The acquisition of the Senju Sage Body thrilled Tengen, satisfying him enough that even if the X-Men video yielded nothing extraordinary, he'd accept it. Still, he hoped for something remarkable, X-Men featured bizarre abilities, some capable of apocalyptic destruction in their ultimate forms.
"First, I need to merge the two videos." Tengen said, initiating the synthesis of the split X-Men clips.
"Synthesis complete. Obtained X-Men ultra-high-definition video." The system announced.
"Extract it." Tengen commanded.
Ding!
"Obtained Super Regeneration Ability." The system declared.
"Super Regeneration?" Tengen paused. "That's Wolverine's ability, right?"
"Yes, Host. This Super Regeneration Ability originates from Wolverine." The system confirmed.
"Absorb it, then." Tengen said.
A crimson light surged into his body, a fleeting sensation of burning flesh quickly fading as his body restored itself. "That's it?" Tengen blinked, probing his physique. "There's a change, but it's deep, fundamental."
"Super Regeneration." He murmured, conjuring a chakra scalpel. He sliced his arm, a wound blooming instantly. Without intervention, the cut sealed shut at astonishing speed.
"Unlike the ninja world's chakra-based healing." Tengen noted, recalling techniques like Creation Rebirth, which relied on chakra's mystical properties. This regeneration was different, rooted in his body's genetic code, embedded at its deepest level.
"Not bad." Tengen grinned. Powers tied to the physique were nearly impossible to strip away. Even if his chakra vanished, this ability would persist, alongside his alien Armament Haki and ki cultivation.
"My strength's grown again." Tengen said, sensing his enhanced power. "Time to find Kushina."
Grabbing Rōshi and Han, Iwagakure's Jinchuriki, now Konoha's captives, he prepared to depart. Redeeming them would cost Iwagakure dearly. "Flying Thunder God Technique!" Tengen vanished, leaving behind a ravaged battlefield, evidence of a titanic clash beyond ordinary ninjas' reach.
"Konoha's got the upper hand." Uzumaki Kushina observed, surveying the battlefield. Rōshi's absence and Tengen's earlier decimation of Iwagakure's forces had tipped the scales. With her reinforcements, Iwagakure's ninjas crumbled.
"Where's Tengen?" Kushina wondered. She wasn't worried about his safety, he'd assured her that, if outmatched, he could escape with Flying Thunder God.
Suddenly, space rippled beside her, and a figure materialized. "Tengen!" She exclaimed.
"I'm back." Tengen said, smiling. He'd marked Kushina with a kunai seal, allowing precise teleportation to her side.
"Who are these two?" Kushina asked, eyeing the unconscious figures in his grasp.
"Them?" Tengen dropped them to the ground. "Iwagakure's tailed beast Jinchuriki, Four-Tails and Five-Tails."
"What?" Kushina gaped. In such a short time, Tengen had captured both? "Wasn't it just Rōshi before?"
"Rōshi led me into a trap." Tengen explained. "The Tsuchikage and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki were waiting."
"Oh." Kushina nodded, unfazed by the audacity. "What about the Tsuchikage?"
"He slipped away early." Tengen said. "Iwagakure's probably planning something."
"Planning what?" Kushina's expression tightened.
"Let's clean up here first. Then we'll investigate." Tengen said.
Iwagakure's ninjas, already faltering, paled at Tengen's arrival. His reputation, shattering the Four-Tails and now standing over their captured Jinchuriki, struck terror. Unbeknownst to them, they were sacrificial pawns in a scheme targeting Tengen.
"Run!" Their instincts screamed.
"Escape?" Tengen smirked, vanishing in a blur, too fast for even Kushina to track, and not via Flying Thunder God.
Moments later, most of Iwagakure's ninjas lay dead. Some surrendered, abandoning resistance.
Tengen entrusted the Jinchuriki to the Jonin overseeing the battlefield, instructing him to clear the area and report to Konoha's headquarters. "Kushina, ready?" He asked.
"Ready." She nodded.
Tengen placed a hand on her shoulder, space twisting as they vanished.
"Clean this battlefield." The Jonin ordered. "Search for anything useful. This is Tengen-sama's command."
"Yes, sir!" Konoha's ninjas replied, their eyes blazing with growing reverence for Tengen.
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