The one-week vacation ended.
Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina continued their mission journey.
In the Land of Rivers, full of natural landscapes, mountains stretched endlessly, forming rugged paths.
A merchant caravan of twenty to thirty people was struggling on their return journey.
Compared to the ordinary people who were panting from constantly climbing up and down slopes, the man and woman walking at the front to scout the path were calm and composed.
The girl, with her long straight red hair tied in a high ponytail, occasionally closed her eyes and formed seals, releasing the top-tier Sensing Technique in the Ninja World, the invisible Mind's Eye of the Kagura, covering a radius of dozens of kilometers.
People and animals within this sensing range, whether ordinary people or ninjas, large or small, had their Chakra and life fluctuations displayed like radar detection.
This pair was Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina.
Although the duo of the space-time ninja and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was already the strongest duo in Konoha and even the Ninja World, they didn't only execute S-rank missions.
Accurately speaking, S-rank missions were super high-level missions involving national and ninja village higher-ups, not available all the time.
Only doing S-rank missions would mean starving or dying in battle.
Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina weren't short of money; they did missions purely for travel and relaxation.
So this merchant caravan didn't know that Konoha's strongest duo in front of them wasn't the main bodies, but just their Shadow Clones.
Even as Shadow Clones, their combat power was at the level of ace combatants.
Uzumaki Kushina's Shadow Clone had Chakra measured in Kakashi units.
Gojo Yoru, possessing the Flying Thunder God Technique, could instantly swap positions with his and Uzumaki Kushina's Shadow Clones in less than a second.
If enemies targeted them, they would be discovered by the Mind's Eye of the Kagura before even approaching. Without needing Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina's main bodies to return, the Shadow Clones could deal with the enemies.
If the enemy could ignore the Mind's Eye of the Kagura sensing, approach silently, and kill the Shadow Clones, it meant the opponent's strength was terrifying.
Exchanging Shadow Clones and the client for this intelligence was a good thing for Gojo Yoru.
If the mission failed, it failed. Sarutobi Hiruzen wouldn't blame him and Uzumaki Kushina but would praise him for fishing well.
Compared to the two strategic deterrents, the space-time ninja and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the client's life wasn't even worth as much as a cannon fodder Genin.
The Ninja World was just that cruel.
Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina's main bodies were currently at a waterfall area about fifteen kilometers away from the caravan.
The click of the camera shutter was as faint as a mosquito's buzz under the sound of the waterfall.
If not for the flash, one wouldn't even know the camera shutter was triggered automatically.
By the pool, Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina posed in various ways for photos.
Arm in arm, princess carry, piggyback ride, and kissing.
After taking normal style couple photos, Uzumaki Kushina was still not satisfied. She asked Gojo Yoru to use the Transformation Technique to change his clothes and height, even turning back to his childhood appearance, satisfying her various mischievous tastes.
Gojo Yoru, with a bad personality, didn't go against Uzumaki Kushina but was exceptionally obedient, letting her command him like a robot.
He did whatever Uzumaki Kushina asked him to do, even if it damaged his image and could be called dark history.
"...Alright, that's it for today."
After consuming an unknown number of film rolls, Uzumaki Kushina finally ended this photo session contentedly.
Looking at Uzumaki Kushina fiddling with the camera, Gojo Yoru hugged her waist from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder, revealed a smirk, and blew into her ear: "Teacher Kushina's turn is over, so tonight is Teacher Yoru's turn~~"
Whether due to the breath hitting her ear or Gojo Yoru's words reminding her of some shameful scenes, Uzumaki Kushina's exquisite and beautiful face suddenly flushed red.
Giving Gojo Yoru a gentle elbow, Uzumaki Kushina broke free from his embrace, walking ahead and saying, "What Teacher Yoru's turn? I don't know what you're talking about."
Gojo Yoru didn't get angry but put his hands behind his head, following Uzumaki Kushina, chanting sarcastically: "Liars' noses will become long and pointed, called Pinocchio; people who don't keep their word easily get fat, called eating one's words and getting fat; people who break promises will have hunched backs and sagging breasts, children won't be fed enough, because they are too ashamed to see people, chest without capacity..."
Gojo Yoru didn't say much, just repeating these sentences back and forth, with varying tones, sounding like reminders, warnings, or curses... more annoying than cursing to her face.
