The sun and moon rotated ceaselessly, and the peaceful time slipped away year by year while people were busy with their lives.
Konoha Year 41. Unknowingly, the "One Country, One Village" system established by the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, who ended the Warring States period, together with the Daimyo, had been implemented for 41 years.
Such a system had both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage was unifying all ninja clans in the area, so commoners and nobles wouldn't be affected by the battles between ninja clans, and could hire ninjas to solve various trivial matters.
Children from ordinary families also had a channel to become ninjas; Ninjutsu was no longer a superpower monopolized by ninja clans.
The disadvantage was that war still existed, escalating from wars between clans to wars between nations, with casualties even greater than wars between ninja clans.
In just over thirty years, two melees involving multiple countries broke out in the Ninja World, killing an unknown number of ninjas.
Nor was it known how many commoners were affected by the war, their families ruined, leading to a large number of war orphans in the Ninja World.
The First Great Ninja War lasted for many years. The Five Kage of that generation not only all participated but four of them died. Finally, even the Second Kazekage of Sunagakure died unexpectedly; none had a good end.
Although the Second Great Ninja War was initiated by a small country, it quickly involved the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth. Logically, it should have lasted for many years before ending.
If the watching Land of Lightning and Land of Water also joined, the scale of the war would be even larger than the First Great Ninja War.
After all, during the First Great Ninja War, the First Hokage had just distributed the Tailed Beasts to various countries not long ago, and none of the ninja villages had produced a Perfect Jinchuriki yet.
But in the Second Great Ninja War, all countries already had Perfect Jinchuriki.
Once all the Five Kage and Jinchuriki participated, the Ninja Continent would definitely be devastated, with heavy casualties.
Miraculously, the Second Great Ninja War didn't evolve into an upgraded version of the First Great Ninja War. It ended hastily after just two years.
Because... a brand new Kekkei Genkai, comparable to a miracle, was born in the Ninja World.
It was a Kekkei Genkai that both ninjas and ordinary people would feel was unsolvable just by understanding partial information.
In the textbooks of ninja villages in various countries, this Kekkei Genkai was called the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai.
Ninjas possessing this Space-Time Kekkei Genkai were also called Space-Time Ninjas, and the Ninjutsu they cast was also called Space-Time Release.
As the first existence in the Ninja World to possess the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai, Gojo Yoru was not only called the Incarnation of Miracle but also revered as the pinnacle of the new era as their generation grew up in these five years.
Newspapers in various countries also called this new era the [Era of Gojo Yoru].
In the last era, every country had very outstanding young generations. Just Konoha, the strongest ninja village, produced Konoha's White Fang, the Sannin, and Kato Dan, whose strengths were comparable.
Young Elite Jonin from other ninja villages were equally impressive, refusing to admit defeat.
Even though Konoha's White Fang became famous in the Ninja World by killing Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, the couple he killed weren't Elite Jonin, just a combination at the level of ace combatants.
Similarly, in Sarutobi Hiruzen's generation, various countries also produced many outstanding young generations. Among the pinnacles of the Five Kage were the Third Raikage and Hanzo the Salamander, and Onoki who was a few years older than him.
Needless to say about Senju Tobirama's generation in the Warring States period; even an existence like the God of Shinobi had the Asura of the Ninja World capable of contending with him.
Only in this generation did a special existence like Gojo Yoru appear, marking an epoch.
The birth of the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai not only represented the appearance of an unsolvable existence with amazing combat power capable of ignoring the mechanism of attribute countering but also meant that space-time power was no longer high above.
Since this special attribute could be born into this world in the form of nature transformation, it meant that besides usages like storage scrolls, the Summoning Technique, the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the Heavenly Transfer Technique, other types could also be developed, such as Gojo Yoru's offensive space-time Ninjutsu.
In these five years, ninja villages in various countries established a new department called the [Space-Time Research Department].
They gathered ninjas with talent for making storage scrolls and skilled in the Summoning Technique and Sealing Jutsu to research how to use formulas to mobilize space-time power, applying the principle of the Summoning Technique to themselves like the Second Hokage.
Kumogakure even imitated Konoha's reform of the Ninja Academy in these five years, creating an elective course to screen seedlings suitable for cultivating the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
Even Konoha, possessing Gojo Yoru, the Incarnation of Miracle, was researching space-time.
