A: "My brothers in Kumogakure are all fine men; you are heroes of the village!"
Onoki: "It seems these frost-wielding Honkai Beasts didn't appear in Old Konoha. Is it because of the environment?"
Compared to those of Kumogakure, more people were concerned about the uniquely shaped Honkai Beasts.
Honkai Beasts were already difficult enough to deal with, and while the village on the Sky Screen seemed to have gradually researched tricks to counter them, the emergence of a new type of Honkai Beast still caught them off guard.
The one most nervous was Kazahana Koyuki herself.
At this moment, she had already hidden in a deserted mountain forest, fearing she would be recognized the moment she showed her face.
If one were to speak of the most famous people in the ninja world today, she could somehow compete for the top spot with another person.
It could be said that whether dead or alive, as long as they weren't in a special state, everyone could see her face through the Sky Screen.
Unlike Uchiha Hoshi, she hadn't obtained the power of the Second Herrscher yet; she was still just an ordinary, weak woman. She absolutely could not be discovered.
Looking at her surroundings, Kazahana Koyuki felt she could still go deeper into the mountain forest...
[Old Konoha.
Looking at the returning clone, Uchiha Hoshi had a bit of a headache.
"Although I expected it, it's lucky the Second Herrscher lacked patience. If just a few more minutes had passed, this clone of mine would have completely lost control."
Uchiha Hoshi consciously manipulated the clone to step into a massive cultivation vat. As the liquid was injected, various tubes connected to the clone's body.
"As expected, the Meta-Morph Activator isn't that easy to fuse. However, this battle also allowed me to obtain a lot of data. It won't be long before I can completely master this technology."
Looking at the clone gradually stabilizing inside the cultivation vat, Uchiha Hoshi couldn't say she felt much disappointment.
After all, she had known for a long time that this clone was unstable.
The fact that she could last this long was actually a surprise to her.
"But I didn't expect to have an unexpected harvest this time."
A glow appeared from Uchiha Hoshi's hand. When the piercing light dissipated, a peculiar crystal appeared in her hand.
Its size was almost identical to the one previously stuffed into the clone's chest, but the color was different.
The one Uchiha Hoshi had projected before was blue, while this one presented a faint gold.
"Authority of Imaginary. I didn't expect my authority to be able to analyze the authorities of other Herrschers as well. In that case, future plans will have to change a bit."
Uchiha Hoshi grabbed the gem containing the Second Herrscher's authority and refined it in an instant.
"But speaking of which, besides these, I seem to have seen some interesting toys in the Land of Snow."
Uchiha Hoshi projected a scroll, which recorded the detailed data of the Chakra Armor.
"An armor capable of amplifying chakra and strength. Can it be modified to amplify Honkai Energy?"
Looking at this scroll, thoughts flashed through Uchiha Hoshi's mind for a moment.
"I'll take it slow. Anyway, I have plenty of time."
Uchiha Hoshi put away the scroll. Her long legs, clad in black silk tights, stepped forward, her high-heeled boots making a crisp clicking sound on the floor.
Uchiha Hoshi's destination was another laboratory.
It was a massive laboratory that also had rows of cultivation vats. However, unlike the laboratory for cultivating Meta-Morph Activators earlier, the test subjects in this laboratory were mainly dug out from the Root base.
"If I hadn't seen those two children in the Land of Snow, I would have forgotten about you."
Uchiha Hoshi arrived in front of a cultivation vat. Soaking inside this vat was a face that countless people were extremely familiar with.
"Senju Hashirama!"]
Tsunade: "Grandpa? Uchiha Hoshi, how dare you insult my grandfather's corpse!"
Jiraiya: "What did you do to the First Hokage's body!?"
Orochimaru: "...Hehe, something interesting is happening."
Shimura Danzo: "Dammit!"
The moment they saw Senju Hashirama's corpse, both Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo felt a sense of impending doom.
Where did the corpse in Uchiha Hoshi's hands come from? Could they not know?
Since they were nothing more than bedraggled curs fleeing in panic when they left Konoha, they couldn't concern themselves with much.
But as time passed, they gradually calmed down.
However, because there were far too many things to deal with, they forgot the crucial information that Senju Hashirama's corpse was still in Root!
After all, Senju Hashirama's corpse had been in Root for so many years, and because the wood release experiments never yielded any results, both of them had nearly forgotten about him.
If the Sky Screen hadn't followed Uchiha Hoshi's camera and shown the image of Senju Hashirama, they really wouldn't have remembered this matter!
Senju Hashirama: "That's not right. Uchiha Hoshi destroyed Konoha to that extent, so how could my corpse remain so intact? Wait, more importantly, shouldn't my corpse have rotted long ago? Even if it were dug up, it should just be a skeleton, right?"
Senju Hashirama noticed a critical point.
He began to realize something was wrong.
To this, Senju Tobirama surprisingly did not offer any opinion.
What could he say?
He couldn't exactly say that he never buried his elder brother's body at all, but kept it for research, right?
And then he discovered that even after his elder brother died, the corpse possessed terrifying vitality.
And then he even wanted to use those still-active cells to replicate wood release?
If he really said it out loud, he would probably be beaten senseless by his elder brother.
Regarding this matter, even Orochimaru did not seek death by speaking up.
After all, he was someone who had observed the corpse up close and even used the cells for experiments.
A: "What other reason could there be? Your corpse wasn't dug up by someone else; it was dug up by your own grand-disciples. I've heard that to recreate wood release, Konoha used a massive number of Senju clan members for experiments, and not a single one of those people survived."
Onoki: "I can testify to this. It was quite a big deal at the time; I was worried about it for a good while because of it."
Rasa: "Did that happen? How come I didn't know?"
Chiyo: "It did indeed happen. Because they wanted to recreate wood release, it could be said that seventy percent of the ninjas in the Senju clan who still held the Senju surname died."
Senju Tobirama: "What? Didn't I leave notes explaining that wood release cannot be recreated? Why did you restart the wood release experiments?"
Senju Tobirama's expression turned grim, his crack-covered face looking like a vengeful spirit.
And looking at his pitch-black pupils, calling him a vengeful spirit was perfectly accurate.
After all, he was indeed a lonely ghost summoned from the Pure Land through Summoning.
Besides him, his elder brother Senju Hashirama had also been summoned.