Enough, Add Water [Curse]

"Shangguan Yue, are you alright?"

"I feel fine, my body is in tip-top shape."

Shangguan Yue looked at Uzumaki Mito, who was watching him with concern, and swung his fist to signal that he was perfectly fine.

Shangguan Yue sensed the newfound power within his body, a sensation that felt innate, as if it had always been there.

"This feeling... it's as if my shackles have been broken and my bloodline has evolved, granting me a legacy."

To verify his hypothesis, Shangguan Yue did not linger with Uzumaki Mito and took his leave.

Tsunade followed behind Shangguan Yue with a dejected expression, and Shangguan Yue noticed something was wrong.

"What's wrong with you? Do you have something on your mind? Ahem, I'm not concerned about you, it's just that you're slowing me down..."

"Yue, I'm sorry. Ever since you started following me, things haven't gone smoothly. I wonder if I bring bad luck. Everyone around me leaves one by one—Granduncle, Second Granduncle, Father, Mother, and now, you too..."

"Pfft, pfft, what are you saying? I'm still alive and kicking. Don't worry, I know my own body, and it has nothing to do with you."

The two stopped in their tracks. Tsunade looked at Shangguan Yue, who had been trying so hard to cheer her up, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Yue, I understand now. You don't need to comfort me anymore. Thank you."

Faced with Tsunade's tender, watery eyes and her delicate demeanor, Shangguan Yue scratched his head, feeling flustered, though his mouth remained sharp.

"Glad you know you were wrong. Honestly, you're such a grown woman, yet you still need a kid like me to coax you."

Her mood had just improved, and the feeling of being cared for had left her lingering in the moment, but as soon as she heard Shangguan Yue's words, her face darkened.

A fist the size of a sandbag slammed into the top of Shangguan Yue's head, and he clutched his head in agony.

"Ah, that hurts! Why did you hit me?"

"Hmph, that's for having such a loose tongue. Alright, let's go home."

Shangguan Yue followed behind Tsunade, looking thoroughly reluctant, when suddenly, a chuuni voice echoed in his mind.

"I have successfully activated the Cultivation Room for you. Inside, you can freely practice all your skills. Furthermore, the shackles on you have been lifted; you can learn ninjutsu here, and there are many hidden functions you can explore yourself."

Shangguan Yue was ecstatic upon hearing this, as it was exactly what he needed to verify his recent gains—the bloodline legacy.

If he were at Tsunade's training ground, even though it was large, it held no secrets and could easily be monitored by others.

Shangguan Yue, who had initially been eager to return home, gradually became hesitant.

But now, with the Cultivation Room, these concerns were no longer an issue. Shangguan Yue followed Tsunade back home.

The two separated to wash up and sleep. Shangguan Yue ignored the sight of Tsunade in her thin attire, her youthful, delicate body as fresh as a lotus rising from the water.

He turned and opened a guest room, lying on the bed impatiently as his consciousness sank into the control room of the Balance of God. Outside the door, Tsunade rolled her eyes.

"Tch, you'll regret this eventually."

Shangguan Yue swiped across the screen, thinking, Almost fell into that woman's trap, and selected the Cultivation Room. His consciousness instantly entered a new world.

A vast, white expanse greeted his eyes, and a light screen appeared before him, which Shangguan Yue swiped through.

"I can even customize the terrain? This snowy mountain, and is this lava? Too scary, too scary. Wait, what's this?"

"Technique Deduction: Input energy and techniques to deduce subsequent techniques and skills."

Shangguan Yue tapped the two empty slots above the Great Melting Furnace. After they auto-filled, he saw the God Slayer Art and Chakra in the technique column, and the energy was full.

He tried tapping 'Start'. The techniques flew into the furnace, which began to tremble. A countdown of half a month appeared on the furnace, and Shangguan Yue felt numb.

"No way, it takes that long? ...Forget it, let me test the functions of the Cultivation Room first."

Shangguan Yue swiped through and, seeing only these functions, stopped looking. He randomly selected a Stone Forest background, and the white world instantly transformed into a forest.

Shangguan Yue formed hand seals. "Water Style: Great Water Ball!"

Shangguan Yue spat a large water ball from his mouth, which flew toward a tree. "BOOM!" The trunk was shattered. "CRACK!" The tree emitted a tearing sound before crashing to the ground.

"Whew, not bad. It actually..."

Before he could even be surprised by his discovery, he was kicked out of the Cultivation Room.

"Huh? What happened?"

Half a month later.

Inside the Balance of God, in the Cultivation Room, Shangguan Yue faced the gravel flying toward him. He opened his tightly shut eyes and reached out his hand.

"Shinra Tensei."

"Many are dark, I'm carrying them."

"Every grain has mud."

"Who gave you a bag of rice?"

"Alright, add water!" [Cursing]

Following Shangguan Yue's shout, a magnetic field erupted from his body, radiating outward and crushing all the incoming pebbles into dust.

Shangguan Yue looked at everything before his eyes with a satisfied expression.

"I didn't expect this Shinra Tensei to be quite useful; it really is quite good."

"It's great for area-of-effect attacks, but this ability can't be exposed, sigh."

"I can only use it when my life is on the line. It's a good thing the Cultivation Room allows skills to be cast without consuming mana."

"However, it requires too many challenge opportunities, and one challenge opportunity only lasts for an hour."

"It's a pity that later on, challenge opportunities can only be obtained by fighting opponents of the same rank; they become exceptionally important in the later stages."

"I must properly suppress my ninja rank. If I don't finish grinding the beginner dungeons before graduation, I won't be able to advance to Chunin."

"But calculating my strength, I suppose I count as a Chunin now, and my God-Slaying Art is also being re-deduced."

"Sigh, these challenge opportunities are never enough. I have one left, but if I want to use the Cultivation Room's built-in techniques to deduce, I have to spend a challenge opportunity."

"Fortunately, my restrictions are lifted while in the Cultivation Room, so I can learn some ninjutsu. That Water Ball Technique is too trashy; I don't even want to use it."

Shangguan Yue formed the Ram seal, "Shadow Clone."

"Poof."

Half of his chakra was split off, using the energy to create a physical clone.

An identical Shangguan Yue appeared beside him, and the two stared at each other.

Although Shangguan Yue had seen it several times, he couldn't help but reach out.

"Hey, hey, hey, you pervert! I'm your clone, don't touch me, and don't touch down there!"

"Water Style: Water Ball Barrage!"

Shangguan Yue was forced back by the clone's Water Style and grumbled, "You are me, and I am still me. Can't I even touch myself?"

"No! Speak, what kind of nonsense are you up to now?"

"Nothing, just wanted to find someone to talk to."

"Boring."

The clone tilted its head, exploded, turned into a puff of smoke, and vanished.

"Ah!!!"

Shangguan Yue felt a sharp pain in his head. "Damn, good grief, committing suicide again. This feeling is truly awful, but..."

Feeling the growth of his mental power, Shangguan Yue gave a playful smirk. "I have to say, this method is quite effective, it just burns through chakra."

Shangguan Yue was so ruthless that he wouldn't even spare himself; after a Shadow Clone dies, its memories and experiences return to the original body.

This allowed Shangguan Yue to discover a bug: he could use it to temper his mental power, and the speed was very fast, though it cost him his life.