Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 15 Experiments and Discussions

Technology cannot be developed overnight.

Even after a busy night of discussion, the three of them had only temporarily settled on a framework and had some ideas and direction.

With a clear direction and a clear vision, coupled with Orochimaru and Tsunade's experience and expertise in overcoming obstacles and resolving difficulties, it was only a matter of time before this technique, which was still only on paper, was created.

So, Shiro had an extra task every night, which caused him to come home later and later, and made the entire Nara clan look at him more and more strangely.

However, Lu Nie no longer had the energy to pay attention to these things.

The Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage stood by the window, puffing out clouds of smoke. Behind him, sitting idly, was Jiraiya, whom he had summoned.

"Old man, what do you want with me?"

Did you hear that loud, boisterous voice behind you? A hint of helplessness flashed in the Third Hokage's eyes as he turned around and looked at Jiraiya.

"Didn't I tell you to keep in touch with Tsunade and Orochimaru more often during this time?"

"I've already contacted them." Jiraiya's tone lowered slightly upon hearing this, but he quickly perked up.

"Your contact was just a brief meeting with those two?" The Third Hokage was somewhat exasperated. He had sent Jiraiya to handle the problem, but Jiraiya showed absolutely no sensitivity.

"Isn't that enough?" Jiraiya spread his hands helplessly. "Neither of them wants to meet with me. Besides, Minato really needs me as his teacher."

"Never mind." The Third Hokage opened his mouth as if to say something, but when he saw Jiraiya's grinning face, he fell silent.

Why should we have any expectations of him in this kind of thing?

"Are you alright? If you are, I'm going back now. Minato is waiting for me at home." Jiraiya looked at the silent Third Hokage, jumped up from his seat, went to the window, opened it, and turned to him.

The third generation waved his hand.

Jiraiya immediately jumped out of the window without hesitation.

It wasn't that he didn't understand the Third Hokage's suggestion; he just didn't want to get involved and further damage the already cooled relationship between the three.

As a ninja skilled at gathering intelligence while away from home, even though he hadn't returned to the village for three years, he was still able to deduce some things from various sources, both things he should and shouldn't know.

That's precisely why he was even more unwilling to be dragged into the third generation, adding further turmoil to an already complicated situation.

He couldn't solve the core problem, nor could he persuade Tsunade, Orochimaru, or even his own teacher. So why did he get involved? Was he just trying to get himself mired in the mess?

It would be better to focus all your energy on teaching Minato, making up for the neglect you've shown him as his teacher over the past three years, and avoiding the turmoil in the village.

Anyway, he doesn't want that Hokage position, does he?

A barbecue restaurant in Akimichi Ichi-ku.

"You and the teacher have gone too far!"

Anko's eyes widened as she glared angrily at Orochimaru and Shikamaru. Tsunade and Shizune stood by, arms crossed, silently watching the rather comical scene.

"You guys secretly trained on your own, completely abandoning me!"

"No, Shikane and I were just creating a technique." Orochimaru calmly looked at Anko, whose anger was rising.

"I think this is even more ironic!" Red Bean's face instantly turned red. "Orochimaru-sensei, are you questioning my intelligence?!"

"What the teacher means is that he's just creating a technique tailored for us, mainly for you." Lu Nie's words instantly froze Hongdou's face, which was filled with anger, and even cooled the burning jealousy in her chest.

"Impossible! You're lying to me!" Red Bean quickly straightened her face again. She didn't quite believe what Shiro said, so while denying it, her eyes kept scanning Orochimaru's face.

"It's true. I'm a member of the Nara clan, so I should focus on my family's secret techniques. In this case, Orochimaru-sensei has no need to create any other techniques for me." Shikane said seriously.

"What you said seems to make sense, but my intuition tells me you're just lying to avoid trouble!" Hongdou listened patiently and found that logically speaking, Lu Nie's words were indeed correct, but her instinctive feeling was that something was wrong.

Is your brain not particularly sharp, but your intuition is surprisingly keen?

This isn't the first time we've seen this kind of intuitive keenness in Hongdou.

