Chapter 53: Snake Sage
" Lord, please rest assured, we will be at your service. "
White snake sage bowed her head to Mizuki, currently the place was looking the same as it did when Mizuki first came in. Inorganic reincarnation was a useful technique.
" Are you sure? I don't want to be a bother. "
Mizuki smiled at the man eating bunch, so many human skeletons he could sense via his sage mode here it wasn't even funny.
Snake sage slightly twitched at his response, then reiterated strongly.
" Certainly, I will be your personal summoned beast, you can count on me anytime you want. "
Mizuki knew the snake sage could be trusted, not because she was a good snake, but because no matter how many she killed in cold blood, she herself didn't want to die, a hypocrite, she wanted to turn into a dragon, it was her obsession.
" That's a good snake.. come here. "
The snake sage had no problem lowering her head as Mizuki patted her scales. Truthfully, she was happy to do so.
* Tap tap tap *
She was a reptile, human emotions and empathy weren't much of a concern for her cold blooded species, everything she does is purely for survival, and Mizuki is her chosen support, just like the toads had chosen Ashura as their support.
" I am more than happy to serve you my lord, through you us snakes will rise once more. "
Mizuki didn't say anything, this was simply a case of humans taming wolves, and wolves relying on humans for survival.
Mizuki is doing the same with snakes.
But this time around instead of weakening of wolves to dogs, the snakes will be strengthened to dragons.
" You have dragon heritage in you, that much is obvious, you and manda are prime examples. Do not fret, you are under my command, I can turn you into a dragon, given everything works out well. "
Mizuki didn't need to go through multiple complicated plans for the snake sage, they were animals used to living by killing or getting killed, Mizuki had used what worked on them best, the law of jungle.
" Thank you my lord, I shall be eternally grateful to you and your line. "
Mizuki nodded, this wasn't just random nonsense she uttered, she had made this into an agreement within the scroll using her scales.
The snake sage continued.
" We have made our choice my lord, within you I sense potential, even higher than anyone I have seen before, only one might come close to rivaling your future power.. and she is long gone. "
Mizuki raised his eyebrows as he asked her to continue talking.
The snake sage coiled comfortably around a pillar as she spoke.
" .. she was known as the mother of all chakra.. she called herself Kaguya Otsutsuki.. We like to think we were born due to the tree she planted - "
The snake sage continued and Mizuki listened, having gotten a seat on top of her head.
And just like that, time passed, the white Snake sage told him everything she knew or speculated, it was almost the same as Mizuki had put together himself.
After a whole day of talking back and forth, and Mizuki learning the snake specific jutsu, sage art Inorganic reincarnation, he took his leave.
He still has to pretend to travel to Kiri, he could have just teleported in and out of their kage's office but that would mean a straight war declaration, nobody wants a ninja just coming behind you doing peekaboo, at least Minato had seals to check himself by, Mizuki's didn't even have those!
He was omnipresent for all anyone cared.
" Alright let's see, I took around one day with you guys, so I should be around this location if I traveled at a relatively normal pace. Alright snake sage, keep Manda in line, usually I will call upon him, your strength isn't needed in most cases. "
The snake sage bowed her head once again, as Mizuki vanished she let out a hiss of sigh.
" He's gone.. how strong he was.. I couldn't even touch him, passed straight through him, and his strength, it's like he's the upgraded version of that slug summoner, lastly his sage energy, it was so pure, just like us.. like her! "
The snake sage wasn't living her entire life aimlessly, she has dealt with worship, deceit, and hunting for many many years.
And she could tell, the one named Mizuki Senju was more than likely a reincarnation of someone, she was almost certain she knew who he was the reincarnation of..
* Hisss *
Sage let out a mocking hiss, she already understood!
Senju Mizuki was a rebirth, and he was the rebirth of that wild woman!
" Kaguya Otsutsuki! So you died in that seal after all! After all these years your endless lifespan was finally exhausted, but you can't hide form me! "
Snake sage let out a loud hiss, chakra signatures can change, but it's properties do not change, no one else has such chakra, there's no mistaking it!
" That pure chakra, that amazing natural energy! And most of all the never-ending potential! All of that gave you away! Hissssss!! "
The snake sage was happy!
" That damn toad had managed to make first contact with that foolish child of her's, Hagoromo, and secured a place for himself. That damn slug and toad then managed to snag the childern of that sage, that idiot Ashura! We were left to fight for ourselves, but no more! "
Her last option, Indra, was a use and throw scenario, he had zero empathy for summons, she thought they might have to go for his reincarnation this time around, to stay in the game, but no!
Letting out a bone chilling hiss she flipped her tail out of excitement.
" I have got the progenitor of all those in my grasp now! Kaguya Otsutsuki, now Mizuki Senju is in my grasp, he is the strongest of them all! "
* Hissss *
Every snake in Ryuchi cave was hissing at their fullest extent, their queen was excited, so it was a cause for celebration.
Snake sage has seen enough Ashura reincarnation to know how a new body changes chakra signatures, Hashirama had a different signature than the previous Ashura, the new one will also have a different one, the only thing that will remain is that sickly warm feeling it gives.
For all her long life, white snake sage has never felt chakra vitality like Kaguya from anyone, before Mizuki that is!
There was no need to think any further, she knew she was right on the mark!
Snakes will celebrate today! Everyone rejoice!
* Hisssss! *
Meanwhile Mizuki had teleported to a jungle location. Near a town.
" I'll have something to eat, it's been a day I didn't eat anything. "
Mizuki simply walked into the nearest pub, it wasn't like he would find a proper restaurant in this place.
* Ting *
Opening the door with a light sound, Mizuki made his way through, as he made his way to get himself something to eat.
Mizuki took his time looking at the order, meanwhile a gambling table behind him was in shambles.
" Lady, why don't you bet anymore? "
Asked the clear winner of the match, but the woman opposite to him wasn't jumping to bet more as usual.
She looked very different from before, almost as if she saw a ghost!
" D-Dan??! DAN! "
Startled at lady Tsunade's yell, Shizune looked towards her line of sight, and almost shocked her soul out.
' Flowing white hair.. That back.. This feeling of.. closeness..? '
Shizune too unconsciously whispered.
" Is that you.. uncle Dan?! "
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