Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 128 Ash Bones
There were no setbacks in the process of becoming an apprentice.

Neither Hiruzen Sarutobi nor Kairi were people who cared about pomp and circumstance.

Under the stunned gaze of the two men, Hiruzen Sarutobi formally accepted Kairi as his disciple and demanded that Kakashi and the other man keep quiet about it.

Having other things to attend to, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't linger, and when he left, he also took the Black Orb that Guy had brought back with him.

It was not confiscated or requisitioned.

This special fabric is very difficult to cut and trim. Since the three of them, including Hairi, had no way to make ninja tools, they asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to find someone to make suitable clothes for them.

Early the next morning.

Hui Li, who crawled out of bed, was surprised to find:

Kakashi and Might Guy were already dressed and standing at the door, ready to leave.

"This is what you are doing?"

"Youth is all about training hard!!!"

Might Guy had a red sweatband with the word 'Effort' written on it tied around his head. His eyes were determined, while his training partner behind him looked sleepy and exhausted, as if he had just finished cultivating immortality.

Kai somehow found some dumbbell plates, attached them to both ends of a crystal long stick, and dragged Kakashi out for special training while carrying several tons of weight.

He felt somewhat pressured by Hui Li's incredibly rapid progress.

In just one month away from home, Hui Li has grown to this level, and now that she has become the apprentice of the Third Hokage, she may surpass him in no time.

How is this possible?

Akai's fighting spirit was ignited, and the raging fire of youth had set him ablaze.

"My vacation plans have been ruined again."

A dejected Kakashi glared at his best friend through gritted teeth, his unkempt hair and resentment radiating from him.

Seeing that Hui Li was getting up, Kakashi narrowed his eyes into crescent shapes and lowered his head to extend a seemingly enthusiastic invitation to Hui Li:
"Would you like to train with us?"

"No!"

The 'sense of good and evil' inherited from the Nine-Tails beeped an alarm, and Hui Li refused Kakashi's ill-intentioned invitation without hesitation.

This is not laziness.

She doesn't need such inefficient training methods. The physical manipulation from the Corpse Bone Vein allows her to rapidly improve her physical fitness without training.

There are only two things that can limit her physical fitness:
1. Whether the chakra is sufficient as an energy supply system.

2. The physiological limits of human beings.

Once these two limitations are broken, even if Hui Li lies in bed every day, her physical strength will continue to grow until she encounters another bottleneck.

Having failed in his prank, Kakashi could only dejectedly follow Guy out for a run. The two moved at an extremely fast pace, and in just a few seconds they were reduced to two tiny dots on the street corner.

Hui Li rolled her eyes at her.

Because Guy was carrying such a heavy load, Kakashi even ran ahead of Guy.

This guy is usually lazy and says he doesn't train, but when he runs, he's more energetic than anyone else.

He then looked around to make sure no one was watching.

Having finally gained her own space, Gray Glass decided to take this opportunity to check what changes had occurred in the new Corpse Vein.

Gudong!

The door is closed.

Hui Li moved the weighing scale out from under the living room sofa and then gently stepped on it.

Whoosh!
The red pointer quickly swept 180 degrees, pointing from west to east, and finally stopped at the number marked 250.

250 kilograms is the limit for a weighing scale, but not for a gray glass.

An adult male weighs about 70 kilograms, and she now weighs more than three adults combined.

She was afraid to move around too much on the mediocre stool, fearing it would fall apart.

Of course, being overweight has both disadvantages and advantages.

Although the physical exertion is greater and the body's inertia needs to be overcome, resulting in impaired flexibility.

But a heavy body often represents greater strength.

The same physical techniques become much more powerful in her hands than in the hands of an ordinary person.

If an ordinary ninja were hit head-on by her punch and didn't use chakra to deflect the force, he would be instantly shattered.

pat!

The moment I stepped off the scale, the red pointer instantly dropped to zero. Due to the rapid rebound, the entire needle was trembling uncontrollably.

The scale was moved back under the sofa.

Hui Li quickly took off her slightly loose pajamas.

Close your eyes.

The misty purple hue connects the meridians and bones.

The pale bones with grayish-white markings seemed to be activated instantly, devouring the gray chakra like an abyss.

creak!creak!
The fair skin on his arm cracked open, and bone spurs grew inch by inch, a process that seemed extremely slow and difficult compared to usual.

wrong!

Sensing the unusually large consumption, Hui Li quickly withdrew her chakra.

Kaka!

Loss of key energy sources.

The abnormal bone stopped growing instantly, with only a short bone spur about 20 centimeters long growing on Hui Li's arm.

"Whoosh..."

chest heaving rapidly

Hui Li was breathing heavily, her face turning pale, as if she had just survived a major battle, her chakra being severely depleted.

Why is the consumption of the Corpse Bone Vein suddenly so great?

