Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Chapter 281 Dark Legion Plan
Sarutobi Hiruzen's guess was correct. There was indeed something wrong with Shimura Danzo. He overestimated himself and underestimated the corrosiveness of the dark chakra. After an intense battle, he was ultimately unable to resist the erosion of the dark chakra.

"Master Danzo, you do not possess the blood of the Senju, Uchiha, or Uzumaki. That arm is too much of a burden on you. It has now reached its limit. Using it again will inevitably erode your entire body. It must be removed as soon as possible."

After the examination, Yakushi Nono solemnly announced the results of his analysis, saying that this arm was far beyond the carrying capacity of Lord Danzo and could no longer be suppressed by sealing techniques.

The corrosiveness of the Dark Phoenix is ​​far beyond expectations. If the Dark Phoenix state is activated again, Lord Danzo's body will definitely not be able to withstand it and will be completely assimilated by the Dark Phoenix and Dark Chakra.

Danzo Shimura said nothing, looking at his pitch-black right arm, wondering what he was thinking.

Not long after, footsteps were heard, followed by a magnetic voice.

"Danzo-sama, have you come to me to ask for help because you have encountered some problem?"

"Master Orochimaru!"

When he saw the visitor, Yakushi Nono greeted him respectfully.

The person who came was Orochimaru. After finding that he could not solve the problem of the arm, Danzo Shimura contacted Orochimaru. Now only this person can solve this problem.

"Such a waste!"

Looking at Orochimaru's old and weak appearance, Danzo Shimura felt regretful.

If he wants to adapt to this arm, he must have one of the three bloodlines of Senju Uchiha and Uzumaki. Orochimaru's body is very good. He can burst out Wood Release to that level by himself, which is very close to the first generation teacher.

It's a pity that such a perfect body was destroyed by the other party, which is really a pity.

"Danzo-sama also wants a body like mine?"

Orochimaru licked his lips habitually. As early as when Shimura Danzo suddenly retreated on the battlefield, he had expected that something had happened to the other side and that they would definitely come after him.

Even when he first saw that dark chakra, he knew that Danzo Shimura could not control it.

"what do you want?"

Danzo Shimura directly asked Orochimaru about his request, that he must have that kind of body.

My body is too weak, and without immortal blood, I can't perfectly control that kind of power.

Now is not the time to use the Ghost Bud Luo secret technique, those bodies have not been fully trained yet.

"I want to study the eyes of Danzo-sama."

Licking his lips, Orochimaru was very interested in Shimura Danzo's eyes.

Although that arm and the eyes on it were his work, Danzo Shimura had made some modifications to them, especially the eyes, which almost broke the limit, which made him very curious.

"can!"

Danzo Shimura did not refuse, but just asked Orochimaru to study it.

Seeing that Shimura Danzo agreed, Orochimaru's smile became even more intense.

Without further ado, he walked forward to carefully observe the eyes, and even moved the palm with a transplanted white eye closer to observe it through X-ray, and soon made a discovery.

"This kind of dark chakra is very compatible with the Sharingan!"

The dark chakra merged perfectly with the pupil power in the eyes, and even enhanced it a lot.

Although it did not achieve the qualitative change he had imagined, it was still much stronger than the normal Mangekyō Sharingan.

"The new body must incorporate this power."

Danzo Shimura stated his requirement that he must harness this dark power, which is the infinite absolute power that must be grasped in his hands.

"This is not difficult. I already have a ready-made first-generation clone, but I need one of your fingers to study this dark chakra."

After Orochimaru finished speaking, he pulled out a scroll covered in mucus from his mouth and untied it. After a mist dissipated, a nutrient tank was revealed with a young boy's body soaked inside.

This is the second perfect first-generation clone he cultivated. He originally wanted to use it as a backup body, but now that he has a better option, this body is meaningless, so he trades it to Danzo Shimura.

Seeing that body, especially feeling the strong life force within it, Danzo Shimura was very satisfied, and then decisively cut off the little finger of his right hand and handed it to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was also very satisfied. After taking the finger and sealing it, he began to explain: "I need to use this body to devour your body and soul first, and then devour the arm after you adapt. The eyes will be transplanted into your eye sockets and sealed to a certain extent to reduce the corrosiveness, so that your new body can have an adaptation period.

