One chapter this week, I don't have the same motivation or time I once had.
I don't enjoy writing this fic at the moment, so I might drop it.
I used to pump-out four chapters a week, but now I can barely summon up the will to do half a chapter.
Anyways, this fic has gotten too popular and the criticism I get is overwhelming, which is especially annoying as it's always the same criticism from people who don't write themselves.
This is my first posted fic, so of course, it's lacking. I know it's lacking, I don't need to be messaged about my crappy writing.
I know, it sucks.
I've already been told tens of times...
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Anyway, I don't enjoy writing this or even writing on this site. I might move to spacebattles or sufficientvelocity. Hopefully, when everyone can see the interactions between me and the reviewer they will be less cunty.
But that is probably a vain hope.
Anyway, this is a warning.
This fic won't continue much longer, I'd give it two months.
Stay safe, much love.
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"Don't worry, pain is only temporary." Kakashi grit his teeth and nodded.
I continued my work by beating his body into submission with my chakra, I had to smother his chakra and allow his spirit energy to come in contact with the Uchiha Chakra.
"Alright, let's stop here." Kakashi's body was similar to mine in that it didn't want anything foreign in it.
Luckily or unluckily for him, this minor problem could be solved with brute force.
Kakashi did not have amazing chakra control so he couldn't coax his chakra into mingling with the Uchiha chakra.
So, it was up to me, to beat his chakra into submission and spread that Uchiha chakra all around his body while also letting it mingle with his and mine.
Which his body didn't like.
"Let's do this, one or two more times." A few more wouldn't hurt, but it was fine as it was.
The Sharingan wasn't sucking him dry anymore but it was still a burden.
Or at least I thought so, canon Kakashi might disagree.
"I'll see you tomorrow then." Kakashi nodded and made his way up the stairs and out of the basement.
I watched him escape while feeling amused.
Spiritual Pollution hadn't been as effective as I imagined it being, but it did work.
It just took a lot of time, and a willing or unwilling Chakra donor.
Each session tainted your spiritual energy, and little by little you gained a hint of the flavor of whatever spiritual energy you were using.
Direct spiritual energy to spiritual energy contact might be faster or more effective but I wasn't good at directly manipulating the spiritual energy of others.
Maybe in the future though.
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The days trudged by and soon it was time to head back to Wind Country. Mom was staying behind, as some paperwork for the apartment building had to be finalized and I probably wouldn't be allowed to stay.
I had the whole gang including Gai at the gates, and they were ready to go. Gai was bouncing on the tips of his toes, as was Duy who was trying to match his son's enthusiasm.
"Alright, let's go, if we hurry, we can stay at Tanzaku Gai for a night or two." I waved my minions in the direction of Tanzaku Gai and took off before they could respond.
They had adults with them, so they'd survive if I wasn't around.
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I kept the group on the edge of my Byakugan's range while looking for bandits to abduct. Sadly, there seemed to be a lack of bandits in The Land Of Fire.
Thus, I returned to the group unsuccessful.
"I'm going to do some gambling." I turned to Aomi who I had mentally dubbed the unofficial leader. "If I'm not back tomorrow morning, feel free to leave." Aomi and Duy nodded.
I gave them a wave and headed into Tanzaku Gai, ignoring the gate guards and speeding into the city with a Shunshin.
I scaled a large building and looked over the city. Its most notable feature was the Tanzaku Castle as well as it's various brothels and gambling dens.
I was here for the gambling dens. I hoped to Henge into some brown-haired cannon fodder so I could cheat my way into wealth.
But I'd see how that went. Most of the people here seemed to be peasants, and peasants didn't have a lot of money.
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"How did it go?" Isami blinked at me in askance. "Did you rob everybody?"
I frowned at her look.
"It went as well as I thought it would, which wasn't well." Even with the addition of twenty Shadow Clones, it wasn't that profitable of a night. "I'm not great at dice."
Between me and the twenty clones, there was a good bit of profit, but it almost wasn't worth the time or energy.
"I was cheating with Chakra Strings, but once the stakes get higher there's ninja presence." Konoha having ninja in Tanzaku Gai made sense. But it annoyed me to no end.
"I probably would have done better had I stopped early." But I kept going and lost a good bit of my winnings.
"What about you guys, have fun at the brothels?" Gai and Isami sputtered, while Aomi shook her head with an eye-roll.
