I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 227 S-Rank Bloodline Limit Technique [Blood Pool]!

"A ninjutsu that grants immortality?!"

Upon hearing the priest's words, even Hinata Rei, a girl who was usually elegant and aloof, couldn't help but roll her eyes and gasp.

Uchiha Shisui, who was holding those scrolls in his hands, couldn't help but look down at the ninjutsu scrolls in his hands.

In comparison.

Shizune, who usually seemed ordinary and unremarkable, didn't show any shock or surprise like the two genius young ninjas from the Uchiha and Hyuga clans this time.

As a medical ninja, Shizune can use her professional expertise to guarantee that the so-called "immortality" is absolutely a load of nonsense!

From the perspective of a medical ninja, it's not difficult to make a ninja live forever.

As long as the other person's bodily functions are maintained, their bodily energy will never run out, and their cells and tissues will never age or die—but how is that possible!

Nara Rinka also completely disbelieved the words of the evil god priest.

He didn't think that "immortality" was a complete lie.

In the ninja world, gods and immortals run rampant.

There may not be any "god-like ninja" who can remain in a state of eternal immortality.

But the immortal "god-like aliens" are still sealed on the moon!

Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki!

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who was sealed on the moon, is a perfect example.

In addition, the three immortals, namely the live slug, the toad pill, and the white snake immortal, are also long-lived immortals.

In comparison.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, Indra, and Ashura—these are all formidable figures with "alien blood" and strength enough to be called "gods"—yet they all had very short lives.

That's... kind of strange.

Nara Rinkazu is currently unable to ascertain the lifespan of the Otsutsuki family.

But he can at least analyze one point—

The extraordinary ability of "immortality" is definitely not something that the ninjas of the Blood Pond Clan could possess!

"If the ninjas of the Blood Pond clan truly possess the means to achieve immortality, then where are they now?"

Nara Rinkazu's simple question brought Uchiha Shisui and Hyuga Rei back to their senses.

"This is Hell Valley, where there is nothing but miasma, blood pools, and white bones..."

"Master Ninja, I have no intention of deceiving you."

The priest of the evil god cult retorted in a low voice.

"But once you look at those ninjutsu scrolls, you'll understand what's going on."

"Although the ninjas of the Blood Pond clan did not achieve immortality, they did indeed develop a ninjutsu for achieving longevity."

"Still water".

Nara Rinka waved to Uchiha Shisui's clone.

The latter immediately handed several scrolls of surgical techniques to the captain.

Several message prompts popped up directly on the virtual panel.

[S-rank Bloodline Limit Technique [Blood Pool] detected. Learn it?]

[A-rank spell detected: [Spirit Spell - Bloodborne Curse]...]

[...Rank A Bloodline Limit Technique [Blood Dragon Technique]...]

[...Rank B spell [Summoning Technique: Crimson Pact]...]

[...Rank B Bloodline Limit Technique: Blood Explosion Technique...]

[...Rank B spell [Blood Conversion]...]

In front of everyone, Nara Rinka neither checked the panel messages nor the scroll contents, but instead sealed all these ninjutsu scrolls inside the [Sealing Scroll].

Seeing this, a deep sense of disappointment flashed in the eyes of the evil god priest.

He had assumed that the Konoha ninja would simply open the scrolls containing the ninjutsu and examine their contents.

No one can resist the temptation of immortality!

Just as no one can resist the power of the evil god!

If these few Konoha ninjas become immersed in the forbidden techniques of the Blood Pond Clan, he might be able to use this opportunity to escape, or even... recruit these Konoha ninjas into the Evil God Cult.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't even open the scroll...

"These ninjutsu scrolls can be considered as the Blood Pond clan's collection of secret techniques."

Nara Rinka picked up the [Sealed Great Scroll] again and looked at the priest of the evil god cult.

"But let's not even mention that the Blood Pool Clan has already been wiped out."

"It would be impossible for an ordinary ninja to collect the special secret techniques of the Blood Pond Clan."

"Who exactly gave you these scrolls?"

"I didn't know his true identity—I really didn't lie to you, Ninja Master!"

The priest of the evil god cult noticed the sudden danger in Nara Ranke's gaze and quickly added.

"About three days ago, a man wearing a white mask approached me, dropped off these scrolls, and then asked me to send men to attack the Konoha ninja team."

"Specific image".

"An elderly man, about 1.7 meters tall, wearing a black robe and a white, one-eyed mask with a swirling pattern."

"How did they contact you?"

"I have no idea……"

The priest of the evil god cult shook his head.

"That masked god is elusive; he always takes the initiative to approach me."

Nara Ranka raised an eyebrow. "You just said...every time?"

"Huh!? No! No."

The priest of the evil god cult was stunned for a moment, then shook his head repeatedly.

"I'm referring to last time—"

"Still water".

Nara Rinka gave up on the old man and beckoned the tool man to come forward.

"Use illusion magic for torture."

Upon receiving the captain's order, Uchiha Shisui stepped forward, his three-tomoe Sharingan fixed on the eyes of the Jashin Cult priest. He used genjutsu to forcibly control the priest's conscious will, trapping him in a genjutsu space.

