Chapter 227: S-Rank Kekkei Genkai Technique, Blood Pond!
"A jutsu for immortality and eternal life?!"
The moment the Jashin cult priest spoke, even Retsu, the ever-calm and collected young lady, couldn't help but gasp, her Byakugan widening in shock. Shisui, holding the scrolls, couldn't stop his eyes from drifting down to them.
In contrast, Shizune, who usually faded into the background, showed no such shock. As a medical ninja, her professional training guaranteed one thing: "immortality" was absolute nonsense. From a medical perspective, keeping a ninja alive forever wasn't that difficult in theory. You just had to maintain their bodily functions, ensure their physical energy never depleted, and stop their cells from aging and dying. But... how was that possible?
Keisuke didn't believe it either. Not because he thought immortality was a lie—this was a world of gods and monsters, after all. There might not be any "immortal ninja," but there was an "immortal alien" currently sealed on the moon. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was a perfect example. Besides her, the three Great Sages were also beings of immense longevity.
No, what he couldn't believe was that a clan like the Chinoike could possibly possess such a power.
"If the Chinoike clan truly had the means to live forever, then where are they now?" he asked. The simple question snapped Shisui and Retsu out of their daze. "This is Hell Valley. Besides miasma, a blood pond, and white bones... there is nothing else."
"Lord Ninja, I have no intention of deceiving you," the priest argued weakly. "You only need to look at those scrolls to understand. While the clan did not achieve eternal life, they did, in fact, research a jutsu for it."
"Shisui," Keisuke beckoned to his clone. Shisui immediately handed the scrolls to his captain.
A series of notifications popped up on his virtual panel.
[S-Rank Kekkei Genkai Technique Detected: [Blood Pond]. Learn?]
[A-Rank Technique Detected: [Summoning: Blood Source Curse]...]
[...A-Rank Kekkei Genkai Technique: [Blood Dragon Technique]...]
[...B-Rank Technique: [Summoning: Blood-Colored Contract]...]
[...B-Rank Kekkei Genkai Technique: [Exploding Blood Technique]...]
[...B-Rank Technique: [Blood Transformation]...]
In front of everyone, Keisuke did not inspect the panel, nor did he open the scrolls. He simply sealed all of them away in his Large Sealing Scroll. A look of deep disappointment flashed in the priest's eyes. He had hoped the lure of immortality would be irresistible. Just as no one can resist the power of the great Lord Jashin! If he could just get them hooked on the forbidden arts, he might have had a chance to escape, or even... convert them. But the man hadn't even opened the scrolls.
"These scrolls are the secret arts of the Chinoike Clan," Keisuke said, shouldering his storage scroll and looking at the priest. "But the Chinoike were wiped out long ago. And an ordinary ninja could never have collected their secret techniques. Who was the person who gave these to you?"
"I don't know his true identity—I'm not lying, Lord Ninja!" the priest yelped, seeing the dangerous glint in Keisuke's eyes. "About three days ago, a man in a white mask found me. He threw these scrolls at me and ordered me to attack a Konoha ninja team."
"Describe him."
"An old man's voice, about 170cm tall, wearing a black robe and a white, single-eyed mask with a spiral pattern."
"How does he contact you?"
"I don't know..." the priest shook his head. "The masked man comes and goes like a ghost. He is always the one to find me."
Keisuke's eyebrow shot up. "You just said... 'always'?"
"Huh?! No! No, I didn't," the priest stammered, shaking his head frantically. "I meant last time—"
"Shisui," Keisuke said, giving up on the old man. He gestured to his tool-man. "Use genjutsu interrogation."
Shisui stepped forward, his three-tomoe Sharingan locking onto the priest's eyes, and forcibly dragged his consciousness into an illusion.
While Shisui worked, Keisuke walked to the edge of the blood pond. It was now as still as death, but in his senses, he could feel the insane, astonishing amount of chakra hidden within it. The malicious energy was so strong it seemed to pollute the very natural energy in the air.
'So this is that... S-rank jutsu, [Blood Pond]?' He stared at the pool, but his eyes were focused on the panel in his mind.
[S-Rank Kekkei Genkai Technique: Blood Pond]
[Description: A forbidden art of the Chinoike Clan!]
[Effect: By gathering a large amount of blood from ninja of the same or similar quality, a [Blood Pond] filled with Yang Release chakra is created. By forming a [Blood-Colored Contract] with the pond, a ninja can then anchor their consciousness to it. After this, even if their physical body suffers a fatal injury, such as beheading or having their heart pierced, their consciousness will be transmitted back to the [Blood Pond] via the contract. As long as the pond does not dry up, the ninja cannot die.]
[Evaluation: Cloud data backup in progress...]
'By gathering a large amount of blood... This is even more terrifying and man-eating than Orochimaru's jutsu!'
Just a glance at the description was enough for him to classify this as an absolute anti-humanity technique. Forget how the Chinoike had ever researched such a thing; to create a pond of this size, it would require the blood of thousands. This was certainly the "merit" of the Jashin cult, but it also meant that the Chinoike clan, who had been sealed here, must have been conducting related experiments themselves.
'Oyakata En once said the Chinoike clan's numbers dwindled because of a lack of resources... but now it looks more like their own elders were up to no good.'
Still, something didn't add up. The effect of the [Blood Pond] was powerful, but it was a long way from true "immortality and eternal life." Unless...
He delved into the scroll's contents and found the answer. 'This S-rank jutsu is incomplete. Creating the pond and forming the contract to achieve 'spiritual immortality'... that's only the first half. The second half is... missing!' The scroll only contained a few cryptic fragments: "unification of yin and yang," "ascend to a blood god," "true immortality"... He suspected the mad priest had added those parts himself.
As for the "Blood-Colored Contract," it was a new type of contract ninjutsu developed by the Chinoike, which used a special symbol to enhance its strength: a triangle embedded within a circle. The symbol was familiar. And when combined with another of the A-rank jutsu, it became even more so.
[A-Rank Technique: Summoning: Blood Source Curse]
[Description: An eye for an eye! A blood for a blood!]
[Effect: After obtaining an opponent's blood, use the chakra link between the blood and the main body to form a temporary, intimate blood contract. Through this contract, the opponent's state is linked to your own. You share glory, and you share ruin.]
[Evaluation: Boring. I want to see a river of blood!]
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