Uchiha's personal opinion

The changes in Konoha also had a huge impact on Iwagakure.

The relationship between Iwagakure and the Daimyo of the Land of Earth was not exactly harmonious, especially regarding the war launched against Kumogakure. In the eyes of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, this was Iwagakure tearing up the reconciliation agreement with the Land of Lightning for short-term gains, and it was also a blatant slap in his face.

But Onoki didn't care what the daimyo thought; he was only thinking about how to kill Kumogakure.

Iwagakure's strength is relatively weak; perhaps they need to learn from Uchiha Tokumitsu's policies in Konoha to revitalize the village's ninja...

However, Iwagakure also has a disadvantage: the village is severely lacking in powerful bloodline clans. Even if Onoki followed suit, he could not cultivate a person who could shoulder the responsibility for the rise and fall of Iwagakure.

……

Meanwhile, in the Land of Water, the daimyo, in his own palace in front of his close advisors, threw a tantrum without regard for decorum.

The reason he was so furious was that Uchiha Tokumitsu's title of "Sei-i Taishogun" had truly offended the dignity of the Daimyo of the Land of Water.

As early as the Kirigakure Conquest War, the vanguard of the Tokugawa Shogunate was the so-called "Three Columns of the Conquest of the Barbarians," which was formed with the Hozuki, Minazuki, and Kaguya clans as its backbone. It was this "rebel army" from Kirigakure that led the way to break through the Kirigakure ninja army's defenses, created the "Black Ships Attack Incident," and captured the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Water. They forced the Daimyo to sign a humiliating treaty that ceded territory, causing the Daimyo of the Land of Water to lose all face.

Now that Uchiha Tokumitsu has not only obtained the title of "Shogun" but also holds sole control of Konoha's military, who will be his next target?

The daimyo of the Land of Water felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about this problem.

"Immediately send an envoy to Kirigakure to invite Lord Mizukage to the Daimyo's residence for a meeting..."

After venting his anger, the Daimyo of the Land of Water managed to calm himself down and began to seek to expedite reconciliation with the ruling faction in Kirigakure in order to deal with the threat from the "Konoha Governor's Office".

As for the various disagreements with the Third Mizukage, the Daimyo of the Land of Water no longer had time to concern himself with them.

"Furthermore, Lord Atsushi..."

The daimyo of the Land of Water turned his attention to his close retainer, Konoe Atsushi, who had dealt with Uchiha Tokumitsu several times as an envoy. Although he was demoted after the signing of the peace treaty, he was later recalled to the court by the daimyo.

"Go to Konoha and sound out Uchiha Tokumitsu, see if he intends to harm the Land of Water..."

The daimyo of the Land of Water spoke these words through gritted teeth, feeling deeply humiliated.

"I will obey!"

Konoe Atsushi couldn't refuse, so he forced himself to remain calm and accept this arduous task.

Chapter 254 The Path of Evolution

After completing the initial reorganization of the new Konoha, Uchiha Tokumitsu first forced Orochimaru to hand over all the technical details of the Wood Release experiment plan, and then ordered him to design an implementation plan for the extraction of special chakra substances from cells.

After the fall of the former Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the police force immediately sealed off the Anbu base, the Internal Affairs Department base, and the Hokage Building. After confirming the intelligence was accurate, the police force quickly stormed the Anbu base, arrested the relevant personnel, and seized all the top-secret documents and secret laboratories.

Although Orochimaru was spared imprisonment because he was at the Ministry of Internal Affairs base that was only discovered after the war, all the data and equipment stored at the Anbu base were seized and taken away by the police department, leaving him with nothing.

Although Orochimaru also visited to show his allegiance, Uchiha Tokumitsu spoke politely but inwardly did not believe a word the venomous snake said.

Therefore, although Orochimaru was still allowed to continue using the Ministry of Internal Affairs laboratory located in the Forest of Death, and continued to receive financial support for the original research, the laboratory system was also filled with a large number of administrative personnel by Uchiha Nakagen, who was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, providing Orochimaru and the original researchers with meticulous "personal protection".

Of course, the 2.0 version of performance appraisal has also been implemented in the Ministry of Internal Affairs laboratory.

In addition to the existing research topics, all new research projects, except those specially favored by Uchiha Tokumitsu, will require the writing of a plan and schedule, as well as the preparation of a detailed budget. This whole set of measures left Orochimaru feeling like he was in heaven and hell.

Orochimaru gritted his teeth and persevered. He explained in detail all the technical details and reasons for failure of the Wood Release experiment plan that Uchiha Tokumitsu had requested, and completed the special project assigned by Uchiha Tokumitsu. In addition, he regained the right to use some of the experimental equipment in the original Anbu base.

