Chapter 8 Interlude (Revised)

  Luckily, Sanada agreed to let me out, otherwise I might have really become a renegade ninja.

  But I haven't even attended school, at most it's just a disappearance?!

  Anyway, I must leave. Sanada knows that Kyuubi is inside me, and if I disappear, he will immediately send a bunch of ninjas to find me and "bring" me back. And afterwards, I probably won't be so "free" anymore.

  If it's a dark faction of the Elder Council, then they might be trying to silence the "Nine-Tails Jinchuriki".

  The reason why I had to come out so early is naturally for Shirakawa Kaito, after all the two of them are among those that "I" need to care about, on the premise that Kuromine doesn't count.

  After all, these were the two people her sister cared about most.

  If they can live happily, doesn't that mean a similar "us" also has the right to dream? A beautiful dream called happiness?

  Sister, I haven't forgotten... really... so don't look at me with that gaze.

  Don't say you hate me.

  If I complete what "he" wants to achieve, can I then...

  Feeling that my physical strength has recovered to a level where I can hurry along, I left the large tree which served as a resting point, made some slight adjustments and continued on my journey.

  Hey! Those tails are still there. Jiuyue reminded me that there are still people behind us.

  Hehe, I was originally thinking how it's possible for me to be released so easily, indeed!

  I know there are a few people following me from behind, but I can't tell whether they're the Anbu dispatched by the Third Hokage or the "Root" of the Konoha Elder Council.

  It's only natural, after all, the Tailed Beast's power is a valuable asset to any ninja village and its higher-ups. How could they just let me, of all people, leave on my own? What if I were to defect to another village or something unexpected happened?

  Although I know the reason for the existence of those ninjas behind, it does not affect my impression of them.

  Why don't we just get rid of it, it's really annoying!

  If the Anbu were to report everything I plan on doing to the Third Hokage, it would be a real hassle for me. But this body is only three years old, how can I compare with the Anbu?

  However, since I was only three years old at the time, and following my dark side, I didn't pay much attention to hiding my tracks. It's clear that they were all novice-level characters, the kind who had enough power but lacked experience as new dark side members.

  Or rather, these dark parts are probably the fastest way for the new generation of Konoha's clans to gain power in this relatively peaceful era.

  Nowadays, it's no longer an era where one becomes a lower ninja and immediately goes to the battlefield.

  It's also true that tracking or investigating a three-year-old child doesn't require wasting high-level manpower. If it were someone of Kakashi's caliber in the Intelligence Division, I think even with my current abilities, I might not be able to detect his trail either!

  It's been seven days since I left Konoha. I've already confirmed the existence of all four of my Dark Part members, three of whom are at the level of a Jonin, and one who is roughly at the level of a Special Jonin.

  Destroy the things you hate! Don't worry about the consequences, anyway, we've got nothing to lose! When my sister said this, Zhang Kuang's eyes sparkled, dazzling and captivating, yet with a hint of inexplicable sorrow, like sunset.

  I was thinking while rushing along the way.

  This body is going to be a challenge for opponents above the rank of Jonin, but killing doesn't necessarily have to be done face-to-face, nor does it have to be done by one's own hands. In recent years, things haven't been so calm, and when ninjas from different villages meet, they're always gripping their sharp kunai behind those smiling faces, ready for the enemy. And as a victorious Konoha ninja, being resented by other village ninjas is normal. But this lone wolf, this dark operative, is really just a great outlet for venting one's frustrations, isn't it?

  After wasting almost a month getting rid of these tails, now I can get down to business.

  I am now officially heading to the Water Country.

  According to calculations.

  The day I set out was the third birthday of the whirlpool (October 10th), and I had to find a large bridge near the village where Bai was before January 9th next year, because it wasn't long after Bai's sixth birthday that the tragedy occurred.

  It took only three months to take a three-year-old child from the land of fire to the land of water, and the difficulty is no longer describable with just "big", and I also had to spend nearly another month eliminating the aftermath.

  But if I don't go now, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

  I will never forget Bai's smile when he died, and Junmaru's unyielding determination on his face as he died.

  So it's better to regret doing something wrong than to regret not doing it at all, that's my sister's principle and I also deeply agree with it.

  In these days of going to the Water Country, it was almost all day and night upside down.

  That's why it's day and night reversed, because if it were daytime, a three-year-old child's frantic running would be too eye-catching, and in Mu Ye's year, I had already developed the habit of hiding during the day and emerging at night.

  This body can withstand this busy life thanks to the chakra that Kuzuki gave me.

  That transparent chakra is the completely refined and purified chakra essence of Nine-Tails Kyu, this nearly impurity-free chakra has an absorption rate of over 99%, and will not have any rejection reaction like that red chakra, can very well nourish this body.

  Although I have doubts about whether the chakra he calls "jion" will harm his body, every time I bring up this topic, he always says that the nine-tailed fox can be called the strongest tailed beast with infinite chakra, and a little bit of chakra doesn't matter. Then he intimidates me. I also asked him if he has a red chakra, and he said it's his usual form of chakra, very violent and bestial. However, that kind of chakra is too fierce, and if you're not familiar with it, it can easily affect your mind and leave hidden injuries on the body.

  The Chakra he gave me was a byproduct of his occasional cultivation. He said that since he couldn't do anything while sealed, it was better to cultivate occasionally. After cultivating these Chakras, their purity increased significantly, but they lost their ferocity. He didn't like using such soft things, but it would be wasteful to discard them. Although his Chakra is infinite, as a dignified Tailed Beast, wasting is not a good habit. So, giving it to me was also a way for him to give the transparent Chakra a good home.

