Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Tsunade became more and more confused as she spoke.

"Tell me carefully."

"If we don't count Kai, their physical skills are even better."

She didn't ask the question directly when the three generations were face to face.

Chiba smiled and said, "Why not?"

They instinctively felt that things weren't going well, but when asked "why not?", none of them could answer.

"Evil God Chakra?"

Where did Chiba get his culture medium and jars?

but.

It's just a different perspective now.

Chiba noticed her gaze and nodded in tacit agreement.

"If we understand it roughly, can it be seen as a kind of Sage Chakra? There were many schools of natural energy back then, and different methods would produce different results and Sage techniques."

Theirs are more domineering and have a more terrifying destructive power on the body.

Nine-Tails was the first to give up thinking and looked at the villagers outside the window, completely lost in thought.

Tsunade leaned closer.

Tsunade was very curious—

but.

Is Hidan also a type?

just.

The third generation frowned. "What kind of thing is it?"

"You should have done some research first, right?"

Also.

The two humans and the beast thought about it for a long time.

Chiba said.

"I've done some research. The evil god's special chakra and physique, drug modification, and three different factors combined to create his existence."

The Hidden Cloud Village did the same thing back then, and they were even caught red-handed, but in the end, Konoha lost Hyuga Hizashi.

Chiba pondered for a moment and replied, "This is what I'm thinking: we'll contribute research theories on medicine and life sciences, and they can contribute ideas on physical techniques. We can exchange our research findings with each other."

Not only that, the Hidden Cloud Village has gained benefits, but they have no evidence regarding the Tailed Beasts. It wouldn't be good to just seize them and leave them with nothing. They'll probably agree to this cooperation.

and.

Tsunade and the Third Hokage were stumped by the question.

Tsunade thought of Kimimaro and Anko, both of whom had cursed seals, which Chiba said were a kind of existence similar to Sage Chakra.

"Let's put that aside for now. That immortal guy is supposed to be 'jointly developing' something? How are we supposed to develop it? Are we going to call over the Hidden Cloud Village to study his body together?"

Nine-Tails couldn't help but want to mock.

Chiba had a small guess, but couldn't bring himself to say it—

He suspected that the state of the evil god was similar to that of Orochimaru and the Sage of Six Paths.

He lived and survived in the form of chakra, existing between life and death, but his methods were far more insane than those of Orochimaru and the Sage of Six Paths.

no doubt.

The so-called evil god is already a madman, and it's hard to say whether he has a complete consciousness or not; his strength is probably just so-so.

Ancient existences are not necessarily powerful.

They may just be pitiful creatures barely clinging to life.

"What about Hidan?"

The Third Hokage didn't quite understand, so he simply stopped trying to figure it out and left it to Chiba and Tsunade to decide.

"That's it for now."

Tsunade rested her chin on her hand.

She looked at Chiba, then at Sandai, and couldn't help but frown.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was a cunning old fox, so he could easily see Tsunade's disdain. He couldn't help but twitch his lips, then stood up and said, "Alright, you guys can continue chatting if you have something to say. This old man won't worry about these things."

"Okay, go and rest."

Tsunade nodded repeatedly.

After the Third Hokage left, Tsunade raised an eyebrow, looked at Kurama, and said, "Chiba, take it out. I have something to talk to you about."

"it is good."

Chiba created a shadow clone and took the Nine-Tails clone out of the office.

Only he and Tsunade remained in the office.

Tsunade said with a serious expression, "Chiba, have you found Orochimaru's base?"

"Correct."

Chiba smiled slightly. "The main purpose of this trip is to deal with Orochimaru's base."

Tsunade remained silent for a few seconds.

Then, she sighed softly, "What's going on? Did he kill a lot of people?"

"Yes, his experiments were extremely brutal. When he reached a bottleneck in his deductions, he would resort to human experimentation. The Third Generation Lord should have killed him back then."

Chiba's expression was serious.

Tsunade sighed, "The old man used to like Orochimaru the most. He definitely wanted to give Orochimaru a chance, but Orochimaru..."

She said she couldn't continue.

In any case, Orochimaru and she were once comrades-in-arms, and Nawaki was his disciple.

When Nawaki died, Orochimaru was also very sad.

For this reason alone, Tsunade couldn't continue.

just.

She knew Orochimaru was wrong.

Tsunade remained silent for a few seconds.

Finally, she asked, "Where has Orochimaru been all these years?"

"Guess."

"..."

Tsunade leaned against the table, deep in thought.

It's definitely not a large country.

If it were a large country, it would have been discovered by the local ninja village long ago.

"Kawa no Kuni?"

"There is a base in the Land of Rivers, and Orochimaru's cursed seal originated from the Land of Rivers."

Chiba said, "He is a celestial being."

"Immortal Body!"

Tsunade stared in surprise.

The previous immortal body...

But her grandfather was Hashirama Senju!

"His immortal body is quite different from that of the first generation. To be precise, it should be called an immortal technique physique, which allows him to absorb, accumulate, and transform natural energy innately."

"That's really impressive!"

Tsunade was still very surprised.

She has recently come to deeply feel the power of Sage Chakra.

With the same amount of chakra, Sage Mode is more powerful than regular chakra, and the parasitic insects cultivated from Sage Mode chakra are all incredibly powerful.

The key is……

This thing has a very high barrier to entry.

She's been researching this for a while now, but she can't sense the "natural energy" that Chiba, Kakashi, and the others are talking about.

If even I am like this, one can only imagine how ordinary people are.

Tsunade was still in awe when Chiba told her about Jugo's condition. After hearing it, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him.

Uncontrollable forces are also poison.

Just like the chakra of a tailed beast.

"Should we bring them back to Konoha?"

"Let's forget it. The situation is too complicated. If he comes over, he might be affected instead. I'm using parasitic insects to suppress him for now, and he can barely keep his emotions in check."

Chiba replied.

Tsunade nodded.

She sensed her surroundings and, after confirming that no one was around, leaned closer and lowered her voice.

"Just keep that in mind. If you need help, we can talk about it privately."

Tsunade knew that Chiba was definitely hiding something; given the kid's personality, it would be a miracle if he honestly revealed everything.

but.