"Master Jiraiya, don't worry about it. The Third Hokage probably really did accidentally destroy that scroll of inheritance!"
Following the heads of the various ninja clans out of the Hokage Building, Minato Namikaze, whose injuries had mostly healed, saw his teacher's gloomy face and forced a smile as he tried to comfort him.
" Minato, you don't need to comfort me. My teacher has definitely changed since he became Hokage!"
With a sigh, Jiraiya felt increasingly dissatisfied with his teacher Third Hokage.
Today, the heads of the various ninja clans of Leaf have come to the Hokage Building, hoping to obtain the Supreme Sword Dao inheritance of the Land of Iron from the Third Hokage.
After all, they suffered heavy casualties in this battle, especially on the battlefield in the Land of Iron, where more than two hundred Jonin from the entire Leaf Village perished.
Ninety percent of these Jonin were strong members of their own ninja clans. Having paid such a heavy price, they naturally hoped to receive some compensation.
Moreover, they weren't very greedy; they didn't ask for the Sword Dao power of the Third Hokage, just a dungeon run would suffice.
After all, this war was started by you, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and you reaped huge benefits. Since you've eaten the meat, you should at least let us have some soup too!
But even after they made such concessions, the Third Hokage still refused to give it up, and made it clear that he hadn't even had a chance to look at the scroll before it was destroyed by the restrictions on it.
Is that even human language he's talking about?
If you hadn't suddenly acquired that godlike Sword Dao power, they would have believed you. But in this situation, are you kidding me?
This is insulting their intelligence!
Therefore, the faces of the many ninja clan leaders who left the Hokage Building were all very unpleasant. Jiraiya also privately expressed to his teacher that he wanted to ask his disciple Minato Namikaze for a copy of the Sword Dao inheritance, but he was also refused, and with the same reason.
This made Jiraiya very uncomfortable. After all, he was a disciple of the Third, and Minato Namikaze was a grand-disciple of the Third. They were all on his side, so this level of suspicion was excessive.
Furthermore, Minato Namikaze paid a heavy price for his efforts to safely escape the Land of Iron with the Third. Even though he received effective treatment at Mount Myoboku, he was still unable to fully recover, which will undoubtedly affect his future growth.
They've gone through all this, you have no right not to offer some compensation!
" Jiraiya, Minato, I hope you can come to this, otherwise..."
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor of the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage, with a pipe in his mouth, looked down at Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze as they left.
He was telling the absolute truth this time, but no one believed him. Even his disciple Jiraiya showed dissatisfaction and distrust, which frustrated him greatly.
However, the Third Hokage did not dwell on this matter further. Instead, he looked at his right arm, which was densely wrapped in bandages that had been fused with Sealing Jutsu, and his expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.
He oversimplified things. That sword energy inheritance was indeed powerful, but it was too powerful.
At first, nothing seemed amiss, but as time went on, the sword energy within his body began to clash with his own Chakra, eventually turning his own body into a battlefield.
Despite trying countless methods, he could not resolve the issue and ultimately could only seal the sword energy within his right arm.
There was no other way; in that situation, he had to sacrifice one side. Compared to the sword energy he had just acquired, as a ninja, he naturally chose the Chakra had cultivated for decades.
Therefore, he is no longer able to condense the Storm Release Light Sword with the Sword of the Thunder God, and the struggle between the sword energy and Chakra has severely damaged his internal organs, bringing him to the brink of collapse. He must take immediate action.
He has only managed to hold on this long by continuously repairing himself using the extraordinary regenerative power he gained from the sword energy.
However, this comes at a price. The constant acceleration of cell division to heal the injury has pushed the number of cell divisions to its limit, and now that healing ability has been greatly weakened.
He did not reveal this to anyone, otherwise not only would his position as Hokage be in jeopardy, but it could even reignite the war between the four ninja villages that had ceased hostilities. Therefore, he had to keep this secret.
"It seems the only option is to restart some of the teacher's experimental projects!"
Sensing the terrible state of his body, the Third Hokage sighed and prepared to use one of his teacher's experiments to replace his internal organs with more vigorous ones.
This is undoubtedly a forbidden Ninjutsu, but there's no time to worry about that now.
At the top of Hokage Rock, two figures looked down at the Hokage Building and the departing Jiraiya and others. They were none other than Wang Hao's old superiors Danzō Shimura and Orochimaru.
What do you think?
Watching Jiraiya and the others Danzō Shimura asked without expression.
"Either it's true, as the teacher says, or the Supreme Sword Dao inheritance of the Land of Iron is too powerful, forcing even the teacher to be wary and choose to hide it and keep it all to himself."
Licking his lips, Orochimaru revealed his thoughts, clearly leaning towards the latter guess, just like the other ninja clan leaders.
After all, the Third Hokage's strength had increased so dramatically that he had almost surpassed the Second Hokage and was approaching the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi.
"How's the research on the mirror's eyes going?"
After a brief silence, Danzō Shimura inquired about another matter.
