Undoubtedly it is the Country of Bears. This country with its Ninja Village organization will be very troublesome if it wants to be included in the territory of the Country of Demons."

"Xingyin Village? It has a well-established Ninja Village system. It is indeed more troublesome to deal with it than the Snow Country."

Ayane nodded seriously.

Although the Bear Country is a small country, it has a relatively mature ninja village system like the Grass Country, Rain Country and other small countries.

The name of this ninja village is Hoshigakure Ninja Village.

It is said that the ninjas of Hoshigakure Ninja Village are good at the secret chakra technique called "Peacock Magic" and are very famous in the Bear Country.

When Shiraishi and Ayane feel that the Hoshigakure Ninja Village is troublesome, they are not referring to the combat effectiveness of this Ninja Village.

The biggest difficulty here is how to legally incorporate the Kingdom of Bears into the territory of the Kingdom of Ghosts without attracting attention.

If the operation is improper and the power of the Kingdom of Ghosts is exposed, the gain will outweigh the loss.

The reason why the Kingdom of Ghosts has been so prosperous in recent years is because the five major countries are on the bright side, while the Kingdom of Ghosts has always been lurking in the dark, pretending to be harmless to humans and animals, and winning the trust of other countries. In addition, the protection mechanism of neutral countries, etc.

A series of special reasons make the Kingdom of Ghosts a fish in water.

"It seems that Yagura will launch an operation within a year. As for the Bear Country, let's prepare for it after assisting Yagura in the operation. According to the plan, we still have a long time to prepare here. It's confirmed.

With Kirigakure's stance, the pressure on our side will be reduced a lot."

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Konoha 48th year, January.

The beginning of the new year also brings a new atmosphere to the land of ghosts.

Since returning from the Land of Snow, Shiraishi has been running between his family, the office, and the laboratory.

The work in the laboratory is mainly busy with the research on tailed beasts and zero-tails.

At present, among the ninja villages of the five major countries, only Kumogakure Village in the Kingdom of Thunder has mature tailed beast utilization technology, but Kumogakure's tailed beast utilization technology is mostly applied at the military level.

The difference is that Shiraishi hopes that the power of the tailed beasts will not only be used at the military level, such as the development of medicines and ninja tools, but can also be expanded. In that way, the benefits that the tailed beasts will bring to the Demon Country will be far greater than those alone.

The military level is many times higher.

Shiraishi's idea is not groundless. The tailed beast's chakra has extremely strong healing power and has a special restorative effect.

If this kind of recovery effect can be extended to medicines, it will definitely be a big hit.

Healing is just one of the effects of Tailed Beast Chakra. Other effects, such as enhancing the ninja's physique and increasing the explosive power of combat, can also enable ninjas to turn defeat into victory in difficult situations.

In short, as long as the tailed beast technology is conquered and effectively utilized, the Kingdom of Demons will benefit immensely.

As for the zero tail... this is a special life form that is even worse than the tailed beast.

And compared to the tailed beast parts collected by Shiraishi, which are mostly lumps of chakra and fragments of limbs, the zero tail is different. It was completely preserved in the experiment.

Although Zero-Tail was controlled by the past Sky Country and became the core energy engine that activated the royal fortress, in the beginning, it was a life form naturally formed in nature.

Relying on human sorrow and despair as food to promote oneself to achieve perfection.

From the current point of view, Zero-Tail's power is not comparable to that of a Tailed Beast, but as long as it is used properly, it will only be a matter of time before it grows to the level of a Tailed Beast. However, Shiraishi did not allow Zero-Tail to grow without limit.

Because he cannot control Zero-Tail's consciousness now, if Zero-Tail is allowed to grow to the level of a tailed beast, if it is not under his control, then this kind of monster will bring him nothing but trouble.

Now Zero-Tail has succumbed to the Kingdom of Demons, but it's just because he lacks strength and is temporarily dormant.

Once you become a perfect person and have the strength to resist, you may not be obedient.

A disobedient weapon has no choice but to be destroyed.

In the laboratory, the floor-standing glass cylinders contain the chakra of several tailed beasts. Under the catalysis of special chemicals, they have grown to the point where they have the physical characteristics of certain parts of the tailed beasts. For ordinary ninjas,

Said that this level of tailed beast power is completely enough.

After absorbing one of them, he also has the power to easily defeat the Jonin.

But for Shiraishi, this is far from perfect.

Later stages of drug production, ninja tool development, including energy supply issues for large battleships, may require Tailed Beast Chakra to save money.

It's a pity that Lin is not a perfect Jinchuuriki, otherwise the tailed beasts can take a big step forward by using technology.

Looking at the glass cylinder where Zero Tail is located, a huge black snake-shaped body is crowded and wrapped around the inside of the glass, as if it is a carefully crafted biological specimen.

The mask with a pale and evil face slightly opened its slits, revealing scarlet and shadowed blood.

