Reaper Death Seal

Whether you agreed or not, time kept moving forward in an orderly fashion.

More than a month had passed since Minato Namikaze and Kushina's wedding.

In the end, with the two runners-up "withdrawing" and Orochimaru's defection, the Jonin voting process—which felt more like a formality—

Minato Namikaze was successfully elected Fourth Hokage with ninety-five percent of the Jonin votes!

This time, Bai Yue did not join in the excitement.

After offering simple congratulations, Bai Yue continued to delve deeper into Sealing Jutsu.

However, it seemed Minato Namikaze and Kushina had said that, compared to being pushed into it before, being elected Fourth Hokage was the best moment to propose.

That left Kushina with a slight grievance against Bai Yue.

Of course, she merely complained a little that Bai Yue had been even more impatient than her and had made her miss the most romantic proposal scene.

There was no excessive blame.

In response, Bai Yue only smiled without speaking.

He had successfully flapped the butterfly's wings.

Bai Yue really wanted to know whether the Minato couple, who had married over a month—or perhaps even two months—earlier than in the original story, would still have Naruto?!

Could they possibly have Naruko instead?!

However, Bai Yue knew full well that if there were no reincarnation of Asura's Chakra, then the butterfly wings he had flapped would naturally have stirred up a storm.

But with Asura's Chakra reincarnation in play, it was basically certain that it would be Naruto.

After all, that was Chakra containing the will of Asura, that old goody-two-shoes.

One became red near vermilion and black near ink. Under the influence of Asura's will, the character template's mindset was fundamentally not much different from Asura's!

In Bai Yue's understanding, this so-called Chakra reincarnation containing Asura's will was not all that different from a Thought Seal.

It mass-produced similar people generation after generation!

"Talk is talk, jokes are jokes! Kushina still loves me! She actually gave me the Reaper Death Seal formula scroll to study!" Looking at the Reaper Death Seal scroll in his hands,

Bai Yue's heart burned with excitement!

Although Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei was hailed as the pinnacle of Sealing Jutsu, in Bai Yue's mind, the Reaper Death Seal was the ultimate sealing technique most worth researching and learning at present.

If Space-Time Ninjutsu was practically impossible to counter, then Ninjutsu involving souls—and even Sealing Jutsu—were equally difficult to deal with.

Have you not seen how dear Snake Aunt had to wait until the very end before restoring the fragment of her soul lost to the Reaper Death Seal?

What was more, for Bai Yue, the more life-or-death trump cards he had, the better.

If he were crushed by an enemy in battle and had no chance of escaping afterward, Bai Yue would absolutely choose mutual destruction with that enemy!

At present, he had one Reaper Death Seal and another Eight Inner Gates that he was still planning out.

Hehe—Bai Yue did not think many people could withstand a Night Guy and still escape the Reaper Death Seal!

If he died, they died together!

If he could let an enemy beat him to death and then stroll away, then he would have lived for fucking nothing!

Of course, he would not use it unless he had to!

After all, his life was precious. He was not going to risk it for someone else!

Learning the Reaper Death Seal was merely to give himself a means of fighting for his life. What Bai Yue truly wanted to study was the Corpse Ghost known as the Shinigami.

Perhaps he could even use it to obtain techniques targeting the soul.

The research began!

Though it was a little overwhelming, Bai Yue's foundation in Sealing Jutsu was solid enough that he was not left completely lost.

"So that's how it is. I roughly understand the basic principle now. It really fits that saying: gaining in one place, losing in another! Interesting!"

After a long while, Bai Yue let out a breath.

His burning gaze fell upon the scroll, now closed.

The various curse technique runes focused on communicating with the Corpse Ghost in the Pure Land, then using one's own soul as a sacrifice to have the Corpse Ghost take away the target's soul as well.

Moreover, whether it succeeded or failed, the user's own soul would be taken away.

The principle was simple. The actual execution was both simple and complicated.

How should he put it? Those without a certain foundation in Sealing Jutsu could not operate it. But for a Sealing Jutsu Master, it was practically child's play.

That was also the main reason why, despite being such a terrifying Sealing Jutsu, someone could learn and use it without practice.

"It has no ability to directly harm souls, but the communication runes do contain elements related to space-time! That deserves deeper study!"

And this was not an ordinary space-time node!

Compared to Space-Time Ninjutsu that traveled back and forth within the Ninja World, these space-time runes capable of communicating with and connecting different dimensions were clearly more advanced!

Whether Flying Thunder God or Summoning Technique, both only transported one to somewhere within the Ninja World.

But the Pure Land, while technically still within the scope of the Ninja World, was actually entirely different.

Worth studying, definitely worth studying!

Bai Yue's eyes shone brightly! The fire of research within him rose higher and higher!

"Young Master, the weighted items you ordered have arrived!" During the meal, Hyuga Hanako dragged over the weight blocks Bai Yue had asked her to order.

On the small cart were more than fifty weight blocks, a mix of ten-pound and twenty-pound pieces.

Bai Yue casually picked up a ten-pound weight block and turned it over in his hand.

Despite being so small, it actually weighed ten pounds. Its size was roughly comparable to Rock Lee's weight blocks.

"Young Master, are you really going to start wearing weights?" Hyuga Hanako was somewhat worried that Bai Yue would overdo it and ultimately injure himself.

"For now, twenty pounds on each leg." Looking over his slender arms and legs, Bai Yue set his intended weight.

"That is too much!" Hyuga Hanako immediately tried to dissuade him. "You should start with ten pounds on each leg!"

"I think I can handle it." Though he did not look particularly strong, Bai Yue felt that his physique far surpassed those of his peers.

Perfect Blood did not sit around for free!

When it mattered, it truly delivered!

If he had not been fully confident, how could Bai Yue possibly harm his own body?

As he had said before, his life was precious!

"But..."

"Isn't Aunt Hanako here?" Bai Yue directly interrupted Hyuga Hanako. "Please, Aunt Hanako, give me regular physical examinations. If it really will harm my body, I will reduce the weight."

"This... all right." In the end, Hyuga Hanako was persuaded.

As Bai Yue's caretaker, and a rare Hyuga Medical Ninja,

Hyuga Hanako was quite confident in her own abilities.

"Then, Auntie, I will have to trouble you a great deal for some time to come!"

"Yes!"

After finishing his meal, Bai Yue strapped the weight blocks to his legs.

Well, how should he put it? He felt fine for now. His legs merely felt a little heavier, without much pressure.

Of course, that might also have been because too little time had passed.

After taking a short walk, Bai Yue headed toward the training room.

The Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist training officially began!