Kekkei Tōta Fusion Method

"Ah!"

A soul-stirring moan escaped as Shimura Kentei's head lolled to one side and he fell silent. However, he soon straightened his head again.

"Still not it!"

Shimura Kentei muttered in puzzlement, finding the matter exceptionally troublesome.

There were a total of 361 acupoints in the human body. Like faucets, they served as the outlets and inlets through which chakra flowed. Of those, thirty-six acupoints were located within the brain.

Previously, he had tested those thirty-six acupoints one by one, using them as foundations to release chakra into the brain. He had then devised thirty-six methods of brain death, yet not a single one had succeeded.

Compared to the body's other organs, the brain was simply far too fragile.

Of course, it was not as though he had gained nothing!

"Each of the thirty-six acupoints affects the brain differently. To achieve a state of absolute rationality, I'll probably need to activate several acupoints at once, perhaps even all of them, and release chakra through them together. This is going to be a massive undertaking!"

After reviewing the thirty-six ways he had died, Shimura Kentei understood that he had plenty of work ahead of him.

Put simply, it was like a safe with a thirty-six-digit combination. He needed to find the correct code through repeated failures. The amount of work involved was obvious.

Fortunately, he had gained a general understanding of the functions of the thirty-six brain acupoints. He could narrow down the unknown range considerably, reducing the workload by quite a bit. As long as he persisted, he would eventually find the right combination.

This was only possible because the replicas could recover infinitely, allowing him to experiment boldly. Otherwise, the sacrifices required would have been beyond anything ordinary people could imagine.

In truth, many people knew that the body's acupoints affected every aspect of the human body, especially those located in internal organs and the brain. However, the organs containing those acupoints were too fragile, and most could not be repaired. Once injured, one could practically only wait to die.

No one wanted to gamble with their life. Over time, few people had been willing to explore the functions of those acupoints, and they had even subconsciously ignored this field altogether.

But now, someone like Shimura Kentei, blessed with a Golden Finger, had appeared. He could fill this gap and make this world's cultivation system more complete.

Who knew how much time had passed before Shimura Kentei's consciousness withdrew from the Black Cauldron Space and returned to his body in reality. Opening his eyes, he saw his fiancée kneeling nearby and reading through a massive scroll. It was likely one of the Body Strengthening Secret Techniques.

It was often said that serious men were the most charming, and serious women were equally alluring. Even though he had bared everything countless times with Keiko's replica in the Black Cauldron Space, the sight of his fiancée still made his heart race.

Just wait a little longer. In a few more years, the great python could return to its cave and the fierce tiger could return to the mountains!

"How long was I asleep?"

"Four days!"

Without even lifting her head, Shimura Keiko answered. She had long expected her little man to ask that.

"There's still a little soreness and numbness, but it's nothing serious!"

After getting up and moving his limbs, Shimura Kentei rolled his neck. He knew it was time to reunite with those two teammates.

Earlier, he had absorbed some pollen inside the flower tree, which had numbed part of the nerves in his body. It needed time to be broken down and expelled through his body's metabolism.

That was why he had remained in the Black Cauldron Space for so long this time. After four days of metabolism, the residual pollen toxins in his body had basically been cleared out. What little remained had little effect on his body.

He could return to the team and continue figuring out how to secure sponsorship!

After wolfing down the lavish meal prepared by Shimura Lu and the others, Shimura Kentei put on his combat suit and headed for the Death Forest once more.

Shimura Kentei's reappearance drew the attention of numerous ninja clans. The events of that day had been too strange, and everyone wanted to know what the Shimura Clan had obtained from the center of the Death Forest. The Senju Clan was the most eager of all.

"Tsunade, that boy has awakened and is currently heading to the Death Forest. Go investigate."

After receiving a report from his subordinate, Senju Tōsu immediately sought out Tsunade, who was training the Yin Seal on the top floor of the hidden pavilion. He needed to know what Shimura Danzō had obtained from that flower tree.

