With the withdrawal of Sunagakure and Iwagakure, the war that was actively initiated by the Demigod of the Ninja World, Hanzo the Salamander, at the beginning of Konoha Year 35, and eventually evolved into a four-nation melee, came to an end at the beginning of Konoha Year 37 due to the Black Flash Gojo Yoru exposing his Space-Time Kekkei Genkai.
This war lasted exactly two years.
In these two years, many people died.
There were Genin who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy and were unknown in the Ninja World, Chunin and Tokubetsu Jonin who had accumulated a lot of mission experience and whose abilities were recognized and passed assessments, ace combatants who were the backbone of the Five Great Ninja Villages, and even big shots and Jinchuriki who had been famous for a long time and belonged to the top of the pyramid not only in the Five Great Ninja Villages but also in the Ninja World.
The death of every ace combatant and big shot was a major event in the war.
However, this news spread quickly through various means to all ninja villages in the Ninja World, circulating only within the ninja circle. Even few villagers in the ninja villages knew about it.
As for the citizens not living in military bases, even fewer knew.
For these citizens, they only knew that a war had occurred in the Land of Rain. The ninja villages of the participating countries had sent troops to the battlefield or to guard other borders, causing commission fees to be much higher than before, and ninja squads might not even accept them.
Business people couldn't pass through the Land of Rain and had to take detours, spending more time and money.
As for what happened on the battlefield, densely populated places or people with some power might know a little.
People living in remote areas didn't know what happened on the battlefield at all.
Until the war ended, newspapers in various countries began to exert their power. Those ordinary people without Chakra and the villagers in the ninja villages gradually learned what major events happened in this two-year war, which big shots died and sacrificed themselves, and finally which country won.
For days afterward, newspapers large and small in various countries made a lot of money.
This war, involving three major powers and initiated by the Land of Rain, was officially called by the world... the Second Great Ninja War.
Although this war was actively initiated by Hanzo the Salamander, the Land of Rain was the first country to withdraw, declaring the failure of the small country's resistance. The Ninja Continent remained a four-legged tripod, and these small countries were just blood bags, never having a day of emergence.
Although the Land of Fire was the winner, it was only a defensive victory; there was no real winner in this war.
The Land of Rain, which withdrew first, gave the Demigod's promise never to offend again.
As for the withdrawn Land of Wind and Land of Earth, there was no compensation at all.
The Second Great Ninja War was purely the three major powers consuming each other's national strength, benefiting the distant Land of Lightning and Land of Water.
It was also for this reason that the original Third Great Ninja War was only a few years apart from the Second Great Ninja War.
In this campaign, some people became famous in the Ninja World due to death, and at the same time, the people who killed them became famous.
For example, Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law might be a universally known combination in Sunagakure, but they were not well-known big shots on the Ninja Continent and overseas countries.
When newspapers published the investigated and collected intelligence about this couple, the world learned about their strength, records, and background.
Thus, Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, who instantly killed this couple, became the second winner of this war.
In the original work, those who should have become famous with him were the Sannin, who were defeated but honored, and the enemy ninja who killed Kato Dan.
But now, although Team Hiruzen also became famous in the Ninja World, they didn't have the title of Sannin.
Kato Dan, who should have been found by the enemy at the end of the war and beaten until his kidneys flew out, also rewrote his original destiny due to the butterfly effect caused by Gojo Yoru, surviving the Second Great Ninja War.
Relying on the Super S-rank Ninjutsu Spirit Transformation Technique, killing many Iwa Yin Release assassins on the battlefield, Kato Dan's name also appeared in the newspapers, known to the world.
Not being a commander, his prestige was not as high as Konoha's White Fang and Team Hiruzen, or even the Hokage's Assistant Shimura Danzo; he only made a name for himself as one of Konoha's ace combatants.
The biggest winner of this war was naturally Gojo Yoru, who ended the Second Great Ninja War ahead of schedule just by exposing his Space-Time Kekkei Genkai.
