Ideas for the Alchemical Domain

He did not waste this hard-earned material on his first experiment.

Chakra-conductive metal was extremely rare in the ninja world. It was said that even the Second Hokage's Thunder God Sword was made from the same material.

Clearly, chakra-conductive metal was one of the most renowned and top-tier metals in the ninja world.

After testing the properties of the chakra-conductive metal on the spot, Yayoi recorded them on the portable computer he carried with him.

Thanks to the Mirror Eye's convenience, he had restructured and upgraded the computer into a portable version.

First, he practiced with pure gold as the material.

Pure gold and jade were almost the best carriers for alchemy, which indirectly explained why dragons were so greedy for treasure.

Yayoi used a small portion of the chakra-conductive metal to craft a carving knife.

Fire Release chakra slashed across the pure gold, the scorching heat lifting the strands of hair on Yayoi's forehead, reflecting his focused Golden Eye.

Yayoi activated the Mirror Eye, using its transcription ability to perfectly overlay the Dragon Script he had analyzed from memory onto the pure gold.

All thanks to the Mirror Eye. Without its help, no matter how much material he had, Yayoi could not have analyzed the Dragon Script, nor could he have perfectly replicated the Alchemical Circuit without an extended period of practice.

This was the Word Spirit best suited to him, and the one that could best amplify the art of alchemy.

Yayoi used the carving knife to slowly slash across the pure gold, each fine split and movement dedicated to engraving this complex Dragon Script.

Inscribing an Alchemical Circuit was extremely time-consuming. It required a flawless imprint and a mind focused to the utmost.

Only then, it seemed, could a trace of spirituality be bestowed upon the Alchemical Weapon being forged.

In his previous life, every Alchemical Weapon was a masterpiece painstakingly crafted by the alchemy masters of earlier eras.

The engraving took ten full minutes, nearly the limit of Yayoi's Mirror Eye.

As the red-hot carving knife etched the final stroke, Yayoi's Golden Eye, which had been blazing like a raging fire, instantly shut.

A pure gold sphere, its surface engraved with a mysterious circuit, now lay quietly on the table.

Yayoi breathed heavily.

Ten consecutive minutes of high-efficiency Mirror Eye use had nearly drained his stamina. He needed to rest. Fortunately, the next step did not require the Mirror Eye.

Yayoi poured mercury over the pure gold.

The circuit seemed to contain some kind of suction force, firmly attracting the mercury. The flowing silver followed the grooves of the circuit, slowly filling it until it completely solidified.

Mercury was also an excellent alchemical material, capable of reinforcing the effects of alchemy.

A brand-new alchemical tool had, for the first time, appeared in this world where chakra was the mainstream.

Yayoi tentatively dripped a drop of blood onto it to activate it.

The next moment, the sphere trembled slightly. Invisible wind elements began to gather, but under the control of Yayoi's barely lit Golden Eye, they only coalesced into a faint, almost imperceptible breeze.

"It worked."

Yayoi let out a sigh of relief. He had finally succeeded.

Next, he could consider forging weapons and working on senjutsu.

First, the weapon. A good weapon was very important on the battlefield, especially one imbued with the Wind Element.

With its built-in cutting effect, it could almost deal true damage.

He planned to forge such a weapon for Yan before she went to the battlefield.

As for his own weapon...

He had a dream. As his physical condition grew stronger, his Word Spirit's activation time became longer and its effects better.

Could he, in the next four years, fully analyze the Dragon Script for the Mirror Eye and the Wind King Eye, and then forge equipment that possessed an Alchemical Domain and could also conduct chakra?

Yayoi thought it was possible. It just depended on whether he was truly determined.

As long as he made up his mind, his ability to execute would be enough to see it through.

Year 32 of Konoha.

In the blink of an eye, another year of the ninja academy had passed. Time flew like a white horse passing a gap.

Many things happened this year. The frontline battle situation had reached its most intense point.

The decisive battle seemed imminent, but at this moment, Hanzō, the leader of Amegakure—the main battlefield—actually declared war on the three great nations.

This made the ninja of the three great nations sneer, yet they could not help but feel a grudging respect for him.

For the sake of the people of the Land of Rain, knowing it was impossible yet still declaring war—this was the duty of a leader.

However, although the insignificant Land of Rain was not worth mentioning, its leader, Hanzō, was indeed a hegemon.

His Salamander poison technique was practically a walking head-harvester. Even Iwagakure dared not underestimate him when facing him.

But just as the two villages were locked in battle, the Third Raikage mobilized the full strength of his village, leading thousands upon thousands of Kumogakure ninja to attack Iwagakure.

The old grudges and new hatreds between the two villages were settled all at once. Iwagakure was forced to withdraw from the battlefield and return to defend their village.

At that moment, freed up, Hanzō of the Salamander immediately began slaughtering the combined forces of Konoha and Sunagakure.

The battlefield where the two villages had been fighting was nearly turned into a land of death, poison gas spreading everywhere, leaving not a single blade of grass alive.

Only three survived, and Hanzo himself bestowed upon them the title of Konoha's Three Sannin.

They were, of course, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya.

But a great nation is still a great nation. With the arrival of Konoha's reinforcements, the village ultimately claimed victory.

At Konoha's gate, villagers lined both sides of the road, cheering and celebrating the returning heroes.

It was because they had defended Konoha's honor that the villagers could live as they did today.

"Big Sis!"

A finely featured child stood at the very front of the cheering crowd, shouting loudly.

"Miyoshi, look—my sister's back."

Shengshu tugged at Miyoshi, peering through the crowd at the blonde woman returning to the village in the dawn light.

Under the morning sun, Tsunade wore her Jonin vest, her heroic bearing earning the admiration of countless onlookers.

"Yeah, she's back. The war is over."

Miyoshi couldn't refuse Shengshu, so he stepped up and spoke.

The two had met when Miyoshi first signed up for the medical training class. Back then, Miyoshi had received guidance from Tsunade, and naturally, he'd also run into Shengshu.

That overly cheerful, optimistic kid wasn't hard to like.

Both of them were Senju, so they had plenty in common.

And so, they forged a friendship.

Now that the war had just ended, hearing that his sister was returning, Shengshu rushed to the village gate to greet her, dragging along Miyoshi, who had come to see Tsunade anyway.

"Miyoshi-kun, I heard Tsunade-sama has earned the title of Sannin."

Behind him, Yan had followed as well. She watched Shengshu's antics without comment, merely smiling.

"Of course! That's my sister!"

Shengshu's face was full of pride. Just then, the welcoming procession approached, and Tsunade naturally spotted the kids first.

"Big Sis! Big Sis!"

Shengshu called out eagerly. As Tsunade walked over, she gave his head a firm ruffling.

As for Miyoshi, he sensed it coming and dodged, earning a resentful glare from Shengshu.

"Come on, Shengshu. Let's head to the hospital and wait for Tsunade-sensei. There are plenty of wounded being brought down today—she'll definitely go there."

Miyoshi said to Shengshu.

Besides, he needed to go to the hospital too. He could finish handling the last batch of injured, then ask Tsunade for some cells and a Little Slug.

As a part of the Sage, the Slug naturally possessed Divine Technique Chakra.

Miyoshi thought he could have the Slug transfer its Divine Technique Chakra to him, letting him experience the difference between elemental chakra and Natural Energy.

Otherwise, without even knowing what Natural Energy was, how could he possibly develop a Dragon Script to attract it?

Tsunade's cells would be a backup—an important comparative sample for future research.

"Yeah!"

Shengshu nodded excitedly, and the three of them headed toward the hospital.