These corpses shared a common characteristic: their hair was red.
That is correct; these were all Uzumaki Clan corpses.
He hadn't killed these people himself; he had merely instructed his crows to monitor the Land of Whirlpools.
Then, when the Uzumaki Clan was annihilated, he took advantage of the chaos to steal the corpses of some slain Uzumaki Clan members.
As for the culprits behind the Uzumaki Clan's destruction, one could only say that none of the major Hidden Villages had clean hands... Why did he choose the Uzumaki Clan?
It was because, to overcome his weakness of having low Chakra reserves, the most obvious choice was the most famous long-lived clan: the Uzumaki Clan.
Anyone who had read the original work was likely awed by the protagonist Uzumaki Naruto's Chakra, who even earned the nickname "Chakra Ton."
However, Gen Takano also knew that ordinary Uzumaki Clan members could hardly possess the same amount of Chakra as Uzumaki Naruto. After all, Uzumaki Naruto not only had the Uzumaki physique but also the Nine-Tails' Chakra and the Chakra of Asura's reincarnation. The combination of all these factors resulted in such a monstrous amount of Chakra.
But even if they were inferior to Uzumaki Naruto, the Uzumaki Clan's Chakra was definitely not to be underestimated. He had even formulated a simple, rough equation for Chakra capacity: y = x * i.
Y represents the Chakra capacity, X represents the physical strength that can be cultivated through effort, and I is the Chakra coefficient.
Everyone's physical strength can be improved through training, but the Chakra coefficient is innate and generally does not change later in life.
Naturally, geniuses exist with high Chakra coefficients, such as Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze, whose coefficients are certainly not low. They represent the peak level for ordinary people.
As for the Uzumaki Clan members, even the weakest among them would have a Chakra coefficient that is absolutely not low.
Therefore, they only need to put in a little effort to train their physical strength, and their resulting Chakra capacity will be something that those with low coefficients cannot achieve even with desperate training.
After all, not everyone is Might Guy. His large Chakra capacity is due to his almost monstrous physical strength training—and that, too, depends on inherent physical talent!
Gen Takano finally stopped in front of one of the corpses. He couldn't measure the person's Chakra coefficient, but he knew it wouldn't be low.
He measured the person's Chakra nature: Wind and Lightning.
These were exactly two of the three natures he lacked, and they were also relatively rare natures.
It wasn't that Gen Takano didn't want to find a corpse with Wind, Lightning, and Fire natures, but that none were available.
Corpses with three natures existed, but they were not the three he required.
Because the Wind nature is inherently rare, followed by the Lightning nature, the combination of these two is already extremely uncommon, let alone three natures.
This remained true even though the Fire nature was not rare.
Therefore, the corpse before Gen Takano was his best fusion material.
Gen Takano looked at the corpse with a burning gaze. By fusing with this individual, his Chakra capacity problem would likely be solved, but... he knew that now was not the right time.
Although he had finished reading the experimental records for the Kiyomi Technique, since he had not personally experimented with it, he was not completely confident of success on the first attempt.
Since this involved his own body, he naturally needed to be extremely careful.
Therefore, he had to suppress his excitement and first use animal corpses for experiments. Not only animals, but he also had some useless materials here for subsequent testing. He would only take the final step after achieving absolute confidence.
"I hope there is enough time."
Gen Takano used the Clairvoyance Technique to look at Rin Nohara, who was still grieving over Uchiha Obito's 'death' while visiting Kakashi Hatake, and narrowed his eyes.
He was indifferent to her life or death. The key point was that the Kirigakure would seal the Three-Tails inside Rin Nohara.
Gen Takano had no interest in a complete Tailed Beast, as such a massive target would likely be tracked by Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu, and others later on. However, he still wanted a portion of the Tailed Beast's Chakra!