Chapter 153 The Name of the Immortal
Chapter 153 The Name of the Immortal
Chapter 153 The Name of the Immortal
After a period of peace, Akutagawa Hiko heard that Conan and his friends had helped the police solve two cases during this time: one was the case of a sniper being threatened with sniping, and the other was the case of the murder at the World's Greatest Night Festival.
Leaving aside the first incident, because it involved lives, Conan, Ai, and their group even came looking for him, but by then he had already disappeared into the deep mountains and forests.
The training in Sage Mode has reached its final stage, and Akutagawa Hiko doesn't want to be disturbed by anything, so he didn't even bring his communication devices.
Whether the natural energy in the deep mountains and forests is actually greater than in the city or not, it certainly helped him psychologically. As for snakes, rats, mosquitoes, and other insects, Akutagawa Hiko didn't need to worry about them. The cat, dog, and bird weren't exactly useless either.
If it were Mount Myōboku in the Naruto world, it would be better, with a group of toads watching over it. Naturally, if the energy gets out of control, it will at most turn into toads, rather than directly turning into stone.
However, Akutagawa Hiko didn't have this kind of treatment. He could only exchange for clam oil and then endure it on his own, adopting a strategy of minimizing every bit of it to absorb the ubiquitous natural energy.
If there's too little natural energy, you won't be able to complete the Immortal Mode, but if there's too much natural energy, the price you have to pay is just too high.
Although he can use the Sharingan to save his life, whether it's Izanagi or Tenno Tsunetachi, both can prevent him from being petrified, the latter has a long cooldown time, which makes him feel insecure.
As for the former, it requires the use of one Sharingan as a price.
Akutagawa Hiko clasped his hands together, and with a surge of energy, activated Sage Mode.
From the outside, there isn't much change, except for a touch of light red eyeshadow at the corner of the eye. This is the legendary immortal's face mask:
Akutagawa Hiko conjured an ice mirror in front of him and carefully examined himself.
"With this 'sage mode' activated, no one will notice unless they get very close, right?"
Akutagawa Hiko touched the corner of his eye, which looked no different from the surrounding skin except for a slight redness. Anyone who didn't know better would think he had just been crying.
"I thought my immortal mask would look even more imposing."
The power of Sage Mode is undeniable. Ordinary ninjutsu, genjutsu, and even taijutsu, as long as the word "Sage Technique" is added in front of them, will become exponentially more dangerous, and their attack, defense, and perception will be greatly enhanced.
If Akutagawa Hikaru was an elite Jonin who barely reached the level of a Kage before Sage Mode, after completing his training in Sage Mode, he became a true Kage.
With such strength, no one would question his appointment as Kage in one of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
"Besides, I'm practically an immortal now."
Next, he has one more thing to do.
After Akutagawa exited Sage Mode, he opened the system shop, entered "Tailed Beast Chakra" in the search bar, and the nine tailed beasts came to life on the page, letting out a roar.
After struggling to tear his gaze away from Kurama, Akutagawa looked at Ichi-Tai, who was in third place in popularity and could even compete for second or first.
This tanuki, which looks like it's made of sand covered in black and blue runes, is quite different in style from the other tailed beasts.
In the early days of Naruto, there was probably no concept of tailed beasts or jinchūriki.
The prototype of Kurama (Nine-Tailed Kurama) is a nine-tailed fox, while the prototype of Shukaku (One-Tailed Shukaku) is a tanuki, or a well-known tanuki monster.
However, they are now indeed all tailed beasts separated from the Ten-Tails, each possessing extremely strong destructive power and unique skills.
As Akutagawa Hiko stretched out his hand, a fleshy ball that looked like it had been peeled off from Ichi-O-Tachi appeared in his palm, as his reputation plummeted.
Although Shukaku's chakra, the size of a basketball, is insignificant compared to the massive size of a tailed beast, this amount of chakra alone is a level that countless ninjas could never hope to reach in their entire lives.
As he absorbed the chakra sphere that had materialized, Akutagawa Hiko's chakra levels increased wildly.
Unlike Jinchuriki, the Tailed Beast Chakra he absorbs has no self-will whatsoever. Apart from its inherent characteristics, it does not interfere with his absorption and utilization.
Although it cannot compare to the miraculous state of a perfect Jinchuriki who is in perfect harmony with the Tailed Beast and helps each other, it surpasses it in some aspects. The chakra ball in his hand gradually disappeared, and Akutagawa Hiko slowly opened his eyes.
In addition to the Tailed Beast Ball, the signature ability of the Tailed Beasts, Shukaku is also very skilled in Wind Release and Magnet Release, and has also demonstrated some impressive abilities in sealing techniques using sand.
Now, Akutagawa Hiko has naturally inherited these skills, but he still needs to practice to master them.
Akutagawa Hiko did not retract his hand, but instead formed a black Rasengan in his hand, or more accurately, a Rasengan Wheel, with a ring of white chakra energy surrounding it, much like a star ring.
The Rasengan is an A-rank ninjutsu invented by Minato Namikaze after observing the Tailed Beast Ball. It has a wide range of potential applications.
Naruto Uzumaki conquered the world by creating various Rasengan.
As a basic form that appeared too early in the game, the Rasengan itself is not weak, but apart from not needing to perform hand seals, it doesn't have any overpowered features.
Even the fact that someone needs to use shadow clones to create a ball has had its only significant effect greatly weakened.
The Rasengan is different; it is more similar to the Tailed Beast Ball, with destructive power far exceeding that of the ordinary Rasengan. The advanced version, the Great Rasengan, is so powerful that its expressive power alone is comparable to the Super Shinra Tensei.
Having destroyed the entire Hidden Leaf Village with a single blow, Akutagawa Hiko dispelled the dangerous item in his hand and let out a long sigh of relief. This massive enhancement was incredibly satisfying.
In fact, Akutagawa Hiko had already accumulated enough reputation points to exchange for Tailed Beast Chakra, but the problem was that Tailed Beast Chakra might interfere with his Sage Mode training.
Initially, Naruto's Sage Mode was not perfect because of Kurama inside him.
Therefore, Akutagawa Hikosai has been delaying it until now.
Akutagawa rubbed Tangbing's head, then rubbed Xiaolongbao's chin, and finally stuffed the bird named "Bourbon" into his pocket.
After making sure the campfire was completely extinguished, Akutagawa Hiko prepared to leave.
After putting a helmet on Tangbing, Xiaolongbao obediently crawled into the box at the back of the motorcycle. With a roar, the motorcycle sped off, waking up the once quiet mountain forest and creating quite a commotion.
As they passed a clear stream, Akutagawa made no attempt to slow down or take a detour. He pressed a button, and a pair of mechanical wings suddenly unfolded at the rear of the vehicle, carrying him and his three pets as they flew across the stream.
The powerful jets of exhaust from these motorcycles even allowed them to glide through the air for a short time.
To this, Akutagawa Hiko could only shout, "Awesome!!"
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