Chapter 182: More or Less the Same



If I had gotten the Diamond Seal earlier, I wouldn't have been so badly hurt by Shukaku's chakra resonance the past two days. Relying on brute force to control the chakra of the tailed beasts is, after all, just a helpless move because I can't use my expertise in sealing techniques.

With this sealing technique, we can see how the predecessors in this world used to restrict and utilize the tailed beasts. So far, Mizuki has made a lot of research results, but most of them are messy and unsystematic. For example, the Sage Mode that Mizuki put together almost caused a big mess.

However, this also made Mizuki realize his own weaknesses and limitations. His starting point was too low, so he had to start researching many things that actually had ready-made results. Moreover, with his personal perspective, he would inevitably fall into the fallacy of narrow-mindedness. The slow accumulation of knowledge forced Mizuki to slow down his research. At this time, he needed some finished and semi-finished products in the ninja world to let himself look at them. Even the best way is to find a like-minded wise man to discuss it carefully.

As a "former Chunin", Mizuki certainly couldn't get access to these high-end things. Only after being promoted to Jonin did he barely have some improvement. For most people, this time's Diamond Sealing can only be used as a beautiful collection, but it is different for a ninja like Mizuki who is proficient in sealing techniques.

Although Mizuki hasn't taken a close look at the Diamond Blockade yet, judging from the existing information, the Uzumaki family's huge amount of chakra derived from their powerful vitality and several very powerful inherited secret techniques make it difficult to ignore.

However, Mizuki had anticipated the possible difficulties. First, using the Diamond Seal requires an explosion of chakra. The word "explosion" is definitely not applicable everywhere, and it is definitely not a good thing. The explosion of the Curse Seal, Tsunade's Yin Seal and the Hundred Healing Seal, and Mizuki's recent experience all illustrate the danger. As a distant relative of the Senju family, and also as a branch of the Six Paths Sage, the physical fitness and endurance of the Uzumaki family far exceed those of ordinary ninjas. This can be seen from the fact that the people of the Uzumaki family are basically excellent carriers of Jinchūriki.

Naruto Uzumaki had been seriously injured many times, and his body was often attacked by the Nine-Tails' chakra, which gave him a strong self-healing ability, but also served as a catalyst for overdrawing his body. If it weren't for Naruto Uzumaki's amazing stamina, he would have collapsed long ago. Ordinary people simply couldn't bear this terrible burden.

Therefore, the Vajra Seal of the Uzumaki family, as a kind of sealing technique, is difficult to understand in theory, and the difficulty of learning and the extremely high physical requirements make those in the know even more daunting. This kind of family secret technique sometimes makes people feel particularly useless. It doesn’t mean that outsiders will definitely not be able to learn it, but even if they learn it, it is mostly useless. Just like the soft fist, without the Byakugan, no matter how well you practice, if you can’t see the chakra, meridians and acupoints clearly, it is just a decoration. Before Kakashi Hatake’s Chidori was sublimated to the Chidori Style, it was a powerful ninjutsu that looked gorgeous but was actually a trap. Without the excellent dynamic vision of the Sharingan to correct the sprint trajectory, this kind of straight-forward stab may not hurt others, but may end in the enemy’s counterattack.

When Shuimu returned home, it was already late. Shuimu was a little excited, but still not sleepy, and couldn't wait to open the scroll that recorded the King Kong Seal.

"Sure enough, it's just as I imagined. The traces of the family's unique style are too strong."

After a long time, Shuimu finally read through it roughly. Although he couldn't understand the details for the time being, the general principle was similar to what Shuimu expected. The means of stimulating vitality and instantly bursting out a huge amount of chakra, as well as how to minimize the load on the body when using the diamond seal, this kind of subtle control of the body is really eye-opening.

This level is actually possible for Shuimu, who has developed the art of breath control. The precise control of the cellular level that is difficult for others is not too difficult for Shuimu. It is like breaking through a layer of window paper, giving people a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

"This feeling, Yin Seal? Seal of the Hundred Healings? The effects and usage are so similar. As expected, standing on the shoulders of giants can help you see farther and save a lot of effort."

