Scroll of Sealing

Outside Konohagakure, in a secluded spot!

A green streamer descended from the sky, landing gently on the ground with precise control.

At the very moment this green streamer—or rather, Chiba—touched the ground, the green Chakra Cloak covering his body gradually dissipated, and his pair of blue Tenseigan reverted back into pure, flawless Byakugan.

"Excluding techniques that consume massive amounts of chakra, like the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, my estimated maximum duration for maintaining the Tenseigan Chakra Mode is two and a half minutes."

After landing, Chiba recalled the previous battle and arrived at a preliminary hypothesis.

Although two and a half minutes is somewhat short, it is enough to elevate his combat capabilities in every aspect to an incredibly powerful level.

At the very least, in this current era where the Otsutsuki are in hiding, the Six Paths are absent, and Super Kage-level figures are virtually non-existent, Chiba—having activated the Tenseigan Chakra Mode—basically has nothing to worry about, provided he doesn't get too reckless.

What's more...

Combat seems to be able to accelerate the further awakening of my Tenseigan?

After carefully sensing the internal changes within his eyes, a smile of pleasant surprise appeared on the corner of Chiba's mouth: "Unlike the 'Fetal Movement' of Otsutsuki Toneri from the original work, my Tenseigan can evolve without limit through repeated awakenings."

"At the very least, every awakening of my Tenseigan brings a significant boost to my chakra reserves, physical stamina, and more."

"Right now, my Tenseigan can only be considered to have undergone its first awakening. After the previous battle, my progress toward the second awakening has jumped by about 20%."

"Theoretically, four more battles of similar intensity will allow me to complete the second awakening."

Of course, that is only in theory.

The awakening of the Tenseigan will inevitably become slower the further he progresses.

But even just this much was enough to fill Chiba with boundless anticipation.

Not only that!

"It's time I collected the other spoils from this raid on the Hokage Building."

With an expectant look, Chiba turned his head toward a certain corner.

The next moment, a Shadow Clone identical to him stepped out from the shadows.

"Oh?"

Chiba was somewhat surprised, as the Shadow Clone was not only holding the half-man-tall Scroll of Sealing, but also seemed to be carrying several other smaller scrolls.

"When I was grabbing the Scroll of Sealing, I discovered quite a few other ninjutsu of various natures nearby, and even some of Sarutobi Hiruzen's personal notes on the training and application of ninjutsu, so I simply took those as well."

Seeing the confusion and surprise in Chiba's eyes, the Shadow Clone explained.

"Well done! As expected of me!"

Hearing this, Chiba did not hesitate to shower his Shadow Clone with praise.

Regardless of what his chakra nature had been before, from the moment he truly awakened the Tenseigan, he possessed all seven chakra natures simultaneously: Fire, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Yin, and Yang.

His talent in every aspect had also been elevated to a level that stood on par with any genius.

It was no exaggeration to say that even without the Sharingan, as long as Chiba was willing, he could learn simple ninjutsu just by glancing at them.

Even for S-rank ninjutsu, he could master them in the shortest possible time, or even innovate in the near future to create entirely new techniques of his own.

This was the primary reason why, despite having barely studied or trained in the past, Chiba was able to directly execute techniques like the Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms, Eight Trigrams: Palms Revolving Heaven, and the Shadow Clone Jutsu today, the very day he awakened the Tenseigan.

Likewise, this was the source of his confidence in causing such a massive commotion just to obtain the Scroll of Sealing, without ever worrying that he wouldn't be able to master the Forbidden Jutsu contained within.

"My mission is complete. Everything from here on out is up to you."

At this moment, the Shadow Clone handed the Scroll of Sealing, along with the scrolls containing other ninjutsu and Sarutobi Hiruzen's training notes, to Chiba. It then transformed into a puff of white smoke and vanished on the spot.

"Hard work."

Whether the Shadow Clone could hear him or not, Chiba said this before opening the Scroll of Sealing with a look of anticipation once more. "Not bad, very not bad."

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Impure World Reincarnation, Reaper Death Seal, Eight Inner Gates Formation, Flying Thunder God Technique, Lightning Style: Lightning Dream, Mutual Multiplication Paper Bomb, Eight Trigrams Seal, Spirit Transformation Technique... I know these, but there are even Forbidden Jutsu here that never appeared in the original story?"

Chiba opened the other scrolls and discovered that classic ninjutsu of various natures, such as Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, Water Style: Water Formation Wall, and Lightning Style: Roaring Thunder, were all basically included.

Although the number of techniques for each nature wasn't particularly high, the quality was excellent.

As the "Professor of Ninjutsu," the training notes written by Sarutobi Hiruzen were also a significant treasure for Chiba at this stage.

"Most of the Forbidden Jutsu in the Scroll of Sealing can directly improve my combat level."

"The various elemental ninjutsu will enrich my combat repertoire."

"I could even, after familiarizing myself with these Forbidden Jutsu and ninjutsu, integrate them into my Hyuga Gentle Fist Style and the various abilities of the Tenseigan..."

Looking at the Scroll of Sealing and the various ninjutsu scrolls in his hands, Chiba revealed a smile of pure joy, the kind that was rare for someone his age.

Regardless of everything else, his rampage through the Hokage Building had yielded significant gains.

Even that feeling of being invincible while in the Tenseigan Chakra Mode had left him somewhat intoxicated.

"So, next, I should begin the next phase of my plan..."

After gradually calming down, Chiba packed away the ninjutsu scrolls and slung the Scroll of Sealing over his back, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

Over the past twelve years, he had long prepared himself mentally: the moment he awakened the Tenseigan, he would defect from Konoha.

He also had some rough ideas regarding his actions after leaving Konoha.

Aside from Konoha, the weakest hidden village was undoubtedly Kirigakure, which had endured the era of the "Bloody Mist Village" and the death of the Fourth Mizukage, who had served as the Jinchuriki of the Three-Tails.

However, apart from the Three-Tails, which had entered a wild state, and the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, there were no other benefits in Kirigakure worth Chiba's excessive attention.

On the contrary, even though the Fourth Mizukage was already dead, Uchiha Obito, who held a grudge against Kirigakure due to the death of Rin Nohara, might still be keeping an eye on that place.

While Chiba's Tenseigan was certainly powerful, Obito's Intangibility still felt like a bit of a trouble to him at his current level.

Therefore, he had no intention of heading to Kirigakure for the time being.

As for the village only slightly stronger than Kirigakure, that was naturally Sunagakure.

This was indeed the primary target Chiba had selected after some deliberation.

For one thing, there was still about a year left until the "Konoha Crush Plan" from the original story.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, was likely still alive, and Orochimaru, who possessed the greatest technological prowess in the ninja world, was also very likely to be in Sunagakure.

Whether Chiba used the abilities of the Tenseigan to control Rasa or attempted to reach some form of cooperation with Orochimaru, both would be beneficial to his future plans.

On the other hand, Gaara, who was tormented by the One-Tail, Shukaku, was not a perfect Jinchuriki and could not unleash the true power of the beast.

Chiba's Tenseigan Chakra Mode could easily suppress Shukaku and allow him to attempt to master the latter's power.