I ignored them and turned my eyes to a suspiciously quiet Duy...
We stared at each other for a moment and I knew I had unintentionally hit the nail on the head.
"Isami and Gai's trip to the brothel aside, did anything interesting happen?" Isami and Gai were denying having anything to do with brothels while Duy and Aomi shook their heads.
"Alright let's go." I nodded towards the red-faced duo. "Unless you two want to get one last brothel visit in?"
They sputtered and denied my kind offer, and jumped out of the window before they could continue defending themselves.
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"Well good news it's not cancer." I congratulate Aomi. "It's just some sort of fibrous growth." I hummed and gave her cheek a second helping of the Diagnostic Jutsu.
"It's probably from biting your cheek." That was my theory. "Do you want them removed?" The growth on the right side was the worst but if I was going to do one, I might as well do both.
She nodded.
"Alrighty, this will only take a moment." I smiled happily as the right growth was slowly cut away and healed. "Alright, now the left cheek." The fibrous flesh was slowly sheared away while new flesh grew and replaced it.
"And we're done." I smiled.
It's been a while since I've gotten to see something new
Now, what were we talking about?" Aomi derailed my train of thought with her panicked talk of mouth cancer.
"Tsunade wanted you to know that our prisoners were being returned to Suna." I stared at her and she shrugged.
"That's a shame." But it wasn't entirely unexpected. The same thing happened with Frost. "Are we getting our own back?" Aomi nodded. "That's good." I smiled.
Though the loss of test subjects was annoying...
"We need to secure some more prisoners." I had been wanting to figure out the Magnet Release, as well as inject some more of the One-Tails chakra into people.
The small amounts originally used had been interesting, a larger amount would probably be more interesting.
I should probably use someone young though. They would change the most and would provide the most observable results.
I had expected the One-Tails chakra to mutate the affinity genes and grant Magnet Release. But obviously, that didn't happen.
"See if we can get some of the local bandits brought in. If that's not possible we'll focus on learning." Learning and Mutation might be my focus for the next few months.
"Do you have any requirements?" I nodded but then shook my head. "No."
Telling people to capture 'young bandits' probably wouldn't go over well.
"I just want a few, no more than five." I cracked my knuckles. "I'll be training with Isami if you need me." Aomi nodded.
"Cya!" I gave her a wave and Shunshined away.
I had a minion/potential teammate to train.
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Mom arrived at the camp bruised and burnt. Her visibly burnt hands and black eye made me angry and concerned in equal measures.
"Don't worry, I gave more than I got." Mom smiled and gave me a pat on the shoulder that caused her to flinch.
I nodded but wasn't pacified. "Let me see your hands." I took her hands in mine and started pumping chakra into them.
"I was ambushed in Rain, my attackers had Iwa forehead protectors and armor but they probably weren't from Iwa." I nodded while focusing on her hands.
"Why do you think so?" I numbed her nerves and started to cut away any her sleeves so I could get at her wrists and arms.
Mom shrugged, the action causing her to wince.
"Hmmm..." Mom hummed. "They didn't fight like Iwa-nin?"
I rolled my eyes.
"You don't sound sure." My eyes met hers and she shrugged again. "Anything we can go off of?" I questioned.
"They wanted to kill me, but I caught them off guard and killed a few of them." Mom smirked. "I turned the tables on them." Mom looked gleeful.
I raised an eyebrow at her creepy smile. Usually, It was her that told me not to smile creepily, but it might be my turn now.
"You think someone was trying to frame Iwa." I peeled some burnt skin off with chakra, revealing fresh pink skin.
Mom nodded.
"That or they were extremely incompetent." She smiled again. "They put up a good fight so I don't think they were incompetent."
"Hmmm..." I hummed and nodded.
We were already at war with Iwa so this 'assassination' wasn't directed at Konoha. It was probably meant for me.
"Go and make a report, I'll finish healing you in a bit." Mom nodded and I let out a heavy breath when she left.
Targeting my mother...
This was going to be annoying. There were a lot of people I could blame, Suna, Kumo, and Danzo being on the top of the list.
Kumo and Suna were my main suspects because they were the ones I was caused problems for.
Danzo was on the list because it was probably him when things went wrong.
Never assume it was not Danzo.
