Naruto: Starting with a space-time bloodline limit, a top-tier ninja.

Chapter 108 Spatial Perception: The Watershed Moment of the Third Evolution

Time flies when you're on a spiritual journey; another year has passed in a flash.

Before we knew it, Konoha's 37th year had come to an end.

The ninja world has long since returned to normal operation, and the national strength of the three great nations and the Land of Rain is slowly recovering.

The two-year-long Ninja World War seems like it happened a long time ago.

In April, with the start of the new school year, history textbooks included sections on the Second Shinobi World War. Gojo Yoru once again set a new record in the shinobi world, becoming a cover figure in history books from various countries at a young age, known and admired by students worldwide, or hated by them.

This is a level of treatment that even the second-winner, Konoha's White Fang, didn't receive.

Just like the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, Gojo Yoru, known as the embodiment of a miracle, was so powerful that while one could tarnish his character and personality, one could never erase his strength. The ninja villages of all nations must record his story in their history books to warn future generations, making them aware of Gojo Yoru's power and intelligence, so that if they encounter him in the ninja world, they will decisively abandon their mission and flee, never risking their lives for recklessness.

Throughout the year, Gojo Yoru never left Konoha, which led some fools, blinded by the 100 million ryo bounty, to risk infiltrating Konoha to assassinate and poison him.

Little did they know, Hiruzen Sarutobi had become ruthless in his efforts to protect Yoru Gojo.

The sensory barrier that envelops the central street of Konoha operates around the clock, and both the sensory team and the barrier team are all direct descendants of the Hokage.

If anyone with unfamiliar chakra enters Konoha without coming from the village entrance, they will immediately be captured by the Anbu.

Anyone who registers at the village entrance and is detected to have chakra will be subjected to a swift and unpredictable attack by Hiruzen Sarutobi, who will send members of the Kurama and Yamanaka clans to silently possess their bodies and read their minds. Afterwards, the person will be completely unaware that they have been subjected to a combination of Yin Release techniques from the Kurama and Yamanaka clans.

Once it is discovered that the other party has ill intentions, they will be immediately imprisoned in Konoha Prison and subjected to various forms of torture.

Without the guarantee of a powerful figure and without undergoing rigorous interrogation and testing, outsiders cannot open shops and do business in Konoha.

Before Gojo Yoru makes up for his two major weaknesses, Hiruzen Sarutobi will not remove such a cordon, nor will he allow Gojo Yoru to go out on missions, even though he is already the most unbeatable existence in the ninja world.

This level of protection is far superior even to that of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

If you didn't know better, you'd think Gojo Yoru was his son and Sarutobi Asuma was an adopted child.

Such treatment would make Naruto Uzumaki from the original manga cry his eyes out in the bathroom.

When Gojo heard this news, he felt a little regretful.

Unfortunately, those who have such foolish ideas are all weak and desperate people. Other major powers did not send spies to infiltrate Konoha to assassinate them, otherwise they could have used them to train themselves and Kushina Uzumaki.

It is well known that the growth rate of geniuses and super geniuses is utterly unreasonable.

Konan, who is able to develop a near-omnipotent paper-based secret technique based on her hobby, and who has the potential to become a Kage-level fighter in the future, is definitely a genius.

Yahiko, who trained with Jiraiya for three years and, before the age of fifteen, had already defeated many opponents with his strength and eloquence, thus forming the Akatsuki organization, was also a genius.

Now, both of these geniuses have had their original fates altered by the butterfly effect triggered by Gojo Yoru.

Konan is no longer an appendage of Yahiko and Nagato, nor does she regard their dreams as her own. Before Yahiko's death, she has little motivation to become stronger.

Her current dream is to become an excellent ninja so that she can help Gojo Yoru.

The driving force behind this dream is that Konan keeps striving to become stronger. Knowing that there must be unseen creatures watching Nagato nearby, her acting skills become more and more superb. She is the "Konan Sama" whom Nagato admires and follows.

Yahiko, who successfully transplanted the poison sac by risking his life, became a disciple of Hanzo the Salamander.

Whether it was due to innate talent, the influence of the poison sac, or the life-or-death struggle that led to a massive increase in both physical and mental energy, Yahiko, who had just embarked on the path of a ninja, already possessed a chakra level far exceeding that of his peers.

Perhaps these kinds of idiots are all like Chatonla.

Under the tutelage of Hanzo the Salamander, Yahiko, who was a water-style genius in the original work, had his potential quickly unleashed and was regarded by Hanzo as the perfect successor.

If he hadn't died prematurely, Yahiko, who inherited Hanzo's Fire and Water Release ninjutsu and signed a blood pact with the Salamander, would have been a foregone conclusion to become a Kage-level powerhouse.

