Amegakure.
After leaving Orochimaru, Bai Mo took the scroll containing the Eight-Tails' cells and found Nagato.
"Here, absorb some of this and see if it has any effect."
Bang.
Bai Mo opened the scroll.
"The power of a Tailed Beast?"
Nagato looked slightly surprised, then shook his head, "Thank you for your kindness, but this power should be left for others. I don't need it right now..."
Nagato was indeed someone who had risen above petty desires for his ideals and could endure pain.
In the original story, he was so frail, yet he captured so many Tailed Beasts and never thought to absorb some power to recover.
"Actually, I wanted you to summon the Gedo Statue and then see if the Gedo Statue's attack could grant me any new abilities.
I'm having you recover because I'm afraid you'd be drained dry."
"...Alright then."
Hearing that Bai Mo was asking for help, Nagato no longer refused and raised his hand towards the Eight-Tails' horn: "Preta Path!"
Scarlet Tailed Beast Chakra surged from the Eight-Tails' horn, continuously being absorbed into Nagato's body.
"How is it? Is it working?"
Bai Mo asked.
"It's effective, but a bit slow..."
Nagato kept his hand raised, maintaining the posture, and frowned slightly.
"That's fine, as long as it's effective. Recover slowly, I'm not in a hurry. I still have many other things to do anyway."
Bai Mo didn't waste any more words. Once he knew it was effective, he left the command tower where Nagato was.
It was effective but slow-acting, which was not surprising.
In the original story, Nagato absorbed Killer B's Chakra and instantly recovered from his white-haired, emaciated state, mainly because he was in an Edo Tensei body.
Although Chakra is linked to life, Kakashi died directly when his Chakra ran out, and clans with large Chakra reserves generally have strong vitality.
But these two cannot be equated.
The Edo Tensei body is very special; it's said to have "infinite Chakra," but in reality, it carries a "blue buff."
The Chakra limit is fixed.
This is why the Second Tsuchikage, Mū, after splitting, had insufficient Chakra and couldn't use Dust Release.
Secondly, Sasuke also absorbed Tailed Beast Chakra in the final battle, but he didn't recover from his injuries at the same time.
Absorbing Tailed Beast Chakra is simply to replenish Chakra.
To restore vitality, conversion is naturally needed.
As for how to convert it, just like how the Gedo Statue extended Madara's life for so many years, only they themselves know.
On the small training ground outside the Village.
Hanabi, dressed in a grey robe, was sparring with Fū, while Karin sat nearby, propping her chin with one hand, watching them fight.
Fū was very happy; her decision to leave the Village and see the outside world was indeed correct.
She had now achieved the accomplishment of making friends from the Uzumaki Clan and the Hyūga Clan.
Even if Fū didn't use Tailed Beast power and held back, Hanabi couldn't be her opponent at the end of the match.
Hanabi wasn't discouraged by the defeat. She happily turned to run back to Karin's side to rest for a while.
Instead, upon seeing Bai Mo, Hanabi's expression immediately became conflicted.
After a moment of hesitation, Hanabi slowly walked up to Bai Mo: "Um..."
"What's wrong? Are you asking about the problem of combining hard and soft? You have to comprehend that yourself."
"No, it's not... Uh, no, no, I do want to know that, but I have another question."
Hanabi shook her head.
"Hmm? Just say what you want to say."
Bai Mo felt a bit strange seeing Hanabi's hesitant expression.
"Alrighty."
Hanabi took a breath, gathered her courage, and spoke.
"I suddenly thought, you said you came from twenty years in the future. Twenty years from now, you'll be this age. Twenty years from now, I'll be twenty-seven, so you should call me Big Sister..."
Hanabi's voice grew softer and softer, and by the end, her head had shrunk down.
"Hmm?"
What did she mean by this?
Future Hanabi made her nephew Boruto call her Big Sister, and now she was asking him to call her Big Sister.
Could it be that Hanabi, due to her childhood affection for her older sister, developed a strange habit of liking others to call her Big Sister?
"Um, I was just kidding. Let's talk about serious training matters!"
Hanabi quickly changed the subject before Bai Mo could speak.
Of course, she didn't like others calling her Big Sister; rather, she liked the feeling of protecting others and being needed by her family.
This was also evident in adult Hanabi's drunken remarks.
Even the current little Hanabi had big ambitions.
However, to be able to protect the people she cared about, strength was essential.
So, after only mentioning it, Hanabi immediately changed her tune.
"Alright, sit down. I'll just tell you a few things casually. The specifics you'll have to comprehend yourself."
Bai Mo didn't delve deeper. He sat down and began to explain the Tai Chi knowledge he understood to Hanabi.
Things like Tai Chi force, or advancing with a 'block, parry, punch' – in short, all basic descriptions and concepts.
If even Konohamaru could learn Rasengan from "Poo-chi-pa," then Hanabi, as long as her comprehension was sufficient, would definitely be able to grasp new things from this knowledge.
At least the knowledge concepts Bai Mo spoke of were definitely much more detailed and accurate than Naruto's "Poo-chi-pa."
After chatting with Hanabi for a while, Bai Mo was informed that someone had come to Amegakure looking for him. He encouraged Hanabi to diligently comprehend things on her own and then left.
At the entrance of Amegakure.
"Here, for you!"
Temari threw an envelope to Bai Mo and immediately turned to leave.
"Wait a moment!"
Bai Mo caught the envelope and called out to Temari.
If Bai Mo wasn't mistaken, the contents of the envelope were the agreed-upon swimsuit photos of Grandmother Chiyo.
It was quite surprising that Grandmother Chiyo actually gave them and so quickly.
However, Bai Mo then thought that Grandmother Chiyo might have a deeper meaning behind this.
First, as long as Temari didn't forget to deliver the message, Grandmother Chiyo now knew that Sasori was in the Akatsuki Organization.
But she didn't know that Sasori had already transformed himself into a human puppet.
So, even if she couldn't figure out exactly what Bai Mo wanted to do, she still complied.
She might have thought that if Bai Mo showed the photos to Sasori, Sasori would feel that Bai Mo was insulting him, leading to a rift, and perhaps he would return to the Village.
"What do you want? Hurry up and say it. There's a lot to do in the Village. My personally coming to deliver this message has already delayed many things..."
Temari stopped and urged Bai Mo.
Sunagakure had just experienced the failed attack on Konoha and the death of the Fourth Kazekage, so there were indeed many things to deal with.
"Wait here for a bit. I'll go deal with these photos, then I'll go back with you."
Bai Mo shook the envelope in his hand.
"Ah? What do you want to do?"
Temari's expression was startled.
"I want to..."
Bai Mo naturally wanted to find the Ryūmyaku and also go to Uchiha Hikari's sealing ground to unseal it.
However, as soon as he spoke, he thought of Sunagakure's current predicament.
This was a very good opportunity.
An opportunity for Sunagakure to completely break free from the Daimyo's control.
He could manipulate it.
So, he paused while thinking.
"...Pervert!"
While Bai Mo paused, Temari, who knows where her thoughts had wandered off to, suddenly cursed.
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