REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 47: No Talent? Then Cheat
September 13th, afternoon.
After nearly a month, Yoru finally returned to Konoha.
Throughout the journey, neither he nor Orochimaru encountered ambushes.
This meant when Yoru eliminated Tokiya, no White Zetsu clones were spying nearby—good news for Yoru.
Entering the village, Orochimaru told Yoru: "You've worked hard this time. Go home and rest well. Meet at the usual place in one week. I'll give you the mission compensation then."
"Understood. I'll head back now, Orochimaru-sensei."
Yoru nodded, then separated from Orochimaru.
"...Come in."
Arriving alone at the Hokage office, Orochimaru knocked on the door.
Hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice, he immediately pushed the door open.
Seeing his most accomplished disciple return, Hiruzen's eyes narrowed as he asked: "Well?"
"I recommend strengthening border defenses." Orochimaru spoke gravely. "If nothing unexpected happens, friction between small and large nations will intensify again. Fire Country will definitely get dragged in like before."
"What did you discover?"
Hiruzen was about to light his pipe when Orochimaru's next words made his expression change dramatically.
"Hanzo made a move against Iron Country!"
Hiruzen's expression grew grave: "Amegakure declared war on Iron Country?"
"If that were the case, news would have already spread throughout the shinobi world." Orochimaru said. "According to intelligence from informants, Hanzo personally went to Iron Country alone. I verified this by infiltrating Amegakure—this great figure is definitely no longer in the village."
Hiruzen didn't speak but silently lit his pipe and took a drag.
His gaze beneath the smoke appeared somewhat profound, thoughts unknown.
After a long while, he finally spoke slowly: "Orochimaru, you're worried Amegakure and Iron Country might ally?"
"Can't rule out that possibility. After all, that person's strength can absolutely oppose an entire nation alone, and his ambitions are completely unconcealed." Orochimaru's expression was rather unpleasant. "If Rain Country and Iron Country ally, I worry other small nations will follow suit to resist us great nations.
After all these years, those great nations' exploitation of them has been somewhat excessive.
Once these small nations form an alliance, a war larger in scale than the First Shinobi World War will definitely erupt."
Seeing Orochimaru pointedly express the severity, Hiruzen's eyes flashed with appreciation as he spoke slowly: "Your concerns are valid, though it hasn't reached that severe level yet. Those small nations are too geographically distant. Alliance is nearly impossible."
"What deserves vigilance now is only Rain Country and Iron Country. If these two nations unite, that region will no longer be three great nations' intersection but will birth a fourth great nation."
"I'll report all the intelligence and suggestions you've collected to the daimyo, having him increase military funding to strengthen border defenses while alerting the other two great nations. At minimum, we cannot initiate attacks."
After finishing, Hiruzen stopped this topic and smiled at Orochimaru: "You completed this S-rank mission excellently. How did that child Yoru perform?"
Hearing this, Orochimaru's lips immediately couldn't help rising as he smiled: "His performance can only be described as perfect."
"Such high evaluation?" Hiruzen showed some surprise, then smiled. "Looks like you two experienced quite a bit during this time."
Orochimaru smiled without speaking.
He wasn't someone who enjoyed boasting. If this were Jiraiya, even after promising to keep Yoru's secret, micro-expressions would definitely expose considerable information.
But Orochimaru was someone who could keep secrets. He believed even if Sarutobi-sensei learned later, he wouldn't blame him.
After all, Space-Time bloodline was simply too earth-shattering.
Once matured, its strategic deterrence would exceed even the Nine-Tails jinchuriki.
Hiruzen naturally didn't know his most obedient disciple actually concealed a tremendous secret from him.
Seeing Orochimaru quite satisfied with Yoru's performance, he couldn't help asking: "Did you give him the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll?"
"Yes, already gave it to him." Orochimaru nodded.
Hiruzen's eyes immediately filled with anticipation: "How is it? Does he have that talent?"
"Don't know yet. He hasn't looked at it." Orochimaru shook his head, though his face wore a faint smile.
If even Yoru lacked this talent, then truly no second person in the entire shinobi world could learn Flying Thunder God Technique.
...
Upon returning, dusk had already fallen.
After Yoru ate dinner and showered, washing away his exhaustion, night had descended outside.
Sitting cross-legged on his long-missed soft bed, Yoru finally retrieved the Flying Thunder God Technique's independent scroll again, slowly opening it.
Though the scroll was small, its contents were substantial.
The opening was the Flying Thunder God seal that stumped countless geniuses.
The Flying Thunder God seal had sealing technique flavor but possessed no destructive power.
Just like storage scrolls' principle—using sealing formula to mobilize invisible Space-Time power, creating a special dimensional space...
The Flying Thunder God seal likewise used sealing formula to transform Space-Time power into a mark attached to people and objects.
Because it was a product of unreasonable sealing technique fused with Space-Time power, Flying Thunder God seal marks couldn't be erased through conventional means.
Even if the technique user died, all seals left during their lifetime wouldn't vanish.
Successfully condensing a Flying Thunder God seal meant being able to sense invisible Space-Time power, possessing qualification to train Flying Thunder God Technique.
This opening alone rejected countless geniuses.
Besides the Flying Thunder God seal, there were also Flying Thunder God Slash and Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder, all annotated by Tobirama Senju.
Just through text descriptions, one could feel this super S-rank jutsu's power plus Tobirama Senju's peerless talent.
"Heh, completely different levels." Yoru couldn't help laughing.
All these years, Yoru had continuously researched developing teleportation and ultra-long-range teleportation.
Result? Forget ultra-long-range teleportation—even short-distance teleportation yielded zero leads.
Yet Tobirama Senju—without Space-Time bloodline—mastered this ultra-long-range teleportation through his own talent. Their talents differed like heaven and earth.
"With my current talent, I absolutely cannot learn this technique."
Speaking thus, Yoru's smile didn't diminish at all.
Talent enhanced through the first evolution truly couldn't learn this super S-rank jutsu.
Using ordinary chakra for sealing technique, then needing to sense invisible Space-Time and perfectly fuse both into a mark? What kind of bullshit was this—eyes and brain understood, but hands didn't cooperate.
However, Yoru absolutely didn't lack sealing technique talent or Space-Time power.
His Space-Time chakra could directly skip all steps.
No talent? Then cheat!
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