As a medical ninja, Tsunade is not proficient in sealing techniques, but she has many independent insights. With her chakra manipulation level, advanced medical ninjutsu and understanding of the human body, and with the Vajra Seal as a reference, Yin Seal, Hundred Healings Technique, and even Creative Regeneration, it is really not too difficult to do them as long as there is time.

According to Shuimu's current findings, none of the existing uses of vitality can directly increase the vitality of body cells. They all improve the efficiency of the remaining vitality. Whether it is the Yin Seal, the Diamond Seal, or even the Sage Mode, at least Shuimu has not found an example that can directly increase vitality. Among them, the Sage Mode is an exception. The Immortal Technique - the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique can give life to inorganic matter and manipulate it through natural energy. But Shuimu has never seen it before and doesn't know how to achieve it. Moreover, it is too dangerous to use natural energy directly. There is no mature immortal technique for him to study. He always uses his own broken body to verify it personally. This kind of life-threatening thing is enough to do once or twice. Now it is past the time to improve his strength at all costs.

Inside the mansion of the Hyuga clan, a powerful family in Konoha, still in the private room of the detached cottage, Mizuki picked up the exquisitely crafted teacup and took a sip gently. The fragrant tea with just the right temperature immediately refreshed his mind.

"What a great product! This kind of high-end product is almost extinct out there."

Mizuki put down the teacup contentedly, and quietly looked at the Hyuga Hiashigaru opposite him, frowning as he looked at a phased research report provided by Mizuki.

After a long while, after carefully reading through it twice, Hinata Hiashi closed the document, put it aside solemnly, and then said to Mizuki: "Mizuki Jonin, you are really amazing. This achievement is really impressive."

"You are so polite, Master. I am glad that you are satisfied."

"To be able to achieve this level in such a short time has already surprised me."

The cooperation took only about one or two months. Being able to make some discoveries in addition to handling one's own affairs was already a good result. For such a major matter as cooperating with Mizuki, Hinata Hiashi would not be so impatient. This was not something that could be accomplished in a short period of time. The long-cherished wish of a thousand-year-old family could still wait for this amount of time.

"That's good. I've received a lot of care from the patriarch, and it's great to be able to give something back."

During this period of time, Mizuki and his fiancée Chie Tsubaki were able to survive the most dangerous time until Tsunade returned and successfully took over the position of Hokage. Mizuki also had so much time to practice the Sage Mode. Without the care of the Hyuga family, it would never have been so easy and calm.

Cooperation sounds good, but it is actually a mutually beneficial transaction. Being able to help each other is the basis of equal cooperation, so in the past two days since he came back, Shuimu had to take out some practical information for Hinata Hiashi to see, so that he would have confidence in himself, at least when it comes to less important choices, he can try to stand on his side.

"Regarding the Byakugan, what Mizuki Jonin said was absolutely to the point. It is just a semi-finished product of the Samsara Eye that is revealed due to insufficient strength. This speculation has been proposed by many successive heads of the Hyuga family, but there is too little information to confirm it. Also, due to the division between the main family and the branch family, many feasible research cannot be carried out..."

"This is also the trouble of big families." Shuimu said with a smile.

"That's right. It's really frustrating that even I, the head of the family, can't do anything about it. Fortunately, we have Mizuki Jonin to help us now."

"The master of the family is indeed very courageous."

Hyuga Hiashi was also under tremendous pressure to cooperate with Mizuki. After Mizuki showed obvious talents in sealing, medical treatment, biology and cloning, especially the extremely eye-catching physical clone and mastery of sealing, the Hyuga branch family was very wary of cooperating with Mizuki. Hyuga Hiashi not only provided a lot of top-secret information of the family, but also prepared to provide a large number of cell samples of the Hyuga clan to Mizuki for necessary tests and experiments.

