In the dark room, the bright yellow light was on.

This is a relatively simple laboratory, and compared to the underground laboratory in Konoha, the equipment and materials that this laboratory can provide are not sufficient.

However, it was originally just a place where supplies could be supplied at any time, and of course it had to be lowered by a specification.

This laboratory is located in a secret stronghold somewhere in the country of tea, and after sufficient funds, Shiraishi has ordered his subordinates to build such strongholds in many countries to be used as supplies.

However, most of the strongholds are set up in the territory of small countries, and only a few are set up in the territory of the five major countries, and the guards in the strongholds usually use special codes to communicate.

In the midst of the massive floor-to-ceiling glass pillars, the Earth General was placed in them, filled with an emerald green solution, containing a large amount of natural energy, as well as some recovery potions to restore its body.

Although General Tu has a certain 'immortality', he is not truly immortal.

After such a tragic explosion, no matter how strong its vitality was, it was already exhausted.

Most of the 'dirt' has been synthesized into a part of the body, but a few pieces of 'dirt' are still free from the solution and are slowly recovering.

After a while, the door to the laboratory opened.

The wormman walked in from the outside.

"It's all shattered like this, can it be restored?"

He walked up to Shiraishi and looked at the earth general in the glass pillar with interest, feeling incredulous at the vitality of this artificial creature.

"After all, the core of this guy is natural energy as an energy supply, and at the moment of the explosion, it absorbed a lot of energy from the sea, canceling out most of the explosion power."

"In other words, as long as the natural energy is not extinguished, it means that it will not die?"

This was the first time the worm man had heard of such a thing.

Shiraishi smiled and said, "Theoretically, but only in theory. In fact, there is a limit to endurance, but if a stronger immortal chakra is integrated in the future, it is my ideal perfect artificial person. ”

The wormman didn't know any of this, but he also knew that the creature created by Shiraishi was, to some extent, contrary to the limits of Chakra.

It is also unpredictable how terrible it will become if it is promoted to a full body.

But it's a bit unfounded to think so, as the creator of the white stone, it is impossible not to leave something in its body.

As a creature, how could the Creator allow it to betray him?

There will certainly be all kinds of restrictions and controls.

And the earthy general just looked left and right in the emerald green solution with his eyes that glowed like a black hole, as if he was seriously considering something, gurgling bubbles out of his mouth, and then swimming and playing in the glass pillar.

Even the resentment in his eyes dissipated a lot.

"Is it okay with Konoha there? Away for so long? ”

"It's fine. These two days are Saturday and Sunday, and the ninja school is on vacation, and in another hour, General Earth's body will recover, and when the time comes, let it sneak back to Konoha and channel me back. The total duration will not exceed ten hours. ”

Even if there is an accident, Ruri will help herself hide it.

Moreover, a transparent person like himself can only be involved with the Hokage faction, the three ninjas.

As for Shuo Shige, he is a representative of the civilian class, and strictly speaking, he cannot fully belong to the Hokage line.

"Did you read the letter that was sent to you last time?"

Thinking of something, Shiraishi looked at the insect man.

"Yes. The people of Xiao will no longer come into contact, and the Land of Rain will be treated as a forbidden area, and all the strongholds there will be taken back. ”

The worm man replied.

Although he didn't know what was going on to let Shiraishi make such a decision, as a subordinate, he only needed to carry out the order.

"What happened to the remnants of the Vortex Clan?"

"Yesterday I sent someone to escort them back to the country of ghosts. It's their blood and their hair. ”

The insect man took out two transparent sanitary bags, one containing bright red hair, and the other containing several tubes of blood.

Baishi accepted these, and still believed in the worm man's ability to do things.

Cautious and careful, decisive and aggressive, very general-like.

Even if it is some important tasks, Shiraishi will hand it over to him, and the degree of completion makes Shiraishi very satisfied.

"Didn't they tell the whereabouts of the rest of the remnants of the Vortex?"

Shiraishi felt that the remnants of the Vortex Clan were likely to maintain contact with each other in secret, and he hoped to find other survivors through this group of remnants of the Vortex Clan.

Whether it is for them to learn the sealing technique or transform into combatants, they are much stronger than ordinary people.

Innate with stronger vitality and chakra than ordinary people, it is very suitable for cultivating the natural energy system.

"Nope. But I believe it's only a matter of time. ”

"It's good if you're sure."

Shiraishi didn't ask how to take care of these whirlpool remnants, but he believed that the worm man definitely understood what he meant, and the specific details were just for him to deal with.

At present, the organization has gathered a lot of useful talents.

