Chapter 579: The New Generation and the Shinigami Chakra Mode

"Hello, what’s your name? Your eyes are really special. They’re different from ours."

A female voice pulled Neji, who had been reviewing yesterday’s training, back to reality.

He looked toward his side and saw that a girl with her hair tied into buns had somehow sat down beside him.

Perhaps because the entire classroom was noisy while Neji alone sat calmly in his seat, making him seem somewhat distinctive, combined with his unusual eyes, the girl was very interested in him.

"Neji Hyuga. This is the Byakugan unique to our Hyuga clan," Neji replied after glancing at Tenten.

Although his personality leaned more toward being calm and quiet, he would still respond when someone took the initiative to speak to him. He was not so aloof that he would refuse to talk to others.

"Neji Hyuga, I’ll remember that. Hello, my name is Tenten." After getting a response from Neji, Tenten returned a friendly smile and introduced herself as well.

Neji nodded lightly, indicating that he had remembered Tenten’s name too.

The teacher soon arrived at the classroom.

"Hello, everyone. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be your homeroom teacher for all four years of elementary school. My name is Fujita Shoichi. Just like you, I’m a newcomer. I like fishing. I look forward to getting along with all of you."

Fujita Shoichi smiled and introduced himself to his students, writing his name on the blackboard.

The children who had just entered school were extremely curious about the Ninja Academy, which was filled with countless legends. They scrambled to ask Fujita Shoichi all kinds of questions.

Fujita Shoichi answered everything he knew as best he could. As for what he did not know, there was nothing he could do about it.

Seeing that more than ten minutes of class time had already passed, Fujita Shoichi felt that it was about time and quickly said, "Alright, let’s put everyone’s questions on hold for now. You already know who your teacher is, but your teacher still doesn’t know your names."

Fujita Shoichi looked around and had the students come up one by one from front to back along each column, then from back to front, to introduce themselves.

"My name is xxx. My favorite food is grilled meat, and I hate green peppers. My dream is to become a great shinobi like Assistant Nagasawa."

"My name is xxx. I like reading books, and I hate it when people make a racket without considering the situation. My dream is to become a great shinobi like Assistant Nagasawa."

One child after another went up to introduce themselves, talking about their hobbies and dreams.

Most people’s dreams were to become Hokage or Hokage’s assistant. As for becoming Hokage, that was because Konoha had always been like this. Everyone respected the Hokage greatly and wanted to become Hokage themselves. As for becoming Hokage’s assistant, that was because of Nagasawa.

Watching the students of his own age on the podium say one after another that they wanted to become a great shinobi like Nagasawa, Neji once again gained a new understanding of Nagasawa’s reputation.

’How fortunate I am to receive guidance from Teacher Nagasawa,’ Neji thought.

Having experienced Nagasawa’s guidance, Neji was no longer obsessed with any theory of fate. He only believed in his own strength and in what Nagasawa had taught him.

"My name is Rock Lee. My favorite food is very spicy curry rice. There’s nothing in particular that I dislike. My dream is to become a great shinobi who doesn’t use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!" Rock Lee seriously stated his dream from the podium.

During the entrance test, Rock Lee had already learned that his Chakra talent was extremely poor. The teacher conducting the test had even advised him not to enter the Ninja Academy and to attend an ordinary school instead.

With such Chakra talent, even if Lee put in three or four times as much effort as an ordinary person, he would still be unable to keep up with the training progress of ordinary people. In the end, even if he graduated, he would probably only have the fate of being a Genin for life.

Konoha now had more than just the path of becoming a shinobi, so the teacher at the Ninja Academy advised Rock Lee, bluntly telling him that his talent was extremely poor. Learning even a single Ninjutsu or Genjutsu would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens, and it would be very difficult for him to make a living in the shinobi profession.

Yet Rock Lee happened to be someone who refused to admit defeat. His dream was to become a great shinobi who protected Konoha and carried on the Will of Fire. How could he be easily persuaded to quit by the teacher conducting the test? Rock Lee resolutely enrolled.

So what if he could not learn Ninjutsu or Genjutsu? Then he would rely on Taijutsu to become a great shinobi!

Although Rock Lee’s talent was very poor, he barely met the requirements for entering the academy. Seeing how determined Rock Lee was, the teacher conducting the test said nothing more and figured that perhaps after suffering enough, Rock Lee would understand his good intentions.

