[Divine Refining: It can refine any item into something useful to the host. Items that can be refined include special ninja tools, corpses, inner demons, Tailed Beast Chakra, and more!]
Reading the God Refining System's new description, Sasuke realized his previous thinking had been rather narrow. This system really was astonishingly powerful. It was a little Evil, but he liked it!
If that was true, then Ido, inside Kurama Yakumo, was her inner demon. He just didn't know what he'd get by refining it.
"What's wrong?" Sasuke had been staring blankly at Kurama Yakumo, who sat in front of him. Curious, she asked, "You've been acting strange for a while."
"Uh...nothing. I just noticed something interesting!"
Sasuke had been thinking about what else he could refine. Hearing Kurama Yakumo speak, he quickly closed the panel and went back to chatting with her.
"I was telling you..." Sasuke was about to start chatting again when he suddenly realized Kurama Yakumo wasn't responding.
He turned his head and saw that she had fallen asleep. Sasuke, who had still been hoping to keep showing off, felt a little awkward.
"I've never seen Yakumo sleep so peacefully." As Sasuke wondered whether he should use Divine Refining on her, a deep voice came from behind him.
"So I'm a decent doctor after all." Without turning around, Sasuke looked at Kurama Yakumo sleeping soundly beside him and smiled gently.
"Unfortunately, this is only temporary. Yakumo's always been in poor health. I don't know how much longer she can hold on. And besides..." The person behind Sasuke stopped there. This involved a family secret, after all.
Sasuke had been listening intently, so when the man fell silent, he could only pout. It seemed not everyone was as clueless as Naruto, blurting out everything they knew.
Glancing at the sleeping Kurama Yakumo, Sasuke raised his right hand and stroked her head. Then he stood up.
Kurama Yakumo's uncle watched Sasuke, looking bewildered. He couldn't figure out what this Uchiha orphan was up to. Was this some legendary head-pat technique?
Sasuke, of course, didn't answer his question. Instead, he calmly watched the pitch-black eye that was spinning above Kurama Yakumo.
In the end, Sasuke used Divine Refining on Kurama Yakumo—or, more accurately, on Ido, the inner demon within her.
Sasuke had stopped because Kurama Yakumo possessed an illusion-based Kekkei Genkai no weaker than the Mangekyō Sharingan. At first, he had planned to deal with her discreetly.
But after meeting Kurama Yakumo, who reminded him a little of his past life and longed for friends, Sasuke ultimately abandoned that idea. Perhaps he felt they had once shared the same misfortune.
In Kurama Yakumo's inner world, Ido had been devouring her strength as she slept. Suddenly, a pitch-black eye completely swallowed it.
After devouring Ido, the eye didn't disappear. Instead, it released waves of green energy that began to transform Kurama Yakumo's frail body.
Sasuke had done it unintentionally. The Divine Refining Eye contained a vast amount of life energy refined from his parents and the Uchiha clansmen. Since there wasn't enough to meet the requirements for forming an item in the storage space, it had remained inside the Divine Refining Eye.
Before long, the life energy inside the Divine Refining Eye was used up, and the pitch-black eye vanished.
Once the eye disappeared, Kurama Yakumo slowly emerged from the shadows. She had witnessed everything, after all—this was her inner world.
"Sasuke-kun, thank you!"
Watching the green energy continue to transform her body, Kurama Yakumo fell to her knees, tears slowly streaming down her face. From that moment on, a figure was etched into her heart.
In the outside world, Sasuke felt the Divine Refining Eye return to his body. He smiled calmly, then prepared to leave.
"Sasuke-kun, is there anything I can do for you?" Just as Sasuke was about to go, Kurama Yakumo opened her eyes and looked at him, full of gratitude.
"If you can, leave Konoha. I don't want to become your enemy."
After leaving her with those words, Sasuke slowly headed home.
"Is that so?" Hearing Sasuke's words, Kurama Yakumo seemed to understand. She watched him walk away and nodded firmly.
"Yakumo, how are you feeling?" The watcher, who had fled as soon as Kurama Yakumo regained consciousness, appeared beside her again.
"Uncle, let's go back." Kurama Yakumo calmly looked at her uncle and smiled gently. She gathered up her drawing board and walked away.
"How strange. How did things suddenly turn out like this?" Watching Kurama Yakumo, the watcher she called Uncle glanced at Sasuke as he left, then at Yakumo, his expression bewildered.
After returning to his basement, Sasuke looked at his Shadow Clone, still training, and felt conflicted.
Sasuke wasn't worried at all about having revealed his true nature to Kurama Yakumo. He believed she wouldn't betray him. Don't ask how he knew—he just had a feeling.
Sitting in his usual spot, Sasuke opened the Divine Refining panel.
[Kurama Bloodline Limit: Use it to obtain the Kurama Clan's Kekkei Genkai (can be used with a special fusion opportunity)]
Seeing the new item in his storage space, Sasuke was taken aback. Could even a Kekkei Genkai be created through Divine Refining?
"The system really came through!"
Unable to hold back his praise, Sasuke began to make new plans. He had originally intended to use the Release techniques he'd acquired to combine Scorch Release and Storm Release. Now it seemed he'd underestimated the system.
"Ice Release, Shikotsumyaku, Crystal Release... I want them all!" Once he confirmed that Divine Refining could obtain Kekkei Genkai, Sasuke's expression grew increasingly strange.
"Hahaha... Hahahaha!"
Unable to contain his excitement, Sasuke burst out laughing. The fact that the system could obtain Kekkei Genkai would help his plans tremendously.
"Sasuke-kun!" Just then, a voice came from the courtyard.
"You've got to be kidding!"
Hearing the voice, Sasuke hurriedly opened the basement door and headed out into the courtyard.
"Can I help you?" Coming out into the courtyard, Sasuke looked curiously at Ino, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji, and the others who had come to find him.
The Veil of Divine Refining Finally Lifted: The Kurama Clan's Bloodline Limit!
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