Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

The art of soul splitting!

This is another new ability that Kirito naturally comprehended after his Spirit Transformation Technique reached level 3.

Chapter 63: Soul Avatar

"I am Kirito Tohsaka."

"Nonsense, I am the one."

"Shut up, you fake."

……

In the basement, the two Kirito souls spoke to each other in perfect unison, even their facial expressions were identical.

Soon, the two Kirito spirits seemed to have gotten tired of cursing, so they started wandering around the basement, making different gestures, and occasionally pointing at each other and cursing a couple of times.

Gradually, the way the two Kirito spirits spoke, their actions, and their expressions all changed.

"Ah~, playing two roles must be really tiring."

Suddenly, the two Kirito spirits stopped and simultaneously showed tired expressions.

Subsequently, the weaker Kirito spirit took the initiative to enter the stronger Kirito spirit, and the two became one, inseparable.

The principle of the Soul Splitting Technique is similar to that of the Shadow Clone Technique, the difference being that one only uses chakra, while the other requires the simultaneous use of soul power and chakra.

Clearly, the Soul Splitting Technique is a more advanced clone technique than the Shadow Clone Technique.

Aside from lacking growth potential and being unable to self-recover or enhance their soul power, soul clones possess the same abilities as the original spirit body, including possession, perception, chakra transfer, and other spiritualization techniques.

Moreover, both share a vision and the same brain, and their abilities are somewhat similar to those of the Six Paths of Pain.

"Unfortunately, with my current soul power, I can only create one soul clone at most, otherwise I could try to create a youthful version of the Six Paths of Pain."

Kirito felt the powerful and surging soul force within him and said with a touch of Versailles.

His current soul power is probably among the best in the ninja world, after all, there are very few ninjas in the ninja world who cultivate soul power.

Even so, the soul power required to create a soul clone still made him feel somewhat strained, requiring nearly half of his soul power. At the same time, he also had to separate a small part of the most essential elements of his own soul.

Kirito didn't know what this thing was called, but after creating a soul clone, he felt that his soul had become incomplete.

He felt that the separated parts were fragments of his own soul.

Perhaps it was because of its presence that he was able to form a close connection with his soul clone.

With his current level of spiritualization technique, he can only separate a small fragment of the soul at most. If he continues to separate it, he feels that his soul will become very fragile and is in danger of collapsing.

"Let's put the matter of the soul clone aside for now and see how wide my current soul perception range is."

Kirito closed his eyes expectantly and began to fully expand his senses of his soul.

The next moment, a soul fluctuation that was indistinguishable to ordinary people emanated from him and spread rapidly in all directions.

As the soul fluctuations spread, Kirito began to sense the souls of numerous beings, regardless of their size or the secluded places they hid in; none could escape his notice.

Gradually, his soul perception spread far, far away from the village with the fluctuations of his soul, until it stopped after reaching a certain distance.

"About ten kilometers, that's ten times better than before the enhancement. With such a wide range of perception, even if I encounter an enemy, I'll have plenty of time to prepare. Not bad at all."

Kirito slowly opened his eyes, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

Then, he looked in a certain direction and used his spiritual vision ability.

At that moment, his gaze pierced through countless obstacles and landed on a soul hidden in a large tree five kilometers away from the village.

White Zetsu—he discovered this creature once again when he had just expanded his soul perception.

This White Zetsu was the same one he had seen on the outskirts of the Thousand Hands territory.

"So that's where it went. No wonder we couldn't find it even after searching the entire Hidden Leaf Village. It's quite wary, isn't it? Is it guarding against the Byakugan?"

Kirito looked at the White Zetsu's soul and smiled.

In Kirito's eyes, White Zetsu is undoubtedly a very high-quality soul possessing a body, not only with many abilities, but also without any psychological burden.

He has just learned the art of splitting his soul and needs a suitable body for his soul clone to reside in. White Zetsu is undoubtedly an excellent choice.

Without delay, he immediately manipulated his spirit body to fly straight towards White Zetsu.

Meanwhile, White Zetsu, who was waiting outside the village, was completely unaware that a terrifying spirit was targeting it.

It was resting at the moment, with a smug expression on its face.

"Lord Madara knows the information I've gathered, he'll definitely praise me, that's wonderful, I really am the best one."

Bai Jue thought with immense joy.

To it, Ban is its creator, its god. God's commands are absolute, and it will execute them unconditionally. For this, it can give up its life without hesitation.

Suddenly, the smile on its face froze.

"Master Madara..."

Even in its last moments before losing consciousness, White Zetsu was still thinking of its god.

At this moment, Kirito's soul had completely suppressed the White Zetsu's soul and began to devour and digest it in order to seize its memories.

Kirito's spiritual body suddenly appeared in the spiritual world of White Zetsu.

