Long-Distance Teleportation

"Super Beast Imitation Drawing? What kind of Ninjutsu is that? Is it a secret technique of your Iwagakure?" Yakumo Kurama asked expectantly after hearing Yichen's words.

As Yichen flew away from the room with Yakumo Kurama, he said, "Super Beast Imitation Drawing is actually Ninjutsu of your Konoha, you could call it a secret technique."

"Super Beast Imitation Drawing can draw animals and make them help in battle."

Similarly, flying animals can also be used to help with flight.

"I had a disciple who was talented in drawing, so I traded this Ninjutsu with your Konoha."

Seeing Yakumo Kurama's strange expression, Yichen added, "I reckon the Hokage probably also considered teaching you this Ninjutsu."

Yakumo Kurama frowned and asked curiously, "Lord Tsuchikage, why do you always speak up for Konoha? Shouldn't you try to make me more accepting of Iwagakure?"

Yichen smiled and said, "That depends on the situation. If you're not mature enough, then I won't be talking to you about these things."

"But I just realized from our conversation that you've developed your own values. You have your own judgments about many things."

"So I won't lie to you. I'll only tell you the truth as I know it, and I hope you can make your own rational choice."

Yakumo Kurama thought for a moment and asked, "Lord Tsuchikage, is the truth you've told me the real reason you said you valued me?"

Yichen nodded and said, "That's right."

Yichen composed himself and said, "Do you believe that someone in Konoha killed your parents and wants to kill you?"

Yakumo Kurama nodded and said, "Yes, although my parents weren't ninjas, they shouldn't have died in a random fire."

"Someone must have killed them and then deliberately set fire to destroy the evidence."

"And I also overheard Teacher Kurenai and the Lord Hokage secretly plotting to get rid of me."

Yichen shook his head and said, "Although I look down on your Konoha, the power struggles within your Konoha are too severe."

"But to be honest, a little girl like you isn't worth the Hokage personally intervening in and plotting against you."

"Put yourself in their shoes. If you were the Hokage, would you need to conspire with someone to kill a little girl who has lost her parents?"

"And this conspiracy just happened to be overheard by a little girl like you who isn't even a ninja. Do you think that makes sense?"

Yakumo Kurama was taken aback; she clearly hadn't considered this question.

Yichen continued, "Tsunade is qualified as Hokage in some aspects; she possesses the magnanimity a Kage should have."

After a pause, Yichen continued, "As far as I know, there are other hidden circumstances surrounding your parents' deaths. Your Teacher Kurenai, and the Hokage don't want you to know the truth."

"But their purpose in concealing the truth is actually to protect you. They're afraid you'll be hurt by the truth."

Upon hearing this Yakumo Kurama asked anxiously, "Lord Tsuchikage, do you know the truth? Please tell me."

After speaking, Yakumo Kurama struggled to stand up from his chair and bowed deeply to Yichen.

Yichen patted Yakumo Kurama's head, gesturing for her to sit back down, before saying, "Your current emotional state isn't suited to knowing the truth; you're not calm enough."

"Try to calm yourself down. At least let me believe that you are ready to face this harsh reality."

Yakumo Kurama was somewhat at a loss upon hearing this. After all, she was still just a child who hadn't experienced much in life.

Although the death of both parents made him think more deeply, he had not undergone ninja training and his willpower was not as strong as that of students from regular Ninja Academy.

So despite her best efforts to adjust her state of mind, she couldn't remain calm no matter how hard she tried.

Seeing this, Yichen patted her head and said, "Alright, you're still young. When you get to Iwagakure, you should train hard and learn some ninja knowledge first."

"The most important thing is to strengthen your will. Only when you have a strong will can you meet my requirements, and only then will I tell you the truth."

Yakumo Kurama was very frustrated. She felt useless. The truth she had been searching for was right in front of her, but she didn't even have the right to know it.

Seeing that Yakumo Kurama was not in a Yichen changed the subject and started talking to her about some things in Iwagakure.

Yichen focused on the current living conditions of Sokai, Neji, Haku, and the Uzumaki clan members in Iwagakure.

These people, like Yakumo Kurama, are outsiders. Talking about their experiences and current situation can resonate with Yakumo Kurama.

After a long while, the two arrived above the Land of the Falls Branch. Yichen thought for a moment and said, "Below is our Iwagakure's Land of the Falls Branch. Shall I take you down to take a look?"

Yakumo Kurama nodded and said softly, "Yes."

After Yichen's encouragement and guidance along the way, her mood has improved considerably.

After all, she was a little girl who had never left the vicinity of Konoha, so she was still very curious about the outside world.

Afterwards, Yichen brought Yakumo Kurama to see Purple Lightning.

