My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 104

It seems you were played by Onoki, but the outcome is still quite good.

Onoki gathered the two of you to discuss countermeasures. However, since you revealed the connection between White Zetsu and the Akatsuki organization, this meeting was secretly decided on a floating giant rock imbued with the Super Light-Weight Rock Technique, thus eliminating the possibility of White Zetsu eavesdropping.

Onoki knew that it was impossible for the Hidden Stone Village, with its current foundation, to directly dominate. Even if they forcefully maintained stability, there would inevitably be constant riots.

But as a political creature with his own ambitions, Onoki intended to use some of the intelligence you revealed to ensure that within his lifetime, he could strengthen the Hidden Stone’s foundation and integrate the surrounding ninja villages.

He even planned to achieve military-political unity, seizing the Daimyo’s power and placing it in the Tsuchikage’s hands.

This would lay the foundation for the future unification of the Land of Earth!

…

You found that Deidara, in such crucial matters, was actually very obedient and responsible. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been chosen as the Tsuchikage’s successor. It was just that the Deidara in your memories was too reckless, which was truly a pity…

〖Tenth Month〗

Under Onoki’s strict orders, both you and Deidara learned the “Super Light-Weight Rock Technique.” The three of you then combined your efforts, using barrier and sealing jutsu to create a large floating island on the mountain peak where the Will of Stone was felt!

Thereafter, your training would need to be conducted in secret on this island.

However, the island’s maintenance would also have to be done by yourselves, as Onoki, having centralized some of the Daimyo’s power, was very busy.

You and Deidara decided that, with the exception of large-scale destructive ninjutsu, all other ninjutsu, including the fusion of Kekkei Genkai, must be completed on the floating island in the sky to avoid detection by White Zetsu!

To prevent Deidara from collapsing at the mere touch of a Sharingan genjutsu, after thoroughly studying the entire scroll of Uchiha genjutsu, you used Deidara as a practice subject for combat, thereby training Deidara’s resistance to Tsukuyomi!

〖Eleventh Month〗

You completely refined the toxic flames sealed within your body, and at the same time, consumed a large number of different types of poisons, continuously enhancing their power until you could no longer absorb any more for the time being.

You conjured a small three-colored fire dragon and found that its power had increased again.

If you had possessed such control when you had just left Konoha, you could have guaranteed that more than half of the Jonin and above in Konoha would be severely injured, and none below Jonin would survive!

Instead of Onoki’s understated intelligence report: “A large number of ninjas injured, buildings severely damaged, and quickly recovered after Tsunade returned to provide medical treatment.”

Because your Three-Tomoe Sharingan possessed some Mangekyo properties, after grasping the basic framework of Uchiha-style genjutsu, although you didn’t have time to learn each one individually, you did learn the two S-rank genjutsu derived from “Tsukuyomi”: “Genjutsu: Time” and “Genjutsu: Space.”

As well as their combination—“Genjutsu: Space-Time.”

Now, your genjutsu training for Deidara was almost identical to a true Tsukuyomi!

Originally, Deidara had decided to begin the fusion of Scorch Release this month.

But you stopped him. Your idea was to use “Genjutsu: Space-Time” to simulate the attempt, to prevent negative effects from a failed fusion.

〖Twelfth Month〗

You were initially somewhat puzzled as to why the Akatsuki organization hadn’t come looking for Deidara after a whole year, but then you reconsidered. You had killed Obito and severely damaged Konoha, even massacring a White Zetsu outpost. The butterfly effect caused was not small.

Furthermore, because he had found you as a playmate, Deidara, who would have otherwise been bored and secretly snuck out of the village to seek explosive fun, was now in seclusion in the village practicing Scorch Release.

To verify whether “Genjutsu: Space-Time” could completely simulate real-world conditions, you specifically entered it to practice the Rasengan, the pinnacle of chakra shape transformation. Afterward, you also tested the release of Fire Release and Earth Release. The result was—there were some differences from reality, but the differences were minimal!