Although the flower tree had been burned down, many people had seen the flower bud at its peak get cut off.

Afterward, he had sent people in wearing protective suits to investigate, but they had not found the flower bud. It had clearly been taken away by the Shimura Clan.

Although they had inspected that flower tree ten years ago and found nothing valuable, changes might have occurred over the past decade. Even if the chance was slim, they could not give up.

"Got it!"

Rolling her eyes, Tsunade formed a hand seal and created a new Shadow Clone, sending it to the Death Forest to replace the previous one.

Although an unexpected incident had occurred earlier, she had not ended Uchiha Mikoto and Hyuga Suzune's wilderness survival training. She still had the two little girls cultivating there.

Moreover, the second stage of tree-climbing training that boy had mentioned was indeed quite good. Even she had improved somewhat through it.

Walking out of the hidden pavilion, Senju Tōsu took a deep breath and strode toward Tsunade's luxurious residence.

Aunt had been staying in that mansion recently, and the Shimura Clan had continuously rotated chefs through the place to prepare food for her.

That should have been a good thing, but whenever he thought of what had happened between that little pervert and Aunt, he felt sick to his stomach. He wanted nothing more than to rush into the Death Forest and castrate that little pervert.

Since it was not mealtime, Uzumaki Mito was lying on the sofa, reading idly to pass the time. Suddenly, she tossed the book in her hand onto the low table and said unhappily, "If you want to come in, then come in. Stop dawdling around outside. You're the head of the Senju Clan, for heaven's sake!"

She had sensed her nephew's arrival long ago. He had been hovering outside for more than ten minutes, and she greatly disliked such indecisiveness.

"Aunt!"

Summoning his courage, Senju Tōsu pushed open the door, walked in, and sat on the sofa opposite Uzumaki Mito. He forced himself to say, "Tsunade and I want to restart the Wood Release Recreation Project that Father terminated and sealed away!"

If they wanted to restart the Wood Release Recreation Project, they had to obtain the sealed materials. Otherwise, they would be unable to proceed at all, while wasting a great deal of time and paying a far greater price.

However, to obtain those materials, they first had to get past Aunt!

"Tell me what you're thinking!"

The furious scolding Senju Tōsu had expected did not come. Uzumaki Mito was calm and serious, clearly taking the matter seriously as well.

"What kind of expression is that? Did you think I was going to scold you over this?"

The stunned look on her nephew's face made Uzumaki Mito's expression turn unfriendly. Was she the sort of unreasonable shrew who only knew how to curse at people?

Senju Tōsu very much wanted to nod and admit that was exactly what he had thought. However, seeing his aunt's unfriendly expression, he hurriedly swallowed the words back down.

"The Wood Release Recreation Project itself was not wrong. Hashirama agreed to it back then as well. After losing Hashirama, the Senju truly needed Wood Release to deter petty threats.

"Unfortunately, the technical means of that era were insufficient, making success impossible. That was why Tobirama terminated it.

"However, we did not give up on it. Otherwise, we would have destroyed those materials outright instead of sealing them away, preventing the greed of future generations from bringing calamity upon the Senju.

"As long as the conditions are right, there is nothing wrong with restarting the Wood Release Recreation Project. But the prerequisite is that it cannot cause great sacrifices.

"Now, tell me what you're thinking. If it is reasonable, I can unseal those materials for you."

After briefly explaining the situation, Uzumaki Mito gestured for her nephew to speak. She wanted to hear what ideas he had.

Senju Tōsu was stunned for a long while before finally recovering. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said, "We believe Uncle's Wood Release after reaching adulthood was a Kekkei Tōta formed by fusing Yang Release. The power of Kekkei Tōta is too great, and recreating it is too difficult. It is beyond what we can achieve at our current stage.

"So Tsunade and I discussed shifting our target to the Kekkei Genkai-level Wood Release that Uncle used in his youth. Compared to Wood Release at the Kekkei Tōta level, recreating Wood Release at merely the Kekkei Genkai level would be much easier.

