Konoha: Naruto, trained by Aizen

Instead, he thought to himself, "I wonder which Konoha ninja it is. They're quite clever; they finished him off just in time."

Little did they know that Naruto was laughing heartily.

Just when I was struggling with how to use the souls of Jonin for experiments, this came right to my doorstep.

But at the same time.

He was also shocked by Jiraiya's true strength.

Although these Sand Village Jonin are not very strong, Naruto could win even in a one-on-one fight.

However, the fact that Jiraiya was able to incapacitate all the Jonin in such a short time while under siege demonstrates that his strength is absolutely outstanding among the Kage-level.

Moreover, Jiraiya also had Sage Mode as his trump card!

"Even if I become a Kage-level expert, I still need to be careful," Naruto muttered to himself, frowning.

I believe that once I reach the Pure Land, my strength will increase by leaps and bounds, and perhaps at that time, I won't have to worry about facing Jiraiya.

With that thought in mind, Naruto swiftly reaped the lives of these Jonin with his kunai in hand.

Once the souls of these Jonin appear, they inject their spiritual pressure into them.

"Buzz." As the first soul trembled, billowing white mist reappeared. Under the transformation of spiritual pressure, the Jonin's soul underwent a sudden change.

The white bone mask began to solidify. (biqupai)

“This won’t work either.” Naruto said calmly, quickly channeling his spiritual pressure into the soul of the second Jonin.

"Crackling." The soul made an eerie sound, followed by the same white mist, but this time no mask appeared.

"It's a success!" Naruto was overjoyed.

Soon the soul that had successfully transformed into a death god opened its eyes, its gaze vacant.

All he remembered was that he had just been knocked unconscious by Jiraiya's Rasengan, and he was only now regaining consciousness.

"Am I dead?" he murmured to himself, looking at his hands.

"Roar." The urgent and angry roar caught his attention. He looked up and suddenly saw a monster wearing a white bone mask attacking him.

He hurriedly tried to dodge, but his body was weak and before he could react, the Void's claws struck him.

"Bang." He was sent flying, and several scratches appeared on his body.

"What kind of monster is this?" The Jonin, now in his Shinigami form, began to form hand seals, only to be astonished to discover that the chakra within his body was different from the chakra he remembered.

"Earth Release: Earth Strike." But he still managed to complete the hand seals and release the ninjutsu.

Chapter 122 Research and Speculation on Hollows and Shinigami

"Boom." The earth-ball struck the Hollow, only causing it to pause for a few seconds; its power was extremely weak.

“The power of ninjutsu has been greatly reduced.” Naruto watched this scene quietly, and he had a general idea of ​​the experimental data results in his mind.

Becoming a Jonin of the Hollow will improve one's strength to a certain extent, but will cause one to lose one's rationality and be dominated by savage killing.

A Jonin who successfully transforms into a Shinigami will experience a significant decrease in strength.

Because the chakra within the body has just merged with spiritual pressure, the amount of spiritual pressure generated is limited, so the strength will decrease sharply.

"Swoosh." In the line of sight, Hollow's claw pierced through the chest of the Shinigami Jonin and withdrew, leaving the Jonin lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance.

He bent down, forcefully swallowing the spiritual pressure emanating from the Shinigami.

Naruto adjusted his glasses, his eyes gleaming.

"Hollows have an innate hostility towards Shinigami, so after becoming a Hollow, he attacked the Shinigami directly, without any intention of attacking me. After killing the Shinigami, he began to devour Shinigami to increase his own power."

"This matches what Mr. Aizen said about Hollows. Hollows constantly hunt their own kind or Shinigami, and strengthen themselves by consuming them, thereby breaking through their limits and evolving to a higher level."

The virtual world is divided into three levels.

The first is the most basic level, Kyrian.

They have black bodies and white bone masks, are huge but move slowly, have little intelligence, and only attack and devour their own kind like wild beasts.

When they have consumed enough spirit particles, they will transform into Adjuchas.

Second rank, Adjuchas.

The Adjuchas will possess beast-shaped armor. They will have high intelligence and immense destructive power, likely several times stronger than the Kyrians.

They will possess the ability to command a vast horde of Kyrians. Even so, they will still need to constantly devour spirits to evolve.

There are two possible evolutionary paths for Adjuchas: First, their power reaches a bottleneck, and they can no longer increase their power, remaining Adjuchas forever; second, they break through the bottleneck, and their power rises to a new level, becoming a third-stage Hollow, Vastod.

