Start with a Zanpakuto and build the strongest Mist Village.

"Wha, what do you mean?"

Kushina Uzumaki paused, somewhat bewildered, seemingly not understanding why Mizuki Yoru had shifted the topic to the origin of Naruto's name.

"It's nothing, it's just that this name reminds me of something." Ye Qing squinted and said, "I hope it's not what I'm thinking."

"...That's the name from Jiraiya's book. Minato gave Naruto this name in the hope that Naruto would grow into a man like the one in Jiraiya's book—persevering, strong, and responsible."

Kushina Uzumaki said with some pride, seemingly quite pleased with the name herself.

These words, however, caused Minazuki Yoru to show a strange expression.

"It really is Jiraiya..."

"What do you mean by that?!"

"Hehe." Mizuki Yoru chuckled lightly, guiding Kushina Uzumaki in his words: "Jiraiya had two disciples in his life. One was Minato Namikaze, and the other was the leader of Akatsuki, the culprit who attacked the Shadow Council in the Land of Iron."

"Kushina, as Minato Namikaze's wife, you should know why Jiraiya took your husband as his disciple."

"Is it because of his status? No, as a disciple of the Hokage and one of the Legendary Sannin, countless people want to join his ranks. With a wave of his hand, countless scions of powerful clans would scramble to join his cause."

"Is it because of talent? No, Minato Namikaze's talent is indeed extraordinary, but when he just graduated from the Ninja Academy, his talent had not yet been fully revealed. Even if the two were teacher and student in charge of the team, it was not enough for them to become master and student in the future."

"The real reason is because Minato Namikaze is what Jiraiya believes..."

"Child of Prophecy..." Kushina murmured, taking over the words from Mizuki Yoru.

"good."

Yoru showed a promising look and spoke eloquently: "The prophecy of that dead toad on Mount Myōboku was that Jiraiya would find a prophetic child who could guide the ninja world and bring it peace or destruction. But clearly, Minato Namikaze was not the prophetic child, because he died."

"And the leader of Akatsuki is no exception. He was basically crippled by me during the battle in the Land of Iron. Even if he has some fortuitous encounter and his strength is restored, he is not a threat."

"Although I really dislike Mount Myōboku, that dead toad's prophecies have never been wrong..."

Mizuki Yoru looked at Kushina Uzumaki, who was still standing there in a daze, and paused: "But now that Jiraiya is dead, he can't possibly take on a third disciple. So, where is the prophesied child who can guide the ninja world and bring it peace or destruction?"

"...Naruto."

"Perhaps, this is the reason why there is that special chakra spirit in his body."

Mizuki Yoru spoke calmly, planting a seed between Kushina Uzumaki and Mount Myōboku.

Although his goal was to become the Otsutsuki in the future, Yoru also disliked the group of dead toads on Mount Myōboku.

That old silver coin has been plotting since the time of the Sage of Six Paths, and continues to this day. I don't believe that he didn't have some ulterior motive.

All crows are black, and Gamamaru and Hamura Otsutsuki are probably plotting their own schemes in the ninja world, each wanting to gain their own interests. How could the night allow them to have their way?

Kushina Uzumaki's expression was very unpleasant, her eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and she remained silent.

Although she did not sign a spiritual contract with Mount Myōboku, this special sacred site had a very close relationship with her.

Because her husband, her husband's teacher, and even her son all signed a summoning contract with Mount Myōboku! (Naruto signed the summoning contract during the Nine-Tails' attack.)

What role does this sacred shrine play? And is the mysterious chakra spirit within Naruto related to them?

Was it someone who was completely unaware and simply used their prophetic abilities to foresee it, or was it someone who was involved?

The doubter said that all of this, from the moment Jiraiya accepted Minato Namikaze, has been a colossal lie and a huge conspiracy for decades.

So, is the purpose to revive the chakra spirit hidden within Naruto?!

"No, absolutely not! I will never allow Naruto to become someone else's vessel!"

Kushina growled and tried to walk towards the outside, but was stopped by Mizuki Yoru.

"how do you want to do it."

Night looked at Kushina Uzumaki: "So you just rush straight to Konoha, tell the world you're not dead yet, slap the faces of Konoha's higher-ups, and then take back your son to raise yourself?"

