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

Chapter 269 The Ultimate Legacy of Iwagakure! Bloodline Limit Technique!

【Flying Thunder God - Shadow Blade】!

In the blink of an eye, Nara Rinka returned to the Land of Hot Springs from Kikyo Castle.

"The body's own cell tissues still need a period of cultivation. Once the number of cell tissues is sufficient, we can begin to create the [Nature Mask] for the Sage Chakra synthesis experiment."

Inside the temporary research base, Nara Rinkei pondered the key research plans for the coming period.

His research on many ninjutsu techniques did not require much support from environmental conditions.

A lamp, a pen, a scroll, and enough shadow clones are all you need to complete most experiments.

However, experiments related to natural energy cannot be conducted in such a primitive and simple environment.

Nara Rinka is currently researching natural energy in order to introduce it into his body, mix it with his own chakra, and then create "Sage Chakra" to develop the "Sage Mode" that is most suitable for him.

The sky, the earth, the ocean—natural energy is everywhere.

Nara Rinkachi also mastered the "Immortal Clan Breathing Technique," which allows natural energy to be drawn into the body and enhance one's physical constitution.

However, the step of "mixing natural energy with chakra" completely blocked him.

Compared to the endless natural energy, the amount of chakra in a ninja's body is extremely scarce.

For "sacred sites" like Mount Myōboku that have specific Sage Technique lineages, one of the prerequisites for Sage Technique training is that the ninja must have a sufficiently large amount of chakra!

A ninja with insufficient chakra is not even qualified to train in Sage Mode.

If one is not careful, one will be assimilated by natural energy and then petrified into a statue.

Excluding the existence of "shadow chakra", Nara Rinkei's own regular chakra has reached A-rank, which can be considered as touching the threshold requirement for training Sage Mode.

Even so, if Nara Rangei rashly mixes his chakra with natural energy and something goes wrong, he will also be petrified into a statue.

After some deliberation, Nara Rinkei decided to change the "fusion site" for Sage Chakra.

There is no rule that the mixing of Sage Chakra must take place within a ninja's body.

Naruto Uzumaki in the future also verified the feasibility of "extracting Sage Chakra from Shadow Clones".

Nara Rinka certainly didn't intend to use [Shadow Clone] or [Shadow Clone] to train in Sage Mode.

The chakra of the clone and the original body can be transferred and used together.

If anything goes wrong with the clone, the chakra flowing back will also affect the main body.

Nara Rinka's true plan was to use the [Nature Mask] to conduct a fusion experiment of Sage Chakra.

After his recent research and experimentation, he found that the standard blank mask made from the branches of the Divine Tree did not have the conditions to fuse with Sage Chakra.

The SSS-rank miscellaneous item [Divine Tree Branch] has two effects: first, "absorbing natural energy," and second, "absorbing chakra."

Nara Rinka has always utilized the unique property of the "divine tree branches" that can absorb chakra.

This time, however, before he could even mix the natural energy into the [Blank Mask] with the chakra he had previously injected into it, the natural energy was directly absorbed by the mask.

Let alone a mixture of Sage Chakra.

Nara Rinka couldn't even find the natural energy that had been absorbed by the [Blank Mask]!

In this situation, the only way to continue the experiment of creating Sage Chakra is through another method—using other materials to create the [Blank Mask]!

The "Material Mask Forging Method" provided by the old man Kakuzu mentions three types of materials for crafting "Material Masks".

Cellular tissue of ninjas or ninja beasts, [divine tree branches], [chakra crystals].

Since the blank mask was crafted using a branch of the Divine Tree, it does not meet the requirements for fusing Sage Chakra.

Therefore, Nara Rinka will have to use his own blood cells to create a new [Nature Mask]!

This is why Nara Rinkazu started cutting his hands and bleeding as soon as he returned to the underground research institute in Kikyo Castle.

The correct scientific research method is to culture cells, proliferate cells, and use these cloned cells to create masks!

Otherwise, with just his hundred or so pounds of flesh, how could he possibly create a sufficient number of [Nature Masks] for Sage Chakra fusion experiments?

As it happens, Nara Rinkei had previously obtained an S-rank knowledge inheritance from the Blood Pond Clan, namely "Blood Research," through the Hell Valley incident, making the cultivation of blood cells very simple for him now.

The "Nature Mask," crafted using the blood cells of Nara Rinka, is essentially "from the same source" as him.

In the experiment of fusing Sage Chakra, using this [Nature Mask] is not much different from directly fighting Nara Rinkei himself.

"If possible, we should collect more information about immortal arts."

"The Toad Sage Technique of Mount Myōboku, the Snake Sage Technique of Ryūchi Cave... there is currently no way to make contact between these two."

"Shikkotsu Forest definitely has a lineage of Sage Techniques; the Living Slug Sage is a genuine 'sage'! We can find a way to learn about this from Tsunade..."

"The last and simplest method should still be the Fire Temple's sage techniques! It just so happens that Master Zhongjue invited me to the Fire Temple through Elder Luye..." (Chapter 195)

"In short, now that we've found a suitable research method, all that's left is to work through the motions."

Nara Rinka shifted his attention away from magic and to another research project that had to be conducted within Kikyo Castle.

