My cheap father was a little worried: "Really? There won't be any danger, right? Since the Third Hokage has already used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, then we…"
Some things are not easy to say even between father and daughter. Since the Third Hokage is determined to die, let's fulfill his wish. Why are you meddling?
Ino didn't mention the Yang Seal. After all, it was Tsunade's unique skill and not suitable for telling the Yamanaka Clan.
Even in their sensory transmission, she still lowered her voice: "I need to see this Shinigami first, and then we might be able to try using the Mind Disturbance Technique. If it succeeds, the Yamanaka Clan will be invincible, forever."
Only the head of the family line knows that beyond the Mind Body Switch and Mind Body Disturbance Technique, there are higher-level Ninjutsu like the Mind Disturbance Technique and Mind Body Switch Technique.
Inoichi quickly deliberated. If this matter succeeded, the Yamanaka Clan would indeed gain a huge harvest.
Even Ino, her mental strength and Yin Release level, could not reach the point of replacing a deity with herself. The fourth stage could not be completed, but the third stage was almost there.
Before, there was a powerful Ninjutsu, but the 'god' was gone. Just thinking about it felt sad!
Now is a good opportunity, and the target is the Shinigami, who is a hundred times stronger than some Flower God. If the Yamanaka Clan becomes friends with the Shinigami, the family's cohesion will soar unprecedentedly.
What people fear most is death, and the world after death.
Now, tell the family members that we not only have connections in this world but also in that world! We have 'people' over there!
Once this is said, won't everyone be fearless?
This kind of thing is done silently and will not cause opposition within the Ino–Shika–Choji. He quickly made up his mind: do it!
Ino explained her plan. At this time, Shikaku was leading many Ninja clans to fight some Hidden Sound Village and Hidden Sand Village soldiers in the distance. Purely in terms of the scene, it was indeed a fierce battle.
Gaara tried to rally more Hidden Sand Village Ninja, but Orochimaru had the Fourth Kazekage, which greatly reduced his rallying power.
Half a minute later, Inoichi was injured by an Otogakure Ninja. Shikaku and Choza quickly told him to rest.
All of the Yamanaka Clan's elite Ninja were on the battlefield. Inoichi quietly withdrew from the battlefield and came to a secret underground base of the Yamanaka Clan.
Inoichi took out an ability amplifier specially made for sensory Ninja by Konoha Village. This thing was like a wok lid; once placed on his head and powered on, it could amplify his sensory abilities. He searched the entire battlefield, locating the Third Hokage, Orochimaru, and others one by one, and then he connected the sensed information to Ino.
"I've transmitted the location to you."
"Okay, I see it."
Ino could not use her sensory abilities next and had to rely on Inoichi for positioning.
She directly formed hand seals and unsealed the Yang Seal, which had been locked for a month. A large amount of incomparably pure Yin Style Chakra burst forth.
Cold! The moment Ino opened the Yang Seal, through sensory transmission, Inoichi felt a chilling cold in his spirit. His daughter's Yin Release level was truly incredibly high.
He had only read about this level in the family's secret scrolls; it seemed to be a sign of great accomplishment in Yin Release. Thinking this, he felt that the success rate of the matter increased by another twenty percent.
Ino concentrated and calmed her mind, letting her entire body be enveloped by Yin Style Chakra, briefly transforming into an "underworld creature." This was achievable.
With Inoichi's sensory abilities and the Yin Style Chakra accumulated over a month, she finally saw the blurry figure behind the Third Hokage.
The reason she couldn't see clearly was that she wasn't "underworld" enough yet.
All the Yin Style Chakra in the Yang Seal was used up, and she felt it still wasn't enough. She could only convert the Yin Style Chakra within her body, purify it with the Yang Seal, and then fill her entire body with the purified Yin Style Chakra.
At this moment, every bit counted.
In Inoichi's perception, his daughter was becoming less and less like a living person.
After soothing her cheap father, as Ino became more and more "underworld," the Shinigami's figure in her vision slowly became clearer.
The Shinigami had a withered face, two horns on its head, and a short dagger in its mouth. It wore a white robe, and six ghost flames of varying strengths appeared behind it.
"I've seen it clearly, that is the Shinigami," Ino said.
Inoichi, using his sensory transmission ability, also saw the Shinigami, and at this moment, he nodded in the spiritual world, indicating that he also saw it.
"I'm starting." With Inoichi's help in positioning, Ino could remotely cast the Mind Disturbance Technique on the Shinigami.
Except for the Yin Style Chakra in her brain, all remaining Chakra was used to support the Mind Disturbance Technique.
This was a genuine deity, and she couldn't afford to be careless.
As Ino quickly formed hand seals, Inoichi felt the room getting colder and colder.
At the Yamanaka Flower Shop, it was even more exaggerated. Ino said her Chakra consumption was too great and went back to her room to rest. Shikamaru and the others then noticed that a faint layer of white frost suddenly formed on the ground, the pipes nearby showed signs of freezing, and the indoor electric lights flickered, as if a ghost had arrived.
This hand seal formation took a full minute, during which the Third Hokage outside had already sealed the First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Fourth Kazekage. He was now in a tug-of-war with Orochimaru. The Shinigami watched their performance quietly, then suddenly had a premonition and glanced towards the Yamanaka Flower Shop.
It saw nothing, and before it could ponder, an extremely abundant Yin Style Chakra struck its spiritual world directly.
Mind Disturbance Technique!
Ino felt like she was hitting a rock with her brain, unprotected by a skull. She suffered a huge backlash from the Mind Disturbance Technique, feeling an excruciating headache, and all her thoughts, memories, and ideas were fragmented, spinning at high speed in a place without time or space.
Inoichi also spat out a mouthful of blood and quickly asked his daughter.
Ino quickly regained consciousness: "I'm fine! I'm fine! This is just making friends, not taking over. The other party's resistance wasn't that intense. This guy absorbed my Yin Style Chakra and took my benefits, so he's my friend now!"
The Yin Release Chakra accumulated over a month was almost completely depleted.
Ino clutched her head. She had been overwhelmed by the Shinigami's vast memories. The human brain couldn't receive all that information, and much of it was blocked by her brain, causing her to faint for about a fifth of a second.
After repeatedly assuring him that she was indeed fine, she then began to examine the results of her Ninjutsu.
"How is it?" Inoichi asked.
Ino thought for a moment: "I don't know if this counts as a success or a failure. Anyway, it didn't reach the level described by our ancestors. Right now, the Shinigami and I…"
She was a bit at a loss for how to describe it.
"I'll show you."
Ino gestured wildly in the spiritual world for a long time. The Shinigami stared at her without any reaction. She was so angry she cursed, "Damn it, you idiot!"
The Shinigami rarely responded. She savored it, and it seemed the other party also said something similar to "Damn it, you idiot."
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