Konoha: Sage Body

Kirito heard Shukaku's annoyed words and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Rather than greatly reducing his power, he refused to provide chakra, which should be Shukaku's final stubbornness.

In this regard, Kirito was a bit troubled.

This beast, like a person, if it chooses to completely refuse to cooperate, there is really nothing he can do to force them.

However, he now really likes Shukaku's attitude of laying low. He is not afraid that the tailed beasts will lose their temper, but that they will ignore him.

The perfect Jinchuuriki is not only the Jinchuuriki who defeats the tailed beasts militarily, but also the one who makes the tailed beasts convinced psychologically. In this way, the Jinchuuriki can connect with the tailed beasts' minds and completely master their power.

Moreover, in this way, the Jinchuuriki will also become a very good helper for the beast, allowing the Jinchuuriki to be more at ease during battle.

"You're putting me in a difficult position with this request. You know, I need your chakra to train right now, and many Konoha ninja are looking forward to the training benefits I'll give them in the evening. What do you want? As long as I can do it, I can try to satisfy you as much as possible."

Kirito's spiritual body appeared in the spiritual space, frowning slightly and saying angrily:

"Hmph, I don't care. That's all the chakra I have for today, so don't bother me while I sleep. I need to rest now."

Shukaku saw Kirito get upset and felt much better, knowing that his strategy had worked. He then decisively refused to continue communicating with Kirito.

In the world of ninjas, apart from Bunpuku, he would never look kindly on any other human.

This human named Kirito Tosaka is just like all the other humans he has met who want to control the beast, a greedy fellow. And his heart is far from as pure as Bunpuku's. It was sealed within this human and forced to form a connection with him, and it can clearly sense the darkness within this human.

Although this human is not very old, the darkness within him is not in the least weaker than those of the humans who once sealed him within, and is even more enormous and profound.

Judging from the personality reflected in this human's dark side, there is no doubt that this human is obsessed with power to the point of obsession, in short, he is very greedy for power. He wants everything that is good.

Shukaku has met many such humans, and without exception, all such humans are destroyed by their own greed.

However, this human is a bit special, and that is that this human's greed is very pure.

The reason for this is that this human has long understood that he is a greedy person, and has a very clear understanding of his dark side. He doesn't hate it, and has already accepted this fact.

Shukaku is very troubled by this outcome.

Because it had originally planned to secretly get in touch with Kirito's dark side, join forces with it, and then secretly and continuously help the dark Kirito develop and grow, ultimately allowing the dark Kirito to replace the original Kirito, and then it could break free from the seal at that time.

Unfortunately, his plan failed even before it began.

The dark side of this human named Kirito Tosaka simply ignored him, and even mocked him for being a beast that had been defeated by the true self, saying that he was not qualified to cooperate with him.

This was the first time Shukaku had been mocked by a human, and by the dark side of a human at that, so he was really infuriated.

One of the main reasons why he chose to threaten Kirito today by acting like a loser was because he was being mocked and insulted by the dark side of Kirito.

"No, if you have a request, just tell me. And you're a tailed beast, so there's no such thing as rest, so don't try to fool me with that."

Kirito saw that Shukaku refused to communicate, so he immediately smiled and went up to pester him.

Shukaku turned a deaf ear to him, and no matter what Kirito did, it was useless. He even chose to completely transform into chakra and merge into the chakra pool, expressing his unwillingness to communicate with Kirito in this non-violent and non-cooperative manner.

"Forget it, no rush. There's always a process to getting a hawk to talk. The fact that it talked to me today is a good start, even if it was a bad start. There's still time."

In reality, Kirito opened his eyes and let out a bitter laugh.

Shukaku's stubbornness was even greater than he had imagined, and it seemed that these days he had been a bit too harsh in suppressing Shukaku's chakra.

This is no surprise. Shukaku is a chakra creature with its own will. It is not a large chakra battery that does everything without complaint. Its chakra has already been forcibly used by him for free, working for nothing, so it is strange that it doesn't have a temper.

If he were in his place, he would have long since thrown in the towel and quit.

Shukaku refused to continue providing Chakra through non-violent civil disobedience, and Kirito was temporarily at a loss for what to do, so he had to stop his current high-intensity training.

However, he did not completely stop training, and still devoted some of his attention to manipulating the sand, in order to improve his sand manipulation abilities.

He could now use Shukaku's vast amount of Chakra to create a huge sand tsunami, but using it once would cost Shukaku nearly half of his Chakra, and he was not yet able to fully control it, so he could only let it impact on its own.

Although it is enough to be desperate that he cannot completely control the sand tsunami, this kind of desperation can only reach the level of a chūnin, and ninjas above the level of jōnin can basically avoid the sand tsunami in various ways.

