Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 125 Izayoi: Right, Uchiha Obito? Nagato: ?

"Storm Release: Judgment!"

On the arena of the Izayoi mansion, a boy's shout rang out.

A massive beam of light shot out, slamming violently into the transparent wall of the barrier. It then shrank to a line, carrying astonishing cutting force and speed, splitting the rising circular arena and Izayoi's wooden clone in two.

After the storm ray disappeared, the barrier surrounding the arena slowly vanished.

The severely damaged ring was also lowered.

"Not bad, not bad... You've mastered Storm Release: Judgment so quickly. It seems your Sharingan development is quite good." Izayoi clapped and praised.

"Tch... It took a lot of effort to take down one of your wood clones." Uchiha Sasuke pouted, looking slightly disheveled, but was actually quite pleased with himself.

Although it was just a wood clone, and he used his intelligence advantage to unleash Storm Release: Judgment at the last moment, after all these years, he finally defeated Izayoi once.

"Being able to take down one of my wood clones is already quite an achievement." Izayoi spoke the truth, even though his wood clone had also been holding back considerably.

"Am I strong enough to kill that man now?" Sasuke Uchiha asked expectantly, his ego swelling as always.

"It's hard."

Izayoi shook his head and decided to reveal Itachi Uchiha's strength to Sasuke Uchiha. He slowly said, "According to the intelligence collected and organized by the village, the Mangekyou Sharingan not only has stronger perception and copying abilities than the three-tomoe Sharingan, but its genjutsu has also undergone a qualitative leap, and it can even control tailed beasts and jinchūriki."

"Moreover, this is only the basic ability. The reason why the Mangekyou Sharingan is a legendary eye is because the person who awakens the Mangekyou Sharingan will have a special and powerful ability residing in both their left and right eyes."

"Once the Mangekyou Sharingan user becomes familiar with the power of the eye, they can activate a hidden third ability, which is also the power that the Asura of the Shinobi World, Uchiha Madara, could rival the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama—Susanoo."

"Susanoo?" Sasuke Uchiha raised an eyebrow.

Before he could voice his doubts, Izayoi smiled and said, "You know something about the showdown a few days ago, right?"

"Ok!"

Uchiha Sasuke nodded heavily. Not to mention him, now everyone, from ninjas to ordinary people, from the elderly to children with self-awareness, knows about the 'Battle of the Valley of the End' in the new era.

People from many countries travel great distances to the Land of Rain to see the devastated battlefield, just as countless people went to the Valley of the End to see the stone statues back then.

"The Susanoo of the Uchiha clan is also known as the divine power that will surely kill anyone who has seen it even once," Izayoi laughed. "The Susanoo corresponds to the wooden Buddha statue in the ultimate battle."

Upon hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha's pupils constricted, and he stammered in disbelief, "Are you... are you kidding me? The Mangekyou Sharingan can achieve that level?"

"Of course, the prerequisite is having enough eye power." Izayoi described it in the simplest way, "Wood Release uses Yang Release chakra as its life source. The more Yang Release chakra is consumed, the stronger the number and quality of the trees will be. As long as my chakra, as well as my mastery of nature transformation and form transformation meet the requirements, I can also create wooden Buddha statues of that level."

"Similarly, the Susanoo of the Mangekyou Sharingan is based on Yin Release chakra, which is materialized to form the shape of a giant. The more powerful your Yin Release chakra is, the larger the giant you can create."

"If your Yin Release chakra were unlimited, you could even conjure a giant larger than the wooden Buddha statue in the photo."

"Conversely, if the Yin Release chakra is not strong enough, it will be impossible to condense the entire body of the giant. At most, it can only condense the skeleton or half of the giant. Therefore, Susanoo is also divided into stages."

"Only the giant form of the whole body is the true Susanoo."

“I see…” Sasuke Uchiha understood immediately and said, “So this is why that guy longs for the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan? He wants to obtain eternal eye power, like his ancestor Madara Uchiha, so that he can use the true Susanoo that can rival the God of Shinobi.”

"Perhaps." Izayoi shrugged, deciding not to tell him the cruel truth for the time being.

"So, do I need to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan before I can seek revenge on that man?" Uchiha Sasuke asked unwillingly, his burgeoning ambition completely shattered by Izayoi's words.