Nirvana was grateful that the Talent Card only brought him talent, and did not bring over Mayuri's temperament and personality entirely.

So he didn't want to criticize the sharp-tongued Hongdou and upset her. He just wanted to calm her down and prevent her from ruining the atmosphere.

"You don't have to believe me, but you can believe Orochimaru-sensei." Shika Nie didn't hesitate to drag Orochimaru into the fray as well.

"Once this technique is created, you can be the first one to learn it," Orochimaru thought for a moment and gave his answer.

Hongdou's face instantly flushed again, but the previous flush was due to anger; now it was due to joy and excitement.

"Orochimaru-sensei is the best!" Anko shouted!

"Doesn't she know she's being deceived?" Shizune, who had watched the whole farce unfold, whispered in her Tsunade's ear.

"Don't upset the child," Tsunade said to Shizune, turning her head slightly to the side.

After this period of research, the Blood Armor has reached its initial version. However, because its creation is based on many forbidden techniques of S-rank difficulty and power, its difficulty is also extremely high.

S-class.

However, after being split, it can be divided into two Grade A categories.

This is a rudimentary, abridged, and weakened first version, which reduces the difficulty of studying it.

If a change in nature or form is added, the two split techniques can be upgraded to the complete version and classified as S-rank forbidden techniques.

Just like Tsunade's Creation Rebirth and Hundred Healings Technique.

But for now, a basic initial version is enough; we need to verify it first.

Orochimaru and Shikagure didn't care about keeping the technique a secret. Especially for Shikagure, he was already satisfied as long as the technique was successfully created.

As for teaching it to Red Bean?

Lu Nie didn't object; in fact, he was the first to bring it up. He didn't hold back at all, including with Jingyin and the others.

After all, this technique is strictly speaking a collaborative creation of the three, with Orochimaru and Tsunade playing a more significant role.

Therefore, as disciples of the two, Anko and Shizune are free to choose whether or not to practice this technique.

Compared to Anko, Shizune, with her strong foundation in medical ninjutsu, has a clear advantage in this technique, allowing her to master it more completely.

For Anko, she can only learn offensive Blood-Activating Armor first, and then learn Medical Ninjutsu. After reaching the threshold, she can then learn defensive Static Blood-Activating Armor.

After finishing their barbecue, Orochimaru and his group did not part ways, but instead went together to the open space behind the mountain that served as their training ground.

"This technique has just been created and there is still room for improvement. If you feel anything is wrong with your body, you must speak up."

Seeing Orochimaru standing on the field, ready to teach, Tsunade patted Anko's head. She had come along to prevent any accidents from happening.

After all, blood armor involves the body's meridians and hidden power. If used recklessly, it will inevitably bring extremely bad effects and burdens to the body.

Orochimaru taught Anko the key points and hand seals of the Bloodstained Armor, patiently answering her questions and correcting any misunderstandings she had.

As a child officially recognized by Orochimaru, one must either be intelligent enough to be his assistant, or possess talent and value.

What Hongdou was valued for was her talent in both physical ability and technique.

She was able to quickly master Orochimaru-style ninjutsu and also possessed a considerable talent for learning ninjutsu quickly.

While he may not be on par with true geniuses like Kakashi, he is still considered a genius by many!

Therefore, under Orochimaru's constant guidance, and out of her admiration and respect for him, Anko tried her best to understand the technique and trained according to his instructions.

After numerous failures, Hongdou finally mastered the basics of moving blood armor after three days.

"Orochimaru-sensei!"

Feeling as if some kind of restriction within her body had been broken and her power suddenly surged, Anko instinctively looked at Orochimaru in front of her.

"Is that the pose Red Bean's Bloodlust Mode?" Shizune asked curiously, looking at the halo emanating from Red Bean's body.

"Want to give it a try, Tsunade?" Orochimaru looked at Anko, who was still in her Bloodstained Armor state, with satisfaction, and then looked at Shizune beside Tsunade.

These days, it's not just Orochimaru who's teaching Anko and Shikanobu; Tsunade is also teaching Shizune.

