Ninja Pot Shadow

Upon closer inspection, he noticed something amiss: "Miss Ino, what is this... could it be a human puppet?"

He was so surprised. Human puppetry was Sasori's unique skill, and the people of Sunagakure didn't know it at all. Nowadays, they could only make traditional puppets using materials such as metal and hardwood. Traditional puppets were easy to control, but their methods were relatively limited. Human puppets were more complex to control, but their methods were more diverse. After all, they were puppets made based on the bodies of ninjas. Because of the presence of chakra, they could often even use the ninjutsu of the ninjas in their lifetime.

He sensed a strange chakra within the severed arm, somewhat like the cursed seal Orochimaru had placed on the Sound Four, and somewhat like Jirobo's own chakra, with something else mixed in as well.

He saw a clear sealing technique on the side of the severed arm.

"You figured this out? That's amazing." He was greatly surprised by Ino's research ability. Girl, you're really wasting your talents in Konoha. Sunagakure needs someone like you!

Ino held her head high, firmly establishing herself as a genius.

Kabuto wanted Ino to release the seal on the side of the severed arm so he could see what exactly was providing chakra inside.

"Alright." Ino readily agreed: "Flesh and blood are weak, but machinery can ascend. Release!"

The seal had just been broken when, in the next second, several vines, as thick as an infant's arm and with a metallic sheen, resembling venomous snakes, suddenly shot out from the severed arm.

These vines are dark red and covered with vegetative growths. They usually hide under the muscles of the severed arm, serving as blood vessels and chakra pathways.

The pungent smell of blood hit him, and Kabuto pretended to be very flustered, scrambling and running more than ten meters away. Only after Ino resealed the vines did he slowly walk back, looking like he still had lingering fear.

With just a couple of glances, he understood Ino's general idea.

A plant imbued with chakra was implanted into the severed arm, absorbing the flesh and cells within. It also seemed to have eroded the cursed seal Orochimaru had placed on Jirobo. Now, the plant resembles a parasite, fused together with flesh and machinery.

Those vines looked a bit like Orochimaru's Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to him, and he decided to take back what he said earlier. Girl, don't go to Sunagakure. The place there is too small. Lord Orochimaru needs someone like you more!

Chapter 187 Improved Corpse Sealing

“Kabuto-senpai, ninjas’ ninjutsu is very strong, but our bodies are too fragile. If ninjas want to break through their current limits…” Ino patted her severed arm, and Jirobo’s severed arm seemed to have a mind of its own, even shaking her hand.

"This may be the direction for future development."

If Ino said this to an ordinary ninja in the ninja world, they would definitely think she was crazy. Hozuki Castle's Great Prison would welcome someone like her.

Kabuto, however, did not think that way. Nominally, he was still Sasori's subordinate, and he was very clear about Sasori's many human modifications and philosophies.

When Ino unsealed another sealed scroll, like a child making a fun toy and inviting a new friend to admire it, he was finally taken aback.

This is Jirobo's body, but it's not entirely a body.

Jirobo was originally 1.9 meters tall and weighed over 90 kilograms. Now, judging by appearance alone, he is over 2 meters tall and weighs at least 150 kilograms.

Jirobo is now completely dark red, as if he has entered the second stage of the Cursed Seal.

Many of his muscles and bones have been replaced by metal, and vines like blood vessels have wrapped around his entire body. His head has completely disappeared, and now a giant man-eating flower grows on his neck, with many dense, eye-like organs in its bright red stamens.

Kabuto couldn't help but stare intently inside, only to find that all the "eyes" were looking at him.

To be honest, my previous surprise, panic, and fear were all an act; this time I was genuinely shocked.

Is this the Jirobo I know? He didn't know what mental pollution was, but he was definitely feeling flustered.

Young lady, compared to Sunagakure and Lord Orochimaru, it's clear that the underworld needs someone like you much more!

With Sasori, Orochimaru, and the Yamanaka family girl in front of him, Kabuto Yakushi felt that his perspective was too narrow!

Flesh and blood are weak and feeble, while machinery soars to new heights.

He could never have said something so insightful. He believed that his mind was not open enough and that he was too bound by traditional moral values.

"This test subject was actually a complete failure. He was too bulky, and the strange natural energy within him was difficult to eliminate. It must be a problem with the test subject... However, Kabuto-senpai, I'll give this guy to you. I think if you were to undo the Impure World Reincarnation, you could try this body?"

No, thank you! I'm perfectly fine as I am! Dou flatly refused.

Ino didn't say anything more. If she didn't want it, so be it. This Jirobo with the flower on his head didn't have much fighting ability anymore, so its value was greatly reduced. However, she could keep it and continue to improve it.

