Chương 411: Hunting
Edward's clone looked at the two people below him as he stood above the tree nearby a river. He glanced at the shark-looking man for a moment before ignoring him; his real target was the red-eye Uchiha.
"Although I know this is not going to work, let's try for the sake of efficiency: please hand over your eyes and do not resist."
"Itachi, do you know this person?"
"No."
"So, you won't mind if I killed him?"
"Do as you wish?"
"Hehehe," Kisame removed his weapon, ready to attack. Meanwhile, Edward sighed; he was not in the best mood since he was forced to come and waste his time with these people.
'Nevertheless, I can use this opportunity to gather more data on the Chakra System.'
He calmly looked at Kisame, who rushed at him with great speed, and he used Tsunade's Chakra Enhanced Strength to enhance his physical attribute and punched the shark in his ugly face; he was so swift that Itachi raised an eyebrow when he saw the attack with his Sharingan.
Bam!
Kisame flew a dozen meters, crashing into the river. Less than 3 seconds later, he stood up from the river, his face a little red from the punch.
Water Style: Five Shark Shower
Five water sharks flew from his mouth, heading toward Edward, who countered with his own Jutsu.
Fire Style: Flaming Bird Jutsu
Five firebirds flew from his mouth and extinguished the sharks. But they did not stop and headed for Kisame. The man shark had to counter with another Jutsus that used the nearby river to stop the attack.
Water Style: A Thousand Feeding Sharks
This attack created a tsunami made entirely out of sharks and was truly a powerful Jutsus. However, it did not matter to the clone.
Wood Style: Life Growing Jutsus
With Hashirama cells, it was no trouble for him to alter his genetics to use this Blood Limit. With this Jutsus, a small plant appeared on the tsunami's path. Then, the plant madly absorbed the water from the Jutsus as nutrients to grow a forest.
The tree branches from this forest then entangled Kisame before capturing him. He resisted a little but could not fight so many. And since the tree possessed the ability to drain Chakra, he was quickly drained.
A crow tried to reach Kisame but could evade all the trees. In the end, Itachi turned back to his original body and abandoned saving his companion for now.
"I did not know the Hidden Leaf had someone who could Wood Release," said Itachi with his usual calm and composed voice.
"Trying to get information from me? You're quite the devoted little spy, aren't you."
Itachi calmly looked at him. 'Genjutsu is useless?' He realized he might have to go all out in this battle despite his poor physical condition.
[Amateratsu]
A black flame appeared on Edward's position. But he did not evade. No, a tree branch moved in front of him, taking the attack instead of him.
"Eternal Flame, huh?" he muttered, looking at the black flame. Of course, he knew these flames were not truly eternal. However, if he only used his current chakra method, he could not extinguish them.
He controlled other branches to attack Itachi, forcing him on the move and not giving a good eye view of himself to use Amaterasu. Suddenly, one of the branches moved faster than Itachi could predict, heading straight for his eyes.
At the last minute, an orange skeleton protected him.
"You've forced me to use this." His eyes were now bleeding, but he still remained calm. Without hesitation, he fully activated his Susanoo.
Wood Style: Wood-Dragon Jutsu
Itachi slashed the enormous dragon with his Totsuka Blade. However, the dragon would regrow on the cutoff place before continuing to entangle him. Furthermore, the more his blade came into contact with the dragon, the more Chakra it drew.
While Itachi focused on dealing with the wood dragon, a shadow suddenly came from behind him and attached to his own shadow, rendering him immobile. He tried to resist but to no avail. Then, the wood dragon drained his Chakra until he could not maintain the Susanoo.
Edward walked before him, looking directly at him.
"Quite the talented individual. Unfortunately, the crooked and backward system of the Ninja World ruined you."
"And what does that mean?" asked Itachi, still calm.
"What you did to the Uchiha Clan."
"Is there something wrong with wanting to test my power?"
"From a patriotic standpoint, as a ruler myself, I respect your decision. As a man with a family and loved ones, I can understand your choice. However, on an intellectual level, you made the stupidest choice. For someone of your intelligence…." Edward shook his head.
"How do you know all this?"
"I'm the one who killed Danzo."
"I see. There was nothing wrong with my choice; the Uchiha needed to be eradicated."
"Do you feel that way despite all the innocent children and women killed? Or maybe, you don't care because Madara was the one who killed them? Without their deaths in your hand, it should be easier to justify your action."
Itachi did not answer.
"You and Shisui could have killed Danzo or used your power to negotiate with the Hidden Leaf. You could have taken over the Uchiha Clan and dealt with the rebellious members while protecting the more peaceful and innocent ones.
