The Devil Law

"No, you can't."

"Because I can only bestow the Devil Law upon you or on something you own."

The demon shook his head gently at Yu's question. "And whether it's a weapon or some other object, none of them can bring out the full power of the Devil Law."

"That's why Human Puppets, which are originally made by modifying human bodies, are the best choice for a puppeteer."

"Human Puppets..." After silently listening to the demon's explanation, Yu began to ponder. "In that case... looks like I'll have to find a way to get my hands on this secret technique someday."

Puppet Technique—Yu knew it was a traditional ninjutsu unique to Sunagakure in the Land of Wind, in the world of Naruto.

It was a ninjutsu that used special methods to control puppets, corpses, and the like for missions such as combat and infiltration. It had immense destructive power.

Ninja who used Puppet Technique were known as puppeteers, and held a relatively high status in Sunagakure, in the Land of Wind.

Human Puppets, meanwhile, were the ultimate form of Puppet Technique. This powerful forbidden technique had been created by Sunagakure's First, Monzaemon, and later developed and popularized by Sunagakure's genius puppet designer, Sasori of the Red Sands.

The strength of Human Puppets lay in the fact that human corpses could be made into puppets while retaining all the chakra their targets had in life. They could then use every ninjutsu those targets had known—including Kekkei Genkai.

"Hmm... as for puppeteers..."

"Although in the original story, apart from Chiyo and Sasori of the Red Sands, who reached Kage Level, all the other puppeteers were a bunch of weaklings."

After hearing the demon's words, Yu finally began to calm down and think it over carefully. "But Human Puppets are already absurdly powerful just because they can preserve all of their target's chakra and ninjutsu, including Kekkei Genkai."

"If I could make Human Puppets with Mangekyō Sharingan, Wood Release, or even Rinnegan and Tenseigan, then combine them with the abilities of the Devil Law... who in this world would I have to fear?"

At that thought,

Yu felt as if an infinitely bright road had opened up before him. Two blazing lights shone in his amber eyes.

"By then, even if Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara came back to life and stood before me, I could beat them both and teach them how to behave in a matter of seconds!"

"And the String-String Fruit's powers combined with Puppet Technique would be a perfect match!"

For the first time since crossing into this cruel ninja world, where geniuses were everywhere and cheaters were a dime a dozen, Yu finally felt truly confident about his future path.

Even if he faced all kinds of absurdly powerful bosses and gifted geniuses with cheat-like abilities in the future,

Yu believed that with many Devil Fruit powers at his disposal, he would eventually take control of his own destiny and rule the ninja world!

"It seems you've found the path that truly belongs to you."

Feeling Yu's earlier dejection give way to an unprecedented confidence, the demon's voice began to fade from his ears. Before disappearing, it still made sure to threaten him. "Good. Then from today on, do your best to survive in this world!"

"Because if you die, I'll devour your soul until not a trace remains."

"You want to eat my soul?"

Hearing the threat the demon had left in his mind before vanishing, Yu's lips curled slightly. "If that day really comes, then bring it on, Demon!"

This is great... as long as I have the Devil Law...

I'll have enough confidence to rise to power as quickly as possible and become the strongest person in this world!!

The power of the String-String Fruit alone was already far beyond most Kekkei Genkai in this world.

And just like Devil Fruits, the Devil Law's potential had no limits. As long as Yu used his perspective as someone from another world to push his imagination and creativity,

it would only be a matter of time before he made the String-String Fruit's power as strong as—or even stronger than—Doflamingo's in One Piece.

Moreover, if Yu could find an opportunity,

and get his hands on the secret technique for making Human Puppets, then he would have puppets with all kinds of Devil Fruit powers.

What would that look like?!

The Glint-Glint Fruit that could reach the speed of light, the Ice-Ice Fruit that could freeze the entire sea, the Magma-Magma Fruit that could devour even flames, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit that could destroy the world, and all the other Devil Laws with their countless overwhelming abilities...

Just thinking about the chance that the Human Puppets he made in the future could wield these powerful Devil Laws made Yu tremble with excitement.

"Yu!!"

"I knew you'd be hiding here, practicing shuriken again!!"

Just then, a voice from nearby pulled Yu's thoughts back to reality.

He turned toward it and saw a boy with somewhat dark skin and a black cap, accompanied by two girls around his age. They were walking toward Yu from the grassy area in the distance.

"Urushi, Mayuna, Momoka."

Looking at the three kids before him, a smile appeared on Yu's fair little face. "It's you guys."

They were all Yu's friends at the Konoha Orphanage, though they had been taken in there before him.

"I really don't get why you work yourself so hard every day!"

Looking at Yu as he quietly gathered the shuriken and kunai from the ground,

the boy in the black cap grumbled, "Do you want to become a ninja that badly, just so you can go die on the battlefield?"

The boy's name was Urushi.

In the original Naruto story, he was Yakushi Kabuto's childhood companion and "older brother."

The girl with light brown hair was called Mayuna, and the girl with dark brown short hair was called Momoka.

All three kids were the same age as Yu, and they were the friends he was closest to at the Konoha Orphanage.

Thump!!

Sure enough, before Urushi could finish saying something so unpleasant, Momoka gave him a hard knock on the head.

"Idiot! Do you think Yu has no talent for being a ninja, like you?!"

Momoka chattered on, scolding Urushi beside her. "The matron's been teaching you for so long, and you still haven't managed to refine chakra. Yu, on the other hand, did it in less than a year!"

"Damn it, Momoka, don't think I don't know!"

Crouched on the ground in pain, clutching his head, Urushi looked unconvinced. "You only think Yu's great because he's handsome!!"

"You should know I'm a genius!"

As he spoke, Urushi flashed a confident white-toothed grin. "I just need to put in a little effort, and I'll surpass Yu!!"