Escape from Konoha.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Exploring the Path of Immortal Arts Systems for Sustainable Human Scientific Development

The war is temporarily irrelevant to Shiraishi. Although the impending war makes him somewhat unhappy, even if he really has to go to the battlefield, that will be two years from now.

Let's be optimistic, maybe the war will be over in two years, won't it?

Moreover, war has its advantages. Because of the war, Konoha Village is short-handed, and the Hokage's direct ANBU will definitely be busy every day. Who would care about a nobody student like him from the Ninja Academy?

The attention of the Hokage and other high-ranking officials was drawn to the Sand Village ninja.

—The underground laboratory of the Uchiha clan's territory, belonging to the Ruri family.

It's a spacious 100 square meters, fully equipped with electrical systems, illuminating the laboratory as brightly as daytime.

The middle area is an open space for people to walk around, and electronic equipment for testing and operating tables are also placed there.

A transparent cylindrical container filled with a green solution, containing parts extracted from animals, has been transformed into bizarrely shaped aliens through unknown processes and catalysis.

Bai Shi held a glass test tube in his hand, which contained an incredibly solid, pale green liquid energy. This was the natural energy entity that Bai Shi had extracted from the earth and the air.

"So, any progress?"

Liuli, who came down from above, inquired about the progress of the research on natural energy.

To help Shiraishi conduct his research in peace, Ruri would try her best to procure both equipment and materials.

The manpower and financial investment required were incomparable to the previous small-scale operations.

"No, although natural energy has existed for a little longer than before, the time it can be manifested is still too short."

Bai Shi sighed, put down the test tube, and the pale green liquid energy in the test tube began to dilute without warning, the color becoming lighter and lighter until it turned into nothingness, and the test tube became empty.

The natural energy has already evaporated completely on its own.

This situation will occur if the natural energy is not integrated with other substances when it materializes.

Of course, it's not impossible to utilize it; we can simply take advantage of the natural energy as it dissipates.

The efficiency of sustainable utilization will be slightly lower.

After all, the experimental process of receiving, refining, and solidifying natural energy is very complicated and requires the assistance of some metals with extremely high conductivity to chakra.

Therefore, extracting natural energy is not only a complicated process, but also very expensive.

"Moreover, that's not the most important issue."

"What do you mean?"

"Look, the various biological parts here are formed by injecting natural energy into the chakra, creating Sage Chakra, which is then absorbed, resulting in these strange shapes."

Shiraishi walked up to a floor-to-ceiling glass cylinder, tapped it with his finger, and it made a crisp sound. The alien inside did not react at all, as if it were a dead object.

"What does this mean?"

"In other words, the use of Sage Chakra comes with a very terrible risk."

Shiraishi's eyes became deep and mysterious, carrying an inexplicable quality.

He walked unhurriedly to the bookshelf, picked up a scroll, spread it out on the table, and pointed to a line of text.

"Ryuchi Cave, Mount Myoboku, and Shikkotsu Forest are known as the Three Great Sacred Lands. It is said that one can cultivate immortal techniques in these three places. However, the immortal techniques passed down in the Three Great Sacred Lands seem to have a different processing system than our human system. After learning them, one will develop corresponding biological characteristics."

At this point, Shiraishi couldn't help but sigh again:

"The Uchiha clan's library is truly vast. Although I haven't discovered the specific cultivation methods, these materials have given me a lot of inspiration. In other words, the Sage Techniques of the three holy lands may not be suitable for humans. We need to find a Sage Technique system that is correct and suitable for humans from multiple paths... This workload is unbelievable."

Bai Shi has conclusive evidence that the magical systems of the three sacred lands are unsuitable for the human body.

Because the biological structures of frogs, snakes, and slugs are completely different from the life structures of humans.

The magical arts suitable for frogs, snakes, and slugs might clash with human processing systems, which would infinitely increase the mortality and failure rates of humans practicing the magical arts of the Three Sacred Lands.

The best proof was the creatures inside the cylindrical container that had been transformed into grotesque forms by receiving Sage Chakra.

For example, if a rat is used as a source of Sage Chakra, and then this Sage Chakra is transferred to the limbs of a snake, the snake will develop some characteristics of a rat.

Similarly, if snakes are used as the source of Sage Chakra and transferred to rats, the rats will exhibit snake-like characteristics.

That's how the alien creatures inside the cylindrical container came to be.

This is also why Bai Shi judged that the immortal techniques of the three holy lands were not compatible with those of humans.

The human body structure is far more complex and diverse than that of frogs, and any error could have disastrous consequences.

Shiraishi will not try it himself until he is completely sure.

Therefore, Shiraishi can only conduct experiments on animal bodies for now, and will only conduct experiments on human bodies when the risks are minimized.

But this inhumane thing is what Shiraishi rejects.

However, if one wants to master Sage Chakra without risk, human experimentation is unavoidable.

Life is not such a cheap thing.

That sounds a bit hypocritical.

However, reality has unfolded step by step in this way.

The more advanced the medical sciences and life sciences are, the more unavoidable human experimentation becomes.

These valuable experiences are all built upon the countless sacrifices and deaths of our predecessors.

