In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 485 Purple Demon and Fetal Breathing

This timeframe shouldn't be too short, but it won't be too long either.

With Scorpion's intelligence and the knowledge he has cultivated over the years, he should be able to thoroughly master the somewhat distorted technology he has developed over this long period of time, all of which is for the purpose of enhancing the combat power of the puppets.

Then, he can teach the excellent puppeteers in Sunagakure, and then they can start producing puppets in large numbers.

Perhaps in the next Shinobi World War, the art style of Sunagakure will change from ninja to science fiction.

Shimizu believed in Sasori's abilities and in the excellent ninjas of Sunagakure.

They weren't stupid; they were just held back by the traditional training and survival methods of ninjas.

The ninja world is not lacking in intelligent people. Although the ninja academy has extremely rudimentary knowledge of humanities and politics, it is a place that trains ninjas, these killing machines.

However, it also teaches some physics, chemistry and mathematics. Even though these are all related to killing, there is still a certain foundation in natural science. Although the technology tree is skewed, even without Shimizu, technology could still have developed to a certain level in twenty years. For example, when Team 7 graduated, Naruto and his classmates started using walkie-talkies.

This is actually quite close to the technological level of the 1990s when the Naruto manga first started serialization.

By the time Naruto reached middle age, high-speed rail and laptops had already emerged, giving him a productivity level comparable to the late 00s.

All things considered, the total time spanning this period is less than half a century from now.

It is estimated that the accumulation of various factors during the previous decades of the Shinobi World War and the military confrontation and competition between various villages, combined with the more than thirty years of peace following the Third Shinobi World War, provided a relatively stable environment that allowed those accumulations to be transformed into tangible technological achievements.

Orochimaru may have made an outstanding contribution to this; at least in terms of theory and practical application, he has always been at the forefront of the ninja world.

……

Time flies.

Two months later in the blink of an eye.

As if they had all agreed beforehand, the major powers of the ninja world, apart from the Land of Wind, the Land of Rain, and the Land of Water, all sounded the horn of comprehensive reform during this period of time.

As the instigator of the Third Shinobi World War, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire bears a great responsibility for the current situation in Konoha. However, because of Hashirama Senju, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was only forced to abdicate and was placed under house arrest in a courtyard, forbidden from contacting outsiders.

Because, by all accounts, Hashirama Senju was actually the father-in-law of this daimyo's father, and in terms of blood relation, Tsunade had to call him her cousin.

The newly appointed daimyo was a young nephew of the original daimyo, closely related by blood, but he was a puppet.

The power of the Daimyo faction was basically taken over by Orochimaru, who became the Hokage, while the power belonging to the noble ministers was also basically brought under the control of Konoha.

In addition to the assets in the former daimyo's personal treasury and the large amount of expenditure drawn from the national treasury, Konoha, despite being the defeated party, was able to suppress internal discontent with this reward and quickly recover its strength under the guidance of Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju, two of the top intellectual talents in the ninja world.

Iwagakure followed suit, but their methods were much more direct. The daimyo died by "accidental drowning," and Onoki went mad, consolidating power and wealth to cultivate more ninjas, especially strong ones.

The more people there are, the greater the probability of producing a genius; the more resources there are, the greater the chance of a genius growing up.

Only in this way could Iwagakure cultivate one or two capable individuals to hold their own before it completely declines, so that it could barely maintain the status of one of the six great ninja villages in the future after losing two Jinchuriki.

The Hidden Cloud Village is relatively mild-mannered because the Raikage and his son have a very good relationship with the Daimyo. The latter provides the most support to the Hidden Cloud Village compared to other Daimyo, and their governance of the country is also quite good.

According to the official databook, after Naruto graduated, the Hidden Cloud Village's military and economy had already surpassed those of the Hidden Leaf Village.

This daimyo of the Land of Lightning was definitely a smart man and a great ruler. He had already foreseen the future trend of the ninja world when Konoha was defeated. However, when faced with ninjas who had seized power, these daimyo had no ability to reverse the tide.

Thus, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning became the first and only one to proactively contact the Hidden Cloud Village to adjust power dynamics.

