"No way..."
Hyuga Makoto stared dumbfounded at the shattered necklace in his hand. This was the first time he had ever encountered anything like this.
He had only wanted to extract the power of "Asura's Yang Release" from the necklace, but there was one thing he had overlooked.
That power had already been fully integrated into Senju Hashirama's own chakra...
As a result, his extraction had drawn out not only "Asura's Yang Release," but Senju Hashirama's chakra as well.
With Senju Hashirama's chakra gone, it was hardly surprising that the crystal it had formed shattered instantly.
Tsunade isn't going to beat me up, is she?
Hyuga Makoto felt a little depressed. Granted, this necklace would eventually shatter anyway when Naruto's Nine-Tails power erupted.
But by then, Tsunade had already given the necklace to Naruto. He had only borrowed it to examine and study.
Breaking it like this left him feeling rather embarrassed.
Still, the gains really weren't small...
Scratching his head, he looked down at the tiny Pill in his hand, which shimmered with a faint golden light.
His gaze flickered.
Although the "asura's power" contained within this Pill was as faint as its pale golden glow, the power hidden inside was very real!
Even if, in his estimation, its strength probably fell short of Senju Hashirama's...
But its unique properties were something else entirely.
He had always felt that Senju Hashirama was absurdly powerful.
He even had a rather extreme suspicion: in terms of individual strength, the First Hokage might already have surpassed Asura himself!
Throughout a thousand years of war, he alone had overturned the historical record between Indra and Asura.
Through his own strength, he had not only defeated Uchiha Madara.
He had even turned the whole arrangement on its head, beating Uchiha Madara together with the