Chapter 241: Base Kage-Level, the Powerful Akiyama Makoto!
Akiyama Makoto had been worried that once he had the Byakugan talent, his eyes would turn pure white. Now, it had come true, just as he had predicted.
But what he hadn't expected was that his hair would also turn red.
Now, how could he pretend to be a member of the Senju clan? He was clearly a survivor of the Uzumaki clan!
This result was not surprising to him. After all, he had been a "nobody" in the past, with no bloodline talent. Now that he had the Advanced Uzumaki Bloodline, it wasn't strange for his hair to conform to the dominant inheritance of the Uzumaki bloodline. But the problem was, it was fine if his hair turned red, but in the future, when he strengthened the bloodlines of the people around him, would everyone's hair turn red?
He had to at least find a way to change it back to its original color. Should he go dye it now?
He shook his head slightly. This kind of superficial solution was not in line with his character.
Then, he thought of something. With a thought, the cells that had already calmed down and the Yin Seal in his body adjusted slightly, increasing the rate at which they absorbed his chakra, bringing the chakra in his body down to a very low level. He even controlled the cells in his scalp to absorb most of the chakra. Sure enough, his red hair slowly faded, returning to its original grey color, although it looked a little darker.
Seeing this, he nodded with satisfaction. The hair color of the Uzumaki clan was positively correlated with their chakra. When their chakra was exhausted, their hair would turn white. He had taken advantage of this principle.
As for whether the people around him and his future descendants would have red hair... he felt there was no need to worry too much. As long as his descendants didn't inherit the Uzumaki bloodline, or if the bloodline wasn't pure enough, their hair wouldn't be red. Naruto was the best example. And it was just hair color. He could develop a ninjutsu to control hair color later.
Finally, there were his eyes.
He looked at his white eyes and imitated Hinata's hand seal.
"Byakugan!"
In an instant, the veins around his eyes bulged, and everything around him became strange. He looked down at his chakra and could clearly see every meridian and chakra flow, and even the tenketsu were clearly visible.
This surprised him slightly. Theoretically, with his level of Byakugan purity, it should be difficult to see the tenketsu. After all, being able to see tenketsu was a symbol of genius even in the Hyūga clan.
Could it be because his pupil power was very strong?
He had previously proven that pupil power was a special kind of Yin Release chakra, produced by the eyes and closely related to spiritual power. Therefore, when the Yin Release talent and spiritual power were strong, the pupil power would naturally be very strong. So it wasn't strange that his pupil power was strong. What was limiting his pupil power right now should be the purity level of his Byakugan.
In other words, once he raised his talent level, he might awaken the Analysis Eye before Hinata and Hanabi? That was good news.
He then deactivated his Byakugan and took out a scroll, retrieving the contact lenses he had prepared long ago.
In the past, preparing contact lenses had been a hassle for him. But now, as the owner of the Land of Waves Shipping Company, customizing a pair of contact lenses that perfectly matched his original eye color was very easy.
After putting on the contacts, he looked at himself in the mirror again and again. Only after confirming that no one could tell the difference unless they were very close did he smile with satisfaction.
Finally, he wouldn't expose his strength just because of a change in his appearance.
So, what level had he reached now?
He rubbed his stomach, which had finished digesting, and then used the Flying Thunder God to travel to a remote corner of the Land of Fire. This uninhabited place was a training ground he had specially chosen.
He then released his Yin Seal and simultaneously mobilized his whole-body cells, causing them to activate and feed back the chakra they had previously devoured in the form of life force.
The next second, he formed hand seals and cast a ninjutsu.
Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!
With a soft cry, nearly half of the chakra in his body, along with a massive amount of life force, was injected into the Wood Style. This amount of life force would be enough to save dozens of severely injured people.
Then the earth churned, and countless trees rose from the ground. Trees within a radius of a full hundred meters grew wildly, extending branches and roots to lash at everything around them, growing to a height of thirty to fifty meters before stopping.
He looked at this scene with joy. Last time he tried to use Wood Style, he had only summoned a sapling. But now, he had actually summoned a small forest?
Panting heavily, although surprised, he ultimately shook his head, because this move still had no combat power. Although he could spawn this forest, he couldn't control the trees to fight. This meant that apart from the initial earth-shaking movement, the ninja inside wouldn't suffer much damage.
This might be the limitation of the Low-grade talent mentioned by the system. Perhaps the reason Low-grade talent was "Low-grade" meant that his Wood Style was just summoning wood, unable to bring the forest to life.
Of course, since he could perform Wood Style to this extent, Yamato's Wood Style techniques would naturally be easy for him. In other words, his Wood Style level was indeed on par with Yamato's.
After finishing this experiment, he lowered his head and bit his own arm.
He now had the Advanced Physical Healing talent, so this was a perfect opportunity to test its effect.
The next second, his consumed chakra was rapidly replenished, returning to a full state in just a few seconds.
This effect delighted him, but then he felt his activated cells show signs of fatigue and a need for rest for the first time.
In other words, the effect of Advanced Physical Healing, while obtaining chakra from the bitten person, also required squeezing the potential of the ninja's own cells. This meant that this technique was not very meaningful to him, because he could already calmly mobilize the power accumulated in his cells.
