Chapter 788: Chapter – 781 Aoyama and Mizuki Colluding?
As the turmoil caused by the Summons gradually came to an end, the atmosphere at the Konoha Ninja Academy returned to the days before the Combat Assessment.
Whether the trainees who acquired powerful Summons–Naruto, Sasuke, or Neji–or the trainees who have yet to acquire any powerful summons–Shikamaru, Lee, Sai, and the others–all of them suppressed their desires and focused on training themselves and increasing their personal strength.
Except for a few children with very poor talent, almost all the trainees have mastered the basics of Shinobi Arts. An average student of Ninja Academy has mastery of three basic Ninjutsu, knows the basics of Chakra control, and has a basic understanding of combat arts. The exceptional ones have even begun to learn skills like tracking, stealth, assassination, and other advanced techniques that are generally taught to them by the captains of the squads they are assigned to.
Compared to Cannon, where the trainees were required to master only the three basic ninjutsu in order to graduate, the trainees of this timeline have come a long way. In Kuroto's expectations, the average graduate of the academy will be several times stronger and more skilled compared to their cannon counterparts.
This remarkable progress made by the Konoha Ninja Academy has been observed by the higher-ups of the village, and they are very happy to see this progress, especially in troubled times like these. And this is also the very reason why despite causing trouble from time to time, no one tries to bother Kuroto. After all, children of all backgrounds are enrolled in the academy, and no one wants to create trouble for Kuroto and affect the future of their children.
But of course, there are a few exceptional ones… these exceptional ones can also be called the foolish ones for they don't understand what they are getting themselves into, as we will see now.
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Knock! Knock!
A brief knock came from the other side of the door of Kuroto's office.
Well aware of the identity of the person who knocked, Kuroto didn't even bother to raise his head, and simply said, "Come in."
With Kuroto's permission, the door was opened, and it was none other than Shisui who came in. Noting that Kuroto doesn't seem to be too busy–by busy Shisui means that the one present in the office was not a Shadow Clan of Kuroto–Shisui walked closer and reported, "Kuroto-san, Mizuki is not accepting the transfer."
Hearing Shisui's report, Kuroto raised his head with a frowned expression, and asked, "He refused to follow the order?"
Shisui nodded, "Well…"
That's correct, Mizuki is being transferred from the Ninja Academy to some other department. Which department to be exact? Kuroto neither knows nor cares because Mizuki's transfer had nothing to do with him. It was Hokage-sama's order and he just passed the document to Shisui and left the matter on the young Uchiha's capable shoulders.
As for the reason behind Mizuki's unexpected transfer? Well, that's something Kuroto knows. Mizuki's actions in the combat assessment were witnessed by everyone. As soon as he encountered the members of 'Akatsuki' he ran away, leaving behind children in danger. Sandaime felt that such a person who would abandon their fellow villagers in times of danger was not suitable to teach at the academy and chose to transfer him. Therefore, after the matter of assessment and related issues came to an end, he sent Mizuki's transfer order.
Kuroto had no opinion on this, and simply signed the transfer as he left the matter in Shisui's hands, but who would have thought that Mizuki had the courage to defy Hokage-sama's order and refuse to leave the Ninja Academy?
Kuroto couldn't help but mutter, "I wonder what brought him such courage?"
At Kuroto's question, Shisui took a step forward and said in a low voice, "I received a message from one of the members of the police force… Recently, Mizuki had a secret meeting with Elder Aoyama of the Hyuga Clan."
"That's an odd combination." Muttered Kuroto with a frown.
Shisui nodded, "Exactly. They met up in a private room at the old tea house, and discussed something for about fifteen minutes!"
"Hmm. Do you know what they discussed?" asked Kuroto with a thoughtful expression.
Shisui shook his head, "No, it was risky for that guy to spy on a Hyuga, especially on an elder, so he didn't do that."
Kuroto nodded, "Fair enough." Then said, "No matter… instruct Itachi to keep a watch on the two of them, Mizuki and Elder Aoyama couldn't have met up for no reason, whatever they are planning, I don't want to deal with it. If it has nothing to do with me, then I will leave them alone, and if it has anything to do with me, I would prefer to nib the bud before it takes root."
Shisui nodded, "I will pass the message to Itachi."