The Daimyo retained their status and some power, the Raikage's power was enhanced, and the Cloud Village's financial resources were greatly strengthened.

Perhaps in the future, as the daimyo and the shadow succeed each other, this will leave some hidden dangers, but in the present, it is the fastest and smoothest way to transfer power.

In any case, these ninja villages that began to follow in the footsteps of Sunagakure, reforming their systems and reorganizing the country, are all experiencing a rapid increase in their development potential and a swift recovery of their strength.

Perhaps if things continue like this, in another ten years or so, the Fourth Shinobi World War will be unprecedented in scale, far exceeding the previous three Shinobi World Wars.

Those with foresight in the ninja world could have predicted this change.

Just like the First Shinobi World War, where thousands or even tens of thousands of ninja villages fought each other, far surpassing the wars fought by ninja clans during the Warring States period.

As times change, the scale and destructive power of war will continue to rise.

Unless, a mighty man descends from the heavens, sweeping away the chaos and establishing a unified nation.

Meanwhile, the person on whom all the Sand Village ninja placed their hopes was wearing a special set of magical clothing, training hard in a newly built special training ground.

Beside him stood a purple-haired youth, dressed in the same magical artifact, holding two dumbbells made of high-density metal, and doing squats.

"Hoo... Zi Sha, let's stop training here for today. Continuing to train will only damage your body and will not be worth it. Go to the village hospital for a massage treatment first."

While doing push-ups with a huge metal block on his back, comparable in size to a small house, Shimizu spoke to Zisha.

Zi Sha joined Qing Shui's training by chance.

Because Sunagakure Village didn't have the facilities to train this young man, they had previously commissioned the puppet army to make them.

As a newly promoted young elite Jonin of Sunagakure, with outstanding achievements in taijutsu, Shisa certainly has that kind of face.

If the bid is high enough, the puppeteers of Sunagakure are happy to earn some extra money.

Coincidentally, Shimizu was also using the puppet army's equipment to build training equipment at that time, which was encountered by Zisha.

At his request, Shimizu also took the time to create a training tool for him that was the same as his own.

For example, the adjustable pressure system on your body has a maximum limit equivalent to twenty times the normal gravity.

The one from Shimizu is more advanced; it can withstand fifty times the force of gravity.

This is quite high, nearly twice the gravity of the sun. Combined with the heavy training facilities, it's more than enough for their training. Even now, without using any abilities, Shimizu's physical body, relying solely on its physical attributes, has a force of over a hundred tons after breaking the limits twice. Currently, it's only operating at fifty times the gravity.

Zi Sha's twenty times is just right, but he uses breathing techniques and chakra during his training.

Unlike Shimizu, the latter does not possess superhuman physical regeneration abilities, nor does it have the physique to break limiters.

Although Zisha was a top taijutsu genius like Might and Might, she was not cheated on and her body was that of a normal ninja. Even with the enhancement of chakra and breathing techniques, and even with medical ninjutsu to heal her, she could not force herself to do something like that, as it would easily damage her vital energy. She had to replenish her energy in time and allow her body to get enough rest.

"No, Fourth Hokage, under extreme conditions, a person's breathing will tend to be more instinctive. I have studied the strange ninjutsu information on cultivating Sage Mode that you released a few days ago. The core concept is to make the body constantly tend towards the state full of infinite possibilities that it was when it was just born, or even before it was born, right?"

But that's just the state of the body. I think if we could find a similar state of breathing and summarize it, we could perfect the breathing method to a near-perfect level. This would not only maximize the efficiency of utilizing and absorbing natural energy, but also better help us find that state full of infinite possibilities.

Therefore, instinct is the most important thing at this time, because it is something we have from birth and have retained to this day.

The same applies to the instinct to breathe. I have a feeling that the limit of the seven-day breathing method will be more than seven types of activity!
Therefore, in order to find this possibility, I must prolong the time I am in a state of extreme tension, and find that breathing that is close to instinct!

Beads of sweat dripped from Zi Sha's hair, and her rapid breathing was interspersed with her words, causing Qing Shui to fall into deep thought.

