Chapter 239: Flying Thunder God Jutsu x What a Coincidence, I Also Know a Little
Pain, like a tide, surged madly...
After his Physique broke a thousand, it was as if his body had unlocked some kind of restriction, touching a completely different realm. Accompanied by a muffled groan from Roy, one could visibly see a blood-red membrane dissipating from the boy's body surface... This membrane was different from [Nen Shroud]; rather, it looked like [Blood Qi] was brimming, bursting through the pores and manifesting outwardly. This was enough to show...
Just what terrifying level the Blood Qi within Roy's body had reached at this moment!
Sizzle— His fingers scraped across the wall, leaving ten deep finger marks... Just a few days ago, Gotoh had brought people to smooth and repair it. Adding new damage tonight, the young butler would inevitably have to bring people for another trip...
"Ugh..."
Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds, one minute... Finally, the severe pain showed signs of receding...
Roy regained control of his body. Gritting his teeth, he leaned against the wall to stand steady. As he stretched his body, all the joints in his body cracked like popping beans... The improvement this time was so massive that his height could no longer be suppressed, shooting up another two centimeters... He could probably reach Silva's eye level now...
Phew— After a minute and a half, the pain completely vanished...
Splash— The rushing water washed down, rinsing away the grime sticking to Roy's skin, revealing the solid, full muscles beneath... These muscles were different from before. Illuminated by the overhead light, they gleamed with a bronze luster. As Roy gently exhaled, they slightly bulged... The veins on them were hidden under the skin, yet they looked like earth dragons turning over, possessing an extreme aesthetic of power.
[Name: Roy Zoldyck]
[Physique: 946.5 -> 1246.5 (Note: An ordinary person is 1)]
[Manifested Aura Volume: C+ (54620/100000) -> C+ (89541/100000) (Note: Rating is based on Chimera Ants as a reference)]
[Potential Aura Volume: C+ (87841/100000) -> B- (1451/1000000)]
[Evaluation: C++ (Note: Peak Chimera Ant Squadron Leader level, just a hair away from the Royal Guards)]
Roy moved his feet. An overbearingly strong "Nen" formed an [En], instantly radiating outward with his toes as the center... A radius of one hundred meters... one hundred and fifty meters... two hundred meters... two hundred and fifty meters passed in the blink of an eye... until three hundred meters!
Only then did the speed gradually weaken, finally stopping at a radius of three hundred and twenty meters... And this range had evidently surpassed the [En] demonstrated by Zeno in the original story!
"Tsk... How long has it been... Has it been two days?" In the dim little room near the garden at the corner of the first floor, Maha, covered by the [En], was leisurely rocking in his chair. At a certain moment, he reached out a hand, grabbed a [Heart Worm] trying to burrow into his heart, and said casually, "Children shouldn't pry into adults' business..."
As he spoke, he flicked his finger, sending the [Heart Worm] tumbling. It whimpered, turned around, and crawled back, raising its head to bare its long mouthparts and complain to Roy.
Roy opened a palm, held it in his hand, and comforted it softly, "It's fine. Sooner or later, he won't be able to defend against it."
Gurgle— As soon as the boy finished speaking, another [Heart Worm] was flicked away by a finger. It curled into a ball and landed in Roy's palm with a smack.
"Getting carried away after a little progress... You are still far inferior to your Grandpa, let alone your Great-Grandfather..." Silva's cold voice drifted leisurely right behind the [Heart Worm]...
Roy nodded nonchalantly, "I know,"
Three hundred meters was only because the villa where his father and grandfather jointly assassinated Chrollo was only three hundred meters in area, not... Zeno's true limit...
However, measuring the entire Zoldyck estate, besides Maha and Silva, everyone else, including Tsubone, Scarface, and One-Eye... even if Illumi reacted, they failed to pluck out his [Heart Worm].
At this moment, in Illumi's bedroom... The foolish little brother had disguised himself as his older brother as usual, buried himself in a hole, and was sleeping soundly holding the [Shinso Wooden Nail] Roy had given him earlier. Sensing a fluctuation in Nen power...
He suddenly opened his eyes. Looking through the heavy walls towards Roy's bedroom, he said faintly, "You don't need to peek. Whatever you want to know, I will cut open my heart and tell you everything in detail."
Roy: "Shut up."
"Oh~" Illumi simply closed his mouth obediently, and incidentally closed his eyes as well.
Suddenly... [En] retracted... turning into a "Nen Stream" and returning to Roy's body...
The boy raised his hand, turned off the shower, and with a thought, separated a stream of "Nen" coated with the [Scorching True Meaning]. It instantly evaporated the water droplets remaining on his skin... He then changed into his pajamas, stepped out of the bathroom, opened the pills Gotoh had brought, crushed them into powder in his palm, and carefully comprehended them... Gradually, a wave of sleepiness hit him. At ten o'clock at night, accompanied by the wild howl of a wolf from Mike deep within Kukuroo Mountain...