Purple Lightning is instructing Uzumaki Riori on the Mutual Distraction Explosion Tag Technique.

A large group of Uzumaki Riori continuously summoned and detonated Exploding Tag. The entire Training Ground was filled with booming explosions.

Yakumo Kurama, who had just descended with Yichen, was dumbfounded.

Upon seeing Yichen, Uzumaki Riori snorted and didn't greet this teacher who only knew how to trick her.

After all, it hadn't been long since she'd been in the Yichen Pit, Uzumaki Riori still remembered it.

Yichen pointed to Purple Lightning and Uzumaki Riori and said to Yakumo Kurama, "This is Captain Purple Lightning, whom I told you about. Sokai and Neji are staying at Captain Purple Lightning's house."

"You'll be living with them at Senior Purple Lightning's house from now on. It just so happens that Senior Purple Lightning's daughter, Kurotsuchi, is the same age as you; you two should be able to become good friends."

"That silly older sister is Uzumaki Riori, you can call her Sister Riori."

"Although your Sister Riori is a bit slow-witted, she's very warm-hearted, Neji really enjoys playing with her."

Then Yichen said to Purple Lightning and Uzumaki Riori, "Captain Purple Lightning, Riori, this is Yakumo Kurama that I just brought from Konoha."

"From now on, Yakumo will live at Captain Purple Lightning's house, just like Neji and the Neji."

Upon hearing this, Uzumaki Riori immediately forgot that she was still angry with Yichen and ran over excitedly.

However, she didn't come alone; instead, hundreds of her Shadow Clone rushed over in droves.

They looked at Yakumo Kurama with curiosity and asked, "Yakumo Kurama? Were you also abandoned by your clan like Neji?"

"Yakumo Kurama, from now on you'll call me 'older sister' just like Neji."

"I'll teach you how to fight from now on. I know where to find friends to fight with."

"When I get back to the village, I'll teach you how to line up Great Fireball Jutsu."

Yakumo Kurama:...

After introducing Yakumo Kurama to Purple Lightning and Uzumaki Riori, and after the three of them got to know each other, Yichen took Yakumo Kurama and continued flying to Iwagakure.

Yichen could clearly sense that Yakumo Kurama, who had flown into the air, breathed a sigh of relief.

Yichen thought to himself, "It's always this awkward when someone with a social anxiety meets someone with a social anxiety level. Neji's feelings back then were probably similar to Yakumo Kurama's feelings now. Having Uzumaki Riori act as a mediator was indeed a good idea."

With the buffer provided by Purple Lightning and Uzumaki Riori, Yakumo Kurama was no longer so resistant to Iwagakure, or rather, to his new home.

Yichen first took her home with Kitsuchi, and then called Katsuya, asking Katsuya Yakumo Kurama.

Meanwhile, Yichen placed a seal on Yakumo Kurama similar to the seal used by Jinchuriki to imprison Tailed Beast.

Yakumo Kurama's current state is similar to Shion's. Both Shion and Yakumo Kurama have a monster residing within them.

The two also have a special relationship with the monster inside them: they were originally one.

Yichen combined the methods of sealing souls and sealing Tailed Beast, allowing Yakumo Kurama to slowly extract the power of the monster within her body, just like Shion.

Simply eliminating the monster wasn't what Yichen wanted; he wanted to use it as nourishment to Yichen Yakumo Kurama.

However, Katsuya's Soul Seal was not secure enough, so Yichen wrote to Miroku in the Land of Demons, asking her to come and help cast a Miko Seal.

When it comes to Soul Seal, Miko are the experts.

Before Shion's mother arrived, Yichen received some good news.

"You really succeeded in your research?" Yichen asked excitedly, looking at Atsumi Akino in front of him.

Atsumi Akino nodded and said, "Yes, Teacher Yichen. Significant progress has been made in both areas."

"First of all, I've already tested it, and we can now conduct long-distance teleportation between us and the Land of Bears using ordinary ninjas."

"Secondly, my Flying Thunder God Mark has also been simplified."

"Senju Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Mark is indeed easier to study than Minato Namikaze's. I estimate that Minato Namikaze may have upgraded his Flying Thunder God; I still can't figure out his Flying Thunder God Mark."

"However, I figured it out with Senju Tobirama. I tried to shrink the runes I set up, imitating his mark. Although I can't reach his level, I've made great progress."

As she spoke, Atsumi Akino took out a Wind Shuriken from her storage bag.

Yichen immediately noticed that the Wind Shuriken was engraved with a large number of runes.

Indeed, although it is still far from being comparable to the two from Konoha, the current mark is much simpler than before when it could only teleport from the bases of the two Heavenly Transfer Techniques.

