Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 154 Overnight, Hair Turned White, Head Swelled Up
Just as the effects of the final battle were still spreading and the ninja world was in complete chaos.

As one of the protagonists of the final battle, Izayoi, now recognized as the strongest among the five great ninja villages, has undergone a strange change in his body.

The day after upgrading the Otsutsuki bloodline to a colored attribute, Izayoi woke up in a villa in Sakura Town, preparing to wash up before going to complete the secret mission of the Jonin Exams.

When he looked at himself in the mirror, he was slightly taken aback.

In the mirror, Izayoi's black hair, which used to cover her ears and forehead, had turned white.

My hair was black before I went to sleep, without a single white strand.

As a result, he woke up one night with his hair turned white overnight.

However, Izayoi was not surprised. Instead, she slightly raised the corners of her mouth and murmured to herself, "Just as I thought... the color-level Otsutsuki bloodline is modifying my genes, turning my bloodline from mixed blood to pure blood."

When he was three years old, Izayoi copied Otsutsuki Toneri's Otsutsuki bloodline (red), and after several acts of defying fate, he also awakened the bloodline limit Byakugan. This gave him a question.

Since he awakened the Byakugan, why didn't his hair turn into the white hair of the Otsutsuki clan, but instead remained black?
The answer has now been found: because... the genes are incomplete.

Otsutsuki Toneri was born without the Byakugan because of incomplete genes.

It didn't revert to its ancestral form enough, so it doesn't have horns.

But he has white hair.

Izayoi copied his red entry, and because he had eyes, it was his eyes that changed, not his hair color.

The Otsutsuki bloodline (color) is currently modifying and completing Izayoi's genes, turning his body from a hybrid to a pureblood.

Therefore, Izayoi also possesses a characteristic of a pure-blooded Otsutsuki.

"White hair, white eyes, horns... I already have white eyes and white hair, but what about horns?"

Izayoi used her five fingers to push her hair up like a comb, and her fingertips quickly touched two protruding points.

Lifting her bangs, Izayoi leaned close to the mirror and stared at her forehead.

Two small bumps appeared on his head, just above his hairline, as if he had been bitten by mosquitoes, and they were in very symmetrical positions.

Despite having two small bumps on her head, Izayoi didn't feel any soreness or itching.

However, his eyes could see the future; sooner or later, these two little bags would break open like cocoons and grow horns of unknown shape.

And this day shouldn't be too far off.

"Once the horns grow out, I'll have the three main characteristics of the Otsutsuki clan, and my bloodline will be that of a pure-blooded Otsutsuki." Izayoi gently touched the small bump on his head, staring at his eyes in the mirror, and murmured to himself, "What kind of abilities will my body or eyes develop then? Ultimate eye techniques, divine techniques, or bloodline limits and Karma?"

Izayoi was very much looking forward to the changes to come.

These three characteristics are just the beginning.

The pure-blooded Otsutsuki clan possesses the greatest power—the ability to traverse the universe, a power akin to that of gods.

Ultimate eye techniques, bloodline limits, divine techniques... each of these abilities is a devastating blow to the ninja world; only the Otsutsuki can fight against them.

Izayoi was very curious: was his pure bloodline like that of Hagoromo and Hamura, or Kaguya, or perhaps the pure bloodline of an alien Otsutsuki clan?

This purity level indicates the difference in the abilities that will be awakened in the future.

If it were Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, then Izayoi would awaken the ultimate eye technique.

If it's Kaguya Otsutsuki, then it's likely either a Karma or a Kekkei Genkai.

If they are from the Otsutsuki clan, an alien race, then they possess infinite possibilities.

"The chakra of the ninja world all comes from the Divine Tree, which is equivalent to having eaten the chakra fruit. Now that the bloodline has become pure Otsutsuki, it is possible that he will awaken any ability." Izayoi continued to analyze in his mind.

However, the horns haven't grown yet, so it will probably take a long time before they can defy fate to that extent.

Moreover, since her body wouldn't enter its true growth period until next year, Izayoi could only suppress her expectations. After a quick wash, she used the Wood Transformation Technique to change her hair color back to its original state, went out for breakfast, and then teleported off to carry out her mission.

In order to observe the changes in his body, Izayoi spent five days completing this Jonin exam task.