"This is indeed a very 'Kushina-esque' approach, but what happens after that?"

"You can't get rid of that chakra spirit inside Naruto Uzumaki."

Night's words made Kushina stop in her tracks.

"And what about you? You can't even do it?"

"It's not possible right now." Minazuki Yoru shrugged; there was no point in denying it.

Of course, what he couldn't do wasn't to strip Ashura's chakra, but because of the Sage of Six Paths.

During the Nine-Tails' ordeal, Ye vividly remembered the Sage of Six Paths' terrifying attack, which gave him a certain understanding of the Sage of Six Paths' current strength.

As for the current situation, he is indeed no match for the Sage of Six Paths.

"Don't be too hasty, Kushina. I can understand a mother's thoughts. That might be something that someone has been planning for thousands of years. You think you can just overturn it? That would be underestimating those guys too much."

"There are some things that need to be prepared for."

"..."

Kushina remained silent, and Yoru was not in a hurry.

He told Kushina these things because he wanted to use her identity as the 'mother of the prophesied child' to cause trouble, but not to let Kushina rush to Konoha and make a scene right now.

This approach will only disgust the dead toad and the Sage of Six Paths; it won't have any other effect.

"...What should I do?" After thinking for a long time, Kushina calmed down a bit.

"You don't need to do anything. If you really want to do something for your child, then focus on understanding and mastering your current power," Ye said softly. "That way, when war breaks out in the future, you can stand in front of your child and protect them from the wind and rain, right?"

"As for this period of time, you don't need to worry too much about Naruto's situation. Chakra erosion is indeed a disgusting method, but it takes a lot of time. With me here, they won't succeed so easily."

"it is good!"

Kushina Uzumaki nodded emphatically, her gaze resolute.

As a mother, she would give everything for Naruto.

She paid with her life for the Nine-Tails' ordeal, and now...

She would even give her own soul!

……

For the sake of her child, Kushina continued to adapt to the power of the Shinigami.

Ye watched quietly, occasionally offering a few words of guidance. Without a battle, this shadow clone could even exist indefinitely.

As for his true form, it is currently located on Jingwu Island.

"Let the Grim Reaper devour the power of the Hollows..."

Looking down at the scene below, Yumi Uzumaki whispered, "Is this really possible?"

Although the powers of Shinigami and Hollows are extremely similar, both involve stimulating the soul through Shinigami power. However, one is a stable soul that becomes Shinigami, while the other uses extreme emotions to stimulate the soul, allowing Shinigami power to merge into it, and then the soul to devour and evolve at will.

Just like the two sides of order and chaos, can these diametrically opposed forces really be integrated?

Even if Uchiha Shisui possessed formidable spiritual power and the Rinnegan, a top-tier power, it still involved the twisting and fusion of two aspects of the soul. Could Uchiha Shisui truly withstand that?

"OK."

Ye spoke softly, her tone calm, yet Yumi sensed absolute confidence in her.

It was as if what was happening below at this moment was not some special experiment that required a miracle to succeed, but some predetermined fact.

As long as you do it, you will succeed.

Yumi didn't know where Yoru's confidence came from. She was the key figure in all of Kirigakure's Shinigami experiments. She was the person who knew Kirigakure, or rather Yoru, the person who knew Shinigami, Hollows, and Quincy who were still under development, the most.

Almost all the Shinigami that were born passed through her hands, and she was also in charge of all kinds of research in Hueco Mundo.

Yumi could roughly understand Ye's thoughts.

Just like the conditions for the birth of the Rinnegan, "a god desires peace, so he divides Yin and Yang, the two forces repel each other, and they merge into one, thus obtaining all things in the universe." The fusion of two completely different and opposite forces is indeed one of the means to step into a higher realm.

However, it is far too early to allow the two completely different powers of Shinigami and Hollow to merge at this stage. It is so early that Yumi cannot see any possibility of success.

But the night...

Yumi looked intently at Uchiha Shisui. She wouldn't question Yoru; since Yoru said it was possible, then this experiment must be feasible!

"Okay, it's so uncomfortable..."

On Jingwu Island, Uchiha Shisui felt that his entire state was extremely abnormal.

