Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 133 Izayoi and Nagato's Harvest: You Drink the Soup, I Eat the Meat
"Why does that brat also have such power?"

Inside a room in the mobile fortress, Hyde looked out the window at Sasuke Uchiha, who was performing Sage Art: Storm Release: White Dragon. He was shocked, but his eyes were also filled with joy. He murmured, "Could he also be a descendant of that lineage? Does he also have the Grell Stone?"

Just as Hyde was about to continue observing to see if there was a chance to capture Uchiha Sasuke, he suddenly heard a figure in his ear.

"Wood Release: The Technique of Silent Killing and Binding!"

Wooden vines grew from the ground, binding Hyde like ropes, making him look like a dumpling.

"who is it?!"

Hyde's expression changed drastically, and he turned to look.

When he realized it was a red-haired boy, he was already unable to move.

Without the slightest hesitation, Hyde immediately activated the Grell Stone implanted in his right hand, absorbing its power. His hair instantly turned from brown to white, his eyes turned red with red sclera and black vertical pupils, and his skin changed from human skin tone to the color of steel.

Click...

The branches on his body cracked crisply as Hyde broke free effortlessly. Then, four fleshy pillars grew from his back, rapidly expanding like a secret technique of the Akimichi clan, and crashed into Nagato.

"What incredible power! Is it because of that stone?" Nagato stared at the stone shimmering with blue light on Hyde's hand, and whispered as he raised his hand, "Shinra Tensei!"

boom--

A huge explosion rang out, and an invisible repulsive storm destroyed the room.

The four fleshy pillars that had struck were bounced back, and Hyde's body even smashed through the wall and flew out of the mobile fortress.

"Lord Hyde!"

The explosion drew attention from below.

Looking up at Hyde in the sky, Timothy shouted in astonishment.

At that moment, a figure flew out from the thick fog of the mobile fortress.

Upon seeing this figure, it was Kakashi Hatake's turn to be shocked.

"Naruto, run!"

Kakashi Hatake shouted loudly, and at the same time formed hand seals, creating two shadow clones.

"Fire Release: Dust Hidden Technique!"

Kakashi Hatake exhaled a large amount of dust, obstructing Kisame Hoshigaki's vision.

A moment later, several figures burst out of the dust; it was Kakashi Hatake and his shadow clones who had grabbed Naruto Uzumaki and Timothy.

Another shadow clone was sent to protect Sakura Haruno, who had secretly left the mobile fortress with Puck and was heading back to the caravan.

"Let me go, I need to help Lord Hyde."

Timothy drew his knight's sword, unleashed the power of the Grell Stone, shattered Kakashi Hatake's shadow clone, and then charged toward Hyde.

"Timsi!"

Naruto shouted loudly, instinctively trying to break free from Kakashi Hatake's restraints and rush over to help.

"Idiot, are you trying to kill everyone?"

Kakashi Hatake, unusually loud, reprimanded, "That's the leader of Akatsuki up there. Their goal is to capture the Tailed Beast, which is the monster inside you. That boy isn't your friend; he was even your enemy before. He doesn't want to leave either. Going over there like that is suicide, and it will implicate us, and even the village!"

When Kakashi Hatake saw Naruto Uzumaki unleash such a powerful attack for the first time, he was stunned.

Kakashi Hatake even opened the first gate of the Eight Inner Gates, increasing his speed to the maximum. He brought Naruto Uzumaki to Sasuke Uchiha, who was stunned by Itachi Uchiha's Susanoo, and whispered, "Sasuke, do you have enough chakra? Use the maximum range of Wood Release to cover our escape."

"……I see."

Sasuke Uchiha glanced at Itachi Uchiha with a resentful expression, then formed hand seals and shouted, "Wood Release: Advent of the Sea of ​​Trees!"

Rumble…

The waterlogged ground trembled, and a large number of tree branches broke through the soil, quickly growing branches and leaves, turning into ordinary trees that spread out in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, a forest appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Submerged by the waves of trees, Itachi Uchiha deactivated his second form of Susanoo, and his Mangekyou Sharingan regressed to the three-tomoe Sharingan.

Standing atop a large tree, he gazed at Nagato in the sky, then at Class 7, which was rapidly disappearing into the distance, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Not to mention Kakashi Hatake, he was also startled by Nagato's sudden appearance.

He almost lost his composure, thinking Nagato had come to capture the Nine-Tails.

Fortunately, the enemy's target was the leader of the mobile fortress.

Kisame Hoshigaki instantly appeared next to Itachi Uchiha and teased, "Itachi-san, they got away. Should we chase after them?"