Before they were even ten years old, both Konan and Yahiko possessed enough chakra and strength to graduate early from any of the five great ninja villages.

With such a rapid growth rate, by the time they enter their later adolescence, their strength will definitely be far superior to that of the original characters.

Unfortunately, these two geniuses are still far behind the super geniuses Minato Namikaze, Nagato, and Kushina Uzumaki.

Needless to say, Minato Namikaze already possessed the strength to easily defeat high-level ninjas at this age in the original work. Now, influenced by the butterfly effect, he has already mastered the Rasengan and has even begun to train the Flying Thunder God Technique, a super S-rank secret technique.

With his strength and overall qualities, he is already qualified to become a special Jonin.

Both are super geniuses, but Minato Namikaze, whose talent is limited, is only qualified to become one of the Five Kage at best.

Nagato and Kushina Uzumaki, on the other hand, possessed the potential to become Kage-level beings.

Despite being affected by the butterfly effect, Nagato was unable to become Jiraiya's disciple and thus could not master the six nature transformations and the five elemental ninjutsu that were the mainstream in the ninja world within a year, as in the original story.

But Gojo Yoru knew very well that Madara Uchiha would not stand idly by.

So the ninja path he fabricated for Konan was the most classic "treasure hunt in a cave" story in the novel. He wandered from the Land of Rain to the Land of Rivers, accidentally entered a secret base that had been abandoned for many years, and unexpectedly obtained a scroll from a ninja's corpse that contained the scroll that the ninja had developed a secret technique, as well as several storage scrolls, all of which were filled with ninjutsu diaries.

This kind of tactic would have been commonplace in Gojo Yoru's previous life.

But in this world, it works very well.

Konan embarked on the path of a ninja because of her experience of looting corpses. As a result, the naive Konan believed that when ninjas were buried, there would be scrolls as burial items, so she took Nagato around to loot corpses and rob graves.

Neither Zetsu nor Madara Uchiha would doubt that a little girl of a few years old would lie to a little boy of a few years old, and they would actually risk doing such immoral things.

In order to help Nagato grow up quickly, Madara Uchiha would definitely take advantage of the two children's naivety and have White Zetsu and Tobi secretly cooperate with them by placing ninjutsu scrolls in some graves to guide their growth.

Otherwise, if they are allowed to continue wandering and tomb raiding, it is unknown how long it will take for Nagato to mature, and he may encounter dangers during that time, leading to the exposure of Afei and White Zetsu.

As for ninjutsu, Madara Uchiha, who possessed the Uchiha clan's thousand-year heritage, had read the Book of Seals of Konoha, and even knew some of the forbidden techniques invented by Tobirama Senju, had absolutely nothing to lack.

The two boys robbing the tomb suited his purposes perfectly.

Through Konan's development of the Paper Release technique and the special code she deliberately left behind, Gojo Yoru also confirmed that his plan had been very successful and that Uchiha Madara was indeed secretly investing in the two of them.

Nagato is now more like Hanzo of the Salamander than Yahiko, because he inherited Madara Uchiha's Fire Release techniques and Tobirama Senju's Water Release techniques.

Although he doesn't possess S-rank secret techniques, his fire and water ninjutsu, combined with Nagato's simultaneous awakening of the Uzumaki and Senju clan bloodlines, and the enhancement of nature transformation by the Rinnegan, make him a top-tier water and fire ninja in the ninja world.

When he gets a few years older, his Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation might become as outrageous as Madara Uchiha's, requiring an entire class of Water Release techniques to withstand.

As for Kushina Uzumaki—

In the original story, due to the village's rejection, Tsunade's long absence from home, and ultimately becoming Minato Namikaze's vassal, Kushina Uzumaki's talent was severely wasted.

Now, influenced by the butterfly effect, under Gojo Yoru's years of training, her growth has not only left geniuses like Konan and Yahiko far behind, making them unable to even see her back, but has also surpassed super geniuses like Nagato and Minato Namikaze by a large margin.

Aside from not yet awakening the Adamantine Sealing Chains and being unable to borrow the Nine-Tails' chakra for the time being, Kushina Uzumaki has already awakened Physical Healing and Kagura's Mind's Eye, becoming one of the top medical and sensory ninjas in the ninja world. She has also mastered Tsunade's Super Strength Fist early on. Once she can maintain her rationality and use the Tailed Beast Cloak, she will be the most terrifying taijutsu ninja in the ninja world.

In terms of ninjutsu, he also masters the two major nature transformations of wind and water. With the support of Chaton and Shadow Clone Jutsu, he can easily create storms and lakes of a huge scale, and upgrade the Giant Rasengan to the Super Giant Rasengan.

Aside from her overall skills being far inferior, Kushina Uzumaki's current strength surpasses that of many all-around Jonin.

Once she masters an S-rank ultimate technique, she will be a trump card capable of threatening the Shadow.

