Yoichi tried several times, but with virtually no effect.
His control remained as it was; his current use of the Impure World Reincarnation was basically the initial form of the forbidden jutsu, erasing consciousness and turning the reanimated body into a mere shell.
Unlike Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation technique, which could erase all consciousness except for the combat awareness.
In essence, the issue was a lack of accumulated knowledge. Curse marks and sealing techniques are deeply interconnected, and his skill in sealing techniques was mediocre, or rather, non-existent.
"This 'Master of Dream' should have other uses; otherwise, with just this little functionality, can it even be considered a 'master'?"
Yoichi glanced at the time, only three hours left, and his Shadow Clone was still practicing.
This was somewhat abnormal. Yoichi suddenly noticed this issue. Using ninjutsu here consumes chakra, but it also recovers, albeit the recovery speed here was unusually fast.
About five times his usual chakra recovery rate. Normally, it would take a day to recover after depleting his chakra, but in this dream, it only took a bit over four hours.
Based on his chakra volume and recovery speed in the dream, unless using long-distance Flying Thunder God Technique, it was hard to deplete his chakra, allowing for continuous practice.
"There should be other abilities besides this. Since even the consciousness of a cotton doll can be made so real, could it be possible to summon real people, like Mikoto-san?"
When Yoichi used this ability, many people flashed through his mind, ultimately hesitating between Mina and Mikoto.
However, considering if it were possible to bring the real consciousness of a person, pulling Mina from the battlefield could lead to issues.
Mikoto-san was different, she barely did household chores in Konoha, the busiest she got was helping him with paperwork.
As soon as Yoichi finished calling out Mikoto's name, the space in front of him rippled like water waves, suddenly changing the scene.
It seemed like Fugaku's house, with an open door leading to a study, and Mikoto was leaning over a desk filled with documents.
'Am I in Mikoto-san's dream, or has the dream space turned into Fugaku's house?'
"Yoichi? How did you get here?"
Mikoto suddenly woke up. Seeing Yoichi at the doorway, her heart started racing with surprise.
Since coming back from the hospital, she hadn't visited Yoichi for a few days. She was supposed to report to him but didn't go, always remembering the embarrassing incident at the hospital.
Hence, she had been procrastinating for several days.
"Me? I specifically came to see Mikoto-san. After what happened at the hospital, I went for a check-up, and the doctor told me I can't have children. It's all your fault, Mikoto-san!"
Yoichi began with a straight face, spouting nonsense. This was a dream, and he had many things he wanted to try.
"No, could it really be?"
Hearing this, Mikoto instantly covered her mouth in shock. She just wanted to escape the awkwardness of that day, never imagining that her actions could lead to such severe consequences.
"Yoichi, I'm so sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."
"Saying sorry won't do, Mikoto-san. How will you compensate me?"
Yoichi coldly approached Mikoto, taking the opportunity to appreciate her appearance in a tight waistcoat and short skirt, indeed pleasing to the eye.
"I don't know, Yoichi, I'm terribly sorry. I'll do my best to compensate you. Just tell me, and I won't refuse if I can do it."
Mikoto hurriedly apologized, not realizing the gravity of her mistake.
"Of course, you can do it, Mikoto-san. You wouldn't be unable to handle this matter, would you?"
As Yoichi approached Mikoto and extended his hand to wrap around her tightly clothed waist, he pulled her into his embrace.
"Yoichi."
Mikoto was startled by the closeness; she could feel her breath heating up Yoichi's face.
Too close. She was a married woman and definitely should not engage in such acts, especially in her own home where Fugaku could return at any moment.
Thus, Mikoto tried to struggle violently to leave Yoichi's embrace. However, as she began to push him away, she heard Yoichi whisper in her ear,
"Mikoto-san, haven't you realized yet? This is your dream."
"Dream?"
"Correct. You've been thinking about it, so I appeared in your dream. And Mikoto-san, are you sure you don't want to compensate? After doing something so terrible, do you plan to act as if nothing happened after some time?"
