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"If everyone in the village recognizes Orochimaru-senpai, then the Uchiha will have no objection and will fully assist Lord Orochimaru in overcoming the difficulties with the village."

Uchiha Fugaku followed closely.

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The premise is that Orochimaru can gain recognition.

Mitokado Homura naturally understood the implied meaning in Uchiha Fugaku's words and immediately said:

"Orochimaru will be recognized. Back when Hiruzen served as the acting Hokage, it was this old man, along with Danzo and Koharu, Hiruzen's classmates, who helped him stabilize the situation inside and outside the village, allowing the village to safely weather the Great Ninja War.

Hiruzen also gained unanimous recognition from the village during this process and officially assumed the duties of the Third Hokage.

This time, Tsunade and Jiraiya, as Orochimaru's classmates, will be the same. We old guys will also fully support Orochimaru. In any case, only by uniting and cooperating, gathering all the strength of the village, and overcoming this crisis, can we consider future matters."

Namikaze Minato glanced at Mitokado Homura and then at Uchiha Fugaku, understanding in his heart.

He was already an extremely intelligent person and could naturally see the faint hint of gunpowder between the two.

"Elder Homura, Fugaku doesn't have any other intentions, he's just concerned about the village. No matter what, becoming Hokage is the dream of most ninjas in the village, even for me. But at this time, I believe Clan Head Fugaku will definitely lead the Uchiha clan to fully support the village in overcoming this crisis."

Namikaze Minato wore a warm smile on his face and said a few kind words, giving both sides a way out.

Mitokado Homura naturally didn't think that Uchiha Fugaku could bring Orochimaru down in this situation. He was just worried that Uchiha Fugaku would cause trouble with the Uchiha clan, making Konoha internally uneasy.

At this time, Konoha couldn't afford to be chaotic internally. They had to unite and work together to face the outside world.

And Uchiha Fugaku was also an indecisive person. He wanted to become Hokage, but he also knew that his chances were slim. He also wanted to secure a high-level position as a fallback, in order to achieve cooperation with Madara. But he didn't want to yield in front of Mitokado Homura, so he deliberately avoided the topic, and the conversation was able to continue.

After a long time, the discussion in the camp subsided.

That night, taking advantage of Kirigakure's recent defeat and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist being incomplete, Konoha launched another attack on Kirigakure.

Uchiha Fugaku made another great contribution, leading the elite of the Uchiha clan and severely damaging Kirigakure's main force.

And Namikaze Minato also quietly returned to Konoha Village after the end of this battle.

He needed to join the Western Front and assist Orochimaru and Jiraiya in fighting against Sunagakure.

Orochimaru no longer sought to win against Shimizu, let alone kill him.

He only sought to hold Shimizu back.

Before, when three Kage-level powerhouses jointly fought against Shimizu, before Shimizu revealed the Blood Kekkai Genkai version of Flying Thunder God Technique and assassinated Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Konoha side had not actually fallen behind.

If they could hold on until his puppets were destroyed, they might even usher in a turning point and achieve victory.

But now Orochimaru no longer had this plan.

His plan was to bring Namikaze Minato, a ninja with divine speed, so that as long as he could keep up with Shimizu's speed, he could interfere with him.

Both sides were very fast, both could ignore obstacles and time to teleport, no one could kill anyone, plus a Sage Mode Jiraiya with strong hard power and sensing ability to withstand the frontal attack, unable to defeat Shimizu, but also able to entangle with him for a long time.

Coincidentally, both Konoha Village and Kumogakure Village had made similar contingency plans against Shimizu.

For this kind of opponent who is difficult to defeat, if you can't kill them, then use the smallest price to hold them back, and then think of other ways after opening a breakthrough in other directions.

The chaotic situation in the ninja world continued.

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Marvel World, Wuthe Manor.

Several Hollywood actresses, as well as more than a dozen beautiful models, left Wuthe Manor in batches, avoiding the sight of paparazzi and those with ulterior motives.

On the messy big bed, Shimizu rubbed his slightly sore lower back and yawned.

The room was littered with debris after the party.

Shimizu climbed out of bed naked.

This body is just an ordinary human with chakra and relatively strong, there is no strengthening in the flesh, it is normal to be a little tired after opening the silver party.

