Sasuke's Strongest Move Declared Ineffective

Through this experiment, Sakura Haruno can now roughly guess what kind of impact the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai will have on her.

That's possible. The cells enhanced by Ice Release will gradually cover and replace her original cells until her body is completely occupied by Ice Release cells.

This is somewhat similar to an experiment the Root once conducted, implanting the First Hokage's cells into test subjects in the hope that they would acquire the First Hokage's Wood Release abilities. However, according to the information Sakura saw, this experiment was only conducted once and was forced to end because all 60 test subjects died. Of course, there are also reports that one young child actually survived that experiment, and the survivor is now working in the Anbu, possessing considerable strength, but still far inferior to the First's abilities.

Because the cells are from the same source, Sakura Haruno doesn't experience any rejection or discomfort. She wasn't even aware of it herself, only that her control over Ice Release had been increasing rapidly lately.

During the Chunin Ninja Exams, she didn't feel this way at all when learning Ice Release.

Her body hasn't even completed the replacement process yet, but she already has excellent control over Ice Release. Once the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai fully applied to her body, it should be like the heart she cultivated, allowing her to effortlessly Nature Transformation of Ice Release without any special control.

By then, her Ice Release might become an instinct, just like her Water Release...

As the First Ice Release user of the Haruno Clan, it's not surprising that Sakura could do this. She mastered the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai before she was one year old, which coincided with her puberty. The power of the Kekkei Genkai could penetrate deep into her body as she developed, engraving the instinct of Ice Release into her very bones!

Of course, Sakura could still confidently retort, "Actually, I don't care about this slight improvement in Ice Release at all..."

If her other Ninjutsu develops smoothly.

If that ultimate Yang God Mode can be developed... then she really won't care about the title of a second Hashirama Senju.

The source of the First Hokage's power was Wood Release, which had been fused with Yang Release in Sage Mode. Sakura Haruno, who had activated Yang God Mode, had already mastered the energy of the sun, making her far superior to Sage Mode. She could even chat and laugh with the Sage of Six Paths!

However, at least for now, she is only a character who has just taken the step from Elite Jonin to Kage Level, and Ice Release is still very important for her improvement.

We've gone off on a tangent.

Let's get back to the main topic.

The first round of experiments yielded effective results, which was undoubtedly good news. After summarizing the lessons learned, Sakura immediately began the second round of experiments. Time was tight; she could only stay in the Land of Snow for six weeks, which was enough to conduct three rounds of experiments at most. Regardless of what she obtained in the third round, she had to leave the base and return to Konoha.

Two weeks passed quickly.

Before they knew it, the second batch of experiments yielded results.

In... uh, I mean in Sakura's laboratory.

"This batch of results is quite good," Sakura Haruno muttered to herself, slumped over the table, meticulously examining the rows of containers. "The amount of Chakra produced has mostly surpassed that of Genin, and is even approaching the level of Chunin."

After absorbing the experience gained from the previous failed experiments, the success rate of the second round of experiments skyrocketed. This time it went much more smoothly, and the results were even better, with a pass rate of over 90% for the cultivated hearts—only one heart out of ten failed to develop normally due to her operational error.

Thanks to the improvements in details, this batch not only had a higher success rate, but its quality was also a level above the previous prototypes.

As long as she doesn't make any mistakes, she is extremely confident that she will achieve her goal.

When they inspected the batch of hearts, it was already the weekend of the fourth week; the two of them had been in the Land of Snow for a month.

Two-thirds of the allotted time for this mission has already passed.

Having gained some understanding of stem cell technology after two rounds of experiments, Sakura Haruno is now seizing the time to begin working towards her true goal.

The heart of the Yugao was cultivated.

The problem is that there's no way to test the quality of the cultivated heart using methods that observe Chakra —her spiritual power and Yugao's physical power clearly can't be integrated.

We can only make it first and bring it back to Konoha so that Yugao can check it herself.

Tsunade provided her with a limited amount of living tissue, which, with Sakura's current technology, could only cultivate a limited number of hearts. Precious living tissue could not be wasted, which is why Sakura had to use her own cells to conduct experiments and verify the technology in the previous two rounds.

She'd gained a lot; at least she'd have a replacement for her heart if she lost it later—this was just a self-deprecating joke Sakura made to herself. Few people in history have managed to survive losing their heart like Yugao did; that would require having someone of Sakura Haruno's caliber by her side to keep her alive after being injured...

Therefore, the primary purpose of these Ice Release hearts was to serve as a memento of the first human experiment. The real gain was the initial mastery of stem cell technology, the most crucial technology for cloning.

The essence of this technology is to transform differentiated somatic cells back into undifferentiated cells, such as turning Sakura's own keratinized cells into embryonic stem cells, which then redifferentiate to form a heart. In her previous life, this would have required extremely complex procedures, but in the world of Hokage, it only requires the use of precise Yang Release Medical Ninjutsu to stimulate cells to complete the process of dedifferentiation and revert to stem cells.

With this technology, perhaps when she returns to the Land of Snow next time, she can officially begin her cloning project...

Sakura spent a rather uneventful month and a half in the Land of Snow —either in the laboratory or in the wild, taking advantage of the icy and snowy environment to practice her Ninjutsu.

The last two weeks passed peacefully.

Aside from Sasuke's increasingly skillful use of the Super Electromagnetic Cannon Ninjutsu, which is quite noisy...

In the last few days, Sakura took some time to check on Sasuke's training.

It was a wasteland on the outskirts of town. Sakura Haruno used her Ice Release to create many targets there, helping Sasuke build a temporary training ground.

When Sakura arrived at the training ground in Body Flicker Technique, she saw Sasuke unleashing the Super Electromagnetic Cannon.

He stretched out his left arm, and two dazzling bolts of lightning danced and coalesced on his hand before settling down to form two straight and bright paths of light.

Even in white, Sasuke's Ninjutsu was still dazzlingly bright, making it difficult to look directly at him; a massive amount of Chakra emitted a brilliant blue light, enveloping Sasuke in endless light, making it possible to only vaguely see the figure of the black-haired boy.

"Ugh!" Sakura groaned, startled by the glare, and quickly closed her eyes, turning her head away. The bright light left a deep imprint on her retina, making it impossible to see double images even with her eyes open.

She couldn't see anything, but she heard a high-pitched, terrifying shriek suddenly coming from Sasuke's direction. Then the dazzling light gradually dimmed, followed by a muffled, loud thud in the distance.

Boom--!

Sakura Haruno rubbed her slightly red eyes and looked over. She saw that the ice target she had set up earlier, which was as big as a mountain, had been shattered by the Kunai that Sasuke shot!

"Tsk tsk tsk," she exclaimed in admiration, "No wonder it's the Ninjutsu I came up with."

The power of the Railgun is simply unmatched.

Terrifying!

"Looks like you've pretty much mastered this move!" she said, turning her head. From now on, Sasuke has another new trump card.

I wonder what kind of amazing spectacle this move will display when it first appears in the Shinobi World?

As she was pondering this, Sakura's eyes widened in surprise when she saw the boy walking towards her.

What did she see? For a moment, she was almost stunned.

Sakura Haruno blinked, thinking she was seeing things. Was this guy wearing sunglasses that covered half his face Sasuke?

And they're incredibly effeminate Toad sunglasses...

Looking closer, well, it really is Sasuke.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Sakura Haruno burst out laughing.

"Sasuke, your act of feigning indifference has been exposed!"

(Minimum guaranteed chapter/, Bonus chapter 0/.)

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