It was just a drop in the ocean of curious ninja I was familiar with, eager to be caught outside of the clan, in a clinic or shop that was starting to run low. Never underestimate something wanting to know people, especially those with super natural abilities.
It got to the point where I had to apply henge and mask chakra, sneaking out into the village disguised as various clan members to avoid running into another "chance" encounter. It was even luckier that the Hokage made an official statement, making much of the information public and trying to make the huge damage to Kirigakure's forces seem like it was the Council's plan.
Naturally, not directly, but by innuendo, when there seemed to be nothing to object to, he was trying to raise the reputation of himself and his disciple, the fucking politician.
But it contributed to the fall of the raised excitement, so for me it was a big plus, and you can't take words out of a song - it was me and Pakura who interrupted Kiri's swordsmen, which contributed to a significant increase in reputation.
But there was a disadvantage - Mist had put a fifty million ryo bounty on my head, and it was only for the dead. Shenesu had strained the clan's intelligence network to get new information from Mizu no Kuni as quickly as possible.
It was hard to expect otherwise, considering how much I've contributed to undermining their combat power, but I don't think the reward will have much effect on anything, considering the ones already assigned from the other great villages.
Lying in the very center of the great seal complex, I waited patiently for the end of the examination designed to track the integration of Kaguya's kekkei genkai into my body.
Of course, there's nothing stopping me from doing it manually, with the Mystic Palm, but no matter how much I praise my skill in the path of iryoninity, to match the quality of the stationary complex, you'd have to have simply divine chakra control, and Tsunade isn't even capable of that, let alone me.
- It's done, boss," the kage bunshin who was in control finally waved his hand.
- Good," I nodded, rising to my feet and putting on the clothes the other clone had provided, "give me the results.
The doppelganger nodded and with a quiet "poof" turned into a cloud of smoke, and I received at my disposal all the data that I had managed to get during the survey.
After a couple of minutes of digesting the information, I grinned happily - the results were more than positive! The Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse) had fully integrated itself into the body, not only by gradually altering the muscle tissues, which ensured that Kaguya would not suffer any significant damage when using the kekkei genkai in any way, up to and including ripping out very large bones, but also by greatly enhancing the existing regeneration of damaged tissues.
One could say that the organic combination of Shikotsumyaku with the powerful and dense chakra of Uzumaki, contributed to a qualitative jump in physical parameters - verified by training a little earlier - as well as the general resistance to damage.
Strictly speaking, Kaguya's inheritance did what I was going to improve with iryoninjutsu. Yes, the changes came slowly, almost imperceptibly, causing me to just have time to get used to them without feeling the results. That was only what I could determine superficially. But if you dig deeper...
Native, not replaced bones also began to change, so far very slowly, but if everything goes on like this, then in six months to a year, my entire skeleton will be replaced and I do not need to agonize, something to invent. The same can be said about cartilaginous tissues, veins.
The only disadvantage of such transformation was some change of blood composition - pills from it were not so qualitative, but I suppose, with the passage of time and constant influence of chakra, it should change. Shikotsumyaku adapted and adjusted his entire body to suit him, slowly but surely.
The need to control the flow of chakra so as not to turn into a bone porcupine, killing himself in the process, was a thing of the past and the kekkei genkai responded solely to mental effort using chakra.
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