A pocket is a pocket after all, and the discomfort was quickly overcome.

He thought about it seriously. This body, which is made up of one-third machine, one-third flesh, and one-third plant, does indeed have chakra. Because of the plant, it can also absorb natural energy from the outside world like a cursed seal. Perhaps it can be used as a body for Lord Orochimaru.

It doesn't need to be used continuously. It's just a transition period. Once Orochimaru has enough chakra, he can use the Orochimaru Substitution Technique on his own.

A mechanical Orochimaru? That doesn't seem impossible.

Kabuto wants her technology, but Ino doesn't want to be taken advantage of.

Kabuto said he could help Orochimaru organize his information on human puppets when he got back, but in reality, Orochimaru hadn't really studied this stuff much. He looked down on Sasori's approach; it was a clash of ideologies.

It's alright, Kabuto has collected a lot of information from Sasori, which we can use to complete the task.

He and Ino separated.

Fifteen minutes later, he drugged the red bean soup, rendering Orochimaru's former disciple, Mitarashi Anko, unconscious. After examining her Heavenly Curse Seal, he discovered that its actual function was not much different from Kimimaro's Earthly Curse Seal; at least, he could not see any difference.

It's too difficult to kidnap people in Konoha right now, so he's temporarily given up on the Heavenly Curse Seal here.

Two days later, he came to Ino again and gave her a technical scroll about human puppets, which he had obtained from Sasori.

Kabuto still used Orochimaru as a cover: "This is all the information I can gather. After all, I'm not a spy, just a ninja with no real talent... The rest... I'll have to leave it to you."

What he really wanted was the Impure World Reincarnation.

Ino smiled and nodded, finding the game with Kabuto-nii-san increasingly interesting.

She estimated that Kabuto must have obtained the Sage's legacy from Ryuchi Cave and a series of ninjutsu, such as the Impure World Reincarnation, while he was frantically juicing the severed limbs of the Yamata no Nagashiki after Orochimaru's death.

It can only be said that Sasuke doesn't have the good habit of looting corpses. After killing Orochimaru, he went out to show off with great style, but didn't get any good stuff. It all went to his pocket.

Kabuto is now interested in the Impure World Reincarnation technique, but since Orochimaru is dead, he can only turn his attention to Konoha.

Ino... she can't get it either.

The Third Hokage treasured the Scroll of Seals immensely, and now that Orochimaru has gone through all that trouble, the news of the Impure World Reincarnation has already spread throughout the ninja world, so Jiraiya would be even less likely to leak these ninjutsu.

No one knows exactly how this technique communicates with the underworld or how it brings the deceased back to the mortal world.

Ino had no intention of helping him with the Impure World Reincarnation.

On the contrary, she was lacking a tool to use the Reaper Death Seal, and Kabuto delivered himself to her doorstep, so she didn't intend to be polite.

The Death Seal is a double-edged sword. The Grim Reaper's way of thinking and handling things is completely different from humans. You can call him stupid or mechanical, but you can't use human thinking to understand him.

If the Reaper Death Seal falls into the enemy's hands, and the enemy targets Ino with the spell, she will definitely be shooting herself in the foot.

Even if that idiot Death really attacked her, she wouldn't be able to stop him.

Nowadays, the so-called summoning technique should actually be called the summoning technique in a strict sense. It is to summon a certain object or living thing to your presence through chakra incantations.

There are only five and a half spells that are truly related to the soul and have the connotations of traditional Western fantasy spiritualism.

The Rinne Rebirth technique is either the power of Yama or the power of the Rinnegan; an ordinary ninja could never master it even after a lifetime of training.

The Reincarnation of the Self is more like exchanging chakra for life force, and it involves very little about the soul, so it can be considered only half of it.

Reanimation Jutsu is Orochimaru's signature technique. Although it can only be used on herself, it is still a ninjutsu that involves the soul.

The remaining four are the Reaper Death Seal, Impure World Reincarnation, Spirit Transformation Technique, and Mind Transfer Technique. Isn't that a coincidence? Ino knows all four of these techniques, or at least some of them.

Of all the living people in this world, no one understands the soul better than her!

Ino began to ponder and research ways to improve the Reaper Death Seal. Ninjutsu is created by humans. While predecessors could do it, she was now at Ninjutsu Level 10 and Wisdom Level 8, and she also had the Reaper Death Seal learning scroll in her possession, so she could naturally make modifications.

Chapter 188 Uchiha Itachi Arrives

The Uzumaki clan needs to ensure the lethality of their ninjutsu, while Ino only needs the Shinigami to appear so she can go and collect gifts and become the top spender. It can be said that her goals are different from those of the Uzumaki clan.

