Ryun laughed out loud, his laughter echoing in Yuhi Kurenai's home.
He lay sprawled on the floor, recalling the bits and pieces of the past few months, feeling as if he were in a dream.
He was no longer an ordinary person who was powerless to tie up a chicken.
Even if Danzo came to attack Nojuro Ryun now, Ryun was confident he could retreat unscathed.
Once Ryun successfully learned Sage Mode in the future, he could go anywhere in the entire ninja world.
Then Ryun could slowly prepare for the great ninja war, attempting to break through from human to non human, and master the legendary power of the Six Paths.
Although in theory, Naruto and Sasuke alone could solve the problem of Kaguya Otsutsuki, but since he had come to this world, how could Ryun not pursue the strongest power and occupy the highest position?
In the future, the Otsutsuki clan would attack, and there even seemed to be gods within the Otsutsuki clan.
Originally, these would have to be defeated by the descendants of Naruto and Sasuke. But after Ryun's intervention, would their descendants still be the original children of destiny?
Ryun dared not entrust his own future and life or death to a vague savior. It was better to rely on himself to solve it.
Thinking of this, Ryun was full of drive.
He performed the Flying Thunder God Technique many times in succession, only relaxing after the execution process became almost seamless.
It seemed because the distance he teleported was too short, the chakra consumption of Flying Thunder God was not much.
Plus, he also had the Yin Seal. The consumption of Flying Thunder God generally didn't need to be considered too much.
What remained was the combat power issue of the Flying Thunder God Technique. He definitely didn't have Minato's reaction speed and adaptability at the moment, but Ryun could use the Hundred Healings Mark Technique!
Once the Hundred Healings Mark was activated, it was like having super armor. Combined with Ryun's monstrous strength, genjutsu, and one handed seal techniques, this was Ryun's confidence in fearing no enemies in the current version!
Ryun wiped the sweat from his forehead, quickly calming himself down. He still had to pretend to be weak in front of Yuhi Kurenai.
This was not only a continuation of previous events, but also Ryun's method of maintaining Yuhi Kurenai's favorability.
Yuhi Kurenai was a kind and maternal person. Since she had become Ryun's sister, she naturally showed a sister's tenderness and consideration.
Ryun needed to properly receive this tenderness and consideration to lay the groundwork for later simulating Yuhi Kurenai.
Yuhi Kurenai's total panel points were as high as 58, and her Genjutsu attribute was a full 10 points. She was one of only two females Ryun knew of with maxed Genjutsu attributes. The other one was Tayuya.
Theoretically, pursuing Tayuya seemed simpler than pursuing Yuhi Kurenai.
Because Tayuya was not from Konoha, Ryun's methods could be more efficient.
But meeting Tayuya would have to wait until the Chunin Exams. Now that Ryun already had Yuhi Kurenai's pheromone, naturally there was no reason to miss out.
Anyway, Ryun's pursuits in the future would no longer be limited to one woman. Even if pursuing Yuhi Kurenai failed, it didn't matter. What if it succeeded?
By the time Ryun had restored his pale complexion, Yuhi Kurenai had not yet returned.
Ryun didn't plan to waste time and began studying his two other new talents.
One was the low level natural force adaptation talent from Anko, the other was the low level mind mirror image talent from Sakura.
Ryun studied the former for a good while but didn't experience any changes it brought him.
However, Ryun guessed its origin from the literal meaning.
Anko was actually Orochimaru's student. She witnessed his human experiments by following him, and unfortunately, Anko also became Orochimaru's test subject. Orochimaru implanted her with the Heaven Curse Mark.
The so called Heaven Curse Mark was made from bodily fluids extracted from Jugo by Orochimaru. Its effect was to forcibly allow a ninja to use natural force to fight, at the cost of physical mutation and corrosion.
In the future, the curse mark implanted in Sasuke was the Heaven Curse Mark. The only people who survived under this curse mark were Anko and Sasuke. Now it seemed, the reason Anko survived relied on this low level natural force adaptation talent.
This also meant that with this talent, the safety and success rate of Ryun learning Sage Mode were greatly increased.
Later, Ryun could even continue to upgrade this talent. After upgrading this talent to high level or even top level, would there be any magical effects?
Ryun looked forward to it.
However, the research on this talent stopped here for now, after all, Ryun still had no way to learn Sage Mode.
