Konoha Year 37, January 1st.
Unknowingly, it was already the thirteenth year since Gojo Yoru transmigrated into this world from the womb.
Although there was still more than half a year before he turned 13, the current Gojo Yoru had already passed the early childhood stage of ten to twelve years old and officially entered the early adolescence stage of thirteen to fifteen years old.
In this world where the human body has 130 trillion cells, this stage, along with the mid-to-late adolescence stage of sixteen to nineteen years old, were the two major growth spurts.
Passing these two stages, the originally tender-faced, short, and weak child would be reborn, completely changed into a different person.
The best example was Uzumaki Naruto in the original work. At twelve, just graduated, his height was only 1.47 meters, but he grew directly to 1.66 meters, and then at nineteen, his height shot up to 1.80 meters.
Needless to say about strength; at sixteen or seventeen, he was already the hero of Konoha and the savior of the Ninja World, and at nineteen, he even fought to the moon.
Regardless of which country one was born in or what environment one grew up in, in this world where Chakra existed, everyone had to go through these two major stages.
Even Jiraiya, whose height shot up to 1.91 meters after adulthood, was no exception.
Even if someone developed early physically, their strength couldn't advance by leaps and bounds.
These two major stages could be called the two "genetic locks" of the Naruto world.
Even Nagato, who transplanted the Rinnegan, mastered six nature transformations in one year, and learned all mainstream Five Elements Ninjutsu in the Ninja World, couldn't break this lock.
Only... two people were exceptions.
One was the number one filial son in the Ninja World, Uchiha Itachi, who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan at eleven, was almost as tall as Anbu-era Hatake Kakashi at thirteen, and wiped out the Uchiha clan with Uchiha Obito in the same year.
The other was Gojo Yoru, who evolved once every six years and had stepped onto the ladder to godhood since he was six.
Breaking the "genetic lock" seemed to require a huge price. Uchiha Itachi, a Kage-level powerhouse at a young age, was riddled with serious illness before even reaching adulthood.
In contrast, Gojo Yoru evolved once every six years. After each evolution ended, there was an invisible "bottleneck," which might be both a restriction and a protection.
Otherwise, the "sudden death feeling" experienced in every evolution, if persisted until the body completed a full evolution, might drain Gojo Yoru instantly due to backlash the moment the evolution ended, sending him directly to the Pure Land or transmigrating again.
Having completed two evolutions, Gojo Yoru, whether in strength or appearance, didn't look like he was in the early adolescence stage, but more like an adult about to pass the two major stages.
The only thing consistent with these two major stages might be his ordinary Chakra, which was only at the level of an all-rounder Jonin without unsealing the Yin Seal.
Gojo Yoru, thirteen years old this year, had grown to 1.78 meters. With just three centimeters left, he would surpass Orochimaru and be as tall as Hatake Kakashi at the beginning of the plot.
The psychological age of a transmigrator also gave Gojo Yoru a temperament perfectly matching this height. When communicating with Tsunade last year, there was no gap between junior and senior. The very forward-thinking ideas he provided even deeply impressed Tsunade.
More than a year of battlefield fighting and commanding made his eyes and aura fit his current status. Except for acquaintances, others would subconsciously ignore Gojo Yoru's age.
Ninjas below the level of Konoha's ace combatants had long changed their address for Gojo Yoru to "Gojo-sama" or "Yoru-sama."
If the war hadn't ended yet, it wouldn't be strange at all for Sarutobi Hiruzen to make Gojo Yoru a Jonin instructor.
Konoha started fighting on three fronts the day Gojo Yoru went to the border base.
Also on that day, Gojo Yoru was taught a lesson by the ninjas of this era, realizing the difference between anime and reality.
Anime has limited screen time, so many ninjas and Anbu wearing flak jackets were like extras, easily killed by a kunai or used to highlight the power of a technique.
But in the real world, a Chunin was already a captain with leadership ability, and many Jonin instructors were only at the Tokubetsu Jonin level.
Jonin and Elite Jonin were all-around players.
And a Kage-level powerhouse like Hanzo the Salamander, as long as the opponent had intelligence on him, even Gojo Yoru with space-time ability needed to create opportunities or occupy an intelligence advantage to kill him.
Just by fighting Hanzo the Salamander, Gojo Yoru could feel the power of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, why the two of them could make the Ninja World dare not start a war.
