One hour later.
The battle between the Meikyō and its mirror image naturally ended with the Meikyō itself emerging victorious.
To be honest, it still feels a bit strange to personally cut off the head of someone who looks exactly like you.
After the mirror image was destroyed, what remained in its original position was a white light spot that looked like a thick fog.
This is unconscious, yet possesses extremely high-quality soul essence; absorbing it can bring considerable benefits.
Meikyō reached into it and began to absorb it.
"Now I think I understand what Master Dan meant by realizing one's own soul."
After a long while, the white light disappeared, and Meikyō's spiritual body slowly opened its mouth and spoke.
Only now has his soul filled the last small gap, becoming completely whole.
Although his soul was very strong in the past, Meikyō can now say that he has complete control over his own soul.
"The next step is to have an out-of-body experience."
Meikyō slowly raised her head and leaped upwards into the sea of consciousness.
The next moment, on a level unseen by anyone, Meikyō's spirit slowly flew out from the top of her head.
"You succeeded after all, Meikyō."
Not far ahead, Dan Katō's eyes flashed with blue light as he stared at the Meikyō in front of him.
With his powerful Mental Power, which can influence reality, Dan Katō is able to see the Meikyō in its spirit form.
How are you feeling?
Dan Katō smiled and asked Meikyō.
Even though Dan Katō didn't open his mouth, his words still entered Meikyō's mind.
Meikyō immediately understood that the way spirits communicate is different from how they communicate when they have a physical body.
When you have a physical body, you receive sound by the vibration of the air forming sound waves, which are then transmitted to your ears. In a spiritual state, however, it is a vibration of Mental Power.
"It's strange. I can feel that I've lost my restraints, and my perception and movement speed have been greatly enhanced. But I also feel weak and insecure because the powerful physical body that protects my soul has left me."
Meikyō learned to communicate using Mental Power on her own.
"Ah, just like I was back then. Now I will spread my senses and keep an eye on your spirit's condition. If your spirit shows signs of weakening soul power, I will use my psychic power to protect it, and then Orochimaru will use Ninjutsu to summon your spirit back to its original form."
Dan Katō said.
Meikyō nodded slightly, then passed through the wall and arrived at the laboratory not far away.
Right in the center of this place, the Star Meteorite is placed above an instrument.
Meikyō's spirit quickly floated around the Star Meteorite, receiving intense radiation.
Meikyō could feel a continuous stream of energy being transmitted through radiation into his spiritual body, strengthening the quality of his soul.
Just as Dan Katō said, this is like water transforming into ice; it's the same thing in different forms, resulting in various differences.
Suddenly, as if breaking through a certain boundary, everything around him was reflected in Meikyō's mind without any discrepancy.
In the past, Meikyō could also achieve this using the Observation Haki derived from the Transparent World, but it was never as clear as it is now.
Because the Meikyō seems to know how these things will change in the next moment.
"Orochimaru will check the time in the next second."
"The Third Hokage will go to the right."
"Senior Torifu will probably switch to a different flavor of potato chips and keep eating them."
All the subconscious judgments in my mind came true.
"I never expected to gain something like this, which will improve my Observation Haki to the point where I can briefly Future Sight."
Meikyō was having a great time until Dan Katō's voice entered his mind.
"Why has it taken so long? Did something unexpected happen? Do you need Orochimaru and me to take action?"
"No need, Master Dan, I've just gained some new insights."
Meikyō's Mental Power vibrated against Dan Katō's psychic power, transmitting her words to him.
Passing through the wall once more, Meikyō's spirit flew back to the secret room and saw her true form sitting cross-legged on the bed.
"It looks like you succeeded."
Dan Katō's eyes shone with a deep blue light as he spoke to Meikyō.
"Ah, yes, Master Dan."
Meikyō's spirit leaped back into its original form.
Familiar sensations of touch and hearing returned to her body, Meikyō opened her eyes, looking around.
"Congratulations, Meikyō."
Dan Katō and Minato Namikaze, who were waiting on the side, offered their blessings.
Jiraiya also took the phone and relayed the message to Orochimaru at their laboratory.
"Fourth Hokage, the matter of Meikyō is over, so what's next..."
Orochimaru, who rushed over from the laboratory, seemed rather impatient.
For him, who yearns to learn all Ninjutsu and grasp all truths, many things in the Scroll of Seals are coveted treasures.
