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Chapter 203 Temari, Modification Complete! (Please Subscribe and Vote)

Silent all night.

The next morning, after a simple breakfast of soldier's rations, Hoshino Hideichi and his group set off again, heading towards Sunagakure as quickly as possible after entering the Land of Wind.

The journey was rather dull, filled with sandstorms, and nobody liked it.

Shukaku was thrilled, but he wasn't human.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened along the way, and the group finally arrived at Sunagakure before sunset.

Compared to Iwagakure, they were much more polite to their ally, Sunagakure, and even though they had been enemies, they still warmly welcomed Hoshinobi Shuichi and his companions.

After washing up, Hoshino Shuichi, who was about to take Asuka for a stroll around Sunagakure, heard someone talking to Uchiha Shisui outside and immediately went out.

"Shisui, who is this?"

Hoshino Hideichi asked.

The newcomer was a young man who bowed before Uchiha Shisui could speak, saying, "Lord Shuichi, I am Yashamaru, and I have come on behalf of the Kazekage to invite you all to dinner."

Yashamaru?

Gaara's uncle?

Wait, isn't Temari born?

Hoshino Shuichi's thoughts skipped a beat, then he smiled and said, "Since it's Lord Kazekage who invited us, we'll naturally attend. Please lead the way then."

They called Asuka and Yamato, and the four of them followed Yashamaru into the Kazekage Building.

"Yashamaru!"

In the corridor, a childish voice suddenly rang out, and then Hoshino and the other three saw a little girl running towards them.

Yashamaru quickly stepped forward and said, "Temari, don't be rude. These are the Kazekage's distinguished guests."

Looking at the youthful Temari, a smile appeared in Hoshino's eyes.

At this moment, Temari slowed down, looking curiously at Hoshino and the other three, without showing any fear.

Yashamaru grabbed Temari's arm, turned around, and explained with a smile, "This is the Kazekage's eldest daughter, Temari."

"Temari, this is the famous Blue Flash of Konoha. You should call her senpai."

Temari blinked, tilted her head back, and said, "Shuichi-senpai, I know you."

Hoshita Shuichi stepped forward, knelt down in front of Temari, and said with a smile, "How did you know about me?"

Temari made a startling statement: "Because you killed many people in the village."

Upon hearing this, Yashamaru broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly said, "Lord Shuichi, I'm so sorry, Temari..."

Hoshino Hideichi raised his hand to interrupt, smiling as he said, "What she said is not wrong."

"We were enemies. Many people from Konoha died at the hands of the Sand Village ninjas, and many Sand Village ninjas also died at my hands."

This was said to Yashamaru, and also to Temari.

"So, Temari, are you trying to get revenge on me?"

Xingxia Xiu asked the little girl in front of her.

Temari nodded emphatically, staring wide-eyed at Hoshishita Shuichi: "When I grow up, I'll surpass you, and then defeat you!"

Hoshita Shuichi gave a thumbs up: "Very good, as expected of the daughter of the Kazekage."

"Well then, I'll wait for you to grow up and challenge me, how about that?"

Temari blinked: "Really?"

Hoshino Shuichi took a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai out of his ninja tool bag and handed it to Temari: "Hey, this is for you as a greeting gift. When you grow up, you can bring this to challenge me."

Despite her small stature, Temari was incredibly brave. Even with Yashamaru frantically signaling to her, she still caught Hoshinoshita Shuichi's Flying Thunder God kunai and said earnestly, "Then you wait, I'll bring this to find you later!"

Xingxia Xiu stood up and laughed, "Then you'd better work hard, I'm very powerful!"

Upon hearing this, Temari tilted her head back and asked, "Is he stronger than my father?"

Hoshino Hideichi reached out and touched Temari's hair, then smiled and said, "You can ask your father about that."

Temari snorted and proudly declared, "My dad is definitely stronger; he's the Kazekage!"

"Temari, you can't be so rude."