After awakening the Vajra Seal, the sealing technique will also be greatly enhanced, enabling one to fight Kurama, seize the tailed beast's chakra, and become a Kage-level powerhouse.

Once the Nine-Tails is completely suppressed, and the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is activated, and the Sage Mode is fused with the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Kushina Uzumaki will be a numerical monster second only to Hashirama Senju.

Excluding Gojo Yoru, the only one who can rival her in a one-on-one fight is Nagato when he is healthy and has mastered the Six Paths Technique.

If the Third Shinobi World War, in which all five great nations participate, were to break out again in the future, and all these trendsetters who changed their fate and matured ahead of time were to be drawn into it, it would surely be a massive battle with rivers of blood.

Clang clang clang —

On the summit of a snow-capped mountain in the Land of Iron, a cold wind howled, accompanied by a series of metallic clanging sounds.

Two figures, one tall and one short, were engaged in a simple hand-to-hand combat on the snow.

The shortest one is Kushina Uzumaki, whose height suddenly soared to 1.62 meters during her mid-to-late adolescence.

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As Kushina Uzumaki transitioned from her early adolescence to her later teenage years, she not only grew a year older, but her round face also completely shed its roundness, transforming into a delicate and beautiful oval face.

Their clothing and appearance have also undergone significant changes, no longer featuring outdated mesh linings and yellow short jackets.

She wore a light gold short kimono with flame patterns on her upper body, and black shorts that were just covered by the kimono, revealing glimpses of her lower body. Her legs were covered by black stockings that went past her knees. Her waist-length red hair was pulled into long, straight hair, and she wore a Konoha headband on her forehead. Her dark blue eyes kept moving, and her dynamic vision quickly found Gojo Yoru's weaknesses. She attacked Gojo Yoru with kunai, sometimes slashing, sometimes thrusting, without any mercy.

Some of her attacks were parried by Gojo Yoru, while others, due to being a beat too slow, resulted in her clothes and skin being torn by kunai, leaving behind wounds of varying depths.

Such tears covered the clothes of the five nights, only without the scars of the new tears.

If you look closely, you'll notice that Gojo's eyes are bound with a black strip of cloth, and his fighting posture is somewhat strange.

Sometimes, he would hold a kunai in one hand while keeping the other hand in a non-hand seal position. Whenever he attacked in this way, no matter how fast Kushina Uzumaki's attack speed was, Gojo Yoru could completely block it, as if he had a third eye and could see the trajectory of Kushina Uzumaki's attacks.

When he lowered his palm and stopped maintaining the single-hand seal, his reaction became incredibly sluggish, and he was only able to block Kushina Uzumaki's attacks two or three times out of ten.

The tattered clothes were stained with congealed blood.

The hand-to-hand combat between the two only ended when Kushina Uzumaki felt sorry for the numerous wounds she had sustained.

He absorbed Kushina Uzumaki's chakra to recover from his injuries, and the two continued their close-quarters combat.

Countless times, until Gojo Yoru's unmarked state allowed him to withstand five attacks out of ten, he finally made his next move.

"The Yin Seal - Release!"

Gojou whispered, and the diamond-shaped mark on her forehead began to glow faintly. Then, several black lines extended out, forming a tattoo with black tear stains on her face.

Similar to the face, there was also the chest, which could be vaguely seen through the various openings.

Unlocking the double Yin seal, Gojo Yoru not only saw a surge in the capacity of both types of chakra, but also reversed his previous passive stance, instantly turning the tide of the offensive.

Without using hand seals and with his eyes covered by black cloth, he could not only capture Kushina Uzumaki's attack trajectory, but also predict her next move. With his overwhelmingly fast reflexes, he could block, deflect, borrow, and counterattack with kunai—a fusion of speed and skill, all flowing smoothly like water.

The kunai also left cuts and wounds on Kushina's clothes and body.

Seeing that she was being overwhelmed in the melee, Kushina Uzumaki immediately threw away her kunai and began to unleash her super-powerful punches at Yoru Gojo.

However, unsurprisingly, all of her attacks missed.

Gojo Yoru did not use the ghostly, silent Body Flicker Technique. Instead, he easily dodged Kushina Uzumaki's attacks by relying solely on his nerve reaction speed. He specifically targeted her elbows and knees, preventing her powerful punches from hitting the ground and causing widespread damage.

Moreover, Gojo Yoru's movements were so fast and precise, it was as if you could see Kushina Uzumaki in action.

This is true.

Only members of the Hyuga clan who have awakened their Byakugan can truly understand how Gojo Yoru feels right now.

If they put themselves in Gojo Yoru's shoes, they might even feel envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Because Gojo Yoru's current perspective is a 360-degree, all-seeing-from-the-world viewpoint.

