Chapter 166 Goodbye
"This is?"
Orochimaru walked around the wooden stake back and forth twice, looking at the busy Kagawa and Tsunade, feeling a little puzzled.
He remembered that there were no such wooden stakes in his experimental base.
"A gift from the Slug Sage. Also, do you have anything else to say?" Tsunade put her hands on her hips and asked unhappily at Orochimaru who came to her door.
"The mission transfer order you need has arrived. Until the war is over, the Lu Nie team will stay under your command as your assistant and protection to assist you in transforming and updating the healing charm."
Orochimaru took out the Hokage's mission scroll. As long as he had this mission scroll, Lu Nie just had to stay by Tsunade's side.
"Is there anything special about it?"
Orochimaru did not rashly test and feel the wooden stake, but first carefully asked Kagawa and Tsunade.
Orochimaru has always been cautious about things of unknown origin in the laboratory. Who knows what properties or dangers something that can be given as a gift by a fairy may have?
"Tsunade-sensei can explain this to you." Lu Nie said without turning his head while sorting out the items on hand.
Seeing Orochimaru turn his gaze to her, Tsunade did not hide anything and repeated to Orochimaru everything she knew from the Wet Bone Forest, including the origin of the wooden stakes.
After finishing the retelling, Tsunade saw the same joy in Orochimaru's eyes as he had on Kagawa's face when they were in the Wet Bone Forest.
"Sure enough, there are so many mysterious unknowns in this world! This is great!" Orochimaru licked his lips excitedly, and his eyes were full of fanaticism as he looked at the wooden stake. He wished he could immediately join Lu Nie's research on the wooden stake.
But while Lu Nie could transfer himself to Tsunade's side, he couldn't get away. Once he lost this fighting force, Konoha's current tense but relatively balanced war situation would immediately undergo earth-shaking changes.
Especially in the war with Iwagakure, Konoha was already at a disadvantage due to the shortage of ninja troops. Once no one could stop Ōnoki and the Tailed Beast Jinchūriki of Iwagakure, the already fragile battlefields of the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth would immediately collapse.
In fact, the reason why Konoha can still hold on is entirely because of Minato Namikaze, the fire captain, who is putting out fires everywhere.
Because the firefighting was so successful, the people in the Iwagakure Village no longer just gave up the mission when they encountered a yellow flash. Instead, when they heard any information about the activities of a yellow flash, they would tacitly avoid that area.
Because they have no solution for the yellow flash.
Encirclement, ambush, and barrier with Iwagakure Village were all useless to Namikaze Minato. Flying Thunder God allowed him to walk through any trap as if it were flat ground, and he could leave or enter the battlefield at any time.
Under Flying Thunder God, whether you are a Chunin or a Jonin, Namikaze Minato treats you equally. At most, a powerful Jonin would still have some room to struggle and fight back against Namikaze Minato.
The fear and hatred of the Yellow Flash by the Iwagakure ninjas far exceeded that of the real commander of the Konoha and Iwagakure battlefields, holding off the Tsuchikage and Jinchūriki, as well as Orochimaru, the main force of Iwagakure.
Orochimaru looked at the wooden stake with some regret. Before the war was over, he probably didn't have the time to get involved. At most, he could only spare some time to pay attention to the progress and data of Lu Nie's experiment.
"What is this? The force of nature?"
Suddenly, Orochimaru felt a very strong natural force spreading around him, and this force was quickly merging into the surrounding space, being diluted and spread.
Looking in the original direction, Orochimaru saw a sealed jar appearing on a storage scroll.
"Even if you're ready, you can't stop it from passing?"
Lu Nie looked at the can of living fluid spring that quickly turned into ordinary spring water, and he was somewhat thoughtful. The speed of this dissipation was somewhat beyond his expectations. He thought that under this storage method, the energy dissipation was slow, allowing him to conduct certain experiments and tests.
"If I could, I would have brought it out a long time ago."
Seeing Lu Nie in deep thought, Tsunade on the side said with a smile. Seeing Lu Nie looking a little frustrated, she still felt a certain pleasure. After all, Lu Nie's growth rate in recent years was too fast, and with the endorsement of Slug Sage, she felt a little jealous.
