Great Sage quickly gave an affirmative answer. Whether he swallowed someone outright or they willingly joined the Food Chain system, either method would allow him to bestow abilities.
Swallow someone?
Gekkō Raito instinctively drew his neck back. After so long in the Shinobi World, he had long since grown numb to killing, but actually eating someone like a monster, especially someone he had no quarrel with, was a mental hurdle he still found difficult to clear.
The system seemed to sense its host's concerns and immediately added that no physical chewing or swallowing was necessary. As long as the target submitted from the heart, Glutton could plant a mark on them and make them a link in the Food Chain.
Gekkō Raito's eyes instantly lit up. Did that mean he could mass-produce powerful fighters just by recruiting followers?
Great Sage also confirmed that the same ability could be bestowed on different targets repeatedly. This was practically an assembly line for producing experts!
With a definite answer in hand, Gekkō Raito's ambitions began growing wildly. A mad plan capable of overturning the balance of the Shinobi World gradually took shape in his mind.
Looking at Kirigakure as it stood, although a few top fighters could still hold their own, its overall strength had long since become a hollow shell.
Ultimately, too many of the village's ninja had defected, and the frenzied purges during the dark days of the Bloody Mist Village had completely wiped out its two once-powerful Kekkei Genkai clans.
Then there was Konoha. How prosperous it was by comparison.
The Hyuga Clan remained strong despite its rigid ways. Although the Uchiha were gone, established clans like the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka remained pillars of the village, with distinctive clans like the Aburame and Inuzuka Clan contributing as well.
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