"The Nine-Tails is not the target of this mission. Let's await the leader's orders," Itachi Uchiha said expressionlessly.

Kisame Hoshigaki simply smiled meaningfully, then gazed in the direction of Team 7, where the chakra aura had vanished, and exclaimed in slight amazement, "I didn't expect that in just half a year, Itachi-san, your brother's strength has improved to the point where he can force you to reveal your trump cards. If this continues, once he truly obtains the same eyes as you, will he escape your control, Itachi-san?"

"It's alright, everything is going according to plan," Itachi Uchiha said calmly, though his eyelids were trembling slightly.

The continuous use of Tsukuyomi and Susanoo clearly took a toll on him.

Fortunately, he has tried his best to avoid taking action over the years.

All the battles were handled by Kisame Hoshigaki; I only played a supporting role, and my eye power wasn't used up much.

However, his physical condition was getting worse and worse.

The amount of chakra is decreasing every year.

If things continue like this, he can only hold on for another three to five years at most.

Itachi Uchiha was initially worried that he might not be able to hold out until Sasuke Uchiha grew up.

Now it seems there's absolutely nothing to worry about.

Given Uchiha Sasuke's current strength, he might be able to kill him in another year or two.

Even if he only had the three-tomoe Sharingan at that time, he would still awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan if Sasuke Uchiha killed him with his own hands.

However, to avoid the truth being exposed, which could lead Sasuke down a path of ruin, and because Sasuke needed someone to help him obtain eternal eye power, Itachi felt he had to keep a backup plan.

It seems like it's time to find an opportunity to meet the future Sixth Generation.

Uchiha Itachi thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Nagato in the sky had also ended his battle.

"All things are attracted by heaven!"

Flying out of the long gate of the mobile fortress, he raised his hand and released a strange gravitational force, like an invisible palm, which grabbed Hyde, who was flying backward, and pulled him back. At the same time, he raised his other hand and extended several wooden vines, which bound Hyde again.

Before Hyde could break free, Nagato increased his chakra output and whispered, "Sealing Technique: Limb Re-Sealing!"

The vines emitted blue chakra flames, and tadpole-shaped black runes crawled out from the chakra flames, quickly spreading throughout Hyde's entire body.

Hyde instantly lost control of his body, even his ability to speak was taken away. Nagato did not land with Hyde, but instead created a wooden clone in the sky. The wooden clone then reached out and placed its hand on Hyde, using the Preta Path to absorb the energy from his body.

The energy of the Grell Stone was drained, and Hyde instantly transformed back to his original form from his monstrous form.

"This energy is..."

The wooden clone that absorbed the energy from Hyde's body suddenly widened its eyes, and its body began to monstrous at a visible speed.

But soon, the monster transformation was automatically canceled.

When you take it out, you see red eyeshadow appearing at the corner of your eye.

"So it's natural energy!"

Nagato suddenly realized something, processing the information transmitted in real time by his wood clone, and murmured, "No, this isn't ordinary natural energy. It also contains Yang Release power similar to Wood Release, or more accurately, life force. Is it because of this stone?"

Staring at the stone on the back of Hyde's right hand, Nagato muttered to himself, "Is this the Grell Stone? Let me see what this stone really is."

Nagato raised his hand and placed it on Hyde's head, who was unable to speak. Ignoring Hyde's pleading eyes, Nagato directly used the power of the Human Path to extract and absorb Hyde's soul.

A massive amount of information immediately flooded Nagato's mind.

After layers of screening, the information about the Grell Stone was quickly extracted.

After processing this information, Nagato exclaimed in surprise, "The Grell Stone can create wells that never run dry, livestock that grow overnight, crops that bear fruit continuously, and research on preventing aging and combining them with ecology... In the past, the ninja world actually had an empire built with this kind of stone? How come there isn't a single document left behind?"

"No...it's not that no one stayed, but rather that fewer and fewer people know about it, and they've all moved overseas."

Nagato found a photograph on Hyde's body, looked at the old man and the ferret in the picture, and said softly, "The answer may lie in him."

"Release Lord Hyde!"

Just then, a shout came from below.

Nagato looked down and saw a green slash shooting into the sky, flying towards him.

Before Nagato could make a move, the wooden clone that had instantly activated Sage Mode flew down.

Without using the power of the Rinnegan, the wood clone simply threw a punch.

The fist collided with the slash, and the latter was shattered by the punch, turning into a roaring green shockwave.

"Is this Sage Chakra?"