The reason is that there are a large number of flaws in the attack of the sand tsunami, and the attack power is too dispersed.

This is the consequence of being unable to perfectly control it.

Kirito personally could not accept this. He was a perfectionist, and his goal was to be able to control even a sand tsunami with such a large amount of sand perfectly, or at least to be able to use it to pose a significant threat to a Kage-Level powerhouse.

After he personally reached Kage-Level, his hypothetical enemy was no longer an old-school Kage-Level powerhouse like Ebizo, but a Super Kage-Level ninja like Uchiha Madara.

He wondered if the sand tsunami could counter or even defeat Uchiha Madara's full-body Susanoo.

Uchiha Madara's full-body Susanoo was undoubtedly also capable of unleashing a natural disaster-level power.

"Compared to Uchiha Madara's full-body Susanoo, the sand tsunami I created using Shukaku's chakra is still a bit too weak. Uchiha Madara's control over this natural disaster-level power is far superior to mine. Having alien bloodline is truly amazing,"

Kirito recalled the scene in the original plot where Uchiha Madara beat up the Five Shadows, and sighed lightly.

Then, he closed his eyes again.

Since he couldn't use Shukaku's chakra for training for the time being, he could take this opportunity to carefully sort through the powers he had mastered once again.

Compared to other ninjas, he did have a bit too much power. Now that he had the power of a tailed Shukaku, he felt that it was time for him to establish a combat system that suited him.

A ninja combat system is nothing more than starting with the six aspects of attack, defense, control, movement, reconnaissance, and healing.

Kirito has many methods of attack, and the most outstanding ones at the moment are undoubtedly puppet techniques and the newly acquired ability to manipulate sand.

Because he can use five senses at once, the puppet technique has exploded with amazing power in his hands. Combined with the high-quality puppets created by his money-making ability, he is equivalent to five powerful ninjas alone, and they are still five ninjas with the same mind.

Working together, they could definitely unleash amazing power, not to mention slaying Kage-Level powerhouses.

However, there is currently a major problem with his puppet technique. Strictly speaking, this is a problem that all puppet masters face, and that is, it is difficult to improve the quality of the puppet.

The puppets he created using the Earth Grudge Secret Technique can definitely unleash powerful attacks. They are considered puppets of the Jōnin rank, and high-quality puppets like the Lightning God puppet are considered elite puppets of the Jōnin rank. When they unleash their full power, they can even threaten an old Kage-Level powerhouse like Ebizo.

Unfortunately, this kind of burst of power doesn't last long.

The reason is that the puppet will wear out when it explodes with all its strength, which is a normal wear and tear.

In fact, after the battle between the Lightning God puppet and Ebizo was over, it was considered scrapped. The internal Earth Grudge Heart was completely damaged due to excessive chakra output, and there were also large cracks in the inside of the puppet's body due to severe overload of the chakra output.

Although it can be put back into service by replacing the old Jigen Heart with a new one and carrying out repairs, its strength will definitely not be as good as before.

The material is an important factor that restricts the strength of the puppet.

The body of the Lightning God puppet was scrapped because it could not withstand the power of the Kage class.

If he is unable to make a breakthrough in the materials used to make puppets in the future, then his limit in puppet arts will be that big. The KAge class is the end, and it is impossible to break through to the Super Kage.

The research and development of puppet materials is not an area that Kirito is good at, and it is not an easy task to make a breakthrough in puppet materials.

Since the puppet arts of the Sunagakure were passed down to the present day, no puppet of Kage level has ever been born. There are very few puppets of jōnin level, and among them, the 10 Puppets of Chikamatsu in Chiyo's hands are already considered the best puppets in the Sunagakure, but these puppets are only elite jōnin level puppets.

Kage-class puppets do exist in the ninja world, but not now, but in the future, when the grandson of Chiyo, known as the Scorpion of Akashige, uses human puppet technology to create the Sandaime Kazekage puppet, which is the only Kage-class puppet in the ninja world.

It must be said that the human puppet-making technology that can preserve the chakra and ninjutsu abilities of a ninja during their lifetime is truly amazing.

If there were enough corpses of Kage-Level powerhouses, and multiple Kage-Level puppets were created, the strength of Sasori, who could use a hundred puppets to control them, would definitely reach a terrifying level, and it might even reach the strength of a Super Kage.

However, Kirito has no desire to learn the technique of creating human puppets, because the process of creating human puppets is truly insane. This is a forbidden puppet technique, just like the Impure World Reincarnation technique, which is a forbidden technique that goes against nature.

