Yōkō's vision abruptly shifted, and he found himself back in the Anbu base on the night of the previous full moon.
He was alone in the Fox Squad's locker room.
He sat on the bench in the middle of the locker room, looking up at the bright moon outside the high window.
This was the first time since his transmigration that he had survived until just before the next full moon and actively chosen his own manner of death.
He was lucky to have encountered Senju Kaede, who acted as an inside agent, leading him deep into the Senju compound to meet Senju Rinoki.
Senju Rinoki was immensely powerful, almost instantly killing him.
Fortunately, he was killed instantly; otherwise, being left half-dead until the next full moon would have been disastrous.
As an Anbu member, attacking the Senju Clan Head became an established fact. Aside from becoming a rogue ninja, he had no other choice.
With worse luck, he might not even get the chance to become a rogue ninja.
[Mochizuki's Arc activated!
The host has only one resurrection chance per month. Upon death, they will resurrect on the previous full moon night.
Reward: One draw chance:
1 - A-Rank Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique (Beginner);
2 - Senju Mystical Palm Technique;
3 - Kekkei Genkai: Senju of the Forest (Ordinary, Purifiable).]
This was excessive. All three reward options were incredibly useful, meaning two would inevitably be wasted.
Any one of these abilities was enough to serve as a core ability moving forward, supporting him up to Jonin level.
The first reward, Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, the Water Release Improved Version by Senju Tobirama, required only three hand signs to perform.
The Water Dragon Bullet Technique is a top-tier offensive ninjutsu in Water Release, used by both the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, and the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumī.
Even against Uchiha Madara, this technique had its uses.
This jutsu had a large enough attack range and high attack power. With this jutsu, Fire Release users would pose less of a threat.
The second reward was Tsunade's core ability, the Mystical Palm Technique.
This technique allowed for the maximum mobilization of the body's chakra.
In terms of taijutsu offensive power, it was second only to the Eight Gates.
Mastering this technique to its limit meant tearing through a Susano'o wasn't out of the question.
Both of these jutsu were very tempting, especially the Mystical Palm Technique, which had a higher ceiling.
Yōkō focused his attention on the third reward.
Kekkei Genkai: Senju of the Forest (Ordinary, Purifiable)?
The Senju clan's Kekkei Genkai, granting a naturally powerful physique, massive chakra reserves, and it was purifiable.
If purified to a high enough level, it might be possible to awaken Wood Release.
His chakra attributes were Earth and Water Release. It was like a bald man becoming a monk – no need to shave his head, a perfect fit.
He wondered what the purity level of Senju Rinoki's bloodline was. His current body could probably only handle an ordinary Senju bloodline.
The rewards given by the system were related to the strength of the person who killed him and also to his body's capacity to bear them.
The Senju of the Forest Kekkei Genkai... this was far too useful.
If he sought death from the Senju clan a few more times, perhaps he could draw the Senju of the Forest Kekkei Genkai again.
Then, by purifying it, the bloodline power would grow stronger and stronger.
After much hesitation, Yōkō chose the reward with the highest potential.
The Senju of the Forest Kekkei Genkai could potentially evolve into the Sage of Six Paths Body, offering the highest ceiling.
After selecting this option, Yōkō suddenly felt feverish all over. Steam rapidly rose from his head and from inside his collar.
His skin became burning hot. His clothes stuck to his skin, and even the slightest friction caused intense pain.
He hurriedly took off his clothes.
Every cell in his body seemed to moan; his constitution was undergoing a fundamental change.
Every cell became more active, every muscle more powerful, every ligament more resilient.
He could hear his own heartbeat; even his internal organs had strengthened.
His chakra reserves were visibly increasing.
The Senju of the Forest clan all possessed enormous chakra reserves.
Half an hour later, Yōkō's body gradually stabilized, and he quickly checked his status panel.
[Host Status:
Chakra Reserves: 1.5x Elite Chūnin-level.
Chakra Attributes: Earth, Water, Yang.
Kekkei Genkai: Senju of the Forest (Ordinary).
Ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Formation Wall, Earth Release: Earth Clone, etc.
Taijutsu: Beginner Body Flicker Technique, Beginner Cloud-Style Sword Technique, etc.
Fuinjutsu: Self-Cursing Body Binding Seal, etc.
Special Abilities: Stress Reflex (Second Breakthrough), Natural Chakra Growth.]
His original chakra reserves were 3.9x Chūnin-level.
Elite Chūnin-level chakra reserves are 5x Chūnin-level.
Obtaining the ordinary Senju of the Forest Kekkei Genkai had actually increased his chakra reserves so much, bringing it to 1.5x Elite Chūnin-level.
The increase in chakra stemmed from an increase in physical energy.
His muscles were more compact, and his taijutsu had improved further.
This feeling of being full of power was truly wonderful.
What surprised Yōkō even more were the changes in his chakra attributes and the new special ability.
Regarding chakra attributes, he had gained the Yang attribute.
The Yang attribute wasn't very useful in the early stages for a shinobi, but in the later stages, it might influence abilities at the Six Paths level.
He had actually gained a new special ability!
Natural Chakra Growth!
This meant that Yōkō's chakra would now naturally increase until it reached the limit of his bloodline.
He had encountered some chakra reserve increase options before; thankfully, he hadn't chosen them.
Choosing three chakra reserve increases wouldn't compare to a fundamental improvement in constitution.
The Senju clan was truly born with a silver spoon. Even an ordinary level of their bloodline power brought such a massive boost.
The locker room door suddenly opened.
Purple Cat entered the locker room and was surprised to see Fox nearly naked.
Purple Cat said mischievously, "Huh? Were you waiting for me? So eager? Undressed already?"
As she walked over, pieces of her Anbu equipment dropped at her feet, finally revealing her bare feet.
"Somehow, your physique seems even better now..."
Half an hour later, Purple Cat began to beg for mercy.
"Not only is your physique better, why is your stamina better too?"
An hour later.
Purple Cat's legs fell weakly from Fox's waist; she couldn't even stand steadily.
If Fox hadn't been holding her slender waist, she would have almost fallen.
"Squad Leader, the new squad members will be here soon. We won't be able to be this unrestrained anymore."
"It's fine. Given the Anbu's casualty rate, they'll be gone soon."
Purple Cat thought to herself that Squad Leader Fox truly had a heart of iron.
Then again, perhaps she herself would die on some mission someday.
Seeing the gloom in Purple Cat's eyes, Yōkō said, "Don't worry, I've gotten stronger. I have the capacity to protect you now."
Before, his strength was insufficient to look after those around him. As his power grew, Yōkō could do more.
"Thank you, Squad Leader."
Yōkō had returned to one month prior. Many events had not yet happened, the squadron hadn't been rebuilt, and people like Senju Kaede weren't dead yet.
Putting on his clothes, Yōkō walked slowly through the Anbu base wearing his mask.
He went to the mission records room and started looking at the Black Gorilla Squadron's mission records.
After Black Gorilla joined the Anbu, he had carried out many missions, but there was no mention of anything related to Hashirama Cells.
The Hashirama Cells were in Danzo's possession. He didn't know when he might get his hands on them.
With the ordinary Senju of the Forest Kekkei Genkai, if he could obtain Hashirama Cells, there was a certain probability of gaining Wood Release.
Hashirama Cells plus the Senju Bloodline – the lower limit was another Yamato, but the upper limit was hard to say.
Yōkō suddenly thought of Orochimaru.
After Nawaki's death, Orochimaru began fervently conducting experiments, searching for the secret of immortality.
Perhaps he would have to wait until that stage for Danzo to bring out the Hashirama Cells.
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