Since the last clan meeting, the situation within the Hyuga Clan has become quite delicate. Although the Hyuga Clan is still the very same Hyuga Clan on the surface, internally the situation is different altogether. The recent incident with Aoki is direct proof.
Moreover, how can those arrogant elders swallow the humiliation? Hizashi has informed him that those elders are planning something in order to deal with him, perhaps this meeting with Mizuki is part of their plan, as Mizuki might play some role.
To be honest, Kuroto doesn't care too much about their small movements. They can't really do any harm to him. He is free of the 'Caged Bird', the only person they might think they can use to harm him is Yui, but they won't be able to do anything to her either, Kuroto has taken sufficient measures. So, whatever they are planning is going to be useless.
In fact, if Kuroto wants, he can easily put an end to this fiasco. But that would attract attention which is something Kuroto doesn't want. Unless he is compelled, Kuroto doesn't want to do anything to the Hyuga Clan.
Of course, this doesn't mean that he will completely ignore them. if they really dared to do something to him or to Yui, then he would purge them and take control of the Clan.
With that decided, Kuroto left the matter to Shisui and continued with his work.
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Night, Kuroto's home.
Back home, Kuroto continued the study of the Yin-Seal.
After research and development, Kuroto has finally completed the development of the Yin-Seal.
Now that the development is completed, it's time to jump to the next phase, that is… using it.
But the thing is, Yin-Seal not only revolves around all the chakra meridians of the body, but it also affects the most sensitive, and fragile part of the human body, that is the brain. No matter how confident Kuroto is in his Fuinjutsu skills, he wouldn't dare to directly use Yin-Seal on his main body, that's too risky, if something goes wrong, then his main body would be damaged irreparably.
For others, this is a serious problem and they might be willing to take the risk of using Yin-seal on themselves, however, for Kuroto, this is not a major trouble. After all, he has a lot of clones hanging around in his laboratory. Apart from the Chakra clones that have been developed and cultivated, there are other clones as well that are just floating in Capsules. They can be used for testing the Yin-Seal.
"I guess I will put those clones to some use." Muttered Kuroto as he left a Shadow Clone in the village and came to Ancor Vantian.
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Ancor Vantian.
Arriving at the floating fortress, Kuroto didn't directly go to his laboratory, rather, he went to the area where Karin and Gaara live and checked up on Karin's state. She had a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan transplanted to her and wanted to see its state.
"Kuroto-sama?" muttered Karin in confusion as she looked at Kuroto looking at her.
Kuroto patter the young Uzumaki's head, and asked, "How have you been? I am sorry I haven't been able to visit more often."
"I… I think I am doing fine. With these eyes, I don't need to rely on my spectacles anymore." Replied Karin.
Kuroto nodded, and asked, "Did you notice anything unusual about these eyes?"
Karin pondered for a while, and then replied, "Well… I don't know how to explain it. Sometimes I feel that these eyes have their own thoughts, which is strange..."
"Own thoughts, huh?" muttered Kuroto and then asked, "It's as if these eyes are alive, right?"
Karin nodded, "Yes, exactly!"
"Hmm, let's see." Said Kuroto and explained, "There are two main reasons why you feel as such. First, you are not the biological owner of these eyes, so they are a bit repulsive towards you. Second, the visual prowess of these eyes is very strong, therefore, they have indeed gained certain alive characteristics."
"I see." Mutter Karin.
Kuroto nodded and took a step closer to observe the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. But this time, he was checking using his Byakugan.
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Chapter 789: Chapter – 782 A Sudden Change of Plans
After observing the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharing Karin's eyesockets, Kuroto couldn't help but mutter with a frown, "This is a bit strange."
Karin got worried by Kuroto's frown, and asked, "Kuroto-sama, what's the matter? Is something wrong with these eyes?"
Kuroto was too busy thinking that he didn't answer Karin.
Since Karin can feel the living characteristics of the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan so early, it can only mean that the pair of eyes has recovered the visual prowess. However, this is quite strange in his opinion because the time it took for the pair of eyes to recover the visual prowess is less than his prediction.
Before he took these eyes from Danzo, these pair of eyes were only a step away from evolving into the Rinnegan. If Kuroto had delayed a second, then another pair of Rinnegan would have taken birth in the Shinobi World, but he made it in time and gouged out these eyes at the right time and interrupted their evolution.
