Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 218 The Chakra That Belongs Only to Xia Zuo

The Fifth Hokage's residence in the Naruto world.

When Naruto Natsusa woke up from his dream, he found that his arms were warm, even a little hot.

He didn't know when, but a fragrant Tsunade crawled in and wrapped herself around him like an octopus. No wonder he had such a creepy dream.

Wait, maybe it's not a dream—

Xia Zuo suddenly woke up and carefully examined his body by circulating his chakra.

Sure enough, Tsunade drugged him again. The drug relaxed his mind but raised his blood pressure, causing him to enter the deepest dream.

Furthermore, Xia Zuo's guard distance towards Tsunade was negative, which allowed Tsunade to break into his room and bed.

This woman, who was 30 years older than him, didn't hold back and took a bite of the hot food while the medicine was still working.

Perhaps it was too delicious, because Tsunade ate too much and was unable to leave. She was sealed away in the warm bed and ended up in Natsume's hands.

With gritted teeth, Xia Zuo pressed Tsunade down into the soft blankets and began his "brutal" revenge.

Tsunade's screams gradually grew louder from being barely audible.

Then she began to plead intermittently: "Please, let me go."

"I won't do it again, I'll never do it again."

"Stop! No!"

—"

Gradually, Tsunade could no longer speak and began to sob and cry.

Her voice was soft and gentle, like that of a hungry kitten.

After a long while, Tsunade's voice suddenly rose to a high pitch and then stopped abruptly.

The thorough and complete revenge made Xia Zuo feel exceptionally happy. Without any hesitation, he broke free from Tsunade's arms and legs, put on his gear, and left the bedroom to train.

As the strongest ninja in the ninja world, the Fifth Hokage, Sasuke Natsumi, had his own exclusive training ground, which was located in the Valley of the End, hundreds of kilometers away.

Only a sufficiently spacious and secluded training ground can prevent horrific collateral damage.

Although it hasn't been long since Xia Zuo completed the Bloodline Limit Ring and the Bloodline Elimination Ring, his body has already begun a true transformation.

His skin became whiter and smoother, his bones became denser yet lighter, and his muscle density increased significantly.

Most importantly, Xia Zuo's chakra meridians became wider and smoother, and the efficiency of refining and circulating chakra increased exponentially.

Driven by the ten bloodline limits, Xia Zuo's internal organs became the vanguard of his physical transformation, and the complexity of their functional evolution exceeded Xia Zuo's knowledge.

The five types of bloodline elimination also play a role, but they affect the most delicate organ, the brain, and the most basic intracellular genetic information.

This is a tremendous impact, but because it hasn't been long enough, Xia Zuo can't yet determine the specific effects.

The only thing he was certain of was that the activity of his pineal gland between his eyebrows was increasing rapidly; it was growing larger, becoming more rounded, and moving forward.

Based on these trends, the pineal gland will most likely become the third eye between the eyebrows.

Based on the trends of increased chakra, the third eye, and fairer skin, Xia Zuo could naturally guess that he was undergoing a complete transformation into the Otsutsuki.

But an even more significant change has occurred than any physical change: the chakra that Xia Zuo refines is now different.

Perhaps due to the evolution of his own senses, after completing the Bloodline Limit Ring, Xia Zuo began to perceive that chakra had a unified aura, including the chakra he had refined himself.

Because everyone is the same, he naturally overlooked this feature.

It wasn't until the Bloodline Elimination Ring was completed and the Bloodline Elimination began to affect the genetic material within the cells that Xia Zuo's self-refined chakra began to have a different aura and became unique. Only then did he suddenly realize that this was actually a problem.

Moreover, it is the biggest problem in the ninja world.

The chakra of the entire ninja world actually belongs to someone; it all belongs to Kaguya Otsutsuki.

He is the son of Kaguya Otsutsuki. After Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki overthrew their mother and sealed her away, their chakra spread to the ninja world and was taken over by humans.

Strictly speaking, humans who take Kaguya Otsutsuki's chakra without her consent and use it with great relish are chakra thieves.

No wonder Kaguya Otsutsuki was so angry after waking up, determined to reclaim all her chakra.

What she said actually makes sense.

But Xia Zuo didn't take it seriously at all. Kaguya Otsutsuki's words did make sense, but that was all there was to it.

Where does Kaguya's chakra come from?

