Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

Chapter 477 Zabuza's Big Upgrade

Outside the Kirigakure Village, in a wide training ground.

The sudden explosion was accompanied by a subtle and strange corrosion sound, and a giant tree more than ten meters high collapsed.

The large amount of sand, gravel and dust raised by the giant tree after it fell covered a corner of the training ground in thick smoke and dust.

"Ahem…"

A series of coughing sounds were heard.

Kaito put his hands together speechlessly and released ninjutsu.

"Wind Style: Passing Typhoon"

The howling typhoon surged in an instant, and in the blink of an eye it swept up all the smoke and dust in front of it, driving this "sandstorm" to quickly disappear in the dense forest beside the training ground.

Looking at Zabuza's figure revealed after the smoke and dust dissipated, Kaito complained helplessly.

"I told you not to keep staring at a tree to test your moves. Sure enough, it fell down, didn't it?"

Zabuza scratched his head feeling somewhat embarrassed and walked towards Kaito.

The blue-purple aura surrounding his body slowly dissipated with his steps and reintegrated into his body.

"State 1 is actually quite stable now. The main reason is that I didn't expect that the ninjutsu you taught me would be so powerful."

Seeing Zabuza's rare embarrassed expression, Kaito naturally would not blame him too much.

As for the 'state one' mentioned by Zabuza, it is actually the state in which the dark chakra automatically overflows when he calls upon the power of the Zero Tail in his body in his normal form.

A few days ago, Kaito personally cut up the vegetative Three-Tails and injected it into Zabuza's body, successfully ripening the Zero-Tails in his body to its complete form.

However, unlike what was initially expected, the fusion of the power of the Three Tail and the remnant of the Zero Tail went very smoothly.

However, during the fusion process, the remnants of Zabuza's own spiritual imprints were also rapidly integrated into the body of the new tailed beast through the fusion of the two forces.

Thus, the original plan of using the power of the tailed beast to dilute the negative consciousness in the Zero Tail was completely ruined.

Although due to the involvement of the negative emotions remaining in the mental imprint, the consumption of the three-tailed body in Kaito's hand was ridiculously small.

Only less than one-tenth of the total chakra was used.

But correspondingly, there is something in Zabuza's body, let's call it the 'Zero Three-Tails'.

It also became a very balanced and strange existence with half 'Three-Tail Power' and half 'Zero-Tail Power'.

Fortunately, after several tests.

Perhaps it was because the three-tailed body used by Kaito had no independent consciousness, and those negative emotions did not have time to generate a new zero-tailed will during the fusion process.

In the end, the 'Zero Three-Tails' within Zabuza's body, while possessing most of the characteristics of an ordinary tailed beast, was more like a violent, unconscious beast.

It can be roughly seen as an angry tailed beast that can never reach a reconciliation through communication.

Well, it's still a tailed beast with only about one-fifth of the total chakra of the Three-Tail.

The three-tailed beast itself is only at the level of "maintaining second place and striving for first place" among the nine tailed beasts.

It goes without saying what level one-fifth of it can reach.

Fortunately, leaving aside the total amount of chakra of the tailed beasts themselves, even if it is less, it is still considered infinite chakra.

And unconscious tailed beasts are not without benefits.

At least Zabuza had no problems at all when drawing the power of the tailed beast from his body.

The regular extraction of 'State 1' is already as good as that of Hoshigaki Kisame or the Uzumaki clan, where chakra can be squandered without any side effects.

In the 'State 2' Tailed Beast Coat form, the recovery ability is greatly improved and the basic attributes are improved across the board.

But on the other hand, due to the interference of the negative emotions of 'Zero Three-Tails', Zabuza himself will enter a state similar to 'frenzy'.

Being able to barely distinguish between friend and foe was already the limit of what he could do.

Attack and defense are completely based on instinct, and ninjutsu is basically not used. The actual combat power brought may not be as useful as "State 1".

As for the final 'state three', the tailed beast's complete form.

Currently, he is nicknamed "Bowser Demon King Mode" by Kaito.

In this form, Zabuza essentially became a mindless, colossal beast, capable only of smashing, destroying terrain, and performing basic defensive counterattacks.

Moreover, the 'Zero Three-Tail' itself does not have the characteristic of autonomous consciousness.

It is estimated that in the future Zabuza will hardly have the chance to truly master this form unless he has the strength of Uzumaki Mito or Uzumaki Kushina, who can suppress the tailed beasts with sealing techniques alone.

Of course, the 'Zero Three-Tail' is not completely without advantages compared to the real Three-Tail.

Kaito looked at the fallen tree and said with a smile.

"Since you can learn Shadow Ball, I guess other shadow-type moves should be similar. I will sort out a few such ninjutsu for you later. You learn them well!"

"Once you've mastered them, someone like Karatachi Yagura won't stand a chance against you!"

When Zabuza heard this, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, but he still nodded heavily.

That's right, perhaps it's because the dark chakra attached to the Zero Tail is more compatible with ghost-type moves, or it may be that the ghost-like mental remnants of Zabuza himself participated in the fusion of the tailed beasts.

In short, Kaito had a sudden idea to let Zabuza try to learn the ghost-type move "Shadow Ball", and he actually succeeded in using it.

Tests revealed that the "Zero-Three Tails" granted Zabuza not only the water-based attribute enhancements typical of the Three-Tails but also a surprising affinity for Shadow-type abilities..

On the contrary, the 'Coral' attack that Ao had recently begun to integrate into his own moves had no actual effect on the 'Zero Three-Tails' in Zabuza's body.

For other people, the enemy-trapping effect of the coral attack may be much better than the slight corrosive power that comes with the shadow attack.

But for Zabuza, mastering the power of shadow is like a stepping stone.

Not to mention the 'Nara Clan Shadow Secret Technique' mastered by Kaito, as well as the two direct attack moves of 'Shadow Ball' and 'Shadow Claw'.

'Shadow Sneak', 'Destiny Bond', 'Spirit Shackle' and even 'Gigantamax: Phantom Ghost'.

Any one of them can serve as a core capability to support the tactical system of a kage-level warrior.

Plus one-fifth of the power of the Three-Tails in Zabuza's body.

'This kid has to become a strong kage at least, to justify my investment, right?'

Kaito touched his chin and thought.

'I just don't know how long it will take Zabuza to learn these moves.'

After all, unlike Kaito himself, who has been directly instilled with systematic knowledge.

It is not an exaggeration to categorize the learning difficulty of these ninjutsu as 'S' rank.

Zabuza, who has mastered the power of shadow, can only be considered to have reached the threshold for learning ninjutsu.

If they really want to learn, it is possible to make no progress for several years.

Looking at Zabuza with a determined gaze in front of him, Kaito felt envious and jealous for no reason.

'The food is right in front of your mouth, if you still can't learn it!'

"Come on! Activate Form Three! I'll help you practice power control again!"

(End of this chapter)