  ...Above all, I deeply feel the necessity of September's original words in the study of linguistic ornamentation.

  But let's skip it for now and talk about it another time.

  Every time I go to see Jiǔ Yuè, we start with small talk, and in the end, I faint from exhaustion after secretly tearing up spirit papers, and Jiǔ Yuè stuffs a transparent Chakra into me as a finale.

  Recently, especially with my efforts (?), Kuzuki can now share part of the field of vision with me. At the same time, the six fox whiskers on this body's face are also gradually disappearing.

  According to Kyuubi, the appearance of the fox whiskers is due to the seal. The seal itself has the function of converting the excess chakra of the Nine-Tails into the chakra of the sealer. Since the Nine-Tails previously released only red chakra filled with beastly nature, this body was "infected" by such chakra and grew fox whiskers.

  However, under my efforts (?), the seal has finally shrunk a bit, not only allowing Kuzuki to slightly sense the outside situation but also making him aware of the influence of his unintentionally leaked red chakra on me. He then puts in a bit more effort (about the same as changing from sleeping on his side to sleeping on his back) to alter the nature of the leaked chakra, and according to Kuzuki's estimate, within a year, Uzumaki Naruto's "Six Paths" crest will disappear. This is still something worth being happy about.

  I remember my sister saying that she wasn't very satisfied with those six fox whiskers, the swirling sound of people is also considered to be handsome and well-shaped, but those fox whiskers ruined the overall feeling, from a top-notch appearance falling to a mediocre one, what a waste of natural talent!

  So, Kurenai's actions can dispel her sister's regret, which makes me happy, but now I still have no idea what kind of transparent chakra will bring me the aftermath that will make me cry and laugh.

  The topic has gone a bit off track, to sum it up, on the way to find Byakuya Kuchiki, I didn't have any intention of slacking off at all. After all, if I were to encounter Zaraki or Soi Fon again, I hope I would still have some strength left to escape, and with permission, I hope my limbs can be preserved as much as possible.

  Because Kuugi unconsciously (he claims) absorbed the red chakra, now all the chakras that Kuugi gives me and those that flow out from the seal are transparent. Also, because I had a large amount of transparent chakras covering my entire body before I even started training in chakras myself (my body was too weak previously and couldn't move without the help of transparent chakras), this caused all the chakras I trained later on to become transparent as well. As a result, the problem of "Naruto's" chakra incompatibility naturally disappeared, and controlling my chakras became extremely smooth.

  My current training mainly involves carrying heavy loads, including daily necessities and some miscellaneous items, weighing around 10 kg. I also practice running in a straight line towards the Water Country while distributing chakra to my feet. When I encounter trees, I climb them, and when I encounter rivers, I cross them. Although I don't have the interference of the Nine-Tails' chakra, it still took me an entire week, with the help of Infinite Chakra, to overcome these two challenges.

  "Anyway, the potential of this body is truly astonishing. No wonder it took the famous genius ninja, Fourth Hokage, three years to successfully develop the Rasengan. This body can do it in just one week! Even if you exclude the time spent on research and other training, a week is still an incredibly short period of time. It's almost frightening. What's going on with this body?! Never mind, as long as it works, that's all that matters. After all, I'm the one using this body now."

  In addition to training in chakra control, I also need to let the meridians in my body adapt to the flow of chakra and control its gathering and dispersal. My hands are not idle either, although I still don't know what kind of ninjutsu is useful, but I can still do hand seals. Hand seals are not just hand movements, but also require corresponding flows of chakra in the body according to the seal. When the speed of sealing with both hands is slower than the flow of chakra in your meridians, you can start sealing with one hand. And when you can unconsciously control the flow of chakra in your meridians, the action of sealing becomes a hindrance to you.

  I mainly practice the first eight basic hand seals, namely Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, and Wei. After all, most of the basic ninja techniques are based on these eight hand seals. Greed is not good for digestion, and I focus my concentration on feeling the flow of chakra in the meridians rather than just doing finger exercises. My short-term goal is to be able to perform at least three body techniques (transformation technique, substitution technique, and division technique) with a single hand seal, and my ultimate goal is, of course, sealless ninja technique, but that's still a bit far from my current level, so I mainly practice the several seals related to the three body techniques.

  Perhaps it's because I don't have the outdated notion that a ninja must seal with both hands to release jutsu, (at least most ninjas are educated from a young age with this idea, even top-level ninjas like the Third Hokage use both hands to seal, speed is another matter). So, the date of successfully sealing with one hand was half earlier than I expected, of course now it's just completing the motion of single-handed sealing, usually two seconds per seal, and the flow of chakra in my body isn't very stable, which will leave room for future problems. After all, most of my chakra wasn't cultivated slowly by myself, and currently, firstly, my physical age is not suitable for cultivating chakra, secondly, I don't have time to further stabilize it slowly.

  I maintained this level of training and headed to the Water Country, only taking a moment to meditate when my physical strength was almost depleted, replacing rest. Unless absolutely necessary, I rarely slept and didn't have time for it, fearing I wouldn't catch up. My main rest came during running, allowing my mind to relax slightly, briefly dozing off for a short while. At first, I often let my chakra stop along with my consciousness disappearing, causing me to fall or crash into things. By the time I reached the Water Country, I could enter deep mental relaxation for 10 seconds while maintaining normal physical activity (continuous running, meditation training, etc.). This extreme willpower training greatly accelerated my spiritual power growth at an incredible rate, as spiritual power training isn't affected by the body. However, this method is not orthodox and may cause hidden harm to the body if overused.