Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

"Huff, huff."

In the rain, a panting figure landed at the edge of the battlefield; her white coat, soaked through, could not conceal her slender figure.

As a technician specializing in research and development, Hydrangea's ninja talent was limited; she couldn't even catch a whiff of Hanzo's exhaust. Fortunately, she noticed the commotion caused by Komurasaki's tailed beast transformation, which allowed her to accurately locate the battle scene.
"Lord Hanzo!?"

The scene of Hanzo's molting and rebirth also fell into the eyes of the belatedly arriving Hydrangea. Beyond astonishment, she felt a strange, almost frenzied, enthusiasm.

This ability to recover is beyond the scope of ordinary humans.

Trembling, she brushed the purple hair that was sticking to her forehead and obstructing her vision behind her ear. If it weren't for the presence of enemies, she would have loved to draw a large vial of Hanzo's blood right now for in-depth research.

"That's a Tailed Beast? How could Lord Hanzo possibly stand up to a Tailed Beast head-on? What kind of strange change has occurred in his body?"

When her gaze fell upon the roaring, tailed beast-transformed Komurasaki, the horror in Hydrangea's eyes, hidden in the safe zone of OMO, intensified.

It's important to understand that there are only a handful of recorded individuals in the ninja world capable of directly confronting a tailed beast with a human body. While Hanzo was strong, he didn't reach the legendary level.

"I'd love to know too."

Just as Hydrangea was racking her brains trying to recall if she had missed any details about Hanzo's operating room, a voice so cold it seemed inhuman suddenly rang out behind her.
"Who goes there!?"

Unaware that a stranger had approached her, Hydrangea's hair stood on end instantly, and she instinctively wanted to distance herself from the person behind her.

However, the moment her fair legs bent, a large, white hand pressed down on her shoulder.

"Excuse me, could you tell me whose work this is?"

The indifferent voice rang out again, its tone carrying an undeniable air of authority.
Hydrangea slowly turned her head and saw an unfamiliar man dressed in a white feathered robe. He had the Roman numeral IV tattooed below his left eye. He looked harmless, yet he inexplicably sent shivers down her spine.

"Intruders? I absolutely will not."

"Wordy."

Sensing the resistance in the hydrangea's words, Cixian, now in his true form, frowned. He had clearly said "please," but humans were indeed not beings capable of communication.

A fingertip shimmering with blue light touched the other person's fair forehead, and their bright, piercing eyes instantly dimmed.
“Tell me everything you know about him.”

Looking at the hydrangea that he had hypnotized, Jigen raised his hand and pointed at Hanzo, who was confronting Komurasaki in her tailed beast form, a rare hint of curiosity in his indifferent eyes.

Just minutes before, he was researching new weapons at a secret base in the Valley Kingdom, thousands of miles away, when a surveillance camera suddenly lit up nearby, catching his attention.
This long-unused monitoring device, capable of capturing biological signals from the abdomen, is a specialized piece of equipment used to monitor the Shenshuren (a type of human) on missions outside the area.

Since the clone army was completely wiped out in the Land of Rain a few years ago, this surveillance camera has never lit up again.
Seeing this, Jigen put down his work and checked the suddenly restarted surveillance footage with a puzzled look. He then discovered a faint life signal transmitted from the Land of Rain.

Driven by a rigorous scientific approach, Cixian decided to go directly to the scene to investigate. He immediately set off, using a teleportation portal to travel thousands of miles, and finally arrived just before the start of the second round of battle.

Upon his arrival, he politely consulted a local who knew the inside story.
"Lord Hanzo was born..."

Under Cixian's mental control, Hydrangea recounted Hanzo's life story in great detail, starting from his birth, leaving Cixian speechless.
"He's such a talkative human. All you need to do is tell me how he ended up like this."

Cixian raised her hand to interrupt the hydrangea's rambling, pointing to the abdominal wound embedded in flesh at Banzang's waist.
"Surgical transplantation".

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of astonishment flashed in Cixian's eyes. Looking at the mangled abdomen of Hanzo, he suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.

Their core technology was stolen by humans?
This device, adapted to the stomach of the Divine Tree Man, was his painstaking creation. It could not only absorb the chakra of the Tailed Beasts but also mimic the form of a Tailed Beast Rider.
While slightly weaker than the original owner in terms of strength, the physique of the Tree People can make up for this negligible difference.

Unfortunately, this technology has now been abandoned by Cixian.
All of this stemmed from that battle several years ago.

His meticulously cultivated clone army either died or fled, leaving Cixian feeling incredibly exhausted and causing him to begin to doubt whether his research direction was correct.
After a period of reflection, he ultimately chose to shelve all the data on the abdominal cavity and seek other research directions.

Just as they were starting to make a breakthrough, they were drawn in by the biosignals that reappeared on the abdomen.

"Such a rudimentary method can actually activate the abdomen. This human doesn't seem to have anything special about him."

