Chapter 31 - Wood Release Reappearance Plan
What made Senju and the Third Hokage want to restore the glory of Wood Release was Hashirama's terrifying Wood Release chakra.
Although Hashirama is dead, his soul has dissipated between heaven and earth.
However, his body remained terrifyingly active under the powerful Wood Release chakra and did not die.
In a sense, Hashirama is not dead, his soul is just no longer in his body.
If there were a ninjutsu that could summon souls from the underworld back to reality, it would be entirely possible for the God of Ninja to reappear in the Ninja World.
His body was enough for him to live for at least another hundred years.
This is the power of the God of Ninja and Wood Release, so powerful that it is unbelievable.
It's no wonder that the Senju clan and the Third Hokage both want to regain Wood Release.
Not long after the end of the Ninja World War, the new head of the Senju clan and the third generation gathered all the research-savvy ninjas in Konoha to conduct research on the reproduction of Wood Release in a secret base. Danzo was also a member of the research team.
After some discussion, research and demonstration, they believed that the most likely way was to cultivate Hashirama's cells filled with Wood Release chakra, and then implant them into other ninjas' bodies, allowing the cells in their bodies to slowly assimilate Hashirama's cells and thus obtain new Wood Release.
Unfortunately, Hashirama's cells were too corrosive, and none of the ninjas conducting the experiment could withstand it. Their chakra and flesh were devoured by Hashirama's cells, and they turned into small trees covered with green branches and leaves.
Originally, the plan to recreate Wood Release had to be stopped at this point.
But the Senju clan was very unwilling.
They also believed that the reason why the experimental subjects could not withstand the erosion of Hashirama's cells was because they did not have the blood of the Senju clan.
Only the Senju clan ninjas who inherited the same bloodline as Hashirama can withstand the erosion of Hashirama's cells.
However, everyone underestimated the power of Hashirama's cells.
Many powerful ninjas of the Senju clan, including the new clan leader, were unable to withstand the erosion of Hashirama's cells and all died.
After this, the plan to revive Wood Release completely failed.
The Senju clan also completely declined due to the death of a large number of powerful people.
As a result, the Uchiha clan no longer had any ninja clan that could suppress them.
The Uchiha clan's arrogance, which was suppressed by the Senju clan, became even more arrogant.
This was a misjudgment made by the Third Hokage back then. Now he doesn't want to lose more ninjas by restarting the plan to revive Wood Release.
Putting these aside for now, after the Wood Release revival plan failed, all researchers withdrew from the research base.
The third generation himself never went to that secret base again.
Only Danzo has been doing research in that secret base for many years. He must know what the equipment used to study the first generation of cells was like.
When Danzo saw that the Third Hokage asked him about the quality of the equipment instead of restarting the plan to recreate Wood Release, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Over the years, he has actually never stopped researching the plan to recreate Wood Release.
Unfortunately, one person's power is limited after all, and the biggest limitation is lack of money.
If the Third Generation endorses it and the research is conducted in the name of Konoha, there will be more funding and the research progress can be greatly accelerated.
It's a pity that the third generation didn't want to restart the plan.
Since he is not restarting the plan to revive Wood Release, why does the Third Generation ask about the quality of the equipment in the secret base?
Danzo asked the question in his mind.
"You just need to answer me whether those research equipment can still be used?" Sandai was reluctant to say more.
"It works." Danzo replied.
"That's fine, you can go out now." Sandai said.
"It's incomprehensible." Danzo's eyes flashed. He knew that there must be some secret behind the Third Hokage's question about the equipment, but... forget it, let's just build the Root first.
Danzo turned and left.
Sandai sat on a chair and smoked. He thought for a while and still felt a little unwilling, so he decided to wait another month.
If there is still no hope of a breakthrough with Li Yao, then send him to Danzo and let Danzo study that guy's cells to see if he can find out why he is immune to illusions, and use this to develop ninjutsu to target Uchiha's illusions.
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A month later.
night.
Anbu interrogation room number three.
The third generation opened the door and walked to the torture bed.
Li Yao was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, an IV needle inserted into his arm. He was now completely alive relying on the nutrient solution in the bottle.
"For the last time."
The third generation said in his heart, then formed seals with his hands and released the illusion again - the Darkness Technique.
After a while, the third generation released his hands from the seals, looked at Li Yao on the bed with disappointment, and then turned and left.
In one month, he came to the interrogation room three times, including this time, four times.
Li Yao was still in a vegetative state, relying on instinctive breathing to survive.
The chakra in the body is still special and immune to all illusion invasions.
The third generation has given up hope.
"Send them to the roots, there are people there to receive them."
Outside the interrogation room, after the Third Dai finished explaining the follow-up matters to Li Yao, he patted Baku's shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work during this period. From now on, you will resume your status as the Anbu Baku Squad and continue to carry out Anbu missions."
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Baku looked at the Third Hokage with bright eyes and his body trembled slightly.
The third generation smiled and then left.
After the third generation left, the members of the Explosion Team immediately pushed the torture bed to the Root Base.
On the torture bed, Li Yao, sensing that his body was being moved out of the interrogation room, secretly prepared himself to launch a fatal attack if anything went wrong.
At this time, he had successfully condensed the same sealing technique chakra as the one on his body.
Because these sealed chakras are the same as the chakras in the sealing ritual, the sealing ritual cannot recognize his chakra.
So Li Yao can now remove the seal on his body at any time.
But he didn't, and continued to remain sealed.
Unless he is forced into a dead end, Li Yao will not easily reveal his flaws.
He now has the confidence to make a comeback.
As long as he is given time, he will definitely be able to escape from Konoha.
Here we have to mention the benefits of the soul being integrated into the chakra.
First of all, Li Yao's control over chakra has taken a step forward.
In the past, it was only through absolute control of chakra that changes in form were achieved.
Now he has absolute control over the changes in the nature of his own chakra, which allows him to easily copy and condense chakra of various attributes.
But the most crucial thing is that after his soul merged into the chakra, the chakra perception ability he gained was too abnormal.
Especially when in contact with his chakra, his chakra perception ability reaches a perverted level that can be called clairvoyance, allowing him to sense the changes in the nature and form of the ninjutsu chakra.
The sealing attribute chakra in the sealing technique on his body can be perceived by him like perspective, and he can sense the corresponding changes in nature and form.
This made it easier for Li Yao to copy and condense the sealing attribute chakra to form the sealing technique.
Possessing absolute control over the changes in the nature and form of chakra, coupled with the ability to sense the changes in the nature and form of ninjutsu chakra, means that Li Yao can learn any ninjutsu.
Whether it is the conventional five-attribute ninjutsu or the new attribute ninjutsu of attribute fusion bloodline limit, Li Yao can learn it as long as he perceives the corresponding changes in nature and form.
As long as he can sense the changes in the nature and form of the ninjutsu's chakra, he can condense the same ninjutsu chakra and release the corresponding ninjutsu.
This is the truth that Li Yao gained from the experiments he conducted over the past month while condensing the chakra of the sealing technique.