Realizing something was wrong, Hui Li sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting for his chakra to recover while observing the newly formed Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse).

On the surface of the newly formed bone spurs, gray spots resembling mold were growing, and the roots also had some gray veins.

It seemed like fear.

The skin on the surface of the arm escapes outward, exposing the root of the bone spur along with the periosteum beneath the skin.

The blood-red flesh, the white skin, and the gray-white bones are distinct yet inseparable, creating a bizarre sight.

Grabbing a kunai at random, Hui Li swung his sword at the strange bone spur.

collapse!
Click!

The kunai's sharp edge shattered instantly upon impact with the bone.

Gray Glass, who had only intended to test the hardness of the new bone, was immediately startled.

Looking at the kunai in his hand, he saw that at the point where the bone collided with the kunai, a faint ash had already stained the kunai's dark surface.

Gray Glass gently touched the part covered by the markings with her hand.

Click! !

It resembles a crisp cookie.

The moment her fingers touched it, a small piece of the steel kunai was instantly broken off by Gray Glass.

Isn't this Kaguya Otsutsuki's All-Killing Ash Bones?
Looking at the dark surface of the kunai, with that small gray spot that looked like mold, Hui Li instantly thought of the woman who was still sealed on the moon.

Followed by.

After numerous experiments, including reactivating the Corpse Bone Vein, Hui Li finally understood its current state.

Let me start with the good news.

It's not even a co-killing Ash Bones yet, it's not even a prototype.

In the original work, the All-Killing Ash Bones is an instant-death attack; once hit, anything will perish along with the bones.

As for the gray veins of the corpse, the gray spots spread slowly, and the area of ​​infection is only slightly larger than a fingernail. It is still in the transitional stage of the corpse veins transforming into gray bones, and it is far from having that abnormal effect of certain death upon contact.

If we take the Sharingan as an analogy...

The first stage of Shikotsumyaku is equivalent to the Sharingan with one to three tomoe, and its upper limit is the Jonin level.

The second stage is equivalent to the Kaleidoscope, but slightly weaker. Kimimaro once hunted down the Fourth Kazekage with Orochimaru, and after being affected by the bloodline disease, he also has the strength of an elite Jonin.

By absorbing a large amount of Yang Nine-Tails' chakra, her Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) seemed to be instantly activated by this life-giving chakra. She is currently likely on the verge of entering the third stage of Shikotsumyaku, which is the Eternal Eye stage of the Sharingan.

To transform the Mangekyou Sharingan into the Eternal Eye, one needs an eye transplant from a close brother, and possibly also the chakra of Indra.

Her third-tier Corpse Bone Vein had very easy conditions for advancement, not difficult at all.

Hui Li closed her eyes and slowly channeled chakra into her bones.

soon.

The white bones, speckled with gray, were like dried-up sponges, readily absorbing the gray glass's chakra.

The gray spots on the bones only increased slightly after it absorbed enough chakra to drain a Jonin dry.

Looking at the Corpse Bone Pulse, which seemed to have become even stronger, Hui Li slowly opened her eyes.

There was no joy in his eyes, only sorrow.

Although both belong to the bloodline limit.

The ash bone and rabbit hair needles are not the same.

Even in Kaguya's hands, this is a truly deadly move.

Given Kaguya's chakra reserves, she would need to make certain preparations before using it; it's definitely not a power that Hairi is currently qualified to use.

But the scary thing is that its advancement conditions are too simple.

After gray glass testing.

As long as you keep feeding the bones with chakra, the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) can automatically advance towards the All-Killing Ash Bones.

No bone transplant surgery or any strange rituals are needed.

Once Hui Li uses the power of the Corpse Bone Pulse, her bones will devour most of her chakra and advance to a higher level. Even if she doesn't use it, the Corpse Bone Pulse will slowly absorb her chakra and become stronger.

Although it's not very obvious yet.

However, in the few days since she was discharged from the hospital, it has become apparent that there are more spots on her bone veins than when she was in the hospital, and the amount of chakra being extracted is also slowly increasing.

She can still afford this current expenditure, but if the Corpse Bone Clan is allowed to continue growing like this, in a few years, there will likely be only one fate awaiting Hui Li:

He died because his chakra and life force were drained by the ever-growing Corpse Bone Vein.

"call……"

Chest heaving.

Hui Li sighed helplessly and quickly disintegrated the bone spurs growing on her arm.

Ever since she awakened the Corpse Bone Pulse in the Hidden Mist, she has been worried about the bloodline disease.

At this moment, the anxiety that had been hanging in the air finally died.

He had only consumed a few more mouthfuls of Nine-Tails chakra, but unexpectedly, he had prematurely brought out the third stage that Kimimaro hadn't even reached when he exhausted his life force.

The power of the Nine-Tails is indeed a great tonic!

The supplementation was even a bit excessive.