After the chief surgeon, Hydrangea, gave a detailed explanation, Jigen looked at Hanzo with a rare look of amazement.

The abdomen is not simply a synthetic product; its basic raw material is biological tissue collected by Jigen from the juvenile Ten-Tails using special methods.

Like the Ten-Tails, whose mission is to devour chakra, its belly, made of biological tissue, also has an almost insane thirst for chakra.
In other words, the Hashirama clone was able to withstand the demands of the abdomen; if it were an ordinary human, they would have been sucked dry long ago.

"Wait, what's wrong with the condition of this abdomen?"

Just as Jigen was wondering why Hanzo hadn't been affected by the side effects of the stomach attack, he suddenly noticed something very strange.

Its belly was pure black, yet a faint purple halo floated on its surface.

Cixian frowned slightly and quietly activated his Byakugan to investigate.
"what?"

Upon closer inspection, he indeed noticed something amiss, and a rare, strange expression appeared on his usually calm face.
So this human is a repeat offender?
Through Jigen's clairvoyant vision, he could clearly see a pulsating purple poison sac hidden in Hanzo's abdomen.

Nourished by chakra, the transplanted poison sacs continuously produced toxic gas.

Normally, this poisonous gas generated with chakra would be Hanzo's best weapon, able to be incorporated into his ninjutsu to deliver a fatal blow to his enemies.
But now, these poisonous gases have actually become...
What kind of food is needed to fill the stomach?
Seeing Hanzo's abdomen gulping down the deadly poison, Jigen's eyes twitched slightly.
This guy was high on drugs!

Indeed, the reason Hanzo wasn't completely devoured by the greedy belly was not only because the belly was incomplete, but also largely due to the symbiotic poison sac that had been with him for many years.

During the week Hanzo was in a coma, the gradually recovering Abdomen began to devour him without restraint, with the poison sac closest to the transplant site being the first to suffer.

As a result, after only two bites, the taste of the poisonous gas overwhelmed it. This was the first time it had ever encountered chakra that made it feel like it was floating on air and could even see little people dancing.
Unsurprisingly, it was simply addicted to the taste due to its basic biological instincts. It couldn't live without this flavor, and even if it ate less or no chakra, it would continue to absorb it.

And so, Hanzo, who was supposed to be drained dry, unexpectedly benefited. Tempted by the poison sac, the completely lost Abdomen willingly chose to merge with his body, solely to absorb even purer poison gas.

The power in his abdomen comes from the Ten-Tails. By fusing with it, Hanzo's mortal body has undergone an extreme evolution, and in terms of physical attributes, it is now infinitely close to that of the Divine Tree Man.

However, this comes at a price. In the face of extreme chakra deprivation, Hanzo's insatiable appetite will dominate his consciousness, turning him into a beast that only knows how to plunder the chakra of tailed beasts.

"An unexpected product?"

Jigen, who saw through Hanzo's true nature in just a few glances, gently shook his head. This human was an exception among exceptions, and had no reference value whatsoever.
Moreover, this human probably won't live much longer.

"Oh, what a pity."

Jigen's gaze fell upon Hanzo's mangled abdomen, and he sighed almost imperceptibly.

If Hanzo had received a complete abdominal transplant, it might have brought him some surprise, but unfortunately it was incomplete, and the missing part was a very crucial area.
Hanzo's abdomen is missing the upper half of its mouth, which means it has lost its most important function of transformation and cannot absorb the power of chakra pills.
Simply put, Hanzo's transplanted abdomen prevented him from transforming by consuming chakra pills.

The day it develops antibodies against the venom sac will be the day Hanzo dies.

"However, the thoughts and actions of you humans are truly astonishing."

Although somewhat disappointed with Hanzo, this flawed creation, Jigen also witnessed the boundless potential of humanity.
"It seems it's time to listen to the opinions of mortals." Nodding with a puzzled look, Cixian decided to go back and start recruiting talents, so that intelligent humans could also participate in his core research. This would surely spark more inspiration.

After taking one last look at Hanzo, who was wrestling with the tailed beast-transformed Komurasaki, Jigen turned and disappeared into the black and red portal, leaving no trace as if he had never been there.

"Huh?"

No sooner had he left than the dazed Hydrangea suddenly snapped awake. Having lost a small portion of her memory under Cixian's deliberate manipulation, she blinked and looked around in confusion.
What just happened?

"boom!"

Just as Hydrangea frowned in recollection, her thoughts were interrupted by the explosions erupting from the battlefield.
"Lord Hanzo!"

Watching Hanzo fight a two-meter-tall beast in the street, her eyes were filled with worry.

"Shh!"

Using her extended arms, Xiao Zi grabbed an exposed steel bar from a collapsed building and thrust it directly at the unarmed Hanzo.

"Jie Jie"

Hanzo grinned as the half-open belly at his waist revealed a faint layer of reddish-purple chakra emanating from his body.

"Boom!"

