Chapter 306: Back to the Land of Waves, Seeing Haku and Zabuza Again
The Senju bloodline brought Akiyama Makoto powerful physical fitness, chakra, and recovery ability, while the Uzumaki bloodline brought him powerful chakra, the Mind's Eye of Kagura, and physical healing.
These all belonged to inheriting the bloodline of the Sage Body, not the true Sage Body.
The true Sage Body was reflected in the mastery of chakra.
In the general sense, the mastery of chakra referred to the nature transformation and shape transformation of chakra.
Even the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken only referred to the fusion of extreme nature transformation and extreme shape transformation, belonging to the extreme of a single attribute chakra.
At this point, it was basically the limit of contemporary ninja.
There were very few ninja who could master the fusion of two chakra nature transformations, often needing to rely on the power in the bloodline, that is, Kekkei Genkai, to master it.
For example, Ice Style, Scorch Style, Boil Style, Lava Style, Magnet Style—and so on.
So what exactly is a Kekkei Genkai?
In the final analysis, it is the power hidden in the bloodline, and this power in the bloodline now seems to be inherited from the Sage of Six Paths.
As for the fusion of more than two types of chakra, such as three types of chakra nature transformation, the only known one so far is Ōnoki's Particle Style, whose power is enough to contend with Super Kage-level powerhouses.
And this jutsu doesn't require a Kekkei Genkai, relying purely on the ninja's comprehension and ability to use. In the original storyline, it seemed that Ōnoki didn't find a successor until his death.
So what exactly limits the ninja of this era from mastering higher-level power?
The answer is already on the horizon: thin bloodlines and degenerated chakra control ability.
And now that Makoto had atavized and mastered the Elementary Sage Body, it meant that he should have broken through the talent limit of ordinary people and should be able to try to control more chakra attributes.
Thinking of this, Makoto had a thought.
Clasping his hands together, countless tree roots moved under his feet, and the whole earth trembled. The next second, countless trees might gush out.
But Makoto stopped. Being very familiar with Wood Style, through the attempt just now, he understood that the power of his Wood Style had increased.
Obviously, the Wood Style talent was still low-level, but the power of Wood Style increased. Was this reasonable?
The answer was obviously reasonable, because Makoto covered the original talent with a higher-level talent.
It was like a ninja who couldn't use various elemental jutsu originally, after getting the Rinnegan, or reaching the Six Paths level, possessed the ability to use various chakras.
It was just that at that time for these ninja, directly using higher-level abilities was a reasonable means of combat, and they wouldn't go back to use low-level attribute chakra jutsu.
Makoto's current situation was the same.
Although he could use Wood Style, the attack power of Wood Style couldn't keep up.
As for whether to further improve the Wood Style talent, the answer was obviously yes.
Because improving the Sage Body talent was obviously much more difficult than improving a Wood Style talent. When Makoto upgraded Wood Style to high-level, he could consider raising the priority of improving the Sage Body talent.
So far, Makoto had tried out the main gains of this simulation.
As for the remaining two gains, one was subduing White Zetsu Old Eight, and the other was the Byakugan version of Susanoo, i.e., Pure Light Heavenly Armor. There was no need to try these two for the time being.
The former was because Makoto hadn't sampled and researched Shisui's Sharingan yet, and the latter was because researching this jutsu was useless for Makoto temporarily, and the people around him couldn't learn it, so there was no need to waste time.
What Makoto had to do next was to wrap up all the problems in Konoha, and then take Karin to the Land of Waves to solve the problems of the Hidden Mist Village.
As for whether to further improve the strength of others, Konoha no longer had a crisis, so it wouldn't be too late to do it after raising his full panel to 80.
So in the next few days, under Makoto's witness, Konoha and the Sand Village completed the signing of the agreement.
Gaara was also released, and he took the initiative to come to Makoto's house to express his gratitude.
Seeing that Gaara's eyes had become clear, Makoto didn't talk about the internal power struggle in the Sand Village anymore.
