"Next, someone will come to discuss rebuilding Kusagakure and coordinating the Federation's various affairs with you."
"How many prisoners are still in Hozuki Castle?" Hyuga Kei asked.
"Two hundred and seventy-five in total."
Hyuga Kei smiled faintly. "Good. Take care of them. This year will be their last."
"Understood." Mui's expression did not change. He understood that these prisoners would all become nourishment for the Federation.
Most of these 275 prisoners were chunin, primarily ninja from the Five Great Nations. They had rendered meritorious service before committing serious offenses, but their crimes had not been grave enough to warrant execution, so they had all been imprisoned here.
And now, Hyuga Kei intended to carry out their death sentences—except he would turn them into nourishment for the Federation.
The one-use Sage Art Cursed Seals developed by the laboratory, combined with Takigakure's Hero Water, could raise every chunin to jonin level for a short period.
Hero Water was Takigakure's greatest treasure. It was produced by Takigakure's Sacred Tree, and only a small amount was produced every hundred years.
Hero Water could increase its user's chakra reserves tenfold, but it would drain the user's lifespan.
However, Takigakure did not have much of the stuff either. It had to be diluted before more people could use it. That was a matter for those people at the research institute—they would certainly be very interested in Hero Water.
The one-use Sage Art Cursed Seal could directly grant someone the power of Cursed Seal Level Two, but it would damage the user's body and cause irreversible harm.
Combined, they would become a most terrifying army. Two hundred and seventy-five jonin—even any one of the Five Great Nations alone did not possess that many jonin-level combatants.
This could also be considered one of Hyuga Kei's trump cards.
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