Chapter 101 – Ruins
"Is that amagamation a White Zetsu!" Guren jumped up, dodging the attack from the White Zetsu with three heads, maybe more, horns coming from his back and waist, a scythe formed from his right hand.
"Scatter!" Konohamaru commanded others that froze after seeing the massive monster.
But the White Zetsu's amalgamation shot a fire stream through his mouth towards Guren, who was still in the air. To counter, Guren made a hand sign, but rather than firing towards White Zetsu, he turned his body to the side, "Wind Style:"
"No! Don't use Wind!" Konohamaru shouted to warm, only to see Guren use Wind Style: Breakthrough toward the side, pushing his body back to dodge the stream.
"Good!" Konohamaru let out a breath of relief, seeing Guren turn and land, using the Kunai to come between White Zetsu and others and stop the rapid, wild attacks.
"He's in trouble," Yuzu created a chakra Shuriken, making the action of throwing it towards the Zetsu. But tens of more Shuriken made of pure chakra came out, flying away from Konohamaru and the Zetsu before curving in the air, hitting the Zetsu on the side.
"Awesome!" Karin jumped up in the air, using the chakra and spiritual energy to step on the wind for a moment, "Fire Style: Flame Spear!!"
She created a horizontal sword that swiped towards the Zetsu, using the force from the Shuriken to try and cut its skin. But she barely got past its defenses, leaving a burn, when the Zetsu fired lighting style with one of its heads.
Mitsuki stretched his arm to pull her down, saving her from electrocution.
"Thanks!" Karin landed on the ground, seeing Boruto's Shadow Clones rush in, only to be killed.
"Fire Ball Jutsu!" Sarada used the Fire Style Jutsu that she had learned after watching Sasuke fight against Shin Uchiha with her newly Awakened Sharingan.
But the Zetsu countered it with its own Water Style. Using the distraction that everyone created, Konohamaru cut apart the Zetsu's stomach, causing it to scream and run.
Konohamaru let out a breath of relief, "Good work."
Guren wiped the fake cold sweat from his forehead, "Phew, I almost died."
"Yes! That was so much fun! Finally!" Karin celebrated, making others give her a look.
She became a statue, putting her hands down, coughing, "Right, we should go after it before it kills anyone other than the robber's group."
"Say, how did you do that Shuriken trick? Did Lord Seventh teach you?" Guren curiously looked at Yuzu.
"No, it's was the Lord Seventh," Yuzu sweetly smiled, "He thought my Bloodline Limit was interested, and so he taught me how to do it. He wanted to see if he could copy the process."
"Heh, that's quite upfront, could he?"
"No," Yuzu shook her head, "He tried, but according to his words, he was just 1, and Quincy Bloodline seems to allow us to multiply that 1 by 10s, maybe even 100s."
"Interesting," Konohamaru rubbed his chin, "And this barely uses your chakra, right?"
"Yeah," Yuzu nodded.
"Geez, color me jealous," Guren waved his hands, walking deeper inside the ruins.
"You are the last one who should be talking about being jealous," Boruto slumped down, "I haven't even been able to awaken my Doujutsu."
"Boruto," Guren stopped in front of Boruto, leaning forward, looking up with his pretty innocent and gorgeous eyes.
"That just means your eye is all the more powerful."
Boruto stepped back, his face flushed as he put his head down, walking past him, "I liked you better before..."
"Of course you did," Karin leisurely walked with them, "He's doing it on purpose. He's rotten to the core now."
Guren chuckled, patting Karin's head, "Now, now, that's not the best thing to say about people, right?"
Karin slapped his hand away, "I'll say whatever I want..."
Suddenly, Karin noticed that others around her had come to a stop. She followed others, looking to the front, seeing a massive lotus, broken, withered, "Uwaaa! What is that!"
Yuzu peeked down in surprise, "It's soooo biggggg!!!!"
"A relic of the Otsutsuki Clan here?" Konohamaru's face became grave, "Long ago, Kaguya Otsutsuki used the roots of the tree just like this one to create White Zetsu. But that White Zetsu form...I have never seen like this."
"Hoh, jackpot," Guren used instantaneous step to appear on the petal of the Lotus, knocking on its withered form. However, the petal was still strong enough to not break.
"Guren, careful. I have never seen a White Zetsu like that."
"That's why I said jackpot, Konohamaru Sensei. Maybe it was some kind of mutation. Or if looked at from a different perspective, the other Zetsu's were weapons, right? This might be 2.0. Say, how different was its strength from the old ones?"
"It was off the charts," Konohamaru stared at the three with a thoughtful look, not denying his hypothesis.
"Wait a minute, does that mean there are more like those underneath us?" Sarada looked towards Konohamaru in shock.
"What?! That's insane!"
"It's not actually," Guren narrowed his eyes, "Since the older version was in hundreds of thousands...I wouldn't be surprised if this one was in Version 2, and there were ten or twenty thousand of it since it takes 3 to 4 to make one."
"10 to 20 thousand of those?" Even Konohamaru felt a shiver down his spine as Guren continued.
"It's one of those things, you know, put hundred in a jar and let one strong come out to the top. Like the method that Mist Village used during the old times. 3 or 4 could reach Jonin Class, and more might even reach Kage Class. If Kaguya hadn't been stopped back then...she might have a whole Army of Thousands of Kages after 1000 years. And who knows...maybe one or two might be as strong as Lord Seventh...all under her control."
Konohamaru felt the dreadful thought cover his mind when Yuzu pulled his sleeves, "Sensei...you know he's just trying to scare you, right?"
"Right, of course, I know!" Konohamaru stepped back, coughing to regain his sense, "Guren! It's no time for jokes."
Guren chuckled, "Sorry, sorry."
He looked towards the root, his back towards them, watching the old tree with a face that wasn't laughing, "It's just a joke..."
Konohamaru looked at his back, he could feel what Guren was thinking, but he didn't want to say in front of others, "Now, stay here, and I am going to check inside."