Stimulated by this force, Hanzo's muscles bulged instantly, transforming him into a monstrous muscle man. His swollen iron fist met the tempered steel bars, producing a teeth-grinding, ear-piercing impact.

Holy crap!

Looking at the bent steel bar in her hand, Xiao Zi was completely dumbfounded.
Breaking steel bars with bare hands—is that a level of strength the human body can achieve?
"Snapped!"

In the brief moment of his daze, driven by the primal urge of his stomach's greed, Hanzo leaped forward, opened his thick arms, and embraced the tailed beast-transformed Komurasaki.
"Huh? I didn't give it to you!"

Feeling something hard pressing against her, Xiao Zi stiffened, raising her arms to smash Hanzo, who was rubbing against her, into a two-dimensional foil.
"Whoosh!"

Fortunately, Hanzo reacted quickly and retreated nimbly, thus avoiding a fate resembling that of a character from an anime.
"Hehehe?"

His half-open mouth, barely visible, wriggled around his waist and abdomen, emitting a strange laugh tinged with disbelief.
Abdomen: Why can't I bite it?
"Phew, thank goodness it wasn't that thing hitting me, that scared me to death!"

Xiao Zi touched the spot where he had been bumped, compared it to his body size, and realized that it wasn't the part he had imagined, but rather that strange area on his abdomen. Only then did he breathe a long sigh of relief, still feeling lingering fear.

"Little Purple, a lot of people are coming."

The commotion from their battle grew louder and louder; even the most oblivious troops stationed at the Rain Ninja headquarters should have noticed by now.
"This is troublesome. Han is so useless. He hasn't been able to break through for so long."

Knowing she was completely exposed, Komurasaki pursed her lips and refocused her gaze on Hanzo, whose condition was clearly strange. Her expression turned serious.
We need to finish this quickly.

"It's Lord Hanzo!"

Nearly a hundred Rain Ninja soldiers arrived and, upon discovering Hanzo confronting the crimson monster, they all showed expressions of excitement.

"We're here to help you!"

"That thing is a Tailed Beast, be careful!"

Upon seeing the reinforcements arrive, Hydrangea immediately appeared and loudly alerted them. At the same time, she flew down to Hanzo's side, carefully observing her leader, whose condition seemed very strange.

"Tailed Beast?"

Upon hearing this, the Rain Ninja immediately stopped in her tracks, warily shrinking behind Hanzo, showing none of her previous fighting spirit.

"Lord Hanzo truly lives up to his reputation as a demigod; he can actually fight a tailed beast all by himself!"

"Hmph~ With Lord Hanzo taking action, these invaders are nothing but grasshoppers in autumn, they won't be able to jump around for long."

"The Rain-Hidden Demigod possesses boundless magical power, is invincible in attack and unbeatable in battle!"

"."

Seeing the group of Rain Ninjas showering her with compliments behind her, Hydrangea's eye twitched violently.
"Unable to collect".

At that moment, the murmur coming from Hanzo beside her drew her attention.
"That voice"

Upon closer inspection, Hydrangea was astonished to discover that all the words Hanzo had just uttered had actually come from the writhing abdomen at his waist.

"Lord Hanzo!"

Hanzo himself remained in the same dazed state as when he first emerged from the nutrient tank, like a puppet being manipulated at will.
Gudong!

"Stop bragging, Lord Hanzo..."

Having vaguely guessed that the Hanzo before her was not the demigod she knew, Hydrangea swallowed hard and turned to warn the Rain Ninja behind her.

"Oh!"

However, before she could finish speaking, Komurasaki, determined to end the battle quickly, unleashed several scorching lava fireballs, raining down on the Rain Ninja.

"Don't be afraid, use water escape!"

Fortunately, the Rain Ninja's combat skills weren't as bad as imagined. Knowing they couldn't rely entirely on the demigod's protection, they immediately began organizing a counterattack.
"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

"Water Release: Water Pillar!"

As a thick curtain of water rose from the ground, countless jets of water precisely blocked all of Xiao Zi's escape routes from all directions.
"Pfft!!!"

With nowhere to retreat, Komurasaki was soaked to the bone. The water-style chakra amplified the damage many times over in his tailed beast form, and the piercing pain stimulated his fragile nerves in his tailed beast form.

"Damn it! A bunch of ants!"

Under the influence of the tailed beast's chakra, Komurasaki's emotions became increasingly volatile, and her eyes gradually turned fierce.

"Old Sun, lend me all your power!"

"Don't forget what Onoki told you."

The Goku in the Tailed Beast Card frowned. If he rashly used the power of the Tailed Beast Rider, he could easily provoke some meddlesome fellow.
"This is no longer the usual situation."

Komurasaki, now in her tailed beast form, shook off the water and gradually shrank back into human form to the astonishment of the Rain Ninja, now holding a gray driver in her hand.
Facing so many enemies alone, transforming isn't unreasonable, is it?
"I really can't do anything with you, so I'll run a lap with you then."

"The Ape God." (End of Chapter)