"However, as traumatized children with godly powers and forced to see the cruelty of the world when your brains were not properly developed, you chose the worst possible options."
Itachi did not know how to respond. Furthermore, there is no point in contemplating these things now. And Edward stopped talking. He removed Itachi's eyes and placed them in a jar he summoned. He also took Shisui's eyes.
Then, he used Medical Ninjutsu or Yang Release to grow another pair of regular eyes. He then left him with a gift.
"I've cured your disease, so you have a long life to live, and maybe, watch your brother grow. Also, use this opportunity to think over your actions and choices. Maybe, you'll gain some perspective."
After saying that, he took some blood from Kisame before disappearing and teleporting away. His next target was Nagato to take away the Rinnegan. He was not sneaky and used the most direct and brute force method; he fought all of them single-handedly, defeated everyone, and only used the Chakra System. He told Nagato he was trying to remove the burden from him, but the latter did not appreciate his actions. And the situation became worse when he tried to flirt with Konan, and she simply despised him. In the process, he also sealed Black Zetsu and Hidan and took them away.
Following this, he traveled all over the continent to steal all the Jutsus from different villages and blood samples from the Blood Limit Clans. He also went after the Nine Tail Beast. He did not capture them.
Edward did not want to draw the ire of all five villages and have them band together to fight him like the Fourth Ninja War. Although he would easily, it was not worth the trouble.
He scanned these beasts before taking a large sample of their Chakra by dividing them into a Yin and Yang half like the Nine Tail to analyze and activate the Ten Tail and study the God Tree.
He proceeded to visit Orochimaru and take all his research. The mad scientist tried to resist to no avail.
The final step in his hunting was taking Kaguya from her seal. The Sage of Six Paths and his brother tried to stop him, but the clone was prepared to deal with these two and sent them away.
Finally, he returned to his laboratory to study. Of course, his exploits were known throughout the world. But he did not care.
Chương 412: Sage Art
(AN: All of you need to calm down. There have been too many comments about how the Naruto World deserves better, and I agree. This will be a normal arc with a minimum of 30 chapters. I have some ideas I think are cool to make this arc more interesting, but you also have to understand with Edward's current power level, there is probably nothing that can threaten. So, some things must be fast and straightforward.
(I don't read or watch Boruto, and I don't know much. But, in the setting of this fanfiction, their supposedly God is only Tier 8. I won't debate whether this scaling is correct or not since it's my story, and I said so. Tier 8 is nothing to Edward, especially with the Arcane Spark.
(Finally, it's been a long time since I read Naruto, and I don't remember a lot of things--especially from the movies or filler episodes. I will try my best to integrate some of these things, but please don't have too much hope since I might even be too lazy to do the research.
(Thank you.)
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Edward followed Tsunade through a long voyage toward the Shikkotsu Forest. During the entire journey, he took this opportunity to get closer to her throughout the journey.
"Why have you never asked me to fulfill my promise? Do you not want to revive your brother?" he asked.
"...I don't know," replied Tsunade while continuing walking. "Over the years, I've missed my brother and Dan more than I can imagine. However, I've also grieved and accepted their death."
"Is that why you never tried to revive or see them with Edo Tensei?"
"Hmm, I understand the pain of losing a loved one. But I do not understand the concept of grieving and moving on."
"Sounds like a story."
"When I was young, I lost my parents to a nonsensical war," said Edward with some reminiscing. "It was a difficult period in my life, given how much they loved and cared for me in that lonely world. However, I refused to accept their death and sought to conquer death."
"And you succeeded?"
"Yes. And from that moment onward, I vowed never to lose anyone close to me. And if I do, I would go to extreme lengths to get them back."
"Sounds ominous."
"Oh, you have no idea."
Tsunade shivered when she saw that man's eyes. Through these eyes, she could experience the horror that would unleash in any world if something happened to this man's family. Anyone or anything which stood in his way would bear the brunt of his wrath–It did not matter whether it was almighty gods, cruel devils, or merciful Buddhas.
"Let's not talk about this."
"Alright. If you ever decide, you can ask me."
"I will."
After a few days of travel, they finally reached their destination. With Tsunade's presence, they could enter the forest with no problem. However, Edward had to stay outside while she talked to the Slug Sage.
A few minutes later, Tsunade came outside, "The Sage wants to see you. Be on your best behavior."
"Of course," replied Edward before following her. He showed no surprise upon meeting this massive slug. He bowed politely and thanked her for receiving him as a guest.
"So, you want to learn our Sage Mode?"
"Yes, Great Slug Sage."
"Tsuna has vouched for you, but I still need to test you. Any problem with that?"
"Not at all."