Moreover, the image he saw was in color, not the black and white image with white eyes.

This 360-degree God's-eye view is not only horizontal but also vertical.

Gojo Yoru is just a thought, and the perspective can switch to underground, where the scene is also in color.

Centered on Gojo Yoru, everything within a certain radius is within his field of vision.

Even more terrifying is that Gojo Yoru's God-like perspective, in addition to seeing colorful images, also incorporates the energy sensing of the Perception Technique, allowing him to see the life fluctuations of animals and the chakra of humans, possessing the same X-ray vision chakra ability as the Three Great Dojutsu.

The enemy only needs to mobilize chakra, and the knowledgeable Gojo Yoru can determine what type of ninjutsu he intends to use.

"Stop fighting, stop fighting————"

Seeing that even physical techniques were no match for Gojo Yoru, Kushina Uzumaki, feeling utterly frustrated, did not change her attack methods but instead chose to concede defeat.

While using her physical healing abilities to heal herself, Kushina Uzumaki watched Gojou Yoru form hand seals to close the Yin Seal and sincerely exclaimed, "Yoru, your spatial awareness has become even stronger. I feel like you can see through my every move. In your current state, you're practically a combination of the Byakugan and the Sharingan."

Gojo Yoru, after removing the strips of cloth, did not show a smug smile, but shook his head: "It's not good enough yet. There are too many flaws. This technique is at best a half-finished product."

Kushina Uzumaki's eyes widened immediately: "This is only a half-finished product?"

"Yes, I overestimated my current talent and underestimated the higher-dimensional power of spacetime bloodline."

"If it weren't for the subtle adjustments provided by the Yin Seal, my level of chakra control would require hand seals; otherwise, I simply couldn't release spatial perception without them."

"Once the Yin Seal is broken, I will be unable to store chakra."

As she said this, Gojo Yoru raised the corners of her mouth: "However, this bottleneck is actually a good thing. At least it lets me know that in the next stage, I might be ridiculously strong."

After a year of arduous training, Gojo Yoru's talent has been enhanced twice. He has made rapid progress in medical ninjutsu and Yin Release. In the former, he has mastered the chakra scalpel and can also fuse space-time chakra, allowing him to use his hands to perform dimensional slashes instead of chakra blades.

In terms of Yin Release, he recently mastered the Super S-rank Spirit Transformation Technique, which allows him to perfectly separate spiritual energy from physical energy.

With a new level of chakra control, Gojo Yoru, after fusing ordinary chakra with space-time chakra, finally managed to fuse the invisible Yin Release chakra with space-time chakra and successfully cast the most basic sensory technique.

At that moment, Gojo Yoru's perception was no longer from the perspective of darkness; he could only determine the location of the target by capturing points of energy.

His perception has become a God-like perspective of spatial perception.

This is the perception extension technique from the Five Nights Inspiration.

Without mastering the Spirit Transformation Technique, Gojo Yoru's chakra control wouldn't be able to completely separate spiritual energy from physical energy, and the fusion of space-time chakra with ordinary chakra would be equivalent to fusion with Yang Release chakra, Yin Release chakra, and even Lightning Release chakra.

The proportion of Yin Release chakra is too small. Even if Gojo Yoru's talent is enhanced a second time, he still cannot develop extended perception techniques.

That's why he had a flash of inspiration and exchanged for the Spirit Transformation Technique, using the principle of this super S-rank secret technique to help himself increase the proportion of Yin Release chakra.

As it turns out, Gojo Yoru was right.

He successfully developed a perception extension technology: spatial perception.

Unfortunately, although his chakra control reached the pinnacle of the ninja world, he still hadn't broken through to another dimension.

He still needs to form hand seals to unleash his full power when using his perception techniques; otherwise, he can only vaguely capture hazy images, and the range of his perception will be greatly reduced.

This isn't a problem of chakra capacity, but rather a problem of chakra control.

Gojou had been trying to fix this flaw, but nothing worked until he broke the double Yin Seal and used the full power micro-adjustment of the Yin Seal to fix it.

If the normal Yin Seal can also make up for this deficiency, then the only drawback of this extended technique is that the range is not enough, but it is enough to find nearby White Zetsu clones and assassins.

Unfortunately, Gojo Yoru needs to break the double Yin seal in order to release spatial perception without a seal.

This is a bottleneck that cannot be broken through no matter how hard you try.

It was this bottleneck that made Gojo Yoru realize how much change the third evolution would bring to him.

At least one thing is certain.

That is Gojou Yoru's chakra control, which will officially enter the dimensional world of the Otsutsuki clan, allowing him to perform ninjutsu without hand seals.

Spatial perception will become his norm, and he may even be able to project spacetime chakra outwards, enabling him to teleport without any techniques.

The third evolution will be a major watershed moment.