Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 134 Victory, Izayoi's Sage Mode

"Izayoi-kun, Hinata, Shino-kun, thank you."

More than two hours later, outside a damaged steel behemoth, Temari bowed to Class 8 and expressed her gratitude.

Looking at the ape-man and werewolf sealed away by the Sand Ninja, Izayoi asked knowingly, "Is this enough?"

“Yes, as long as we capture these two people, we will have a way to get the location of that army’s headquarters from them.” Temari nodded confidently. “These armored men are not ninjas. Although these two officers can turn into monsters and use ninjutsu-like powers, they are ultimately just ordinary people and are no match for our Sunagakure.”

"Since we don't need any more help, let's go back and report to the Hokage," Izayoi said.

"Izayoi-kun, please come back with us so that Sunagakure can show us some hospitality," Temari extended a sincere invitation.

"No, let's talk about it another time." Izayoi shook his head and refused, giving a reason: "The Chunin Exams for the first half of the year in Konoha are about to begin, and Shino has to take the exam."

Seeing Izayoi's resolute attitude, Temari could only nod and smile, "Alright then, if Izayoi-kun wishes to visit Sunagakure in the future, you can have the gatekeeper contact me."

"Definitely. I'm off now, Ghana~~"

Izayoi smiled and made a sword-finger gesture, then instantly disappeared with Hinata and Shino Aburame.

……

Meanwhile, the battle on the other side had also ended.

The already damaged steel behemoth was blown to pieces by the blast.

On the yellow sand, there were wrecks everywhere.

There were giant steel ships, Sasori's puppet army, and Izayoi's human puppets.

"You two are useless! Why didn't you summon your BOSS just now?"

Of the dozen or so human puppets whose bodies were covered in black rods and who could draw chakra from their original bodies at any time, only five remain.

One of them, a dark-skinned, muscular puppet clearly made from the corpses of Cloud Ninja, sat on a puppet and mocked Sasori and Deidara, whose limbs were impaled with black rods and who were unable to move or mobilize their chakra.

"Hmph, a loss is a loss. My skills are inferior." Sasori's true form said arrogantly, "My art is not as good as yours. Do whatever you want with me."

Deidara, standing nearby, shouted defiantly, "Hey, Toneri, if you're so capable, pull out those black rods from my body! I also have a self-destruct technique, which is the ultimate art even more magnificent than C4 Garuda. Even your Lightning Release has no weaknesses, and it's definitely no worse than your Meteor Shower."

"Aren't you afraid of dying?" the puppet asked curiously.

"Hey, Toneri, who do you think you are?!" Deidara shouted as if he had been offended, then said with a fanatical expression, "After I die, I will become art. That unprecedented explosion will leave a mark that will not disappear for a long time, even in this desert. And my art will be praised by everyone. Including you, Toneri. Your original body will also remember me forever... um!"

Finally, Deidara closed his eyes and nodded with a look of fascination.

"No need to look, I'll never forget you," the puppet said softly.

“Yes, it’s hard to forget such an idiot.” Sasori of the Red Sand nodded in agreement.

"If you don't believe me, let me go. I'll show you the ultimate beauty of a fleeting moment." Deidara struggled desperately, but to no avail.

The puppet stood up and said, "I had a lot of fun today. Now you can try to pull out the black rods from your bodies yourselves."

"You're not going to kill us?" Sasori and Deidara were slightly taken aback.

"If you had summoned your BOSS just now, you would be dead by now," the puppet laughed. "However, I admire your character. Consider this a sparring session, and also thank you for last year's gift."

Thank you for the entries.

The puppet that completed its mission vanished without warning.

Looking at the spot where the puppet had disappeared, Deidara exclaimed excitedly, "That was awesome! Toneri, you truly are an artist I admire!"

"We've escaped with our lives, but the next time might be different." Sasori of the Red Sand said calmly, "The Gedo Mazo is in the leader's hands, and the two will have a final battle sooner or later. If we can't even defeat his puppets, when the final battle comes, even if he doesn't kill us, we will most likely die in the aftermath."

"Just thinking about that kind of stage is exciting," Deidara said with anticipation. "When that time comes, I'll definitely self-destruct beforehand and let the two strongest ninjas in the world witness my ultimate art."

Sasori of the Red Sand was instantly covered in black lines.

……

The events in the Land of Wind began inexplicably.

It ended inexplicably due to the intervention of the two strongest ninjas in the world.

When the Sand Village's interrogation department obtained the location of their headquarters from Rank, who could transform into an ape, and Kaze, who could transform into a werewolf, and led their large army to the Land of Rivers.

The mobile fortress embedded in the mountains has been taken away by Nagato.

The Sand Village assumed the enemy had received advance notice and shifted their camp, and continued their search.

