Chiya Rikuto, the Woods-Woods Fruit [A New Book Sets Sail] / The Mutated Fruit Ability, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan
A Man in Konoha, Starting with a Woods-Woods Fruit. Author: Riding a Whale as a Pirate
One day, he woke up.
He had transmigrated to Konoha.
Right from the start, he gained the power of the Logia-type Woods-Woods Fruit.
Chiya Rikuto resolved to become the legendary tentacle monster... no, the man who would kick Six Paths Madara and beat up Princess Kaguya!
Ino: "Rikuto, he's amazing!"
Hinata: "Mm~, Rikuto, he's really amazing!"
Kurenai Yuhi: "I have to say, Rikuto, he's really impressive!"
Mei Terumi: "Even my hottest KISS can't melt his wood dragon!"
Strength of a Hundred Tsunade: "You wicked disciple who defies your master~, even I don't have as many tricks up my sleeve as he does!!"
Kaguya Otsutsuki: "A giant Buddha clad in Susanoo, and even I, the mighty Rabbit Goddess, can't withstand it!!"
Chiya Rikuto declared, "It's all slander. I just want to give you all a warm home!"
Chapter 1: Chiya Rikuto, the Woods-Woods Fruit [A New Book Sets Sail]
Year 56 of Konoha.
Konoha Village, Land of Fire.
Early morning, in a forest on the outskirts.
Trees lush with foliage swayed as gentle breezes swept through them.
A boy of around eight, with a handsome, spirited face.
Sat cross-legged alone, eyes closed, meditating quietly.
His demeanor was exceptionally gentle.
There was none of the mischievousness a child his age ought to have.
He seemed ready to become one with nature.
Now and then, a bird or two flew over, chirping.
Completely unafraid of him, they landed right on him.
Dry leaves fluttered down one after another.
They settled quietly on him.
"One, two, three..."
Brilliant sunlight.
Shone through the gaps in the leaves overhead.
Falling upon him.
But he kept his eyes closed, listening to nature's song.
"Thirty-three in all?"
The boy opened his eyes unhurriedly.
He gently brushed a few fallen leaves off himself.
But on the ground around him.
Quite a few more dry leaves lay scattered about.
Yet if someone had been watching from the beginning.
They would have been astonished to find that, from the moment he sat beneath the tree until now, exactly thirty-three leaves had fallen, not one more or less.
He looked at the sparrow that had hopped from his head onto his hand and was gently pecking there, showing no fear of him and making no move to fly away.
Chiya Rikuto smiled faintly. "The early bird gets the worm. You should go find something to eat..."
As if it understood him, the sparrow chirped twice at him.
Then it flapped its wings and flew off into the distance.
He rose to his feet unhurriedly.
His mind was clear and utterly serene.
It had been eight years since he woke up one day and found himself in this world.
His father, Chiya Kawasuke, had been a medical jonin at Konoha Hospital, while his mother had been a medical chunin.
On the night of the Nine-Tails' attack eight years ago, his parents had tragically sacrificed themselves to protect him, leaving him and his elderly grandmother to depend on each other.
But his parents, as a medical chunin and a medical jonin at Konoha Hospital, had left behind a fairly substantial inheritance, and the village had also paid a considerable sum in compensation.
His father's friends from his lifetime had helped them as well.
Grandmother and grandson had lived without worrying about food or clothing over the years.
But what had truly delighted Chiya Rikuto was this.
He was born with far more Chakra than ordinary people, as well as a powerful sensory ability.
And when he was five.
Chiya Rikuto had accidentally found a fruit in the forest that was green all over and covered in strange patterns!
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He recognized it as identical to the legendary Devil Fruits from another seafaring world.
After much hesitation, he made up his mind to take a gamble and ate it.
Its taste went without saying.
More importantly, though, he gained the power of the Logia-type Woods-Woods Fruit.
With the advantage of knowing what lay ahead, and considering the darkness currently lurking in Konoha, he had not been foolish enough to casually reveal his Woods-Woods Fruit ability.
Although he was still attending the ninja academy, Chiya Rikuto had perfectly inherited his father's exceptionally fine Chakra control as a jonin of the medical team.
At school, he ranked near the top in both written examinations and ninjutsu.
Even Neji Hyuga, the genius of the Hyuga Clan's branch family.
Was slightly inferior to him.
As for taijutsu.
