Chapter 83: Soul Escape

Time—

It always seems to pass quickly, almost without noticing.

In the morning, Kiyoshi had intended to train, but Shizune and Karin dragged him around to the famous scenic spots, touring each one together.

As for Tsunade, she acted as though nothing unusual had happened yesterday.

She was her usual self.

Laughing and chatting with the three of them.

Before they knew it, they'd finished lunch.

And it was already afternoon.

Tsunade then led Shizune and Karin.

They went out into the streets to find "test subjects" for Karin's medical practice.

Naturally, Kiyoshi didn't go along.

He returned to his room.

Sitting cross-legged, his form poised in focus.

In his hands was a scroll containing instructions on the S-Rank Forbidden Jutsu: Spirit Transformation Jutsu.

He read through it carefully.

The Spirit Transformation Jutsu!

An S-rank soul ninjutsu allowing one's soul to leave the body.

It allows the caster to turn their soul into a living spirit, capable of traversing any distance to kill enemies, or even possess their bodies or enter their mental space.

With this jutsu, one can separate their spirit from the body, becoming a soul entity that can infiltrate and destroy the enemy's mind from within.

But the spirit retains the caster's consciousness, which implies far more uses than just possession and killing.

Due to the technique's mysterious connection to the soul realm, it couldn't be practiced with a Wood Clone, unlike the Flying Thunder God Jutsu that he'd practiced the evening before by sharing the experience with a Wood Clone.

This time, Kiyoshi simply summoned a single Wood Clone.

Its task was to guard his body and ensure his safety.

With his hands, he made seals at a steady pace.

Concentrating, he gathered his chakra.

Following the method of the Spirit Transformation Jutsu, he began to attempt the jutsu.

He failed immediately, his body showed no changes at all.

He didn't succeed in letting his consciousness leave his body.

The second attempt...

The third...

More and more attempts failed in succession.

Yet Kiyoshi was undeterred.

Instead, he kept reflecting, analyzing his own shortcomings and errors.

In less than half an hour, a strange ripple spread through his body.

A transparent spirit form separated from him.

"So, this is the state of an out of body soul?" Kiyoshi, seeing his soul successfully detached, marveled at his own form.

He looked down at his still body, seated cross-legged with eyes closed, unmoving.

"Make sure to protect my body well."

Sensing the positions of Tsunade and the others, he gave a quick instruction to his Wood Clone.

Then Kiyoshi's spirit form passed through the walls and vanished from the room.

At that moment, on the west side of the town.

Inside a nondescript, worn-down house—

An elderly woman lay there, looking frail.

Shizune, as Karin's mentor, was guiding her through a thorough check of the woman's condition.

Tsunade, their teacher, sat off to the side with her arms crossed, watching calmly.

She had no intention of treating the patient herself.

"Tsunade-nee."

In an instant, Tsunade's senses tingled, her skin prickling.

The next moment, her mind blurred.

Suddenly, she was pulled into her mental space, where she found herself embraced by Kiyoshi.

"Kiyoshi?"

Tsunade froze.

Surprised, she looked at him in shock.

She glanced around, realizing what had happened, her face showing slight disbelief. "This… is the Spirit Transformation Jutsu?"

"Heh... Just learned it." Kiyoshi, noticing how strange it felt to hold Tsunade in his spirit form, found the sensation surprisingly pleasant.

"No respect at all."

Tsunade's face flushed faintly.

Pushing away Kiyoshi's slightly unruly hands, she looked at him, exasperated. "You… "Just how many jutsu did you get from Danzo?"

Most people, even in a lifetime, would be fortunate to master one or two forbidden jutsus.

This brat… really made people envious.

The jutsus he'd mastered were all notoriously difficult, even needing special talent and insight, yet for him, they seemed effortless, like child's play.

"Not many, I just cleared out Root's entire collection, that's all."

Kiyoshi shrugged casually.

"You sure have some nerve. Now get out."

Tsunade shot Kiyoshi an annoyed look, trying to send him away.

Having him enter her mental space made her feel strange.

It was as though every part of her had been laid bare to him, with no secrets left unexposed.

"Finally getting to—hmm?"

Just as Kiyoshi was about to protest, he felt a sensation, turning his gaze toward the outskirts of the town.

About several dozen miles away, he sensed a significant chakra presence.

The direction pointed toward the Land of Hot Water.

And the aura… seemed even stronger than Tsunade's.

"Is it the Akatsuki?"

Surprised for a moment, Kiyoshi decided not to pay it any mind. "Doesn't matter, as long as they don't bother me."

If the Akatsuki dared to cause trouble, he'd have no qualms about bringing their downfall ahead of schedule.

"What's wrong?"

Tsunade asked, seeing Kiyoshi's distant look.

"It's nothing, just a strong passerby," Kiyoshi responded, releasing his grip on Tsunade's mindscape and moving on.

He flew in another direction, searching for a target with a weak chakra signature, before he entered that person's body directly.

Controlling them with ease.

His host was a young man, about twenty, wearing a forehead protector from Yugakure.

Judging from his chakra, he was likely a mid-level ninja from the village.

Whoosh!

Kiyoshi controlled the ninja's body, making him punch, kick, jump.

Soon, he had mastered this body's movements, controlling it smoothly as if it were his own.

Commanding the young ninja, Kiyoshi dashed across rooftops until he reached the outskirts of the town.

"Hmm, it's not my own body, even under my control, chakra manipulation feels a bit clumsy. I still have to make hand seals to perform basic ninjutsu."

"His chakra affinity is Fire? Well, that's no issue."

Kiyoshi manipulated the body, testing its current state. "My spirit form carries my chakra, so I can still use all elemental jutsu and exert part of my own strength."

His eyes opened—

Directly revealing the Sharingan.

In the next instant, it spun into a complex pattern.

"Just as I thought, I can even use Wood Release and the Sharingan."

Kiyoshi wasn't surprised.

After all, in the original anime, Pain had used the power of the Rinnegan to perform something similar.

He'd distributed the chakra of the Akatsuki members into living human sacrifices, converting them into copies with nearly equivalent strength.

These transfer clones even retained the original user's Kekkei Genkai, making them nearly indistinguishable from the real deal.

And his own spirit form, equipped with his chakra, was, to some extent, like that ability of Pain's Outer Path.

Thus, it was no surprise he could use his own Kekkei Genkai while possessing another body with the Spirit Transformation Jutsu.

Though perhaps, this might vary based on the skill of the caster.

Another person using the Spirit Transformation Jutsu might not reach this level of control.

"Still, this is quite the bonus—it'll save a lot of trouble."

Kiyoshi's eyes lit up with a slight smile. "In the future, it'll be much easier to extract the other half of the Nine-Tails from Reaper."

He could even control others.

Using this technique to exploit loopholes, he could perform forbidden jutsu that normally required the user's life as a sacrifice.

For example… the Reanimation Jutsu of Sunagakure that could bring the dead back to life!.

"Let's give it a try."

Without hesitation—

He made a single-handed hand seal.

Using precise chakra control—

He even made Yugakure ninja's body perform the hand seal with one hand.

Having just learned the Spirit Transformation Jutsu, Kiyoshi's interest was at its peak.

With his ample chakra supply, he released jutsu one after another.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

"Earth Style: Mud Wall!"

Boom! Boom!

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