Listening to Senju Tobirama's research findings, Yan nodded silently.
This situation was similar to his guess. Most of the Hoshigakure ninjas who had practiced the Mysterious Peacock Method did not live long, but their strength was not bad.
"What about the Box of Ultimate Bliss?" Yan continued to ask.
Senju Tobirama turned to look at the black box placed next to the star and said.
" The Box of Ultimate Bliss is similar; it requires an enormous amount of chakra to open. All the chakra that enters the Box of Ultimate Bliss is transformed into an extremely cold and malevolent chakra, which the human body simply cannot withstand!"
Orochimaru continued, "This is also why we haven't been able to fully perfect this plan yet."
"Whether it's the Star or the Box of Ultimate Bliss, the damage they cause to the human body is too great."
"If we disregard the cost, it could indeed grant an ordinary person the ability to refine chakra, but he definitely wouldn't live long."
"..."
'That is a problem!' Yan frowned.
This plan is intended to increase the number of ninjas in Konoha. If all the ninjas produced are short-lived, then it's better not to do it at all.
"Would it be possible to neutralize it using targeted ninja tools?"
Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru both shook their heads. "This is difficult!"
"To be honest, the origins of these two items are very mysterious, possibly related to the legendary Sage of Six Paths or even higher levels. Ordinary ninja tools simply cannot neutralize them."
"Unless... we can find something equally special, but with relatively stable energy."
"..."
'Equally special, and its energy is relatively stable!' Yan murmured.
Is it Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, or something else entirely?
Yan carefully recalled the more unusual aspects of the original work.
Aside from the Star, the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, there's the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, the Zero-Tails from the Sky Ninja Village, Hiruko's Chimera Technique, the Dragon Vein of the Land of Wind, and the Moryo from the Land of Demons.
No, there's also the Gelel Stone, which appeared in the story version.
Forget about Giant Tenseigan for now; it's uncertain whether it will even be available at this point. The Zero-Tails, the Moryo, and the Chimera Technique definitely won't solve this problem.
As for the Dragon Vein... to be honest, Yan doesn't really want to touch it.
Because he couldn't understand at all whether those people in the story had really gone back to the past or arrived in a parallel universe with the same historical trajectory, he was worried that messing around would easily cause big trouble.
That leaves only the Gelel Stone.
This object contains a large amount of chakra energy. In ancient times, people even used this mineral to build a huge super civilization, but in the end, it still met with the tragedy of destruction.
The problem is that the plot doesn't seem to specify exactly where this thing is.
Looks like I'll have to take it slow!
Thinking of this, Yan shook his head helplessly and said to Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru.
"Continue the experiment. Try every method you can think of. I'll send someone out to look for special items that meet the requirements!"
Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru nodded in agreement, offering no objections, and then resumed their experiments.
After leaving the underground laboratory, Yan looked up at the sun in the sky. The sunlight shone down and felt warm on his body.
" Kakashi!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Kakashi appeared beside Yan instantly and said respectfully.
" Lord Hokage!"
"Where is Kai now?" Yan continued.
"At the Star Shine Ninja Academy, he took a liking to a third-year student and was planning to take him on as his apprentice!" Kakashi replied.
"Bring him here, I have a task for him!"
"OK!"
"..."
Not long after Yan returned to the Hokage's office and sat down, Kakashi and Guy knocked on the door and entered.
" Lord Hokage, Guy has arrived!"
Yan looked up.
Sure enough, standing next to Kakashi was a bizarre man wearing a green bodysuit and sporting a kappa-like hairstyle.
"Kai!" Yan called out.
"I'm here!" Kai immediately stood up straight, his expression serious, but he couldn't hide the excitement on his face.
Yan smiled slightly, pointed to a file placed on the edge of the table, and said.
"This is your next mission, initially designated as S-rank. Your authorization level will also be upgraded until the mission is completed."
"During this period, you can mobilize some of the ninja forces within the Konoha bases to assist you, and the intelligence department will also cooperate with most of your requests!"
"..."
"Really? Such an important task has been entrusted to me?"
Kai exclaimed in surprise, immediately walked to the table, picked up the file, glanced at it a few times, and continued.
"I will absolutely disappoint you, Lord Hokage!"
At this moment, Kakashi, who was standing to the side, looked a little worried.
He had always been by Yan's side and was quite familiar with most of the situations in Konoha.
With an S-rank rating, enhanced identity authorization, and the ability to mobilize the ninja army and intelligence agencies, this power is considerable.
Correspondingly, the difficulty and danger of the task are also extremely high.
" Lord Hokage, is Guy really capable of handling a mission of this magnitude?"
He wasn't worried about Kai's abilities, but the problem was that Kai was a bit slow on the uptake. He was genuinely afraid that Kai wouldn't be able to handle such a complex task.
A bad rating is a small matter, but losing your life is a much bigger one!
