A month passed in the blink of an eye.
Both men stayed hidden in the cave without venturing outside.
When hungry, they ate Spirit-Transforming Fruit and Soldier Pills. The Third Raikage woke a few times during this period, but his injuries were so severe that he slipped back into unconsciousness while still dazed.
If he had not still shown signs of life, Yechen would have thought he was dying.
Meanwhile, Iwagakure had turned the Land of Earth upside down to capture Yechen and the Third Raikage, yet found no trace of either.
Kumogakure's main force had already withdrawn, and they, too, were searching for the Third Raikage.
After receiving the news, the major nations secretly dispatched Anbu Ninja to the Land of Earth to gather intelligence.
Word that the gravely wounded Third Raikage had been rescued by a Konoha Uchiha ninja had already spread throughout the Shinobi World.
Yechen remained indifferent to events outside and focused on cultivation.
His 20,500 evolution points would take him quite some time to use up.
Another three days soon passed, and the long-awaited bloodline evolution finally arrived.
``` Ding! Congratulations, host. Your Sharingan has successfully evolved into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Talent unlocked: Kotoamatsukami.
Ding! Congratulations, host. Your Byakugan has successfully evolved into the three-turn space-rending eye. Talent unlocked: Void Slash.
Kotoamatsukami:
Core ability: memory alteration.
Effect: completely rewrites the target's thoughts, perceptions, allegiances, and even emotions. The controlled target will not realize their memories have been altered and will regard the implanted memories as their own genuine memories.
The controlled target will show no signs of being affected by genjutsu, and their behavior will appear entirely self-directed.
Once the target is controlled, the altered memories will remain permanently unless the caster voluntarily releases the technique or the target dies.
(Note: level 1 Kotoamatsukami can