Ninja Ice House

As for the severity of Jiraiya's injury, Yuhihi Kurenai and Mitarashi Anko actually didn't know much about it, and they were also dubious about Fusugi Fusui's words.

The young governor was not convinced when he saw the two of them, and sighed and said:

"Injuries at the mental and soul levels are different from those on the body. If the damage is one-tenth, with Tsunade's treatment, the recovery may be roughly normal in a week; if the damage is 30%, the recovery time will be longer. It will increase to ten years; if 50% is missing, it may take hundreds of years, and a lifetime will not be enough..."

"Then how serious is Jiraiya-sama?"

Yuhi Hong asked curiously, Gu Shanbu Shui shook his head slightly and replied:

"More than 95%, it has been scattered between heaven and earth. If you want to wake up, it is probably only a theoretical possibility. This is because he has cultivated into the immortal mode, has a special physique, and is blessed by immortal chakra and natural energy. It’s only for the poor, ordinary ninjas would be dead long ago.”

If you want to explain it carefully, Gushan Bushui can find a lot of examples to make analogies, but this is meaningless.

Yuhi Kurenai and Mitarashi Anko are just messengers. They don't understand if they talk too much, and there is no need to understand too much.

"Theoretically, recovery is possible."

The two female ninjas sighed, which was basically equivalent to a death sentence.

Mathematical probability, when it is small to a certain extent, is infinitely close to zero. Reality is not a numbers game. Once hope is too slim, giving up is the best choice.

But if there is a way to recover, that would be great.

"Your method is very risky?"

"As far as life safety is concerned, there shouldn't be much of a problem, but..."

After Gu Shanbu Shui paused, he continued to explain,

"Ethical dilemmas are difficult to resolve."

"ethics?"

Yuhi Kurenai and Mitarashi Anko looked at each other.

Once this word is involved, it is not an ordinary trouble, and it is not easy to inquire too much.

Later, the three of them ate, drank, and talked about some trivial topics, but they didn't talk in depth.

Not long after the small gathering ended, in the evening of the same day, Tsunade came over in person, preparing to talk to Major Governor Gusugi about Jiraiya's problem.

Gu Shan Bu Shui did not hide his secrets, but said very directly:

"As far as the independent individual life of Jiraiya is concerned, it can actually be judged dead at the social level. What is alive is just the residue of his life. However, the miracle of rebirth from the ashes is not so unattainable."

"The price is high?"

"It depends on what you think."

Gu Shan Bu Shui spread his hands,

"It's like a pear tree. After cutting it in half, only the wooden stumps are left. It is very difficult for it to regrow young branches. However, if the branches of the apple tree are grafted before the vitality is gone, , there is much room for saving. The root system and base of the pear tree continue to absorb nutrients from the soil, and the branches of the apple tree perform photosynthesis, prepare nutrients, supply the roots and base, keep both active, and grow together..."

"Even if it becomes one, is it still Jiraiya?"

Indeed, with enough activity, the dying trunk and base can indeed continue to grow, and retain the possibility of sprouting new branches and growing again, and even the probability is increased a thousand times.

However, the ninja world is not a purely material world. Everyone has seen the life forms that merged the two. If mermaids are still a relatively new human subspecies, Tenzo, who is now known as Yamato, is too typical.

Although Tenzo, who was fused with the first-generation cells, had mastered Wood Release, he was not Senju Hashirama, and he was not exactly the same as the original test subject "Ka".

Tsunade understood what Gusugi Bushui meant, which was to implant something with extremely strong activity on the spiritual level, similar to the first-generation cells on the physical level, or other soul fragments in Jiraiya to maintain yin and yang. Balance, maintain Jiraiya's activity, restore positive circulation, and accelerate self-healing.

However, the presence of chakra will make this fusion more difficult to separate.

Tsunade can slowly remove the alien cells from the mermaid's body and restore them to their original appearance, but she cannot do this at the mental and soul levels.

This...it is estimated that even the Six Paths Immortal would be unable to perform such a delicate operation after resurrecting.

Then, it can be foreseen that if the ancient cedar water-divining method is adopted, Jiraiya will grow into a person who integrates other spirits and wills and grows up again in the future. He was still Jiraiya, but he had become impure.