His records were so formidable that newspapers from other countries couldn't smear them; truthful reporting was like excessive boasting.
This made Gojo Yoru's name thoroughly spread to every corner of the Ninja World. Whether ninjas with superpowers or ordinary people living in remote places, from old people who lived from the Warring States period to now, to children who liked playing ninja games, everyone knew his title, name, and great achievements.
Going to the battlefield at eleven, his first opponent was the pinnacle of the Ninja World, and he became the only existence in decades to injure the number one poisonous creature in the Ninja World.
Then instantly killing Sunagakure's King of Intelligence and fifty-four high-level combatants, becoming Konoha's youngest Jonin and commander.
At twelve, he displayed terrifying dominance, using assassination against assassination, making one of the strongest assassination legions in the Ninja World, the Rain ninjas, tremble with fear, regarded as one of Konoha's trump cards.
In the same year, he defeated Hanzo the Salamander one-on-one, announcing the end of the era of the Demigod of the Ninja World. Before reaching adulthood, he had already become the absolute benchmark for the next generation.
Achieving such records at such an age, even novels in newspapers dared not write like this.
It was thought that this was the limit, and no one would be able to surpass Gojo Yoru's achievements for decades to come, even approaching would be very difficult.
Unexpectedly, this was still not Gojo Yoru's limit.
Not long after the start of Konoha Year 37, he killed the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, one of the nine great demonic beasts in the Ninja World, exposing the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai known as the "Miracle of the Ninja World," which was the biggest reason for the withdrawal of Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
Although they didn't know what space-time was, people could feel its awesomeness through newspaper descriptions.
Being able to convert Chakra into space-time nature transformation, merging the body into space, ignoring any attacks, including Dust Release which eliminated all Kekkei Genkai and mastered the power of decomposition rules, unable to hurt a hair—an invincible technique standing in an undefeated position innately.
Covering weapons with space-time nature transformation and using Nintaijutsu resulted in a mass-ignoring spatial slash. Ninjutsu could turn everything into nothingness through spatial annihilation, an instant death ability more powerful than Dust Release, preventing even summoning beasts from escaping back to the summoning world.
This was an unprecedented, unseen miracle power.
Precisely as the incarnation of a miracle, Gojo Yoru could achieve such great feats at such an age, leaving Sunagakure and Iwagakure temporarily unable to find a countermeasure, only choosing to withdraw, ending this Ninja World War that should have caused countless casualties ahead of schedule.
Thus, terms like Black Flash, Number One Speed in the Ninja World, Top Assassin, Space-Time Kekkei Genkai, Incarnation of Miracle, Space-Time Ninja, etc... resounded in every inhabited place on the Ninja Continent and overseas, becoming the hottest topic in the Ninja World.
This Second Great Ninja War, a four-nation melee, turned into a stage for Gojo Yoru alone.
Countless tourists and commissions began to rush to the Land of Fire and Konoha.
Just like Uzumaki Naruto who became the savior of the Ninja World after the war, causing Konoha to be overcrowded for a long time, people with conditions to travel and commission missions wanted to see the Incarnation of Miracle.
Nobles and rich people wanted to see Gojo Yoru by hiring him.
Those without money somehow found out the location of the Gojo house, surrounding the wall of the Gojo house, shouting Gojo Yoru's name and title.
The Gojo house also became one of Konoha's tourist attractions.
Helpless, Gojo Yoru could only temporarily move to the Senju mansion to live with Uzumaki Kushina.
As for the commissions from the powerful and wealthy, Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected them all without Gojo Yoru needing to speak.
Gojo Yoru wasn't a monkey. In Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes, he had become a strategic deterrent and Konoha foundation even more important than Uzumaki Kushina.
If Gojo Yoru hadn't reached adulthood yet, Sarutobi Hiruzen would have wanted to urge him to marry early and reproduce as soon as possible.
