"Bssss!"
Muzan instantly split himself into 1,800 flesh pieces and scattered.
Although he didn't understand how Yoriichi Tsugikuni suddenly appeared, Muzan didn't think of anything other than escaping at this moment.
The fear that Yoriichi Tsugikuni carved in his mind was too big.
When he was at his peak, he thought that he was invincible.
Then, he met Yoriichi Tsugikuni. In front of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the strength that he was so proud of seemed like child's play.
The moment he saw Muzan, Yoriichi Tsugikuni completed the Sun Breathing's Thirteenth Form that severely injured Muzan.
'I managed to escape last time, and I will do so again now. I can't believe he's still alive after five hundred years! Muzan said the most cowardly words in his heart.
However, he did not know that this Yoriichi Tsugikuni was far stronger than the Yoriichi Tsugikuni he had encountered before.
Seeing Muzan split into 1800 flesh pieces, Nagasawa remained indifferent.
"This time, you have no chance." Nagasawa said indifferently, then raised his Nichirin Katana.
Now, he wanted to make up for the mistakes that Yoriichi Tsugikuni had made in the past. He wanted to kill Muzan thoroughly.
"Sun Breathing Fourteenth Form, Pilgrimage of the Scorching Sun!"
Nagasawa drew out the maximum power of Sun Breathing with all his strength and enhanced his power with chakra, focusing it all into a series of slashes.
"Zass! Zss!"
A series of slashes that were like a scorching sun was directed at Muzan.
At this time, the mountain was no longer dark. The fiery red light dyed the whole mountain red as if it had turned into hell itself.
This was the new move that Nagasawa just came up with. He combined Sun Breathing and the power of chakra to enhance his power. Finally, he also incorporated the Flying Slash Attack from One Piece Universe.
This move combined the power of three Universe! Could Muzan still survive this?
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
The blazing slashes directly hit all of Muzan's flesh pieces, turning them into ashes before they disappeared.
There was no struggle, no resistance.
[Muzan is dead, Challenge completed, Yoriichi Tsugikuni fusion rate +10%]
The scene quickly changed again, and Nagasawa noticed that he had returned to his bedroom, and he had also returned to his body.
[Yoriichi Tsugikuni template's Fusion Rate has reached 100%. Integrating the template completely with the body. 1%, 2%... 100%]
After the template was completely integrated into the body, Yoriichi's template on the panel disappeared, leaving only the Whitebeard template.
At the same time, Nagasawa felt completely different.
His Transparent World became stronger and more polished.
At the same time, all kinds of ideas about new moves and Breathing Styles constantly entered his mind.
He even instantly discovered that there were still many areas that could be perfected in the newly created Fourteenth Form.
Whitebeard's combat experience, Nagasawa's knowledge as a Shinobi, and Yoriichi Tsugikuni's Breathing Styles and talent in swordsmanship combined together at this moment.
At this moment, although his chakra had not increased, and his body didn't exactly become stronger, his strength had actually improved.
Nagasawa finally understood why it required more points to raise the fusion rate once it reached 50%.
The enhancement brought by this template merging into his body was too strong.
The most fearsome thing about Yoriichi Tsugikuni was not his Breathing Style or his swordsmanship, but his talent.
...
...
The next day, Nagasawa was invited to Orochimaru's base.
Orochimaru conducted his normal research there. It was located in a remote corner of the village.
As Orochimaru brought Nagasawa in, Nagasawa noticed that the interior was very dull. The walls were ordinary cement walls, not even painted.
The layout of his laboratory was also bland, and a long corridor connected all the rooms.
Orochimaru led Nagasawa to the place where he usually conducted experiments and said, "This is where we will do research in the future. You should get used to this place first."
Nagasawa nodded, looked at some tools in the room, and fiddled with them for a while.
Although he was not as good as Orochimaru, he had at least studied Biology up until high school, so he was not a complete amateur.
Seeing Nagasawa's gestures, Orochimaru knew that Nagasawa was at least not some amateur.
"Why isn't there even a microscope here?" Nagasawa asked Orochimaru.
He found that there was no microscope here, so how could he observe cells?
"There is only one microscope in the village, and I have to report in to use it." Orochimaru explained.
In fact, he had made a relatively simple one, but it was placed in his secret base.
Then, the two chatted for a while about some experiments.
Orochimaru was surprised to find that Nagasawa seemed to be more knowledgeable in cell research than him. Nagasawa even told him some knowledge that he did not know.
At this moment, Orochimaru was a little excited.
As he guessed, Nagasawa was indeed a capable person, both in strength and research.
What he needed to do next was to stir Nagasawa's interest in Hashirama's cells and determine Nagasawa's perspective toward this research.
After the tour, Orochimaru handed a document to Nagasawa and said, "These are some data about various research. You can take a look when you go back."
He had mixed in the research data of Hashirama's cells in that document.
In fact, Hashirama's cells were Konoha's official research project in the beginning, with the purpose of reproducing the First Hokage's Wood Release.
The adult men in the village even voluntarily signed up to become experimental subjects.
However, because the research didn't bear any fruit and it was a bit inhumane, it was scrapped.
Therefore, this information about Hashirama's cells was available to the public. Even if Nagasawa were not interested in Hashirama's cells and suspected that he was up to something, it would be useless to report him with just that data.
But if Nagasawa were interested in Hashirama's cells, then Nagasawa would definitely show it, and they could cooperate.
Nagasawa nodded as he took the data and then left Orochimaru's base.
After returning to the Anbu base, an Anbu soon knocked on Nagasawa's office and said that Fourth had something to talk about.
Nagasawa put away the data and then rushed to the Hokage building without stopping.
The reason why Minato was looking for him at this joint was most likely because he had information about Tsunade.
He opened the door and immediately asked, "Is there any news about Tsunade-sama?"
Minato nodded and said, "an Anbu found Tsunade-sama in Tanzaku Quarters."
"I asked the Anbu to try to persuade Tsunade-sama to go back to the village, but she refused. It seems that I have to trouble you."
"Short Books Street? Alright, leave it to me!" Nagasawa said firmly.
In order to ensure Minato and Kushina's safety during the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's attack. He would bring Tsunade back at all costs, even if she did not want to!