Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Fine snow was falling, and the Death Paradise was already covered in a blanket of white.

"It's snowing!"

Kimimaro, covered in blood, trembled as he reached out to catch the snowflakes falling from the sky. The coldness in his palm reminded him of that gentle girl.

White.

Are you here to pick me up?
If it weren't for the bloodline disease of the Shikotsumyaku, he would have been the perfect host for Orochimaru, but instead, the girl was devoured first.

But he'll be here soon!

The blood-smelling sand swirled in the air like some kind of golden mist, blinding everyone.

Gaara, now floating on the desert, is no longer the composed man he once was.

His clothes were badly torn and covered with gaps from being cut by blades. Although he was unharmed thanks to his sand armor, he was still somewhat disheveled.

"your name?"

Ignoring the falling snow, Gaara's eyes flashed with intense killing intent as he looked at Kimimaro. He had initially thought Kimimaro was just a small fry, but the enemy was far more powerful than he had imagined.

He possesses immense strength and is impervious to swords and spears.

His powerful body, which even the Sand Binding Coffin couldn't destroy, coupled with his hard bones that combined offense and defense, meant that if it weren't for some kind of ailment preventing him from unleashing his true strength, he would probably have been defeated.

but……

Only by killing such a powerful figure can his existence be proven.

"K-Kimimaro."

Snowflakes settled on the bone blades of his outstretched arms, and Kimimaro's eyes grew increasingly somber, his chakra nearly depleted.

"I am Gaara of Sunagakure, the one who will end your life!" Gaara's expression was solemn, and the gourd on his back had quietly disappeared.

The sand he carries with him has been imbued with chakra over many years, giving him several times the control over it compared to ordinary sand, and making his ninjutsu extremely powerful.

Out of respect for the enemy, he will do everything in his power to prepare a grand funeral for them!
"Sand Falls Funeral!"

Gaara's voice, filled with murderous intent, echoed in the air, the stench of blood intensified, and the sandstorm raged violently.

Looking at the surging yellow sand in front of him, Kimimaro wanted to muster his strength to fight again, but he was already powerless. Like Jugo, his Heavenly Curse Seal still did not react at all.

The battle is over, and his life is coming to an end!
A cloud of yellow sand rushed towards us.

The angry voice of Jugo reached his ears, but Kimimaro could no longer see his best friend, as his vision was completely obscured by the sandstorm.

He closed his eyes helplessly, awaiting death.

But the expected pain and stress did not come. Instead, he felt a chill that penetrated to his very bones, as if his skin was being cut by a knife. The extreme cold seemed to be freezing him into a pile of shattered ice shards.

He opened his eyes, trembling:

Countless grains of yellow sand, reeking of blood, were frozen in the air, their surfaces covered with a layer of transparent, pointed ice that shimmered with colorful halos under the sunlight.

An unfamiliar figure stood in front of him, with beautiful silver hair piled up behind her head like a silver plate made of some precious metal. The falling snowflakes automatically avoided the person's body, not daring to touch her in the slightest.

Ashes of the Sun!

Looking at the slender and beautiful figure in front of him, and the bright silver hair piled up, Kimimaro recognized the other person's identity.

"Ice Escape?"

Gaara raised his hands with trembling hands, his already pale face turned ashen and bluish from the cold, and his chakra was completely depleted. Shukaku's power was frantically retreating into the seal, like an ostrich trying to bury its head in the desert.

"Call your little raccoon cat out; I need to talk to it."

Using her gray eyes to force back Temari and Kankuro who wanted to step forward, Hui Li manipulated the aura of fear to spread, causing the two to contract their cardiovascular system uncontrollably, freezing them in place like ice sculptures and fainting.

"Little...little raccoon cat..."

Gaara's pupils contracted uncontrollably, his eyes, once filled with murderous intent, now filled with horror.

Shukaku had always been a synonym for terror and tyranny in his mind, but the other party not only exposed his identity as a Jinchūriki, but also called him... a little tanuki?

Who is she?

"I can not……"

"never mind!"

Hui Li was too lazy to listen to Gaara's nonsense.

Gaara's newly generated Ice Release chakra surged wildly within him, instantly freezing him in waves of cold air. His blood vessels constricted violently, slowing the flow of blood in the extreme cold. His brain was deprived of oxygen, and he eventually collapsed into unconsciousness.

thump!
To Kimimaro and Jugo's astonishment, Gaara, who had just become so powerful that he was considered invincible, collapsed to the ground, his body stiff. His hands remained outstretched, and combined with his pale face and red hair, he resembled a zombie that had been sealed underground for a long time.

Hui Li raised her right hand, and five different types of chakra ignited on her five fingers. She was just waiting for Shukaku to show itself before she would deliver a fierce Five Elements Great Axe to him!