Looking at the unscathed fist, the Wood Clone exclaimed in amazement, "Natural energy and Wood Release are a perfect match! Moreover, the life force within it can actually enhance the power of Yang Release. If I had more stones, perhaps I wouldn't even need Hashirama cells to make my Wood Release stronger."

Thinking of this, the wooden clone looked down at Timothy, its gaze becoming intense.

This boy was one of the descendants of that empire, as was the old man with the ferret.

Moreover, the former seems to be some kind of key, while the latter may reveal the location of the Grell Stone mine left behind by that empire.

Obtaining these two people is equivalent to obtaining the Grell Stone vein.

Nagato's wood clone flew down and easily subdued and sealed Timsi with his Wood Release.

Nagato, on the other hand, formed an unfinished hand seal with one hand, closed his eyes, and used all his senses to locate Team 7.

The next second, Nagato seemed to sense something, and his expression changed drastically.

He opened his eyes, his face grim, and said, "The Reincarnation Eye, what disgusting eyes."

Just now, Nagato sensed a familiar chakra, which was none other than 'Otsutsuki Toneri's' chakra.

The opponent's position is in the direction of Class 7.

But very quickly, the opponent's chakra, along with the large and small energy fluctuations nearby, disappeared without warning.

Based on the ambiguous features perceived, the two energy fluctuations, one large and one small, are the old man and the ferret in the photo.

Clearly, the other side also took action personally.

He had his eye on this guy named Hyde, while Otsutsuki Toneri had his eye on the old man.

At that moment, Nagato suddenly felt fortunate that he had acted personally.

Otherwise, we probably won't gain anything this time.

“The Grell Stone veins are very likely hidden underground in the Land of Rivers and the Land of Wind,” Nagato thought to himself. “It is now certain that Otsutsuki Toneri’s Tenseigan has an enhanced version of the Byakugan, but he cannot see Zetsu, who is integrated with the earth and vegetation. Just like my Rinnegan, he cannot see the existence of natural energy.”

“I can have Zetsu’s clone search for veins similar to this stone underground in the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers, and I can also send my Wood clone to sense the surroundings. Even if he finds the vein of the Grell Stone, his chakra will reveal his location.”

"Furthermore, he doesn't have Wood Release, so his compatibility with the Grell Stone isn't high. He can't easily absorb the energy from the stone and fuse it with his chakra into Sage Chakra like I can with the Rinnegan's Preta Path and Wood Release. The life force probably won't improve him much either; at worst, it will only allow him to master Sage Mode."

"Unless the Grell Stone vein is not in the Land of Rivers or the Land of Wind, he cannot monopolize this vein."

Thinking about all this, Nagato felt a little more at ease.

Then he turned and flew back to the mobile fortress to loot Hyde's last remaining supplies.

He needs to prepare for the worst.

Even if he can't improve his Wood Release if he can't obtain the Grell Stone vein, he will still use this last stone to be able to autonomously sense natural energy.

Once he can perceive natural energy on his own, he will no longer need to rely on the Grell Stone to enter Sage Mode.

The Land of Water's Izayoi Ki clone, who came to borrow some chakra from the Six-Tails Jinchuriki to alter his chakra aura, has already obtained the information he wanted from the old man using a spirit orb.

"A vast empire, the Grell Stone mine, containing the power to easily destroy half a continent... I seem to have a vague recollection of that." Izayoi thought to himself, his face full of black lines. "Although I still can't remember, I'm certain that this is something from the movie."

As for why Izayoi is so certain?
Because apart from the Ten-Tails, only theatrical versions contain things that can destroy the ninja world at will.

The Grell Stone mine, capable of easily destroying half a continent, is one such example.

One of them is a dragon vein that could destroy the entire earth if not handled carefully.

One of them is a demon sealed away by the priestess of the Land of Demons, possessing the potential to destroy the world.

The Tenseigan and the Chakra Cannon are also products of the theatrical version.

As the owner of the Tenseigan, Izayoi knows all too well what the movie version is like.

Izayoi finally realized why she had no memory of it at all.

Because of his previous life, he only watched a few of the more popular theatrical films.

Even if Izayoi has forgotten the original storyline of the TV anime, she will still have some impression of it.

However, Izayoi had absolutely no recollection of this Grell Stone.

"Instantly activated immortal mode. It seems I guessed correctly; these stones contain natural energy."

Recalling the scene of Nagato's wood clone instantly activating Sage Mode, Izayoi's lips curled up slightly as he thought to himself, "Wood Release, it really is a cheat code for mastering Sage Mode."

"In this way, I won't have to deal with the three holy lands anymore, and I can train in Sage Mode on my own, just like Hashirama Senju."

(End of this chapter)