Research on Wood Release

"Tsukuyomi..."

In the Konoha Research Department, Uchiha Kazuto held a jar, gazing at the eye inside with a look of admiration.

This was precisely why he had kept Uchiha Itachi alive all this time—everything was for this eye, for the dojutsu within it, Tsukuyomi!

The time he had transmigrated into wasn't some Warring States period, but a point very close to the main storyline. Thus, the development time left for him wasn't much. After all, he didn't have any system, nor did he know any techniques, nor did he possess any absurd special abilities. The only thing he had was a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan that he didn't even know how he awakened.

His two dojutsu required a large number of talented individuals and strong subordinates to be effectively utilized. That was where Tsukuyomi came in handy. He could use Tsukuyomi to pull others' consciousness into a special environment, adjust the flow of time, educate these talents, and instill all kinds of knowledge into their minds.

With Tsukuyomi, he could mass-produce various talents in an extremely short time. Combined with the help of his dojutsu, he was confident in rapidly developing his own faction.

"Lord Hokage!"

At that moment, the research director of the Konoha Research Department, Hiruko, walked over and bowed respectfully to Uchiha Kazuto.

"Mm, here, Hiruko. I have high hopes for you. Quickly uncover the secrets of Tsukuyomi for me. I need a simplified version—a special Tsukuyomi that anyone can use..."

Uchiha Kazuto looked at Hiruko before him, nodded, and handed the jar over.

"Yes, Lord Hokage! I will complete the mission!"

Hiruko took the eye with a respectful expression.

After that, Uchiha Kazuto strolled through the Research Department.

Soon, he arrived at an experimental area where research on Wood Release was being conducted.

Wood Release was a very mysterious and wondrous Kekkei Genkai. To ninjas, it was merely a powerful bloodline limit used for combat. But to a civilization, a nation, or a race that relied on plants for food, it was a priceless treasure—a special Kekkei Genkai of immense value.

If this bloodline limit could be mastered, there would never be a need to worry about food shortages again. This was crucial for a civilization, because if its members couldn't even fill their stomachs, what was there to talk about in terms of development?

In fact, even a supernatural power that could only rapidly ripen a single crop would be incredibly important to a civilization.

Unfortunately, the ninjas of the Ninja World hadn't realized the importance of Wood Release in production. But that was normal—these ninjas didn't need to farm or engage in politics. They only needed to complete missions and kill people. You couldn't expect a group raised on killing to have any ideological awareness.

Wood Release was a very important part of Uchiha Kazuto's plan.

The Ninja World had the technical foundation to realize a utopia. In theory, any civilization with supernatural powers had the technical basis for an ultimate utopia. It was just that no one had the idea or the corresponding ability and vision.

Perhaps, years later, a genius would emerge in the Ninja World, pick up all the past technologies, and summarize a theory suited for the Ninja World, thereby establishing a great, perfect utopian civilization—a world where everyone was truly happy. But perhaps, years later, the Ninja World might no longer exist.

Who could know?

"Unfortunately, I'm just an ordinary person. Even in my own world, the technology to convert carbon dioxide into starch hasn't reached a very mature stage..."

Uchiha Kazuto shook his head. He was ultimately just an ordinary person, and the technological level of his own world wasn't very high. Otherwise, he would have directly introduced matter conversion technology, using minimal energy to solve the Ninja World's food crisis.

Besides researching Wood Release, the Research Department also had projects studying other ninjutsu and various technologies.

The Ninja World had many modern technologies—TVs, radars, refrigerators, and the like—all present. What Uchiha Kazuto had these people research was to perfect the technology, form a set of standards, and then set up assembly line production.

The Ninja World, especially the Land of Fire, was still a bit too rural.

"How's the progress?"

Uchiha Kazuto arrived at the Wood Release research area again and asked a researcher.

"Lord Hokage, progress is steadily advancing. We already have some results!"

The researcher stopped and reported to Uchiha Kazuto.

"Oh? Tell me about it."

Uchiha Kazuto was a bit surprised. Was it really this effective? As expected of the setting. It took so much of his dojutsu power to activate these genius talent traits, and it was indeed worth it. After all, Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru had researched Wood Release for so many years and only achieved a little. And now?

Only this much time had passed, and there were already results, without even investing population resources or conducting human experiments!

"Lord Hokage, through our research, we've found that Wood Release cells possess extremely terrifying vitality and division ability. When resources are sufficient, they even form some neural tissues and special limbs. We tried stimulating and controlling those neural tissues and found that we could manipulate those limbs to react..."

"Get to the point."

Uchiha Kazuto shook his head.

"Yes, Lord Hokage. Simply put, we might be able to try creating a special artificial brain to control the bodies generated by the differentiation and growth of Wood Release cells, thereby releasing Wood Release ninjutsu!"

Uchiha Kazuto's original goal was not to let people master Wood Release, but merely to release Wood Release ninjutsu to accelerate plant growth. That was all.

"Very good. I approve this project. Go ahead boldly."

Uchiha Kazuto nodded, reached out, and patted the researcher on the shoulder, speaking with admiration.

In Uchiha Kazuto's eyes, there was no problem with this project. He thought it was fine. Flesh-and-blood technology? So what? As long as it worked, who cared about other things? As long as the goal was achieved, everything was fine.

This project essentially used Wood Release cells to cultivate and customize a life form to serve as a tool.

Such a thing...