Of course, this kind of jealousy is quite mild, and is mostly similar to the unwillingness of being surpassed by younger generations in some aspects, and the desire to win.
But she was not just joking. After she knew about the existence of the Living Fluid Spring and experienced its power, she had thought about using it to contribute an important chip to Konoha's medical ninjutsu system. However, as a product unique to the Wet Bone Forest, the characteristics of the Living Fluid Spring seemed to be able to be maintained for a long time and maintain its effect only in the environment of the Wet Bone Forest.
Once it is brought out of the Wet Bone Forest, it will produce a violent energy spillover reaction with the external environment. Once this spillover begins, in a very short time, it will be enough to greatly weaken the characteristics of the Living Fluid Spring, or even make it disappear.
After a few times, Tsunade gave up this behavior.
After seeing Lu Nie come up with the same idea as her in the Wet Bone Forest, she had been looking forward to seeing this scene. She also wanted to see whether Lu Nie was helpless or could use other methods to do what she had not done before.
Anyway, springs of living fluid can be found everywhere in the Wet Bone Forest. Not to say that they are inexhaustible, but at least the Slug Immortal doesn't care about the consumption.
"Then let's put it aside for now. If the medicinal properties in the scroll also dissipate and disappear, then if needed, I'll trouble you, Mr. Tsunade, to go to the Wet Bone Forest and bring back another one."
After Lu Nie used some means but failed to restore the Fountain of Life Liquid to an ordinary spring that only had a slight effect on improving physical condition, he did not continue, but put it down first.
"Whatever! I thought you were going to stick with it."
Seeing that Lu Nie had so easily left the Fountain of Vitality behind, Tsunade felt a little bored. She had been stubborn for a while before she had to give up.
"Because I have a higher priority research on hand! In terms of importance, it can only wait until later." Lu Nie looked at the wooden stake.
This was his biggest gain from this trip to the Wet Bone Forest!
However, before actually starting the research, Lu Nie felt that he needed to get an important tool first.
……
The land of rain.
Rain Ninja Village.
Hanzo’s death was a huge disaster for the country, but Yahiko and his two companions who defeated Hanzo and brought his body back to Rain Village were a deterrent.
Under tremendous pressure and the collapse of faith, the Rain Village offered almost no substantial resistance and changed its course, accepting the rule of Yahiko and his two companions.
With unanimous recommendation, Yahiko was successfully promoted to the Kage of the Rain Village from one of the three leaders of the Akatsuki organization.
Konan and Nagato became advisors and shadow guards, and as for Kakuzu? He was appointed as the financial manager of Rain Village. Because Hanzo took away more than half of the elites of Rain Village, and these elites died in Anchor Bandian with the Hidden Mist Village.
Therefore, the Rain Village is now in a state of half-crippled state with great damage to its vitality. Fortunately, Yahiko and his three companions did not intend to carry out a large-scale purge. They just expelled some ninjas in the village who were still loyal to Hanzo and began to recuperate.
"Is this the Rain Village? What a damp and always crying village."
Tsunade walked out of the black cavity, dressed in a black robe, looked at the raindrops falling from the sky, and reached out to pull up the hood on the back.
"I can sense their chakra." Lu Nie's face was hidden under the black hood. After identifying the direction, he walked towards the direction where he sensed Kakuzu's chakra.
"The security was so lax that no one came to question us."
As they walked, Tsunade looked around and said to Lu Nie.
"That's because this village is under their surveillance." Lu Nie raised his head slightly and glanced at the sky where rain was falling.
Tsunade, who was reminded by Lu Ni, immediately stretched out her hand, caught the raindrops falling from the sky, felt them carefully, and her face changed.
The raindrops contained chakra, which meant that someone was using the rain to monitor the Rain Village! As long as the area covered by the rain curtain was under the other party's monitoring.
This method is not new to Tsunade. After all, there are various ninjutsu monitoring methods in the ninja world. What really surprised Tsunade is the maintenance of such a large-scale and continuous chakra consumption!
The person who uses this ninjutsu must have shockingly abundant chakra! And his physique must be more outstanding than other ninjas.
"Lu Nie! Why are you here?"
