"Here… I got this for you!" Tsunade said, tossing two scrolls to Uchiha Gen.
"See if you can use this to research that true resurrection technique you mentioned!"
"In addition, there's also a new variation of the Shadow Clone Technique for you to study."
Her voice carried a tinge of sadness and expectation.
Clearly, just thinking about Nawaki made her feel melancholic again.
"Oh?"
Uchiha Gen raised an eyebrow in curiosity as he caught the scrolls.
Opening them, he glanced through their contents.
Just as he suspected—
"Could it be that technique?"
Sure enough, the next moment, he saw Reanimation Jutsu written inside.
"Miss Tsunade, how exactly did you get this?" he asked, amused.
"Don't tell me you beat up the Third Hokage and stole it from him?"
"Get lost!"
Tsunade smirked and playfully scolded him.
"I traded it for your Flying Thunder God upgrade."
"Speaking of which," she added, crossing her arms, "the old man was furious after reading your version of Flying Thunder God. He thought we were messing with him, saying it's impossible for people to actually learn it."
"I'm curious though—"
"Is it really impossible? Can you actually use it yourself?"
Tsunade still half-suspected that Uchiha Gen had made something up just to get the Reanimation Jutsu in exchange.
"Of course, it's possible," Uchiha Gen said with a chuckle.
"But—"
"You need to be able to extend your spiritual power outward. And then, using that spiritual power, you need to guide your chakra to construct the Flying Thunder God formula in midair."
"If you can't do that, then yeah, you'll never learn it."
Tsunade went silent.
She rubbed her temples.
"Right… so basically, nobody but you can do it."
She sighed.
"Forget constructing the Flying Thunder God mark in midair—just releasing spiritual power at will is already impossible for normal people!"
"Even Kushina, despite her Uzumaki lineage, can't do it yet."
Now it all made sense.
Of course, Hiruzen felt scammed.
The method was real—but only one person in the world could actually use it!
But it was his fault for assuming it was something that could be widely taught.
"You scammed the Hokage, huh?" Tsunade mused, smirking.
"Eh, he brought it on himself," Uchiha Gen said with a shrug.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back and study this first. It might take a while before I get results."
Tsunade waved her hand dismissively.
"Yeah, yeah, go. If the old man finds out you're still here, he'll start getting more ideas."
She had no intention of putting pressure on Uchiha Gen.
She didn't want him to feel obligated to create a resurrection technique—that was his choice to make.
After all…
He owed her nothing.
If anything—
She was the one who owed him.
Two Days Later
[You have thoroughly studied Reanimation Jutsu and identified its flaws. You have improved it, creating Reanimation Jutsu 2.0 and mastered it to perfection.]
"Hmm… Now I need to test it in practice before taking the research further."
He lacked firsthand experience with this technique.
So—
He would fix that now.
Leaving behind a Shadow Clone at home, Uchiha Gen teleported to a remote town in the western Fire Country.
Using Kagura's Mind Eye, he scanned the area.
A few kilometers south, he found a bandit hideout in the mountains.
The next moment—
SWOOSH!
He teleported directly inside, knocked the bandit leader unconscious, and warped them both to an isolated location far away.
"Huh… A Genin running a bandit gang? Could he be a spy?"
Using Genjutsu, Uchiha Gen quickly read his memories.
"Oh… never mind. Just a wandering rogue ninja who became a bandit."
That was reasonable.
It was a small, remote town—not an ideal spot for espionage.
With that settled—
Uchiha Gen drew the Reanimation Jutsu formula on the ground.
He placed the bandit leader in the center.
Then—
He took out a blood sample from the Minazuki Clan that his Shadow Clone had previously acquired.
"Reanimation Jutsu!"
Activating the technique, the ritual circle came to life.
A violent surge of chakra erupted.
Countless paper-like fragments rose from the ground, wrapping around the bandit leader's body.
The man screamed in agony as his body transformed.
The paper peeled away, revealing—
A young man with delicate, almost feminine features—a Mist Ninja from the Minazuki Clan.
"...Tsk. Minazuki clan members really do look… unique."
Uchiha Gen rubbed his chin.
It reminded him of Minazuki Haku from the future.
But this wasn't the time to dwell on that.
He focused his mind and chakra on observing the entire process.
[You have deeply analyzed Reanimation Jutsu. You have achieved a breakthrough and comprehended two new techniques: Perfect Reanimation Jutsu and Soul Summoning.]
[Perfect Reanimation Jutsu]
No longer requires a living sacrifice.
Only requires blood, hair, or cell samples to revive the target as a reanimated body that obeys commands.
[Soul Summoning]
Allows the summoning of a dead person's soul using blood, hair, or cells.
Can permanently seal the summoned soul, preventing other Reanimation Jutsu users from controlling it.
"Perfect Reanimation Jutsu, huh?"
"This means… it's no longer an 'evil' technique since it doesn't require sacrifices."
"But the chakra cost is significantly higher."
More importantly—
Soul Summoning was even more useful.
"If I seal important souls myself, no one else can use them for Reanimation Jutsu."
That meant—
If someone like Orochimaru tried to create an army of past legends—
They wouldn't be able to.
It also confirmed one of Uchiha Gen's biggest fears.
The Underworld wasn't just some afterlife.
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo—the Sage of Six Paths—was still in control of it.
In the original timeline, Hagoromo summoned past Kage as allies.
That meant he had tampered with their souls.
"...Has he turned the Underworld into his personal army factory?"
Uchiha Gen narrowed his eyes.
Whatever Hagoromo was planning—
He'd find out eventually.
For now—
The resurrected Minazuki ninja had regained consciousness.
"Huh? I was… dead?"
He glanced around before spotting Uchiha Gen.
"Who are y—"
"Not interested," Uchiha Gen interrupted.
"Goodbye."
He snapped his fingers—
The Minazuki ninja disintegrated into paper fragments.
The bandit leader's lifeless body reappeared beneath it.
Uchiha Gen sighed.
"...Definitely a soul exchange rule."
However—
With Perfect Reanimation Jutsu, he had found a way to bypass that rule.
He grinned.
"Now that is useful."
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