Chapter 191: The Wonderful Use of the Orochi Style Substitution Technique

Chapter 191: Chapter 183 The Wonderful Use of the Orochi Style Substitution Technique

Chapter 183: The Wonderful Uses of the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique

Since he had decided to use this blue skill learning card, naturally there was no reason to waste any more time.

Guided by his thoughts, the skill learning card shattered, turning into a stream of light that plunged into the scroll, causing a blue light to emanate from it.

Uchiha Gen placed his hand onto the scroll, and the blue light on it suddenly dimmed, as if it had been absorbed by him.

In an instant, a massive amount of information flooded into his mind, causing Uchiha Gen to stand frozen in place, closing his eyes for more than ten seconds before recovering.

“This technique also references part of the principles of Medical Ninjutsu. By stimulating the cells of the snake-ified body, it quickly generates a thick outer membrane resembling snakeskin on the surface of the body in advance to bear attacks for the main body. For unavoidable or adhesive attacks, this move can be used to evade them.”

It is just like how, in the original timeline during the battle between the Sasuke and Itachi brothers, Sasuke used the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique to escape from beneath the flames of Amaterasu.

“Or, this move can also be used to break free from almost all binding Ninjutsu other than Sealing Techniques, such as the Nara Clan’s Shadow Imitation Technique. When prepared, one simply needs to activate the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique when the body is bound by the shadow, and then only a piece of snakeskin will be controlled, allowing the main body to escape calmly, undoubtedly increasing error tolerance a lot in combat.”

With a thought, Uchiha Gen’s body suddenly split open from the middle like a layer of skin, and out from the damp mucus stepped a new Uchiha Gen.

His Yang Release was powerful, and his attainments in Medical Ninjutsu had also reached a top-tier standard in the contemporary world. The speed at which he stimulated his snake body to generate snakeskin was extremely fast—an advantage that even Orochimaru did not possess. The only advantage the latter had over Uchiha Gen in this technique was that his Snake Body Modification had been ongoing for several years, resulting in a deeper degree of snake transformation.

Although the pre-casting wind-up of the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique could not be said to be small enough to be ignored in Uchiha Gen’s case, coupled with the insight of the Sharingan for advanced prediction, it was enough for him to activate it promptly whenever needed.

“Even if the degree of my Snake Body Modification is inferior to Teacher Orochimaru, it has already reached a very high level of mastery, and my Chakra volume is even higher. This move can also be used as a routine standard.”

“Furthermore, I can also utilize the flexibility of the Snake Body Modification to achieve an effect similar to bone-shrinking techniques, shrinking the body hidden beneath the outer skin to evade attacks and then unexpectedly attacking the enemy, or— — — —”

Uchiha Gen pondered slightly, recalled Orochimaru’s usage of this technique, and started the experiment once more.

The snake body shed its skin. This time, after activating the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique, what walked out was not Uchiha Gen’s main body, but rather a thick, massive snake crawling out from his mouth, spitting out the main body.

The snake spits me, I spit the snake, the snake spits me again, I spit the snake again, and finally the snake can even spit out a sword.

Orochimaru’s nesting-doll trick could also be performed by him after he learned the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique.

This move was actually a combination of the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique and the Reverse Summoning Technique. The main body used the Reverse Summoning Technique within the snakeskin to reach Ryūchi Cave, leaving a snake at the original position as an anchor point, and then had that snake summon itself back again. This achieved the effect of me spitting the snake and the snake spitting me, which was almost sufficient to evade all attacks.

The only flaw was that during the time he was reverse-summoned to Ryūchi Cave, the summoning snake lacked sufficiently powerful combat capabilities against enemies. If the enemy targeted this snake during that time, Uchiha Gen would find himself in a passive position after coming out.

Therefore, although this move was useful and had a higher upper limit for self-preservation capabilities, it placed even greater emphasis on the timing of its use.

“I wonder how Teacher Orochimaru’s side has arranged things.”

Uchiha Gen waved his hand to dismiss the summoning of that snake, lifted the tent flap, and looked at the main camp, which exuded an atmosphere of tension from inside and out.

To this day, he finally dared to say that he had the confidence not to worry about being killed by others.

With his combat power barely stepping into the top tier of the Shinobi World, along with his super-strong survivability, as long as he was careful not to fall for Six Paths Ninja Tools, then in this era where super-Kage-level combat power was scarce, for the next one or two decades, he wouldn’t need to worry about anyone being able to finish him off.

The sense of urgency that had always been in his heart could finally be eased somewhat.

“However, right now, it is not yet time to slack off and relax.”

Uchiha Gen stretched, lowered the tent flap, cleaned up his body, and then packed up the remaining Military Rations Pills.

