Level-4 bond rewards are basically fixed, but level-3 bond rewards are random.
Rengoku was curious what abilities the two foxes would give him, so he immediately unlocked both bonds.
["Ding, Yang Nine-Tails level-3 bond unlocked."]
["Congratulations, host obtained: Malice Perception"]
["Ding, Yin Nine-Tails level-3 bond unlocked."]
["Congratulations, host obtained: Chakra Transmission"]
Rengoku's eyes brightened, these were good abilities, 'Looks like my luck is decent today.'
His gaze moved on and he discovered that Uchiha Makumi's level-3 bond had also unlocked.
Makumi had been unconscious for quite some time, but the brainwave readings on the instruments showed his neural activity had recently become more active.
'Let me see what dojutsu I can pull.'
["Ding, Uchiha Makumi level-3 bond unlocked."]
["Congratulations, host obtained: Dojutsu: Life Reversal"]
'Huh? What dojutsu is this?', Rengoku closed his eyes and thought for a moment.
He extended his hand, and a Susanoo arm appeared on his hand.
'So it reduces Susanoo consumption and allows localized Susanoo morphing.'
Rengoku squinted slightly, 'Not bad. Not exactly life-saving, but a nice enhancement.'
He thought for a bit and then unlocked Karin's level-3 bond as well.
["Ding, Karin level-3 bond unlocked."]
["Congratulations, host obtained: Kagura Mind's Eye (Unavailable)"]
So it really was Kagura Mind's Eye. Rengoku's expression showed some excitement, Malice Perception paired with Kagura Mind's Eye.
A weakness of his would be directly patched.
With that, he could do some things.
Rengoku then looked at Karin's level-4 bond, it still couldn't be opened.
The chakra gained inside a bond would quickly be assimilated by one's own chakra.
He needed to ask Orochimaru how far along his bloodline fusion experiments were.
———
[Orochimaru's Laboratory]
On the medical bed lay a naked Anko, Orochimaru's markings on his fingers.
Starting from her neck, he continuously drew out the Cursed Seal of Heaven and engraved it onto her body. Although Anko herself didn't have any special bloodline, the fact she could bear the Cursed Seal of Heaven already represented a kind of talent.
Orochimaru now wanted to turn the Cursed Seal of Heaven into a permanent sigil on Anko's body.
Let Anko sense and absorb natural energy, thereby training in sage (senjutsu) techniques.
Anko had just turned twenty-two this year, and her figure was nice, the right places were firm, the right places were perky, and her skin was fair.
Lying naked on the bed for the first time made Anko extremely shy, and it was in front of her teacher.
Especially while Orochimaru carved the sigils, his fingers touched all over her body, sliding past her private parts.
It made Anko's whole body go soft and weak; a faint pink flushed across her skin.
Such a sensual, enticing scene would be hard for any normal man to resist.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru did not belong to that category.
In Orochimaru's eyes, Anko was just an experimental subject, so that seductive scene aroused no lust in him at all.
He merely manipulated Anko back and forth like he was rubbing seasoning on meat about to be grilled.
At first Anko didn't dare look at Orochimaru, but as time passed she opened her eyes and peeked at her teacher.
Engraving a permanent sigil required intense mental concentration; Orochimaru had a face of complete focus.
A serious person is the most attractive, and Orochimaru was handsome to begin with.
Seeing her teacher working seriously, Anko's shyness gradually faded and she let Orochimaru handle her.
As time went by, Orochimaru finally finished engraving the permanent sigils.
He then pressed a palm to Anko's abdomen.
A burning pain began to spread through her body.
"Mm…", Anko made a soft sound and then endured the pain.
"This is a pre-mixed senjutsu chakra. Sense it carefully."
Hearing Orochimaru's instructions, Anko carefully sensed this unfamiliar power.
All the sigils engraved on her body surfaced. Unlike the rippling-style seals from before, these sigils were now straight, horizontal and vertical stripes.
She felt natural energy gathering toward her.
This was already a new type of sage mode.
A satisfied look appeared on Orochimaru's face, "Good talent. You didn't disappoint me this time."