Anyway, there were only a few kittens left in the Sand Village now. After Makoto told Chiyo about Sasori of the Red Sand later, it would probably be Chiyo's time of death.
Makoto had no malice towards Chiyo, but he didn't like her either.
Chiyo wanted to know the intelligence of her grandson, and wanted to find her grandson to settle past grievances. These were the choices of an old ninja, and Makoto naturally wouldn't interfere.
"Thank you."
Watching the backs of Gaara, Kankurō, Chiyo, and the Sand Village envoys leaving, Temari looked at Makoto and revealed a brilliant smile.
At this point, the matter weighing on her heart was finally resolved, and she could happily live a new life.
Just thinking that from today on she would consider herself Makoto's wife, Temari's face couldn't help but turn red.
"I thought you would go back with him to settle him down. Aren't you worried that Gaara will be isolated by the villagers?"
Makoto looked at Temari curiously. Temari laughed out loud and said, "No matter how dangerous Gaara's situation in the Sand Village is, it won't be more serious than the suffering he has endured in the past."
"Without father—no, without Rasa, the root of suffering, and with your willingness to help, the Sand Village will only get better and better."
"Compared to me going back to help him, it's more appropriate for me to stay by your side as a bridge between Konoha and the Sand Village."
Speaking of this, the smile on Temari's face gradually turned into tenderness. She hugged Makoto's arm and said with a smile, "Please take care of me from today on—husband."
Obviously, Temari was ready to be picked by him.
However, a hand reached out from the embrace of the two, separated them vigorously, and said, "Makoto-kun, come to my office. I need to see you."
The person who said this was naturally Tsunade, who also came to see them off.
Originally, Tsunade didn't need to come to see them off, but she wanted to leave a approachable and good impression on Gaara.
Obviously, through understanding during this period, Tsunade also realized that after Gaara returned to the Sand Village, he would most likely become the pillar of the next generation of the Sand Village.
Then having a good relationship with Gaara meant that the friendship between Konoha and the Sand Village would last for decades, which was simply too important for Konoha to have a stable rear area.
Now that everything was over, Tsunade should also resolve another doubt in her heart.
In front of so many people, Makoto naturally wouldn't not give Tsunade face.
But it was different in Tsunade's office. Makoto sat in the Hokage's seat, and Tsunade sat on Makoto's lap.
"Little bastard, it's time to talk about us."
Makoto knew what Tsunade wanted to say, but didn't take the initiative to answer. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "You mean about us having a child?"
Tsunade blushed, glared at Makoto fiercely, and said, "I mean, what are you going to do next? You won't just write books every day and hang out with girls, right?"
"Come help me. I don't need you to do too many things. I'm content just seeing you every day."
Tsunade's hand stroked her stomach. Listening to the heartbeat of the True Spirit Seal before going to bed every night, she felt as if her temper had become more friendly.
Of course, this might not be an illusion.
Having entered menopause originally, now that she had regained her youth, she naturally became more likable.
"Okay, but what do you plan to hire me with?"
Makoto didn't refuse directly, but looked at Tsunade. "Do you remember the price offered by the Daimyō? In fact, I also received letters from Chiyo, the Cloud Village, and the Rock Village. Although none were sent by their Kage, they all intend to be friendly with me."
Makoto stated a reality that shocked Tsunade. Tsunade grabbed Makoto's collar and wanted to say "You're not allowed to go," but in the end, her hand dropped, and she looked at Makoto resentfully.
This time, Tsunade changed her style and said, "Isn't it good to stay by my side—can't I and so many girls in Konoha satisfy you?"
Tsunade originally wanted to say herself, but finally included the girls around Makoto.
Although Tsunade was really ashamed to serve Makoto with them, she couldn't drive away the people around Makoto, because they came to Makoto's side earlier than her.
Especially seeing Makoto enduring such huge temptations, she could only try hard to increase her bargaining chips.
"You also said that I can't really do anything here. And compared to being dragged down by daily trivia, don't you want to wait for my strength to go further?"