Thus, Deidara and you, without having consulted the Second Tsuchikage’s manuscripts on Scorch Release, successively entered the “Genjutsu: Space-Time” you set up to simulate the fusion of Scorch Release.

After both of your simulations were successful, you carefully compared them with the relevant records in the Second Tsuchikage’s manuscripts, and you were confident in successfully fusing Explosion Release in one go!

〖Detected that the holder has successfully survived for one year〗

〖To conserve simulator energy, the simulation accuracy for this session has been changed to one year〗

At the beginning of the year, you and Deidara both adjusted your chakra to perfection. Then, under Onoki’s protection, you took a secret medicine that aids in the fusion of Kekkei Genkai and reduces the backlash from failure.

Just as you experienced in your genjutsu, the fusion of Fire Release and Earth Release proceeded very stably under your control.

As the two chakra natures, trained to their utmost, intermingled within your meridians, becoming indistinguishable and transforming into a power far nobler than mere individual attributes, your bloodline also began to stir.

But soon, the most core part of your bloodline exuded an unparalleled aura, completely subduing this restless new bloodline, making it an obedient force at your command!

Scorch Release, successful!

You awakened, feeling the surging bloodline power within your body.

Already extremely sensitive to blood due to your dojutsu, you now felt that the enhancement brought by fusing the Kekkei Genkai was far greater than absorbing the bloodlines of one or two Uchiha clan members!

In fact, this enhancement was not inferior to the boost you previously gained from fusing that drop of Indra’s bloodline!

Of course, this naturally doesn’t mean that Indra’s bloodline is merely equivalent to a mere Kekkei Genkai. After all, that drop of Indra’s bloodline was taken from Sasuke, who had little strength, was not fully developed, and had been passed down through several generations of Uchiha, making it extremely diluted…

But it still fully proves that this acquired Kekkei Genkai has no weaknesses or flaws compared to innate Kekkei Genkai!

On the contrary, an acquired Kekkei Genkai has an advantage: you are completely the master of this Kekkei Genkai!

Or rather, the bloodline progenitor!

The 0th generation successor!

There will be no issues such as unawakened bloodlines or bloodline diseases. This Kekkei Genkai is completely under your control!

Moreover, it has the potential for continuous progress and improvement!

For example, evolving into Dust Release!

But if it were an innate Scorch Release, although it seemingly doesn’t require the Earth and Fire attributes to be trained to their extreme to be used, and is naturally powerful!

It is difficult to improve.

According to the Second Tsuchikage’s manuscript, for innate Kekkei Genkai users, if they wish to re-integrate a third attribute and transform it into Kekkei Tota, it becomes extremely difficult. They first need to eliminate the influence of the bloodline progenitor, then re-encode the Kekkei Genkai, transforming themselves into the original progenitor of that bloodline… and there’s even the risk of the bloodline completely collapsing!

In the Second Tsuchikage’s research notes, although there was no detailed discussion of Scorch Release experiments, there was only one successful case among those who reversed the most numerous innate Explosion Release ninjas in the Land of Earth into acquired Explosion Release, making themselves the original bloodline progenitors again.

Although this person ultimately failed to reach the realm of Kekkei Tota, it was still profoundly significant because it created a bloodline lineage for the Hidden Stone Village that could stably inherit Explosion Release, with over eighty percent of their clan members awakening Explosion Release!

The reason why the Hidden Stone Village now possesses so many Explosion Release squads is precisely this!

This awakening probability far surpasses those bloodline families in the Land of Water, and even within the Uchiha clan, it is extremely formidable. Only the Hyuga clan’s nearly ten percent awakening rate can surpass it!

Similarly, Onoki possesses Kekkei Tota and the corresponding fusion element Scorch Release, and thus Kurotsuchi also possesses Scorch Release.

However, Dust Release, being a Kekkei Tota, seems to be too powerful to be fully inherited…