In order to prevent the Grim Reaper from coming empty-handed and leaving empty-handed, Ino added an extra ritual for offering sacrifices to the first half of the summoning technique. Previously, the Grim Reaper could only take the caster's soul, but now it's buy one get one free. Surprising, isn't it?

According to Ino's research, the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique is a combination of summoning and sealing techniques.

The spell involves summoning the Grim Reaper and then sealing his soul inside the caster's (actually, the Grim Reaper's) belly. The entire process is simple and brutal, requiring little skill.

Since it's a summoning jutsu, the target of the summoning can be restricted. Ino directly limited the power of the Grim Reaper to half of its original level during the summoning process.

The Grim Reaper can gain two souls in one trip, which means he's already made his money. His resentment will be relatively low since he doesn't intend to put in any effort and just wants to get something for free. Whether his power is reduced or whether he can fulfill the contract and take away the soul of the caster's target is a question Ino thinks her mentally challenged friend probably doesn't care.

All the ninjas who used this technique are dead, so would anyone still give the Grim Reaper a bad review? Impossible!

The power of the entire technique is cut in half. Any ninja with a bit of strength and a chakra level of 6 or above will not have their soul extracted. The soul has weight, and ninjas have chakra, so their souls are even heavier. If the pulling force is not strong enough, this Reaper Death Seal can only be used on ordinary Chunin and Genin.

Which ninja who has mastered the Reaper Death Seal would be willing to perish together with a low-ranking ninja? Are they crazy?

After Ino's modifications and a layer of Impure World Reincarnation skin, version 2.0 of the Reaper Death Seal was born.

Ino broke the new version of the Reaper Death Seal into pieces, and then sent it to Kabuto in three parts. She said that she really didn't have the ability to look at the Book of Seals. These scattered materials were information collected by the Yamanaka family and several ninja clans over generations, and she asked Kabuto to piece them together himself.

Two parts Impure World Reincarnation, five parts Reaper Death Seal, and three parts nonsense—all mixed together. Go practice, you're welcome!

Ten days later, Kabuto returned to Orochimaru's southern prison with a lot of information.

Kabuto's ninjutsu skills are also very high. After some editing and deletions, he roughly pieced together Ino's version of the Reaper Death Seal. Now, with his own interpretation added, it's become even more chaotic...

There's nothing that can be done about it. Ino can't show Kabuto her own version; he'll only believe what Kabuto deduces and analyzes himself.

Kabuto felt that this technique was too risky, so he found an unlucky guy and showed Kimimaro his self-derived version of the Reaper Death Seal, which could be called version 3.0.

"This technique differs from the original Impure World Reincarnation and carries significant risks, but it represents the pinnacle of my current abilities. As you know, due to Lord Orochimaru, Konoha Village's control over Impure World Reincarnation is extremely tight. Even the village's higher-ups may not be able to access this technique. I even suspect that they have secretly destroyed this ninjutsu. And this is the Impure World Reincarnation that I have refined by combining information from various sources."

Kimimaro's health is deteriorating, and he now relies on a large amount of medication every day to maintain his health, fighting against the torment of blood disease with his strong will.

He is a master of taijutsu, but he also has considerable skill in ninjutsu. If he were in good health, he would at least be a Jonin. He has sufficient discernment.

Kimimaro read through the 3.0 version of the Reaper Death Seal and immediately understood Kabuto's intention: he wanted Kimimaro to use his last breath to use a forbidden technique!

He had no objection to this at all. He was willing to pay any price as long as Orochimaru could be resurrected. Besides, he really didn't have many days left to live.

He hesitated for a moment, then said, "My sealing techniques and summoning techniques are only average..."

Dou's glasses gleamed slightly as he gave a formulaic smile: "I'll help you."

……

Ino doesn't care who specifically summoned the Grim Reaper, or why they summoned him. As long as the Grim Reaper enters this dimension, she will sense the "bridge of friendship" built by the Mind-Disrupting God Technique.

It's still the Sage of Six Paths' theory of "bridge of communication." When using the Mind Transfer Technique, the damage is shared because the mental connection is very close. The same goes for the Mind Disorder Technique; this connection still exists and is even stronger.

The other party only needs to "go online" to know that she is the "top fan" and that Yin attribute chakra can be given as a reward remotely through the bridge of secret techniques, without her having to travel a long way to support her and shout "666".

Ino's relationship with the Shinigami is currently very fragile. She estimates that she will need to "reward" him with Yin-attribute chakra three or four more times before their relationship can stabilize.

What are the benefits of settling down?

Ino can only target the souls of ninjas who have been devoured by the Grim Reaper. The four Hokage, the Fourth Kazekage, and Orochimaru are all among them, and their knowledge and ninjutsu are a boon.