Chapter 122 - Shiki Fūjin...?

The next day Ren once again meet in the evening with Kabuto in his laboratory under the HQ and saw that he was still dissecting the corpse he retrieved, and as he walked closer he saw it, the headless body of what seems Kisame, the appearance was the same, but Ren knew that it is, in fact, a White Zetsu.

Kabuto even if he was still focusing on White Zetsu's corpse, felt Ren's presence and said "Ren, you were right... the one hunting the Hachibi's Jinchuriki was one of these synthetic beings... and I have to say that these things are amazing... and scary!".

Then Ren asked "So what did you find out?" and Kabuto replies "These beings are some kind of mutated human, I can also see that they are infused in the First Hokage Hashirama's DNA... In fact, this sample is almost entirely made of Hashirama's cell, is able to survive without food or water, and did not need to carry out normal human bodily functions, he had the capacity to heal nearly any wound, even without the use of hand seals..."

And as Kabuto removes another piece from the corpse "And its ability to transform is at a scary level, he is able to freely alter his form and chakra signature, doing so allowed him to become or create a completely indistinguishable substitute of another individual, even becoming suited with their tools, he is also capable of all the chakra nature so he can copy his targets techniques if he knows them, and even after suffering tremendous damage, or even death, the technique would not cancel, I was only able to notice the difference after opening his body".

Then Ren asks "Is there a way to differentiate them or at least force them to revert to their original appearance?" and Kabuto "Differentiating them is impossible... they make a practically a perfect copy the only difference is its strength that remains invariable... if the others are like this one they all have the strength of a Mid-Chunin... as for your other question I'm not sure..." and Ren suggests "Well they are made up of Hashirama cells, so they are quite attuned to wood release... what about a solution that stimulates their Wood Nature Chakra and makes a leaf or branch grow out of them?".

Kabuto stood in silence for a few minutes then says "Yes it is possible... maybe in the form of gas totally harmless to anyone... yes I think I can work something out... but I need the help of Peri for it..." and Ren "No problem... now, on a more serious and delicate issue... When you were working under Orochimaru, you studied the Shiki Fūjin (Dead Demon Consuming Seal) and the Edo Tensei (Impure World Reincarnation) right?".

Kabuto's face turned deadly serious and said "Yes but why are you asking me this you should know the cost of these Jutsus..." and Ren "First about the Shiki Fūjin... I want you to summon that fake Shinigami and force it to spit out the souls that it ate... and this brings us to the second issue the Edo Tensei... if during the war the situation turns bad, I want you to use it with the White Zetsu as a sacrifice to summon the four Hokage to help the Alliance... but only in a desperate case...".

Then Kabuto simply asked "Why?" and Ren simply replies "I have fully mastered my Bankai... if I want to grow even stronger I have to do some serious training... And my instinct tells me that I need it... So I could be late..." and Kabuto "That is reckless and pointless... you are already one of the strongest in this world... why do you need even more power!?".

And Ren looked at Kabuto and said "You know that the Rikudou Sennin really existed... Now, I will tell you another secret of this world... And my main worry... Let's start with this... the name of the Sennin was Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and as you know he is the Ancestor of the Senju, Uzumaki, and Uchiha clans..." then Ren explained to Kabuto about Hagoromo, Hamura, and Kaguya, and also about the Otsutsuki clan.

After hearing all that Kabuto in a low tone said "To think that there are other lifeforms outside of our world... and that those literally eat worlds to grow stronger... Wait!!" then he looked at Ren "You said that Kaguya was sealed in the moon by her sons Hagoromo and Hamura could it be that the real Moon's Eye Operation..." and Ren nodded, and said, "It's possible...".

Then Kabuto steeled himself and said, "Let's go and free the souls of the past Hokage" and took a Hanya Mask from his cupboard, walked toward the stairs, and went further down, where Ren build another underground training zone in Urahara's style, with Ren following after him.

Once there Kabuto nods at Ren, put on the mask, and starts carefully doing the hand seals, while Ren draws Senbonzakura and is ready to use his full power at any time, "Let's see... Snake, Boar, Ram, Rabbit, Dog, Rat, Bird, Horse, Snake!" then Kabuto claps his hands, and the next second Ren can see that Kabuto soul is partially separated from his body, but it is still connected by the Inga no Kusari (Chain of Fate).

But as the Shinigami's figure appears something strange is happening, Ren saw that the Shinigami was a lot weaker than he remembered and in fact seems like it is about to vanish at any moment, Ren doesn't wait any longer and attack the Shinigami's residual image and cut his stomach open before it could grab Kabuto's souls, then above the Shinigami an open Senkaimon appeared, and from the Shinigami cut stomach, hundreds of soul flew out it and went into the Senkaimon, as the Shinigami let out a ghastly scream.

Then Ren cut his head off and watched as the Shinigami disappeared, and after that, he went near Kabuto and asked "Are you okay?" and after catching his breath he said "Worst... sensation... ever... But I'm fine...Now let's go back... I have to see how to make a leaf grow from that thing" then they went back to the lab.

As Ren was going up the stairs he was in deep thoughtweakenedhing strange is going on... the Shinigami's imprint was greatly weakened... he was basically only existing thanks to the souls he ate until now... what the hell happened? I do not like this...".

Then Ren went back home to prepare for the meeting with the 5 Kages at the Alliance HQ that is in Kumo, meanwhile, Naruto and Jiraiya were "kidnapped" by the frogs in Mount Myōboku to receive a new prophecy from the old great toad sage Gamamaru and the key to Kurama's seal needed to learn to control his Chakra.