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Chapter 101 Kagura's Mind's Eye, Successor of the Demigods, Trendsetters of the Next Era
Chapter 101 Kagura's Mind's Eye, Successor of the Demigods, Trendsetters of the Next Era
"Night, you're back!"
As Gojo Yoru stepped out of the Hokage Building, he was met by a beautiful figure rushing towards him.
Hugging Kushina Uzumaki, who jumped onto him without caring about the stares of those around them, Gojo Yoru looked somewhat surprised: "Kushina, how did you know I was back?"
"Heh heh—guess."
With her arms wrapped around the necks of the five night spirits and her legs pressed against their waists, Kushina Uzumaki wore a mysterious smile on her face, looking incredibly smug.
Gojo Yoru knew very well that Uzumaki Kushina was not the kind of person who could keep a secret.
As soon as he returned, he went straight to Hiruzen Sarutobi to exchange for the Spirit Transformation Technique, and he did not see Kushina Uzumaki along the way.
However, it cannot be ruled out that he was accidentally seen by Kushina Uzumaki while walking on the street.
However, this situation wouldn't warrant a smug expression from the girl.
Excluding that possibility, Kushina Uzumaki was able to detect his return immediately only by sensing his chakra.
Perception —
Gojou Yoru's eyes lit up immediately. He wrapped his arms around Kushina Uzumaki's slender waist and asked, "You've awakened Kagura's Mind's Eye?"
"You guessed right, isn't that amazing?"
Kushina Uzumaki held her head high, a smug look on her face: "Our Uzumaki clan possesses three unique abilities. Awakening any one of them makes one a genius, and me—hmph!"
At this moment, Kushina Uzumaki resembled a child who had just gotten a good grade and suddenly became incredibly proud.
She certainly has reason to be proud.
Gojo Yoru praised without reservation, "Amazing, as expected of you."
"whee----"
Having finally received the reward she wanted, Kushina Uzumaki immediately broke into a happy smile.
It's a pity that her round face has lost its childishness and gradually turned into a delicate oval face; otherwise, that slightly silly smile would definitely be very cute.
Seeing the two of them with such a good relationship, everyone around them smiled kindly.
Gojo Yoru didn't like being stared at, so he carried Uzumaki Kushina and teleported back home.
"Night, you ungrateful bastard—"
As soon as she got home, Kushina Uzumaki changed completely.
As she got off Gojo Yoru, she reached out to pinch Gojo Yoru's waist.
With his lightning-fast reflexes, Gojo Yoru easily subdued Kushina Uzumaki as if she were a fly, slapping her on the head and saying irritably, "What bad habit did you get? Are you trying to murder me?"
Kushina Uzumaki covered her head with both hands, puffing out her cheeks in anger, and said, "You bit me so many times a while ago, and I didn't even say it hurt. Now I can't even pinch you, and you hit me?"
"You can bite back, but you can't pinch."
Gojo Yoru pinched Kushina Uzumaki's small face with both hands, gently tugged at it, and laughed, "Only I can pinch you, you can't pinch me."
This direct hit instantly made the girl's face flush red.
To hide her shyness, Kushina Uzumaki grinned mischievously and said, "Okay, then let me bite you back."
"no problem."
Gojo immediately made a gesture of unbuckling his belt.
Kushina Uzumaki stammered, "You—what are you going to do?"
"So you can bite my butt," Gojo Yoru said matter-of-factly. "You're always baring your teeth, there's no better place for you to bite."
"—Go to hell."
Kushina Uzumaki was so angry that her hair seemed to defy gravity and rose up, then she threw a punch at Yoru Gojo.
Having anticipated this, Gojo Yoru easily dodged Kushina Uzumaki's punch, and then the two of them started playfully fighting at home as usual.
It's not hard to tell from their conversation that Gojou Yoru frequently came back to bite Uzumaki Kushina to recover her chakra some time ago.
After more than a month of arduous training, she developed the Chidori series, all of which were A-rank. Her form changes improved rapidly, and she was able to develop derivative techniques from the "Space-Time Bomb." Apart from the talent enhancement brought about by the second evolution, Kushina Uzumaki deserves the most credit.