Fortunately, he had only just taken the first step in his research on immortal arts; using them for human experiments would be many years from now.

Furthermore, even if one cannot utilize Sage Chakra, natural energy has a wide range of uses.

Natural energy contains immense vitality and has extremely high medicinal value.

Therefore, slowing down the research on Sage Chakra is a very wise choice for me at the moment.

What he needs to do now is to maximize the utilization of natural energy to enhance his own strength.

"Liuli, can you help me find some medicinal herbs? I want to use natural energy as a base to extract a new medicine that can enhance physical abilities."

"What should we do about the experiments with Sage Chakra?"

"I need to collect more information on Sage Techniques before I can proceed with the next experiment without any mistakes. Otherwise, the experiment of fusing Sage Chakra is too dangerous, and I could die if I'm not careful. But unfortunately, we don't have much information on the Sage Techniques of the Three Great Holy Lands, so we can only proceed slowly."

Shiraishi wasn't in a hurry to use Sage Chakra; being able to utilize natural energy was already a great joy.

"Is that so? Sure, write down the names of the medicinal herbs you need and make a list for me. I'll have the ninja cats buy and collect them as soon as possible."

Ruri has her own private channels, allowing her to obtain various materials from outside the village without being seen by anyone in Konoha. Therefore, purchasing medicinal herbs is not difficult at all.

Furthermore, to protect the secrecy of the laboratory, Liuli placed a large number of detonating talismans around it. If an outsider were to break in, Liuli would sense it and immediately activate the spell to detonate all the detonating talismans in the laboratory, causing the intruder and the laboratory to explode together, destroying everything here.

"Thank you for your help. If war is inevitable, we need to prepare now. I have a feeling this war will be extremely brutal."

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Life and Death

War has its hardships, but life goes on day by day.

Among the villagers who had become restless and uneasy again, Shiraishi was the most peaceful one.

With the arrival of war, the medical instructor of the First Medical Ninja Experimental Class has once again reverted to the nameless ANBU Jonin from before.

At the beginning of the war when Sunagakure attacked the Land of Fire, Tsunade had already gone to the front line to fight alongside a group of Konoha ninja against Sunagakure. Her younger brother, Nawaki, also joined the war early on. Hopefully, he will be safe and sound.

War is not a game of meat grinders.

A few months after the start of the war, in July of that year, it was summer, and the breeze carried a faint sultry heat.

Shiroishi has successfully advanced to the fifth grade, and his training in ninjutsu and taijutsu, as well as his research on natural energy, are all proceeding smoothly.

The first batch of drugs developed using natural energy was finally developed by Shiraishi after several months of unremitting efforts and a large investment of funds.

This is a light purple pill, about the size of a thumb. It contains a variety of medicinal herbs, and most importantly, it incorporates natural energy, which multiplies the value and efficacy of this medicine.

Whitestone's research has long demonstrated that natural energy is a special kind of energy that is both violent and full of vitality.

If no other substances are used to neutralize it, direct ingestion of such a substance into a living organism will most likely result in immediate death.

Unless they are people who are naturally compatible with natural energy, but Shiraishi has never seen such a special type of human, and even whether they exist is an unknown question.

The effects of this new drug can enhance Shiraishi's overall physical abilities, including his self-healing and immune capabilities, as well as his strength, reflexes, and resilience.

Because this new drug has very few side effects, only one tablet needs to be taken daily for more than a month before its effects will gradually become apparent in the user.

The saturation point of a drug's effect varies depending on each person's constitution and processing capacity. Some people may reach saturation after taking the drug for seven or eight months. Continuing to take it will not only fail to improve physical capabilities but may also cause significant harm to the body.

Some people can take it for more than ten months before their bodies start to reject it.

Based on the report generated after his self-examination, Shiraishi determined that he would take this medication for eleven months to reach saturation.

Once the eleven-month condition is met, medication must be discontinued.

The saturation of the glass is between eleven and twelve months; to be conservative, Shiraishi sets the time at eleven and a half months.

After taking this medicine, Ruri no longer felt fatigued or heavy even after keeping her Sharingan active for a long time, about six or seven months later.

Shiraishi also planned to find a time to deliver this new drug to Ayane so she could take it. With war imminent, being better prepared would increase her chances of survival.

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Ayane was hospitalized at this time.

During her practice, she deliberately twisted her leg and had to rest in the hospital for about four days.

Because Shiraishi gave her many important tasks that could only be completed in the hospital, this was the only way for her to enter the hospital for treatment.

For example--

When a pregnant woman gives birth, is the chakra in the baby's body generated by itself, or does it flow from the mother's body?

Or perhaps, chakra is generated during the formation of an embryo.

There are countless strange questions like these.

This observation task also made Ayane feel very ashamed.

Although there are many pregnant women in Konoha awaiting childbirth, providing ample material for observation, however…

Who would assign such a perverted task to a girl?!

Because the Byakugan has the functions of X-ray vision, farsightedness, and insight, only Ayane can be competent for this task.

Ayane knew this too, but she still wanted to criticize Shiraishi's research direction.