Truth-Seeking Orb, created by mastering the Yin-Yang Five Release Chakra nature transformation and shape transformation to the extreme, possesses power that surpasses Bloodline Limit and Bloodline Selection, but it does not belong to Bloodline Net.
At Training Ground Three, Orochimaru stood in the center of the lake, with her hands extended. Five Chakra nature transformations of Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water appeared one by one between her hands.
Orochimaru slowly brought her hands together, her left hand representing Yin Release Chakra, and her right hand representing Yang Release Chakra, merging the seven Chakra nature transformations of Yin-Yang and Five Release.
With Yin Release for shaping and Yang Release for stabilizing the form, the five Chakra nature transformations condensed within the Yin Release Chakra and Yang Release Chakra, slowly transforming into an extremely unstable ball of light.
What is this?
Orochimaru looked at the ball of light floating in the air.
This thing... it's not a Truth-Seeking Orb, is it?
The Truth-Seeking Orb in Orochimaru's memory was pitch black, and this one was clearly a failure, and one that was about to explode.
The ball of light vibrated, emitting a strange buzzing sound, erupting with dazzling light, distorting its shape and becoming increasingly irregular, as if it were about to burst from within! It emitted a terrifying aura of destruction!
Oh no!
Orochimaru's expression changed drastically, and she used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.
Boom—!
The moment Orochimaru left, the ball of light exploded, and the light spread in all directions.
After the light disappeared, the entire lake was greatly expanded, most of the water in the lake had vanished, and traces of the impact were left on the surrounding ground and trees.
Did I just create a super bomb?
Orochimaru looked at the perfectly good lake that had been blasted into this state by the ball of light she had created. It was a ball of light smaller than a ping-pong ball, and she hadn't dared to use too much Chakra.
Even so, the power unleashed by the mutual generation and overcoming of the seven Chakra nature transformations was still terrifying.
The unfortunate thing was that such an unstable Jutsu could not be used in combat; one wrong move and it could easily lead to suicide.
"Orochimaru, are you testing a new Ninjutsu?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi rushed over and saw the greatly expanded lake and the largely vanished lake water, looking at the unharmed Orochimaru.
Orochimaru pointed to the lake beside them and said, "Hiruzen-sensei, I was trying to merge multiple Chakra nature transformations, and the result, as you can see."
"Merging nature transformations?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils suddenly contracted. He truly hadn't expected Orochimaru to be attempting such a dangerous experiment, and he said sternly, "Orochimaru, Ninja who can merge multiple Chakra nature transformations do so because of their Bloodline Limit. Without a Bloodline Limit, you cannot merge Chakra nature transformations. Doing so can easily harm yourself."
If merging Chakra nature transformations were that simple, he, Hiruzen Sarutobi, would have long been a Ninja who mastered multiple Bloodline Limits.
"Hiruzen-sensei, you are also a Ninja with all Chakra nature transformations. Have you ever secretly tried it?"
Orochimaru thought of the Five Release: Great Consecutive Shots Technique that Hiruzen Sarutobi used in the original story. That Jutsu, which required four Shadow Clones to use, was a product of desperation after attempting to merge Chakra nature transformations.
"Cough, cough..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi faced Orochimaru's clear, inquisitive golden eyes. He wanted to say that he would never do such a dangerous thing, but the words changed when they reached his lips.
"I, I certainly tried it. I was even scolded by Tobirama-sama back then, which shows how dangerous it was. You! Don't do that again in the future!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes held a hint of reminiscence as he reached out and patted Orochimaru's head.
"I understand, Hiruzen-sensei."
Orochimaru agreed verbally, but in her heart, she was thinking, wouldn't it be fine if her next test wasn't in Konoha?
Alas!
If Hiruzen-sensei didn't see it, it meant she hadn't done it!
Orochimaru believed this failure was due to her insufficient mastery of the seven Chakra nature transformations of Yin-Yang and Five Release. She decided to continue training her Chakra nature transformations, and once her mastery improved further, she would try again.