If Orochimaru's forbidden technique, Fuzhi Reincarnation, uses coercive means to seize other people's bodies and fuse other people's souls, then the method Fusugi Fusui mentioned to treat Jiraiya is to actively use soul fragments, or something else. Something similar, feeds Jiraiya's remaining soul, causing it to grow faster and recover quickly.

What's the difference between the two? The difference is simply a matter of who has the upper hand.

"Doesn't your method mean to use other people as sacrifices to help Jiraiya recover?"

"Tsunade-sama, you may not be a full-time genjutsu ninja. You probably don't know that when genjutsu reaches a high level, there will be something called a 'fictitious soul'. Kurama Yakumo's spiritual obsession in his body almost turns against the guest - Ido. In fact, it’s something similar. It doesn’t really exist, but its impact on the soul is real.”

"When you talk about 'artificial souls', I seem to have heard of something similar."

After hearing this, Tsunade searched through the memories in her mind and remembered some unknown ancient books in the Senju clan, and then she suddenly realized it.

“Isn’t this something like a priest, a shrine maiden, a possessor, a medium, a holy presence, a shikigami, etc.?”

Even the so-called immortal existence methods of Hidan and Kakuzu who were killed not long ago are somewhat similar.

Although it has many benefits, it also means that the core of the spirit and soul will be imprinted by ethereal gods or spirits and be affected directly or indirectly.

The grafting of pear trees and apple trees, aren’t they just remnants of a mythical age that has long been regarded as outdated?

The spiritual transformation technique mastered by Tsunade's former boyfriend Kato Dan is actually a variation of ancient Shinto techniques combined with ninja techniques.

Outsiders don't understand this stuff, but Gusugi Bushui and Tsunade, who have also accepted the inheritance of a thousand-year-old family, will definitely understand.

"So, are you willing to accept this price to make the possibility of Jiraiya's recovery practical and worth looking forward to?"

"This……"

It is no longer something that Tsunade alone can decide, Jiraiya himself has to consider whether he is willing or not.

Unfortunately, Jiraiya was alone, and he had no relatives at home who could make decisions for him who was in a coma, and it was impossible to ask him who had stepped into the Pure Land with half a leg.

This is like when a person enters the intensive care unit, and the rescue doctor takes the family member's volunteer certificate, but cannot find the relative to sign it.

If Tsunade helped make the decision, she would have to take responsibility in the future. If something went wrong, she would be responsible to the end.

"I don't know, what kind of 'artificial soul' does the young governor plan to use? Should Kurama Yakumo take action? It seems a bit unreliable, right?"

Although the genjutsu-type blood successor limit is very powerful, Kurama Yakumo himself is still too young, and his strength is not strong enough to be convincing.

It's really unreliable to leave Jiraiya's life in the hands of a child.

Gu Shan Bu Shui spread his hands and said indifferently:

"This is what you need to consider. It's really difficult to make a decision. Your village can consider turning Jiraiya into a pseudo-jinchuuriki. With a ready-made example like Sora, it shouldn't be difficult to reproduce it."

Today, Jiraiya's body is empty, and his mental power is so weak that he has almost no energy. This state is actually similar to that of a newborn baby.

Since there are two examples of Uzumaki Naruto and Gaara, it would be great if the Konoha ninjas could be sure that Jiraiya could survive the most difficult period of severe tailed beast chakra interference and successfully grow and restore the ancient times. But that's it.

However, even a pseudo-Jinchuuriki is not that easy to play.

It stands to reason that since Jiraiya can cultivate into sage mode, his physical qualifications should not be much different.

However, things like tailed beasts are hard to say. So many people who are considered to be gifted eventually lose control and die. Who can guarantee that Jiraiya will not be next?

The Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki of Kumogakure, Brübi, was once considered very successful. However, instead of dying on the battlefield, he lost control and was killed by the Raikage himself, which is really disappointing.

"Tailed beasts can't do it, it's too dangerous."

"Then think about it slowly. In fact, there are still many similar things in the ninja world. In addition, those big toads in Miaomu Mountain who have signed a psychic contract, if they are willing to sacrifice themselves and become Jiraiya's companion spirits, In fact, it can play a big role.”

"Those psychic beasts?"

Tsunade frowned and pushed the thought out of her mind.

The ninja and the psychic beast signed a contract for mutual benefit, not to sacrifice each other's life.

