Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

Shen Er's face was gloomy.

The moment Onoki made his move, he used the Body Flicker Technique to teleport Ebizo's body and the Kazekage puppet to the side. However, he did not expect that Jiri would rush out from inside the Earth Flow Wall to protect him. Before he could even see Jiri clearly, Jiri directly blocked the Dust Release.

"This woman..."

Shen Er's face darkened, and he harbored an unparalleled desire to kill Onoki, who was far away in the Land of Earth.

His gaze was fixed on the direction of the beam of light. It was hazy and he couldn't see what was inside.

The Primal Boundary Stripping Pillar, which was created by Onoki with all his might, lasted for about three seconds. When the light screen disappeared, the feeling of being watched came even before the sight.

Just like a person with weak will might choose to flip a coin instead of making a decision themselves.

But actually, when a coin is tossed into the air and hasn't landed yet, a person's first thought is the answer.

That's exactly how I feel right now.

But he quickly realized that the Kaleidoscope Eye Technique Yomi no Kami (Omi Guardian) that Chiri had placed on him had not been triggered, which meant that the caster of the eye technique was not dead!

The light reaches Shen's retina, allowing his brain to recognize the scene before him.

A purple giant, wielding a massive round shield, stands tall on the earth.

Having undergone the baptism of dust, it appears that it has not suffered any substantial harm.

"That is……"

Shen Er was drawn to the shield in Susanoo's hand, recognizing it as a Susanoo "spiritual weapon" called Yata no Kagami. Theoretically, it has no physical form, possesses all properties of change, and alters its own attributes according to the attribute of the attack, rendering it nullifiable.

Simply put, it's adaptive absolute defense.

The Senju clan has the art of ranking, and the Uchiha clan has the Yata Mirror.

It's just unknown whether this Yata Mirror was brought by Susanoo himself or passed down through generations.

Onoki also witnessed this scene, his expression blank and incredulous.

In his view, the biggest weakness of Susanoo is that the user has someone or something they want to protect.

Even if Dust Release can't directly hit the caster, it doesn't matter. As long as you aim at the target that the Uchiha wants to protect, everything will be solved.

This is Ohnoki's plan.

He attributed his failure back then to not targeting Konoha with his Dust Release technique.

If they had targeted Konoha from the beginning, then behind Madara would have been the lights of countless homes in Konoha. To protect their homeland, Madara would have undoubtedly activated Susanoo to block the Dust Release pillar of light... In that case, it would have been Madara Uchiha kneeling on the ground!

Driven by this obsession, Onoki used this tactic on Uchiha Chiri. But even though his Dust Release technique clearly hit Uchiha Chiri, why didn't it harm her?

God is so unfair.

Zhili didn't give him a chance to complain.

After taking the hit of the Dust Release, the giant shield in the purple Susanoo's hand and the Tengu armor on his body disappeared.

The giant stretched out its body, revealing its slender silhouette. Chiri looked up at the sky, and Susanoo simultaneously raised its hand, gathering magatama-shaped chakra in its palm, and threw it into the sky.

It seemed like a casual toss, but it produced a tremendous sound as it cut through the air.

A purple arc of light flashed through the air, too fast to react to, and Ōnoki in the sky was directly pierced by the Yasaka Magatama. The specially made rock clone suffered a fatal wound, and with its chakra exhausted, it quickly lost its color, revealing its rocky body, and fell from the sky.

The battle is over.

The assassination attempt meticulously planned by the Axis Alliance was thwarted by the couple in a very short time, and they even killed the assassins in the process.

She then withdrew her gaze and walked towards Zhili.

Even with the Yata Mirror's enhancement, taking a direct hit from the Dust Release attack would definitely deplete a significant amount of her eye power. Given the fragile nature of Uchiha ninjas, her Mangekyou Sharingan might go blind, and her bloodline disease would be exacerbated.

Whether it was foolish or not, she got hurt because of herself.

He has to take responsibility.

If her performance just now was a forced act, and she was seriously injured after killing Onoki, just to see him one last time... then let's remove her eyes after she dies and see if we can still save her with Hashirama cell fluid.

If there is still a chance of recovery, then do everything possible to treat her, using interstitial cell fluid while she is still alive. Although this carries the risk of accelerating death, it will preserve the eye's functionality to the greatest extent possible.

It doesn't matter if I die...

Sooner or later, it will be resurrected using a resurrection spell; the resurrection will only be temporary, but the kaleidoscope will be permanent.

"Zhili!"

Susanoo dissipated in response, and Jiri weakly turned his head slowly to look at the unharmed Jinji, a relieved smile on his face: "Jinji-kun, it's so good that you're alright."

After she finished speaking, her body swayed and she almost fell over.

Shen Er reached out to help him, and he was able to stand up with difficulty.

"I...I'm fine, I'm just a little exhausted."

Shen Er helped her up and let her sit down by the tree to rest.

Immediately afterwards, a soft green light shone from his palm, and he used the Palm Immortal Technique to gently place it on Zhili's forehead.

After a moment, Shen Er couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

Not right.

Apart from the fact that most of the chakra stored in the Yin Seal was used up, her cerebellum was completely undamaged, and there were no signs of damage from overuse of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

This is clearly unscientific. Even setting aside the extreme burden of using the Yata Mirror to withstand the Dust Release, simply activating Susanoo is a huge strain that would inevitably cause irreversible damage to the user's cerebellum.

