Bakorio's main body which was covered by darkness suddenly opened his eyes and spoke calmly in his mind

'System'

Right after, all the various system functions appeared in front of him, but he was most interested in the two new functions, Bloodline Collector and Reputation.

'I already have a vague idea on how the Bloodline function works, let's see the reputation…' As this thought flashed through his mind, he mentally willed the system to enter this new function.

[Reputation: This is a way for the system to digitize the way the host is viewed by the various factions of this world, and according to it, he can unlock certain hidden features when in those territories.

The Reputation Ranks are as fellow: Mortal enemy / Enemy / Hostile / Neutral / Friendly / Respected / Honored / Worshiped]

'How do I check my reputation?' Asked Bakorio in his head and right away, a notification appeared in front of him

[Please use the Map function to check the reputation]

'Hmm, this is quite handy…' Thought Bakorio before activating the map function and made it show the whole world… there he noticed that there was a new window above each land, and it showed him his reputation with every single faction on that land.

Curiously, he tapped on the land of fire and a panel appeared in front of him

[Land of Fire: Overall Reputation: Honorable]

[Major factions]

[Konoha: Honorable]

[Daimyo: Respected]

[Uchiha clan : Honorable]

[Hyuga clan: Honorable]

[Senju clan: Honorable]

[Sarutobi clan: Respected]

..

'Hmm, it seems like I'm highly regarded here, let's see what kind of benefits I'm getting from it…' Bakorio curiously tapped on a + button causing a new window to open and show him his benefits

[+30% training speed in all arts when in Konoha. 50% Discount on all purchases. Can buy any land in this territory, Has political standing in this territory and your words greatly matters]

'Hmm, the increase to my training speed isn't that bad, thankfully my base is situated here, and the other benefits are also quite good…' Thought Bakorio with an intrigued look in his eyes before he focused on his reputation with the Senju clan…

'Well, I guess it's only right considering that Tsunade is the main representative of this clan… But Honorable huh, that girl knows how to hide her emotions' Bakorio couldn't help but shake his head as Tsunade's image flashed through his face and directly started yelling at him for his crazy training, but then he refocused on these new functions…

'Finally, I can grow stronger!' He thought before calmly dispelling the dark cocoon that was surrounding him and activated the Bloodline Collector function… He was going to integrate Hashirama's bloodline since he has all the requirements fulfilled!

[Initiating Bloodline integration…]

Bakorio suddenly felt his blood becoming hotter and thicker to the point that it felt like hot magma was coursing through his veins… However, he didn't even flinch thanks to his pain resistance that allowed him to deal even with tears to his soul!

[Current progress 1%... 5%...]

As this was happening, Bakorio closed his eyes and started sensing his life force, and made sure to memorize everything that was happening which caused his miracle doctor mastery to slowly increase…

'This is nothing short of a miracle' he thought with his heart beating loudly…

He watched as his life force started to slowly absorb this new bloodline before it integrated it into the same pathways as the other bloodlines… However, the changes didn't end there as he could feel every single cell of his body was filled with vitality and his chakra channels enlarged by more than 10 times and they were still getting bigger and bigger!

Such was the effect of Hashirama's bloodline, and to his surprise, his skin color didn't change at all, it was still the same creamy white color, unlike the pale white color that Orochimaru or others that integrates this bloodline end up gaining!

"I feel alive…" Muttered Bakorio silently as he received multiple notifications

[Congratulations Host on gaining the Senju Bloodline: Purity 95%]

[Your chakra capacity has increased by 30 times]

[You gained the ability Enhanced Regeneration]

[Your affinity toward water, earth, and Yang releases has increased by 95%]

[You Master chakra talent has advanced to Grandmaster Level]

[You gained Advanced Genjutsu Resistance]

"What an amazing gift… No wonder Hashirama was a monster, this bloodline is no joke, and it seems like a perfect counter for the Uchiha…" Muttered Bakorio silently as he clenched and unclenched his fists

'With this vitality, I can push my body beyond its limits without worrying about it crumbling…' However, just as countless plans were flashing through his head

His eyes suddenly started aching terribly as two faint energies that were slumbering in his body suddenly reacted and started clashing against each other… They were Indra's and Ashura's chakra, and one of them was using the Senju bloodline to fight while the other used his Uchiha bloodline… But before long, Asura's chakra defeated Indra and kept him at bay…

"What the hell just happened? Don't tell me… Was I about to awaken the Rinnegan but Asura's chakra stopped it? or was it just that the bloodlines aren't equal so the fusion failed?" Bakorio contemplated silently on what just happened before he calmly shrugged and tapped on his bloodline collector function…

'Good thing I got Madara's blood when I beat the crap out of him during our training sessions…' a weird smirk flashed through Bakorio's eyes before the room got enclosed into darkness once more as he started going through a magical transformation…

….

