Super-Speed Reaction, Fusion Once More!

Yamanaka Kei had just been feeling a little elated over the boost in strength brought by the purple entry Water Release Master.

Then the failure of the Water Release Rasengan dumped a bucket of cold water over his head.

But Yamanaka Kei had never been the type to give up easily.

Sitting cross-legged atop a rock, he stared blankly at the distant horizon.

As he slowly recovered his Chakra, he continued pondering the Water Release Rasengan in his heart.

It had been over a decade since he transmigrated into the Naruto World.

Due to the pressures of survival in his early years, he had never once slackened in his training.

After the System had activated.

However, it had been a long time since he had studied and trained with such seriousness.

The idea of the Water Release Rasengan had clearly rekindled some of his motivation to train!

Time trickled by.

The setting sun on the horizon cast the azure sea in a flowing golden-red glow.

The eight surviving research institute members worked from noon until dusk, finally moving all the detachable experimental equipment from the laboratory outside the institute.

Years of research materials had also been sorted, packed, and organized.

The Three-Masted Sailing Ship that had temporarily remained more than a dozen nautical miles away had long since docked in a bay on one side of Summoning Island.

Before the sun completely sank below the horizon, Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Honoka finally reappeared outside the research institute, carrying a stack of so-called "research materials" that was barely three fingers thick.

"Three seconds?"

Yamanaka Kei shot Namikaze Minato a contemptuous look.

"S-something held me up."

Namikaze Minato was so embarrassed that his toes nearly dug a three-bedroom apartment into the ground.

He looked like a boiled shrimp, red from his neck all the way to his earlobes.

He did not want it to be like this either.

But he really could not leave at the time!

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Yamanaka Kei wore a teasing smile.

Seeing Honoka hiding behind Namikaze Minato, too shy to even show her face.

How could he not understand?

Even if those two had not gone all the way, their relationship had probably progressed at lightning speed.

"Well, it's getting late. I'll deal with this equipment, then we can set sail and head back early."

Namikaze Minato awkwardly searched for an excuse to change the subject.

When Yamanaka Kei merely waved him off in disgust.

He hurriedly pulled Honoka along to summon the toads of Mount Myōboku, asking them to transport the research equipment and materials to Konoha as well.

"The man has feelings, the woman has intentions... tsk."

Yamanaka Kei made a sour remark.

Just as he was about to use his Entry Copy opportunity to copy Minato's purple entry Super-Speed Reaction.

His gaze swept over Uzumaki Honoka's entries, and he froze slightly.

Name: Uzumaki Honoka

Occupation: Researcher

Entries: Abundant Power (Purple), Mind's Eye of the Kagura (Blue), Sealing Art Proficiency (Green), Beauty (Green), Mutual Devotion (Green)

What was this?

There was suddenly an extra one?

Earlier, when Yamanaka Kei saw Minato rescue Uzumaki Honoka inside the research institute, he had checked her entries.

If he remembered correctly.

Honoka should have had only four entries: Abundant Power, Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Sealing Art Proficiency, and Beauty.

The Abundant Power entry was exactly the same as the one Kushina possessed. Its effect was to greatly increase the amount of Chakra within the body.

It was most likely an innate talent possessed by the pure-blooded Uzumaki Clan.

Mind's Eye of the Kagura was likewise a talent of the Uzumaki Clan.

The reason Honoka had been able to project her voice into his and Namikaze Minato's minds earlier was probably this ability.

There was nothing much to say about Sealing Art Proficiency and Beauty.

The key was this suddenly added Mutual Devotion.

Mutual Devotion (Green): When one possesses a sincere relationship and is treated wholeheartedly by the one they deeply love, if that person's abilities exceed their own, all of their own abilities will slowly improve, gradually drawing closer to those of their beloved.

"So the will of the world is not only giving its precious son cheats, it even cares about his dad's girlfriend?"

Yamanaka Kei looked up at the sky speechlessly.

He truly could not understand it.

If it was because Namikaze Minato had saved Honoka, and the innocent girl had fallen for him under the suspension bridge effect, that would have been one thing.

But what the hell was Mutual Devotion?

How had these two managed to become completely in sync and mutually devoted in less than a day of knowing each other?

"Damn! What exactly did these two do this afternoon?"

Yamanaka Kei's heart, already battered by the Water Release Rasengan, suffered another critical blow.

It was only a green entry.

But its implications were excellent, and its effect was absurdly powerful!

At this stage, aside from her enviably abundant Chakra, Uzumaki Honoka was not even stronger than some experienced Chunin.

And Minato?

One of the strongest of the younger generation in the ninja world!

Though he might not yet measure up to monsters like Third Raikage A, he was undoubtedly Kage-level!

With the support of this entry.

Honoka's strength would probably begin to soar before long.

"Good thing! Good thing! My cheat is even stronger!"

Yamanaka Kei looked at the unused rewards on his personal panel.

After consoling himself for a while, he decisively turned his attention to Namikaze Minato, who had summoned the toads of Mount Myōboku again and was asking them to transport the research equipment and materials to Konoha.

"System, I want to copy Namikaze Minato's 'Super-Speed Reaction.'"

Entry copy successful. Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the purple entry 'Super-Speed Reaction.'

Super-Speed Reaction (Purple): An innate, exceptionally powerful neural reaction speed turns the world into slow motion in your eyes, greatly increasing bodily reaction speed, hand seal speed, Chakra circulation speed, and Ninjutsu casting speed.

The System notification sounded.

The moment Yamanaka Kei chose to activate the entry, his scalp began to tingle faintly.

The world before his eyes gradually slowed down as well.

Whether it was Namikaze Minato repeatedly using the Summoning Technique or the researchers carrying items.

Everything seemed as though someone had pressed a slow-motion button.

Bullet time?

Yamanaka Kei's eyes widened slightly.

He had never expected the effects of Super-Speed Reaction to be so overbearing.

He raised his arms and began trying to form hand seals.

His original speed of five hand seals per second rose again under the enhancement of Super-Speed Reaction, directly reaching seven hand seals per second!

Yamanaka Kei could even clearly feel it.

This speed was not the limit of his neural reactions, but the limit of his fingers and wrists!

He glanced at Namikaze Minato, who was still busy in the distance.

Yamanaka Kei was just about to return to the Three-Masted Sailing Ship early to test the other enhancement effects brought by Super-Speed Reaction.

When the System notification sounded again.

Detected that the purple entry 'Get Whatever You Shout' and the purple entry 'Super-Speed Reaction' can be fused. Begin fusion?

"Fuse!"

Yamanaka Kei chose fusion without hesitation.

Back then, the green entry Slightly Understand had fused with the blue entry Memory Palace.

Though the new entry Ninja World Know-It-All had a rather ridiculous name.

It had brought him tremendous help.

The forgotten memories it had helped him recall alone were of immeasurable value to him.

With two purple entries fusing.

No matter what, it could not possibly be worse than before the fusion!