After he took out Kagami Uchiha's eyes last time, he handed them over to Wang Hao for research. Wang Hao only observed them for a short period of time before handing them over to Orochimaru, leaving behind some speculations and ideas.
Orochimaru has been focusing on this for a while now, so he should have made some progress by now.
Now that Hiruzen Sarutobi has become so powerful, he must obtain even greater power, and the Mangekyō Sharingan of the Kagami family is the best choice.
If he could obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan of the Kagami family, he would possess power comparable to the Third Hokage. At that time, the balance between light and darkness in Leaf would be restored, allowing him to carry out his plans.
"Many of the ideas left by Dan-kun have been verified to be correct. The two most important ones are the Chakra eye power of the Uchiha Clan, which can indeed help the sealed Mangekyō Sharingan regain its sight."
However, the quality of ordinary tomoe-level Chakra eye power is too poor. Trying to compensate for the quality with quantity would be too costly, unless one could seize the entire Uchiha Clan's eye power Chakra.
Therefore, it would be best to have a pair of Mangekyō- level eye power Chakra to have a chance of activating Senior Jing's eyes, but even that is only a certain probability.
According to Dan-kun's speculation, the Mangekyō Sharingan would cause a qualitative transformation in the Uchiha Clan's ocular Chakra. Although it would become more powerful, it would also carry its own characteristics, making it more distinctive and difficult to integrate into Senior Jing's eyes.
That possibility is almost entirely blocked, but fortunately, the Yang Release Chakra generated by the First Hokage's cells has an extremely strong restorative effect on Senior Jing's eyes. At the current rate, it will take at most another fifteen years for those eyes to regain their sight.
Orochimaru did not hide anything and explained his experimental results in detail, revealing his admiration for Wang Hao without any attempt to conceal it.
After this period of experimentation, most of the guesses and ideas left by Wang Hao have been verified to be correct, and that man's talent is truly admirable.
"Do I still have fifteen years?"
Danzō Shimura's voice turned cold, clearly indicating his dissatisfaction with the outcome.
Now that his best friend Hiruzen Sarutobi has become so powerful, he's completely passive. How can he possibly have fifteen years to wait?
Orochimaru shrugged and said nothing more. He was only responsible for research; other matters were not his concern.
He is currently quite interested in Shisui Uchiha, the grandson of Kagami Uchiha. According to the speculation left by Dan-kun, the possibility of Mangekyō Sharingan fusion between blood relatives is the highest.
He might be able to Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan with Shisui Uchiha!
With the added power of the First Hokage, it would be more than enough to challenge the legendary Rinnegan.
That's right, he had already taken some time to visit the Land of Rain and met that Red Hair brat who was being taught by his good friend Jiraiya. He hadn't realized at the time that the brat actually possessed the legendary power of the Rinnegan.
If he hadn't been wary of Madara Uchiha in the shadows, he almost wouldn't have been able to resist snatching it away.
Those eyes were absolutely perfect!
Wang Hao was unaware of the changes on Leaf's side. After confirming that Leaf would not organize a counterattack, he began to cultivate in seclusion.
After all, the sword energy he Hiruzen Sarutobi was quite Tyrannical Dao, and he was already quite surprised that the old guy could persist for two months.
That old guy is probably half-crippled now, so there's no way he could launch a counterattack against the Land of Iron, not to mention the four great ninja villages are watching them like hawks!
After confirming that there would be no immediate trouble, Wang Hao entrusted all matters concerning the Land of Iron to Mifune.
What he needs to do most now is to raise the cultivation level of his six basic attributes to the Sixth Tier limit, so that he can have the strongest strength.
At this moment, his Sword Dao cultivation has only reached the Sixth Tier, which is equivalent to High-Dan Swordmaster in the Naruto World. Everything else is stuck at the Fifth Tier or even lower.
Otherwise, with his potential being ten times stronger than other experts of the same level, how could he possibly be suppressed by Hiruzen Sarutobi on the battlefield?
While this was partly due to the fact that Chakra itself is an extremely powerful force originating from the world, and partly because he deliberately held back, it was undeniable that he was suppressed by that old guy.
Therefore, he needs to become stronger in order to carry out his next plan.
Moreover, the evolution of my Byakugan has encountered an unexpected problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible. It seems that I will have to wait a while before my Byakugan appears.
In addition, he also needs to learn the lineages of the New Sword Dao from the Land of Iron.
It's important to understand that these New Sword Dao are themselves derived from Ancient Sword Dao, and they still retain the legacy of their ancestors' Ancient Sword Dao.
Moreover, the New Sword Dao itself has many good aspects, which are exactly what Wang Hao needs.
Only by thoroughly understanding all the Sword Dao styles of the warriors of the Land of Iron can he create a perfect Body Refinement.
He would never allow the slightest mistake in this regard.
In other words, the powerful figures of the Ancient Sword Dao- wielding school did not cultivate Chakra, and their souls were not guided to the Netherworld by the Sage of Six Paths; instead, they naturally perished within this world.
Otherwise, he really wanted to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon these ancestors and obtain more Sword Dao inheritances, especially the true cultivation methods from ancient times.