Otherwise, relying on cheats alone, he would be nothing but an empty shell with stats.
Before the inauguration began, even if he had to go without sleep, he had to work out those two or three core ultimate moves of the Op-Op Fruit!
"Kyuji!"
A dark figure appeared with the Body Flicker Technique.
"Go get Mei Terumi. All the official business here goes to her from now on. I'm going into seclusion to develop new Ninjutsu!"
At those words, Kyuji's eyes instantly lit up like lightbulbs.
"My lord, could it be... that legendary Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
The corners of Gekkō Raito's mouth curved upward, and he nodded.
"You're quick on the uptake, kid. You guessed right."
Kyuji trembled all over with excitement, as though he could see the day Kirigakure dominated the Shinobi World.
"May you achieve swift success, Lord Gekkō Raito!"
"Enough flattery. You're coming with me, too. For some parts, I need a living practice dummy to lend a hand."
Kyuji looked as though he had won the lottery.
"It's my honor to serve as your guinea pig!"
The training ground was set up on an isolated island.
Gekkō Raito immediately activated Smoke Prison, sealing the entire island airtight.
Never mind people-not even a fly could get in. Those outside could forget about catching even the slightest hint of what was happening inside.
The hellish training began.
Meanwhile, deep within Sunagakure in the Land of Wind.
Yellow sand swirled across the sky.
Expressionless, Gaara controlled raging waves of sand, sending them crashing toward the red-haired boy opposite him again and again.
Sasori deftly manipulated his puppet to evade the attacks.
This puppet was rather special: a masterpiece fashioned from the Third Kazekage's corpse.
"Did you really kill the Third Kazekage?" Gaara asked coldly.
Sasori moved his fingers slightly,