Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 25 Gravity Control! New Moon

"Looks like it worked! Hahaha!"

Nagato was sweating profusely and panting, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He seemed even happier than Bai Mo.

"It was indeed a success."

After Bai Mo landed back on the ground, he sat down and gave a bitter laugh.

His body's natural energy is now completely depleted, and every cell is now thirstily absorbing the surrounding natural energy.

All abilities are divided into active and passive.

Passive abilities are similar to lock-on skills; in most cases, the effects are beyond the user's control.

Because they cannot adapt to changes in the environmental warfare situation, they are easily manipulated and targeted once intelligence is obtained.

However, you also don't need to worry about being instantly killed before you can use your abilities.

for example.

Even if the Otsutsuki clan was powerful during the Boruto era, there was still an insurmountable gap between them and Kaguya Otsutsuki, who had eaten a Devil Fruit.

That is, passive immunity to all ninjutsu damage.

This ability is also reflected in Six Paths Madara and Six Paths Obito.

The Otsutsuki clan's absorption of ninjutsu, as well as the Rinnegan's absorption of ninjutsu, both require active use.

Madara could deliberately not use it, allowing himself to be hit in the chest by Dust Release, so that the Five Kage could admire the face of their "beloved" Hashirama.

Even Otsutsuki Isshiki was able to be injured by a regular Rasengan because Naruto's Heavy Particle Mode numerically overwhelmed him.

In other words, no matter how powerful an ability is, it still requires a corresponding combat awareness.

Otherwise, it would be like what happened to Shisui of Kotoamatsukami against Danzo—a single sneak attack that gouged out his eyes and killed him instantly.

Bai Mo is well aware that both the deletion time and the resulting future predictions must be used actively.

And Bai Mo just used it too.

He specifically confirmed that Shinra Tensei would not injure him or awaken his abilities.

Then it shut down.

Unexpectedly, Nagato suddenly got excited and unleashed a Chibaku Tensei.

As Bai Mo mentioned before, he originally planned to have Itachi help him with the experiment, but because his natural energy was depleted, he only managed to replenish it during the journey back.

Taking the first awakening of the Crimson King (time deletion) as an example, and with the epitaph (foresight), Bai Mo saw the result and confirmed that the natural energy in his body was sufficient, and what was insufficient was the power of the Rinnegan.

It doesn't matter.

If all else fails, we can go to Iwagakure first and continue accumulating natural energy along the way.

In any case, erasing time and strengthening it again wouldn't make much difference, and the natural energy required would gradually increase.

—For high-speed combat, the epitaph's effect is most effective within the next ten to thirty seconds.

After all, watching images of the future also takes time.

Save all the natural energy for awakening new abilities later.

Unexpectedly, Nagato risked his life to "help" him.

If there were enough natural energy, Bai Mo wouldn't refuse Nagato's willingness to risk his life for him.

The problem is he's not enough!

Under Shinra Tensei, as long as Nagato doesn't use Super Shinra Tensei, it's perfectly sufficient.

The Earth Explosion Star represents a complete qualitative change.

Fortunately, the requirements for Bai Mo's ability awakening are not strict.

The higher the initial consumption, the higher the initial strength.

Since the initial energy consumption is lower now, the initial strength of the ability is also lower, and it will need to be gradually strengthened with natural energy later.

Just now, Bai Mo released his entire body to replenish natural energy while focusing all his energy on one point, and finally awakened his ability.

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After resting on the ground for a while, Bai Mo stood up and then floated up under Nagato's gaze.

"This is it, controlling gravity. The range is still a bit small. I call this ability—Crescent Moon."

Bai Mo named the abilities based on the Stand abilities in JoJo, but there are still differences in the specifics.

First, Bai Mo does not have a physical alter ego similar to "Lama".

Secondly, while their abilities are similar, there may be subtle differences, which require further research to discover.

Third, mortal Stand users can easily use terrifying Stands without much real consumption, at most just mental energy, but Bai Mo needs to consume energy to use any ability.

Fourth, the precision of any ability will increase as Bai Mo becomes more proficient, and its endurance will increase as Bai Mo's natural energy reserves increase; there is no fixed value.

"A new moon? That's quite fitting. Legend has it that the Sage of Six Paths created the moon using Chibaku Tensei."

Nagato listened to Bai Mo explain his abilities and smiled with satisfaction; his efforts had not been in vain.

For Nagato, the Rinnegan was not only a "gift" but also a burden.

The gravity, representing the power of the gods, now appeared on another comrade with his help, making Nagato feel much more relaxed.

"So how did the core of the planet Earth-Exploding Star just disappear?"

Xiao Nan was curious.

"The core was right in front of me. I touched the core, causing its gravity to reverse, and it disappeared."

Bai Mo picked up a stone, activated the Crescent Moon, and the stone shattered instantly, then mysteriously reformed itself.

The original interior of the stone has been completely turned inside out.

"Impressive, if this were applied to humans..."

Xiao Nan didn't hold back her praise.

"It's alright, but it doesn't work on Sister Xiaonan."

Bai Mo threw away the stone and smiled.

"I?"

Konan blinked, thought for a moment, and tapped her chin with her finger. "Even if I activate the Paper Dance, I'll still be torn to shreds if gravity flips me over, right?"

Xiao Nan's paperization is terrifying.

Similar to elementalization.

It belongs to the layer that is immune to most types of damage in the Ninja World.

What limits Konan is her own chakra reserves.

If your chakra isn't depleted, you're unlikely to get injured.

Not many people know this.

"All you need to do is turn the area being attacked into a Möbius strip."

"What ring?"

"...Come in."

Upon hearing Bai Mo's request, Xiao Nan's smooth cheeks were covered with paper scraps, and she entered the state of the Dance of Paper.

It's a pity that Konan has no connection with the Otsutsuki clan, otherwise Bai Mo would have liked to try this "angel" to see if he could awaken the "Gate of Heaven".

"that's all."

Bai Mo pulled several pieces of paper off Xiao Nan and arranged them into a Möbius strip in the air.

"Because it only has one side, gravity won't work no matter how you flip it."

Bai Mo also thoughtfully provided an explanation.

Xiao Nan's expression was somewhat blank as she slowly reached out and grabbed the paper ring.

Bai Mo actually told her about the weakness of his abilities so easily?

And it seems that only she can achieve this level of self-control.

While Xiao Nan was lost in thought, Bai Mo arrived in front of Changmen.

"Nagato, do you still harbor hatred towards Konoha?"

Bai Mo asked a question.

"Um?"

Nagato didn't expect Bai Mo to ask this.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Nagato replied, "Does the strategist want to say something for Konoha? My personal hatred has long been extinguished, but it's useless to extinguish my hatred. People can't understand each other; the only way is to make them feel pain..."

"stop."

Seeing that Changmen was about to launch into a long speech, Bai Mo quickly called for a halt.

"You've misunderstood. I'm not prepared to say anything in defense of Konoha."