However, if Orochimaru thought that this would gain Uchiha Tokumitsu's trust and have the noose around his neck removed, he would be sorely mistaken.

……

Uchiha Tokumitsu's former castle in the Land of Whirlpools was expanded again after he was promoted to Shogun and Governor-General of Konoha. After returning to the Shogunate's capital, Uchiha Tokumitsu first rewarded the three clans of ninja who had returned to the Shogunate as extra compensation for their choice to remain under the Shogunate's command instead of seeking naturalization and joining Konoha. He promised that their future treatment would only increase. At the same time, he also implied that the Shogunate's attitude toward the Land of Water and Kirigakure had never changed, and that leading everyone back to Kirigakure to restore order was still the Shogunate's highest mission.

At the same time, Uchiha Tokumitsu allocated a large area of ​​land south of the former Uzumaki Village as a reserve for the Uzumaki clan, granting it to the Uzumaki Ashina lineage as a hereditary fief.

The Uzumaki clan accepted Uchiha Tokumitsu's bestowal with gratitude, smoothly completing the legal transformation from ally to retainer.

Thus, Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, was legally freed from the constraints of Konoha and became one of Uchiha Tokumitsu's retainers.

Although very few people in Konoha could understand the meaning behind Uchiha Tokumitsu's series of seemingly pointless actions, the daimyo of various countries felt extremely apprehensive.

This is an undisguised act of establishing a nation and appointing its own officials!

However, the ninja army trained by the Fire Country Daimyo in cooperation with the former Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, stagnated after his death, and the Daimyo's retainers who remained in the Ministry of Internal Affairs also disappeared. In addition, Konoha achieved a smooth transition after the civil war, and the Daimyo could not find any way to check and balance the country. Therefore, he could only turn a blind eye and let Uchiha Tokumitsu continue to cause trouble in the "outer lands" of the Uzushiogakure.

But Konoe Atsushi, the special envoy from the Land of Water sent to the shogunate, was not so calm.

Upon arriving at the southern islands, the delegation from the Land of Water was placed under house arrest by Kaguya ninjas in charge of the defense zone, at the behest of Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Uchiha Tokumitsu had no intention of engaging in any pretense of courtesy with the Daimyo of the Land of Water; he had more important matters to attend to.

That is the high-concentration extraction of white blood cells and the harmless treatment of intercolumn cells.

……

After repeated battles and intense use of the Mangekyou Sharingan, Uchiha Tokumitsu's eyesight had deteriorated considerably. Based on his experience from his previous life, his current vision was close to 300 degrees of myopia. Although it wasn't extremely serious, it was still an urgent problem.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's strength largely rests on his Mangekyou Sharingan, which is also related to his personal strength and cannot be taken lightly.

Based on the chakra cell material extraction implementation plan provided by Orochimaru, the Uzumaki researchers, after some discussion and adjustments to the details, quickly built a small centrifuge and chakra reactor.

Although the name of the instrument sounded strangely familiar, Uchiha Tokumitsu still proceeded with the extraction of White Zetsu cells.

After the Uzumaki clan became retainers, Uchiha Tokumitsu no longer hid anything and directly took out the White Zetsu corpse he had been keeping for a long time to conduct preliminary experiments.

Although the researchers were very surprised by the strangely shaped corpse, they wisely refrained from asking any further questions and quickly began preliminary extraction experiments.

The first round involved extracting a small finger from a White Zetsu corpse.

Uchiha Tokumitsu sat in the observation room behind the experimental area, observing the Uzumaki researcher's operations through the thick glass.

White Zetsu is undoubtedly a gem of the ninja world.

These so-called "weapons," which were artificially created by the Divine Tree as early as the time of Kaguya's descent into the world, are mostly weak in power, but without exception, they all possess extremely strong regenerative abilities. Some individuals that have undergone special enhancements can even use powerful ninjutsu and possess super strong combat power.

It's unclear whether the White Zetsu captured by Uchiha Tokumitsu was the original Kaguya or a inferior product created by Uchiha Madara using Hashirama cells, but its super-high regenerative ability is undeniable.

Furthermore, Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't think much of the White Zetsu's combat power, but he desperately needed the regenerative power in their cells.

In his past life's memories, the reason why Kenji was able to use the Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan without restraint was because he had transplanted White Zetsu's limbs into his body to replenish his eye power, and at the same time, he used White Zetsu as a power bank to possess and draw chakra from them, which is why he had such a long combat endurance.

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu has not yet found a second living White Zetsu to subdue and use, he has the Two-Tails Matatabi as his summoning partner. If needed in battle, he can directly draw upon the virtually inexhaustible chakra of the Tailed Beasts and wreak havoc on it, which is much safer than being possessed by a White Zetsu.

