Chapter 410: Preparing a Surprise Attack
Shizune finally managed to wake up the master and disciple duo, who then started to pass the buck back and forth.
Tonton sighed from the side. These bipedal apes were so difficult to serve.
Both Tsunade and Ino were a bit grumpy from being woken up.
One said, "She's your student, you should teach her. I worked all night and need to sleep some more."
The other said, "She's your relative, you should teach her. I'm still a child, still growing, I should be the one to rest."
After arguing for a long time, just before Shizune lost her temper, they decided to teach her together.
Seeing the two powerful figures coming to teach her, the lone Moegi stood shivering in the wind, extremely nervous.
Tsunade and Ino had both seen her family's Grass Release, which used grass seeds to stimulate plant growth. It was definitely a watered-down version of Wood Release, not particularly exquisite, but it could be said to be an alternative approach.
Ino used her Mind-Body Disturbance Technique to specially check Moegi's chakra pathways. She had both Water and Earth affinities, but no Yang Release chakra, let alone Ashura's chakra.
Moegi's chakra reserves were also not large; they could even be called scarce. In the future, she definitely couldn't take the path of brute-force Wood Release.
The power of their family's Grass Release was really too average.
Ino estimated that at its peak, this jutsu would only reach the level of Wood Release (Grass Release) lv1. You had to bring your own seeds for battle, and if you ran out of the specially cultivated seeds, the jutsu couldn't be used.
"I'll teach the theory, you teach the practical application." Tsunade stretched unladylike and assigned Ino her task.
"Fine."
Moegi's Grass Release was a bit like Deidara's clay bombs; it required prior preparation.
With Ino's Wood Release chakra, cultivating seeds for her was a piece of cake.
Moegi began to practice, with the three strange big sisters and one pig watching from the side.
"Aah!" she cried out as a vine wrapped around the little girl like a rice dumpling. She stumbled and fell flat on her face.
Tsunade held back, too embarrassed to laugh.
Tonton, on the other hand, squealed with laughter.
Ino cultivated the seeds, Moegi used her own chakra to make the plants grow, then controlled them, fell, and then Ino would cultivate new seeds. It was a cycle.
Seeing the power of this Grass Release, Ino would also discuss it with Tsunade in a low voice.
"Teacher, this Grass Release your youngest uncle researched, how did he come up with it... What's the point of making a vine to wrap around an enemy?"
Tsunade pursed her lips. "How should I know! You ask me, who do I ask?"
Ino frowned and thought for a moment. "Actually, I think it can be modified. On the original basis, add a mother seed with stronger life energy, and use the mother seed to control those specially cultivated seeds... The advantage is that this bloodline is not as strict as Wood Release and can be passed down as a Kekkei Genkai. The disadvantage is... the Kazamatsuri family will never be able to use Wood Release in the future and can only advance on the path of Grass Release."
Tsunade's youngest uncle's attainments in Wood Release and ninjutsu talent were far inferior to Ino's. In her opinion, this Grass Release was like putting on pants to fart—a completely unnecessary action. With that time, wouldn't it be better to practice Water and Earth Release? Just for the sake of the Wood Release name, it was really meaningless.
Calling over Shizune, the three whispered and studied for a while. Tonton comforted the nervous Moegi from the side, telling her not to be afraid, they wouldn't eat her.
With Ino as the main, and Tsunade as the assistant, they improved the Kazamatsuri family's Grass Release.
According to Ino's estimation, after such a major modification, the original lv1 Grass Release could reach the level of her former lv2 Flower Release. Of course, this was the limit of the jutsu; its actual use still depended on the ninja's chakra and understanding of the jutsu.
"Are you afraid of pain?" Moegi felt that the smiles of the three big sisters were so creepy.
She gritted her teeth and said she wasn't afraid.
If she wasn't afraid, then it was easy.
Ino selected the seed with the strongest life force from the ones Moegi provided to be the mother seed.
Then she watered it with spirit water and used her Wood Release chakra to stimulate its growth.
A towering tree shot up from the ground, visible even to the Cloud ninja.
The tree withered a day later, leaving behind a seed full of life force. This was the mother seed that Ino had specially cultivated.
Tsunade prepared a large amount of potions, which, combined with the mother seed, were fed to Moegi to strengthen her bloodline and make it easier for her to control plants in the future.
The battle on the eastern front entered its thirty-fifth day.
Most of the ninja had been on the front lines for a month. After a day of fighting, the high-ranking officers gathered in Tsunade's tent for a meeting.
The chakra cannon was a considerable threat. With its existence, Ino could never fight with her full strength, always worried about being targeted.
Tsunade asked, "What did Jiraiya's side say?"
Ino had returned to the village a few days ago and had specifically talked to Jiraiya about this topic before leaving. "The Fifth Hokage will supervise the village's technical staff to crack the design parameters of the chakra cannon, but this will take time. They won't be able to support us in the short term."
Technology like this could only be kept secret for a while; it couldn't be kept secret forever. As long as it was used, information would leak.
As Konoha continued to destroy the Cloud's chakra cannons, they also collected some wreckage, all of which was transported back to the village. But the current cracking and replication work was progressing very slowly. It would take some time to upgrade from the cold weapon era of kunai and shuriken to the era of chakra cannons.
Jiraiya had a habit of seeking help from Mount Myoboku whenever he encountered trouble. It was his spiritual sanctuary, his mental harbor. But while he could go to Mount Myoboku for sage arts and ninjutsu, should he also ask a bunch of frogs to research cannons? That was really asking too much of them!
Ino's Sandevistan was mainly based on the Snow Ninja's design, plus some knowledge of chakra pathways. Her knowledge was not in cannons.
Not to mention Orochimaru, who was researching biological genetic engineering, not artillery.
Konoha's ninja tool research and development department couldn't even make a decent conductive chakra blade, let alone a chakra cannon.
They were just a bunch of useless people coasting in retirement. Relying on them was less reliable than relying on Tonton.
Tsunade was very dissatisfied. "So you're saying, the village can't help us at all?"
Ino thought for a moment and felt that her words were a bit biased. "Not exactly. I took a look before I left the village. They are already arranging for people to cast suitable cannon barrels."
What the hell am I going to do with a cannon barrel! Swing it around and smash the Fourth Raikage?
Tsunade grew increasingly certain that the people in the village were just occupying their positions without doing any work. It was a good thing she hadn't become Hokage, or she would have been angered to death.
Since they couldn't count on their own cannon, they had to find another way to defeat the enemy.
Ino asked Shikamaru, "I asked for a list of Water Release users before. How many in our army meet the requirements now?"
Shikamaru was completely in the role of a secretary. He reported the number without even looking at his records.
"In our army, there are 719 Water Release users who can use the Hiding in Mist Technique. Including the Yamanaka clan ninja, there are a total of 13 sensory ninja."
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