Asuma's Wind Release Chakra infused into his Chakra Blade, forming a sharp blue Chakra Blade aura that could easily cut through Sasori's Chakra threads, but his blade was specially made, expensive, used rare materials, and took a long time to forge.
If he wanted to make ten at once, Jiraiya would probably be retired by the time they were finished.
Ino's Water Release: Water Blade Slash could achieve a similar effect, but most people didn't have that level of Water Release mastery, nor could they learn the Second Hokage's Water Release Ninjutsu.
Asuma suggested creating a Chakra Blade that was easier to cut Chakra threads with.
This task could only be developed by the Ninja Tool Development Team. Jiraiya ordered them to produce a finished product as soon as possible. With the Ninja Tool Development Team's level of playing cards and slacking off, there was little hope, but there was no other option.
The remaining matter was the antidote.
Ino, Tsunade, and Shizune researched Sasori's poison together. After more than half a month of hard work, they finally developed an effective and fast-acting antidote. As for whether Sasori would improve his poison, would it be a case of 'the Dao is one foot high, but the devil is ten feet high'? That was hard to say.
Jiraiya privately asked if the Spirit Transformation Technique could be used to deal with Sasori, but Ino's answer was that she wasn't confident.
She genuinely wasn't confident.
Sasori was no longer truly human.
A normal human's Chakra relies on the body's meridians, and the soul, due to Chakra, is in a standard human state.
The Third Hokage's Dead Demon Consuming Seal of Orochimaru's arms was clear proof; this soul wasn't a traditional wisp of gas, but a relatively standard human form.
Given Sasori's current monstrous appearance, how much soul did he still possess? His human body was reduced to a cylindrical core, so was all his soul crammed inside? Or was the inside of that core a spongy structure that could expand on its own?
Ino couldn't afford to provoke such a formidable person, nor did she want to contaminate the purity of her own spirit body. Konoha had plenty of soldiers and generals, so they should stick to conventional methods of fighting.
Zetsu came and went silently, easily taking Konan's White Tiger Ring from the Konoha storeroom.
The Ninja responsible for storeroom management thought he had misplaced it, but after searching extensively and failing to find the ring, he was taken to the Interrogation Unit for questioning and covertly had his brain information read before being cleared of suspicion.
The Ninja World had no time-reversal abilities, so no one knew when the ring had been lost.
Ultimately, it was the Inuzuka Clan's Ninja dogs that smelled some of the enemy's scent, and only then did Konoha finally confirm that an enemy had infiltrated and stolen the ring.
Jiraiya pondered extensively, feeling that the Village's defense system had problems, so he consulted with the Jonin and Chunin about establishing a brand new defense system.
Ino, as a Chunin, submitted a proposal to establish a brand new sensing system.
The current alert mode used by Konoha could be described as extremely primitive: man-to-man surveillance!
The main gates were heavily guarded, several defense lines were set up around the perimeter, and an alarm would be raised immediately if an enemy entered the Village.
This alert mode was proven to be sluggish, inefficient, and full of flaws during Orochimaru's Konoha Crush.
The Daimyo's samurai and soldiers had no Chakra, so they could only use such primitive methods. But we are not the Daimyo; we are Ninja who use Chakra and possess many Bloodline Limits and Secret Techniques. Can't we make it more efficient?
Inoichi's Intelligence Division was constantly being made a scapegoat precisely because these measures were too outdated. Ino officially submitted her proposed sensing defense system, which she named "Iron Wall."
Simply put, it involved registering Chakra.
In a sensory field, the Chakra manifestation of different people is not the same.
Leaving aside civilians who have no Chakra, in this world, having no Chakra is equivalent to having no threat. Give an ordinary person a knife, and they can almost certainly not kill a Ninja who can jump eight meters high in a frontal attack; even Ninja Academy students are very difficult for ordinary people to kill, their reaction speed is simply too high.
The "Iron Wall" system targeted people with Chakra.
Anyone with Chakra entering Konoha Village must undergo a stricter "registration." If the Sensing Team detected an unregistered person, they would immediately notify the ANBU Ninja.
This defense system would involve Ninja from the Hyuga Clan, Yamanaka Clan, Inuzuka Clan, and Aburame Clan. The future Sensing Team would be staffed by Ninja from these four clans.
Ino's proposal was submitted, and as she expected, besides Jiraiya the Hokage's support, the three Advisors unanimously opposed it.
Registering Chakra? Wouldn't that expose all their hidden power? Absolutely not! Danzo's refusal was the most resolute. Orochimaru was in his Root. If they checked, 'Hmm? Who is this? Why is Orochimaru in your Root?' It would be impossible to explain.
Even many Ninja clans expressed opposition; they valued freedom more than safety.
Back at Root, Danzo reviewed Ino's "Iron Wall" plan, which elaborated on the many uses of the Byakugan in reconnaissance and vigilance. He pondered thoughtfully.
He seemed to have fallen into a mental dead end.
He wanted to understand Orochimaru's experimental progress and the specific condition of the Chakra meridians in his arm. The Sharingan couldn't do it, but the Byakugan could!
During his most powerful period, Danzo had once coerced the Hyuga Clan into assigning two branch family Ninja to Root, but those two Ninja had died in battle many years ago, and their Byakugan were destroyed by the Main Family's Caged Bird Seal. He had no Byakugan in his possession.
To reassign two Hyuga Clan Ninja? He thought it was unlikely. With Jiraiya and Tsunade currently in the Village, he couldn't suppress the Hyuga Clan.
Furthermore, he fundamentally didn't trust these clan Ninja, even with the "Tongue-Tied Curse" seal, it wasn't foolproof.
He wanted to control a Byakugan, a pure Byakugan that wouldn't be destroyed by the Hyuga Main Family.
In fact, the number of people in the Hyuga Main Family was quite large, so there was no such thing as Hinata being forced into the branch family if she couldn't inherit the headship.
Hyuga Hizashi was placed in the branch family because his father, the previous head of the Hyuga Clan, saw the rift between the Main Family and the branch family. So he sent his second son into the branch family, indicating that he would treat both sides equally, and at the same time, using the brotherly affection between Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi, he hoped to mend the rift between the Main Family and the branch family.
He sent his son into the branch family, and the branch family responded by making Hyuga Hizashi the head of the branch family, which was seen as accepting the Main Family's goodwill.
Hizashi's subsequent death in place of Hiashi was another matter.
The idea that the eldest son is of the Main Family and the second son is of the branch family was merely a temporary measure to resolve conflict, not a custom.
Otherwise, the Main Family would just be Hyuga Hiashi as the head, and Hyuga Hanabi as the next head, and that's it? A thousand-year-old Hyuga noble clan with only two people in the Main Family? Everyone else marked with the Caged Bird Seal to become part of the branch family? Impossible.
There were many Ninja in the Hyuga Main Family, and a bunch of elders at home. Did they just pop out of rocks?
Danzo gave his subordinates a "very simple" task: to bring him a Byakugan.
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