Chapter 105: I Allow You to Enter
At this moment, the solar disc was like the Oriental Pearl Tower attacking Mixue Bingcheng, automatically gathering solar energy, converting it into blazing sunlight flames, and sweeping across the enemies in the desert.
It was precisely this scene that made Shiromo realize something he had previously overlooked.
Sunlight, or rather, stellar radiation, is also a form of natural energy.
It's just that compared to the relatively "gentle" natural energy of the earth, sunlight is far too violent, existing on an entirely different scale.
Basking in the sun for a while is fine, but if someone dared to absorb large amounts of sunlight directly into their body as natural energy, then the ninja being reduced to sand by the solar disc right now would be their exact fate.
Moreover, among those in the ninja world who practiced senjutsu, aside from a mysterious Senju Hashirama, even the Sage of Six Paths learned it from small animals in the Three Great Sage Regions.
There was simply no precedent to follow.
Everything now had to be explored by Shiromo himself.
Fortunately, with Crazy Diamond usable on himself, even if he suffered some damage, he could immediately recover.
There was nothing to worry about.
"Do you feel anything?"
Shiromo looked at Gaara.
"This power… is this the legendary senjutsu?"
Gaara stood completely still, deeply awed by the power within him.
He could feel that this power was not only destructive, but also creative.
If he could master even a small portion of it, he might be able to turn the deserts of the Land of Wind green.
"More or less."
Shiromo was using Gaara's abilities to sense control over natural elements, and in turn, Gaara was using Shiromo's power to experience natural energy.
For Gaara, that state felt like a version of Sage Mode he couldn't control,
Like the Jiraiya version, with two toads sitting on his shoulders.
"Alright, that's enough."
Shiromo withdrew his hand.
With the connection severed, Gaara regained control of his body. He staggered and nearly fell to the ground.
"These people were just numerous, that's all. If you could reconcile with Shukaku, one Tailed Beast Bomb would've been enough to deal with them."
Shiromo took a couple of steps forward. The ruins below had already been cleared out, completely empty.
He recalled that while amplifying Gaara earlier, he seemed to hear Shukaku shouting a couple of times near his ear.
When Naruto was learning Sage Mode, Fukasaku had wanted to assist using the same method he'd used on Jiraiya, but was chased out by the tsundere Nine-Tails inside Naruto.
What Shiromo had encountered this time was likely the same situation.
Only, Shukaku was like an incompetent husband, able only to shout a few times before raging uselessly.
"Shukaku?"
Gaara nodded thoughtfully.
Step by step.
"Let's go. Head over there first."
Shiromo took the lead, walking toward the ruins of Roran.
"According to eyewitness testimony from the White Snake Sage, the reason your Land of Wind has such vast deserts is actually the fault of the Sage of Six Paths' entire family."
Shiromo crouched down, placed his hand on the sand, and sensed the conditions underground, buried beneath the yellow sands.
"The Sage of Six Paths?"
For both Gaara and Temari, this was the first time they had heard such ancient legendary tales.
"Back then, the Sage of Six Paths' mother planted a tree here. Later, she pulled it out, and this is what it turned into."
Shiromo gave an extremely concise explanation.
"'His mother', is that just a figure of speech, or…?"
Temari poked Shiromo's shoulder and whispered.
"…His actual mother."
"Oh."
"In short, the main problem of the Land of Wind is tree-planting. The secondary problem is that not only was a tree planted here, but that mother and son also fought a battle here."
From this information alone, Shiromo had already realized that the Earth of the ninja world was extremely special.
Or rather, in most worlds, planets that correspond to a higher-dimensional Earth tend to possess some form of uniqueness.
When the Ōtsutsuki planted trees on other planets, once the Divine Tree drained the planet of its energy, the planet was destroyed and they moved on.
But what about the ninja world's Earth?
After Kaguya planted the tree, it only drained the Land of Wind region and produced a fruit.
In fact, judging from the scenes back then, the Land of Wind hadn't even turned into a desert yet due to the loss of natural energy.
If not for the later battle involving the Sage of Six Paths, it might have self-repaired and recovered on its own.
Moreover, if one ignored the condition that the fruit was produced on Earth, the "value" of Kaguya's fruit was actually extremely low.
The Ten-Tails needed to consume an entire Ōtsutsuki, yet it only managed to eat half of Isshiki.
A Divine Tree normally needed to absorb the energy of an entire planet, yet this one absorbed only a small portion.
But in reality?
The boost in power Kaguya gained after consuming the fruit could only be described as earth-shattering.
Even Naruto and Sasuke at their peaks, empowered by Six Paths power, had to rely on the condition of "touching Kaguya together counts as winning" to achieve victory.
And what about Momoshiki?
He fought for a bit, then got killed by his son forming a Rasengan, forcing him to rely on Kama reincarnation.
Seal him? What sealing?
If you can kill the enemy, why bother sealing them?
Before anyone knew about Kama, when facing an enemy, the natural choice was to kill them if possible.
"According to legend, the Dragon Vein is the lifeline of the land, containing chakra far surpassing that of other places. A slight misstep in its use could destroy the entire land."
At this point, Shiromo changed his tone. "That legend is clearly wrong, just a rumor distorted through repeated retelling."
"Chakra was brought into this world by the Sage of Six Paths' mother."
Temari: "…It's fine."
"This world originally had no chakra at all. So how could the lifeline of the land possibly be something filled with massive amounts of chakra?"
Shiromo continued.
What the White Snake Sage had told Shiromo was that the Dragon Vein was a wound left in the earth by the Ten-Tails taking root. But if that were all, it still shouldn't contain large quantities of chakra.
"Then what exactly is the Dragon Vein?"
Temari frowned slightly.
"Don't worry. Isn't the curtain about to be lifted right now?"
Shiromo picked a spot and beckoned to Temari.
"What for?"
Temari walked over.
"Earlier, I injected compressed natural energy into Gaara's body, letting him experience my personal version of Sage Mode."
"In the future, as long as he recalls that sensation and works hard, with a bit of talent, he'll gradually be able to grasp that power himself…"
"Do you want to try?"
"Hmph. You actually want me to help, don't you?"
Of course Temari wanted to increase her strength, but she still lifted her chin in a tsundere manner.
"The Dragon Vein is buried beneath the desert. You want to borrow my Wind Release, right?"
"Come on. I allow you to enter my body."
"…You can't just say that."
Shiromo was speechless.
"Tch, now you're getting shy?"
Temari had blurted it out instinctively and only realized the double meaning afterward, feeling a bit embarrassed herself. But when she heard Shiromo say that, she immediately laughed.
"I already told you, you just used it on Gaara. If I say 'allow you to enter my body' now, then what does what you did to Gaara earlier count as?"
Shiromo rolled his eyes.
"…Good point."
The corner of Temari's mouth twitched.
Uchiha Hikari watched the scene and nodded her little head in satisfaction.
Not bad. A firmly heterosexual stance. Worth praising.
(End of this chapter)