Tsunade was stunned and said, "Your strength has reached this level, and you still want to go further?"
"Of course. Why can't I surpass your grandfather and Madara Uchiha, and even step into the realm where the Sage of Six Paths originally stood?"
Tsunade looked at Makoto in shock, and then her eyes became a bit more relieved.
"I didn't know your life goal in the past. Thinking that you weren't even a Konoha ninja, I was worried that you would leave Konoha to serve other villages."
"But now—I'm relieved."
Tsunade laughed and said, "So you want to be the God of Shinobi. Then neither Konoha nor other villages can contain you, nor can the Land of Fire win you over."
"As long as you remember that there are so many women and girls who like you in Konoha, and your Akiyama family is here, that's enough."
Tsunade herself was open-minded, but she appeared a bit awkward because she had been in a state of pestering Makoto recently.
Now that Makoto raised his life goal, Tsunade's boldness naturally returned.
"It's best that you can understand me. Although I won't handle Konoha's trivial matters, you can contact me at any time if something happens."
Makoto gave the Flying Thunder God marked paper to Tsunade. As long as she tore it, Makoto could immediately sense that Tsunade was in danger.
But in fact, it wasn't necessary to be so troublesome, because through the Summoning Jutsu and Reverse Summoning Jutsu of Shikkotsu Forest, Tsunade could also summon Makoto at any time.
"Then I'll accept it. Also, I want to give you a gift."
Then Tsunade took out a huge scroll and said, "Come, write your name. This is the scroll for summoning Katsuyu."
Makoto had already experienced these in the simulation, so he naturally wouldn't feel unfamiliar now.
After completing the signing, Tsunade took Makoto to see Katsuyu.
Since Makoto had already learned Sage Mode, he wasn't in a hurry to learn from Katsuyu right now. Later, sending a shadow clone to communicate with her slowly would do.
Having done all this, the problems Makoto needed to solve in Konoha were basically all solved.
Then Makoto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to find the girls doing missions or different jobs one by one, told them his next movements, and asked them not to worry.
After everything was ready, the next day, Makoto took Temari and Karin to the Land of Waves.
At first, Temari and Karin's expressions were relatively calm.
But when they saw Zabuza and Haku, along with a ninja team of hundreds of people kneeling on one knee to salute Makoto, they looked at Makoto in disbelief.
When did Makoto already have such a large private force outside the village?
Makoto also looked at Zabuza and Haku in surprise and said, "It seems you are developing well. Why did the number increase so much in such a short time?"
Haku stood up and explained to Makoto with a smile that this was all because of Makoto.
Although Makoto's killing spree in the Konoha Crush plan was tried to be concealed by Konoha at first.
But as the Sand Village got intelligence, the news of a new Flash ninja in Konoha spread throughout the ninja world.
And when Haku recruited some wandering ninja, he used Makoto's name.
In this way, some ninja who admired the strong naturally came under Makoto's command, quickly giving the Land of Waves signs of a small ninja village.
Makoto frowned slightly and said, "Have their resumes been checked?"
"Reporting to my lord, Zabuza-sama has already tested them. Those with strange killing intent were rejected by us. The remaining people, even if they had bad records, shouldn't have killed too many people."
Makoto could only give Haku's answer a passing grade.
Because by Makoto's standards, he didn't want any ninja who had killed even one person indiscriminately.
Such people might not be many in the ninja world, and even fewer among wandering ninja.
But Makoto's standard was quality over quantity. He alone was enough to deter the entire ninja world and make everyone dare not covet the business of the Land of Waves.
It could only be said that Haku was a ninja from the Hidden Mist Village after all, and his thinking was also that of a tool, impossible to truly become a subordinate who connected with Makoto's heart.
Haku obviously realized this too, his face changed, and he was about to kneel down to apologize to Makoto.
But Makoto helped him up and said, "It's okay, you did very well. But next, I will conduct an assessment on them myself."
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