After taking a shower, having a simple breakfast, doing some morning exercises, focusing on training squats, and processing some documents with the help of Witt Oos, and having a video call with Hill and Nick Fury, he turned to the laboratory and started working.

The artifactization of the Electro-Optical Armor is only a little bit away.

A day passed in the blink of an eye while working.

The cold white light swept across the curved shell of the Electro-Optical No. 2 armor, emitting a metallic cold light, making people's eyes flash.

Wiping the sweat on his forehead, looking at the steel robot in front of him, he opened the panel.

The artifactization of the Electro-Optical No. 2 armor has been completed, and the rating has reached S-.

"Is it also an S- rating? It seems that compared to Platinum, Electro-Optical should not have pulled out too much of a gap.

If I can spend more time using Qi to warm the artifact, perhaps I can make the basic performance of the armor leap, and have the characteristics of near-extraordinary metal, it should be able to reach the S-level standard.

But even if I have the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, it will take a lot of time. It will take several months just to refine the artifact. If you want the quality of the entire artifact to undergo a transformation, the time is estimated to be one or two times longer.

It seems that I have to shift the focus to other methods next."

Looking at the puppet in front of him, Shimizu held his chin in one hand and fell into thought.

As an S-level puppet, Electro-Optical No. 2 is undoubtedly stronger than Platinum, but it has not yet pulled out a gap in the level.

Because the materials used are better, and it is equipped with as many as six Arc Reactors, the overall attack output efficiency and endurance are above Platinum.

Half of these six Arc Reactors are made using palladium isotopes, and the other half are made of ruthenium isotopes.

The light emitted when the former reactor is activated is blue, while the latter is yellow.

This happens to match the Infinity Stones corresponding to the two elements.

In terms of energy power, the gap between the two reactors is not large, it can be said that there is almost no difference, and the energy conversion efficiency is also similar.

In addition to the color, Tony has not yet researched whether there are differences in the energy activated by the two elements. Currently, he is planning to study the ray spectrum of the two energies in order to find out the differences.

However, Shimizu has already researched the difference between the two energies one step ahead of Tony.

In terms of technology, the difference between the two energies isn't significant, but in terms of magic, there's a clear disparity.

This difference lies in the nature, or rather, the attributes of the energy.

Perhaps because the first-generation Arc Reactor used palladium element instead of a palladium isotope with the same atomic structure as the Tesseract, its performance in this characteristic was weaker and went unnoticed by Shimizu.

Now that it's been replaced with the second-generation Arc Reactor, combining it with the rechargeable, low-end magical artifacts crafted by Kamar-Taj sorcerers using runes, it's easy to detect the clues within.

This thing possesses spatial attributes that can be used to imbue magical artifacts with space-related spells.

Currently, this group of research-minded sorcerers has already achieved a result.

Switchable space portals.

In fact, Kamar-Taj already possesses this technology, but the energy from the second-generation Arc Reactor can perfectly replace the price that sorcerers have to pay.

These portals differ from the teleportation rings used by sorcerers, which rely on the power of Vishanti and pure imagination to perform spatial positioning. Instead, they are a type of portal that requires precise coordinates of two locations to achieve定向 directional teleportation.

The energy consumed for teleportation depends on the teleportation distance and the mass and volume of the object being teleported. With the energy of a second-generation Arc Reactor, one unit is enough to support many uses.

With Shimizu's sponsorship, Kamar-Taj has already placed several interconnected portals at the headquarters and the three Sanctums.

When the portals run out of power, they can simply be replaced. Moreover, to prevent accidents caused by the portal running out of power during teleportation, these portals are equipped with larger Arc Reactors, and there is also a parallel one as a backup, ensuring that at least one Arc Reactor is always fully charged.

As long as something with the volume of a building and a density higher than gold doesn't suddenly teleport in, it can be basically ensured that no accidents will occur.

As for the ruthenium metal isotope, it's quite effective in magic related to the mental realm.

Hypnosis, mental enhancement, and mental protection now all have magical artifacts powered by ruthenium metal isotope reactors.

In the mental realm, the sorcerers' research is no less advanced than in the spatial realm, and the barrier to entry in this area is much lower than that of space, so the results are relatively more numerous.