Atsumi Akino threw the Wind Shuriken towards a stone wall on one side of the Training Ground, and the next moment, the Wind Shuriken was embedded directly into the stone wall.

Then Atsumi Akino formed a series of complex hand seals, and then disappeared, reappearing next to the Wind Shuriken.

Yichen was already very satisfied with Atsumi Akino's performance; he had long since given up on expecting her to use the Flying Thunder God Atsumi Akino in battle.

Yichen didn't even remind Atsumi Akino to simplify the Hand Seals. It didn't seem necessary for the time being.

Even if Akino Flying Thunder God Minato Namikaze to the level of Atsumi Akino, it wouldn't be of any use, given her combat talent.

She used a Flying Thunder God technique to get close to the enemy, only to be killed by a single punch?

Instead of wasting time on this, it would be more practical to study the Teleportation Array to increase the village's strategic flexibility.

Yichen nodded to Atsumi Akino with satisfaction and said, "Akino, that's good. Your research is still classified as a top secret in the village. Without orders from High-Level Meeting, it is not allowed to be disseminated."

"Regarding your reward, the village will still treat you fairly."

"Let's go take another look at that Teleportation Array that connects to the Land of Bears."

Soon the two arrived at a secret room in the headquarters of the Anbu.

The area is heavily guarded, with five full-strength Anbu Squad stationed there at all times.

At this moment, in addition to these twenty Anbu members, there were three ordinary ninjas.

The three of them were ninjas who tested the feasibility of teleportation before Yichen arrived.

Yichen thought for a moment, then asked the three of them about their experiences during the teleportation, then gave them a gag order, and finally placed a seal in their minds.

After doing all that, Yichen had Atsumi Akino demonstrate it again.

Atsumi Akino quickly completed a round trip teleportation.

Then, under Atsumi Akino's guidance, Yichen also completed a round trip teleportation.

Upon returning, Yichen asked Atsumi Akino, "Akino, since we can teleport independently, is it possible for us to use the Flying Thunder God Technique independently as well?"

Atsumi Akino rolled her eyes and said, "Teacher Yichen, you really underestimate the Flying Thunder God Technique."

"This kind of teleportation array is much larger than the Flying Thunder God Technique. It has all kinds of arrays inside, so the teleported ninja doesn't need to have any Space-Time ninja skills."

"But the Flying Thunder God Technique is completely different. When it was first invented, it was intended to achieve rapid movement of a single individual."

"The Flying Thunder God Technique was created to adapt to the battlefield; the key to this Ninjutsu lies in positioning."

"As for how to teleport there after locating the location, that depends entirely on the teleporter's own mastery of Space-Time Ninjutsu."

"So these are completely two different things, okay?"

Yichen thought about it and realized it made sense; otherwise, how could Senju Tobirama and Minato Namikaze, with their intelligence, not have thought of this?

In particular, Minato Namikaze devised a method to divide the Flying Thunder God Technique into three parts in order to pass it on to future generations.

However, Atsumi Akino also had a question, "Teacher Yichen, why didn't Senju Tobirama and Minato Namikaze research Teleportation Array?"

"Minato Namikaze had time to upgrade his Flying Thunder God, so why didn't he research Teleportation Array?"

Yichen knew what Atsumi Akino was thinking, so he asked, "Akino, do you think that Teleportation Array can transport a large number of ninjas, making them more useful than the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Atsumi Akino nodded, thinking that Yichen's statement was nonsense. The Flying Thunder God could only teleport one person, while the Teleportation Array could teleport an entire ninja army.

However, Yichen sighed and said, "Akino, your strength limits your vision. You don't understand that in the Ninja World, the role of a strong person is actually greater than that of an entire ninja army."

"I won't go into much detail, just this: now that the village has Teleportation Array, all we can do is keep it a secret for now, and wait for the right opportunity to ambush our opponents."

"But if we change the condition, and I, the Tsuchikage, possess the Flying Thunder God Technique, do you know what I would do?"

Atsumi Akino shook her head blankly.

Yichen smiled slightly and said, "I will immediately begin Unifying the Ninja World."

My sleep schedule has been completely messed up these past few days.

As soon as I close my eyes, all sorts of chaotic dreams come to mind. Novels, students' math problems, and COVID-19 are all intertwined, making my dreams extremely chaotic.

The most outrageous instance: Hyuga Hiashi was intoxicated and fell into a coma. The protagonist instigated a rebellion within the Hyuga Branch Family, writing three thousand words in total—it was truly spectacular.

My first thought after waking up in the middle of the night was: I've wasted three thousand words. Luckily, I still remember the general plot. I'll finish it first thing tomorrow morning; it shouldn't take too long.