[Super Regeneration]

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

Today was the day Minato Namikaze assumed the position of the Fourth Hokage.

At this moment, the entire Konoha Village was exceptionally lively, with streets and alleys decorated with lanterns and banners, filled with a joyous atmosphere.

Except for ninjas on important missions who hadn't returned to the village, nearly ninety percent of the other ninjas had already come back.

The inauguration of a Kage was a major event for any ninja village, especially at a time when the shadow of war loomed overhead.

On the streets, countless villagers were discussing this Hokage's appointment, their faces showing expressions of delight and pride.

Minato Namikaze was undoubtedly a very powerful ninja, and his ascension seemed to disperse some of the war clouds hanging over Konoha Village.

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

"Peace is indeed nice, but it won't last long..." Looking at the joyful expressions of the villagers around him, Yei merely sighed and said nothing more.

Because peace wouldn't hold, and the future would be even more perilous.

To survive the dangerous situation ahead, his current strength was far from enough!

Yei was well aware that the future shifts in the situation would be just as treacherous and unpredictable, even more dangerous than the Third Great Ninja War in some respects...

'I need to become stronger!' With this thought flashing through his mind, Yei continued walking until he reached a remote area and stopped.

Quietly activating his Byakugan, he swept his gaze around the surroundings, also releasing his Observation Haki. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Yei's figure flickered as he dashed off in one direction.

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

This wasn't Yei's first trip to the Forest of Death; it could be called his training ground. Here, he could freely use abilities gained from other worlds without restraint.

There was even an underground laboratory he had half-built...

His purpose in coming to the Forest of Death was none other than to test out a new ability.

Earlier, after his points broke through 1,000, Yei hadn't bothered to save them. He spent 1,000 points to obtain a skill—[Hyperspeed Regeneration]!

From the name, Yei could easily guess that this was likely another ability from the world of Bleach.

A Hollow's Hyperspeed Regeneration!

As the name implied, it was the ability to rapidly heal injuries on the body.

Yei had been thinking about learning Medical Ninjutsu, but he hadn't expected his Cheat Ability to deliver such a powerful recovery skill...

However, Yei hadn't dared to use this skill right away back then. If his teammates discovered it, it would be hard to explain...

So he had put it off until now, finally having time to test it.

Continuing forward, Yei stopped at a certain spot. He was extremely cautious, using his Byakugan to scan the surroundings the entire way, ensuring no one was following him.

Even after reaching his destination, he didn't deactivate his Byakugan. But thinking that relying solely on the Byakugan wasn't safe enough, he also extended his Observation Haki outward.

Yet the next moment, Yei paused slightly, looking in one direction: "Hmm? There's the presence of living things underground over there? What's going on?"

As he pondered, Yei moved closer, trying to see through the ground with his Byakugan.

But Yei found that the underground in his vision showed nothing unusual—still a world of gray and white tones, with no abnormalities.

However, his Observation Haki had indeed detected the presence of some living things underground, and more than one!

"Could it be a sealing technique? Blocking the Byakugan's sight?" Yei speculated.

The Byakugan's clairvoyance wasn't omnipotent; sealing techniques could, to some extent, obstruct its prying.

Many key locations in Konoha also had such sealing techniques, which could both provide early warnings and prevent others from spying.

"But who would set up a sealing technique in the Forest of Death, hiding something?" Yei muttered to himself, carefully sensing those presences.

Suddenly, as if recalling something, Yei's expression turned strange: "Cold-blooded creatures? Snakes? Orochimaru?"

With his Observation Haki probing deeper, he indeed sensed coldness and dampness from those living presences...

These were the auras that only cold-blooded creatures emitted.

'Could this be one of Orochimaru's secret laboratories? Last time I came, I didn't have Observation Haki to sense it, so I missed it?' Yei thought, feeling a bit exasperated.

In the original story, Orochimaru's secret laboratories were scattered all over the Shinobi World. Having one in the remote Forest of Death wasn't impossible...

In fact, it was highly likely!

'Even if it's not Orochimaru, it could be Danzo... No, that kind of cold aura is definitely tied to that bastard Orochimaru... Anyway, I can't stay here any longer. What bad luck!'

Thinking that he had almost become "neighbors" with Orochimaru, Yei couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, cursing his luck!

Last time he came, since Yei didn't have Observation Haki yet and relied solely on the Byakugan, which couldn't break through the sealing technique's detection, he hadn't noticed this anomaly.

What a pain...

He didn't want to be "neighbors" with a dangerous guy like Orochimaru...

"Forget it, I'll relocate. If I stay here, I'll inevitably be discovered..." Yei thought it over, shook his head helplessly, and decided to leave and find another spot.

His laboratory wasn't finished yet anyway, so abandoning it wouldn't be a loss...

As one of the Sannin, Orochimaru was still very strong—definitely a Kage-level powerhouse.

And Orochimaru was a scientific madman with that crazy, cruel, and relentless twisted personality. If he got targeted, it would be a huge hassle...

Yei had his own judgment of his strength. Even if his injuries fully healed and he went all out, he might not necessarily be a match for Orochimaru. So for now, it was best not to get entangled with him at all...

Thinking this, Yei glanced once more at the ground below, his eyes narrowing slightly. But after a moment of consideration, he made no move at all. He simply flickered away from his spot.

The moment Yei left, a small grayish-brown snake poked its head out from a branch nearby, flicking its tongue.

This little snake carried no Chakra fluctuation whatsoever. Its body was tiny, even smaller than most other snakes, and it lacked the cold, sinister aura typical of reptiles. It was just like an ordinary animal, with nothing unusual about it...

The next moment, the little snake twisted its body and slithered into a tree hollow, vanishing from sight...

The Forest of Death was vast, so finding an uninhabited area was easy enough. Yei picked a random spot, swept it with his perception, and after confirming there was nothing abnormal, he stopped and began experimenting with his [Hyperspeed Regeneration].

Calling it an experiment was just a formality—he was simply using the skill to see what changes would occur when a power from a different world manifested in this one.

Hadō had become ninjutsu, Bakudō had become sealing techniques, and Observation Haki had become sensory arts. Many skills needed testing; otherwise, Yei wouldn't dare use them recklessly...

If another incident like the Hollow Mask happened, Yei didn't think he could cover it up again...

Fortunately, this test of [Hyperspeed Regeneration] didn't cause any trouble. Everything went smoothly.

It consumed a lot of Chakra, nearly draining ninety percent of what he had in his body, but it was all worth it.

His injuries and the damage to his internal meridians were now fully restored. Yei even felt that the amount of Chakra within him had grown compared to before!

This was excellent news!

To be honest, Yei's current body didn't have particularly good talent. In fact, it was quite underwhelming.

His Chakra reserves were even lower than an average Chunin's...

Chakra volume determined a ninja's ceiling. No matter how strong one's ninjutsu talent was, if they ran out of Chakra after just a few techniques, wouldn't that be awkward?

He hadn't expected that recovering from his injuries would bring such a pleasant surprise. It was a huge relief for Yei!

The increase wasn't large, but it pointed him in a direction!

"In this world, [Hyperspeed Regeneration] is similar to Tsunade's Creation Rebirth... The Uzumaki Clan's vitality and the First Hokage's Sage Body both grant extremely fast recovery... Jinchuriki also have stronger regeneration than ordinary people..."

"In the future, if someone notices something unusual, I can lean into this explanation..." During the break to recover his stamina and Chakra, Yei recorded the issues that had arisen and his own conjectures in the notebook he held.

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