Even if his children and grandchildren were like the Senju Clan, where even the granddaughter and grandson of the First Hokage couldn't awaken Wood Release that pacified chaotic times, hope could be placed on atavism.
After all, Konoha wasn't without such Kekkei Genkai families that appeared every few generations.
As long as Gojo Yoru gave birth to bloodlines, a second space-time ninja would definitely appear in the future, which was Konoha's future.
And now Gojo Yoru's weakness was sensing, which was known to the Ninja World.
Assassination and poisoning were currently the most hopeful means to kill Gojo Yoru.
Before he compensated for the weakness of sensing, Sarutobi Hiruzen wouldn't arrange any missions for Gojo Yoru.
Besides sensing, Gojo Yoru also wanted to make Medical Ninjutsu his strength.
When Gojo Yoru compensated for these two major weaknesses, he would be invincible in the Ninja World, the new generation God of Shinobi.
This was the benefit of being in the Hokage's direct line.
If Gojo Yoru weren't Orochimaru's disciple, and Orochimaru weren't his most proud disciple, Sarutobi Hiruzen would definitely be full of dread towards Gojo Yoru, regarding him as a "ticking time bomb" that could lose control at any time. This was a psychological disease every ruler with insufficient strength would have.
In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen would even hint to Shimura Danzo, tacitly allowing him to make small moves against Gojo Yoru, then dump all the blame on his good friend.
Sarutobi Hiruzen would rather erase this Incarnation of Miracle than hope for a ticking time bomb more uncontrollable than the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to appear in Konoha.
But Gojo Yoru was in the Hokage's direct line, which was completely different.
He and Sarutobi Hiruzen had a grandmaster-granddisciple relationship. This seniority and age gap only had benefits and no harm for Sarutobi Hiruzen.
With Gojo Yoru, he no longer needed to fear the Uchiha Clan, nor share power with Shimura Danzo. With three proud disciples under his command, plus two trump cards, the space-time ninja and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Sarutobi Hiruzen's regime would be unshakable.
When he got old and died, the position of Hokage would be taken over by disciples and grand-disciples. His descendants and the Sarutobi clan would be looked after by them, with no problems for decades to come.
In the vast Ninja World, Sarutobi Hiruzen was definitely the existence who hoped for Gojo Yoru to grow up the most after Orochimaru.
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"Yoru, you bastard, I'll strangle you!"
Inside the Senju mansion, Uzumaki Kushina strangled Gojo Yoru's neck with both hands, shaking his head vigorously.
Looking at Gojo Yoru cooperating by rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue, Uzumaki Kushina was so angry her hair rose against gravity. Her tone was full of grievance: "I even told you about becoming a Jinchuriki, yet you hid such an important thing from me! What Incarnation of Miracle, what space-time ninja, you are a big liar, a big bad guy!"
"I really wanted to tell you, but walls have ears." Gojo Yoru said helplessly, "The Space-Time Kekkei Genkai is my biggest secret. Before I grow up, even if my parents were still alive, I wouldn't reveal a bit to them. Orochimaru-sensei was purely an accident."
"Thanks to my good hiding, I could be safe and sound this time; otherwise, you might not see me."
After speaking, Gojo Yoru imitated the action of the number one filial son in the Ninja World, poking Uzumaki Kushina's forehead with two fingers, his eyes and voice full of gentleness: "Forgive me, Kushina. This is the first time, and also the last time."
"Hmph... you said it. Seeing that what you said makes some sense, I'll reluctantly forgive you."
Uzumaki Kushina wasn't an unreasonable girl. She felt angry and aggrieved because she learned that Orochimaru knew Gojo Yoru's secret while she was kept in the dark, and both of them hid it from her.
Facing Gojo Yoru's direct offensive, her anger was instantly extinguished. Just not wanting Gojo Yoru to think she was easy to coax, she deliberately crossed her arms, putting on a tsundere look.