This sudden interruption of the evolution caused a heavy injury to the pair of eyes. The injury would have been irreparable if it was a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan and in that situation, it would have been better to just destroy these eyes, fortunately, these are Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and their visual prowess would be restored over time.
But the thing is, restoration should have taken a lot of time because of the injury. Despite Karin being responsible for the restoration, it would take at least five to six months for the eyes to recover their lost Visual Prowess as per Kuroto's expectation.
Unexpectedly, it's only been two months or something and the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan has already recovered to the point of being able to make Karin feel its alive characteristics.
He could only attribute the result to Karin's special physique, and thought, 'It seems that with the increase in Karin's physical strength, her ability to heal others has also improved.'
Seeing Kuroto silent, Karin became more and more nervous, she held Kuroto's sleeves, and asked, "Kuroto-sama, did you find something? Is something wrong with these eyes?"
Kuroto recovered from his thoughts, "Ah… I was distracted for a second." and shook his head and replied to her with a smile, "No need to be nervous."
Karin asked, "Does that mean there is nothing wrong with these eyes?"
Kuroto nodded, "Pretty much." And added, "I was just surprised that these eyes recovered their lost Visual Prowess much faster than my prediction."
Karin nodded, "I see." And asked in a puzzled tone, "This isn't a bad thing, right?"
Kuroto said, "Yes, it's not a bad thing." And added, "But here's the problem, since these eyes are recovering their lost visual prowess faster than my expectations, you won't be able to perfectly adapt to them in time, and soon they will start to affect you."
"This…?!" Karin was stunned.
Kuroto smiled and shook his head. This is pretty normal considering that this pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan was obtained through unconventional means. It is like a by-product of the Kekkei Genkai Absorption Ritual that Danzo went through.
Since it is a by-product of that ceremony, it contains the obsession of almost all the shinobi who were part of the ceremony including Danzo who was its prime user. This is why controlling this pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is much more difficult compared to the orthodox pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, especially for Karin who is but a child.
Kuroto had planned to train Karin slowly so that she could adapt to these eyes over time, but since they are recovering faster, his plans are affected which is a little problematic. But all is not bad. Since these pairs of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan are recovering faster, this also means that the Rinnegan can be created earlier than he initially planned, and now he will have to reformulate his plans.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Karin. He is a little worried that these changes of plans will put a lot of toll on her.
Perhaps Karin felt Kuroto's concern and smiled at him. Indicating that she'd be fine no matter what, she has the determination. To Karin, being helpful to Kuroto is the most important. She doesn't care about the consequences.
Seeing Karin's smile, Kuroto patted her head. If Karin has the determination, then Kuroto is ready to go through and start to reformulate his previous plans as per the current circumstances.
As per Kuroto's own understanding of things, there are two ways to create the Rinnegan using the resources he has in his hands.
The first method is the forced absorption of Visual prowess from the other pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan to trigger the evolution of Dojutsu. This is the method Shimura Danzo was trying to use to evolve his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan into the Rinnegan.
The second method is the transplantation method which involves the fusion of the Yin-Yang chakra. Karin will be the source of Yang Chakra and the two pairs of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan will be the source of Yin Chakra. These Yin and Yang chakra sources will fuse over time and give birth to the Rinnegan.
Of the two methods, the first method will obviously take less time and will be easier, but at the same time, it is more risky and dangerous compared to the second method.
On the other hand, although the second method will be more time-consuming, and laborious, it will not be as risky and dangerous.
If he didn't have Karin, Kuroto would have chosen the first method, but since he has Karin, so the second method is his choice.
Besides, a difference of a few months will have no impact on his plans. Kuroto is not in immediate need of Rinnegan, so has all the more reason to go with the second method.
After making up his mind, Kuroto looked at Karin.
Karin muttered, "Kuroto-sama?"
Kuroto rubbed Karin's head, and said with a smile, "Well, since this pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan has almost healed from the injury and is close to recovering its lost Visual Prowess, it's time to replace this pair with another pair of eyes that I have. Those eyes are also injured and require healing. Are you fine with changing the eyes?"
Karin nodded quickly, "Yes, I have no problem."
With that Kuroto took Karin to his laboratory and started the eye transplantation operation on her.
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