"A great shinobi who doesn’t use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu? That’s impossible, right? Even Assistant Nagasawa is an expert in Ninjutsu." Some children thought Rock Lee was daydreaming after hearing his statement.

As for Genjutsu, that was one thing. He had never heard of any famous shinobi who could not use Ninjutsu.

"Can a shinobi who doesn’t know Ninjutsu really still be called a shinobi?" another child voiced his confusion.

Hearing Rock Lee’s words, Neji looked carefully at Rock Lee before losing interest.

He did not think that not using Ninjutsu or Genjutsu was a problem. However, based on Neji’s observation, this person named Rock Lee was far too ordinary in terms of strength. He could tell even without activating his Byakugan.

Perhaps because Rock Lee’s speech was too unique, the students present began discussing it among themselves.

Hearing those words of denial, Rock Lee’s face flushed red, but he did not hurriedly flee the podium because of them. Instead, he silently swore to himself.

’I will definitely prove to you that I can become a great shinobi even without being able to use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!’

"Alright, everyone, don’t argue. Every student’s dream deserves respect. The next student, please come up." At this moment, Fujita Shoichi stepped forward and smiled as he asked the students present to quiet down.

At this age, a teacher’s authority was still quite powerful. The chaotic discussions in the classroom were instantly suppressed, and the orderly self-introductions began again.

"Hello, everyone. I’m Tenten. I like all kinds of ninja tools. As for what I dislike, I hate things that are very sour. I like eating meat buns, and my dream is to become a great female shinobi like Lady Tsunade."

Although she was a girl, lively Tenten showed not the slightest trace of nervousness on the podium. She smiled brightly throughout her entire self-introduction.

Because Tenten had spoken to Neji earlier, Neji also paid a little attention to her self-introduction.

If he had to say, there was actually nothing particularly special about it. Konoha only had a few role models.

Either they wanted to become Hokage like one of the previous Hokage, or they wanted to become a Hokage’s assistant as strong as Nagasawa. For girls, it was generally Tsunade, because there were not many famous female shinobi to begin with, and Tsunade could also be considered famous throughout the shinobi world.

However, because Tenten displayed such enthusiasm and cheerfulness during her self-introduction, an otherwise unremarkable introduction seemed much more distinctive, making her easier to remember.

At present, most people in the classroom probably had this impression when they mentioned Tenten: "That’s a very lively and cheerful girl."

Because Neji, Tenten, and the others were in the last row, Tenten’s introduction was followed by Neji’s.

Neji calmly walked up to the podium and looked indifferently at his classmates below. He showed neither much nervousness nor excitement.

Neji’s calm and composed demeanor attracted the attention of many girls in the class. On top of that, Neji was quite good-looking, so their initial favorability toward him rose immediately.

"I’m Neji Hyuga. What I do most often is train. My dream is to completely change the Hyuga clan."

After saying that, Neji maintained his indifferent demeanor as he walked down without saying anything about what he liked or disliked.

"Neji has such a great presence, and he has such a great dream too. He actually wants to completely change his clan." Some girls began discussing Neji.

The boys beside the girls, however, did not think so. They did not feel that there was anything special about Neji’s presence. They only felt that this person was putting on airs. And as for dreams, could there be a greater dream than becoming Hokage or Hokage’s assistant?

"Neji, your self-introduction was really good." When Neji returned to his seat, Tenten smiled and praised him.

Neji nodded lightly in response.

"I think I talked a little too much. Will everyone think I’m a chatterbox, that I’m not ladylike at all?" Tenten showed a troubled expression before frantically talking to Neji.

Neji: ...

He really wanted to tell Tenten that she should stop worrying about her self-introduction. Her behavior right now really did make her look like a chatterbox.

......

Nagasawa looked at his points balance. He had accumulated another 1.5 million points, so he prepared to start using the points to develop the fusion of spiritual power and Chakra in the simulation space.

Because the Prosperity Level had not yet reached the requirement for obtaining a new template, Nagasawa had increased the Captain-Commander’s fusion rate to the 90% limit for point allocation. His points could basically only be used for training or exchanging for Devil Fruits, Zanpakuto, and the like.

Nagasawa had already exchanged for quite a few powerful Devil Fruits. Zanpakuto were cheap because they were only Asauchi, and they did not cost many points either, so Nagasawa basically used most of his points for training.

Because Nagasawa felt that if he could develop a method of combining spiritual power with Chakra, then not to mention all shinobi, even the relatively powerful experts would certainly be able to advance another step.

