Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 137 Master of Light and Darkness
"I've become Danzo's disciple again?"

Hui Li listened to the shadow clone's story with a strange expression.

He only sent a shadow clone to Konoha Hospital to learn medical ninjutsu, but unexpectedly she not only joined Root but also became Danzo's disciple, becoming the ninja world's cauldron.

I was originally planning to train hard, kill Danzo, and steal Hashirama's cells.

what is this?
Do I hit myself?
Following her identities as avenger of the Kaguya clan and a traitor to the Hyuga main family, she has now become the successor of both the underworld and the legitimate world of Konoha, and is also a double agent.

'Yang Release: Gray Glass' licked his lips, also finding it a bit far-fetched.

"The main thing is that the interstitial cells were right in front of me, and their crazy vitality was hard not to be tempted! You weren't there at the time, otherwise you would have made me do it too."

Hui Li blinked, thinking that what the shadow clone said made sense.

Sending fearless shadow clones to the Root to steal Hashirama's cells is far safer than storming into someone's base and robbing them by force.

However, the experience of the Yang Release clone is indeed bizarre.

Danzo's personality, which treats ninjas as tools, meant that his offer to take her as a disciple was something she was completely unaware of.

Why did Danzo want to take me as his disciple?

"I saw his emotions, and all I can say is... they were horrible," 'Yang Release: Gray' recalled the emotions that had passed over Danzo's head, his expression one of disgust.

"When I called him 'Danzo-sensei,' if I wasn't mistaken, the main color of his aura was gold, but it was mixed with a little bit of pale pink... um... pleasure?"

When he said those two words, 'Yang Release: Gray Glass' looked disgusted as if he had seen something dirty.

"what?"

The unexpected answer stunned Hui Li, causing her to lean back slightly, as it touched on a blind spot in her knowledge.

Seeing that the original body had misunderstood, 'Yang Release: Gray Glass' quickly waved his hand and explained:

"It shouldn't have anything to do with us. He seems to be a bit twisted and wants to use you and me to disgust Hiruzen Sarutobi. Becoming his apprentice is just part of their play."

"That sounds even more disgusting."

Gray Glass muttered a complaint under her breath.

"Did you go inside the root?"

"No."

'Yang Release: Gray Glass' shook his head. "I didn't have much chakra left in my body at the time. I had finally managed to infiltrate the Root. If they had discovered that I was a shadow clone, everything would have been for nothing."

Danzo didn't try to keep me, but he placed a curse seal on me to sever the root of my tongue's calamity, telling me to go home first and report directly to the Root Sect the next morning.

"He wants to wait until the God of War is finished to see if you will make any unusual moves. If the Seal of the Extinction of the Tongue Calamity is triggered, he should be able to sense it."

"Is such that."

'Yang Release: Gray Glass' nodded in affirmation of the original body's guess.

"So whether it's to prevent the power of Kotoamatsukami's Yin Release from being wasted, or to prevent the cursed seal on your body from being triggered, it seems that you cannot die now."

Hui Li scratched her head.

"This is the third thing I want to tell you."

'Yang Release: Gray Glass' extends both hands:
"At most two hours, I will dissipate due to chakra depletion. I remember that Kurama has the ability to borrow chakra from others. We can inherit the ability to sense good and evil, so this ability should be no problem for us as well."

"If we can keep the shadow clones intact, we'll have a dual identity. Our main body will remain in a safe place to develop, while the shadow clones will enter the Root to find a solution to the Corpse Bone Pulse's problems."*2
At this moment, Gray Glass and Shadow Clone's thoughts finally synchronized, and even their voices became more in sync.

The Byakugan and the Kaleidoscope gaze at each other across the distance, their four identical hands clasped tightly together, and a hazy purple light instantly illuminated the surrounding space.

"Do you believe me? My true self?"

"I only believe in myself."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Purple chakra flowed through his hands and into his meridians, then, under Hui Li's control, it poured into his heart. One heart was illusory, the other real, and the two hearts beat in sync.

It was as if an invisible thread was intertwined between the two hearts in the space.

"What is this?" *2
Blessing to the soul.

The two released each other's hands and slowly stepped back.

The intertwined threads between hearts spread out like a high-speed bridge, with two purple chakras twisting and spiraling, transforming into each other on the bridge.

After the shadow clone explodes, the chakra can cross space and return to the original body, which must mean that there is some channel connecting the original body and the shadow clone.

It's obvious, that's it.

As the two grew further apart, the 'bridge' remained completely unaffected, and the tangled chakra threads flowed back and forth.

Knowledge, memory, information...

The gains of Gray Glass's main body and other clones from a day of cultivation were quickly synchronized with the Yang Release clones.

The medical ninjutsu knowledge of Yang Release clones, as well as the memories of fighting against Root members and clashing with Danzo, were also synchronized into the mind of the main body of Hai Ri.

