Uchiha's personal opinion

After formally meeting and talking, Riyuki Yoshiyuki found that Uchiha Tokumitsu was surprisingly easy to talk to, completely different from the ferocious image of the legendary killer who could stop the crying of children in Kirigakure.

After Ryuki Yoshiyuki left, Uchiha Tokumitsu picked up the Kirigakure ninja clan's purchase quotation again and examined it carefully.

The reason I didn't look closely just now was because I was afraid I would lose my composure in the face of such a huge sum of money!

At this moment, only one sentence echoed in Uchiha Tokumitsu's mind—

"Use the resources of the Grassland to win the hearts of those hidden in the mist!"

It's like someone just brings you a pillow when you're about to doze off!

Uchiha Tokumitsu was just preparing to place war bonds with the various ninja clans of Konoha when Kirigakure immediately came to do business with him. It was practically money delivered to his door!

Furthermore, judging from Yoshiyuki Riyu's words, the Kirigakure ninja clan seems to be dissatisfied with the current Mizukage and has most likely decided to support Yagura Karatachi in his bid for the Fourth Mizukage position.

Subsequently, Uchiha Tokumitsu quickly grabbed a pen and paper and wrote letters to the Uchiha clan head, Elder Setsuna, and Uchiha Himon, the commander of the northwestern border defense force stationed in the Land of Grass, in order to gain their support.

Chapter 154 An Initial Exploration of the Inheritance of Bloodline Limits

The advantage of being in a position of power is that you can always find trusted confidants to help you with your tasks.

Regarding the special border trade with the Hidden Mist Clan, after consulting with the clan head Uchiha Yomo and Elder Setsuna, except for the specially made explosive tags which were not sold to the Hidden Mist Clan on a large scale due to the fact that Konoha and the Hidden Mist Clan had not yet formally signed a treaty to end the state of war, all other materials that the Hidden Mist Clan requested were readily available.

The person in charge of handling special border trade affairs was a member of the Minazuki clan named Minazuki Chino. Before the war, she had visited Konoha as a member of the Kirigakure delegation, but she was frightened by Uchiha Tokumitsu because she made a lot of noise in the street.

It's fate that we meet again now. Because of the glittering gold plaque, Uchiha Tokumitsu's attitude was quite humble, and Minazuki Chino was also very satisfied with the goods.

In particular, the snowflake beef, a specialty of the Grass Country, made his mouth water.

Unfortunately, as an archipelago nation, the Land of Water has a relatively limited land area and fragmented terrain. The limited flat land is used to grow staple crops, leaving no space for livestock farming.

However, ninjas have enormous appetites, and the stronger the ninja, the bigger their appetite. The abundant seafood in the Land of Water is insufficient to meet the ninjas' dietary needs, which led to the seemingly absurd act of smuggling beef to Uchiha Tokumitsu.

As for those luxury items, Uchiha Tokumitsu also managed to extract information from Minazuki Chino that they were actually purchased on behalf of the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Water...

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu still didn't quite understand why the Daimyo and nobles of the Land of Water would be willing to pay the price of ten cows for a piece of brocade produced by the Hyuga clan, this absolutely did not stop him from giving Kirigakure a sunny smile during the transaction.

"That's just too much..."

After Minazuki Chino led her fleet back laden with spoils, Uchiha Tokumitsu stared in disbelief at the large box of gold coins before him.

The so-called gold coins are official gold coins. The current ninja world generally implements a gold standard system similar to that of the previous world, and the reserves of paper money issued by major countries are gold coins.

The standard gold tael is one tael each, and ten thousand gold taels are equivalent to about one thousand catties of gold. If converted into the currency of the Land of Fire, it would be equivalent to more than one hundred million taels.

After deducting the costs incurred by the Uchiha clan in purchasing, transporting, and protecting these materials, this deal will still net a profit of 40 million taels!

And this is just the revenue from one instance of 'special border trade'!

Uchiha Tokumitsu was very satisfied!

So he set aside ten million taels of silver to build a laboratory.

Ten million is a lot, but it's only enough to build a basic laboratory.

They're passable for traditional chakra analysis, but anything beyond that is out of the question.

Fortunately, the special border trade with the Hidden Mist Ninja Clan is not a one-off deal, and there is still more revenue to be poured into the bottomless pit of the laboratory.

……

Traditional ninja training has its limitations, and this is also true for the Uchiha clan.

For Uchiha clan members who are not reincarnations of Indra, the highest achievement is to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan or the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Even Madara Uchiha only awakened the Rinnegan after obtaining Hashirama's flesh and nurturing it for many years.

Uchiha Tokumitsu knew where his limits lay.

Aside from his unparalleled control over chakra, perhaps his only distinguishing feature is his use of fire-based techniques.

After discovering a complete method for cultivating this bloodline limit power, which was based on the fusion of Yin Release and Fire Release, Uchiha Tokumitsu handed it over to his clan.

The original intention was to cultivate more Uchiha clan members with the Fire Release bloodline limit within the clan, so as to promote the development of the Fire Release system through collective wisdom. However, to date, the number of clan members who have successfully fused two types of chakra to form a new bloodline limit is still less than ten.

Left with no other choice, Uchiha Tokumitsu had to start figuring out how to improve his own strength through experimentation and research.

