Naruto: My Unique System

Chapter 198: The Daimyo's Scary Intentions

Seeing Tatsuma quickly grasp the Daimyo's intentions, Hiruzen nodded, feeling somewhat astonished.

After all, he had provided Tatsuma with very little information, and he estimated that he would need about three more rounds of information exchange before Tatsuma could make such a guess.

However, it seemed that he had greatly underestimated Tatsuma's abilities.

Nevertheless, Tatsuma's quick response saved him a lot of time. Hiruzen looked at Tatsuma and asked, "What is your opinion on the Daimyo's proposal?"

Tatsuma furrowed his brows tightly, his lips pressed together. This question involved too many aspects and was particularly sensitive.

Moreover, Tatsuma knew that if the Shinobi world were to see the emergence of Wood Release Ninja again, two necessary conditions would be indispensable: Hashirama's cells and human experimentation.

These two are taboos.

It can be said that if any ninja were to attempt to touch either of these, the former would become an enemy of Konoha, and the latter might even become an enemy of the entire Shinobi world.

When Tatsuma previously mentioned Senju Hashirama's cells, Tsunade was so furious she wanted to rise up and settle scores, while human experimentation, exemplified by Orochimaru in later years, earned him infamy wherever he went.

Yet, surprisingly, the Daimyo's intention was to bring these two to the forefront and conduct official experiments.

In the original work, there were indeed similar experiments. However, due to too many deaths among the test subjects, they had to be stopped. Of course, Orochimaru continued his experiments in secret and successfully cultivated Wood Release ninja like Yamato.

Yamato did play a certain role in the Nine-Tails-related events later on, but to suppress the Nine-Tails' power firmly like the First Hokage Senju Hashirama did...

After considering these points, Tatsuma spoke up, saying, "Hokage-sama, I believe there isn't a great necessity to recreate Wood Release ninja. Firstly, there are public opinion issues, which are difficult to resolve.

Following that, the success rate is too low, and such experiments are bound to carry great risks. The survival rate of the test subjects cannot be guaranteed, and if there are deaths among them, it would be difficult to justify to the village.

Lastly, Hokage-sama, do you really think that the First Hokage's ability to suppress the Nine-Tails relied solely on Wood Release?"

Tatsuma had "seen" the process of the First Hokage containing the Nine-Tails, and indeed, Wood Release Jutsu was used. However, the real focus was not on Wood Release but on the First Hokage's extraordinary power.

Without power comparable to the First Hokage's, Wood Release's effectiveness is very limited. With the power of the First Hokage, Wood Release is merely a bonus, or perhaps more suitable to say, a complement.

After hearing Tatsuma's perspective, Hiruzen nodded, his worried expression unchanged, and said, "If the Daimyo and his advisors had half of your understanding of Wood Release and the Nine-Tails, there wouldn't be so many trivial matters to talk about."

"Daimyo is insisting on it?"

"If he doesn't see failure, perhaps he won't agree to give up. Clearly, he relies more on the First Hokage's abilities than on my explanation."

Hiruzen shook his head, and Tatsuma's face showed some displeasure as he said, "If the goal is just to suppress the Nine-Tails using the power of Wood Release, then researching the Impure World Reincarnation would be much simpler and more controllable than creating a new Wood Release Ninja."