After the personnel arrangements were settled, Hiroki had no more concerns.He dismissed those who had accompanied him, including the newly appointed Lieutenant Izumi, and headed straight for the most core and mysterious area of the Kidō Corps headquarters—the Technical Archives.
Pushing open the heavy door, which was engraved with ancient runes, a scent mixed with the smell of old scrolls and the faint glow of reishi wafted toward him.Huge bookshelves reached almost to the ceiling, densely packed with thick tomes, scrolls, and some shimmering, special reishi crystals that seemed to store information.
This was the treasure Hiroki truly cared about.He walked to the largest desk in the center and casually picked up a scroll labeled "Detailed Explanation of High-Level Bakudo Principles and Formation Charts" and unrolled it.
Possessing SSS-rank Kido talent, reading and understanding these advanced techniques—which seemed obscure and difficult to the uninitiated, and which some might not grasp even after a lifetime of study—was as natural and fluid as breathing to him.Those complex incantation structures, exquisite reishi circuit configurations, and unpredictable energy nodes were as clear to him as the lines on his own palm.
He rapidly flipped through, browsed, and memorized them, his immense mental power acting like a scanner, efficiently processing the massive amount of information.However, as his understanding deepened, the initial zest in Hiroki's expression gradually settled, replaced by a trace of imperceptible disappointment.
The Kido techniques here were indeed optimized and improved compared to the versions commonly used by the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, mainly focusing on fine-tuning reishi consumption, simplifying incantations, and enhancing the stability of some Barrier structures.But by Hiroki's standards, these optimizations could only be considered "minor tweaks and repairs," lacking any disruptive breakthroughs.The vast majority of the core techniques, their core frameworks, and even the detailed annotations, clearly bore the mark of the same person—Tsukabishi Tessai.
That former Grand Kido Master was indeed a brilliant Kido master.The results he left behind, whether it was the exquisiteness of his Sealing Technique or the grand conception of his large-scale Barrier constructions, were breathtaking.However, what Tessai left behind after his defection was more like a magnificent but vacant palace.The members of the Kidō Corps seemed to have been immersed in the confusion of losing their leader for a long time, or perhaps they were intimidated by the sheer brilliance of Tessai's achievements, with no one daring or able to carry out true innovation and development.
All they did was carefully maintain the "legacy" Tessai left behind, ensuring they did not fail, repeating fixed tasks and low-intensity research day after day, with the entire organization permeated by a weary atmosphere of "just getting by."The scrolls accumulated in the technical room labeled "New Research Projects" were few in number and lackluster in content, with most being merely minor extensions or application attempts of Tessai's theories.
When Hiroki's gaze finally rested on a separate metal cabinet deep in the technical room, labeled "Multi-Person Combined Kidō (Theoretical Concept)," his thoughts were suddenly ignited.The materials inside were relatively new, but one could still see Tessai's highly groundbreaking ideas.Unlike Hado, Bakudo, or Barrier techniques cast by a single person, what Tessai envisioned was a brand new direction: integrating the spiritual pressure of multiple casters into one through some precise ritual or formation, jointly guiding and releasing a super Kido with power far exceeding the limit of individual summation!
This was undoubtedly a genius concept; it broke out of the confines of traditional solo Kido and pointed toward the immense possibilities of collaborative combat.However, Tessai seemed to have only proposed a grand framework and some basic, scattered notes on energy coupling models, while a large number of critical problems remained—how to precisely synchronize the differences in spiritual pressure frequency among multiple individuals?How to construct stable energy transmission and convergence channels without causing a collapse?How to design technique structures that can carry immense energy without causing backlash to the casters themselves? How to resolve the interference caused by subtle differences in individual understanding of incantations and spiritual power manipulation?—These core obstacles, which would determine the success or failure of the technology, were still a blank slate, waiting for successors to overcome them.
Tessai's defection completely interrupted the research process of this highly potential project, leaving behind only a treasury of semi-finished products that inspired infinite imagination yet offered no way to start.
"Multi-person combined..."
Hiroki's fingers unconsciously tapped against the cold metal cabinet surface, a glint of sharp light flashing in his deep eyes.This familiar line of thought instantly overlapped with the combat style of another world deep in his memory—the Combined Ninjutsu of the Naruto World!
He clearly remembered that a "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet" cast jointly by two Chunin could temporarily push back a stronger enemy; and the combined Ninjutsu released by the Allied Shinobi Forces had actually nullified Uchiha Madara's "Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation."
Twisting everyone's strength into a single rope, erupting with a destructive power where one plus one is far greater than two... This line of thought, as he saw it now, was simply a perfect fit!
"Interesting... This is too interesting!"
The corners of Hiroki's mouth curled up involuntarily, and a bold and tempting plan rapidly took shape in his mind.
"Combined Kidō... It seems there is really a lot of potential here!"
He whispered excitedly.More importantly, the greatest advantage he held in his hands perfectly matched the requirements for this "combination"—people!Under Hiroki, the thing he lacked the least was people, and specifically, powerful and disciplined elites!
The Uchiha Clan: Under his protection and resource allocation, the number of Uchiha elites who had awakened and stably activated the Three-Tomoe Sharingan had already exceeded fifty!The Three-Tomoe Sharingan meant powerful insight, genjutsu abilities, and the subsequent exquisite control over one's own Chakra (which in the Soul Society was spiritual pressure).
Hiroki quickly assessed in his mind: in terms of spiritual pressure intensity and the precision of control over their own power alone, each of these fifty-plus Uchiha was comparable to a Lieutenant-level Shinigami of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads! This in itself was a terrifying force capable of overturning the Seireitei's status quo.
Even more heart-wrenching was that, with Hiroki's tacit approval and even encouragement, these elite Uchiha had almost all mastered the power of Hollowfication.That forbidden power, originating from Aizen's Hōgyoku experiments, had become a sharp weapon to enhance his own side's combat power after being controlled and "purified" by Hiroki.
In the Hollowfication state, their spiritual pressure would undergo a qualitative leap, infinitely approaching the Captain-level!Although the duration was limited, this was undoubtedly a shortcut to elevate individual strength to the top level of the Seireitei.Fifty powerhouses with spiritual pressure approaching or reaching the Captain-level!Moreover, they came from the same clan, possessed similar ocular abilities (the basic Three-Tomoe functions were consistent), had undergone strict Ninja-style training, and their execution of orders was almost instinctive.
Organizing them together—the combined force they could form was hair-raising just to think about.Hiroki's eyes shone with a scorching light, as if he had already seen that world-destroying scene.Taking the spiritual pressure of these fifty-plus Three-Tomoe Sharingan wielders, further amplifying it in the Hollowfication state, and then, through some precise Combined Kidō technique, perfectly converging, compressing, guiding, and releasing this terrifying spiritual pressure...
What kind of earth-shattering power would that produce?!That might no longer be simple Kido, but an energy torrent capable of tearing apart space and annihilating everything!.
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