After successfully turning Hidan and Kakuzu to her side, Chinatsu had them get to work immediately. Getting them to introduce her to Nagato Uzumaki naturally so she could join the Akatsuki would be no easy task. Chinatsu estimated it would take at least six months.
But resolving matters with Kakuzu and Hidan so quickly left Chinatsu feeling a little awkward, since she had told Naruto and Sasuke she would be gone for at least several months.
Go back just like that? How long had it even been...?
No way could I just go back now!
Chinatsu shook her head, immediately tossing aside the idea of returning to Konoha. She raised a hand to her chin and racked her brains over what to do with all this extra time.
"Chakra... right, chakra. I need to solve that problem as soon as possible. Using even a scaled-down version of Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence nearly drained me dry. I have to get more chakra."
Chinatsu turned to look at the area her Wood Release had affected, then thought of Hashirama Senju's original Wood Release and the knockoff Madara Uchiha had used temporarily in the original story. As she was now, she was nowhere near either of them.
"Senjutsu... tailed beasts... oh, Tsunade's Yin Seal is pretty good too. But that just stockpiles chakra. Ultimately, it doesn't feel as reliable as directly increasing my chakra capacity."
The Yin Seal was apparently a secret technique of the Uzumaki Clan and one of Tsunade's trump cards. It stored excess chakra from everyday life, allowing it to be unleashed all at once at a critical moment.
It could greatly enhance physical strength and provide instant healing, though the instant healing seemed pretty useless to Chinatsu. If it only stored chakra and boosted physical strength, she felt