Ashura opened the reply, and after about a minute, he sighed, "My brother still has the same temper, stubborn, too stubborn. After so many years, why can't he understand?...Child, are you willing to deliver a message for me again?"
What more was there to say? A continuous quest! Accept!
"No problem."
She took another 'message' that Ashura handed her. It seemed a little more voluminous than before. She had nothing to say about it, just repeatedly building up his favorability. She couldn't reach his father, so she'd start with the son.
The 'message' Ino handed over earlier contained Asura Chakra, and naturally, Indra's Chakra was also part of the reply. After Ashura finished reading his elder brother's reply, the remaining Indra Chakra lost its original effect and became useless.
Ashura had been dead for so many years, his body turned to ash, and he didn't pursue the so-called All Things of Nature. This Indra Chakra was useless to him, so he casually gave it to Ino, telling her to do with it as she pleased.
"I feel like my reincarnation has been very confused lately. You're his friend, aren't you? Has something happened to him?" Ashura asked.
How should she explain this? Ino hesitated.
Ashura asked with the tone of someone who had been through it all: "Is it a family problem? Problems with parents or siblings? Or is it about those Ninjutsu that are circulating outside now?"
Ino felt she really couldn't hide it anymore. Thinking of the books Naruto was reading before he 'fainted', she whispered, "It's a problem with trigonometric functions."
"What?" Ashura clearly didn't understand: "Is it a tree? A triangular cold tree? Did he also awaken the Wood Release Bloodline Limit like Hashirama?"
Ino: "..."
She explained concisely that this 'number' was not that 'tree'.
Ashura listened with a confused expression. This problem was a bit profound; it seemed, probably, possibly, he couldn't help much either.
For the sake of his pride, he put on a look of sudden realization: "Ah?! Haha, I understand, I understand this one, yes, um... This is his own training. It's not that I can't help, but it's really not appropriate to interfere now, after all, I'm already dead. It seems he can only rely on himself!"
Ino narrowed her eyes and didn't say anything. Second brother, no need to hide it, I can see it, you're illiterate too!
Ino's consciousness returned to reality. Seeing the dark red Tailed Beast Chakra emerging around Naruto's body, she knew that Kurama was angry because of her neglect. She used Flower Release to bind Naruto into a zongzi, suppressing the Tailed Beast, and also absorbed and sealed some Nine-Tailed Beast Chakra.
Only then did she have time to examine the Indra Chakra she obtained by delivering the 'message'.
To make an inappropriate analogy, the First Hokage had previously injected her with C-grade Ashura gene optimization fluid. Now, she had received E-grade Indra gene optimization fluid. Compared to that, the bit of Chakra she got from Sasuke before didn't even have a grade. Now, her own genes in the Indra aspect could be considered to have a grade!
Both types of Chakra were performing acquired corrections and optimizations on her genes.
Were her genes improved? Yes, they were!
How much improvement? She didn't know!
Ino muttered a few words about 'All Things of Nature'. Living in a world of eye legends, it would be too fake to say she wasn't interested in the Sharingan or Rinnegan.
However, this path was simply too difficult for an outsider like her.
Unless she were to kill Sasuke now, absorb all of the Indra Chakra, and then defeat the enraged Six Paths Sage. But if she had that ability, why would she still covet Indra Chakra?
Because Indra was the son of a Sage, he possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan without needing gene completion. The only others to reach this level were Madara and Sasuke, making a total of three people.
Among mortals, only one and a half reached the Rinnegan level: Madara and half of Sasuke. Indra himself didn't even have the Rinnegan.
The Six Paths Sage's Rinnegan doesn't count. Although he wasn't registered with the Ōtsutsuki Clan, he was a true Ōtsutsuki Clan member. His wife was human, so his sons, Indra and Ashura, were not of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. These two brothers could actually be considered half-sages in terms of their life essence. After them, the boundary between Sage and mortal became very clear; the descendants' levels continuously declined, and their bloodlines became increasingly diluted.
For Ino, rather than carrying a heavy burden and constantly lingering in the mortal realm, it was better to pursue an improvement in her life essence, research Yin Release and Yang Release, merge Yin-Yang Release, study how to truly integrate Asura Chakra and Indra Chakra, pursue a true Sage Body, and then, at the right time, seek more changes.
Ultimately, compared to the naturally extraordinary Ōtsutsuki Clan, Ninja were still too weak.
The next day, Naruto sat up groggily. He had slept very well last night, not thinking about those complex formulas and theorems. He just felt two points lighter after waking up today. Ino said he was too tired from studying, but he didn't take it seriously.
They arrived in the Land of Wheat and met Princess Afu, who resembled Ino by two or three parts but was three full sizes heavier.
Even though Ino had anticipated it, seeing the Fat Princess Afu still made three black lines appear on her forehead.
Naruto, being straightforward, looked at Ino, then at the fat person sitting high up, and burst out laughing with great delight.
Princess Afu wanted Ino to take her place in the marriage interview. She liked the prince of the neighboring country, the Land of Noodles. However, she explained that she had been worried about state affairs recently and couldn't sleep at night, which was why she had gotten a tiny bit fatter than usual.
Ino was indifferent to her explanation.'Say whatever you want,' she thought, 'I'm just doing the mission. Whatever you say goes.'
She told Naruto to go find something to do and then followed the princess's maidservants to change clothes.
A princess certainly couldn't wear a crop top, Ninja pants, and sandals. The maidservants quickly applied her makeup, then styled her hair, and finally dressed her in the incredibly thick, armor-like jūnihitoe.
Even with Ino's current'Strength' at 5 points, wearing this'set' still felt very heavy.
"Are you trying to show off your wealth by taking all the silk from the storeroom to make clothes?" This cumbersome outfit, layer upon layer—inner robe, five-layered robe, uchigi, outer robe, and karaginu—all put on, amounted to a total of twenty kilograms. Sitting down in it was like carrying a mountain!
No wonder Princess Afu liked to eat. Wearing these clothes every day, with good food and no exercise, it would be a miracle if she lost weight.
Ino rejected Naruto's suggestion to use Transformation Technique to pretend to be the princess for the marriage interview. 'Old man, don't cause me more trouble. It's not needed!'
At noon, she met the prince of the Land of Noodles, who had traveled a long way for the interview—a nimble fat man.
The Fat Prince was good at singing and dancing. As his entourage kept the beat, he performed a dance version of Rotation, like a Neji who had gained three sizes.
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