Actually, what Gojo Yoru feared most was Uzumaki Kushina knowing.
Her knowing meant the Nine-Tails knew. If Kurama revealed it to other Tailed Beasts, and other Tailed Beasts told their Jinchuriki, and then Jinchuriki reported to the higher-ups, what was the difference from announcing it to the whole Ninja World?
Of course, Gojo Yoru wouldn't tell Uzumaki Kushina these things.
Seeing Uzumaki Kushina's tsundere look, Gojo Yoru couldn't help but rub her face, teasing with a smile: "Tomato-na, tsundere is out of fashion. You should pretend to be magnanimous, then pat my shoulder and say, 'Then I'll show mercy and forgive you.'"
Uzumaki Kushina, whose face was rubbed out of shape, instantly lit up her eyes, then mumbled: "Then do it again."
"Keep dreaming."
Gojo Yoru pinched Uzumaki Kushina's cheek, pulling gently, and smiled: "But as an apology, when the limelight passes, I can take you out on missions."
"Really?" Uzumaki Kushina's eyes brightened even more, then as if thinking of something, she shook her head worriedly: "Forget it. The newspaper says your bounty has exceeded one hundred million ryo. Hokage-sama also said that now the entire Ninja World is full of people who want your life. Let's wait until your sensing and Medical Ninjutsu are all improved."
Gojo Yoru rubbed Uzumaki Kushina's head and smiled: "Precisely because you are here, I feel full of security; otherwise, I wouldn't dare stay in Konoha."
Uzumaki Kushina instantly understood Gojo Yoru's meaning. Her face immediately showed a smug expression, humming: "Rely on me as much as you want. As long as I'm here, whether assassination or poisoning, those guys won't succeed."
Gojo Yoru wasn't joking.
If not for Uzumaki Kushina, he wouldn't even sleep peacefully. He would only leave a Shadow Clone in Konoha, while his main body teleported elsewhere to sleep.
Everyone is in an undefended state when asleep.
Even if Gojo Yoru's neural reaction speed was like spider-sense, waking him up instantly when encountering danger, he might not have time to dodge the enemy's attack.
Especially since he knew Black and White Zetsu were the Naruto world version of "Toji Fushiguro," able to enter and exit barriers freely without being sensed, merge with the earth and vegetation, and use Wood Release power.
Not to mention anything else, a Wood Release spike could kill Gojo Yoru.
For the one hundred million ryo bounty, there might be many idiots, like those in the One Piece world who wanted to assassinate Marine Admirals, trying to poison or assassinate Gojo Yoru.
Although Uzumaki Kushina's Mind's Eye of the Kagura couldn't discover White Zetsu before combining with Nine-Tails Chakra to produce the characteristic of sensing negative emotions, she could discover some guys who thought their invisibility was amazing, temporarily becoming Gojo Yoru's third eye.
Heal Bite could recover even a body cut in two, and detoxification was a piece of cake.
As long as Uzumaki Kushina was there, he didn't fear assassination and poisoning.
For this reason, Gojo Yoru finally left a Flying Thunder God formula using ordinary Chakra on Uzumaki Kushina.
On Uzumaki Kushina's wrist, there was an infinity symbol formed by an Ouroboros, like a special bracelet.
When marking her with this symbol, Uzumaki Kushina looked regretful. Compared to this infinity symbol, she preferred the tomato pattern with the character "Night" inside, which was the symbol representing her and Gojo Yoru.
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"So... is the gap between us this big?"
On the Hokage Rock, Namikaze Minato, who was executing the mission of cleaning the Hokage Rock, looked at the crowded central street, murmuring with complicated eyes.
Reading the newspaper and learning that Gojo Yoru possessed a Space-Time Kekkei Genkai, Namikaze Minato suffered a greater impact than anyone else.
As the existence most hopeful of becoming the third Flying Thunder God user, no one could understand the high dimension and power of space-time better than Namikaze Minato.