Every time Gojo Yoru runs out of regular chakra, he uses the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Konoha, where he recovers his chakra with the help of Kushina Uzumaki's physical healing abilities, and then continues his training.
Otherwise, even with Gojou Yoru's chakra reserves and exceptional talent, he couldn't have raised his Lightning Release nature and form transformations to this level in just over a month, and even successfully developed a new space-time technique.
From the bedroom to the living room, and from the living room to the kitchen, Gojo Yoru's face was full of an annoying smile. Using his lightning-fast reflexes, he teased Uzumaki Kushina like he was walking a dog, but a slight chill ran down his spine.
With each punch that missed, Kushina's anger accumulated, causing her hair to swirl like a Super Saiyan's. Her dark blue eyes had somehow turned into red vertical pupils.
Those eyes, combined with the bared teeth and long red hair, make it look like a fox in human form.
Although it was the first time he had seen such eyes, Gojo Yoru felt completely at ease.
This was a sign that the Nine-Tails' chakra was beginning to leak.
In the original story, Naruto Uzumaki, who possessed a powerful seal within his body, underwent several stages of tailed beast transformation. First, his eyes turned into red vertical pupils, and the Nine-Tails' chakra leaked out uncontrollably. Then, he borrowed the Nine-Tails' chakra. Next, he entered a half-tailed beast transformation due to emotional influence. Finally, he suppressed the Nine-Tails and stole its chakra in the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and then he gained the Nine-Tails' approval in the Kurama Mode.
Kushina Uzumaki's body did not contain the Bagua seal composed of two Four Symbols Seals, and the Nine-Tails was also a complete Nine-Tails.
She certainly won't go through each stage one by one like Naruto Uzumaki.
Previously protected by Mito Uzumaki's chakra, Kushina Uzumaki was a member of the Uzumaki clan with outstanding talent. She simply possessed the regenerative abilities of a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and was influenced by the Nine-Tails, resulting in an astonishing amount of chakra within her.
Now that Kushina Uzumaki's eyes have become the eyes of the Nine-Tails, it means that the chakra seal left by Mito Uzumaki has begun to weaken.
Once the Nine-Tails breaks through this seal, Kushina Uzumaki has no means to suppress it and will enter a semi-tailed beast form at any time, in the form of having several tails and being able to use the Hollow Dog Cannon.
Without the Sharingan and sealing techniques to suppress her, Kushina Uzumaki alone could destroy Konoha.
It seems that during this holiday, in addition to studying the art of spiritification, I will also need to find time to practice sealing techniques.
Gojo thought to himself.
Time flows like sand in an hourglass, each grain a scene from the past: the life of ordinary people, the extravagance of nobles, the battles of ninjas, a major event, or the experience of a particular person.
Before we knew it, Konoha's 36-year history had come to an end, and a new chapter was about to begin.
During this time, the Sand Village front, located between the Land of Rain and the Land of Rivers, and the Stone Village front, located between the Land of Rain and the Land of Grass, have not withdrawn and are still fighting fiercely with the White Fang front and the Pot King front of Konoha.
However, the current situation is much better than before.
The departure of Amegakure and the protection of the demigods of the ninja world allowed the residents who had fled the Land of Rain to return to the country.
Even small neighboring countries dare to enter the Land of Rain for trade, or pass through the Land of Rain to do business in the Land of Fire and other countries.
This is the importance of the Land of Rain.
As a border region between three major powers, this area would inevitably become the main battlefield should war break out. The surrounding smaller countries would then be limited to trading within a specific region, or they would have to travel through the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers, or through the Land of Grass/Waterfalls and the Land of Earth.
They either travel by sea, bypassing half of the ninja continent, and go through great lengths to reach another region.
The time and money required for this journey would be astronomical, and there would be risks of encountering bandits and rogue ninjas. It would be necessary to hire ninjas for both the journey and the trip, and the ninja village would raise prices based on the distance and time.
The four-nation conflict of the past two years has not only affected their economies, but also the economy of the entire Ninja Continent.
Only now has the situation begun to improve.
The southern region of the Land of Rain.
A small river flows gently.