With his appearance, the almost completely dark spiritual world of White Zetsu began to collapse, and a large number of fragments of the spiritual world were absorbed into Kirito's body. A large number of memories suddenly appeared in Kirito's eyes like a painting.

The story begins with some recent events experienced by White Zetsu, but the scroll stops when the scene shifts to an incredibly oppressive underground cavern space.

Suddenly, at the end of the scroll, a three-tomoe Sharingan radiating an eerie red light appeared.

Upon seeing the Sharingan, Kirito's spirit instantly clutched his hair and screamed in agony, shattering like a broken mirror.

"As expected of Uchiha Madara, he is truly meticulous in his work. He actually planted such a powerful sealing eye technique in White Zetsu's memories long ago. If I hadn't severed the soul power in time, my soul would have suffered considerable damage."

In the real world, Bai Jue opened his eyes, a look of surprise on his face, and said with a solemn expression.

At this moment, White Zetsu's soul had completely disappeared.

The moment the sealing eye technique was triggered, White Zetsu's nearly collapsed soul exploded, inflicting a slight injury on Kirito.

Meanwhile, in a huge underground cavern in the ninja world, a three-tomoe Sharingan suddenly opened in the darkness, emitting an eerie red light.

Madara Uchiha, with his head full of white hair and his body withered, awoke from his slumber once again.

"Lord Ban, what's wrong?"

The next second, a deep, hoarse voice appeared, and a black thing with eyes and a mouth emerged from the ground.

Then, several white Zetsu emerged one after another from the ground around them, came to Madara's side, and waited for his orders.

One of the White Zetsu was quite unique, as its entire body was composed of swirling, white, spiral-shaped structures.

Chapter 64: Madara Uchiha

“One of the White Zetsu’s sealed eye techniques has been triggered. Black Zetsu, go and see which White Zetsu was killed.”

Madara Uchiha lowered his eyes and stared at the black object on the ground.

Black Zetsu, upon hearing Madara's words, exclaimed in surprise, "White Zetsu has been discovered?"

For so many years, White Zetsu had never been discovered until today, when that record was broken and for the first time, there were casualties.

This means that their existence has been exposed.

The enemy may not know their origins, but they are at least aware that an unknown force is lurking in the ninja world.

After all, White Zetsu's body is different from ordinary people, and it also contains Hashirama cells.

The enemy could find some clues by studying the White Zetsu's corpse.

Fortunately, Madara had already planted a sealing eye technique on White Zetsu to prevent the enemy from using Yin Release ninjutsu and genjutsu to steal information, otherwise they would have exposed even more information.

Black Zetsu completely believed Madara's words. It immediately possessed a White Zetsu and then used the Mayfly Technique to move at high speed across the earth.

About half an hour later, Black Zetsu returned and said in a solemn tone, "Lord Madara, it's White Zetsu who's in charge of monitoring Konoha."

"Is that so? It seems that village has recently trained a decent sensory ninja."

Ban said calmly.

As the founder of Konoha, he knew very well how much foundation and potential Konoha had. Although White Zetsu's ability to infiltrate was powerful, it was not invincible. There were still ninjutsu and bloodline limits that could counter it, but very few ninjas could learn those techniques.

As the saying goes, if you walk by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet.

It's not surprising that White Zetsu, who successfully infiltrated for so many years, was exposed and killed.

"Lord Madara, what should we do next? A ninja who can detect White Zetsu has appeared in that village. It will be difficult to continue gathering information about Konoha in the future."

Black Zetsu said somewhat anxiously.

It's no wonder he wasn't in a hurry. Konoha is now the center of the ninja world, and Konoha's intelligence largely determines how they should plot to incite conflict in the ninja world.

The reason why Konoha is having such a difficult time right now is partly due to the dirty tricks they've played.

They silently transmitted intelligence to other ninja villages through various channels, giving those villages an advantage in terms of information.

Nowadays, the underground intelligence black market in the ninja world is basically controlled by them.

"Continue to send White Zetsu to gather intelligence. Don't worry about our information being leaked. With my sealing eye technique, no one in the ninja world will be able to discover us or our purpose. At most, they will only leak some insignificant information. However, it's best not to send White Zetsu over for the time being. Go and check again after some time."

Konoha is currently engaged in a simultaneous battle with both Amegakure and Sunagakure. The ninja who can detect White Zetsu certainly won't stay in the village indefinitely; he'll be most effective on the battlefield. I believe the people of Konoha think the same way.

Ban thought for a moment and then made a decision.

"I understand, Lord Madara."

Black Zetsu immediately obeyed the order.

"By the way, has there been any important intelligence from Konoha recently?"

Ban asked.

"Hehehe~, Lord Madara, Mito Uzumaki is dying. The White Zetsu who died came back before, and he brought very important information. It was Danzo who..."

Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu happily recounted the information he had obtained from White Zetsu to Madara in detail.

Mito Uzumaki is about to die, which is absolutely fantastic news for Black Zetsu.