Shimizu is now thinking about whether he can enchant runes and talismans onto puppets to enhance their combat power.

The rune magic in the Book of Altius and the talisman magic passed down from the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master's Mansion are, in Shimizu's view, very close, and in many ways, they can even be regarded as the same thing.

Both use patterns to simulate and utilize the operation of various rules between heaven, earth, and all things, in order to exert various incredible functions.

Both also require a carrier. Talismans need yellow paper and cinnabar to carry the energy of Qi, while the scope of rune magic is slightly broader, but it also requires energy and a carrier sufficient to carry these energies. The two are the same in many ways, and it can be said that they are different but similar methods of utilization by intelligent creatures in different worlds for the same means.

"I have already mastered the Tongtian Talisman. The method of this technique can be used to temporarily draw talismans without the aid of a carrier, and it can also be used to cast rune magic, which is enough to show that the two are essentially the same means."

Shimizu drew two talismans in front of him with one hand.

One is the Fire-Drawing Talisman from the Celestial Master's Mansion, and the other is one of the thirteen basic fire runes from the Altius dimension, which functions to create fire.

"There are indeed great similarities, but if we want to enchant the battle armor, we certainly can't use this type of rune."

The battle armor doesn't lack attack methods.

Conventional talismans can be cast at will through the Tongtian Talisman, so there's no need to place them on the puppets.

What should be arranged is runes that can enhance defense and prevent sneak attacks, such as the Vajra Mantra, and it's best to also arrange talismans for mental and spiritual protection.

As for the rest, when he hands over the Book of Altius to Tony, who is serving as the Sorcerer Supreme in another universe, in a few months, he can discuss it with that Tony.

His battle armor follows this path.

"But speaking of which, the Tongtian Talisman is indeed a good thing. Old Man Lu Jin's usage didn't grasp the true meaning. If I hadn't been exposed to the Book of Altius, relying solely on the talisman magic foundation on the Celestial Master's Talisman Record, I really wouldn't have been able to comprehend this point."

Shimizu waved his hand and erased the two runes in front of him, and began to think vaguely.

He has already obtained two of the Eight Wonders.

One thing that can be made clear is that some of the Eight Wonders have side effects, such as the One Life Two Souls of the Qi Body Source Stream, where the nascent soul born in the body is another soul; such as the Six Treasures Immortal Thief, which will eventually cause the character to become distorted and inhuman because the life force far exceeds the nature force under the blessing of the Six Treasures Immortal Thief; or such as the Wind After Strange Gate, which recklessly moves the four plates with the body of a mortal, affecting time and controlling the world, leading to backlash of Qi.

Some have solutions, such as Zhou Sheng comprehending the method of setting up a middle palace in the body, using his own innate Qi to govern the seventy-two seasons of the week, the innate leading the week, turning himself into a king, then not only can he regulate the backlash in his body, but also transform himself into various forms like the Seventy-Two Transformations.

And some founders did not comprehend a solution, such as Ruan Feng, who eventually turned himself into a state that was neither human nor ghost.

In comparison, Divine Machine Hundred Refinements and Tongtian Talisman have almost no side effects, but if they are simply used in a stupid way, their power seems to be lower than other Eight Wonders.

Divine Machine Hundred Refinements is strong, but it can only create more magical artifacts, not create magical artifacts that are stronger than existing ones. If a person has a large enough force behind him, then as long as he carries more high-grade magical artifacts, there is no difference between fighting with the user of Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.

The Tongtian Talisman is the same. It seems that the same effect can be achieved as long as a large number of talismans are prepared in advance.

It's just that in the original work, Zhang Zhiwei exclaimed that Lu Jin didn't use the Tongtian Talisman to its full potential, and Zhang Lingyu also thought the same, and bluntly stated that the key point of the Tongtian Talisman is not in the talisman, but in the Tongtian (reaching heaven).

"Tongtian Talisman, Tongtian Talisman, the Triple Reversal of the Three One Sect cannot reach heaven, but the Tongtian Talisman left by Zheng Zibu to his friend is the real path to reaching heaven.

It seems that this Divine Machine Hundred Refinements is the same, the key is not in the Divine Machine, but in the Refinements."