Because of her foundation in medical ninjutsu, Tsunade also enabled Shizune to successfully master the Bloodstained Armor, which controls defense.

"Do you want to go up, Shizune?" Tsunade looked down at Shizune and asked for her opinion.

"I'm fine, Lady Tsunade!" Shizune nodded. She was still young after all, and looking at Anko, who was about the same age as her, she also wanted to spar with her.

With Lady Tsunade around, even if they get injured, their lives won't be in danger. They can both experience each other's techniques.

"Then let's have a friendly spar." Orochimaru left the arena. As one of the creators of the Blood Armor, it was time to check the results.

"I'm going to go, Shizune-neechan!"

Feeling her body brimming with endless power, Anko reminded Shizune, who was standing opposite her, before immediately launching an attack.

Whoosh!

Boom!

Hongdou's figure brushed past Jingyin in an instant, as if she couldn't stop in time, and she darted directly into the dense forest behind her.

Then it quickly jumped out again, its face flushed, and launched another attack on Shizune.

How embarrassing! In front of Orochimaru-sensei!

Hongdou never expected her body to be amplified to such a considerable extent that she couldn't even fully utilize the power surging within her.

Just like now, she clearly intended to jump to the location of the silence to attack, but the sudden increase in power caused her to bypass the silence and go to a more distant place.

"It seems the power has increased significantly, and even the speed has almost doubled." Orochimaru didn't care about Anko's mistake; instead, he watched this scene with shining eyes.

Even if this increase doesn't reach the level of Hongdou's multiplication, it's still a significant boost at crucial moments.

This time, with her power under control and without making any more mistakes, Red Bean finally managed to attack Shizune. However, she felt as if her fist had hit a steel plate when it struck Shizune's abdomen.

Black vein-like patterns appeared on the spot where she was hit, like a spider web, absorbing all the power from her fist.

Sensing something amiss, Red Bean immediately did a backflip to create distance again, and casually threw out several shuriken to block Shizune's pursuit.

Ding ding ding ding.

The shuriken landed on Shizune but had no effect; instead, it was deflected.

"Is that the blood-retention suit the teacher was talking about? It's so hard!" Looking at the gradually fading black lines on Shizune's exposed lower abdomen, Hongdou shook her slightly sore hands.

She began to carefully recall the information her teacher had given her about the blood armor.

"Since close combat is useless, let's settle this with ninjutsu." Anko's combat skills made her immediately change her attack method at this moment.

Her fingers began to form hand seals rapidly, then she took a deep breath, leaned back, her chest and abdomen bulging high, and then shot out a blazing, straight flame in the direction of silence.

Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!

A fire-style ninjutsu with concentrated destructive power.

Compared to the one used when vying for the bell, the Dragonfire Technique, amplified by the Bloodlust Armor, is now even more intense and magnificent.

Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!

A swirling curtain of water also erupted in front of the silent figure.

The water curtain evaporated in a short while, but the silence that bought her some time allowed her to escape and dodge the attack range of the Dragon Fire Technique.

"Alright, we can stop now." Orochimaru used Water Release ninjutsu to extinguish the flames and, together with Tsunade, leaped into the arena, stopping the two from fighting.

"Orochimaru-sensei." Anko removed her blood-soaked clothes, her body staggered for a moment, and she almost fell to the ground.

"It feels so strange!" After regaining her balance, Hongdou felt a sense of loss as she experienced the emptiness inside her body.

The feeling of being filled with power, as if she could do anything, was simply wonderful. After experiencing that fleeting illusion of omnipotence, she felt somewhat out of place once she returned to normal.

"How are you feeling right now?" Tsunade brought Shizune to Anko's side, looked at her, and asked.

"I'm so hungry, I want to eat lots and lots of things." Red Bean pouted. She had just eaten barbecue not long before training.

"It seems that as long as the time is controlled, the only aftereffect will be hunger." Tsunade took the initiative to check Anko's body and made a conclusion afterward.

"It seems the Blood Armor has been successfully completed." Orochimaru was satisfied.

(End of this chapter)