This was something he had never considered.

Instinctive breathing...

No, it's not just about breathing!

The process of the human body being born with innate Qi takes place in the mother's womb. Breathing only begins after birth when the body comes into contact with the outside air.

If the baby isn't breathing, the nurse will pat the baby's bottom or the soles of their feet to stimulate them and make them cry, which will help their lungs expand and allow the baby to learn to breathe on their own.

Therefore, the true essence of breathing techniques is not the instinctive breathing of a newborn baby, but the breathing before that!

An embryo receives oxygen from its mother through the placenta and umbilical cord. Does this mean that natural energy also comes from this source?

If that's the case, how can the mother body absorb natural energy?
Is it just through the mother's normal breathing and the air she inhales?

Or……

A Taoist term suddenly popped into Shimizu's mind.

Fetal breathing!

The avatar of the One-Man World has cultivated the talismanic arts of Longhu Mountain to the point of nearing its peak, and naturally has a sufficient understanding of many Taoist terms.

Regarding fetal breathing, there are two sentences recorded in Taoist scriptures. One is that one should absorb internal energy, hold firmly and guard the One, which is called fetal breathing.

Another saying is that those who attain embryonic breathing can breathe without using their mouth and nose, as if they were in the womb.

You don't need to breathe through your mouth and nose!

This is the most crucial point!
Shimizu then thought of the Breath of the Sun, which was created by Kokuenichi.

This breathing technique is the ancestor of all breathing techniques. Every other breathing technique was actually simplified and abridged by the ancestral swordsman of the same generation as Yoriichi Tsugikuni after he could not learn the Sun Breathing Technique.

Therefore, the breathing of the sun must include normal breathing. However, since this breathing method is so difficult to learn, could it also be related to fetal breathing?
Is the combination of fetal breathing and actual breathing the true form of sun breathing?

It seems that this possibility is not out of the question.

One phenomenon that is still uncertain but is likely true is that those who can learn Sun Breathing are the so-called "Children of the Blazing Sun" in the Demon Slayer world.

Working in a fire-related profession for a long time can affect a person's breathing.

Fire requires oxygen to burn, so the amount of oxygen available for human respiration will naturally decrease.

Therefore, people increase their breathing rate to increase oxygen intake and also to enhance heat dissipation efficiency.

But what if you still can't satisfy yourself even after quickening your breathing?

At this point, will the instinct for fetal breathing be spontaneously forced out?
That sounds like a plausible explanation.

It's just unknown whether Zi Sha's method of extending the extreme state will be effective.

Thinking of this, Shimizu stopped what he was doing and began to stare at Zisha to see if he could succeed.

This method is bound to be extremely dangerous; without someone watching over her, Violet could very well encounter an accident.

Time passed second by second, and soon, Zi Sha began to roll her eyes.

When the body is at its limit, one can rely on willpower to persevere. But when willpower also reaches its limit, one will begin to enter a state of selflessness where the mind is completely blank.

This state is closest to human instinct.

Zi Sha was still practicing her breathing technique, but her breathing method had subtly changed compared to before.

In Qing Shui's perception, Zi Sha's affinity for natural energy had now risen to a level that even surprised him.

This level of affinity is no less than the efficiency with which he absorbed natural energy when he was in the second stage of reverse rebirth.

Moreover, it seems to be even more refined.

Moreover, the body's cells are also unconsciously absorbing natural energy from the outside world in order to gain strength, unleash potential, and allow the body's owner to survive.

Shimizu hurriedly recorded this strange breathing rhythm, while paying even closer attention to Zisha's physical condition.

When she was finally about to give up, and even suffered many internal injuries, her life was in danger, Shimizu finally made a move. She pressed a button on the magic weapon training suit, took it off, and cast a palm magic spell on Zisha to heal her. Afterwards, she was sent to Sunagakure Hospital for intravenous infusion.

After personally treating Zi Sha and ensuring that she was out of danger, Shimizu returned to the training ground, began to memorize that special breathing rhythm, and started to imitate Zi Sha's state at that time.

(End of this chapter)