Naruto: Swarm System

"This is my compensation."

As their lips parted, Shishou looked at Kaguya in his arms, pressing their bodies tightly together, and smiled happily.

"Pointless."

Kaguya turned her head away, her face expressionless.

She was like a child playing house, understanding the concept of marriage but knowing nothing about the matters between men and women. Naturally, she didn't understand why Shishou was so happy.

If such actions could make Shishou continue to help her, then it was fine by her. As long as he didn't want her chakra.

"Let's go. We should see if we need to create another ecosystem. The more ecosystems we have, the more chakra we can harvest in the future."

Shishou held Kaguya's hand, interlocking their fingers, and flew to the other side of the Genesis Space.

Kaguya glanced at their tightly clasped hands, pursed her lips, but said nothing.

After working on the Genesis Space for a while, Kaguya brought Shishou back to the Land of Ancestors.

Then, Shishou started playing with Hagoromo and Hamura in the yard in front of the tall building.

He used Wood Release to create a small water park, which amazed the two kids.

"My turn, my turn!"

Seeing their father slide down the water slide with his brother, Hamura jumped up and down excitedly.

Shishou, helpless, climbed back up the slide with Hamura and slid down again.

Twins are like that, even if it's a pile of dirt, it must be divided into two portions.

Kaguya, standing by the railing of the top floor, watched the happy trio with a slight smile.

This life in front of her was an experience she had never had before.

Although she had lived freely and alone before, there was no joy in it. It was like the God Tree, living only to survive, not for anything else.

But now, this life felt quite good to her.

After spending a few more days with Kaguya, Shishou used the excuse of searching for Otsutsuki Isshiki to leave the Land of Ancestors.

Swish!

In a dimly lit basement, Shishou appeared on a simple teleportation platform.

This was a makeshift lab Shishou had created over the past few years.

Taking out cell samples from Hagoromo and Hamura, Shishou examined them briefly before placing them on the lab table.

Then, he brought out a swarm of Destruction Bugs from his insect breeding space and let them attach to his hand.

"Feedback!"

Following his command, Shishou's chakra increased significantly.

These Destruction Bugs contained chakra he had obtained from Hagoromo and Hamura through various means. Shishou wanted to see if he could use their chakra to awaken the Rinnegan early.

As mentioned before, he didn't dare to covet Kaguya's chakra and could only focus on the two kids.

Otherwise, if Kaguya gave him some God Tree chakra, he might awaken the Rinnegan instantly.

After the feedback was complete, Shishou closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body. Then he picked up Hagoromo's cell sample and began cultivating it using the Destruction Bugs' feedback.

Although the animals in the Genesis Zoo were ruined by Kaguya, preventing him from gaining much energy, many massive prehistoric animals still lived in the wild in this era.

After exploiting these animals, Shishou still collected a large amount of energy, enough to cultivate some of the cells of Hagoromo.

Next, after cultivating Hagoromo's cells with the energy from the Destruction Bugs, Shishou quickly transplanted them into a White Zetsu. Then he manipulated another White Zetsu to undergo mitosis to expand the results.

Thud!

As Shishou finished absorbing the White Zetsu containing a large amount of Hagoromo's cells, his eyes suddenly twitched.

Feeling the changes in his eye sockets, Shishou was delighted.

Based on the phenotypic characteristics when Hyuga Rimei awakened the Tenseigan, eye movement like fetal motion was a sign of awakening the Tenseigan.

And now, his eyes were starting to twitch, likely a sign of awakening the Rinnegan.

After gaining the powers of Hashirama and Madara for six or seven years, was he finally about to awaken the Rinnegan?

This time was much shorter than the decades it took Madara, but Shishou knew it was because he could acquire the power of Hagoromo.

Otherwise, it might have taken him ten or even dozens of years, like Uchiha Madara, to awaken the Rinnegan.

Thinking about this, Shishou felt a bit excited.

Based on the current development, Shishou estimated that a few more doses of Hagoromo's power should suffice to awaken the Rinnegan.

Unfortunately, the recent experiment had consumed all the energy he had harvested from the animals. To continue, he needed to find another method.

However, with Kaguya keeping a close watch on the animals in the Genesis Zoo, he was temporarily out of options.

"Maybe I can ask the Great Katsuyu Sage for help..."

Thinking this, Shishou vanished from his spot and headed to the Shikkotsu Forest.

As soon as Shishou arrived in the Shikkotsu Forest, the Great Katsuyu Sage said to him:

"Shishou, I might have found a way for you to return to the future."

Shishou quickly asked, "What method?"

If he could find a way back, he might need to accelerate his progress with Kaguya.

The Great Katsuyu Sage calmly explained, "By using the power of the Dragon Vein for time-space summoning."

The Great Katsuyu Sage had researched and found that the power that caused Shishou to travel through time was the Dragon Vein's power.

But to return, Shishou needed a clear time marker, allowing him to accurately return to the desired point in time, rather than another random era.

By combining the Dragon Vein's power with summoning techniques, someone in Shishou's target timeline could use the Dragon Vein's power for time-space summoning.

When Shishou was enveloped by the Dragon Vein's power again, he could return accurately based on the summoning.

Hearing the Great Katsuyu Sage's explanation, Shishou frowned.

This meant that to return to the future, Tsunade and the others would need to use the Dragon Vein's power to summon him in the future.

Alternatively, Shishou could gamble and see if he would return to his original timeline the next time he was enveloped by the Dragon Vein's power.

If he returned directly, that would be great. But if he traveled to another time or a hundred years after he left, he would be in trouble.

Thinking this, Shishou felt it was safer to proceed cautiously.

In the ancient era, he could use sealing techniques to send messages to Tsunade and the others. But if he traveled to the future, he wouldn't be able to do that and would have to figure out another way to continue traveling.

So Shishou said to the Great Katsuyu Sage, "Tell me about the summoning technique, and I'll think it over."

The Great Katsuyu Sage nodded, "The key to this summoning technique lies in the power of the Dragon Vein..."

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POWER STONE!!!!

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