Ryou · Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto!
The so-called 'Mikoto' is a respectful title for top-tier deities, a suffix for a Great God, while Futamata referred to the two tails; this could also be called the God of Two Tails, the God of Cats, an ancient Greek god possessing two tails...
"Haha... this power, I have ascended into a dragon once again!"
Ryou felt the power within his body and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
At this moment, the consciousness of the Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto should have been composed of Ryou and Candy, but Ryou pushed Candy's consciousness to the tail area, so the Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto was dominated by Ryou's consciousness.
How much chakra does the Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto have?
Ryou couldn't be sure.
His original chakra surpassed that of an average Tailed Beast, after all, he had fused the cells of Madara and Hashirama.
In the original work, when Naruto had half of the Nine-Tails, Hashirama commented that his chakra was almost as much as his own.
Naruto had the Uzumaki bloodline capable of suppressing Tailed Beasts, the inheritance of Minato's Kage-level lineage, and was the reincarnation of Asura's chakra...
With so many buffs stacked, Naruto's pure innate chakra was also a statistical anomaly.
Thus, Hashirama's chakra was the highest for a single human, not much different from the Nine-Tails.
Perhaps with Sage Mode active, he would have even more chakra than the Nine-Tails.
One must know that the Thousand-Armed Kannon could pin down a Perfect Nine-Tails with a single hand; the chakra required for such a technique would be massive.
It was impossible for Ryou's transplanted Hashirama cells to replicate Hashirama's chakra 1:1; at most, it would be seventy or eighty percent, as Hashirama also had the Asura chakra reincarnation buff.
But Ryou also fused Madara's cells, which was enough to make up for a ten or twenty percent gap.
Let's call it eighty percent!
Eighty percent of Hashirama's chakra is still at the level of a high-tier Tailed Beast, similar to the Eight-Tails.
Now, by utilizing the Inuzuka Clan's Mixed Transformation, he multiplied that by Candy's stats.
Candy was originally a Shinobi Cat from Sora-ku who made weapons and sealing scrolls for the Uchiha Clan, possessing the stats of a Special Jonin.
After merging with Ryou's life spore, she reached the stats of an Elite Jonin.
This value is certainly much higher than Kuromaru's, far greater than 1.
Multiplied by Candy's Shinobi Cat stats, Ryou's chakra now rivaled that of the strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails.
Upon appearing, he naturally emitted an autonomous Genjutsu field. Even without casting an active Genjutsu, the mere pressure of his presence made those who saw him feel like they were playing Genshin Impact.
What need was there to capture Tailed Beasts anymore? If the current Ryou were thrown into the Gedo Statue, along with the equally overpowered Madara, the Ten-Tails would likely be resurrected.
Ryou laughed loudly: "Who else? I ask, who else is there?"
Shukaku looked at the wickedly smiling grey cat and finally realized: "You aren't Matatabi, you're Uchiha Ryou transformed."
"Damn it, your massive chakra already rivals Kurama's! What do you still want with me? Can't you just jump into the Gedo Statue yourselves to resurrect the Ten-Tails?"
Does the Gedo Statue really only need the chakra of the Tailed Beasts?
It does, as the will of the Ten-Tails requires the gathered chakra of the Nine Tailed Beasts.
But it doesn't necessarily need all of it. In the original work, a single tentacle of the Eight-Tails and Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who possessed Nine-Tails chakra, could serve as sacrifices to resurrect the Ten-Tails.
The chakra of the Nine Tailed Beasts gathered together forms the will of the Ten-Tails; once the Ten-Tails has a will, it can restore its original body by absorbing chakra.
After all, its essence is the God Tree, and the God Tree is the origin of all chakra, capable of devouring any form of power.
Once chakra reaches a certain amount, the complete form of the Ten-Tails can be resurrected.
Ryou pressed his paw onto Shukaku's head: "Shukaku, kneel and call me Daddy!"
"Call your mother!"
Shukaku hissed at Ryou; it also had its pride.
Besides, it was already being controlled by Ryou's Sharingan; how was it supposed to kneel for him?
It didn't have a 'kneel' button!
Tsume and Kuromaru slowly woke up, looking at Ryou's Tailed Beast-like body and that mountain-like, majestic chakra.
They didn't even know what to say!
Kuromaru felt a sense of sorrow: "This guy stole the Inuzuka Clan's Secret Technique and has become even harder to deal with than before."
"Tsume, we've caused a huge disaster!"
Tsume also felt that things were bad.
Instead of their clan's Secret Technique flourishing in their own hands, it had become a tool to help the enemy grow stronger.
It felt as if they, who excelled at raising dogs, couldn't compare to that group of cat-raisers from the Uchiha in dog training.
It was a total, all-encompassing crushing defeat.
Tsume was momentarily lost, wondering what her many years of cultivation were for.
"Does bloodline really determine everything?"
Tsume, like Orochimaru, began to face the cruel truth of the Shinobi World's bloodline theory.
Unlike Orochimaru, Tsume became even more pained after seeing the truth of bloodline theory.
Because Tsume couldn't restart her life, nor could she change her birth; the little one in her belly would likely experience the same pain she did.
He might be suppressed by the Uchiha bloodline for his entire life.
A person's fate is allocated by their bloodline the moment they are born.
The son of an emperor is a prince, while the child of an ordinary person can only be a beast of burden.
How are those at the bottom supposed to change this despair?
The Orochimaru of the original work gave the answer: devour his bloodline, seize everything he has.
Steal, rob, deceive.
If I can't get it, I'll steal it; if I can't steal it, I'll rob it; I must have you!
To honestly cultivate Ninjutsu only to end up like Guy—leaving the stage hastily after a single firework, leaving the spotlight to the princes.
Tsume stared blankly at the sky; the greatest sorrow in this world is the powerlessness felt after seeing reality clearly.
The place where Tsume and Kuromaru were tied by vines suddenly darkened as a massive shadow pressed down silently.
It wasn't the arrival of night, but the suffocating shadow cast by a colossal being capable of blotting out the heavens.
It was the Tailed Beast-like Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto.
Ryou answered Tsume's question: "If you do not cultivate, seeing me is like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky. If you do cultivate, seeing me is like a tiny gnat seeing the vast blue heavens."
"Despair, for this is the power that belongs to the Uchiha!"
Ryou cruelly crushed Tsume's psychological defenses.
"Woof!"
Kuromaru barked: "Tsume, don't listen to him! We must live in our own way. Just like me—when I'm licking a bone, I feel like the happiest dog in the world."
Tsume slowly came to her senses. Yes, why did she have to compare herself to these people?
In the 18th year of Konoha, Hashirama, who had settled the Shinobi World, passed away, while Madara lingered on in the darkness.
On that day, Kuromaru's ancestor was licking poop, and it was happier than Hashirama or Madara.
Because Hashirama was dead, and Madara couldn't enjoy it.
So-called centuries of fame, millennia of hegemony, and eternal renown actually amount to nothing compared to one thing.
That thing is spending your life in the way you like.
What is truly most important in a person's life?
There is never a single answer to this question.
Some lack money, some lack love.
The poor pursue wealth, the wealthy pursue pleasure; those lacking money say money is most important; those lacking love say feelings are most important.
If someone takes the front door, someone else will take the back door.
A bicycle that someone can't bear to ride, another might stand up to pedal.
Things we regard as treasures, others might sneer at. Things we discard like worn-out shoes, others might be desperately seeking.
Our coming into this world is a disaster and has no meaning.
It's like that saying.
Life is a mass of desires. When desires are satisfied, there is emptiness. When desires are not satisfied, there is pain. Like a pendulum, it swings back and forth between emptiness and pain.