Land of Water, Hidden Mist Village, a country implementing the Blood Mist Policy.
Enforcing an elite policy means new ninjas kill each other, Hidden Mist Village best exemplifies the nature of a ninja village.
In the Hidden Mist Village, ninjas are merely tools, devoid of emotion, focused solely on their tasks.
However, the Blood Mist Policy in Hidden Mist Village isn't very effective, the famed Seven-Swords Ninja are only Elite Jonin level ninjas, and that's factoring in the specialty of their ninja blades.
Very few former Seven-Swords Ninja have been Kage-level ninjas.
Uchiha Yoichi came to the Land of Water with a changed appearance, using Transformation Jutsu to completely transform into Yakujin.
"Kimimaro should be in Hidden Mist Village, imprisoned by the Kaguya Race, but Shiro might be in a small village in the Land of Water, or perhaps wandering…"
Though the idea of a three-year-old Shiro wandering seemed unlikely, Uchiha Yoichi decided to send Wood Clones for a thorough investigation.
With his current Chakra, dispatching fifty Wood Clones could last a day or two, within days he could search the entire Land of Water.
Thus, Uchiha Yoichi's Wood Clones were sent to villages throughout the Land of Water, while his real body infiltrated Hidden Mist Village.
The superb Transformation Jutsu left the Hidden Mist ninjas unaware of any flaw, and he hypnotized a local caravan with his Sharingan, smoothly joining them.
The closed-door policy of Hidden Mist Village wasn't completely shut; if they were completely closed off, there would be issues with food and drink. They merely rejected outsiders, and upon encountering non-Land of Water people, the Hidden Mist would capture them for interrogation.
Once midnight arrived, Uchiha Yoichi began his operation, using Fish Reflection in the Soil Jutsu to infiltrate underground, and hypnotized a Hidden Mist ninja with his Sharingan, bypassing subsequent patrols, reaching the Kaguya Race's land.
Hypnotizing a Kaguya Clan member again with Sharingan, Uchiha Yoichi obtained the information he sought.
"Infiltrating to recruit disciples, what kind of Yakujin is this…"
Uchiha Yoichi suddenly felt this was a bit off, but fortunately, there was another Shiro; he could only hope to imitate there better, gaining more abilities.
After locating Kimimaro's prison, Uchiha Yoichi didn't waste words, directly taking Kimimaro away; this little one was locked up at three years old for exhibiting pure Dead Bone Pulse Bloodline.
After taking Kimimaro, Uchiha Yoichi didn't linger, heading straight out of Hidden Mist Village, his goal reached, it was time to leave.
Not long after Kimimaro was taken, the Kaguya Race noticed, their fury was immense, Kimimaro was their hope to overthrow the Third Generation Mizukage, they hadn't seen such powerful Dead Bone Pulse Bloodline in a long time.
So, that night the Kaguya Race began a massive search, suspecting the Third Generation Mizukage was behind it, receiving Kimimaro's intel early to weaken their Kaguya Race, thus orchestrating the abduction.
Consequently, the Kaguya Race clashed with Anbu, nearly escalating to a battle within Hidden Mist Village.
Ironically, the Kaguya Race's actions helped Uchiha Yoichi escape Hidden Mist Village safely, and no one pursued him.
After distancing from Hidden Mist Village, Uchiha Yoichi placed Kimimaro on the ground, then woke him up.
Three or four-year-old Kimimaro had short white hair with two Kaguya Race red dots at his brow, looking like a porcelain doll.
Even after waking up, he remained calm, not causing a scene like other kids, despite being out of familiar surroundings and next to a strange old man.
"Who are you?"
"I'm your destined teacher, Kimimaro, you will follow me from now on."
"Teacher?"
"Yes, you can also consider me your family, in any case, learn from me from now on..."
Uchiha Yoichi found it hard to imitate Yakujin in front of Kimimaro, thus treating this as an experience, aiming to better impersonate Yakujin upon finding Shiro.
Kimimaro, hearing Uchiha Yoichi, didn't think too deeply, nodding in agreement; he had lived under orders since childhood, never feeling familial warmth within the Kaguya Race.
Thus, Uchiha Yoichi's words held little weight to him, instinctively choosing to obey.
Uchiha Yoichi patted Kimimaro's head, in a sense, he was quite pitiful, never receiving proper education, always treated as a weapon.
"Let's go, join me in finding another person, then head to our home..."
Uchiha Yoichi beckoned Kimimaro, proceeding towards another direction.
He wanted to change Kimimaro's clothes and deeply contemplate the matter of impersonating Yakujin.
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Half a month later.
Upon leaving the Land of Water, Uchiha Yoichi held Shiro and Kimimaro's hands, then used Flying Thunder God Jutsu to reach the territory of the Land of Fire.
While only near the Land of Fire's border with the Land of Tea, they could safely continue their journey home.
