The morning wind carried the fallen petals of the cherry blossoms into the yard and landed on the windowsill. Rinto squatted in the vegetable bed in the backyard, holding a plump new wheat grain between his fingertips, and stared at the morning light for a long time.
He kept some of the new wheat sent by farmers a few days ago for germination tests, hoping to see if the Yang Release configuration solidified in the seeds could be passed down to the next generation stably. Thin white buds had sprouted from the wheat grains, and the configuration inside was very stable and had not fallen apart. He took out his small notebook and wrote down the data on germination rate and cell activity. He muttered, "The genetic stability is no problem. Next, we need to test the drought tolerance and yield of the second-generation seeds..."
"Sir, why are you squatting in the ground?" Sakura's voice came from the door of the courtyard. She came in with a thermos bucket and saw that his trousers were stained with mud. She couldn't help laughing, "Come in quickly. Breakfast is almost cold. Today, the canteen made vegetable porridge and the bean paste buns you said were good last time."
Rinto carefully put the wheat grains into the small box, patted the dirt on his hands and went into the house. He casually asked, "Have you finished the feedback data of the burn patch that I asked you to sort out yesterday?"
"It's done, I'll put it on your table." Sakura put the breakfast on the table and turned the mosquito repellent by the window so that it could get the sun. "The hospital said that the improved burn patch can heal second-degree burns 30% faster than before, and the infection rate has also dropped a lot. Frontline outposts have come to rush for the goods."
She paused and added another casual comment, "By the way, the cherry blossoms downstairs are blooming just right, and the whole street is fragrant. You Tenten are staying in the house, and you occasionally go out for a few steps. You are always staring at the drawings, and your eyes are red."
"No time." Rinto picked up the red bean paste bun and took a bite. His eyes had already fallen on the feedback data book Sakura had placed on the table. He casually said, "We'll talk about it after finishing the few plans in hand."
Sakura sighed helplessly and didn't try to persuade her any more. She had long been used to it. This gentleman's "say more" basically meant "no going". Unless it was for the experimental field or to find information, he could stay in the laboratory for half a month without leaving the house.
Just after breakfast, there was a cautious knock on the door. It was softer than anyone else before, for fear of annoying the people inside. Rinto frowned. "Come in."
The door was pushed open, and three uniformed ninjas came in. The leader was the squad leader Konoha Barrier Team. He was holding a thick stack of drawings and files in his hands, with a flattering and nervous smile on his face. The two young ninjas behind him were also very reserved, holding things in their hands, and did not even dare to breathe.
"Lin, Mr. Rinto, hello." The squad leader quickly bowed and put the drawings in his arms gently on the table, for fear of disturbing his manuscript, "Lady Tsunade told you about the village protection barrier. We have brought you the complete structure diagram of the barrier, so many years of operation data, and records of nodes that often have problems."
As he spoke, he pushed forward a wooden box he was carrying, and said a little embarrassedly, "A little note, this is a new tea brought by a ninja in our class who lives in the tea village. You can brew it and drink it when you stay up late studying. It's not worth much. Just thank you for being willing to help us."
Rinto did not touch the tea box, but first reached out and turned over the blueprint of the barrier. Konoha's village-protecting barrier was designed by Second Hokage. It has been used for decades and has been repaired many times. The nodes inside are getting more and more messy, and redundant seals are layered one on top of another. No wonder Chakra consumes a lot of money and is prone to loopholes.
He flipped through the drawings very quickly, running his fingertips through the dense seal array, stopping from time to time to write down two strokes on the blank draft paper. The three people from Barrier Team stood nearby, holding their breaths and not daring to speak. They even breathed softly, for fear of disturbing him.
It took half an hour for Rinto to finish flipping through all the drawings and files. He raised his head and asked three questions, "Are the Chakra supply nodes of the barrier fixed in the towers in four directions? Is there any need to temporarily adjust the range of the barrier? What is the logic of emergency reinforcement when encountering a large-scale attack?"
The squad leader was stunned for a moment, and quickly answered, not even daring to leave out any details, for fear that missing any details would affect Rinto's judgment. After listening, Rinto nodded. "I understand, I will give you the plan in three days. After optimization, Chakra's consumption can be reduced by at least 40%, and its reverse osmosis capability can also be improved. Don't rush me, and don't bother me."
"Hey! Okay! Okay! Thank you so much! Mr. Rinto!" The squad leader was overjoyed and quickly bowed to express his thanks. He originally thought that Rinto would have to think about it for at least ten and a half days, but he didn't expect that he would be able to come up with a plan in three days. "If you need our cooperation, just ask someone to say something at any time. We are on call 24 hours a day!"
Rinto waved his hand, meaning clearly: you can go. The three people quickly and quietly backed out, even holding the door extra lightly for fear of making any noise.
