It was not until the sun had completely set that Shuimu finished his mission and returned home. Xiaochun had already prepared dinner and was waiting for him at home.
"Everything went well today, I heard the team leader is the special jonin Mitarashi Anko."
"Well, nothing special. It went pretty smoothly. We originally planned to finish it in ten days, but now we have a few more helpers. If we work harder, we may be able to finish it ahead of schedule."
"That's good. I heard Iruka is here too. Are you guys getting along well today?"
"Well, don't worry, it's okay."
"That's good." Xiao Chun was relieved. "Today I compiled some basic information on sealing techniques and put it on your desk. You can take a look. It might be useful to you."
"Thank you, Xiaochun." Shuimu said happily. "Then let's eat first."
"good."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Who would come at this time?"
Mizuki went to open the door and saw it was Iruka.
"Hey, Iruka, why are you here now? What's going on?"
"Is that Iruka? Do you want to come in and have dinner with us?" Xiaochun invited him when she heard the noise outside the door.
"No need, I'll leave right away. This time I'm here to give you this." After saying that, Iruka took out a scroll from his arms and handed it to Mizuki.
"What's this?"
"The Sealing Technique Scroll contains several very simple sealing techniques and tips."
"You knew I wanted this?"
"Shui Mu, after all, we have been friends for more than ten years, so I should know you a little bit. Otherwise, why would you mention the Sealing Array for no reason?"
Well, Iruka is indeed an incorrigible nice guy.
"Wait a minute." After saying that, Mizuki turned around, took out two scrolls and threw them to Iruka.
"It contains my experience in using illusions and some knowledge of puppetry and secret medicine. Although it's not something amazing, it should be enough for you."
"Shui Mu, what are you doing?"
"I don't want to owe you a favor, so this way, neither of us owes anyone anything."
"Ah, that's true~ Then I'll obey your command. Thank you."
"No need, you should think about how to complete the task quickly."
"That's it, I won't bother you anymore, bye."
"Wait, Iruka." Mizuki suddenly changed his mind and said, "I owe you a favor this time. You can come to me if you have any problems next time." Although Iruka did not realize that he had suffered a great loss, Mizuki could not forgive himself for taking advantage of his friend's ignorance.
"It's up to you."
"See you tomorrow."
Iruka went back to the house and looked at the busy Xiaochun, then looked at the scroll in his hand.
"Isn't it time to find some helpers? Fighting alone is not a good option. I don't have that ability. It seems necessary to build and expand my network as soon as possible. Who knows, I might benefit from it someday. A certain degree of communication is also a kind of protection for myself."
In the following days, Mizuki went out early and came back late every day, completing the task honestly. On the eighth day, the three Genin stopped following. The next two days were mainly about the arrangement of the examination room. Although they didn't know the news about the Chunin Exam yet, they couldn't be involved in the part directly related to the Chunin Exam. Iruka, Mizuki and Mitarashi Anko didn't get a few days of rare vacation until they completed the last task, reported to the Third Hokage and obtained approval.
On a leisurely afternoon, Shuimu leaned on the windowsill, basking in the sun and watching the people coming and going on the street.
"The scene of peace and prosperity will not last long." Shuimu then turned his attention to a few inconspicuous plants in the pots on the windowsill.
These plants were all ordinary plants brought out from the forest of death, but after a few days of experimentation, some changes gradually occurred. A plant similar to kudzu, originally known as a common medicinal material for its rapid reproduction, but after a few days of warming with its own chakra, it gradually showed a very strong vitality. Even if it was chopped into several pieces, new shoots would grow within two days. There is also a carnivorous plant with thorny vines similar to pitcher plants, which has gradually grown huge in the past few days. Occasionally, sparrows, mice and the like have even been lured, captured and eaten. Others, such as bamboo that grows rapidly, flowers that can be revived in water even if dried into hay, etc., have all undergone some wonderful changes in the rich chakra environment.
This was not the most surprising thing. Shuimu turned around and looked at a large glass tank in the middle of the room. There were some transparent creatures in it. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see their bodies. You could only see them dancing with long tentacles and swimming slowly. If it weren't for the red light spots in the middle of their bodies, you wouldn't know that these things were alive.
This thing is a specialty sold by foreign merchants that Shuimu accidentally found at a night market stall. It is a rare jellyfish with extremely toxicity. Shuimu bought it without hesitation when he saw it for the first time, and then kept it at home and observed it carefully. Not only did he often put it in a rich chakra environment, he even fed it a lot of his own blood to see how it was. In the end, Shuimu was surprised to find that this jellyfish has very similar characteristics to the lighthouse jellyfish in his previous life. In a sense, the lighthouse jellyfish is theoretically the only long-lived species discovered in the previous life. If the environment is right, the lighthouse jellyfish can live forever. Because this creature has a wonderful characteristic. When this jellyfish grows to a mature body, it can also directly degenerate into a larval polyp state, and then grow normally into a mature jellyfish again, over and over again. Until one day it is eaten by a predator.