A small part of it was something she already possessed, but the vast majority came from eating the chakra fruit nurtured by the Divine Tree.

How did the Divine Tree nurture the Chakra Fruit?

It was plunder. The Divine Tree plundered the vitality, natural energy, and life of the ninja world, which is how it was able to give birth to a chakra fruit that allowed Kaguya Otsutsuki to awaken her bloodline limit and achieve immortality.

Therefore, it was Kaguya Otsutsuki who plundered the resources of the ninja world through the God Tree, which is why she possessed so much chakra.

The humans in the ninja world aren't stealing; they're just taking back a little bit of chakra. What psychological burden could they possibly have?

Just like how the Japanese occupied China's territory and destructively mined gold, iron ore, and coal resources, and the Railway Guerrillas managed to snatch some back from the trains, were the Chinese people wrong in doing so?

Xia Zuo didn't think there was anything wrong with using chakra, but since he could confirm that the chakra contained Kaguya's aura, he knew that using chakra was risky.

No wonder the Infinite Tsukuyomi can precisely lock onto every ninja, and even creatures with chakra cannot escape.

This is similar to countries where the common currency is deeply pegged to the US dollar; if the Federal Reserve initiates a financial crisis, the entire country will inevitably go bankrupt.

Xia Zuo sensed the chakra he had just extracted and confirmed that the aura on it was entirely his own before he felt relieved.

He muttered, "I need to find a way to replace the chakra of the people around me."

"Otsutsuki Hagoromo went to great lengths to spread his chakra, and even when he died, he never collected his chakra. There must have been some great benefit that only he knew about it."

"China has its own red ticket circle, and I need to have my own chakra group too."

"Before that, I need a volunteer for the experiment —"

"Orochimaru is no good. He has already messed up his body to a mess. Anything is possible with him. Even if he achieves remarkable results, he will not be able to promote them."

"Naruto Uzumaki, no way."

"This kid's body is a mess too, half of the Nine-Tails, a wisp of Ashura, his father's and mother's chakra, no way, no way."

"What about Tiantian?"

"Tsk, I brought this on myself, binding Tenten's chakra to the laws of fate. I wouldn't do any experiments on her even if I had eight lives."

"Izumi?" Xia Zuo shook his head immediately and grinned, "This girl has even developed the Mangekyou Sharingan now. This is a bloodline that is far superior to the Dust Release Bloodline Elimination. Who knows what kind of law it will connect to?"

"No, and not even the Uchiha clan members. Even Kakashi is badly corrupted by the Sharingan, so he's no good either."

"This is unbelievable! I, the Fifth Hokage, want to conduct chakra experiments, and I can't even find a suitable test subject?"

"Are we going to use Karin, whom we've never even met before?"

"This isn't appropriate. Putting aside whether she has a hidden immortal bloodline, she's not trustworthy enough."

"Wait!" Xia Zuo's eyes suddenly lit up: "I've got it! She has a huge amount of chakra, and she hasn't practiced any weird secret techniques or sage techniques."

"She doesn't even have a bloodline limit, and possesses the purest chakra."

"The key is that we have a very close relationship. I have the deepest understanding of her physical condition, much deeper than Izumi, who has been raised by her since she was a child."

"Yes, let's start with Tsunade!"

Xia Zuo made up his mind, but he didn't rush to find Tsunade.

He completed his training for the day without incident, practicing all ten bloodline limits and five bloodline elimination techniques before returning steadily to Konoha Village.

In the Hokage's office, the Fifth Hokage, Natsuko, listened to Kakashi Hatake's summary of information, learning about the important events that had occurred from yesterday to today, but made no decisions.

Such trivial matters do not require the Hokage to rack his brains; otherwise, why would he maintain 15 department heads?

After Kakashi Hatake finished his report, he asked with concern, "Fifth Hokage, the third Chunin Exam is tomorrow. Are you really going to risk putting on an act with Orochimaru-sama?"

Xia Zuo thought for a moment and then ordered Kakashi, "Go and gather all the department heads, the three legendary Sannin of Konoha, as well as Shisui and Izumi."

"The time for the plan to be launched is almost here; it's time to inform you of the specifics and details of the plan."

Kakashi Hatake respectfully accepted the order and left.

Before long, the relevant ninjas gathered in the Hokage's office, sitting in a circle around Xia Zuo, who was concentrating on chakra with his eyes closed, patiently waiting for the Hokage to speak.

