Bloodline Anomaly

An open space had been left in the middle of the ancestral hall. A patterned triangle had been drawn on the ground, and a transparent wall of light sealed off the space. Three ninja stood at its three corners.

"This is a type of Barrier Ninjutsu. It can protect you from being affected by external Chakra." A rubbed Dada's head as he explained.

The others in the clan also wore encouraging smiles. A few elders even said that if Dada worked hard enough, they would give him candy.

Dada nodded repeatedly, feeling a little nervous. After all, he was a transmigrator. He knew absolutely nothing about something as magical as Chakra, and deep down, he found it difficult to comprehend.

That made him worry that he might not be able to extract Chakra.

Thinking of this, he looked at A resentfully. He had not even given him a warning, leaving him completely unprepared. He had not even gotten the chance to bathe and burn incense.

At the very least, he could have washed his hands to boost his luck.

Under countless serious and encouraging gazes, Dada resolutely entered the barrier and plopped down onto the floor.

"Dada, Chakra is produced by the fusion of physical energy and spiritual energy. Close your eyes and feel inside your body..."

A personally guided him. This theory was the prerequisite for extracting Chakra.

Every word of it would have sounded more absurd than a scam text message in his previous life, but in this world, it might give rise to extraordinary power.

With the mindset that if something existed, it had to be reasonable, Dada forced himself to believe in this Chakra extraction method. He gave himself a thorough mental pep talk, tried not to doubt it, and carefully felt the state of his body.

As Dada closed his eyes, A finished explaining the basics of Chakra extraction. After confirming that Dada understood, he fell silent and waited patiently.

"Do you think it'll go smoothly?" Several clan elders whispered among themselves.

"As the essence of the Yotsuki Clan's bloodline, he shouldn't fail at something as basic as extracting Chakra."

"But that child has Bloodline Disease. No one can say for sure..."

"Doesn't Bloodline Disease prove that he has the talent to become a ninja? Otherwise, how could his body be affected by Chakra?"

"Let's hope so. Perhaps once he becomes a ninja, his Bloodline Disease will improve."

The elders in the ancestral hall continued their quiet discussion.

Second by second, time passed. Dada remained inside the barrier with his eyes closed, while the clan members outside gradually calmed down.

"We were too impatient. Even A took three hours to extract Chakra for the first time. It's only been ten minutes..."

"I took three days before I succeeded..." The people in the ancestral hall gradually relaxed.

Just then, crackling electrical sounds appeared around Dada.

"Is that a symptom of Bloodline Disease? Or something else?" Speculation immediately broke out.

The crackling grew denser. Tiny arcs of electricity frequently appeared over Dada's body, almost without pause. Everyone realized that this was not how Dada's Bloodline Disease usually manifested.

Meanwhile, Dada felt like he had gone from Pikachu to a firecracker.

A hurriedly asked, "Dada, how do you feel right now? Can you sense Chakra?"

With his eyes closed, Dada considered it for a moment before saying, "I think so, but it feels like there's very little. Just a tiny bit..." There was disappointment in his voice. After all, the amount of Chakra basically determined a ninja's upper limit. Right now, he felt that there was only a dime's worth of Chakra in his body. Without anything to compare it to, Dada did not know whether that was a lot or a little, but compared to his body's capacity, the amount he had extracted was probably like the relationship between a soccer field and a soccer ball.

A soccer-field-sized space was his body.

And the Chakra he had created was, at best, the size of a soccer ball.

So he even began to wonder whether that was really Chakra, or if his legs had simply gone numb.

"Keep trying. Stop once you feel that you can't extract any more Chakra."

Dada nodded and continued trying to make soccer balls inside the soccer field, then attempted to fill the entire field...

It was an agonizing feeling. He felt that even if he sat here until next year, he would never manage it.

"He extracted Chakra in just ten minutes for the first time... but why is the amount so small?"

Yes, A had also sensed that the amount of Chakra in Dada's body was off. It was far too little, only faintly perceptible. Yet at the same time, the arcs of electricity on Dada's body grew more numerous and more intense.

Half the ancestral hall was lit up.

"Could Bloodline Disease be causing the Chakra energy to leak?" A guessed inwardly. Though powerful, he was not skilled at sensing, so he turned to look at the sensory ninja he had specifically brought in.

There were many kinds of sensory ninja, and the ones A had summoned today were either especially sensitive to Chakra or possessed Chakra-sensing ninjutsu.

A ninja with bandages wrapped around his head had been standing there with his eyes closed and his brow furrowed. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and said, "My sensory secret technique tells me that Young Master's Chakra is gathering in his back, then being absorbed!"

"His back?" A's expression darkened.

"Dada, don't let it distract you. Focus on extracting Chakra."

After saying that, A endured the crackling arcs on Dada's body and pulled off Dada's shirt.

A thin, dark-purple mark resembling a spine stood out sharply against Dada's frail back. Usually dull like a bruise, the spinal mark now gave off a faint glow. On closer inspection, tiny arcs of electricity could be seen constantly moving beneath his skin.

Like a purple dragon swimming through the air, and also like a purple tree.

The strange phenomenon on Dada's body left everyone around him speechless for a moment. They all wanted to press their faces closer, but none dared approach too much for fear of disturbing him.

"Has it appeared? The Kekkei Genkai of my Yotsuki Clan... What effect will it have?"

Everyone knew that Bloodline Disease came only after the bloodline itself. No matter how fatal or severe the Bloodline Disease was, it would at least display the effects of the bloodline.

The Yotsuki Clan had cultivated secret techniques for over a hundred years. Although their physiques had become increasingly compatible with the Lightning Release Chakra Secret Technique, they had never produced a Kekkei Genkai of their own. That was why Dada was so precious—he was a generation that could change the history of the ninja clan.

The clan had long passed a certain resolution: once Dada reached the minimum age for reproduction, he had to leave behind descendants immediately, and as quickly and abundantly as possible...

The minimum reproductive age had been marked with a red line.

Mm, "quickly and abundantly" had been marked with a red line too.

He could not think too deeply about it. He could not think too deeply about it!

An elder whose teeth were nearly all gone excitedly stood up, wanting to see what effects the Yotsuki Clan's brand-new bloodline would have. But he quickly sat back down because he could not stand steadily. In that brief moment, the best spot had already been taken. The front was packed with people, making the old man so anxious that he blew his beard and glared.

"Quiet! Dada, do you feel uncomfortable?" Only A remained calm. At this moment, he was not only the Yotsuki Clan's leader and the Third Raikage, but also a father. He was ready to interrupt Dada at any moment to keep him from being harmed.

"No, Father. Everything is normal. It even feels a little comfortable," Dada answered honestly. He was still trying to create soccer balls to fill the soccer field. Though it felt like a drop in the ocean, his body felt pleasantly warm.

"So this is Chakra? It feels so amazing."

Dada continued extracting Chakra seriously. He did not know that for children his age, merely succeeding in extracting Chakra was already difficult. After succeeding, they usually could not keep it up for more than a few minutes. For him to continue for nearly an hour was highly abnormal.

Even more abnormal was the fact that he did not feel full at all...

Not the modest kind of not feeling full. He genuinely was not full. The sensory ninja beside him could attest to it: although it had continued for a long time, nearly all of Dada's Chakra had gathered in his back and then been absorbed.