The Uzumaki Clan needs to ensure the lethality of their Ninjutsu, but Ino only needs Shinigami to appear, then she can go and shower him with gifts, becoming his top supporter. It can be said that her goals and those of the Uzumaki Clan are completely different.
To prevent Shinigami Old Iron from coming and leaving empty-handed, Ino added an extra sacrificial ritual in the first half of the Summoning Technique. Previously, Shinigami could only take the caster's soul; now it's buy one get one free. Surprised? Unexpected?
According to Ino's research, the Dead Demon Consuming Seal is a combination of a Summoning Technique and a Sealing Technique.
Summoning Shinigami, then sealing the soul into the caster, which is actually into Shinigami's belly. The entire process of the technique is simple and crude, with not much technical content.
Since it's a Summoning Technique, the summoned entity can be restricted. Ino directly limited Shinigami's power to half of its original level during the summoning step.
Shinigami can acquire two souls in one trip. For him, this trip is worth it, and his resentment will be relatively low. Anyway, he didn't plan to exert himself, only to freeload. As for whether his power decreases or if he can fulfill the contract and take away the target's soul? Ino thinks her idiotic friend probably doesn't care.
All the Ninja who have used this technique have died. Will anyone give Shinigami a bad review? Impossible!
The power of the entire technique is cut in half. Any Ninja with a bit of strength and Chakra reaching 6 points or above will not have their soul drawn away. Souls have weight, and Ninja with Chakra have heavier souls. If the pulling force isn't enough, this Dead Demon Consuming Seal will only be usable on ordinary Chunin and Genin in the future.
Which Ninja who has mastered the Dead Demon Consuming Seal would be willing to die with a Genin? Are they crazy?
After Ino's modifications, wrapped in an Edo Tensei skin, the 2.0 version of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal was released.
Ino broke down the new Dead Demon Consuming Seal, making it very fragmented, and then sent it to Kabuto in three parts. She said she was truly incapable of reading the scroll of seals, and that these scattered materials were information collected by the Yamanaka Clan and several Ninja clans over generations, letting Kabuto piece them together himself.
Two parts Edo Tensei, five parts Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and three parts gibberish. All things mixed together, go practice it, you're welcome!
Ten days later, Kabuto returned to Orochimaru's Southern Prison with numerous documents.
Kabuto's Ninjutsu mastery is also very high. After some deletions and reductions, Ino's version of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal was mostly pieced together by him. Now his own understanding was added to it, making it even more chaotic.
This was unavoidable. Ino couldn't show Kabuto her version; he would only believe what he deduced and analyzed himself.
Kabuto felt that this technique was too risky, so he found a scapegoat. He showed the 3.0 version of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, which he had deduced, to Kimimaro.
"This technique is different from the original Edo Tensei and has huge hidden dangers, but it is the limit of my current ability. You also know that because of Lord Orochimaru, Konoha Village's blockade on Edo Tensei must be extremely strict now. Even their Village's high-ranking officials may not have access to this technique. I even suspect that they have secretly destroyed this Ninjutsu. And this is the Edo Tensei that I have summarized and refined from various intelligence sources."
Kimimaro's body was growing weaker, now relying on large amounts of medication daily to sustain himself, enduring the torment of his bloodline disease with stubborn willpower.
He is a Taijutsu master, but also has considerable skill in Ninjutsu. When healthy, he was at least a Jonin, and he possessed sufficient discernment.
Kimimaro read the 3.0 version of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and immediately understood Kabuto's intention: he wanted him to use his last breath to perform a forbidden jutsu!
He had no objection to this at all. As long as he could revive Orochimaru, he was willing to pay any price, especially since he truly didn't have many days left to live.
He pondered for a moment: "My Sealing Technique and Summoning Technique skills are just average..."
Kabuto's glasses gleamed, and he smiled formally: "I'll help you."
Ino doesn't care who specifically summons Shinigami, nor why they summon him. As long as Shinigami enters this dimension, she will have a premonition through the "bridge of friendship" built by the Mind Disturbance Technique.
It's still the Six Paths Sage's "bridge of communication" theory. During the Mind Body Switch Technique, damage is shared because the mental connection is very close. The Mind Disturbance Technique is the same; this connection still exists, and is even more solid.
As long as the other party "comes online," she, as the "top supporter," will know. Through the Secret Technique bridge, Yin Style Chakra can be rewarded remotely, without her having to travel a long distance to cheer and shout "six six six."
Currently, Ino's relationship with Shinigami is very superficial. She estimates she'll need to "reward" him with Yin Style Chakra three or four more times before their relationship stabilizes.
As for the benefits once it stabilizes?
Ino can currently only target the souls of Ninja swallowed by Shinigami. The four Hokage, the Fourth Kazekage, and Orochimaru are all in there, and their knowledge and Ninjutsu are the benefits.
Counting it, it's been about a month since Jiraiya became the Fifth Hokage, and travelers from all directions have gathered again.
The certain flower shop and Shueisha were cooperating happily. Ino was just reconciling accounts with the bookstore owner when a rather cool voice suddenly spoke: "Can I see that book?"
She instinctively looked up and saw two men in black cloaks with red clouds and straw hats walk into the bookstore. The thinner of the two men pointed at the bookshelf and said, "It's that book, sasukes youthful story."
Uchiha Itachi!?
Ino instinctively wanted to retreat, close her eyes, and strike first, but her movements became incredibly slow at that moment. It was as if a thousand-pound weight was pressing on her body. She could see the tear troughs on Uchiha Itachi's face, the half-smile on Kisame Hoshigaki's lips. Her own breathing was almost nonexistent, and the whole world seemed to have suddenly come to a standstill.
Is it a Genjutsu?!
By the time she realized she needed to break free from this Genjutsu, several minutes had already passed in the real world. The other party had long since taken the book from the shelf and gracefully departed.
Uchiha Itachi was a little curious about the Female Ninja who defeated his younger brother, just a little. In reality, he didn't want Ino and Sasuke to have too much involvement.
The Uchiha Clan are all brother-complexes. From Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna, to Shisui and Itachi, and then to Itachi and Sasuke, their younger brothers are the most important things in their lives. Parents, women, everything else can take a back seat.
Continuing the bloodline, that's unavoidable, but otherwise, they don't need women at all!
Within their clan, the only deviant who liked women was probably Uchiha Obito. His love was too strong, and he awakened a two-tomoe Sharingan immediately, yet Obito was still corrupted by Uchiha Madara.
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