Of course, used to replenish others' combat power, this move was not bad, because his constitution wasn't afraid of being bitten. It just depended on whether the person biting him could handle it.
Having tested this talent, it was time for the Mind's Eye of Kagura.
He clasped his hands together, and his spiritual power was released rapidly.
The next second, he felt as if he were flying into the air. His spirit turned into a large net, spreading rapidly in all directions, not stopping until it reached a radius of thirty kilometers.
He even felt that this was not the limit. If he tried his best, he could double the detection range, but that would damage his foundation, so it wasn't necessary right now.
At the same time, all living creatures with chakra within this range entered his mind, processed and tracked by his powerful spiritual force to determine their type and movement trajectory.
In just an instant, he could sense that there were no humans in this range.
He slowly withdrew his spiritual power, the look of amazement in his eyes lingering. As expected of the Mind's Eye of Kagura. It truly lived up to its reputation. With this jutsu, White Zetsu could forget about gathering intelligence on him ever again.
Most importantly, with the Uzumaki bloodline, his chakra recovery speed had also greatly increased. Now he felt he could create shadow clones to act as human radar 24 hours a day, monitoring everything around him to protect himself and those close to him.
Karin's bloodline talent was no worse than Naruto's; in fact, it could be said to be even stronger. He could now play with the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu too. The only remaining problem was that he lacked a "power bank" like the Nine-Tails.
Should I go get a Tailed Beast or a Jinchūriki to recharge?
He thought about it and felt it was feasible. But if he did so, it meant he would inevitably establish a connection with the Jinchūriki and Tailed Beasts. In the future, when the Akatsuki collected the Tailed Beasts, he would come into direct conflict with them.
With his current strength and the super-ninjutsu he could realize in the future, he was fearless against the Akatsuki. The problem was, where would the plot go if he did that? He couldn't judge this. He could wait until he ran a simulation later to determine the direction of development before considering it.
What else is there to try?
He took stock of the gains from the simulation.
He closed his eyes and dived into his memory, beginning to carefully observe the intelligence he had obtained in the Cloud Village.
The next second, his entire body was wrapped in electricity. It was the Cloud Village's ultimate art, the Lightning Release Armor!
Feeling the activity and burning sensation of his cells throughout his body, he gritted his teeth. Even with his current recovery ability and cell activity, he could barely handle the Lightning Release Armor under an Intermediate talent. One could imagine how much effort those muscle-bound brutes in the Cloud Village had spent to train this jutsu to the extreme!
He took a deep breath, endured the pain, and the next second, his figure vanished from the spot. With a few whooshing sounds, followed by explosions everywhere, the trees he had spawned were reduced to dust under his hands wherever he passed.
One had to know that these trees were at least as thick as three people hugging together, and his Strength was only 7. Now, he felt that a casual punch of his would be no less powerful than his Chakra Enhanced Strength.
Regrettably, in this state, he couldn't use Chakra Enhanced Strength, nor could he use any other ninjutsu. The pain all over his body made him so irritable he just wanted to find someone to beat up. Maybe I've inadvertently found the reason why those muscle-bound brutes are so irritable.
He slowly stopped the Lightning Release Armor. Under the effect of Intermediate Cell Activation, the pain in his body quickly disappeared. This result made his eyes light up. When his physical fitness improved again, even if he didn't temper his body like the Raikage, he could still push the Lightning Release Armor to the highest level. He was just relying on Unconscious Healing and medical ninjutsu to tank the damage this jutsu did to his body.
Of course, what he was doing was unorthodox, but he really didn't have the time or energy to polish his body like the Raikage. Moreover, the cost of this jutsu was too great. Basically, after using it, he could only engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Unless he mastered the Analysis Eye in the future and relied on its functions to forcibly fuse the Lightning Release Armor with other ninjutsu. Just like Hanabi could use Lightning Release and the Gentle Fist at the same time—that was the fusion effect brought by the Analysis Eye.
At this thought, he suddenly had another idea.
Previously, during the Chūnin Exams, Hinata had used a prototype of the Byakugan Pressure in her current state. So, could his current Byakugan strengthen his elemental jutsu?
At this thought, he released four shadow clones and then used the Flying Thunder God to arrive around the trees he had spawned.
The main body and the four shadow clones formed hand seals simultaneously, and then each spat out a ninjutsu of one of the five attributes from their mouths.
Wind, Fire, Earth, Water, Lightning. Under his control, the five attributes showed a trend of mutual fusion. Then, a violent explosion suddenly occurred, sweeping away everything around it. A large crater with a diameter of more than fifty meters appeared.
As for the trees he had spawned, they had long since been reduced to ash. He withdrew his shadow clones, looking at this massive destructive power, and couldn't help but give the Third Hokage a thumbs-up.
Previously, he had been worrying about not having a high-power ninjutsu. Wasn't it here now?
The Five-Element Grand Combo could be said to be the pinnacle of the five conventional elemental jutsu. Above it were moves like Kekkei Genkai, Kekkei Tōta, or moves fused with Yin and Yang Release.
But at least in the current version, with this jutsu, he stood in the first tier in terms of area-of-effect attacks!
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