No words were spoken that night. The next morning, after a simple meal of military rations, Hoshita Shuichi and his companions set off again
No words were spoken that night.
The next morning, after a simple meal of military rations, Hoshita Shuichi and his companions set off again. After entering the Land of Wind, they headed towards the Sunagakure at the fastest speed.
This road is a bit boring and full of wind and sand, and no one likes it.
Shukaku was excited, but he was not human.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened along the way, and the group finally arrived at the Sunagakure before sunset.
Compared with the Iwagakure Village, the Sunagakure was more polite to its ally. Even though they were once enemies, they still warmly entertained Hoshita Shuichi and his three companions.
After washing up, Hoshita Shuichi, who was about to take Asuka to visit the Sunagakure, heard someone talking to Uchiha Shisui outside and immediately walked out.
"Shisui, who is this?"
Hoshita Shuichi asked.
The visitor was a young man. Before Uchiha Shisui could speak, he bowed and said, "Sir Shuichi, I am Yashamaru, and I am here on behalf of Lord Kazekage to invite you all to dinner."
Yashamaru?
Gaara's uncle?
Eh, it seems Temari is born?
Hoshita Shuichi's thoughts jumped for a moment, and then he smiled and said: "Since it is the invitation of Lord Kazekage, we must attend the banquet. Then please lead the way."
Calling Asuka and Yamato, the four followed Yashamaru into the Kazekage Building.
"Yashamaru!"
A childish voice suddenly sounded in the corridor, and then Hoshita Shuichi and the other three saw a little girl running towards them.
Yashamaru hurriedly took a few steps forward and said, "Temari, please do not be rude. These are the guests of Lord Kazekage."
Looking at the young Temari, a smile appeared on Hoshita Shuichio's face.
At this moment, Temari slowed down her pace and looked at Hoshita Shuichi and the other three with curiosity, without any fear.
Yashamaru grabbed Temari, turned around and explained with a smile: "This is Kazekage-sama's eldest daughter Temari."
"Temari, this is the famous Blue Flash of Konoha, you should call him Senior."
Temari blinked and looked up, "Shuichi-senpai, I know you."
Hoshita Shuichi stepped forward, squatted in front of Temari, and asked with a smile: "How do you know me?"
Temari said something shocking: "Because many people in the village were killed by you."
Yashamaru broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this, and quickly said, "Sir Shuichi, I'm very sorry, Temari..."
Hoshita Shuichi raised his hand to interrupt and said with a smile: "She is not wrong."
"We were enemies before. Many people in Konoha died at the hands of Sunagakure ninjas, and many people in Sunagakure ninjas also died at my hands."
This sentence was said to Yashamaru and also to Temari.
"So, Temari, you want revenge on me?"
Hoshita Shuichi asked the little loli in front of him.
Temari nodded heavily and looked at Hoshita Shuichi with big eyes: "When I grow up, I will surpass you and defeat you!"
Hoshita Shuichi gave a thumbs up: "Very good, worthy of being the daughter of the Kazekage."
"Then I'll wait for you to grow up and challenge me, how about that?"
Temari blinked, "Really?"
Hoshita Shuichi took out a specially made Flying Thunder God Kunai from his ninja tool bag and handed it to Temari: "Here, this is for you as a meeting gift. When you grow up, you can bring this to challenge me."
Temari was small but brave. Even though Yashamaru winked at her frantically, she still reached out to catch Hoshita Shuichi's Flying Thunder God Kunai and said seriously, "Then you wait, I will bring this to you later!"
Hoshita Shuichi stood up and said with a smile: "Then you have to work hard, I am very powerful!"
After hearing this, Temari couldn't help but look up and asked, "Stronger than my father?"
Hoshita Shuichi reached out and touched Temari's hair, and said with a smile: "You can ask your father about this."
Temari snorted and said proudly, "My father must be stronger, he is the Kazekage!"
"Temari, don't be so rude."
The person who spoke was not Yashamaru, but a woman with short hair, a gentle face and a big belly.
Yashamaru quickly introduced, "This is Mrs. Kazekage, Garuru."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "Senior Garuru, hello!"
Asuka and the other two also greeted them.
Garuru smiled and returned the greeting, pulling Temari over and saying, "Temari, this is so rude. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Hoshita Shuichi looked down at Temari and smiled: "I think Temari is very good. She will be an excellent female ninja in the future."
"Then I'll take advantage of your good words."
Garuru glanced at the kunai in his daughter's hand and said, "But, isn't this gift too expensive?"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "It's just an ordinary kunai, not expensive."
At this time, Temari was already holding the Flying Thunder God Kunai tightly.
Garuru could only sigh inwardly and said, "Then let your Excellency pay for it."
"Please come over here, dinner is ready."
…
There weren't many people at the dinner, except for Hoshita Shuichi and his three companions, and the Fourth Kazekage's family.
In addition to Temari, there is also Kankuro.
Compared to Temari's boldness, Kankuro is younger and looks timid.
"It seems that Gaara will still become the One-Tail Jinchuriki, but I don't know how Shukaku will affect Gaara."
