The First Time Always Comes Unexpectedly

Soon, Sosuke obtained the specially crafted kunai from the blacksmith, who had rushed the work.

To save time, he had it made exactly in Minato's style.

As it turned out, Little Sun had indeed put serious effort into this; the entire process of inscribing the spatial coordinates went very smoothly.

This proved that the kunai design from his memory was already perfectly suited for the Flying Thunder God Technique, saving him a huge amount of trial-and-error modification work.

"Here, the blueprints you wanted." The shopkeeper handed over the schematics for the special kunai.

With these, the clan's craftsmen could replicate them, so Sosuke wouldn't have to travel this far every time to restock.

"Thanks, boss." Clutching the kunai in his hand, the youth looked extremely excited. This scene left the nearby Ponytail Princess thoroughly puzzled.

It was just a kunai, wasn't it? The shape was a bit odd, but surely not enough to get this worked up over.

Curious, she secretly picked one up and gave it a couple of swings. Aside from the extra weight, it seemed no different from an ordinary kunai.

Ignoring her companion's reproachful gaze, Mito casually stowed the kunai into her ninja tool pouch.

Watching Sosuke pack up, she spread her hands with a hint of boredom. "Where to next? We can't just keep picking fights with bandits forever."

Hearing this, the youth didn't look up as he replied, "I'm planning to take on the Three Clans Alliance. Want to come along?"

"Of course, why wouldn't I?" Mito looked eager. "I've had it with the Fūma Clan for a long time. This time, I'm definitely taking them down."

"Alright." Sosuke nodded, not refusing Mito's request to join him.

Over this period, the Ponytail Princess had been constantly honing her use of the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and her strength was now far beyond what it used to be.

Even if she couldn't maintain it for long, no one could deny her burst potential.

To use a term from his past life's games, Uzumaki Mito, having mastered the Adamantine Sealing Chains, was absolutely a T0-level crowd-control specialist.

With her by his side, Sosuke's hunting efficiency would increase significantly.

"Let's go." After inscribing the spatial coordinates onto the special kunai, Sosuke slung his backpack over his shoulder and strode out of the blacksmith's shop.

Seeing this, Mito quickly jogged to catch up, only to watch the youth turn left and right until he arrived behind an inn.

"Right here." Sosuke glanced around, and when he saw no one was watching them, he grabbed Mito's fair little hand.

The Princess outwardly appeared calm, but inwardly she was panicking like crazy, though she tried her best not to show it.

"What's he doing, sneaking me behind an inn?"

"I'm still young, and besides, our emotional foundation isn't solid yet."

"Just because he saved my life, does he think he can do whatever he wants? He, he should at least ask for my consent first."

"Couldn't he at least pick a fancier hotel?"

By the time Sosuke was ready, the Ponytail Princess's eyes were already spinning in circles, and her free hand instinctively grabbed at her collar.

"Ready?" The youth looked extremely excited.

Amid her panic, a question arose in Mito's mind.

Were guys really that eager about that kind of thing?

"W-wait, I'm not ready yet." At the critical moment, Mito's rationality took over.

Seeing her resistance, Sosuke frowned in confusion. "You don't need to prepare. Just leave everything to me."

"Huh, don't tell me you've already tried it..." The Ponytail's mood suddenly dipped.

"No, this is my first time too." With that, Sosuke eagerly pulled the girl in front of him.

Startled, Mito instinctively closed her eyes.

But after a few seconds, the expected sensation never came. Instead, the youth let go of her hand.

"Haha, it worked!" Sosuke was as happy as a thirty-year-old big kid.

Cautiously opening her eyes, Mito looked around and was stunned to find herself in a forest.

Weren't they just behind the inn?

She wasn't stupid. A moment's thought told her she had misunderstood.

Come to think of it, they had been camping out in the wild for so long; if he had wanted to do anything, he probably would have acted long ago.

"Ugh, I'm such an idiot." Scolding herself, yet somehow, Mito's crimson hair began to stir without any wind.

Unaware of the impending danger, Sosuke was still celebrating the first successful use of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Before returning to town, he had inscribed a spatial coordinate out in the wild. After retrieving the kunai, he planned to use Flying Thunder God to teleport directly there.

And it succeeded without a hitch.

How to describe that feeling of crossing space? It was as if, with a single step, he had jumped directly from point A to point B, skipping the long distance in between.

For Mito, one blink and she was in a forest three kilometers away.

After suppressing the inexplicable fire burning inside her, she finally realized what that scene just now truly meant.

"Th-this is Space-time Ninjutsu?!" As expected of the Princess of the Land of Whirlpools, Mito quickly identified the true nature of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

But she never imagined that the legendary Space-time Ninjutsu would suddenly appear before her eyes one day.

It seemed this excited Youth was likely using it for the first time.

"Wait, was he just using me as a test subject?" Mito started baring her teeth again.

"That's right, this is a jutsu I just 'created,' and I've named it the Flying Thunder God Technique." Sosuke's talent for lying through his teeth had improved once more.

The current Senju Tobirama was still a brat, with absolutely no ability to create the Flying Thunder God.

Since the thing had appeared in his hands, the title of creator naturally had to fall on his head.

"Tobirama, your entire life will be lived in my shadow."

Under Mito's speechless gaze, a shameless smile curled at the corner of the Youth's lips.

This bastard was definitely plotting something bad again.

Having accomplished the main goal of this trip, Sosuke decided to hurry back to the Western War Zone, using the Flying Thunder God's mobility to hunt down the three clans.

The string of merit point requirements in the system list could, for now, only be borrowed from the members of those three clans.

He hoped they wouldn't be too stingy.

Along the way, Sosuke kept experimenting with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and he discovered that he still couldn't lock onto moving spatial coordinates.

Every time a Kunai was in a non-stationary state, his perception of its spatial coordinate became extremely blurry.

Only when the coordinate was stationary could Sosuke calmly complete the jump.

"My reflexes aren't fast enough; I can't pull off dozens of consecutive attacks between bits of information."

"Fortunately, the Sharingan can help me compensate for this weakness."

Every jutsu comes with corresponding risks—even the Flying Thunder God Technique is no exception.