Uchiha's personal opinion

The demon leech quickly nodded in agreement.

"If that's all there is to it..."

The group of Jonin exchanged glances and then nodded in agreement.

"All Jonin who are willing to join this petition, please sign the scroll. Lord Huangtu will take our demands back to the village!"

Demon Leech pulled out a pre-written joint notice and handed it to the Jonin from Iwagakure who agreed to the alliance for signature.

"I'll sign first!"

Upon hearing this, the Iwagakure Jonin who had been arranged in advance immediately stood up, grabbed a pen, and signed his name decisively. Seeing this, the other Jonin in charge also stepped forward to sign as well.

"By the way, Lord Huangtu, should we think of a name for our group to be known to the outside world?"

After signing his name, one of the Jonin casually mentioned it.

"reformists!"

Huang Tu said firmly.

"Everyone knows the problems with Iwagakure, so we need to make improvements and correct these deviations so that Iwagakure can regain its positive spirit!"

……

"Lord Deguang, what would be a suitable name for the newly established Iwagakure organization?"

Following Uchiha Tokumitsu's instructions, Hyuga Hizashi fabricated a group of "Iwagakure" as remnants of the rebel Iwagakure ninja, using them as leverage to interfere in Iwagakure affairs in the future.

"Let's call it 'Freedom Hidden in Rocks'."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said casually.

Although this large-scale open conflict did not result in a major battle, it still yielded considerable benefits.

Although the mysterious disappearance of the "rebellious Iwagakure" was indeed somewhat suspicious, Uchiha Tokumitsu, eager to return home, had no intention of investigating further. Besides, such a minor matter could be delegated to his subordinates; it wasn't a good thing for a lord to interfere too much.

The fact that the two small countries were brought under the control of the shogunate system was not simply a matter of expanding their territory, but more importantly, a victory of new ideological intervention tactics.

Compared to the bloody Shinobi World War, the Shogunate's ideological output was more effective in undermining opposition forces.

In addition, after acquiring the two vassal states, the Shogunate completely severed the regional ties between the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, and the encirclement of the Land of Wind was officially formed. Uchiha Tokumitsu's plan to secretly annex Sunagakure was also able to move forward further.

With the balance of power shifting, the longer the conflict drags on, the more advantageous it will be for the shogunate. As a result, Uchiha Tokumitsu is even less in a hurry.

……

Rasa, who successfully became the fourth Kazekage through the election, is currently facing a lot of trouble.

The wanted Sasori continues to operate within the Land of Wind, frequently committing attacks and bloodshed. However, the garrison ninjas and mercenary ninjas stationed throughout the country are powerless to resist his attacks and are thus constantly harvested like expendable resources.

As for the special investigation unit, which was reorganized from the original First Column of the counter-terrorism force, although it has been working hard to investigate, the tracking in the desert area is extremely difficult. Sometimes, even if a clue is found and it is about to be investigated, the scorpion's trace is completely lost due to the constant sandstorms.

Therefore, Rasa's leadership ability was constantly questioned by the Inspectorate forces led by Yekura.

Although he failed to become the Kazekage and was not eligible for any high-ranking positions in the Kaze Kingdom's government, Yekura could only hold onto his own Inspectorate and maintain his existence by initiating various motions.

Rasa's slowness in pursuing the rogue ninja gave Pakura a reason to launch a strong attack and impeach him.

Under public pressure, Rasa had no choice but to seek help from the Joint Anti-Terrorist Force again, hoping that Uchiha Shiina could send more manpower, especially Byakugan ninjas from the Hyuga clan, to join the reconnaissance team in order to eliminate Sasori's lone wolf-style attacks.

Uchiha Shiina naturally wouldn't let go of this golden opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of the Land of Wind. After obtaining approval from Uchiha Tokumitsu, the first batch of reinforcements immediately rushed to the Land of Wind to join the mission of hunting down the Sand Village's rogue ninja.