Roy went straight to bed, crossed his hands over his lower abdomen, and slowly closed his eyes.
Zzz~ A faint snoring sound emerged... Caw~ A crow's cry sounded as the Golden Crow spread its wings, diving to Roy's pillow. It fluttered its wings, rolling around to keep watch... The third leg hidden under its thick feathers vaguely stuck out a toe; it seemed... to have grown a bit longer...
Dong... The wooden clock in the corner chimed...
Roy's consciousness immersed. As usual, through "deep sleep", he arrived at his cognitive world. With hands behind his back, he passed through the colorful dream tunnel, entering to see the azure Sea of Cognition, with tides rising and falling. Many portals stood silently. The boy rolled up his pant legs, letting the waves wash over his soles, and waded across. Along the way, he reached out a hand, brushing past the [Demon Slayer Gate], the [Dark Continent Gate], and... the portal hanging with a [Horned Corpse Demon] pendant. He finally stopped in front of the [Naruto Gate], looked up at the "eye pendant", and lowered his head to glance at the panel...
Panel prompt... [Distance to "Collecting Negative Emotions" to unlock the "Mangekyou Sharingan" is approximately... over nine thousand points of negative energy away...]
[Prompt: "Yin Release" lv3: (941/10000)]
Roy remained silent... After a moment, he injected all the negative emotions deposited in the [Unconscious Domain] from "Obito", "Old Mark", and "Mrs. Nora" into [Yin Release]. The panel prompted...
["Yin Release" lv3: (941/10000) -> (2741/10000)]
[Distance to "Collecting Negative Emotions" to unlock "Mangekyou Sharingan" requires "7259" points of negative energy.]
Roy whispered: "Third Shinobi War, here I come."
He reached out, pushed open the [Naruto Gate], and flashed inside...
Pop— A "sleep bubble" on his nose popped... Accompanied by the familiar sensation of falling...
Roy opened his eyes again. He had already returned to the Naruto world, to that familiar "home", which was also the... family of four comprising Itachi, Fugaku Uchiha, and Mikoto Uchiha...
Whoosh— The March wind blew, scattering cherry blossoms all over the ground...
In the courtyard, the water basin tilted, driving the winding stream, pattering down...
Roy shook off his sleepiness, opened his drowsy eyes, and looked out the window through the sliding wooden door. A small shadow, holding a wooden sword, was dancing under the falling cherry blossoms...
At a certain moment, the sword light flashed... Swish swish— A few slashes...
The falling cherry blossoms were cut in two, sliced perfectly along their veins. The sharpness of the blade and the precision of the observation clearly showed a hint of someone who had completely mastered "Flame Breathing"...
"The sword is still not steady enough, the heart is still not calm enough. Out of 547 cherry blossom petals, four were missed... Itachi, you..."
"Nii-san, you're awake." Itachi sheathed his sword, panted slightly, and looked back...
A gust of wind rose, dropping a few more cherry blossoms...
Roy smiled and nodded at him. Forming his fingers into a sword, he raised his hand and mimed a slash in the void... A dazzling blade light flashed and disappeared. In the next glance, it brushed past Itachi's ear... The young boy raised his head. All the cherry blossom petals were cut straight along their veins, not a fraction more, not a fraction less, turning into a sky full of even tinier leaf fragments that rustled down...
In the blink of an eye, they covered his shoulders.
"Body like a sword, heart like a sword, one flower one world, one leaf one bodhi... Nothing more than this... nothing more than this..."
As his voice sounded, he floated down. Like a phantom, Roy stepped with his perfected [Shadow Step] that contained a hint of the [Shunpo] rhythm. He flashed in front of Itachi, turning his back to the boy. With a single hand, he gracefully scooped up a handful of water from the basin, tilted his head back, and drank it...
The sunlight was perfect today; one should drink a large cup.
"Nii-san, Mother told you not to drink unboiled water."
"Cough, cough..." Itachi's single sentence almost made Roy choke to death.
The boy reached out to wipe the water stains from the corner of his mouth, and said to himself, "Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know. If I don't tell, and you don't tell, how would she know?"
"Your mother isn't blind yet!" Mikoto Uchiha appeared with her hands on her hips. Mikoto Uchiha rolled up her sleeves. Mikoto Uchiha grabbed a certain someone by the ear and "escorted" him to the dining room...
"I haven't washed up yet." Roy glanced at Fugaku Uchiha, who had been waiting at the dining table for a long time. The man glared at him helplessly, wondering why this child could sleep so much. Itachi, who was several years younger, was already awake, yet he hadn't woken up... Fugaku deeply suspected that even he himself, at that age, couldn't sleep as much as Roy. He snorted coldly and said, "By the time you finish washing up, Minato will be at our door!"
