Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 276 Mechanical Ascension

Li Yaofeng used his clone to observe for half an hour, and basically understood the entire new puppet seal, but his face also darkened.

"In other words, to create a puppet heart that truly belongs to oneself, the prerequisite is the ability to sense natural energy!"

Li Yaofeng used his clone to look at Scorpion, his expression not very good.

The puppet seal is fine, no problem.

However, to create the puppet heart, the person providing the chakra catalyst needs to have the ability to sense and absorb natural energy.

Isn't this a joke?!

If he possessed the ability to sense and absorb natural energy, why would he need the Puppet Heart? His original purpose was to sense and control natural energy through the Puppet Heart.

In the end, he still needs to be able to sense natural energy first.

"I'm sorry, Lord Kazekage."

Scorpion chuckled sheepishly, knowing that his puppet heart technique was actually a trick, but there was nothing he could do about it. He explained, "The core of the puppet seal is to absorb natural energy and convert it into chakra. The key lies in absorbing natural energy."

Tailed beasts can absorb natural energy, so their chakra can be used as a catalyst.

For human chakra to become the catalyst for the puppet's heart to absorb natural energy, the human must first possess the ability to sense and absorb natural energy.

"So you can sense natural energy?" Li Yaofeng's clone asked in surprise, "How did you do that?"

In the ninja world, there are very few people who can sense natural energy. Naruto and Jiraiya are able to sense natural energy only because of the toad oil from Mount Myōboku, and they are able to sense natural energy in a place full of natural energy.

In Li Yao's memory, among the other people in the ninja world who can sense natural energy on their own, only one of Orochimaru's subordinates seems to possess this talent.

This talent for sensing and absorbing natural energy is not mentioned in the original Sasori story.

"I sensed it naturally while researching the souls of the Tailed Beasts," Sasori replied somewhat embarrassedly.

Upon hearing this, Li Yaofeng's clone remained silent for a moment, realizing it was due to his talent.

Li Yao himself had tried to simulate the soul aura of the tailed beasts, and even the chakra of the tailed beasts, but he could not sense any natural energy.

As a result, Sasori sensed natural energy simply by studying Shukaku's soul.

It seems that the only way for the main body to perceive and control natural energy is to come into contact with Sage Chakra and see if it can sense natural energy.

Li Yaofeng escaped into the body and mind path.

"Lord Kazekage, I am preparing to become a puppet completely."

Scorpion said, "You can watch from the sidelines; perhaps you'll be able to sense the natural energy."

This is the great gift that Scorpion is giving Li Yaofeng to create a clone. By personally witnessing Li Yaofeng's process of completely abandoning his physical body and achieving mechanical ascension, he will surely gain a deeper understanding of the Puppet Seal.

Perhaps you will be able to sense natural energy.

Upon hearing this, Li Yaofeng's clone's eyes lit up, sharing the same thought, and he immediately urged, "Okay, let's get started."

"This way, sir, follow me." Scorpion led the way.

"Madman!" Ye Yi, who had overheard the entire conversation between the two, had a new opinion of Scorpion. To abandon his physical body and become a puppet was insane.

She followed beside Li Yaofeng's clone, quietly tugged at her man's hand, and whispered worriedly, "My lord, you don't want to turn yourself into a puppet too, do you?"

"Please don't! Ogura and I haven't even served you yet."

Ye Yi was frightened and resorted to the temptation of being as close as sisters to stop Li Yaofeng from turning his clone into a puppet.

The mere thought of Li Yaofeng's clone becoming a puppet, its entire body made of hard iron and wood, devoid of warmth and resilience, sent chills down her spine.

She didn't want to be playing with a giant tin golem while she slept at night.

"What are you thinking about?"

Li Yaofeng used his clone to grab his secretary wife's plump, round buttocks and laughed, "With beauties like you and Xiaocang, how could I abandon my physical body?"

Even though Li Yao now prioritizes his soul and doesn't have a strong possessive desire for his physical body, his mind is still that of a man.

He would never change bodies like Orochimaru did, changing into a woman's body instead of Snake Uncle.

He only knows how to switch to a man's body, and he only knows how to use a human body.

The puppet's body... it seems like I can try using a clone. Li Yaofeng used the clone technique.