"Hahaha... When in doubt blame Danzo." I chuckled.
It seems I've found a new rule for my list of rules.
"Fuck." My temporary cheer faded.
Now I needed to worry about mom being assassinated.
I had accepted that it would happen eventually, but it made me wonder if I should have stayed under the radar.
I scratched my head and leaned against a table.
This was going to be a problem eventually. I'm just glad nothing too bad happened.
Mom was going to need to stick with people, her being alone wasn't a good thing.
There might be a leak in Konoha...
The 'Iwa-nin' shouldn't have known her route...
It made me more suspicious of Danzo.
Yawn*
I yawned and halted that train of thought. Danzo probably wouldn't start something like this while we were at war.
Or at least I'd like to think so. I wasn't too sure.
It might not be Danzo anyway...
I could ponder this later...
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After my mom denied me my chance at being a Shounen action character by surviving, I was once again experimenting on helpless bandits and scum.
"Alright, get him onto the circle." I pointed at my test subject. "Knock him out, I don't need him rolling out."
Aomi nodded and did as instructed. The bandit was unconscious, in the center of the seal, and was ready to receive my tender mercies.
I unlocked the seal on my forehead and was flooded with chakra.
"Alrighty..." I placed my hands down and the seal glowed.
Eventually, the glow faded signaling the end of the Overwrite. I closed my seal and sent most of the remaining chakra back into the seal.
"Move him onto the autopsy table." Aomi nodded.
I made a hand-seal and two clones proofed into existence.
"I need what's left of the One-Tails." The clones nodded and went off to do as they were told.
I walked over to my test subject and started looking him over with the Diagnostic Jutsu. He appeared to be fine and his body didn't seem to be close to collapse, so things were looking fine.
"Alright let's see how this goes." My clones wandered over and got to work on unsealing the One-Tails chakra.
The chakra was unsealed and we quickly surrounded it with our chakra and tore a chunk from it before sealing back within urn where it was kept.
Without a word, the chunk that we had taken was pushed into our test subject, who thrashed in pain but soon settled down when the process was finished.
"Alright, we're done." Aomi and I were done, the clones would still need to siphon the test subject's chakra to ensure the One-Tail's chakra doesn't get pushed out or attacked.
I was trying to cheat and give someone the Magnet Release using the One-Tail's chakra and some DNA from the Jinchūriki.
I was pretty sure Naruto got the Magnet Release from the One-Tails but I wasn't sure. My memory of canon wasn't too great.
"I need blood drawn from him every hour." With that final order, I left the clones and made my way into another section of the lab.
I needed to get back to mutating the affinity genes...
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Mom and I were sitting in silence. I was going over my notes and trying to plan for the future while mom was reading something.
"I want you, Duy, and Aomi to form a team." I spoke, dispelling the comfortable silence.
As much as I liked them, I needed to distance myself from them now.
"Don't want to spend time with us old people?" Mom raised an eyebrow.
I shook my head.
"I'm going to retire soon." I paused. "Well, I'm going to stop taking missions." I paused again. "I just need a stable source of passive income and I'll 'retire'." I couldn't think of a better word then retire.
Mom frowned, she didn't look happy.
"I'll still be somewhat active, I'll just not be accepting missions." By the time the Nine-Tails attacks, I should be able to quit completely.
Mom nodded but she didn't look particularly happy.
"If that's what you want, I don't think it's the right choice but I respect your decision." Mom took a deep breath. "I'll be happy as long as you don't stagnate, you must keep growing and keep advancing." Her eyes bore into mine and I nodded.
"The same goes to you, this assassination attempt won't be the only one you'll face." I was powerful, mom was not. The chances of someone capturing her or killing her to get to me where high.
It wasn't something I had been concerned with, but seeing her burnt and bruised was a wake-up call.
"Since we're on the topic of advancement, will you accept an Overwrite?" Mom grimaced causing me to frown.
I didn't like that the thought of an Overwrite caused her to grimace.
"I don't like the idea of changing who I am, or what I am." Mom rubbed her with both hands. "But I'll do it if it gives you peace of mind."
I carefully smoothed my face.
I was extremely happy she was accepting, it took me a lot to break her down. Her being stronger was good, I wouldn't need to worry about her death being caused by some cannon fodder.
"Thanks, it'll make me feel better." Mom nodded but still didn't look happy.