The two streams of chakra blended seamlessly, and the slight differences brought about by their different experiences quickly disappeared.

Having the same thoughts, power, and chakra, they are essentially the same person. The least likely thing for a shadow clone to exist between the original and the main body is a crisis of trust.

Zizi!

Lightning danced around 'Yang Release: Gray Glass'. The electric snakes coiling around his body were like living things, darting and slithering across his skin with ferocity and incredible speed.

She could feel that in addition to the more violent destructive power, even her body's defenses had improved significantly.

"You're getting stronger again."

"A little bit."

Releasing the clone's hands, Hui Li smiled and gestured a fingertip universe to the clone.

She did so much with her shadow clones, and she wasn't just sitting at home doing nothing; she had officially mastered the power of Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

She finally deciphered its defensive capabilities.

This move's defensive capabilities consist of two parts.

One part comes from the strength of the active body itself after being enhanced by Lightning Release, and the other part comes from the offensive nature of Lightning Release.

It is similar to the modified Heavenly Return technique of Hai Li Na, which incorporates Wind Release.

The defensive capabilities of the Lightning Release Armor are essentially like a hedgehog. Once an attack comes, the Lightning Release wrapped around the caster's body will counterattack in an instant, completely negating the enemy's attack.

Its attack power is as strong as its defense.

It can only be said that the Second Raikage, who developed this technique, was indeed a genius. He converted the Yotsuki clan's lightning resistance into an attack, and then converted the attack power of Lightning Release into a defense.

More than that.

The saying goes, "Lightning Release is like needle and thread, Wind Release is like scissors."

The strength of Lightning Release lies in the head of the projectile; everything else is a weakness.

The genius's Lightning Release Armor is a close-combat ninjutsu that hides most of the Lightning Release chakra within the body, while the armor exposed on the surface consists entirely of 'needles'.

To counter Lightning Release Armor with Wind Release, one must attack its internal weaknesses; however, to allow Wind Release chakra to enter the body, one must first break through its strong points on the surface.

In this way, the Lightning Armor has a strong resistance to Wind Release. Although it is still countered by Wind Release with its dense attack range, it is much stronger than ordinary Lightning Release.

The previous Lightning Release Chakra Mode could only be described as having a good acceleration effect; now it truly deserves the title of "the strongest Lightning Release Armor of the Hidden Clouds."

sizzle...

Lightning Release flowed through 'Yang Release: Gray Glass' as she closed her eyes to receive the chakra from her main body, while also quietly experiencing the wonders of the new ninjutsu.

"Indeed impressive. With the defensive enhancement of the Lightning Release Armor, I'm even less likely to get hurt. We can continue to spread this lie." 'Yang Release: Gray Glass' clenched his fist and punched his shoulder. The electricity on his fist and body canceled each other out, bursting out brilliant sparks, but his body was unharmed.

"You've received the memories of medical ninjutsu, haven't you?"

"Yes. Transferring the life force of other organisms is indeed simpler than previously thought."

Hui Li also closed her eyes to sort through the fragments of information transmitted back by the shadow clone, including the conversation between the clone and Chihaya Tohru.

"Although I have a new inspiration, the problem of Shikotsumyaku is a matter of life and death. I can't let go of either medical ninjutsu or Hashirama cells."

"That's what I mean too."

After saying "Yang Release Clone," he pointed to the kaleidoscopes in his eyes and said, "Aren't you worried about the lack of progress in Yin Release? Now, the Kotoamatsukami, which is known as the strongest genjutsu, is right here. Study it and see if you can replicate it after defeating it a few times."

After completing the transmission of chakra and information, Hui Li stretched wearily.

Looked up.

As the sun set, only a full moon remained in the sky, its light flickering intermittently among the clouds, bringing a strong sense of drowsiness.

"That's your business as clones."

"Does the main body want to slack off?"

"All your fatigue is on me, what kind of laziness am I slacking off?" Hui Li glanced helplessly at the Yang Release clone.

She stared with a pair of scarlet kaleidoscope eyes, her once delicate and innocent face now exuding a sinister aura.

"You'd better cover your eyes, otherwise it will be hard to explain if someone sees them."

"A mutated gray Byakugan, a semi-evolved Shikotsumyaku, a fake Mangekyou Sharingan, and the combined power of the Three-Tails and the Nine-Tails."

'Yang Release: Gray Glass' stroked her cheek, the four-bladed windmill spinning in her eyes: "Do you think that dark, lurking guy could recognize me as his godmother?"

"..."

"I'm going to cook."

Hui Li rolled her eyes at her clone, then turned and left the training ground. Sometimes, even she herself felt that her thought process was too peculiar.

Had dinner.

The two, exhausted from a long day, fell asleep in each other's arms.

Because the shadow clones cannot be dispelled, the two can only sleep on a single double bed, and this kind of life may continue for a long time.