For example, there are well-known forgers, engineers, doctors and the like in the ninja world, anyway, as long as there are people who are really talented and hardworking, and they are depressed in life, Shiraishi will let the worm men recruit them.

Then gather these people in the headquarters and stronghold of the Oni Country and do things for the organization.

In the period of primitive accumulation of the organization, the help provided by these people may not be great, but the primitive accumulation will always be completed one day, and at that time, it is the time when the organization really takes off.

Talent from all walks of life must be cultivated, because it is more difficult to cultivate these talents than combatants.

The reason is that natural energy can be built quickly, while knowledge and experience can only be accumulated over time.

The prosperity of the organization is inseparable from these ordinary and extraordinary talents.

"By the way, this is a letter from Her Excellency Maitreya, the witch of the Oni Country, to the chief."

The worm man took out a letter from his bosom and placed it in Shiraishi's hand.

After doing this, the worm man left here, and as a cadre of the organization, he still had a lot of important things to do.

Shiraishi took the letter from the witch of the Oni Country and looked surprised.

Because on the letter, he felt something more familiar-

Natural energy.

Maitreya, the shrine maiden of the country of demons...... Do you also know how to use natural energy?

Shiraishi felt the novelty.

Because he understands that many people in the ninja world are not aware of the existence of natural energy, even if they know the immortal arts, it is a matter for ninjas.

However, compared to the total human population, ninjas make up a very small percentage of the population.

And even in the ninja profession, only a very small number of people know about the energy of nature.

Shiraishi didn't think that natural energy was his patent, and it was too arrogant to think so.

Because before him, some psychic beasts had learned to use natural energy, and even combined with chakra to form an immortal system.

But this time, it was definitely Shiraishi who saw the second existence with natural energy besides his own people.

"Oni no Kuni Shrine Maiden ......"

It is said that the shrine maiden, who holds the power of the Oni Country, has mysterious powers that can see through the future.

And he also has an unknown sealing technique, which can seal all kinds of demons and monsters that have been passed down from ancient times.

"It seems that the path of natural energy is not lonely at all......"

Shiraishi smiled, wiped the natural energy from the letter, and pulled out the letter paper.

Shiraishi picked up this piece of letterhead, and there was only one line on it—

Beware of Myoki Mountain.

Nope.

Just these five words.

Shiraishi frowned.

"Beware of the ...... of Myoki Mountain"

What does that mean?

Why should you be careful of Myoki Mountain?

I and Miaomu Mountain, there should be nothing to do with it.

Why should you be careful of these toads?

Shiraishi remembered that a few years ago, in the underground waterways of Konoha, the number of toads suddenly increased, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes, and the light flickered.

"Shrine maiden? It's really interesting......"

He didn't fully believe the contents of the shrine maiden's letter, but a few years ago, the number of toads in Konoha suddenly increased, which alerted Ruri's ninja cat at that time.

Suspicion is one of the three ninja Jiraiya made.

Now, Shiraishi has increased this part of his suspicions, and the probability that this thing was done by Sannin has become even higher.

Although he really wanted to go to the land of ghosts and talk to the shrine maiden in person, he had too many things to do here and couldn't leave for the time being.

Wait, it doesn't seem like there's no way.

Shiraishi looked at the clay man who was playing in the huge floor-to-ceiling glass pillar, and there was no better person to be a messenger of communication.

Looking at its laid-back and carefree appearance, you know that it is very idle now, and it has a lot of time to use.

You have to find something to do for it, move your body so that it doesn't rust off.

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It was more than nine hours before I returned to Konoha, and it was almost dawn the next day.

Today is Sunday, the ninja school is still a holiday time, and Shiraishi is free to move around at home.

If it's an ordinary ninja, of course you can't make a living with this meager income alone, and even renting a house is a bit reluctant.

After all, he is not a full-time teacher, and his monthly salary can support himself, and there is still a surplus.

But as the child husband of a gifted Uchiha girl, Shiraishi felt that he went to the ninja school to become Tsunade's assistant teacher just to experience life.

It doesn't matter if you have money or not, what matters is a positive and optimistic attitude towards life.

The Hyuga Fire Array, which was placed unconscious on the operating table, was also transported back by General Tu.

Shiraishi had slept for a few hours before he came out of the reverse channel, and in order to ensure that when he came back, he could study with plenty of energy.

Shiraishi didn't intend to waste time, although he had plenty of time, but if he solved the caged bird, he had to start the infiltration of immortal arts and concentrate his energy on this.

In that way, I will be more confident in many plans for the future.

Not only can it increase the strength of himself and Ruri and Ayane, but it also has a huge improvement for some core cadres.

injected the Hinata Fire Array with a special version of the sleeping potion, and then used a powerful restraint prop to fix him to the operating table, and disrupted the flow of chakra in his body, so that he could not use his white eyes and soft fists to resist, lest he wake up and disturb his research.