This behavior immediately made the elders of the branch family extremely dissatisfied. In their opinion, cooperating with a person like Mizuki would cause the Byakugan bloodline to leak out. A guy like Mizuki who is proficient in sealing techniques and biotechnology would have a great chance of breaking the cage of the Hyuga family and stealing the Byakugan, so they resolutely refused to authorize Hyuga Hiashi to do such a thing.

Shuimu laughed at this situation. Is it necessary to go through so much trouble to steal blood? There are too many opportunities. There are too many things to do. If it weren't for the need for the Hyuga family to be his shield, Shuimu would not want to deal with such a corrupt guy.

Finally, under Hyuga Hiashi's strong insistence, a small amount of cell samples from the distant branches of the branch family were finally provided to Mizuki. None of these guys had opened their Byakugan, and most of them were marginal figures who had been evaluated within the family and had basically no possibility of awakening their Byakugan.

But even so, the cooperation was finally reached. The elders of the Hyuga family were all corrupt people who were thinking about how to maintain tradition. Only Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Ko, who had seen the horror of the Samsara Eye, still had a lot of confidence in Mizuki. Hyuga Hiashi, who could not reveal too much, could not give a convincing reason, which led to such a result.

The conversation with Hinata Hiashi lasted for a long time, and it was almost over when the sun was setting.

"After all, Mizuki Jonin thinks the root cause lies in the amount of chakra?"

"The root cause must be the amount of chakra, but how to achieve it still needs careful consideration."

In fact, Mizuki already knew the method. As a degraded product of the insufficient strength of the Rinnegan, if it does not have enough chakra to force it to upgrade, it can be done by absorbing the Byakugan of the same type. In other words, by using the Byakugan of other clansmen as sacrifices, as long as there are enough people, the Rinnegan is actually a little easier to achieve than the Samsara eye.

However, this kind of information that will test Hinata Hiashi's bottom line is not the time to leak out yet. Now we can only give out some specious information to strengthen Hinata Hiashi's confidence and make him patient enough to wait for Mizuki's final research conclusion.

Hinata Hiashi also thought that it was unrealistic for Mizuki to produce too many results in a short period of time. If Mizuki really did it, he might doubt its authenticity and think that Mizuki had ulterior motives. However, the current situation was still within his cognition.

Looking at the sky outside, Hinata Hiashi seemed to realize that they had been talking for a long time. He thought about it and then talked about something else.

"Mizuki Jonin, in the mission a few days ago, Hyuga Neji was specifically asked to participate. I wonder how he performed?"

"Ningji, he is truly an incredible talent." Although he is not a ninja of the same type as himself, Mizuki still praised him. "The Hyuga family is really full of talented people. In two or three years, Ningji may reach my current level. The young are really formidable."

"Oh? Is the evaluation so high? Although Neji has good talent, it is still a bit exaggerated to say that he can be compared with Mizuki Jonin."

"Then let's wait and see. We'll know the outcome in less than two years."

"Yes, it is a blessing for the family to have such a talented person in Hinata."

Recently, Hyuga Neji has been receiving systematic family training with Hanabi and Hinata. Although he was able to make up for the lack of soft fist and even the kaiten by relying on his talent, he still lacked some basics. After making up for these courses, Hyuga Neji's talent was perfectly displayed in front of everyone.

"The Hyuga family is worthy of being the number one family in Konoha. There are many outstanding young talents emerging one after another, and the head of the family has someone to succeed him. He really has a good way of educating people."

When I passed the front yard just now, I saw Hyuga Neji practicing with Hinata and Hanabi, and Mizuki even greeted them.

"Mizuki Jonin still has a sharp vision." Hinata Hiashi sighed.

The last time I talked to Hyuga Hyuga, Hyuga Hiashi mentioned Hanabi and Hinata on purpose. At that time, the head of the Hyuga family was very indifferent to Hyuga Hinata, and Mizuki also praised her casually, saying that Hyuga Hinata was also a difficult talent, but she just didn't find the right method and the time was not right.

"I always looked down on my eldest daughter Hinata. I didn't expect that she is a gentle girl with a strong character. I didn't care about her enough before."


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