The special nature of Sage Mode also determined that Ryun dared not try to practice it by groping around on his own. Otherwise, if he turned to stone, no one could save him.
Unless it was in a simulation—after his wife became pregnant, he practiced with a suicidal mindset. Although doing so seemed excessively beastly.
Next was the mind mirror image talent provided by Sakura's child.
At first, Ryun didn't pay attention to this talent, but after experiencing it, Ryun showed a strange expression.
Wasn't this Sakura's split personality? No, saying split personality wasn't quite accurate.
It was more like a mental shadow clone, allowing a ninja to separate a part of their spirit to operate independently.
When the main part of the spirit was controlled or defeated, the remaining part would take over the body to continue fighting.
The reason Sakura could break through Ino's Mind Body Switch Technique relied on this talent.
After understanding its principle, Ryun's eyes suddenly lit up.
He had been researching the Illusion Release Seal before, using a similar line of thinking to genjutsu.
Only, what Ryun relied on was automation at the curse mark level. But Ryun wasn't a programming expert and couldn't use curse marks to handle all situations.
But if he hid a part of his spirit within the Yin Seal, then the fully automatic Illusion Release Seal to genjutsu would no longer be a dream!
This move might even have more uses in the future.
For example, the Sage Mode that Ryun was still thinking about just now. Its learning difficulty lay in this: a ninja must with great difficulty maintain the balance of mental energy, physical energy, and natural force, while simultaneously fighting using this power.
Aside from unreasonable Sage Bodies like Senju Hashirama, no one else had solved the problem of the difficulty of starting Sage Mode and its short duration.
But what if what maintained Sage Mode was no longer one main spirit, but became two or even more?
Like Jiraiya's Sage Mode, which could rely on the two sages Fukasaku and Shima standing on his shoulders to help him sustain it—could Ryun create a shadow clone at the mental level to help Ryun maintain Sage Mode?
Ryun felt it was very promising.
He rubbed his chin, feeling it was a pity that Sakura completely abandoned this talent in the future.
Perhaps he could help Sakura open up a new ninja path?
After finishing his thoughts, he began to practice.
For the entire afternoon, Ryun studied this talent, trying to fuse it with the Illusion Release Seal.
By the time the sun was gradually setting, he successfully separated a strand of mental energy and integrated it into the Illusion Release Seal.
Success!
From now on, no matter what genjutsu he was hit by, the Illusion Release Seal could immediately help him break it.
Ryun even thought of more operational methods. As for whether they worked or not, they needed to be tested on people. And the test subject—well, Danzo was going to have good fortune in the upcoming simulations!
Ryun, who had made progress, was in a great mood. He went to the window wanting to see the scenery outside Yuhi Kurenai's home.
But he was surprised to see Yuhi Kurenai, followed by Ino, Sakura, and Hinata, entering the gate together.
Yuhi Kurenai had a comforting smile on her face, while Ino and the other two had worry and anxiety written on their faces.
Ryun thought for a moment and understood what had happened.
Probably when Yuhi Kurenai went to the Kazamatsuri Hot Spring House to report Ryun's safety after he didn't return all night, she met the three girls who were anxiously looking for him.
Ryun quickly walked back to the sofa, lay down, closed his eyes, lowered his heart rate and blood pressure, and continued pretending to be unwell.
He had just lain down when, with a sound, the door opened.
"Nojuro."
Hinata was about to speak but was covered over the mouth by Ino.
The three girls looked at Ryun's pale face and their eyes instantly reddened.
"Yuhi Kurenai jonin, who exactly hurt Nojuro kun? Can you tell us?"
Sakura clenched her fists and said in a low voice, "Although our strength is not enough yet, we also want to remember the enemy's name and appearance, to get revenge for Nojuro kun in the future."
Ino and Hinata quickly nodded.
Yuhi Kurenai showed an awkward smile, then said seriously, "Nojuro kun was sneak-attacked by a despicable ninja last night. Who exactly it was still needs investigation, but I can guarantee he will not suffer the slightest harm from now on."
She used subtle wording to cover up the matter about Anko. The three girls didn't doubt her. They exchanged glances, then bowed to Yuhi Kurenai to express their thanks.
Yuhi Kurenai tried hard to smile, but the smile at the corner of her mouth became even more awkward.
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