bookbashuk Chapter 135 The Exposure of the Rinnegan: Kushina, the Whirlpool That Changed the Course of the War
Chapter 135 The Exposure of the Rinnegan: Kushina, the Whirlpool That Changed the Course of the War
Chapter 135 The Exposure of the Rinnegan: Kushina, the Whirlpool That Changed the Course of the War
"—Tsunade, Orochimaru, are you alright?"
In the forest of western Fire Country, inside a hollow of a large tree, Jiraiya, who had just seen off the Toad Sage and his wife, looked much more disheveled than himself. Tsunade and Orochimaru, whose battle armor was severely damaged and covered in blood, with some even having lost an arm, asked with concern.
"I'm fine, Orochimaru, how about you?"
Having already released the Yin Seal and begun healing, Tsunade first shook her head, then looked at Orochimaru, whose arm had been severed as if it had been sawed off, and asked a question.
Orochimaru didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
Then his eyes snapped open, and his eyeballs quickly became bloodshot.
His aloof and handsome face suddenly contorted with emotion.
The reason for his distorted face was that his mouth was as wide as a basin, unlike a human's.
Under the horrified gazes of Jiraiya and Tsunade, a pair of fair-skinned hands covered in slime emerged from Orochimaru's mouth, and then, out of them, emerged an unharmed Orochimaru.
Apart from being covered in slime, Orochimaru had all four limbs intact and no injuries whatsoever; even his battle armor had been restored to its original state.
Seeing Jiraiya and Tsunade's stunned expressions, Orochimaru formed a hand seal and used his top-tier chakra control to transform the chakra into water, washing away the slime on his body. He smiled playfully and said, "I should be the one saying that. Are you two alright?"
"This...this...this—"
Jiraiya stared at Orochimaru, speechless, unable to utter a single complete sentence.
"I got my inspiration from Gojo Yoru years ago and have been researching the Hundred Healings Technique for a long time, but I still haven't made any progress," Tsunade said, staring wide-eyed at Orochimaru, unable to help but ask, "How did you do that?"
"This is just an extension of the Substitution Technique."
Orochimaru's answer left Jiraiya and Tsunade even more incredulous: "What?! This is just a substitution jutsu?!"
"Are you kidding me? When did an extension of the Substitution Jutsu become capable of limb regeneration?"
Orochimaru's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness: "I was inspired by the principle of snakes shedding their skin many years ago for this extension of the Substitution Technique, but I just haven't been able to implement it until now."
"It wasn't until the appearance of those white creatures, whose incredibly pure Yang Release power greatly improved my Yang Release skills, and the Sage Mode of Ryuchi Cave, which gave me even greater control over my body, that I was able to develop this extended technique."
"I call this extension of the Substitution Technique Orochi Style: Substitution Technique."
After hearing Orochimaru's words, Jiraiya and Tsunade suddenly understood, and then looked at Orochimaru with eyes full of admiration.
Jiraiya, who had started learning Sage Mode as a teenager but now still needed the assistance of two toad sages to improve its endurance, said sourly, "Orochimaru, you geniuses are really annoying."
"With your chakra reserves, isn't that a talent?" Orochimaru couldn't help but roll his eyes at the sour Jiraiya. "If I had chakra like yours, why would I have needed to wait until recently to qualify for Sage Mode?"
Hearing this, Jiraiya finally felt a little comforted.
Seeing her close friend safe and sound, Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief, but her face turned grim as she asked, "Who are those six people with identical eyes and strange abilities? With that kind of strength, they shouldn't be nobody."
Upon hearing this, Jiraiya and Orochimaru recalled the overwhelming power displayed by that combination. Even they, who had mastered Sage Mode, almost could not escape from their grasp, and their expressions were filled with solemnity and apprehension.
"They are certainly not ordinary people."
Because his disciple had become the most wanted person on the black market, Orochimaru, who had been secretly keeping an eye on the black market all these years, said coldly, "Among those six guys, I have a vague impression of three of them. They were all minor figures on the black market's wanted list, and their original appearances and eyes were not like these now."
"I also recognize those purple-rimmed eyes," Orochimaru said in a deep voice. "In the past few years, a young yet extremely powerful duo has emerged in the black market. To be precise, it's a girl who has mastered the secret technique of Paper Release. With her rare ability to fly and her unparalleled skill in using explosive tags and sealing techniques, she's known as 'Angel.'"
