Becoming a God by Increasing Favorability in Naruto

After reading through the unsealed forbidden jutsu scroll, Furen slowly took out a large stack of explosive tags from his cloak. This forbidden technique, stolen years ago from Konoha by Mori Idato at Aoi Rokusho's behest, was one of the Second Hokage's inventions: Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags, a technique of infinite explosions!

The jutsu's concept was simple yet devastating. By continuously summoning other explosive tags from a single one, it created an endless chain of explosions. Once an enemy was caught by even one of these tags, they couldn't escape. The power of explosive tags was well-known—akin to bullets in the real world. They were used to enhance a ninja's combat capabilities, and ninja villages spent significant funds on explosive tags to increase the success rates of missions.

For instance, Shikamaru once used an explosive tag trap to blow Hidan into just a severed head, effectively neutralizing his immortality. Even among the famed Seven Ninja Swordsmen, there was a sword, Explosive Blade - Splash, that utilized explosive tags to combine detonations with blade attacks. Even someone as powerful as Obito, with his space-time jutsu Kamui, had to use his Izanagi against Konan's hundreds of explosive tags.

Explosive tags, while often overlooked by most ninja, packed immense power. Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags, though rated as an A-rank technique, exceeded the destructive force of S-rank jutsu. During the Fourth Shinobi War, this technique even shattered the Shikigami Gates, which had previously withstood a Ten-Tails Beast Bomb. Six Paths Obito had to evade using the Truth-Seeking Balls to shield himself.

In terms of single-point destructive power, Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags surpassed even the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb! After creating this technique, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, never used it in his lifetime, reserving it for use with Edo Tensei, leveraging the undying nature of the jutsu. Furen speculated that certain restrictions were likely required to use the technique. Otherwise, not even a master of the Flying Thunder God like Tobirama would avoid it.

"No wonder Konoha didn't make a fuss about losing this forbidden jutsu; even Tobirama didn't dare use it," Furen mused. Aoi and Mori Idato were lucky not to be dragged back by the village.

Forbidden techniques generally caused severe harm to the caster, like the Reaper Death Seal, which demanded the user's life, or the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu, which drained massive amounts of chakra. Others, like the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, could damage cells, while Edo Tensei raised ethical concerns. Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags, however, were simply sealed, likely because no one could safely use them. Even if mastered, no one would dare unleash it.

Furen suspected that, in addition to certain conditions for its use, not even the speed of Flying Thunder God could get someone out in time to avoid the inevitable blast. Spreading the scroll on the ground and shielding it from rain with his Tailed Beast cloak, Furen sat cross-legged to study the technique.

"This is tricky…" he muttered, furrowing his brow. Despite his genius aptitude inherited from Sakura Haruno and Karin Uzumaki, even he couldn't fully grasp the technique immediately.

"This will take some time." He turned his gaze to Aoi, who was still restrained by the Tailed Beast's crimson cloak, and to Mori Idato, who was watching him like a frightened animal. Everything that had transpired was etched in Mori's mind, leaving him in shock.

Approaching Mori, Furen knelt and examined him for a while before shaking his head. "Go finish your mission." Using Mind-Body Disturbance Technique, he erased Mori's memories of the encounter. Killing him was unnecessary; completing this mission would yield more favorability from Tsunade.

Under Furen's control, Mori walked away toward his original destination, where the Dragon-Tiger Pearl awaited at the Aosatsuki Shrine. Everything that happened here would be removed, erased like a passing storm.

Watching the departing Mori, Aoi, still caught in the crimson Tailed Beast cloak, looked on with envy. He knew Mori had been spared, while his own fate was sealed.

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