Seemingly a power everyone could touch, it was actually in a completely different dimension from them.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was just an alternative Summoning Technique.
Offensive and defensive space-time abilities were something Namikaze Minato and people in the Ninja World dared not even imagine, let alone see.
And now, someone capable of converting Chakra into space-time nature transformation turned all these abilities they dared not imagine into reality one by one.
No wonder the world called Gojo Yoru the Incarnation of Miracle.
Because... this could indeed only be described as a miracle!
If there was still a thought of catching up before, Namikaze Minato completely lost that heart now.
They... were no longer in the same dimension.
At this moment, Namikaze Minato finally realized that the various praises for the First Hokage in history books might not be excessive flattery.
In this world, there really existed an existence who could single-handedly make all contemporaries become foils, leaving the entire Ninja World unsure how to deal with him, thus daring not to offend in the slightest.
In the First Hokage's generation, there was Uchiha Madara who could contend with him.
Then in this generation, what ability could contend with space-time?
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"Konan-sama, is this space-time the space-time you mentioned before?"
In a small town in the Land of Birds.
As one of the neighbors of the Land of Rain, the Second Great Ninja War was also being discussed enthusiastically here.
The topic also revolved around Gojo Yoru and the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai.
Nagato, who had been wandering and grave robbing with Konan since the war ended, hearing the words "space-time," couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Should be."
"Isn't space-time power related to Sealing Jutsu, only available in storage scrolls and the Summoning Technique? Can such an ability also appear as a Kekkei Genkai?"
Nagato, who had been taught by Konan during this period and was also a super genius, became even more confused: "There are only seven nature transformations of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements in the Ninja World. According to what you said, Konan-sama, Hiden techniques are mostly special extension techniques of Yang Release and Yin Release, and Black Lightning is a special extension technique of Lightning Release, meaning all seven nature transformations can develop Hiden techniques."
"And a Kekkei Genkai is formed by the fusion of two nature transformations, related to Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements but a new attribute not belonging to them."
"A Kekkei Tota is formed by the fusion of three nature transformations."
"Then space-time is related to what attribute, and what attributes can fuse to form it?"
Looking at the very eager-to-learn Nagato, Konan looked helpless: "Don't know. My self-taught knowledge is only this much. If you want to know, work hard to become stronger and explore it yourself."
"Yes."
Nagato nodded vigorously, remembering the name Gojo Yoru.
But he didn't notice the corner of his Konan-sama's mouth rising slightly.
In the eyes of White Zetsu and Tobi monitoring them, Konan revealed a gratified smile because of Nagato's eagerness to learn.
In reality, Konan was just unable to hide the joy in her heart, revealing a happy smile.
So Yoru-sama is this powerful.
Incarnation of Miracle, this title is truly apt.
Wonder when Yoru-sama will learn that Ninjutsu called Spirit Transformation Technique and sneak over to meet her. She really wanted to report the results of this period to Yoru-sama, not only about Nagato's cultivation but also her own growth.
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"Teacher, is this guy in the newspaper the one who defeated you?"
Amegakure, Tower. Yahiko, who had already embarked on the path of a ninja, was also reading the newspaper at this moment, then looked at Hanzo the Salamander doubtfully: "Is his ability really as powerful as the newspaper says?"
"Correct, and his ability is even more terrifying than what the newspaper says."
Looking at Gojo Yoru on the front page of the newspaper, Hanzo the Salamander's eyes were full of complexity, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face: "This old man originally thought his skill to hide Chakra aura was a special extension technique of Earth Release, a Hiden technique. Unexpectedly, this is actually a means of merging into space. In other words, he mastered this invincible defensive ability at eleven, or even earlier."
"Fighting him so many times, yet failing to force out this means of his. It seems this old man still has a considerable gap with Onoki."
