Chapter 659 Otsutsuki Muyue

As the changes in his right eye concluded, Muzuki’s restless Chakra settled down.

Feeling the powerful Chakra within his body, Muzuki opened his panel to check his status.

Name: Hayate Mugetsu

Chakra: 3,650,000

Muzuki was slightly stunned when he saw the amount of Chakra on the panel.

He had worked tirelessly for four years to raise his Chakra to just over one million, but with a single eye evolution, it directly increased by over two million.

Perhaps it was truly the Ninja World, known as the ‘Legend of the Eyes’; having a good pair of eyes was incredibly effective.

This far exceeded Muzuki’s expectations; he had originally thought that an increase of one hundred thousand Chakra would be a great success.

Because when Obito awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, it only added twenty thousand at that moment, and he still needed subsequent training to convert the surging spiritual energy into strength.

Judging solely by the Chakra increase, his evolved Byakugan was equivalent to one hundred pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan.

Muzuki took off his glasses, pulled out a mirror, and observed the changes in his eyes.

He was very curious about what kind of eye his Byakugan had evolved into, given how powerful it was.

Looking at his eyes in the mirror, Muzuki was somewhat surprised.

His eyes were actually different: his right eye was golden, with several black triangles forming a pattern similar to a star, while his left eye looked no different from an ordinary Byakugan.

In his understanding, Eye Technique Bloodline Limits usually involved both eyes evolving together.

He had never heard of someone whose Sharingan only had one eye evolve into Mangekyo while the other remained a three-tomoe.

However, if he had to mention a similar case to Muzuki, it would be Sasuke, who was given a boost by the Six Paths Sage.

After Sasuke received the Six Paths Sage’s boost, one of his eyes evolved into a Rinnegan with six tomoe, while the other remained an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

“It’s not quite the same either,” Muzuki shook his head.

Although his Byakugan appeared unchanged, its ocular power had significantly increased; both the observable range and depth had improved.

Muzuki put down the mirror, preparing to test the new abilities his evolved Byakugan had acquired.

“Shadow Clone Technique!”

Muzuki created a Shadow Clone and had it use Ninjutsu to attack him.

“Lightning Release: False Darkness!”

The Shadow Clone flashed away, creating some distance, then condensed a large amount of Chakra and fired a sharp lightning spear at Muzuki.

Sizzle!!

The blue lightning spear emitted a dazzling light, piercing through the darkness of the night, and sped towards Muzuki.

Muzuki stood still, not using the Breathing Technique to strengthen his body, nor using Armament Haki for defense.

When the lightning spear was one meter away from Muzuki, the pupil of Muzuki’s right eye emitted a faint golden light.

“Sukuna Hikona!”

Whoosh!

The thick lightning spear suddenly vanished, disappearing in front of Muzuki as if a pencil mistake had been erased by an eraser.

“What a powerful yet simple ability,” Muzuki thought to himself.

In reality, the lightning spear still existed, but it had become imperceptibly small, losing its offensive capability.

His right eye possessed two Eye Techniques, and Sukuna Hikona was one of them.

The effect of Sukuna Hikona was not to eliminate Ninjutsu, but to shrink it; however, when Muzuki brought Sukuna Hikona’s shrinking ability to its extreme, the actual effect was not much different from elimination.

“And there are no side effects when using it; its level should be comparable to the Rinnegan.”

Muzuki felt his own condition and found no abnormalities from using Sukuna Hikona.

Next, Muzuki continued to test the applications of Sukuna Hikona.

After awakening his eye, he only knew that Sukuna Hikona’s ability was to shrink, but he didn’t know exactly what it could shrink or to what extent.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

The Shadow Clone again used Fire Release, sending a towering wave of flames towards Muzuki.

The result was the same as with the Lightning Release; after Muzuki used Sukuna Hikona, it instantly became too small to have any offensive capability.

Whoosh, whoosh!!

After confirming that energy attacks like fire and lightning could be shrunk, the Shadow Clone then threw several Shuriken at Muzuki.

A golden light flashed in Muzuki’s right eye, and the Shuriken also completely shrunk out of sight.

Immediately after, Muzuki glanced at a rock not far away.

Whoosh!

A large rock, two people tall, instantly turned into a small pebble.

“Matter and energy are both fine, so…” Muzuki slowly looked at his own body.

