After settling matters in Konoha, Tobirama Senju quickly returned to his research on White Zetsu.
These creatures were far too dangerous. With their stealth capabilities, they could easily stir up trouble and destroy the village. He needed to develop countermeasures as soon as possible, or he wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
By comparing samples of White Zetsu and Hashirama's cells, Tobirama keenly noted their similarities, which made him frown.
This ancient, predatory chakra was not friendly at all. It seemed to be a living weapon specifically created to fight ninja.
Simply by getting close and being touched, a ninja's chakra would be absorbed. Once it absorbed chakra, the White Zetsu would transform into that person's likeness. Unless you could spot a difference in their actions or words, it was impossible to tell them apart with sensory ninjutsu alone.
Powerful mimicry, Wood Style stealth, and nearly identical appearances—it was clear that this was a mass-producible biological weapon. Thinking of the black, humanoid creature from the White Zetsu's memories, Tobirama felt immense pressure.
That black thing must be their main consciousness, the mastermind. What was its plan?
Lost in thought, Tobirama began to reverse-engineer the White Zetsu's biotechnology, studying the principles of its transformation and its application of Wood Style.
Wood Style: Mayfly Technique? A good concept. It belongs to Konoha now. Wood Style: Spore Technique? An excellent idea, very suitable for Wood Style ninja with less chakra. It can be listed as a standard Wood Style skill.
The Mayfly Technique allowed one to travel quickly through the earth, plants, and underground water veins. Combined with the stealth of Wood Style, it was a very practical jutsu.
The Spore Technique could secretly place a spore on a person, allowing for eavesdropping and also having good combat applications. It could instantly absorb a large amount of the host's chakra, incapacitating them. It was a great jutsu for ambushes and could be considered S-rank.
Tobirama was thrilled. He immediately studied these two jutsu, preparing to compile them into a manual for Konoha's Wood Style ninja.
As Tobirama was experimenting on the White Zetsu, far away on the border of the Land of Fire, Black Zetsu, who was attached to Madara Uchiha, sensed the loss of the White Zetsu intelligence network in Konoha. The mental local area network on that side was down.
Black Zetsu didn't know what had happened in Konoha, but this was a critical period for Madara's transformation into the Rinnegan. He couldn't leave. He had to use this time to secretly become a creation of Madara's Rinnegan through mental secret techniques, becoming the manifestation of Madara's will. This was a successful path he had discovered over a thousand years.
For now, Black Zetsu could do nothing about the situation in Konoha. He could only order the White Zetsu scattered across the world through the mental network to closely monitor Konoha's movements, but not to get too close, to avoid being discovered and suffering more casualties.
Konoha Technology Development Department.
Tobirama was not the only one studying White Zetsu. An Yan, Orochimaru, and Hiruko were also busy. An Yan knew about the various abilities of White Zetsu and started with the medical applications. He used White Zetsu limbs to graft onto some of the disabled members of the Senju clan, restoring them to their peak combat strength.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was greatly impressed. It seemed that in the future, Konoha ninja would no longer have their strength decline due to missing limbs. This meant one less reason for a ninja to retire. A cause for celebration indeed.
After this small success, An Yan began to work on cloning White Zetsu, wanting to create his own controllable army.
Orochimaru, on the other hand, discovered that using White Zetsu as sacrifices for the Reanimation Jutsu summoned ninja at almost their peak strength. Konoha could now use the Reanimation Jutsu for large-scale military operations.
White Zetsu are a good thing, Orochimaru thought, joining An Yan's cloning project. The more, the better.
And Hiruko discovered that as a biological weapon, White Zetsu could be combined with any bloodline. In White Zetsu, he saw the possibility of fusing the five great bloodlines and reaching the pinnacle of the ninja world. This sparked a glimmer of ambition in Hiruko's heart.
The people in the Technology Development Department worked together to study White Zetsu, and they soon had results.
Based on the chakra characteristics of White Zetsu, Tobirama developed a specific frequency chakra sensory jutsu. An Yan then worked with the Konoha Sealing Team to integrate this into Konoha's sensory defense barrier. From now on, if a White Zetsu approached, the barrier team would be alerted, preventing Konoha from being completely ignorant of their infiltration.
The artificial cultivation of White Zetsu was still in progress. This special creature, similar to a plant spirit, seemed to require the Gedo Statue to be successfully cultivated. However, Tobirama had a sudden idea and used the power of the Wood Talisman to stimulate plant growth. As a result, the White Zetsu underwent mitosis and reproduced on the spot.
The problem of quantity was unexpectedly solved. But they soon discovered a new problem. The White Zetsu had a shared mental network, and the newly born ones were easily assimilated by the information in the network, becoming part of the enemy.
So, how to isolate the White Zetsu's mental network became the main research topic. Once they succeeded and developed their own White Zetsu, Konoha's strength would be greatly enhanced.
When it came to mental matters, they had to turn to the clans that mastered Yin Release secret techniques. Tobirama immediately sent for Kagami Uchiha. As a Mangekyo Sharingan user, no one in Konoha had a higher proficiency in Yin Release.
Kagami did not disappoint. Although he couldn't successfully enter the current White Zetsu's mental LAN, he found its chakra nodes. The situation was now: I can't get on your network, but I can turn off your computer and unplug your router.
Tobirama was enthusiastically studying the structure of the White Zetsu's network. If every Konoha ninja had one, there would be no more communication problems during missions.
An Yan took over the job of "unplugging" the White Zetsu. With a small modification to a sealing jutsu, he could seal the chakra at certain points in the White Zetsu's body, and it would immediately go offline.
Once offline, the White Zetsu was cut off from the continuous information bombardment and brainwashing of the mental network. It would gradually develop its own thoughts and awaken its individual self.
In short, Konoha now had its own White Zetsu. Although they were not yet completely trustworthy, it was a step-by-step process.
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