"This match ends here."
Danzo suddenly appeared between Kushina and En Oyashiro, catching Kushina's clawed strike with his palm.
Using the power of the 'Preta Path', he quickly absorbed the Nine-Tails' chakra, and the training ground returned to calm.
Seeing this, En Oyashiro let out a deep sigh of relief.
Although he knew the Nine-Tails' power was terrifying, he hadn't expected it to be this overwhelming!
His Blood Dragon Eye genjutsu hadn't even lasted a second against her!
At the same time, Kushina also apologized sheepishly:
"Mr. En, I'm really sorry!"
"I'm still not very skilled with this power."
Faced with the apology from the Hokage's wife and the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, En Oyashiro naturally responded generously:
"It's fine, it's fine."
Danzo scanned both of them with his Byakugan, ensuring they were unharmed, before saying:
"It's about time, Kushina. You should head home now. I still have some matters to attend to here."
Kushina nodded, grabbed a few lunch boxes from Root, and headed home.
Kakashi and Pakura, who were responsible for her protection, followed closely behind.
After they left, Danzo turned to En Oyashiro and asked:
"Do you have any new ideas for developing your Blood Dragon Eye?"
En Oyashiro fell silent.
Clearly, his talent didn't seem to lie in this area.
"Please enlighten me, Lord Danzo," En Oyashiro said sincerely.
During this time, his development of the Blood Dragon Eye had relied entirely on Danzo's suggestions and guidance.
For example, the large blood gourd he summoned from a storage scroll was Danzo's idea.
To avoid running out of blood in battle, Danzo had suggested storing a large amount of blood in the gourd.
He also advised En Oyashiro to infuse his chakra into the blood, refining it into a more potent form for both offense and defense.
Danzo's inspiration came from Gaara in the original story.
Gaara could control ordinary sand for attacks, but in critical moments, he relied on specially prepared sand mixed with his chakra for both offense and defense.
Of course, En Oyashiro didn't know that Danzo's suggestions were borrowed from others.
So, he naturally assumed Danzo was an incredibly creative and experienced ninja.
And Danzo didn't disappoint.
Soon, he offered new suggestions for developing the Blood Dragon Eye.
"Right now, your Blood Dragon Eye has mastered genjutsu and large-scale, long-range attacks."
"Therefore, its biggest remaining weakness is one thing."
"Taijutsu!"
Danzo analyzed En Oyashiro's performance during the fight.
It had to be said, the Blood Dragon Eye's abilities were already quite comprehensive.
It possessed genjutsu on par with the Sharingan, could manipulate blood for large-scale or long-range attacks, and could even create human bombs without anyone noticing.
Such abilities were undeniably powerful.
But the only drawback was the lack of close-combat capabilities.
"Improving this isn't difficult. The key lies in whether you can control the blood inside your own body!"
Hearing this, En Oyashiro was stunned.
He had always thought about how to manipulate external blood for attacks.
It had never occurred to him that he could control the blood inside his own body.
How would that even work?
Seeing the confusion on En Oyashiro's face, Danzo knew he hadn't understood.
So, he continued:
"For example, you could speed up the flow of blood in your body, increasing the oxygen supply to your cells."
"Supplying more oxygen to your brain could enhance your reaction speed, while supplying it to your muscles could boost your strength and speed." (Luffy: Gear 2nd)
"Additionally, you could find ways to control the blood inside others' bodies."
"For instance, you could explode the blood inside an enemy through their wounds, poison them with toxic blood, or cause their blood to coagulate."
"The possibilities for blood manipulation are vast."
Danzo spoke at length, sharing ideas and inspirations that En Oyashiro had never even considered.
And these ideas seemed to get progressively more sinister?
But soon, En Oyashiro realized the value of Danzo's suggestions.
If they could be realized and developed into corresponding techniques, they would undoubtedly become part of the Blood Pool Clan's secret scrolls!
Their value would be immeasurable!
He had to write them down immediately!
Before he could act, Danzo spoke again:
"Watch closely. I'll only demonstrate this once."
Danzo's words left En Oyashiro stunned once more.
What did he mean by "demonstrate once"?
Weren't these techniques exclusive to the Blood Dragon Eye?
With this doubt in mind, En Oyashiro quickly turned his attention to Danzo.
What he saw next made his eyes widen in shock.
Danzo slowly raised his hands, forming a droplet of blood in his palm. Then, he pressed his hands together.
In the next moment, the blood droplet shot out from his fingertips with a piercing shriek, piercing through the training ground's wall.