The next moment, Muzuki’s body rapidly shrunk, transforming from 1.8 meters to 1.8 centimeters.

“The Chakra consumption is much higher than shrinking Ninjutsu,” Muzuki felt the Chakra in his body rapidly depleting.

He thought about it carefully and realized it made sense.

Because when shrinking Ninjutsu or objects, the Chakra consumption isn’t entirely consistent.

The larger the range or the stronger the Ninjutsu, the more Chakra it takes to shrink it.

For objects, the greater the mass, the more Chakra is consumed.

Muzuki not only had a massive amount of Chakra in his body but also a very powerful physique, so shrinking himself naturally required a considerable amount of Chakra.

Muzuki scanned his surroundings; after shrinking, he felt as if he had entered a land of giants, with huge objects everywhere, and even a random flying insect was several times his size.

Buzz, buzz!

At this moment, a large black mosquito suddenly flew towards Muzuki.

“Finger Gun!”

Muzuki condensed Chakra in his finger and lightly poked the mosquito.

Bang!

A burst of air several times larger than the mosquito’s body pulverized the mosquito’s body, leaving no trace.

Although his body had shrunk a hundredfold, Muzuki’s physical strength had not changed.

“Shrinking living beings seems to be different from shrinking other things.” Muzuki returned to his normal size, picked up the rock he had shrunk, weighed it in his hand, and thought.

The rock was very light; if Muzuki hadn’t personally used his Eye Technique to shrink it, he might have mistaken it for an ordinary rock.

Ninjutsu, when shrunk, loses its offensive capability; objects, when shrunk, decrease in mass; but living beings, when shrunk, do not have their strength diminish.

The next moment, Muzuki threw the rock and activated Sukuna Hikona again.

Boom!

The rock returned to its original size in mid-air and slammed heavily onto the ground.

Sukuna Hikona does not have the ability to enlarge, but it can restore a shrunk object to its original state, and the speed is as fast as shrinking, happening in an instant.

“Daikokuten!”

After testing Sukuna Hikona sufficiently, Muzuki condensed Chakra in his right eye and used his second Eye Technique.

A pitch-black vortex appeared around Muzuki, slowly engulfing him.

Muzuki’s vision rapidly changed, and in a blink of an eye, he appeared in a strange space where numerous giant black cubes floated.

This was the second ability of Muzuki’s right eye.

This ability was somewhat similar to Obito’s Kamui, as both came with a personal dimension.

However, Daikokuten couldn’t partially transport the body into the dimension to avoid attacks like Kamui could.

The special feature of Daikokuten’s space was that it was a time-frozen dimension, and only Muzuki, who possessed the Eye Technique, could move freely within it.

If Muzuki pulled others into Daikokuten, the person pulled in would be at Muzuki’s mercy, unable even to think.

“It’s a pity the speed is too slow,” Muzuki shook his head.

With Daikokuten’s capture speed, it was practically impossible to catch someone in a battle of similar rank; ambushing might still be somewhat possible.

Muzuki activated Daikokuten again to return to the Ninja World.

“Daikokuten!”

Muzuki thought for a moment and activated Daikokuten again, but this time he did not enter the Daikokuten space; instead, he took out the black cubes from within Daikokuten.

Boom, boom!!

Several giant cubes crashed to the ground, creating a huge roar.

Unlike a person entering Daikokuten, the speed of taking objects out of Daikokuten was extremely fast; Muzuki felt that this might be Daikokuten’s true purpose in combat.

“This Eye Technique is quite user-friendly; it even comes with Ninja tools.”

Muzuki walked up to the cubes, knocked on them, and tried to lift them, discovering that the material of these cubes was extraordinary, being both hard and heavy.

At this moment, Muzuki, as usual, activated his perception Ninjutsu to sense his surroundings.

To prevent being discovered, even when training, Muzuki would occasionally use perception Ninjutsu to check his surroundings.

“Unable to sense,” Muzuki found that his Kenbunshoku Haki had failed.

Muzuki scanned his surroundings and finally focused his gaze on the giant black cubes on the ground.

Whoosh, whoosh!!

Sukuna Hikona activated, and the black cubes rapidly shrunk; then Daikokuten activated, and the black cubes returned to the Daikokuten space.

Objects shrunk by Sukuna Hikona could be instantly collected by Daikokuten.

