42 Chapter 41

"Yuichi-sama, she's waking up." Shiromari declared as I was resting inside a wood house I made not long ago

"Alright, transform back into yourself and let me see her." I replied as my bracer changed into Shiromari who then swallowed me

He brought me right inside the bedroom where Yugito Nii was resting and I saw her half laying on the bed looking at her hands with a pondering expression.

"Had a nice sleep?" I said to let her notice my presence

She got startled by my voice and when she looked at me she couldn't help but be a bit scared.

"W-who are you?" she said as her gaze became slightly more courageous while she shifted her hands in a guarding stance

"Easy there kid, if I was here to harm you, you wouldn't be sleeping on a comfy bed with your clothes fixed up and body healed." I said as I raised my hand in a surrender posture

She looked back at herself and realized this time that indeed, she was completely healed.

*Growl*

Both of us heard her stomach growl because she didn't eat anything decent since she was locked up inside the training room.

I took out a scroll that contained food that I prepared today and said "I was sure that you would be hungry, here I prepared this."

She looked at the plate that appeared and saw that it was still warm judging by the subtle steam that was emanating, the smell didn't escape her nose either as she started to salivate a little.

What I made was several different croquettes using not only meat such as beef, chicken, pork, fish but also some vegetables only stuffed to diversify the dish.

She quickly wiped her mouth and tried to be wary of me again.

Understanding that she was scared of the food being poisoned, I took one in my hand and started eating it before saying "I put nothing weird inside, in fact, they are extremely tasty!" I then chuckled and gave her the plate

She was less on guard because of how hungry she was and started eating them one by one, the taste made her cry tears of joy as she properly chewed them instead of gulping like some people always do.

"Stuffed now?" I said with a smile as her plate was empty

She looked at me and replied "Y-yes thank you." before looking down again

"Are you worried about the big cat?" I said to which she opened her eyes wide and replied "A-aren't you scared of me?"

I laughed and said "Pft, why should I be scared?"

"B-because I-I am a monster..." she said as she started sulking

"Uh? You? Who I have in front of me isn't a monster but just a young child with a cute blue cat right there." I said as I pointed her stomach where the seal was inscribed

"Because you have a Tailed Beast sealed inside of you doesn't mean that you are a monster. What makes someone a monster is their action, not their existence." I added as she looked at me dumbfounded

Even if she was only two years old, she understood what I meant and seemed to resolve herself.

"I'm Yuichi Senju by the way." I said as I closed my eyes for a second and smiled

"I'm Yugito Nii." she said as she smiled back at me

After that, she opened up more with me and told me how her life was up to this point.

I told her that she could come and live with me from now on, along with other kids who will not be scared of her either.

But I also told her that she couldn't go there until I take care of something, by telling her that some people with bad intentions could restrict her life.

She will be able to live here, a special place made by Shiromari which consists of a giant house with everything you need as well as a beautiful exterior so she won't feel locked up.

I will also leave a clone of mine that will keep her company and Shiromari also made a chibi version of himself.

My clone will also change the seal that has Matatabi to make it easier for her to learn how to control her Jinchūriki abilities.

It will also make the place where Matatabi is living not a simple dark space and allow them to talk so Yugito Nii could understand how wrong her view of the Two-Tailed Beast is.

And if she loses her mind again during training I can instantly bring her back with Wood Release.

I don't want to make her training psychologically painful... Well, when I train someone I'm always strict and made them exhausted but they always are of age, and a Jinchūriki training isn't the same.

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The Land of Water was a bit special compared to the other lands where the other Great Ninja Villages were settled.

It's the smallest of them all and is mostly composed of a multitude of islands.

The whole country is usually covered by a thick mist but certain islands have different weather.

The islands are crossed by many lakes and different traditions exist on each of them.

The principal issue with such a country is that it is prone to civil war because of the different kinds of inhabitants each island has.

The main island where Kirigakure and the capital are located is usually where the 'noble' clans are from and the disparity between them and the other 'lower' clans is great.

Before assaulting Kirigakure I will do like I did at Kumogakure and get my hand on each known Kekkei Genkai user that is living in the Land of Water.

The first place I was going to was more of a stretch than anything else that I had when I looked into Gengetsu's memories.

At some point in his life, he met a family that had purple hair and red eyes living on a small island isolated from most of the others.

Only a few know that but they were a clan that was distinguished for their ability to 'predict' someone's death and how they are also capable of miracle healing.

They could have been a noble family today but they refused this chance to live peacefully on an isolated island.

If my intuition isn't wrong, it could be the Clan where Ranmaru was conceived and the possibility of them holding the Dōjutsu was likely.

Now, I don't want to kill them all just to get my hand on their Dōjutsu... I will first see if they truly have it and if they do, I can simply steal a pair from an already deceased member and hopefully, one that died recently.

Their Clan would be decimated if the Bloody Mist era happens and they have nothing to do with Kirigakure, why would I kill them?

I don't want to get my hand on their Dōjutsu just for their vision abilities that they share with the Byakugan because my eyes should already be better than that.

But they can fool the Byakugan which the Ōtsutsuki Clan own and more importantly they can transfer part of their life force to heal others just by using their hands.

This combined with my Suijin ability would mean that I become a life force bank, in a way, and I will be able to keep Tsunade alive and young forever without the need for her to use a transformation technique, to keep her youthful appearance later on, and without wasting a large amount of life force and chakra to make the same pills I made when I was a kid.

To not be discovered by their heightened perception I decided to sense them from afar using my Dōjutsu until I sense one of them using theirs.

I sensed how little their Clan was, less than a dozen, and it took a while for one of them to show a sign of it... But now, I knew that it would be worthwhile.

I waited for the night to fall and moved toward the cemetery stealthily.