During this time, the ninja world continued to discuss this final battle.

Small countries tend to stay out of things that don't concern them, preferring to watch the show from the sidelines.

The Five Kage convened another meeting in the Land of Iron, with the topic being how to deal with Madara Uchiha and Nagato, as well as Amegakure, which had been rebuilt using Wood Release.

This time, Tsunade's personal bodyguards are no longer Izayoi and Kakashi Hatake, but Hinata and Karin.

Both women had the Flying Thunder God Technique seal left by Izayoi that would never disappear.

If something goes wrong at the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade and the other two women all believe that Izayoi will arrive as quickly as possible.

……

"Lord Madara, the Five Great Shinobi Villages are holding the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. They might be discussing how to deal with you."

Black and White Zetsu immediately reported to Uchiha Madara.

Madara Uchiha became interested and asked, "Is that brat named Izayoi here too?"

“He’s not here.” Black Zetsu said with a strange expression. “As far as I know, he’s on a classified mission for the Jonin Exams.”

"what?"

Madara Uchiha was slightly taken aback, and asked with a somewhat surprised expression, "At a time like this, he's carrying out a mission to advance to Jonin?"

"If the information gathered by White Zetsu's clone is correct, then that is indeed the case," White Zetsu said.

"interesting……"

Madara Uchiha became even more interested and chuckled, "Is this kid just putting on an act, or is he actually confident?"

"Lord Madara, do you think he might have joined forces with Toneri Otsutsuki?" Black Zetsu asked with some concern.

He never doubted Madara Uchiha's strength. This reincarnation of Indra's chakra had now surpassed Indra himself and even surpassed Hashirama Senju, who was even more outstanding than Ashura.

His current strength is only lacking the Six Paths Sage Mode, Truth-Seeking Balls, and the even more powerful Yin-Yang Release, compared to the Six Paths Sage who is not the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Madara Uchiha will be able to obtain these things immediately once he becomes the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, and he will also unlock the Ten-Tails' inherent Kekkei Genkai.

However, at present, Madara Uchiha's strength has only just reached the threshold of the Six Paths level.

The only thing that makes it stronger than Hashirama Senju is the shadow of Limbo: Border Jail, which is undetectable and unseen by anyone other than a Six Paths level expert.

If Hashirama Senju could see the shadow of Limbo, Madara Uchiha's advantage would be greatly reduced.

Furthermore, Madara Uchiha lacks the Edo Tensei state and the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki's unlimited chakra. If his opponent is a combination of a Tenseigan user who has also evolved independently and a legitimate Wood Release user, he might not be able to gain any advantage.

"It doesn't matter. Even if they join forces, our only opponent is Otsutsuki Toneri," Madara Uchiha suddenly analyzed calmly. "If the Tenseigan can't see Limbo, then these two brats are nothing. Therefore, we must find the space passage connecting to the moon as soon as possible. That Tenseigan brat didn't appear that day, most likely because his Tenseigan hasn't completed its final evolution and hasn't developed its own unique eye technique yet."

"Lord Madara, Otsutsuki Toneri can read lips, he may have overheard our conversation," Black Zetsu quickly warned.

"Heh... whatever." Uchiha Madara said arrogantly, not caring at all. "If the Tenseigan is really on the same level as the Rinnegan, then its evolution should be similar to my Rinnegan. It must have the three-tomoe Sharingan, then evolve into the Mangekyou Sharingan and the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and finally awaken the Rinnegan by unifying the two."

“At his age, he’s at most at the stage of ‘Mangekyou Sharingan’ or ‘Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan’. The final stage is the test of crossing dimensions.” Black Zetsu didn’t speak, but his worry was no less.

As Kaguya Otsutsuki's third son, only family members know their own affairs.

The reason why Indra and Ashura need to be united in order to awaken the Rinnegan is because their bloodline is impure; they are the offspring of Hagoromo Otsutsuki and a 'mortal'.

Madara Uchiha only awakened the Rinnegan when he was almost dead because he only obtained a small piece of Hashirama Senju's flesh and blood, and only a small portion of Ashura's chakra. He fused it with Indra's chakra, which is why it took him decades to generate the power of all things in the universe.