"No, Yoichi."
"This is your dream, Mikoto-san. You wanted me here, and you also want this to happen. Everything in this dream is your own will."
"My own will?"
Confusion flashed across Mikoto's face; she indeed noticed something odd about this place. It was too quiet, and if Yoichi had visited, the caretaker would have at least informed her.
"Correct. And Mikoto-san, do you really want to resist?"
Seeing Mikoto's hand stop pushing him away, Uchiha Yoichi's hand holding her waist slid down further.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx~1 Hour Later~xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mikoto suddenly woke up, but the scene in front of her changed instantly. She was facing a desk and a pile of disorderly documents.
The documents were wrinkled, with sweat stains on them.
The Yoichi from just now disappeared, leaving Mikoto stunned for a moment before she hastily looked down.
Her clothes were properly worn, not a button misplaced. Was that truly her dream, albeit too vivid?
She felt sweaty all over and experienced a soreness around her waist. Was it because she slept in an awkward position on the desk?
As Mikoto got up, she felt the chair was wet. Her face flushed with embarrassment, and she hurriedly grabbed some paper to dry the chair.
"Lady, are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?"
Kazumi knocked on the door twice, asking with concern. (Is the name of the caretaker)
"I'm fine, Kazumi-san. By the way, did anyone visit just now?"
"No, I've been cleaning at the front door, no visitors."
"Then thank you for your hard work. Please rest a bit after you finish cleaning."
After Mikoto reassured herself, her heart slightly eased. That indeed was a dream; otherwise, how could she suddenly return to the study from her bedroom, fully dressed?
"So, it was a dream."
Her voice carried an inexplicable emotion, a mix of relief and an indistinct sense of loss.
However, thinking back to that dream, Mikoto wondered if it was really a product of her constant thoughts.
Although she indeed thought about the incident at the hospital, was today's dream truly what she desired deep down?
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"Once the time is up, you immediately wake up, with memories and sensations truly transferred back to the body in reality. And it's only been two hours,"
Yoichi woke up and checked the time. Precisely two hours had passed since he took the sleeping pills.
He clearly remembered the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and Yoichi also felt an improvement in his Flying Thunder God Technique. Continuous practice for forty-eight hours significantly enhanced his control over the technique.
Using the Dream Dominance for practice with ten Shadow Clones was manageable for him, allowing for extended periods of training. Thus, for Yoichi, sleeping for two hours was equivalent to two hundred days of practice.
Three rounds of this amounted to nearly two years of training experience. Such a fortune.
And with Mikoto-san, in the dream space, he directly broke through three layers of her bottom line, eventually making her face her wedding photo in the bedroom. (Fugaku got NTR'ed!)
"Such a powerful ability!"
Yoichi immediately gave his first use of Master of Dreams a perfect rating, though he wished for more time. He left the dream space solely because time was up.
He then picked up the sleeping pills, took two more, and went back to sleep.
Soon, Yoichi fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.
Upon waking, Uchiha Yoichi noted the time spent sleeping and couldn't help but quip, "A waste of effort, no wonder it's only a partial ability, there's a limit to the number of uses!"
This ability was apparently once a day. His second attempt to sleep was just that, sleeping, with immediate wakefulness after closing his eyes.
But considering, if there were no limits to the number of uses, Yoichi could lie in bed for a month, practicing in the dream for over seven hundred days.
After sleeping through the afternoon and waking up near evening,
Yoichi had some food and then stretched a bit.
He then planned to produce more Flying Thunder God Kunai.
"First, create enough Flying Thunder God Kunai to cover the entire Land of Fire, planting a few outside as transfer points. This way, I can go anywhere in the Land of Fire."
The battle gear research factory, pharmaceutical factory, and ninja game development company were definite locations for planting. To be cautious, he also buried a few Flying Thunder God Kunai in other places.
Yoichi's Flying Thunder God mark was a three tomoe, resembling the Sharingan, making the production of Flying Thunder God Kunai quite easy.
Soon, he made some.
...