At this moment, a short figure stood on the river, his hands moving rapidly, forming different hand seals.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
As the shout rang out, countless tons of water formed a giant water dragon, soaring up from the river surface. It flew an unknown distance before falling back into the stream, creating a huge water column.
Upon seeing this, the short figure did not immediately show a satisfied smile, but instead turned to look at the shore.
Seeing the applause from the people on the shore, a happy smile finally appeared on his face. He jogged back and asked, "Lord Konan, how was my performance just now?"
"Very impressive, extremely impressive."
Konan gave Nagato a thumbs up and sincerely praised him: "You've only been a ninja for less than three months, yet your chakra reserves far surpass mine. You've mastered Water Release: Nature Transformation from scratch, and in less than a week, you've learned the B-rank Water Dragon Bullet and simplified the forty-four hand seals into seven."
"Nagato, you are absolutely a super genius."
Upon receiving Konan's praise, Nagato smiled shyly and said, "Lord Konan, you flatter me. My ninjutsu talent is nothing compared to yours, who is already developing secret techniques."
Konan's smile froze slightly, and then, taking advantage of her height, she lightly punched Nagato's head with her fist.
Looking at Nagato, who was covering his head with his hands and looking completely bewildered, Konan lectured him, "That's not how you praise someone. You don't know how long it took me to develop this secret technique, or how long it's been since I've made any progress. Saying things like that can easily offend people, understand?"
"I'm sorry—I'm sorry." Nagato quickly apologized.
"Hmph—I forgive you."
Looking at Nagato, who was as delicate as a girl, Konan finally understood what it felt like to be an older sister.
Raising a younger brother is just like raising a pet, it's so much fun.
But this younger brother seems ridiculously strong.
Although Gojo Yoru had already warned Konan, seeing Nagato surpass her nearly two years of effort in less than three months still left Konan feeling dazed and filled with pressure.
She must develop Paper Release as soon as possible, then obtain the Exploding Flame Array from Amegakure, and use Paper Release and the Exploding Flame Array to cover up the Mutual Exploding Talisman Technique, and then combine it with the sealing techniques taught by Lord Night.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have the same authority as "Konamisa" and her sister in front of Nagato.
"Let's go, let's continue looting corpses and find a way to become stronger."
Konan slapped Nagato on the head again, then, mimicking Gojo Yoru, she walked away with her hands in her pockets.
Nagato quickly followed, his eyes filled with admiration as he gazed at Konan's retreating figure.
Nagato before he turned evil is basically the male version of Konan.
To be precise, he, Konan, Haku, and Kaguya Kimimaro are all the same type of person.
Despite the fact that his parents died at the hands of Konoha ninjas, he harbored no hatred for Konoha and had no desire for revenge; instead, he fell into a state of confusion.
After being saved by Konan and becoming a ninja, he became completely dependent on Konan. His motivation to become stronger was to repay Konan and help her achieve that important thing.
Konan, Haku, Kaguya Kimimaro, and even Kushina Uzumaki are all examples of this.
This seems to be a common problem among war orphans.
In contrast, Yahiko, who was also an orphan of war, did not initially believe in achieving peace in the ninja world through non-violent means, but rather in becoming a god of this world.
His death also led to the corruption of Nagato, who was his vassal, and then transformed his corpse into Pain, realizing his original ideals.
Speaking of Yahiko, the scene shifts to the tower in Amegakure.
With the secret help of the White Zetsu clone, Hanzo of the Salamander, whose injuries had been healed, looked down at the orange-haired boy kneeling on one knee, shirtless, his eyes full of admiration: "To live in the face of death, I never expected that you, who were not even a ninja, would have such a strong will to overcome that ordeal that killed countless people. Perhaps—this is fate."
After speaking, Hanzo of the Salamander suddenly became serious and asked, "Yahiko, would you be willing to become my disciple?"
"I do!"
Yahiko raised his head with a look of delight and responded loudly.
If you look closely, you'll notice a stitched scar on Yahiko's lower left waist, suggesting he's had some kind of surgery.
And that is indeed the case.
Hanzo the Salamander was unaware that someone was secretly helping him.
He thought he was able to survive because Yahiko's timely message allowed Sagawa to find him and bring him back to Amegakure for treatment.