Uchiha Shisui had done similar interrogation work many times before, and now he was quite adept at it.

Nara Rinka leaped off the back of the Shadow Creature and landed on the blood-red ground of Hell Valley.

He strolled over to the blood pool.

The blood pool, which had just been incredibly powerful and even condensed into a terrifying crimson dragon comparable to a tailed beast, now looked as calm as a stagnant pool, its smooth surface without the slightest ripple.

However, in Nara Rinka's own perception, this seemingly calm blood pool actually concealed an extremely crazy and astonishing amount of chakra.

Under the interference of this malevolent chakra, the surrounding natural energy seemed to become tainted.

"Is this the... S-rank spell [Blood Pool] from before?"

Nara Rinka appears to be gazing at the Blood Pool, but in reality, she is looking through the spell descriptions on the panel.

[S-Rank Bloodline Limit Technique: Blood Pool]

[Spell Description: A forbidden spell of the Blood Pool Clan!]

[Technique Effect: By gathering a large amount of ninja blood of the same or similar quality, a [Blood Pool] filled with Yang Release chakra is created.]

The ninja signed a "Summoning Technique: Crimson Pact" with the "Blood Pool," and then used the power of the "Crimson Pact" to entrust his spiritual consciousness to the "Blood Pool" and successfully settle down.

After entrusting one's spiritual consciousness to the Blood Pool, even if the body suffers fatal injuries such as decapitation or piercing the heart and falls into a state of death, the spiritual consciousness can still be transmitted back to the Blood Pool through the Blood Pact.

[As long as the Blood Pool remains, the ninja will never die.]

[Surgery Evaluation: Data backup in progress...]

"By gathering large amounts of ninja blood of similar or identical quality... this is even more terrifying and man-eating than Orochimaru's [Regeneration Technique]!"

With just a glance at the effects of the Blood Pool spell, Nara Rinkei was certain that this was an absolutely inhumane spell.

Regardless of how the Blood Pool Clan actually developed this S-rank technique in history.

If we were to convert the amount of blood in the "blood pool" in front of Nara Rinka into human terms...

It needs to be calculated and measured on a scale of at least a thousand people!

There must have been some "contribution" to this by priests of the evil cult.

But it is undeniable that...

The Blood Pond clan ninjas, who were previously suppressed in Hell Valley, may also be conducting similar experiments.

"I remember Yuuya Shiro once said that the Blood Pool clan had to reduce its size due to resource depletion... But now it seems that the Blood Pool clan's higher-ups are clearly plotting something!"

However, Nara Rinka still doesn't quite understand.

The Blood Pool's effects seem impressive, but it's still a long way from true "immortality."

unless……

Nara Rinka focused his mind on the contents of the Blood Pool spell scroll, quickly reviewing the recorded information and successfully finding the answer.

This [Blood Pool] technique, which has reached S-rank, is still an incomplete technique.

Strictly speaking, creating a "blood pool," signing a "blood pact" with it, and achieving a state of spiritual immortality... this is only the first half of the process.

"It has a second half, but... it's interrupted!"

Choosing to visit Nara is a difficult decision.

He scoffed at the prerequisites for this S-rank technique, Blood Pool.

However, he had to admit that the effectiveness of this "cloud data backup" was very much to his liking.

Nara Rinka's Shadow Clone Technique actually follows a similar approach.

The only difference is the emphasis of the surgical techniques.

Nara Rinka cannot determine whether the Blood Pool was "broken" or whether previous researchers simply did not discover the subsequent content.

The scroll for the [Blood Pool] spell mentions only a few words of information.

Phrases like "the union of Yin and Yang," "the transformation into a blood god," and "immortality" sound like mystical nonsense.

Nara Rinka has a strange suspicion that these scattered short words were filled in by some crazy, heretical cult priest...

As for the [Blood Pool] spell effect, which is mentioned many times, it is the [Spirit Summoning Technique - Crimson Pact].

Nara Rinkachi also took the opportunity to check it out.

This is a new type of contract ninjutsu developed by the ninjas of the Blood Pond clan through in-depth research on blood. It can enhance the strength and effect of the blood contract through a specific symbol array.

A triangle is embedded within a circle.

This is the specific symbol of the [Bloody Pact].

This description might be a little difficult to understand, but it will be much easier to understand if you combine it with another A-level technique.

[Rank A Spell: Summoning Technique - Bloodborne Curse]

[Technique Description: An eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth!]

[Spell Effect: After obtaining the opponent's blood, the user temporarily establishes a close relationship with the opponent through the chakra connection between the blood and the user. The blood pact then ensures that the opponent's condition is consistent with the user's, so that they share the same fate.]

[Skill Evaluation: Boring, I want to see rivers of blood!]

I'm not in good shape, I'm experiencing severe writer's block, and updates are late...

There will be two updates today, the second one will be after midnight.

I apologize to everyone.

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Furthermore, I originally had a lot to say about this side story involving "Hell Valley, the Cult of Evil Gods, and the Pool of Blood," but...

Ultimately, it comes down to insufficient writing skills; the writing wasn't good enough, and the groundwork wasn't laid properly.

I apologize again to everyone.

(End of this chapter)