Chapter 319: This Road Is Blocked, But There Is a Way
This time, unlike the previous simulation, Akiyama Makoto took action against all Tailed Beasts directly and early.
In the end, he successfully became the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and embarked on the path of Six Paths.
But as a result, Naruto, who died because of losing the Tailed Beast, was resurrected by the Sage of Six Paths, and then took back the Nine-Tails from the body of the Fourth Hokage, and was finally given the Yang Power by the Sage of Six Paths.
Then Naruto, Sasuke, and the whitewashed Obito became the new Sannin to crusade against Makoto, and finally sealed Makoto.
This time, even Black Zetsu didn't have the chance to sneak attack Makoto and summon Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, but Makoto still lost.
Obviously, for the Sage of Six Paths, he could easily create two Six Paths level powerhouses to suppress all Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.
Even Kaguya Ōtsutsuki couldn't handle it, let alone Makoto, a defective Ten-Tails Jinchūriki who borrowed the Rinnegan and only got half of the Nine-Tails' power.
This result didn't exceed Makoto's expectations, and even made Makoto more determined.
Originally, Makoto was still hesitating whether to take the path of becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, but now this path was basically completely blocked.
Taking the villain's path, Makoto couldn't do better than the villains, because the upper limit of this path was already locked.
The person who locked this upper limit, the Sage of Six Paths, was waiting at the end of the road for the destined person.
If it was a destined person, they would be bestowed with power by him to defeat the enemy.
If it wasn't a destined person, then they would become the enemy that the Sage of Six Paths must seal.
The blocking of this path didn't make Makoto disheartened.
Because from it, Makoto also discovered a critical point.
That is, if Makoto became the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, he would be marked as a villain by the Sage of Six Paths.
But if Makoto just absorbed the chakra of the Tailed Beasts and fused it to obtain temporary Yin-Yang power, then it was still within the allowable range of the Sage of Six Paths.
Normally, these two behaviors should be equivalent.
Because even if ordinary ninja mastered the Rinnegan and only absorbed the Tailed Beast chakra, it was impossible to converge Yin-Yang power from it, at most using some of the Tailed Beasts' power to enhance the power of their ninjutsu.
In other words, theoretically, one should become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki first to convert the chakra of nine Tailed Beasts into Six Paths level power.
But Makoto might be able to bypass this link.
He had the experience and feeling of becoming a Six Paths level being, plus the power of nine Tailed Beasts he mastered, it wasn't impossible to briefly boost his power to the Six Paths level.
It's just that there were two problems with doing so.
First, Makoto could only use this power once, because after once, it would arouse the vigilance of the Sage of Six Paths and be put on the blacklist that must be guarded against. At that time, what awaited Makoto would be various sieges.
Second, could Makoto bypass the Great Toad Sage's prediction by using this power? If not, then the result awaiting Makoto would still not change.
Normally, to break through this point, Makoto probably had to attack the Great Toad Sage.
But the chakra and will of the Sage of Six Paths were still watching all this. If Makoto did such a thing, he would most likely not stand by.
However, Makoto had another idea. What if his fusion of the chakra of nine Tailed Beasts might not happen in reality?
In other words, Makoto only practiced mastering this ability in the simulation, but never mastered this ability in reality, only storing the simulation results without inheriting them.
This would lead to Makoto storing the experience of this ability in the system. If the Great Toad Sage wanted to predict the future, he must predict the power in Makoto's system.
After all, Makoto didn't necessarily have to use this power. Whether to use this power was in a Schrödinger state.
Makoto felt this plan was worth a try, but he didn't plan to conduct another simulation for the time being.
Because conducting this kind of multi-talent binding simulation still required a lot of simulation attempts.
Previously, Makoto planned to strengthen Karin, and this time Makoto planned to strengthen Temari.
As for those girls in Konoha, Makoto didn't plan to strengthen them to this extent for the time being. Later, Makoto would only give them better talents, but would not directly inherit their strength and experience.
Not that Makoto didn't trust them. In the simulation, they had proven their recognition and feelings for Makoto.
But now they belonged to the Konoha side after all. Suddenly strengthening them beyond the limit might cause some changes in Konoha.
