Chapter 162: The Sage

After the spider's words, Shikamaru nodded and immediately sat down opposite, he did not mind and only closed his eyes. The debris of the torch on the side has already begun to burn out completely. At the same time, Shikamaru finally activated Ranmaru's Dojutsu and checked the state of his body, followed by trying to inspect the entire shelter of these creatures to find out their number.

The torch lights were slowly extinguished, and Shikamaru continued to comprehend natural energy, rushing towards the sage regime.

The spider colony continued its usual business. Slowly moving among the cobwebs, they made their way deeper and deeper into the ground. At this time, the black spider Hatu climbed to the surface in front of his king and scowled at the back of the man who had slain him:

- My king, he is still ...

“No, he was able to survive my bite in a matter of seconds,” came a calm answer, from the quieted creature.

Khatu stared at the man's back in shock.

- But how?

- He is unique. Years have passed since a person came to us personally. More has passed since someone experienced my poison. Maybe I'm too old ... - the spider opened two pairs of eyes and squinted: - Be there when he finishes you sign the contract and you show him the way up. People were often afraid of us, but we also always hid in the shadows. It will not be superfluous to find allies among the people. Especially for you Hatu, you always want to fight, am I not right?

The spider continued to observe the man, then nodded.

- He defeated me faster than I realized. Even among the relatives, there are not those who are capable of this. But why did you summon me, and not Severia or her ... - the spider shuddered noticeably and said in a softer tone: - Her sister ...

The king seemed to grin and replied:

“Severia is on the surface, observing the actions of our enemies in the Demon Mountains. As for Isa ... Well, she's somewhere deep. If I put her against the boy, I'm afraid it would be problematic to stop them, she hates people too much.

- For me, she hates everyone ... - hissed Hatsu, as quietly as possible.

The king closed his eyes and said in an undertone:

- You are all my children, the world is changing and we also need to get used to it. Many years ago, I felt a change in the nature of the earth. It speaks volumes ... Danger awaits us all, each of the living. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to find connections with strong people, because they rule the surface.

- My king ... I understand.

So, father and son discussed a lot. Shikamaru didn't really go into the details of their conversation. To begin with, he realized that his life force was in order, and his whole body was intact. The power of Ranmaru's eyes also allowed him to realize that the spider's hideout is much larger than he originally thought. The inhabitant here was not just a lot, it turned out to be an awful lot of them! Thousands of spider specimens and many with immense vitality. Only the eyes were still limited by the radius, so Shikamaru was unable to look deeper into the places of the huge accumulation of these creatures.

Next, Shikamaru finally began to practice Sage Mode. The spider house was interesting, but he couldn't see much in the dark, so it was worth taking advantage of the situation. Since the king of spiders decided to share power with him, he simply accepted it. The guy did not have a sense of honor, and the desire to pay off the debt, even in a past life. He was never a noble person. Although, nevertheless, I decided to live a little differently, therefore, having given that promise, I was still ready to fulfill it. Of course, if it does not harm his plans or something else important.

So, for the next hour, Shikamaru tried to realize natural energy.

In fact, he understood how to do everything even earlier, just all this time he was checking how his cells interact with natural energy, each time amazed at the results. It turned out that for him, natural energy is a fairly controlled environment, it is only important not to let it grow too much. In addition, compatibility with the element of wood made it possible to interact with nature on a completely different level. It was then that Shikamaru realized that perhaps Hashirama did not learn the Sage's mode from some creatures, perhaps this is his natural trait, which he learned due to his compatibility with the element of wood. It is possible that he achieved the sage's regimen only by means of meditation. This discovery was impressive. But, nevertheless, it definitely took a lot of time. Shikamaru was sure, if it were not for the spider venom, he would not even have realized how to accumulate this power and for an independent process he would have needed more time, thanks to the spider he mastered a completely different method, but deviating from it, it would be quite possible in the future repeat Hashirama's way. Try to use your own cells and attract natural energy in a different way. But, he used the spider method, which is more understandable to master. Now Shikamaru had already achieved a sufficient accumulation and tried to understand this moment by memorizing it. But, he did not intend to wait any longer, so he took this last step. At the same moment, his appearance quickly changed, and the chakra was transformed!

The guy slowly opened his red eyelids and exhaled longly:

"How wonderful ..." Shikamaru looked around and clearly saw everything in absolute darkness. The view was striking, although it was clearly different from the human, it was more like the vision of the Byakugan, only slightly brighter. Shikamaru concentrated and was able to suppress that night vision, regaining his previous vision. This new skill was impressive, and the Spider Sage mode was quite interesting.

If there were light here, everyone could see Shikamaru's body. It basically hasn't changed, it has remained the same human. Rather, the marks typical of the sage's regime covered his eyes and other parts of his body. Red pigmentation touched the area around the eye and spread to the cheeks, and then the neck, quickly crossing the shoulders and arms, sharp bright stripes drew the back, even reaching the legs. These marks were somewhat similar to those that appeared in the possessors of the power of a hundred at the moment of activation, only of a different color. The same pointed and intersecting everywhere. Only the stripes did not touch the palms, the sharp ends of the marks reached the forearms and lower legs and did not grow further. Shikamaru's forehead did not have a diamond mark, but rather acquired two sharp stripes touching the temples. They looked like a kind of horns, but the forehead was absolutely clean. His sage regime was definitely different from any other.

The spider king examined the guy from head to toe and nodded:

- Not bad, in the whole history I have seen this only twice and even they have not achieved such a perfect transformation. I was not mistaken in you! Therefore, I have a story to tell about your new abilities. However, I think you already know enough times to come here?

Shikamaru nodded in the affirmative, which did not surprise the spider in the least. Therefore, he hissed:

- Then I will tell you about what only unique users who have learned the power of the sage in the hole of Aranea can do!