However, Uchiha Tokumitsu had never been to a laboratory in either his past or present life, nor did he understand scientific experimental methods. Fortunately, the ninja world possessed chakra, a completely unscientific power. This magical power could, to some extent, replace the various high-precision equipment and cumbersome experimental operations of his past life, achieving results in a short time that might have required years of experimental observation in his past life.

For example, the inheritance of bloodline power.

According to legend, chakra was used by the Sage of Six Paths to connect the spiritual energy between people, so as to facilitate communication and development between them.

One thing is clear: apart from a few ninja clans whose bloodline limits are clearly visible, the vast majority of secret ninjas and commoners in the ninja world are not descendants of the Sage of Six Paths.

But where does their chakra come from?

The only explanation is that some medium spread the "seed of chakra" to the ninja world.

Is it possible for a bloodline limit, which is a fusion of two chakra natures, to form a "bloodline seed" through special means and then distribute and pass it on to others?

Most of the prominent bloodline ninja clans in the ninja world, such as the Uchiha, Hyuga, and Kaguya clans, inherit their power based on bloodline. This inevitably means that bloodline ninja clans are different from ordinary ninjas, and this difference is the key to the inheritance of bloodline limits.

For example, the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, and Kaguya's bone structure, etc.

But what if it's a bloodline limit power generated by chakra fusion?

Is there some special 'genetic factor' that has not yet been discovered or extracted?

……

The laboratory was located on the outskirts of Uchiha Tokumitsu's border troops camp. It was expanded from an existing cave and sealed and reinforced by Uzumaki ninjas.

The first group of researchers who volunteered to join were Uzumaki ninjas who fought alongside Uchiha Tokumitsu.

There was no other way, because the Uchiha clan simply couldn't find any research talent, so Uchiha Tokumitsu had to rely on the Uzumaki ninjas for assistance in his research.

However, even though he is currently allied with the Uzumaki clan, Uchiha Tokumitsu still kept a secret to conceal his true intentions.

Therefore, the first project given to the laboratory was simply "the structure and technique combination of Flame Release Chakra".

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu was the initial developer of the Fire Release bloodline power, his application of Fire Release was relatively crude.

Besides using the power of Fire Release to protect the body, it also employs the structure of Fire Release techniques to unleash Fire Release ninjutsu.

Although the power of the Flame Release ninjutsu was much stronger than the original Fire Release, Uchiha Tokumitsu still felt that there were many inconsistencies during the casting process.

It's like a size 42 foot squeezing into a size 40 shoe.

……

After sealing a portion of the Fire Release power in a scroll and handing it over to the Uzumaki ninja for research, Uchiha Tokumitsu sent them to another laboratory for research, while he used the small laboratory by himself.

After learning from the Uzumaki ninja, Uchiha Tokumitsu also mastered the use of experimental equipment.

The most crucial element is a human body indicator detector.

What he wants to study is the effect of Flame Release chakra on the human body.

……

I don't know how much time had passed when there was a knock on the laboratory door.

"Come in!" Uchiha Tokumitsu paused briefly, ripped off the detection feedback medium attached to his body, and then spoke to the door.

"Lord Tokumitsu..."

The Uzumaki ninja walked in and presented Uchiha Tokumitsu with a research report.

"You've got results so quickly?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was somewhat surprised.

"No... we just made another discovery, and... we've run out of Fire Release chakra for the experiments..."

"That's pretty good too!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was somewhat surprised by the progress of the Uzumaki ninja, and then began to study the experimental report.

"...The characteristics of Fire Release chakra indicate the potential for evolution into Bloodline Elimination!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu unconsciously read out the most prominent sentence in the experiment report.

The so-called Bloodline Elimination is the creation of new escaping techniques by combining three chakra nature transformations. Bloodline Elimination abilities often surpass Bloodline Limits.

In the experiment, the Uzumaki ninja discovered that the structure of the Fire Release chakra was extremely stable, far exceeding the power of bloodline chakra fusion of ordinary attributes.

This also means that Fire Release chakra can still fuse with more chakra attributes.

The purpose of the experiment has shifted from structural exploration to the compatibility of Flame Release chakra.

"What other requirements do you have for your experiment?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately made the decision.

"Lord Deguang, we need more Fire Release chakra from you for our research."

The ninja took out a sealing scroll and respectfully bowed as he handed it over.

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't care. He casually tore open the defensive scroll and began to inject chakra.

However, Uchiha Tokumitsu soon realized that something was wrong.

The amount of chakra that this sealing scroll can seal is astonishing!

"How long can the chakra stored in this sealing scroll last?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu also became interested.

"It will take about ten hours, but that's alright, I'll come back then."

The ninja replied respectfully.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's lips twitched slightly.

I need more chakra!

This was Uchiha Tokumitsu's first thought!

"Tailed Beast!"

Then, he immediately thought of the Tailed Beasts, which are said to be immortal and have inexhaustible chakra as aggregates of chakra.

"Or a dragon vein!"

Currently, besides the Tailed Beasts of major powers, the Tailed Beasts that might be captured are the Two-Tails, which may still be in a wild state after its resurrection, and the Seven-Tails, which belongs to Takigakure. In addition, the Dragon Vein located in the heart of the Land of Wind can provide a massive amount of chakra.

"Lord Deguang... that's enough."