Chapter 157: Unlocking the Genjutsu Limit, a Prototype Susanoo!
Sakura didn't answer immediately, but looked at him with concern.
Seeing his resolute expression, she finally said, "If I do this, it won't cause you any harm, will it?"
"Don't worry, Makoto-kun. I can protect myself."
He shook his head. "Don't worry, it won't harm me at all. You can think of this as a kind of medical ninjutsu. It will raise your upper limit, not make you instantly strong."
Only then did Sakura breathe a sigh of relief.
Right now, she didn't actually care that much about strength. The reason she trained so hard was mostly because the people around her were training hard, and she was just trying to fit in. But since he was being so considerate of her, how could she refuse?
"I understand, Makoto-kun. I am willing to accept this power. And then I will become stronger, and use this power to protect you!"
Looking at her spirited appearance, he didn't intend to poke holes in the logic of her words. Her power was coming from him, so how could he possibly be weaker than her? But this was a girl's sweet sentiment. All he had to do was enjoy it.
"Then let's begin."
"Okay. What should I do?"
Sakura was a little restless. He took her hand. "Close your eyes and feel it with your heart."
"Mm."
She took a deep breath and slowly calmed down. He then began this session of bloodline feedback.
[You are about to transfer the bloodline of Akiyama Ai to her mother, Haruno Sakura. Confirm operation?]
He confirmed it in his mind.
This was not the first time he had performed a similar operation, so there were no system prompts. It went directly to the system's calculation interface.
[Ding! Your Affection Level with the kunoichi Haruno Sakura is 3: You like each other. You have obtained 3 random enhancement chances. The maximum number of random enhancement chances is 5.]
[Random enhancement in progress... Enhancement complete. Haruno Sakura's 'Strength' attribute has been enhanced from 8 to 9. Her 'Stamina' attribute has been enhanced from 7 to 8. Her Intermediate Water Release Chakra Talent has been upgraded to Advanced.]
[Infusion of bloodline power beginning. Duration: ten minutes.]
A tyrannical power surged from his body into hers, making her tremble violently. If it had been ordinary chakra, she would have died long ago from her meridians bursting. But this warm power was a one hundred percent match for her. After entering her body, it merged into her limbs and bones.
The warm feeling made her eyes roll back. She had wanted to try and stay conscious, but she still ended up collapsing into his arms. Her whole body was scorching hot, as if with a high fever, and fine beads of sweat flowed from her. This situation caught him off guard.
Had he increased her bloodline power too much at once, exceeding her tolerance?
After a simple check, he confirmed that her condition was stable and there was no secondary damage. Only then did he relax.
There was still some time before the feedback was complete. He began to review her enhanced talents. Her Strength attribute had now reached 9, two points higher than his 7. She was probably among the top tier in the entire ninja world. It seemed her Chakra Enhanced Strength punch would continue to be her favorite combat method.
The improvement in her Stamina was self-explanatory. The upgrade of her Water Release talent from Intermediate to Advanced meant that she could expand her studies in this area. Water Clone, Water Prison, Water Wall, Water Severing Wave—these were all very practical ninjutsu that he could slowly teach her.
As for the enhancements he had wanted most—an increase in her Ninjutsu stat, or an upgrade to her Yang or Yin Release talents—the results had not gone his way. But it didn't matter. He would strengthen others in the future. He would eventually max out all the panels.
And then there was the Genjutsu resonance he had been looking forward to. He wondered what it would feel like after the upper limit was unlocked, and whether it would cause any physical mutations. After all, the closer a bloodline was to the Ōtsutsuki clan, the stranger the ninja's appearance became. He didn't really want to look like that. If there was only one path to choose, he naturally wouldn't hesitate. But now, with the help of the system, it seemed he had other options.
Time passed, minute by minute. Finally, the ten minutes were over.
The strangeness in Sakura's body gradually disappeared, and she went from a deep coma to a sound sleep.