“Not necessarily,” Izayoi said with a smile. “When Uchiha Itachi was seven years old, he had already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan. Unless he also had Hashirama cells transplanted into his body, his eye power diminishes with each use. Right now, he might not even be able to use half of his Susanoo.”

"The only things he should be wary of right now are the illusionary eyes of the Mangekyou Sharingan and the unique eye techniques of his left and right eyes."

"As long as you learn the Sage Techniques of Ryuchi Cave, or use the Super Hurricane Sphere to fuse the three nature transformations and develop the Dust Release Secret Technique, then you will have the strength to contend with it."

After saying that, Izayoi suggested, "If you want to be on the safe side, I suggest you master both methods before seeking revenge."

“Fine, teach me Dust Release.” Uchiha Sasuke said confidently.

"I'm busy lately. You should go with Orochimaru to Ryuchi Cave to learn Sage Mode first," Izayoi said, rolling her eyes.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Izayoi raised an eyebrow.

Noticing the change in his expression, Uchiha Sasuke couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"My wood clone just sent me a message. Something happened to Orochimaru. I'm going to check it out." Izayoi left these words and then disappeared without a trace.

Sasuke Uchiha's pupils contracted sharply, his expression one of astonishment. "Flying Thunder God Technique... Izayoi, that guy..."

The recent epic showdown has made the Rinnegan, Tenseigan, Wood Release, and Flying Thunder God Technique hot topics in the ninja world.

Sasuke Uchiha immediately recognized this sudden, unpredictable movement as a space-time ninjutsu.

However, he did not doubt that Izayoi was 'Otsutsuki Toneri'. After all, as Izayoi's close friend and 'adopted son', Uchiha Sasuke also knew that Izayoi had the privilege of freely viewing the Book of Seals.

He was shocked by Izayoi's ninjutsu talent.

Not only are the Five Elements Escape Technique and the secret technique that combines various nature transformations, but even the Flying Thunder God Technique, which only three people currently master, can be mastered so quickly?
What a talent that makes one feel hopeless!
……

An underground base in the Land of Fields.

In the laboratory, Orochimaru, who was studying the White Zetsu cells on his body with Kabuto, was now drenched in cold sweat.

He looked at the three people who appeared almost out of thin air in three different ways, or more precisely, at the red-haired boy standing in the center, and said with a hoarse voice, "I never thought that someone as insignificant as me would make the real leader of Akatsuki come all this way. I am truly honored."

"Orochimaru, you can't escape." White Zetsu teased with a playful smile. "The Six Paths of Pain have already set up the Four Red Yang Formation outside. Unless you have the Flying Thunder God Technique, you'd better surrender obediently."

Orochimaru fell silent, then looked at Nagato, who seemed only a few years older than he had been back then, and sighed slightly, "I never imagined that those three brats from back then would have grown to this extent." Orochimaru gave up on escaping. Unless Ryuchi Cave happened to use the Reverse Summoning Technique to summon him, he had no hope of escaping from Nagato, the god of ninja in the new era.

And if I'm not mistaken, that masked guy appeared using space-time ninjutsu.

The Akatsuki organization seems to be more complex than he imagined.

Just as Orochimaru was preparing to die, Nagato slowly spoke up: "Orochimaru-senpai, according to the Akatsuki's rules, the only way to deal with traitors is to kill them and take their rings. However, for Jiraiya-sensei's sake, I'm willing to spare your life if you hand over the Hashirama cells you have."

This is also why Nagato's main body came here.

If Pain (the Deva Path) were present, Nagato would kill him without mercy in order to preserve Yahiko's divine dignity, using the Human Path's soul-searching method and the Animal Path's summoning ability to seize Hashirama's cells from Orochimaru.

In Izayoi's past life, this would be called dissociative identity disorder.

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru was quite surprised, finding it hard to believe that such words would come from the mouth of the Akatsuki leader, who strictly required his members to wear uniforms and nail polish.

Orochimaru smiled warily and said, "So you've come for Hashirama's cells. That's easy. Just let my men leave first, and I'll give them to you."