The next day,
Yoichi saw no pressing matters in the morning. He initially planned to use the Master of Dreams then, but decided to wait until evening.
By then, Mina should also be resting, allowing him to pull her into the dream space to help improve control over the Impure World Reincarnation technique and curse marks.
With improved control and reduced effort to manage the reanimated bodies, Uchiha Yoichi could immediately start enhancing the sacrifices' strength, bringing the reanimated bodies' power infinitely close to their original level.
This way, collecting more Jōnin-level corpses during wars would provide him with a force of fully obedient, fearless Jōnin-level fighters.
When Yoichi was about to proceed with his training, Orochimaru suddenly paid him a visit. Having heard that Yoichi had been discharged from the hospital for two days, Orochimaru invited him to the laboratory for a visit.
It was about a simplified version of Sage Mode that Orochimaru had developed.
With the precision equipment provided by Yoichi, the sample of the youth capable of absorbing natural energy, and Orochimaru's own insights from practicing Sage Art, he managed to invent a simplified Sage Mode in such a short time.
"Yoichi, actually creating the curse mark so quickly was due to an inspiration that came by chance. However, it's not a perfect Sage Mode, but a degraded version. It's quite similar to that clan's physique but controllable, so there won't be incidents of going berserk. As for other aspects, it resembles that clan quite a lot."
Orochimaru said with a smile, referring to changes in appearance.
Absorbing too much natural energy without proper control could lead to various transformations. Although Sage Mode from Ryūchi Cave wouldn't turn a person into stone, it could drive them mad.
Soon, the two entered the laboratory.
Located in a very secluded area of Konoha, on the opposite side of the Forest of Death, Orochimaru even kept several large snakes, over ten meters long, at the entrance to hide the entrance to the underground laboratory from others.
The ventilation was excellent underground, and the space was vast.
Upon entering, Yoichi saw Orochimaru's apprentice, who already showed signs of training. It seemed Orochimaru didn't entirely use him as an experimental subject.
"Look, Yoichi, these are the test subjects; for the newly developed Sage Curse Mark, I can control it."
With that, Orochimaru made a hand seal, and the test subjects from the Shimura clan in the cages immediately fell to the ground in agony. Then, strange patterns appeared on their bodies.
Yoichi activated his three-tomoe Sharingan to closely observe the chakra changes in these test subjects.
After the strange patterns covered their bodies, their skin changed color, and their bodies underwent transformations: their arms thickened, horns grew on their heads, and bulging tumors appeared on their backs.
"This transformation is quite noticeable."
Yoichi commented. The strength enhancement was also significant. The person's chakra was average, but after entering the second state, their chakra increased threefold.
Perhaps due to the test subject's initially low chakra, such a dramatic increase was seen.
For others, there would likely be a significant boost as well.
"People with average talent should not activate the second state of the Sage Curse Mark for more than five minutes. Otherwise, even with the Sage Curse Mark, they won't be able to withstand the erosion of natural energy, ultimately leading to death. Hehe, this inspiration came from the White Snake Sage."
Who enjoys biting people to help them practice Sage Mode.
Orochimaru handed over a scroll with the methods for practicing the Sage Curse Mark.
"This Sage Curse Mark isn't the effect I desired, but it's good for training subordinates. Yoichi, I need to continue my research. Here's what I need."
Orochimaru aims for a more perfect Sage Mode. This Sage Curse Mark, in terms of absorbing and utilizing natural energy, falls short of the original, and the Sage chakra produced is also inferior.
Everything depends on the Sage Curse Mark to control natural energy.
Besides the scroll for practicing the Sage Curse Mark, Orochimaru also handed over another scroll with a list of materials he needed, including experimental materials and the two secret techniques from Kumogakure that caught his attention last time.
Yoichi looked over the list and agreed, "No problem, these will be delivered to you soon. As for the test subjects, I'll purchase them outside the village. Can Orochimaru-sama bring them in himself?"
"Of course, I'll wait for your notice, Yoichi."
(End of Chapter)
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