Nindō 0115: Improvements

The inside of Naruto's mindscape was comprised of multiple layers.

The first layer was the largest, a massive landmass with multiple different habitats and environments to cater to all of the tailed beasts and their preferences. It was the calmest and most tranquil as the beasts all spent blissful days playing with each other and enjoying the safety and security of being present under the protection of the strongest shinobi in the world. Naruto didn't have the same connection to them as he did with Kurama, so they didn't have a true spiritual connection with them, preventing them from seeing his memories or syncing with his vision like Kurama. Still, they were more than happy to continue things the way they were going.

The next layer was much smaller, a circular room with dark lighting that was barely as large as the master bedroom in Naruto's house. The floor was red, with an inscribed whirlpool that culminated into a dot at the center. Two humanoid entities floated above that dot. One had a huge mane of hair on its head as two large horns poked through it, while the other had its horns wrapped around its head in the form of a band. They were Momoshiki and Urashiki. The two Ōtsutsuki looked to be unconscious as the seal underneath them siphoned off their divinity.

"Hey, guys." Naruto appeared in front of the two. "How have you been doing?"

"Uzumaki …" Urashiki looked hatefully at Naruto while Momoshiki had a sense of desolation and lifelessness in his eyes. "Naruto."

"Hey, you finally learned my name instead of calling me Fox all the time," Naruto smiled. "How do you like my hospitality so far?"

"Just fucking kill me … What's the point of keeping me suppressed like this?"

"Now, why would I do that? You Ōtsutsuki are such amazing sources of divinity. I'm going to suck every single strand of divinity out of you before killing you," Naruto said. "Ironic, isn't it? You guys love eating chakra. It's probably a cultural shock to find a chakra-based lifeform that loves eating divinity instead."

"You can't do that!" Urashiki screamed crazily as his face showed the expression of a violent struggle. Still, under the effects of Naruto's Parasitic Dominion Mark, he couldn't even move a single muscle in his body. The only reason he could speak was because Naruto allowed it. "If you dare to blaspheme an Ōtsutsuki, you won't be able to handle the consequences! We will destroy your entire planet! We will take everything you love and care for!"

"For a branch member like yourself?" Naruto asked mockingly. "They didn't send anyone here for a thousand years despite Kaguya's supposed killing of a mainline member. She even devoured the entire chakra fruit instead of sharing it with the other Ōtsutsuki. After all that, they didn't give a damn. Momoshiki came here of his own will, bringing you and Kinshiki without any orders from their leaders. Do you think they're going to care about you? Maybe they might care about Momoshiki here, but this poor guy has already lost his defiance. He doesn't even have it in himself to threaten me anymore."

"Why are you here?" Urashiki looked at Naruto hatefully, unable to form a retort to the man's provocation.

"To see if I can make the divinity extraction more efficient," Naruto said as his eyes glowed golden, with his pupils turning into crosses. "I have this new technique that I want to try."

"What do you think you're do—"

"Time to shut up, now." Urashiki followed those words like gospel, instantly shutting his mouth.

Naruto raised his right arm and looked at it for a moment as it glowed gold with Kurama's chakra. He didn't outright take up his Six Paths Sage Mode completely and focused on a localized activation instead.

"I'll start with you since your output is barely a tenth of what Momoshiki gives me. Even if you end up dead because I was too rough, it won't affect me too much." He said before his arm shot forward, clasping his hand over Urashiki's face.

The Otsutsuki's previously blank eyes suddenly showed an expression full of terror and panic as a horrible feeling assailed his entire being. It was far worse than the pressure imposed by the Dominion Mark, directly assailing Urashiki with a sense of suppression that the alien had never felt in its entire lifetime. Urashiki's expression did nothing to dissuade Naruto from his actions, and he kept a tight grasp of Urashiki's head.

As the Ōtsutsuki was subjected to what seemed like the worst torture of its life, Momoshiki finally reacted. The noble Otsutsuki's bleak eyes opened with a feeling of desolation in them. Turning with some effort to see Urashiki's state, Momoshiki's face showed a frown.

"I call this ability the Touch of Uzumaki." Naruto decided to give his golden goose of divinity some insight. "Remember that mark that I infected you with to extract your divinity? This ability works on the same principle. Absolute domination over the soul of the recipient. Look closely. Since Urashiki didn't die from the pressure, you're going to be next."

"You are a dangerous creature, Uzumaki Naruto," Momoshiki said in a raspy voice. "Using such esoteric abilities that stem from neither chakra nor the bloodline—what you call divinity. I fear if you are given enough time to grow, the clan might be facing an enemy that can cause their extinction soon."

"You don't have the slightest idea, Momoshiki," Naruto said cryptically. "The more I explore and learn about these abilities, the more I realize how much I had underestimated my heritage. If my far-fetched predictions are correct, the Uzumaki clan might just have origins even greater than that of the Ōtsutsuki."

Momoshiki didn't say anything further as Naruto continued utilizing his ability on Urashiki. He had examined Ino's pleasure technique thoroughly after Kurama showed him its essence. That had allowed him to devise a modification to the sub-benefit of chakra extraction and made the technique focus on divinity instead. He could easily start extracting the divinity of any Ōtsutsuki just by touching them, with the only downside being the low quantity.

As for Momoshiki and Urashiki, they were sealed within Naruto, allowing him to put them under this technique permanently. That was the goal of this meeting. To stack the extraction of the Dominion Mark with the extraction of the Touch of Uzumaki so that he would be able to get more divinity from his two golden geese.

Minutes passed as Urashiki's expression of fear and panic became his permanent state of being. Naruto had put a permanent activation trigger to the Touch of Uzumaki inside his parasitic Dominion Mark, putting the Ōtsutsuki under as long as the ability was active. As for the results. They were satisfactory.

"Doubled output … not bad. At this rate, I should be able to empty Urashiki out before the end of next year. Eighteen months is a solid estimate," Naruto said after analyzing Urashiki's state. "You're lucky, Momoshiki. Urashiki's mental tenacity is pretty on-point. Even being put under such suppression long-term won't be enough to consider him brain-dead. If I deactivate the ability, it would only take him a few minutes to recover his consciousness."

Monoshiki's expression didn't change, but a slight quiver of his divine eyes told Naruto that he was far from looking forward to whatever Urashiki was experiencing at the moment. Naruto repeated his process, clasping his glowing hand over Momoshiki's face. The Ōtsutsuki's expression immediately looked almost identical to Urashiki's.

Naruto spent the next few minutes embedding the activation trigger for the Touch of Uzumaki into Momoshiki's Parasite Dominion Mark, putting Momoshiki under its effects in perpetuity — or at least as long as he wanted to. By the time Momoshiki's excruciating torture was finished, Naruto had gotten tremendous results.

"Hmm, around a fifty percent increment … Not as much of an improvement as Urashiki's if we look at it percentage-wise. Still, Momoshiki's base output is considerably greater, making that fifty percent increase a much greater benefit. The current difference between them should be around fourteen to one … That means, with Momoshiki's capacity and the current rate of extraction, I should clean him out within five years or so. Not too bad. Let's hope Isshiki is at least somewhat comparable to him." After running some more numbers in his head, Naruto prepared to leave the two Ōtsutsuki to their devices. "Farewell, guys. Let's hope I don't find another ability that makes this torture even worse for you guys. For your sakes."

With a sadistic laugh, Naruto disappeared from his mindscape.

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