The third rank, Vastod.

Vastods are the highest-ranking Hollows. Interestingly, they have a human-like physique, which means their power is more concentrated.

Aizen didn't elaborate on the specific abilities, because no Vastodes were created in his experiments.

Therefore, this level is still under discussion.

However, past research leads to a conclusion.

The higher the Hollow's level, the closer it is to a human in terms of physique and intellect. The changes to its physical form after liberation are also less pronounced.

According to Inazome.

Shinigami can become Hollows, and Hollows can also possess Shinigami's Zanpakuto.

Therefore, the research that Naruto and Orochimaru will conduct will not only target the Shinigami, but also the Hollows.

The biggest difference between Shinigami and Hollows is...

Death Gods often remember their memories from their previous life, while Hollows forget everything.

Because they evolved by devouring their own kind, Hollows tend to be quite cruel.

It's just unclear whether these conclusions can be applied to humans.

Naruto frowned and muttered to himself:

"This Jonin who has become a Shinigami still retains his memories from his previous life, but his control over spiritual pressure is too rusty, just like Haku's situation."

"The Void has completely lost its rationality, possessing only the instinct to devour."

“However, there are too few experimental cases to draw conclusions directly. We need to increase the experimental base.” Naruto once again injected spiritual pressure into the souls of the other Jonin.

"Roar." At this moment, the Hollow, which had already devoured its target, turned its bloodthirsty gaze to Naruto.

"Oh? You want to kill me?" Naruto chuckled dismissively.

"Roar." Hollow ran towards Naruto, its eyes filled with bloodlust.

"Jonin-level strength is indeed troublesome, but... their intelligence is too low." Naruto moved and disappeared in front of Hollow.

“I can easily escape the battlefield using Kyoka Suigetsu.” Naruto then injected his spiritual pressure into the souls of the other Jonin, and hid in the shadows, quietly observing the reaction of the experimental subjects.

Soon, white mist appeared around all five Jonin.

The souls of the last four Jonin turned into Hollows, but only one successfully transformed into a Shinigami (Death God).

And the soul that transforms into Death is undoubtedly torn to pieces.

The remaining Void beings also began to kill each other.

The immense power it generated is remarkable.

"It seems that the amount of chakra affects the success rate of transformation. The success rate of transformation for Jonin is significantly higher." Naruto tapped his fingertip and quickly disappeared from the spot. He wandered through Konoha, constantly modifying his soul.

However, he still held back somewhat, dispersing his efforts to modify the soul; otherwise, Konoha might really have been destroyed by the Hollows.

Naruto stopped when he had used up about half of his spiritual pressure, and then gave a meaningful look in the direction where Jiraiya and the Konoha Jonin were.

"That's enough for today. I had a very fulfilling day." Naruto strolled slowly toward the arena, weaving through the battlefield of the ninjas.

Strangely, it seemed that neither the ninjas, the Hollows, nor the Shinigami saw Naruto at all. Various ninjutsu passed by Naruto and landed on the enemy, causing violent explosions.

Not to be outdone, the Hollow unleashed a Cero, instantly destroying a large number of houses.

Smoke rose slowly from the entire leaf.

Naruto also noticed that the Root ninjas who had been hiding for so long had finally shown themselves.

Although Danzo longed to become Hokage and planned to kill the Third Hokage, he would not stand idly by when Konoha actually faced a calamity.

"Konoha is most united at this time, how laughable," Naruto chuckled.

Amidst the blazing light and billowing smoke, he walked by calmly, dressed in a white robe, with the sounds of various ninjutsu and Cero explosions behind him.

It creates a beautiful picture.

......

On the other side, Jiraiya had already easily dealt with the two giant snakes using ninjutsu.

His body still has plenty of chakra.

Such a battle was hardly a warm-up for him.

His gaze quickly fell on Shukaku in the distance.

They are preparing to take action to suppress Shukaku.

Konoha is not a place where tailed beasts can run rampant!

"What kind of monster is this?!"

"What a scary guy!"

"Could it be a tailed beast?"

However, before Jiraiya could act, the shouts and screams from afar caught his attention.

Jiraiya looked over and was astonished to find several monsters wearing white bone masks fighting with the ninjas.

Their bodies were bound, their claws were sharp, and they exuded a negative aura of death.

It can also spray out projectile-like attacks from its mouth, which are extremely powerful and can instantly shatter a house.

Konoha is already riddled with holes from these Hollow attacks.

Ruins and severed limbs were everywhere.