The speaker was not Yashamaru, but a woman with short, ear-length hair, a gentle face, and a large pregnant belly.

Yashamaru quickly introduced, "This is Lady Kazekage, Karura."

Hoshita Hideichi smiled and said, "Greetings, Karura-senpai!"

Asuka and the other two also greeted them.

Karyu returned the greeting with a smile, then pulled Temari over and said, "Temari, you've been so rude. Please forgive my impoliteness."

Hoshita Shuichi glanced down at Temari and smiled, "I think Temari is quite good; she'll be an excellent female ninja in the future."

"Then I'll take your kind words."

Galyu glanced at the kunai in his daughter's hand and said, "However, isn't this gift a bit too expensive?"

Hoshino Hideichi smiled and said, "It's just an ordinary kunai, nothing special."

At this moment, Temari had already tightly hugged the Flying Thunder God Kunai.

Galullo could only sigh helplessly, then changed the subject, saying, "Then I'll trouble you to spend the money."

"Please come this way, dinner is ready."

……

There weren't many people at the dinner party; besides Hoshino and his three companions, there was only the Fourth Kazekage's family.

Besides Temari, there is also Kankuro.

Compared to Temari's boldness, Kankuro is younger and looks timid.

"It seems Gaara will still become the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast, but I wonder how much that Shukaku will affect Gaara."

"I'm actually looking forward to it..."

After finishing his meal, Hoshino Shuichi glanced again at Karyuro's bulging belly.

She's about to give birth.

……

After leaving the Kazekage Building, Hoshino and her three companions strolled around Sunagakure, experiencing its night market, which differed from Konoha's.

After returning to their lodgings, everyone washed up and rested.

In the darkness, Asuka held Hoshino Shuichi in her arms and whispered, "Shuichi, do you like children?"

Hoshino Shizuka was taken aback: "Why do you ask that?"

Asuka laughed, "Because I saw how patient you were with Temari, and you checked the Kazekage's belly several times!"

Hoshita Shuichi exclaimed in surprise, "Is it that obvious?"

Won't I be seen as a pervert?

Asuka smiled gently, "Because my attention is all on Shuichi."

Hoshita Shuichi took a light sniff of the delicate fragrance and smiled, "Then Asuka-neechan, you'd better get ready."

Asuka nodded: "Mm!"

……

After a peaceful night, Hoshinobi Hideichi bid farewell to Rasa the next day and left Sunagakure with his team.

Rasa immediately convened a high-level meeting and decided to make his unborn second son the new Jinchūriki.

Actually, this was something he had already discussed with Chiyo last night.

……

Meanwhile, walking through the desert, Hoshino Shuichi suddenly asked, "What do you all think about planting trees in the desert?"

Planting trees in the desert?

Asuka looked around at the boundless sea of ​​sand and said, "Without water, it's impossible to grow trees, right?"

Uchiha Shisui reacted quickly: "Shuichi means to use Yamato's Wood Release?"

Yamato was stunned: "This... even with Wood Release, it probably couldn't cover such a vast area, right?"

The Land of Wind is larger than the Land of Fire.

Moreover, the vast majority of these areas are desert.

Hoshino Hideichi laughed and said, "Relying solely on Wood Release is definitely not enough. Not to mention Yamato's Wood Release, even the First Hokage's Wood Release wouldn't be sufficient."

Trees will wither and die without water.

"However, the Land of Rain and the Land of Rivers have very abundant water resources; in fact, the Land of Rain could be said to have too much water."

Everyone agreed.

Those who have been to the Land of Rain know that it's a strange place, as it's mostly in the rainy season.

Rivers crisscross the land, with one great river flowing south, passing through the land of rivers and entering the sea.

"Hey, Shuichi, do you think we can bring water from the Land of Rain and the Land of Rivers into the Land of Wind?"

Asuka asked curiously.

Uchiha Shisui seemed to be deep in thought, vaguely sensing Hoshino Shuichi's intentions.