Once used, it will definitely become the target of everyone.

Kirito doesn't want to be abandoned by everyone because of a mere human puppet technique.

"The Puppeteering Technique is not advisable, and the research and development cycle for puppet materials is too long. It is estimated that Puppeteering Technique will be difficult for me to break through to the Super Kage level. However, combining the power of Shukaku and Sage Mode and becoming a Jinchuuriki after obtaining the ability to manipulate sand does give me a glimmer of hope of becoming a Super Kage. "

Kirito analysed and concluded the biggest problem with his Puppeteering Technique at the moment, thinking somewhat helplessly.

The Lightning God puppet can temporarily burst out with Kage-level power when it goes all out, and this kind of power is very good against ordinary Kage-Level powerhouses, but against a Super Kage-Level powerhouse like Uchiha Madara, even if the opponent is now an old man, they would be no more than a toy to casually defeat, and pose no threat.

In Kirito's opinion, every Super Kage belongs to a walking natural disaster, because they can burst out with natural disaster-level power.

The sand tsunami belongs to the natural disaster-level power.

Because of this, Kirito believes that Shukaku's sand manipulation ability is capable of making him a Super Kage.

This is very possible. If he activates Sage Mode and uses Sage Chakra to create a sand tsunami, its power will definitely be greatly enhanced.

However, sand tsunamis are large-scale attacks that apply to group attacks, while Uchiha Madara's full-body Susanoo is a single-target attack that uses solo combat.

If he wants to fight Uchiha Madara with Shukaku's sand manipulation abilities, he must also develop a super powerful single attack ability.

"Grand Sand Mausoleum Seal is a good single attack sand jutsu, but the strength of Shukaku's sand manipulation ability is not in the attack, but in the defense and control. It is better to try to break through Uchiha Madara's full body Susano'o's defense from other aspects."

Kirito recalled the image of Gaara using sand to brutally kill his enemies, and then thought about the advantages of the sand manipulation ability. He shook his head and said, "

After all, it is difficult to turn loose material like sand into a sharp blade. Its attack power is limited, and it is highly unlikely that it can break the defense of Uchiha Madara's full-body Susano'o. However, it is excellent for defense and controlling opponents.

Upon thinking about this, Kirito decided to focus his ability to manipulate sand on defense and control, as the main means of defense and control when fighting Uchiha Madara in the future.

In fact, the means of defense developed from Shukaku's ability to manipulate sand had already been created a long time ago, and that was Shukaku's Shield.

As for the means of control developed using Shukaku's manipulation ability, Kirito thought of the terrifying quicksand traps in the desert. He felt that he could use this to develop a purely controlling sand-nin jutsu, and he even had a name in mind: Quicksand Whirlpools.

However, fighting Uchiha Madara's full-powered Susanoo would require more than just the control of the Quicksand Whirlpools. He would also have to make use of his seal techniques, and the Chakra Chains formed by Seal Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chain would be a very good choice.

As for attack methods, after much thought, Kirito decided that Storm Release, which has powerful penetration, would be a good choice.

Compared to Lightning Release, Storm Release has stronger penetration, and because it incorporates the characteristics of Water Release, it is easier to control.

However, Kirito has not yet mastered any Storm Release jutsu, and there is no Storm Release jutsu heritage in Konoha. If he wants to use the characteristics of Storm Release to break through Uchiha Madara's full-body Susano'o's defenses, he still needs to develop some outstanding Storm Release jutsu.

In response, the image of a wretched old man wearing a yellow striped suit quickly appeared in Kirito's mind.

For a moment, he thought of a lot of inspiration for developing new Storm Release jutsu.

If he could successfully copy the attack methods of the wretched old man in his memory in the form of Storm Release jutsu, he should have no problem breaking the defense of Uchiha Madara's full body Susano'o.

The means of attack, defense, and control were all thought out, and the next step was movement, reconnaissance, and healing.

There is nothing to say about movement. Lightning Transformation Technique is the best way to move. Unless the enemy can find a corresponding means of restraint, he will be able to easily avoid any attacks from the enemy, greatly improving survivability.

As for reconnaissance methods, Kirito has mastered soul perception, natural energy perception, blood perception, and electromagnetic perception, all of which are excellent. With these four senses, I am confident that even if the opponent is Uchiha Madara, he will never be able to sneak up on him.

"Thinking about it, healing is actually the weakest part of my combat system. I wonder if my sister Tsunade has already developed ideas for the One Hundred Healing Marks. She is the real expert when it comes to medical ninjutsu."

Kirito thought about healing techniques, and he immediately thought of Tsunade.

Then, he thought of a certain immortal with terrifying survivability.