200 PS = 1 Bonus Chapter
On the roof of the Hokage Building, Naruto and Sasuke stood side by side, overlooking the entire Konoha.
Sasuke had already recounted their experience in the parallel timeline in full detail.
From being chased by Urashiki and accidentally falling into that world, to being seen through by young Naruto the moment they met, to witnessing young Naruto use the Kekkei Tota Light Release to crush the Raikage, take on Urashiki head-on, and finally defeat him.
"The me from the other timeline not only learned the Flying Thunder God Technique but also Light Release, which fuses three Chakra natures. Sounds like a guy even I would find tricky to deal with."
Naruto rested his hands on the railing, an eager smile appearing on his face. "I really want to see him with my own eyes."
"Jiraiya-sensei is still alive in that timeline, right?"
"He's alive, and quite spirited." Sasuke recalled the scene when he and Boruto first met Jiraiya, the corners of his lips twitching slightly.
Naruto was silent for a moment, then laughed, his smile filled with nostalgia and undisguised anticipation.
"Before he left, he specifically asked Karasuki if it could record the coordinates of that timeline. If Karasuki really saved the coordinates, we might have a chance to go back in the future." Sasuke said.
Naruto smiled. "Is that so? Then I am looking forward to seeing him in person."
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Naruto's timeline.
After Naruto cut off the Raikage's hand, he left the follow-up matters to Tenzo to handle. Having nothing else to do, he returned to the villa first.
He pushed open the door to the training room and sat down on the stone platform.
Currently, the Mangekyo's dōjutsu was still gestating, the fusion of Hashirama cells was temporarily shelved, and the decompression of Kāma required a few months. During this waiting period, rather than sitting idly, it would be better to figure out some abilities he had long wanted to test.
Naruto spread his hand, the faint white light in his palm emitting a soft glow..
Incomplete Yang Power.
The essence of Yang Release is to create form out of nothingness and grant it life. This is the power the Sage of Six Paths used when splitting the Tailed Beasts, the source of all life energy.
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto, having obtained the Six Paths Yang Power, arrived at the last moment when Guy's heart was about to stop after opening the Eighth Gate, and injected Yang Chakra into Guy's body. This power reignited Guy's burnt-out life force from nothingness, forcibly pulling him back from the brink of death.
Afterward, Naruto used the same power to create a brand-new right eye for Kakashi out of thin air.
So, to what extent could this incomplete Yang Power in his palm do now?
Naruto placed a withered fallen leaf on his palm. He injected the incomplete Yang Power into the leaf.
A very faint green fluorescent light began to appear on the surface of the yellow leaf, and it began to heal at an extremely slow speed, with new cells germinating at the broken gaps.
But this process only lasted a few seconds before the leaf dimmed again, returning to its original state. It had only healed a small portion.
His incomplete Yang Power could not resurrect a completely withered life form, but it could repair damaged tissue and allow dying cells to regain vitality.
Naruto took out a Kunai and sliced a small cut on his finger, blood seeping out. Then, he called upon the Yang Power and covered the wound with it.
The wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even the texture of the skin was exactly the same as it had been before the injury, as if time had been reversed on the wound.
A flash of realization passed through his eyes.
At the current stage, this incomplete Yang Power could manage to repair damaged living organisms, causing wounds to regenerate rapidly and pulling cells on the brink of death back to a normal state.
Although it was still far from being able to create a complete eyeball out of thin air or grant new life to the dead, this was already an ability sufficient to determine life or death on the battlefield.
Once the Yang Power grew into its complete form, combined with the creation ability of the complete Yin Power, it would be a matter of creating and bestowing simultaneously. This was the true ability of a god.
Naruto put away the Yang Power and began his second experiment for the day.
Using Absolute Control to replace hand seals, compressing the process of activating Ninjutsu so that hand seals were unnecessary.
The essence of Ninjutsu is guiding the Chakra within the body to be released in specific paths and forms through hand seals.
Each hand seal represents a shape transformation of Chakra, which, when combined, constitute a complete technique formula.
Hand seals are an auxiliary means of Chakra control. For ordinary ninjas, it's impossible to perform Ninjutsu without them. But Naruto had Absolute Control.
Since hand seals are an auxiliary tool, and he already possessed the ability to control Chakra to achieve any form, theoretically, he could skip the hand seal step and use Ninjutsu directly.
In battles at the Six Paths level, any hand seal wind-up could be fatal.
After Kaguya ate the Chakra Fruit, the techniques she unleashed did not require hand seals because Chakra was directly connected to her will within her body.
Although Naruto had not yet reached this level, with the support of Absolute Control, this path was feasible.
With this thought, he began to experiment with the Ninjutsu he was most familiar with—Shadow Clone Technique.
Without hand seals, he mobilized his Chakra according to the path of the Shadow Clone Technique, simultaneously infusing his divided will into the Chakra.
Poof!
A puff of white smoke exploded and a Shadow Clone appeared beside him.
Success on the first try!
Naruto then proceeded to the Transformation Technique.
His Chakra circulated through his Chakra pathways according to the flow path of the Transformation Technique, and in a fraction of a second, his body transformed into the appearance of Tenzō. He then transformed into Jiraiya, and finally back to his own appearance.
"It seems very simple. Let's increase the stakes."
Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique.
Naruto threw three Kunai, and before the Chakra left his hand, he infused them with the technique structure of the Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique.
The three Kunai split into dozens in mid-air, nailing themselves onto the barrier on the training room wall.
It worked!
Fire Release: Flame Bullet!
Naruto channeled Fire Chakra from his throat according to the release path of the Flame Bullet.
A scorching fireball erupted from his mouth, slamming into the opposite stone wall and exploding into a brilliant burst of flames against the barrier.
Success!
There was no need to test the Flying Thunder God Technique. It is activated by the technique formula, so it doesn't require hand seals.
Afterward, he tested several other different Ninjutsu, with a hundred percent success rate. As long as it was a Ninjutsu he had fully mastered, he could skip the hand seals and activate it directly with the assistance of Absolute Control. The process was smoother than he had expected.
From today on, all the Ninjutsu he had mastered could be cast instantly without hand seals. This improvement might only be a little faster in low-level battles, but in a real life-or-death fight, this fraction of a second difference often decides the outcome.
With both experiments completed, Naruto stood up and pushed open the door of the training room to walk out.
Passing through the living room, he saw the streetlights outside the window had already lit up.
Konoha in the twilight was unnervingly quiet, likely because most ninjas had already been mobilized to a state of combat readiness, making the streets much emptier than usual.