Chapter 55: Eight Chakras

"Found you!"

Shishou opened his Sharingan, his left eye spinning rapidly. Under the effect of his Mangekyo Sharingan's biological acceleration, four White Zetsu emerged from Obito's hand, quickly growing to the size of a palm.

"How did you find us..."

Realizing they had been discovered, the four White Zetsu quickly grew to adult size and began attacking Shishou.

However, they were no match for him.

With a wave of his right hand, Shishou touched each of the White Zetsu, and his Chakra Bugs quickly spread over their bodies, taking control of them.

"What a pleasant surprise."

Shishou squatted in front of the four White Zetsu, feeling pleased.

If he remembered correctly, White Zetsu was created by Madara and Obito using the Gedo Statue. He wondered if devouring them would grant him some useful abilities.

He really wanted to give it a try.

Shishou waved his hand, letting his Chakra Bugs devour three of the White Zetsu.

After absorbing all the energy from the White Zetsu, Shishou closed his eyes to feel the changes.

He found that, besides increasing his chakra slightly, there was no significant change.

Then, Shishou's Sharingan spun, using genjutsu to control the remaining White Zetsu and extract their impersonation technique, spore technique, and floating technique.

Although Shishou's genjutsu foundation was weak, unable to instantly defeat opponents like Itachi, he could still use his Mangekyo to control a powerless White Zetsu.

It seemed that the impersonation and spore techniques of White Zetsu were unique to them, similar to bloodline limits.

Only White Zetsu could use them.

Feeling a bit disappointed, Shishou let his Chakra Bugs devour the remaining White Zetsu as well.

Through multiple instances of devouring and feeding back, Shishou had figured out some patterns.

To acquire a bloodline limit through the devouring feedback of the Chakra Bugs, he needed to devour at least a hundred individuals with the same bloodline limit to awaken the corresponding ability.

Devouring just four White Zetsu was clearly insufficient to gain their abilities.

Next, Shishou directed his Chakra Bugs to devour and feed back Obito's arm.

"Wow."

"The cells of Hashirama are indeed incredible. Just one arm contains such terrifying energy."

"It doubled my chakra!"

"Tsk tsk tsk."

"If Naruto, Sasuke, Madara, and Obito are considered cheaters, then Hashirama is the cheat himself."

The feeling of gaining such vast energy was truly exhilarating!

Seeing his chakra approaching 8 units, Shishou felt delighted.

This meant his chakra was now twice that of seventeen-year-old Naruto.

Of course, if Naruto's chakra included the Nine-Tails, it would be over 100 units.

Shishou couldn't compare to that yet.

After some thought, Shishou decided not to wake the White Zetsu on Obito's leg for now. Instead, he sealed it for future research.

Sealing Obito's leg back into the storage space,

Shishou took out several pieces of shell the size of basins.

These were the shells of the Three-Tails Isobu, incredibly durable and intact even after the explosion of a Tailed Beast Bomb, making them perfect for crafting armor.

"Making a Saint Seiya armor for Yugao sounds like a good idea..."

Imagining Yugao wearing the Saint Seiya armor and cosplaying as Athena,

Shishou suddenly felt a bit distracted.

...

The next day,

Shishou woke up, washed up, and headed to the ninja academy.

He hadn't been to the academy in several days and thought it was time to check in.

In the classroom,

Sasuke was as diligent as ever. Seeing Shishou enter, he glanced at him and then continued studying.

"Sasuke is so dedicated."

Sakura, sitting beside Sasuke, looked at him with admiration and sighed:

"Sasuke-kun has been in 'training mode' for days now. When will he take a break?"

Ahem...

Passing by, Shishou couldn't help but cough upon hearing Sakura's words and glanced at her.

Sasuke was probably just annoyed by these girls and entered this so-called 'training mode' to get some peace.

If I were him, I'd do the same.

Well, it seems like I started this trend...

"Yo, Naruto's reading."

Feeling a bit speechless, Shishou took his seat in the back row and greeted Naruto.

Naruto glanced at Shishou, made a face, and continued reading.

"Naruto is in 'Hokage mode,' studying hard. He won't respond to you."

Kiba, sitting nearby, explained with a laugh, then teased Shishou:

"Shishou, aren't you in study mode today?"

Shishou: "..."

So awkward, so cringe, and I'm the culprit.

Hearing Kiba's teasing, even Shishou felt a bit embarrassed.

However,

Naruto, I understand you want to study hard and become Hokage.

But why are you reading a magazine about beautiful women?

Is this a family trait, or are you laying the foundation for the Sexy Jutsu?

Looking away from Naruto's magazine, Shishou shook his head at Kiba and said:

"Well, I've learned enough about raising bugs."

"I don't plan to continue studying for now. It's important to balance work and rest."

As soon as Shishou finished speaking, Ino ran over to the empty seat next to him, pouting:

"Shishou, you've been ignoring me these past few days. I'm so bored."

Smiling at Ino's pout, Shishou said:

"Alright, how about I take you shopping after school?"

Ino had no other hobbies besides flower arranging and shopping.

Shishou knew this very well.

"Yay..."

Ino cheered. She had run out of pocket money and had been hoping for Shishou's support.

"I-I want to go too."

Hinata, who had somehow ended up in the seat on Shishou's other side, blushed and mustered up the courage to speak.

"Hehe, afraid I'll steal Shishou away? Then let's go together."

Ino leaned over Shishou and hugged Hinata, pressing her face against hers and whispering.

She loved teasing the easily embarrassed Hinata.

Sure enough, Hinata, whose thoughts had been seen through, blushed even more and turned into a steaming princess.

Ino's eyes sparkled, finding Hinata incredibly amusing.

Then, Ino whispered something in Hinata's ear,

making Hinata's ears turn red.

"Tch, so popular."

Kiba, seeing Shishou surrounded by girls, clicked his tongue and turned away.

"Alright, Ino, stop teasing Hinata."

"Iruka-sensei is here."

Seeing Iruka enter the classroom, Shishou quickly separated Ino and Hinata.

He thought that if Ino kept teasing, Hinata might faint.

"Ahem."

Iruka entered the classroom, cleared his throat, and shouted:

"Class is starting now."