Anko was rarely praised, so Orochimaru's compliment made her very happy, "I'll work hard, Teacher."
Orochimaru's fingers stroked the sigils on her body; the joy on his face was like admiring his own masterpiece.
"This time I injected enough senjutsu chakra for you to open sage mode."
"From now on you need to absorb natural energy every day to synthesize senjutsu chakra."
Although she knew her teacher was touching the sigils, the sensation of his fingers on her body still flushed Anko's skin and made her weak all over.
"Teacher, I—", Anko's voice trembled; she wanted to put her clothes on.
But the strange sensations made her both embarrassed and uneasy, and she stammered.
Orochimaru furrowed his brows slightly, then suddenly seemed to realize something; a playful look appeared on his face.
He reached out, pinched Anko's cheek, and brought his face close, "Anko, are you shy?"
Anko watched Orochimaru's face come closer; her heart beat faster and her mind wandered.
Not knowing what Orochimaru intended, she resigned and closed her eyes.
But moments later Orochimaru only leaned toward her ear and said, "When I'm inside the sigils, I can see outside."
A spark of clarity flashed through Anko's confused mind, she suddenly understood something.
When she opened her eyes, Orochimaru had let go of her face and returned to his usual expression, "If synthesizing senjutsu chakra every day isn't enough, your sigils will constantly ache."
"At your current speed you'll need to absorb natural energy about ten hours a day."
"Until your sigils are fully engraved on your body and you can autonomously open sage mode."
Saying this, Orochimaru covered Anko with her clothes.
"You won't be able to slack off from now on."
With that he left.
Anko breathed a sigh of relief, but inside she felt a little down.
He had lived in her body for over ten years and had seen… countless times. What was there to be shy about?
'Besides, what exactly is the teacher's gender now?'
———
Orochimaru walked out of the lab, turned two corridors, and found Rengoku waiting outside.
"You didn't say you were so safe now, did you?", Orochimaru's tone had some displeasure.
After all, Rengoku was the person he trusted most and had provided much for him. Orochimaru was using Rengoku's body too, if Rengoku died, everything would become troublesome.
There was no Rinnegan anymore to revive someone.
Rengoku smiled helplessly, even Orochimaru was angry; this time he had been a bit dangerous.
"I'm not omniscient. Mistakes happen."
Orochimaru responded and sized Rengoku up, "Why did you come to see me?"
Rengoku got straight to the point, "You know my body. I want to ask how the bloodline fusion experiments are progressing?"
"You want yin-yang unification to produce chakra of all things?", Orochimaru understood immediately.
Rengoku nodded, "If I input Karin's chakra into my body, what would happen?"
Orochimaru shook his head, "Impossible. Everyone's chakra is different."
"Even if strangers borrow chakra, it's only temporarily storable."
"This requires extremely high chakra manipulation and tuning ability; at least Tsunade could do it."
"Not to mention Karin doesn't have that kind of power. Even if she did, you're not Karin. You can't permanently store chakra that belongs to her."
Rengoku thought for a moment, then slowly spoke, "You know, I have a special ability. I can obtain chakra from Karin's body out of thin air."
"And convert Karin's chakra into my own."
Orochimaru was stunned for a moment at hearing this, then his eyes lit up as he looked at Rengoku.
"No wonder your chakra pool is so large."
"You gain it from others' bodies, right?"
"Does that mean you could adopt those kids and do it to them too?"
Rengoku was speechless, Orochimaru's ability to generalize was unmatched.
But now Orochimaru's bond with him was high; Rengoku could fully trust him.
"That all has conditions. I'll explain my ability later; right now I'm talking about yin-yang fusion."
Orochimaru stared at Rengoku for a while, then asked, "Is there a limit to how many times you can obtain Karin's chakra? What's the total amount?"
"Two times. The first time ten percent of her chakra; the second time replicate her current 100% chakra."
Having said the beginning, Rengoku was direct.
With the known conditions laid out, Orochimaru immediately switched into researcher mode.
"We need to run experiments, to see how you convert others' chakra into your own."
"And how to keep the original chakra unchanged."
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