"There are so many caves in the rocky mountain area. By sheer coincidence, I chose the place where Yahiko lives. He is a war orphan from Amegakure and also my savior."
Such a connection and such kindness led Hanzo the Salamander to decide to repay this junior.
When he asked Yahiko what he wanted, the latter's answer was the same as in the original story when he asked Jiraiya to take him as a disciple: he hoped that Hanzo of the Salamander would accept him as a disciple.
Hanzo the Salamander hesitated.
It wasn't that he was unwilling to take on apprentices; on the contrary, Hanzo the Salamander had always longed for someone who could inherit his mantle.
However, to become his disciple, one must pass a test.
That is—to implant a poison sac into one's body and survive.
Over the years, many Rain Ninja with outstanding assassination skills, whom Hanzo of the Salamander valued, have fallen at this difficult hurdle.
Over time, Hanzo the Salamander came to believe that he was a special case and no longer had the idea of taking on apprentices.
But now, a child who is not yet a ninja has passed a test that has stumped many geniuses.
Add to that fate, the life-saving grace, and the departure of Amegakure, and after he gave up his unrealistic dreams, he suddenly found a successor, which made Hanzo of the Salamander feel that this was destiny.
It was as if Heaven did not want to see the Land of Rain divided up by the three great nations after his death, and the place name disappear from the map of the ninja world, so it specially sent a successor to his side.
Thus, Pain, who also ruled Amegakure in the original story, embarked on a different path of rule.
"Rasengan!"
Konoha, a recitation venue located in a forest.
As the shout rang out, a blond-haired boy, holding a blue and white energy ball in his hand, pressed it against a large tree.
With a deafening boom, the sturdy tree trunk was instantly blasted open, revealing a gaping hole covered in spiral patterns. Then, with a snapping sound as it could no longer withstand the impact, it crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
As Minato Namikaze leaped out of the dust and mist, a smile appeared on his face as he murmured, "Finally, I've succeeded."
Snap snap snap ————
Applause erupted.
Jiraiya walked over and gave Minato Namikaze a thumbs up, saying, "You've learned the Rasengan in less than five days. I knew I was right. Rather than being a genius of Body Flicker and sealing techniques, you have a chakra control talent on par with your nerve reaction speed."
"I am increasingly convinced that Minato, you will definitely become the third user of the Flying Thunder God Technique in Konoha."
At this point, Jiraiya said with a bright smile, "When Minato learns the Flying Thunder God Technique, I will definitely show it off in front of Orochimaru. My judgment was right after all."
Seeing that Jiraiya already regarded him as a user of the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato Namikaze smiled somewhat awkwardly and said, "Jiraiya-sensei, I'm still a long way from mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique."
As he said this, a flame called fighting spirit ignited in Minato Namikaze's blue eyes.
Even though he's still behind, just like in the ninja academy, he—seems to still have the potential to catch up.
In the past two years, Gojo Yoru has gone from an unknown genin to a big name in the ninja world. Who has experienced the greatest inner turmoil?
It's not that he's a few years older than Gojo Yoru; he's been following Gojo Yoru closely for the past two years and has witnessed firsthand how Gojo Yoru rose from obscurity.
Instead, they were the classmates who, after graduation, did not need to go to the front lines but joined the support troops. They mostly stayed in the villages and only occasionally had their turn to escort supplies to the three defense lines. They were the same classmates and graders as Gojoya.
At a time when everyone was too weak to join the support forces and only occasionally went to the front lines.
Among them, one person had already gone to the front line. In less than two years, he went from a genin to a Qipai fighter and became one of the commanders of the border war. He also created one incredible achievement after another, even defeating a demigod in the ninja world.
Every time they went to the three defense lines and heard about Gojoya, those students would feel a sense of disorientation.
Those who had once been intimate with Yoruichiro, including his juniors and seniors, felt a sense of honor and admiration for his strength.
Even Minato Namikaze, whose strength was completely inconsistent with his ninja level and whose speed was extremely fast, and who could easily defeat and kill high-level ninjas by assassination, could not see any hope of catching up.
His talent and rapid growth have repeatedly earned him praise and admiration from Jiraiya-sensei.
