Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 342 The Resurrection Plan Begins

Naruto, alone, or rather, with his beast, is taking off endlessly in the desert.

If it were anyone else, they probably would have given up long ago, and even if they didn't, their bodies wouldn't have been able to take it.

But Naruto is exceptionally persistent and determined when it comes to a single task, and his body supports his perseverance.

This might be torture for others, but for Naruto, Bai Mo's choice to compete with him in attrition meant that Naruto felt he had entered his comfort zone.

Moreover, this comfort zone is actually quite comfortable.

One day passed.

Bai Mo and his group had finished shopping, watching a movie, and having dinner; the event had already ended.

Bai Mo sighed as he watched the girls return to their respective residences.

This sinful ninja world has forced its ninjas to mature far too early—mentally speaking.

Even though Hanabi is a well-protected young lady from a large family, she is not even ten years old yet, but she already acts like a little adult.

It was completely impossible for Bai Mo to experience the howling of the Sand Wolf Bai Zi, the chirping of Phoebe, or the quacking of the Fragrant Penguin.

In the sinful ninja world, there is no such thing as an adorable little pet loli.

Oh no.

It does exist, in fact.

They were all boys and girls.

This fact made things even sadder.

"What's wrong?"

Nohara Rin looked at Bai Mo with a puzzled expression.

"It's nothing, let's go."

Bai Mo shook his head.

After everyone left, only the two reanimated sisters remained.

It's time to begin the resurrection plan.

The reason we didn't start with the two of them right away was because we needed to give Orochimaru time to prepare.

Now that the day has passed, all the key props and equipment are ready.

The three arrived at the underground laboratory.

That's right, this time it's an underground laboratory.

The resurrection plan poses no danger of energy explosion and will not interfere with the outside world. In fact, the less external interference, the better, and the underground is the most suitable place.

"Bai Mo-kun, I've put everything here. I've also put the equipment user manual on the table. If you have any questions, just ask Dean Nono."

"Bai Mojun, since your abilities can compensate for the lack of technology here, I won't delve into this area further for now. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

After Orochimaru saw Bai Mo arrive, he explained the contents of the package and then hurriedly left.

The new method of resurrection would probably be of great interest to Orochimaru in the past.

But Orochimaru now has no such thoughts at all.

For him, the Reanimation Jutsu was enough; if he were to be reborn as a White Zetsu, he wouldn't have to worry about his lifespan at all.

Even if there are new ways to resurrect, it will only benefit others.

Of course, Orochimaru wasn't selfishly thinking that he couldn't revive others.

However, after his research, he discovered that the time and effort required for this revival were not proportional to the results and effects it brought.

From the perspective of simply improving one's own combat strength.

There is a difference between Impure World Reincarnation and complete resurrection, but it's not that significant.

The only ones with a significant difference in skill level are the Edo Tensei (reincarnation) versions of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

Another drawback is that the reanimated body cannot cultivate or actively become stronger; it's locked in.

The two have roughly the same increase in combat power, but the effort required to achieve this is worlds apart.

Regarding the resurrection, Orochimaru and his small team have repeatedly tackled the problem, but there are still many details to be addressed.

According to Bai Mo's plan, it is indeed necessary to revive the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Nohara Rin.

Leaving aside the others for now, this one needs to be pulled up.

So Orochimaru changed his approach again. Since resurrection is too difficult and cannot be mass-produced for the time being, what about lowering the standard and trying a one-time or limited-number method with high difficulty and high consumption?

Or not.

Until Bai Mo appeared today.

Bai Mo's new ability is to give life—unlike Tsunade's life transfer in the form of energy, Bai Mo can truly give life.

After Bai Mo demonstrated it, this bug-level ability instantly solved all the problems.

Even for some problems that have already been solved, this ability allows us to completely disregard the original solutions.

The only drawback is that anyone who wants to be truly resurrected must rely on Bai Mo to perform the operation.

It doesn't matter.

Anyway, the plan is only to revive Nohara Rin. Even if someone else is revived in the future, it will only be a single individual.

Bai Mo's plan never included the idea of ​​resurrecting all the dead people in the ninja world.

In short, since it was sufficient for the time being, Orochimaru immediately stopped his research in this area and shifted his focus elsewhere.

—There are too many directions he wants to explore.

For example, the inspiration I just got last time is that the chakra entanglement between the tailed beasts can be transferred between them through Naruto's body as a transfer station, combined with the heavy particle mode.

Orochimaru was in a hurry to leave because he wanted to quickly study this area.

There are four people inside the room.

Nohara Rin, Uzumaki Kushina, the utility pharmacist Nono, and Bai Mo.

"start?"

Bai Mo looked at Nohara Rin.

Bai Mo has already tacitly accepted that Naruto has lost the bet with him.

In fact, Naruto's chances of winning were less than 0.1%.

But who can blame Naruto when he's known as the ninja with the highest unpredictability?

Speaking of which, aren't the main characters in these kinds of shonen manga always the most unpredictable? Ash Ketchum from Pokémon is one of them.

Anyway, nothing unexpected happened this time, and nothing unexpected will happen.

If Naruto really wins, Bai Mo will indeed keep his promise and revive Kushina first.

The reason is simple: before reviving the crucial Nohara Rin, someone needs to conduct an experiment first to avoid any accidents.

Kushina would definitely agree to help.

There's no need for that now.

"……good."

Nohara Rin glanced at Kushina, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded vigorously.

She really wanted to revive Kushina as well, but then she thought that this first revival might be dangerous.

Moreover, her resurrection was part of the plan, her duty and mission.

Now is not the time to act on emotions.

All I can say is that Rin Nohara truly deserves her reputation as a saintly figure who, even after being implanted with the Three-Tails, contemplated suicide rather than risk the Third or Fourth Hokage being able to subdue it, and was afraid of harming any of the villagers.

"Then, lie down inside."

Pharmacist Nonou pressed a button, and a culture chamber filled with viscous liquid opened.

Nohara Rin had just slipped one foot inside when she suddenly blushed and asked, "Should I take my clothes off?"

"Well……"

Yakushi Nonou hadn't expected the other person to ask such a question, "What's the point of taking off your clothes after being resurrected through Edo Tensei?"

The body resurrected through Edo Tensei will automatically repair itself, including the clothes that are resurrected along with it.

However, it is said that when Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi first improved the Impure World Reincarnation technique, there were several instances where the reanimated ninjas were not wearing clothes.