"Of course, if we successfully recreate Wood Release and later gain the ability to fuse our own Yang Release into it, evolving it into the Kekkei Tōta-level Wood Release Uncle possessed would naturally be even better. That would greatly reduce the risk."

After explaining the conclusion he and his niece Tsunade had reached in one breath, Senju Tōsu waited eagerly for his aunt's response.

Success or failure depended on this one move!

"It's a very good idea, largely the same as Tobirama's final line of thought back then. But where did you get this idea?

"I don't recall us ever telling you anything about Wood Release. Don't tell me you thought of it yourselves. That isn't how you think."

After offering praise, Uzumaki Mito's expression shifted as she questioned him.

She acknowledged that her nephew and granddaughter Tsunade were quite talented, but they were far inferior to her brother-in-law Senju Tobirama. They were not even on the same level.

More importantly, their ways of thinking were different. Based on her understanding of those two juniors, they should not have been able to think of this.

"We learned it from that little brat!"

Senju Tōsu answered helplessly. He did not dare conceal it.

Speaking of this made him feel deeply ashamed. Their understanding of Wood Release was actually inferior to that of the Shimura Clan. In the end, they even had to rely on someone else's reminder to find a new direction.

What a disgrace!

"Little brother said it?"

Understanding dawned on her face. She was not too surprised that the Shimura Clan had been able to infer these secrets of Wood Release. The Shimura Clan had given her too many surprises recently.

She really had underestimated the Shimura Clan before.

"You must remember this: Hashirama achieved Wood Release; Wood Release did not achieve Hashirama. Even if you obtain Kekkei Tōta-level Wood Release in the future, you will never reach Hashirama's level. Know when to stop with the Wood Release Recreation Project. Do not let greed consume your hearts!"

After giving that solemn warning, Uzumaki Mito rose and headed for the hidden pavilion, preparing to unseal the materials that had been locked away all those years ago.

"Aunt, how exactly did Uncle fuse Yang Release into Wood Release back then?"

On the way to the hidden pavilion, Senju Tōsu could not help asking curiously.

He had been pondering this question for days, yet he had been unable to make sense of it.

Yin Release and Yang Release were far stronger than the five chakra natures of Wind, Fire, Lightning, Water, Earth. A single Yin Release or Yang Release could even rival a Two-Element Kekkei Genkai.

Naturally, fusing such high-level Yang Release into a Two-Element Kekkei Genkai was even more difficult. Accomplishing it was practically impossible.

Even the Dust Release of Iwagakure's Second Tsuchikage Mu and Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki seemed to have been formed with the help of some external force, rather than through their own efforts.

Then how had Uncle fused Yang Release into Wood Release and raised it to the Kekkei Tōta level?

If they could understand the secret behind it, fusing Yang Release into Wood Release in the future should become much easier.

"Do you really want to know?"

Uzumaki Mito glanced at her nephew beside her with a somewhat strange expression. She felt it would be better not to tell him, lest she dealt him too great a blow.

"Please enlighten me, Aunt!"

Suppressing the wild joy in his heart, Senju Tōsu humbly asked for guidance.

"In Hashirama's words, he accidentally fused Yang Release into Wood Release!"

Leaving those words behind with a smile, Uzumaki Mito continued toward the hidden pavilion.

Hashirama had always liked saying things that no human being should be able to say. Back then, both she and Tobirama had been badly irritated by those words.

Strictly speaking, Hashirama's comprehension was actually quite ordinary, even poor in certain respects. Yet he had somehow fused Wood Release, later cultivated sage techniques on his own, and hammered Uchiha Madara and the Nine-Tails into the ground.

Thinking about it now, heaven really was unfair sometimes.

Senju Tōsu remained standing where he was, completely dumbfounded. Only after a long while did he come back to his senses. Then he clutched his chest, feeling as though hundreds of kunai had been stabbed into it. It hurt terribly.

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