After putting her clothes back on, Hui Li gently tapped her brow with her fingertips to soothe her increasingly tense mind.

The problem of the Corpse Bone Vein is not urgent.

Judging from the speed at which she absorbs chakra, as long as she doesn't use the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) carelessly from now on, it will take her at least three to five years to absorb enough power to evolve into Ash Bones.

Thanks to the contributions of the Three-Tails and Nine-Tails, her chakra reserves are quite abundant, and she should be able to afford the chakra consumption over the past few years.

As for whether there will be any new changes after becoming ashes, she doesn't know for the time being.

When it comes to life, Hui Li dares not gamble on what state she will be in after fully entering the Gray Bones.

Perhaps the amount of chakra absorbed will become even larger?

Da da……

With her fingertips tapping her brow, Hui Li, slowly calming down, paced around the room in thought.

To resolve the issue of the Corpse Bone Vein, she could only think of three solutions at the moment.

1. Implantation of interstitial cells to obtain the human body of the Thousand-Armed Immortal.

Second, he studied Yang Dun (a form of martial arts), developed the Reverse Eight Gates to replenish his life force, and created the Immortal Body.

Third, continue to devour the tailed beast's chakra, but this is only a temporary solution.

Since it's unknown how much tailed beast chakra is needed to fully nourish the Shikotsumyaku, and even more unknown whether the evolved Shikotsumyaku will affect the user's original body, Hai Li prefers the first two methods.

Judging from the synergy between the Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku, the Sage Body and Shikotsumyaku should also be interconnected. The Sage Body, which contains life force and chakra, is very likely the key to solving the Shikotsumyaku problem.

With Hashirama's cells in Danzo and Orochimaru's hands, her strength was insufficient to establish a cooperative relationship with them.

There's only one path left for her now.

After sorting out her situation, her thoughts gradually became clear. She changed out of her pajamas into her usual clothes and quickly went out the door.

……

Konoha Hospital.

Third floor, Chief Physician's Office.

Sunlight streamed through the glass, making the black leather seats scorching hot.

In the corner of the desk, a pale pink succulent stretches its body, its plump leaves exuding a unique, languid charm under the sunlight.

Chihaya Toru took off her gloves, rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, and looked down at the medical report on the table while chewing on an apple.

His brown hair hung listlessly over his shoulders, and his thin cheeks sank in as he bit into an apple, making him look malnourished.

If it weren't for the white coat he was wearing, no one would believe that this guy, whose face clearly showed signs of kidney deficiency, was a chief physician at Konoha Hospital.

No one would believe that he is still one of the top medical ninjas in Konoha today.

Dang Dang Dang!
There was a knock on the office door.

"Whoosh~ Please come in."

Chihaya Tohru pulled out a wet wipe, wiped her palms, and then took the apple out of her mouth.

Push the door open.

Hui Li, dressed in a plain black t-shirt and trousers, walked in from outside.

Her cloak was pierced by Ye Yuexiong, and she hadn't had time to buy a new one.

"Hello, Dr. Chihaya."

"Oh, it's Hui Li! Are you here today to check on the healing of your wound?"

Chihaya Toru saw Hairi walk in, a look of surprise flashed across her face, and then a slight smile appeared on her thin, somewhat 'dry' face.

Surprise, friendliness, and doubt.

Hui Li glanced casually at the emotional glow above Chihaya Toru's head and said with a smile, "Thank you for your concern, my wounds have almost healed."

"That's good."

Chihaya nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Hairi as if she were looking at some rare animal:
"I was really shocked when you were sent to the hospital that day. Most people would have died from injuries like that. I didn't expect you to recover so quickly. You truly deserve to be called Konoha's number one genius!"

Faced with Chihaya Toru's somewhat impolite gaze, Kairi narrowed her eyes and pretended not to see it.

Ever since Hiruzen Sarutobi spread the word about her, everyone who knows anything about ninjas looks at her like this whenever she goes out.

And the stronger the ninja, the more intense their gaze became when they looked at her.

What was that saying again?

If you don't cultivate yourself, seeing me is like a frog in a well seeing the moon in the sky; if you cultivate yourself, seeing me is like an ant seeing the blue sky.

Only those who have endured great hardship on the path of a ninja can understand the extraordinary talent required to become an elite Jonin at this age.

Looking at the rosy and healthy-looking Hui Li, Chihaya Toru couldn't help but feel a sense of doubt:

"Now that your injuries have healed, what is the purpose of your visit here...?"

"I'm here today mainly because I have something I'd like to ask Dr. Chihaya for help."

"what's up?"

Chihaya Toru's eyes narrowed, and his expression became solemn.

When Hairi was hospitalized, the Third Generation personally instructed that she should be given special care, and even condescended to push Hairi's wheelchair himself.

This level of importance has been enough to influence the attitudes of many people.

He is also included.

(End of this chapter)