"I'm really looking forward to it…"
After finishing his meal, Hoshita Shuichi glanced at Garuru's bulging belly again.
It's almost time to give birth.
…
After leaving the Kazekage Building, Hoshita Shuichi and the other three strolled around the Sunagakure and saw the night market in the Sunagakure which was different from that of Konoha.
After returning to where they were staying, everyone washed up and went to rest.
In the darkness, Asuka held Hoshita Shuichi in her arms and whispered softly, "Does Shuichi like children very much?"
Hoshita Shuichi was stunned: "Why do you ask?"
Asuka smiled, "Because I saw you were very patient with that Temari, and you looked at Lady Kazekage's belly several times!"
Hoshita Shuichi was surprised: "Is it so obvious?"
Wouldn't he be considered a pervert?
Asuka smiled gently and said, "Because my attention is all on Shuichi."
Hoshita Shuichi sniffed the fragrance and said with a smile: "Then Sister Asuka should be prepared."
Asuka nodded: "Yeah!"
…
After a peaceful night, the next day, Hoshita Shuichi said goodbye to Rasa and left the Sunagakure with his team.
Rasa immediately convened a high-level meeting and decided at the meeting to appoint his unborn second son as the new Jinchūriki.
In fact, he had already discussed this with Chiyo last night.
…
On the other side, walking in the desert, Hoshita Shuichi suddenly asked: "What do you think about planting trees in the desert?"
"Growing trees in the desert?"
Asuka looked around at the endless sea of sand and said, "Without water, there's no way to plant trees, right?"
Uchiha Shisui reacted quickly: "Did Shuichi mean to use Yamato's Wood Release?"
Yamato was stunned: "This... Wood Release should not be able to cover such a wide area, right?"
The area of the Wind Kingdom is larger than that of the Fire Kingdom.
And most of it is desert area.
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "It is definitely not enough to rely on Wood Release alone. Not to mention Yamato's Wood Release, even the first generation's Wood Release is not enough."
"Trees die without water."
"However, the water resources in the Rain Country and the River Country are very abundant. In fact, it can be said that the Rain Country has too much water."
Everyone agreed with this.
As anyone who has been there knows, the Land of Rain is a strange place where most of the time is in the rainy season.
There are rivers crisscrossing, and there is a large river flowing south, passing through the river country and into the sea.
"Hey, Shuichi, do you think it's possible to divert water from the Rain Country and the River Country into the Wind Country?"
Asuka asked curiously.
Uchiha Shisui seemed to be thinking about something, and vaguely sensed some of Hoshita Shuichi's thoughts.
After all, Hoshita Shuichi had expressed his ambitions to him.
Yamato said: "Even if we introduce water, it will evaporate quickly in the desert, right?"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "Of course we can't just divert the water."
"We also need to prevent wind and control sand, so we need to plant grass and trees."
Uchiha Shisui said: "So we need to use Wood Release."
Hoshita Shuichi said: "Not only Wood Release, but also Earth Release, which can be used to build windbreaks and ditches."
"So, being a ninja is not just about fighting and killing!"
Yamato was bewildered after hearing this: "Is this...really possible?"
Wood Release technique is used to plant trees, Earth Release technique is used to repair ditches... this doesn't sound very serious.
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "Of course it's not that easy to do."
"This is a big project."
"Besides, it is impossible for the Wind Country to do that now."
Uchiha Shisui said: "We must unify the Rain Country, the River Country, and the Wind Country."
"We'll need a lot of Earth-release ninjas. Wood-release ninjas are not necessary. We can just spend more manpower to plant plants."
"Of course, as Shuichi said, this must be a difficult thing to accomplish."
"But it's also a very meaningful thing."
Uchiha Shisui appeared calm on the surface, but was very excited inside.
The Wind Kingdom currently belongs to the Sunagakure, but if Hoshita Shuichi can unify the entire ninja world, then the basic conditions for doing this will be met.
Changing the Kingdom of Wind and turning the desert into green land, this kind of creative idea makes me excited just thinking about it.
However, neither Asuka nor Yamato could understand such an action.
Hoshita Shuichi didn't explain much. He crossed the endless desert and arrived at a small oasis to rest for a while. Then he used Flying Thunder God to teleport the three of them to the River Kingdom in one breath.
Then they traveled from the River Country in the normal way and returned to Konoha before dark.
After washing up and having dinner, Hoshita Shuichi was about to go to the experimental base when the memory of a shadow clone came back to him.
It is no problem to make heavy water with chakra, but it is difficult to make aqua regia.
In other words, it is the same problem as the previous one encountered in making diamonds. It is extremely difficult to achieve a highly corrosive liquid like aqua regia by simply changing the properties of water.
According to the analysis of the shadow clone, this can only be achieved by adding Earth Release.
The practice of the Shadow Clone also showed that, as previously expected, although Heavy Water enhanced the power of many Water-based Ninjutsu, it was not as great as imagined.
At least it hasn't reached the S-level.