She let out a heavy breath and stood.
"I need to go lie down for a while." She sounded annoyed.
I nodded and walked her to the exit.
"I'll see you later." Mom nodded and stepped out the door.
The door closed and a smile covered my face.
Supermom?
My smile widened and I danced my way back to my chair.
Finally.
Mom would be less killable.
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My little experiment involving the One-Tail's chakra and Jinchūriki DNA was a success. The One-Tails chakra mutated the body and allowed it to accept the Jinchūriki's DNA.
Though his body accepted the genes for chakra density and reserves, the test subject had a weak version of Magnet Release, which could be because the rest of his body wasn't made to use the Magnet Release or it could be because he never completed his ninja training and was unable to effectively use his chakra.
Still, it seemed to be a semi-success. Either, I needed a ninja test-subject, more genes corresponding to the Magnet Release need to be identified, or the body needed to adapt to the chakra to use it more effectively.
Regardless, I had some success in giving someone a bloodline. Though it wasn't as impressive as the Wood Release or the Sharingan it still gave me hope.
It wouldn't be impossible for me to transplant bloodlines, I had thought I'd have to wait for Orochimaru to figure it out but I might be able to do it myself.
Another possible step towards obtaining the Tenseigan.
I just needed to keep going. Keep advancing. Keep moving.
Steady progress would get me where I needed to go, I just needed to keep at it.
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I sat at my desk thinking on the One-Tails chakra.
I only had enough for three or four more experiments.
I wanted to play around with Tailed-Beast chakra, but I didn't have it in me to waste it. It seemingly did nothing to normal people but it might do something to people with Ōtsutsuki genes in them.
After all the Tailed-Beasts were just parts of the Ten-Tails which was Kaguya plus the God Tree.
So, do I use some of the chakra on myself? Or do I make some Minions with the Magnet Release bloodline?
Their Magnet Release would probably be weak...
But even if their Magnet Release was weak, their children might inherit a better version or maybe possessing the chakra for long enough might change their body...
Decisions, decisions...
Use the chakra on myself...?
Use the chakra to make a new clan or new minions within Konoha...?
Do both...?
I wasn't too sure.
I didn't want the bloodline myself...
But if I was already using the chakra...
I let my thoughts drift around for a little while longer before I stood and made my way towards the door.
It was about time for training with Aomi...
I arrived silently behind Isami who was working on her third Nature Release. She was sitting with a bucket and trying to manipulate the water within.
"Do want a bloodline?"
Isami jerked, startled by my abrupt question.
"Don't do that!" Isami shook her fist at me.
I ignored her anger.
"Magnet Release, yes or no?" I asked quickly.
Isami frowned at me.
"Where did this come from?" She blinked at me. "I haven't heard anything about you experimenting on bloodlines."
I rolled my eyes.
"That's because it's a secret." Only Aomi had an inkling to what I was doing. "Anyway, I've mostly perfected the process. You just need to survive your DNA being re-written and the initial Chakra injection." Isami's eyes widened. "But if you get past that your pretty much good to go."
"It's the first few hours you need to worry about, once you get past that, things will be fine." I continued when Isami didn't speak.
Isami frowned.
"Let me think about it."
I nodded.
"Sure, take your time."
I only had enough chakra for two more uses. If Isami didn't want it, I'd use it on myself to see what happens.
"I'll be around, come find me if you want to talk."
I gave Isami a cheery wave and Shunshined away.
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I stared at the One-Tails tail. It had been drained of most of its chakra but was still corporal and had not vanished as I thought it would.
I knew that one could eat the flesh of a tailed beast and gain powers similar to a Jinchūriki's. It was tempting to have a go and eat the tail but I remembered the two reanimated brothers from Kumo being used to birth the Ten-Tails.
Something similar might happen to me if I ate the tail. There were also stronger Tailed-Beasts to eat if I was going to do so.
"Hmmm..." But maybe eating a tail from each beast will be beneficial...?
I let the idea of becoming a pseudo-Ten-Tails Jinchūriki roll around in my mind for a while.
The chakra wouldn't have any consciousness, so perhaps I really could become a pseudo-Jinchūriki...?
I wasn't sold on the idea but it was something to look into...
There was also the possibility that I would gain a forehead eye...
But the Sage didn't have the forehead eye...
