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The crisp sound of paper tearing, accompanied by the crackling of sparks, rang out together on the balcony.
Wearing a grey yukata, Gojo Yoru sat on a stool, tearing pages from a diary one by one and throwing the sheets covered in writing into the small stove in front of him.
Watching the "Game Strategy," composed entirely of Pinyin and Cantonese and continuously revised over the past six years, turn to ash before his eyes, Gojo Yoru felt as if he were watching his past self turn to ash. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
How confident he was now was a reflection of how powerless he had been back then.
Just as Namikaze Minato had been Gojo Yoru's inner demon all these years.
This "Game Strategy" also symbolized Gojo Yoru's dark side.
Aside from Gojo Yoru, no one knew what kind of insane plans and truths about the world, subversive to the Ninja World's understanding, were contained in this diary.
Once the plans inside were realized, a terrifying and pathetic stitched monster would be born in this Ninja World.
But now, that tragic future would not appear; there was only a life of cheating and success like in a web novel.
After burning the entire "Game Strategy," Gojo Yoru stood up and looked at the winter moon, as if locking eyes with Otsutsuki Kaguya sealed within it.
"Phew..."
Suddenly, Gojo Yoru took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled the pent-up frustration of these years as a stream of white mist-like air.
At this moment, even Gojo Yoru could clearly feel that his body seemed to have undergone some kind of change.
It was a sublimation of his essence, energy, and spirit!
What this sublimation brought was not only a change in state of mind but also an enhancement of physical and spiritual energies.
From now on, Gojo Yoru officially bid farewell to the past and would integrate into this world, starting a brand new life named "Gojo Yoru."
Extinguishing the stove, Gojo Yoru didn't immediately return to his room to rest. Instead, he went back to the basement covered in curse markings.
After organizing and storing the remaining diaries, Gojo Yoru continued his daily space-time training.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
His hands formed seals rapidly. The movements were not only proficient but so fast they left afterimages.
Every precise hand seal seemed to flash back to images of Gojo Yoru practicing day after day since childhood.
Poof poof...
As Gojo Yoru's soft shout fell, two sounds like bursting balloons exploded in the basement.
Two clouds of white smoke appeared out of thin air on Gojo Yoru's left and right.
When the smoke cleared, two Shadow Clones appeared.
However, these two Shadow Clones were somewhat special.
Normal Shadow Clones were not only tangible but also possessed independent consciousness and could act freely.
Except for not being durable and having split Chakra, Shadow Clones were almost indistinguishable from the main body.
This was also the biggest difference between Shadow Clones and phantom clones.
Phantom clones, after all, were just illusory tricks, lacking the "spirit" that only a tangible body would have.
But now, the situation of Gojo Yoru's two Shadow Clones was reversed with that of phantom clones.
The faces of these two Shadow Clones had dull eyes and sluggish expressions, like two puppets.
Most critically, their bodies flickered and distorted from time to time, like a glitchy monitor.
Clearly, these two Shadow Clones were "malfunctioning."
"Where exactly did it go wrong?"
Gojo Yoru examined the two failed Shadow Clones, thinking to himself, Clearly, the ordinary Chakra has merged with the Space-Time Chakra, and this new Chakra successfully created physical bodies. Why do the Shadow Clones lack independent consciousness?
Could it be that the domineering nature of the Space-Time Chakra still remains, and without the main body's control, it immediately destroys the balance? If so, the Shadow Clones should have dispelled automatically, right?
Or is it that this space-time power extracted from the body possesses a [Unique] characteristic, usable only by the main body and not even by clones, causing them to crash?
Gojo Yoru couldn't figure it out and could only sigh helplessly: "As expected of a supreme-level power. Even with this level of Chakra control, I can only scratch the surface."
Failing to create Shadow Clones with Space-Time Chakra again, Gojo Yoru practiced the Phantom Body Flicker Technique in the cramped basement.
Having received the scroll on nature transformation from Orochimaru in March, Gojo Yoru had gained a certain understanding of Yang Release over the past half-year or so. Not only had he mastered basic Medical Ninjutsu, but he also successfully merged ordinary Chakra with Space-Time Chakra to perform the Clone Technique, one of the Three Body Techniques.
This was a great breakthrough!
Successfully performing the Clone Technique meant that Gojo Yoru's direction of effort was correct. Space-Time Chakra could be used for Ninjutsu, but the difficulty was extremely high.
Even with the Chakra control required for the Rasengan, he could only scratch the surface.
However, the power of space-time was itself a power of supreme law. Even many Kekkei Mora of pure-blooded Otsutsuki only scratched the surface.
For Gojo Yoru, who had only completed the first evolution and whose Space-Time Chakra capacity was only at the Genin level, achieving this much was already remarkable.
Even if it was just scratching the surface, Gojo Yoru developed the Phantom Body Flicker Technique unique to himself.
The Phantom Body Flicker Technique could create multiple phantom clones to coordinate attacks with the main body, and the phantom clones wouldn't disappear after being hit.
This was the unique skill that earned Uchiha Shisui the title of "Shisui of the Body Flicker" in the original work!
However, Uchiha Shisui's Phantom Body Flicker Technique was primarily based on Sharingan Genjutsu, supplemented by powerful Body Flicker.
Without powerful hand-seal-less Genjutsu and Body Flicker talent, one couldn't learn Uchiha Shisui's Phantom Body Flicker Technique.
Even Uchiha Itachi, whose Genjutsu was equally powerful, couldn't learn this move.
Gojo Yoru's Phantom Body Flicker Technique, on the other hand, was primarily based on Space-Time Chakra, supplemented by Body Flicker.
Phantom clones containing Space-Time Chakra possessed the effect of not dissipating upon impact. Combined with the main body's soundless Body Flicker, he could swap positions with them unknowingly.
Moreover, Gojo Yoru discovered something very important.
That was... Space-Time Chakra was difficult to sense!
When drawn out of the body with a Chakra blade, Space-Time Chakra could be seen.
When attempting to inject it into the Rasengan, the black Space-Time Chakra could also be seen.
But when merged with ordinary Chakra or staying inside Gojo Yoru's body, ordinary Sensing Techniques couldn't detect the existence of Space-Time Chakra at all.
This was personally verified by Gojo Yoru using Shadow Clones.
Undoubtedly, this was high-dimensional shielding, the style of supreme law power.
However, based on the understanding of people in the Ninja World, before Gojo Yoru actively revealed his space-time ability, they wouldn't be able to imagine that the black Chakra in Gojo Yoru's body actually contained the power of space-time.
When that moment arrived, Gojo Yoru's Space-Time Kekkei Genkai would surely refresh everyone's cognition in the Ninja World.