Tsunade pushed away Ren's slightly unruly hands with annoyance.
She looked at him speechlessly.
"Just how many techniques did you take from Danzō?"
For most people,
mastering even one or two forbidden techniques in a lifetime would already mark them as extraordinary geniuses.
But this guy?
It was enough to make anyone jealous.
Those extremely difficult forbidden techniques—
which often required special talent and comprehension—
seemed like toys in his hands.
There was no difficulty at all.
"Not that many."
Ren shrugged casually.
"I just emptied Root's collection."
"You sure have some nerve. Now get out."
Tsunade rolled her eyes and began shooing him away.
Having him directly enter her mental world felt strange.
It was as if she had no secrets left at all in front of him.
"After finally getting the chance to— hm?"
Ren clearly didn't want to leave.
But suddenly he sensed something.
His expression changed slightly as he looked toward the outside of town.
Dozens of miles away,
a fairly powerful chakra had appeared.
The direction seemed to be heading toward the Land of Hot Water.
Its aura even felt slightly stronger than Tsunade's.
"Akatsuki?"
Ren was briefly surprised,
but quickly lost interest.
"Whatever. As long as they don't bother me."
Even if the Six Paths of Pain appeared,
he wouldn't be afraid.
If they dared provoke him,
he wouldn't mind ending the Akatsuki early.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Ren suddenly spacing out,
Tsunade looked confused.
"Nothing. Just a somewhat strong passerby."
Ren didn't continue clinging to Tsunade's mind.
Instead,
his spirit left her body
and flew toward another direction.
Soon,
he located a target with relatively weak chakra.
He instantly invaded the person's body.
Control was effortless.
It was a young man in his twenties,
wearing a Yugakure forehead protector.
Judging from the chakra level,
he was probably a Chūnin of Yugakure.
"Alright…"
Ren controlled the man's body,
throwing punches, kicking, jumping—
testing movement.
Soon,
he became increasingly skilled at controlling the body,
as if it were his own.
He immediately made the Yugakure ninja leap across rooftops
and head outside the town.
"Hm… since it isn't my body, chakra control is still a bit rough."
Ren muttered thoughtfully.
"I actually have to use hand seals to perform low-level ninjutsu…"
"So the chakra nature is Fire Release… but that's not important."
He continued observing his state.
"My spiritual body also carries my own chakra. I can still use various elemental techniques."
"In other words, I can exert part of my original body's power."
The possessed ninja's eyes opened.
Inside them—
a three-tomoe Sharingan appeared.
In the next instant,
the three tomoe twisted into a complex pattern.
A Mangekyō Sharingan.
"As expected… I can even use Wood Release and the Sharingan."
Ren wasn't surprised.
After all,
in the original timeline,
Pain used the Shapeshifting Technique to distribute Akatsuki members' chakra into living sacrifices.
Those sacrifices became clones with a portion of the original member's strength.
They could even use the original user's bloodline abilities.
It was almost indistinguishable from the real person.
Ren's spirit form already carried his own chakra.
In some ways,
it worked similarly to that technique.
So being able to control another body
and use his own bloodline powers through it
wasn't strange.
Of course,
this might depend heavily on the user's skill.
If someone else used the Spirit Transformation Technique,
they might not reach this level.
"But this is a pleasant surprise…"
Ren's eyes lit up.
He smiled slightly.
"In the future, extracting the other half of the Nine-Tails from the Shinigami's stomach will become much easier."
In fact,
he could even exploit this method
to bypass the cost of certain forbidden techniques.
Some techniques required sacrificing the user's life.
But if he controlled another body…
it wouldn't matter.
For example—
Chiyo's reincarnation technique from Sunagakure.
"Let's test it first."
Without hesitation,
Ren formed hand seals with one hand.
Thanks to his precise chakra control,
he forced the Yugakure ninja's body
to perform one-handed seals.
Having just mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique,
Ren was extremely excited.
With plenty of chakra in his spiritual body,
he began freely testing ninjutsu.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
"Earth Release: Earth Wall!"
BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions echoed through the forest.
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