Merz

is a character from Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections.

Background
A former Amegakure shinobi who idolised the goals of Pain, and followed the Akatsuki. He was blinded during the Hidden Rain civil war. He would later gather a following of destitute ninja who wished to return to the age of warfare and founded the organisation Zero.

Personality
Merz seems fundamentally polite, but believes in obtaining godhood in the same vein as Pain, but without the same interest in the peace that would follow the inevitable conflict. He has no issues using others for his own ends, treating them as weapons.

Abilities
Merz is a powerful shinobi, considered worthwhile enough by Pain himself to consider an ally. While admittedly the inferior of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, Merz was still capable of fighting them both off, though they had been weakened by fighting each other during the prelude to the Fifth Shinobi World War.

Sharingan
Due to the machinations of Teguse, who used Scientific Ninja Tools, Merz was able to be implanted with artificial Sharingan. Unlike other implanted Sharingan users, Merz shows neither fatigue nor severe chakra drain from utlising the Sharingan. He did, however, keep the eyes sealed under a technique formulae (術式, jutsushiki), until it was time to use them, similarly to Ao. Unlike normal Sharingan, these artificial eyes are capable of copying other dōjutsu that could only be used by certain bloodlines. Notably both of his new eye sockets incorporated machinery. His left eye socket being almost completely cybernetically rebuilt. This had left his new eye bulging out and a poor fit.

Mangekyō Sharingan
Due to his artificial Sharingan, Merz also possesses an artificial Mangekyō Sharingan, an exact mirror of Nanashi Uchiha's. His Mangekyō Sharingan gives him access to Yachihoko, the Engraved Tsukuyomi, and the vast reserves of chakra from all those effected by it. Using it, Merz was able to recall the chakra of everyone under the blemish, even Naruto Uzumaki. Merz is not seen suffering from either blindness or the other debilitating effects commonly associated with the Mangekyō Sharingan, though he did require the chakra of the shinobi world at large to utilise it to its full potential. Due to having an artificial Mangekyō Sharingan in both eyes, Merz is capable of using Susanoo, a feat which surprises Sasuke Uchiha. Having trained to master the eyes, Merz's Susanoo is a Complete Body — Susanoo. It takes a gargantuan size, dwarfing even Sasuke's Susanoo. With this, Merz can use the Yasaka Magatama, and fend off a weakened Majestic Attire: Susanoo from Naruto and Sasuke.

Trivia

 * Merz is a nonsense German word created by dada artist Kurt Schwitters to describe his scrap assemblage works.