Lowering the Requirements

In Konoha's Ichiraku Ramen shop.

Sasuke, Yu, and Naruto sat side-by-side, each with a bowl of ramen, perfectly presented in color, aroma, and taste.

A middle-aged man with narrowed eyes stood behind the counter, smiling as he watched the three enjoy the delicious food he made. However, his gaze would darken whenever it fell upon Yu.

Ichiraku Ramen was the most famous delicacy in Konoha. For a transmigrator arriving in Konoha and not eating a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen, their journey wouldn't be perfect. Yu naturally had to check it off his list.

In the past, many people on forums played with the "Otsutsuki Ichiraku" meme, even going so far as to find various pieces of evidence to prove that the kind-looking Uncle Ichiraku was the most deeply hidden boss in the entire Naruto world, known as "Otsutsuki Ichiraku."

However, upon actually visiting Ichiraku Ramen and meeting Teuchi Ichiraku, that idea vanished like smoke. Teuchi Ichiraku was truly just an ordinary person.

But Ichiraku Ramen truly lived up to its reputation; it was incredibly delicious. And Miss Ayame was also really beautiful.

After finishing their ramen, the three youngsters left together.

"Goodbye! Ayame-neechan. You look even more beautiful today!"

As they left, Yu cheerfully called out to Ayame.

Ayame also smiled and said, "See you next time, Yu-kun."

This made Uncle Ichiraku a bit angry. Yu had never said goodbye to him, but he was always chatting and laughing with his daughter. Even though Yu was only eight, he felt his little cabbage was in danger.

Yu, of course, had no idea what Uncle Ichiraku was thinking. He merely admired Ayame. After all, a graceful lady is a prize for a gentleman!

Liking beautiful women simply proved that Yu was a normal man.

Sasuke and Naruto were now together so early because of his presence, but there was indeed a destined connection between them. Neither of them looked down on the other, yet they didn't dislike each other, nor did they reject doing things like eating together again.

Especially when Sasuke and Naruto sat opposite each other, they would glare at each other with their "death glare eyes." Yu had even asked them why they were always at odds.

"I get annoyed just seeing that dead last," was Sasuke's reply.

"His arrogant attitude just makes me furious," was Naruto's reply.

Regardless, he now confirmed that a true bond existed between Sasuke and Naruto. This bond likely stemmed from their identities as reincarnations of the Sage of Six Paths' sons, Indra and Asura, but he couldn't be sure.

In a clearing in a forest, Sasuke and Naruto were sparring. In the beginning, Naruto was always the one being suppressed, but as time went on, Naruto gradually became able to fight Sasuke on equal footing.

Of course, Sasuke hadn't used the power of the Sharingan during this time. Even so, it was evident that Naruto's progress was incredibly fast. Sasuke, in turn, trained even harder to avoid being caught up to by Naruto.

As of now, Yu was the weakest among the three. Yu was the true dead last.

Yu never participated in the spars between Sasuke and Naruto because he had no desire to be beaten. Without the intent to fight to the death, he would be absolutely thrashed by them, with no chance to fight back.

Yu sat on a dead tree stump, constantly writing in a notebook, filling it with content about future research directions.

He felt he shouldn't set his experimental goals too high and should start with simpler experiments, like fusing with more ordinary bloodlines first.

Therefore, he had collected many blood and tissue samples from Ninja Beasts during this period.

Next, he planned to use small Slimes to fuse with these Ninja Beast bloodlines. Only after gaining some experience would he fuse with higher-level bloodlines.

As for the [Metal Skeleton] plan, he now had a perfect solution—using a special metal, [Chakra Conductive Metal], to create bones.

Chakra Conductive Metal possessed very powerful properties:

First, it could absorb the user's Chakra and emit a Chakra blade edge, possessing extremely strong offensive capabilities. The more Chakra the user infused, the stronger the blade edge's power and the wider its attack range would be.

Second, Chakra Conductive Metal could act as an extension of the body, and could even be used to launch ninjutsu.

Third, it had great hardness, making it suitable for crafting weapons.

There was very little information recorded about Chakra Metal because its storage volume was too small, leading to a lack of information.

In any case, based on his memories, only Sarutobi Asuma possessed a kunai made of Chakra Conductive Metal called "Flying Swallow," and it was quite small.

However, Chakra Conductive Metal was not a problem for him. In the Uchiha's storeroom, there was an entire block of raw Chakra Conductive Metal ore. According to records, this ore was "obtained" by Uchiha ninja during a mission outside. The whole piece weighed about five pounds.

Originally, the Uchiha planned to use this block of Chakra Conductive Metal to forge a few powerful weapons, but they hadn't found a suitable Ninja Tool Master yet.

The place with the most Ninja Tool Masters in the ninja world was the Artisan Ninja Village. However, the Artisan Ninja Village and the Uchiha had a great feud. This block of Chakra Conductive Metal was obtained by the Uchiha from people of the Artisan Ninja Village, so the Uchiha would not return the hard-won item, and the Artisan Ninja Village would not craft ninja tools for their enemies.

In this situation, this block of Chakra Conductive Metal now belonged to Yu.

Of course, he had asked Sasuke about this matter. After all, Sasuke was now the head of the Uchiha clan, and Yu greatly respected Sasuke.

Upon hearing this, Sasuke agreed without hesitation.

"From now on, if you want to use anything in the family, just take it. You don't need to tell me. We're family," Sasuke told Yu.

"Thank you, Sasuke-niichan."

Before, Sasuke was just a character from a manga in his perception.

After so much time spent together, Yu understood Sasuke's feelings very clearly. In Sasuke's heart, he was the only family in this world.

And in Yu's heart, Sasuke was no different.

After preparing the experimental materials, the second bloodline fusion experiment commenced.

Yu, wearing a white lab coat, placed six small Slimes into separate glass tanks.

This time, he had prepared cells from two Ninja Beasts: the Overlord Ninja Tiger and the Four-Tusk Wild Boar King.

Both of these Ninja Beasts came from the Great Forest of Death on the outskirts of Konoha and were king-level existences. The Four-Tusk Wild Boar King was as tall as a five or six-story building, and the Overlord Ninja Tiger was not far behind, standing three stories tall.

The combined strength of these two Ninja Beasts should be comparable to a Jonin, and they could use Earth Style and Wind Style.

Of course, what Yu was interested in was not their strength, but their massive Chakra reserves.

These two Ninja Beasts were not wild ones but were artificially created, seemingly related to the artificial Tailed Beast project. After all, the power of Tailed Beasts was too immense, attracting the covetousness of many, but it ultimately failed.

These two Ninja Beasts were placed in the Great Forest of Death by Konoha. One purpose was to suppress the rampaging wild Ninja Beasts within the forest, and the other was to serve as a defense against external enemies.

He had paid a hefty price to obtain the body tissues of these two Ninja Beasts, but as long as his experiment succeeded, it would all be worth it.