In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of August.
The Ninja Academy's second term was about to begin.
Over the past few days, Yami had figured out where the black space-time chakra came from, and what he could currently use it for.
Just like Sage Chakra is a special energy formed by combining chakra with natural energy, Yami's space-time chakra was the product of physical energy, spiritual energy, and space-time power fused together.
Unlike Sage Chakra, which draws natural energy from the outside world into the body, Yami's cells themselves could secrete a special form of space-time power.
However, Yami discovered that only a portion of his cells could produce space-time power, and the amount was limited. It was nothing like physical energy and spiritual energy, which could be extracted from all hundred and thirty trillion cells.
Cells did not change like this without reason. Yami's initial guess was that something was wrong with his heart.
That black heart projection that appeared in his mind might be hiding some secret.
But if there was a secret, it should not have taken this long to show itself, and it should not have "activated" specifically when he turned six.
Maybe it was not his heart that had a problem, but his soul, the soul that came to this world.
Either way, it was not something Yami could investigate right now.
And Yami had a feeling that the sudden-death-like sensation might have only been the beginning, and that it would appear many more times in the future.
After several days of testing, with Yami's current level, space-time chakra had two uses.
The first was intangibility. He did not need to release space-time chakra outside his body to do it.
As long as he formed hand seals and mobilized chakra, making space-time chakra flow through his chakra pathways, any area containing black chakra could become partially intangible. If it could surge through his entire body, he could achieve full-body intangibility.
The second was offense, but it could not be used to perform ninjutsu, at least not yet.
The reason Yami discovered space-time chakra could be used offensively was because he tried to draw the black chakra out through the chakra blade he inherited from his family.
And then…
Armament Haki from the pirate world appeared in the Naruto world.
The chakra blade in Yami's hand turned into a black blade.
And it was a black blade that could cut through anything. Unless something contained a rule-level power capable of opposing space-time, no matter how hard the material was, once Yami struck it, it would split in two.
Yami tested it personally. With just the tip of the blade lightly scraping the ground, whether it was brick or the soil beneath, a smooth, straight cut appeared.
Shuriken, kunai, iron blocks, wooden training posts, gemstones, no matter how hard the object was, before Yami's black blade, it was as fragile as paper.
With every swing, Yami's confidence doubled.
These two uses of space-time chakra were basically a knockoff of Kamui in both eyes.
Of course, Yami still needed hand seals to mobilize space-time chakra, and it took time for the black chakra to spread through his body. During that process, he could not move.
And drawing space-time chakra out of his body was extremely difficult. For now, he could only do it with the chakra blade, and could not apply it to ninjutsu.
But Yami had more than one way to solve these limitations.
As long as he removed those restraints, then until his space-time chakra was exhausted, he would be an existence with unstoppable offense and unbreakable defense.
That goal filled Yami with motivation to grow stronger.
…
Konoha Year 30, September 1.
As usual, Yami got up at six in the morning and went out for a run.
He did not abandon physical training and fundamentals just because he had awakened powerful strength.
Uchiha Obito in the original story was the perfect negative example.
Despite inheriting Madara's techniques and the war fan, despite half his body being Hashirama cells and possessing terrifying chakra reserves and ocular power, once he could not use Kamui intangibility, he could only fight Hatake Kakashi to a draw.
Yami would not be like that, relying only on space-time abilities. At least until his space-time chakra grew so much that he could waste it freely, he would treat intangibility and the black blade as hidden trump cards.
Yami did not have x-ray vision, and he still had not learned sensory techniques. He did not know how much chakra an ordinary genin had.
But when Sasuke used the Fireball Technique in the original story, Kakashi was impressed by Sasuke's chakra. That meant that for an ordinary genin, having enough chakra to use C-rank elemental techniques was already exceptional.
And Yami had already started training C-rank elemental techniques. His chakra reserves were more than enough to use a C-rank technique, and do it easily.
That meant his chakra reserves had long surpassed those of ordinary genin.
This was one of Yami's few advantages.
Maybe it was because a transmigrator's soul was stronger, maybe it was the Gojo bloodline, or maybe it was the unknown factor inside him. Yami's spiritual energy was extremely strong, and with money and planned investment into his body, his chakra reserves far exceeded those of his peers.
First-year academy student, yet his chakra was already stronger than an ordinary genin.
Space-time chakra already made up one-third of his total chakra. Its amount might not even be less than an ordinary genin's entire supply.
Even so, this amount of space-time chakra was nowhere near enough.
Because Yami discovered that his cells could only extract this amount of space-time energy. After using it up, he could extract it again, but he could not break through the current upper limit.
This discovery did not disappoint Yami. It delighted him.
Use it up and extract it again, but the amount is locked. Was that not an invisible bottleneck?
If before this, Yami still doubted whether that sudden-death-like sensation would appear again, now he was one hundred percent sure it would.
When it came again, more of the cells in his body would become capable of producing space-time energy.
When all his cells could extract space-time energy, ordinary chakra would be completely replaced by space-time chakra. That would be his bloodline limit, and Yami might also finally uncover the secret hidden inside his body.
So Yami gave that sudden-death-like sensation a name.
Evolution.
…
After finishing morning training, Yami returned home and took a quick shower.
In front of the full-length mirror, Yami pulled his zipper up to his chest and examined the reflection of a white-haired child with a baby face, wearing a blue jacket over a white shirt, and black bermuda shorts. He tilted his head and grinned.
"So cute."
But the moment he turned away, Yami returned to his usual expressionless face.
Hands in his pockets, he left the house and headed toward the academy.
As soon as he entered the school gate, students who had seen how Yami fought, or had heard of his reputation, immediately stopped and gave him space.
Even so, Yami did not let them off.
"Trash. What are you staring at?"
When his icy blue eyes met the students secretly watching him, Yami spoke coldly.
"S-sorry!"
Those eyes looked as if they were truly radiating bone-chilling cold. The students shivered, hurriedly apologized, then lowered their heads or turned away.
Where the school tyrant passed, no one dared to approach.
(End of Chapter)
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