Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 21 Experiment

Kirito left Nawaki's house in the evening, but thanks to a large meal that effectively restored his chakra and relieved his fatigue, he was now fully recovered.

"Hey, Kirito, you've been learning sealing techniques from Mito-sama for so long today! Have you eaten yet? Want to come to my house for a meal? There's plenty of food."

"Kirito, you look great today. You usually look sickly. Remember to get some rest."

"Kirito, I'm entrusting my clumsy son's studies to you. Don't worry about my feelings. Hit him if he needs to, scold him if he needs to. As long as his grades improve, I'll ask you to teach me a very powerful ninjutsu."

As Kirito walked through the Senju clan's territory, many Senju clan members greeted him warmly with genuine smiles.

Children are very sensitive to the malice and kindness of others, especially orphans.

Kirito likes the Senju people very much because they are all very kind and simple-minded. After learning that he is a disciple of Mito and an orphan, they all care for him in their own ways, which warms his heart.

Unlike the cold and dark chakra of the Uchiha people, he could clearly feel that the chakra of the people living here was very sunny and warm, giving people a sense of security.

"They were such good people. It's such a pity that they're gradually disappearing from this village."

Kirito thought to himself.

Why did the Senju clan disappear from Konoha later on? In the later anime, only Tsunade remained active in the ninja world. He had pondered this question.

He had initially been inclined to follow the call of the Second Hokage, voluntarily abandoning his surname and changing it to integrate into Konoha.

But after coming into contact with the Senju clan, he discovered that things were not so simple.

The Senju clan's demise was mainly due to war.

The First and Second Hokage are undoubtedly the glory of the Senju clan. This glory is the pride of the Senju clan, something they would fight to the death to protect.

However, after the deaths of the two Hokage, this honor became a heavy burden for the Senju clan.

Countless members of the Thousand Hands clan wish to restore and protect this glory.

Like the Nawaki, countless children of the Thousand Hands clan grew up under the glory of these two great men, pursuing the dream of becoming Hokage from a young age.

For this, they risked their lives, carrying out their fire-fighting will to protect the village.

During both Shinobi World Wars, the Senju clan was a main force in the Konoha ninja clan, always at the forefront.

Because enemy ninjas fear that another Senju Hashirama or Senju Tobirama might emerge from the Senju clan, they prioritize killing members of the Senju clan during wartime.

For various reasons, a large number of young and strong members of the Senju clan died in the war.

Nowadays, apart from Mito and Tsunade, the Senju clan has few other capable fighters left, consisting mainly of the elderly, women, and children.

According to the original storyline, Mito died later, Nawaki died young, Tsunade was traumatized and left the village, giving up on herself. The Senju clan completely declined and eventually had to give up their surname and actively integrate into Konoha, thus freeing themselves from this heavy burden of glory.

How can we stop the demise of the Senju clan?

Kirito already had the answer to this question, but before that, he first needed to acquire enough powerful strength.

Half an hour later, he returned to the orphanage.

The orphanage has changed a lot. Everyone wants to pursue a better life, so with enough financial resources, the orphanage built a new house and added many toys for children to play with in the courtyard, such as slides, swings, and horizontal bars.

Kirito now has his own house.

After he returned, he first greeted Yakushi Nonou and the others, then went back to his house and went to the entrance to the basement.

Because his basement contained many important and dangerous items, he set up a sealing spell at the entrance to prevent enemies and playful children from accidentally entering.

This is the result of his learning the sealing technique from Mito during this period.

However, the sealing spell he currently sets at the entrance is of a very low level, and anyone with a basic grasp of sealing techniques can break it, but it is sufficient to prevent children from the orphanage from accidentally entering.

"untie."

Kirito quickly formed hand seals and then pressed them onto the floor.

The next moment, a large number of black chakra-formed runes emerged from the previously empty ground, and the floor began to slowly slide away, revealing a staircase leading underground.

As Kirito walked down, the motion-sensor lights installed on the ceiling of the basement turned on.

There were roughly three types of items in the basement: books, scrolls, and glassware.

The books in the basement were all bought by Kirito from the bookstore, mainly in the fields of medicine, electrical engineering, and biology.

The technology in the ninja world is actually quite advanced, with electrical engineering and biology being particularly well-developed. Kirito spent a little more money and easily bought many related books. Thanks to these books, he now has a good understanding of medicine, electrical engineering, and biology.

The scroll is a collection of ninjutsu that Kirito has gathered, most of which are sealing techniques, followed by lightning release ninjutsu and yin release ninjutsu.

The main sources of these ninjutsu are Mito and Chizuru, all of whom have ninjutsu libraries in their families. Kirito learned and organized the sealing techniques from Mito, while Kirito obtained the Lightning Release and Yin Release ninjutsu through battles with Chizuru as payment.

There aren't many Lightning Release ninjutsu and Yin Release ninjutsu; currently, there's only one of each: Lightning Release: Lightning Ball and Yin Release: Mind Reading.

Kirito hasn't yet mastered lightning and yin chakra, so for now he can only watch helplessly as these two ninjutsu are rendered useless.

As for the glassware, there were many of them, large and small, containing many creatures, including insects, plants, and various organs. Among them, the most numerous were some red hairs, and everything was soaking in some green solution.

"As expected of the Uzumaki clan's bloodline, even fallen hair can regain its vitality and form flesh and blood tissue as long as it is replenished with nutrients."

Kirito stood before the largest glass container in the basement, looking at a piece of non-moving flesh-like tissue resembling a heart. He smiled, a hint of fanaticism flashing in his eyes.

The fleshy tissue in the glass container in front of him was originally just a strand of hair from Mito Uzumaki that he had secretly collected. After nearly a month of cultivation, it had become unrecognizable.

He could sense that the fleshy tissue was not only full of vitality, but also giving birth to chakra.

Chakra is the energy source of all techniques, and only by mastering powerful chakra can one become a powerful ninja. This is Kirito's belief.

Therefore, he greatly admired people like Mito and Nawaki, who were born with an immense amount of chakra, and longed to possess that power.

However, he was not a member of the Uzumaki clan and therefore could not obtain the key to this power.

Therefore, he decided to learn from Orochi Kabuto and use biotechnology to integrate the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan into his own body.

Now, the Bloodline Fusion 1.0 experiment is about to begin.

"Let me see if you can survive after mixing with my blood."

Kirito thought expectantly, then dripped his blood into the glass container.

(End of this chapter)