Orochimaru was also quite depressed; anyone would be upset to see their own corpse turned into a human puppet by Sasori.
He could already imagine the perverse Sasori sawing off his thigh while cackling coldly.
Fortunately, he is now a transgender person and doesn't care too much about these things.
To him, a corpse is just a container that can be replaced at any time, and the body transformed by Sasori was a female corpse, so it wasn't a big problem.
This matter was a pleasant surprise for him; after retrieving his soul from the Shinigami, he naturally wanted to reclaim his former body and absorb the Chakra within it.
Ino handed the human puppet to Jiraiya for disposal. Jiraiya pondered for a while and ultimately gave the human puppet to Orochimaru.
On one hand, he hoped his former close friend would return to a normal state. On the other hand, Konoha was now strong and prosperous, fully capable of suppressing a solitary Orochimaru who was under surveillance.
Orochimaru absorbed his Chakra from the human puppet, but then realized his Chakra had not returned to its peak.
This human puppet had been struck by the Wood Human Technique and completely shattered at the time. After the battle, Ino didn't examine it closely; she just haphazardly packed it up. She didn't even know how many parts she brought back or if anything was left at the scene.
Orochimaru 'huffed and puffed' for a long time, only recovering about fifty percent of his peak Chakra. Konoha wouldn't allow him to 'excavate' in Sunagakure, so he could only try to find a way to see if he could recover a bit more from Ino.
Cleaning up the battlefield is a Ninja's essential skill, and he believed Ino might still have fragments of his human puppet.
Ino asked, "Do you understand Sasori's Puppet Technique?"
Orochimaru replied with certainty, "I haven't specifically studied it, but I partnered with Sasori in the Akatsuki Organization for a period, so I believe I have some understanding."
Ino thought for a moment: "Alright then, let's go to your research lab."
A quarter of an hour later, Ino opened three sealed scrolls in Orochimaru's research lab.
These were all gains from the battle with Sasori.
She had recovered about fifty or sixty human puppets from the Puppet Mastery, along with a large pile of miscellaneous parts. Among them were Hiruko, Sasori's main body, some fragments of the Third Kazekage, and most likely, Orochimaru's 'parts' as well.
In his research lab, Orochimaru removed his mask.
Seeing so many human puppets, he excitedly licked his lips.
He picked up Hiruko's tail and examined it carefully.
He was very wary of Sasori; a skilled Puppet Master combined with the Third Kazekage human puppet was an incredibly strong combination. Not to mention the Puppet Mastery, an S-rank Puppet Technique capable of single-handedly destroying a nation, which was truly terrifying. He secretly studied Sasori's weaknesses and was no stranger to human puppet technology.
Now, seeing a floor covered with parts, he felt secretly pleased.'See? I'm still alive, and you, as amazing as you were, are dead!'
Orochimaru, like someone finding a treasure, squatted on the ground, searching for his 'parts' among the pile of human puppets.
As he searched, he explained his knowledge of human puppets. Ino diligently took notes and then joined him in searching for 'parts'.
"Is this hip bone yours?"
"No."
"What about this rib?"
"Not that either."
"And this molar?"
"No."
After three days of searching, Orochimaru's Chakra had recovered to about sixty percent of his peak level.
The remaining parts were truly unrecoverable. There's some loss during the process of creating human puppets from corpses. Even though Ino used the Wood Human Technique to shatter the human puppet and even scraped up the ground, it's hard to guarantee that 'parts' didn't fly far away. Recovering sixty percent was already very difficult.
On the fifth day after returning to the village, Ino used Earth Release to burrow underground and absorbed all the Mangekyo Sharingan Dojutsu Power that had accumulated in Kimimaro's body for almost two months.
"Ouch!" After absorbing the Dojutsu Power, her eyes felt like they were being pricked with needles.
Beyond the stinging pain, she felt her eyes were incredibly heavy, as if there were a thousand pounds of weight behind her eyelids.
Ino did a set of eye exercises, but it was useless!
She returned to the surface, and the moment she opened the door, she was almost blinded by the sunlight. She felt as if the current sunlight was countless sharp swords, stabbing fiercely at her eyes.
Returning underground, the dim environment made her eyes slightly more comfortable, but they were still extremely uncomfortable.
She knew her accumulation had reached its limit. The Dojutsu Power within Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan was too pure. Any further accumulation would be counterproductive; she had to activate her Mangekyo today!
Ino shut off her five senses, held her breath, and after completely calming herself, gradually released the restraints on her eyes, allowing her Chakra pathways to connect with the Dojutsu Power.
After the Sharingan is activated, to say it's plug-and-play is an exaggeration, but generally speaking, it's a semi-independent organ.
The eyes store Dojutsu Power and have their own dedicated Chakra pathways.
Using Flower Release to provide energy to the Mangekyo Sharingan through Kimimaro's corpse, and then absorbing it via Spirit Transformation Technique, this became Ino's own Dojutsu Power. Her Chakra pathways were also her own, so there was no problem with the two merging.
Releasing the restrictions, Ino's Chakra and Dojutsu Power merged. Just like when she enhanced Hinata's Dojutsu Power, a portion of her Yin Style Chakra was immediately and forcefully converted by the extremely dominant Dojutsu Power.
This portion was the final straw. The Dojutsu Power, accumulated to its limit, began to physically transform her eyes.
The Uchiha Clan Ninja inherited the Bloodline Limit of their ancestors. Now, Ino was essentially the progenitor of a Bloodline Limit on another Sharingan path. She, through her own power, created a Bloodline Limit unique to her own bloodline. At most, her Bloodline Limit was completely unoriginal, a direct copy-and-paste based on Indra's example.
Normal Uchiha Clan members need mental stimulation to activate their Sharingan. Ino, as the creator, had sufficient accumulation, and the Dojutsu Power from Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan was extremely pure. This level of Dojutsu Power used for activation was a complete dimensional reduction attack.
Even after the eye organ transformation, the remaining Dojutsu Power was still astonishingly abundant. One Tomoe was definitely not an issue, and two Tomoe was also sufficient. Whether she could achieve the Three Tomoe level, Ino couldn't guarantee.
She sat cross-legged on the ground, allowing the Dojutsu Power to transform her eyes. A part of her own genes was also optimized in this process, becoming more suitable for storing Dojutsu Power and making it easier to use the Sharingan's abilities.
Transplanted eyes do not have this step; the body must accommodate the eyes, which is like a blind marriage.
Now, her genes and Dojutsu Power cooperated with each other. This was like a free love, with a foundation of affection, allowing for gradual adjustment after marriage.
The transformation continued, and vaguely, she felt her consciousness reach another space.
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