Even after the Chunin Exams in Konoha ended in the first half of the year, Sunagakure still had no results from their search.

However, seeing that the enemy had stopped attacking the Land of Wind, Sunagakure reluctantly withdrew its troops and put the matter behind it.

The seventh group, whose client was robbed, was not punished after returning to the village.

After all, the person who stole the client was Otsutsuki Toneri, a visitor from the moon.

The leader of that mobile fortress also sent Nagato personally.

It's easy to guess that after the two owners of the Eye of the Immortal couldn't determine a winner in terms of physical strength, they began to engage in a secret game of strategy.

Even Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake have the privilege of being allowed to abandon a mission without penalty if they encounter each other during the mission period.

Not to mention Nagato and Otsutsuki Toneri, two exceptionally powerful fighters.

Tsunade was already very grateful that Team 7 was able to return in full force, so she would never blame them.

And the facts were just as Tsunade had imagined.

After Sunagakure withdrew its troops, Izayoi and Nagato continued their power struggle in the territories of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers.

The mobile fortress was acquired by Nagato, and the remaining Grell Stones of Hyde have been looted by Nagato.

Timothy, the key, was also imprisoned in Amegakure.

Nagato didn't know what kind of key Timothy was. He only knew from Hyde's soul memories that Timothy was a descendant of that empire and could perfectly fuse with the power of the Grell Stone without turning into a monster.

Izayoi, who obtained the old man and the ferret, knew that Timothy's blood could activate a summoning array for a spatial rift, summoning the spatial rift and drawing the Grell Stone vein, which had destroyed half the continent, into the void.

This was a contingency plan left behind by that empire, and it was incredibly absurd.

The game between Izayoi and Nagato is also very simple.

That is... to endure!

Izayoi has already located the Grell Stone mine from the old man's memories.

Before its demise, that empire had used its special methods to seal the mineral veins underground in the mountains of the River Country.

This empire, capable of inscribing a summoning array that can summon the spacetime rift, possesses extremely advanced sealing techniques. Even with Izayoi's Tenseigan's far-sightedness and X-ray vision, she cannot see those ores, and Kagura's Mind's Eye cannot perceive that energy.

Clearly, even Black and White's mayfly technique couldn't find that mineral vein.

After all, the Land of Rain is right next to the Land of Rivers. If they could sense it, Black and White Absolute would have discovered the terrifying energy that, once unleashed, could destroy half the continent long ago.

However, just in case, Izayoi still dispatched several wooden clones to take turns monitoring the location of the Grell Stone vein. Meanwhile, Nagato also had Black and White Zetsu send out numerous White Zetsu clones to search the lands of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers for veins similar to the Grell Stone.

After all, the characteristics of the Grell Stone are too obvious: a stone containing natural energy and life force, shimmering with a blue light.

If such a mineral vein existed underground, it would definitely be a bluish-green color.

Able to blend seamlessly with the earth and vegetation, and moving at high speeds by utilizing plant roots and underground water flow, these White Zetsu clones can definitely search the underground mineral veins of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers in a very fast manner.

At the same time, Nagato also created a large number of wood clones, using wood transformation to disguise themselves as ordinary people and scattering them in various places in the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers, using their powerful senses to lock onto those powerful chakra.

If there is any change in these chakras, or if he senses the presence of Toneri Otsutsuki's chakra, or any powerful chakra, he will act immediately.

However, a month passed, and Neither Black Zetsu nor Nagato had made any progress.

"Did I guess wrong?"

Having received the coded scroll from Zetsu and Kaguya, and learning that they had searched the underground of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers several times without finding Nagato's Grell Stone mine, he couldn't help but think to himself, "Or is the Grell Stone mine hidden by a seal and barrier, so that even my and Zetsu's senses can't detect it? Is that Otsutsuki Toneri also waiting?"

Unwilling to accept defeat, Nagato issued orders to the Black and White Zetsu via a secret scroll, instructing them to leave behind a portion of the White Zetsu clones to work with the Wood clones to monitor the chakra of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers.

If any unfamiliar chakra enters, immediately send a White Zetsu clone to monitor it.

He was prepared to continue his stalemate with Otsutsuki Toneri.

Little did he know that his order was precisely what gave Izayoi an opportunity to take advantage of.

When the wood clone responsible for monitoring the Grell Stone mine occasionally took Ranmaru to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to send wood chakra underground and sense the area from a great distance, they discovered that the white Zetsu clones were gradually no longer passing by.

Izayoi immediately confirmed that neither Black Zetsu nor Nagato knew the location of the Grell Stone vein.

Moreover, they seem to have given up on the idea of ​​searching for underground mineral veins.

However, to avoid being misled, Izayoi did not act immediately, but instead probed further.

