One great guarantee meant five percent Otsutsuki bloodline.
That point was fixed. Aside from the system's great guarantee draws, Rasa had no other method to increase the concentration of his Otsutsuki bloodline.
So far, he had only obtained nine great guarantees.
Where had this extra one percent come from?
"There has never been a change like this before. Recently, the only change in me has been obtaining the Blood Collection Teigu. Could it be because of that?"
The more Rasa thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
"By absorbing blood, it can recover injuries, restore stamina, restore chakra, and increase strength."
"Could this be the effect of increasing strength?"
"I used Blood Collection to collect the blood of that female death-row prisoner, so I gained an increase in Otsutsuki bloodline. Does that mean the prisoner possessed a certain degree of Otsutsuki bloodline?"
Rasa's eyes lit up.
"Does that mean if I use Blood Collection to collect the blood of other shinobi, I can obtain similar effects?"
"If it works, then my Otsutsuki bloodline will reach one hundred percent much faster."
"I won't need to create a full twenty rumors!"
Rasa was impatient to verify it.
The first person Rasa found was Kaori.
That female death-row prisoner had no surname and was merely a wandering ninja. Even if she possessed Otsutsuki bloodline, the purity definitely would not be high. Otherwise, her strength would not have been so weak.
But Kaori was of pure Uzumaki bloodline.
Her blood possessed the effect of a medical pack.
Someone like her would certainly have a higher concentration of Otsutsuki bloodline.
"Kazekage-sama."
"Would it be convenient to give me some of your blood?"
Rasa directly stated his purpose and took out a wine cup.
He had casually picked it up when leaving the Kazekage's office.
Kaori froze for a moment.
But after recovering, she did not hesitate and directly took out the kunai she carried.
Still, Kaori confirmed once.
"Kazekage-sama, just put it here?"
Rasa nodded.
"That's right. I need to perform a test."
Kaori held the kunai and cut a small wound on her arm.
Blood dripped down, falling into the wine cup.
Before long, there was half a small cup.
The Uzumaki clan's powerful recovery ability caused Kaori's wound to stop bleeding already. It had not fully healed yet, but it likely would not take much longer.
This was the power of physique.
"Kazekage-sama, do you need more?"
"No need."
Rasa took the half cup of blood and moved his thoughts.
"Quicksand Displacement!"
The next moment, Rasa's figure disappeared.
When he appeared again, he had already returned to the Kazekage's office.
"Collect!"
As Rasa used Blood Collection to absorb Kaori's blood, he looked at the system panel.
A faint warmth entered his body.
Rasa could feel that power quickly merging into his own blood. His blood began to boil.
His heartbeat accelerated.
His blood flow quickened.
The number on the system panel jumped.
From forty-six percent, it became forty-seven percent. Then forty-eight percent. Then forty-nine percent.
But it did not continue moving. It remained at that number.
Even though there was still some blood left in the cup.
"It reached the limit!"
"With Kaori's blood, increasing Otsutsuki bloodline by three percent is already the limit."
But this was enough to satisfy Rasa.
One great guarantee only increased bloodline concentration by five percent.
One cup of Uzumaki blood could increase it by three percent.
"And Sunagakure does not only have one wielder of Otsutsuki bloodline from the Uzumaki clan."
"There is also the Hyuga clan, and the Uchiha clan!"
Rasa summoned Neji.
Then he went to find Uchiha Kagetsu.
Before long, two cups of blood appeared before Rasa.
"Collect!"
Just as Rasa had expected.
The blood of the Hyuga clan and the blood of the Uchiha clan each provided Rasa with three percent progress.
This allowed Rasa's Otsutsuki bloodline to increase by ten percent in a single day.
It had already gone from forty-five percent to fifty-five percent.
Rasa felt it again.
A special power rushed straight toward his eyes.
Rasa came before the mirror and saw his eyes automatically shift into the Sharingan state.
One Mangekyo.
One three-tomoe.
The next moment, the three-tomoe eye abruptly changed.
The pattern within it transformed at extreme speed, becoming a design symmetrical to the one in his other eye.
A stream of information poured into Rasa's mind.
"Toyokumono!"
"Absolute control over sand and earth. The controlled sand and earth possess a special ability to absorb chakra."
Rasa's eyes flickered.
"Absolute control over sand and earth… the techniques I previously mastered could only control sand. But after obtaining this Mangekyo ability, it is no longer limited to sand. It includes soil as well."
"This means my strength can be displayed to the extreme not only in desert environments."
"In ordinary land environments, it will be the same."
"But more importantly, the controlled sand and earth possess the ability to absorb chakra."
"I don't need to get close to absorb the enemy's chakra."
"Once an opponent falls into the encirclement of my sand, they can only be slowly tortured to death by me!"
"Also, with two Mangekyo Sharingan, I can use that technique."
"Susanoo!"
A giant warrior formed from chakra, possessing extremely powerful offense and extremely powerful defense.
"Not bad. Not bad at all!"
With a thought from Rasa, the patterns in his eyes disappeared.
He put on his specially made glasses.
Rasa looked at the document Jiraiya had provided and said with some regret, "What a pity. My deal with Jiraiya happened before I learned of Blood Collection's effect."
"Otherwise, I might have been able to use this opportunity to ask for some of Tsunade's blood."
"However, if I ask directly, Tsunade and Jiraiya will probably become wary. I will need to find an excuse."
Rasa calculated silently.
"The Uzumaki clan, Uchiha clan, and Hyuga clan bloodlines have already been collected."
"The remaining well-known shinobi clans that possess Otsutsuki bloodline are the Senju clan, the Kaguya clan, and the people like Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon."
"For the Senju clan, I can start with Tsunade."
"For the Kaguya clan, Kimimaro would be an excellent choice."
"As for the Otsutsuki on the moon, either I go to the moon myself, or… I remember that the lunar Otsutsuki came to the shinobi world when Hinata was young."
"We can set up an ambush for him."
"If I complete the collection, my Otsutsuki bloodline can rise to sixty-four percent."
"That directly saves me the time of creating several rumors."
"And perhaps there are other shinobi clans that can also provide me with some help, just like that female death-row prisoner."
Expectation appeared in Rasa's eyes.
On the other side, Jiraiya and Tsunade had already begun operating around the matter of Nawaki's death.