"I see. Absorbing different bloodline limit powers and using them to construct a five-element generation and restraint cycle within the body, achieving a form of internal balance. In that way the body would no longer be destroyed by the technique."
"From the perspective of ninjutsu principles, it is theoretically viable. But the requirements for what gets absorbed are extremely strict. You cannot simply absorb any combination of bloodline limits and expect this result.
Before each absorption, you would need to confirm that the incoming bloodline's power has a compatible restraint, transformation, and fusion relationship with the power already existing in the body. And the physical vessel itself would need to be reshaped to a sufficiently refined state."
Several hours had passed. Hiruko lay on the stone platform he had been using as a bed, bandages scattered across his body, blood flowing steadily onto the surface of the table beneath him. Yuji stood in front of the work area, using surgical tools to examine the body while continuing to think out loud.
"The underlying logic of this technique holds together. The execution is simply extraordinarily difficult. It is a story-setting technique after all, so the internal consistency was never going to be rigorously constructed. But the conceptual direction it points toward is genuinely worth pursuing."
"The physical vessel problem could potentially be addressed using Hashirama's cells as compensation. As for collecting five bloodline limits and spending the enormous amount of time needed to harmonize and test them all, that might be reduced.
Five is probably too ambitious. The requirements on the practitioner's own foundational strength and mental force are also extremely high. Reducing the number might actually produce a more workable result."
Time continued to pass.
Half a day later, Yuji set down his surgical instruments and stepped back.
The Chimera Technique's principles had real practical value for the Sand Village's ongoing gene injection research. The method and logic embedded in this forbidden technique could be used to improve the success rate of the gene fusion experiments going forward.
"Only this much," Yuji said, looking at Hiruko lying motionless on the platform, his tone carrying a faint note of disappointment.
The system interface in front of him was displaying the experience points awarded for eliminating the relevant story character.
One thousand points.
Hiruko's current strength had not yet reached the level he would attain in the later years of the original story.
Still somewhat above ordinary. The reason Yuji had been able to handle him without difficulty was partly that his own particular abilities carried a natural advantage against Hiruko's fighting style, especially in terms of eye technique compatibility. Beyond that, he had a thorough understanding of this character's methods going in. This was the same principle as his wariness toward Madara. Even when someone was genuinely powerful, certain fighting styles held inherent structural advantages over others.
One thousand experience points was not a small sum at his current level, however. Looking across the entire ninja world, the number of fighters who could genuinely stand as his equal could be counted on one hand. Experience points would naturally become increasingly scarce.
And Hiruko himself had been a relatively minor story character whose influence on the world's fate trajectory was limited. The only meaningful impact his removal would have was that in the later years, Naruto's coming-of-age path would be missing one particular trial.
After collecting the body, Yuji left the cave and returned to the village.
He handed the Chimera Technique over to Saori and the research team for study, to be applied in the next phase of the gene experimentation program.
Eliminating Hiruko had been nothing more than a brief interlude.
After a short wait back in the village, Yuji set out immediately toward the ruins of the ancient Loran Kingdom.
The location of the dragon vein.
At this moment, outside the ruins that had been partially exposed above ground level, a small Sand Village unit was stationed on watch duty. The area fell within the Land of Wind's borders, surrounded by desolate emptiness in every direction.
In truth, Yuji had located the Loran Kingdom ruins some time ago and had visited the site on several occasions. But he had never yet moved to act on the dragon vein itself. Two reasons had held him back.
The first was that his Sealing Jutsu had never been at a sufficient level. Unsealing the dragon vein without adequate technique risked producing uncontrollable variables.
The second was genuine uncertainty about what would happen after being drawn into the dragon vein's released space-time current and how long it would take to return. He had always been too occupied with other pressing matters to risk a potentially extended absence.
But now the conditions had changed enough to make it worth attempting.
The current point in time was still very far from the original story's main timeline. The relevant story characters had not yet appeared, and Minato had not yet been drawn into the events surrounding the Loran ruins. In other words, Yuji would be the first to unseal the barrier and enter the ancient Loran Kingdom.
He needed to meet the Loran queen and find a method for controlling the dragon vein. This was a prerequisite for his future absorption of the dragon vein's power.
The dragon vein was essentially an infinite reservoir of chakra hidden beneath the earth, an extraordinarily vast and unconscious mass of pure energy rather than a living being like the Tailed Beasts. In nature it was closer to natural energy itself.
"Lord Kazekage," the squad leader of the Sand Village unit guarding the underground passage said immediately upon seeing Yuji approach in his Kazekage robes, stepping forward and bowing respectfully.
Yuji had not come alone. He had brought Shimizu, Chiyo, and several of the ninja temple's senior monks with him to the Loran ruins.
"So this is really the place," Chiyo said, looking up at the ancient structures before them, eroded and weathered to an extreme degree by years of sandstorms, her tone carrying a note of genuine surprise.
From what was visible above ground, only a very small portion of the structure remained exposed. If someone were to pass by without knowing what to look for, they might easily mistake it for some abandoned settlement or a crumbled shrine of some kind. Nothing about its outward appearance would prompt deeper thought.
Furthermore, if Yuji had not specifically mentioned it, even Chiyo would never have known that something called a dragon vein existed at all.
The ancient Loran Kingdom. She had heard of it. But only as a legend.
"Yes," Yuji nodded.
Under the guidance of the Sand Village squad leader who had been stationed on watch duty, the group was escorted together into the underground passage and gradually descended beneath the earth.
Chiyo's reaction did not particularly surprise Yuji. Because while handling the matter of Hiruko earlier, he had also been thinking about something else. Even looking at the story content within the context of this world, the settings connected to these supplementary story elements were quite roughly constructed and not particularly rigorous.
They felt simultaneously like an authentic part of this world and yet somehow loosely attached to the main historical record, as though they existed parallel to the primary narrative without meaningfully intersecting with it.
From the perspective of a transmigrator, these elements were essentially supplementary content that had been prepared specifically as part of Naruto's coming-of-age journey. The relevant characters and settings all carried a quality of having been designed around that specific purpose.
But now, because of Yuji's own presence in this world, those narrative elements were being preempted or disrupted one by one.
Setting aside everything else, something as significant as a dragon vein located within the Land of Wind was not something the Sand Village would have realistically ignored indefinitely, requiring Konoha's involvement to resolve. That simply did not make sense when examined carefully.
The Land of Wind had the ninja temple's sealing lineage. The Sand Village's overall depth in sealing arts, when genuinely assessed, was not necessarily inferior to Konoha's. The idea that the Sand Village would have needed outside help to deal with something within its own borders required a degree of narrative convenience that did not hold up to scrutiny.
The group descended along the stone steps into an underground chamber that contained what appeared to be an altar platform. Inside the chamber, the walls were ancient and mottled with age. A stone path led directly to the center of the altar, where a raised object resembling the shape of an eye rested in the middle of the platform.
At this moment, the eye-shaped formation was in a closed state. Surrounding the base of the altar on all sides was a darkness as deep and impenetrable as an abyss.
"The energy here is extraordinary. This is the dragon vein?"
Shimizu's expression shifted the moment he stepped into the underground space. Even standing above it, he could already feel the overwhelming energy field emanating from beneath the eye-shaped seal. Simply the passive fluctuations it radiated were enough to send a chill through him.
"Yes," Yuji replied simply.
He stepped forward toward the sealing platform.
Several of the ninja temple monks who had accompanied them saw this and immediately hurried to catch up alongside him.
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