In other words, using heavy water to perform the Water Breaking Wave Technique can increase its power, but the difficulty of practicing it has not yet reached the S-level.
Neither the change in properties nor the change in form can be achieved.
Of course, it is also possible to develop a series of A-level ninjutsu through heavy water, 5 of which can also get the term "Water Release Master".
Hoshita Shuichi sat in the study, thinking to himself.
There is another direction of property change, which is superheavy water.
He didn't know much about this, but compared to heavy water, super heavy water was almost invisible in nature and needed to be prepared by other methods.
Then it is not certain whether super heavy water can be achieved by simple Water Release.
As for the properties of superheavy water, Hoshita Shuichi only knew one: radioactivity.
Because super heavy water contains tritium, which is one of the elements for fusion reactions.
"Then there are two directions. On the one hand, we can develop ninjutsu using heavy water. It's not as good as heavy water armor... Well, this jutsu is better combined with the water transformation jutsu."
"Using heavy water to form a giant water man can also avoid the weakness of Lightning Release."
After thinking about it, Hoshita Shuichi immediately created two shadow clones to try.
…
Time flies, and it's March in a blink of an eye.
Hoshita Shuichi's 14th birthday arrived as scheduled.
Unfortunately, Yakushi Nono represented the great god of river crabs, forcing Hoshita Shuichi to postpone his plan to let Asuka have a baby.
By the end of the month, Hoshita Shuichi finally received a notice from Orochimaru to assist him in the final step of the software transformation.
When Orochimaru arrived at the experimental base using Flying Thunder God, he was already prepared.
Seeing Hoshita Shuichi, Orochimaru smiled and said, "Shuichi-kun, don't you want to give it a try?"
Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "I think the water transformation technique is more superior."
Orochimaru's eyes lit up when he heard this: "So Shuichi-kun is already confident that he can obtain the Water Transformation Technique?"
Previously, Hoshita Shuichi captured the Hozuki Clan's Hozuki Destroying Seal, and this guy is still a test subject.
Orochimaru also obtained some cells of the Hozuki Seal for research, but there has not been much progress so far.
The secret art of water transformation of the Hozuki clan has formed an inheritance similar to a bloodline limit. Even if one searches the memory of the Hozuki's extermination seal, one cannot find the corresponding method of practice.
Just like Asuka and Uzumaki Kushina's blockade of the King Kong, they themselves couldn't explain the specific principles.
Like the body of an immortal, it becomes a special physique.
"I am sure."
Hoshita Shuichi admitted.
In fact, since he already has a sand body, he doesn't have much need for the water transformation technique.
Of course, research is still necessary. Even if it is not for the [Water Release Master] talent, it is necessary to accumulate some knowledge for the future Hoshita Clan.
After chatting for a while, Orochimaru created a shadow clone and climbed onto the experimental table by himself.
Next is Orochimaru's shadow clone taking the lead, with Hoshita Shuichi assisting.
For this, Hoshita Shuichi also admires Orochimaru very much.
It takes courage to operate on yourself!
If the shadow clone showed its own personality like Naruto, it would be terrible.
The operation begins.
This time, Orochimaru's bones and internal organs were modified.
This means that Orochimaru will further become inhuman.
In other words, he looks like a human on the surface, but is more like a snake on the inside.
This type of transformation does not involve replacing bones or internal organs, but rather implanting cells and bone marrow to make changes step by step at the genetic level.
This is why the preparation takes so long.
Because many means are needed to reconcile Orochimaru's own genes with the snake's.
In addition, the genes of the white phosphorus snake also need to be improved.
There are many results that have been applied here, such as the research on Hashirama's cells and the research on the Eight-Tails.
Therefore, a simple software transformation actually contains a lot of results.
By serving as a supporting role for Orochimaru, Hoshita Shuichi gained a lot.
Moreover, software transformation is just a foundation.
The final product, Yamata no Orochi, is no different from the tailed beasts.
Time passes by little by little.
This operation lasted unusually long, taking a full three days.
When Hoshita Shuichi helped Orochimaru's shadow clone to sew Orochimaru's body back to its original state, he noticed that his wounds were healing extremely quickly.
Although it is far inferior to the art of Creation Rebirth, it is already amazing.
So, less than 5 minutes after the operation, Orochimaru walked down from the experimental table, twisted his neck and smiled, "Very good, much better than expected."
Hoshita Shuichi washed his hands and said with a smile: "You look less and less like a human being now."
Orochimaru didn't mind at all: "Although the human body contains huge secrets, it is too difficult to develop them, so some changes must be made."
"Moreover, each individual is different and possesses different qualities, so it is necessary to learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses."
"Shuichi-kun, you said before that the body restricts our spirit, so now I need to make the body able to accommodate more."
Hoshita Shuichi nodded: "This is indeed a direction."
He actually follows a similar path to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru transformed himself by studying white-scaled snakes, tailed beasts, Hashirama's cells, and even various bloodline limits and special physiques.
However, Hoshita Shuichi cheated and used physical compatibility to obtain the genes of the tailed beast, allowing his body to transform, step by step, towards a human-shaped tailed beast.