Chapter 265: From This Moment On, Let the World Feel the Will of Fire [37]
Chapter 265: From This Moment On, Let the World Feel the Will of Fire [37]
Anko Mitarashi carefully perused the scroll a few more times and, after seeing Feng Ye nod, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and began to cultivate the technique described within.
Feng Ye, with a mere thought, unleashed his Time Domain, enveloping the nearby area and accelerating time tenfold.
The key to the jutsu created by Senju Tobirama was to first sense the presence of the Dark Spirit, condense a semi-illusory Zero-Tails, and then solidify it using the Dark Spirit. During this process, seeds could be split off and parasitically implanted in other ninjas, absorbing the darkness from their hearts.
As Feng Ye watched Anko meditating, he murmured, and with a flicker of his Rinnegan, he extended a strand of chakra, latching onto her jutsu and speaking into her mind:
"Kyuubi, a little help, please."
"What help? I'm busy here!" the fox replied.
"Just a small matter. Release some of your negative spirit towards me."
"Oh, that..."
Hearing that it wasn't about interrupting its TV time, the Nine-Tails responded, promptly sending over a surge of negative spirit and emotions.
Without the sealing jutsu as a barrier, the Nine-Tails' negative state was enough to instantly corrupt even a high-level ninja. However, for Feng Ye, it merely caused a slight disturbance, stirring desires to do something to Anko, who sat meditating.
"Why amplify desire, you fox..." Feng Ye's eyebrows furrowed as he teased, intertwining this negative state with Anko's jutsu.
Hum! !
Darkness intertwined in the void, swiftly forming a large red-brown snake with a white mask for a face, bearing the character 'Zero'.
Under the combined power of Feng Ye and the Nine-Tails, the Zero-Tails swiftly took shape.
Swish!
As the Zero-Tails fully materialized, a black chain extending from Anko's body bound the creature's body, pulling it into her.
This was Feng Ye's improvement to Senju Hashirama's jutsu—instead of merging oneself with the darkness, it was about merging the darkness with oneself. It seemed like a small difference, but in reality, they were two distinct forms, the latter resembling the Jinchuriki model more closely.
The newly born Zero-Tails let out a shrill cry as it struggled.
But Feng Ye merely glanced at it coldly, his Rinnegan suppressing it, freezing it in place, as Anko's jutsu chains pulled it into her body.
Hum!!
As Anko absorbed the power of the Zero-Tails, the chakra fluctuations in her body changed drastically, turning pitch-black and scorching. The ground beneath her meditation cracked under the explosive chakra, with fissures spreading in all directions like a spider web.
Anko abruptly opened her eyes.
The chakra of the Zero-Tails rapidly condensed outside her body, taking on the form of a fully transformed tailed beast, staring at Feng Ye.
Feng Ye remained calm, his Rinnegan flashing once more to immobilize the Zero-Tails, rendering it completely unable to move.
Feng Ye looked at Anko within and said, "Don't let the darkness corrupt you. Don't be overwhelmed by the amplified negative spirit. Control its power."
Anko's eyes were clouded with confusion, and her murmurs could be heard from within the Zero-Tails.
"Orochimaru-sensei... Why did you abandon me...
"Red... Rin... Why are you both pursuing Feng Ye... Red... Actually, I like Feng Ye too... What should I do... I want... to have Feng Ye... to make him mine..."
The first half of her sentence was normal, but the latter part left Feng Ye helplessly smacking his forehead. Despite his premonition, he could only sigh at Anko's words.
I knew it would turn out like this!
Everyone craves his body; there are no exceptions!
Feng Ye gazed at Anko, the power of his Rinnegan swirling in his eyes, as he extended his spiritual power to stimulate her.
Anko, in her confused state, suddenly snapped back to awareness.
"Ah... Ah... What did I just say... Ah ah..."
"Zero-Tails..."
Anko dared not look at Feng Ye, her emotions surging wildly, all directed at the Zero-Tails.
Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!!
No one knew how intense her emotional turmoil was, but in an instant, it shattered the Zero-Tails' dark spirit, completely dispersing its dark spirit and leaving only chakra, which retracted into her body, finally condensing into flecks of darkness hovering outside her body.
Anko regretted it.
She felt she shouldn't have cultivated this forbidden jutsu.