"Ruri hasn't gotten up at this time......"

Shiraishi thought about it, but he didn't bother Ruri, so he asked General Tu to watch his body from the side.

Shiraishi walked to the side of the fire array, sealed his hands, and the illusory spirit body broke away from his body, and without the fire array being unconscious, he directly entered his body, connected with his spiritual world, and obtained the secret of the white eye.

If you say that the ninja of the clan family knows more about the white eyes and the secrets of the caged bird.

This guy's status in the Hyuga family is not low.

Unlike the last time I entered the blank spiritual world of that kind of white creature, there was a lot more to the spiritual world of the fire array.

Shiraishi wandered through this unknown world, and in front of him was a stone pillar with a white rope tied to the root in front of the road, allowing Shiraishi to pass through.

"Is there a precautionary technique? I knew it wouldn't be that simple. This is supposed to be some kind of powerful sealing. ”

Shiraishi's face became cautious.

The last time I was in the spirit world of that white creature, the terrible experience I encountered was still vivid.

Although the pressure brought by these stone pillars is not as great as the pressure of the writing wheel eye, from the perspective of induction, it is also a very powerful technique, and the composition of the technique is also a little different from the ordinary sealing technique.

"It's a very challenging task."

Now that he knew the power of the technique, Shiraishi began to look for the specific structure of the technique, and found the weak point to break through and crack it.

Shiraishi places his palm on a stone pillar tied with a white rope to sense.

The art of spiritualization is a very convenient S-class arcane ninjutsu, with special and comprehensive functions, especially for the soul and spirit, which are involved in many aspects.

In any case, the techniques set up in the mind of the fire array are all based on the spiritual world, so Shiraishi can use the magic of spiritualization to find weaknesses and find breakthroughs.

"Here's the weakness."

In order, Shiraishi quickly untied the white ropes on the three stone pillars.

At the same moment, the stone pillar that was blocking the way in front of him immediately shattered and fell to all sides.

"That's ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a large pile of stone pillars with white ropes fell from above, surrounding the state of a prison cage, and binding the white stone in it.

Cold sweat oozed from Shiraishi's forehead.

"Does the plural form exist? It's a little bit tricky......"

Shiraishi had no choice but to continue looking for the entrance to the technique.

It's just that when he touched these stone pillars and sensed them, he found that no matter how he advanced, he couldn't touch the stone pillars.

Obviously he was walking, and the stone pillar did not change the distance, but the distance was always endless.

Shiraishi stopped and continued walking, only to over-deplete his mental power.

The second procedure is significantly more complex than the first.

Shiraishi calmed down and looked carefully at the stone pillars around him, wanting to discover something.

After looking at it for a while, Shiraishi found that the formation of the stone pillars was a little familiar.

"This formation is ...... Bagua map? ”

Shiraishi muttered to himself.

"Infinite, invisible, all-encompassing...... If you want to crack it, it seems to take a lot of time......"

Shiraishi had no choice but to cheer up and slowly look for an exit.

Time goes by.

When the illusory spirit returned to his body, Shiraishi saw that it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and he felt that his stomach was empty, caused by excessive hunger.

"Did it take so long?"

He felt that he didn't consume much time in the spiritual world of the Hyuga Fire Array, and as a result, a day's time passed like this.

And the fire array on the operating table has already rolled his eyes...... His eyes were white.

But when he opened it, bloodshot visible to the naked eye burst out of his pure white eyeballs, saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth, and there were traces of violent struggle on the operating table.

On the experimental table next to it, there is a meal that has been a little cold, which should have been sent in by Liuli.

After Shiraishi finished eating briefly, he asked General Tu to hand over the plates.

He gained a lot in the spiritual world of the fire array, and after using one day to crack the technique of opening the second plural existence, the road was smooth sailing, and he obtained all kinds of memories of the fire array unimpeded.

Among them, of course, there are some secrets of the caged bird and the white eye.

And through the perception of the fire array's body, the difference between the white eyes of the sect family and the white eyes of the separate family, Bai Shi also knows it well.

The defects of the white eyes of the separated family are not reflected in the white eyes of the sect family.

And the defects of that part are also related to the caged bird.

With the blessing of dragging this, Shiraishi found the 'thread' that separates the white eyes from the caged bird.

It's a bit like defusing a bomb.

Once you cut it wrong, it will explode.

"Take him to the country of ghosts, it's useless to put him here, and by the way, bring this letter to the shrine maidens of the country of ghosts."