Today was the very day Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered him to report. Seeing that Team Minato was gathering at eight o'clock, and it was already seven-thirty... Roy was forcefully pressed down at the dining table by Mikoto Uchiha: "Eat first, then wash."
Helpless, he could only instruct Itachi to squeeze the toothpaste for him, suddenly receiving a few eye rolls from Mikoto.
Fugaku waved his hand, gesturing for Mikoto to let it go... Itachi obediently ran to the bathroom to squeeze the toothpaste, clearly having already been molded into Roy's shape, indulging his capriciousness just this once...
"Eat."
Fugaku shot Roy a sidelong glance and picked up his chopsticks. Breakfast was miso soup paired with fried eggs and sushi that Mikoto had wrapped and refrigerated last night. It was somewhat bland, but... forcing himself to eat it, Roy considered it a palate cleanser. His jaws clamped together, and he swallowed it straight down...
Seeing this, Fugaku took a sip of miso soup and said unhurriedly, "I have already secretly discussed it with the clan elders to have Tekka and Inabi secretly follow you... The two of them are also on the list. Now that they have both awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan, they can help you somewhat..."
"Oh~"
Tekka Uchiha and Inabi Uchiha were indeed the most talented and gifted among the younger Uchiha generation, aside from Obito and Shisui... Although they were still far from being "geniuses", calling them "excellent" wasn't an overstatement.
Roy took a bite of the sushi. There was too much vinegar cloth; it tasted a bit worse than the sushi his master Sakonji Urokodaki made on Mt. Sagiri.
His Adam's apple bobbed as he forcefully sent it into his stomach.
"Mm." Fugaku picked up the fried egg from his own plate and stuffed it to Roy, then said in a deep voice, "Remember, going to the battlefield this time, you must prioritize your own safety. Try not to put yourself in a situation where you are all alone."
"What about the mission?"
"You can leave it uncompleted."
"What about my comrades?"
"Who are your comrades?"
"Obito, Kakashi, Rin Nohara..." Roy looked at Fugaku and slowly uttered the three names.
Fugaku Uchiha looked at him expressionlessly: "Is their surname Uchiha?"
Roy: "..."
He fell silent.
Seeing this, Fugaku said to himself, "When a person dies, there is nothing left, including... comrades!"
"Jin," the man put down his chopsticks and looked at him deeply, "Not to mention Minato's students, even among the Uchiha, anyone can die, but you... cannot!"
Yes... I cannot... Roy thought of Old Mark and Mrs. Nora, who single-mindedly sought death. The courage they had to willingly give up their lives for Maddie-kun was not something ordinary people could possess...
"I understand." Roy nodded silently.
Fugaku let out a sigh of relief, secretly exchanged a glance with Mikoto beside him, and his tone lightened: "You shouldn't belittle yourself either. No one knows your strength better than I do... As long as you don't encounter some exceptionally strong Jonin..."
"Mm." Roy glanced expressionlessly at his own panel.
[Manifested Aura Volume... approximately = 3 Kakashis (Kakashi)]
And below that... a massive pile of "Abilities," "Application Techniques," and "Ninjutsu"... He continued to remain silent...
"Alright, we're eating, what's the point of talking about this?" Mikoto Uchiha shot Fugaku a look, pressed her hand down, and passed over another piece of sushi, saying, "Jin, when you go to the battlefield, you must listen to your Uncle Minato. Mother has already greeted him through your Aunt Kushina. He will watch over you and bring you back safely."
Mikoto Uchiha then smoothed out the wrinkles on Roy's collar and smiled warmly, "After all, when it comes to running away, no one is faster than Minato..."
"Exactly," Fugaku deeply agreed, saying in a muffled voice, "Minato's Space-Time talent is very strong. As of now... the [Flying Thunder God] Jutsu inherited from the Second Hokage is only mastered by him alone."
[Flying Thunder God Jutsu]: A type of [Body Flicker Jutsu]. The caster leaves a Flying Thunder God formula on the target beforehand, and then completes instantaneous teleportation via the [Mark]... Essentially, it is a manifestation of "Space-Time talent"... emphasizing "suddenness" and "high mobility"...
This point was somewhat similar to his own [Swamp Space]. The difference was... [Flying Thunder God] still required a mark, whereas [Swamp Space] did not, being entirely driven by Roy's will. It's just that... the teleportation distance might not be as far as the [Flying Thunder God]...
Roy took the sushi Mikoto handed him, took a bite, and mumbled, "I know,"
"If it really comes down to it, I can just learn from Uncle Minato and use [Space-Time Ninjutsu] to run away..."
"Mm... Hmm?!!" Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha glared at him simultaneously... Coincidentally, Itachi came out after squeezing the toothpaste, and saw his parents staring wide-eyed at his Nii-san...
His small head was filled with big confusion...
What happened?
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