After all, Hoshino Shuichi had expressed his ambitions to him.

Yamato said, "Even if we introduce water, it will probably evaporate quickly in the desert, right?"

Hoshino Hideichi smiled and said, "Of course it can't just be about drawing water."

"We also need to prevent wind erosion, control sandstorms, and stabilize the sand, so we need to plant grass and trees."

Uchiha Shisui said, "So we'll have to use Wood Release."

Xingxia Xiu said, "It's not just Wood Release, there's also Earth Release, which can be used to create windbreaks and ditches."

"So, ninjas aren't just about fighting and killing!"

Yamato looked bewildered: "This...is it really possible to do that?"

Wood Release for planting trees, Earth Release for building ditches... This sounds rather unorthodox.

Hoshino Hideichi laughed and said, "Of course it's not that easy to do."

"This is a huge project."

"Moreover, the current Land of Wind cannot do it."

Uchiha Shisui said, "We must unite the Land of Rain, the Land of Rivers, and the Land of Wind."

"We still need a lot of Earth Release ninjas. We can do without Wood Release ninjas, but we'll need to spend more manpower planting vegetation."

"Of course, as Shuichi said, this is bound to be a very difficult task to accomplish."

"But this is also a very meaningful thing."

Uchiha Shisui appeared calm on the surface, but was inwardly very excited.

The Land of Wind currently belongs to Sunagakure, but if Hoshinobi Shuichi can unify the entire ninja world, then he will have the basic conditions to do this.

The idea of ​​transforming the land of wind and turning the desert into a green oasis is so exciting to even think about.

However, neither Asuka nor Yamato could understand such a move.

Without much explanation, Hoshino Shuichi crossed the endless desert, arrived at a small oasis for a short rest, and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport the three of them directly to the Land of Rivers in one go.

They then traveled from the Land of Rivers in a normal manner and returned to Konoha before nightfall.

After washing up and having dinner, Hoshino Shuichi was about to head to the experimental base when a shadow clone's memory came back to him.

Creating heavy water with chakra is not a problem, but aqua regia is very difficult to make.

Or rather, it encountered the same problem as when making diamonds: it is extremely difficult to simply change the properties of water to create a highly corrosive liquid like aqua regia.

Based on the analysis of Shadow Clone Technique, Earth Release must be added to achieve this.

The training of Shadow Clone Techniques also shows that, as previously predicted, although Chong Shui Yi enhanced the power of many Water Release ninjutsu, it was not as great as imagined.

It doesn't even reach the S-level.

Alternatively, using heavy water to perform the Water Wave Severing Technique can enhance its power, but its difficulty in mastering it does not reach S-rank.

Neither the change in nature nor the change in form can achieve this.

Of course, it is also entirely possible to develop a series of A-rank ninjutsu using heavy water, and five of them would also be enough to earn the title of "Water Release Master".

Hoshita Shuichi sat in his study, deep in thought.

Another direction in terms of property changes is superheavy water.

He didn't know much about it, but compared to heavy water, superheavy water is almost impossible to find in nature and needs to be prepared by other methods.

Then it's not so certain whether super-heavy water can be achieved using simple water escape techniques.

As for the properties of superheavy water, Xingxia Xiu only knows one: radioactivity.

Because superheavy water contains tritium, and tritium is one of the elements involved in fusion reactions.

"Then let's go in two directions. On one hand, we can develop ninjutsu using heavy water, such as the Heavy Water Armor... Hmm, this technique could be combined with the Water Transformation Technique."

"Using heavy water to form a giant water person can also circumvent the weakness that lightning release can counter."

After thinking it over, Hoshino Hideichi immediately created two shadow clones to try it out.

……

Time flies, and it's already March.

Shuichi Hoshino's 14th birthday arrived as scheduled.

Unfortunately, Yakushi Nonou represents the censors, forcing Hoshino Shuichi to postpone his plan to have Asuka have a child.

