Chapter 27 - Transplant

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{Root shinobi pov}

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The child was a monster...even our years of training didn't prepare us for an enemy such as this. First we actually seemed to be waring down the boy as he received wounds that would have killed any shinobi.

But those wounds quickly healed as he retaliated with a ferocity no child should possess. Killing three of my subordinates like it was a game. Pulling those blades out of his torso like he was conducting an everyday chore.

Now...most of my members were restrained by wooden tendrils that bore thorns that dug into their flesh as a horde of countless insects manifested behind the boy. Their teeth chattering in excitement and anticipation.

"You all are good. It's been a while since I've actually had to put up some effort in a fight." She tensed at the mention of him not taking this fight seriously. He was bluffing...he had to be!

Giving out a subtle hand signal to the rest of her men she utilized a body flicker and made her way to the HQ. They had to report their failure to lord danzo! Those who remained behind would yield little information to the brat due to the seals on their tongues. Thus...they were expendable.

But as her mind came to this decision she heard the buzzing of many wings approaching their position. Looking back her eyes behind the mask she wore widen as the insects blitzed behind them with astonishing speed.

In her years of service she'd fought a few aburame and their clan's bug manipulation technique. But they were never this quick and ferocious to this extent. Quickly exerting herself to achieve a quicker feat of speed she seemed to actually outrun the horde but was soon mistaken by the sight of the creatures going after her compatriots.

All of them were being carried off into the air by clouds of the bugs while she could hear their cries of pain from the critters taking bites out of their flesh. No part of them seemed to wasted as she didn't even see a drop of blood fall from the bustling hordes.

For the first time in her life she ran, not in retreat, but in fear. Afraid to die by this child's hands...

She would rather be captured by an enemy nation than be at this eight year olds mercy...

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{Houzu pov}

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Well that was...boring. He expected them to attack once more but alas they just ran away. No matter...this just made things more fun.

Sending the ember insects after the three who ran in order to survey their actions for the time being. Turned towards his prisoners he wasn't naive enough to believe they would squeal on that crippled bastard if he resorted to torchering them for information.

The mark on their tongues sought to that...

So...he would wait for the root to strike again. They'd be the perfect practice dummies for his growing strength. Danzo was the only pressing concern for the time being.

Raising his hand he super heated his entire limb and struck towards each one of their necks. Like a hot knife through butter he decapitated them with ease.

With those final actions he bolted towards he new territory.

There was...much to do...

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~ (Timeskip - 48 hours) ~

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Within the enormous trunk of his magnum opus Houzu had done his best to hollow out the inside. Once the task had been achieved after an entire day of labor he transformed the entire interior into a private training area.

Providing a means to practice tree climbing to an extreme extent without the need to worry about prying eyes.

Speaking of eyes....

"Ow, watch it!" Houzu yelled as he had a group of four clones holding him down as one of them was in the midst of pulling out one of his eyes delicately with surgical precision, the only means of light being the gaps in the trunk letting in rays of sunlight.

"Hey, you wanted to do this! Stop bitching and stay still!" One of the clones shouted with a vein sprouted on their forehead.

Off to the side another clone was sitting on a floating sphere of plant matter while flipping through a thick medical book. "Okay...next you need to reach in and sever the optic nerve and vessels. Be ready for-"

*Spurt!*

"Gah!" The original shouted as the others gagged from purple blood splattering onto their faces.

"The blood splatter..." the book holder sighed as they flipped to the next page. "That should do it, just insert the rinnegan and our regen should do the rest." The clone finished as it slammed the book shut and threw it aside into the shadows of the structure.

Rising from the makeshift surgical table after the clone conducting the surgery inserted the new eye he could feel the change in his senjutsu reserves.

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[Name: Houzu Uzumaki]

Age - 9

Gender - male

Race - Cursed spirit

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[Template: Jogo]: 100%

[Template: Hanami]: 49.72%

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[Tier]: 6-C -> Low 6-B

Strength: Class G

Speed: Massively Hypersonic+

CE: S -> S+

[Without CE: Class M,

Massively Hypersonic speed.]

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<Rinnegan successfully implanted! The user has recieved a new array of abilities!>

[Deva path] - (novice)

◇ Allows the user to manipulate the attractive and repulsive forces of gravity.

[Asura path] - (Novice)

◇ Allows the user to augment their body with mechanised limbs, weaponry and armour.

[Human path] - (Novice)

◇ Allows the user to read the minds of others and extract souls by making physical contact with the victim.

[Animal path] - (Novice)

◇ Allows the user to summon a wide variety of creatures they have control over.

[Preta path] - (Novice)

◇ Allows the user to absorb all forms of chakra, including most ninjutsu.

[Naraka path] - (Novice)

◇ Allows the user to call upon the king of hell.

[Outer path] - (Novice)

◇ Allows the user to revive others in exchange for the life of the wielder.

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A wide grin spread across his face as the possibilities of what he could do with these abilities flashed through his mind. Now most jutsu would pose no threat to him. The preta path would force his opponents to rely on hand to hand combat.

Houzu could feel the eye siphon off his chakra. A typical side effect of using transplanted kekkei genkai.

"With this power my supremacy is assured." He spoke as the rest of his clones gave a nod to his choice in words. Without uttering a word of their own they all dispersed in a cloud of smoke leaving the boy alone in the dark as the candles slowly dimmed.

"The only one I need to fear is that simp.." for a long periode he remained silent in though. Suddenly a thought came to life in his mind.

"His other eye! The one he gave to Kakashi is the tool I need."

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A/N: I want to inform all readers that the mc still has chakra in the form of both chakra and cursed energy combining into cursed senjutsu. Allowing the mc to still utilize abilities in the naruto verse.

(Ch.18 - the festival)