The Ordinary Life of a Clear-Ryu Ninja Chapter 759

Two days later, Tōji arrived at the Island of Summoning. Shigaraki Tanuki’s laboratory was located on the original volcano.

Tōji found the place using his sensory abilities. Pushing open the door, Shigaraki Tanuki was frowning at a cultivation tank, a white creature curled up inside the glass jar.

“Lord Minister, you came so suddenly.” Shigaraki Tanuki was surprised by Tōji’s sudden appearance, then bowed with a bitter face, “The research failed. The chimera summoning beast, Nue, that was originally cultivated, was completely assimilated after fusing with a White Zetsu-化した Umibōzu. Now it… it has completely turned into White Zetsu.”

After speaking, Shigaraki Tanuki found a photo from a folder.

Tōji took it and saw that the creature in the photo was clearly different from the one in the cultivation tank. The creature in the photo had the face of an ape, the body of a tanuki, the limbs of a tiger, and its tail was a snake. Although the little guy in the glass jar retained the same form, its entire body was albinized.

“It’s not a failure,” Tōji said, “At least we know the end point of White Zetsu-ification.” He opened the jar and held the strange creature in his palm. It felt like a sticky, thin dough mixed with colloid, yet it contained abundant chakra. The White Zetsu-ified Nue curled up in his palm, making a whimpering sound similar to a spoiled child.

“It seems to retain the ability to absorb chakra, but no other abilities have been discovered yet. I haven’t finished testing it.” Shigaraki Tanuki saw that Tōji’s expression showed no anger at all, unlike his old superior Danzō who was difficult to talk to, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

“I’ll call you Byakuya,” Tōji gently stroked the little creature’s head. He felt a faint sense of joy coming from his palm.

Afterward, Tōji took Byakuya and instructed Shigaraki Tanuki and Kakei Furusawa to temporarily go and check out the newly built summoning beast breeding center in the Land of Whirlpools.

As he left the laboratory, Tōji still sighed and muttered to himself, “This little guy can only be kept as a pet, I guess. It’s small and doesn’t have the ability to fly like the Iron Beak Eagle. It seems I still need to ask Asa to spare me a large bird as a summoning beast.”

Byakuya suddenly slipped from his shoulder and turned into a fluid, attaching itself to his back. Just as Tōji was about to check, he suddenly felt a strange interlocking sensation on his back. A pair of wings made of White Zetsu cells tore through his clothes, their feathers glistening with a milky white, rubber-like sheen in the sunlight.

“You… want me to fly?” Tōji tentatively leaped up. The chakra in Byakuya’s transformed wings began to circulate faster. The next second, with a gentle flap of its wings, Tōji soared into the air. The sea breeze swept past his ears, and the Island of Summoning below rapidly shrank in his vision. Byakuya’s emotions surged like a tide: joy, freedom, and a desire to be recognized.

What would have been a two-day journey now only took a few hours.

When Tōji landed outside the outer wall of Otogakure, Byakuya returned to the size of a small cat and curled up in his arms, dozing off.

『It seems flying consumes a lot of energy.』

Tōji was delighted in his heart. Seeing new houses being built everywhere in Otogakure again, he chose to go straight to the meeting room and summoned Kabuto and Anko for a meeting.

“The reason I called you here is to discuss personnel adjustments,” Tōji said directly, “Konoha is concerned about our identities being exposed and suggests recalling core members. Anko, you, Kabuto, and Orochimaru might need to temporarily return to Konoha. As for Otogakure’s affairs…”

“I recommend Genyūmaru,” Anko immediately interjected, “Although he is young, he handles administrative affairs very systematically, and his previous western expedition also proved his capability.”

Kabuto also didn’t hesitate and immediately added, “Genyūmaru’s execution is indeed good, but we’ve recently conscripted another batch of ninja, increasing the numbers by nearly tenfold, which will be a challenge for him. Additionally, Otogakure lacks a professional ninja training system. If we could establish a ninja academy to train ninja loyal to NATO…”