At the end of the month, Hoshino Shuichi finally received Orochimaru's notification to assist him in the final step of the software modification.

When Orochimaru arrived at the experimental base using the Flying Thunder God Technique, he was already prepared.

Upon seeing Hoshino Shuichi, Orochimaru chuckled, "Shuichi-kun, wouldn't you like to give it a try?"

Hoshino Hideichi shook his head: "I think the water transformation technique is superior."

Orochimaru's eyes lit up: "So Shuichi-kun is already confident he can obtain the Water Transformation Technique?"

Previously, Hoshino Shusei captured Hozuki Metsuin of the Hozuki clan, and this guy is still an experimental subject.

Orochimaru also obtained some of Hozuki's Extinction Seal cells for research, but so far there have been no significant results.

The Hozuki clan's water transformation technique has formed a kind of bloodline limit, and even searching the memories of the Hozuki Destroyer Seal has not yielded the corresponding training method.

Just like Asuka and Kushina Uzumaki's Kongo Sealing Technique, they themselves couldn't explain the specific principles behind it.

Like the immortal body, it becomes a special constitution.

"I am indeed somewhat confident."

Shuichi Hoshino admitted it.

Having acquired the Sand Body, he didn't have much need for the Water Transformation Technique.

Of course, research is still necessary. Even if it's not for the "Water Release Master" entry, we still need to accumulate some resources for the future of the Star-Born Clan.

After chatting for a while, Orochimaru created shadow clones and climbed onto the lab table by himself.

Next up is Orochimaru's shadow clones as the main attackers, with Hoshinoichi providing support.

Hoshita Shuichi also greatly admired Orochimaru for this.

To dare to cut yourself, that takes real courage!

If shadow clones were to develop their own personalities like Naruto, things might get really messed up.

The operation begins.

This time, the modification involves Orochimaru's skeleton and internal organs.

This means Orochimaru will become even less human.

Or rather, he appears to be a human being, but inside he is more like a snake.

Such modifications do not involve replacing bones or internal organs, but rather implanting cells and bone marrow to gradually alter the genetic makeup.

This is why the preparations took so long.

This is because it requires numerous methods to reconcile Orochimaru's own genes with those of snakes.

Furthermore, the genes of the white phosphorus snake also need to be improved.

This involves many research findings, such as studies on interstitial cells and studies on the eight-tailed cycad.

Therefore, a simple software modification can actually yield a great deal of results.

By serving as Orochimaru's support, Hoshino Shuichi reaped enormous benefits.

Moreover, software modification is only a basic step.

The final product, Yamata no Orochi, was no different from the tailed beasts.

Time passed little by little.

This surgery lasted an unusually long time, taking a full three days.

After Hoshino Shuichi helped Orochimaru's shadow clones stitch Orochimaru's body back to its original state, he noticed the extremely rapid healing speed of his wounds.

While it is far inferior to the art of creation and regeneration, it is still quite astonishing.

So, less than five minutes after the surgery ended, Orochimaru stepped off the operating table, cracked his neck, and laughed, "Very good, much better than expected."

Hoshino Hideichi washed his hands and laughed, "You're starting to look less and less like a human being."

Orochimaru didn't mind at all: "Although the human body contains great secrets, it is too difficult to develop them, so some changes must be made."

"Moreover, every individual is different and possesses different qualities, so it is essential to learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses."

"You said before, Shuichi-kun, that the body limits our spirit, so now I need to make my body able to accommodate more."

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "That is indeed a direction."

His path was actually quite similar to Orochimaru's.

Orochimaru modified himself by studying the White Scaled Serpent, Tailed Beasts, Hashirama Cells, and even various bloodline limits and special constitutions.

However, Hoshino Shuichi is cheating, using physical compatibility to obtain the genes of the tailed beasts, allowing his body to transform and gradually become a humanoid tailed beast.

(End of this chapter)