Huhu~
Snow and yellow sand mingled, and transparent icicles encased golden sand, like precious gold inlaid with jade. Gaara lay in the snow, his body covered in bruises, his hands outstretched towards the sky, fast asleep. But Shukaku was nowhere to be seen.

"Don't you dare come out?" The gray light in Hui Li's eyes grew stronger, and the Five Elements Seal in his hand quietly transformed into a Wood Release technique filled with Yang energy.

If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with a drink!
Since she disliked the Five Elements Seal, she could only use the more intense Wood Release ninjutsu.

"Give me half of your chakra, or else..." Before Hui Li could finish speaking, the wind and sand swirled, and strange patterns grew on Gaara's body, revealing a sticky, sand-like form on his body.

Countless Shukaku powers flowed within it, yet Gaara remained lying motionless on the ground, showing no sign of waking up.

The meaning is self-evident.

Are you so afraid of Wood Release? Or are you afraid of my Gray Eyes and Takamagahara?
Seeing Shukaku obediently offering its chakra, Hui Li raised an eyebrow in surprise. Countless emerald green branches grew from her hands and were grafted onto Gaara's half-mutated body, resembling giant straws that frantically absorbed Shukaku's power.

The magnetic power of the tailed beast flowed into Hui Li's body through the vines, but it was immediately suppressed by her sealing technique and sealed within her own flesh and blood curse seal.

Absorbing the tailed beast's chakra would cause her body to mutate. There were many bystanders around, and she had already obtained the power of Magnet Release, so she was not in a hurry.

Gudu... Gudu...

Wood Release naturally has a restraining effect on Tailed Beasts. The vein-like branches frantically devoured Shukaku's power, consuming nearly a hundred calories in the blink of an eye, while Shukaku's chakra continued to flow in continuously.

As expected of a tailed beast, Hui Li thought to herself in admiration.

Even Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast with the least amount of chakra, possesses a chakra quantity far exceeding what ordinary people can imagine.

As Haili continuously used Wood Release to devour the One-Tailed's chakra, Yamato, sitting on the back of the Elephant Bird in the sky, waited with his legs crossed.

After seeing her Wood Release technique retract into her physical form, she glanced at Orochimaru, who was standing in the air using Ice Release, and then jumped off the elephant bird.

"Exam over!" With Yoru's voice, the genin fighting in various locations put away their weapons, welcoming this hard-won victory.

Countless members of the Root Force carried the injured examinees away, and the survivors were counted one by one. The assessment of Death Paradise officially ended, but the list of those who passed was somewhat unexpected.

All twelve members of Konoha passed the test; none were eliminated.

Temari and Kankuro from Sunagakure were eliminated because they were frozen into ice sculptures by Kairi. Gaara was 'thawed' by Shukaku's power and thus successfully advanced in a daze.

Kimimaro, who was like a candle flickering in the wind, and Jugo, who was unable to activate his cursed seal, automatically advanced. Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi were very lucky not to encounter any decent opponents and also advanced directly.

The Mist Hidden and Cloud Hidden squads were completely wiped out.

Having narrowly escaped death, the Star Shadow trio were terrified by the battle fought by Gray Glass and the others, and chose to forfeit, not wanting to participate in the remaining matches.

Kaede, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki of Takigakure, successfully advanced. Karin of Kusagakure, who was with Naruto and Sasuke, was seduced by Sasuke's handsomeness and defected from Kusagakure to join Konoha, thus successfully advancing as well.

Finally, there's that cunning old fox, Kabuto Yakushi, who somehow ended up in Naruto and Sasuke's team.

The list of those who passed the exam has now been finalized.
Fourteen people from Konoha (Kabuto Yakushi and Karin), two from Iwagakure, one from Sunagakure, two from Otogakure, and one from Takigakure, for a total of twenty people.

Konoha has an overwhelming numerical advantage.

The Cloud Village and the Mist Village fared worse, as they were all eliminated due to the schemes of Shikamaru and Shino's teams. Even Chojuro, who was rescued by Root, stayed in the Death Paradise after waking up, claiming that he had lost his sword in the swamp and wanted to find it.

This reminded Hui Li that, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, she retrieved the Twin Blades - Flounder that had fallen into the swamp and handed them over to Ye Du to seal, preventing them from being summoned back by the Hidden Mist faction.

She already possesses the top three of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist: Hirano, Kiba, and Samehada.

Follow up.

Hui Li entrusted the miscellaneous matters related to the exam, such as the treatment of the wounded, the list of the dead, the time of the third exam, and the personnel battle arrangements, to Ye Du. She then returned to her Root organization with her mascot Orochimaru.

……

"It really hasn't changed at all!"

Following Hairi into Root's second base, Orochimaru felt that fate was truly wondrous.

