Increase in Chakra Natures

Seeing that Nawaki had survived, Indra did not linger any longer.

His soul sped back into his body.

As for clearing out the enemy ninja, Indra no longer needed to handle it.

The commotion Orochimaru had caused, along with the flames shooting into the sky, had drawn all the nearby enemy ninja over there.

Back in his body, Indra opened his eyes and carefully sensed the chakra surging within him.

"Just as I thought, when my soul left my body, it carried chakra with it.

Chakra connects the body and soul. That is why I can use the talismans' magical power from afar."

Chakra was far too unique. Powerful enough chakra could even be reincarnated.

Because of this property of chakra, his chakra had reincarnated in place of his true spirit.

Indra had a feeling that if his chakra grew powerful enough, he might be able to use ninjutsu even in his soul state.

Besides that...

"This is Nawaki's chakra."

As Indra sensed the flow of chakra, he squeezed out several strands of unfamiliar chakra.

It was not his own, but chakra that had clung to his soul after he possessed Nawaki.

Nawaki's chakra reserves were far too small and were easily devoured by Indra's chakra.

At the same time, Indra keenly sensed a slight change in his own chakra.

"My vitality seems a little stronger... It's the power of Yang Release!"

Everyone's chakra had its own natures: [Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water].

Besides these conventional natures, there were also two special nature transformations: Yin Release and Yang Release.

Indra's chakra natures were Fire and Lightning, something chakra test paper could detect.

As for Yin and Yang natures, one had to explore those on one's own.

As a member of the Uchiha Clan, Indra felt that he could at most possess a Yin nature transformation.

Mikoto might have a Yang nature transformation. Her rapid progress in medical ninjutsu made that clear.

Yet after possessing someone once, he had actually stolen chakra with a Yang nature transformation.

If he possessed a few more people, he might even acquire other chakra natures.

The more chakra natures, the better. The Third Hokage, Orochimaru, and the others possessed extraordinary talent in ninjutsu largely because they were born with chakra of every nature.

Indra's gaze shifted involuntarily toward Tsunade, who was resting not far away.

Compared with Nawaki's tiny amount of chakra, Tsunade's chakra clearly had more nature transformations and was far more abundant!

The Sheep Talisman's magic could not only possess others, but also enter dreams directly.

Surely Teacher Tsunade would not mind if he borrowed a little chakra from her!

Just as Indra was thinking this to himself, a series of sounds came from afar.

"An explosion?"

Tsunade immediately opened her eyes and looked toward the flames rising in the distance.

What kind of explosion was that? How many explosive tags had been buried to cause something on that scale?

Though she did not know who had triggered the explosion, Tsunade felt it was an opportunity.

"That disturbance must have drawn a lot of attention."

"We'll travel through the night and try to cross the Land of Fire's border before tonight!"

Tsunade looked at the awakened Indra, and together they woke the others.

The group immediately set out, following the safe route scouted by the ninja cats, and successfully reached the border of the Land of Rain before dawn.

As they emerged from the dense forest, their view suddenly opened up.

Tsunade could not hide her excitement. Their group had finally reached the Land of Rain!

"Teacher, don't let your guard down. If I were the enemy, I would have set even more traps in this area."

Indra quietly reminded her. He had no desire to repeat the same mistake and end up like Nawaki.

Tsunade's smile faded as she gave Indra a surprised look.

Why did this apprentice of hers seem more mature than she was? Who exactly was leading this team?

"I didn't expect you to be this cautious. You really don't seem like someone on the battlefield for the first time."

Tsunade muttered before ordering Kunugi Mokume and the ninja cats to scout for traps.

It took them half a day to cross the "minefield" before they truly entered the heartland of the Land of Rain.

Two more days passed before Indra's group reached the Hidden Leaf camp at the front lines.

At present, the Hidden Leaf had three main fronts in the Land of Rain.

They were Amegakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure.

However, Iwagakure's main force was currently fighting Kumogakure, and the intensity of its conflict with the Hidden Leaf was far lower than that of the other ninja villages.

The Hidden Leaf camp Indra had arrived at this time was in the war zone between Konoha and Sunagakure.

Relying on her deadly poisons, Chiyo of Sunagakure had forced the Hidden Leaf front to retreat again and again in recent days.

Looking out at the damp battlefield in the distance, pale violet poisonous mist still hung in the air.

Even after the war ended, the poison left behind here would likely continue to plague the living creatures of this land.

But Sunagakure, having already fought to this point, clearly had no intention of considering such matters.

He was a kind-hearted person and could not bear to look at such a sight.

After looking away, Indra followed behind Tsunade into the largest tent in the Hidden Leaf camp.

The Hidden Leaf's jonin from this war zone had all gathered here to discuss the battle.

Indra looked around and saw that ninja from prominent Hidden Leaf clans such as the Hyuga Clan, Yamanaka Clan, Akimichi Clan, and Nara Clan made up the overwhelming majority.

The minority of civilian jonin had gathered around Hatake Sakumo, known as the Hidden Leaf White Fang.

There were also several Uchiha among these jonin, but they had clearly been excluded from the discussion.

Seeing their proud expressions, Indra could not tell whether they had isolated the jonin or the jonin had isolated them.

"Lady Tsunade is here!"

"Lady Tsunade, you've arrived!"

"We've been waiting for you!!"

At the sight of Tsunade's arrival, the jonin eagerly greeted her.

Although the Senju Clan had obeyed the First Hokage's order and no longer used the name "Senju," integrating into Konoha instead,

Tsunade was still the First Hokage's granddaughter.

Konoha had been built by her grandfather. From the First Hokage to the Third Hokage, which one had not been connected to the Senju Clan?

Anyone who wanted to become the next Hokage not only had to consider the Third Hokage's opinion, but in a sense, Tsunade's opinion as well.

Only the ostracized Uchiha did not join in the flattery.

Indra could barely bring himself to look at those Uchiha jonin with their disdainful expressions.

The Uchiha Clan was indeed openly and covertly excluded by the village, but their political sense was genuinely terrible too.

Everyone else had stepped forward to offer greetings, yet they stood there with cold faces. Did that not make them seem out of place?

This was not the Ninja Academy. Every jonin present had a voice in Konoha.

But considering that this was simply the Uchiha Clan's temperament, Indra let it go.

He and Mikoto obediently walked over to those Uchiha jonin.

The entire Uchiha Clan had only a little over a thousand people. Because of intermarriage within the clan, everyone was more or less related.

Following Mikoto's lead, Indra called out things like "uncle" and "great-uncle," then sat down with them.

After a round of discussion, news that Tsunade had arrived at the camp and could counter Chiyo's poison was immediately spread.

The Hidden Leaf ninja fighting on the front lines had suffered repeated blows from Chiyo's poison, leaving their morale at rock bottom.

The arrival of the renowned medical ninja Lady Tsunade could boost morale to the greatest extent possible.

Especially after Tsunade brought out box after box of antidotes, the entire Hidden Leaf camp erupted in excitement.

The ninja immediately began discussing how to launch a counterattack.

Before long, everyone reached a consensus: act immediately!

They would strike Sunagakure before it had fully received the news and catch them completely off guard.