Realizing he had absolutely no leverage to challenge his opponent, Owl fell to his knees with a thud. "L-Lord, I surrender! Please... please spare me!"
"Uh..."
Shinji was momentarily stunned.
He had just been preparing to test the effects of 'Kamimusubi', and Owl, this ultimate 'target', actually knelt and begged for mercy. This almost threw him off.
Thus, he scolded, "Kneeling is not allowed! Stand up!"
"N-Not allowed to kneel?"
Owl tentatively stood up.
Whoosh...
Shinji pounced in front of Owl as fast as teleportation. Before Owl could react, he threw a punch.
Accompanied by a low, muffled sound, Owl's body flew out like a cannonball.
Rumble...
After smashing through several hills and dirt peaks in succession, Owl finally crashed to the ground amidst the collapsing sounds!
"Cough, cough, cough..."
First coughing violently for a while, Owl felt a sweetness in his throat, and with a spurt, he sprayed a mouthful of fresh blood.
Then, he subconsciously looked down at the spot on his chest hit by Shinji and found a shocking depression, as if his entire chest cavity had been blasted in. At the same time, the chakra in his body was rapidly drained by the frantically operating Shinjutsu 'Conversion'!
But even though his chakra was supplied to the frantically operating Shinjutsu, the depression in his chest showed no sign of improvement, only continuously emitting steaming mist.
"My Shinjutsu failed?!"
In this instant, Owl felt he was only one step away from death.
But the more it was like this, for some reason, the clearer his mind became unexpectedly. He quickly realized it wasn't that his Shinjutsu failed, but that Shinji's chakra was too strong and too condensed, making the conversion efficiency of his Shinjutsu 'Conversion' extremely low, leading to the current situation.
But knowing was one thing; he had absolutely no way to deal with it now. The disparity in strength between the two sides was simply too vast, not something a single Shinjutsu could bridge.
No, it wasn't completely hopeless.
At this time, Owl raised his right hand high and shouted hoarsely, "Don't kill me! I give up! Please don't kill me!"
Bang...
Responding to Owl was another strike from Shinji!
He finally had a chance to try 'Kamimusubi'; how could he stop so easily?
Besides, Owl could still shout and scream, meaning he was fine.
Stopping in mid-air, Shinji felt slightly. After activating 'Kamimusubi' and entering the transformation state, his speed, strength, reaction, and insight were comprehensively improved, and the degree of this improvement was about 50%.
Don't underestimate 50%. It should be known that Shinji, who had consumed two 'Chakra Fruits', already had extremely astonishing basic physical stats. Being able to comprehensively improve by another 50% on this basis, the effect was terrifying.
Of course, the huge increase in strength came with a massive consumption of chakra.
The consumption of 'Kamimusubi' was the most exaggerated among all of Shinji's current jutsu. Even 'Goshingu', which could freeze time, was inferior to it in terms of chakra consumption. So after being transformed for only a moment, Shinji vaguely felt the pressure.
"How about trying ninjutsu?"
Thinking of this, Shinji unleashed several types of ninjutsu on Owl below.
Under the amplification of 'Kamimusubi', the power of ninjutsu more than doubled. Because the main effect of 'Kamimusubi' is to improve the quality of chakra. The improvement of Shinji's basic abilities like speed, strength, and reaction was actually just a collateral effect brought about by the improvement of chakra quality.
And the intensity of ninjutsu is directly positively correlated with chakra intensity, so under the 'Kamimusubi' state, the improvement of ninjutsu is the greatest.
A moment later, Shinji landed on the ground.
Owl had now turned into a lump of smoking black charcoal. If not for the rise and fall of breathing, he was almost indistinguishable from a corpse.
Standing in front of Owl, Shinji examined him.
Owl's Shinjutsu 'Conversion' was still operating, but the efficiency was incredibly low. Even without further external intervention, it would probably take several days to recover from the injuries.
"Wu wu wu..."
Sensing Shinji, Owl, like black charcoal on the ground, whimpered, seemingly trying to say something, or perhaps just simply crying.
Shinji waved his hand casually, and several black rods flew out, piercing into Owl's body.
Instantly, the Shinjutsu that Owl was struggling to operate was completely blocked.
Relying on his tenacious vitality, Owl raised his head and stared at Shinji with pleading eyes, seeming to hope Shinji would spare his life.
Shinji directly deactivated 'Kamimusubi', then picked up Owl, opened a space portal, and left this alien dimension.
Returning to the Flying Fortress, Shinji took Owl directly to his laboratory.
Frankly speaking, Owl gave Shinji quite a surprise, especially Owl's Shinjutsu 'Conversion', which made Shinji's eyes light up.
Therefore, Shinji did not underestimate Owl's Shinjutsu just because he easily defeated Owl. On the contrary, he planned to study this Shinjutsu of Owl properly.
Placing Owl on the operating table, Shinji connected him to various instruments, then began to detect Owl's current state.
After completing the basic examination, Shinji extracted a portion of Owl's cell tissue.
After doing all this, Shinji summoned Hikari and Karin.
Looking at Owl, who looked like a charred corpse on the operating table, Uchiha Hikari leaned in curiously and asked, "Who is he?"
Shinji said, "That experimental subject who defected from the Research Institute."
"Owl!?"
Hikari and Karin were both stunned.
They had been paying attention to the Research Institute during this time, so they were not unfamiliar with Owl. They also noted Owl's defection, but the task Shinji gave them was to be vigilant against the Hegemon and ensure the safety of the Research Institute. Since Owl's defection did not directly threaten the Research Institute, the two did not take action immediately.
Now seeing Owl, who was high-spirited not long ago, turned into this state, both were surprised.
It should be known that Owl's Shinjutsu 'Conversion' could convert almost all chakra and states, making Owl invincible. Therefore, for a moment, they really couldn't imagine what Owl had gone through to end up like this while possessing the Shinjutsu 'Conversion'.
At this time, Shinji said, "Hikari, try marking him with 'Yachihoko'."
"Okay, I'll try!"
Hikari stepped forward and activated 'Yachihoko' on the dying Owl on the operating table.
Subsequently, Hikari grinned: "Success!"
Shinji asked, "Can you seize his Shinjutsu?"
Hikari shook her head: "I'm afraid not!"
The principle of 'Yachihoko' acquiring dojutsu or ninjutsu is to store the dojutsu or ninjutsu of the target marked by 'Yachihoko' in the brilliant stone (Kaguya-related dimension/medium) shared by her and the target.
But her brilliant stone had no way to store Shinjutsu, so 'Yachihoko' could not seize the Shinjutsu from Owl.