Although she knew she had probably succeeded and could feel the immense boost in chakra within her, she still regretted it.
"... "
Red Bean continued to hang her head low.
It wasn't until Feng Ye's presence disappeared that she stiffly raised her head, glanced around, and then suddenly bowed her head to the ground, smashing it with such force that the floor beneath her feet shattered. She then started pounding her fist against the ground.
"Ahhhh..."
Fortunately, only Feng Ye witnessed the Zero-Tails drawing out her inner darkness; Kurenai and the others didn't see it. In the end, Red Bean chose to accept this fact and let the chips fall where they may.
If it had been anyone else, they might have avoided Feng Ye, but Red Bean did the opposite after coming to terms with the situation.
In the following days,
Kurenai and Rin noticed that Red Bean's attitude towards Feng Ye had changed somewhat from before, and sometimes she would even make extremely bold moves, causing the atmosphere among them to become somewhat strange.
Feng Ye didn't pay much attention to this. Over the next few days, he continued to train Red Bean to control the power of the Zero-Tails.
It took Red Bean almost half a month to completely master this power. Because the Zero-Tails was condensed from the darkness within the Nine-Tails and Feng Ye, the power it provided was comparable to that of a Tailed Beast.
Red Bean's strength had been elevated to the level of a Kage.
For a fifteen-year-old, this wasn't too excessive.
As Red Bean gained control over the power of the Zero-Tails, her strength took a quantum leap to the Kage level, and Feng Ye appointed her as the captain of the Second Division of the Shadow Guards.
Kurenai Yuhi, who had become the Jinchuriki of the Seven-Tails half a month ago, also took over as the captain of the Sixth Division of the Shadow Guards. Maito Gai, who could open the seventh gate of the Eight Inner Gates at the age of nearly eighteen, was appointed by Feng Ye as the captain of the Ninth Division.
Thus,
All nine divisions of the Shadow Guards now had their captains! Aside from the captains of the Seventh and Eighth Divisions, who were relatively weaker, the captains of the other seven divisions had all reached the Kage level, and the captain of the First Division, Kakashi Hatake, even possessed strength beyond the Kage level!
...
Konohagakure.
The underground level of the Hokage Mansion.
In a somewhat dim hall, Kakashi Hatake stood in the center, wearing a black and white captain's haori embroidered with the number 'one.'
In front of Kakashi stood five people, all of them captains of the Shadow Guards.
They were Hatake Kakashi, captain of the Third Division; Uchiha Itachi, captain of the Fourth Division; Haruno Rin, captain of the Fifth Division; Konan, captain of the Sixth Division; and Maito Gai, captain of the Ninth Division.
Further in the back, a large number of ninjas knelt on one knee, quietly waiting, all donning black team cloaks.
Whoosh! A shadow appeared on the far left side of the team.
"Sorry, I'm late."
Mitarashi Anko, wearing the captain's haori of the Second Division, appeared there.
Kakashi glanced at Anko and then withdrew his gaze, looking at the people present and saying, "Everyone is here."
"Let me reiterate the mission once more. We, the Shadow Guards, are responsible for delivering Konoha's final war ultimatum to Sunagakure in the Land of Wind... Before Konoha's forces arrive in the Land of Wind, we are to crush any resistance from Sunagakure's ninjas."
Kakashi tilted his head and added, "I assume no one is afraid?"
Anko Mitarashi, Uchiha Itachi, Haruno Rin, Konan, Kurenai Yuhi... Everyone's eyes fixed on Kakashi, their gazes as deep as a bottomless pit.
"The burning will of fire knows no fear."
In the ensuing silence, Maito Gai grinned, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.
Kakashi closed his eyes momentarily before opening them again, revealing scarlet eyes with three black tomoe whirling within. He gazed at Uchiha Itachi and the others, saying,
"The path to uniting the ninja world will undoubtedly be arduous."
"Starting with the Land of Wind, a Fourth Great Ninja War may be inevitable, and this may very well be the beginning of it. But remember..."
Kakashi took a breath and continued, his eyes now revealing a kaleidoscope pattern as the tomoe spun, "Konoha's will of fire shall spread to every corner of the ninja world."
"Before us—
"There are no invincible foes!"
(End of Chapter)
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