From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

He was actually able to defeat Raiga Kurosuki, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, in a one-on-one situation.

Although this level of strength is still under Orochimaru's control, it's hard to say what will happen if he is allowed to grow for another year or two.

After all, he is only twelve years old now, while his older brother was only fourteen when he defeated him.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

"It's good that Lord Orochimaru has made his decision."

The pharmacist adjusted his glasses and brought up another matter.

"What does Lord Orochimaru intend to do with that child? Just let him leave like this?"

Shin's constitution was very special. Orochimaru conducted many experiments on him and later used Shin's cells to clone many clones of Shin.

A few days ago, while Orochimaru was on his way to Sunagakure, Shin escaped from the laboratory with several of his clone "sons".

"Ignore him, Dou."

Orochimaru said in a strange tone.

"I saw the potential for Sharingan evolution in that child, which is why I let him go. A fledgling eagle kept in a cage will never learn to fly. Letting him out might lead to some interesting discoveries, hehehe..."

Not only can Shin perfectly fuse with the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, but he can even evolve a one-tomoe Sharingan into a three-tomoe state.

This discovery greatly intrigued Orochimaru, the research fanatic, so even though he now knew where Shin was hiding, he had no intention of bringing him back.

I want to see if Shin's Sharingan can be upgraded to the Mangekyou Sharingan.

He has now acquired Sasuke Uchiha's body, but to defeat Itachi Uchiha and wash away his humiliation, he must find a way to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

And letters were one of his backup plans.

"Everything is under my control!"

Orochimaru said something casually, and then fell silent.

A few days later, in the training room of the Uchiha clan compound.

Sasuke wields the Futsu-no-Mitama sword and wears a close-fitting black armor with blue patterns and a yin-yang taekwondo fish on his chest.

This set of armor was a loot obtained from defeating the culprit, Fuuhana, during a mission in the Snow Country.

It is called Chakra Armor.

This specially made chakra armor has very high defensive capabilities. Although it is far inferior to Susanoo, it is still able to resist most B-rank and C-rank ninjutsu attacks from ordinary ninjas.

Even Sasuke only managed to break through its defense after using Chidori.

It's practically an automatic defense system, like the Rotation Formation and Sand Armor, requiring no activation. (The level Neji and Gaara performed at during their middle school entrance exams.)

"Ninja Art: Lightning Armor!"

With a slash of his Futsu-no-Mitama sword, his entire body was covered in lightning, radiating a dazzling light.

What Sasuke needs to do now is to draw inspiration from the principles and characteristics of the chakra armor's operation and combine it with the lightning sword technique he obtained from Raiga Kurosuki.

I'm trying to develop my own lightning armor.

Or rather—

Lightning Release Chakra Mode!

Chapter 118 provides a unified response to some readers' questions.

I just got home and browsed the comments and chapter reviews. I saw some readers questioning Sasuke's strength and expressing concern that his rapid rise in power might cause his character to falter.

Here's a unified response.

Spiritual practice has no means without material possessions, companions, and a suitable environment.

Methods: 1. Scrolls of Uchiha-ryu Fire Release ninjutsu and genjutsu, as well as Shisui's training notes.

2. Kakashi's training experience, as well as his Lightning Release ninjutsu and family swordsmanship.

3. Lei Ya's Thunder Blade Technique Cultivation Scroll.

4. Teacher Chen's Leaf Flow Technique (from Naruto, mentioned twice, in the chapter where Naruto trains the Leaf Dragon God, also mentioned through Naruto's words, equivalent to Teacher Chen's indirect guidance.)

Finances: He sold off a portion of the Uchiha's inheritance and consumed various high-end nutritional supplements and medicinal baths with precious herbs every day for over four years (mentioned multiple times in Volume 1).

Regarding his teacher, Kakashi provided him with over two years of guidance (a full two years longer than Sasuke's peers in the original story).

As for opponents, he had Naruto, a massive tank, as his sparring partner for over four years. (Meanwhile, Sasuke, during the same period, dominated the Ninja Academy for over four years without any rivals to progress alongside him.)

In the realm of illusion magic, there was also Yakumo Kurama, a genius in the art; the two had been exchanging techniques for over four years. (This is mentioned in the chapters about Sasuke Ido in Volume 1.)

Ji: He did not become a ninja. After mastering the knowledge of the ninja academy, he only studied as a shadow clone every day for more than four years. His main body focused on increasing his strength and did not care about the noise.

In addition, there are daily shadow clone training methods, yoga, meditation, sculpting training methods, and so on.

Why was Sasuke able to develop such powerful self-created ninjutsu?

As already mentioned in the text.

Daikokuten is a sword technique based on Shisui, incorporating the protagonist's imitation of molecular thermal motion and the use of the fire-powered weapon's own properties of absorbing light and heat.