Only by activating the Eternal Kaleidoscope or obtaining the Divine Tree Escape Technique can one avoid the backlash of this eye technique.

After a moment of hesitation, Uchiha Chiri said with a hint of doubt, "That shield was the Yata Mirror, my Susanoo's exclusive artifact, which can withstand all types of attacks. But apart from needing ocular power to summon it, maintaining its operation only consumes my chakra."

"Blocking that attack consumed nearly half of the chakra I had stored up over the past few years."

"Apart from that, my eyesight has not deteriorated..."

This is also what Shen Er is puzzled about.

Uchiha Yan's pair of Mangekyou Sharingan also showed immunity to the side effect of vision loss, but that was because he had attempted Mangekyou fusion. Chiri's pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, however, clearly hadn't undergone any such experimentation.

Sherlock Holmes once said: "When all the impossibilities have been eliminated, what remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Since it's not the Eternal Kaleidoscope, it can only be a fusion of the power of "God Tree Escape".

But when did she come into contact with Wood Release?

The question arose in Shen'er's mind for a second, and he quickly came up with the answer... The only way for Zhili to access Wood Release was through him.

The Earth Grudge has the ability to absorb the properties of the heart, and under its subtle influence, even its body is evolving towards becoming a Celestial Body.

What is a Celestial Body? It is a physique that contains the power of the Divine Tree.

Hashirama's cells can also be seen as Divine Tree cells. Although Shen's Sage Body is not yet in its complete form and is far less powerful than Hashirama's, it cannot grow to the same level as Hashirama due to the disappearance of Ashura's chakra.

But their essence is the same; they both originate from the power of the divine tree.

In other words, the Shener cell belongs to the demotion and replacement of the intercolumnar cells.

The T0 nerf is compensated for; even the immortal body can freely switch on and off through the Earthly Grudge, reducing toxicity and preventing others from becoming vegetative due to his cells.

Because it's a demotion substitution, in vitro experiments cannot be conducted, but in vivo experiments are possible!

After getting married.

Even though she didn't control her desires, saying she was partying every night would be an exaggeration, but she still had plenty of intimate interactions.

Even with its powerful corrosive force, the Divine Tree's toxicity wasn't triggered during the fusion. Under such circumstances, an ordinary female ninja wouldn't react much, but Chiri was clearly no ordinary ninja.

She's an Uchiha!

During the fusion, she indirectly received the baptism of the divine tree's power. This also led to the gradual and cumulative evolution of her eyes.

It will become like the eyes of future Obito Uchiha, although it won't evolve into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, but...

Durability is greatly improved, and vision will hardly be damaged anymore; pupil power is greatly improved, and the third or even fourth form of Susanoo can be opened stably.

It's just that Shen'er's immortal body is not yet complete, so the improvement is not obvious.

If the quality is insufficient, quantity can be used to compensate.

Now that she had figured everything out, Shen'er felt a little regretful.

If he had known this would happen, he would have remained a ninja, indulging in nightly revelry. He wished that Susanoo would grow legs and wings tonight.

This is ridiculous...

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Chiri foolishly rushed to the bottom of the Dust Release Pillar to save him; and in return, his life energy made Chiri stronger through the daily baptism.

If it weren't for tonight's "life-or-death crisis," neither he nor Chiri himself would have known that the kaleidoscope could evolve in this way.

Chiri noticed that Shen was distracted and asked, "Is there something wrong with my body?"

"That's not true."

Even after regaining her composure, she couldn't bring herself to tell the truth. She couldn't very well tell Chiri directly that her Wood Release power had been fused with hers, and that her eyes had evolved, could she?

After a moment's thought, he came up with a reasonable explanation: "I just examined your cerebellum and there are no signs of hematopoietic disorders."

"In other words, when you use Susanoo in the future, you will no longer have to worry about bloodline diseases, and your vision loss will be greatly reduced. The only thing you need to pay attention to is chakra."

"The Yata Mirror does consume a lot of energy. If it had been the Second Tsuchikage or Onoki himself who used Dust Release just now, you might have been in mortal danger due to chakra depletion."

Chiri asked, bewildered, "But why is that?"

"It's probably because my bloodline limit had some kind of subtle reaction during my contact with you, Chiri, that caused your Mangekyou Sharingan to undergo some kind of positive mutation."

"Your bloodline..."

Zhi Li clearly understands that Shen Er's bloodline is Tian Ci Yu, which represents the powerful life force of Yang Dun.

But apart from regular check-ups, there's nothing special about their bloodline connection... right?

No! Tian Ciyu belongs to the category of bloodline inheritance based on constitution.

Chiri was a smart man and quickly realized what the contact he was referring to meant.

Aside from being anxious when she witnessed Shen'er in danger, she hadn't shown any particular emotional reaction during the battle. But now she was acting a little awkward, and even her body temperature began to rise quietly.

The enemy's corpses aren't even cold yet, isn't it a bit inappropriate to say these things?

"You've really had a hard time. Without you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to make it tonight..." Zhili licked his lips.

We've been married for so long, there's no way I'd blush.