Chapter 112: Reanimation

The morning sunlight shone into the room; Uchiha Feiyu slowly opened his eyes, lifted the silk quilt, moved away the fair arm resting on him, and gently stretched his limbs.

Feeling the changes in his body, he frowned slightly and let out a soft sigh.

At this moment, a pair of snow-white arms wrapped around his waist; Pakura, having been awakened by Uchiha Feiyu, pressed her entire body against his back and whispered into his ear:

"What's wrong? Feiyu, you seem a bit troubled?"

"The effect of the Dual Cultivation Technique has weakened significantly these past few days, and the progress of my strength has slowed down quite a bit."

Uchiha Feiyu leaned against Pakura behind him and spoke indifferently. As Uchiha Feiyu pressed back against her, a faint rosy glow appeared on Pakura's body, and she trembled a few times.

"Has the effect of the dual cultivation worsened? Then just find more cauldrons. As long as there are enough cauldrons, won't you be able to make up for the effect of the dual cultivation?"

"I can use the name of the Kazekage to summon female ninja for you to choose from, Feiyu. And once you control those cauldrons, you will be able to further your control over Sunagakure."

"What do you think of Karura? Although she already has a child, her talent is no worse than mine; she is the most excellent cauldron besides me."

"And after Awakening Magnet Release, Karura has now become a Shadow-level Ninja. Once she is also controlled, the entire Sand Ninja will be under your control, Feiyu."

At this moment, it had actually only been a dozen days since Uchiha Feiyu and Pakura first engaged in dual cultivation.

Yet the once selfless Fifth Kazekage had already been completely tamed by Uchiha Feiyu, selling out the female ninja of her own village without hesitation, wanting to do everything in her power to please Uchiha Feiyu.

Even though she clearly knew that her current state was not normal and that Uchiha Feiyu had actually controlled her through the Joyous Union Canon, she did not care at all, and was even willing to control more female ninja for Uchiha Feiyu.

This also made Uchiha Feiyu clearly realize just how wicked the Demonic Path inheritance he controlled truly was. Fortunately, he was not a good person himself, so he did not have any psychological burden.

Gently patting Pakura behind him, Uchiha Feiyu spoke indifferently:

"Fine, then leave these matters to you. However, quality over quantity; only those with the potential of a Jonin are truly qualified to become my cauldrons."

"Rest assured, Feiyu, I will help you arrange all of this perfectly!"

While rubbing her chest against Uchiha Feiyu's back, Pakura agreed nonchalantly. As the Kazekage of Sunagakure, combined with the advantage of being a woman herself, it was indeed a very easy task to help Uchiha Feiyu select cauldrons.

After relishing the moment with Pakura again, Uchiha Feiyu put on his mask and walked out the door. In order to allow Sunagakure to recover as quickly as possible, he also needed to perform some work.

That was to simply find a piece of land with underground water sources, and then use the Wood Release Jutsu to plant trees and create forests, transforming the desert into grassland to conserve soil and water.

However, although he possessed Wood Release, planting trees and creating forests was not such a simple matter. For example, many of the plants Uchiha Feiyu had initially created near Sunagakure had already withered.

Plants also need water to grow after being created. If there are no underground water sources nearby and no one to irrigate them, most plants will slowly wither within a few days, with only some highly drought-resistant plants remaining.

Therefore, Uchiha Feiyu did not need to plant trees all over the Land of Wind at the beginning, but rather expand the area of the oases in the Land of Wind to reduce the threat of sandstorms.

At the same time, the Sand Ninja were also searching for underground water sources, so that Uchiha Feiyu could use Wood Release to extend the roots of the plants deep into them, creating some new oases.

In the short term, the work intensity was actually not high at all. The tree planting of these past few days had already turned the vast majority of oases and places where underground water sources were detected into forests and grasslands.

As for the subsequent work, it was to use Wood Release to slowly maintain these grasslands and forests, while simultaneously scouting the routes of underground rivers to artificially develop oases.

In fact, just the work of these few days had already expanded the area of the oases controlled by Sunagakure by seven or eight times. Oases in the desert could be said to be the most precious treasures; an oasis expanded by seven or eight times was enough to cause the Sand Ninja's finances, population, and other aspects to rise significantly.

Originally, according to Pakura's estimation, for the Sand Ninja to recover their vitality, it would take at least ten years or more, even with the support of the Wind Daimyo. If the Wind Daimyo were unwilling to support them, then let alone recovering their vitality, just maintaining themselves without declining would already be the limit.

