Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 236 The Essence of Memory Tampering

Purifying chakra with willpower can erase the fluctuations of willpower in the soul, but preserving and transferring the fluctuations of willpower in the soul is not so simple.

Unsurprisingly, the first experiment with the shadow clone technique failed.

Willpower is a manifestation of personal wisdom.

The soul is the vessel of the will; the two are interdependent and indispensable.

To transfer the will within the soul, one must first find a vessel for that will.

The shadow clone continued to ponder and experiment.

Li Yao, on the other hand, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to capture ninjas from outside and bring them back for experiments.

In the blink of an eye.

Five days have passed.

Leaf.

Interrogation room at the secret base.

Minato Namikaze and the Third Hokage walked in together.

On the specially made long table, Hokage's secretary, Chiba Megumi, was still lying there with her large pregnant belly, and there was an IV drip next to her, infusing her with nutrient solution.

"Go, Minato," the Third Hokage said to Minato, who was standing to the side.

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Minato nodded in response and walked towards the long table.

On the way here, the Third Hokage had already told him about Chiba Megumi. The enemy had tampered with her memories, and even the Memory Detection Technique couldn't tell the truth from the falsehood. Just thinking about it made Minato realize how terrifying it was.

He approached Chiba Megumi, gently placed his hand on her forehead, and channeled a burst of genjutsu chakra into her.

Minato also knows the Memory Detection Technique.

With his chakra control, this kind of ninjutsu is no challenge for him.

However, he didn't come to probe her memories this time, but to sense whether Chiba Megumi had any other people's chakra.

Minato carefully sensed it, while the Third Hokage watched nervously from the side. Yamanaka Kou gazed at this famous genius of Konoha and sighed, "The world is full of talented people; he's really getting old."

Back then, at Minato's age, he was just a lowly Chunin, and his strength was far inferior to Minato's now.

A moment later, Minato withdrew his hand with a heavy expression.

Seeing this, the Third Hokage's heart sank, but he still asked, "How is it?"

Minato shook his head and said solemnly, "I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, I also didn't sense any other person's chakra within Emi-senpai."

For a moment, the entire interrogation room fell silent.

"Jiayu, watch Huimei's memories from six years ago again." (Third generation)

"Okay." Jia Yu.

"Minato." The Third Hokage looked at Minato. "This time, focus on sensing and see if there are any unusual chakra fluctuations on Emi."

In order to protect his image in Minato's eyes, the Third Hokage did not let Minato see Emi's memories from six months ago.

Perhaps because of this, the chakra of any restrictions or restrictions left by the enemy within Huimei's body was not triggered.

Let Jia Yu watch Hui Mei's memories from six months ago again; perhaps he can find some clues.

"Understood," Minato said in a deep voice.

Soon, Yamanaka Kou used his memory exploration technique again to view the footage of Chiba Megumi and Li Yao entering and exiting each other in various positions six months ago.

"See?"

"No matter how many times you watch it, it will be the same."

Within the Hatake clan, the Lightning Release clone was connected to the chakra consciousness of Chiba Megumi, and could sense the invading chakra within her.

Li Yao's chakra continuously cast illusions on Chiba Megumi without interruption.

This chakra was formed by the fusion of Chiba Megumi's physical and mental energy, and it was exactly the same as Chiba Megumi's chakra.

Even Minato Namikaze, who possessed special chakra sensing abilities, could not perceive the difference.

When Yamanaka Kaiu's chakra seeped into Chiba Megumi's chakra, it was also silently affected by Li Yao's genjutsu chakra.

Naturally, the memory scenes he saw were exactly the same as those that Chiba Emi saw, as set by Li Yao.

This is the essence of Chiba Megumi's memory manipulation.

It wasn't that the memories were actually altered, but rather that the person who viewed Chiba Megumi's memories was also under Li Yao's illusion.

"Minato, you are indeed very powerful, but your illusion technique is your fatal weakness."

At this point, Minato had already mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Lee Yo's Lightning Release clone sensed the familiar Flying Thunder God chakra within him.

With the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato's terrifying reflexes will be maximized and transformed into powerful combat strength.

To be honest, even without illusions, Li Yao at full power would have a hard time defeating Minato.

After all, the spatial teleportation of the Flying Thunder God technique is, to some extent, unsolvable.

No matter how powerful Li Yao's black hole space is, it's useless if he can't hit Minato.

Fortunately, judging from the fact that Minato didn't realize he was under a genjutsu just now, Li Yao could easily control Minato using genjutsu.

"Did you sense it?"

Inside the interrogation room at the Dark Side base, Yamanaka Kou had barely started speaking again when the Third Hokage nervously looked at Minato.

Minato, who was focusing on his senses with his eyes closed, shook his head and said, "Not yet."

Although he said it wasn't there yet, Minato knew very well that even if he continued to sense it, he still wouldn't be able to detect it.

In his chakra temperature perception, Chiba Emi's chakra only had one temperature, and there was no chakra of other temperatures.

To be honest, if he didn't trust the Third Hokage, he wouldn't have believed that Chiba Megumi's memories had been altered.

"Alright, Jia Yu," the third generation called out to his old friend.

Even after Li Yao's soul was possessed, Minato could sense the difference through his special chakra perception ability.

However, Minato could not sense anything unusual about Hyemi.

The third generation knew that at this moment, there was only one way.

"You can go out now, Minato. Everything's fine here," the Third Hokage said in a deep voice. There were some things he couldn't do in front of Minato.

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Minato glanced at Chiba Megumi-senpai on the long table, sighed inwardly, then responded to the Third Hokage before turning and leaving.

"Do you need me to go out?" Yamanaka Kou asked at this moment.

"No need." The third generation shook his head, trusting his old friend completely.

Walking up to Chiba Emi, the Third Hokage stretched out his hands and tightly grasped his little lover's neck, thinking to himself: I'm sorry, Emi, for the sake of Konoha, I can only ask you to do this.

Soon, as the third generation exerted force with both hands, the unconscious Chiba Megumi's body subconsciously twitched and struggled.

But it was no use. Soon, Chiba Megumi's convulsing body stopped struggling, her breathing stopped completely, and her heart stopped beating. Only the heart of the fetus in her womb was beating weakly.

However, after a short while, the fetus in her womb also showed no signs of life and became a stillborn.

Chiba Emi and her son died, and three generations of her family took matters into their own hands.

Cruel?

No, that's just the reality of the ninja world.

The third generation had no interest in raising children for the enemy.

He only agreed to let his daughter-in-law give birth to that bastard's son in order to keep her in line.

Then, as soon as that bastard's son was born, he immediately sent him to the root base for experiments.

The third generation was ruthless towards his enemies.

This is also true at this moment.

With no way to uncover the true memories in Chiba Megumi's brain while she was alive, the Third Hokage didn't hesitate to take action.

There are two types of memory exploration techniques.

One is when a person is alive.

One is when a person is dead.

Humans are susceptible to chakra interference while alive, which can lead to errors.

However, when a person dies, their chakra dissipates completely. At this time, using the Memory Exploration Technique will only reveal the memories stored in the brain cells, and there is no possibility of error.

Although in this situation, because brain cells are damaged to some extent after death, the memories seen are incomplete.

However, if the memory exploration technique is used the instant after a person dies and their chakra dissipates, a large portion of the chakra can still be seen.

If the memory you are looking at is not too far removed from the present, you can see the complete memory later.

Chiba Emi's memories from six months ago fall within this timeframe where complete memories can be seen.

(End of this chapter)