"As for the research and experiments on [Wood Release]... I just hope that the White Zetsu can provide more support and that its chakra supply can keep up so that I can conduct experiments without worry."

"However, with the existence of the Shadow Manipulation Technique, researching Wood Release is still simpler than using Sage Mode..."

Nara Rinka took a deep breath, suppressing all the experimental research content in his heart.

He picked up the ninja sword [Little Jizo] that he had previously placed in the temporary research base and checked the remaining chakra in the [Shadow Blade] mark branded on the blade of [Little Jizo].

"There's still some chakra left in the mark, considering what we used up before..."

Nara Rinka quietly did some calculations.

"Based on my current 'travel expense usage,' I can fix my return frequency to Kikyo City to three to four times a week, preferably three times, so as not to affect my overall condition at other times..."

"However, if we get the [Chakra Crystal] ring back, we can return to Kikyo Castle every day..."

Nara Rinka grasped the [Little Jizo] and slowly poured chakra into the mark of the [Shadow Blade] before leaving the temporary research base and heading towards the Five-Tails Kokuo and the Three-Tails Isobu.

Nara Shikaku and the village gradually reached an agreement on the details of the deal for the Three-Tails.

Nara Rinka personally captured Mitsuo Isobu and held the final say in this transaction.

In this absolute seller's market, if Konoha still wants to obtain the power of the Three-Tails, it must satisfy Nara's demands.

Over the past few days, the value of the bargaining chips offered by Konoha's top four executives has been steadily approaching Nara's expectations for winning the title.

Perhaps the two sides will be able to finalize this sale and purchase deal soon.

But before Konoha makes a final decision.

Nara Rinka's two "shadow" clones sent out intelligence information first.

"The Raikage of Nara has returned to Kumogakure and resealed the Two-Tails, which had been unsealed, into the Amber Purification Bottle. He will soon begin a new operation to seal the Two-Tails Jinchuriki."

"The Tsuchikage of Nara has also arrived at Iwagakure, and... he's almost finished collecting Iwagakure's many secret techniques!"

The memories of the two "shadow" clones were transmitted back within a short period of time.

However, Nara Rinka, who had used up a lot of chakra during the day, decided to rest for the night first.

……

The next morning.

As usual, after receiving the Chief of Staff's daily report, Nara Rinko led his own squad and the five members of Minato's team directly to the two tailed beasts.

Uchiha Shisui, Hatake Kakashi, and the others continued training and teaching the turtles, just like they had done in the previous days.

After leaving behind a shadow clone, Nara Rankei quietly left the Land of Hot Springs.

Based on the numerous Flying Thunder God marks left behind by the "Nara Tsuchikage".

Nara Rinka set off from the Land of Hot Water, traversing several small countries before finally arriving near Iwagakure in the Land of Earth.

The Nara Tsuchikage, who had been waiting there for some time, immediately handed over the ninjutsu scrolls he had collected over the past few days to the main body.

The moment Nara Rinka received the scroll, a large number of message prompts popped up on his panel.

[S-rank debris detected: Dust Release Chakra Creation Method!]

[S-rank technique detected: Dust Release: Limit Debonding Technique. Learn?]

[...Rank A spell [Splitting Technique]...]

[...Rank A Technique [Earth Release: Super Lightweight Rock Technique]...]

[...Rank A Technique [Earth Release: Super Weighted Rock Technique]...]

[...Rank A Technique [Earth Release: Rigid Form Technique]...]

[...Rank B Technique [Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique]...]

[...Rank B spell [Dustless Envelopment]...]

Nara Rinka originally thought that there weren't many ninjutsu techniques in Iwagakure that would catch his eye.

But looking at the multiple ninjutsu information that popped up on the panel, he realized that besides [Dust Release], Iwagakure still had quite a few good things!

The three techniques, namely 【Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique】, 【Earth Release: Super Weighted Rock Technique】, and 【Earth Release: Super Light Weighted Rock Technique】, along with the previously acquired 【Earth Release: Light Weighted Rock Technique】, encompass all Earth Release ninjutsu that manipulate gravity in Iwagakure.

The Earth Release ninjutsu that manipulates gravity is unique in the entire ninja world.

(Kaguya Otsutsuki's [Amenominaka] contains a supergravity space, but Kaguya is not considered a ninja.)

[Earth Release: Steel Form Technique], a unique "Miniature Earth Gundam" ninjutsu of Iwagakure.

The [Splitting Technique] and [Dustless Envelopment] are the signature ninjutsu of the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, and their effects are quite unique.

Of course, what Nara Rinka was most concerned about was that S-class miscellaneous item.

A bloodline limit technique unique to Iwagakure, surpassing even bloodline limits—

[S-Rank Miscellaneous Item: Dust Release Chakra Manufacturing Method]

[Item Description: Knowledge and Technology]

[Item Effect: By simultaneously using wind, earth, and fire chakra in precise proportions, a new dust-type chakra is created.]

[Item Description: Dust Release can handle any problem.]

I'm having writer's block... Sorry everyone.

Please check back tomorrow at noon for the second update.

My mind is foggy.

(End of this chapter)