Meanwhile, as the main body was busy doing his own thing, one of his clones that was at the academy welcomed the return of Naruto and the others, but three people directly asked to talk to him privately… They were the demon brothers and Sasuke…

'It seems like Sasuke finally realized how determined Naruto is…' Thought Bakorio silently before he said to the trio "Follow me"

Once they entered his office, the trio spoke at the same time "Teacher, I want to talk privately"

"Eh… Uchiha brat, you better scram before I beat you up" Spoke Kazuki with a threatening look, and Sasuke wasn't in a good mood so his eyes instantly turned into his three tomoe Sharingan and yelled back "What did you say?"

Seeing the two kids butting heads, Sogetsu gave Bakorio an apologetic look before he separated them, although they did it reluctantly, so Bakorio calmly said "Stop arguing… Sasuke, I understand why you are here, wait for me at training ground number 7…"

"Yes, teacher" Sasuke replied respectfully before he shot Kazuki a cold look and left…

"Tsk, cheeky brat, I need to teach him a lesson" Spoke Kazuki with an angry look and Bakorio directly smacked him and said "Why is the pot calling the kettle black?"

"Agh… Just wait you too, I will defeat you one day!"

"Yea yea, anyways, why are the two of you here?" Bakorio asked directly, and Sogetsu hesitated slightly to Bakorio's surprise before he spoke "Suija wants to talk to you directly regarding a certain matter, he says it's very important"

"Eh? What could be so serious for that demon to want to talk to me…" Asked Bakorio with a slight smile, but Sogetsu's next words shocked him slightly "He said it's related to that kid Ranmaru and someone called the heart demon"

Right after Sogetsu said this, Bakorio put his hand on his head and entered the special seal where Suija was held captive…

"We meet again, Peaceful demon" spoke Bakorio calmly, and Suija replied with a similar calmness on his face "I wonder who's the real demon here"

"It's you. Anyways, Is this what you want to talk about?" Asked Bakorio coldly but Suija shook his head and said "No, I want to talk to you about someone... the Heart Demon"

"Go ahead, I'm all ears"

"The Heart Demon was a mysterious figure back in the demon realm, he was one of the first demons that developed his abilities thanks to the teachings of the great demon sage and gained the gift to sense, manipulate, and even create emotions!"

'Hmm?' Bakorio's eyes narrowed slightly as he asked "And what happened to this demon?"

To this, Suija surprisingly shook his head and said "I don't know, no one knows... he disappeared at around the same time the great demon sage disappeared, and no one heard of him since… however, I met him before, and I can clearly sense his presence in that little boy's bloodline"

"Well, this is quite unexpected…" Muttered Bakorio as his eyes started flashing with many possibilities, and he didn't like the prospect of some of them…

remove that barrier and make use of it instead… What if this is a way to understand how to integrate bloodlines?'

Just as Bakorio thought of this, a notification appeared in front of him that made him and all of his clones burst out in laughter at the same time in unison creeping out anyone that was near them be it humans or beasts! "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

Amado immediately retreated feeling creeped out by Bakorio's sudden outburst, but how could he not react this way, the system had just surprised him

[Congratulation host on gaining the function, Bloodline Collector]

[Bloodline Collector: Allows the user to integrate any bloodline he wishes, as long as certain conditions are met. The % of the bloodline acquired depends on the purity of the sample used]

"Have you gone crazy? We haven't even started the experiments yet" Spoke Amado coldly but Bakorio completely ignored him 'It seems like the system still has many functions that could be triggered similar to the map and appraisal function… let's see what are the requirements to integrate Hashirama's bloodline'

With the thought in mind, Bakorio directly triggered this new system function and a new panel appeared in front of him

[Bloodline Collector activated…]

[Please Chose a Bloodline from the samples you have in your inventory]

[Sample Chosen: Senju: Purity 95%]

[Integration Requirements: Level 100 Earth, Water, and Yang Chakra Transformations | Nature Chakra Absorption Skill | Respected or higher reputation with the Senju clan]

'Reputation?' Bakorio was bewildered since he has never seen such a thing but he received a new notification right after

[Congratulation host, You Appraisal ability has evolved into Advanced Appraisal and you can now see your reputation and the affiliation of people]

'This is…' Bakorio was truly shocked as he kept receiving one surprise after the other and he even started to like this doctor Amado for it… 'Is he my lucky star or what?'

Amado was weirded out by the look Bakorio was sending him and he couldn't help but think 'It seems like this experiment is definitely going to fail…'

However, Bakorio didn't care as he simply clicked on the news Reputation function that appeared in his system's panel, and his head got slightly heated by the amount of detail it contained…

'I'm quite notorious huh?' Was the only thought in his mind…