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In the Land of Whirlpools—oblivious to the turmoil in the outside world, Shin had a sudden inspiration—he wanted to create a puppet like Sasori’s Third Kazekage puppet. He’d use the Third Raikage’s body, which he still had.
Given the Raikage’s incredible durability, a puppet made from his body would be far stronger than Sasori’s masterpiece.
“Controlling it with chakra strings is too rubbish,” Shin muttered, holding a Black Chakra Receiver rod made from Yin-Yang Release.
He wanted to create puppets like the Six Paths of Pain, not those manipulated with strings.
However, Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain had a weakness—they couldn’t stray too far from Nagato himself.
“Mine will definitely be better than Nagato’s.”
As Shin said this, he stabbed the black receiver in his hand into the Third Raikage’s corpse.
The rods themselves were powerful weapons, capable of sealing chakra points and disrupting a target’s ability to mold chakra—especially effective against Tailed Beasts.
Similar to the Hyūga Clan’s Gentle Fist, the rods could neutralize an opponent’s chakra and even counter those reanimated with the Edo Tensei.
Shin had imbued these rods with his will, allowing him to control the Third Raikage’s body. Nagato used similar rods, imbued with the Outer Path’s power, to control his Six Paths of Pain.
He inserted five rods—one in each limb and one in the head—and the puppet was complete.
The Yin-Yang Release Black Receivers completely entered the Third Raikage’s body. From the outside, it was completely invisible. It wasn’t like Nagato’s, which had black receivers all over his head and face.
“Is that thing even useful?” Kushina asked Shin.
Kushina had been watching him tinker with the puppet for a while. She was getting impatient. She also wanted Shin to teach her Wood Release Ninjutsu, but Shin was busy with this thing.
“Useful? Good question. To be honest, not really.” Shin shook his head. The puppet wouldn’t increase his combat strength.
“Then why bother making it?”
“I was bored.” Shin had created the puppet on a whim.
If Shin’s actions were known to the Fourth Raikage, he would probably ignore the difference in strength and come to find Shin to fight desperately.
“If you’re bored, teach me Wood Release! I can’t wait to beat Tsunade with it!” Kushina said, a mischievous grin spreading across her face.
The thought of using a Senju Clan Kekkei Genkai to defeat Tsunade was incredibly appealing.
Although the Senju Clan’s True Kekkei Genkai was the Sage Body, the Shinobi world considered Wood Release their signature ability.
Seeing Kushina radiating giddy excitement, Shin took a step back, afraid her goofiness might be contagious.
“…”
“What’s wrong?” Kushina glared at him, noticing his wary expression.
“You were radiating dumb energy just now. I didn’t want to catch it,” Shin said honestly.
“Ahhhh, You’re asking for a beating—SHIN!!! If I don’t beat you up today, I’ll take your last name!” Kushina yelled, charging at him.
“Even if you took my last name, you’d still be an Uzumaki. What’s the difference?” Shin dodged her attack, chuckling at her empty threat. He wondered why she always resorted to biting and pouncing.
After chasing him for a while, Kushina, unable to catch him, huffed and sat down on the ground, defeated.
“Can’t you just let me win for once?” she grumbled.
“Nope. I don’t like losing,” Shin replied, sitting down beside her.
Seeing him so close, Kushina’s eyes lit up. She lunged at him—
THUD!
—and face-planted on the ground. She had phased right through him.
She scrambled up, glancing around to make sure no one had witnessed her embarrassing tumble. Fortunately, Mikoto, Konan, and Tsunade weren’t around.
“How did I pass through you? Is that a Genjutsu?”
“Nope. Space-Time Ninjutsu. I can become intangible and immune to all attacks.” Shin explained, though ‘immune to all attacks’ wasn’t entirely accurate.
Techniques like [Yomotsu Hirasaka], which allowed one to enter another dimension, or the [Sealing Jutsu: Spatial Lock]—could counter it.
“That’s amazing. Too bad I don’t have a talent for Space-Time Ninjutsu,” Kushina said, a bit dejected.
“Even if you did, you couldn’t learn it,” Shin said, shaking his head. Kamui was a Mangekyō Sharingan ability, not a Ninjutsu.
Even with a talent for Space-Time Ninjutsu, she wouldn’t be able to learn it. As for developing a similar Jutsu? Even Shin couldn’t do that.
“Forget about that. I’ll let you off the hook this time. Teach me Wood Release! I want to learn the [Wood Human Technique]!” Kushina, knowing she couldn’t defeat him, graciously accepted defeat.
“Hold on. Let me test this puppet first.” Shin looked at the Third Raikage puppet.
He hadn’t had a chance to properly examine it earlier. He controlled the puppet, activating [Lightning Release Chakra Mode] and various Ninjutsu and Taijutsu techniques the Third Raikage had used in life.
As expected, the puppet could use them all.
“Now for the main event.”
Shin’s eyes transformed into the [Nine-Tomoe Rinne-Tenseigan]—and the puppet’s eyes also shifted—though they only became a standard Rinnegan.
“Can’t handle it, huh?” Shin noted that the puppet’s body couldn’t withstand the Full Power of the Nine-Tomoe Rinne-Tenseigan—only the Rinnegan or Tenseigan individually.
“More useless than I thought. But with the Rinnegan’s power—it’s still decent.” Shin had created the puppet on a whim, its usefulness was secondary.
It could be a convenient errand boy.
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