T/n: For Every 100 Power Stone 1+ Chapter ( I hope I don't regret it and get burned out!! XD)
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The sudden voice left Yuzuru Uchiha frozen in place.
The system?
Ever since it had appeared when he first regained his past-life memories, this was the first time he'd heard that familiar system prompt again.
It had been so long that he'd nearly forgotten it existed.
"Detected: a clan member now possesses a special bloodline. The Yotsuki Bloodline has been unlocked…"
"So that means someone from the Uchiha clan has married into the Yotsuki clan?"
"In that case, it must have been through marriage…"
Yuzuru muttered softly to himself.
With that thought, he immediately walked toward the gathered crowd.
"It's Clan Leader Yuzuru! Clan Leader Yuzuru is here!"
"Quick, everyone make way! Let the Clan Leader to the front!"
"To receive the Clan Leader's blessing—these newlyweds are truly fortunate!"
The crowd parted to form a path, and Yuzuru walked forward calmly until he stood before the bride and groom.
The groom was a young man, about twenty years old. When he saw Yuzuru approach, he straightened and bowed respectfully. "Clan Leader Yuzuru!"
Yuzuru smiled. "No need to be so formal. What's your name?"
The young man quickly replied, "My name is Kaze, and this is Yotsuki Sakura. We're teammates who completed missions together."
Yuzuru nodded slightly.
Just as he suspected—the system's prompt must have been triggered because of this girl, Yotsuki Sakura.
He hadn't expected that when an Uchiha married someone with a special bloodline, he could awaken that bloodline himself.
A pleasant surprise indeed.
After thinking for a moment, Yuzuru smiled. "I was just passing by and noticed a wedding taking place, so I came to take a look. I hope I'm not interrupting."
Uchiha Kaze waved his hands quickly. "Of course not! Having you attend our ceremony is an honor—we couldn't be happier!"
Seeing how excited he was, Yotsuki Sakura puffed her cheeks and muttered, "Honestly, you weren't even this happy when you were marrying me."
Uchiha Kaze lifted his chin. "What's there to be happy about with marriage…"
Yuzuru couldn't help but chuckle and said to Sakura, "Most of our clansmen are like that. If he's close to you, you'll have to take what he says in reverse."
At that, Sakura burst into laughter. "Exactly! At first I thought he hated me. If I hadn't kept chasing him, I'd never have realized he actually loved me."
"Hey! Why are you telling people that…"
"I just did," Sakura said, hugging his arm tightly. "Do you know how happy I was when I finally got you?"
Watching the flushed Kaze, Yuzuru smiled. "Alright, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave. Congratulations on your marriage."
"Take care, Clan Leader!"
After bidding farewell to the newlyweds, Yuzuru didn't return home. Instead, he used Kamui in a deserted area to enter his Kamui space.
There, he sat cross-legged and focused on sensing the changes in his body.
As time passed, a grin spread across his face.
Although the Yotsuki bloodline in his body had only evolved by one percent, he could already feel the transformation.
The Yotsuki bloodline had increased the toughness of his cells and improved their affinity with Lightning Release chakra.
At the same time, the stronger cells slightly boosted his total chakra reserves.
Yuzuru was certain—if he could evolve the Yotsuki bloodline to one hundred percent, his body would undergo an earth-shaking transformation.
"As expected, a body capable of mastering the Lightning Release Chakra Mode is extraordinary."
Back when he'd first arrived in Kumogakure, he had begun training in Lightning Release Chakra Mode. But under that violent surge of power, his cells simply couldn't withstand it.
In Lightning Release Chakra Mode, not only did his cells fail to increase in activity, but they would die directly.
From that time on, Yuzuru had suspected that the Third Raikage and A's bodies were anything but ordinary.
And now, it seemed he'd been right.
If the Uzumaki and Senju bloodlines enhanced cell activity and division speed—granting immense chakra and regeneration—then the Yotsuki bloodline greatly strengthened the physical durability of cells, providing superior defense and endurance.
When that strength reached a certain level, even the rampaging Lightning Release chakra could course through the body without killing the cells.
As for the Yotsuki clan's natural affinity for Lightning Release, it must have evolved from generations of living in the Land of Lightning.
Understanding this, Yuzuru's eyes shone with excitement.
The Third Raikage's physique was already monstrous.
He had fought Ōnoki's army of ten thousand for three days and nights alone, battled the rampaging Eight-Tails to a standstill, and even with an Edo Tensei body, withstood a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken head-on.
Yet Yuzuru had a feeling—once he evolved his Yotsuki bloodline to one hundred percent, his physical body might surpass even that of the Third Raikage!
"System, if I directly change the surnames of outsiders who wish to join the Uchiha clan, will I still get a reward?"
[Rewards are granted only through marriage or by producing offspring.]
Yuzuru had expected that response.
The clan system increased population through marriage and bloodline ties.
If anyone could simply change their surname and count as a clansman, that would be absurd.
"Judging from the current situation, each time a Yotsuki clansman marries into the Uchiha, the evolution increases by one percent. So, to reach one hundred percent, I'd need to form one hundred such unions."
"No—if offspring count as well, that number could be even lower."
Yuzuru nodded to himself. The condition wasn't unreasonable.
The Yotsuki clan had many members with personalities like Yotsuki Sakura's. With the Uchihas' looks, achieving that goal wouldn't be difficult.
Having decided, Yuzuru rose and left the Kamui space.
If merging other special bloodlines granted him power, then he would seek out more of them to strengthen himself further.
If the Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines enhanced the body, the Uchiha bloodline refined the spirit, and the Kaguya bloodline fortified the bones…
Then perhaps one day, he could achieve a body as perfect as the Sage of Six Paths.
No—perhaps even greater.
After all, the blood of Ōtsutsuki Hamura still flowed somewhere in this shinobi world.