Although the compatibility rate of the Cursed Seal is still very low and the mortality rate is extremely high, Orochimaru has found several key technical points.
"So you've already created the Cursed Seal before even encountering Jūgo?" Uchiha Jun's lips curled into a smile. "As expected of you, you've got some skills."
Uchiha Jun picked up a pen, quickly wrote annotations on the report based on his research on Senjutsu Chakra, then summoned a small snake and stuffed the reply into its belly.
"Send it back."
The little snake nodded and disappeared into the shadows.
Having done all this, Uchiha Jun's gaze fell on another scroll— Moryo's research notes.
During this time, he has been studying the mechanism by which the Moryo absorbs negative emotions and condenses Dark Chakra.
Through repeated experiments and deductions, he has initially grasped the core principles of this mechanism!
"Negative emotions... Dark Chakra..."
Uchiha Jun muttered to himself, his fingers tapping lightly on the table.
"If this mechanism could be combined with the power of the Sharingan..."
He picked up a pen and began to draw new structural diagrams on the scroll.
That was a prototype plan for Artificial Tailed Beast based on the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The core principle is simple: use the Yin Release Chakra contained in the Sharingan to form an internal circulation; then, through this Yin Release Chakra, activate the Moryo Fragment within the body to absorb negative emotions from the environment.
The more Sharingan, the higher the absorption limit and efficiency.
Basic version: Ten pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, maximum Chakra High Kage Level, absorption efficiency is about half a day to fully recover (this time can be greatly shortened on the battlefield).
High-end version: Twenty pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, with an Super Kage level. The amount of Chakra is comparable to that of Tailed Beasts. In terms of Chakra amount alone, it cannot compare to overpowered characters like Madara Uchiha and Senju Hashirama, but it can compare to the Chakra amount of the Eight-Tails!
Moreover, its recovery efficiency is higher than that of the Tailed Beasts. If it were in a battle royale environment, the recovery speed would be terrifying!
Top-tier version: Fifty pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, with an upper limit of—according to Uchiha Jun's speculation—that it could reach the level of six Seven-Tails or two Nine-Tails!
Absolutely terrifying!
However, the top-of-the-line model is extremely expensive. Fifty pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan are just the basic materials. The cost of other miscellaneous items is already close to tens of billions. The top-of-the-line model is just based on Uchiha Jun's specifications on paper.
It's similar to the concept of a 'Dyson sphere' in science fiction.
"Interesting."
Uchiha Jun put down his pen, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
But that's not enough.
Uchiha Jun raised his head, his gaze falling on the sealed experimental subjects in the corner.
These test subjects were selected from local gangsters or bandits who committed arson, murder, and robbery.
In this era, there is no shortage of people like these.
"What if... we add the power of the Human Path as well?"
Uchiha Jun stood up and walked up to a bandit.
" Human Path - Soul Extraction!"
Uchiha Jun raised his hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.
The soul was extracted from the bandit's body by an invisible force, twisting and struggling in the air, but unable to break free from Uchiha Jun's control.
" Spirit Transformation Technique!"
Immediately afterwards, Uchiha Jun used the Spirit Transformation Technique again to inject it into a pre-prepared Artificial Human body.
These Artificial Human have no other advantages except for having Chakra, strong Life Force, and good compatibility.
It's perfect for using as a 'power bank' for the Moryo Power Reactor and Zero-Tails.
"This soul will be trapped in this cage, never able to break free, never able to dissipate."
"It will continuously generate negative emotions—fear, despair, anger, pain..."
"These negative emotions will be absorbed by Zero-Tails and transformed into Chakra."
"This is... a perpetual motion machine!"
Uchiha Jun connected it to a portion of the core of the Moryo.
"In this way, even without negative external emotions, the 'power bank' can continuously generate Chakra."
"Although it's not as efficient as on the battlefield, it's more stable."
Uchiha Jun nodded in satisfaction, then began to work on creating the Zero-Tails ' main body.
They took out a batch of well-cultivated Three-Tomoe Sharingan and selected twenty pairs according to the high-end plan.
Thanks to 'industrialized' mass production, Uchiha Jun was able to obtain so many Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Without the mass production line for Sharingan, it would probably have been only during the Uchiha Clan's heyday that they could have gathered twenty pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
After all, a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan means an Elite Jonin. If you get twenty pairs of Mitsudomoe, you can directly knock the Uchiha Clan from the first tier to the third tier and put them at the same table as Inuzuka Clan.
Then, they are placed into a specially made container.
For the design of the ' Zero-Tails ', Uchiha Jun borrowed from the original work and planned to make it into a form similar to a slime.
Firstly, this mucus is highly malleable, so it doesn't take up much space when stuffed into the nooks and crannies of Sky Fortress. In extreme cases, it can even fill the gaps in the Sky Fortress, serving as a filler, making the most of its properties.
