In fact, if Shion could absorb Moryo, which had been born from the Miko's malice, merge her own malice back into herself, and obtain the Miko's complete power, then she would also have a certain chance of reaching the Six Paths level.
The Miko and Moryo had always been two sides of the same coin.
Not only were their powers comparable, with both possessing the immense chakra reserves of a Tailed Beast, but they also complemented and restrained each other. If one completely absorbed the other, the increase in power would be far more than a simple one plus one.
The risk, however, was simply too great. One careless mistake, and Shion might be absorbed by Moryo instead. Unless there was absolutely no alternative, Hyuga Kagami would not take that risk.
After leaving Naruto's room, Rin said to Hyuga Kagami, "It's incredible that Naruto was able to stick with such a reckless training plan of yours. Thinking about it now, it really is unbelievable!"
Hyuga Kagami nodded. "Mm, but he's more or less at his limit."
Naruto's physique and willpower were both first-rate, but they still had limits. His current training load had basically reached that limit. Increasing it any further would likely do more harm than good.
Rin sighed. "It's already amazing that he's managed this much!"
Hyuga Kagami smiled.
The reason he had dared to be so reckless and assigned Naruto a training load a hundred times that of an ordinary person was another important discovery: the Nine-Tails within Naruto seemed to be quietly supporting him.
Several times, when Naruto had nearly been unable to hold on, the Nine-Tails had secretly supplied him with chakra.
The Nine-Tails' little moves might have escaped Naruto, who was trapped in extreme exhaustion, but they could not escape Hyuga Kagami, who possessed