"You can go take a bath now," Shizune said with a smile.
Because it was already late, Akimichi Denji simply decided to stay over at Tsunade's house.
Shizune was quite happy about it. Akimichi Denji's age made him feel like a little brother to her.
"Okay," Akimichi Denji replied.
"Do you need me to help you wash?" Shizune asked with a tease in her tone.
Ignoring Shizune's teasing, Akimichi Denji picked up a change of clothes and walked into the bathroom.
Wisps of steam drifted through the bathroom, and Akimichi Denji relaxed as he lay in the bathtub, gazing at the status panel.
He looked at the remaining Wish Points on the panel, of which three were left.
Today, Uzumaki Naruto, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hyuga Hinata had all generated Wish Points, though unfortunately, Uzumaki Naruto's cooking Wish Point hadn't dropped.
He pondered for a moment.
He added one point to the Strength of a Hundred, which was not yet at max level. Now, just one more Wish Point was needed to reach the Transcendent Mastery stage, and this should provide the biggest boost.
I wonder what Transcendent Mastery will look like? Years of bitter cultivation rushed into Akimichi Denji's mind.
Changes occurred on the panel.
[Ninjutsu: Strength of a Hundred (Grandmaster Level) -> (Transcendent Mastery).]
[Effect: Can channel all body chakra into a single part, increasing destructive power by an unlimited multiplier, with the multiplier depending on total chakra volume.]
Akimichi Denji opened his eyes, feeling the effects of the Transcendent Mastery level.
Strictly speaking, the Strength of a Hundred was a chakra usage technique and inevitably subject to meridian limitations.
Because the chakra pathways could only hold a limited amount of chakra at one time, both Tsunade and Akimichi Denji could currently only boost their Strength of a Hundred up to a certain multiplier.
The Transcendent Mastery effect of the Strength of a Hundred lifted the restriction on the chakra multiplier.
He could now forcefully drive all his body's chakra to execute the Strength of a Hundred, but the cost seemed immense. He recalled the memory of successfully executing the Transcendent Mastery-grade Strength of a Hundred for the first time, where the power of the punch shattered mountains and cleaved rocks.
However, the chakra pathways throughout his entire body shattered as a result, leaving him disabled for the rest of his life. The consequence was a bit like the Eight Inner Gates.
The Eight Inner Gates also opened the eight gates step by step; the higher the gates opened, the greater the amplification multiplier, but the body could not withstand it either.
"Is the cost of opening it becoming a cripple?" Akimichi Denji muttered. "This time's Transcendent Mastery effect is a bit poor."
You can transcend, but you can only transcend once?
What kind of trash system is this.
It seemed he couldn't get an effect like the Scorch Release every single time.
Akimichi Denji let out a long breath, temporarily putting the Strength of a Hundred aside.
Unless he ran into a life-or-death desperate situation, there was no need to unleash this unlimited-multiplier Strength of a Hundred of Transcendent Mastery; the cost was simply too great.
Rock Lee used the Eight Inner Gates during the Chunin Ninja Exams and ended up almost bedridden until the finale.
He didn't want that.
Akimichi Denji turned his head to look at the Multi-Size Technique of the Akimichi Clan.
Previously, because he lacked fat, he had never been able to successfully cultivate the Multi-Size Technique. Even adding points with wishes wouldn't work, as even the panel had to abide by the conservation of energy.
Yet through his research on the panel, he discovered that the generation of wishes on the panel could be artificially intervened.
What about the cultivation of ninjutsu? If he provided a train of thought, could he cultivate according to his own ideas?
Looking at the energy column on the panel, he had a bold conjecture.
The essence of the Multi-Size Technique was to convert fat into energy in exchange for chakra.
But didn't he store energy with the panel now? Why take the long way around when he could directly use the panel's energy to execute the Multi-Size Technique?
Akimichi Denji didn't hesitate and gave it a try.
He held the thought of driving the Multi-Size Technique with energy.
With wish point allocation, this time, the panel stirred into action.
Moreover, the cultivation time was shorter than the initiation time of any ninjutsu.
[Ninjutsu: Akimichi Clan Multi-Size Technique (Initiated).]
[Effect: Consume all excess energy in exchange for chakra, causing the body size to expand. Using it will cause cellular damage afterwards.]
The essence of the Multi-Size Technique consisted of three modules: the first was utilizing fat to convert into chakra energy.
The second module was converting energy into chakra.
The third module was altering body size utilizing chakra.
As for Akimichi Denji, because of the panel's existence, energy had already been naturally stored, allowing him to skip the first module.
The cultivation of the Multi-Size Technique went surprisingly smoothly.
Right now, he had acquired the ninjutsu that every man in the world dreamed of, except the novice-level effect made his entire body grow larger out of control, and it could only consume a fixed amount of all his energy.
Every activation of the Multi-Size Technique would result in injury. This was also the norm for the Multi-Size Technique.
In his impression, Akimichi Choji also had to lie like a corpse to recover blood every time he finished using the Multi-Size Technique.
Why were the ninjutsu he acquired today all somewhat self-harming, inflicting a thousand casualties on the enemy while losing eight hundred oneself?
Akimichi Denji nodded, ignoring the side effects; the effect of this ninjutsu left him very satisfied.
Once proficiency was higher, some side effects could also be avoided, such as the fixed consumption of all energy.
The Multi-Size Technique still provided bonuses for him.
For one thing, the essence of the Strength of a Hundred was using chakra to gather at a single point, increasing destructive power based on physical force; whereas the Multi-Size Technique directly enhanced one's own physical strength and chakra level, and the two complemented each other, which should yield an effect greater than one plus one.
For another, learning the Multi-Size Technique of the Akimichi Clan carried political significance; this officially cemented his identity of possessing Akimichi blood.
Thirdly, this clarified the pattern of the panel for him—ninjutsu could indeed be learned through artificial intervention.
Originally, Akimichi Denji had no way to allocate points to the Multi-Size Technique, but now, by proposing to replace fat with panel energy, the panel could modify the ninjutsu and learn it according to his own thoughts, and as long as it was reasonable, it truly could succeed.
Perhaps in the future, if he had any ideas, he could also use Wish Points to create his own ninjutsu...
Akimichi Denji didn't stop and continued allocating points.
[Ninjutsu: Akimichi Clan Multi-Size Technique (Initiated) -> (Proficient Level)]
[Effect: Consume a fixed proportion of energy to acquire a massive amount of chakra. Allows selective enhancement of specific body parts' size.]
Akimichi Denji smiled with satisfaction; this was the key point of the Multi-Size Technique—enhancing only the crucial parts.
The effect was great; it no longer consumed all energy, utilizing only a portion of it.
If he could make men all over the world learn this ninjutsu, he should be able to rake in a fortune.
It could be called the Partial Multi-Size Technique.
He continued allocating points to the ninjutsu, upgrading the Multi-Size Technique to the Grandmaster level, with the effect of being able to consume any proportion of chakra energy in exchange for chakra to enhance body size.
Akimichi Denji licked his lips, starting to look forward to what the effect of Transcendent Mastery would be.
Unfortunately, today's Wish Points were already spent.
Having consumed the Wish Points, he looked at the energy bar, which had accumulated to one hundred energy, and he didn't hesitate.
He allocated points to physique. A full, buoyant sensation flooded his entire body, and the warm feeling made him involuntarily let out a comfortable groan.
"What's wrong?" Shizune heard the commotion from outside the door and asked with concern.
"It's nothing, muscle strain from the battle just now, accidentally touched it."
Shizune said with concern, "I'll treat your latent injuries after you come out."
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