He also understood better why the pure-blooded Otsutsuki clan called people in the Ninja World lower life forms.
That was indeed a creature of another dimension.
The war between Amegakure and the border battle line had ended for two months.
The passage to the Land of Rain, closed for two years, had reopened.
Sand battle line VS White Fang battle line, Stone battle line VS Pot King battle line—neither of these two battlefields would affect the operation of the Ninja World.
In the eyes of various forces, the war on these two battle lines should also end soon.
Even if the war didn't end, it would at most be prolonged small frictions.
After all, the melee broke out because Hanzo the Salamander tied down the Land of Fire's border battle line, giving the Land of Earth and Land of Wind an opportunity to invade the Land of Fire, dividing troops and high-level combatants into three groups.
Now that Amegakure had withdrawn, once the Land of Fire rebuilt the border base and restored this "signal tower," the strength of the other two battle lines would increase significantly.
The Land of Wind and Land of Earth, which hadn't been able to break through the battle lines in two years, had even less hope.
Unexpectedly, the Sand battle line and Stone battle line didn't withdraw, and the latter even increased its offensive.
The pressure on the Pot King battle line suddenly multiplied, causing the border battle line, which had caught its breath, to immediately send support there.
This intelligence reached the Sand battle line, giving Chiyo an opportunity.
Whether wanting to coordinate with the Stone battle line to help share the firepower, taking the opportunity to break through the Land of Fire's White Fang battle line, or trying to force Konoha to send Gojo Yoru over by increasing the offensive so Chiyo could find a chance for revenge...
Sunagakure also increased its offensive at the end of Konoha Year 36. Several large-scale team battles broke out on both battlefields.
It was only because their location wouldn't affect the situation of the Ninja World; otherwise, the atmosphere in the Ninja World would definitely be extremely oppressive.
Unfortunately, Chiyo seemed to overestimate her side's combat power, or perhaps because her opponent for more than a year had always been Tsunade, she overlooked a crucial piece of information.
She could become Hanzo the Salamander's rival and beat Hatake Sakumo into submission because she possessed one of Sunagakure's foundations, the "Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets," modified her arm into a puppet hand, installed defense and poison release mechanisms, and compensated for the puppeteer's biggest weakness.
Her comprehensive qualities were fully capable of becoming a Kage.
If not for Tsunade's Cherry Blossom Impact and medical ability being her nemesis, she wouldn't even qualify to fight her.
Even so, in the multiple engagements between Chiyo and Tsunade, she had the upper hand.
This made Chiyo subconsciously forget that while she could suppress the Taijutsu ninja Tsunade with her countered puppetry...
Her son and daughter-in-law might not be able to do so.
Nintaijutsu ninjas were like Taijutsu ninjas; every move didn't require forming seals. The difference was that Fire Release style Nintaijutsu ninjas were mostly like Taijutsu ninjas, preferring straightforward combat with heavy force.
While Lightning Release style Nintaijutsu, excluding some reckless men from Kumogakure, were almost all assassins who liked to use speed to suppress opponents or look for one-hit kill opportunities.
Gojo Yoru and Hatake Sakumo were the best examples.
The former relied on speed to create an opportunity for Hanzo the Salamander to be in the air, then used a new intelligence advantage to nearly kill this Demigod of the Ninja World.
From beginning to end, Hanzo the Salamander didn't have time to destroy Gojo Yoru's gas mask and summon his partner to release poison smoke.
Just as Gojo Yoru and the others had fought Hanzo the Salamander many times and mastered each other's intelligence...
In the multiple engagements over more than a year, Tsunade had long cracked Chiyo's poison and mastered the intelligence of the "Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets" and the puppet hand. It was just because of the strength gap that she still couldn't do anything to Chiyo.
Hatake Sakumo was different from Tsunade.
As a top assassin, he had always been hiding himself. In multiple engagements with Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, he never exposed his trump cards but constantly collected intelligence on the couple.
To prevent the opponent from still hiding some trump card or a combination technique like Chiyo's, Hatake Sakumo gave up many one-hit kill opportunities.
Until the several team battles at the end of Konoha Year 36, the couple's opponent was no longer Hatake Sakumo alone. They also had to face sudden attacks from other ninjas. Even when injured and puppets damaged, they still didn't expose new moves, and their fighting style remained the same.