He had prepared more than thirty Military Rations Pills infused with his own blood in total.

This quantity was not small, mainly because he had a lot of blood.

He had used a few just now, and he planned to keep a few for himself from the remainder while distributing the rest.

Orochimaru, Uchiha Mikoto, as well as Sarutobi Enjun and Uzuki Ruri, whom he hadn’t seen for a while.

These few people were the only ones here in the Land of Hot Springs who cared relatively much about his safety.

With these things, they could also have a few more chances to preserve their lives on this perilous battlefield.

Especially on Orochimaru’s side.

With these specially-made Military Rations Pills, combined with his near-complete Snake Body Modification and the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique, perhaps he could also walk up to the fourth Rashomon gate like him, sign a contract with it, and enhance his strength.

As for this item, Uchiha Gen couldn’t easily explain its origin with other reasons; he could only say that he had searched for materials himself and made it with great effort.

With Orochimaru’s thirst for knowledge, he would likely try to explore why these Military Rations Pills could possess such powerful efficacy, and taking them for experiments was inevitable.

Although Uchiha Gen had some confidence in his craftsmanship inherited from Tsunade, he also knew that while Orochimaru was proficient in biotechnology, his attainments in pharmacology could only be considered good rather than top-tier. Unless someone else proficient in this field helped, it wouldn’t be that easy to crack the mysteries within these Military Rations Pills.

Uchiha Gen had no way to explain why he suddenly possessed a physique comparable to Tang Seng’s flesh, where a bite of his flesh and blood could have such miraculous effects, so he could only resort to this method.

However, in doing so, he had to describe these Military Rations Pills as exceptionally precious.

“Military Rations Pills with the effect of quickly healing injuries? There are only this many in the entire Shinobi World? This thing is too precious, Gen! The missions you have to execute are much more dangerous than mine; I can’t accept them.”

After listening to Uchiha Gen’s explanation, Uchiha Mikoto reached out with both hands and pushed the medicine box back.

“It’s fine, I still have some here, and I’ll give Teacher Orochimaru some in a moment; I have enough on hand.”

“However, you must also pay attention: the number of times these Military Rations Pills can be used in a short period is only four times, otherwise the Chakra balance within your body will be disrupted, causing internal injuries due to the conflict.”

“Four times?”

Uchiha Mikoto tilted her head in confusion, doubting whether she had heard correctly.

Ordinary Military Rations Pills could not be taken continuously in a short period, and even the Nara Clan’s Military Rations Pills could not be taken for a third time in a short period.

Chapter 184: Orochimaru Wants to Contract the Fourth Rashomon Too

Being able to swallow four of these things directly, coupled with that heaven-defying effect, was practically four life-saving opportunities in moments of crisis.

“Mn, just accept it. I really don’t lack them.”

Uchiha Gen pushed the medicine box back into Mikoto’s hands.

“Remember, these things are rare in number and meant for you to save your life. For now, it’s still best not to leak it out, nor should you privately distribute them to others.”

Mikoto dazedly took back the medicine box and nodded heavily toward Uchiha Gen.

After bidding farewell to Mikoto, Uchiha Gen walked all the way through the encampment and found Orochimaru.

At this moment, Orochimaru was gesturing with a map in hand, explaining the mission to several Konoha Shinobi.

“Remember, for your mission, gathering intelligence is secondary. The true requirement is to startle the snake and cause interference in Kumogakure’s judgment regarding our scouting focus and troop concentration points—that is the core of your mission.

Once it is completed, intelligence personnel from the Root will meet up with you and tell you other relevant intelligence. By then, Black Sickle Jonin, you must judge how to act on your own.”

A middle-aged Jonin heading this team nodded steadily toward Orochimaru.

“Understood, Lord Orochimaru.”

After taking the mission, Black Sickle Jonin brought his squad members to greet Uchiha Gen, and then set off without stopping to execute the mission.

“Something the matter?”

Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Gen, who had walked into the tent and listened from the side, holding the map he hadn’t had time to put down yet, and asked.

“Good news.”

Uchiha Gen smiled slightly at Orochimaru and took out the medicine box.

The latter took the medicine box, looked up at Uchiha Gen, and then opened the small box.

Inside were placed two bottles. Uncovering one of them and pouring it out revealed five round, white-with-a-flush-of-red pills.

“Another new Military Rations Pill?”

Orochimaru pinched one of the Military Rations Pills and sniffed its scent with his nose.

He had also tasted Uchiha Gen’s previous imitation of the replica system’s premium Military Rations Pill, and his evaluation of it was very high.

Although it was two points inferior to the Nara Clan’s Military Rations Pills in terms of medicinal potency and had greater side effects, it also possessed a certain ability to regulate injuries.