Similarly, objects released from Daikokuten could be instantly restored to their original size by Sukuna Hikona.

The moment the black cubes were taken away, Muzuki’s Kenbunshoku Haki recovered.

“This cube can be considered a high-level Ninja Tool; it even has the ability to interfere with perception,” Muzuki nodded inwardly.

On the surface, using the cube would prevent everyone from perceiving anything, meaning no one would gain an advantage, but in reality, that wasn’t the case.

Muzuki had the Byakugan, and it was a Super Byakugan with far superior insight than an ordinary Byakugan.

Finally, Muzuki found a wild boar and tried to use Sukuna Hikona to shrink other living creatures, but nothing happened.

After these tests, Muzuki had a decent understanding of his two Eye Techniques and a clear combat strategy.

A standalone Sukuna Hikona could only be used for auxiliary defense, basically blocking all non-Taijutsu attacks.

However, Sukuna Hikona combined with Daikokuten provided decent offensive capabilities, allowing for a sudden rain of Kunai or a giant cube to smash down from above, all without warning.

The evolution of the Byakugan brought more changes to Muzuki than just that.

As Muzuki activated his Chakra, his body slowly lifted off the ground and flew towards the sky.

This was not Iwagakure’s Light-Weight Rock Technique, but true flight.

This flying ability wasn’t really Muzuki’s Eye Technique; after his eyes evolved, Muzuki inexplicably gained this ability.

He felt he could fly, and he took off; that’s roughly how it happened.

Having experienced bloodline enhancement, Byakugan purity enhancement, and all sorts of other rewards, Muzuki couldn’t even say whether he leaned more towards being a Ninja World human or an alien like Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

But Muzuki didn’t care; even if he grew horns one day, he’d just transform to hide them. It was no big deal.

Muzuki activated the Flying Thunder God Technique in the air, returning to his home in the Main urban area.

Upon returning home, Muzuki didn’t go straight to his bedroom to sleep. Instead, he slowly walked to the second-floor guest room.

To accommodate Celebi’s living needs, Muzuki had cleared out the guest room and filled it with various flowers and plants.

When Muzuki entered the guest room, Celebi was sleeping on a small tree.

Muzuki sent an appraisal to Celebi.

【Name: Celebi】

【Chakra: 202000】

【Skills: Wood Release (Proficient: 1800/3000), Space-Time Power (Beginner: 230/500), Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastery: 900/15000)…】

After two months of development, Celebi’s strength had significantly improved.

The regrettable thing was that the proficiency of the Space-Time Power skill increased slowly, and it was still at the beginner level.

“Once Celebi’s Space-Time Power reaches proficient, I’ll go to Mount Myōboku to take a look,” Muzuki thought as he closed Celebi’s panel.

Sage Mode definitely needed to be learned; it was a pure enhancement.

A No Thought Strike used with ordinary Chakra could shatter an eighty-meter Susanoo; if it were a No Thought Strike with Senjutsu Chakra, wouldn’t it be even more terrifying?

There was also Armament Haki driven by Sage Mode, and Taijutsu enhanced by Senjutsu Chakra.

…

The next day.

Orochimaru was contemplating what means to use to test Muzuki when he suddenly sensed someone approaching his residence.

“Orochimaru-sama, please proceed to the Hokage Office immediately. The Sandaime has summoned you,” an Anbu said after knocking and entering.

“I understand,” Orochimaru replied indifferently, standing up and walking towards the Hokage Building.

Clearly, he hadn’t been exposed, or if Muzuki knew, he hadn’t shared his information with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been a summons from Hiruzen Sarutobi, but a group of elite Anbu armed with weapons.

Thump-thump.

Orochimaru walked to the Hokage Building, stopped as he approached the Hokage Office, and knocked on the wooden door of the Hokage Office.

“Enter.”

Upon hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s voice, Orochimaru pushed the door open and entered.

“Orochimaru, I have a very important mission to entrust to you,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said, getting straight to the point.

Orochimaru closed the door and calmly walked forward, waiting for Hiruzen Sarutobi to explain.

Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up a scroll, handed it to the approaching Orochimaru, and continued:

“You should be aware of the matter of Danzo Shimura’s assassination, correct?”

Orochimaru nodded. Danzo Shimura was an important partner of his.

“Sōsuke is the killer of Danzo, and his actions have severely impacted Konoha’s security, a challenge to Konoha’s strength.”

