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Chapter 92: The Hidden Mist Village Population Revitalization Plan, a Preliminary Attempt at Soul Experiments

With the approval of the daimyo, it was basically a foregone conclusion that Ye would become the Fourth Mizukage. The ministers from the Land of Water also began to spread the title of the Fourth Mizukage and at the same time began to select an auspicious day to prepare for Ye's succession celebration.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Ye. He has more important things to do now.

For example, rebuilding the Hidden Mist Village, formulating new policies, planning various things in the village, understanding the secrets of successive Mizukages, the various top-secret policies and plans of the Hidden Mist, etc.

This is undoubtedly a huge task, and it is something that Ye needs to do and execute bit by bit.

"It contains our Kirigakure's out-of-print collection of books, forbidden techniques, forbidden techniques, etc., as well as the top-secret layouts and plans of successive Mizukages, some secrets of the major ninja clans, and intelligence information from the outside world..."

The Third Mizukage brought Ye to the secret information library in the basement of the Mizukage building, picked up a scroll and said, "Of course, it's a bit ridiculous to say it's top secret. After all, even I'm controlled. I'm afraid everything in here has already been read by others."

"However, it is still very helpful for you to understand and control the overall situation of Kirigakure."

"Indeed, history is a mirror that can help us understand the rise and fall of nations. These things are indeed a treasure to me."

"Water Body Technique!"

Ye nodded, formed seals with his hands, summoned several water clones, and began to look through the scrolls.

Seeing Ye's impolite look, the Third Mizukage smiled and shook his head: "It's good to use water clones to remember things, but it's too much information at once. Be careful not to put too much pressure on your mind... Forget it, with your strength, my words seem meaningless."

"There are still some human experiments in the village. Bloodlines are researching these things. You already knew about them when you were an Anbu. The specific information is also in there, but you need to use a more advanced hand seal to see it."

"Oh, no problem."

The water clones diligently began to study in the secret room information library, while the Third Mizukage took Ye and walked to other places: "... To be honest, I am very curious, Ye, what will be your next step?"

"Announce the emergence of a new Kirigakure to the ninja world? Or seek greater benefits in a battlefield that is still in chaos and has not yet ended?"

"neither."

Ye shook his head: "To seek profits or something, I must do it, but for the development of the village, there is only one most important thing I have to do next, and that is... to increase the population!"

"I don't care what means I use, nor do I care about the emotions, love and hate of the men and women in the village. As long as I can increase the population to the maximum extent, that's what I will do!"

"Population..."

The Third Mizukage murmured, a hint of shame and self-blame in his eyes. This was obviously his responsibility.

"Some time ago, I looked at the actual number of people still alive in our Kirigakure Village. Including the upper, middle and lower level ninjas, there are only about 500 ninjas left in the entire village. Among these 500 ninjas, most are combat ninjas. There are even fewer intelligence ninjas, think tank ninjas, and medical ninjas. You can count them on one hand!"

"Moreover, not only is the number of ninjas pitifully small, but even the civilians living in the village, there are only more than 10,000 people registered now... To be honest, this is terrifying. Not to mention those small ninja villages in the ninja world, even a more prosperous town may have more than these people!"

Night tells the sad data that makes the Third Mizukage feel ashamed.
"Population is the foundation of all future development. If we want to develop, we must increase the population. Only when we have enough people can we talk about other things!"

"The village...has it actually become so dilapidated?"

The Third Mizukage murmured, bowing deeply to Ye: "I'm sorry, Fourth Hokage, for causing you so much trouble!"

"Look, this is the attitude a normal Kage would show. When you were controlled by the illusion, and the whole village was in this situation, you actually let me lead Kirigakure to continue fighting on the front line. That's why I can tell at a glance that you are not... the strange chakra in your brain."

Ye shrugged: "Of course, next we just need to wait for Konoha to negotiate peace, and transfer all the compensation to the construction and development of the village. We should proceed steadily and step by step, that's enough!"

