Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

"However, you have encountered a bottleneck. The 'repulsion' between your soul and the new vessel will cause your spiritual power to weaken rapidly. If this problem is not solved, even if you change your body, you will only be a defective product that is about to collapse at any time."

Orochimaru remained silent.

Indeed, this is precisely the key point that has him stuck at the moment.

Although he developed a prototype of the Reincarnation technique, the wear and tear on his soul after the transfer was extremely severe.

Of course, he is unaware that this is the reason why he will suffer repeated defeats when he encounters the Uchiha clan in the future.

As for Yue's claim of seeing the future, he has no way of verifying it for the time being.

"It seems you came prepared."

Orochimaru suppressed his killing intent, his eyes gleaming with even greater greed. "Since you've pointed out the problem, you must have brought a solution?"

"of course."

Yue tossed the scroll in her hand over.

Orochimaru caught it, opened it, glanced at it, and his golden pupils instantly lit up.

"Yin Release... Mental Shaping... Soul Anchor Point?"

This scroll contains Uchiha Chiri's most profound understanding of Yin Release, as well as the "soul datafication" theory proposed by Tsukito in conjunction with the knowledge of transmigrators.

In this ninjutsu system, Yin Release represents "creating form from nothing," which is the materialization of spiritual energy.

If one could use Yin Escape to construct a "deception layer" on the surface of the soul, deceiving the immune system of the new container!

"A genius idea... truly a genius idea!"

Orochimaru was overjoyed, a sickly blush appearing on his pale face. "The Uchiha clan's use of spiritual energy is truly unparalleled in the ninja world. The techniques on these will definitely be very useful to me!"

He closed the scroll, and the look in his eyes as he gazed at the moon changed.

It's no longer about looking at prey, but about looking at a partner worthy of being on equal footing.

"Speak, Uchiha Tsuki, what do you want?"

Orochimaru licked his lips. "Since you've given me something so precious, what you want must be something extraordinary. Do you desire forbidden techniques? Or something else?"

"I need Hashirama Senju's cells."

Yue said calmly, as if asking for a glass of water.

"Moreover, it must be a stable version that you have cultivated and removed some unstable factors from."

"Ideally, I'd also like your complete set of experimental data on human gene modification."

Orochimaru paused for a moment, then let out a low, eerie laugh.

"Hehehe... Interesting. You're not planning to do it yourself, are you?"

"There's no need for you to trouble yourself, senior."

Yue did not deny it, saying, "Transactions are about mutual benefit. I give you something, you give me something, and as for the purpose, what does it matter whether we know it or not?"

"really."

Orochimaru turned and walked towards a row of freezers deep inside the laboratory.

"Although Hashirama cells are very precious, I do have some in stock. However, Uchiha Tsukuyomi, I must warn you that the substance is extremely corrosive. Even if the Uchiha body is combined with your terrifying mental strength, it may not be able to withstand it."

"You don't need to worry about that."

A moment later, Orochimaru emerged carrying a culture tank filled with green liquid and a huge sealing scroll.

"This is the Hashirama cell stock solution that I have improved over three generations. Its activity is much milder than the one Danzo used, but it is still dangerous. The scroll contains the data you want."

The two completed the exchange.

Yue checked the incubation tank, and the intense life force fluctuations made his chakra slightly agitated.

Thank you.

The moon packed its things and prepared to leave, carrying the light with it.

"Oh, right."

When Yue reached the cave entrance, she stopped and looked back at Orochimaru.

At this moment, Orochimaru was staring at the Yin Release scroll in his hand with fascination, as if it were the most wonderful lover in the world.

"Orochimaru-senpai, the great tree of Konoha has rotted from the roots. If one day you can no longer stay in the village... the gates of Loulan will always be open for you."

"While there may be some restrictions on human experimentation, it ensures your freedom to pursue the truth."

Orochimaru raised his head, a strange light flashing in his golden vertical pupils.

"Loulan... I'll consider it."

……

Step out of the sewer and bask in the moonlight once more.

Guang took a deep breath of fresh air and patted his clothes with a look of disgust.

"That guy with the long tongue has such disgusting eyes. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have chopped him up."

"Just bear with it, that guy is the number one technological talent in the ninja world."

In high spirits, Yue patted the Hashirama cell in her arms.

With this, combined with the energy of the dragon vein, he would have the opportunity to unlock true Sage Mode, and even in the future... touch the threshold of the Rinnegan.

