Heavenly Light and Earth Light

After parting ways with Sigurd, Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari continued their journey toward the Land of Hot Water.

As for Sigurd, he was currently heading toward the location of the Village of the Grass Shadow.

That was right; he intended to rescue Karin and her mother first.

He would certainly not allow such high-quality members of the Uzumaki clan to fall into the hands of that evil Uchiha brat.

To be honest, the Karin from the original story followed Uchiha Sasuke, and the suffering she endured was no less than what she faced in the Village of the Grass Shadow; it was a life ruined.

Thinking of this, Sigurd immediately took out a map to check his current location.

This map had been purchased in the previous small village and was now stored in the system space, making it convenient for the two of them to access at any time.

After glancing at the map, he discovered that he was not far from the Land of Grass. At his current speed, he could easily enter Kusagakure by nightfall.

As for why he could move so quickly, it was simply because Sigurd was currently flying.

After all, he was essentially a mechanical puppet, capable of deploying thrusters from various parts of his body.

Furthermore, since it was broad daylight, the external solar energy was abundant enough to completely offset the energy consumption required for flight.

This was something the main body, Tokiju, could not do; he still lacked the ability to shape this solar energy and could not fly at all.

However, he was working hard in that direction, as he truly did not want to keep jumping over these damn tree branches.

By evening, Sigurd had already arrived above the Village of the Grass Shadow.

Looking at the village before him, Sigurd frowned slightly.

The Village of the Grass Shadow was a nation skilled in researching and deciphering the ninjutsu of other countries—a place that loved to "learn."

Of course, that was the polite way of putting it.

If one were to be blunt, it was a nation of thieves!

They would steal the ninjutsu of other countries, make a few casual modifications, and then claim it as their own, much like a certain country on Earth.

Refocusing his gaze on the Kusagakure below, Sigurd wondered what kind of harsh lesson he should give them.

But after thinking for a long time without any good ideas, he decided to wait until nightfall to confirm the functions of moonlight and starlight before proceeding.

With that thought, Sigurd quietly landed not far from the Village of the Grass Shadow and applied sealing runes to his body to suppress his aura.

Given the current quality of ninjas in the Village of the Grass Shadow, it was impossible for them to detect his presence.

Although using sealing techniques would consume the limited chakra within his body, as long as there was light in the surroundings, Sigurd would not stop his operations.

However, in the absence of chakra, he would have to rely on light energy for combat.

This was not a major issue, though; the problem of chakra consumption could be solved by having the main body send over a shadow clone to replenish it.

Moreover, he still had plenty of chakra in his body; he could easily perform the aura-suppression seal a dozen more times without issue.

As time passed, the sun had long since set, and the bright moon hung high in the sky.

Sigurd spread his arms slightly, carefully sensing the energy of the moonlight and starlight, intending to see if these lights differed from sunlight.

After some sensing, Sigurd discovered that moonlight and starlight were indeed vastly different from sunlight.

First, regarding moonlight: because moonlight is essentially reflected sunlight, its original violent energy was cut in half.

As a result, moonlight energy was much gentler than sunlight and could be easily shaped.

For instance, at this moment, Sigurd reached out, and a somewhat irregular cyan-blue rod immediately appeared.

This was the simplest application—no high-end techniques, just molding the moonlight energy into the shape of a rod.

As for other advanced techniques, he would leave that for the mental main body to practice slowly.

With this moldable moonlight energy, he believed the main body would soon master the ability to fly.

As for starlight, it was quite special. As the dimmest of the three lights, it was naturally the most difficult for Sigurd to absorb.

If one were to frame a random area, the ratio of moonlight to starlight was an absurd 100:1, even when the stars were relatively bright.

Although it was the most difficult to absorb, the function of starlight was the most unique among the three.

Because starlight is essentially sunlight from an incredibly vast distance, the violent energy within the sunlight is worn away over such a long journey, leaving behind only the purest life energy.

This life energy was very special and possessed powerful healing properties.

However, because starlight was so scarce, basking in it all night might not even compare to a single Mystical Palm Technique from Tsunade.

Of course, Sigurd, being a mechanical puppet, could not naturally perceive these starlight-healing properties.

All this information regarding starlight was synchronized from the mental main body.

Furthermore, the main body had discovered that there was an even more miraculous power hidden within the starlight.

It was just that because the time spent absorbing starlight was too short and the quantity too small, it was currently impossible to confirm what that miraculous power was.

In short, whether it was sunlight (orange-yellow), moonlight (cyan-blue), or starlight (emerald-green), each had its own specialty, fully justifying the name Eye of Light.

And for these three types of light from the heavens, Tokiju had naturally given them a collective name: "Heavenly Light."

Of course, besides these three types of light, there also existed biological light or technological light from the natural world, such as the light produced by fire or electricity.

These lights originating from the ground were what Tokiju called "Earth Light," a type of light that possessed no offensive capabilities whatsoever.

This light could only be transformed into silver-white Light Release chakra once it fused with chakra.

Only by using this specific silver-white chakra could one perform those techniques known as Light Release Ninjutsu.

At the same time, only in this way could these Earth Lights be imbued with a certain degree of offensive power.

The above was the general capability of the Right Eye of Light.

After gaining a rough understanding of how to use all the light, Sigurd ceased absorbing the surrounding light energy, his gaze fixed intently upon Kusagakure.

Meanwhile, inside Kusagakure, at the Kusagakure Medical Clinic.

Though called a medical clinic, it was actually just a dilapidated shack that barely provided shelter from the wind and rain.

At this moment, several Kusagakure ninja stood outside the clinic, every one of them stained with traces of blood.

Clearly, they were ninja who had just returned from completing a mission.

They stood in a line at the entrance of the clinic, chatting incessantly.

"Sigh, this mission was no walk in the park. My injuries aren't light, and this time I'm definitely going to take a huge bite out of that bitch!"

"Take it easy. I heard that bitch is suddenly pregnant. If you cause any problems by biting her, watch out—the Kusakage will slaughter you."

"Heh heh, I heard about that too. I wonder if the brat she gives birth to will be able to inherit that bitch's constitution..."

"That's true. If it can inherit it, our Kusagakure will surely be able to shine for another few decades!"

"Exactly! With the accumulation of those few decades, our Kusagakure will surely surpass the Five Great Nations and become the new leader of the ninja world, hahaha!"