This made Hatake Sakumo completely certain that they had no more trump cards.
Thus, Konoha's White Fang finally bared his fangs.
On the night of January 1st, Konoha Year 37, a piece of news spread throughout the battlefields of the two major battle lines, quickly reaching the Five Great Ninja Villages through reconnaissance teams and Anbu, and rapidly spreading to the entire Ninja World.
Following the King of Intelligence Ebizo, Sunagakure lost two more generals, Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law.
Although Chiyo's son was only an all-rounder Jonin and her daughter-in-law a Tokubetsu Jonin with special talents...
This couple were both excellent puppeteers. With years of tacit understanding and Sunagakure's technical support, their puppets possessed various abilities and could complement each other, mastering multiple combination techniques as powerful as composite Ninjutsu.
Their combination was equivalent to Konoha's Ino-Shika-Cho, capable of exerting power far beyond their rank. They were Sunagakure's most special ace combatants.
Before mastering intelligence, even Hatake Sakumo suffered considerable losses at the hands of this couple.
But now, this couple died at the hands of Konoha's White Fang, and like Ebizo, they were... instantly killed by Hatake Sakumo!
The surrounding Sand ninjas, and even Chiyo fighting Tsunade, didn't even react.
Hatake Sakumo's speed was incredibly fast. The short sword covered with Lightning Release nature transformation suddenly displayed shape transformation, the slash arc looking like a white crescent moon.
Since the war started, the four countries had suffered many casualties.
But the only ace combatant killed so far was Ebizo.
Now there was another pair of special ace combatants.
Konoha's White Fang became famous throughout the Ninja World.
The most miserable person in the Second Great Ninja War also appeared.
That was Chiyo, who lost her brother and witnessed her son and daughter-in-law being killed with her own eyes.
It was said that Chiyo went "crazy" on the spot, displaying deterrence once not inferior to a Jinchuriki. Hatake Sakumo didn't even have a chance to behead them and bring the heads back to read memories before quickly leading the ninja army to retreat.
If not for Sand ninjas stopping her, and the last shred of reason and her grandson in the village, Chiyo might have rushed to the White Fang battle line's base camp.
The night the news reached Konoha, Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who had also returned to the village for vacation, were sent to the White Fang battle line by Sarutobi Hiruzen.
To avoid delay, Gojo Yoru even used the Flying Thunder God Technique to send them there personally.
After more than a year, Gojo Yoru and the other two finally saw Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo again.
Gulp...
Looking at Tsunade in front of him, Jiraiya couldn't help but swallow his saliva. His eyes seemed to turn into pink hearts, and he flattered with a lecherous smile: "Tsunade, you've become beautiful again!"
Tsunade's eyes were cold as knives: "Jiraiya, if you want to lie in the emergency room for a while, I don't mind helping you."
"Hehe..."
Jiraiya hurriedly retracted his scanning gaze, scratching his head awkwardly and standing aside.
Seeing this scene, Orochimaru shook his head helplessly in his heart.
After so many years, still no change at all. With this image and courage, chasing Tsunade was almost impossible.
The subsequent scene fully proved this point.
"Sakumo-senpai, long time no see."
Gojo Yoru first greeted Hatake Sakumo, then looked at Tsunade and smiled: "Tsunade-senpai, long time no see. You've become beautiful again."
The same words, but Tsunade smiled brightly, then walked over and patted Gojo Yoru's chest, sighing: "Haven't seen you for over a year, you kid really grew a lot taller again. Now you're almost a head taller than me. With such physical development, logically speaking, your Chakra amount should be amazing. Being able to cultivate the Yin Seal at this age shows it's not a problem with Yin Release talent. It seems spiritual energy dragged you down."
Seeing Tsunade so affectionate with Gojo Yoru, Jiraiya's eyes were full of envy, but on the surface, he couldn't help but complain: "How is that dragging down? The Gojo kid isn't a descendant of Senju and Uzumaki. Having such Chakra amount at this age is already very impressive. Of course, still can't compare to this great one."
When saying the last sentence, Jiraiya's expression was full of pride.
However, no one mocked him; Tsunade just rolled her eyes at him.
Because this was a fact.
Jiraiya, like Hatake Kakashi, possessed a massive amount of Chakra since childhood.
