Evening.
Kyo's new residence in Amegakure received its first guest.
Konan.
In her hand, she carried a bag.
The moment she entered, without a word, she directly handed the bag over.
Kyo, completely baffled, took the bag and asked in surprise:
"What's this?"
Konan looked at him calmly and said flatly:
"The Akatsuki uniform."
"Once you wear it, you officially become a member of the organization."
"From now on, in any operation, you must wear this uniform to demonstrate the power of our Akatsuki to the Shinobi World."
Konan's tone was very calm.
Clearly, this seemed to be an iron rule established long ago.
However,
upon hearing this, Kyo's eyebrow twitched.
'Whoa?'
'The Akatsuki's black robe with red clouds had arrived!'
'The legendary uniform said to be cursed with "Take it off and you're dead"?!'
Kyo's gaze was strange as he looked at the serious-faced Konan, forcing a smile as he said: "Uh, is it possible not to wear it?"
"No."
Konan's tone was indifferent, rejecting him outright.
Then, she simply turned around and walked towards the door, saying flatly as she went:
"You might be assigned a mission in the next day or two. Be prepared."
With those words, she directly transformed into a flurry of paper and vanished.
Kyo shook his head with a wry smile and opened the bag in his hand. Inside, neatly placed, was indeed an Akatsuki black robe with red clouds.
However, unexpectedly, there was also a bottle of nail polish.
"Huh? Nail polish?"
Kyo took it out of the bag, and under the light, it showed a faint blue-green color.
He was initially a bit puzzled,
but then his mind suddenly paused.
He recalled that in the original work, it seemed every Akatsuki's member did indeed paint their nails in various colors...
'What was this?'
'Collective performance art???'
Kyo shook his head helplessly and tossed it aside.
Then, he picked up the robe. However, the moment he lifted the black robe with red clouds, a system notification suddenly appeared.
[Ding, detected that the host has obtained [Akatsuki Uniform] x1. Would you like to fuse it with the host's [Shihakusho]?]
[The fused Akatsuki Uniform will inherit all the abilities of the Shihakusho.]
"?!"
'Whoa? There's a perk like this?!'
After hearing this series of notifications, Kyo's eyes immediately lit up!
Originally, he was worried that wearing the Akatsuki uniform would mean losing the abilities of his Shihakusho, but he never expected the two could be fused!
One had to know, the Shihakusho weren't simply ordinary clothes.
Ten years ago, when Kyo obtained his basic spiritual pressure and Zanpakuto, a set of black Shihakusho had directly materialized, covering his entire body.
And according to the system's introduction, the essence of the Shihakusho, just like the Zanpakuto, was also a special manifestation of a Shinigami's Spiritual Pressure!
In short—
The higher one's Spiritual Pressure, the higher the defensive power manifested by the Shihakusho!
This single characteristic alone made it far superior to the ordinary Akatsuki black robe!
Therefore, Kyo hesitated for almost no time.
'System, fuse!'
[Ding!]
As his words fell, the black robe with red clouds in Kyo's hand instantly vanished. The next moment, a white light began to emanate around Kyo.
[Ding, congratulations host—]
[You have obtained a new item: Shihakusho [Akatsuki Ver.]!]
[This item will perfectly inherit the appearance of the Akatsuki uniform, as well as all the abilities and characteristics of the Shihakusho!]
As the notification faded, the light dissipated.
Kyo's attire had now changed from his black clothes to a set of Akatsuki black robes with red clouds.
Just as the system had said, its appearance was almost indistinguishable from anyone else's black robe with red clouds. However, only Kyo knew that its characteristics were not something ordinary clothes could compare to.
"Not bad at all..."
"Now, I suddenly feel much farther from the curse of "take it off and you're dead", hehe."
Feeling the change brought by his new clothes, Kyo revealed a very satisfied smile.
At that moment, the system notification sounded again—
[Ding, congratulations host, the side mission has been completed!]
[Wear the Akatsuki's black robe with red clouds (1/1), completed. Reward: Spiritual Pressure +1000!]
[Your Spiritual Pressure has successfully broken through to LV.4, advancing to the intermediate level!]
[Extra Reward: Hado #90: Kurohitsugi!]