Chapter 240 - 240 (2/2)
It wasn't a swift process, but a few hours later, it was complete, and Korin's body began to change.
She started to grow in size, reaching, and eventually even surpassing the other Biju.
The Chakra in her body disappeared and was replaced by natural energy. Like the Juubi, she became an incarnation of Natural Energy itself.
It wasn't just that. Ryo, who was s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e to Natural Energy, could clearly perceive the surrounding Natural energy flooding into her body like a massive tide.
As Korin absorbed the incoming energy, something strange happened: she grew a third eye on her forehead!
It looked the same as the Rinnegan, but was red in color.
As Korin evolved, the surrounding environment also gradually changed. In the desert that hadn't seen rain for many years, dark thunderclouds gathered in the sky, and raging winds howled through the dunes.
The scene even reminded Ryo of the occurrences caused by the Juubi's transformation to its second form.
Meanwhile….
In the Rain Country, Black Zetsu was lurking near the Akatsuki. Suddenly, he felt an surge of Natural Energy, far far away. It felt like the Juubi was being resurrected!
However, being familiar with the Juubi, Zetsu Black knew that this wasn't it. The scale of what happening was way smaller than should happen upon its resurrection.
Black was eager to find out what was happening, but he was tied to monitoring Nagato.
With the latter having the Rinnegan, White Zetsu could only remain undetected in spore form. Therefore, Black Zetsu had to do the monitoring himself. (T/N: Black Zetsu could avoid being detected even by the Rinnegan, like when hiding from Madara until the last moments of his life.)
It wasn't only black that sensed Korin's transformation; the inhabitants of all three unexplored sage regions sensed it. This Natural Energy surge was far beyond anything that they had ever encountered; silence took over their lands as they all stared into the distance.
The matter lasted for hours, before Natural Energy stopped flowing into Korin's body. The sky cleared up, and wind finally calmed down.
Korin slowly opened her eyes, but she did not move, remaining still in place.
”Korin?” Ryo tried to call her, but a while passed and she did not respond.
”Ryo, this is too much, my power is growing too quickly! It's overwhelming my soul, and I cannot control it at all!”
Ryo heard Korin and he frowned. He did not expect this to happen, and could only ask: ”What should I do?”
After some silence, Korin answered: ”Take away all my power; get it back into your seal and let me get back to being a Ragdoll Cat. My soul is still growing and getting stronger; I should be able to control this power, but not now!”
Ryo nodded, and sealed all of Korin's power in his body. She gradually got smaller as that happen, eventually changing back to the form of a Ragdoll Cat.
After changing back, she finally was able to control her body like she predicted. (T/N: While reading that Korin did not answer Ryo, I was like, ”Please don't become mindless like the Juubi! Please!” XD)
As for Ryo, he also found that some unexpected changes occurred to him as well…