To verify the feasibility of "splitting the soul to resurrect multiple versions of the same person," Orochimaru had spent the next few days locked in his lab without leaving.
After such sleepless research, Orochimaru finally made some progress.
"Tch, the resurrection works, but the effect isn't very good."
In a regular room, Orochimaru looked at the eight reanimated Danzo standing in front of him with a somewhat helpless expression.
"Blank eyes, stiff movements, no self-awareness, they're just like puppets."
The scene before him was somewhat strange.
If one were to say Orochimaru's experiment was a success, then these reanimated Danzo figures lacked self-awareness. They could only passively follow orders. Whatever others told them to do, that was all they would do.
And this "others" didn't just refer to Orochimaru; it also meant other people.
As long as they received instructions, anyone could command the Danzo clones to work.
Moreover, these instructions couldn't be too complicated. They could only perform simple tasks like running errands or fetching items.
It was indeed quite frustrating.
But to say the resurrection was a failure, that wasn't quite accurate.
After all, Danzo had indeed been resurrected.
The body was a clone of Danzo, and the soul was his own, though each clone's soul only held one-eighth of his full essence.
With a body and a soul, how could it not be considered resurrection?
"This is kind of useless," Orochimaru sighed.
Originally, Orochimaru had envisioned that if this experiment succeeded, he would be able to create multiple versions of himself.
With multiple versions of himself working on research, he believed they could create something truly world-shaking.
Even if things go wrong, he could still resurrect the same strong person multiple times. That way, he could really dominate the entire ninja world.
Unfortunately, this time the experiment didn't go as expected, and it produced something rather useless.
"Forget it, even a piece of toilet paper has its use. These mindless Danzo can just be used as expendable materials."
Expendable materials?
That's right, expendable materials.
As we all know, the strength of a person resurrected using the Reanimation Jutsu depends entirely on the quality of the sacrifice.
Currently, Orochimaru has exhausted all his efforts to optimize the Reanimation Jutsu.
But the best he can do is make the reanimated body have about 50% of the peak strength of the original. Anything more is impossible.
Since he now has this batch of Danzo expendable materials, it's time to consider further improving the Reanimation Jutsu.
"Injecting Danzo with Hashirama cells, using the special properties of these cells to enhance the strength of the reanimated body. I wonder if it will work."
"Whatever, cloning Danzo is cheap, so why not give it a try."
While Orochimaru was busy improving the Reanimation Jutsu, at the entrance of Konoha Village, a female ninja with light yellow long hair, bright brown eyes, light red lips, red nails, fair skin, and a large chest appeared in front of the two Konoha gatekeepers.
"Tsunade-sama?"
"Tsunade-sama, you're back!"
"Oh, it's Izumo and Kotetsu."
This charming woman with an explosive figure is none other than Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin.
"I remember you two were guarding the gates before I left the village, and after all these years, you're still guarding the gates."
Tsunade's casual words made the two gatekeepers feel a bit embarrassed.
It's not that they didn't try hard; it's just that due to limited talent, they could only reach the level of Special Jonin at best.
Becoming a full-fledged Jonin with their abilities? It's likely impossible in this lifetime.
"Just do your job well. I'll go in first."
"Tsunade-sama, should we notify Lord Fifth Hokage?"
"Fifth Hokage? Oh, you mean Jiraiya, right? No need to notify him. I'll go find him myself."
"Understood, Tsunade-sama."
"Shizune, let's go!"
With a slight wave of her hand, Tsunade called to the pure and beautiful young girl following behind her, who was holding a small pig in her arms.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama."
Although Tsunade didn't send anyone from Cloud Village to notify Jiraiya, Jiraiya knew about her return as soon as it happened.
"Tsunade's back, huh? I wonder if she'll go give the old man a beating."
To get Tsunade back, Jiraiya had fabricated a story under the name of the Third Hokage that the village had revived the First and Second Hokage.
It seems that this story is still quite effective.
After hearing the news, Tsunade immediately returned with Shizune.
However, as Jiraiya looked at Shizune in the crystal ball, his expression seemed a bit odd.
He remembered when Orochimaru had teased him after watching a video of Kato Dan's review.
"I, Jiraiya, am making it clear."
"Even if I never get married, grow old alone, and live my life by myself, I will never make a move on Shizune."
"I'm not like Orochimaru, that beast, without any sense of decency."
"Hmm, hmm, hmm!"
Around the same time, the Third Hokage, who was using a crystal ball to monitor Konoha from home, also noticed Tsunade and Shizune.
"Tsunade really got tricked back by Jiraiya, huh."
The moment he saw Tsunade, the Third Hokage felt a brief moment of joy. All three of his students had returned to the village, and as their teacher, he felt incredibly proud.
After that moment of joy, came the "fear."
He knew exactly how Tsunade had returned.
It was that rebellious idiot Jiraiya, who used his name to trick Tsunade back.
If Tsunade found out she had been tricked, she would really punch someone.
"I wonder if these old bones of mine can still take Tsunade's punches."
From what he remembered, Tsunade had smoothly arrived at the Hokage office building.
Without knocking, she kicked open the door and walked right in.
"Sigh~ I'm already Hokage, at least show me some respect and knock."
With a wave of his hand, an Anbu ninja appeared in front of Jiraiya, understanding the situation and lifting the door panel out, then standing by the door like a guard.
"Stop wasting time. You know why I'm back. Quickly tell me where Grandpa and Second Grandpa are."
"Don't rush."
At the critical moment, Jiraiya didn't panic. Instead, he pointed at the empty office door and said, "This door was replaced after I became Hokage. Since we're all old friends, I'll give it to you at cost price."
"You want me to pay?"
Tsunade widened her eyes, looking at Jiraiya in shock.
"How strange, even if I'm Hokage and damage public property, I still have to pay."
Seeing Jiraiya's firm attitude, Tsunade knew that she would have to pay.
"It's just a door. Fine, how much?"
Tsunade showed a look of disdain.
Over the years, she had racked up a huge gambling debt outside. She definitely didn't have a lot of money, but she thought she could afford to pay for a door.
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