The sealing scroll's secret chamber.
Satoru, leveraging his authority as Hokage, began to read the sealing scroll.
This time, the two old geezers didn't stop him; they merely instructed him not to delay the duties a Hokage should perform.
The one teaching the children was just one of his Shadow Clones.
As for whether Edo Tensei could revive the Third Hokage, naturally it couldn't; at the very least, the Third Hokage's soul would have to be released from the Shinigami.
He was just trying to trick Konohamaru.
As for what to do if he really wanted to revive him, that wouldn't stump a master of genjutsu.
It's just that he usually had a bottom line and wouldn't unscrupulously use genjutsu on those who weren't his enemies.
But then again, his bottom line was flexible; if it really came down to it, he could always adjust it.
"Heh, a comprehensive look at the sealing scroll. Finally, no one is stopping me."
Satoru's gaze fell upon the complete version of the sealing scroll.
Unlike when he learned the Darkness Technique, where he could only look at one, today he was feeling generous; he wanted them all.
First, his attention was drawn to the most famous Multiple Shadow Clone and Edo Tensei.
There was no need to elaborate on Multiple Shadow Clone; Satoru merely glanced at it and essentially learned it.
With Shadow Clones and over a decade of research into Ninjutsu in his early days, if he was still worse than Naruto, he might as well retire.
The key was Edo Tensei.
"Good heavens, it's just a framework!"
The complete Jutsu formula for Edo Tensei appeared before his eyes.
But it only contained simple theories and a method for summoning souls from the Pure Land using the Summoning Technique; it couldn't guarantee the strength of the revived person.
In other words, this was merely a Jutsu that could summon souls from the Pure Land to chat with him.
It couldn't form a fighting force.
"So, the reason Edo Tensei became so incredibly powerful later on was still thanks to Orochimaru and Kabuto.
They truly are the most talented commoners in the Ninja World besides me. I have to give them a big thumbs up!"
Satoru exclaimed with great emotion.
To develop a Jutsu for summoning Pure Land souls directly into a powerful Ninjutsu capable of starting a war—impressive!
However, that doesn't mean Orochimaru and his group are stronger than the Second Hokage. After all, how to summon Pure Land souls cannot be simply summarized in a single sentence.
The knowledge involved in it truly lives up to its reputation as a forbidden Jutsu.
Summoning Pure Land souls using cells is akin to a person using a piece of flesh to summon a ghost from the underworld—a similar concept.
By any measure, the power of the medium isn't very strong.
The spatial knowledge involved also captivated Satoru.
The Summoning Technique is a Spatial-Temporal Ninjutsu, and summoning Pure Land souls is the essence of Spatial-Temporal Ninjutsu.
Satoru hadn't forgotten that the Ōtsutsuki essentially all possess spatial abilities, so he had to be prepared.
The Summoning Technique was also an ability he needed to consider for dealing with the Ōtsutsuki.
"Let me see again, the Flying Thunder God Technique..."
Satoru then looked at the Fourth Hokage's famous Ninjutsu.
This one was even more complex; one had to be proficient in Sealing Technique, possess powerful neural reactions, and have a certain talent for Spatial-Temporal Ninjutsu to use it like the Fourth and Second Hokage.
Otherwise, one would only be able to use it like Shiranui Genma and his group, requiring three people to rigidly form a formation.
There were hundreds of forbidden Jutsu in total.
These included the Reaper Death Seal and Orochimaru's Eight-Headed Serpent... each one basically had extremely severe side effects.
For a genius to learn each one would take a very long time, and mastering them was even more difficult.
Unless it was something simple and crude like Multiple Shadow Clone, which only required the Chakra to sustain the clones and a brain capable of adapting after dispelling them.
"Heh, being Hokage is truly wonderful."
Satoru chuckled.
Being the Acting Hokage was great; he could learn so much, and he wouldn't have to stay in the Hokage position forever.
The Spiritualization Technique, which he had previously wanted, was also in there.
Now that's good; he had even more Ninjutsu materials... no... an endless supply of Ninjutsu materials. Besides test subjects, he lacked nothing.
Hmm... he felt like he had said something similar before.
Never mind that.
Satoru became engrossed... "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In an uninhabited area, dozens of Satoru appeared out of thin air.
"My Chakra is still a bit less than Naruto's. Just wait.
Once my body evolves to that level, I'll be able to do the same. For now, let's focus on researching Ninjutsu!"
Satoru thought to himself, looking at the mere dozens of his clones.
"You, research the Summoning Technique."
"You, research the Flying Thunder God."
"You, research Heart Steel."
"You, research the Spiritualization Technique. The rest of you, research forced execution Ninjutsu."
Quickly assigning tasks to his clones, Satoru was very satisfied.
He had already experimented and found that his brain could withstand the negative effects of the Multiple Shadow Clone.
This was thanks to his powerful spiritual talent and super-powerful brain.
With more Chakra and Multiple Shadow Clones, he could now use the Ninja World's bug-like cheat method.
Meanwhile, his main body would return to being the Acting Hokage.
It couldn't be easier... "Report, news from the Land of Wind; a peace proposal has been sent."
Satoru was busy processing various documents when a Ninja from the cipher division walked in and handed him a document.
He took the scroll, opened it, and began to read.
It was indeed a peace proposal sent by the Hidden Sand Village.
The general meaning was that due to oversight, the Hidden Sand Village's erroneous judgment was caused by the Konoha rogue Ninja, Orochimaru, seizing an opportunity.
They hoped Konoha would take action to reconcile.
They hoped to re-establish an alliance with Konoha.
The language throughout emphasized that the Hidden Sand Village was also a victim and highlighted the Konoha rogue Ninja Orochimaru.
Now that Orochimaru's objective had been exposed, naturally, war could not be allowed to happen.
"Who said Sunagakure had no capable people? Aren't there some here?
They've completely shed responsibility and even cast themselves as victims.
They're practically telling Konoha that Orochimaru caused everything,
and it's good enough that they're not demanding compensation from us.
Moreover, they've expressed an intention to cooperate and even offered a way to save face,
even if that way to save face is so ridiculous!"
Satoru sighed, looking at the contents of the document.
Their high-level combat strength may be weak, but their political strength is still very strong!
Konoha was also in a weakened state right now, and it was impossible to truly go to war with the Land of Wind. Furthermore, Orochimaru took all the blame for this battle, and a way to save face was provided.
It must be said that their political ability was quite good.
However, Satoru still decided to be firm, so that other countries wouldn't think Konoha was backing down.
This was a critical moment; if not handled well, a war could break out.
"Senior Shikaku, draft a document. For this alliance, make the Land of Wind make concessions.
Have them open up oil trading rights, and Konoha will also open up important resource trading in certain areas."
Satoru said to Shikaku.
Oil was an important basic material for Ninja incendiary bombs and had always been a key controlled resource of the Land of Wind.
Except for special circumstances, they would not trade it with other countries.
As Hokage, fighting for Konoha's interests was what he, in his position, should do.
This was his working principle: do what the position requires.
As for the Land of Fire also offering controlled resources for trade, it was to reduce resistance from the Land of Wind.
Would it be a loss?
As the country with the most abundant resources in the Ninja World, as long as it was an equal exchange of controlled resources, Konoha would definitely profit.
They were merely compensating for a deficit, while the Land of Fire was raising its upper limit.
The meaning was not the same.
It was like in his previous life; if Europe and other countries dared to open up controlled resources in the same way as China,
then they would experience what terror truly meant.
It also indirectly demonstrated the importance of controlled resource policies.