As soon as they left, Rinto pushed aside the enchantment drawings - he had no interest in changing the enchantment, just so that he could conduct research quietly in the future, lest the enchantment was broken and Akatsuki's people broke in and bombed the village, disturbing him. What was more important at the moment was the newly revealed mental configuration of Yin Release.
Just as he picked up the pen, Anbu's voice came from outside the courtyard door. "Mr. Rinto, Lady Tsunade asked us to send you something. It's the scroll that Lord Jiraiya sent back from Mount Myōboku."
"Bring it in." Rinto's eyes lit up instantly and he put down his pen.
Anbu walked in quickly, handed him a sealed scroll, bowed and bowed, then turned around and exited. Rinto immediately opened the scroll. Inside was a letter written by Jiraiya, and a thick stack of Naruto The detailed records of Senjutsu's practice, including the proportion of Natural Energy absorbed every day, the body's reaction, the details of overturning, and the adjustment method of Sage Fukasaku, are all clearly written.
He first looked through the training records, reading page after page with great care, picking up a pen from time to time and jotting down two entries in his draft book. Jiraiya's records were very detailed, not only with successful experiences, but also with a large number of failure cases. For example, Naruto absorbed too much Natural Energy, and his arms turned into Toad legs. The precursors of balance disintegration and various body reactions were all clearly written down.
These first-hand training data are more useful than Mount Myōboku's handwriting - everything written in the handbook is the correct method, but only these failure cases can allow him to figure out where the boundary between Natural Energy and the human body Chakra is. Several fuzzy points in the previous Senjutsu fusion plan became clear in an instant.
Turning to the record of Naruto turning his face to stone three times in a row, he gave a rare sneer and muttered, "Chakra's control accuracy is so poor, it would be weird if it didn't overturn."
Sakura, who was next to him, came over to take a look and couldn't help but laugh, "Naruto is just like that, frizzy, and Lord Jiraiya must have had a lot of headaches. But being able to touch the threshold of Senjutsu so quickly is already amazing."
"My foundation is too poor. I don't even understand the basic configuration. I just rely on Chakra to pile up." Rinto shook his head, but did not put down the record. Instead, he read it more carefully. He even read the usage marked by Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku Toad Oil three times.
His previous Senjutsu fusion was based on his own Yin-Yang Release system, which had extremely high requirements on the fault tolerance rate of Natural Energy. With the data of these failure cases, he could increase the fault tolerance rate in the scheme and optimize the dynamically adapted nodes to make the fusion of Senjutsu Chakra and Yin-Yang Release configurations more stable.
He spent the whole morning on these Senjutsu records, even putting aside the Yin Release configuration that he had planned to change before. From time to time, he would draw a few strokes on the scratch paper, mumbling words, and the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter. Sakura sat quietly next to him, helping him organize the previous experimental records, and occasionally helping him change a new scratch paper without disturbing him at all.
Just after noon, a familiar loud voice came from outside the courtyard door. Without even thinking, you knew it was Might Guy. This time he did not call the door directly, but knocked lightly before speaking, "Mr. Rinto? Are you there? Rock Lee and I are here to review."
Rinto frowned, but still shouted "come in".
Kai and Rock Lee opened the door and walked in. They were still wearing green tights. They had just finished training and were sweating profusely. However, they wiped the mud on the soles of their shoes at the door before they dared to walk in. Kai smiled and said, "Mr. Rinto, I'm sorry to bother you! According to what you said, I have been practicing the daily repair configuration for almost ten days. Today I opened four doors and tried it. The burden on my body is much lighter than before! Before, I had to lie down for a whole day after opening four doors. Today I rested for half an hour and recovered!"
Rock Lee also bowed and said excitedly, "Thank you Mr. Rinto! The repair plan you gave me is so useful! I did a thousand sets of weight-bearing squats yesterday, and my waist doesn't hurt at all today! It was sore for at least three days before!"
"Sit over here." Rinto pointed to the chair next to him and did not answer their hot words. He just said, "I will do a test to see the damage to the meridians and cells."
The two people quickly sat down obediently. Kai took the initiative to stretch out his arm and let Rinto detect it. Chakra condensed on Rinto's fingertips and swept across his meridians and muscles. Sure enough, most of the old damage that had been spread throughout the meridians had been repaired. Even the acute damage caused by opening four doors was more than 70% lighter than before.
He took out his record book and wrote down the detected data one by one. These body damage and repair data under extreme conditions can help him further improve Yang Release's body repair logic, and even extend it to Chakra's body recovery plan after overdraft.
"Recovering well." Rinto took back his hand, changed two small parameters from the previous plan, and handed it to Kai, "For daily repair configuration, practice according to these new parameters, and the repair speed of old injuries can be faster. There is no need to change the protective configuration for opening more than four doors, and the previous one will be used."
