Mabui

The person outside was none other than Moloi.

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Faced with Sora's completely undisguised teasing, the Raikage's advisor from the Cloud Hidden Village—an old fellow comparable to Konoha's Danzo or Hidden Mist's Genji—could not help but stiffen.

Fortunately, Sora did not make things too difficult for him.

After receiving permission and being greeted, Moloi entered Sora's residence with the support of a white-haired young girl.

Likewise, he immediately noticed Samui and Pakura inside.

He naturally knew Samui, but Pakura...

Moloi's expression visibly changed. Several months ago, during the Wind-Lightning War, Pakura had still been one of the Cloud Hidden Village's greatest enemies, even ranking on their wanted list.

And now...

Moloi composed himself and forced a smile onto his aged face. "You're Pakura, right... Dodai already told me about you. I've had the ANBU arrange your new identity. If you want to become a ninja, you can come register with me anytime."

"Greetings, Elder."

Pakura spoke softly, somewhat reserved.

She knew who he was as well. Back during the war, Hidden Sand's higher-ups had even considered assassinating these old fellows, but for various reasons, it had ultimately come to nothing.

She had never expected them to meet under such circumstances...

"Get to the point, or get lost."

Sora's indifferent voice broke the slightly awkward atmosphere.

He did not show the slightest courtesy toward this old man, practically a living fossil of the Cloud Hidden Village.

After the Eight-Tails incident, he had wanted to face the Eight-Tails head-on. Even the Third Raikage had agreed, but these old fellows had stopped him.

An awkward smile hung on Moloi's face, but he still greeted Samui as well.

Samui hurriedly responded respectfully.

"We old people are already past our prime. Cloud Hidden Village's future will still depend on you all."

"Still, for the war at the front lines to have reached such a point truly exceeded my expectations. We've already obtained quite a bit of intelligence from Onoki's son. It's fortunate that Sora is here."

"..."

Seeing that Sora could not even be bothered to acknowledge him, Moloi felt rather awkward.

However, he was old and thick-skinned. Having come prepared, he naturally did not mind Sora's little attitude.

"Sora, you haven't returned in over ten years, and you've been cooped up at home ever since. You surely don't know much about the village. Many matters must be difficult to handle with Samui alone, right?" Moloi rambled on before finally steering the topic back to Sora. "How about letting my granddaughter help you?"

"Hm?"

As soon as those words were spoken, not only did Sora raise his head, but even Samui and Pakura were somewhat stunned.

As for Mabui, the person in question, she lowered her head shyly. However, she quickly regained her composure and looked at Sora with anticipation.

"Your granddaughter?"

Sora's gaze fell upon Mabui at the side.

"That's right."

Moloi's tone carried a hint of pride. "Don't let Mabui's young age fool you. She's helped me greatly these past few years. You know I'm getting old, and there are many things I can no longer handle personally. So whether it's processing government affairs, allocating resources, or managing personnel, Mabui helps me take care of it all, and she does an excellent job."

"That's pretty good."

Sora looked Mabui over from head to toe.

Her healthy wheat-colored skin paired fairly well with her white hair. Her figure and looks were decent enough.

Coupled with her political and managerial abilities, all things considered, she could barely be ranked on the same level as Samui—though still slightly inferior.

It couldn't be helped. Great Evil was just this unreasonable!

"More importantly, she has extremely high talent in space-time ninjutsu!"

"Oh?"

That piqued Sora's interest.

Space-time ninjutsu was extremely difficult and highly selective. Looking across the entire ninja world, there were no more than a handful of people who had mastered such techniques.

And every one of them was a renowned figure in the ninja world.

And now he was being told that this girl had such potential?

"Mabui!"

"Yes!"

Mabui, who had been standing respectfully behind Moloi, stepped forward and took out a kunai.

The girl rapidly formed hand seals with both hands. A white light spilled from her palms and enveloped the kunai.

The next moment, the kunai instantly vanished from where it was and appeared at the other end.

"This is..."

Sora raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

"I call it the Heavenly Transfer Technique. My grandfather and I created it together!" Mabui hurriedly explained.

"The Heavenly Transfer Technique, huh."

Sora nodded noncommittally as he realized what it was.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original story, Mabui had used this technique to transport the Fourth Raikage and Tsunade to the battlefield.

"This technique uses high-speed movement to instantly transport the target to a designated location."

Moloi said proudly, "And this technique isn't affected by any conditions or regions. As long as you can sense or have recorded the technique, then inject chakra into it, you can make it happen."

"My granddaughter is a genius!"

"A genius, huh."

Sora nodded in acknowledgment.

The difficulty of space-time ninjutsu was beyond question. Across the entire shinobi world, only a handful of people could learn and master it.

Not only did Mabui possess such talent, she had even created a ninjutsu like this. She truly deserved to be called a genius.

"N-No, I'm not as amazing as Grandpa says."

Mabui quickly waved her hands. "Although my technique is space-time ninjutsu, it draws more heavily on the principles of the Body Flicker Technique."

"Because it involves high-speed movement, it causes intense friction with the air and enormous overload. Ordinary human bodies can't withstand such rapid transportation and would be torn apart and killed, so for now, this technique can only be used to transport goods."

"Also, fundamentally speaking, my technique is a 'movement'-type ninjutsu. If it encounters special obstacles during activation, such as barriers, there's a very high chance it'll fail."

"Mm, even the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique couldn't pass through certain special barriers."

Sora smiled reassuringly, unsurprised by what Mabui had said.

That was not only because, as a transmigrator, he understood these techniques, but also because he had witnessed Minato Namikaze's space-time ninjutsu.

Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique used spatial nodes at designated coordinates for direct teleportation, while Mabui's Heavenly Transfer Technique was more like the Flash Step from the world of Bleach.

The former excelled at unlimited traversal, while the latter was free from the restrictions of marked coordinates.

The two complemented each other, making them equivalent to Amenotejikara.

Without question, if Mabui could reduce the Heavenly Transfer Technique's side effects somewhat and improve it further, its value would be no less than that of the Flying Thunder God Technique!

"She truly is a genius."

"To receive the recognition of the Land of Lightning's greatest genius, it is Mabui's honor."

A smile appeared on Moloi's aged face.

The Hidden Cloud admired strength. Perhaps entrusting his granddaughter to Sora really was a good choice.