"But if that's the case, why do you still treat Minato Namikaze like that?"

The Third Mizukage was a little confused: "Are you really not afraid that Konoha will be destroyed by us?"

"Everyone is a Sandaime who cherishes their lives, not to mention Konoha is such a big family. If they fight to the death with us, they will be the ones who suffer." Ye smiled and shook his head: "They have fought with Iwagakure to that extent. There is no other choice except to negotiate with us. In this case, I naturally have to take a fierce attitude to seek the greatest benefit for the village."

"You really are the most suitable person to be the shadow, Ye..."

"Master Ye!"

Seeing Yumi suddenly appear, Ye paused slightly and waved to the Third Mizukage: "Excuse me, Third Hokage."

"Ah, go do what you have to do!"

The Third Mizukage waved his hand, Ye smiled indifferently, and he and Yumi disappeared in front of him in an instant.

The next moment, the two figures appeared in a dark underground place.

"How's it going, Yumi, are all the things ready?"

"Yes, Lord Ye, we have set up a new laboratory next to the bloodline laboratory that was originally located in the southeast corner of the Anbu base. The experimental equipment there will be more sufficient, and it will be more convenient to move it directly over."

"well done!"

Ye used a unique spell to open the invisible barrier in front of him, and then pushed open the door in front of him.

In an instant, a world full of bottles, jars and various organ specimens appeared in Ye's eyes, and there were two figures exactly like Yumei, processing something in it.

Don't get me wrong, that is certainly not a clone, but a water clone.

The effect of the water clone is almost the same as that of the shadow clone. The only disadvantage is that it has higher requirements for the environment. Secondly, it is more fragile. The strength limit is not as great as that of the shadow clone, and it can be transformed freely by infusing chakra.

However, in other aspects, there is not much difference between the two clone techniques. In addition, the humidity in the Hidden Mist Village is heavy, and the water clone will not dissipate easily, so it can be said to be quite practical.

"The 'Soul Technology' and 'Artificial Corpse Technology' you gave me are the most exquisite and ingenious technologies I have ever seen. They remove the chakra and analyze and study the human body and soul separately... This is definitely the crystallization of the wisdom of countless geniuses!"

Yumei brought Ye to a laboratory table, where a clone, Yumei, was working in front of two huge nutrient tanks. Inside the two tanks, two curled up human figures had their eyes closed. They looked like adults, but they were like toddlers, silently absorbing nutrients.

The most important thing is that these two human figures are exactly the same!

"In order to ensure the stability of the experiment, I did not choose a bloodline family. This is a flesh clone of a Jounin from the Momochi clan... No, it should be described as making an artificial body, which is more appropriate."

"With the technical support provided by you, Lord Ye, I successfully created a one-to-one artificial body based on the flesh and blood cells of the Momochiji ninja. The two artificial bodies were respectively made of chakra and natural energy." "As you can see, both artificial bodies were cultivated very perfectly, but in terms of data, the body cultivated by natural energy is a little stronger. But because the soul experiment has not been carried out yet, it is not certain whether the artificial body fused with chakra is more in line with the soul, or the artificial body fused with natural energy is more in line with it."

Ye nodded with satisfaction.

After handing over the two technologies to Yumi, he specifically instructed her to figure out the connection between chakra, natural energy, and flesh and blood power, so he asked Yumi to make more comparisons when doing experiments.

Obviously, Yumei took his words to heart and the experiment was very successful!

"Secondly, it is the soul experiment."

Yumei led Ye to continue walking inside, and soon, Ye saw a light blue glass bottle.

No, that is not light blue, but a transparent glass bottle, which is affected by the substance in the bottle and emits a light blue glow!

The most important thing is that Ye felt a power that he was very familiar with from the light blue light.

Spiritual power!

"Is the soul able to exist stably in the world? What stage have you reached?" Ye asked impatiently with excitement flashing in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Lord Ye. With the help of the technical information you provided, I have successfully conducted several soul experiments and allowed the soul to remain in the world, but I cannot make it resonate with any body."