Secondly, this form can better accommodate the coordinated actions of dozens or even hundreds of Sharingan.
Next, Uchiha Jun implanted a core, shaped from a Moryo Fragment taken from Moryo, into the container.
"Activation!"
"Bang--!!"
Immediately afterwards, Uchiha Jun donned the [ Uchiha Madara) ] and channeled a massive amount of Chakra into Zero-Tails' body as its starting energy!
"Buzzing----"
The next moment, Zero-Tails opened his eyes.
Those were a pair of scarlet eyes.
But those eyes were unfocused, devoid of consciousness, only possessing a mechanical emptiness.
At the same time, the Chakra within its body gradually began to gather and charge the entire flying fortress!
Zero-Tails... has been born!
Uchiha Jun looked at the Zero-Tails before him, a satisfied smile curving his lips.
Just then, a series of prompts popped up on the system panel --
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have completed the hidden achievement: [ Artificial Tailed Beast ]]
[Rewards: 4000 Gold Coin, 4 Shinobi World Recruitment Ticket, 5 Random Ninja Shards ]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the main quest: [ Zero-Tails Project ]]
[Task Rating: S]
[Rewards being distributed...]
[12,000 Gold Coin, 12 Shinobi World Recruitment Ticket, 25 Random Ninja Shards, Title [ Father of Tailed Beasts ] (Effect: Increases control effect on Tailed Beasts units by 20%)]
[Ding! The host has completed the prerequisite quest for " Dragon Vein ". The main quest " Dragon Vein " has been officially unlocked.]
[Mission Objective: Travel to Rōran, the Land of Wind, and explore the secrets of the Dragon Vein ]
[Task Time Limit: Three Months]
[Failure Penalty: Locked into the S-rank ninja pool]
[Task Reward: Unlock the [Time-Space] Template]
Uchiha Jun smiled slightly as he looked at the rewards and new missions popping up on the panel.
" Dragon Vein... Mukade... Queen Sara... I wonder if the plot will follow the original sequence, or if there will be some new surprises!"
Without a doubt, Uchiha Jun was certain that he would soon begin his plan to unify the Shinobi World, and that the entire plan would be completed in no more than five years!
Is five years a long time?
That does sound like a long time, considering that in the original story, Uzumaki Naruto was able to create the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken after two years of training.
The Fourth Shinobi World War lasted only three days and three nights.
However, if we start from the point in time when Uchiha Jun, in just five years, Uzumaki Naruto would probably only be the age to enter the Ninja Academy!
The roar of the Sky Fortress's engines echoed among the clouds, like a colossal beast lurking in the sky slowly awakening.
Uchiha Jun -legged in the center of the research room, surrounded by dozens of scrolls filled with jutsu formulas.
A faint blue pattern appeared on his body surface—the traces left by the natural Chakra surging within him.
The improvement of the Eight Branches Technique was far more complex than he had anticipated.
" Jinchuriki is someone who seals Tailed Beasts within their body and borrows Tailed Beasts Chakra."
Uchiha Jun opened his eyes, a flash of understanding in his pupils, "What I need to do is treat the entire Senjutsu Chakra as my ' Tailed Beasts '... no, it should be more like the 'spiritual energy' in fantasy novels from my previous life!"
"Yes! It should be refining, not coexisting!"
" The Dragon Vein must be a 'treasure land' where Senjutsu Chakra 'accumulates'! It's wishful thinking for a human body to contain it, but if one refines it with the body of 'Orochi,' and then refines this Senjutsu Chakra with Orochi."
"There's a high probability that I'll be able to open up 'acupoints' within my body to store high-quality Senjutsu Chakra!"
On his way to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran of the Land of Wind, Uchiha Jun began to ponder the matter of what to do with the Dragon Vein.
To turn it into something similar to the Moryo Power Reactor and then build a 'space carrier' would be a complete waste!
In the original work, the Dragon Vein is the only one that possesses a vast amount of Chakra but lacks 'intelligence'.
In the original work, even someone as cunning as Anrokuzan, who used the alias " Mukade," could utilize it, which undoubtedly makes it a high-quality source material!
Based on this information, Uchiha Jun deduced that it was most likely from the ancient Rōran Kingdom during the Warring States Period period or even earlier, a time when Loulan was once "wealthy" and had developed some kind of technology or device capable of gathering Senjutsu Chakra.
Of course, it's also possible that the Land of Wind is simply unlucky, and the Dragon Vein is a manifestation of the Land of Wind's Senjutsu Chakra gathering.
For this reason, Uchiha Jun had the idea of refining this Senjutsu Chakra and took action to try to create a complete process.
The inspiration for strengthening the Eight Branches Technique and using it as a vessel similar to the ' Demonic Statue of the Outer Path ' to contain and refine the Dragon Vein comes from Jinchuriki, but it is completely different.