As for the thing sealed in your body, seal it up first, and transfer it back into your body after your body has completely adapted to the dark chakra."

After saying that, he took the clone out of the nutrient tank, controlled it with chakra lines, and placed his hand on Shimura Danzo's left shoulder, while injecting a portion of pure first-generation cells into it.

Under the guidance of the clone's pure Wood Release chakra, the first generation cells began to steadily erode and assimilate Danzo Shimura.

The process was naturally very painful, but it was nothing for Shimura Danzo, a ruthless man of his generation.

In the end, except for the right arm and the left side of the torso that were eroded by the dark chakra, the rest of the body was eroded and assimilated by the first generation cells.

At this point, Orochimaru controlled the clone to raise his hands and form seals, bringing the part of the body that had been corroded and assimilated into the body, and also transferring Shimura Danzo's soul in.

The first generation cells were very corrosive, but not too outrageous. They did not completely devour and transform Shimura Danzo's cells, leaving some residues at the genetic level. These residues became the connection point between Shimura Danzo's soul and his new body.

With this connection point, the soul merged smoothly with the new body and even regained consciousness quickly.

"Is that how you got your new body?"

Feeling this new body, Danzo Shimura was very satisfied and surprised.

He had previously thought that Orochimaru had used some method to perfectly integrate the first generation cells into his body, but who would have thought that he had completely transformed his body.

"My body has already reached its limit, and it is difficult to improve it. I don't like the general blood transplant, and the phagocytic nature of the first-generation cells is too strong. I can only choose this way."

Orochimaru did not hide it. There was nothing shameful about it. Moreover, all the Senju clan in Konoha was gone. Who else could stop him from being blamed?
At the same time, his men moved quickly, taking out a failed first-generation clone as a carrier, grafting Shimura Danzo's right arm and right half of the torso, including the seal, onto it, and then suppressing it with layer upon layer of seals.

"It's a pity that it's still not as good as the first generation teacher's body."

Danzo Shimura expressed regret, saying that if it was the first generation teacher's body, it would be perfect, but this clone was indeed a little inferior.

"Can you guide the swallowing and fusion now?"

Looking at his remaining right arm and right torso, he would not give up the dark chakra.

"You should first erode and assimilate a little bit to allow your body to adapt, and then erode and adapt a little bit more later. You eroded too quickly before, leaving your body no time to adapt, and thus the dark chakra completely took over."

Orochimaru gave some instructions, then removed the eyes and began to transplant them for Danzo Shimura.

Danzo Shimura also controlled the first generation cells of the new body to continue to erode the remaining part of the body, or rather, to erode each other.

The first generation cells that were fused with dark chakra were more powerful and aggressive, and in turn invaded Danzo Shimura's new body.

Fortunately, Danzo Shimura listened to Orochimaru's advice and only accepted a small part, and then used his entire body to dilute that part of the dark chakra and dark wood release cells.

Sure enough, the eroded parts did not turn completely black, but only formed hideous and twisted black lines that spread to the entire body, with the highest density around the eyes, eventually connecting and merging with the pair of dark Mangekyō Sharingan.

"It's still stable. Master Danzo will slowly get used to it."

After making sure that Danzo Shimura's condition was relatively stable, Orochimaru raised his hand and dispelled the shadow clone.

That’s right, the one that came over was just a shadow clone, and his real body was busy.

"He really did discover the secret of the immortal bloodline."

However, Danzo Shimura's face darkened, realizing that Orochimaru had indeed discovered those secrets, but he didn't know how much he had discovered.

"This body..."

Yakushi Nono, who had been watching from the side, expressed his concern. After all, Lord Orochimaru was not a good person, and he was worried that the other party had left some tricks up his sleeve on this body.

"Nothing can escape the devouring of dark chakra."

Shimura Danzo was very confident about this. The corrosiveness of dark chakra was extremely terrifying. After being fused with the cells of the first generation and the wood release chakra, it was even more terrifying. No power could resist this corrosive assimilation, and no power could hide from it. "I was indeed impatient before. I need to slowly adapt to control this power."

Looking at the black lines on his body, Danzo Shimura realized that he was indeed too impatient in the past.

It is precisely because of the lack of an adaptation step that the degree of erosion of the dark chakra continues to deepen, especially when it is used intensively in fierce battles, the erosion will be deeper.

