I'm not, but here I'm basically agreeing with you. Remember the Iron Earth Rune lasts a week. Just set up a single Iron Earth rune and rush research. If we still don't have Iron Earth rune 2.0 yet, we'll just make another Iron Earth Rune at the end of the week. There's no order where it makes sense to preemptively make 4 Iron Earth 1.0 runes. We should use those clone hours for something else.
Hazou can do like 14 Runes per day so 42 runes before we get back to Leaf. I have us crafting 31 Runes, so nowhere near saturation.
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We learned PEA
Is it necessary for him to do this right now, when moving the rift to a random location to avoid being tracked should be his first priority? Orochimaru can multi-thread Shadow Clones in the Seventh Path so that he can simultaneously make substrate and more rift-moving runes, and we can grab substrate from there.
I would question if we have the time to do this shaping, on the grounds that Tsunade will want us to be booking it to Leaf ASAP. As in, forced march, minimal (if any) rest, Akimichi stimulants so we can get there ASAP.
I think you will need to explain what this means (specifically the second part).
I would also indicate that our defenses would be well-improved by researching Force Dome-based Skywalkers, so that we can use Icarus runes against Hidan, Sasori, and Kisame.
Why only if Kagome returns? Isn't it better to come clean regardless, in case Kagome returns later or if/when one of our forbidden-SC users has to use it for some other crisis?
These are definitely the Hell King's teeth, aren't they? And the pure lands are his maw.
Have Kei do this. Kagome does not trust Hazou or his reports right now.
Please no. At least, not offhand, and not just yet.
Please start with Tsunade only. She'll be less alarmed than Naruto, and better equipped to actually do something to help.
Actually, we should probably tell Tsunade now (as in, right at the end of Chapter 701) in case it changes her assessment on Orochimaru. It also gets us info on whether she can remove them (doubtful, since Orochimaru said Hazou needs to see him personally).
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Out of curiosity, if we had independently come up with those ideas on our own instead of Shrooms suggesting them, would that have made a difference in your reaction?
I think you mean chapter 515? Probably the quote you want:
Probably not
It's not possible to go more than 200 miles in a day even with Nobs, so it hardly matters.
People seem to be saying this so I doubt it will make it into final drafts
We told Tsunade/Orochimaru some subset of what our Runes can do. Tell Naruto the same subset, seems straightforward to me
You want to turn our Force Dome runes into a paper seal? Have you thought this through? A skywalker variant seems useful but I would probably go Earth Dome.
Nah, no Summons in Arachnid. He'll have to get over it.
Nope, unless I see a bunch of people objecting and then I'll reasses. We can always just say "how does that conceal this from Orochimaru?" And refuse.
I don't see the point.
We can tell her on the march I guess. I don't see the urgency.
Can't be, we taught it to Orochimaru.
Nah, we just casually mention to Orochimaru that Naruto wants to proliferate runecrafting and let him take care of it.
Hundreds of Force Dome Runes. We should have defense in depth. Let's have multiple, multiple layers of force dome layers protecting Leaf. Two at all times and then a huge layered amount ready to activate when Akasuki arrive. This will help defend against Iron Earth Rune's main weakness. As currently, if you dig a shallow tunnel 10 meters under the first force dome, you break through. If there's multiple layers of force dome, we can force them to dig for potentially(?) miles through the Iron Earth rune soil.
Oh, so how about:
I'm not sure why it's an issue, but an Earth Dome variant works fine. The main thing would be to start the research ASAP.
Compromise: Have Kei write the letter.
Have her run over once we get to Leaf, she doesn't have other strategically critical work.
The short-term value of TRs is very low, while the long-term impact is higher than skywalkers.
I don't see the point of telling Naruto. Our own family assumed we were compromised to the point of equating it to suicide. This will just give Naruto more misgivings about trusting us, and I don't see how it would help anything.
This is not intelligible IMO
I still think the other two are more important.
I'm sorry, I added a comma when I shouldn't have.
True, but can't we multitrack with SCs?
I did find that one in pretty short order (visual timeline is a big help), but I could've sworn we got a second glimpse of him at some point. Unprompted, a surprise in an interlude or somesuch, in which Jiraiya similarly fights back against the darkness but also specifically mentions that it can't have his chakra.
Hard to say, depends on implementation. If it somehow feels like the universe making Hazo special, then I'd still be annoyed about it. If it's written in such a way as to disguise that fact and feels like a natural extension of what has happened before, then I'd be happy with it (Or at least, not upset).