After devouring the Adjuchas, Uchiha Shisui felt as if a blazing fire was burning inside his body, yet he also felt unusually cold.

The physical abnormalities were secondary; the most crucial thing was that all sorts of violent and evil thoughts and emotions were constantly surging into his mind!

"It hurts so much! The experiment to fuse Shinigami and Hollows is so painful!"

"I am a genius of the Uchiha clan, the hope of Konoha, yet I am treated like a stud in Kirigakure. Although there is some pleasure in it, the humiliation is unbearable..."

"He stole my kaleidoscope, he stole everything from me, and he tortured me like this, subjecting me to life and death... Human experiments, soul experiments, he turned me from a person, a normal person, into a pathetic ghost! Damn you, Minazuki Yoru, you deserve to die!"

Twisted negative emotions erupted from Uchiha Shisui's heart in that instant, and countless past scenes kept flashing before his eyes, stimulating the mind and body of this captain of the Seireitei Second Division.

From being blinded by the night at their first meeting, to later being defeated and captured despite activating the Kaleidoscope, he was captured.

He was reduced to a seed-planting machine in the Hidden Mist Village, subjected to bloodline experiments, human experiments, and his life was wantonly trampled upon in order to awaken the so-called Rinnegan...

All sorts of past events kept surfacing before Uchiha Shisui, and under extreme negative emotions, they were magnified exponentially.

The twisted emotions caused Uchiha Shisui's Rinnegan, which was undergoing dual verification, to become bloodshot. At the same time, the intense pain coming from his body added fuel to the fire in his already collapsing heart!

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Blood and tears streamed from the corners of his eyes, leaving traces of grief down his cheeks.

Uchiha Shisui, kneeling on the ground, let out a shrill scream. The dual torment of body and mind had driven him to the brink of collapse and madness.

Two figures in the sky watched everything happening below with indifference. Suddenly, a faint, eerie light appeared in Ye's eyes.

"coming soon."

"what?"

Yumi asked instinctively, but what happened to Uchiha Shisui next made her eyes widen in astonishment.

Accompanied by Uchiha's shrill scream, strands of inexplicable pure white soul matter suddenly emerged from his body, covering his entire face and transforming into a hideous, pale white mask. His limbs, skin, and even his hands and feet began to show obvious changes, making him look like a wild beast.

Uchiha Shisui.

It's blurred...

Chapter 167 The Illusory Still Water, an Extraterrestrial Visitor

Yumi was right.

Given the current progress of Yoru's research on Shinigami and Hollows, the success rate of achieving Hollowfication of a Shinigami is infinitely close to zero.

But it is not the same as zero.

The mental state of the Uchiha clan is actually quite abnormal, and Uchiha Shisui, who was able to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, or even the Eternal Eye, and even awaken the Rinnegan by experiencing life and death, was the best among them.

That twisted emotion, that extremely twisted negative emotion that could rival the one contained in the Box of Ecstasy to some extent, gave this experiment, which was destined to fail, a sliver of possibility of success.

It was precisely because of this near-zero success rate, that extremely low probability that made the still water in front of us become ethereal.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

A mournful cry echoed through the sky. At this moment, Zhi Shui looked nothing like a human; he was more like a 'phantom' humanoid creature.

The white substance on his face continued to grow after it transformed into a mask, and even began to cover Shisui's entire body, like a layer of bone. As the white substance continued to grow, Shisui's painful howls became increasingly shrill.

"Incredible! They actually managed to use the power of Hollows on Shinigami..."

Yumi stared intently at Uchiha Shisui below, as if witnessing some kind of miracle: "Has he succeeded yet?"

"not at all."

Night shook his head: "The power of Hollows is special. This is only the first step in getting the Shinigami to master the power of Hollows."

"First endure, then master, and finally control... The current stillness has only just completed the first step."

Enduring the power of the void is only the first step; it means the experiment can continue.

The powers of Hollow and Death will constantly battle and struggle within this body until a victor emerges. Only then will the experiment be considered a true success.

And in this process, a little help from the night is needed.

Ye looked down at Shi Shui, his eyes flashing with a ghostly light. Shi Shui's body trembled incessantly, and he kept wailing.