Opportunity to Complete the Divine Tree Bloodline

The three people at the table were all ninjas from major clans, with a relatively large need for food. Even Rin, who had practiced politeness and elegance since childhood, was no exception.

In fact, Rin's appetite was even greater than the other two's. Yan couldn't understand why she and Rin were about the same height yet she ate less than Rin.

She looked Rin up and down, then pouted and turned her head away, refusing to look at her.

Miyoshi followed Yan's line of sight toward Rin.

Well, the nutrition had all gone to the right places. As expected of Rin.

At such a young age, she was already beginning to show things others shouldn't have.

"Rin, if there's anything sad, you can share it with us. We'll keep your secret."

Yan asked curiously after seeing Rin finish her grilled meat.

Yan's impression of Rin was average, but she wouldn't ignore her either.

She was also quite interested in Rin.

At school, Yan was first place, and Rin was second.

Yan was very interested in this person who had been chasing after her from behind.

However, Yan was also confident that Rin would never surpass her.

She had always been this confident.

"Heh, it's just the fate of a Branch Family, a Caged Bird. What's there not to say? This curse mark that enslaves the Branch Family."

Rin laughed bitterly at Yan's words, her tone laced with anguish and despair.

"The Byakugan—these eyes are a curse for the Branch Family!"

Perhaps throwing caution to the wind, Rin showed no regard for the Main Family's face, her words filled with resentment and anger.

Miyoshi and Yan instantly turned into quiet listeners, silently taking in Rin's complaints.

Miyoshi had guessed correctly earlier—Rin really was from the Branch Family, though for some unknown reason, she hadn't yet been branded with the Caged Bird mark.

Because they were in a corner with no one around, Rin's voice wasn't overheard.

"I'm done eating. Miyoshi-kun, Yan, goodbye."

Rin wiped her mouth. Seeing the two listening quietly to her complaints, her heart warmed. She hesitated as if to say more, but finally bid a simple farewell and left the grilled meat shop alone.

"Rin-chan, how pitiful."

"The Caged Bird—is that curse mark really that terrifying?"

The two thought about the problem in completely different ways. While Yan sympathized with Rin, Miyoshi pondered whether the Caged Bird was truly as powerful as Rin had described.

The Main Family, who controlled the Caged Bird, could easily curse and kill any Branch Family member with it, no matter how strong that member was.

Unbelievable. Just what kind of powerful curse mark was this?

Countless Branch Family ninjas had still been unable to break it to this day, even calling it fate.

At this moment, Miyoshi developed an unprecedented interest in the Caged Bird curse mark.

"Miyoshi-kun."

Yan's voice snapped him out of his daze.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Just very interested in the Caged Bird that Rin mentioned."

Miyoshi looked toward the departing Rin and said.

"Ah, Miyoshi-kun's interests sure are strange."

Yan looked at Miyoshi with a peculiar expression.

To be interested in something so cruel—what a strange man.

"By the way, Yan, could you give me a little of your blood?"

As if remembering something, Miyoshi made a request.

Thinking of the Byakugan Rin had mentioned, Miyoshi recalled Yan's Sharingan.

And in Miyoshi's memory, the combination of the Uchiha and Senju held a great secret.

After all, the Six Paths originated from the Ten-Tails, and the bloodlines of both shared the same source.

His lab had just started up not long ago, and studying his own blood wouldn't yield results anytime soon. It was better to start with Yan.

"Miyoshi-kun isn't going to do anything weird, is he?"

"What are you thinking?"

"Fine. How does Miyoshi-kun want to take the blood?"

"With a needle."

Under Yan's strange gaze, Miyoshi pulled out a blood collection needle.

"Why does Miyoshi-kun carry something like this around?"

"You say that, but I'm a medical student—it's perfectly normal for me to carry a blood collection needle."

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"According to the lab report, implanting blood into white mice will make them abnormally active in a short time, followed by loss of control and berserking."

Summer break was precisely the best time for Yayoi to conduct experiments.