There seemed to be no murderous intent, but Shiraishi knew that Zero-Tail must be looking for an opportunity to escape from here.

It's just that the glass cylinder in which it is imprisoned has the highest level of chakra suppression effect, and the material is so hard that it cannot be easily destroyed even by powerful ninjutsu.

Moreover, the solution in which its body is soaked is also a potion specially made for him by Shiraishi, which can weaken his body and prevent it from violently breaking free, breaking free from it, and causing unnecessary commotion.

There is a purification device placed on the experimental table, and the pipes contain zero tail's body debris, which is composed of pure dark chakra and contains a strong sense of sadness and despair.

Shiraishi is trying to find ways to peel off the dark part of Zero-Tail Chakra.

The extracted 'darkness' can be used to make special poisons that cause the enemy to become mentally depressed.

It can be said that the chakra and darkness in Zero Tails are rare treasures in the ninja world.

Shiraishi feels it's a pity every bit of waste.

"Teacher Shiraishi, the data has been re-calculated, and it seems that the utilization rate is a few tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous one."

Nohara Lin wore a white coat and a white mask on her face. She sat in front of the computer to calculate the data and told Shiraishi the latest experimental data.

"It seems that the skills of the tailed beasts that have matured are still quite different."

The tailed beast's chakra is difficult to use.

The negative energy contained in it is more terrifying than the one on Zero Tail and is difficult to remove.

If this kind of power directly acts on the human body, it will directly cause the user to lose his mind and cause indelible trauma to the body and mind.

In the ninja world, the only one who can perfectly utilize the power of tailed beasts is Kirabi Kirabi, the eight-tailed jinchūriki of Kumogakure Village, and the adopted brother of the fourth Raikage.

Shiraishi admires such a person very much. He can resolve the resentment in the chakra of the tailed beast and merge with the tailed beast without any reservation. This is not something that can be done easily with just a word.

It is the Eight-tailed Jinchuuriki, Rabbi, who has an open-mindedness and open-mindedness that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, so that he can live in peace with the tailed beasts and let the tailed beasts open their hearts to trust and identify with him.

This is countless times more sophisticated than the violent control of Tailed Beasts by Wood Release and Sharingan.

As far as Shiraishi knows, after so many years in the ninja world, only Kirabi has been able to truly understand the broad mind of the tailed beasts.

For example, the first Hokage in the past, Uchiha Madara, could not do this. They used the power of tailed beasts to some extent with their own selfish side.

Shiraishi feels that he is also so selfish.

He is not as open-minded as Kirabi, but that does not prevent him from appreciating people like Kirabi.

If he could have a conversation in person, it might be a great inspiration for his tailed beast research.

"Unfortunately, the Nanao in me is very prejudiced against me and has never been willing to communicate with me."

Lin smiled helplessly.

After returning from Shigulin, she has been living in the research institute of the First Military Region of the Kingdom of Ghosts. Her usual job is to help in hospitals and research institutes.

After Obito spent more than half a year to barely master the natural energy, he returned from the Shimogun Forest and joined the Uchiha clan as an ordinary patrolman in the military region.

"Human beings selfishly define tailed beasts as uncontrollable and dangerous forces, regard them as symbols of 'disaster' and 'evil' without authorization, and use excuses to ignore their own will and impose various restrictions on their freedom.

This in itself is a manifestation of arrogance. There is only one ninja who can become a perfect Jinchuuriki. Just work hard in this regard."

Shiraishi comforted Lin and smiled.

Lin is only thirteen or fourteen years old now, and she still has a long life to deal with tailed beasts, so there is no need to rush.

"Then do we still need to continue the research?"

Lin asked.

"Of course. I sympathize with the tailed beasts because I criticize humans from the perspective of an impartial third party. But in fact, I am a member of the human race. I only see the fate of the weak being dominated by the strong. In the same way

, the benefits that tailed beasts bring to humans are also what I focus on. The will of the tailed beasts themselves does not need to be considered too much. Maybe what I just said was heard by the Nanao in your body, and it is probably sneering with disdain at this time.

.”

Shiraishi suddenly smiled and said.

"Indeed, it is in a bit of a bad mood now."

Lin smiled bitterly.

Shiraishi-sensei's sarcastic... no, sarcastic attitude towards the tailed beasts would make any tailed beast feel resentful and dissatisfied.

So much so that this dissatisfaction was clearly transmitted into Lin's body, making her feel the weight of the tailed beast's resentment towards humans.

This is the knot between tailed beasts and humans that can never be resolved forever.

Tailed beasts have the stance of tailed beasts, and humans have the stance of humans.

This is the essence of separating all justice and evil.

"Okay, I'll leave this place to you for now, Lin, I want to go out now."

Shiraishi took off the white gloves on his hands, threw them into the trash can, and prepared to leave the laboratory.
Chapter completed!