It does not merge or combine; it merely uses the Eight Branches Technique as a "container," extending infinitely into the world, allowing natural Chakra to flow in voluntarily, then refining it within the body to nourish the physical form.
The key lies in how to make the eight snake heads of the Eight Branches Technique form a "breathing method" that can continuously absorb Natural Energy.
And to enable the Eight Branches Technique to withstand the load of the Dragon Vein Vein's violent Senjutsu Chakra.
" The Eight Branches Technique has no shortage of regenerative abilities, but maintaining such a high-intensity regeneration state for a long time would undoubtedly put enormous pressure on the mind!"
"It's like turning breathing from passive to active!"
"... Damn it, the more I listen, the more it sounds like Triple Rebirth? Are we going to end up with 'there will be successors'?!"
"... Hiss, should we try creating a clone? I'd be reluctant to waste this body."
Uchiha Jun muttered to himself, and the moment his hands Hand Seals, eight Chakra snakes appeared like phantoms behind him, only to be compressed back into his body the next second.
Uchiha Jun repeated this process a full seventeen times.
Each failure would subject his body to a backlash from his natural Chakra.
But each time, he could feel himself getting one step closer to that goal.
"This method of cultivation... is practically self-torture!"
Uchiha Jun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a slight smile playing on his lips. "But the effect is indeed quite good!"
After testing, Uchiha Jun confirmed that his modified Eight Branches Technique could indeed withstand the backlash of Senjutsu Chakra and refine it!
But the price is that you have to cosplay as the ' Great Fulfillment Sage ' and experience the torture of being slowly sliced to death.
"Let's go all out! If we succeed this time, we can leap to the level of Super-Kage Level monster. Even without the template's support, it's not impossible for us to elbow Ōtsutsuki Clan with just our Taijutsu!"
According to Uchiha Jun's speculation, if he could truly refine the Dragon Vein and turn Sage Mode into ' Sage Transformation ', the resulting numerical values would be absolutely terrifying!
He might even take some time to visit Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave, elbowing the Great Toad Sage and the White Snake Sage to force them to hand over their Senjutsu Chakra.
Uchiha Jun refused to believe it. He had gathered almost all the Senjutsu Chakra in the Shinobi World, yet he still couldn't defeat Ōtsutsuki Clan!
If Uchiha Jun truly can't win with his elbow strike, then he'll just have to teach these stinky aliens what the ' Chimera Technique ' is. If you can't beat them, join them!
Meanwhile, in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
Yellow sand filled the sky, and the setting sun was like blood.
Uchiha Hikari stood in the shadow of a tall tower, his Sharingan piercing through layers of sand, taking in the entire ancient city of Rōran.
Beside her stood Yugito, Chino, and a girl in a white robe and crown—Queen Sara of Rōran.
"The situation is worse than we imagined." Uchiha Hikari's voice was calm, yet tinged with coldness. "That minister named Anrokuzan has completely usurped your power."
Sara bit her lip, her eyes filled with resentment. "I know... but I always thought he was only doing it for the prosperity of Rōran... After all, those puppet soldiers did protect Rōran from foreign invasion..."
"Protect?" Yugito sneered. "Are those puppets really protecting Rōran, or are they just monitoring Rōran?"
Sara fell silent.
She wasn't without doubts, but she simply refused to believe them.
The minister who watched her grow up, the minister she trusted, actually betrayed her.
"He has completely collected and occupied the Chakra Dragon Vein." Chino squatted down, pressing her fingers to the ground, feeling the tremor coming from the depths of the earth.
"He used this Chakra to build a massive puppet fortress underground."
"A puppet fortress?" Sara's face paled. "Then...the people of Rōran ..."
"They're still alive for now," Uchiha Hikari continued, "But if you continue to be kept in the dark, they're not far from death."
Sara's body trembled slightly, her hands gripping the hem of her clothes tightly.
After a long silence, she raised her head, her eyes showing a resolute determination for the first time. "What should I do?"
"It's simple." Uchiha Hikari turned around and looked at the sand dunes in the distance. "First, find your enemy, then—make him reveal his true form."
As soon as she finished speaking, her Sharingan narrowed.
"Someone's coming."
Amidst the yellow sand, three figures were moving rapidly, followed closely by a group of distorted puppets.
"Who is that?" Yugito squinted.
"I don't know." Uchiha Hikari shook his head. "But since they're being chased by Anrokuzan's puppets, they're at least not our enemies."
"Let's go take a look."
On the sand dunes, the battle had reached a fever pitch.
" Rasengan!"
A figure leaped high into the air, a rapidly spinning ball of Chakra condensing in his palm, which he slammed into a puppet in front of him.
boom!
The puppet was blown to pieces, but more puppets were surging in from all directions.