He first placed the spirit orb into the body of an ordinary person, letting them wander around that area for a few days. Then, his wooden clone took Ranmaru there to secretly monitor the surface and underground.

After confirming that no White Zetsu clones were lurking around, the Wood clone left Ranmaru behind and had the ordinary person carry Ranmaru into the underground ruins where the Grell Stone mine was located.

Such underground ruins are not uncommon in the ninja world; many tombs are constructed in this way.

In the mountainous region of the land of rivers, there are also numerous naturally formed caves and volcanic caves.

This underground ruin is just a facade.

The real mineral veins are hidden even deeper.

Ranmaru used his red-eye ability to create a mirage that appeared unchanged, then activated a mechanism and, together with the ordinary person carrying him, entered a deeper underground chamber.

There are numerous ancient inscriptions and spells carved there, recounting the power and dangers of the Grell Stone, as well as the rise and fall of empires.

In the center of the secret chamber, there is a magic array, which is the psychic array of the Time-Space Cave that can only be activated with Timsi's blood.

Ranmaru first left the incantation for the Flying Thunder God Technique in the secret room, and then began to set up a barrier to block perception.

Finally, he removed a floorboard according to the method the old man remembered.

Below is land, and within that land lies the vein of Grell's Stone.

Ranmaru's red eyes and the Tenseigan of the wood clone still couldn't see the stones and energy under the ground, indicating that the effect of the technique was still in effect, but he could still dig out the stones underneath.

Ranmaru then used Earth Release ninjutsu to liquefy that part of the land.

Then this part of the land, and the part of Grell's Stone below it, vanished into thin air in an instant.

Ninja Art: Heavenly Delivery Technique!
After sending away some of the Grell Stones, Ranmaru immediately closed the floorboards, and a green light flashed through the gap.

Immediately afterward, Ranmaru, along with the ordinary person, disappeared using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Won!"

In the underground base of the traditional building, Izayoi looked at the Grell Stone that had appeared out of thin air in front of him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, revealing a smug smile.

This is the problem of information asymmetry!

Nagato clearly could not have imagined that Izayoi's Tenseigan possessed a Spirit Orb that was similar to, yet completely different from, the Human Path abilities of others. It could not only read other people's thoughts, but also control their will and actions.

And Ranmaru's trump card is that unless the Tenseigan and Rinnegan are present, even the Byakugan and Kagura's Mind's Eye cannot detect it at all.

In terms of configuration and trump cards, Nagato, the transplanter of the Sage's Eye, is ultimately no match for him, the self-evolved overpowered being.

Even in this scenario, where Izayoi has no advantage, he can still win.

"Is this the Grell Stone?"

Izayoi picked up a blue stone about the size of a billiard ball. If it was a ball of light and round, it would look a lot like the spirit ball of the Tenseigan.

No one expected that this stone would contain such powerful natural energy and life force.

If you don't know how to collect it, the energy inside this stone could turn you into a monster, a mindless beast.

But if you know how to collect it and utilize it, the energy within this stone can grant others immense power, create wells that never run dry, livestock that grow overnight, and even prevent aging, among other things...

"Let me see just how amazing this natural energy is, one that even the Tenseigan and Kagura's Mind's Eye cannot perceive." Izayoi muttered to himself with interest, but did not rashly use the Tenseigan and Wood Release chakra to absorb it.

His right arm twitched and extended a branch, quickly transforming into a wooden clone.

The wooden clone did not take the Grell Stone from Izayoi's hand, but instead picked up a larger, basketball-sized blue stone from the ground.

Immediately, he used the Tenseigan's chakra absorption.

Green chakra surged forth, enveloping the blue stone, radiating a dazzling light like a giant sphere of light.

But soon, the green chakra returned to the wood clone's body.

The blue stone also turned into a transparent crystal.

The blue light energy inside had completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, Izayoi's wooden clone suddenly became ferocious, its mouth wide open, revealing sharp fangs, and its face and skin showed faint signs of becoming beast-like.

However, in less than two seconds, all these features disappeared.

Upon closer inspection, red eyeshadow appeared in the eyes of the wooden clone.

If the Tenseigan is closed, even the pupils change from blue to gold.

With the Tenseigan, or more precisely, the absorption of chakra and the creation of Yin-Yang Release, along with the assistance of Wood Release, the Wood Clone instantly conquered the natural energy, merging it with chakra to form Sage Chakra, instantly activating Sage Mode.

"Is this Sage Chakra?"

Receiving the information transmitted back in real time, Izayoi reached out and placed her hand on the shoulder of the wood clone, absorbing the Sage Chakra, and red eyeshadow immediately appeared at the corner of her eyes.

Feeling the changes within his body, Izayoi smirked slightly and said, "Heh... nothing special, not difficult at all."

(End of this chapter)