There is no war here. The Hidden Mist ninjas mainly harass the Land of Fire from the east of the Land of Whirlpools, so no ninjas come to this place as it's near the Land of Wind.
Uchiha Yoichi opened the superpower panel, and when he saw the ability [cosplay] listed on it, he felt a bit nervous.
[Mimicry character: Yakujin]
[Mimicry degree: 76%]
[Extract ability?]
"76%? That's surprising. I thought it would only be 50-60%, but it's unexpectedly high."
Uchiha Yoichi breathed a sigh of relief. For the past half month, he had been recalling how Yakujin spoke day and night while mimicking on Shiro's body. His speech made Kimimaro beside him look puzzled.
Fortunately, it wasn't in vain, and he got such a high number.
"Teacher, what's up?"
"It's nothing. You can still call me Teacher Yoichi. Once we return to Konoha, you'll be able to go to school."
Uchiha Yoichi said, then continued looking at the superpower panel, choosing to extract the ability outright.
The cursor jumped back and forth between the alchemy ability and combat ability, as if it was pulling Uchiha Yoichi's heartstrings. The speed of the jumping gradually slowed down until it finally settled on the alchemy ability line.
"Awesome..."
Before he could finish speaking, Uchiha Yoichi felt a massive influx of memory flooding into his brain.
Memories of studying herbs, alchemy, fire control, researching elixirs alone, etc. The superpower roulette transmitted almost all of Yakujin's alchemy-related memories into Uchiha Yoichi's mind.
This left Uchiha Yoichi dumbfounded for a while. He sat in the carriage for a long time without saying a word, and it took him quite a while to recover.
Shiro and Kimimaro curiously looked at their teacher, but both were not expressive kids, so they just quietly stayed by his side without asking questions.
Once he recovered, Uchiha Yoichi slowly began sorting through the unexpectedly acquired memories.
Most of these memories were of no use because those herbs didn't exist in the Ninja World; however, while acquiring these memories, Uchiha Yoichi also gained the ability to distinguish the components of elixirs and herbs.
There's also the ability to research and develop new elixirs based on herbal characteristics. These were all Yakujin's alchemy abilities, now inherited by Uchiha Yoichi.
However, he only inherited over 70%, meaning he was at most equivalent to a seventh-grade peak alchemist's Yakujin while Yakujin at his peak was close to a ninth-grade alchemist.
There are also many herbs in the Ninja World. Konoha's comprehensive herb book comprises two thick volumes. It's possible to concoct elixirs with these.
Plus, there's the fire control ability, which is quite the coincidence.
Uchiha Yoichi wasn't sure if Wood Release counted as wood and fire attribute, but he might be the most suited physique for an alchemist; because of Godzilla's existence, he could control heat emission, even controlling the temperature of Fire Release.
Then Uchiha Yoichi took out a Soldier Pill, sniffed it at his nose, and quickly identified its ingredients, "Antler, deer blood, mountain ginseng..."
Made from a dozen precious medicinal materials ground into powder, kneaded together with honey, and finally rolled into a pill shape.
The formula for this Soldier Pill wasn't great; two of the medicinal ingredients could be replaced with two others, then refined using a medicine furnace, which would double the recovery effect and significantly reduce side effects.
Uchiha Yoichi quickly thought of a method to improve the Soldier Pill, which came from the understanding of elixirs brought by being a seventh-grade peak alchemist.
Once someone reached the eighth-grade alchemist, the elixirs they concocted resembled nascent life.
"But in the Ninja World, pharmaceuticals could be industrially mass-produced. As long as each step is followed exactly, the success rate should achieve 100%..."
In the end, manpower wouldn't match the industrialized production line. It might be impossible in the Doupo World, but this is the Ninja World, whose industrial base is not weak.
The Soldier Pill Uzumaki Minami made for him was already one of the better ones; if its effects were further doubled and side effects reduced, it would be at the level of secret medicine among other ninja clans.
Uchiha Yoichi felt he'd have a lot to do once he got back, and this kind of thing could involve Minami to help, maybe even Tsunade.... The emergence of an industry would require many people's efforts; he would be very busy doing it alone.
Back at Konoha Ninja Village, the guarding ninja immediately recognized Uchiha Yoichi and respectfully greeted him when they saw him return, "Lord Yoichi, you're back!"
"Hmm, these two are students I took in outside. I'll take them to handle the procedures later."
Uchiha Yoichi said. Normally, non-Land of Fire individuals require screening upon entry, but being the Hokage assistant, any explanation from him would be excessive.
"Yes, Lord Yoichi."
Subsequently, Uchiha Yoichi led Shiro and Kimimaro into the village, intending to first visit the Hokage Building before returning to the clan.
Additionally, Uchiha Yoichi thought about giving Shiro and Kimimaro a surname change; from now on, they would be called Uchiha Shiro and Uchiha Kimimaro.