Among all Military Rations Pills in the Shinobi World, this was one of a kind. Based on this point alone, the value of his Military Rations Pills would not be lower than those of the Nara Clan.

This was already a top-quality Military Rations Pill in the Shinobi World.

Regarding this, Orochimaru could only attribute it to Uchiha Gen’s talent in medical Ninjutsu. In the area of pharmacology, along with the accumulation of time, he further displayed his extraordinary talent, enabling him to invent a brand-new Military Rations Pill recipe.

Using medicinal properties to stimulate human Chakra to activate Yang Release and strengthen self-healing abilities—in anyone’s eyes, this was an incomparably genius idea. It differed vastly from all mainstream Military Rations Pill recipe conceptions in the Shinobi World, making it almost an epoch-making creation.

And now that Uchiha Gen took out these Military Rations Pills, it could only mean one thing: he believed that this time’s Military Rations Pills had achieved another breakthrough compared to the previous one.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru was slightly surprised, but more than that, he felt anticipation.

His disciple, just like him, was a super genius hard to find among hundreds of millions, one who couldn’t be produced in many years. And in Orochimaru’s view, Uchiha Gen’s natural talent was even a tier stronger than his own back then.

“Correct, Teacher Orochimaru, you can take a few pieces to Rashomon Canyon to experiment. However, it’s best not to take more than four consecutively.”

What does taking more than four consecutively mean?

What does going to Rashomon Canyon to experiment mean?

Does Uchiha Gen think this Military Rations Pill has the ability to help him contract the fourth Rashomon?

Then can it be assumed—

“Have you already relied on this Military Rations Pill to contract the fourth Rashomon?”

Orochimaru’s pair of snake pupils kept sizing up Uchiha Gen as he asked.

“Yes, Teacher Orochimaru, so I think you can too.”

Orochimaru’s near-completion Snake Body Modification and Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique were enough to weaken the impact brought by the shockwaves by several tiers. Meanwhile, the Yang Release healing ability of the four pills was enough to enhance his endurance and suppress the erosion of external Yin Release Chakra.

The only difficulty was that Orochimaru did not have a Sharingan, and this Military Rations Pill didn’t have the effect of purifying negative states. The mental interference of those Yin Release Chakras could only be resisted by Orochimaru himself.

However, regarding this point, Uchiha Gen still had enough confidence in his teacher.

Every orthodox Kage-level expert like Orochimaru, who went from weak to strong and walked out of the sea of corpses and mountains of blood in wars, had a mind and will that could match their power, which those who took shortcuts could not compare to.

At least the current Orochimaru had not yet embarked on the path of darkening, and his soul had not yet been weakened by Living Corpse Reincarnation. It was entirely possible to withstand these interferences.

Orochimaru, just like Uchiha Gen before, scraped a bit of the Military Rations Pill’s crumbs with his fingernails and put it into his mouth. After a short while, his somewhat pale complexion suddenly turned rosy, and his eyes bloomed with an inexplicable color.

This medicinal effect was too astonishing!

Even though he already had psychological expectations beforehand, Orochimaru was still shocked.

“No wonder you wanted those medicinal materials. It seems you already had a draft of the medicinal properties and recipe for this new-style Military Rations Pill beforehand, but you couldn’t practice and manufacture it due to the precious materials.

The surprise you mentioned before must be this Military Rations Pill and the fourth Rashomon.”

Orochimaru solemnly put away the medicine box, looked at Uchiha Gen, and asked.

“Mn.”

Uchiha Gen naturally nodded.

Although what truly brought about the change was Uzumaki Karin’s Uzumaki body, and these things were merely derived from it, they could indeed greatly enhance the fault tolerance rate on the battlefield and strengthen one’s power.

This would not only help him, but also provide considerable help to Orochimaru.

“I will go try it, just in time to have two more trump cards before the decisive battle of pulling the net in three days. With these two, you should be completely safe against the Third Raikage.”

“Pulling the net in three days?”

“Mn, tonight I will go to Rashomon Canyon to give it a try. If I get injured, then starting from tonight, you will still be responsible for the daily management of the camp affairs. Don’t worry about pulling the net; senior Nara Rukawa has always been my deputy before and knows the entire process of the strategic arrangement. If you need to make a move, he will notify you.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Uchiha Gen nodded toward Orochimaru and said.

He had previously managed such matters for Orochimaru as well.

Throughout the entire camp, Orochimaru was an irreplaceable role. Nara Rukawa had seniority, but his strength was a tier lower. Uchiha Gen’s strength was barely enough, but he was a rising star, still lacking the accumulation of time in terms of seniority and prestige. Only by joining forces could the two of them keep people in check and keep things running smoothly.