"Ah, in that case, let's go to the Hokage Building."
Dan Katō said this.
Immediately, a large group of Konoha High Command- ranking officials headed towards the Hokage Building, causing some people on the road to think that something big had happened in the village again.
The Scroll of Seals is the most important foundation of Konoha's Ninjutsu. Even some of the relatively "conventional" Ninjutsu recorded in it can greatly enhance a Jonin- level ninja. Forbidden techniques such as Flying Thunder God and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag are enough to allow an Elite Jonin to step into the threshold of Kage Level.
Of course, there are now additional features on this thing, such as Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Black Lightning Secret Technique, and so on.
These were the results of the battle when Meikyō and Orochimaru joined forces to break into the Raikage Building and steal the Cloud and Cloud-Lightning Ninjutsu Scroll.
Such an important item was naturally guarded very tightly, at least Meikyō felt it was guarded more tightly than the Kumogakure.
While both are hidden in secret rooms within the Hokage Building, the Hokage Building's underground is actually a secret base of the Anbu).
Or rather, this is the headquarters of Konoha's Anbu.
The Anbu usually has too many things to coordinate with the Hokage, so setting up its headquarters here is actually the most convenient. Once the Scroll of Seals appears, the entire Anbu and the Hokage Building will be alerted.
Inside the secret chamber, there is also a seal set up by the successive Hokage, Mito Uzumaki, and Mito Uzumaki Kushina Uzumaki.
These people's Sealing Technique are far superior to those brutes from Kumogakure.
In the original story, the only possibility that Naruto was able to obtain such an important item as the Scroll of Seals is that the Third Hokage set a trap for him. Perhaps the Scroll of Seals that Naruto obtained only contained the Ninjutsu of Multi Shadow Clone.
"Should you break it, or should I?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Dan Katō.
"Third, let me do it."
Dan Katō walked to the front of the secret passage, turned his back to the crowd, Hand Seals his hands in a mudra on the door that was covered with sealing runes.
The gate slowly opened, revealing a wide and deep passageway, in which a tall red torii gate would appear at intervals.
"This is the Gate of the Great God, created by the First Hokage after defeating Uchiha Madara and subduing the Nine-Tails, using Wood Style Secret Technique combined with Lady Mito's Sealing Technique. Inspired by the First Hokage's secret technique, the Goreishomon, it's a Ninjutsu left by the First Hokage. If the Nine-Tails were to ever rampage, someone who has Gate of the Great God could use it to suppress Nine-Tails. However, learning this technique requires a certain level of proficiency in Summoning Technique and Senjutsu. Unfortunately..."
At this point, the Third Hokage turned to look at Jiraiya with a calm expression.
"Unfortunately, Jiraiya, Jiraiya the only one who knew both Summoning Technique and Senjutsu, couldn't learn this Ninjutsu at all."
"Haha, hahaha, old man, back then my Sage Mode training wasn't up to par! This time it'll definitely work!"
Jiraiya an awkward smile, then patted his chest and said.
"Ah, I remember now. That time, I learned the Sanju Rasenmon. Tsunade got some of the Second Hokage's research results on some Medical Forbidden Jutsu. Only you Jiraiya, the idiot, got nothing."
Orochimaru chuckled.
Orochimaru, whose personality hasn't turned dark, doesn't actually mind occasionally joking with Jiraiya.
"The Gate of the Great God is usually placed here. Through the design of Lady Mito and the seal Senjutsu Chakra by the First Hokage using Sage Chakra, the Gate of the Great God can circulate on its own like the Four Symbols Seal. It can also absorb Natural Energy from the air to replenish itself. This is an important reason why the Gate of the Great God can suppress the Tailed Beast for a long time. If an accident occurs in the passage, the Gate of the Great God will be activated by the mechanism set up by the Second Hokage and the First Hokage, falling from above to suppress the attacker. Therefore, in Konoha, things like Orochimaru and Meikyō breaking into the Raikage Building to steal the Cloud-Lightning Ninjutsu Scroll like last time are unlikely to happen."
The Third Hokage chuckled as he smoked his pipe.
Meikyō felt the oppressive feeling emanating from the massive red torii gate above and nodded in approval.
This is essentially a move left behind by Hashirama at his peak. Although it can only be used in this specific place, and although it is not one of Hashirama's ultimate moves like the Wood Human Technique and the Top Transformed Buddha, it undoubtedly possesses extraordinary power.
