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

Chapter 297 [Wood Release Chakra Creation Method]!

For the next period of time.

Nara Rinkei devoted most of his research energy to the study of Sage Mode and Wood Release.

He possesses a considerable number of bloodline limits, including even bloodline elimination techniques like Dust Release.

However, there is only one bloodline limit like Wood Release that can react simultaneously with natural energy and Sage Chakra!

Even Nara Rinkazu's self-created techniques, such as "Kabuto" and "Hana-nin," do not possess the unique property of Wood Release.

However, considering that the source of all chakra in the ninja world comes from a single large tree...

Wood Release can produce strange reactions with natural energy and even Sage Chakra, which doesn't seem so hard to understand or accept.

However, after undergoing special testing by Nara Rinka, it was found that Wood Release, which is formed by the fusion of Water Release and Earth Release, does not produce any special reactions with natural energy.

What's truly special is the leukocytes.

To be precise, they are white Zetsu cells formed by the fusion of the cyborg cells and the Divine Tree!

Nara Rinka took a certain amount of cell tissue from the White Zetsu's body and began the White Zetsu cell cultivation project.

He also included the continued fusion of Wood Release and Yang Release in his research plan.

The experiment of fusing the three different properties of water, soil, and sunlight was not as difficult as imagined.

With the assistance of the Second Tsuchikage Muzo's research experience in [Dust Release].

The research on the Wood Release: Bloodline Limit Version is progressing at a reasonably acceptable pace.

The underground research institute within Kikyo Castle is continuously advancing Nara Rinka's numerous research projects.

Meanwhile, the Konoha camp in the Land of Hot Springs continued its peaceful daily routine.

Even before the Third Shinobi World War had completely ended, a small country like the Land of Hot Springs, sandwiched between Konoha and Kumogakure, experienced a very strange period of peace.

There has been no movement from Yunyin for some time.

Jiraiya, who had been stubbornly holding out at the Hot Springs camp for several days, finally couldn't find any reason to continue delaying.

One urgent order after another was issued from Konoha Village. Jiraiya could only bid a regretful farewell to Nara Rinka and his determined [Camouflage], and left the Land of Hot Water with a small ninja force, returning to the Land of Fire.

Among this ninja unit were Kakashi Hatake, who had just become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, and his teammate Rin Nohara.

That's right.

Jiraiya lingered in the Land of Hot Springs camp for an extended period, partly due to his own fervent pursuit of the "camouflage technique."

Another important reason is that Konoha needs him to secretly observe the personal situation of the newly appointed Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Hatake Kakashi.

After observing secretly for several days, Big White Hair discovered that Little White Hair and Three-Tailed Isobu got along quite well.

Even under the sole [Four Symbols Seal], the Three-Tailed Isobu showed no signs of losing control or going berserk.

Compared to another Jinchūriki in Konoha Village—Kushina Uzumaki.

The Three-Tails inside Kakashi Hatake was in an unbelievably docile state.

It's worth noting that even under the restraints of the [Sealing Tail Seal], Kushina Uzumaki still managed to lose control several times.

Kakashi Hatake, on the other hand, remained as steady as an old dog.

His consistent performance naturally earned him the approval of the village's higher-ups.

then……

This newly appointed Three-Tails Jinchuriki was sent to the Hidden Mist battlefield to fight against the Hidden Mist ninja.

The intensity of the battle in the Fog Concealment Battlefield is not considered high.

From the perspective of Konoha's higher-ups, sending Kakashi Hatake to the Hidden Mist battlefield would also facilitate his training and honing of his skills.

Time passed little by little.

On this day, in the underground research institute of Kikyo Castle.

On the table in front of Nara Rinka is three wooden masks.

With the active cooperation of White Zetsu, his research on Wood Release progressed very smoothly.

Right now, we are in the final step of the Wood Release synthesis experiment – ​​the mask test!

The chakra from the Water Release Mask and Earth Release Mask were combined into the final Blank Mask. Under Nara Rinkei's control, these two chakras were precisely matched to form a completely new property.

"Test successful!"

Nara Rinka smiled slightly, put the two damaged masks aside, and picked up the brand new mask.

A message notification popped up on the panel at this point.

[Rank B Ninja Tool: Wood Release Mask]

"I've successfully researched Wood Release, and now I don't need to bother White Zetsu, the 'middleman,' anymore. I can synthesize Wood Release chakra myself!"