……

"The core of Sasori's secret technique is the puppetry technique inherited from the Sand Village, and it's even a forbidden human puppet technique!"

Uchiha Ishihiro, who was appointed as the head of the detective unit, explained to the anti-terrorism ninjas who came to provide assistance.

“If it were just ordinary puppetry or even human puppets, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but Sasori is different. His human puppets can retain most of his abilities from when he was alive, and even his bloodline limit!”

Seeing his subordinates' nonchalant attitude, the detachment commander in charge of the reinforcements said sternly, "Remember! He is no ordinary puppeteer. We must not be careless!"

"Furthermore, based on existing intelligence, it is inferred that Sasori may have undergone puppet-like modifications to his body, making him extremely resistant to genjutsu and ordinary taijutsu. Therefore, as instructed by command, when encountering the enemy, do not act recklessly; be sure to contact the nearest ninja force for encirclement and resource collection."

"According to the advice of Sunagakure, if you don't want to become someone else's plaything after you die, it's best to stick explosive tags on your body and detonate them immediately if things go wrong. Even if you are reduced to dust, it's better than becoming material for a puppet!"

Uchiha Shihu also said.

"understand!"

The group of counter-terrorism ninjas immediately straightened their faces and responded in unison.

"Have you been able to pinpoint the target's approximate area of ​​activity?"

A Hyuga ninja raised his hand and asked, "Also, the Byakugan might not be as effective in desert areas. If we could designate a specific area for searching, it would probably be easier."

"Based on the current location and timing of the attacks, our initial assessment is..."

Uchiha Shikihiko threw a kunai that hit a marked gathering point on the map of the Land of Wind hanging on the wall.

"The Kingdom of Loulan!"

"Loulan was just a small, sheltered kingdom, wasn't it?"

The anti-terrorism unit commander was somewhat puzzled.

"Loulan possesses an ancient treasure that even the Sand Village covets day and night—"

Uchiha Shihuo said, enunciating each word clearly.

"Dragon Vein!"

Chapter 422 The Threshold of God

Uchiha Tokumitsu quietly returned to the loyal Konoha.

With the support of a large amount of manpower and resources, Orochimaru's career experienced a second spring, with both the quality and quantity of his research reports exploding. In a very short period of time, he overcame several key issues that had been troubling the Uzumaki Research Institute.

The reason why Uchiha Tokumitsu rushed back this time was because of Orochimaru's recent major achievements.

……

"On the Reproducibility and Formation Mechanism of Bloodline Limits..."

"And this 'A Preliminary Exploration of the Theory of Bloodstain Elimination Synthesis'..."

"As expected of Orochimaru! His viewpoints and reproducibility are impeccable!"

Inside the Konoha Governor's Mansion, Uchiha Tokumitsu was carefully reading through the two most important articles among Orochimaru's recent scientific research achievements, showering him with praise.

Orochimaru sat calmly in the sofa chair in front of his desk, a hint of smugness in his eyes.

The researchers from the vortex stood in a line to one side, heads bowed, not daring to utter a sound.

Although the Uzumaki Research Institute has made great achievements in the optimization of sealing techniques and the development of chakra weapons, the most costly research on chakra theory has been unsatisfactory, especially the research on bloodline limits, which has been progressing very slowly.

But now that Orochimaru has made his move, they realize the gap between themselves and true geniuses, and are filled with pessimism about the future of the research institute.

Uchiha Tokumitsu naturally understood what the Uzumaki researchers, who insisted on standing aside and dared not sit down, were thinking. However, in order to give these arrogant and fierce soldiers a warning, he did not comfort them immediately.

Therefore, the researchers at Vortex became even more uneasy.

Uchiha Tokumitsu carefully read the research report several times and asked about the difficult points. Orochimaru answered them all fluently, explaining the theoretical support and practical steps very clearly. Even without conducting a replication experiment, he could easily demonstrate the feasibility of Orochimaru's research.

