"Teacher Orochimaru, this is..."
Seeing this familiar sight, Gojo Yoru looked somewhat puzzled.
Could it be a Ninjutsu Scroll?
"You'll know once you look for yourself." Orochimaru kept him guessing. After handing the scroll to Gojo Yoru, he began dealing with Tokiya's corpse.
Since he had promised to keep Gojo Yoru's secret, Orochimaru could not leave behind Tokiya's brain tissue. No one knew whether Amegakure possessed methods similar to mind-reading techniques.
Looking at the mangled corpse on the ground, its blood washed away by the rain, Orochimaru could not help clicking his tongue.
The renowned Phantom Rain Tokiya, one of Hanzo of the Salamander's most capable subordinates, had actually died just like that.
He had clearly been so cautious, yet in an instant, he had become a pile of mangled flesh. Even if his face were pieced back together, the shock on it would still be visible.
The power of Space-Time was truly incredible!
Fortunately, he was Gojo Yoru's teacher, and Gojo Yoru had not used that offensive Space-Time power during their first encounter.
Otherwise, Orochimaru felt that he would not have fared much better.
Unless one knew beforehand that Gojo Yoru possessed Space-Time Ninjutsu, even one of the Five Kage would have ended up like Tokiya if struck by that move.
I wonder whether the Third Raikage's Strongest Shield could withstand Yoru's slash? I heard Kumogakure's Heavenly Transfer Technique, like the Flying Thunder God Technique, is an ultra-long-distance instant movement technique. Could it also involve Space-Time? Orochimaru thought. But aside from the Strongest Shield and Strongest Spear, the Third Raikage also possesses unparalleled Lightning Speed. His short-distance movement is said to be no inferior to the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Besides the Third Raikage, there is also the Third Tsuchikage, Two Scales Ōnoki. Setting aside the power of his Kekkei Tōta, Dust Release, the ability to fly alone is troublesome enough.
If nothing unexpected happens, those two will be Yoru's greatest enemies in the future. Speed and flight... When we return, I need to properly look into the relevant information and revise Yoru's training plan.
At that moment, Gojo Yoru had no idea that Orochimaru had already picked out his future greatest enemies and overturned his original training plan.
Filled with anticipation, Gojo Yoru opened the scroll Orochimaru had given him.
When he saw its contents, his eyes trembled. He hurriedly put the scroll away, afraid that the rain would damage what was inside.
Yet on the surface, the corners of Gojo Yoru's mouth could not stop rising, nearly turning him into some crooked-mouthed god of war.
After using a Storage Scroll to pack away all the fragments of Tokiya's corpse, Orochimaru looked at Gojo Yoru's ecstatic expression and smiled. "Well? Are you satisfied with this reward?"
"This is absolutely the best gift I've ever received, Teacher Orochimaru!" Gojo Yoru's body trembled with excitement as he said eagerly, "My weakest point right now is endurance. The reason I didn't dare reveal this ability was because I was worried someone would target that weakness. But now, as long as I master the Flying Thunder God Technique, even if my endurance is poor and people discover that I possess Space-Time Ninjutsu, I won't have to worry about being targeted anymore."
Gojo Yoru never could have imagined that the scroll Orochimaru gave him contained the Flying Thunder God Technique he had dreamed of obtaining!
This was an unbelievably huge surprise!
Having awakened Space-Time Ninjutsu that surpassed ordinary ninja by an entire level, why did Gojo Yoru have to be so cautious? Wasn't that suffocating?
It was. Incredibly suffocating!
If Gojo Yoru had not been a transmigrator, but a native of this world—or if he had been a transmigrator who had never watched Naruto—then he would have been even more arrogant than the Uchiha Clan, looking at everyone as though they were trash.
But Gojo Yoru knew too much. That was why he had to remain cautious, or he would die.
And the ones he feared had never been Sarutobi Hiruzen or Shimura Danzō.
What he feared was the aged Uchiha Madara.
What he feared was Kaguya Otsutsuki's third son.
What he feared was the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon.
What he feared was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who parasitized Jigen's body.
Gojo Yoru would not gamble that, for the sake of their grand plans, even if they learned he possessed a Space-Time Bloodline, they would ignore him and allow him to continue growing.
Gojo Yoru would only prepare for the worst, just like protagonists in fantasy and cultivation novels who possessed rare treasures.
His Space-Time Chakra was far too limited. Even when facing Tokiya, he had worried that he would be unable to escape the man's pursuit because he had too little Space-Time Chakra.
So Gojo Yoru could only endure, and keep enduring—more patient than a ninja turtle.
Even his method of killing Tokiya had been underhanded!
There was no helping it. His endurance was poor, and he could not run away.
Brief invincibility meant nothing if he could not escape. That weakness was fatal, and there were simply too many ways to exploit it.
That was why Gojo Yoru desperately wanted the Flying Thunder God Technique!
He had even prepared himself to come clean to Orochimaru, all so he could borrow Orochimaru's help to obtain the Flying Thunder God Technique from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
As long as Gojo Yoru learned the Flying Thunder God Technique and gained ultra-long-distance teleportation, he would fear nothing.
Even if he failed to develop other Space-Time Ninjutsu in the future, Gojo Yoru, with Phasing, Dimensional Slash, and the Flying Thunder God Technique, would become the most unsolvable existence in the Ninja World.
He could beat anyone, and if he could not beat them, he could run!
From then on, he would not need to fear anyone. Others would be the ones who feared him.
The Ninja World would also become a Naruto version of Jujutsu Kaisen. How to deal with Gojo Yoru would become the Ninja World's greatest headache, unless the strongest of ancient times were revived.
So it was no wonder Gojo Yoru was trembling with excitement.
What Orochimaru had done was like removing the final stone weighing on Gojo Yoru and completely smoothing out the path before him—a path that had already been flat, save for a few hidden thorns.
At that moment, Gojo Yoru's fondness for Orochimaru surged as well.
This teacher was truly worth having!
Naturally, Orochimaru did not know how important the Flying Thunder God Technique was to Gojo Yoru.
Seeing that Gojo Yoru was immensely satisfied with it, he smiled. "As long as you're satisfied. With your Kekkei Genkai, the Flying Thunder God Technique is definitely the Ninjutsu best suited for you. Before your Kekkei Genkai fully develops, you can first master the Flying Thunder God Technique, then pair it with the Rasengan and a Chakra Blade."
"Thank you, Teacher Orochimaru." Gojo Yoru spoke to Orochimaru sincerely and bowed once more.
Orochimaru patted Gojo Yoru on the shoulder, his eyes filled with anticipation. "Work hard and become stronger, Yoru. You are Konoha's—no... you are the Ninja World's future!"
"I won't disappoint you, Teacher Orochimaru."
At that moment, Gojo Yoru seemed to radiate confidence, as though he were glowing and illuminating the gloomy, rain-soaked sky.
This mission had brought Gojo Yoru an enormous haul.
Not only had he obtained Ryūchi Cave's Summoning Scroll, but he had also received the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll, along with the Yin Seal he had acquired earlier...
After awakening his Space-Time Bloodline, Gojo Yoru had finally obtained all three things he had wanted most over the years.
From now on... the sky was the limit!
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