But that was probably because the Sage only had its chakra...
I would only have the chakra as well.
"It's something to think about..." I decided.
Eating Tailed-Beasts...
I think I'll use a portion of the chakra and keep the tail.
I nodded to myself.
That sounded like a plan...
A spontaneous poorly thought out plan. But a plan none the less.
Since I'm being spontaneous let's do that now...
I cracked my knuckles and set off towards the urn.
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"Alright, I've got your DNA edited and the Overwrite is ready. You have one more chance to change anything you want about yourself before we go through with this." I eyed her hair while thinking it would look good if it was white.
Mom shook her head.
"I'll stay as I am." She was still uncomfortable about the Overwrite. "Appearance-wise." She added.
I nodded.
"Alright, lay down in the circle."
Mom nodded and did so.
"Ok, this will only take a moment." I unlocked the seal on my forehead and was flooded with chakra. "Just close your eyes, it'll be over before you know it." I placed my palms on the edge of the seal and started fueling it with my chakra.
Mom fell unconscious and I continued powering the seal.
When she woke, she would wake with more potential then she had before. As long as she kept training I wouldn't have to worry about her as much.
She could be strong and safe.
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"I need to get back to indexing the Hyuga's DNA." I spoke mostly to myself.
There was so much I had thrown to the side, so much to get back to.
In a month and a half, the year would end and the war would soon follow. I had limited time to pursue anything that required human test subjects, it would be harder to get them once the war officially ended.
"Has the rice and wheat been shipped in?" I tucked my hair behind my ear.
Aomi nodded.
"It's in storage."
I held in my sigh that almost bubbled out.
"Go get it before some idiot cooks it."
Genetically modified crops were the next project. It was so no one could say I didn't contribute.
Aomi nodded and headed for the door.
"Thanks." Aomi nodded and left.
With larger crop yields Konoha would depend less on merchants and other countries. Hopefully, the council would see that and it would earn me some brownie points.
But a bunch of old ninjas probably wouldn't see the value in increasing crop yield. I might have to come out and tell them it'll save Konoha money.
I didn't think highly of the council or the current Hokage.
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I had been low on prisoners so I picked up a project I had forgone in favor of something that provided immediate benefits.
I studied the Byakugan I had attempted to create using stem cells. It was near perfect in terms of structure, being the same as mine genetically and physically.
But, did it work?
Probably.
I was extremely confident it would work.
"Aomi do you want a Byakugan?" I held the eye by the optic nerve and dangled it. "if you don't want it, I'll remove it right after."
Aomi looked visibly sick.
"No, that's ok."
I swung the eye back and forth.
Are you sure? I can change the eye color." The eye slipped from my grasp and I caught it with my other hand. "This might be the only chance you get to see what the Byakugan sees..."
Aomi looked torn between disgust and wistful longing.
I mentally noted Aomi's interest in bloodlines.
"It can be shut on and off, no one will even know you have it unless you show them." I held the eye out towards her.
"No." She shook her head. "If I'm caught with that I'll die."
I disagreed. She was my most useful minion, and I'd put up a good fight to save her.
"Alright." I relented.
Now I needed someone else to test this on...
"Now do I replace my eye or do I use a prisoner?" I mused.
A Hyuga was the only one who would know if the eye worked as it should. So, it would probably be my eye that gets replaced...
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The artificial Byakugan worked, but not well.
It had less than a quarter of my Original range, but its sight was normal and unaffected.
"Why did you keep the eye white?" Aomi asked.
I blinked and stopped supplying my Byakugan with chakra.
"I was worried I'd forget which eye I replaced and pull the wrong one out." Well, I was worried a clone would do it.
You couldn't trust clones to do a job right.
"Right..." The Byakugan seemed to be perfect, but its range was shit. "Are you sure you don't want a Byakugan? This one will be destroyed once I'm done with it." I pointed to my one white eye.
Aomi shook her head.
"Alright." I shrugged.
If she didn't want the eye then it was getting turned into stem cells.
"Well, you can go. I'll replace my eye on my own time." Aomi nodded "Keep this secret, it's something that could get us killed if it was known." Aomi swallowed and nodded before she started making her way out of the lab.
I stood there rubbing at my slightly itchy new eye while wondering why its range was so pathetic.
