Hidden Sand Village Takes the Bait
Seeing Kai's confident expression, Ren smiled slightly and left.
"This is youth!"
Hearing a loud shout from behind, Ren turned around.
Even when he was alone, Kai was shouting and crying.
Seeing this, Ren was completely relieved; Kai really seemed to be alright.
Ren felt that finding a new path, as Kai had mentioned, was unlikely, but he didn't think there was no hope at all.
After all, Kai is a genius!
It's not the comical, hardworking genius portrayed in the original work, the kind used to describe Rock Lee.
The idea that hard-working geniuses are a false proposition is flawed. Whether it's Dai, Kai, or Li, they are all true geniuses, geniuses in Taijutsu.
No genius is without hard work; this applies to the universally acknowledged Orochimaru, Kakashi, Neji, and even Itachi.
Kai's inhumane training and discipline would either kill or cripple anyone else. How can you tell someone Kai isn't a genius?
Without that kind of constitution, it's lucky if you don't die suddenly if you try to cultivate like Kai.
Night.
The area where the Dragon Vein is located has stopped functioning, not because Kabuto and the researchers are being lazy and want to rest.
Rather, the Dragon Vein couldn't withstand it any longer. It erupted more than ten times in a row, averaging once per hour, and even the Dragon Vein withered.
It's not impossible to force the conversion, but each conversion would take several hours, and after discussion, the researchers felt it was unnecessary.
After the Dragon Vein has rested and recuperated overnight, we will continue tomorrow.
With Konoha ceasing its operations, Hidden Sand Village relaxed as well.
Inside a camp tent.
"It's been a day. Have you figured out what Konoha is doing yet?"
The Hidden Sand Village leader gathered several key members and began questioning them.
"I can't see any change after the Konoha ninjas came out of that pod!"
One of the sensory ninjas replied somewhat dejectedly.
It would be strange if a sensory ninja could tell the difference. Orochimaru couldn't detect the difference between true essence and Chakra no matter how many tests he used.
After being transformed, Konoha Ninja not only have their Chakra converted into true essence, but their bodies are also strengthened.
Strengthening the body is about internal processes, about every single cell in the body, not about turning a skinny guy into a muscular man.
It would be problematic if you could tell just by feeling; this isn't some kind of martial art, and it doesn't involve concepts like qi and blood.
Undeterred, the Hidden Sand Village leader turned his attention to the others.
"My lord, I am truly sorry, although I have seen their data, I have absolutely no idea what it means. They may have hidden some crucial data!"
A researcher from Hidden Sand Village spoke up.
"However, one thing is certain: the ninjas of Konoha have changed. That massive Dragon Vein energy couldn't have simply vanished without causing any impact!"
Konoha has naturally hidden most of its core data. Even if it were to confront Hidden Sand Village in the future, it couldn't hold back completely, let alone now.
Even if Konoha didn't try to hide it, these Hidden Sand Village researchers wouldn't be able to figure anything out without knowing the truth.
Putting aside the technological gap, the researchers in Hidden Sand Village were not even qualified for their jobs.
Although these Hidden Sand Village researchers are also Hidden Sand Village's elite, they usually devote most of their energy to Puppet Technique and poisons, so asking them to look at Chakra data is naturally a mystery to them.
The Hidden Sand Village leader then questioned the remaining members again, but naturally found nothing.
Knowledge and wisdom are different things. An illiterate person may be full of wisdom, but wisdom cannot help him solve a calculus problem.
The people from Hidden Sand Village were all quite strong and intelligent, but even after observing all of Konoha's actions, they still couldn't understand what Konoha was doing.
Putting aside others, if you put Ren in Hidden Sand Village's position, the result would be the same.
Well, actually, even Ren now can't understand it.
Power is power, but when it comes to knowledge, no matter how strong you are, you'll never understand what you don't understand.
After a long silence, the leader of the Hidden Sand Village waved his hand, signaling everyone to return to their respective posts.
When only one person remained in the main tent, the leader of Hidden Sand Village pondered for a long time before beginning to write furiously.
Early the next morning.
Ren walked out of his one-bedroom apartment.
Kakashi and the others did not leave last night to return to Konoha. Ren plans to consider the rotation after this batch of ninjas has been replaced.
At the current rate, the entire Konoha team will be transformed by tomorrow night. At that time, Ren should start thinking about time travel.
Aside from fishing, Ren had nothing else to do these past two days, so he treated it as a weekend break.
Ren, who was leisurely viewing the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, heard footsteps behind him and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
The fish has taken the bait!
"Hokage, please forgive my intrusion!"