In Uchiha En's previous perception, the Dragon Vein was a special type of Chakra.
Anrokuzan used the power of the Dragon Vein to achieve rapid regeneration. Uchiha En wanted to know if the Dragon Vein's power itself allowed for rapid regeneration, or if Anrokuzan used a special method to achieve this effect.
This Shadow Clone of Uchiha En took most of his main body's Chakra. Uchiha En's idea was that if the collection of Dragon Vein energy went smoothly, the Shadow Clone would send the Chakra back to Konoha.
If it didn't go smoothly, then he would have to give up.
As it turned out, the collection of Dragon Vein Chakra went unexpectedly smoothly. After Anrokuzan's death, all the puppets lost their ability to move. Uchiha En's Shadow Clone easily collected most of the residual Dragon Vein energy from the puppets in Roran, sealed it in a sealing scroll, and then hurried towards the Land of Fire.
Minato Namikaze and his group, after returning to Konoha using the Flying Thunder God Technique, immediately went to the Third Hokage to report the situation.
Although everyone's memories were sealed, the Dragon Vein was also sealed, so the matter was undoubtedly perfectly resolved.
The Third Hokage, upon learning that the matter was resolved, nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Uchiha En and the others and said, "You all worked hard this time. Go back and rest for a few days! New missions will be arranged for you after the Chunin Exams conclude."
"Thank you, Hokage-sama," everyone said in unison.
After leaving the Hokage Building, Uchiha En contacted Asana and Yamanaka Kagetsu. Since returning to the Village, the three of them hadn't met yet!
Ten minutes later, uchiha tohrus squad assembled at the entrance of Ichiraku Ramen.
"Tsk tsk, Asana, why did you turn into such a good girl once you returned to the Village?" Yamanaka Kagetsu said, observing the well-dressed Asana.
"That's just the Hyuga Clan's rules, I can't do anything about it. En, did your mission go smoothly this time?" Asana turned and asked Uchiha En.
"I don't know, our mission experiences were sealed, but—"
"But what?"
"It's nothing. Asana, I might need your help with some experiments later. Do you have time? Can you leave the Hyuga Clan?" Uchiha En asked.
"I should be able to. Now, the main family members won't restrict me due to the Hokage-sama and Teacher Orochimaru's influence."
"That's good. I'll contact you if I need your help."
Unknowingly, a week passed, and the Chunin Exams reached their final combat stage.
It's worth mentioning that two days ago, while training, Uchiha En used his Sharingan and triggered the backdoor he had left, recovering his memories.
And that afternoon, Uchiha En's Shadow Clone also returned with the sealing scroll.
After the Shadow Clone was dispelled, its memories returned to the main body. Uchiha En learned from the Shadow Clone's memories that the amount of Dragon Vein Chakra in this scroll was considerable, almost two to three times that of a typical Kage.
Uchiha En opened the sealing scroll, extracted a small clump of Dragon Vein Chakra, and as observed before, the power of the Dragon Vein indeed contained a special Chakra.
Immediately after, Uchiha En went to the Forest of Death. Due to this Chunin Exams, many birds and beasts in the Forest of Death were injured.
Uchiha En collected these injured birds and beasts. Afterward, Uchiha En tried injecting Dragon Vein Chakra into a dying bird.
After absorbing the Dragon Vein Chakra, the bird's injuries gradually healed, but its mental state remained half-dead.
Uchiha En felt a bit strange. The injuries had clearly recovered, so why hadn't its life activities resumed?
Uchiha En took another clump of Dragon Vein Chakra from the scroll, continued injecting it into another injured animal, and then activated his Sharingan, wanting to observe the flow of Dragon Vein Chakra within the animal's body.
With the help of the Sharingan, Uchiha En discovered that the Dragon Vein Chakra continuously circulated within the animal's body, yet the animal showed no signs of recovering its life activities.
Afterward, Uchiha En called Asana, and together they experimented with the effects of Dragon Vein Chakra on various animals. The results were the same as the previous two times.
It proved that Dragon Vein Chakra indeed had rapid regenerative effects, as Uchiha En had thought, but this rapid regeneration only affected the body, not consciousness.
Simply put, the animals were revived but entered a state of suspended animation. If this were applied to humans, they would be in a vegetative state.
Uchiha En was very disappointed with this result; if it was just like this, the Dragon Vein's rapid healing was too useless.
Just as Uchiha En was about to give up and throw these animals out, when he touched the bird that had been injected with Dragon Vein Chakra first, its wings actually moved.
Immediately after, the bird's eyes opened, looking around somewhat confusedly. When it saw Uchiha En, it looked scared and flapped its wings, trying to escape.
Uchiha En certainly wouldn't let this bird fly away. He used a Body Flicker Technique to block the bird, then asked Asana to help check if there were any strange changes within the bird's body.
Upon hearing this, Asana activated her Byakugan. After her confirmation, there were no changes inside the bird compared to before, except that the Dragon Vein Chakra had disappeared.
Now, every part of the bird's body contained a trace of Dragon Vein Chakra; in other words, the Dragon Vein Chakra had been completely absorbed by the bird.
Uchiha En asked Asana to revive the bird with a Healing Technique. This time, the bird made no attempt to escape, only cowering in fear.
"En, don't you think it's strange? This bird seems a bit too intelligent."
Uchiha En was startled by these words. Indeed! This was a bird, where could a bird get such high intelligence?
Afterward, Uchiha En conducted various tests on this bird. After the tests, he concluded that the bird's intelligence was higher than that of typical large mammals.
The bird's species was a common Magpie, found everywhere in both his previous life and the Naruto world.
Magpies' intelligence is even inferior to reptiles, let alone mammals.
A creature like a Magpie, which only possesses survival instincts, could not possibly have such intelligence. Moreover, when Uchiha En first found this Magpie, there was no Chakra within it, so it couldn't be a Summoned Beast.
In that case, the Magpie's transformation could only be attributed to the Dragon Vein Chakra.
Uchiha En was overjoyed and became even more expectant of the changes in the other animals.
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