Temari and Kankuro observed Otogakure with complex eyes, the place was beautiful, without a doubt, nestled within an urban environment surrounded by vegetation. Jugo had even allocated part of the land to build a public park, the first in the ninja world.
The two walked along the stone sidewalks surrounded by vegetation, watching children running and playing around, mothers with young children chatting while carrying their kids, there was even an elderly man feeding ducks in an artificial lake that Jugo had created.
They seemed a little bewildered as they slowly left the park and wandered down the commercial street, there were shops of all kinds. Jugo didn't even need to invite merchants, they came like vultures sniffing out carrion.
The wooden buildings followed a two-story pattern with different colors and decorations, the group of pedestrians passed by, buying groceries, chatting with friends and smiling.
Temari and Kankuro weren't in a very good mood at that moment. If this were the capital of the Land of Sound, they wouldn't find it strange, but this is a "small" ninja village and compared to Sunagakure, it's like comparing trash to gold.
The pair's gaze was bitter, but there was nothing they could do.
When they returned, they found Chiyo irritated and were worried that the deal had been canceled.
-Chiyo-sama, the agreement...?- Temari couldn't resist asking.
-Everything's fine, the deal still stands, the problem is that brat Jugo is so stingy!- Chiyo almost wanted to slit the wretch's throat, he was almost as annoying as that old Onoki. -I had to fight hard to get him to help grow some plants that retain water and can be eaten in the desert, the wretch asked me to create a puppet for him because of that! Besides, the puppet has to be built to my standards! What does he need a puppet for?!
Temari was a little surprised and asked. -Is he a puppeteer? Or does he have a puppeteer partner?-
-That girl from his team in the Chunin Exams, she uses chakra threads.- Kankurou remembered.
Chiyo looked at Kankuro and narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. -Maybe it's for her, maybe he just wanted to study my manufacturing technology, but anyway... as long as we can improve life in Suna a little, it will be worth it.
Jugo, of course, wanted the puppet because he would soon be advancing to Sequence 4, at that moment, he felt he would probably need a puppet, after all, the name of the Sequence 4 potion on the Chained Path was Puppet.
But while Jugo was still "playing" with the prisoners, the clone was already studying the scroll handed over by Chiyo.
The first exchange had already taken place, Chiyo signed the alliance treaty, as well as buying several tons of dried food. She carried it all in a large storage scroll, paying for it all with gold sand. Jugo wondered if it belonged to the Fourth Kazekage.
In any case, trading gold for food that he can easily produce is very good, it's no joke, he produces it using the wood-style method and freeze-drying to dry it.
Did you know that ice style is a mixture of water and wind? He wondered what would happen if he tried to use the principle of freeze-drying.
First, he freezes something, then creates a vacuum where he makes the water pass directly from a solid state to a gaseous state. Doing this at high speed created a new, very deadly jutsu. Jugo only needs to touch something with it and the person is transformed into a dehydrated mummy.
She is still working on a Jutsu that can do this at medium and long range.
In any case, freeze-drying not only removes water but also preserves the texture, flavor, nutrients and structure of vegetables and fruits. Suna's laboratory had also realized this, which made them even more excited about the business. Chiyo even tried to buy the drying process from him.
He didn't say anything about it, but even if he did, what would they do? Would they develop the technology on their own? Or look for an orphan from the Yuki clan, if there was one, and hope that he could learn that jutsu?
Jugo still maintained nearly 100 clones training for him every day, he was literally getting stronger by the minute. This type of jutsu involves extreme control and Jugo had even discovered how to use Tsunade's extreme strength, with one clone teaching it to Karin.
The chakra control required is no joke, if Jugo had to compare it, it would be like landing a Black Flash from Jujutsu Kaisen, which occurs when a jujutsu sorcerer applies cursed energy to a physical attack with a precision of one millionth of a second.
Jugo manages to do it after concentrating for a long time, but using it immediately is still very difficult, he has half of his clones working on chakra control just to learn how to use it at any time.
Even if he doesn't intend to focus on Tsunade's direct combat style, learning it could make his taijutsu terrifying.
Speaking of Taijutsu, he discovered how to open the 8 gates with Orochimaru.
But... the problem is that this is a technique that requires the original body to train with and Jugo didn't have time to spend on that.
Furthermore, the 8 gates are a flawed technique.
It's true that you can remove chakra limiters and gain momentary extreme power, but the cost is relying solely on taijutsu.
If a ninja needs to control the water flow from a hose normally, when a gate is opened, the garden hose becomes a fire hose, and that's just at the first gate!
With each gate opened, the flow of chakra becomes more ferocious, using even the simplest ninjutsu and genjutsu becomes impossible in this state.
Of course, if you have some Kekkei Genkai that doesn't require precise control, it should still be usable, like Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai, so he recommended that Jutsu to the man.
Jugo doesn't have time right now, but plans to save time to learn this. With his regeneration, he doubts he would die even opening the eighth gate. If its sequence wasn't so important, he would have already started learning it.
Leaving that aside, Jugo discovered that the jutsu itself wasn't difficult, but depending on the proficiency, the conversion rate changed.
He could turn 100 years of life into a year if his proficiency was low enough, but it was difficult to practice something that required giving his life.
Meanwhile, Jugo was considering the opposite process, since he could absorb chakra and souls, could he transform that jutsu to absorb vitality as well?
He might not succeed, but he had a mad scientist obsessed with immortality, he bet Orochimaru would be more than happy to research it. But for now, Jugo sought out some death row prisoners and gave them the werewolf curse, forcing them to learn it.
Even though the learning process could greatly limit the loss of life, they would still lose a good few years of their lives before they became proficient enough, not that Jugo cared, when there were enough, he could begin the process of removing the six tails.