Hyperspeed Regeneration

After eating and drinking his fill, Yei left Hyuga Yue's home and wandered around outside.

Today was the day Minato Namikaze took office as the Fourth Hokage.

At this moment, the entire Konoha Village was exceptionally lively. The streets and alleys were decorated with lanterns and banners, brimming with festivity.

Other than ninjas occupied with important missions who had not returned to the village, nearly ninety percent of the rest had already come back.

The appointment of a Kage was a major event for any ninja village, especially at a time when the clouds of war hung overhead.

Countless villagers on the streets discussed the new Hokage, their faces filled with joy and pride.

Minato Namikaze was undoubtedly an extremely powerful ninja. His appointment seemed to have scattered some of the war clouds above Konoha Village.

The Hokage was synonymous with strength, the village's pillar. In the eyes of ordinary villagers, as long as there was a Hokage... victory in the war would come sooner or later!

"Peace is indeed nice, but it won't last much longer..." Watching the villagers' delighted expressions, Yei merely sighed and said nothing more.

Because peace would not last long. The future would become even more perilous.

If he wanted to survive the dangerous situation ahead, his current strength was nowhere near enough!

Yei knew better than anyone that the changes to come would be just as treacherous and unpredictable. In some ways, they would be even more dangerous than the Third Shinobi World War...

I still need to become stronger! With that thought flashing through his mind, Yei continued walking. He did not stop until he reached a secluded area.

He quietly activated his Byakugan and swept his gaze around the area. He also released his Observation Haki, and after confirming that no one was paying attention to this place, Yei flashed away in a certain direction.

That direction led to the Forest of Death, not far from the village's core district.

This was not Yei's first time visiting the Forest of Death. It could be called his training ground, where he could freely use abilities he had acquired from other worlds without restraint.

He even had a half-built laboratory somewhere underground...

He had not come to the Forest of Death for anything else. He intended to test a new ability.

Previously, after the points on him had surpassed 1,000, Yei had not intended to save them. He spent 1,000 points and obtained a skill—Hyperspeed Regeneration!

Judging from the name, Yei could easily tell that this was another ability from the world of Bleach.

A Hollow's Hyperspeed Regeneration!

As the name implied, it was an ability that allowed injured parts of the body to heal rapidly.

Yei had even been thinking of learning some Medical Ninjutsu, yet his Cheat Ability had unexpectedly given him an incredibly powerful recovery skill...

However, Yei had not dared use the skill directly at the time. If his teammates discovered it, it would be difficult to explain...

That was why he had delayed until now, when he finally had time to test it.

He continued onward. After arriving at a location and stopping, Yei remained extremely cautious. He had kept his Byakugan trained on his surroundings all the way, ensuring that no one was following him.

Even after reaching his destination, he did not deactivate his Byakugan. Perhaps feeling that the Byakugan alone was not safe enough, he extended his Observation Haki as well.

Yet the next moment, Yei froze slightly and looked in one direction. "Hm? There's the aura of living creatures underground over there? What's going on?"

As he pondered, Yei moved closer, wanting to use his Byakugan to see what was beneath the ground.

However, Yei discovered that the underground in his vision was no different. It remained a grayish-white world, without anything unusual.

But his Observation Haki had indeed detected the aura of some kind of creatures underground, and there was more than one!

"Could it be a sealing technique? Is it blocking the Byakugan's sight?" Yei guessed.

The Byakugan's penetrating vision was not omnipotent. With sealing techniques, it could be obstructed from peering in to a certain extent.

Many important areas in Konoha also had such sealing techniques. They could provide advance warning while preventing others from investigating them.

"But who would use a sealing technique in a place like the Forest of Death? Are they hiding something?" Yei muttered as he carefully sensed those auras.

Yei seemed to recall something, and his expression turned strange. "Cold-blooded creatures? Snakes? Orochimaru?"

Upon closer inspection with his Observation Haki, he could indeed sense a cold, damp quality from those creatures' auras...

Those were all traits emitted by cold-blooded creatures...

