Chapter 405: Capturing Yomi Alive
After flying for a while, seeing that they were some distance from the village, Ishiro formed hand seals. An Earth Release jutsu flipped Yomi out from underground. Then, in a few moves, he was sealed. The current Yomi's strength was not even on par with an ordinary jonin from Iwagakure. In front of Ishiro, he had no ability to resist whatsoever.
Sensing the restless power of Mōryō within Yomi's body, Ishiro said, "I don't want to kill you. If you know what's good for you, be my subordinate and work for me."
Yomi's chakra had been sealed by Ishiro. He had just been about to use the power of Mōryō to fight to the death. Hearing these words, he decided to stabilize Ishiro first and then wait for an opportunity.
"Who are you?" Yomi asked first.
Ishiro said, "I can answer this question for you. But after that, you will say whatever I tell you to say. If I don't let you speak, you will keep your mouth shut. I am the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure. The one who dealt with Mōryō's main body was me."
Hearing this, Yomi felt like dying. In his original, most perfect plan, he was to release Mōryō and use its power to overthrow the rule of the Five Great Nations. In that plan, he would sooner or later face Ishiro and the other four Kage, but even in his best-case scenario with Mōryō, he didn't feel he had a guaranteed chance of victory.
But now, the plan hadn't even begun, and the high and mighty Tsuchikage had personally come knocking on his door.
At this moment, regardless of whether Ishiro was the one who had sealed Mōryō or not, Yomi didn't think he had any hope of escaping today.
"What is your name?" Ishiro asked.
"My name is Yomi." Without resistance or argument, in order to survive, Yomi was very cooperative.
Ishiro continued, "How do you plan to use the power of Mōryō within your body?"
Yomi said, "I originally planned to use this power to create some immortal puppets and have them rescue Mōryō."
"Now, I plan to study this power. I want to research a new medical system that is no worse than the current medical ninjutsu. I want to give myself an immortal body like Mōryō's."
Ishiro nodded. A very smart person. Knowing that his life and death were not his own to decide, he began to show his value. First, he stated his plan to research dark medical ninjutsu, letting Ishiro see his worth. Then he stated that his ultimate goal was immortality, which increased the credibility of his words and made him seem more sincere. At the same time, he was also tempting Ishiro with eternal life. In Yomi's view, the temptation of immortality was something that a person of high status and power like Ishiro could not refuse.
Ishiro said, "You are very cooperative, so you have won a hope of living. From now on, you will spend ten years in our Iwagakure's prison."
"If, during these ten years, you can research something that satisfies me, I will let you go. If not, I will make you disappear directly."
Yomi immediately said, "Yomi is willing to serve you, Lord Tsuchikage."
He really knows how to adapt to the circumstances.
Ishiro said no more, took Yomi, and returned to the small village, first regrouping with White Cat's squad.
"Lord Tsuchikage, we found some documents in the village. Apart from that, there was nothing else of value," White Cat glanced at the sealed Yomi but did not ask about him, instead directly reporting the results of their inspection of the small village.
Ishiro nodded. "It's over. Let's return to the branch. For this operation, I will record one A-rank mission for your squad."
"Yes." White Cat acknowledged, then led her team onto the porcelain platform.
After returning to the branch, Ishiro first found the Daimyo of the Land of Demons, Miroku, and had her place a seal on Yomi.
Upon seeing Miroku, Yomi completely despaired. The current Priestess was right here. The bit of Mōryō's power within his body was truly nothing in her eyes.
After sealing the Mōryō power in Yomi's body, Ishiro said to Miroku, "Daimyo, this person named Yomi has a lot of ideas. He wants to research the power of Mōryō, and I am very interested in his future research results."
"So, please help me set up a seal near the branch. I plan to lock this Yomi inside and have him conduct experiments on Mōryō's power."
Miroku naturally had no objection. The main body of Mōryō was within little Shion's body; the bit of Mōryō's power outside was no threat to her at all.
Soon, Ishiro used Earth Release to create an underground laboratory near the branch. As usual, he also set up steel plates around this laboratory to prevent detection by White Zetsu clones. After locking Yomi in the basement, Miroku set up another seal that only targeted Mōryō's soul.
Then, Ishiro arranged for the Anbu to monitor him in shifts.
From this moment on, Yomi's research into dark medical ninjutsu officially began.
Ishiro had some expectations for Yomi's dark medical ninjutsu. The abilities of Yomi's few subordinates in the original story had greatly interested him. It was just that in this life, under his pressure, he didn't know if Yomi's research would be different from the original.
After dealing with Yomi's matter, Ishiro began his own ninjutsu practice again.
