Chapter 172 - 172 (1/2)

The Sanbi's look was getting closer and closer to that of a Ragdoll Cat that Ryo had raised in his previous life, just many times larger than that.

Looking at the immense cat before him, emotions surged within Ryo's heart.

'What about the Juubi, or the Sanbi? What is this? A ghost from the past?'

Ryo took a deep breath, made himself calm down and then said to the Ragdoll cat: ”So, aren't you a turtle? How come your species changed?”

”I saw this creature in my master's memory. Master still liked it very much, so I changed.” The Ragdoll cat's voice had a hint of grief in it.

”My memory? How do you see my memory?”

The cat did not answer. Looking at its tangled expression, Ryo guessed that it didn't know either.

”You don't know either don't you? Let's change the question. Is your soul that of the Sanbi?”

”The Sanbi? That big turtle? Isn't that the food that master gave me?” The cat licked its lips. It must be that the Sanbi's soul was pretty delicious.

Ryo realized that it was the Mini Jubi's soul that actually swallowed that of the Sanbi. No wonder this new creature wasn't hostile towards him.

This was rather strange; a soul newly born into this world swallowing up that of the Sanbi. It seemed just as absurd as seeing a baby beating up a grown man.

Ryo didn't get much time to think about that. The Ragdoll cat's voice was ringing in his head: ”Master! Don't you like me? Now, you can change me into whatever you want, but I won't be able to change once my body and soul fully merge!”

Ryo thought the matter over and decided to change the beast's shape. After all, a Ragdoll Cat wasn't the most fitting creature to fight in the Naruto world.

”What do you want me to look like master?”

”Anything is okay??” Ryo asked with some curiosity.

”Yes, but you'll have to be fast master; my soul's about to fully merge with my body.” The cat urged.

Ryo thought of the image of the oriental dragon in his mind, and then passed it over to the mind of the puppet cat. Being originally Chinese, he was deeply attached to that image.

”No, I don't want to be a mollusk!” The cat refused directly.

The corner of Ryo's mouth twitched! That's a dragon! Not a freaking mollusk!

The cat was unwilling to become a dragon, so he could only keep thinking about other creatures from Chinese Mythology. However, they were all rejected by the cat, one after the other.

In the end, Ryo simply gave up, and let her decide what she wanted to be.

In the end, the image chosen by the cat surprised Ryo.

It had a lion's head, antlers, lavender eyes, a moose's body, blue water skin covered with dragon scales, and a purple gold dragon tail. She looked like a water Kirin.

”Master, does this look good?” The voice of what had just been a cat rang within Ryo's mind.

”A Water Kirin, could that ever be bad? Where did you see this image?” Ryo did not think of Kirin, let alone a water Kirin.

”I saw master's Ninjutsu, [Raiton: Kirin]. I think it looks good. As for the color of my body, it seems to come with the ability of the turtle. He can control water, and I ate him, so I can control water as well!” As it was speaking, a massive mass of water appeared around the Water Kirin.

Ryo looked at its appearance with attention, and then found that it didn't look exactly like the legendary Kirin he had in mind.