She once became Danzo's subordinate in pursuit of ninjutsu knowledge, but was later expelled from Konoha by Hiruzen Sarutobi due to an experiment, becoming an S-rank rogue ninja of Konoha.

Originally intending to carry out the Konoha Crush plan and give his beloved Sarutobi-sensei a huge surprise, he never expected to end up back in Root, becoming a subordinate of the new leader of Root.

"Why hasn't anything changed? I added a lot of light bulbs to the corridor at the base."

Hui Li chatted and laughed casually with Orochimaru, appearing very kind and approachable to his mascot, without any airs of a leader.

"Hehe, it is indeed much brighter than before. I remember that the corridor used to be filled with candles and was pitch black."

Orochimaru was extremely cooperative in the face of his new leader's overtures.

Although they were mortal enemies just a day ago, now that they have become subordinates, they naturally need to know their place.

And she was actually quite happy to work under Hui Li.

When Pain invited her to join Akatsuki, he only used force to coerce her, without giving her any benefits whatsoever.

Although she joined the Akatsuki organization under threat of death, she did not gain any benefits over the years, so she had no choice but to defect.

But gray glass is different.

If Hui Li can successfully fuse the seven attributes into a Bloodline Limit, she might also have the opportunity to replicate that method and achieve the Bloodline Limit.

The allure of achieving the highest level of ninjutsu far surpassed her desire for the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Even Izanagi couldn't recover the power of the All-Killing Ash Bones; the Sharingan she desperately sought was no match for the Bloodline Limit of the Myriad Forms.

Orochimaru had already mentally weighed the pros and cons.

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the experimental department. Chihaya Toru was squatting on the ground, supporting her cheek with her arm. Her thin features now appeared somewhat rounded.

Since the Thousand-Armed Tree was devoured by Hairi, its roots have completely lost Hashirama cells, leaving Chihaya Tohru, who was in charge of the related experiments, in a predicament where she had no experimental materials.

Because he had no work, his malnutrition problems caused by staying up late and irregular eating habits were solved in this way.

"grown ups!"

Seeing Hairi walk into the experimental department, Chihaya Toru quickly stood up, her eyes bright and full of longing.

Do not misunderstand!
He had no improper thoughts about his beautiful female boss.

The opponent devoured the entire Thousand Hands Tree without being burst by the chakra. He really wanted to study the structure of Hai Li's body, and this desire to explore even surpassed his fear of him.

"You haven't changed at all!"

Due to the tacit understanding between scientists, Orochimaru instantly understood Chihaya Toru's gaze and felt somewhat helpless towards this fearless guy.

Orochimaru deliberately used his old hoarse voice when he spoke, and Chihaya Toru's gaze immediately locked onto him. Her longing gaze gradually turned into horror, and then into disbelief and madness!

"Orochimaru, how come your Reanimation Jutsu... succeeded?"

"Hmm, lucky!" Orochimaru couldn't help but smile, quite satisfied with Chihaya Toru's expression.

Isn't this why she returned to Konoha?
"Orochimaru, Chihaya Toru, you two are responsible for summoning Pakura and Kari, and researching the synthesis principles of Scorch Release and Explosion Release bloodline limits. I want to see your research reports when I come out of seclusion."

"Yes!"*2
Gray Glass ignored the two evil scientists, finished giving instructions, and went directly into the basement where the Thousand Hands Tree was originally stored.

Inside the giant glass pillar in the center of the basement, the withered Thousand-Hand Tree was soaking in tissue fluid. Its pale, fleshy base had completely shriveled, and its wrinkles made it look like a rotten walnut.

Besides.

The basement was completely empty, and even the Senju Tsubaki Princess, who often guarded the place, was nowhere to be seen, making it a perfect place for her to devour the tailed beast's chakra.

Using a sealing technique to protect himself, Hui Li calmed his mind and released the power of Shukaku stored in the Blood and Flesh Curse Seal.

call!
A gentle breeze suddenly swept through the enclosed basement, and sand, seemingly from nowhere, danced on the ground. Blue cursed patterns appeared on Hui Li's arms, and even golden skin sprouted from them. Streams of violent chakra were assaulting her brain.

The deathly gray in his eyes flashed by in an instant, and the magnetic power of Shukaku was completely submerged by the surging purple ocean the moment it appeared.

She was no longer the same person she once was; the immense chakra of the Tailed Beasts was nothing more than a small puddle in front of her Sage Body.

Without even a chance to resist, Shukaku's power was quickly dismantled by the terrifying purple chakra, like ingredients being processed by a chef and then sent to the heart in batches as chakra seeds.

hum!
The purple chakra seed received a new bloodline limit, and a peculiar circle was added between the patterns of the two bloodline limits.

Magnetic escape is already brewing within it. (End of Chapter)