Anyway, after strengthening Karin and Temari, letting the two of them be able to burst out Kage-level strength was enough for Makoto.
Soon, Makoto also checked the results of this system simulation.
Because he also wanted to use it to strengthen Temari, Makoto didn't pay much attention to the talents of other children.
And Temari accepted Makoto's strengthening very smoothly.
Although her feelings for Makoto were not as deep as Karin's, she was completely inseparable from Makoto now.
After realizing that she could get huge power from Makoto, she was even more devoted to Makoto.
Maybe this wasn't just love, but also a political investment, but Makoto wasn't a person with emotional cleanliness, and he accepted Temari's feelings.
After Makoto's inheritance for a day, Temari's normal strength also reached the level of an Elite Jōnin.
The super panel naturally went without saying; that was basic operation.
In addition, Temari also had Uzumaki and Senju bloodlines, intermediate natural energy talent, advanced chakra perception, intermediate mind mirror image, and attribute talents of various releases.
This made Temari a ninja walking in a completely different direction from Karin. Now she could be called a ninjutsu battery. Her Wind Style had surpassed Danzō Shimura, and could be paired with the Yin Seal and Sage Mode.
Makoto felt that the gale she raised probably had the level of a typhoon now.
Of course, Temari also learned other releases, but unfortunately, the combat style wasn't so easy to change. Her attack method was estimated to be mainly Wind Style in the short term.
After strengthening Temari and Karin, Makoto felt the time was about right.
Sure enough, the shadow clone sent intelligence that the ninja of the Rock Village and the Cloud Village had arrived.
In the simulation, Ōnoki chose to watch the battle at first, and finally chose to befriend Makoto.
As for Raikage A, he became Makoto's captive, and Makoto severely extorted a batch of war reparations from him.
This operation was domineering, but it also directly pushed Makoto to become the target of public criticism in the ninja world.
Makoto tried in Temari's simulation to save some face for A himself, and sure enough, Makoto wasn't besieged by the entire ninja world again.
Of course, this might be related to Makoto's decision causing a change in the Great Toad Sage's prediction of the future, but it was enough for Makoto to know what to do this time.
"We are here!"
A cheerful sound came from the air.
A girl with bun hair fell from the air, hugged Makoto's neck and spun around, and then gave Makoto a sweet kiss.
The person who came was naturally Tenten, who came to help under Tsunade's order.
Not only Tenten, but Ino, Sakura, Hinata, Kurenai, Anko, and Yūgao also came.
As the Kage of a village, Tsunade naturally couldn't mobilize casually. But sending all the people around Makoto showed enough that she had done her best.
Makoto hugged the girls and women one by one, and then they looked curiously at Mei Terumī.
At this time, Mei Terumī had gained freedom and became Makoto's woman. She was originally a bit smug.
Suddenly seeing so many women around Makoto, the corners of her mouth began to twitch.
Although she knew she couldn't be considered Makoto's lover, she was at least Makoto's woman. Were there so many people ahead of her?
"Who is she?"
Tenten hugged Makoto's arm on the surface, but pinched the soft flesh on Makoto's waist with her other hand.
On the other side, Ino also hugged Makoto's arm, looked at Mei Terumī with a smile, and said, "Looks like a great beauty from the Hidden Mist Village. Makoto, oh Makoto, you've only been in the Land of Waves for a few days, how come you even took down the beauty of the Hidden Mist Village?"
Sakura simply circled around Mei Terumī, looking her up and down, and then staring at Mei Terumī's sinful figure with a tick mark popping up on her forehead.
Although she never mentioned it, her figure was already at the bottom among the girls around Makoto.
Recently she was researching with Tsunade how to grow quickly. Before seeing good results, she saw the foul existence of Mei Terumī. How could she not be angry?
Just when the atmosphere was getting tense, Hinata came between everyone and Mei Terumī, bowed to everyone, and said, "Um, everyone, Makoto-kun did these things for my family. If you want to blame someone, blame me."
Then Hinata told the story of Makoto taking the Byakugan from Ao, and Mei Terumī having no way to report back and only being able to submit to Makoto.
