Konoha Year 35, January 3rd.
In a forest outside Konoha.
The figures of Gojo Yoru and Orochimaru appeared out of thin air without warning.
"Go back and rest well. I'm giving you a few extra days off this time. Wait for my notification to assemble."
After registering their return to the village, Orochimaru separated from Gojo Yoru on the spot as usual, heading to the Hokage Building to submit the mission and report.
"I understand, Orochimaru-sensei."
Gojo Yoru was happy to oblige.
Returning home, Gojo Yoru immediately went to the bathroom to take a shower.
The most inconvenient thing about being outside was undoubtedly bathing.
If it were an espionage mission, Gojo Yoru could still find water sources outside or use the Flying Thunder God Technique to stay in a populated place.
He could even be a bit willful and return home to sleep in Konoha, then return to the starting point the next day to wait.
But for escort missions, to protect the client, Gojo Yoru and Orochimaru had to stay close at all times, with no time to bathe at all.
Gojo Yoru had it worse; as the disciple, the night watch duties were all given to him, and even his rest time was squeezed.
If he had a choice, Gojo Yoru would rather go subdue a ninja squad and experience life-and-death battles than do this kind of escort mission.
However, this mission also brought Gojo Yoru a pleasant surprise.
"I didn't expect the one to be completed first would be the space-time one. Is this the benefit of purity?"
Gojo Yoru, with a bath towel wrapped around his lower body, examined the boy in the mirror, his icy blue eyes full of surprise.
On Gojo Yoru's chest, slightly below the Danzhong acupoint, a tattoo had appeared at some point.
It was a black rhombus mark, faint in color but fully formed.
This was the Uzumaki Clan's S-rank Sealing Jutsu—the Yin Seal.
After figuring out the cultivation method for this Sealing Jutsu, Gojo Yoru had a bold idea: he wanted to condense two rhombus marks.
Others couldn't do it because they only had ordinary Chakra in their bodies.
But Gojo Yoru had two independent Chakras in his body.
Unlike the Yin Seal condensed from ordinary Chakra, which could only exist on the forehead to facilitate micro-adjustments of Chakra and keep body functions at their peak...
Gojo Yoru's Space-Time Yin Seal only needed to store Space-Time Chakra.
So, Gojo Yoru condensed the Space-Time Yin Seal at the position closest to his heart.
Perhaps because Space-Time Chakra was purer, not divided into Yin Release and Yang Release Chakra, and couldn't be transformed into the five elemental attributes, Gojo Yoru completed the Space-Time Yin Seal much faster than the ordinary Yin Seal.
With the rhombus mark formed, he only needed to accumulate over time to break the limit of his Space-Time Chakra capacity.
"With this thing, even if the [Gift of Space-Time] doesn't come this year, my strength can still skyrocket."
Touching the rhombus mark on his chest with his index finger, Gojo Yoru felt a full sense of security.
Actually, after learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, Gojo Yoru completely stopped fearing the outbreak of the Second Great Ninja War.
His weaknesses were indeed very obvious right now: without intangibility, he was easily hit by Genjutsu; inhaling poison smoke would poison him; and with average sensing, he could be assassinated.
But as long as he was a bit cautious, these were nothing.
No matter what kind of enemy or situation he faced, as long as he used the Flying Thunder God Technique, he could run away immediately.
What was most fatal to Gojo Yoru was always the Genin-level Space-Time Chakra capacity.
Even if Gojo Yoru's Chakra control was strong enough to condense Space-Time Chakra into a Rasengan now, this capacity simply couldn't support it.
If not for the very low consumption of intangibility and Dimensional Slash, Gojo Yoru wouldn't even dare to use this set of high-dimensional strongest shield and strongest spear freely.
Now... the hard days were finally over!
...
"Yoru, if I ask Orochimaru-sensei for help, do you think I can apply for early graduation too?"
By the pool of the waterfall, Uzumaki Kushina finished her sensing training for the day and was sitting back-to-back with Gojo Yoru on the grass.
Admiring the blue sky and white clouds, she suddenly asked.
"Why do you suddenly want to graduate early? Is some blind guy bullying you at school again?"
"Not that, I just feel school is pointless now."
Uzumaki Kushina couldn't help but complain, "Those guys are too weak. During Taijutsu duels, I'm afraid I might accidentally use too much force and send them to the hospital."
"A place where I have to hold back even in combat is just too boring."
The corner of Gojo Yoru's mouth twitched slightly as he said, "With your status, even if you graduate early, you can't execute missions other than D-rank. If you're bored, just send a Shadow Clone to deal with school."
"That's exactly why it's annoying. Training is already exhausting enough, and suddenly getting hit with fatigue is so annoying!"
Uzumaki Kushina couldn't help but elbow Gojo Yoru, making him gasp in pain.
"You Tomato-na, if you dare aim for my waist again, I'll kill you!"
Gojo Yoru grabbed Uzumaki Kushina's hair and rubbed it messy, warning through gritted teeth.
"Foul-mouthed Yoru, you messed up my hair. Careful or I'll send you to the emergency room with one punch." Uzumaki Kushina pinched Gojo Yoru's cheeks back, and the two wrestled on the grass again without surprise.
Having started their friendship with a fight, fighting at the slightest disagreement had become their main way of communicating affection.
Screech—
At this moment, three high-pitched eagle cries reached their ears simultaneously.
The two rolling on the grass stopped subconsciously and looked at the sky.
Like them, the Konoha ninjas and villagers did the same.
Then some Jonin who were also in the wild instantly changed their expressions and turned into blurs rushing towards the Hokage Building.
"Three eagles this time. Is it some kind of signal?"
Uzumaki Kushina, whose Shadow Clone slacked off at the Ninja Academy, couldn't help but ask.
"The signal is the same, but this time it's super urgent." Gojo Yoru narrowed his eyes slightly. "Calling an internal meeting so urgently, it seems something big has happened."
"What big thing could happen? It can't be a Ninja World War, right?"
Uzumaki Kushina complained, but she didn't notice Gojo Yoru's expression gradually becoming serious.
Konoha Year 35.
August 9th was the day Konoha's "Crown Prince" turned 12.
If the butterfly effect didn't occur, he wouldn't even live past his birthday this year.
Plus, the Ninja World was already in chaos. During the last mission, even major powers robbing happened. The outbreak of a Ninja World War wouldn't be strange.
"Let's go, time to head back."
Gojo Yoru stood up and extended his hand to Uzumaki Kushina, pulling the girl up from the grass.
The next second, the scene around the two suddenly changed from the bank of the waterfall pool to a cozy room.
In contrast, the meeting room in the Hokage Building was solemn and serious.
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