"This technique is called Hundred Gatherings: Piercing Blood."
"It involves infusing chakra into blood, compressing it, and then releasing it with tremendous penetrating force!"
But Danzo wasn't done.
He flicked his wrist, and a stream of blood flew from his palm.
The blood seemed to be guided by some mysterious force, spinning rapidly around Danzo in an arc.
With a wave of his hand, the blood shot out like a crimson blade, leaving a sharp slash mark on the ground.
"This technique is called Crimson Blood Manipulation: Blood Blade."
"It uses chakra to guide blood into high-speed rotation, creating a slashing effect."
Next, Danzo gathered a ball of blood and suspended it in front of him.
He lightly tapped the blood with his finger.
Almost instantly, the blood underwent a terrifying transformation.
It solidified along the point of contact, eventually falling to the ground like a stone and shattering into pieces.
"This technique is called Crimson Blood Manipulation: Blood Stone."
"It uses chakra to manipulate the platelets in blood, causing it to solidify instantly, effectively 'freezing' an enemy's body."
"Also, what I mentioned earlier about controlling the blood inside your body to enhance your speed..."
"Watch this."
Danzo gave a brief demonstration.
Using the Blood Dragon Eye, he accelerated the flow of blood in his body.
Soon, steam began to rise from his skin, and his body turned red.
At the same time, his muscles swelled with blood, radiating explosive power.
"This technique is called Crimson Scale Surge."
Danzo's demonstration left En Oyashiro utterly dumbfounded.
In truth, after obtaining the Blood Dragon Eye, Danzo had been casually experimenting with these techniques.
Thanks to his mastery of chakra control and his S- rank Yin Release talent, developing these techniques wasn't particularly difficult.
However, at Danzo's level, these techniques only served to diversify his combat repertoire.
They couldn't provide him with any fundamental improvements.
Unless Danzo was willing to invest a large number of skill points into the Blood Dragon Eye.
But that was impossible.
With Wood Release and Sharingan as his top-tier abilities, Danzo couldn't afford to divert his attention elsewhere.
Even if he didn't invest in these two kekkei genkai, he should still focus on improving his basic attributes.
Such as strength, speed, or Stamina, which represented his chakra reserves.
Not to mention Yin Release, Yang Release, Wind Release...
And Space-Time Ninjutsu talent, among others.
In any case, the Blood Dragon Eye wasn't a priority.
Therefore, the development of the Blood Dragon Eye was destined to remain a side project for Danzo.
Of course, this didn't mean the Blood Dragon Eye wasn't powerful.
It was just that Danzo didn't have the time or energy to fully explore its potential.
He could only dabble in it, passing on some ideas and inspirations to En Oyashiro, but he couldn't dedicate himself to mastering it.
En Oyashiro, however, had no idea about Danzo's thoughts.
To him, Danzo seemed almost godlike.
Danzo's demonstration completely won over the Blood Pool Clan's heir.
En Oyashiro asked, his throat dry:
"Lord Danzo, are you also a descendant of the Blood Pool Clan?"
Danzo shook his head.
"I'm a native of Konoha Village."
Hearing this, En Oyashiro's first reaction was disbelief.
"If you're not from the Blood Pool Clan, how do you have the abilities of the Blood Dragon Eye?"
Danzo smiled faintly and countered:
"En Oyashiro, what do you think ninjutsu is? What do you think kekkei genkai are?"
Okiro was stunned again.
Although these were simple questions, his intuition told him that Danzo wasn't looking for a textbook answer.
So, he shook his head and admitted:
"I don't know."
Danzo chuckled.
"Whether it's ninjutsu, kekkei genkai, kekkei tōta, or even the more advanced kekkei mōra..."
"At their core, they're all just variations of chakra."
"Fire, Water, Lightning, Earth, Wind, Yin, Yang."
"These five nature transformations, combined with various form transformations..."
"They mix and merge, giving rise to the vast array of ninjutsu and kekkei genkai we see today."
"But ultimately, their essence is still chakra."
"Therefore, as long as you study chakra and understand it..."
"Many things that seem mysterious will naturally fall into place."
Danzo rambled on, and En Oyashiro couldn't understand most of it.
But it all sounded incredibly impressive.
After all, it was normal for someone like him not to understand Danzo's words.
If he could understand them all at once, that would be strange!
From that moment on, En Oyashiro's attitude toward Danzo had evolved from fear and reverence to something even higher—
Worship, as if Danzo were a god!