As the Tsuchikage, Ishiro could freely view all the ninjutsu of the village. Although he hadn't deliberately learned a large number of jutsu over the years, he would still learn some on the fly when needed. Sometimes, in order to select suitable ninjutsu as rewards for the village's ninja, he would also try to learn some. So, the total number of jutsu he knew now was very large.
Although he didn't have a title like "The Professor," in the entire ninja world, the number of ninja who knew more jutsu than him probably couldn't be counted on two hands.
This advancement in Yin Release had improved the power of all the jutsu he knew. Ishiro needed to test them one by one, which was equivalent to practicing so many ninjutsu all over again.
This process took longer than he had imagined. Because sometimes after practicing a few times, he would feel that he could simplify one or two seals. Sometimes, while practicing, he would find a new way to use it.
So, back and forth, half a month passed before Ishiro had re-familiarized himself with all the ninjutsu he knew.
Letting out a long breath, he said to himself, "It's finally over. I can finally practice Light Release in peace."
Just then, Riori Uzumaki came running to see him in a flurry.
Running up to him, she didn't say a word, formed hand seals, and launched a Great Fireball Technique into the distance.
Then, she said to Ishiro with an excited expression, "Master Ishiro, I've learned the Great Fireball Technique! You can give me my toys back now!"
Ishiro nodded, then took out four terracotta soldiers from a storage scroll—real terracotta soldiers, not the animated puppets.
Riori looked at the soldiers, then at Ishiro. "Master Ishiro, these aren't my four toys. These four don't move."
Ishiro patted Riori's head. "Riori, I only said I'd give you back four toys. I never said which four."
After speaking, ignoring the tearful Riori, Ishiro turned and went to practice his Light Release with a leisurely air.
Being teased by Riori like this, the feeling of tedium from practicing ninjutsu these past few days was instantly swept away.
Riori went back, crying. The four inanimate terracotta soldiers were still carried away by her shadow clones. Whether she was sad by herself afterwards, or went to complain to Akino Atsumi, Ishiro did not know.
...
Another half a month later.
"Light Release: Boundary Stripping Technique." Ishiro used Light Release on a relatively small rock dozens of meters away.
A beam of blue light shot out from his hands, directly hitting the rock, which was vaporized. But the Light Release did not affect a very large area. Apart from a small pit left near the rock because he hadn't controlled it well, nothing else around was directly hit by the attack.
The matter was not yet over. Ishiro slightly shifted the direction of his hands, finally aiming at a second target, also a small rock. And the blue beam, which had not disappeared, deflected with the movement of his hands, finally successfully hitting the second rock.
Ishiro ended the jutsu, then went to the attacked area to inspect it.
The result was very satisfactory to him. Between the two targets, there was a deep trench connecting them, left by the rapid deflection of the Light Release. Apart from that, no other location had been affected.
Very good. Ishiro nodded slightly, very satisfied with his results.
This was a standard he had set for himself before practicing Light Release: to control the range of the attack within a very small area and to be able to move it as he wished. Now that this goal had been achieved, he was ready to begin the second step: sustainability practice.
Ishiro had already started in this aspect; he could already maintain the output of Light Release for a certain period of time. It was just that he was still a bit short of the final effect he expected. But there was no longer an essential difference between the two. It could basically be said that his training of the Light Release: Boundary Stripping Technique was complete. The rest was just a matter of improving his proficiency.
At this time, the construction of the Land of Demons branch was also almost complete. Because it was the second time they were building a branch, the efficiency was very high.
Standing on the roof of the central building, looking at the important institutions and rows of residential houses in the branch, Ishiro was very satisfied.
He turned to the ninja who had participated in the construction and said, "You have all worked hard. Everyone's efforts will not be in vain. The establishment of the branch means that the strength of the village will rise to another level. One day, the Will of Stone will spread to every corner of the ninja world."
Ishiro gave another long, rambling speech on the Will of Stone before letting everyone officially begin their work at the branch.
"Daimyo, from today on, this branch in the Land of Demons will officially begin operations. You can come here to post any missions you have," Ishiro said to Miroku after the crowd had dispersed.
Miroku nodded. "Lord Tsuchikage, I have already decided to move to the branch to live. In a couple of years, Shion will also attend the Ninja Academy at the branch."
"The mission of the Priestess is over. In the future, Shion will become a ninja. I believe that when Shion grows up, there will be no need for a Daimyo of the Land of Demons to exist. At that time, she will not have to consider inheriting the position."
A glint flashed in Ishiro's eyes. This Miroku was not simple. She was more far-sighted and pragmatic than he had imagined.
(End of Chapter)
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