Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
The Shinobi World is like a chessboard that has been overturned, bursting with vitality yet harboring hidden turmoil.
Hoshino harmonized the four energies in his body with 'Qi', and a faint light gradually appeared in the empty eye sockets under his gray hair, but he was always restrained by the Jashin mark between his eyebrows.
Shion, having combined the power of a priestess and Moryo, possesses strength Super Kage Level, and her every move is imbued with the rhythm of Natural Energy.
The power structure of the Shinobi World was thus dramatically restructured.
With the ninja forces gaining complete control, the Shinobi Alliance, like Giant Whale the sea, brought the administrative power of various countries under its wing, while daimyo and nobles retreated to the background.
The Otogakure has introduced synthetic food, which is inexpensive, harmless, and provides essential nutrients, but the taste is just average.
But for ordinary people who often go hungry, this is undoubtedly a blessing.
A preliminary Resurrection Plan has been drafted.
They established a brand-new research institute, incorporating all currently known resurrection techniques in the Shinobi World, and supplemented it with the Rinnegan's Rinnegan Rinne Rebirth, attempting to truly break the boundary between life and death.
The basic framework for the intelligent puppets has been established, and production has already begun.
The project is led by the Reform Society's prosthetic technology, combined with the biotechnology of the Otogakure and the Sealing Jutsu of Konoha. The three technologies are then connected to the Shinobi Alliance Network.
While ensuring combat effectiveness, it enabled real-time data sharing and collaborative operations among the puppet groups.
Meanwhile, thousands of basic schools sprang up from the ruins and plains, their white buildings scattered like chess pieces across the Shinobi World.
Ordinary people aged five to twenty-five must enter the education system and study for at least five years.
It is not mandatory for those over 25 years of age.
Above the basic school are Ninja Academy, prosthetic academies, biology academies, and so on, modeled after the Reform Society's education system, covering most of the current fields.
In the future, knowledge will be the primary productive force and will also enhance the war potential of the Shinobi World.
Most importantly, Hoshino broke down the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements into three parts and distributed them. The first part went to the Basic Academy to select those with talent in weapon crafting.
You can directly enter the Qi Refining Academy to study the latter two parts.
According to incomplete statistics, an average student needs to go through five years of basic education and three years of vocational college, starting from the age of five when they enter a primary school, which is eight years in total.
Those with talent will go on to higher education institutions for further studies, which will last at least five years.
From the very beginning, the Shinobi Alliance opposed such a long period of education.
The Shinobi World has only existed for less than three years. Now, it takes ordinary people eight years to learn, and even geniuses need thirteen years to learn.
Such long-term training is an extreme luxury under the shadow of war and is completely unnecessary.
However, Hoshino overruled the objections and made the decision, arguing that with the advent of intelligent puppets, the Shinobi World no longer needed such hastily produced cannon fodder.
What we need to do is put them in the right positions and cultivate true strong individuals.
Taking this opportunity, three mainstream career paths emerged and were promoted throughout the entire Shinobi World.
Ninjas adhere to the traditional Chakra system, with Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu as their core competitive advantages.
Cybernetic ninjas are ninjas who have transformed themselves into skilled warriors. They utilize cybernetic technology to enhance their combat capabilities by modifying their physical bodies and implanting chips.
Modifiers are provided to people who have absolutely no ninja talent and focus on mechanical prosthetic technology.
The ninja route is the most difficult.
It requires talent, and one must also persist in long-term training to maintain combat effectiveness.
The intelligent puppets launched by the Shinobi Alliance are generally at the Elite Jonin, and even the worst ones are Jonin.
Compare cybernetic ninjas and cyborgs.
As long as the Shinobi Alliance grants you high-level permission, they can even directly upgrade you to Kage Level, truly a meteoric rise.
In this situation, not only ordinary ninjas who adhered to the ninja way, but even those genius ninjas became confused.
Is there still a need for traditional ninjas?
"You're awake. How are you feeling?"
Hoshino sensed that the surging energy within Shion's body had stabilized, and knew that the fusion between the priestess and the Moryo had been successful.
"It's like waking from a thousand-year-old dream; the core of the Moryo... is no longer a burden."
Shion opened her eyes, looked up at Hoshino, and smiled.
Hoshino nodded slightly and said calmly, "In that case, do me a favor and guard the Dragon Vein for a period of time until I return."
Shion's smile vanished abruptly, and she immediately understood what the other person was thinking.
"You're going to the new world the Dragon Vein mentioned, right?"
This was no secret among the higher-ups; many knew it, and the shrine maiden, who had briefly been intimate with Hoshino, naturally knew it as well.
To be honest, she didn't want Hoshino to go.
A world completely different from the Shinobi World, with too much uncertainty; just thinking about it gives me a sense of unknown horror.
It could be an opportunity, but it's more likely to be an abyss that devours everything.
This is especially true for someone whose body is still bound by the Power of Jashin.
Hoshino seemed to have read Shion's mind.
"No need to worry, the Shinobi Alliance will Impure World Reincarnation the reanimated Uzumaki ninja who participated in the development of the ' Reaper Death Seal ' to find a way to restrain the Jashin."
"My trip to that world was merely a two-pronged approach, and also to verify a suspicion I had in my heart."
Shion remained silent for a long time, her eyelashes casting dappled shadows beneath her eyelids.
She knew what Hoshino was guessing, but ultimately didn't say it aloud; asking now would only add to his burden.
Whether for those about to embark on a long journey, or for this crumbling world.
"I'll wait for you to come back, Hoshino."
Hoshino didn't speak, but simply nodded calmly. His body began to decompose like quicksand, turning into thousands of golden light spots that dissipated.
Late at night in Deliberation City.
Grandma Chiyo sat in a rattan chair in her temporary residence, gazing at the pattering rain outside the window, a patterned blanket covering her knees.
After the Shinobi Alliance proposed the Resurrection Plan, she joined the research institute using her still-imperfect One's Own Life Reincarnation.
As for the purpose, it was nothing more than the last obsession of an old man in his twilight years with 'perfection'.
But once I have some free time, I can't help but start reminiscing about the past.
Two photos caught my eye on the bedside table.
One is a faded family photo, with baby Scorpion held in the middle by his parents, and behind him is his Grandma Chiyo, Chiyo, with a gentle smile on her lips.
Sunlight streamed through the windows of the puppet workshop, weaving golden squares on the floor.
Only Scorpion frowned, his chubby little hands clutching his father's collar, as if he was a little unhappy about being held, but he still obediently stayed in his parents' arms, with a hint of ignorant stubbornness in his eyes.
Another photo, with faded corners, shows four-year-old Hoshino being held on Grandma Chiyo's lap.
The boy had bright eyes that seemed to hold stars in the desert, and his lips were covered with sawdust from somewhere.
Grandma Chiyo's face showed a hint of worry, but she still managed a weak smile, as if she wanted to use this meager warmth to create a small haven for the child.