harleyscars Chapter 170 Balance, Kaleidoscope
Chapter 170 Balance, Kaleidoscope
Chapter 161 Balance, Kaleidoscope
The top and bottom of the nutrient tank were covered with a complex network of pipes, and seven flexible tubes hung down from inside the tank, tightly wrapped around the girl's small body.
Aizen, the shadow clone, secretly used the system to investigate.
Name: Suzuko
[Condition: Invasion by foreign cells, lignification of the right hand, and strong rejection reaction]
His expression was calm as he raised his hand and gently touched the glass cover of the nutrient tank, slowly gathering chakra in his palm.
Chakra flowed, and a resonance gradually arose—a subtle connection between his chakra and Suzuko's right hand.
"This sense of resonance—it's almost identical to my own chakra."
He thought to himself, "I now possess Yang energy, Wood Release, the Senju physique, and the Asura bloodline—almost a carbon copy of Hashirama Senju. If the Asura bloodline is further enhanced, I can achieve the Sage Body."
"These Hashirama cells are like trees without roots, lacking Hashirama's own spirit and will. I should be able to control them."
"As for the life-saving items, the Senzu Bean and the Sage's Talisman are probably not effective for treating the illness. The Archangel's Breath can cure diseases, which is somewhat possible, but there are only three, so there's no need to try it lightly. I've prepared many Healing Pom-Pots, which can be reused."
"If something really goes wrong, in an emergency, she can be put into a personal space to preserve her life by stopping time, and then further treatment can be given."
He calmed his thoughts and made up his mind.
Turning to Orochimaru, his tone was calm and resolute: "Orochimaru, let her come out. I'll try to heal her."
"Um."
Orochimaru didn't say much, but his eyes were full of anticipation.
He pressed several switches, and the nutrient solution level slowly decreased. This nutrient solution was constantly circulating – purifying, adjusting, and oxygenating.
"Cough—cough cough—"
The bell in the jar coughed up the liquid from its lungs, switching from liquid breathing to air breathing, a process that was quite uncomfortable.
After the nutrient solution is drained, the top cover is opened and raised to bring the bell out from the inside.
Aizen, a shadow clone, immediately used water jutsu to cleanse her body.
He skillfully manipulated the water flow, absorbing the moisture and clearing the remaining fluid from his lungs.
Then, he took out a clean spare shirt from his personal storage space and carefully put it on her.
The hem of her dress gently covered her petite body.
Orochimaru quietly observed Aizen's every move.
For a moment, he couldn't tell whether this person was genuinely kind or just pretending to be.
"The laboratory is this way, please follow me," Orochimaru said calmly.
"Um."
Aizen, the shadow clone, did not insist on treating her on the spot. He picked up the unsteady Rinko and followed Orochimaru towards the laboratory.
Lingzi instinctively clung tightly to him, her little face pressed against his chest, as if she had found an unprecedented sense of closeness and security.
The laboratory is clean and spacious, brightly lit, with neatly arranged tables and chairs, and various testing instruments are placed on one side.
"The technology tree in the Naruto world is a bit off track," Shadow Clone Aizen sighed inwardly.
He placed Suzuko on the edge of the single bed and sat down, gently touching her wooden right hand with his palm, sensing the vibrant flow of chakra within.
He paused for a moment, concentrating.
Chakra surged from her palm, connecting with the chakra in Rinko's right hand.
The woody right hand suddenly sprouted more obvious branches, then slowly retracted as if time had reversed.
Not only the newly formed parts, but even the original woody traces gradually faded away, eventually turning back into a delicate and soft little hand. Orochimaru watched this scene in astonishment, his mind churning with thoughts.
This is something that cannot be accomplished by ordinary means.
Aizen, the shadow clone, used his Wood Release technique to control and resolve the lignification problem. However, the Hashirama cells inside Suzuko's body remained abnormally active, full of vitality, and their corrosiveness remained undiminished.
His chakra has an extremely high affinity with Hashirama cells, making it easy to enhance their activity, but suppressing or weakening them is somewhat difficult.
He considered two relatively feasible solutions.
One is the Cell Removal Technique, which uses precise chakra control to remove or destroy over-proliferating hagi cells.
Secondly, the Chakra Attribute Neutralization Therapy attempts to suppress the activity of Hashirama's cells with high-purity Yin Release Chakra to achieve a certain counterbalancing effect.
However, for the safety of the experimental subjects, the former may require more than ten surgeries, which can be time-consuming.
Moreover, removing too much wood will cause the wood to lose its potential, while partial removal will cause it to rebound at any time, requiring long-term repeated treatment.
The latter also requires regular supply of Yin-attribute chakra, which is only a temporary solution. Once the supply stops, Hashirama's cells may return.