Nara Rinka gripped the Wood Release mask tightly, recalling the many Wood Release ninjutsu he had mastered.

"Those Wood Release ninjutsu that only the Great Pillar can use have basically all been unlocked. The rest of the work is..."

Nara Rinka once again took out three masks from the spirit talisman, still in the familiar ratio of water, earth, and blank space.

"How can we not check what the reverse of Wood Release is? Could it be what I speculated before...?"

Nara Rinka skillfully manipulated Water Release and Earth Release chakra, but instead of following the previous chakra ratio, he directly reversed the ratio and then incorporated the fused new chakra into the [Blank Mask].

A moment later, a brand new mask was created in Nara Rinkei's hands.

Nara gently touches the surface of the mask.

[B-rank ninja tool [Mud Release Mask] detected!]

[Rank B Ninja Tool: Mud Release Mask]

"Tsk! How should I put it? The fusion of water and soil really does make mud!"

Nara Rinka took in all the information about the effects of the [Mud Release Mask] ninja tool and couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Those Earth Release ninjutsu that create 'slime,' such as [Yomi Swamp] and [Earth Flow River]... are not ninjutsu that were just randomly invented."

Upon arriving at the dedicated testing room, Nara Ranke walked to a patch of exposed soil, channeled the chakra from the [Mud Release Mask], and poured it into the soil below.

Each type of kekkei genkai (bloodline limit) has its own unique effects.

The evaporation of [Scorching Release], the explosion of [Explosion Release], the magma of [Lava Release], and so on.

The bloodline limit formed after the ratio is reversed will be very different from the original bloodline limit.

【Mud Release】is a new type of kekkei genkai that is a reversal of 【Wood Release】.

Even Nara Rinkazu, its creator, couldn't directly draw conclusions about its general effects; he could only explore and test it on his own.

After the Mud Release chakra was injected into the soil, the originally solid soil immediately softened, forming a tiny black mud pit.

While maintaining the chakra output of the [Mud Release Mask], Nara Rinkazu reached his palm into the black mud, and the soft, slippery sensation immediately reached his heart.

"What the hell? It's just plain mud, it doesn't look promising at all..."

Nara Rinka pulled his hand out of the mud, flicking mud splattered all over the ground.

"At first glance, it seems to be a kekkei genkai of the 'Lava Release' type, which has great potential, but... its future is uncertain."

[Mud Escape] is certainly not as terrible as Nara Rinka described.

As a type of kekkei genkai (bloodline limit) of the escaping technique category, like most kekkei genkai, [Mud Release] belongs to the type of "great strength, brick-like power".

As long as there is enough chakra, even mud can unleash powerful energy.

However, in terms of "basic abilities", Mud Release is indeed far inferior to most bloodline limits.

This is certainly not something that cannot be improved.

Even with the most basic Earth Release technique, the ninjas of Iwagakure have developed outrageous gravity-based ninjutsu such as the Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique and the Super Heavy Rock Technique.

The Water Release technique also includes many bizarre ninjutsu such as the Water Mirror Technique and the Water Transformation Technique.

These all fall under the category of "changes in nature".

As for the "nature transformation" of [Mud Release], Nara Rinkei is not without his own wild ideas.

Things like "slime," "hard slime," "non-Newtonian fluid slime," and "slime monster."

Putting the facts aside, Mud Release is actually a pretty good bloodline limit, much better than Nara Rinka's Storm Release, which is currently unusable.

And...

【Mud Escape】is not entirely useless.

As for "Mud Release," these are the only two things that Nara Rangsuke can currently associate with it.

"First of all, Mud Release can be fused with ninjutsu such as Swamp of the Underworld to develop specialized ninjutsu like Mud Release: Swamp of the Underworld, which should be more powerful than the regular Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld."

"Secondly, [Mud Release] could probably be considered one of the research templates for a new round of bloodline limit elimination?"

Aside from Sage Mode and Wood Release, Nara Rinka has a very complex range of research areas.

Among the many research topics, the fusion of Yin Release and Water Release, as well as the testing of a new type of bloodline elimination, are among the most prominent.

The so-called "new bloodline elimination" refers to the fusion of two or more nature transformations into Yin Release as the core.

After studying the "Dust Release" technique in depth, Nara Rankei discovered that the so-called "Bloodline Limit" was not as advanced as he had imagined.

