Dominating Jugo

Chapter 154 Dominating Jugo

Uchiha Hikaru lay quietly in the hospital bed, receiving an IV drip.

Her face was slightly pale, but her breathing was steady.

The centuries-old seal, coupled with intense battles, had taken a toll on her body.

She is currently recuperating.

Karin was adjusting the IV drip rate when she saw Naruto approach. She lowered her voice and reported, "Her physical depletion is more severe than we thought. Her internal organs and meridians have atrophied to varying degrees."

"Therefore, we must wait until all her indicators are completely stable before we can start injecting the gene enhancement drugs."

"If we force her to undergo further enhancement now, her body will collapse because it can't withstand the drug's effects."

Naruto stood by the bed, looking at the sleeping Hikari, and nodded slightly: "No rush, let her rest well."

Naruto didn't say anything, just stared at her intently before turning and leaving.

Seemingly sensing Naruto's presence, Hikaru, who was in his sleep, slowly relaxed his tightly furrowed brows and his fingers twitched slightly.

After leaving the quiet medical room, Naruto strode toward other departments, with Haku respectfully following behind him.

Upon arriving at Scorpion's workshop, the door was tightly closed.

Through the window, you can see his main puppet fiddling with a bunch of parts.

He is assembling a new mechanical arm at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Beside him was a complete set of the [Mass-Produced Chakra Armor Type I] and a chakra engine.

He was completely absorbed in his own world and paid no attention to the inspections from the outside.

As we continued walking, we didn't see a single person, but then we heard a deep, loud bang.

boom!

The entire corridor trembled slightly.

Immediately following, violent coughing and protests erupted from inside: "Mr. Deidara! Please do not conduct dangerous experiments indoors!"

"Tch, a mere mortal who doesn't understand art, hmm."

Bai gave a wry smile and helplessly reported to his superior: "Mr. Deidara is quite energetic and says he's going to create something that will really surprise you."

"So—this is the third explosion he's caused today."

Naruto frowned and stopped walking. "It's too noisy."

"Move the weapons department and his workshop to the outskirts of the city, let him wreak havoc on the permafrost there, and don't let him blow up my lab."

"Yes." Bai immediately wrote it down.

Upon entering the next area, the atmosphere was completely different.

Kakuzu and Kabuto sat at the table, with a pale corpse and a bunch of black tentacles in front of them, seemingly engaged in a heated discussion.

Naruto only glanced at it and did not stop.

As Naruto passed by Hiruko's laboratory, he saw through the glass that the bandaged man was shouting at a White Zetsu clone in a culture tank.

In his hands, he was carefully holding a newly cloned three-tomoe Sharingan.

With a dazed look in his eyes, Hiruko actually kissed that eyeball deeply in front of his assistant.

He muttered insane things like "perfection" and "evolution" to himself.

Bai, who was following behind, felt a chill.

Naruto merely glanced at it coldly, without stopping.

For him, as long as he can produce results, it doesn't matter if his subordinates are a bit abnormal.

I left the ever-growing research institute.

As Naruto pushed open the heavy door, a biting cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed towards him.

Bai suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Outside the door, Kimimaro, Jugo, and the others who had been waiting there all knelt down on one knee the moment he appeared, blocking his way.

"I didn't expect you to have already noticed."

Naruto looked at the people kneeling in front of him and slowly spoke.

Kimimaro raised his head, a hint of worry in his eyes: "Amegakure is the place once ruled by Hanzo the Salamander, who was known as a demigod, and the current leader, Pain, is even more unfathomable."

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"Please allow us to accompany you! To serve as your spear and shield!"

"Hehehe————"

In the shadows, Orochimaru, arms crossed, slowly emerged from the side.

"Naruto-kun, that guy who calls himself a god, possesses the legendary Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths."

"Although you are very strong, going alone is too risky. Why don't you take me with you? I'm interested in those eyes—"

I do know a little about it.

Clearly, he had long coveted the Rinnegan, and even if he was just going to watch the battle, he wanted to witness the power of those eyes firsthand.

Faced with everyone's offer of help, Naruto remained expressionless, but his tone left no room for argument: "No need."

"This level of combat is beyond your reach."

"If you go, you'll only become a burden to me, and I'll have to divide my attention to protect you."

These words, though hurtful, are also the stark truth.

Facing a power level like Pain, apart from Orochimaru who could survive, everyone else present would most likely be instantly killed.

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and stopped speaking, clearly acknowledging the assessment.

Kimimaro and the others lowered their heads in shame, hating their own weakness.

"Naruto-sama."

Only Jugo, who had remained silent until now, stepped forward, his voice steady: "If we are just like we are now, we are indeed just a burden."

"However—the Heavenly Curse Seal you are using now is essentially just a low-quality copy extracted from my body."

"For you now, this power is far too weak."

"And I am the source of immortality, I possess the purest natural energy."

"So—please give me your command."

Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Jugo, who was kneeling in front of him with his chest open.

"The original power of becoming a sage—"

He pondered for a moment and felt that Chongwu's words made sense.

While the Heavenly Curse Seal is useful, it is ultimately just a modified and weakened stable version, losing many of its ferocious yet powerful characteristics.

Since that's the case—

"Can."

Naruto reached out his hand.

A semi-transparent chain popped out from his palm and pierced Jugo's chest without any resistance.

[Judgment passed: Target is in a state of "absolute submission".]

[Successfully Dominated]

[Gain Ability Sharing: Immortal Transformation]

In an instant, a violent and wild natural energy surged out from within him.

Unlike the small-scale manipulation of the Dry Mantra Seal, this is a terrifying ability to change the body's structure at the cellular level, allowing the body to completely adapt to natural energy.

"Not bad strength."

Naruto felt the new power surging through his body, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Take good care of the house, I'll be right back."

Before he finished speaking, Naruto's body began to undergo astonishing changes.

Click click click —

With a crisp sound as bones grew, two enormous, snow-white bones burst forth from his shoulder blades and rapidly extended.

As the bone wings extend, their surface rapidly keratinizes, becoming covered with a layer of grayish-brown, rock-hard bio-armor.

Several holes resembling jet engines were also formed at the ends of the bone wings.

This is a perfect form achieved by combining multiple abilities.

"I'm gone."

boom!

A high-density stream of chakra suddenly shot out from the jet holes on Naruto's bone wings.

With the help of the reaction force, Naruto, like a supersonic fighter jet, transformed into a golden beam of light and shot straight into the sky, rapidly heading towards the Land of Rain.

Only his stunned subordinates remained on the ground, staring at the trail of flame that disappeared into the sky, speechless for a long time.

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