Otsutsuki Toneri was a member of the Otsutsuki clan. His bloodline had not been diluted, and he was able to awaken the Tenseigan, indicating that his bloodline had reverted to an extremely high degree.

The way and speed at which Otsutsuki Toneri awakened his Tenseigan were definitely far superior to those of the Rinnegan.

Otsutsuki Toneri appears to be only eighteen or nineteen years old. He mastered gravity and repulsion when he appeared at the beginning of the year, and after evolving, he mastered the unique Six Paths Techniques and Yin-Yang Release.

There should only be one final step left before we can generate the power of all things in the universe.

This means that the evolution of these eyes has reached 99%, and they could take that step at any time.

At that time, the only difference between Otsutsuki Toneri and Uchiha Madara will be their mastery of the ultimate eye technique.

Thinking of this, Black Zetsu's heart sank.

We can't delay any longer...

We must find a space passage to the moon as soon as possible; we absolutely cannot allow Toneri Otsutsuki to complete his final evolution.

Black Zetsu immediately possessed Madara Uchiha and used Yin-Yang Release: Spirit Possession to communicate: "Lord Madara, the Moon Passage is very likely the power of the Tenseigan, and the seal might also be a power of that level. If the Tenseigan is an ultimate eye technique on par with the Rinnegan, perhaps only Lord Madara's eye power can see the chakra of that seal."

Upon hearing this, Madara Uchiha's eyes lit up and he said, "That makes sense. Then I'll create some wood clones to assist you and the White Zetsu army in finding that spatial passage. If we can't find it, we'll use an extreme method: absorb enough tailed beast chakra and use the Complete Body Susanoo to fly to the moon."

"Let me try first, Lord Madara." Black Zetsu didn't try to dissuade him this time, which showed how determined he was to get rid of Otsutsuki Toneri.

After making his decision, Black Zetsu changed the subject, saying, "Lord Madara, why don't you go and say hello to the Five Kage of this era?"

"No interest. I don't want to play ninja house with kids right now." Madara Uchiha said with a look of disgust, while using his spirit to say, "The way to stop me from becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki is simple: just kill a few Jinchuriki. But that Otsutsuki Toneri, he only thinks about retrieving the Rinnegan, which means that his generation may not know the secret of the Gedo Mazo, nor the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."

"Or perhaps, as he said, he looks down on the Sage of Six Paths' eyes, and even if he knows the secret of the Gedo Mazo, he still looks down on the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."

"There is also a possibility that the reason he wanted to retrieve the Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo was actually because he wanted to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki himself."

"No matter which one it is, the current situation is very favorable to us. Let's not reveal the secret of the Ten-Tails for now, and let the five great ninja villages guess it themselves."

"Yes," Black Zetsu replied quickly.

After silently channeling his Wood Release chakra into Black Zetsu, sending him and the White Zetsu army to find a space passage to the moon, Madara Uchiha arrived at a wooden house.

Looking at Nagato, who was sitting in a wheelchair with white bandages around his eyes and Konan standing behind him, Madara Uchiha said with some regret, "Are you really not planning to transplant a pair of eyes? With your bloodline and Hashirama cells, even if the Sharingan can't be shut down, you can still use the power of the Uchiha clan at will, just like Obito. Even if you don't like the Sharingan, you can still transplant a pair of ordinary eyes. With the help of the Gedo Mazo and Yin-Yang Release, there will be absolutely no rejection."

“No need. I want to see this world anew with my own eyes.” Nagato shook his head and smiled calmly. “I used to think that I was born with the eyes of a sage, that I was the chosen one to save the world, the child of prophecy in Jiraiya’s words. But I have no dreams or ambitions. I only want to help Yahiko realize his dream.”

"Now I've woken up from the dream. I am not the child of prophecy, nor can I become the god of the new world in the name of Yahiko."

"In that case, let me witness the end of this new era as an observer."

Madara Uchiha asked, "Are you leaving?"

“Yes, I’m going to go back to the place we used to live with Konan. It’s where our childhood and the time we spent with Jiraiya-sensei reside.” Nagato nodded, took out the Zero Ring from his hand, and tossed it to Uchiha Madara, saying, “From now on, Amegakure and Akatsuki are yours.”