If the Kumogakure had possessed something of this caliber back then, Meikyō and Orochimaru would have paid a tremendous price.
Meikyō might be able to escape using Amenotejikara, but Orochimaru might not be.
Of course, Meikyō believes that Snake Uncle is capable of escaping, but he will probably suffer a great loss.
As for now, although Meikyō is not as strong as Hashirama Senju himself, he is not afraid of Gate of the Great God. Although the power of this thing is not small, its main function is to continuously suppress the enemy after he is controlled.
After all, the original intention of the First Hokage in developing the Gate of the Great God was to enable future generations to deal with the Nine-Tails. As for the First Hokage himself...
It's not really necessary.
After navigating the long, secret passage, Meikyō and his group finally arrived at their final destination.
Dan Katō took out the key and opened the last door.
A Scroll of Seals, taller than a person, was placed in the center of the room, with other Sealing Scroll on the shelves on either side.
Seeing this, Meikyō can basically confirm that what Naruto obtained in the original work was a copy that recorded the Multi Shadow Clone Techniques.
"The one in the middle is the original of the Scroll of Seals. The first page contains the table of contents, and the following pages contain the contents of important forbidden techniques such as Flying Thunder God Technique, Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag, and Impure World Impure World Reincarnation. As for the others, they are copies of the Scroll of Seals, which record the First Hokage's Wood Style Secret Technique, the Second Hokage's Water Style Ninjutsu, and Lady Mito's Sealing Technique, as well as some of the Ninjutsu that I, the Third Hokage, and other people in the village left on it later."
Dan Katō described the scene as he looked at it.
"This time, you can all read the contents of the Scroll of Seals. However, I also hope that you can write down some of your unique skills in the copy, so as to add to the heritage of the village for future generations."
Dan Katō broke the seal, unfolded the scroll, and displayed it to everyone.
"In that case, I will leave behind the essentials of the Breathing Technique, as well as my insights into swordsmanship."
Meikyō considered for a moment before speaking.
The others also had their own plans. For example, Minato Namikaze planned to write down the "Wind Style: Rasenshuriken" that he had just developed.
As for the content selection, Meikyō first looked at Flying Thunder God.
Having awakened Amenotejikara, a Mangekyou Sharingan eye technique that relates to space and time, Meikyo's talent in this area is definitely not lacking. He had previously learned Mirror Body Flicker Technique, which was modified by Uchiha Kagami based on Flying Thunder God Technique, so understanding it now was not too difficult.
Orochimaru was concerned with the experimental data left behind by the Second Hokage, Jiraiya resumed his studies of the Gate of the Great God, Minato Namikaze was also reading the contents of the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag.
This item pairs perfectly with the Flying Thunder God and can perfectly compensate for Minato's lack of attack power. Apart from the fact that it requires spending money to use each time, which is not very friendly to Minato, a ninja from a commoner background, it can be said to be perfect.
After watching Flying Thunder God, Meikyō also memorized the content of Impure World Reincarnation and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag.
The current Impure World Reincarnation is not perfect. This is the initial version developed by the Second Hokage. Apart from the fact that the Impure World Reincarnation body can Infinity recover Chakra and repair itself when damaged, its strength is not that great. Its greatest use is probably to lure enemies, just like the Second Hokage did, or to create human bombs with immortal bodies by combining them with the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag.
As for the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag, for the current Meikyō, it seems somewhat tasteless to use but also a pity to discard.
His attack power is already very high. If he uses the Explosive Tag sparingly, their power is not as great as his own sword energy. But if he uses them a lot, given Meikyō's current wealth, he probably won't be able to use them more than a few times.
After all, if it really comes down to Meikyō needing to use the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag, it means that the enemy's defense is so high that he can't break through it, or that it's like Obito's Kamui, which requires a long bombardment to be effective.
Regardless of the scenario, the number of Explosive Tag required would be astronomical.
After reviewing some of the more interesting parts of the Scroll of Seals, Meikyō walked to the side, took down two blank Ninjutsu Scroll, pondered for a moment, and then began to write.
Finally, Meikyō extended his sword finger and carved the character "Jing" on the ground beside him.
Anyone who has achieved something in swordsmanship can feel the Sword Intent of Meikyō in this word.
This can be considered as Meikyō pointing out a path to the realm of Great Swordsman for the Naruto World and the descendants of Konoha.