It was just like that last time, especially the initial battle with Ye Cang, which consumed the most energy and caused the deepest erosion.

By the time of the final battle, he continued to fight with Ōnoki, causing the erosion to exceed the body's endurance limit.

Of course, what’s more important is that the Dark Phoenix caused trouble, and the consciousness that came from Zero Tail always wanted to take the initiative.

After his chakra was consumed to a certain extent, he suddenly attacked and almost swallowed him up, becoming the opponent's nourishment.

Because of this, he had to withdraw from the battlefield and give up his plan to seize the position of Hokage.

"Once this body has adapted to the dark chakra and we find the stolen Outer Path Demon Statue, we can begin the Dark Legion Project."

Thinking of the dark lotus, Danzo Shimura is still full of confidence and ambition for the future.

The dark phoenix is ​​only used as a transition. His real strength comes from the dark lotus, which is the perfect carrier of the power of darkness. It also has no consciousness and can be safely sealed inside the body for use.

It's a pity that the Dark Lotus's foundation is not enough. Devouring one Three-Tailed Fox is already its limit. It must find the Outer Path Golem for it to devour and evolve. Then it can swallow the Dark Phoenix and the Two-Tailed Fox sealed inside to upgrade.

The Dark Lotus has great potential. It not only devours the energy of the tailed beasts, but also their abilities.

There are countless small Three-Tails in the body of the Three-Tails, and the one that Koizumi sealed was one of them.

The Dark Lotus also gained this ability after it devoured the Three-Tail. It did not give birth to a little Three-Tail, but lotus seeds, which could be transformed into a smaller Dark Lotus after cultivation.

In this way, it can be sealed into the ninja's body, forming a black lotus Jinchūriki, gaining the power of dark chakra and dark wood escape, and the strength will inevitably increase dramatically.

With the essence of the dark lotus, it is enough to produce tens of thousands of lotus seeds, and then to create tens of thousands of dark legions. No one can resist such a legion.

Even Hiruzen's Impure World Army is nothing but chickens and dogs in front of the Dark Legion, and can even become a source of chakra to amplify his own power.

This is the most terrifying thing about dark chakra. After being integrated with wood release chakra, the devouring ability of dark chakra reaches an extreme. It can devour any chakra. The infinite chakra of Impure World Reincarnation is the best tonic for dark chakra.

"Has Jiayi received any information?"

Suppressing his ambitions, Danzo Shimura inquired about the intelligence. He attached great importance to the young man and even destroyed his files himself. He also used the Kaleidoscope illusion to erase the memories of those who knew of his existence.

Now, in the entire Root, only he and Yakushi Nonou know his identity, and he even gave him a new code name - Jiayi.

It means the first person at the root, whose status is second only to oneself.

"Some information was delivered last night, but you were suppressing the power of your arm, so I didn't bother you."

The Root ninja next to him said as he handed over a piece of paper. This was the information that was delivered last night.

Although the note was small, it was filled with densely written words, and the language was concise and clear.

"How ridiculous! Hiruzen, the strongest Hokage recognized by the four Kages, you are indeed the biggest cancer hindering the development of the village."

After reading the above information, especially after seeing one sentence in it, Danzo Shimura was so angry that he clenched his fists.

Shame!
The four major ninja villages are quite calculating. They actually want to stabilize Hiruzen's position as Hokage and use Hiruzen to suppress the development of Konoha, and even plot against the geniuses of the village.

It's really ridiculous, hateful, and pathetic that the Hokage has done this!
As expected, it was a mistake for Hiruzen to be the Hokage, and he had to set things right himself in order to lead the village to the top.

"Any new information?"

Using wind-attribute chakra, Danzo Shimura cut the paper in his hand into pieces and asked for other information.

"The day before yesterday, we received intelligence that Base No. 3 was attacked by a mysterious strongman and was completely destroyed. However, judging from the traces of destruction, it is most likely the Otsutsuki Shari mentioned in the intelligence."

The Root ninja spoke up to report that this was the information received the day before yesterday, but at that time Lord Danzo was concentrating on suppressing the power of his arm and it was not advisable to be distracted, so they suppressed it temporarily.

"Base No. 3, Otsutsuki Shari, did he rescue that woman?"