The two of them weighed more than half a ton combined. Hairi felt that the shaky wooden bed in the Hatake family was even more stressful than the shadow clone that had infiltrated the Roots to steal Hashirama's cells.

Early the next morning.

As dawn broke, while Hui Li and the red alarm clock by her bedside were still fast asleep, 'Yang Release Hui Li' groggily opened her eyes.

This is a little trick for manipulating the body.

Adjust your biological clock.

The hazy kaleidoscope quickly became sharp and deep, and the beautiful girl with loose silver hair in front of me had her eyes closed, her perfect profile sunken into the pillow, like a fine oil painting.

it's beautiful.

That seems a bit too narcissistic.

While internally complaining, 'Yang Release: Gray Glass' carefully pried open her body and tightly hugged her hands.

Hui Li, still woken up, frowned helplessly, turned over, covered her head and face with the blanket, and continued to sleep.

With her main body and seven clones cultivating together, and also bearing the burden of the Corpse Bone Meridian, the fatigue she accumulated every day was already extremely severe.

"I don't want to make breakfast."

'Yang Release: Gray Glass' shook her head, got up, made breakfast for her main body, and quickly left the house.

Actually, the fatigue will eventually return, it's just that the fatigue from the morning has shifted to the evening, so I guess you could say I'm taking out a loan to enjoy the good life!

The morning breeze was slightly cool, and the morning mist was thick.

The cloak completely covered the body, but it could not block the chakra connection between the shadow clone and the main body.

Last night after dinner, they experimented with the chakra transfer of shadow clones several times.

The effect is gratifying.

The chakra transfer between the shadow clone and the main body is not limited by time or space. There is a slight loss in the process, but it is almost negligible. She can use this peculiar chakra channel to wrap some memory information in the chakra flow and transmit it back to the main body, forming an alternative form of real-time communication.

When a request for 'chakra' is sent from here, the main body will transfer chakra to her, with the time lost in between not exceeding two seconds.

It can be said that the shadow clone's endurance has been enhanced to an epic degree. Apart from being too 'fragile', its actual combat power is no different from that of the original body.

call!
A cool morning mist hung in the air, and scattered lights shone from the windows of roadside breakfast stalls. A white figure darted across the deserted street.

The jet-black ninja boots stomped heavily on the ground.

The immense core power completely slammed the weight into the earth without a sound. Gray Glass's figure transformed into a sharp sword, piercing through the mist and hurtling westward towards Konoha Hospital.

Our destination was still the same secluded, dense forest from last night.

Danzo said he would send Root ninjas to wait there and take her into the Root base. She had high expectations for the legendary and mysterious Root.

Hui Li was very fast. With real-time chakra input from her main body, she no longer needed to be so stingy with her chakra.

Lightning Release circulates through both legs.

In just over ten minutes, she crossed the street and arrived at the place where she had fought the Root yesterday.

tread!
The fallen leaves, dampened by the morning dew, were somewhat soft, and the sound of stepping on them was not as crisp as that of yesterday's withered leaves.

Hui Li found the tall tree from last night.

The craters left from last night's battle have all been filled in with earth magic, and there is nothing unusual on the surface.

But through the white eye's penetrating perspective, five meters underground, fragments of the mask and black bloodstains mixed with the soil could still be seen.

The veins at the corners of the eyes are bulging.

The Byakugan temporarily breaks free from the constraints of the Kaleidoscope, its pupil power spreading outwards like light waves.

Three familiar Jonin-level chakra beams quickly appeared around them, and the three of them had already sensed her arrival as soon as Hui Li stepped into this area, and rushed towards her.

Because the distance is very close.

In just a moment, three ninjas dressed in standard Anbu attire, differing only in the shape of their masks, surrounded Hui Li.

"Sun Chaser Gray Glass, Your Excellency requests your presence!"

The ninja wearing the 'bear' mask stepped forward and spoke first. His voice was hoarse and deep, as if iron filings were rubbing against his throat. He was the Earth Release ninja among the four Jonin who besieged Hui Li yesterday.

The other two were also familiar to him.

A wind-style ninja with a pure white mask painted with green beast head patterns, and a sensory ninja with purple patterns on his mask, who was the culprit whose genjutsu was instantly broken by Hairi and misled Danzo and the rest of the Root group.

"Where's Danzo?"

"The adults are waiting for you at the base."

Before 'Iwakuma', who was in the lead, could speak, 'Ran', who had green patterns on his body, couldn't help but speak up, his tone filled with anger.

'Butterfly' glanced at the fearless Lan, then remained silent, keeping her head down and eyes downcast.

The malevolent purple power flowing before him was stickier than glue, and its chakra aura was like that of a demon living in the sea, its terrifying and mysterious presence constantly oppressing his mind.

Sometimes he really envied those ignorant people.

(End of this chapter)