Gojo Yoru's teacher, Orochimaru, was one of the higher-ups of this department.
No one could refuse the temptation of space-time, especially ninjas who each had a storage scroll and the Summoning Technique. They all hoped for new breakthroughs in space-time, making ninja life more convenient and greatly improving survival ability.
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Konoha Year 41, July 11th.
Konoha, Hokage's Office.
"Hokage-sama, this is the summary report of this mission, and the client's evaluation."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was exactly fifty this year and still in his prime, with hair not yet graying, still had that old pipe that had accompanied him for unknown years in his mouth. He examined the tall young man in front of him, dressed completely differently from other Jonin, with eyes full of appreciation, praising generously: "Yoru, your mission experience is now similar to Orochimaru's when he took you as a disciple back then. Even among the ace combatants of the previous generation, only Sakumo and a few others can surpass you in mission experience, but they can't achieve a 100% completion rate like you."
"Your comprehensive qualities have reached the pinnacle of the Jonin rank. Continuing to go out on missions won't bring you any improvement."
Hearing this, Gojo Yoru raised an eyebrow: "Hokage-sama, you mean..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen puffed out smoke and finally stated the purpose of his foreshadowing: "Next year, a batch of very outstanding new generation ninjas will graduate early. Are you interested in being a Jonin instructor for a few years? A qualified leader cannot only have experience commanding ninja squads and captains but also learn how to cultivate the village's future."
Gojo Yoru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with a faint smile: "Hokage-sama, this batch of early graduates wouldn't happen to include Asuma, right?"
"Cough, cough..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed repeatedly, his old face blushing as he admitted frankly: "This old man indeed has a bit of selfishness. Asuma's personality is like Nawaki's. If no one can suppress him, he might do some very reckless things due to his youthful nature. So this old man wants him to grow by your side and temper his temper properly."
Gojo Yoru pondered and said slowly, "I'm not averse to becoming a Jonin instructor, but I have to discuss it with Kushina and ask for her opinion."
Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately looked as if iron failed to become steel, putting on an elder's posture to lecture: "Yoru, you are the only space-time ninja in the Ninja World currently, the Incarnation of Miracle. You must have your own opinions and a man's aura; you can't let a woman suppress you."
"Hokage-sama, say that in front of Biwako-sama and Kushina if you dare." Gojo Yoru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with disdain.
"Cough, cough..."
Thinking of Sarutobi Biwako's eyes blazing with fire and Uzumaki Kushina's hair rising against gravity, wrapped in Nine-Tails Chakra, Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed again, changing the subject: "Team Orochimaru only has you and Kushina. Kushina must be accompanied by you on missions. Indeed, you need to discuss it with her. The matter of becoming a Jonin instructor isn't urgent; there's still more than half a year. You go out first."
"Yes."
Gojo Yoru curled his lips in disdain, then walked out of the Hokage's office with his hands in his pockets.
"Yoru-sama!"
"Yoru-sama, you're back!"
"Gojo-sama, long time no see..."
Coming down from the Hokage's office, Gojo Yoru encountered various people greeting him enthusiastically along the way.
There were high-level ninjas wearing flak jackets, Genin in ordinary uniforms, staff of the Hokage Building, and ordinary people coming to the Hokage Building to commission missions.
Regardless of age, their eyes looking at Gojo Yoru were full of respect.
Young women and boys looked at him with even more fervor; the former lusted after his looks, while the latter admired his strength.
Five years had passed since the Second Great Ninja War, but Gojo Yoru's popularity and prestige hadn't declined at all; instead, he became known to more and more people.
After all, the "One Country, One Village" system was only in its forty-first year. There were still many people in the Ninja World who had lived from the Warring States period to now, still spreading the mighty power of the God of Shinobi.
When this older generation passed away, the stories and Kekkei Genkai of the God of Shinobi would gradually become legends, turning into past history in textbooks.
Gojo Yoru was completely different. He represented the present, the Incarnation of Miracle who entered the history books while still alive.
Every year, a batch of students graduated and enrolled in the Ninja Academy. The more people studied, the more people knew Gojo Yoru.