It wasn't until Tsunade, her hair still wet, arrived late that Xia Zuo opened his eyes and announced the goals and details of the "Konoha Crush Plan."

He and Orochimaru filled in the details for each other, and then told the higher-ups in Konoha about them.

Finally, Orochimaru summoned a clone of Xia Zuo, demonstrating to everyone just how astonishing the foundation of his plan truly was.

The Konoha ninjas had no doubts about the details of the operation, but they had doubts about the Fifth Hokage, Natsume.

To be precise, these Konoha ninjas are either too young or too naive; they've lost their sense of crisis after enjoying a good life.

The Konoha ninjas felt an overwhelming sense of disgust towards Xia Zuo's actions—his unprovoked plot against the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure and his attempt to seize the Land of Wind's land.

The Fifth Hokage, Natsume, was incredibly perceptive, especially with his shared Observation Haki ability, which, combined with Magnet Release, recreated the power of "Mind Net."

He didn't even need to look at them to know what they were thinking.

Xia Zuo was furious. He slammed his fist on his desk, startling all 20 Konoha Jonin.

"Damn it, Konoha has only had a few days of peace, and you're already so complacent? Are you going to repeat the same decadent mistakes of the Third Hokage?"

"Since the Warring States period a thousand years ago, the ninja world has entered an era of great strife. Whether it is ninja clans or ninja villages, they all face the dangerous situation of either advancing or retreating."

"Every ninja clan that has survived to this day, every hidden village that has endured to this day, has done so by gritting their teeth, rallying their spirits, and fighting tooth and nail for resources."

"Only our Konoha Village! We've been living too comfortably. After losing our ambition, we've managed to avoid annihilation thanks to the wealth accumulated by the First and Second Hokage."

"Ask yourselves honestly, if it weren't for me, if the Third Hokage had persisted until today, facing a combined attack from the four great ninja villages, could Konoha have truly survived?"

"Just imagine what Konoha would be like without me!"

Xia Zuo pointed at the Konoha ninjas present without any politeness and began to berate the Kage-level ninjas one by one: "Orochimaru-senpai is definitely still a rogue ninja, squatting in the snake cave in the Land of Rice Fields, messing around with his Sound Village."

Orochimaru smiled indifferently, treating it as if the Fifth Hokage had just farted.

"Jiraiya-senpai was still searching for his chosen one, and couldn't even care about Naruto, the son of the Fourth Hokage, suffering in the village."

Jiraiya was scolded by Natsusa, and his face turned red with shame, but he showed no remorse whatsoever.

"Tsunade is still gambling and getting drunk, and she can't sleep unless she loses millions of taels of silver every day."

Tsunade subconsciously pouted, secretly vowing to use an even stronger drug that night to get her revenge.

"Uchiha Shisui, your bones must be rotting by now, right?"

Shisui stood up and replied gratefully, "Yes, Fifth Hokage, without you, I would have died five years ago."

"Uchiha Izumi, you will definitely die on the night of the Uchiha massacre. On that day, the entire Uchiha clan will be reduced to just Uchiha Sasuke."

Uchiha Izumi recalled the terror of facing the one-eyed Mangekyou Sharingan ninja that night, and flames of resentment ignited in her eyes.

Xia Zuo said, "Konoha Village will not have the six young Kage-level ninjas it has today, but rather the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura, both Kage-level ninjas who are nearly 70 years old."

"The number of active ninjas in Konoha Village is not the current 2. Even if we include the elderly ninjas who must now retire, the total number of ninjas will not reach more than 1."

"Can Konoha Village, with its current strength, really withstand a combined attack from the four major ninja villages, led by Kumogakure?"

No one dares to say they "can stop it".

Just two years ago, when the Third Hokage was still in power, apart from the three legendary Sannin of Konoha, which of them hadn't felt fear because of the Fourth Raikage's aggressive attitude?

The fear and anxiety that gripped Konoha Village at that time are still vivid in my mind.

But what does this have to do with actively plotting to take over the land of the Wind Kingdom?

Xia Zuo's anger showed no sign of abating. He shouted, "Don't you understand? In this era of great competition, if you don't compete, you will fall behind; if you fall behind, you will be attacked; and if you are attacked, you will perish!"

"You think Konoha is safe? You can rest easy now?"

"You won't have any more enemies coming to your door in the future?"