The next day, Masahiko attended the funeral for the fallen cn members. As he gazed at the new tombstones added to the Uzumaki cn's cemetery, he saw many of his fellow cnsmen crying uncontrolbly, mourning their lost loved ones.
"Though this isn't my first time, I still can't bring myself to attend these kinds of funerals..." Masahiko muttered to himself.
After the ceremony, Masahiko went straight to the cn leader and asked for the cn’s secret sealing jutsu.
“All of the Uzumaki cn’s sealing techniques are recorded on this scroll. Please make sure to keep it safe, Second Uncle,” the cn leader said, as though he had been prepared for this. He pulled out a scroll from his robes and handed it to Masahiko.
It turned out that early this morning, the Second Elder had reported the progress of the war to the cn leader, who had already realized that Masahiko’s strength had increased. While he wasn't at the level of a cn leader yet, he was close, so the cn leader had anticipated that Masahiko would begin learning the sealing techniques soon.
Masahiko took the scroll and replied, “I’ll take good care of it. Don’t you trust me, Second Uncle?”
“I just don’t trust you because you're my nephew,” the cn leader thought, but he said, “Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’m just reminding you.”
Masahiko ignored his insincere tone, grabbed the scroll, and returned to his home.
"Well, before I start learning sealing jutsu, I should probably deal with this injury on my right arm. Otherwise, I might end up being called Uzumaki Yang Guo..." Masahiko muttered as he looked at the scroll.
Given the extent of his injury, he should have taken at least three or four months to fully recover. After all, compared to Naruto, whose body could handle the Rasengan, Masahiko wasn’t as physically gifted, and he didn’t have someone like Sakura to heal him.
"But if my body’s not strong enough, I’ll just add some more points!" Masahiko mumbled, taking off the bandages from his right arm. He then opened his attribute panel and added 10 points to his "Body" stat.
Sure enough, with an unbearable itch and pain, a new yer of skin grew over Masahiko’s right arm. He shook it a bit, feeling some lingering pain, and decided to add another 5 points. This time, his arm was completely healed.
"That was fast. I should bandage it again... It’ll be two months before I take it off," Masahiko thought. "Otherwise, it’d be hard to expin..."
After rebandaging his arm, Masahiko opened the sealing jutsu scroll.
"Four Symbols Seal, Five Elements Seal, Eight Trigrams Seal, Evil Sealing Technique, Fire Sealing Technique, Inner Four Symbols Seal..." Masahiko skimmed through the various sealing techniques.
"No Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation? I can’t believe the cn leader’s nephew would hide something from me... which means this jutsu hasn’t been developed yet. I wonder who came up with it? It’s probably worth a lot of witness points..."
"The first to use this technique was Minato. Since all of his sealing techniques were taught by Kushina... does that mean it was one of her ancestors who created this jutsu?"
"Back in those days, was Kushina’s grandmother still alive? Or was it her grandfather? How am I supposed to find out... Forget it, I’ll focus on Tobirama. He developed quite a few forbidden techniques." Masahiko’s thoughts ran wild for a moment before he refocused and began to study the sealing jutsu.
Masahiko had a natural talent for sealing techniques. Within just one day, he had made progress, and his sealing jutsu reached Level 1.
“Seal Technique: LV1 (1/10000).”
Masahiko resisted the urge to immediately add more points and decided to continue learning on his own.
Two months ter, Masahiko had mastered two retively simple sealing techniques—the Fire Sealing Technique and the Evil Sealing Technique. His sealing jutsu reached Level 2.
To learn the Five Elements Seal, he had to add points to his Lightning and Water attributes.
Around this time, Masahiko had accumuted a number of witness points, and instead of learning new jutsu, he found himself increasingly engrossed in sealing techniques, to the point where he forgot about his witness points.
...
Five years had passed in the blink of an eye.
In these five years, Masahiko had learned every sealing technique the Uzumaki cn had, except for the Yin Sealing technique. His sealing jutsu had surpassed his Wind Release jutsu and had reached Level 5.
It was only then that Masahiko realized five years had passed.
For the people of the Warring States era, where life expectancy was under 40, five years was a long time.
However, for Masahiko, five years had passed, and he... was 31 years old.
Although he still maintained his transformation technique, looking 48 years old, five years had passed in isotion, with Masahiko not paying attention to the rger events of the ninja world. Now that his training had ended, he immediately sought out the cn leader to ask about the current state of the ninja world.
"Second Uncle, you've finally come out of seclusion! How is your health? Are you still in good condition?" The cn leader’s first words were surprising.
Masahiko gred at him. "I'm in fine health. If I’m fine, then you should be worried, not me!"
"Uh, Second Uncle, forgive me. Well, st year, the Grand Elder resigned from the position of Head Elder of the Uzumaki cn, saying his health was deteriorating, and now he’s been resting at home. Recently, I’ve noticed the Second and Third Elders also have intentions to retire, but since the position of Grand Elder remains vacant, the other two have decided to stay in their positions for now."
"Of course, it’s not just our cn. Many older ninjas from other cns have also retired. Now it’s truly the younger generation’s time. After all, I’m almost 40, and those older than me are getting up there in age..." The cn leader slowly expined to Masahiko.
"If it weren’t for the system, I’d be 54 by now, and I’d probably be on my way down too," Masahiko thought to himself, but outwardly he said, "Don’t worry, Second Uncle can still hold on for a few more years. So, what’s been going on in the ninja world these past few years?"
"The biggest event... well, aside from the constant battles between the cns, there’s been one major incident. Two years ago, the Senju and Uchiha cns cshed on the Fūma and Valley battlefield. Both Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Tajima died in the battle. Now, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara have become the new cn leaders."
"At first, the other cns thought the loss of two peak ninjas from the two major cns would leave them vulnerable, but surprisingly, both Hashirama and Madara have broken through to the level of cn leader. In battle, they’re just as powerful as their fathers... That’s the strength of a great cn—every generation produces genius ninjas."
"Because of this, our alliance with the Senju cn has grown stronger, and Mito’s marriage to Hashirama wasn’t such a bad thing after all." The cn leader gritted his teeth when he spoke of Mito’s marriage, still seeming upset after five years.
"So much has happened? Hashirama and Madara are now at the peak of the Warring States... I doubt anyone expected them to become even stronger. A new era is coming!" Masahiko thought to himself.
"However, in these five years, the younger me has also made progress." Masahiko looked at his attribute panel and smiled with satisfaction.
Name: Uzumaki Masahiko
Age: 31 (-)
Ninjutsu: 245 (+) Body: 118 (+) Techniques: 1570 (+5.5) (+)
Transformation Technique: LV10 (100000) (Max Level)
Shuriken Throwing Technique: LV10 (100000) (Max Level)
Earth Release: LV3 (30458/100000) (+)
Wind Release: LV4 (116764/200000) (+)
Fire Release: LV3 (29985/100000) (+)
Water Release: LV2 (10000/20000) (+)
Lightning Release: LV2 (10000/20000) (+)
Sealing Jutsu: LV5 (200000/400000) (+)
Special Talent: Sensory Ability
Overall Evaluation: Peak Jonin
Witness Points: 34
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