"Alright, alright, stop chanting. I agree, okay?" Uzumaki Kushina covered her ears with both hands, turned around to glare at Gojo Yoru, then raised her fist and threatened fiercely, "I can cooperate with you to take those photos, but you must promise me never to show them to a third person, and absolutely not leak them, or I'll beat you to death and then commit suicide."
"Hehe... I promise to carry them with me, sealing them in the wristband storage scroll even when sleeping."
Gojo Yoru ran over and picked up Uzumaki Kushina, spun a few times, then suddenly pinned her against a tree (kabedon) and kissed her.
Uzumaki Kushina, never the shy type, also stood on tiptoe, wrapped her arms around Gojo Yoru's neck, and responded passionately.
Tired of standing on tiptoe, she even jumped onto Gojo Yoru, wrapping her legs around his waist.
If not for the inter-dimensional river crab god being as powerful as the inter-dimensional alcohol prohibition and needing some time to leave, the two might have been unable to resist using the sky as a blanket, the earth as a mat, mountains and rivers as pillows, accompanied by reciting poems.
Before graduating from the Ninja Academy, the two had already developed feelings for each other and made it clear several times.
After so many years, Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina's relationship had long been a matter of course.
Just like the relationship between Senju Hashirama and Uzumaki Mito, in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes, no one was more suitable to be Uzumaki Kushina's other half than Gojo Yoru.
Only Gojo Yoru could suppress the out-of-control Uzumaki Kushina.
Moreover, Sarutobi Hiruzen had a whimsical idea.
If Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina successfully produced offspring, and this offspring inherited both of their bloodlines, wouldn't that be an even more perfect Gojo Yoru?
Having compensated for the two major weaknesses of sensing and medical skills, Gojo Yoru now only lacked Chakra amount.
For ordinary ninjas, ace combatant level Chakra amount was already amazing.
But in Sarutobi Hiruzen's view, this level of Chakra amount was far from enough.
Massive Chakra amount was the foundation of super large-scale Ninjutsu and also the secret required to surpass the Five Kage and become the new generation God of Shinobi.
If Gojo Yoru couldn't solve this problem, his combat power might be stronger than the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara, but his strategic deterrence would always be inferior to them.
If Gojo Yoru possessed Uzumaki Kushina's level of Chakra, one dared not imagine what level his upper limit would reach.
So Sarutobi Hiruzen looked forward to them producing an even more perfect offspring.
The Land of Rivers was a very weak small country, always acting as a buffer zone between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. Most of its territory was undeveloped natural landscape that the national strength couldn't develop.
These places also became secret bases for various countries. If the Land of Rivers wanted to develop them, they even needed to greet the surrounding countries.
Because the roads were rugged and difficult to travel, the Land of Rivers' economy couldn't develop at all, and it was one of the few countries in the Ninja World without prosperous areas.
Villages and towns in this country were either built on mountains or at the foot of mountains, also known as mountain villages and mountain towns.
The caravan stopped and went, crossing an unknown number of mountains, and finally encountered a small town at the foot of a mountain as dusk approached.
"Gojo-sama, we'll trouble you for tonight."
"Rest assured and stay; protecting you is my duty."
The person in charge of the caravan lowered his posture extremely low, negotiating respectfully with Gojo Yoru.
Gojo Yoru, who had quietly changed from a Shadow Clone back to his main body, responded equally politely.
Even so, he and Uzumaki Kushina didn't protect the caravan closely but let them find an inn to stay.
The person in charge of the caravan had no objections. Being able to hire the Incarnation of Miracle and Konoha's strongest duo as guards at this price was already a huge profit for them; how could they dare to have other demands?
It was this reverence that saved their lives.
Just like usual missions, Uzumaki Kushina first used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to cover the entire town, observing if anyone was targeting them. If not, she marked the locations of local powerhouses, then went shopping with Gojo Yoru to see what local specialties there were.
After awakening, the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan could only see things within a kilometer radius at the beginning. Without awakening the Otsutsuki clan's bloodline, seeing a few kilometers in the future would be the limit.
Such eyes were already the top sensing eyes in the Ninja World, let alone the Mind's Eye of the Kagura capable of sensing dozens of kilometers.
Just as Uchiha Madara said, five years was enough to make a person arrogant.
But the arrogant person wasn't Gojo Yoru, but Uzumaki Kushina.
Gojo Yoru never reminded Uzumaki Kushina, telling her that there existed a creature in this Ninja World capable of merging with the earth and vegetation.