Aizen, the Shadow Clone, considered the options and ultimately decided to try the second plan first.
He has two approaches to this plan.
First, he had read through Tobirama's ninjutsu library about soul research and thought that he could emulate medical ninjas by using yang attribute to heal the body and try to nourish the soul with yin attribute chakra.
Secondly, the Eight Trigrams Seal is used to seal a large amount of Yin-attribute chakra. The Eight Trigrams Seal can be slightly opened to slowly release the sealed chakra, which is then converted into the test subject's own chakra.
Immediately, light gray Yin-attribute chakra surged from his palm and slowly flowed into Rinko's body.
"The suppression effect is so obvious? Yin-Yang balance is indeed the right path."
He sensed that the Hashirama cells within Suzuko's body instantly retracted their claws and became gentle and docile.
He stopped inputting, and after a moment he sensed that his Yin attribute chakra had been somewhat depleted.
After all, it was an external force, and the child didn't understand how to control or operate it, so it was quickly dissipated and consumed.
Then, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he once again channeled Yin-attribute chakra, merging it into Suzuko's spiritual world to nourish her fragile soul.
He stopped after only a few breaths.
Lingzi is only a three or four-year-old child after all, and this kind of reinforcement is more like immersion, not something that should be done too forcefully.
He looked up at Suzuko.
She remained quiet and well-behaved, her clear eyes revealing joy and affection.
The shadow clone Aizen revealed a gentle, sunny smile and reached out to touch her hair.
"Giggle giggle—"
Lingzi let out a clear laugh and gently grabbed the hem of his clothes with her little hand.
"Orochimaru, check Rinko's stats."
"Rinko?" Orochimaru asked, puzzled.
"Yes, that's her name." The shadow clone Aizen didn't explain further.
Orochimaru nodded, seemingly unconcerned.
These children were brought to him by members of "Root" when they were babies. He didn't know their names and thought Aizen had just given the little girl a name on a whim.
"Mr. Aizen, what power did you use just now?" Orochimaru asked curiously.
"It's just Yang Release and Yin Release. When you master these two nature transformations and chakra control to the extreme, you can do it too," said Shadow Clone Aizen calmly.
"That's not something you can do so easily," Orochimaru said with a sinister smile.
"There is no limit to chakra training, especially Yin Release and Yang Release. Legend has it that the Sage of Six Paths created life using Yin-Yang Release techniques, and those life forms are still active in the ninja world today," Aizen continued.
"Creating life? Still active?" Orochimaru pondered. "Could it be—a tailed beast?"
"clever."
Aizen, the shadow clone, nodded.
"The test data, right?"
"it is good."
Orochimaru suppressed his turbulent thoughts and began to conduct physical and blood tests on Rinko.
Orochimaru quickly completed the test and exclaimed, "Aizen-kun is truly amazing. Suzuko's body's resistance to Hashirama's cell erosion has increased by about fifteen percent."
"Fifteen percent?
After a moment of contemplation, the shadow clone Aizen suddenly produced a golden healing pom-pom in his palm.
"What is this?" Orochimaru asked, puzzled.
"A healing method," Aizen replied casually.
He gently touched the pom-pom to Suzuko's right hand, where her chakra was most active.
The fluff balls disappeared, but the activity of the Hashira cells did not decrease; in fact, the chakra became even more active.
"No? -- No, Suzuko's entire body's cellular vitality has increased."
He sensed and pondered at the same time.
"Orochimaru, check the data again."
"Um."
Orochimaru executed the maneuver skillfully.
"Huh? Her abnormal reactions have significantly decreased, her constitution is improving, and the symbiotic success rate has greatly increased." Even the usually calm Orochimaru couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Is it the 'healing' effect of the healing pom-pom, or is it because this pom-pom was taken from my body and is almost homologous to the Hashirama cells, thus improving my constitution in order to combat the erosion caused by the Hashirama cells?"
The shadow clone Aizen pondered, "Well, as long as it works, it's worth it for the main body to go and find Emi to get another batch of fluff balls."
"Aizen-kun, what kind of ninjutsu is this golden ball?" Orochimaru asked curiously.
"This is called a Healing Fluid Ball. It comes from a special bloodline limit and can heal injuries. I didn't expect it to have this effect," Aizen said calmly.
"Is that so? That's a real shame," Orochimaru sighed.
"Want to experience it? You cut yourself, and I can use the healing fluff ball to heal you so you can feel it," Aizen said with a smile.
"Then thank you very much, Aizen-kun."
Orochimaru didn't take it seriously, casually took out a kunai, and lightly cut his arm, drawing blood.
"As expected of Orochimaru, his thirst for knowledge is insatiable," Aizen thought to himself.
Immediately, a fluffy ball appeared in his hand, and he lightly touched Orochimaru's arm.