Just as he was considering whether to wake her up, a sudden system prompt startled him.
[Ding! Bloodline feedback for Haruno Sakura is complete. Detecting her 'Genjutsu' attribute has reached 10. You now have 1 kunoichi with a Genjutsu of 10. Your 'Genjutsu' attribute ceiling has been unlocked to 11.]
Looking at this prompt, he blinked. Why didn't he feel anything? Could it be that unlocking the limit was just... unlocking the limit, with no special changes? Then this unlock seemed a bit of a waste, because he currently had no good way to break through the attribute 10 barrier. It seemed he could only max out his and the girls' Genjutsu 10 stats and then wait for the small probability of a random mutation in their children.
Just as he was about to complain, a strange feeling rushed out from his mind and flowed throughout his entire body, even feeling as if it were overflowing.
He was very familiar with this power. It was spiritual energy. Although, under his control, spiritual energy could flow throughout his body like chakra, that was an effect enhanced by Yin Release. This was the effect of the spiritual energy itself.
Wait a minute. Does this mean my spiritual energy has become a tangible product, even a fluid?
He immediately began to sense it and was surprised to find that it was true. He calmed his mind and found that he could actually make his spiritual energy appear on the surface of his body, forming a fine, protective cover. He even felt that when his spiritual talent truly upgraded to 13, it would be no problem for his spiritual energy to leave his body and move freely.
Could the Spirit Transformation Technique and even the residual consciousness of the Sage of Six Paths be similar things?
At this thought, he suddenly felt he had forgotten something.
Looking down at the faintly visible spiritual energy on the surface of his body, a flash of inspiration struck him. If his spiritual energy could leave his body, did that mean that the combination of spiritual energy and chakra could also leave his body?
Could it be—he mobilized the Yin chakra in his body, had it adhere to his skin, and finally infused his spiritual energy into it.
The next second, a cold, hard chakra armor appeared outside his body. Its hardness was already enough to withstand the kunai throw of an average Genin.
This—
A look of joyful surprise flashed in his eyes.
If his spiritual energy was strong enough and substantial enough in the future, and he used his Yin chakra to give it shape, wouldn't that mean he could also create a chakra Gundam comparable to a Susanoo? The Susanoo itself was a manifestation of the special dōjutsu of the Sharingan, and this special dōjutsu could only be a creation that combined the Uchiha's extreme spiritual power with their Yin chakra. Otherwise, why would it reside in the genjutsu-based Sharingan?
Now I can pilot a Gundam too!
Although he already had the power to match a chakra Gundam with his Wood Style, piloting one was a man's romance! And why couldn't he use both at the same time? Wouldn't it be great to put Gundam armor on his Wood Style golem?
At this thought, he felt his heart begin to beat faster.
"So hard!"
Sakura muttered, slowly lifting her head and opening her eyes.
It turned out that the armor on his body had made her sleep uncomfortably.
She looked at him, her eyes full of confusion, and then a contented smile appeared on her face. "So it was a dream—it's so nice to be able to hold Makoto-kun in a dream."
Sakura slipped her hands under his arms, hugged him tightly, and rubbed her cheek against his chest. Suddenly, she felt his body heat.
The next second, she remembered everything, and her body gradually heated up.
He simply hugged her back. "How do you feel?"
"—Very good. Very comfortable."
Hearing this, he really wanted to ask: Are you really talking about the bloodline feedback?
He knew that the current Sakura was not fully conscious and probably didn't understand what changes had happened to her body.
So, he decided to activate the "Dream Inheritance" function.
After consuming one simulation attempt, everything before their eyes changed rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, they had arrived in the 70th year of Konoha.
This was a day not long before your wedding. Sakura had also moved into your mansion. Right now, the two of you were doing your morning exercise.
Sakura looked at her grown-up self, then at the suave man in front of her, and let out the highest-pitched scream of her life.
"I—I have amnesia?!"
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