Obsessed with Sealing Jutsu, Unable to Break Free

The next day, Masahiko attended the funeral held for the fallen clan members. Seeing the newly added gravestones in the Uzumaki Clan cemetery and the many clansmen weeping uncontrollably for their lost loved ones, he felt a heavy weight in his chest.

Even though it isn't my first time, I still really don't want to attend funerals like this... Masahiko murmured inwardly.

After the funeral, Masahiko went straight to see the Clan Head and asked him for the clan's secret Sealing Jutsu.

"All of the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu are recorded on this scroll. Second Uncle, you must keep it safe." As though he had been prepared, the Clan Head pulled out a scroll from his robes and handed it to Masahiko.

It turned out that early that morning, the Second Elder had already reported the course of the battle to him. The Clan Head now knew that his Second Uncle's strength had improved. Though he had not quite reached Clan Head level, he was close enough. He had guessed that Masahiko would begin studying Sealing Jutsu.

Masahiko took the scroll and said, "I'll keep it safe. You don't trust your Second Uncle?"

It's precisely because it's you that I don't trust... the Clan Head thought, but he said aloud, "Of course I do, of course I do. I was just reminding you."

Seeing the insincere look on his face, Masahiko did not bother with him. He took the scroll and returned home.

"Then before I study Sealing Jutsu, I need to deal with the injury on my right hand first. Otherwise, I might really have to change my name to Uzumaki Yang Guo..." Masahiko muttered as he looked at the scroll in his hand.

Given the extent of Masahiko's arm injury, it would normally take at least three or four months to recover. After all, compared to when Naruto used the Rasenshuriken, Masahiko's constitution was inferior, and he did not have a medical ninja like Sakura to treat him.

"But if my constitution isn't enough, I can make up for it with points!" Masahiko muttered. He removed the bandages from his right arm, decisively opened the Attribute Panel, and added ten points to "Body" in one go.

Sure enough, amid unbearable itching and pain, a new layer of skin grew over Masahiko's right arm. He shook his arm and found that it still hurt a little, so he decisively added another five points. This time, his right arm was completely healed.

"It healed too quickly. I should bandage it up again and remove them in two months," Masahiko thought. Otherwise, it'll be hard to explain...

After bandaging his right arm once more, Masahiko opened the Sealing Jutsu scroll.

"Four Symbols Seal, Five Elements Seal, Eight Trigrams Seal, Seal Evil Law Seal, Seal Fire Law Seal, Inner Four Symbols Seal..." Masahiko first skimmed through all the Sealing Jutsu.

"No Reaper Death Seal? My grandnephew the Clan Head shouldn't be hiding anything from me. That means this ninjutsu hasn't been developed yet. I wonder who created it—it should be worth quite a few Witness Points..."

"The first person to use this ninjutsu was Minato Namikaze, and Minato's Sealing Jutsu were all taught by Kushina... Does that mean Kushina's elders developed this ninjutsu?"

"In this era, would it be Kushina's Grandmother or grandfather? How am I supposed to find them... Forget it, I won't think about it. I'd better keep an eye on Tobirama. He developed more forbidden techniques." Masahiko considered many possibilities before finally calming himself and beginning to study Sealing Jutsu.

Masahiko had decent talent for Sealing Jutsu. In just one day, he had gotten started, as shown by a new entry in his Attribute Panel:

Sealing Jutsu: LV1 (1/10000)

Masahiko resisted the urge to immediately add points and decided to study it himself first.

About two months later, Masahiko had learned two relatively simple Sealing Jutsu, the Seal Fire Law Seal and the Seal Evil Law Seal. His Sealing Jutsu had also reached Level 2.

Afterward, in order to learn the Five Elements Seal, Masahiko had no choice but to add one point each to his Lightning Release and Water Release.

Perhaps because he had accumulated Witness Points during this period, Masahiko had basically stopped actively studying other ninjutsu. Yet once he began researching Sealing Jutsu, he became so engrossed that he forgot Witness Points even existed.

In the blink of an eye, five years passed.

Over those five years, Masahiko learned every Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan except the Yin Seal. His Sealing Jutsu had surpassed the Wind Release ninjutsu he was best at and reached LV5.

Only then did he suddenly come to his senses. Five years had already passed.

For people of the Warring States, whose average lifespan was less than forty, five years was a long stretch of time.

But for Masahiko, after five years had passed, he... was thirty-one years old.

Though even now, he still maintained the Transformation Technique and continued to look forty-eight.

Over the past five years, Masahiko had remained isolated from the world, paying no attention to the major or minor affairs of the ninja world. Now that he had finished his training, he immediately sought out the Clan Head and asked about recent events in the ninja world.

"Second Uncle, you've finally come out of seclusion! Your health... is still holding up?" To Masahiko's surprise, that was the first thing the Clan Head said when he saw him.

Masahiko glared at him. "I'm perfectly healthy. You'll be the one to go before I do!"

"Uh, Second Uncle, forgive me. It's like this: last year, the First Elder resigned from his position as First Elder of the Uzumaki Clan, saying that his health had been worsening by the day. He now recuperates at home every day. Recently, I've also noticed that the Second Elder and Third Elder intend to retire, but since the position of First Elder in our clan has remained vacant, the other two elders have continued to hold on."

"Of course, it isn't only our clan. The older generation of ninja from other clans have mostly retired as well. It is the younger generation's world now. After all, I'm nearly forty myself, and the seniors a generation above me are already advanced in years..." The Clan Head slowly explained the reason to Masahiko.

Without the system, I'd be fifty-four too. I'd probably be on the decline as well, Masahiko thought, but he said aloud, "Don't worry. Your Second Uncle can keep going for a few more years. Have any major events happened in the ninja world over these past years?"

"As for major events, aside from the chaotic wars between the clans, one major thing really did happen. Two years ago, the Senju and Uchiha Clans fought at the Kazama Valley battlefield. Senju Butsuma and Uchiha Tajima actually both died in battle. Hashirama and Uchiha Madara are now the Clan Heads of their respective great clans."

"The clans of the Warring States all believed that, after losing two Peak Jonin, the two great clans would become easy targets. Who would have thought that Hashirama and Uchiha Madara would both break through to Clan Head level? When they fought, they were not inferior to their fathers in the slightest... That is the foundation of great clans. Every generation produces genius ninja like them."

"But because of this, our ties with the Senju Clan have grown even closer. Mito marrying Hashirama can't be considered a hardship." When the Clan Head mentioned this, he gritted his teeth angrily. Even after five years, he was clearly still pained by his daughter Mito's marriage.

So much has happened? Hashirama and Madara already stand at the pinnacle of the Warring States. I'm afraid no one could have imagined that Hashirama and Madara would grow even stronger. A new era is coming! Masahiko thought.

"But over these five years, I haven't been standing still either, now that I've regained my youth." Masahiko looked at his Attribute Panel and smiled in satisfaction.

Name: Uzumaki Masahiko

Age: 31 (-)

Ninjutsu: 245 (+) Body: 118 (+) Technique: 1570 (+5.5) (+)

Three Body Jutsu:

LV10 (100000) (Max Level)

Shuriken Throwing Technique: LV10 (100000) (Max Level)

Earth Release: LV3 (30458/100000) (+)

Wind Release: LV4 (116764/200000) (+)

Fire Release: LV3 (29985/100000) (+)

Water Release:

LV2 (10000/20000) (+)

Lightning Release:

LV2 (10000/20000) (+)

Sealing Jutsu: LV5 (200000/400000) (+)

Special Talent: Perception Ability

Comprehensive Evaluation: Peak Jonin

Witness Points: 34