If the Truth-Seeking Orb were truly that easy to create, it wouldn't have gone so many years without anyone recreating it since the Six Paths Sage.
The Six Paths Sage and Otsutsuki Hamura were legends.
No, they were already figures of myth.
In the original story, Uzumaki Naruto was able to use the Truth-Seeking Orb in the end because of a power-up given by the Six Paths Sage.
Ōtsutsuki Toneri created his through the Tenseigan, but the descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo on the moon had all dug out their Byakugan and fused them into a single, enormous golden Tenseigan.
Ōtsutsuki Toneri's Tenseigan was still made by digging out Hyuga Hanabi's Byakugan.
This child doesn't look like she's given up at all... Hiruzen Sarutobi saw that Orochimaru hadn't given up. He knew very well that Orochimaru was a child with strong opinions, and it would be impossible to make her give up with just a few words. If she were that easily persuaded, she wouldn't have so many research achievements.
"Orochimaru, you have a long road ahead of you. There's no need to rush."
Hiruzen Sarutobi also didn't plan to continue persuading her. Orochimaru, who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, shouldn't be easily injured.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi left, Orochimaru didn't continue trying to merge Chakra nature transformations. She had originally planned to create a Truth-Seeking Orb, even one the size of a fingernail, and throw it near Madara Uchiha's house to give that immortal old geezer a shock.
Unfortunately, this idea couldn't be realized in the short term. By the time she could achieve it, Madara Uchiha might already be a corpse.
What do you mean, the weapons you developed are useless for peace?
What do you, an old geezer who's been played by Black Zetsu, know!
As soon as Orochimaru thought of Madara Uchiha's words, her small face flushed with anger, wishing she could throw a bunch of Chakra Bombs near the Mountain Graveyard and detonate them.
Orochimaru took a deep breath. She guessed that Madara Uchiha probably hadn't awakened his Rinnegan yet. She remembered that Madara Uchiha awakened his Rinnegan when he was close to dying of old age. Given Madara Uchiha's current skill, he should still live for some time, and after awakening his Rinnegan, he would rely on the Gedo Statue for sustenance.
Orochimaru suddenly remembered something she had forgotten: she hadn't delivered the manuscript she promised Uzumaki Chigusa.
The manuscript Uzumaki Chigusa wanted wasn't just one or two copies, but the manuscript for every new book Orochimaru released.
To prevent Grandma Mito from finding out about her writing adult novels, Orochimaru could only accept it.
Land of Whirlpools, Uzushiogakure.
Whoosh—!
Orochimaru appeared in Uzumaki Chigusa's home.
"I thought you had forgotten our agreement."
Uzumaki Chigusa sensed someone arriving and subconsciously hid the book in her hand behind her back. When she realized it was Orochimaru, she took the book out again and openly read it in front of her.
"As the Chief of the Uzumaki Clan, is this really okay?"
Orochimaru placed the manuscript on the table, looking speechlessly at Uzumaki Chigusa, who didn't even bother to hide her adult novel.
"You can write forbidden books, and I can't read them?"
Uzumaki Chigusa retorted, her red eyes narrowing with a smile.
"Of course, Chief Chigusa, you can read them. I just wonder what would happen if Naino found out?"
Orochimaru placed her hand on the manuscript, tapping her finger. Given Uzumaki Naino's personality, if she discovered her respected Chief reading adult novels, who knows what interesting things might happen.
"Then I'll just commit suicide. Before I die, I'll give my suicide note to Lady Mito,"
Uzumaki Chigusa blinked, looking pointedly at Orochimaru, "Lady Mito will definitely avenge me, won't she?"
"Don't drag Grandma Mito into everything, okay? You terrible adult who reads terrible things!"
Orochimaru looked at Uzumaki Chigusa with disgust. She had never seen an adult more terrible than Uzumaki Chigusa.
"Thank you for the compliment!"
Uzumaki Chigusa closed the book in her hand, picked up the manuscript Orochimaru had brought, and hugged it to her chest like a treasure.
"I wasn't complimenting you..."
