"You!?"
Momoshiki only left behind a confused exclamation before being cleanly and decisively sealed by Shinji onto H's body.
As Momoshiki's consciousness was extracted from the Karma, the Karma on Neji's body immediately turned into a pure chakra-containing White Karma, and Neji also regained consciousness, reclaiming control over his body.
Neji rose in a hurry, his face full of panic: "Leader, I..."
Shinji waved his hand: "Do not worry, Momoshiki Otsutsuki's consciousness has been dealt with!"
Neji first let out a sigh of relief, then remembered the conversation between Momoshiki and Shinji, asking with some concern: "Leader, was what Momoshiki said true? After turning into a White Karma, will I be unable to become a Six Paths level?"
Shinji said: "Hard to say; after your state stabilizes, you can give it a try."
Neji was somewhat worried.
Since even Shinji said so, it seemed Momoshiki's words just now were not alarmist.
Shinji smiled: "Compared to being unable to become a Six Paths level, resolving the hidden danger of being possessed is better news for you, isn't it?"
Neji said seriously: "I want to do something for this world! If I cannot even reach the Six Paths level, I simply cannot be of much help!"
Shinji said in a deep voice: "Do not think like that; helping comes at a price!"
He was not scaring Neji, but rather thinking of those several Lampbearers from "Ghost" who died at the hands of the Hegemons.
A Hegemon is not some kind-hearted soul; once one decides to oppose a Hegemon, they must be mentally prepared for their bones to be ground to dust.
Neji did not dodge but looked directly at Shinji: "Leader, I am willing to pay the price, even if it is my life!"
Kimimaro, lying on the surgical table to the side, said quietly: "Me too!"
Shinji smiled: "Since you have both made up your minds, I will not hide it from you. In fact, I did not completely destroy Momoshiki just now, but instead sealed Momoshiki's consciousness onto H."
"Onto H?"
Neji was startled and quickly lowered his head to look, finding that a sealing formula had indeed appeared on the H parasitic on his body.
Shinji explained: "Momoshiki's consciousness is itself a part of the Karma. If I forcibly destroyed him, it would be as he said, greatly discounting the power of the Karma. Therefore, I temporarily extracted his consciousness from the Karma and sealed it onto H."
Neji realized something: "You mean...?"
Shinji nodded slightly: "Both of you have half of H's body on you. In a fused state, you are equivalent to three-in-one. Based on this, I thought of a method, which is to seal the consciousnesses of Momoshiki and Kinshiki onto H, allowing the Karma on both of you to remain in the damaged White Karma state under normal circumstances."
"When you separately liberate the Karma, you might not reach the Six Paths level, but if you fuse, the power of two White Karmas will certainly allow you to enter the Six Paths level realm in the fused state!"
"Fuse?"
Neji and Kimimaro glanced at each other.
...
In the past, when encountering strong enemies, they would often choose to fuse, so they were not resistant to this.
Shinji continued: "In the fused state, you and H are three-in-one. If H releases the seal on its body and sets free the consciousnesses of Momoshiki and Kinshiki, the Karma on your bodies will restore all its power. At that time, in the fused state, you will be equivalent to possessing all the power of Momoshiki and Kinshiki simultaneously!"
"This..."
Neji and Kimimaro were shocked.
This operation by Shinji was equivalent to transferring and storing the consciousnesses of Momoshiki and Kinshiki—the two Otsutsuki who could threaten them—onto H during normal times, and releasing them only at critical moments to obtain the full power within the two Karmas.
This method of isolating risk while monopolizing benefits left them dumbfounded.
Shinji smiled and followed the same pattern to extract the consciousness of Kinshiki Otsutsuki from the Karma on Kimimaro's body, sealing it onto the half of H on Kimimaro's body.
This operation seemed simple, but in reality, it was all built upon the terrifying realm of Shinji's Kekkei Shinra. Otherwise, for anyone else, it would be impossible to extract the consciousnesses of Momoshiki and Kinshiki from their Karmas so easily, let alone seal them.
After finishing these, Shinji separately gave some instructions to Neji, Kimimaro, and H, then waved his hand, dismissing the two who were eager to go back and try.
In their normal states, Neji and Kimimaro both possessed Kage level strength, plus with the biological armor of H, their individual strength could rival the Five Kage. Once fused, their strength would multiply, reaching High Kage level!
In this state, if they further liberated the two White Karmas on their respective bodies, it would be an easy task for their strength to break through to the Six Paths level; they might even be among the more formidable existences within the Six Paths level.
So without taking risks, they could possess Six Paths level combat power.
If they truly encountered a strong enemy that was difficult to confront, and H released the seal on its body to set free the consciousnesses of Momoshiki and Kinshiki, then they would be equivalent to perfectly receiving all the power of the two Otsutsuki. At that time, they could impact the peak of the Six Paths level, and could even think about the Kekkei Mora realm.
Of course.
Between the fusion and the liberation of the Karma, even if Neji and Kimimaro could step into the Kekkei Mora realm in one go, this state would be brief and impossible to maintain for a long time.
Shinji thought deeply, calculating the combat power at hand.
His Barrier Project would ultimately be like the magic barrier of the Hexagon World, requiring several core pivot points for support.
The Hexagon World had several Sorcerer Supremes as pivots, while the Shinobi World could only rely on Six Paths level combat power.
Hikari and Karin were now Kekkei Mora. If Neji and Kimimaro entered the fused state, at worst they would be peak Six Paths level. Combined with Toneri, Shion, Sasuke, and Naruto, there were a total of seven combatants at the Six Paths level or above among Shinji's direct subordinates. If they were just to serve as pivots for the Barrier Project, it was already enough.
But now the situation had changed. The variable that was Orochimaru forced Shinji to set aside a portion of his combat power just in case.
And Orochimaru clearly exceeded the Six Paths level; to deal with Orochimaru, one would need at least a Kekkei Mora to be safe.
"No, the combat power at hand is still not enough!"
Shinji shook his head inwardly.
Those with Shinjutsu like Eida and Daemon were not reliable enough under the current situation, so he still needed more trustworthy combat power...