Could this be one of Orochimaru's secret laboratories? Last time, I didn't have Observation Haki, so I failed to notice it? Yei thought, feeling somewhat speechless.

In the original story, Orochimaru's secret laboratories were scattered throughout the Shinobi World. It was entirely possible that he had one hidden within the sparsely populated Forest of Death...

In fact, the possibility was quite high!

Even if it isn't Orochimaru, it could be Danzo... No, that cold aura is definitely connected to that guy Orochimaru. Either way, I can't stay here any longer. What rotten luck!

At the thought that he had nearly become Orochimaru's "neighbor," Yei's mouth twitched as he silently cursed his bad luck.

The last time he came here, Yei did not yet possess Observation Haki. Relying only on the Byakugan, he could not see through the sealing technique, so he had not noticed this anomaly.

All he could say was that it was a real trap...

He had no desire to be "neighbors" with someone as dangerous as Orochimaru...

"Forget it. I'd better relocate. If I stay here, I'll inevitably be discovered..." After considering it, Yei helplessly shook his head and decided to leave and find another location.

His laboratory was not finished anyway, so he did not feel any regret about abandoning it...

As one of the Sannin, Orochimaru was very powerful—a true Kage-level powerhouse.

Moreover, Orochimaru was a mad scientist with a twisted personality: crazed, cruel, and unwilling to stop until he achieved his goal. If Orochimaru set his sights on him, it would be troublesome...

Yei had his own assessment of his strength. Even if his injuries fully healed and he went all out, he might not be Orochimaru's match. At this stage, it was better not to get involved with Orochimaru...

With that in mind, Yei glanced once more at the underground area, narrowing his eyes. But after thinking it over, he did not make any move. His figure simply flashed away.

Just after Yei left, a small grayish-brown snake poked its head out from a nearby branch and flicked its tongue.

There was no Chakra fluctuation on this little snake, and it was very small—even smaller than other snakes. It also lacked the distinctive cold aura of a cold-blooded animal. It was just like an ordinary animal, with nothing remarkable about it...

The next moment, the little snake wriggled and slipped into a nearby tree hollow, disappearing from sight...

The Forest of Death was enormous, so finding an uninhabited area was easy. Yei casually found a spot and used his senses to inspect it. Only after confirming that there was nothing unusual did he stop and begin testing the Hyperspeed Regeneration on his body.

Calling it a test was simply a matter of using the skill. He wanted to see what changes abilities from another world would undergo in this world.

Destructive spells had become ninjutsu, binding spells had become sealing techniques, and Observation Haki had become sensory techniques. Many abilities needed testing; otherwise, Yei would not dare use them rashly...

If another Hollow Mask incident occurred, Yei did not think he could cover it up again...

Fortunately, nothing went wrong during this test of Hyperspeed Regeneration. Everything went fairly smoothly.

Although it consumed a great deal of Chakra, nearly draining ninety percent of the Chakra in his body, it was all worth it.

The injuries on his body and the damage to his internal meridians had all recovered completely. Yei even felt that the amount of Chakra in his body had increased somewhat compared to before!

This was wonderful news!

To be honest, this body's talent was not particularly good. It could even be called poor.

Its Chakra reserves were inferior even to those of an ordinary Chunin...

Chakra reserves determined a ninja's upper limit. No matter how talented you were at ninjutsu, if you lacked Chakra and ran out after using just a few techniques, wouldn't that be awkward?

He had not expected that recovering from his injuries would bring such welcome news as well. Yei was overjoyed!

Although the increase was not large, it gave Yei a direction to pursue!

"Hyperspeed Regeneration in this world is somewhat similar to Tsunade's Creation Rebirth... The Uzumaki Clan's vitality and the First Hokage's Sage Body both possess extremely fast recovery abilities... A Jinchuriki's recovery ability is also stronger than that of ordinary people..."

"In the future, if someone notices anything unusual, I can explain it along those lines..." While resting to recover his stamina and Chakra, Yei recorded the issues that had arisen and his own guesses in the notebook in his hand.

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