"Below this angel was a red-haired young henchman who was very skilled in using the Five Elements Escape Technique, and his eyes were those purple ripple-like eyes."
Orochimaru paused slightly, his eyes filled with apprehension, and said, "Moreover, after I activated Sage Mode, I smelled the scent of corpses on them, and I also discovered that the chakra aura within them was exactly the same. In other words—they are just corpse puppets."
"What?!"
Jiraiya and Tsunade's expressions changed drastically.
The latter's eyes were filled with disbelief: "They're just corpse puppets? Who exactly are they?!"
Tsunade, who trusted her best friend implicitly, did not doubt Orochimaru's words.
That's why she found it so incredible.
She wasn't even shocked that the mastermind behind the magic was just a teenager.
Instead, he thought of something extremely terrifying.
If it really is as Orochimaru guessed.
The mastermind behind it all is just a henchman of the girl known as "Angel," and hasn't even had a special title in recent years.
How powerful must this girl be to suppress the true strength of the boy who could easily crush them and even almost wipe them out?
Just as Yoru and Kushina were rising to prominence, another pair like this suddenly appeared in the ninja world.
Could it be that the concept of "destiny" truly exists in this ninja world?
First, there was the grandfather and Madara Uchiha, then Yoru Gojo, Kushina, and the boy and girl duo.
Jiraiya unusually refrained from interrupting.
If you look closely, you'll notice that his eyes have suddenly become filled with fear.
Suddenly, his voice trembled slightly as he said, "By the way—have you noticed, those eyes look a little familiar?"
Tsunade and Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya with puzzled expressions.
Seeing that neither of them reacted, Jiraiya swallowed hard and spoke again in a trembling voice: "The Legend of the Three Great Dojutsu..."
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In an instant, Tsunade and Orochimaru's expressions changed drastically.
In the original work, Hanzo of the Salamander, Danzo Shimura, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru after his defection all recognized Nagato's eyes at a glance, as the legendary Rinnegan.
There are two main reasons why they can recognize the Rinnegan at a glance.
Firstly, they had all read the myth of the Sage of Six Paths.
The story of the Sage of Six Paths is considered the bible of the ninja world; almost everyone, whether a ninja or an ordinary person, has read it.
Moreover, most ordinary people learn about ninjas and other superhuman beings through the story of the Sage of Six Paths.
The story of the Sage of Six Paths not only includes written descriptions of the characteristics of the Rinnegan, but also illustrations of the Sage of Six Paths' silhouette.
This silhouette illustration only shows the outline of the Sage of Six Paths holding his staff, but his eyes are colored in.
And his eyes were none other than the Rinnegan, the eye that created the moon.
Given that the story of the Sage of Six Paths has been passed down for thousands of years, and the legends of the three great dojutsu have always existed, whenever people in the ninja world talk about the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan and the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, they can't avoid mentioning the Rinnegan, a legendary eye that surpasses them and has always been regarded as non-existent.
After Jiraiya mentioned it, Tsunade and Orochimaru finally remembered the legend, and many of their doubts suddenly became reasonable.
If it is the legendary Rinnegan, then those corpse puppets that can move without chakra threads, and each corpse puppet has special abilities and amazing combat power, together they can completely explain how they defeated the three of them without any resistance.
Orochimaru said with a solemn expression, "It seems that the concept of destiny does indeed exist in this ninja world."
"The previous generation was a battle between the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha's Wood Release and Mangekyou Sharingan, while this generation saw the emergence of a miracle like Yoru, and then the legendary Rinnegan appeared."
At this point, Orochimaru's expression suddenly turned grim again: "I felt something was off before, and now it seems that the sudden alliance between Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure is indeed suspicious, and they are not the main enemies."
"The most important enemy in this war is that red-haired boy hidden in Amegakure who pushed Hanzo's disciple to the forefront!"
"Even their sudden attack on us was due to a threat from someone who possesses the Rinnegan."
Tsunade immediately replied, "No, we must get this message back to the village as soon as possible so that Sarutobi-sensei can contact the Daimyo and then secretly contact the Five Kage through the Daimyo."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three legendary Sannin of Konoha suddenly turned their heads to look in one direction, their expressions a mixture of shock and joy.
"This is Kushina's chakra!" Orochimaru exclaimed with satisfaction.