"Damn it! How many of these guys are there?!" Uzumaki Naruto gasped for breath, his forehead covered in sweat.
" Naruto, don't get distracted!" Sakura Haruno's voice came from the side. She punched a puppet away and protected Sai behind her.
"These puppets have a very consistent pattern of movement. Someone is controlling them from behind. It's Mukade!" Yamato Hand Seals, and Wood Release spread out from beneath his feet, forming intertwined wooden walls that temporarily blocked the puppets' attack.
"We must find the manipulator as soon as possible, or we will be worn down and killed."
"But we don't even know where we are!" Naruto gritted his teeth. "And why did the Dragon Vein teleport us here?"
"This is not the time to discuss this—" Before Yamato could finish speaking, a sharp whooshing sound suddenly came from the side.
A massive Kunai, crackling with lightning, pinned a puppet that was about to pounce on Naruto to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a golden figure flashed into the battlefield like lightning.
" Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three!"
Golden light exploded among the puppets, and several puppets shattered instantly.
The figure landed in front of Naruto, turned around, and revealed a young and handsome face.
Are you alright?
Naruto was stunned.
He stared blankly at the blond youth in front of him, at his azure eyes, his gentle smile, and—that familiar Konoha Jonin uniform.
"Big brother..." Naruto's voice was somewhat puzzled, "Why... why are you wearing our village's clothes?"
The blond youth paused slightly, then gave a gentle smile.
Namikaze Minato extended his hand. "My name is Namikaze Minato, Jonin Konoha."
" Konoha?!..." Naruto grasped Namikaze Minato's hand. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, Genin Konoha! How strange, I've never seen you before, big brother?"
" Uzumaki Clan ... Naruto?" A complex emotion flashed in Namikaze Minato's eyes, but he didn't press further, simply nodding. "A good name."
"By the way, Minato... what are you doing here, boss?" Yamato stepped forward, his eyes scanning the surroundings warily.
"We're here on a mission." Namikaze Minato's gaze fell on Yamato. " Rōran has been acting strangely lately, Lord Hokage dispatched us to investigate."
" Lord Hokage?" Naruto blinked. "Is the current Hokage... the Third Hokage?"
Upon hearing Namikaze Minato, Minato Namikaze's smile faltered slightly.
He paused for a moment, then spoke in a somewhat strange tone, "No... the current Fourth Hokage is Lord Orochimaru."
"What?!"
Naruto, Sakura Haruno, Yamato, Sai all widened their eyes and exclaimed in unison.
" Orochimaru?!" Naruto's voice almost cracked. "That Orochimaru?! The missing-nin Orochimaru?!"
" missing-nin?" Namikaze Minato frowned. " Naruto, what are you talking about? Lord Orochimaru is one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, with countless battle achievements. How could he be missing-nin?"
"Impossible!" Sakura Haruno shook her head in disbelief. " Orochimaru is a missing-nin, he attacked Konoha and killed the Third Hokage— "
The air suddenly became quiet.
When Kakashi Hatake, Akimichi Choza, and Aburame Shimi arrived later, they were stunned and stood frozen in place after hearing Sakura Haruno's words.
After regaining his senses, he thought about the special nature of this mission, and a chill ran down his spine.
I wish I could rip my own ears off!
Damn it, what did they hear? A bunch of Konoha Ninja, possibly from the future, are saying that Orochimaru-sama, the village's Lord Orochimaru missing-nin?
And he even killed his own teacher, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi?!
Damn it, I shouldn't have been greedy for this mission. Am I going to be silenced?
Naruto, Sakura, Yamato, and Sai looked at each other, each with an expression as if they had seen a ghost.
"Brother Minato ..." Yamato difficulty, "Are you sure... what year is it?"
" Konoha Year 49," Namikaze Minato answered without hesitation.
" Konoha Year 49..." Yamato murmured, repeating the number, his face turning extremely grim. "Then... then the Fourth Hokage of this world... is really Orochimaru?"
"Of course." Namikaze Minato nodded. " Lord Orochimaru succeeded to the Hokage Position after the Third Shinobi World War, based on his outstanding military achievements."
"This..."
Naruto opened his mouth, but found that he had no idea what to say.
Orochimaru as Hokage?
This is simply outrageous— One-Tails is stronger than Nine-Tails!
"It seems you come from a completely different world than ours," a clear female voice suddenly came from the side.
Everyone turned to look and saw Uchiha Hikari, Yugito, and Chino walking slowly down the sand dune.
"Who are you...?" Namikaze Minato cautiously pressed his hand against the Kunai at his waist.
"Uchiha Hikaru, from the Uchiha clan of Konoha," Uchiha Hikaru said calmly, "I've come to Roran to investigate on the orders of Uchiha Jun."
"This is a quest scroll."
With that, Uchiha Hikari tossed a scroll that Uchiha Jun had prepared beforehand to Namikaze Minato.