Danzo Shimura roughly guessed what was going on. It must be that Otsutsuki Shari sensed the existence of the woman through some method and went to rescue her.

But it doesn't matter. He has already conceived two children with the help of that woman, which is enough material for fusion. It doesn't matter what that woman is like.

Not to mention Danzo Shimura, Orochimaru on the other side didn't pay much attention after receiving the memories sent back by the shadow clone and continued with the experiment in his hand.

After an unknown amount of time, a strange eye finally took shape.

It was a special eye with three pupils, and three magatama were slowly rotating on each of them, as if three three-magatama Sharingan were gathered together and arranged in a triangular structure.

However, this fusion was obviously not very stable. It collapsed after a short while, and the eyes were completely destroyed.

But Orochimaru didn't care much about it, and didn't feel it was a pity even if he lost three of the few three-magatama Sharingan.

"It can indeed work, but the cell fusion is not thorough enough, and the pupil power rejection is even greater. It still requires the cells and eye power of a blood relative."

After carefully examining the remaining eye cells, Orochimaru confirmed that Haojun's idea was correct.

It can indeed be used to be compatible with kaleidoscopes, and there are three pairs of kaleidoscopes. With the addition of three pairs of kaleidoscopes, even if they are not fused and transformed, this number alone is enough to provide extremely strong power.

However, it is not easy to create that kind of eye structure. Not only does it require three types of eye cells that are related by blood, but they must also reach the kaleidoscope level.

Only in this way can a delicate stage of opposition and integration be formed, and then through this, the three kinds of pupil techniques and pupil powers can be guided and harmonized, and perhaps transformation can be achieved.

"The cells of the pair of eyes that faced the mirror at that time are still there. This pair of eyes belongs to Mingjing Jun. There is still one missing. I don't know if Mingjing Jun's child can awaken the kaleidoscope."

Orochimaru quickly thought of the last target, which was Uchiha Mingjing's child.

After getting Uchiha Kagami's eyes, he intercepted some cells to perform the Impure World Reincarnation technique and saved some of them at that time.

He has Uchiha Mingjing's eyes, and now he is missing the last one. Coincidentally, Mingjing has a child still alive.

As the child of Mirror-Lord, he definitely has the potential to awaken the Kaleidoscope. All he needs to do is wait patiently.

After thinking for a long time, Orochimaru opened his mouth, took out the finger that was sealed by the shadow clone, felt the dark chakra on it, and had some guesses and ideas in his mind.

"It seems that Lord Danzo has deeper plans and background. He may become a good prey."

Licking his lips, Orochimaru had already set his sights on Danzo Shimura.

It just so happened that Shimura Danzo had Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyō Sharingan, and he himself had Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyō pupil power. This was a common point, and as long as they were used well, there would definitely be great gains in the future.

I just hope that Lord Danzo can be more powerful and bring bigger surprises.

After continuing to seal the finger, Orochimaru stood up and went to the laboratory next door, where there were two nutrient tanks, containing two bodies, one large and one small, being nurtured and developed.

Walking to the red-haired girl's nutrient tank, Orochimaru looked obsessed.

"It's almost time to mature!"

This is the body he values ​​most. It was cultivated with Uzumaki Mito's cells and Chakralon, and used the egg of an Uzumaki female kunoichi as a carrier to repair the clone's congenital defects to the greatest extent and maintain the integrity of the genes.

With this body, he will be able to perfectly transplant the power of the first generation's cells and Mangekyō in the future, and can restrain the power of the fused tailed beasts.

This is the most perfect vector, much more perfect than the clone of the primary cell.

After many experiments, he found that the power of the first generation cells and the Sharingan were mutually contradictory, making it extremely difficult to fuse them, but there was no opposition with the chakra of the Uzumaki clan and they could be directly fused.

Even the Uzumaki clan's chakra can reconcile the power of the Sharingan and the first generation cells, and finally guide the transformation into the power of Yin and Yang with the blessing of the tailed beast's chakra.

That kind of power is of higher quality than Wood Release Chakra, and is a power that transcends all immortal bloodlines.

Perhaps that is the ultimate secret of the immortal bloodline, the power that only the legendary Six Paths Sage can master, and the supreme power that one needs to pursue and control.

(End of this chapter)