As for Orochimaru's "the law of conservation of chakra energy" in his report, it amazed Uchiha Tokumitsu!

"Chakra cannot be created or destroyed out of thin air. It can only be transformed from one form to another, or transferred from one object to another. During the transformation or transfer, the total amount of chakra remains constant!"

"The cyclical balance of chakra and the transformation of its properties, combined with the interaction of mutual generation and restraint, can actually give rise to such a wonderful reaction..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu exclaimed repeatedly, "I never expected this! I really never expected this!"

In Orochimaru's theory, the five basic properties can actually be transformed into each other and mutually restrained and generated. Whether the properties restrain each other or mutually generate each other, chakra will follow the "conservation of chakra energy" to generate new chakra forms during the process of fusion or collision, which is the so-called bloodline limit power!

The "Five Elements Sealing" in advanced sealing techniques, as well as the "Five Escapes Sealing" created by Uchiha Tokumitsu, are both based on this concept!

But the purpose of genius is to break through the barriers!

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu had concepts about the Taoist Five Elements and the three major physical laws in his past life memories, and the Uzumaki clan had also conducted in-depth research on the Five Elements Seal based on the five basic properties of chakra, none of them had thought of combining chakra circulation and property transformation.

"Does the research institute have any questions about this?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu finally put down the research report he was so fond of and asked the Uzumaki researchers.

"No, no..."

The researchers at the vortex immediately shook their heads.

Whether it's the research on the synthesis of the five elemental bloodline limits or the theoretical exploration of bloodline elimination, these have always been major problems for the Uzumaki Research Institute. Now that Orochimaru has easily solved them, how could they dare to have any objections?

Moreover, they had already obtained these two research reports a long time ago, and had even conducted preliminary replication experiments, finding that they were indeed feasible.

"The significance of these two reports goes without saying, and I think everyone can understand that..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said slowly, "So, if you have already made contact beforehand, please keep it a secret."

The research on bloodline limits, in particular, is of great significance to ninjas at the Jonin level.

According to Orochimaru's theory, as long as one's chakra manipulation reaches a certain level, one can deduce a bloodline limit chakra that matches one's own attribute based on the chakra attribute changes and nature changes of Jonin, thus becoming a bloodline limit ninja.

Of course, this is just a theory, but in reality, its operability and reproduction difficulty are even lower than the difficulty of Uchiha Tokumitsu's Flame Release chakra forging.

This is especially true for the Jonin of the Uchiha clan.

Since their spiritual power already surpasses that of most ninjas, if the Uchiha Jonin train based on this theory, they are very likely to forge their own second bloodline limit. Uchiha Tokumitsu could not accurately estimate the significance of this for the clan and its far-reaching impact.

Putting everything else aside, if they could produce another thirty or fifty Fire Release ninjas, it would open up a completely new path for the Uchiha clan!

After all, not every Uchiha can awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, but unsurprisingly, every Uchiha's Fire Release affinity and mental strength far surpass those of ordinary people.

"...We have already sealed it in our minds to ensure that the contents of this report will not be leaked."

The director of the vortex research team stepped forward with a forced smile and said.

"This content is quite sensitive, so we hope you can understand some of our requests..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu raised the report in his hand and said, "In addition, the research projects that the institute has not yet completed will be handed over to Orochimaru for processing. At the same time, the institute will send specialists to assist Director Orochimaru in establishing the Konoha Research Institute of Chakra Physics and to carry out subsequent research work."

"As ordered!"

Although some of the research topics and personnel were removed, the director of the vortex research team didn't dare to say a word, only echoing each other repeatedly.

"The focus of future research will shift to the invention and manufacture of new chakra tools, and we should not slack off on the deduction of sealing runes. Additional funding will be allocated next year."

After giving him a slap as a token gesture, Uchiha Tokumitsu offered him a piece of candy as a consolation.