Bloodline limit is the product of the fusion of two property changes used simultaneously.

Bloodline elimination is a fusion product that uses three property changes simultaneously.

Having independently developed [Kai-eun] and [Yan-eun], promoting the further fusion of [Kai-eun] and [Yan-eun] is what Nara Rinka refers to as the "new type of bloodline limit elimination".

To be precise, it is a fusion of Yin Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release.

Nara Rinka originally intended to combine "Yin Release and Earth Release" to form "Kai Release", "Yin Release and Fire Release" to form "Flame Release", and "Earth Release and Fire Release" to form "Explosion Release", "Steel Release", "Molten Release" and "Crystal Release".

If we can refer to the earth and fire chakra ratios of the four types of kekkei genkai—explosion, steel, molten, and crystal—we can further promote the fusion of [Kasame Release] and [Flame Release].

Could this lead to a new bloodline elimination system between [Kai-eun] and [Yan-eun]?

This operation sounds complicated, but in reality...

Not difficult.

While strictly maintaining the chakra ratios of Yin Release and Earth Release, and Yin Release and Fire Release, the chakra ratio of Earth Release and Fire Release can be referenced to one of the following: Explosion, Steel, Melt, or Crystal.

To put it another way.

Take [Explosion Release] as an example.

The original "Explosion Release" was a bloodline limit formed by combining "Earth Release" and "Fire Release".

Nara Rinkachi has now simply replaced the original Earth Release and Fire Release with the [Kai Release] and [Flame Release] at the same time.

The only difference between this and the initial form of [Explosion Release] is that additional [Yin Release] chakra is added to this later form.

Let's simplify it further.

It is actually a second fusion of Yin Release and other esoteric bloodline limits!

The operating principle is simple and direct, and the operation process is clear and straightforward.

With the [Property Mask] as a powerful tool for experimentation, the operation is very easy.

Unfortunately, the fusion process of this new type of bloodline elimination is as slow as a snail.

After thorough investigation by Nara Rinka (the clones), there was only one reason for the slow progress of the experiment—

[Flame Release]!

Compared to Nara Rinkazu, who developed the [Kai-den] from scratch.

[Flame Release] is actually a bloodline limit formed from the tailed beast power of the Two-Tails Matatabi - [Entangling Flame Cat Fire].

Other ninja villages also learned about bloodline limits from the tailed beasts.

The Lava Release and Boil Release techniques used by Iwagakure are good examples.

However, unlike other bloodline limits, [Flame Release] is a product formed by the fusion of Yin Release and Fire Release. However, the "Yin Release" has undergone a transformation process to form "flame".

From the moment Nara Ranke first encountered his family's Shadow Release technique, he knew that Yin Release was a rather unstable technique.

The already unstable Yin Release was transformed into flames, and then fused with the equally intangible and highly unstable Fire Release...

The instability of [Flame Release] is therefore self-evident.

Nara Rinka's attempt to advance the fusion of [Flame Release] and [Shō Release] is tantamount to trying to support a solid rock with illusory flames.

If the [Flame Release] even produces a slight fluctuation, then the fusion of the two will immediately fail.

This is a lesson learned by Nara Rinka after numerous trials.

Since the fusion of [Flame Release] and [Shadow Release] is quite difficult.

Nara had no choice but to settle for second best.

He has already mastered [Shadow Release], and now he has also mastered [Wood Release] and [Mud Release]. Once he successfully researches the fusion properties of Yin Release and Water Release...

Then he can refer to the above examples to further integrate [Kai-eun] with the new bloodline limit.

It is indeed too difficult to support a rock with flames.

But if you use mud or wood...

That will make things much simpler!

At the very least, there shouldn't be any bloodline limit that's more unstable than [Flame Release]...

"The fusion of Yin Release and Water Release, huh? There's a precedent for [Kai Release], so at least it's not like there's no inspiration at all."

Nara Rinkasa tidied herself up briefly and left the testing room wearing the [Mud Release Mask].

"The [Water Transformation Technique] from Kirigakure is indeed an extremely useful technique!"

With the plan to merge Yin Release and Water Release temporarily put on hold, Nara Rankei began writing furiously on the research table.

Now that we have successfully developed the Wood Release technique.

So it's time to compile a book on "Wood Release Chakra Creation Method".

Then, I went to see Tsunade, whom I hadn't seen for a long time!

Second update.

Goodnight everybody.

(End of this chapter)