To prevent these reckless youths from losing their lives encountering Gojo Yoru during missions, ninja villages in various countries not only wrote all of Gojo Yoru's space-time abilities in books in detail but also mixed in their own ideas, writing speculations on space-time usage into textbooks.
This led to Gojo Yoru being increasingly deified, becoming the idol of batch after batch of new generations.
Especially Gojo Yoru's generation was about to come of age.
Already possessing unsolvable abilities, Gojo Yoru would enter his peak period in a few years.
In this ninja world where the human body has 130 trillion cells, the peak period of powerhouses was very long, with sixty being the watershed.
In the original work, Orochimaru defected after Uchiha Itachi graduated, which was already after Konoha Year 50.
Sarutobi Hiruzen at that time, exactly around sixty, could still easily defeat Orochimaru.
Hanzo the Salamander and Chiyo were the same; even at the age of being grandparents, they could suppress the Sannin and Hatake Sakumo breathlessly.
In many people's perception, unless an accident occurred, Gojo Yoru's peak period would last for decades.
In these decades, unless another epoch-making monster like him appeared, the Ninja World would always be the [Era of Gojo Yoru].
Just as before the death of the God of Shinobi, the Ninja World was the [Hashirama Era].
"Hello, everyone!"
Facing these greetings, Gojo Yoru didn't ignore them coldly but kept one hand in his pocket and raised the other, smiling in response.
However, when some girls thought Gojo Yoru had a gentle personality and was easy to get along with, trying to stick close to take advantage of him, they accidentally fell flat on their faces.
Their bodies didn't touch Gojo Yoru but passed through his body, as if the Gojo Yoru in front of them was just a phantom.
"Beautiful ladies, be careful."
Gojo Yoru didn't gentlemanly help them up but waved his hand and left without looking back.
Looking at Gojo Yoru's back, neither the girls who fell nor the boys watching showed any hatred or jealousy in their eyes; instead, they were full of fervor.
They all knew that wasn't a phantom clone, but Gojo Yoru's main body.
It was just that this Yoru-sama wasn't in the real world at this moment but walking in the void.
In these five years of mission career, Gojo Yoru's intangibility was no longer a secret. Besides Black Flash, Number One Speed in the Ninja World, Incarnation of Miracle, and Space-Time Ninja, he gained another title: [Void Walker].
"Yoru, you're too slow. I've already bought the groceries!"
As soon as Gojo Yoru came out of the Hokage Building, he saw a red-haired girl walking towards him, holding several bags full of ingredients. It was Uzumaki Kushina.
Because she had just returned from a mission, her long straight red hair was still in a high ponytail. She wore a Konoha forehead protector, a green flak jacket, and black ninja pants, looking as valiant as Tsunade during the Second War.
Five years passed, and the once short, round-faced Tomato-na had long become a blossoming super beautiful girl.
Shedding childishness and baby fat, her small face was now a standard oval face. Her snow-white skin full of collagen showed no pores or acne, a peerless beauty only found in the 2D world.
With the help of Gojo Yoru, the master chef and master cultivator, Uzumaki Kushina, who never lacked nutrition since childhood, had her potential perfectly stimulated, and lived happily every day, broke through the height limit of the original work, becoming a 1.7-meter long-legged beauty.
If she took off the green flak jacket, one would find her figure was also quite substantial. Although incomparable to Hyuga Hinata and Samui of the same age, she was a size bigger than Tsunade and Yamanaka Ino of the same age.
With such big changes in figure and appearance, rank and strength went without saying.
In these five years, Orochimaru, the teacher, only took Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina on missions a few times, almost hand-holding Gojo Yoru through the entire mission process.
From then on, whether C-rank or S-rank missions, Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina executed them together.
Knowing Gojo Yoru had compensated for the two major weaknesses of sensing and medical skills, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't stop him from taking the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki on missions.
In July of Konoha Year 38, Uzumaki Kushina participated in the Chunin Exams of that year alone, becoming the Great Demon King of that session, promoted to Chunin with absolute dominance.
In May of Konoha Year 39, Uzumaki Kushina participated in Konoha's internal talent assessment and was promoted to Tokubetsu Jonin.