Perhaps because these were two different systems from two different worlds, Nagasawa’s development efforts had been extremely difficult for a time. In the end, he only made a breakthrough after gaining some inspiration from the Rasengan, and afterward developed the powerful Shinigami Rasengan.

However, Nagasawa was not satisfied with this. What he wanted was not just one or two Ninjutsu. At the very least, it had to be a permanent explosive ability comparable to Sage Mode, right?

Since he had accumulated a large number of points and there was temporarily no new template to increase, Nagasawa, just as he had once trained in Sage Mode, used his points to systematically develop the fusion of spiritual power and Chakra in the simulation space.

Nagasawa directly poured one million points into the simulation space without even blinking.

He felt that he was already close to a critical point. Perhaps this time he could completely break through, so Nagasawa did not hesitate at all when it came to points.

Points were meant to be spent to make him stronger and make Konoha stronger in the first place. Leaving them unused was the real problem.

After one million points were spent, the effect was immediate. Inside the simulation space, Nagasawa wildly expanded his thinking, while the spiritual power and Chakra within his body constantly underwent changes, and the aura surrounding his entire body became even more terrifying.

"So that’s how it is." When the simulation time was about to end, Nagasawa completely understood. The aura around his body reached its peak, and gray-black mist began to appear all around him.

After the simulation ended, Nagasawa impatiently used the Flying Thunder God to instantly teleport to a certain mountain in the Land of Fire and began experimenting with the results of his development.

Following his experience in the simulation space, Nagasawa began using spiritual power to guide his Chakra, then controlled the two forces as they fused within his body, ultimately transforming into an entirely new power.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Nagasawa merely revealed a small amount of his aura, and a huge storm instantly erupted, flattening the forest and sweeping passing birds into it.

Nagasawa carefully sensed the strength of this new power and experimentally attacked several times, comparing it with his strength while in Sun Breathing Sage Mode.

In the end, Nagasawa concluded that his strength at this moment was approximately 1.2 times that of his strength in Sun Breathing Sage Mode, which counted as a considerable increase.

After all, at his level of strength, advancing even one step further was extremely difficult.

Nagasawa named this new Chakra combined with spiritual power Shinigami Chakra, and the state of using the new Chakra Shinigami Chakra Mode.

The key to combining Chakra and spiritual power to form Shinigami Chakra lay in using spiritual power as a guide and exerting extreme control over Chakra, requiring even greater control than Sage Mode.

During the cultivation of Sage Mode, one had to comprehend natural energy, then control the natural energy and Chakra to combine according to a certain ratio.

If it was not controlled properly, it would cause too much natural energy to accumulate in the body, resulting in petrification.

Nagasawa’s understanding of Sage Mode was extremely profound because his Sage Mode had been developed based on the strengths of three different schools and his own abilities. During this process, Nagasawa had comprehended many things.

Precisely because of this, Nagasawa felt that Shinigami Chakra Mode was even more difficult than Sage Mode.

One needed an extreme ability to control Chakra. Nagasawa could only use the word "extreme" to describe it.

Because spiritual power was related to spiritual energy, it was very easy for it to become entangled with Chakra, causing the Chakra and spiritual power to become chaotic. This was also why Nagasawa’s previous attempts to fuse Chakra and spiritual power had resulted in explosions.

To think about it, for spiritual power and Chakra to be combined in an orderly manner and transformed into Shinigami Chakra, one had to possess an extreme degree of control, then fuse them according to the ratio Nagasawa had tested countless times.

Although it was difficult, Shinigami Chakra Mode was also more powerful.

Nagasawa conducted a simple experiment. The Ninjutsu released using Shinigami Chakra had tremendous power and immense destructive force.

Even ordinary Fūinjutsu gained an unusual sealing ability when released using Shinigami Chakra.

However, Shinigami Chakra Mode was not superior to Sage Mode in every aspect. According to Nagasawa’s experiments, Shinigami Chakra Mode was indeed powerful, but it was not the comprehensive strength of Sage Mode, which could also increase recovery effects. In the Shinigami Chakra state, the body’s recovery ability was the same as in normal state.

However, Nagasawa was already very satisfied. He possessed enormous spiritual power and powerful spiritual pressure, which meant that if he used Shinigami Chakra Mode, it would last for a very long time.

Moreover, he would no longer have to worry about being unable to use Sage Mode after going to a place without natural energy.