"The research on the soul has been completed, and the research data on the body has also taken shape."

Yue looked towards the Hokage Building in the distance, her eyes gleaming with ambition.

"Next, all that's left is the fox's chakra and the confirmation of some guesses."

"Guang, are you ready? The stage for this grand show is set up, and the actors will be in place soon."

Chapter 40 Beneath the Memorial Monument

Less than three days remain until that night, destined to be stained with blood.

At dusk, before the memorial stone, the autumn wind swirled a few withered yellow leaves, sending them flying past the rows of cold tombstones.

In this desolate cemetery, a boy with messy silver-white hair and wearing an ANBU mask stood quietly.

“Obito…Rin…”

Kakashi Hatake gently placed a bunch of white bellflowers in front of a tombstone. His right eye, which was not covered by his headband, was filled with a weariness and deathly stillness that seemed impossible to resolve.

Clearly, Kai's treatment had no effect whatsoever.

Kai's failure count +1

"Minato-sensei is going to have a child."

Kakashi's voice sounded particularly hoarse in the empty cemetery.

He murmured to himself for a long time, as if pouring out his unfulfilled guilt to the ghosts of the past.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that Kakashi pulled off his mask again, turned around and left with heavy steps, his back looking as lonely as a stray dog ​​that had lost its way.

However, Kakashi was unaware of this.

In the shadows less than ten steps away from him, or even in his blind spot, a pair of scarlet eyes hidden beneath an orange vortex mask were coldly watching everything.

Obito Uchiha.

This "hero," who should have died, is now standing in the crevice of the Divine Might Space.

He watched Kakashi's pained back, his eyes beneath the mask showing not a trace of sympathy, but only endless mockery of this false world.

“Meaningless self-blame, Kakashi. In this hell that’s worse than garbage, death is the only relief,” Obito coldly declared in his heart.

Only after Kakashi's chakra completely disappeared from his perception range did Obito's body, which had been hidden in the void, slowly solidify into a physical form, accompanied by a slight spatial distortion.

He walked stiffly to Lin's tombstone and remained silent for a long time.

Then, he extended his right hand, which was covered with pale marks from beneath his wide black robe, and gently placed a small white flower, still glistening with dew, next to the bunch of bellflowers left by Kakashi.

Just as Obito put down the flowers, preparing to activate Kamui again to leave this place of heartbreak that disgusted him yet he couldn't bear to leave,

"This aura... is it Obito Uchiha? You're still alive?"

A curious voice suddenly rang out behind Obito!

what? !

Obito's pupils under his mask suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints, and all the muscles in his body tensed to the extreme in that instant!

How can it be? !

With his current sensory abilities, which are a fusion of Hashirama's cells and the Mangekyou Sharingan, even Minato-sensei couldn't get this close to him without causing spatial fluctuations!

He whirled around, the red glow of his Sharingan leaving a dangerous afterimage in the darkness.

But the moment Obito saw who it was, his fatal attack, which he was about to unleash, froze in mid-air.

Standing behind him were two figures, one tall and one short, both wearing black trench coats.

Uchiha Tsuki, who had perfectly shielded all five senses and chakra fluctuations using the ultimate "Mirror Flower Water Moon" and "Eightfold Insight," was holding Uchiha Hikaru's hand and looking at him with a relaxed posture.

Moon...senpai?

Obito's mind went blank for an extremely brief moment.

Even though Obito had completely torn himself apart and sealed his heart in endless darkness, when he saw that familiar face, a beautiful memory that he had buried deep in his heart and was almost moldy still surged up uncontrollably.

That was before he "died," when he was always late and ridiculed as a loser.

Uchiha Tsuki was one of the very few people in the cold and arrogant Uchiha clan who would show him kindness.

Whenever he was late for school because he helped an old lady cross the street and was scolded by the elders of the clan, Yue-senpai would always smile and hand him a string of three-colored dumplings, gently rubbing his hair and saying, "Kindness is the rarest quality of the Uchiha clan, Obito, don't lose it."

In Obito's childhood, filled with denial and disdain, if Minato Namikaze was a ray of light illuminating him, then Uchiha Tsuki was the only warmth he could feel within the clan.

She even saved his life during the Battle of Kannabi Bridge...

Obito's lips trembled slightly beneath his mask.

But soon, the warmth of that memory was swallowed up by an even deeper chill.