Once I was inside, I crouched and sent chakra to the ground that moved toward the eyes of each corpse to see if they awakened them and if they still worked.

There was not a single reaction at first but luckily, one body finally gave a positive result as I sensed the Dōjutsu activate.

'Jackpot' I thought as I went on top of the grave and used Earth Release to open the ground revealing a shabby coffin made of wood.

I easily opened it and saw a body that had yet to be only bones... I wasn't affected by the decaying corpse and started laying my hand on its head before using 'Suijin' to successfully absorb the Dōjutsu that didn't decay like the rest of the body.

I then sensed someone nearing the place so I quickly put the coffin back and covered it with Earth Release before stealthily hiding myself.

I saw that it was a young child of around eight years old that decided to stroll in the graveyard.

He sat down below a large tree and looked toward the sea for hours while mumbling something before going back home.

He felt like a kid who was given heavy responsibilities and that needed some time alone.

'...Maybe I should leave something in exchange' I thought before inscribing something on the same tree

Only luck would help them in the future.

I finally got what I wanted here so I left the island and found a place to stay for a while before looking for the Kaguya Clan.

I need to find one member who wields the Shikotsumyaku and will absorb it, not an easy task because it's something rare within the Kaguya Clan but there should at least be one wielder.

I was heavily interested in recruiting Kimimaro in the future but he isn't even born... He will be born in around twelve years if I'm not wrong.

He's someone who would be extremely loyal to me without much effort and I will be able to heal him if I get my hands on his clan's Kekkei Genkai.

Now I just have to be careful and not kill his potential parents... That would f*ck up my whole plan.

For now, I will rest and digest the Dōjutsu I just got as my body seems to have some difficulty waiting to do it.

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*Some weeks later*

'I feel... Great' I thought as I was finally back to consciousness after digesting for a long time

The process this time wasn't like any other... It seems that a Dōjutsu which gives abilities not related to natural elements is harder to take in.

I finally opened my eyes and for a second they gleamed with a red hue before seemingly being assimilated by the natural color of my eyes.

Looking around me I felt like I saw the world differently...

I was already capable of seeing even the most microscopic molecule and also things that move extremely fast thanks to my Sharingan.

I could as well 'see' anything in an insane radius by sensing when I used my Byakugan ability that was part of my Tenseigan.

But I was now able to 'hear' from long distances with my eyes somehow.

I know, it's weird to say but my EYES allows me to HEAR.

Not only that, it felt like I could see the 'life' of everything around me, even inanimate things such as rocks and dirt.

This subject would need a lot of research on my side so I won't dwell on it now.

But if this Dōjutsu truly allows me to see the life of anything and still hasn't any name then I shall give it one.

'Let's go with Seimeigan' I thought with a smirk as it meant 'Life Eye' literally

I also tested something by making a clone to have him attack me randomly, and no matter how erratic it was, I knew where and when he was going to strike.

I should also be able to transfer my life force to others just by using my hands and that was my first goal with this Dōjutsu.

I underestimated the power of those eyes for sure... Such strong eyes unknown by most people, I should be thankful or they would have been hunted a long time ago.

How can you not become an eye maniac in a world where they can exhibit the most strength out of anything.

'If I decided to go in this world it was mostly for that and for the various unknown Kekkei' I thought as I am someone who loved experimenting and discovering new stuff

On another subject, my clone told me what happened with Yugito Nii in the meantime.

He changed her seal and it allowed her to talk with Matatabi and learn more about the 'monster' she had within her.

Matatabi is surely one of the gentlest Tailed Beasts luckily, and like h- no, she, because I learned from Yugito Nii that Matatabi was a she, and that was quite a surprise as I didn't expect Tailed Beast to have any gender at all but I couldn't stick to using 'it' anyway.

Back to the topic, as Matatabi said, she likes Yugito Nii as a host and will be extremely cooperative during her training, it won't change the fact that the Jinchūriki can lose its temper but knowing that both of them get along well is a weight off of my shoulder.

'I wonder about the gender of the others' I thought as I was now curious about this kind of useless information

Kurama and Gyūki should be male... And I will see when I meet the others.

Anyway, it's time to get my hand on the Shikotsumyaku.

*Some more weeks later*

The Kaguya Clan was situated on the main island but far enough from Kirigakure.

It was not as hard as I thought to find someone who wielded the Kekkei Genkai because unlike most of the clan members, my target had white hair instead of the same grey-black hair.

My target was a middle-aged man whose situation within the Clan was not like Kimimaro in the future as he didn't seem to be locked up, albeit feared.

He didn't have any wife or children according to my days of observation.

I investigated enough to know his daily routine and decided to assassinate him when he comes back at night after training himself.

I will not absorb him directly because I want to look at his unique body structure to be ready for Kimimaro in the future.

So I stayed inside his house completely hidden and after a while, the door was finally opening revealing him exhausted from his training.

He then moved toward his bedroom and started changing his clothes which was the perfect time for me to strike.

I came from the ground slightly facing him with Masamune in its shortest form to effectively stab him at his throat making him bleed enough to be able to use Blood Release and make his blood strongly flow toward his heart at once, which made it explode from the sudden increase in volume.

This was the best way for me to kill him as I didn't want him to be able to use his bones and resist many Ninjutsu.

'Shiromari, bring his corpse to the lab' I asked as on my bracer appeared a mouth and a tongue which wrapped the body to swallow it

I will speedrun my studying on his body structure and will digest his memories first so I can use a clone to impersonate him.

The clone will live normally and will be acting as an important figure for Kimimaro, once he is born.

Judging by his personality, it shouldn't be hard to make him loyal to me earlier... And he wouldn't even falter when he will see the 'true' me.

This war is making me win more than I ever thought I would and I didn't even do anything to Kirigakure for now.

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