With Kushina's intervention, and Uchiha Rei's cooperation using Wood Release, Three Tails Isobu was sealed into a container without causing any trouble.
Ling envied Uzumaki Kushina's incredibly cool golden chains. She thought that once she awakened the Uzumaki Body, she might be able to awaken this Forbidden Technique that originated from the Bloodline Limit.
With the external threat resolved, the rest of the matters were no longer Uchiha Rei's concern. Now, she began to enjoy her two-month long vacation.
This period was perfect for researching Bloodline Limit transformation and Forbidden Techniques like Edo Tensei. Fortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't ask her why she was the first to discover the invasion of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
She couldn't possibly say that she was there to dig up a grave and then saw someone sneaking around, could she? Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't know about grave digging, especially not digging up his teacher's grave.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had to work overtime tonight, but it had nothing to do with Ling. Konoha was in a great situation with so many captives.
Except for Hidden Cloud Village, the other three Ninja Villages wouldn't dare to openly invade Konoha anymore. However, since they hadn't consumed too much population through war, they certainly wouldn't give up.
Perhaps the four great nations would even fight among themselves. As long as they didn't unite against Konoha, it didn't matter.
Ling returned home. At this time, due to the commotion caused by Uchiha Rei, the entire Konoha was awake. Who would dare to sleep at this moment? If the battlefield spread, they would die unjustly.
"Is it the Three-Tails? Did Hidden Mist Village also invade?" Pakura naturally recognized the appearance of Three Tails Isobu. She couldn't figure out how the Three-Tails entered Konoha.
"It was the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Now I've killed three of them, crippled two, and confiscated their Ninjato. That title will probably never appear in the Ninja World again."
Presumably, without Suikazan Fuguki, Kisame Hoshigaki, that honest man, shouldn't encounter his original tragedy, right?
Pakura was a bit choked up, feeling some sympathy for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Meeting Uchiha Rei was their misfortune. Their lives were gone, their Ninjato were gone, and even the Three-Tails was gone.
Ignoring Pakura, Ling returned home, let a Shadow Clone take her place to sleep, and then used Flying Thunder God to arrive at her underground sealed base.
She skillfully opened a nutrient tank and placed Senju Tobirama's finger inside for storage. Currently, Ling didn't have the confidence to control Senju Tobirama when he was brought back by Edo Tensei.
She had to research more to ensure everything was foolproof. Otherwise, if Senju Tobirama escaped and her actions were exposed, it would be terrible, and she wouldn't be able to become Hokage.
It might be difficult to restrict Senju Tobirama's actions while preserving his strength, but Ling only needed Senju Tobirama's research capabilities, so it wouldn't be that complicated.
It would be perfect if the naturally evil Old Ghost Tobirama could honestly serve as her research assistant, one who didn't need rest or sleep.
Ling planned to catch a live White Zetsu when she had the chance. Although dead White Zetsu could be used to cultivate many White Zetsu tissues, they couldn't be used as hosts for Edo Tensei.
She went to another nutrient tank and looked at the Hashirama cells tissue, which was already the size of a head. Ling was extremely satisfied. After such a long period of cultivation, she had finally grown it from a single Hashirama cells to this size.
Only when there were more and more Hashirama cells would there be more super macromolecules and Ashura Yang Release material extracted from them. Enough Ashura Yang Release material would allow her to directly awaken the Sage Body.
Although she wasn't sure if this Sage Body would be as abnormal as Hashirama's Sage Body, it was certainly far superior to Ling's current physical condition.
Although Uchiha Rei had forcefully strengthened the Uchiha Body to be no less than the Senju Body through Heavenly Restriction, the Senju Body's Yang Release, self-healing ability, and massive Chakra were truly extraordinary.
Ling estimated that a lump of Hashirama cells tissue the size of hers would be enough to extract sufficient ashura material, making the awakening of the Sage Body imminent.
The transformation of the Sage Body through Sage Art Chakra was simply too slow. Currently, Ling couldn't maintain Sage Mode all day, but fortunately, the Chakra and Sage Art Chakra in the Yin Seal were fully stored.
Next, the transformation of the Sage Body would be faster, and the duration of Sage Mode would also increase.
Next was choosing which Bloodline Limit to undergo Bloodline Limit transformation. Ling already had Wood Release and Magnet Release, and Bloodline Limit Chakra had fused into Scorch Release, Explosion Release, and Paper Release.
Wood Release and Magnet Release involved Earth, Water, and Lightning attributes. There were two paths forward.
One was to first fuse these two Bloodline Limits to form a three-attribute Bloodline Limit, and then fuse more attributes to form a Bloodline Net.
However, Ling's intuition told her that this was starting with the easy and moving to the difficult. Perhaps at most, she could fuse a four-attribute Bloodline Limit before being unable to fuse a five-attribute Bloodline Net.
So Ling planned to take another path, which was to fuse five complete five-attribute Bloodline Limits, and then use the power of the Five Elements Rotation to fuse a Bloodline Net.
This was starting with the difficult and moving to the easy, but it was simpler for Ling. So currently, she needed these five Bloodline Limits: Wood Release (Earth and Water), Ice Release (Water and Wind), Scorch Release (Wind and Fire), Blaze Release or Black Lightning (Fire and Lightning), and Magnet Release (Lightning and Earth).
So now she was only missing Ice Release, Scorch Release, and Blaze Release or Black Lightning. Ling had already synthesized Scorch Release Bloodline Limit Chakra, and Ice Release could be obtained by going to Hidden Mist Village or by researching Ice Formation Curses.
Then Blaze Release or Black Lightning would be a bit troublesome. Ling wasn't even sure if Blaze Release was a combination of Lightning Release and Fire Release. Blaze Release might be a combination of Yin Release and Fire Release.
And Black Lightning might not necessarily be a combination of Fire Release and Lightning Release; it could also be an 'I think so' level of Lightning Release.
Naruto didn't clearly state what Bloodline Limit was formed by the combination of Fire Release and Lightning Release, which Uchiha Rei needed to discover herself. (Please feel free to share your thoughts on what Bloodline Limit is formed by the combination of Fire Release and Lightning Release, such as Blaze Release, Swift Release, Steel Release, Typhoon Release, or Black Lightning, and others. Please leave a comment, thank you.)
Therefore, proceeding with the Bloodline Limit transformation of Scorch Release first was the most reasonable. At the same time, during the Scorch Release Bloodline Limit transformation, she would try to combine Wind Release and Water Release to create Ice Release.
With Ice Formation Curses, even though it was a curse technique system, there were commonalities in terms of ice. Creating Ice Release during this period was secondary.
These two months' goals were as such. If there was extra time, she would research Light-Weight Rock Technique and Edo Tensei. These two Forbidden Techniques were also extremely useful.
Time flew by. On the third day, Tsunade rushed back and saw Jiraiya, who had become a vegetable. That day, no one knew what Tsunade said alone in Jiraiya's hospital room.
But the next day, Tsunade began researching Medical Ninjutsu related to the soul and spirit. However, she had no relevant experience in this area.
Everything started from scratch. She collected a large number of Forbidden Techniques related to Yin Release and the soul, working tirelessly day and night in the Konoha Hospital laboratory.
Even when there were scientific experiments that required dissection, Tsunade persevered, which meant her hemophobia had recovered, but it seemed not completely.
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