In these five years, Gojo Yoru always left long-range sensing to Uzumaki Kushina, silently using small-range spatial sensing as a backup himself.
In five years, although limited by talent, Gojo Yoru still couldn't fully release spatial sensing without seals.
But with the help of the Yin Seal's constant micro-adjustment, and forming a single-hand seal to silently mobilize Space-Time Chakra and Yin Release Chakra for fusion, charging for a period of time, he could still sense a certain range of space without seals.
The cautious Gojo Yoru was no exception this time.
When he released the fully charged spatial sensing, his gaze suddenly glanced imperceptibly at the eleven o'clock direction.
There was a burly man who looked like a local resident, carrying three woven bags full of heavy loads, walking with his head down and body bent.
Such manual laborers were almost everywhere, with zero presence.
Running for a living, looking at the ground more than ahead, they weren't like other young men peeking at the beautiful Uzumaki Kushina in different ways.
It was this laborer with zero presence who attracted Gojo Yoru's gaze.
However, Gojo Yoru didn't stare at him all the time. On the surface, he continued to accompany Uzumaki Kushina shopping, but in reality, his spatial sensing locked onto the burly man, and the Space-Time Chakra in his body was already surging.
The burly man was sweating profusely at this moment. If he raised his line of sight slightly, it would be soaked with sweat.
When passing by Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina, he didn't know there was a handsome man and a beautiful woman attracting countless gazes nearby.
Even with the Sensing Technique capable of sensing emotions, not a trace of hostility or killing intent could be sensed from the burly man. There was no Chakra aura in his body at all; he was purely an ordinary person.
Just such an ordinary person, walking less than three meters with his back to Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina, suddenly had a man wrapped in white bandages appear behind him without warning. His hands in a pushing posture held a transparent white cubic barrier, blossoming with dazzling white light, expanding dozens of times instantly, wanting to turn into a cubic barrier as big as a house.
The burly man was less than three meters away from Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina. At this expansion speed, the barrier could envelop the two in less than a blink of an eye.
Even the strongest person, even if vigilant, couldn't react physically.
Only... Gojo Yoru was an exception.
Almost at the moment the bandaged man appeared, Gojo Yoru pulled Uzumaki Kushina behind him with one hand and swung the charged move with the other.
A transparent black crescent moon collided with the enlarging cubic barrier. The latter was cut open from the middle like tofu, then instantly enlarged dozens of times, turning into two white walls on the left and right of Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina.
Cut open along with the cubic barrier were the man wrapped in bandages and the burly man behind him.
Accurately speaking, everything within a hundred meters in diameter was cut open by this transparent black crescent moon.
Whether people or objects, the cut surfaces were so smooth and straight.
But compared to this trace, the scene on the left and right of Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina was even more exaggerated.
When the two blinding white walls disappeared, people and objects on both sides of this street all disappeared, and a huge crossroad appeared in the town.
Everything enveloped by the white light was decomposed into atomic states.
It was only because the barrier didn't cover a large range; otherwise, the entire town would have disappeared.
In this area, only Uzumaki Kushina escaped disaster.
At this moment, the girl was scared silly, standing blankly behind Gojo Yoru, at a loss.
She discovered for the first time that death was so close to her.
If not for Gojo Yoru's pull, she might not even know how she died.
Looking at the bandaged man whose body was split in two but didn't spray blood, instead floating with a large amount of white dust slowly approaching each other, with black sclera, Gojo Yoru chanted a technique name: "Impure World Reincarnation..."
The bandaged man was also looking at Gojo Yoru, his body split in two still able to emit a heavy voice: "Spatial sensing..."
Before the two halves of the body could fit together, the bandaged man's figure disappeared without warning.
Then a kunai engraved with a formation pattern fell to the ground.
At the same time, a white corpse split in two drilled out of the burly man's body, turning into a small tree also split in two, which might become a special attraction of this town in the future.
On this tree split in two, there was also a formation pattern.
Gojo Yoru's gaze was deep, his agile mind instantly unraveling this combo and tactic.
A White Zetsu clone had a Flying Thunder God formula on him, then used the Spore Technique to parasitize an ordinary person without Chakra, lowering Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina's vigilance. Taking advantage of when they had their backs turned, the mastermind mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique immediately transferred the bandaged man, who had charged up Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique in advance, to the back of the burly man parasitized by the White Zetsu clone, releasing this killing move almost face-to-face.