Hearing that Makoto was venting anger for Hinata, the girls' faces instantly looked much better.
After getting along for so long and fighting side by side, they were already true sisters recognized by each other.
Suddenly seeing Mei Terumī, it was normal to be angry.
But if it was for Hinata, then Makoto could be forgiven, although from the results, Mei Terumī was not just Makoto's captive.
"So, what do you plan to do next?"
Ino poked Makoto's cheek curiously and said, "Although we haven't grown up yet and shouldn't worry about this kind of thing. But your speed is too fast. Will we be outdated when we grow up?"
Makoto kissed Ino's cheek and said with a smile, "How could that be? You are the most beautiful girls in my heart."
"Hmph, sweet words, playboy!"
Tenten on the other side pretended to be angry on the surface, but the corners of her mouth had already curled up happily.
Subsequently, Makoto told everyone that he planned to push Mei Terumī to become the Kage of the Hidden Mist Village in the future.
Hearing Makoto's words, the girls understood everything instantly.
They even subconsciously looked at Temari. Temari waved her hand quickly and said, "I won't be any Kazekage—but I can guarantee that my brother and I will always stand by Makoto-kun's side."
Hearing Temari's words, Kurenai, Anko, and Yūgao, who had been silent, looked at each other, understanding that this was Makoto's act of expanding his power.
Although in their view, Makoto influencing the Sand Village and Konoha was already defying heaven, and there was no need to influence the Hidden Mist Village.
But since this was Makoto's career ambition, and the method Makoto used was not some heinous means, they naturally chose to support Makoto.
"How about this, don't be angry anymore. Let's review the newcomer first to see if she is qualified to be our sister."
Then, Anko, Kurenai, and Yūgao took Mei Terumī to spar in the courtyard.
The result dumbfounded everyone. Although Mei Terumī was panting, she didn't fall behind.
Although Anko, Kurenai, and Yūgao hadn't undergone Makoto's inheritance yet, they were also implanted with the True Spirit Seal and learned the Yin Seal by Makoto.
Bursting with full strength, they were all at the level of Elite Jōnin, yet they still couldn't take down Mei Terumī, which showed Mei Terumī's strength.
Only then did the girls face Mei Terumī squarely one by one, realizing that she wasn't a beautiful vase, but a truly powerful ninja.
A triumphant smile appeared on the corner of Mei Terumī's mouth. Just as she wanted to say something to show her status, Temari and Karin looked at each other and took a step forward.
Mei Terumī's face changed.
Although she didn't know that Makoto had strengthened Temari and Karin, she saw the strength of Temari and Karin that day, not knowing that Temari and Karin obtained one-time power.
Seeing that she was about to be given a head-on blow, Mei Terumī quickly raised her hand to surrender and said, "My chakra is exhausted. Let's stop here. I surrender."
Anko also laughed carelessly and said, "Why surrender? Obviously we lost. Makoto-kun said you would become the Mizukage. It seems he wasn't speaking casually. You indeed have this strength."
"However, compared to a true Kage-level powerhouse, you are still a bit short, but it doesn't matter. Makoto-kun will help you when there is a chance later."
Mei Terumī nodded, knowing she was accepted.
Although she was still angry about being ranked so far behind not long ago, she was genuinely happy to be accepted at this moment.
Because she realized that not only was Makoto powerful himself, but he also had a powerful support group, which meant that her position as Mizukage would also be very stable in the future.
Mei Terumī actually didn't care much about how high her independence was. In fact, after ending Yagura's rule in the original story, the Hidden Mist Village was without a Mizukage for a long time, and Mei Terumī had been acting according to the orders of the elders.
It wasn't until the Five Kage Summit that Mei Terumī was appointed as the Mizukage in the face of danger.
So for her, as long as the Hidden Mist Village could get back on track and everyone could escape the rule of the Blood Mist, whether she held power alone wasn't the most critical factor.
"So what should we do next? Wait here for them to attack?"
Seeing the conflict resolved here, Ino raised her doubt.
And Makoto smiled slightly and answered, "Of course, we take the initiative to attack."
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