A bright light shone on the slug's eyes as she gazed up and down at Edward, "Such brightness, such purity. I've never met such a good-hearted individual."
Tsunade looked at the sage, wondering whether she was senile. Although she did not say anything bad about Edward, she was not too positive. She only told the sage enough to accept him to prevent him from acting out.
Meanwhile, Edward was not surprised by this outcome. Ever since he discovered Karma, he wanted to create a way to hide his sins with his merit to make it easier to interact with justice-type people who hated sins with their souls. People who will only interact with people of certain alignments.
So, he asked Hermione to develop this method since she was studying Karma, and she succeeded. Technically speaking, the Sage was not lying since he committed many great deeds like solving cancer, ending world hunger, and many other things.
"I'm flattered," replied Edward.
"You must be tired from your journey. Katsuyu will teach you. I hope you continue to do good in your life."
"I will, and thank you for your hospitality."
"I will lead him to the resting rooms," volunteered Tsunade, making the other slugs give her strange looks, but she did not care; she wanted to satisfy her curiosity.
So, once they were alone, she whispered," How did you do it?"
"Do what?"
"Don't play around. How did you trick the Great Sage? Did you use your mysterious power?"
"No, and I did not really trick her. In my world, I ended world hunger and poverty, created peace, cured 99% of known diseases, provided free education and health care to everyone, and so much more.
"I am a protector and guardian to my people. It's just that I used many shady and cruel tactics to achieve these wonderful things."
Edward suddenly paused, "What kind of person you thought I was?"
"In my mind, you were a godlike entity who sought knowledge and power by all costs, even invading other planets. I thought the only touch of humanity you had was your family and loved ones."
"Harsh, I guess I should appreciate your honesty. But I'm not that terrible."
"Maybe."
The next day, Edward woke up early for his training.
"Are you sure he can learn Sage Mode? I cannot sense any Chakra from him," commented Katsuyu. Tsunade looked at him, and Edward converted his mana into Chakra and showed it to her. One of the reasons he loved mana is its versatility and compatibility with other energy.
"You have enough Chakra, so let's begin the training," said Katsuyu. "The first step is to sense the natural energy in nature and absorb it into the body. This process is challenging, but the Shikkotsu Forest has a unique slime that can aid the process."
"No need," said Edward as he controlled the natural energy around to enter his body before controlling them to leave. As an Arcanist, energy control is basically his job, and he is one of the best at it. He only needed to know the specific ratio of natural energy, chakra, and physical energy of the forest' Sage Mode.
Tsunade and Katsuyu looked at him with open mouths. The slug knew how difficult this process was since even Tsunade failed. Over the years, only one person mastered the Slug Sage Mode, and it was the First Hokage.
"I-I guess we are moving to the second step: the ratio of the three energies." Katsuyu proceeded to explain the ratio to Edward, who listened attentively. He did not immediately ask but asked detailed questions. Unfortunately, Katsuyu's way of teaching is more about practicing and relying on individual talent, so she could only answer a few of his questions.
Edward then closed his eyes and drew the natural energy into his body. Controlling his spiritual energy was even easier since that's what he used to control his mana, but it's called Soul Strength in his world. As for physical energy, he also has experience controlling it because of his Aura.
Without surprise, he succeeded in his first attempt and entered Sage Mode, similar to Hashirama, with a circle on his forehead and markings around his eyes.
"Y-You succeeded?" asked Katsuyu; meanwhile, Tsunade was numb by now; this man seemed capable of anything. Edward did not answer her as he focused on analyzing the Snake Sage Mode Method he got from Orochimaru and the Toad Snake Mode he had one of his clones steal from Jiraiya's mind.
'The Toad Method focused more on speed, the snake for attacks, while the slug focuses on stamina and healing.' He took a moment to discover the subtle differences.
'Next, let's see if natural energy will work with mana.'
He separated a small part of his mana and tried to fuse it with natural energy. He tried different ratios, but they could never fit. With Edward's energy control, he spent the next few hours without success.
"I'm missing something," he spoke out loud.
"Are you alright?" asked Tsunade.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"You've been petrified repeatedly; we thought you would die."
"Don't worry about it," said Edward looking at her face. Then, he was drawn to the mark on her forehead. He looked at her eyes and her forehead.
"Triangle…Three energies…I see."
He closed his eyes again and tried, but this time, he fused his aura, mana, and natural energy. And as expected, after a few trial and error, he found a basic ratio that worked.
The marking on his face appeared again, but they were purple now. Edward entered the Mana Sage Mode.
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(Please read the above author's note.)
(AN: Leave your ideas on what you wish this mode were capable of. I might use some of your suggestions.)
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