The ninja from the barrier monitoring team arrived before the Third Hokage with utmost speed, and he reported the sudden anomaly in Konoha's barrier in the most concise way possible.
But the Third Hokage, upon hearing the alarm brought by this ninja, didn't show any surprise. He simply asked the ninja, "The barrier anomaly… How long did it last? Can the barrier still detect that anomaly now?"
The reporting ninja thought to himself, The Hokage is truly the Hokage, unflappable in the face of danger, calm and collected. He shook his head and said, "No, the anomaly only lasted for a short while. It's back to normal now."
"Then there's no problem. You don't need to worry about it." The Third Hokage initially intended to dismiss him just like that, but after thinking for a moment, he added an explanation, "This isn't an intrusion, nor is it an anomaly, it's just… This matter concerns a village secret."
The reporting ninja understood. The Hokage's meaning was clear: I know about this, don't ask why, there's nothing to worry about, now get out of here.
"Yes, Hokage-sama." So, he promptly left.
After the ninja departed, the Third Hokage immediately ordered the empty office, "Go and summon Habara."
"Yes." Naturally, an Anbu ninja went to deliver the Hokage's command.
The Third Hokage went to the window. He looked up and saw that strange "antenna." If he wasn't mistaken, this thing was used for long-distance chakra transmission… Clearly, Kushina had mentioned this to him before.
After only a short while, Habara arrived before the Third Hokage.
"Hokage-sama, is there something you need?"
The Third Hokage turned his head and sized up Habara, noticing that the young man did indeed appear quite happy.
"Did that experiment of yours succeed?" the Hokage asked.
Of course it succeeded! Couldn't he see the undisguised joy on his face?
"It was basically a success, but whether or not it can continue in the future is still uncertain," Habara replied truthfully. However, he was a little puzzled as to how the Hokage had received the news so quickly, considering the experiment had only just concluded.
"If it's just a chakra transmission signal test, then from now on, either conduct it entirely within Konoha or entirely outside."
Habara felt somewhat baffled. What did this requirement mean? He was planning to gradually try even longer-distance chakra transmission. According to his knowledge of radio waves, this was theoretically possible… Shortwave and longwave, high and low frequencies, you know.
If chakra is the same as radio waves.
Seeing Habara's puzzled expression, the Third Hokage had to continue, "That… um, rural chakra transmission test you just conducted, it will frequently interfere with Konoha's barrier, understand?"
"…"
Okay, if he put it that way, Habara definitely understood.
"I understand, Hokage-sama."
He nodded, thinking to himself, So it can cause "signal interference." But this was to be expected. Konoha's large-scale sensory barrier was already very sensitive to chakra fluctuations. So, any future experiments would either have to be conducted inside Konoha's barrier or by erecting another antenna outside the village.
After warning Habara, the Third Hokage opened his mouth, and finally couldn't resist asking, "This experiment you're doing… Are you familiar with the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques?"
Habara nodded. "A little bit."
"So, how is what you're doing different from those techniques?"
"There's not much difference, and it's even inferior to those techniques," Habara said without much hesitation.
The Third Hokage's eyes became skeptical. If there's no difference, why are you doing this?
Actually, there was quite a big difference, but Habara didn't feel it was necessary to explain at this time. He believed the Third Hokage wouldn't necessarily understand high-tech, and the Hokage didn't have the same firsthand experience as Kakashi, who had participated in the experiment.
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Habara soon left the Hokage's office. In fact, of the three systems he envisioned, the one that had just been tested was the least significant. If he could reveal the other experiments now, it would surely attract even more of the Third Hokage's attention, and possibly even support.
But things had to be done step by step. Besides, the internal situation in Konoha was rather chaotic at the moment, so Habara couldn't be too hasty.
And what was the most crucial element for promoting his so-called three systems, or rather, achieving further popularization of ninjutsu and improving the overall quality of civilian ninja? Was it support from the higher-ups? Was it Daigo's specialization? Actually, it was neither of those – the most crucial element was Habara's personal strength.
There should be no doubt about this. In the ninja world, enforcing one's will naturally relied on personal strength; this was the most fundamental factor. If he forgot this, Habara would fail sooner or later… Everything else, including like-minded comrades, was something to rely on, but not to depend on.
So, the question was: could Habara's current personal strength support his plans? The answer was very clear – sorry, but no. Therefore, he needed to further enhance his strength.
But as a ninja, Habara had "congenital deficiencies." The ninja who could stand at the top of the ninja world and ultimately achieve something were, without exception, ninja with abundant chakra. Even without mentioning those ridiculously overpowered individuals, just looking at the peak of conventional ninja… Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who could summon large creatures like it was nothing; the Third Hokage, who could unleash large-scale elemental jutsu at will and could even perform combination techniques; the artillery mages from other villages, who could practically shout "Annihilation!" while casting spells; and even the oddballs who could brawl with Tailed Beasts.
The truth of this world was very simple: no mana, no damage; no damage, no ideals.
Therefore, for an ordinary ninja like Habara, the ceiling was clearly visible. He had been thinking for a while about how to solve the problems he faced, and after Daigo's rebirth incident, he finally found a path.
In fact, if he wanted to obtain a "temporary boost" or an external source of chakra, the difficulty was greatly reduced. At worst, he could rely on Daigo to "replenish" his chakra in the future. However, Habara didn't want this kind of superficial "strength." He wanted the real, substantial power of the First Hokage.
Was it possible to acquire such strength after birth? Actually, it was, but he had to die once first… Daigo had already demonstrated how to do it.
How could he transform a temporary increase in chakra into a permanent increase in chakra?
Next, Habara planned to develop a new forbidden jutsu, based on the "Living Corpse Reincarnation," but with a reincarnation-like nature, yet not a reincarnation. The name of this jutsu would be…
"Pseudo White-Scaled Orochi Transformation."
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