Today, he let Yan play at home on her own while he caught two white mice.

This experiment involved injecting his own blood into the white mice to see if anything would happen.

The two mice were injected with diluted blood and undiluted blood respectively.

The result was quite disappointing—the white mice exploded and died, and his own cells also perished after surviving for a day.

Yayoi figured it was a matter of blood concentration, so he caught three more white mice for another round.

One got diluted blood, another got further diluted blood, and the last got blood diluted to the extreme.

But the result was still unsatisfactory—all the white mice exploded and died, though the more diluted the blood, the longer the mice lived.

The experiment could be considered a failure, but Yayoi wasn't discouraged.

He took out Yan's blood and began experimenting.

He placed the cells from his blood together with Yan's cells to see what would happen.

The result was the same—Yayoi's cells came out on top.

However, it wasn't through outright devouring, or rather, not by devouring all of Yan's cells.

Some of Yan's cells, after being covered by Yayoi's cells, seemed to be assimilated.

It was as if those cells shared a common origin, accepted and assimilated by Yayoi's cells.

Sure enough, both were of the Six Paths bloodline, and their bloodlines must contain similar genes.

As for the secrets hidden within the two bloodlines, that was something Yayoi would have to explore on his own.

His memories of Naruto were too distant, leaving only the most vivid impressions.

For example, mastering core technology, Orochimaru, the protagonist Naruto, Sasuke, Konoha's two great eye technique clans, and the Senju.

He'd only watched part of the final battle; the rest he pieced together from random guesses based on bullet comments.

But the Senju-Uchiha-Six Paths bloodline was real—he'd heard about it from his roommate at Kaser and seen it in videos he scrolled through.

The nine Tailed Beasts merging into the Ten-Tails—he'd witnessed the Ten-Tails' descent with his own eyes.

As for the ultimate boss of the Ninja World, Kaguya Otsutsuki, he'd only heard about her from his roommate.

That bit of casual intel from his roommate was also the basis for his initial understanding of his own bloodline.

Kaguya Otsutsuki gave birth to the Six Paths Sage, and she was also the Ten-Tails, which was why the Six Paths possessed the Ten-Tails' bloodline.

It was indeed somewhat unbelievable—he now had a negative consciousness of the Ten-Tails inside him as well, and he wondered if he could somehow interact with the Tailed Beasts.

Thinking this, Yayoi sighed.

His intel was severely lacking.

But at least he'd found a direction—there was definitely something fishy about the Uchiha and Senju genes; perhaps it was an opportunity to strengthen the Divine Tree bloodline.

After experimenting with Yan's cells a few more times, Yayoi meticulously recorded the experimental data.

"Maybe I can have Yan collect some blood from her clan members," Yayoi thought to himself.

He still needed to cast a wide net—he couldn't just keep milking Yan. Besides, one person's genes had their limits; Yayoi needed a large sample of Uchiha genes for comparison.

Next up was the creation of an Alchemical Weapon.

Yayoi's carving skills had improved considerably. He took out a piece of jade he'd bought from a shop.

Holding a carving knife, he began to carve an Alchemical Circuit, also known as Dragon Script.

This was his graduation project from his previous life—a small Jade Talisman that could lower one's presence.

It could be called a fluke creation, but its effect was absolutely practical, worthy of being called a life-saving artifact.

The Alchemical Circuit was naturally the Dragon Script from the academy, but a single Dragon Script wouldn't have any effect; it took a combination of Dragon Scripts to produce an effect similar to a Word Spirit.

This was the foundation of Alchemy—using Alchemical Circuits to turn stone into gold, transform the mundane into the miraculous, and create an Alchemical item out of nothing.

Unfortunately, it only had a lifespan of one hour.

After that, the Jade Talisman would shatter on its own, losing all function.

At this moment, Yayoi focused his mind, even activating his Word Spirit, Mirror Eye, for the task.

Relying on Mirror Eye's perfect transcription state, Yayoi flawlessly replicated the stroke of luck from his previous life in no time at all.