But after receiving the help of Uchiha Feiyu's Wood Release, even without funding from the Wind Daimyo, Sunagakure could still recover its vitality within five years, and even break through its original development ceiling, truly possessing the foundation of a top-tier Ninja Village.

The original Sand Ninja could be said to be the true bottom-dwellers among the Five Great Shinobi Villages. The Mist Ninja at least declined because they brought it upon themselves, while the Sand Ninja simply lacked the foundation and really could not keep up with the development of other Ninja Villages.

When it came down to it, the biggest problem was the lack of funds and insufficient number of ninja. Without a sufficient number of grassroots ninja, even if they implemented some elite policy, the possibility of top-tier powerhouses appearing would be greatly reduced, and the final result would be a vicious cycle.

And Uchiha Feiyu's act of planting trees and creating forests was equivalent to fundamentally reversing the disadvantage of Sunagakure, so it was no wonder these people were so excited.

Having finished today's work and left behind those grateful ninja and oasis residents, the masked Uchiha Feiyu returned to Sunagakure and did not go to find Pakura, but instead came to an underground base.

Just like Konoha, Sunagakure naturally had its own underground base and also conducted human experiments—human experimentation was not a specialty of Konoha's Root, but a specialty of the entire Ninja World. The Five Great Shinobi Villages despised it on the surface, but in reality, they all played with it behind the scenes.

Although Sunagakure was poor, it did not lag behind in this regard. Otherwise, if Akasuna no Sasori had no foundation at all, how could he have transformed the Third Kazekage into a Human Puppet? And how could he have turned himself into a Human Puppet?

"It's just that... the research level here needs improvement!"

Taking a look at the secret base of Sunagakure, Uchiha Feiyu gave a faint evaluation, clearly not thinking much of the Sand Ninja's research.

After all, he had stayed in Konoha's Root for a long time and had studied under Orochimaru, an expert in human experimentation. He could be said to have seen it all, and at a glance, he could see that Sunagakure was far behind Konoha in both equipment and technology.

However, it was fortunate that although the equipment here was a bit old, the basic facilities were all complete. At least the Hashirama Cell that Uchiha Feiyu brought from Konoha could still be cultivated and proliferated by them.

Of course, the Sand Ninja could only cultivate Hashirama Cell; for them to perform transplants, that was definitely out of the question.

Looking at the Hashirama Cell in front of him that resembled a huge lump of flesh, Uchiha Feiyu gently sliced off a small piece of flesh from it, and then continued to walk inside.

Further in was the place where the Sand Ninja detained human experimental materials. Uchiha Feiyu took out Pakura's warrant and directly requisitioned a ninja experimental subject from inside.

The detained experimental subject was disheveled, the chakra in their body had long been sealed, and their mouth was also gagged, which just happened to be convenient for Uchiha Feiyu.

He took out the Hashirama Cell from his hand and pressed it onto the ground. A Sealing Array immediately formed on the ground. Afterward, Uchiha Feiyu grabbed the human experimental material and threw it into the Sealing Array, his hands forming Seals rapidly:

"Ninja Art—Reanimation Jutsu!"

A large amount of paper scraps appeared out of thin air and covered the body of the human material. That human material trembled all over, made two muffled sounds, and was finally completely wrapped. A moment later, the entire human material had already changed its appearance.

With long black hair and red armor, the ninja who appeared before him was heroic and imposing, his entire body covered in the cracks unique to those reanimated by the Reanimation Jutsu; it was none other than the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.

Opening a pair of black eyes, Senju Hashirama looked around with slight confusion. Uchiha Feiyu did not waste words, took out the Talisman he had already prepared, and placed it directly into his brain.

"It's finally a success... Although the strength of the reanimated Hashirama is not strong, and he might not even be at the Shadow-level, as long as he can use Wood Release Jutsu, it's fine."

This was already Uchiha Feiyu's fifth time experimenting with the Reanimation Jutsu. As an S-rank Forbidden Jutsu, even with Uchiha Feiyu's foundation, he could not learn it all at once.

But clearly, after learning it several times before, Uchiha Feiyu had finally completely mastered this ninja art. No matter how much strength the First Hokage he reanimated could exert, at least this Reanimation was a success.