"Maybe it's because it's not been saturated in my chakra for years?" I spoke to myself.
It was possible, but I wasn't willing to walk around with one weird Byakugan to see if it eventually changed.
"Should I give a 'pure' Hyuga Byakugan a try?" I scratched my head while sinking into thought.
"Maybe..." I settled on eventually.
My body didn't like foreign stuff, so I doubted it would like the Byakugan.
More stuff to experiment with...
I made a hand-seal and a Shadow Clone appeared beside me.
"Get this fucker out of me." It was itchy beyond belief.
The Clone smirked at me.
Asshole.
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I looked down at one of the few prisoners I had left with a frown. I wanted to use him to make a Clone.
The idea was to turn him into stem cells and use those cells to craft a body for a Bone Clone thus making a complete body for the Clone's conscious to inhabit.
Blood Clones were a thing. Bone Clones were a thing.
Why couldn't this work?
"Well, if it's any consolation." I palmed a Senbon with an Overwrite Seal on it. "Your death will bring me closer to making a new technique."
I jabbed the senbon into his ribs and held on while the Fuinjutsu spread across his body.
The prisoner lost consciousness and his chakra was quickly drained, and the senbon soon started pulling on my chakra. I kept feeding it while looking for any changes to the prisoner.
Things seemed to be fine so I turned to my pre-made Bone Clone.
"Well, you know what to do." I pointed expectantly with my free hand.
The Bone Clone nodded and places both of his hands on the prisoner.
My reserves dwindled and I pulled away from the senbon causing the Fuinjutsu to recede.
"Reserves are almost big enough for a full Overwrite." I noted.
My Clone ignored me and started turning the prisoner into stem cells. He rapidly became a puddle of red sludge which my Clone sucked up with a hollow bone tube it had grown from its finger.
I watched the prisoner melt until he was just a pink skeleton and the stem cells were consumed shortly after.
The Clone stepped away from the bones and took a seat cross-legged on the ground, and closed its eyes.
All I could do now was wait. The Clone needed to spend time crafting its internals and making sure it got everything right.
"Come here." I blinked and turned to the Clone. "I need to use your body as a template, it's easier."
I nodded in understanding.
"Good point." It was probably easier than doing it from memory. That was a stupid assumption I made.
Of course, making a human body cell by cell was hard...
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The Clone was somewhat of a success. Its body produced Physical Energy but couldn't do the same for Spiritual Energy. The Clone would continue to live as long as it had chakra, even if it's chakra was mostly physical energy.
The Cone lost consciousness when its spiritual energy was exhausted, but upon giving it chakra it woke and was ready to go.
The Clone had most of my abilities baring some of the more destructive ones that the Clone couldn't do with the little chakra it had.
"Now I have a body double to perform risky experiments on." The Clone nodded but rolled its eyes.
The Flesh Clone was the equivalent of a rechargeable battery.
It could be recharged, but the number of times you could recharge it was limited. Eventually, that chakra it originally had would have to be replaced so the Clone could operate better.
It was a step in the right direction.
I now had a way to fake my death and preform risky experiments should I feel the need to.
The newly dubbed Flesh Clone was going to be useful.
"Want to eat some Tailed-Beast flesh?" I asked with a smile.
My Clone shook his head.
"No, I should be watched for a little longer before that."
I gave the Clone a nod.
"Your surprisingly responsible for a Clone."
He shrugged.
"I'm more premiant, I need to preserve my life."
I nodded, that made sense.
"Alright, I'll see where this goes and then we can get some Tailed-Beast in you."
The Clone nodded. "Sounds good."
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"Have you thought about it?" I asked Isami who had intruded upon my lab while I was working on Overwriting some rice.
Isami ignored my question and pointed at the grain of rice that I had surrounded by Fuinjutsu.
"Why are you playing with rice?" I huffed silently.
I wasn't 'playing' with rice, I was making a genetic masterpiece.
"I'm manipulating the rice so it's bigger and more nutritious." I was also to make it so it didn't fertilize rice that wasn't genetically manipulated. I if people wanted to steal my magic rice, they needed to work for it.
There would be no easy way to breed my rice with other rice.
"I'm going to move onto wheat, tomatoes, and farm animals in that order." Konoha mainly farmed wheat and animals but it didn't hurt to have variety. "There are few rice patties and they are located outside of the village, so rice is just a test run."