He'd rather not be the human being; he feared that one day he would lose the joy of being human.

"That's good!"

Ye Yi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, wiggling her plump buttocks to make Li Yaofeng's clone feel even softer. However, she was still somewhat uneasy, and with a flicker in her eyes, she suddenly said in a charming voice, "My lord... I have a little aunt... who is very beautiful, even more beautiful than me. Do you think... you want her...?"

What a great thing!

Li Yaofeng's clone's eyes lit up as he turned to look at his secretary wife. With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?

"Since you're still worried, then call your aunt over." Li Yaofeng smiled slightly as he used his clone to convey his goodwill. Of course, he would accept his secretary wife's offer.

"Don't worry, sir. Your aunt is also an admirer of yours, and she will definitely agree," Ye Yi said happily.

I'm not only happy that my aunt has become an adult woman, but also happy that Li Yaofeng's clone has finally abandoned his physical body and become a puppet.

After all, a person who has become a physical puppet wouldn't miss the pleasure of women, but Li Yaofeng's clone misses the pleasure of women, so it's impossible for him to become a physical puppet.

"My lord, flesh and blood are weak and life is short. Only mechanical ascension is eternal." Scorpion, who was leading the way, couldn't help but interject when he heard Ye Yi's words about luring Li Yaofeng to use his clone.

In his view, no matter what woman or beauty, after a hundred years, they are nothing but a pile of grave dust. What can compare to eternal art that can fascinate and enchant?

Such a great person as the Fourth Kazekage should have abandoned his frail flesh and blood with him, chosen mechanical ascension, become an eternal puppet life, and pursue the ultimate art together.

"Shut up."

Scorpion's words seemed to have stepped on Ye Yi's Persian cat's tail, startling her into glaring at her, almost ready to attack. Her eyes seemed capable of tearing someone to pieces.

Scorpion instinctively shrank his neck.

Women are terrifying; even his puppet-like body felt a chill run down his spine.

Li Yaofeng used his clone to laugh, and the three of them quickly arrived at a secret room. Scorpion pushed open the door and went inside. This was the place where Scorpion was preparing to abandon his flesh and blood and become an eternal puppet life.

It's not a large area, and its layout is the same as the outer hall.

There are robotic arms hanging from the ceiling, only they are more sophisticated.

The most eye-catching thing is the humanoid puppet in the middle. When I first saw Li Yaofeng's clone, I thought Iron Man had traveled over.

Aside from the color scheme, its appearance is too similar to Iron Man's Mark III armor.

The only difference is the round hole in the middle of his chest; Iron Man has an energy cube inside, while Scorpion most likely has his heart inside.

However, if it's just about replacing the heart with a puppet body, that's not mechanical ascension; it's more like a cyberpunk prosthetic limb transplant.

The three approached the humanoid puppet in the middle, and Scorpion introduced it, saying, "This is the body I prepared for myself."

As he spoke, Scorpion's mind stirred, and all the chakra threads behind him retracted. Countless chakra threads shot out from the giant puppet heart in the outer hall, connecting to the mechanical arms on the ceiling, including those in the secret room.

Under Scorpion's control, the robotic arm disassembled the humanoid puppet, revealing a body inside that did not resemble a puppet at all.

It is a scorpion's body in a one-to-one scale.

In Li Yao's Wind Release clone's chakra perception, a faint chakra was circulating within each of the vein channels.

Acupoints.

Dantian.

These special energy spaces, invisible yet real, exist within the human body and are materialized on the body like blood vessels and organs throughout the entire body.

If it weren't for the obvious arrangement of metal parts on the inner wall of the circular hole in the middle of the body's chest, no one would be able to tell that this is actually an extremely sophisticated humanoid puppet.

This is the bionic puppet body that Scorpion prepared for himself.

"Kazekage-sama."

Scorpion turned around and explained, "There are two difficulties in abandoning weak flesh and blood and transforming into an eternal puppet life."

"First, the replenishment of chakra."

"Second, a container to preserve the soul from dissipation."

Sasori said, "The replenishment of chakra has been solved through the Puppet Heart. As for the container that preserves the soul, I used the Third Hokage's method of puppet clones as a basis, and then improved it to achieve the soul replication method."

"Now, please watch carefully, sir."

(End of this chapter)