Orochimaru looked at the manuscript clutched in Uzumaki Chigusa's arms with mixed feelings.
Uzumaki Chigusa stood up and walked towards the inner room, then paused and said, "I heard you like to research things. I recently got a strange gadget. Are you interested, Orochimaru?"
"Let me see."
Orochimaru pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting for Uzumaki Chigusa to bring the strange gadget.
"What is this?"
Orochimaru looked at the object Uzumaki Chigusa was holding. Its shape resembled a kite, with handles at the wings and footrests at the tail. There were also buckle straps to secure it to the body, which reminded her of a wingsuit.
"I'm not entirely sure either." Uzumaki Chigusa placed the item on the table. "Naino found it floating on the sea. It drifted to Land of Whirlpools from somewhere unknown."
"This should be a flying device."
Orochimaru tried to pick up the flying device with one hand and found that its texture was very light. The weight was concentrated in the center, on a circular device on the outside of the flying device, which had a wing-like symbol.
"Chigusa, look at this symbol. It looks very much like the symbol of a certain Ninja Village."
Orochimaru had no impression of this Ninja Village at all.
"Could it be..."
Uzumaki Chigusa's expression became serious.
"Could it be?"
Orochimaru looked at Uzumaki Chigusa expectantly, thinking she knew which Ninja Village it was.
"Is it targeting Land of Whirlpools?"
Uzumaki Chigusa considered whether to ask Konoha for help.
"You're thinking too much. It shouldn't be targeting Land of Whirlpools."
Orochimaru pointed at the cut on the left wing of the flying device, clearly made by a sharp blade. "This clearly shows it went through a battle, and the battle happened at sea, otherwise it wouldn't have drifted over from the sea."
Orochimaru studied the flying device and quickly understood its principle. He tried injecting Chakra into it, and air currents sprayed out from its wings and tail.
Orochimaru let go, and the flying device flew up, but without Chakra as an energy source, it quickly fell down.
"Chigusa, you don't mind if I take this thing apart, do you?"
Orochimaru's hands were itching to disassemble the flying device, but he still needed Uzumaki Chigusa's permission before doing so.
Perhaps it was because her Shadow Clone, sent to the home appliance factory, had to disassemble many home appliances for research every day. Influenced by those memories, seeing the flying device made him want to take it apart and study it.
"Please."
Uzumaki Chigusa smiled when she heard Orochimaru's address to her and made a gesture of invitation.
"There's a Transformation Formula in here, which should be a formula used to convert Chakra into Wind Release Chakra. This is the core technology of this flying device, and also its most valuable part. Other than that, this flying device has no value whatsoever."
Orochimaru quickly disassembled the flying device into parts, thoroughly studied it, and noted down the Transformation Formula inside the flying device.
This kind of Transformation Formula might be useful in the future.
It's not impossible to develop different Transformation Formulas based on this Transformation Formula.
What's rather regrettable is that the technology on the flying device uses wind power for flight, so it cannot be used to manufacture missiles.
The most valuable part is the Transformation Formula.
"Here, this is yours."
Orochimaru recorded the Transformation Formula and handed it to Uzumaki Chigusa, who was watching intently from the side.
Uzumaki Chigusa looked at the Transformation Formula in her hand and sincerely praised, "Orochimaru, you're really amazing!"
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, it would be hard to believe that Orochimaru, seeing the flying device for the first time, could disassemble it into parts and thoroughly understand it.
"Don't you know who I am?"
Orochimaru stood with one hand on his hip, a hint of pride on his face.
The technological content of a flying device of this level is too low!
Looking at Orochimaru's cute appearance, Uzumaki Chigusa couldn't help but kiss her cheek.
Orochimaru's eyes widened, and he reached out to push Uzumaki Chigusa, but she dodged him.
"Missed~!"
Uzumaki Chigusa made a face at Orochimaru.
What a terrible person!
Orochimaru's pale white face flushed red. He pointed at Uzumaki Chigusa and strongly condemned, "Hey! You terrible adult, watch your behavior!"
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