The pom-pom disappeared, and the wound healed instantly.
"What amazing healing effects!" Orochimaru exclaimed in surprise, carefully sensing the changes in his body. "My constitution hasn't changed at all."
The shadow clone Aizen ignored him and quietly glanced at the system notification.
[You healed Orochimaru's arm wound, and received the reward: Reincarnation (Mastery), Chakra +400]
"I've won the grand prize," he thought to himself. "Unfortunately, it's not very useful to me. At most, it will just increase my experience and knowledge in the realm of the soul."
After closing the interface, he said to Orochimaru, "You can try transplanting Hashirama cells, and then I will use the Healing Fluid Ball on you, which may improve your physical condition."
"Rather than obtaining Hashirama cells in this way, I would prefer to thoroughly research the related genetic and cellular technologies," Orochimaru responded.
"Scientific research capabilities also have no upper limit; it just takes time to accumulate them," Aizen chimed in. "Let's continue. I want to see the limits of the healing fluff ball's effectiveness."
Then, he took out another pom-pom.
With his left hand, he used Yin-attribute chakra to suppress the activity of Hashirama's cells, while with his right hand, he touched Suzuko's body with a healing fluff ball.
After Orochimaru's examination, he stated, "The rejection reaction has decreased again. With her current physique, the success rate of generating the substance is over 50%."
Aizen was generous and used five more healing fluff balls, one of which was the last two, for which no data on changes in physical condition could be detected.
Just then, a notification message popped up in the system.
[You have healed the woody state of Rinko's right hand, greatly alleviating the erosion by the alien cells. Her own cells and the alien cells have reached a symbiotic balance. Reward: Wood Release Proficiency +300, Chakra +500]
"So, the healing poultices still played a major role?"
He pondered to himself, "Yin-attribute chakra can temporarily balance the corrosiveness of Hashirama's cells, while this healing fluff ball taken from her own body directly improves Rinko's constitution to achieve a symbiotic balance."
"Now, we're mass-producing 'Yamato's'. Once all these children are cured, we definitely can't hand them over to Shimura Danzo, otherwise we'd be giving him credit."
"We need to figure out how to deal with Danzo first before we can completely cure these experimental children."
Just as he was pondering this, the system popped up another notification.
[You have successfully found a cure for the special illness caused by human experiments on young children. The side quest "Healing Children Sick from Human Experimentation" has been completed ahead of schedule with an S rating. Rewards: 20% increase in mental strength, 15% increase in Yin power, 10% increase in Asura bloodline, and 20000 chakra.]
"Settling accounts ahead of schedule? Is this a push to get rid of Danzo sooner?"
The shadow clone Aizen muttered, "Forget it, let the real body handle this trouble."
He calmed his thoughts, looked at Orochimaru who was focused on studying Rinko's blood and cellular tissue, and asked in a deep voice, "Orochimaru, how often does that Root member outside report to Danzo?"
Orochimaru stopped his research upon hearing this, turned to Aizen, and gave a wicked smile: "Is Aizen-kun going to make a move against Danzo?"
"The healing effect of the velvet balls is remarkable. After these children are treated, they will be trained as the organization's reserve force and are not suitable to be handed over to Shimura Danzo."
Aizen said, "Orochimaru, if you want to take over and train them, that's fine too."
"I'm more interested in the bloodline limit user who created the pom-poms," Orochimaru sneered.
"You'll see him later," Aizen replied calmly. "Orochimaru doesn't seem to care much about his superior's safety."
"This world needs fresh and interesting things, doesn't it?" Orochimaru laughed. "Normally, he reports every ten days. Of course, he'll report immediately if there's anything significant."
"Then let him disappear for ten days," Aizen said calmly.
Immediately, he walked out of the laboratory and casually sent Bing into his personal space.
Then, he formed a cross-shaped hand seal, creating a shadow clone that actively entered his personal space.
The shadow clone first converts its own chakra into black chakra, which is absorbed by the space for expansion. Once exhausted, it is deactivated and its memories are transferred back to the original body.
Inside Tsunade's office.
Xingyuan Qianshuo flipped through the books while checking the system rewards.
"Orochimaru's Reanimation Jutsu is interesting, but I don't need it and I don't want to use it."
"The Shadow Clones actually solved the problem of Hashirama's cell erosion? Congratulations!"
"This early settlement reward involves mental strength and Yin energy, and may potentially unlock the Mangekyou Sharingan. Hopefully, it will activate some great abilities."
Just as he was pondering, the memories of his shadow clone returned.
Xingyuan Qianshuo reviewed the situation and thought to himself, "Mass-producing Yamato? It's a pity, it will take at least twenty years for them to truly mature. By then, the ninja world will have long been at peace, and the real enemy will probably be the Otsutsuki clan, the extraterrestrial visitors. With the strength of an elite Jonin like Yamato, they would simply be providing an assist to the enemy."
