Chapter 75

The corpses of any notable strong fighters from the Ghost Lantern Clan had long been watched by many people; even an elder's corpse was no small matter for her.

She began to consider in her heart how to go about this matter.

After all, this was not only for Ishihara, but also for finding a way to become stronger herself.

Since the people in the village wanted to study it, why not hand it over to Ishihara, who was almost guaranteed to succeed?

"It seems the previous matter was resolved quite smoothly."

Ishihara suddenly spoke, startling Terumi Mei awake.

She said, still shaken: "If the person controlling Yagura just now had fought to the death, the Hidden Mist Village would surely have paid a terrible price."

Ishihara offered no opinion on this.

It was obvious Obito was also wary of him; he just didn't know how long such wariness could last.

"Send the corpse over as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the person behind Yagura really makes a move, it'll be very hard for me to stop him either."

Terumi Mei's heart tightened at once upon hearing this.

"Even you aren't confident?"

Ishihara said nothing.

Obito's current strength wasn't especially great; he mainly relied on the transplanted First Hokage cells and Kamui.

But Kamui alone was enough to give everyone in the shinobi world a headache.

"If only I'd kept Kakashi's Sharingan back then."

Ishihara felt a bit helpless in his heart; he hadn't expected his research progress to be this fast.

If he had known earlier he would obtain the Life Chain skill, he would have insisted on keeping Kakashi's Kamui no matter what.

What a pity.

Now that he had already entered Obito's field of vision, getting close to Kakashi without alerting Obito was probably no longer possible.

Terumi Mei took Ishihara's silence as acquiescence.

The thought of the Hidden Mist Village being targeted by such a powerful enemy gave her a sense of urgency.

She had to deliver the corpse to Ishihara as soon as possible.

……

"It's also time to make some preparations for the battle with Obito."

After shifting his consciousness back, Ishihara fell into thought.

Being wary of him by Obito might make Terumi Mei happy, but Ishihara couldn't be happy about it.

Because it meant he had already entered Obito's line of sight.

Given Zetsu's terrifying intelligence-gathering ability, sneaking around to do anything in the future would probably be difficult.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any particularly good way to deal with Kamui either.

After all, it was a space-time ninjutsu, the hardest kind of ninjutsu to counter in the shinobi world.

Apart from using extreme speed to counter it, only another space-time ninjutsu could hold its own against it.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

The thought crossed Ishihara's mind, but he quickly let it go.

With extreme speed at his disposal, he wasn't afraid of Obito; he just couldn't do anything about him, that's all.

Such a matter still couldn't change his plans.

Hoo……

Ishihara exhaled a breath and refocused his energy on the Hydrification Secret Art.

……

A few days later.

At noon, Terumi Mei swapped out the corpse, then notified Ishihara.

Ishihara had no choice but to have Orochimaru, who was currently training in the Boil Release cultivation method, go meet her.

Soon, Orochimaru brought the corpse back to the base, then eagerly returned to his training.

Ishihara, meanwhile, began dissecting the corpse, conducting experiments and research.

"Interesting, are people of the Ghost Lantern Clan made of water? The cells inside actually have such obvious Water Release chakra traces, looking as if their bodies had been eroded by Water Release."

"The body tissues are the same as an ordinary person's, nothing special."

After a brief round of research, Ishihara began his real move.

Life Chain!

He directly linked up with the corpse, his consciousness descending upon it.

Instantly, Ishihara had a strange sensation, as if he had gained another body.

After adjusting to the slightly stiff corpse, Ishihara began to perform the secret art.

At the same time, he activated his Byakugan, staring intently at the corpse's interior.

"Hydrification Secret Art!"

Buzz—

In an instant, the flow of chakra within the body, along with the changes in nature and shape, all flooded into Ishihara's mind.

He could clearly see a large amount of chakra completing its nature transformation within the body.

Then, combining with a special chakra similar to Yin Release, the cells within the body became assimilated, turning into water!

【You observed the transformation process of the Hydrification Secret Art, comprehended the nature transformation and shape transformation of Water Release chakra, and created Secret Art: Water Release Cultivation Method】.