"Thank you so much! Mr. Rinto!" Kai took the drawing, put it away like a treasure, and began to talk passionately, "In order to live up to your help, I will go to practice with Rock Lee tonight and run a hundred laps around Konoha! Do another two thousand sets of kick training!"
"Yes! Guy-sensei!" Rock Lee responded immediately, his eyes filled with light.
Rinto rubbed his temples and waved his hands impatiently. "Okay, you go and practice. Just don't bother me again."
The two of them were not annoyed, bowed deeply to him, and ran away happily, not forgetting to close the door gently when they went out.
Sakura looked at their running backs and couldn't help laughing, "Guy-sensei, they are always so energetic."
Rinto did not answer the call. He sorted out the data he had just recorded and put it together with the previous information of Eight Gates Released Formation. Then he picked up the pen again and prepared to continue to ponder the mental configuration of Yin Release. After just a few strokes, there were light footsteps again outside the courtyard door. This time it was Kurenai Yuhi.
She was carrying a food box in her hand and said with a smile as she entered the door, "Mr. Rinto, I'm not disturbing you, right? I just made some snacks at home and I'll bring you some. It'll go well with tea."
"Sit down." Rinto put down the pen and asked casually, "Genjutsu are you still having problems with the configuration?"
"No problem, it's very useful." Hong opened the food box, which contained exquisite wagashi and a small can of freshly brewed tea. "I just came over to thank you. By the way, I want to tell you that I practiced according to the Yin Release guidance method you gave me. The mental damage I suffered before has almost healed, and even the duration of Genjutsu has been extended a lot."
She pulled up a chair and sat down. She didn't leave in a hurry, and didn't ask for help. She just followed the topic of Yin Release and talked to him about her experience of practicing Genjutsu for so many years. For example, different people have different characteristics of spiritual energy. The introduction of Genjutsu must also be adjusted accordingly, as well as the small uses of Yin Release in addition to Genjutsu, such as using mental energy to interfere with the opponent's perception of Chakra. These are all the experiences she has accumulated in actual combat and cannot be found in books.
Rinto listened very carefully, asking for details from time to time, and kept writing down all the useful content. His previous understanding of Yin Release was mostly focused on theory and configuration. The practical details brought by Hong were just enough to fill in his cognitive gaps and make the mental configuration more adaptable.
The two of them chatted like this for almost an hour. It was more of a communication between colleagues than asking for advice. Hong did not expect that Rinto would listen so carefully to her casual chat about practical experience, and follow her words and point out small details that could be optimized in her Genjutsu, which benefited her a lot.
Before leaving, Hong smiled and said, "If I have any questions about Yin Release in the future, can I come over and chat with you occasionally? There are many things that just a few words with you are more useful than me thinking about them on my own for half a year."
"Okay, just don't come when I'm busy." Rinto nodded. For him, this kind of exchange that can bring about new research ideas is not considered an intrusion.
Hong Earth Flow was so happy that he left a box of snacks behind. Rinto picked up one and tasted it. It was sweet but not greasy, just enough to suppress the bitter taste in his mouth - he had just stayed up all night and his mouth was bitter, but he didn't even notice it.
The sun outside the window had already tilted towards the west, and the evening sunlight stretched the shadow of the malt in the yard very long. Rinto did not continue to draw the drawings, but picked up the drawings sent by Barrier Team, and while his mind was clear, he began to think about the optimization plan.
Second Hokage's boundary design has a very good foundation, but later people tinkered with it and added too many useless things, messing up the original structure. Rinto didn't plan to completely overthrow it, but just deleted the redundant nodes and started over again. The circulation path of Chakra has been sorted out, and its own adaptive configuration logic has been embedded into it, so that the barrier can automatically adjust the focus of defense according to the intensity of external attacks, without human control, and can save a lot of Chakra.
By the time he finished drawing the draft of the optimization plan, it was already dark. Sakura had gone back long ago. There were no lights in the room, and only the setting sun outside the window shone in, casting a faint light and shadow on the paper.
He stretched out, leaned back on the chair, and took a rare breather. On the table were stacked today's new Senjutsu data, barrier optimization drafts, Yin Release's communication notes, and unfinished mental configuration drawings.
The yard is very quiet. You can hear the frolicking on the Konoha street in the distance, as well as the shouts of street vendors. When the wind blows, the aroma of cherry blossoms and the smoke of fireworks from dinner float in.
Rinto sat for a while, stood up and lit the oil lamp. Instead of touching those complicated research plans, he picked up the new wheat sent by the farmer before, took out a small book, and began to record the cell activity data of the wheat grains.
To him, these seemingly unrelated and detailed studies are as important as the big topics of Yin-Yang Release and Senjutsu. The rules of Chakra are essentially the same whether they are used in the disassembly of Ninjutsu or in the improvement of seeds.
The light of the oil lamp danced on the paper, and the rustling sound of the pen tip across the paper mixed with the smoke of the fireworks from the wooden leaves outside the window, which was calm and steady.