Feeling the process of the soul just arriving from the Pure Land to reality, Uchiha Feiyu narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling inspiration erupt in his mind.

If he could directly intercept the soul during the Reanimation process, wouldn't he be able to directly pocket these souls?

The power of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, Spirit Devouring and Blood Refining Technique, depended entirely on the souls he controlled. If he could completely combine the Reanimation Jutsu and the Spirit Devouring and Blood Refining Technique, then Uchiha Feiyu would be able to control a large number of powerful souls just by digging graves in the future.

To say nothing else, Uchiha Feiyu was drooling over the soul of the Second Hokage. His collection of Forbidden Techniques and Flying Thunder God Technique were also extremely precious to the current Uchiha Feiyu.

On the contrary, Uchiha Feiyu did not care much about the soul of the First Hokage. As long as he continuously sacrificed Hashirama Cell to the Blood Pool and then absorbed it through the Spirit Devouring and Blood Refining Technique, one day, Uchiha Feiyu would also be able to Awaken a complete Sage Body.

Although Senju Hashirama himself looked carefree and was a character like Naruto, in reality, he was quite outstanding in his talent for ninja arts. In addition to the Wood Release Jutsu he developed entirely by himself, he also developed some practical ninja arts such as the Darkness Technique (Genjutsu).

But if compared to his younger brother Senju Tobirama, Senju Hashirama's talent for ninja arts seemed mediocre. To say nothing else, Konoha's entire Scroll of Seals could almost be called the complete collection of Senju Tobirama's ninja art research, and at least eighty percent of its content was contributed by this Second Hokage.

Especially the Flying Thunder God Technique, which was a ninja art that Uchiha Feiyu, who was afraid of death, was determined to obtain. If it weren't for the fact that ninja who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique were too difficult to kill, Uchiha Feiyu might have gone to assassinate Namikaze Minato to forcibly plunder his soul.

Putting the manipulated First Hokage into a coffin, Uchiha Feiyu prepared to hand over the control of this Hokage to Pakura. He didn't need him to fight either; in the future, all the greening of the Land of Wind would be left to this first reanimated body.

"The next order of business is to transport the Blood Pool within the Land of Fire to Sunagakure... This task can be left entirely to the Sand Ninja; in any case, to others, the materials of the Blood Pool are worthless, so there is no need to worry about anyone hijacking them."

"What remains... is to observe the development of the Ninja World War."

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In the Kazekage Office, Uchiha Feiyu handed the Talisman that controlled the First Hokage to Pakura, left a Summoning Array on his body, and then placed him back into the coffin.

"With this Reanimated First Hokage, you won't need to be busy anymore in the future, Feiyu."

A hint of joy appeared on Pakura's face as she leaned against Uchiha Feiyu, her eyes filled with a submissive glow.

Even if the First Hokage were weakened, relying on the Undying Body of Reanimation and Wood Release ninjutsu, he could still exert strength close to the Shadow-level; having obtained control over the Reanimated body, Pakura was naturally quite happy.

This was not only because of the First Hokage's utility to Sunagakure, but also because she felt Uchiha Feiyu's regard for her; of course, Uchiha Feiyu was mostly just finding it troublesome, which was why he handed over the Reanimated body of the First Hokage.

"By the way, Feiyu, didn't I tell you this morning that I would prepare some Cauldrons for you? As it stands, I have already handled Karura; do you want to try it tonight?"

Uchiha Feiyu was slightly stunned, recalled that rather resolute widow, and asked:

"I don't think that Karura is a woman who compromises so easily, and she is currently a Shadow-level Ninja and the widow of the Fourth Kazekage, making her identity sensitive and conspicuous. How did you handle her?"

Pakura smiled lightly and said:

"Sister Karura is indeed very stubborn, but she has one major weakness—don't forget that she is now a mother!"

"For the sake of the adorable little Temari, Sister Karura had no choice but to sacrifice herself."

"By threatening her through her daughter? Was she that easy to compromise?"

"I told Sister Karura at the time that this was a Secret Technique that could make one stronger, then showed her the progress in my strength, told her it was all because of this Secret Technique, and that it wouldn't take too long—just a few times—and she eventually gave her tacit consent."

"However... I think once the Dual Cultivation begins, Sister Karura will know what it means to get a taste of the marrow, and by then, I'm afraid you won't be able to drive her away even if you wanted to, Feiyu."

(End of this chapter)