But compared to Gojo Yoru, it's as if they're from a completely different dimension.
From what he heard alone, there was the Flying Thunder God Technique, a super S-rank ninjutsu, and the Yin Seal, an S-rank secret technique. There was also the Rasengan, a no-seal ninjutsu that Gojo Yoru had developed before graduation, which was perfectly matched with the Flying Thunder God Technique. There was also the powerful Black Lightning Secret Technique and the seemingly synthesized bloodline limit, Storm Release.
In the eyes of many, Gojo Yoru is a once-in-a-lifetime genius who has a high probability of becoming one of the Five Kage, such as the Second Hokage, Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, Third Raikage, and Third Tsuchikage.
Such terrifying achievements and talent have given the name "Gojo Yoru" an inexplicable aura of power. Just hearing it evokes feelings of powerlessness and fear, let alone the urge to catch up or compete with it.
But the independent scroll that Jiraiya gave him not long ago rekindled Minato Namikaze's hope of catching up again.
The key to mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique lies in one's extraordinary neural reaction speed, followed by the talent for sealing techniques, or more precisely, the talent for chakra control, which, like the neural reaction speed, must also be extraordinary.
Minato Namikaze possessed both of these domineering ambitions.
Aside from Gojo Yoru, who has already mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, he is the most promising person in Konoha to learn this technique.
Once he successfully masters it, he will become the third user of the Flying Thunder God Technique in Konoha.
Although Gojo Yoru mastered many ninjutsu, his two major titles, "Black Flash" and "Speediest Ninja in the World," were both achieved through the Flying Thunder God Technique.
His greatest strength lies in the Flying Thunder God Technique.
As long as Minato Namikaze masters the Flying Thunder God Technique, and further expands his arsenal of ninja, taijutsu, and genjutsu, he might still be able to catch up.
Thinking about this filled Minato Namikaze with the motivation to become stronger.
Two years have passed, and Minato Namikaze has long since abandoned his unrealistic fantasies.
The feelings I had for that red-haired girl back then have long since faded away.
His desire to catch up with Gojo Yoru was purely driven by the arrogance of a genius; he wanted to defeat Gojo Yoru once and didn't want to be second forever.
Jiraiya was unaware that his disciple had made Gojo Yoru, that monster, his target.
Otherwise, he would definitely have spoken up to dissuade Minato Namikaze from giving up on this hopeless goal.
Even Hanzo, the demigod of the ninja world, only managed to force out Gojo Yoru's incredibly fast laser beam. Jiraiya still doesn't know the secret behind Orochimaru's certainty that he will become the new generation's ninja god, and the slug sage's calling him the "new ninja world miracle."
For Jiraiya to have such confidence in his best friend, and for even the Slug Sage, one of the three great sages, to give such a high evaluation, he absolutely could not believe that Gojo Yoru's hidden secret was merely a bloodline limit created by the fusion of Black Lightning and Storm Release, or a bloodline limit similar to Dust Release.
It is even less likely to be the earliest exposed Flying Thunder God Technique.
After all, the Second Hokage, who used the Flying Thunder God Technique, wasn't even a demigod in the ninja world.
Gojo Yoru was unaware that the butterfly effect she had triggered would change the fates of certain important characters, leading them down paths different from the original story, and potentially giving rise to more trendsetters in the next era.
Even if she knew, Gojo Yoru wouldn't care.
This is inevitable.
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From the moment he snatched Kushina Uzumaki, he had already triggered the biggest butterfly effect.
This butterfly effect means that the protagonist of Naruto may not appear, and even if he does, he will not be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, nor will he be named Uzumaki.
Yoru Gojo could even say, decades in advance, a classic line: "I didn't kill Boruto, but Boruto died because of me."
"Compared to this butterfly ring, Orochimaru and Konan's fates changed, Nagato was no longer Yahiko's protégé, Yahiko became Hanzo of the Salamander, and Minato Namikaze mastered the Rasengan ahead of time and could not use the Reaper Death Seal. These are nothing."
As the butterfly that flaps its wings, Gojo Yoru will trigger more butterflies in response, gradually gaining an advantage in understanding the plot.
Because—the plot will become completely unrecognizable.
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