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The smoke of war had briefly cleared, and Hidden Leaf Village welcomed a rare chance to catch its breath.

But in Kamizuki Yu's eyes, this false peace was merely the fleeting calm before the next storm.

The unrest in Hidden Cloud Village and Minato's expectations were both urging him onward.

Only by becoming stronger could one gain a foothold in this world.

His gaze turned toward the depths of the Land of Fire's forests, toward those ruins long forgotten by the world—the former homeland of the Uzumaki Clan.

His familiarity with the plot, coupled with the extraordinary perception granted by his Sage Body and Asura's chakra, allowed him to easily see through Hidden Leaf's patrol arrangements.

His figure moved like the wind, slipping soundlessly through the dense forest.

At this moment, Hidden Leaf's shinobi might as well have been nonexistent to him.

He was not deliberately showing off. He simply did not want to be disturbed by irrelevant people at such a crucial moment as signing in.

Soon, a stretch of crumbling walls and broken ruins shrouded in unusual chakra fluctuations appeared at the edge of his vision.

He had arrived at the Uzumaki Clan's ruins.

The air was filled with the decaying scent of time. Broken stone pillars and collapsed eaves silently told of former glory and destruction.

Only the shrine in the central area, still relatively intact, continued to emit faint yet resilient chakra fluctuations.

It was as though the unyielding will of this powerful clan had stubbornly remained in the world after enduring countless storms.

Kamizuki Yu slowly stepped into the shrine.

The interior was empty and desolate. Only a stone platform at the very center, engraved with a massive whirlpool emblem, declared this place's central importance.

He stopped before the stone platform.

"System, sign in." With a thought, he issued the silent command.

[Ding! Sign-in at the Uzumaki Clan Shrine successful!]

[Congratulations, Host, you have received:]

[One: Adamantine Sealing Chains (Perfect Mastery)!]

[Two: Refined Uzumaki Bloodline (greatly enhanced physique, chakra recovery speed MAX)!]

The system's notification sounded in his mind.

It was here.

A vast torrent of sealing technique knowledge, along with countless exquisite applications of [Adamantine Sealing Chains], instantly flooded into the depths of his consciousness, deeply engraved there as if they had been innate.

At the same time, an incomparably pure bloodline power brimming with vigorous life force emerged from within his body out of nowhere and swiftly merged into every part of him.

This power began meticulously transforming his body, and every cell seemed to leap with joy.

The immense vitality and chakra reserves brought by his Sage Body had already been terrifying. Now, with the addition of an utterly refined Uzumaki Bloodline, the two fused perfectly and complemented each other.

An indescribable sense of fullness spread throughout his body.

His vitality seemed truly inexhaustible.

His chakra recovery speed had reached an absurd level. With barely a thought, it could be fully replenished.

This feeling... was wonderful.

Kamizuki Yu slightly raised a hand and loosely clenched his fingers.

Buzz—

Several solid golden chakra chains abruptly appeared out of thin air, spiraling and dancing around him with faint whistling sounds.

Mysterious runes flowed across the chains' surfaces, filled with the mighty power to seal all things.

[Adamantine Sealing Chains], perfectly mastered.

No hand seals were needed. Wherever his will reached, the chains formed.

This was not merely mastery of a technique, but the awakening of an instinct buried deep within his bloodline.

At last, a genuine curve appeared at the corner of his lips.

This trip had not been in vain.

The refinement of the Uzumaki Bloodline brought more than increased vitality and chakra recovery. It was a fundamental transformation.

The strengthening of his physique elevated both his affinity for and control over all kinds of energy to another level.

He could even sense that his communication with natural energy had become smoother as a result.

Perhaps the power of Sage Mode could also be further amplified.

As his thoughts turned, Kamizuki Yu began exploring new possibilities.

[Adamantine Sealing Chains] was powerful, but using it only by the book would be far too wasteful.

Could the power of [Kamui] within his Mangekyo Sharingan—originating from Obito Uchiha, yet somehow different—be combined with this sealing technique?

With a slight shift of will, the tips of the spiraling golden chains suddenly became somewhat illusory.

They seemed to lie somewhere between reality and nothingness, bearing an elusive quality.

It worked.

Partial intangibility made the chains' paths even more bizarre, increasing the difficulty of defending against them geometrically.

Perhaps, through [Kamui]'s understanding of space, he could even make these chains temporarily... seal space itself?

Once that thought appeared, it could no longer be restrained.

With the properties of [Adamantine Sealing Chains] combined with [Kamui]'s spatial power, creating an absolute spatial confinement over a small area for a short period was not impossible.

If he succeeded, what a terrifying trump card that would be.

Just as Kamizuki Yu was immersed in the joy brought by his new power and plans for its further development—

An extremely concealed yet bone-chilling malicious gaze was cast toward him from some distant, unknown direction.

Like an invisible poisoned needle, that gaze precisely pierced his senses.

Then it vanished in a flash.

It was so fast that one could almost mistake it for an illusion.

But Kamizuki Yu's perception was exceedingly sharp. With his Sage Body, Asura's chakra, and refined Uzumaki Bloodline layered together, his awareness of the outside world had long surpassed ordinary imagination.

It was not an illusion.

His movements instantly froze, and the smile that had just appeared on his lips flattened again.

Who was it?

His immense perception spread out like a tide, covering dozens of miles around him.

Every rustle in the forest, every insect chirp and birdcall, fell within his grasp.

Yet the source of that malicious intent had vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, leaving behind not the slightest trace.

As if it had never existed.

Interesting.

Someone had actually managed to spy on him and conceal themselves to this extent under his perception.

This was definitely not something an ordinary shinobi could accomplish.

Someone within Hidden Leaf? Unlikely. That malice carried an inhuman coldness and greed.

Was it after the Uzumaki ruins, or... after him?

Or had his actions over the past few days finally drawn the attention of certain beings lurking beneath the surface?

For example, that person who had always been devoted to collecting all kinds of bloodline limits and conducting inhuman experiments? Orochimaru?

Or was an even deeper darkness already beginning to stir?

Peaceful days truly were laughably short.

So be it.

This world had never been a place where one could peacefully "lie flat."

Since trouble would always come knocking on its own, then let it come.

All he needed to do was ensure that when trouble came knocking, he possessed the strength to crush every last bit of it beneath his foot.

Kamizuki Yu withdrew his extended perception. The chakra within his body continued flowing steadily, as though that sudden alarm had been nothing more than a minor interruption.

His newly acquired power still needed time to adapt to and develop.

In particular, the combination of [Adamantine Sealing Chains] and [Kamui] was worth investing effort into.

He looked once more at the shrine that carried the Uzumaki Clan's final glory and tragedy.

Then he turned around.

After a few flickers, his figure disappeared into the depths of the dense forest without taking a single cloud with him.

Only that ancient stone platform remained, waiting silently for the next millennium.