Therefore, the core task of the Uzumaki researchers is to extract the cells containing regenerative power needed by Uchiha Tokukō through the White Zetsu's limbs.

As the centrifuge roared and spun, the first sample of cell fluid was quickly extracted.

The researchers quickly screened the samples and extracted a drop of the most active part, placing it into the chakra reactor for cultivation.

Then came another long wait.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's gaze fell upon the power unit that maintained the energy source for the chakra reactor.

That was a machine powered by the chakra of the Tailed Beast, which was extracted from Yagura, the Jinchuriki of the Three-Tails.

With the Four Symbols Sealing Formation at its core, and using the Tailed Beast Chakra as its power source, the Tailed Beast Chakra is transformed into controllable chakra energy for continuous output through the sealing technique. This is one of the latest Tailed Beast black technologies developed by the Uzumaki Research Institute.

Although the Uzumaki Research Institute was somewhat lacking in creativity compared to Orochimaru, a scientific genius, the researchers still managed to complete their research tasks well thanks to the various methods devised by Uchiha Tokumitsu based on his memories from his previous life.

The chakra energy output by this unit will be fused with the White Zetsu cell extract placed in the reactor after entering the chakra reactor, and cell regeneration will be induced through chakra in order to test its specific properties and effects.

"boom!"

As chakra energy continued to be input, a muffled sound suddenly rang out, the huge chakra reactor shook violently, and then stopped responding.

The researchers quickly stopped the power input to the unit and started the reactor.

The tiny droplet of cell extract that was initially implanted had transformed into a strangely shaped mass of flesh, and judging from its pale color, it clearly had no vitality.

The researcher shook his head slightly towards the observation room, then continued the experiment.

"call……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Although he knew from the beginning that the experiment would not be accomplished overnight, especially such a groundbreaking and significant scientific research project, which required a relatively large margin of error and continuous attempts to obtain the desired results, it was nonetheless related to Uchiha Tokumitsu's future, so he could not help but treat it with utmost care.

Then came a series of failures. Even after using up all the cell extracts from White Zetsu's fingers, they still didn't get the desired results. Even the power of the Tailed Beasts in the crew was exhausted.

"Use a single palm to extract cells, and use them all for experiments!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately gave the order.

The Uzumaki researcher then carefully separated a hand from the White Zetsu's corpse and quickly went to the detention room to extract the Tailed Beast Chakra of the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.

Uchiha Tokumitsu was restless and anxious, but he didn't want to disturb the Uzumaki researchers' experiment, so he went to the sofa at the back of the observation room and closed his eyes to rest.

Before long, the centrifuge started running again as the unit roared to life, separating the cell extracts.

After adjusting the runes on the chakra reactor, the researchers placed the cell extract into it again for cultivation.

Theoretically speaking, this experimental procedure is reasonable.

The White Zetsu of ancient times were created by the combined effects of the Divine Tree and the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while the Tailed Beasts were created by the Sage of Six Paths by separating the Ten-Tails. There is a certain kinship between the two, and theoretically they can be synthesized.

However, the kinship between White Zetsu and the Tailed Beasts may be even weaker than the blood relationship between the Uchiha and Hyuga clans.

"If all else fails, then we can directly transplant leukemia cells through human trials..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu secretly harbored resentment, his mind racing as he tried to figure out where to capture the experimental supplies.

……

Two days and two nights later, the sound of the reactor in the laboratory had been heard countless times, and Uchiha Tokumitsu had become completely numb to it.

Although the researchers of the Uzumaki began to feel extremely anxious due to the countless failures, Uchiha Tokumitsu still firmly supported them in continuing to carry out experiments.

The energy source for maintaining the experimental unit came from the Three-Tails Chakra, the Two-Tails Chakra, and even Yin Release Chakra personally injected into it by Uchiha Tokumitsu, but without exception, every experiment failed.

However, with the quantitative trial and error of the experiment and after continuous adjustments, the cultivation of white blood cell extracts has also improved.

"This time, we will place the cell extract from one arm into the chakra reactor for cultivation in one go!"

After the most recent experiment, although the desired results were not achieved, the White Zetsu cell culture has clearly shown weak but resilient activity, which greatly encouraged Uchiha Tokumitsu and all the Uzumaki researchers!

"This time, we must succeed! And we must succeed!"

Although he didn't say it aloud, Uchiha Tokumitsu secretly cheered himself up in his heart.

Subsequently, under the control of the researchers, the unit was turned on at full power, injecting a massive amount of chakra into the reactor.

This time, things are definitely a little different.

The sound emitted by the chakra reactor was no longer a faint and piercing shriek, but a gentle and long whistling sound.

Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately became alert and stared intently at the operating reactor.