Pieces of paper fluttered in the rain and floated over, like a white torrent, forming a human figure in front of Lu Nie's eyes, with two paper wings flapping behind him. Xiao Nan, who was floating in the air, looked at Lu Nie in surprise, and when his eyes swept over the black-robed man beside Lu Nie, there was a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
"This is Teacher Tsunade. Where is Nagato?" Lu Nie gave a brief introduction to Konan.
"Nagato and Yahiko know you're coming and are waiting for you in the room." Konan was very curious about the purpose of the two's visit, but did not ask. Instead, she landed on the ground and took the initiative to walk in front to lead the way.
With Konan leading the way, the group traveled smoothly in the Rain Village. They soon met Yahiko, who was buried in his work and frantically handling official business, and Nagato, who was helping him with official business, in the Rain Shadow's office.
"Red hair, is he a member of the Uzumaki clan?!"
The moment she saw Nagato, Tsunade's eyes first fell on his hair. That iconic red hair made her feel nostalgic.
Her grandmother Mito once had such bright red hair.
Lu Ni stepped forward and introduced Tsunade to several people, and then introduced Yahiko and the other two to Tsunade. After the greetings, Lu Ni took the initiative to tell them the purpose of his visit.
"I need to borrow Nagato's Rinnegan." Lu Ni said simply.
Yahiko and the other two immediately looked at each other, and kept glancing at Tsunade out of the corner of their eyes.
"Tsunade-sensei already knows about this, there's no need to worry about it." Lu Nie saw the hesitation of several people and said openly.
Tsunade was somewhat shocked by Lu Ni's request.
She had not expected that Lu Nie would make such a request. For a moment, her body tensed up, fearing that Yahiko and his men would attack them in the next moment.
But Yahiko and the other two stood there calmly, as if they were indifferent to the harsh question raised by Lu Ni. Even Nagato himself was very calm. It was as if Lu Ni had just said that he was not borrowing his eyes.
"We have no problem, but what about the reward? You can't let Nagato lend you the Rinnegan for free, right?" Yahiko saw Nagato nod slightly, and immediately turned to look at Kaname with a serious face.
Kane and Tsunade raised their eyebrows and looked at Yahiko who stood up with a solemn look.
Tsunade was surprised that such an excessive request was actually agreed to, while Kagane was surprised that Yahiko would take the initiative to mention such a request.
"You have grown up, Yahiko." Lu Nie said softly.
"Responsibility always makes people grow, doesn't it?" Yahiko didn't care about his transformation. The three of them are now the managers of the Rain Village, so they need to consider things from the perspective of the Rain Village.
The relationship between Lu Nie and them is complex and strong. If they need any help, they will do their best to help. But at the same time, as the Rain Shadow, he also needs to consider bringing some benefits to the Rain Village in addition to helping.
Now the top fighting force of Rain Village all depends on them. Especially Nagato, who has lost the Samsara Eye, his fighting power will inevitably be affected.
It is still war time.
"We don't have any supplies, and we are also short of money." Lu Nie said, taking a step back and revealing Tsunade: "How about this, let Teacher Tsunade teach Konan. Maybe Rain Village can become the second ninja village with a sound medical system?"
"Little brat!" Tsunade, who was decisively betrayed, glared at Lu Nie fiercely.
"Deal!" Yahiko, who originally wanted to get as much as possible, was overjoyed. Having experienced life and death and witnessed suffering, he knew very well what a sound medical system meant!
This means that the mortality rate of the population and the mortality rate of ninjas can be greatly reduced, and even the production of healing talismans can be expanded, as well as cooperation with other villages.
As long as their military force is strong enough, they can protect all of this!
So even though this is a money-eating beast, there will be no tangible benefits in the short term, and there is even the possibility of failure, Yahiko is willing to seize this opportunity.
He was even afraid that Tsunade would refuse, so he agreed before Tsunade could even say the next word.
"Don't worry, I will prepare another pair of eyes for you while you borrow the Rinnegan. The three-magatama Sharingan should be able to guarantee a certain level of strength for Nagato." said Lu Nie.
"The eye replacement surgery will be performed on both of us by Tsunade-sensei."
"Let's transplant one first. Your body may not be able to withstand a pair of Rinnegan." Tsunade agreed to Lu Ni's previous proposal, but she still put forward her own opinions on the operation.
(End of this chapter)