"That was it? So easy."
Gojo Yoru stared at the kunai in his hand, his face full of disbelief.
A silicone protective sleeve covered the kunai's handle, engraved with a tomato pattern.
At the center of that tomato pattern was the Chinese character for "Yoru."
This was Gojo Yoru's Flying Thunder God Seal.
Although he had known that his Space-Time Bloodline would certainly allow him to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, Gojo Yoru had never expected that using Space-Time Chakra to practice it would be even easier than practicing the Three Body Techniques.
After only three attempts, Gojo Yoru successfully condensed a Flying Thunder God Seal and learned the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Others still could neither see nor sense the existence of Space-Time Chakra.
The same was true if Gojo Yoru created Shadow Clones.
Yet Gojo Yoru's main body could now clearly sense the special energy fluctuations contained within the seal on the Flying Thunder God Kunai.
If those energy fluctuations were materialized, they would undoubtedly be dark in color.
There was not a trace of ordinary Chakra mixed into this seal. It had been condensed entirely from Gojo Yoru's Space-Time Chakra.
Whoosh—
He casually threw the Flying Thunder God Kunai, yet there was no sound of a blade piercing the wall.
Because Gojo Yoru had vanished from the bed without warning, catching the flying kunai in his hand.
It was instantaneous movement unlike the Body Flicker Technique—true spatial displacement.
Having achieved spatial teleportation for the first time, Gojo Yoru neither rejoiced wildly nor marveled at the power of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Instead, he sank into thought, reliving the sensation from moments ago.
He had merely mobilized the Space-Time Chakra within his body while activating the seal on the Flying Thunder God Kunai. His entire body had seemed to turn into a magnet, opposites attracting as he instantly snapped toward the kunai.
The only difference was that Gojo Yoru flew to the kunai, rather than the kunai flying to him—not that they met halfway, either.
"The Flying Thunder God Seal acts as a space-time anchor. As long as I expend a certain amount of Space-Time Chakra, I can use the connection through space-time to instantly transfer there."
"And the essence of this anchor is Space-Time Chakra sealed so it cannot dissipate. If I want to perform spatial displacement without relying on the Flying Thunder God Technique, I have to meet one condition... my Space-Time Chakra must completely leave my body, merge into nature, interfere with the surrounding space, let me sense space-time, and allow me to create anchors from afar."
"But that requires a huge amount to experiment with. It's still the fucking endurance problem."
Gojo Yoru rubbed his brow. He had finally found a direction for developing teleportation, yet he still lacked the means to make it happen.
However, when he saw the Flying Thunder God Kunai in his hand, that trace of frustration immediately vanished.
A quantitative change could bring about a qualitative change. As long as his Space-Time Chakra capacity increased, short-range spatial displacement would come sooner or later.
For now, the most important thing was ultra-long-range teleportation. That was what could save his life.
His Phasing and Dimensional Slash were the higher-dimensional Strongest Shield and Strongest Spear. They were already more than enough for fighting enemies.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was mainly for catching enemies off guard, marking them so they had no chance to escape, and retreating when his Space-Time Chakra ran dry.
"Wait..."
Suddenly, Gojo Yoru seemed to recall some crucial information, and his expression changed sharply.
He immediately took out his Ninja Tools pouch. Without bothering to put silicone sleeves over them one by one, he began engraving Flying Thunder God Seals onto the kunai.
As one Flying Thunder God Seal after another was attached to the kunai, the Genin-level Space-Time Chakra within Gojo Yoru rapidly dwindled.
After consuming half his Space-Time Chakra, Gojo Yoru finally stopped. He returned to the bed, sat cross-legged, and began refining Chakra.
A few minutes later, Gojo Yoru opened his eyes and grinned. "Success. My hypothesis was right!"
In just a few minutes, Gojo Yoru had recovered some Space-Time Chakra. The amount he refined far exceeded what he had consumed when activating the Flying Thunder God Seals.
And today, aside from creating those Flying Thunder God Seals, Gojo Yoru had only consumed Space-Time Chakra while activating them.
He had used less than he recovered. What did that mean?
It meant that the Space-Time Chakra within the Flying Thunder God Seals was judged to be energy already expended.
And the Flying Thunder God Seals were products formed by the fusion of Fuinjutsu and Space-Time Chakra.
Seals could break through the bottlenecks within the body.
Using the Yin Seal to store Space-Time Chakra and thereby break through the capacity limit of Space-Time Chakra was entirely feasible as well.
At the same time...
Gojo Yoru placed one hand on his forehead and the other over his chest, murmuring, "Today... truly brings three joys at once!"
"Yoru, time to get up. The sun's practically burning your butt."
Perhaps it was because he had wandered outside for nearly a month, or perhaps because he had been too excited the night before, but Gojo Yoru slept in late the next day.
Not until a familiar monstrous strength shook his consciousness out of sleep.
Opening his eyes, Gojo Yoru vaguely saw a swaying tomato through his blurry vision.
Oh, no. In his swaying vision, there was one enormous tomato.
As his vision cleared, Gojo Yoru looked at Uzumaki Kushina, her red hair tied up and a white apron around her waist. He could not help grinning as he opened his arms and pulled the girl tightly into his embrace.
"Tomato-Nai, long time no see!"
His voice overflowed with joy, tinged with a hint of longing.
Uzumaki Kushina, whose breath had caught as her body rapidly heated and stiffened, suddenly softened.
Wrapping her arms around the boy in return, Uzumaki Kushina said with a touch of heartache, "You've worked hard these days, Yoru."
"Haha... hard work my ass. I've been having the time of my life lately."
Gojo Yoru climbed down from the bed. Taking advantage of his absolute height advantage, he lifted Uzumaki Kushina up as though she were a child and laughed at her. "From now on, we won't have to fear anyone ever again. I finally have the strength to protect you, Tomato-Nai!"
Seeing Gojo Yoru laugh so freely, his tone even turning a little rough, Uzumaki Kushina had just been about to struggle when his final sentence pierced straight into her heart.
She gazed at the boy before her, her eyes filled with tenderness.
After spinning around a few times with Uzumaki Kushina in his arms, Gojo Yoru set her down, immediately fetched a kunai, and stuffed it into her hand. He instructed, "Tomato-Nai, no matter where you go from now on, keep this kunai on you. As long as you have it, no matter what danger you encounter, I'll immediately appear by your side."
Upon hearing this, Uzumaki Kushina instinctively examined the Flying Thunder God Kunai in her hand.
When she saw the pattern and writing on its handle, her heart trembled slightly, and mist rose uncontrollably in her eyes.
"Mm!"
Though she did not know what special ability this kunai possessed, Uzumaki Kushina still nodded firmly at Gojo Yoru and broke into a smile. "Smelly-Mouth Night, I'll definitely take good care of this gift!"
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