"So powerful, so much chakra! Just how many shadow clones did she create?" Jiraiya's eyes widened in shock.
Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a hint of reproach, "That girl secretly subdued the Nine-Tails and activated the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode that Grandmother talked about, without telling me."
Orochimaru suddenly said, "Go and meet up with Kushina first, and tell her about the Rinnegan."
Tsunade and Jiraiya nodded solemnly, and then the three of them vanished in an instant.
The camera zooms out to the sky, offering a bird's-eye view of the Land of Fire region of the Ninja Continent.
In the east, west, and north directions, countless golden ants appeared, numbering about ten thousand.
As the image zooms in, the nearly ten thousand golden ants are revealed to be identical to Kushina Uzumaki, who wears battle armor and is covered in golden chakra.
Each Kushina Uzumaki possesses chakra at the level of wielding the Rasengan. Although she is a shadow clone, the chakra covering her body helps her withstand extremely powerful attacks.
As long as this layer of golden chakra defense cannot be broken, Kushina Uzumaki's shadow clone cannot be destroyed.
With the amount of chakra within her body sufficient to unleash S-rank ultimate ninjutsu, Kushina Uzumaki's shadow clones, even when using her monstrous strength punch, are essentially a weakened version of Tsunade.
Even a Jonin would die instantly if she took a punch.
There are nearly ten thousand such Kushina vortexes.
It's no exaggeration to say that Kushina Uzumaki's shadow clones are equivalent to the total number of ninjas in Konoha.
This demonstrates the significance of awakening the three unique abilities of the Uzumaki clan, being an adult, and still being a complete Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
In the original story, Naruto Uzumaki was able to steal the Nine-Tails' chakra and enter the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode after just defeating it, creating thousands of shadow clones that also possessed the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
However, he only possessed half of the nine-tailed fox inside him.
Even excluding the Nine-Tails, Naruto Uzumaki, who was not yet an adult, had far less chakra than Kushina Uzumaki, who possessed superhuman strength and astonishing Yang Release abilities, even though she was the reincarnation of Ashura's chakra.
Including the Nine-Tails, he only has half of the Nine-Tails inside him, so he is just half of Kushina Uzumaki.
Despite inheriting the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan, he failed to awaken the clan's unique abilities.
Naruto's abilities are so poor that he's not even qualified to be Kushina's shoes.
After having the inspiration to let Kushina Uzumaki absorb the Nine-Tails' chakra and activate Kurama Mode, which is similar to the Complete Susanoo, Gojo Yoru had already taken the appropriate measures and started the experiment.
Over the past few years, Gojo Yoru has occasionally possessed Kushina Uzumaki's body, using his second-stage enhanced talent to help Kushina, who was already a sealing genius, learn all the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan and achieve near-perfect proficiency.
Then, Gojo Yoru taught Kushina Uzumaki chakra absorption, combining it with some sealing techniques to develop absorption-type sealing techniques.
Finally, she combined the extended technique with the Adamantine Sealing Chains, allowing Kushina Uzumaki to absorb the Nine-Tails' chakra frantically as soon as she bound it.
With two geniuses in ninjutsu and sealing techniques, and both possessing top-tier chakra control, joining forces, the experiment went very smoothly.
The moment she defeated the Nine-Tails, Kushina Uzumaki was able to activate the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and create five thousand shadow clones capable of activating it.
And now, it can even create ten thousand golden shadow clones.
This shows how much chakra Kushina Uzumaki was able to extract from the Nine-Tails.
Kushina Uzumaki at this moment absolutely deserves the title of the number one numerical monster in the ninja world; she is truly an army all by herself.
Kushina Uzumaki's entry into the fray instantly changed the course of the battle.
The total active-duty military strength of Iwagakure is only a little over ten thousand.
Other ninja villages don't even have 10,000 serving ninjas.
Not to mention, an army of ten thousand ninjas capable of using S-rank ultimate ninjutsu.
Not only the three legendary Sannin of Konoha, but also those from various ninja villages skilled in sensory perception, felt a tsunami-like surge of chakra rushing towards them.
The Konoha ninja, who were originally being suppressed by the enemy due to the severe division of their troop strength and high-end combat power, and even had their border bases breached, suddenly experienced a significant reduction in pressure and gained the strength to contend with the five ninja villages.