Shiraishi picked up a sealed letter and asked Shogun to carry it, and asked it to wrap the body of the Hyuga Fire Array and send it to the Oni no Kuni.

"Next is to crack the caged bird ......"

I just happened to have a piece of material in my hand.

On another operating table, there is another Hyuga ninja lying - Hinata Shingo.

A ninja who was captured by the Shiraishi faction at the beginning.

His role is to find the way in place of Ayane.

Shiraishi walked over to the laboratory table and began to dispense the potion.

His initial solution was actually a crack, and he already had a complete workable plan.

The reason why the spiritual world of the fire array was explored was only to determine this, and also to get the difference between the white eyes of the divided family and the white eyes of the sect family.

According to Ayane, there is an angle where the white eye of the divided family is a dead end, and only the white eye of the clan is a flawless white eye, and there is no dead end.

The difference between the white eyes of the sect and the white eyes of the split family lies in the caged bird.

This part of the defect of the white eyes of the family is obviously caused by the caged bird.

Only by comparing the successful case of the white eye of the sect can Shiraishi accurately find the 'defects' of the white eye of the family, and then what kind of surgery and methods to take to solve it.

Inject the Natural Energy Potion in advance, then extract the Chakra, after which the Caged Bird Spell will be triggered.

At that time, it was not only the most dangerous time for the Hyuga ninja, but also the flaw in the caged bird.

The reason why it didn't succeed last time was because Shiraishi couldn't determine where the 'flaw' of the white eye of the split was, which was a very hidden explosive line.

Only by comparing the flawless white eyes of the sect family can we determine which one the explosive line is.

Removing this blast line is the key to preserving the white eye.

However, by that time, the subject himself had already died due to the loss of Chakra.

Therefore, this cracking method still uses 'death' to achieve the conditions for cracking.

The difference is that this form of chakra death is, in Shiraishi's research, a special state of 'suspended animation'.

The natural energy that is initially maintained in the subject's body is a special energy that has been reconciled by many procedures, and will actively supply energy to the living body after the death of the human body, ensuring that the subject can carry out life activities to a minimum.

This state will remain between two and three hours.

Finally, the recovery surgery was completed within two or three hours to bring the subject back to life.

All the steps are clear at a glance, and Bai Shizai carefully watched it more than ten times, and simulated it in his mind more than ten times before he began to operate on Hinata Shingo.

The theoretical structure is very complete, and there is nothing left to add.

Next, just take a look at the results in practice.

Defeat is only death.

Shiraishi stood in front of Hinata Shingo and took a deep breath.

I hope that your belief in freedom can bless yourself with survival. Shiraishi said silently in his heart.

He mercilessly injected natural energy into Hinata's body and began surgery.

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Dark.

Suffering.

And the imprisoned personality.

Hinata Shingo, who woke up from the darkness again, doesn't know why, and has an unreal sense of waking up from a big dream in the whole world.

Is your sense of existence too thin for the world?

He struggled to sit up from the operating table and looked around blankly.

The cold shelves and test benches, as well as the serious smell of disinfectant water, didn't make him feel disgusted.

He looked down at his hands.

"Am I alive?"

He fell into a state of thought, and then his head hurt.

He always felt that his body was very stiff, like a zombie.

"Of course, how does it feel to come back from hell?"

A cold young male voice came from the side, startling Satoru.

Shiraishi walked over defenselessly, looking at his whole body with a wonderful smile, as if he was carefully observing something.

Shingo wanted to jump to the side, but his body didn't insist on him doing so.

Not only was he hungry now, but he didn't have much energy in his body.

Shiraishi didn't say anything, just took out a mirror and gave it to him.

“？”

"Look at your own face."

Shingo held the mirror in his hand, although he was very puzzled by Shiraishi's actions, but at this time there seemed to be no other way but to obey.

He looked at his own face in the mirror.

Handsome and young, but his face is a little bad.

Other than that, it's no different than usual.

What is this to see for yourself?

"Didn't you notice?"

"What?"

"Forehead."

"Forehead?"

What's on the forehead?

I subconsciously didn't want to face this kind of thing.

Because every time he looks in the mirror, he ignores his forehead.

For him, something on his forehead reminds him of painful memories from a long time ago.

But Shiraishi's request made it difficult for him to do it, so he had to look at his forehead.

He froze.

Nope.

The mark on the forehead is gone.

Nothing.

He touched his forehead, it wasn't smeared, it was really gone.

Stunned, I couldn't help but cry when I looked at myself in the mirror.

There was nothing more important to him than this.

After being planted with the mark of a caged bird when he was six years old, it was the first time he felt something familiar and unfamiliar after more than 20 years of absence.

A taste that transcends any existence and makes him addicted.

Freely!