Back then, because he used the Summoning Technique without signing a blood contract with a summoning beast, he actually triggered space-time power and accidentally entered Mount Myoboku, one of the Three Great Sage Regions.
After signing a contract with Mount Myoboku, Jiraiya immediately began cultivating Senjutsu.
At that time, he might not have passed the early adolescence stage, or just entered the early adolescence stage.
What was certain was that his age absolutely hadn't exceeded fifteen.
And Gojo Yoru and Orochimaru's current Chakra amounts didn't qualify them to cultivate Senjutsu yet.
This showed how amazing Jiraiya's Chakra amount was.
He was also one of the few existences in the original work capable of using Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
Gojo Yoru was also examining Tsunade at this moment, a flash of amazement in his eyes.
No wonder Jiraiya showed that pig-like expression; Tsunade had indeed become more beautiful.
The butterfly effect caused by Gojo Yoru, besides Nawaki still being blown up, affected many people.
Tsunade was one of them.
One of the characteristics of the Yin Seal was maintaining a youthful appearance.
But this characteristic could only maintain the stage at which it was cultivated; it couldn't make a person return to the previous stage.
In the original work, when Tsunade cultivated the Yin Seal, it was already the period of the Third Great Ninja War. By then, she had long passed the golden blooming period, and her appearance could never return to the Second War period.
In Gojo Yoru's eyes, Tsunade's peak appearance was during the Second Great Ninja War.
Looking twenty-five or twenty-six, possessing both the lingering charm of youth and the first bloom of maturity, the most beautiful stage for girls.
So when discussing how to reform the Ninja Academy with Tsunade, Gojo Yoru had a flash of inspiration and suggested she cultivate the Yin Seal, also providing his own experience in cultivating it.
Just as he said before participating in the war, Gojo Yoru wasn't interested in "protecting the country and defending the village" in this world.
He only had good feelings for a few important characters who were paper people in his previous life. If he happened to meet them, got close to them, and it was just a small effort, Gojo Yoru wouldn't mind rewriting their original destinies.
For nothing else but physical and mental pleasure; he was happy to do it.
With Gojo Yoru's suggestion, Tsunade cultivated the Yin Seal many years in advance.
Awakening the Senju Clan's bloodline and possessing massive Chakra, Tsunade's appearance would be fixed like this for decades to come.
And another characteristic of the Yin Seal was improving body functions through micro-adjustments of Chakra, keeping body skills at their peak at all times.
Under the influence of this characteristic, in this year or so, besides her appearance remaining unchanged, Tsunade's skin and figure underwent slight changes.
Her skin became fairer, and her figure became more curvaceous.
Especially when not fighting, she would take off her combat armor, wearing only a white shirt and a dark blue cardigan, making that pair of human weapons, which had grown quite a bit, even more terrifying.
Jiraiya showed a pig-like look because he discovered this change.
Light blonde long straight hair, exquisite and beautiful face, curvaceous figure, valiant bearing, powerful strength, noble background... The current Tsunade absolutely deserved the title of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the Ninja World."
Not seeing each other for over a year, the five chatted for a long time.
Their topic revolved entirely around Gojo Yoru.
In Konoha Year 35, Gojo Yoru still addressed them with the suffix "-sama."
Now, not seeing each other for over a year, it had become "senpai."
The records created made them all dumbfounded and ashamed of their inferiority.
If not for being of the same type as Gojo Yoru and not wanting to lose fatherly dignity in front of his son, Hatake Sakumo wanted to ask Gojo Yoru to take his son as a disciple after he came of age.
After the chat ended, Orochimaru suddenly said seriously: "Yoru won't stay here for long. Changes have occurred, and Danzo-sama's battle line might need his support. Moreover, Yoru's Flying Thunder God Technique is no longer a secret in the Ninja World. If Sunagakure uses the Jinchuriki, they will definitely make ample preparations, not giving Yoru a chance to use Flying Thunder God Transfer."
"And with Yoru's Chakra amount, he can transfer at most one Tailed Beast Bomb. They might use Tailed Beast Bombs to test and take the opportunity to exhaust Yoru's Chakra."
"We must prepare in advance for Sunagakure activating the Jinchuriki, dispersing combat and support units. Every squad must have a Barrier Squad."
"Before the war ends, Jiraiya and I will stay here to ensure we can cast the Four Red Yang Formation."
Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade nodded in unison, their expressions solemn.
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