For a long time, the desire for immortality has always been something that can only be encountered but not sought. After so many years of tireless research, Orochimaru has only found an imperfect immortality technique, which is reincarnation without corpse. In some aspects, immortality is still theoretically possible. But immortality is actually a false proposition. There is life and there is death. No matter how strong the vitality is, in the infinite timeline, one day he will die completely due to accident or no accident. But only theoretical immortality is almost impossible to achieve. The advanced technology in the past life only discovered theoretical miracles such as the Turritopsis dohrnii, which shows how difficult it is.
In this world with chakra and extraordinary power, if there is good material, it is very possible to achieve a certain degree of longevity or greatly improve vitality. If Orochimaru was told about the strange biological characteristics of the jellyfish, he would surely develop a more powerful reincarnation technique.
"However, although I don't have the fanaticism of a mad scientist like Orochimaru, I still have chakra. I can accomplish it in another way. Thanks to the almighty chakra."
During the experiments over the past few days, Shuimu even signed a spiritual beast contract with a jellyfish. Although the jellyfish's intelligence was not enough to listen to any orders and its weak body was completely useless, the experiment of the jellyfish transforming and splitting and degenerating into a hydra fully verified that the individual with the spiritual contract did not disappear. Reverse growth really exists.
In Mizuki's opinion, the biotechnology books of the ninja world are extremely deformed. Due to the existence of chakra and extremely strong vitality, this world can even complete organ transplantation and cloning under simple conditions. They must have understood the basic theory of genetic code, but in actual application, they still use the method of barbaric fusion, without the precise genetic modification technology like the previous life's gene magic scissors. Probably because it is not needed. As long as there are enough experimental samples through barbaric fusion, they can always get the results they want. This is also the common point between basic technology and extraordinary power. As long as it is enough, the next more basic exploration will often be unconsciously ignored.
Thinking of this, Shuimu activated the sealing array nested in the windowsill plant planting area and the fish tank. With the infusion of chakra, the gradually dimming array barrier began to operate at full capacity again.
These arrays are the results of Shuimu's research in the past few days. At present, they are still far from being able to be used in actual combat, but the simple gathering of chakra to form a chakra-enriched environment has been achieved. As for the basic principles of sealing techniques, the current analysis of the seal of tangible matter and chakra energy has been barely realized. The basic analysis of energy power has not yet been completed, and chakra can only be injected again and again to maintain the operation of the array. As for the effects that can be achieved, the relatively simple fire sealing seal, binding array, and the sealing method of small objects have been temporarily understood, but the deeper four-element seal, eight-trigram seal, and five-element seal are still half-understood. The more powerful Yin attribute sealing technique based on mental power has just been introduced, and it is still a long way from being able to solve its own hidden dangers.
After looking around and finding nothing to sort out, Shuimu made sure that there was nothing wrong with the treasures in his fish tank. He went out for a leisurely stroll. He couldn't think of anything to do if he stayed at home alone, so he might encounter a surprise like the Turritopsis dohrnii by going out for a walk.
On the other side, in the Konoha Hokage's office, the Third Hokage was listening to the Anbu's report on Mizuki.
"Has Shuimu behaved in a completely suspicious manner these days?" asked Sandai.
"Yes, Lord Sandaime, we have conducted a very detailed inspection of the task of clearing the Death Forest and confirmed that there is nothing wrong with it. And Mitarashi Anko did not find anything suspicious."
"What has Shuimu been doing these days?"
"I'm on vacation at home, and occasionally go wandering around the streets."
"Did he come into contact with any suspicious people?"
"No, the only people we've had contact with recently are Iruka and his fiancée Chie Tsubaki. The others have only talked to ordinary vendors on the street. We've verified their identities, and there's no problem."
"Trader?"
"Yes, Shuimu seems to be doing some research on potions and poisons recently. He brought out several common plants and medicinal herbs in the Forest of Death. The details have been recorded in the report. He also bought several poisonous insects from a vendor. Now Shuimu keeps them at home and seems to value them very much."
"Oh?" The third generation flipped through the report in his hand and did not find any problems in it.
"Toxic jellyfish? What does he need that for?"
"It is currently being kept in a fish tank by Shuimu. It seems to be multiplying in large numbers. It should be extracting poison."
"Hmm." The third generation flipped through Mizuki's basic information again. Mizuki was a civilian ninja with no inheritance. His abilities were ordinary and nothing special. His attribute was ordinary fire. He didn't have the various escape techniques accumulated by his family to rely on. It was not surprising that he could only use external objects like poison as his unique means. After all, Mizuki had been recorded using poison many times before.
“Is that so?” Sandai thought about it.
"From now on, Shuimu's full-day surveillance will be cancelled and replaced with key area monitoring. After Shuimu's vacation is over in three days, let him assist in the classification and distribution of tasks. All tasks above B level handled by Shuimu must be submitted to me for review."
"yes."