Seeing Orochimaru's care for his subordinate, Nagato smiled and said without hesitation, "I know what you're worried about, Orochimaru-senpai. It's pointless. My Rinnegan has an ability called the Human Path, which allows me to extract other people's souls and read their minds. It also has an ability called the Animal Path, which allows me to turn a target into a puppet and then control the puppet to perform summoning jutsu."

"So even if you hide Hashirama's cells in the Spirit World, I can still kill you and obtain them from your corpse."

Upon hearing Nagato's words, Orochimaru broke out in a cold sweat once again.

As long as Kabuto Yakushi is alive, he is not afraid of death.

Even if he and Kabuto Yakushi both die, when Mitarashi Anko is on the verge of death, the Heavenly Curse Seal will be triggered, and she can be resurrected.

As long as no one knows the secret of Mitarashi Anko's Heavenly Curse Seal, she will not die.

But now, Orochimaru is truly afraid.

The Rinnegan can even devour souls and read minds through them.

Doesn't that mean that all his secrets will be exposed once Nagato extracts his soul?
As if sensing Orochimaru's thoughts, Black Zetsu said in a hoarse voice, "It seems that this legendary Sannin is hiding some unknown secrets."

"Leader, how about we try soul searching instead?" Bai Jue suggested with a smile.

Nagato smiled without changing his expression: "Orochimaru-senpai, what is your choice?"

"The choice, of course, is... to refuse."

An unfamiliar voice helped Orochimaru make his decision.

Under the watchful eyes of Nagato and the other two, a tree branch grew out from beside Orochimaru and quickly transformed into the likeness of Izayoi.

"You are……"

Nagato's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the black-haired boy in front of him.

White Zetsu revealed his identity first: "Izayoi, a Wood Release ninja from Konoha."

"Izayoi-kun!"

Upon seeing Izayoi suddenly appear, Orochimaru was unusually excited. Having previously been in a woman's body, he seemed to be experiencing the feeling of a hero rescuing a damsel in distress.

"Lord Orochimaru, it seems you're quite frightened," Izayoi teased.

"Hehe, I'm sorry to make you laugh, Izayoi-kun." Orochimaru laughed, "Aside from that Otsutsuki Toneri and you, I'm afraid anyone would be just like me in front of this new era's god of ninjas."

"I see. So you used Wood Release to pass through the Four Red Sun Formation?"

Nagato suddenly realized, then looked at Izayoi in front of him and praised her without reservation: "To possess such amazing chakra even as a mere wood clone, she truly deserves to be a master of orthodox wood release."

"It is an honor to receive praise from the savior," Izayoi replied with a smile, using words that conveyed a sense of yin and yang.

Nagato couldn't understand, and asked in confusion, "If I remember correctly, Orochimaru-senpai was an S-rank rogue ninja from Konoha. Why would you, the future Sixth Hokage, have connections with rogue ninjas? Could it be that his identity as a rogue ninja is fake?"

“Rogue ninjas aren’t exempt from being pardoned,” Izayoi smiled. “Lord Orochimaru is a genius scientist, one in a thousand years in the ninja world. You can’t let him be killed.”

"Izayoi-kun..."

Orochimaru didn't expect Izayoi to give him such a high evaluation.

Judging from his appearance, it seems that he intends to pardon his crimes after becoming the Sixth Hokage.

Nagato didn't look down on Izayoi, who was just a clone of the tree, but repeated his words: "As long as Orochimaru-senpai gives me Hashirama's cells, I will forgive his betrayal. This is my promise."

The promise of the strongest ninja in the world is no less significant than the promise made by Hashirama Senju back then.

In particular, Nagato's assurance, unlike the imposing Pain, was delivered in a gentle voice and was very persuasive.

Orochimaru made a decision: to use his last treasured possession to completely sever ties with the Akatsuki organization.

Just then, Izayoi suddenly spoke up: "It's just Hashirama cells, don't you have plenty of them right next to you?"

Izayoi's gaze shifted from Nagato to Obito Uchiha, who had been watching silently from the sidelines. His smile was playful: "Half of his body is made of Hashirama's cells. Extracting a few tubes from him would definitely boost your Wood Release by several levels. Right, Uchiha... Obito?"

Nagato: "?"

Black and White Absolute: "?!"

Obito Uchiha: "?!?!?!?!?!"

(End of this chapter)