This was an unsolvable combo.
Because the Spore Technique's stealth was no less than Mayfly. In the original work, parasitizing Uchiha Sasuke, even Karin with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura couldn't discover it.
If Gojo Yoru hadn't been overly cautious, seeing a "light spot" the size of a grain of rice on the burly man with spatial sensing, staring at the burly man and charging Space-Time Release: Wind Cutter, he would have also been instantly killed by this combo.
The bandaged man was the Second Tsuchikage Mu in an Impure World Reincarnation body. The mastermind casting the Flying Thunder God Technique was undoubtedly Senju Tobirama in an Impure World Reincarnation body.
Since Senju Tobirama died, no one in the entire Ninja World could learn this S-rank Forbidden Jutsu involving space-time, violating ethics, and blaspheming the souls of the dead.
In the original work's later generations, even if Orochimaru learned the Impure World Reincarnation, he only perfected this Forbidden Jutsu with Kabuto Yakushi in Shippuden.
But in the brief eye contact just now, Gojo Yoru's spatial sensing clearly saw the Chakra amount at the pinnacle of the Five Kage inside the Second Tsuchikage.
Undoubtedly, the Second Tsuchikage's strength was infinitely close to when he was alive.
Currently, only the omnipotent Hashirama cells could solve this flaw of the Impure World Reincarnation.
Uchiha... Madara.
Gojo Yoru chanted this name in his heart.
He was very certain that the person who made eye contact with him just now wasn't the Second Tsuchikage, but that Asura of the Ninja World.
Thinking of this, Gojo Yoru couldn't help but smile secretly: "The combo is very unsolvable, but I am even more unsolvable. You are indeed very cautious, calculating everything, but unfortunately, you missed the best opportunity."
After the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai was exposed, Gojo Yoru was anxious to develop spatial sensing because he dreaded Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu's assassination.
Even after developing spatial sensing, Gojo Yoru remained cautious, always multitasking especially in crowded places.
Because he knew Black and White Zetsu had two other divine techniques besides Mayfly: the Spore Technique and the Substitute Technique.
No matter how strong his spatial sensing was, it couldn't sense good and evil and could be deceived by the Substitute Technique.
As for the Spore Technique, Gojo Yoru hadn't encountered it before and didn't know if it could escape spatial sensing.
Now it was confirmed that the Spore Technique was ineffective against spatial sensing.
This unsolvable combo assassination not only made Gojo Yoru feel a bit fearful but also removed a worry from his heart.
Among the three divine techniques, Mayfly and the Spore Technique were already ineffective against him.
When Uzumaki Kushina combined the Mind's Eye of the Kagura with Nine-Tails Chakra to develop the Negative Emotion Sensing version of the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, the two joining forces would no longer fear Black and White Zetsu's three divine techniques.
Exposing spatial sensing in exchange for this intelligence was very worth it.
While his mind raced, Gojo Yoru's gaze still stared at the Flying Thunder God formula in front of him, the Space-Time Chakra in his body still surging and charging, preventing Uchiha Madara from launching a counterattack.
At this moment, the girl's trembling voice suddenly reached his ears: "Yoru, wh... what happened just now? Who was that guy? Was that the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Facing Uzumaki Kushina's three questions, Gojo Yoru didn't answer but formed a single-hand seal to create a Shadow Clone, while the main body teleported away with Uzumaki Kushina.
The main body couldn't stay here tonight, and he should try to avoid appearing in crowded places in the future; otherwise, similar unsolvable combos might appear again.
...
"That brat is indeed not so easy to kill..."
In the dimly lit underground space, Uchiha Madara cut off the visual sharing with the Impure World Reincarnation body, opened those three-tomoe Sharingan flashing with demonic scarlet light, and murmured: "Being able to react instantly is definitely not just having powerful neural reaction speed. He certainly couldn't predict that the assassination would be a Flying Thunder God Transfer + Dust Release combo, but he didn't dodge. Instead, he cut off Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique head-on, indicating he had already discovered White Zetsu's Spore Technique and charged the Ninjutsu in advance, even sensing the 'spatial fluctuation' of Flying Thunder God Transfer... His sensing extension technique is definitely spatial sensing."
With the last sentence, Uchiha Madara's tone was full of certainty.
At the same time, he also showed appreciation, his tone revealing a trace of respect: "Five years passed, yet he can still maintain such vigilance. This brat is simply a born assassin. Even in our era, assassins like him were rare."