"However, what should we do about Shimura Danzo—kill him, expel him, or expose him? —Never mind, we still have ten days. Let's think about it slowly and collect the reward first."
His thoughts were racing, and after a moment he looked up: "Tsunade, I'm going outside to train for a while."
"Okay, sure."
Tsunade's gaze remained fixed on the pages of the book, and she gave a casual reply.
Xingyuan Qianshuo said no more, teleported away, and appeared in his own home.
Instead of collecting the reward, he first formed a hand seal to create a shadow clone, left Konoha, and went to buy children's clothing, shoes, socks, and other supplies.
This was requested by the shadow clones at the experimental base and was specially bought for Suzuko.
The main body sits on a wooden chair and opens the system interface.
He first extracted the reward he received from treating Suzuko: "Wood Release Proficiency +300, Chakra +500".
Compared to treating an ordinary ninja, this reward is quite generous, especially the increase in chakra, which is one hundred more than the reward for treating Orochimaru.
Next, Orochimaru's "Reanimation Jutsu (Mastery), Chakra +400" was extracted.
A flood of memories related to curse seals and souls rushed into my mind.
"Wow, I feel like my thoughts have been tainted."
Xingyuan Qianshuo shook his head inwardly: "However, these experiences related to souls, combined with Tobirama's books on soul research, have given me a more genuine understanding."
After sorting through the information for a while, he calmed himself down and extracted the rewards from the side quest.
Chakra +20000, totaling over 580,000 points.
As his mental strength increased by 20%, his three-tomoe Sharingan, which was already on the verge of upgrading to the Mangekyou Sharingan, trembled and was about to sublimate, but it was still just one step away.
Immediately, with a slight thought, he extracted 15% of Yin energy.
A gentle, warm power emerges from the depths of the soul.
This power flows into the eyes, and the transformation begins.
There was no tearing pain, no swelling discomfort.
His eyes became full and round, and in an instant, he completed a leap in life.
A profound realization dawned on him, and he instantly understood the abilities his Mangekyou Sharingan possessed.
Xingyuan Qianshuo walked to the dressing mirror on the wall to observe his Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Huh? A six-tomoe Rinne Sharingan?"
He was surprised for a moment, then chuckled: "This is still the Mangekyou Sharingan, and its shape is actually six tomoe."
In the mirror, his crimson eyeballs changed from one circle of three tomoe to two circles of six tomoe, while the eyeballs outside the eyeballs remained white, without the circles of the Rinnegan.
"Let's not use Japanese deities to name it. The left eye will be called the Eye of Time, and the right eye will be called the Eye of Illusion."
Xingyuan Qianshuo murmured, quite satisfied with the abilities of his eyes.
His left eye, the Eye of Time, allows him to rewind the state of himself and any life form connected to his chakra to a point in time three seconds prior.
Time manipulation is a high-level ability even among the Otsutsuki clan, yet he possesses a unique ability that his Mangekyou Sharingan might have been due to the system's reward of increased mental strength and the origin of Yin power.
His right eye, the Illusion Child, can leave an imperceptible Yin-style mark deep within the target's spiritual world.
He can sense and manipulate the mark from a distance, trapping the target in an illusion and turning them into a controlled puppet.
You can also set up an illusion trigger mechanism, so that once triggered, you will automatically fall into the illusion without realizing it.
This illusion is integrated into the target's mind, originating from within, making it difficult to detect or dispel unless the Yin Release power exceeds that of Star Source Thousand Shuo.
Both abilities are very powerful, but their only drawback is that they both consume a lot of energy.
With Xingyuan Qianshuo's current eye power, the Eye of Time can only be used seven or eight times before he might go blind.
The Illusionary Eye can only create three marks before it can cause blindness.
However, he was not worried about it.
Regardless of how many times he might use it, even if he does, his Yang energy and near-immortal physique and bloodline provide him with powerful regenerative abilities—equivalent to possessing a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Of course, the specific situation can only be verified after use.
After experiencing the Mangekyou Sharingan, he glanced at the system interface, then with a slight thought, extracted the final reward—
Asura bloodline +10%.
My life force surged again, and warmth flowed through my body.
Even her newly upgraded kaleidoscope eyes were caressed and enveloped by the warm current, becoming even more rounded and full.
After everything calmed down, Xingyuan Qianshuo opened the system interface.
"Chakra increased by about 300,000 points, mental strength and Mangekyou Sharingan activation increased by about 120,000 points, and the Asura bloodline brought in more than 180,000 points."
He nodded in satisfaction: "The total has exceeded 880,000 points, taking another big step towards becoming a Super Shadow."
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