First in the grade was Neji Hyuga, who came from a distinguished clan, possessed the Byakugan with its 360-degree field of vision and astonishing powers of perception, and excelled in the Gentle Fist. (Members of the Hyuga Clan's branch family had only a 359-degree field of vision with their Byakugan because of the Huixu B curse seal, leaving a blind spot.)
Second place did not belong to Chiya Rikuto.
It belonged to Rock Lee, who had been born with mediocre talent, could not use Chakra, and knew neither ninjutsu nor genjutsu, but relied on his indomitable will to train tirelessly in taijutsu day and night.
But in truth, no one knew.
His Chakra control had long since surpassed his father's by a wide margin.
He had already mastered nearly all the medical ninjutsu in the relevant ninjutsu scrolls left by his father, Chiya Kawasuke, including the exceedingly difficult A-rank medical ninjutsu, the Mystical Palm Technique.
And what had delighted him beyond expectation was this.
After combining with his own Chakra, the power of the Logia-type Woods-Woods Fruit had undergone an astonishing mutation.
Not only could he transform directly into his element, he could also generate any plant and manipulate it as he pleased.
What was more, the "Wood Release" he used required no hand seals at all. He did not even need to clap his hands together; with a single thought, he could easily create a vast number of plants and control them directly.
Not only could he directly plunder other people's Chakra like a man-eating flower.
He could even devour their flesh and blood and the nutrients in their bodies, turning them into nourishment to replenish himself.
He was fully strong enough to graduate early.
But he had no intention of applying for early graduation.
"Still, my efforts over the years haven't been in vain..."
Chiya Rikuto murmured softly, "After years of trying to become one with nature, I can clearly sense the Natural Energy that exists everywhere in the natural world..."
Every day, he spent a considerable amount of time settling down, relaxing, emptying his mind, and meditating quietly.
Apart from wanting to increase his spiritual energy and train his sensory ability.
It was chiefly so that he could... master Sage Techniques!
"Merely sensing Natural Energy is one thing, but trying to force it into your body is practically asking for a shorter life..."
"But I'm different. I'm a user of the Logia-type Woods-Woods Fruit, the source of the forest itself, essentially a part of nature... With my current Chakra control, it's not impossible for me to take one-third each of spiritual energy, physical energy, and Natural Energy to refine Senjutsu Chakra!"
"Even if something goes slightly wrong, I can stop immediately!"
Chiya Rikuto murmured to himself.
He lowered his head, and a trace of scarlet flashed subtly in his eyes, imperceptible to an ordinary person. "Perhaps it's time to begin!"
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Chapter 2: The Mutated Fruit Ability, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan
At that moment.
No one noticed.
In Chiya Rikuto's eyes.
Each eye was scarlet.
And each had three black tomoe.
Spinning within them.
The Sharingan!
If anyone had seen this.
They would likely have been struck dumb with shock, unable to speak.
Because Chiya Rikuto had no Uchiha blood whatsoever, yet he possessed the Sharingan.
And it was the three-tomoe form, which even pure-blooded Uchiha clan members rarely awakened.
Yet it was nothing like Kakashi Hatake's, acquired by transplanting his friend Obito Uchiha's Sharingan.
His Sharingan could be activated and deactivated at will, just like those of other Uchiha clan members.
"Three tomoe... I wonder when they'll evolve into a true Mangekyo Sharingan!" Chiya Rikuto whispered, head lowered as he gently touched his eyes.
That was the most terrifying aspect of the Logia-type Woods-Woods Fruit after it combined with Chakra and mutated.
Two years ago, one evening.
While he was catching fish by the Naka River to practice medical ninjutsu on.
He had accidentally found Shisui Uchiha's corpse. Both eyes were gone, but all the Chakra in his body remained.
Using his sensory ability, he determined that no one else was watching nearby.
Chiya Rikuto decisively plundered the vast and distinctive Chakra that had yet to dissipate from Shisui's body.
But in the process, he had accidentally devoured some of Shisui Uchiha's flesh and blood, turning it into nourishment that became part of his own body.
That night, he woke in the middle of the night to find his eyes burning hot, and his vision had suddenly sharpened tremendously, making everything he saw incomparably clear.
He found a mirror and looked, only to discover that he had awakened the Sharingan.
And it had appeared directly at the three-tomoe stage.
It was only then that Chiya Rikuto discovered that his Woods-Woods Fruit ability, after devouring the flesh, blood, and Chakra of a Kekkei Genkai possessor, could...