Yumi shook her head and said, "It seems like there is no connection between the two, but this soul is definitely Momochijiren's."

"No connection?" Ye frowned slightly.

"Yes, I initially suspected that it was a problem with the artificial body. I also created an artificial body that combined chakra and natural energy. However, during the creation process, that artificial body had obvious deformations, and it did not resonate with the soul at all, so I simply gave up on that artificial body."

"After many experiments, I found that simply possessing a 'body' and a 'soul' is not enough to complete the fusion of the two. A 'lubricant' is also needed."

"Lubricant..." Ye murmured, "The 'self' among the four powers."

"should be."

Yumi nodded: "In ancient legends, people can rely on meditation to contact the power of heaven and earth. In modern times, when our self-awareness is strong enough, we can indeed affect natural energy to a certain extent, and even control chakra!"

"However, how to stimulate this self-power is the problem I am facing now."

"I used a specific experimental method to materialize his soul, but even after it was materialized, I was unable to stimulate the power of the self hidden within it..."

"To stimulate my own power?"

Ye murmured, looking at the pale blue soul trapped in the glass, and suddenly said, "Let me give it a try."

Ye took a step forward, and in front of Yumei's surprised eyes, he pulled out the Bingrinmaru from his waist and slowly closed his eyes.

The expected cold air did not come. On the contrary, Yumei even felt that the chakra in Ye's body was suppressed to the extreme, even as if it was sealed. But then, an invisible terrifying force suddenly emerged from Ye's body!

"Pfft!"

In just a moment, Yumei felt dizzy and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, but I don't normally use this power. At most I use it to stimulate chakra."

The power called spiritual force covered his entire body, making the night at this moment look as if it was filled with a layer of invisible light.

Because of the particularity of this world, all souls are stored in the Yellow Spring Pure Land, so that apart from eating cards (using the 'Spiritual Power Training Card' opened from the mysterious gift box), Ye can no longer find a second way to cultivate his soul.

I can’t absorb any spirit particles at all!

This also resulted in that even after more than ten years, Ye's soul strength was still not much higher than that of ordinary people (he couldn't afford gift boxes without points, and the explosion rate was not high), so in daily battles, Ye had always been using chakra to fight, and at most used spiritual power to charge the chakra and avoid illusions.

Not to mention the domineering aura that can be used to directly use spiritual pressure to crush people. There is no such condition at all!

The palm covered with spiritual pressure slowly broke through the glass protection layer and fell on the light blue soul body. The contact between Ye's spiritual power and the soul body was only for a moment. The light blue soul body seemed to be stimulated by something and began to tremble constantly.

Seeing this scene, Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, and a hint of joy appeared on Yumei's face.

Soon, the soul body began to tremble more and more violently, and its entire shape began to change along with the trembling, gradually changing from an irregular ball to a human form.

It was as if the data stored in the USB flash drive was being read out.

After a moment, a figure that was 90% similar to the person in the nutrient tank slowly floated in front of Ye. He looked exactly like the Momochiji Ninja!

"What exactly is this..."

As if he had opened his eyes from a dream, the soul of the Momochiji ninja showed a slightly confused look, especially when he saw the dark environment around him and Ye's figure, the doubt on his face became more and more intense.

"You are... the genius of the Anbu, Mizunotsuki..."

Before he finished speaking, the soul body of Momochiji ninja suddenly shattered, like a drop of water hitting the ground, and instantly shattered into countless tiny spiritual particles.

Most of the soul was directly pulled by an invisible force and flew towards the sky, and then disappeared directly between heaven and earth. Only a small part merged into Ye's body.

"Master Ye, this!"

"Ah, failed."

This guy's soul is shattered!

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　Thanks to General Sun Yuanliang for the reward, thanks to big brother! More chapters! More chapters for sure!
　　
　
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