"What a pity. If he appeared in our era, maybe the Ninja World wouldn't be like this now."
"Now, in this filthy Ninja World, only by severing the karma of the world can a perfect world without war where everyone can be happy be created."
Thinking of the Eye of the Moon Plan, Uchiha Madara's eyes became cold again: "Since assassination won't work, then sacrifice the small self to achieve the greater good."
"During wartime, ninjas are consumables. Since they are all consumable tools, let them all be used by me to contribute to the perfect world."
...
Land of Rain, rocky mountain area.
As a country with perennial rainy seasons, today's Land of Rain was still covered by dark clouds, with pouring rain.
On the barren mountains, two figures, one tall and one short, were walking on walls ignoring gravity, occasionally turning into a puddle of water and using the dense raindrops to reassemble their bodies.
Zooming in, it was Hanzo the Salamander and his disciple Yahiko practicing the Water Body Flicker Technique.
Hanzo the Salamander, whose Body Flicker Technique was unrivaled in the Ninja World, seemed to have a unique training method, making Yahiko, who wasn't good at Body Flicker in the original work, look more and more like the reflection of the Demigod of the Ninja World.
Instead of taking mountain roads, they often encountered falling rocks from mountain tops or triggered a series of explosions where they passed, but they could always escape in time.
After crossing an unknown number of mountains colored like rocks using Water Body Flicker, Hanzo the Salamander finally stopped in a desolate clearing. Turning to look at Yahiko, who was panting heavily but still barely keeping up with him holding back, with weights tied to his calves, his eyes were full of appreciation as he praised: "In five years, your Body Flicker Technique has perfectly combined with Water Release. Even with weights, you can cast it without seals. In another year or two, you can completely conquer this rocky mountain area."
"By then, you just need to continue improving your tacit understanding with the Salamander. Once you can use Water Body Flicker with the Salamander, your Body Flicker Technique will be considered completely graduated."
Yahiko revealed a joyful smile but remained very humble on the surface: "I'm still far from it. There are still many things I need to learn from you, Hanzo-sensei."
"Don't worry, this old man will pass everything on to you." Hanzo the Salamander's eyes were firm. "The future Amegakure relies on you to protect it."
Yahiko was about to reply with equally firm eyes when suddenly the expressions of the master and disciple changed.
"Who is it?!"
Hanzo the Salamander and Yahiko looked around simultaneously. Four transparent purple barriers rose in the east, south, west, and north, then sealed the top to form a huge transparent purple cube.
The sound of heavy splashing footsteps came from far to near.
Hanzo the Salamander and Yahiko, with keen hearing, immediately turned to look.
In the rain curtain, a figure walked slowly.
Seeing this figure, Hanzo the Salamander's pupils constricted abruptly, and he blurted out in horror: "Second Hokage, you're still alive?!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Hanzo the Salamander reacted, protecting Yahiko behind him with a solemn expression, examining Senju Tobirama in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Body covered in cracks, special black sclera... this is the Impure World Reincarnation famous in the Ninja World during the First Great Ninja War. Does your Konoha want to settle accounts now?"
Impure World Reincarnation was Konoha's unethical Forbidden Jutsu, known to few.
After all, when Senju Tobirama was still alive, he often used this technique in combination with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
Hanzo the Salamander only thought that after the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Ninjutsu invented by Senju Tobirama was mastered by Konoha ninjas again, and now they came aggressively, preparing to settle accounts.
Examining Hanzo the Salamander in front of him, Uchiha Madara, who took over Senju Tobirama's body, had eyes full of disdain.
This kind of trash, not even as good as the Second Tsuchikage Mu who brought Onoki to Konoha back then, was actually called the Demigod of the Ninja World.
Nowadays, anyone can really touch porcelain with Hashirama.
Thus, Uchiha Madara spoke contemptuously: "Heard your Water Release is very powerful?"
Hanzo the Salamander's expression changed drastically again, shouting loudly: "Yahiko, summon the Salamander quickly and let it take you away."
Unfortunately, Hanzo the Salamander's reminder was still a step too late.
"Water Release..."
Uchiha Madara just formed a hand seal representing the Water attribute and chanted a technique name: "Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
The next second, looking at this transparent purple cubic barrier from the outside, water surged from the bottom up, filling the barrier instantly, turning it into a huge water tank.
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