"It's a pity. I wanted to take you with me to sever the karmic ties of this world," Madara Uchiha said with some regret, his eyes full of admiration and pity for Nagato.

In his eyes, Nagato was many times better than Obito Uchiha.

During the Second Shinobi World War, among the descendants of the Uzumaki and Senju clans, no one's bloodline was superior to Nagato's, including Hasi's granddaughter and grandson.

That's why Madara Uchiha transplanted the Rinnegan into him.

Only Nagato, by using the Outer Path: Samsara of Life Technique, was able to survive.

From beginning to end, Madara Uchiha never intended to discard Nagato after he had served his purpose. On the contrary, he wanted to reward Nagato and let him immerse himself in the dream of Infinite Tsukuyomi.

If he could, he would also like to sever the causal ties of the world with Nagato and prove to him that this method is the right one.

However, when Madara saw that Nagato no longer intended to be a ninja, he told him in this way that he still did not approve of the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Madara did not force him.

He still admired Nagato's unwavering will, as if he saw a shadow of Hashirama Senju in him.

Therefore, Madara Uchiha personally escorted Nagato and Konan away from Amegakure.

After seeing off the leader and deputy of the Akatsuki, Madara Uchiha went to a wooden house and sat in a conference room with only a wooden table. He used his ring to notify the Akatsuki members to come for a meeting.

Apart from Zetsu, Pain, and Konan, the other three's mental manifestations appeared in the underground base.

Looking at Uchiha Madara sitting at the wooden table, these colorful thought entities all remained silent in perfect unison.

Madara Uchiha didn't speak immediately. Instead, he looked at the S-rank rogue ninjas from various countries and reviewed their intelligence from the information transmitted by Black Zetsu.

His gaze lingered longest on Kakuzu, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Itachi Uchiha.

Of all these people, he was most interested in these three.

Seeing that Madara Uchiha remained silent, instead scrutinizing them like monkeys, Sasori of the Red Sand, his patience wearing thin, was the first to speak up, asking, "Where are the leader and the White Tiger? Why is his Rinnegan on you? Did you kill them?"

He immediately launched into a three-question saga, which were also the questions that everyone else was most concerned about.

"Nagato and Konan have left Akatsuki and are no longer ninjas." Madara Uchiha rested his chin on one hand, his smile playful. "Also... it's not about why his Rinnegan appeared on me, but rather that I took back my own eyes."

"Nani?!"

The Akatsuki members were immediately taken aback, including those two idiots, Deidara and Hidan.

"What do you mean by this?" Sasori of the Red Sand seemed to have touched upon the truth of the world and hurriedly asked, "Isn't the Uchiha clan's bloodline limit the Sharingan? Why do you say that the Rinnegan is your eye?"

Uchiha Itachi remained silent, but his heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

He originally thought that the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan was the ultimate secret of the Sharingan.

It now seems that the Rinnegan is the ultimate secret of the Sharingan.

“I can tell you this secret, but only if you stay with Akatsuki,” Madara Uchiha said. “As long as your true forms come here and I leave a seal on you that prevents you from revealing information, I will tell you why Akatsuki collects the Tailed Beasts and the secret of the Gedo Mazo. All your dreams will also come true.”

Upon hearing this, the Akatsuki members fell silent once again.

After a moment, Kakuzu finally asked, "If we hadn't come, would you have hunted us down?"

"You must be Kakuzu from Takigakure! You were able to endure the side effects of Earth Grudge Fear, no wonder you've survived until now." Madara Uchiha clicked his tongue in amazement, then sneered, "With your strength, you're not worth my time to hunt down. I also know the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and the corpses of those resurrected through Impure World Reincarnation are all in my hands now. The only reason I spared you is because I didn't want to let Nagato's efforts go to waste."

"If you don't want to stay in Akatsuki, all you need to do is destroy that ring."

After saying that, Madara Uchiha waved his hand somewhat disappointedly and said, "I'm too lazy to talk to you phantoms. I'll give you three days. Those who want to stay, come see me in your real bodies. Those who don't come, consider it as your withdrawal from Akatsuki... Meeting adjourned."

Madara Uchiha deliberately severed the connection of chakra, and all his thought entities dissipated.

(End of this chapter)