"Hmm..." Isami hummed. "What will you do to the animals?"
I shrugged as I wasn't wholly sure.
"I'll make them bigger, faster-growing, and disease resistant." The stuff Orochimaru gave me wouldn't help me there. He wasn't focused on farm animals. "I'd have to make them infertile though."
I tapped my chin in thought. The chances of my super animals escaping and causing problems were high.
"They could escape and devastate the environment..." I could also make them short-lived. Or I could make them only produce male offspring. "It's still in it's beginning phases."
There were lots of problems that needed to be solved.
"Back to you." I lifted my palms from the Overwrite Seal. "Have you decided?"
Isami shook her head.
"I don't need a bloodline to be strong." Her face was stoic and her voice was resolute.
I exhaled heavily as I didn't agree. Bloodlines were everything, very few without a bloodline were strong.
"Alright, no problem." It seems Isami wasn't getting the Magnet Release.
More Tailed-Beast for me I guess...
"I'll see you tomorrow, we can work on Wind Release together." I dismissed her with a wave.
Isami nodded.
"See you tomorrow."
I nodded and waved as she made her way out of the lab.
No bloodlines for Isami...
"Does everyone hate bloodlines?" I turned to my Clone who had been minding its business and reading in the corner.
"It seems so." He said non-committedly, while not taking his eyes away from the book.
I rolled my eyes at how laidback my Clone was.
"Come exchange chakra with me, we need to see if we can still share memories." I eyed the book the Clone was reading.
My Clone rolled its eyes and set the book down.
"No need to be in such a hurry, relax a little."
I stared blankly at the Clone.
"You should keep your advice to yourself."
Snort*
The Clone snorted but approached me.
"Well, let's do this."
I nodded.
"Let's."
We joined hands and closed our eyes.
I sent chakra down my right arm and the Clone captured it and dragged it in through its left arm. The Clone sent its chakra down its right arm and I received the chakra with my left.
We created a loop of chakra and mixed the chakra until it was even in both spiritual and physical energy for the both of us.
When we exchanged chakra, we also exchanged memories, the spiritual energy being the medium of exchange.
"It's strangely intimate, but It works." The Clone spoke, breaking the slight trance I had entered. "This should be our preferred method of refueling."
I nodded as that sounded easy enough.
"Sounds good, I just don't want anyone to see us doing this."
Walking in on me and my Clone holding hands and facing each other would look weird.
"Now the question is, if I die will my chakra and soul migrate over to you?" I said to the Clone.
He smirked.
"Want to find out?"
A laugh bubbled out of me.
"Ha! No!" Not on your life Clone. "I'm fine with not dying."
The Clone smirked and I smirked back.
Did I accidentally make a friend?
I blinked at the thought.
Neat.
"Ok, let go of my hands homo." The Clone jokingly sneered at me.
I rolled my eyes and released his hands.
"Whatever..."
I scratched my head and wondered what to do next.
Lots of things to work on...
I hopefully won't be bored for a while...
...
"How about we make some sort of seal that automatically exchanges chakra between us?"
I raised an eyebrow.
"Hmmm...?" I hummed to buy myself time to think. "The current process isn't an issue?"
At least I didn't think it was, thought the Clone might disagree.
"If I had a chakra-centric bloodline, as long as our chakra was constantly mixing you could make use of the bloodline, it would also double your available reserves." The Clone waved a hand lazily towards the sky. "If I had a body made out of Ōtsutsuki DNA it would save you the trouble of rushing to incorporating it into yourself."
The Clone dropped its hand to its side and continued.
"We would also be constantly sharing memories, we would just be an extension of each other." The Clone shrugged at my surprised look. "It would be one soul piloting two bodies through the creative use of Fuinjutsu. A discount Six Paths Of Pain if you will."
"Hmmm..." I hummed quietly as I was at a loss. "If I got a hold of Orochimaru's immortality technique, my soul could travel between bodies as it pleased." It would make me extremely hard to kill.
"But I still don't know how to mix chakra." That was the issue. "Let's put the idea off."
If I figured out how to combine chakra, I'd come back to it.
"We've got other things to pursue before that." Like having the Clone eat Tailed-Beast flesh. "I guess we'll see."
"We'll see." The Clone repeated and nodded to me.
Lot's of stuff to do...