Hearing this, Yahiko immediately said seriously: "In the eyes of me and everyone in the Land of Rain, Teacher is more powerful and greater than the Third Tsuchikage. You are just different types."
"Heh... brat, this old man doesn't need your comfort." Hanzo the Salamander scolded with a smile, then looked at Yahiko with a trace of pity in his eyes: "The ones who really need comfort are actually you brats."
"If not for that brat, you might have been able to inherit this old man's mantle and become one of the pinnacles of the new era Ninja World."
"But now, in your generation, a ninja destined to become the strongest in history has been born. I hope you won't be hit so hard that you lose the will to move forward."
Yahiko widened his eyes, looking incredulous: "The strongest ninja in history? Is it that exaggerated?"
"Whether it's exaggerated or not, you'll know when you grow up." Hanzo the Salamander didn't explain much.
But Yahiko continued to press: "Then is his Kekkei Genkai more powerful, or the God of Shinobi's Wood Release that pacified chaotic times more powerful?"
"Kid, don't underestimate the value of the word 'miracle'." Hanzo the Salamander said very certainly, "Looking throughout history, his ability is also the most special and strongest existence. Even the God of Shinobi's Wood Release is far inferior to him."
"Don't be deceived by the contents of history books. What was strong wasn't Wood Release, but the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama."
"Without the First Hokage's level of Chakra, Wood Release is just a Kekkei Genkai formed by the fusion of Water and Earth nature transformations."
"Such a Kekkei Genkai not only poses no threat to this old man but would also fuel this old man's Fire Release power."
"The reason Wood Release is called the Kekkei Genkai that pacified chaotic times is simply that it is the God of Shinobi's Kekkei Genkai."
"With that level of Chakra, any Ninjutsu and Kekkei Genkai in his hands would be at the level of pacifying chaotic times. If the First Hokage mastered Dust Release, then the Kekkei Tota eliminating all Kekkei Genkai would be worthy of the name."
"Just like attribute countering, any Kekkei Genkai will have attributes that counter it; this is the rule of the Ninja World."
"But now, this rule has been broken." Hanzo the Salamander said solemnly, "Even the Kekkei Tota formed by the fusion of three nature transformations couldn't hurt a hair. To deal with that brat, only before he merges into space. Otherwise, unless you can also merge into space, or distort space, shatter space, his Space-Time Kekkei Genkai is unsolvable."
"We ninjas can all use space-time power to make storage scrolls and summon summoning beasts, and some techniques can mobilize space-time power through Chakra and formulas. So we know very well that space-time power doesn't belong to Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements at all, nor can it be synthesized through Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements. This is a special attribute independent of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements."
"When someone can convert Chakra into nature transformation of this special attribute, he is the Incarnation of Miracle."
"Attribute countering doesn't work on him; only space-time can deal with space-time."
At this point, Hanzo the Salamander showed a pitying look again: "Besides that brat's ability, the only known external objects containing space-time power in the Ninja World are space-time scrolls. Techniques involving space-time are only the Summoning Technique and Heavenly Transfer Technique, as well as Konoha's Flying Thunder God Technique and Impure World Reincarnation. These four techniques involving space-time are all support types."
"Unless a heavenly talent appears in the future, able to mobilize space-time power through Chakra and formulas to develop offensive and defensive Ninjutsu, and must be able to cause a certain range of impact on space, otherwise they still can't hurt that brat, nor block his attacks."
"So, even if his Chakra amount is far inferior to the First Hokage, he will become the strongest ninja in history in the future."
Yahiko, who had just embarked on the path of a ninja, understood but didn't fully understand, feeling it was amazing but severe.
His current appearance interpreted what a frog in a well meant, only feeling that the gap between him and Gojo Yoru was just one at the bottom of the well and one outside the well.
When he grew up and his horizons broadened, he would discover that he was just a big rock, certainly larger than the surrounding pebbles and sand grains.
But Gojo Yoru was the... sky above him.
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