Nourished by the pure Uchiha bloodline within Sasuke's body, your injuries rapidly healed. The absorption effect... was even better than what you got from those five Jonin-level bodies.
Your bloodline was baptized. The elemental powers within your body awakened—Fire Style, Wind Style, Earth Style, Water Style—all those chakra natures that once felt distant and required long-term training were now effortlessly at your fingertips!
Is this the power that comes from approaching the source of your bloodline?
Even your damaged Spirit began to recover rapidly under the chakra infused within this bloodline.
It was intoxicating—mesmerizing.
And it's no wonder. Chakra is the power of the Ōtsutsuki themselves. The closer you are to the source, the more harmonious the connection becomes. The Uchiha family had three pairs of Sharingan in a single generation. Add to that the power of Indra's will residing within Sasuke's body... of course his bloodline power would far exceed yours—someone born with nothing.
But now, all of that belongs to you!
Just as you were basking in your triumph—maybe even getting a little drunk on it—that bloodline and chakra you'd absorbed suddenly flared up again.
A surge from the very origin of that bloodline consciousness!
A massive presence, as immense and oppressive as a mountain, materialized within your mental world. The joy you'd just been feeling evaporated—you couldn't even breathe.
Death!
A vast spiritual force charged straight at your consciousness. Flame of the Infested erupted around your soul, trying to shield it—but it was like a mantis trying to stop a cart.
Still... it was just enough to rekindle some warmth in you. Your frozen will stirred once more.
Soul Slash!
A blade of spiritual energy, magnified by your Ocular Power, erupted from your consciousness and charged head-on toward that overwhelming spiritual pressure.
Boom!
The clash triggered a massive explosion within your spiritual world. Blood poured from all your facial orifices as your body collapsed to the ground.
At the same time, every last trace of Sasuke's remaining life force, Ocular Power, and chakra dried up. His eyes faded into a lifeless grey—completely destroyed.
This silent battle lasted until dawn. You leaned against the wall, clutching your burning chest, slowly rising to your feet. You retracted the scattered green flames and silently absorbed the blood of another Jonin to restore your strength.
You were immensely lucky—Indra's chakra inside Sasuke hadn't fully matured yet. Unlike Orochimaru, who was devoured when he tried to take Sasuke's body, you succeeded in absorbing his bloodline power.
But the price... was devastating.
Your spiritual world had been completely shattered in that struggle. Your soul—torn to pieces in the explosion of mental force.
Worse than Orochimaru after using a soul-bound weapon!
The damage was so severe, you couldn't even refine chakra on your own.
It felt as though your soul was in fragmented shards—less than half of a complete soul. At this point, you were no better than a wandering ghost, only with a physical body attached.
Still, fate hadn't fully abandoned you.
The bodies of the two Jonin nearby still held residual chakra.
You used Flame of the Infested and that strange ocular jutsu that absorbs blood to slowly rebuild some chakra and recover a portion of your strength.
You realized that you were now nothing more than a walking corpse—a body slowly dying.
To survive, you'd have to keep killing—sustain yourself by devouring blood, absorb chakra, and prolong your life through constant slaughter!
Kill. Only kill!
Just then, a warm ray of sunlight shone upon you. Your whole body relaxed, and the ceaseless pain in your fragmented soul began to fade. It felt like... if you let go of your obsession, you could finally be free...
"You old bastard... what, are you pitying me now?!"
A cold, damp room—where would sunlight even come from? And how could a shattered soul possibly heal?
Even if you die, it will be on the path you've chosen. You don't need that hollow, sickening pity!
"Next target... Uzumaki Naruto."
Only by absorbing Naruto's Asura bloodline and the massive chakra of the Nine Tails could you possibly restore your full strength!
Fortunately, ever since the Uchiha Clan Massacre, this area had become desolate. The ANBU didn't change shifts too frequently. And most of your struggle with Indra's will had taken place within the spiritual realm, so your presence here remained unnoticed for now.
In fact, the Root base had drawn attention first. Standing on a rooftop, you activated your Sharingan and saw a squad of ANBU rushing toward that location.
Perfect. This gave you the opportunity to get close to Naruto.
But before that, you needed to recover more and accumulate enough chakra to sustain battle.
Your gaze turned toward the outskirts of the Uchiha district—a section assigned to Root, where they filtered refugees for ninja potential.
With overwhelming power and by targeting the old, sick, and weak—those who'd stayed hidden inside for long periods—you absorbed blood to heal your injuries.
Then, you turned your attention to the spies hidden within. Using Flame of the Infested, you quickly drained their chakra. If that wasn't enough, you forced the fire to convert their spirit and body energy into chakra.
In less than half an hour, your condition was fully restored. You even stored up a large amount of spare chakra in your flames to offset your soul damage, which still prevented you from refining chakra directly.
Thanks to your skills honed during your time in Root, you easily infiltrated the route Naruto took to school.
Three Jonin-level ANBU guarded him—one of them being Kakashi. These were the hidden forces protecting Naruto. But with your Three-Tomoe Sharingan and your experience as a Root shinobi, you easily saw through their disguises.
Wind-Fire Shuriken!
Over ten shuriken wrapped in a faint green glow shot out at high speed, transforming mid-air into wide, circular wind blades nearly a meter in diameter.
The three Jonin sensed your presence only moments before they were struck. All of them were cut clean in half—one falling into an empty alley, another collapsing on a rooftop, their bodies engulfed in green flames as their chakra was completely drained.
Kakashi reacted just in time. Dodging your strike, he began forming a Chidori in his hand—but after absorbing so much blood, your Speed now far surpassed normal human limits.
Before the lightning was even complete, you were already in his face.
A flame-forged arm burst from beneath your cloak and clashed directly with Chidori, devouring the lightning entirely.
Touched by the strange flame, and already low on chakra, Kakashi's vision went dark. He took a punch—enhanced by Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique—and collapsed completely unconscious.
You tore out Kakashi's Sharingan and sealed it into a scroll.
Now, along with the Kotoamatsukami eye you took from Danzo, you had two Mangekyō Sharingan in your possession!
Watching as Kakashi's body turned to ash in the corner, you leapt onto the rooftop—your gaze locking onto Naruto not far away, happily munching on bread as he walked to school...
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