Hinata returned to the courtyard of the Hyuga Clan compound, which was shrouded by a barrier. Her mind quickly settled as she threw herself back into her Cultivation.
This conversation reminded her once again of the deceased Hokage.
Her gaze shifted back to the Edo Tensei.
"In essence, Edo Tensei uses the caster's Chakra and Soul as a bridge to forcibly break the boundary between life and death. It summons a specific Soul back from the Pure Land and binds it into a temporary, constructed shell that mimics its form from when it was alive."
"This technique is full of coercion and incompleteness. It isn't true resurrection; it's more like an Advanced, controlled form of necromancy. The Soul isn't at peace within it, and its power is greatly diminished."
"Hmm... it feels similar to the Throne of Heroes, where one can use Command Seals for control, just as an Edo Tensei caster can."
"Or rather, it's similar to Possession, though it's not the deceased actively possessing someone, but being artificially pulled into a shell."
Thinking of this, a plan began to form in Hinata's mind. If she could create a body and then completely stuff a Soul into it, could she achieve direct resurrection, thereby truly... reversing life and death?
A bold, even somewhat blasphemous thought—like a bolt of lightning in the dark—suddenly illuminated her mind.
Previously, she had thought about upgrading Edo Tensei until it was sufficient to resurrect the dead. Now it seemed she had fallen into a mental trap, confined within the scope of this one technique.
She used to think about creating someone with infinite Chakra, immortal and indestructible, fully resurrected, and still controllable.
Looking at it now, that would still just be Edo Tensei, not a resurrection at all.
A startling brilliance erupted in Hinata's eyes.
The core difficulties and imperfections of Edo Tensei lay in the incompleteness and forced binding of the Soul summoning, and the crude simulation of the body, which couldn't perfectly carry the Soul's Origin, leading to a loss of power.
"Hmm... but where would I get a body? I'm not Nüwa; I can't just pinch clay figurines..."
At this thought, Hinata naturally thought of Orochimaru. She didn't know how to do it, but Orochimaru did. Even if he couldn't now, if she gave him time to research, it would only be a matter of time.
Uncle Snake, the master of core technology.
"If this succeeds, the Ninja World won't need some child of prophecy to bring about reform..."
Hinata sat cross-legged on a cushion, unconsciously twirling a lock of hair with her fingers, rubbing it repeatedly as she pondered.
She really had been stuck in a dead end before, always thinking about how to patch up this broken technique, trying to upgrade it from an 'ordinary figurine' to a 'limited edition figurine.'
But now she realized—why was she obsessing over a technique for summoning figurines? My goal is True Resurrection!
Once the floodgates of her thoughts opened, they couldn't be stopped.
True resurrection, simply put, involves two steps.
1. Get a suitable, lively new body.
2. Stuff the original Soul inside and boot it up!
The key was to have Orochimaru assist her. For him, these things weren't hard to achieve. Cloning, genetic modification, body transfer, consciousness transfer—isn't that exactly what he plays with?
The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
While she was toiling away here researching how to optimize a 'figurine summoning technique,' Orochimaru was already working on 'customized body transplants' and 'consciousness uploads and downloads'! This technological gap was like she was still figuring out how to make fire while he had already started playing with nuclear fusion.
She needed to find him for a collaboration.
A series of plans instantly popped into Hinata's head.
"I have a high-purity energy source like Spiritual Power, and he has biological technology and countless years of experience in 'human body' research. By joining forces, he handles the hardware (the body), and I handle the software (Soul import and adaptation)... Perfect!"
Hinata even suspected that if Orochimaru's focus hadn't been elsewhere, given some time, he could have achieved the complete resurrection of the dead himself.
Just think, if she could successfully resurrect those dead masters, would the Ninja World still need to wait for some child of prophecy to slowly reform things? Just pull up the First Hokage, Second Hokage, Fourth Hokage... even Uchiha Madara for a meeting.
What problem couldn't be solved? The Akatsuki Organization, the Ninja War—in front of these people, they're all trash. She wouldn't even need to lift a finger herself.
Of course, this wouldn't be easy to pull off. First, she had to convince Orochimaru, who was probably currently eyeing Sasuke's 'new house.'
Then Hinata thought for 0.1 seconds and came up with a method: try to convince him first, and if he can't be convinced, beat him into submission.
Her super-brain told her it was time to use super-power.
Hinata stroked her chin, a slightly cunning smile appearing on her face.
Orochimaru believes in science; he would definitely be interested in these experiments.
She could almost see the fanatical light of research that would erupt in those snake-like pupils when Orochimaru heard this proposal.
In short, a brand-new path full of amusement (and potential points) had opened up before Hinata.
Researching Edo Tensei? That's too low! If you're going to do it, do True Resurrection! And the first step of True Resurrection is to bamboozle... er, no, to invite the Ninja World's Chief Scientist—Orochimaru—to work on a big project together!
"Uncle Snake, wait for me. I'm bringing you a new direction for your scientific research!" Hinata thought happily, feeling that the future Ninja World would surely become much more 'exciting' because of this 'little idea' of hers.
[Ding! The host has successfully broken through a mental barrier and unlocked the hidden project 'True Resurrection Technology R&D.' Your thinking is unique and highly subversive!]
[Evaluation: While others are saving the world, the host is already considering how to pull back deceased big shots to stir up trouble together! Is this even right?! Reward points: 8,000! (Subversive Innovation)]
[OS: What do you want to do, host? Are you going to destroy the Ninja World???!]
[Current points: 8,550.]
Hearing the System's prompt and the generous points arrival, Hinata's smile grew even more brilliant, feeling more and more that this plan was very interesting.
When the time comes, the Ninja War won't be some battle between the living dead and red-eyed lunatics; it'll be Gundams blasting each other and Body Flicker Ninjas flashing everywhere. (Assuming they actually fight.)
This is truly a picture of Hell.
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