In October of the same year, with the recommendation of Gojo Yoru, Orochimaru, and Tsunade, Uzumaki Kushina exposed the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and Adamantine Sealing Chains, and displayed powerful Sealing Jutsu, Sensing Technique, Medical Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Wind Release, and Water Release nature transformations... officially passing the assessment of the Hokage and the Council of Elders, becoming one of Konoha's backbone forces, a true Jonin.
Now all three members of Team Orochimaru were all-rounder Jonin.
Except for Uzumaki Kushina who hadn't become famous in the Ninja World or made a name for herself yet, Orochimaru and Gojo Yoru were already Konoha's ace combatants.
However, in the eyes of the higher-ups, Uzumaki Kushina was more ace than many ace combatants.
Because she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and could activate the Tailed Beast coat while maintaining reason.
If not for the fact that the enemies Uzumaki Kushina encountered were accidentally killed by her, she might have made a name for herself long ago.
After so many years, the Chakra seal left by Uzumaki Mito had long disappeared.
Also in the year the seal disappeared, Uzumaki Kushina awakened the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Just like Namikaze Minato leaving a Chakra trace to meet Uzumaki Naruto in the Jinchuriki space in the original work, before Uzumaki Mito's Chakra completely disappeared, she also came out to meet Uzumaki Kushina for the last time and used the characteristics of the spiritual space to help Uzumaki Kushina stimulate the power of the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
At the same time, she told Uzumaki Kushina all the methods to snatch Tailed Beast Chakra, activate the Tailed Beast coat while maintaining reason, and combine the Mind's Eye of the Kagura with Tailed Beast Chakra to develop Negative Emotion Sensing.
Now Uzumaki Kushina was one of the most low-key strongest in Konoha.
"Sorry, kept by Hokage-sama for a chat."
Regarding Uzumaki Kushina's complaint, Gojo Yoru apologized insincerely.
Uzumaki Kushina frowned and spoke ill of him on the street: "Don't chat so much with that stinky old man Third Hokage. Tsunade-sama says he and Jiraiya-sama are both peeping toms and perverts. Be careful not to be led astray by them."
Hearing this, Gojo Yoru couldn't help but lower his head close to her ear and whisper teasingly: "Only ugly guys peek and are lecherous. With you by my side, why would I need to peek?"
"...Go to hell!"
Seeming to think of some shameful scene, Uzumaki Kushina's small face flushed red instantly, and a roundhouse kick carrying a gust of wind passed through Gojo Yoru's body.
Seeing Gojo Yoru ignore her kick, still wearing that punchable expression, Uzumaki Kushina glared at him fiercely, warning with shame and anger: "Not allowed to say these things outside, or I'll beat you to death."
After speaking, Uzumaki Kushina walked away quickly holding the grocery bags.
Gojo Yoru followed behind with his hands in his pockets.
Five years passed, and Gojo Yoru also underwent significant changes.
His face just completely shed its childishness, becoming more handsome and dashing.
In terms of height, he stopped at 1.88 meters last year, not reaching 1.9 meters.
His attire was no longer limited to black coats and black trousers. Besides still not wearing the heavy Jonin flak jacket, his style changed almost every day.
There were modern-style shirts and casual pants, as well as ancient-style robes.
In terms of combat power, due to the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai, he remained the most ambiguous existence in the Ninja World.
If careless, he could be assassinated by a Genin.
If cautious, even Six Paths level powerhouses might not be able to kill him.
In terms of Chakra capacity, Space-Time Chakra was still at the veteran Chunin level without unsealing the Yin Seal due to capacity limits.
Ordinary Chakra capacity surpassed Orochimaru from a few years ago, absolutely at the level of an ace combatant.
According to the number of times Hatake Kakashi used Raikiri in the original work, Gojo Yoru felt his ordinary Chakra amount had surpassed one Kakashi unit.
However, compared to the Five Kage like Sarutobi Hiruzen who could cast five-element composite Ninjutsu, there was still a considerable gap.
As for Chakra-ton ninjas like Jiraiya and Tsunade, there was even less comparability.
Once Jiraiya entered Sage Mode, he could use Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, and still have extremely strong endurance to use various powerful Ninjutsu afterward.
While Gojo Yoru could now barely use a Big Ball Rasengan in his normal state.
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