It's just a few more mouthfuls of chakra, why are you fighting for your life?

Counting on those big toads is unreliable.

However, this also gave Tsunade some inspiration.

It’s unreliable to expect outsiders, but it’s much safer to rely on your own people.

To ninjas, things like gods, demons and monsters are not particularly mysterious. They can do similar things using some special methods.

Since it is a so-called "fictitious soul", it means that it is a virtual soul that humans can create. In this way, although the most proficient Orochimaru is not here, there is still a very accomplished person in Konoha Village, and that is the person who has achieved it recently this year. , Shimura Danzo is very quiet and has almost no sense of presence.

Under the command of the "Root" organization, I don't know how many inhumane experiments were conducted. Orochimaru initially embarked on the path of studying forbidden arts and was unable to extricate himself. It was not without the influence of Shimura Danzo.

Seeing that Tsunade had received his reminder, but did not want to be restrained, nor was she willing to accept the favor that required a price, Gushan Bushui did not care, but said goodbye to the other party calmly.

A few days later, Master "Darkness of the Ninja World", who lived in seclusion, received an order from Tsunade to assist.

"After going around and around, haven't you come back? It's really... unnecessary."

After being a chess piece of Mt. Myoboku for so many years, Jiraiya is a pretty good tool. He is powerful, determined, and has a sense of justice and responsibility. As long as he does something he believes is right, he can spend his whole life practicing it. .

It's such a pity that such a good spokesperson was deceived by Tomamaru.

Finding the child of destiny and worrying about the future fate of the ninja world is actually not that troublesome.

Soon, a strange seal technique called "Phantom Seal" was handed over to Tsunade by Shimura Danzo.

This is a very strange technique. It looks like a secret technique, but it is actually a ritualized sealing formation. Tsunade, who didn't have much doubt, quickly arranged the sealing formation, arranged the manpower, and prepared to use it to save Jiraiya's life.

Half a month later, I watched more than 20 people perform a collective exercise, and the dense formations drawn on the ground were like beating chains, converging into a curse seal that looked like a seal in the shape of a dislocated eight trigrams, and was hidden under the skin.

Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Jiraiya only grunted a few times without any abnormality.

If you want Jiraiya to recover, it will definitely not work for a while. This is a tug of war in months or even years. External assistance is very important, and more importantly, Jiraiya's own desire to survive.

If he himself gives up, no matter how hard others try, it will be in vain.

After finishing all this in a hurry, Tsunade transferred Jiraiya to the special care ward. After careful inspection, no problems were found, and she felt relieved when she learned that Jiraiya's spirit was indeed recovering in a subtle way. Take a breath.

As long as you can see signs of improvement, it proves that the method provided by Gushan Bushui is indeed effective.

Although my own approach was unkind and I went my own way after listening to the suggestions, there was nothing I could do about it. The situation in Konoha Village was so embarrassing now that I really couldn't afford the price.

However, this matter still cannot be ignored like this. No matter what, you still have to show some kindness and show some kindness, otherwise it will not be so easy to ask for help next time.

As for what was pressed into Jiraiya's body by the fancy seal, it's hard to say more.

Anyway, Jiraiya is still the same Jiraiya, but some key views may not be the same as before.

"The resistance effect of Toad Immortal Technique is still very strong. Miaomushan's method is indeed good, but that's all."

Fusugi Fusui, who secretly arranged all this, is also very satisfied with the recent development. Except for the slight trouble on Uchiha Sasuke's side, everything else is going well.

Jiraiya will not wake up before Shimura Danzo ascends to the position of acting Hokage, but he will recover sooner or later, and by that time, everything is done and there is no time to change.

In order for Danzo Shimura to ascend to the throne, Major Governor Furusugi was also worried.

As for whether Uzumaki Naruto can become the seventh generation Hokage in the future, that is really a subject that needs careful study.

Isn't it wrong that Uchiha Sasuke hasn't been brought back yet and he still has the nerve to be the Hokage? You see, Jiraiya didn't get Orochimaru back either. Didn't he waste his whole life? He can't be the exception, right?

Speaking of which, it is indeed time to strengthen Uchiha Sasuke, otherwise, he may not be able to defeat Uzumaki Naruto who has mastered the sage mode.