Shamu first flew back to Radiance Hidden Village. He needed to see whether his Mangekyō had awakened a new ability.
He closed his eyes and entered the Dream Realm. It did not take long before Shamu opened his eyes again.
It was a mix of good and bad news. The bad news was that he had already awakened one ocular technique.
But that ocular technique was not very useful to him right now. It would only become useful later.
The good news was that he would still have chances to awaken more ocular techniques in the future.
For now, the conditions were not sufficient.
Shamu cast aside those anxious thoughts.
It was fine. Soon enough.
Once Itachi and the others finished writing the script, if all went smoothly, Shamu should be able to advance to Kekkei Mōra before Obito launched his full-scale attack.
Shamu then began checking Gaara and Kaede's rewards.
Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully recruiting Gaara. Congratulations, host, for obtaining: Sand Affinity (replaceable) Ding! Congratulations, host, for greatly changing Kaede's life trajectory. Congratulations, host, for obtaining: Cocooning x1 Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully recruiting Kaede. Congratulations, host, for obtaining: Open-Mindedness (replaceable)
Shamu found Gaara's talent quite reasonable, but Kaede's talent left him somewhat speechless.
Perhaps, maybe, people like her truly had no worries.
She seemed able to accept anything.
If she died, then she died. If she switched sides, then she switched sides.
Shamu had now basically figured out the exchange rules for talents. Two or three useless ones could be traded for one stronger talent.
And the one that consumed the most while improving the least...
Shamu lightly tapped Spatial Talent. The two talents he had just obtained from Gaara and Kaede, one high-grade and one low-grade, both vanished.
Spatial Perception