" Kakashi, what are you saying? This is the Lord Hokage's trust in me!"
Guy was somewhat displeased when Kakashi raised his doubts.
"I will do my best to complete all tasks, even if it costs me my life!"
'That's what I'm afraid of!' Kakashi thought to himself.
But Yan replied with a smile, "Don't worry, Kakashi, this mission has a high priority, but the difficulty is only so-so, it just takes a lot of time."
"His mission is simply to scout out a location, confirm it, and then transmit the location back to Konoha. Once that's confirmed, the mission is complete."
As he spoke, he turned to Kai and continued.
"By the way, didn't you take on a disciple at the Star Shine Ninja Academy? You could take him along to broaden his horizons."
"Really? Is it possible?" Kai asked, his face beaming with surprise.
"Of course!" Yan nodded. "He's in third grade now, some experience is good for him, as long as we can bring him back safely!"
"Please rest assured, Lord Hokage, the mission will be completed, and I will definitely bring the person back safely!" Guy replied, puffing out his chest.
Seeing this, Kakashi, who was standing nearby, finally felt relieved.
Since Yan took the initiative to suggest that Kai take his apprentice out for training, it means that the mission might really be as he described.
It's simply a task with high priority, takes a lot of time, but has a very low level of danger.
Thinking this, Kakashi's mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to explain his previous actions.
" Lord Hokage, I wasn't questioning you just now, it's just..."
"I know you're just worried about Kai. Don't worry, Konoha will be keeping a close eye on things!" Yan interrupted.
"And I will also take the initiative to go on this mission!"
"..."
Kakashi resumed his usual silence and replied seriously, "I understand, I overstepped my bounds!"
"Well... Lord Hokage!" Guy pointed to the door, "I'll go get ready now!"
Yan smiled gently and nodded, "Go, and come back quickly!"
In the campus of the Star Shine Ninja Academy, sunlight filters through the gaps in the leaves, creating dappled patterns of light and shadow as students conduct their daily ninjutsu training on the playground.
In the third-grade Taijutsu classroom, Rock Lee was listening intently to the teacher explaining Taijutsu knowledge.
He had extremely poor talent in ninjutsu, but possessed an inexplicable talent in Taijutsu.
At that moment, Kai rushed into the classroom like a gust of wind, his green bodysuit particularly eye-catching in the sunlight.
" Rock Lee!" Kai shouted at the top of his lungs.
Upon hearing his master's voice, Rock Lee immediately stood up, his eyes filled with surprise and delight.
"Master!"
Immediately after finding his target, Kai strode Earth Flow Rock Lee, grabbed his shoulder, and pulled him outside.
The teacher was left in the classroom looking completely bewildered, while the students stared at each other in confusion.
Arriving at an open space, Kai spoke earnestly to Rock Lee.
" Rock Lee, we have a mission, and the Lord Hokage has given you permission to come with me on this training trip!"
Rock Lee's face instantly lit up with excitement. "Really, Master? Then let's get going!"
After saying that, the two ran out of the Star Shine Ninja Academy like lightning and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
This scene, however, was witnessed by Naruto was taking a nap in a tree by the playground.
He somersaulted down from the tree, scratched his blond hair, his eyes wide as saucers, his face full of disbelief.
"What? Teacher Kai is taking Rock Lee on a mission? But isn't that guy only in third grade?"
At this moment, Sasuke was leaning lazily against the other side of the big tree. After hearing Naruto's exclamation, a hint of curiosity flashed in his eyes, but on the surface, he still walked over to him unhurriedly.
Neji Hyuga was focused on practicing Gentle Fist on the Training Ground, also heard it.
He immediately stopped what he was doing, and with his superhuman vision, glanced at Naruto and the others not far away, carefully analyzing their mouth shapes.
" Sasuke! Sasuke!" Naruto ran to his side. "It seems Rock Lee really did go on a mission with Guy-sensei."
"But what's it to you?" Sasuke replied with a very aloof attitude.
"But he's only a third-year student!" Naruto's eyes widened. "Damn it, why can't I?!"
"So what?" Sasuke retorted, "This must have been approved by Brother Yan, what can you do about it?"
"Let's go find the Hokage!" Naruto suggested excitedly.
"I'm not going, you go if you want!" Sasuke his arms, looking extremely arrogant.
Naruto curled his lip upon hearing this, "Then I'll go. But don't blame me for not looking for you when I go on my mission, hmph!"
After saying that, he ran all the way to the wall of the Ninja Academy, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he climbed over the wall and ran out.
Sasuke was also caught in a dilemma at this moment, and after a moment...
'That idiot!'
Then, imitating Naruto, he climbed over the wall and ran out of the Ninja Academy.
But where no one was watching, a peer dressed in white, with Byakugan disdain, followed closely behind without making a sound.