Orochimaru quickly recalled Sōsuke’s information.

Sōsuke hadn’t made many moves; his most dazzling achievement was probably suppressing Hanzō’s Water Release with Fire Release.

Orochimaru had fought Hanzō during the Second Shinobi World War and was clear about his strength. Sōsuke’s Fire Release ability was definitely the best in the Ninja World; even Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn’t do that.

If he were to assassinate Sōsuke, Orochimaru would definitely demand that all squad members master Water Release; if one person couldn’t block it, then more would come.

“However, Konoha is currently at a critical juncture, and it’s not good to act rashly. Therefore, Orochimaru, your mission is to lead a negotiation team to the Shinobi Sect to negotiate, and resolve the issue through negotiation as much as possible,” Hiruzen Sarutobi stated the specific mission.

Orochimaru looked calm. He had expected to be sent on an assassination mission, but it was only a negotiation.

“Our bottom line is that Sōsuke must pay with his life; we can forgo everything else.”

Orochimaru showed a thoughtful expression.

As far as he knew, Sōsuke was the spiritual leader of the Shinobi Sect. Could the Shinobi Sect possibly agree to such a demand?

But Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn’t foolish; he wouldn’t propose a demand that was utterly impossible to agree to.

Orochimaru guessed that his teacher, Hiruzen, was probably trying to use Konoha’s vast influence to pressure the Shinobi Sect, to make Sōsuke himself agree to this demand.

If Sōsuke himself cared enough about the Shinobi Sect, there was indeed a high possibility he would agree.

“During negotiations, Orochimaru, your attitude must be sufficiently firm. While it’s not good for Konoha to act rashly, it doesn’t mean we cannot act, nor does it mean we lack the strength to act against the Shinobi Sect,” Hiruzen Sarutobi emphasized.

Aside from his personal friendship with Danzo Shimura, Hiruzen Sarutobi was also defending Konoha’s prestige.

If a small faction killed their high-ranking official and Konoha did nothing, would other Ninja praise Konoha for being kind and friendly?

No, they would only think Konoha had no backbone and could be stepped on if the opportunity arose.

“I understand,” Orochimaru nodded.

It was about trying to intimidate Sōsuke first to see if he could be bluffed. If not, then they would act for real.

“The other members of the negotiation team have already assembled and are waiting for you at the mission desk on the first floor.”

Although it was just a negotiation, the opponent was Sōsuke, who had killed Hanzō and Danzo Shimura. Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that ordinary Ninja wouldn’t be able to withstand Sōsuke’s aura. After much thought, he finally chose Orochimaru.

Orochimaru, both in terms of strength and personality, was very suitable for this mission.

Orochimaru left the Hokage Office, opening the scroll to check its contents as he walked towards the first floor.

“Orochimaru-sama!”

When the members of the negotiation team saw Orochimaru, they all greeted him.

Orochimaru nodded slightly in response, his gaze fixed on the shortest Ninja in the room.

Feeling the gaze on him, Shisui was somewhat puzzled. Orochimaru seemed to be paying particular attention to him?

“If there are no problems, prepare to depart,” Orochimaru said, retracting his gaze.

The scroll Hiruzen Sarutobi gave him contained information about the Ninja in the negotiation team.

Thus, Orochimaru knew that Shisui was a member of the new Root, or rather, the training squad.

Of course, merely being a member of the training squad wasn’t enough to warrant Orochimaru’s excessive attention; there were other training squad members in the negotiation team. The crucial point was that Shisui was also Muzuki’s disciple.

He desperately wanted to know if Muzuki had indeed obtained information about his cooperation with Danzo Shimura.

Orochimaru wasn’t simply afraid of his secret being discovered; he even hoped that Muzuki had the cooperation information.

The fact that he could now carry out his mission safely had only two possibilities. The first was simple: Muzuki had no information.

The second was that Muzuki might not be so resistant to human experimentation, or perhaps he had a considerable amount of goodwill towards him.

Orochimaru, of course, hoped for the second possibility, because that way he could gain another new partner, and this new partner, both in terms of strength and future prospects, far surpassed Danzo Shimura.

In fact, Orochimaru himself had considerable interest in Muzuki. Senju Hashirama’s cells possessed mysterious power. What would Muzuki’s cells be like if he potentially became a second Senju Hashirama?