The Heavenly Cloud Flowing Technique is even simpler, derived from the Thunder Blade Technique Thunder Burial. It's even simpler because the Futsu-no-Mitama has already fused into Sasuke's body, becoming his exclusive spiritual weapon. All he needs to do is summon lightning and throw the sword out.

The protagonist's progress in strength is all traceable.

The awakening of the Mangekyou Sharingan was foreshadowed by the early setup involving Sasuke Ido.

When Daikokuten appeared, it was mentioned many times in the first volume that the protagonist was researching and imitating the thermal motion of molecules in fire-style techniques, and that fire-based weapons themselves have the properties of absorbing light and heat.

The first volume mentions the characteristics of the lightning pattern, which allows it to draw lightning, and the second volume mentions at the end that Sasuke obtained the training scroll for the Lightning Fang and began to study and train it.

I won't suddenly make the protagonist stronger for no reason, like I suddenly arrange such a plot.

The protagonist was injected with the First Hokage's cells and soon awakened the Rinnegan. That seems rather unconvincing, doesn't it?

Even after Madara mastered the Eternal Kaleidoscope, it still took him decades.

If you're worried that the story will fall apart because the characters are progressing too quickly, don't worry too much, the outline has already been set.

The protagonist's strength is entirely under my control? (ノ?)

Chapter 119 Chakra Stone

High attack but low health.

This sentence roughly describes Sasuke's current situation.

It's not just Sasuke; most ninjas in the ninja world are in this situation.

An ordinary ninja can shatter rocks and break gold, while a powerful ninja can even split mountains and pierce clouds. However, this is only possible for clans with strong vitality like the Senju Uzumaki clan or clans with extremely tough bodies like the Yotsuki Kaguya clan.

Other than that, a child could easily kill a ninja by gently slicing his neck with a small knife or stabbing him lightly in the heart.

Of course, given the speed at which a child can strike, unless the ninja being killed is unconscious, such a thing could never happen.

Sasuke's battle with Kakuzu was so intense that it could be described as walking a tightrope.

Although he is now very strong, he is still a fragile ninja. Any attack from Kakuzu would result in serious injury if he were to be hit even slightly.

Surrounded by Kakuzu's attacks from all sides, he had no choice but to repeatedly use his Body Flicker Technique to dodge.

If an attack is unavoidable, one should use ninjutsu to counter it and prevent being attacked.

If he had mastered a highly defensive ninjutsu back then, it wouldn't have been so dangerous, and the margin for error would have been greatly increased.

Although Sasuke now possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan and will soon advance to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he doesn't need to worry about going blind when using Susanoo.

However, Susanoo is ultimately a special technique, a trump card, meant to defend against powerful enemy attacks, rather than to resist conventional ninjutsu.

The chakra consumption of the two is completely different; it takes one hundred units of ninjutsu to defend against ten units of ninjutsu.

It seems only those involved in pig farming and Tencent (the company behind Tencent) believe they've made a huge profit.

Furthermore, Sasuke himself also wanted to obtain a Lightning Release Armor similar to that of the Yotsuki clan.

It was only after his battle with Kakuzu that his research in this area accelerated.

If successful, it will not only increase his strength under normal circumstances, but also greatly enhance Susanoo.

In the original work, the Thunder God Susanoo in the battle at the Valley of the End left a deep impression on him.

"With the amplification of the Chakra Armor, the Lightning Armor is now comparable to the defensive power of the Chakra Armor itself."

Sasuke carefully sensed the lightning armor wrapped around his body and pondered.

Although the Lightning Armor has the word "armor" in its name, it is not a Lightning Release chakra mode, nor does it activate the body. It simply attaches lightning to the body to resist attacks, using defense as offense.

Moreover, its defensive capabilities are not very good; it can only defend against some low-level ninjutsu. Increasing the chakra input doesn't have much effect either. That's where the limitations of this technique lie.

The purpose of this ninjutsu was originally to prevent the stray arrows flying across the battlefield from accidentally hitting the fast-moving user of the lightning blade.

In terms of numerical ranking, the Lightning Armor's defense is grade B, while the physical chakra armor is grade A.

This chakra armor, specially crafted by Fuuka Nyutō, not only possesses strong defensive capabilities but also amplifies the wearer's ninjutsu effects.

The Lightning Armor was upgraded from Grade B to Grade A. This means that if an enemy wants to attack Sasuke's chest, they must first break through the outer lightning armor and then the inner chakra armor.

"The operating principle of this chakra armor is not difficult to understand; it simply mimics the way chakra is refined in the human body through the meridian system."

Sasuke glanced at the glowing blue patterns on the armor and thought to himself.

The real key is the core of this armor!

Thinking of this, Sasuke removed his lightning armor and took off his chakra armor.

Although the chakra armor can amplify the effects of ninjutsu, Sasuke doesn't want to wear it all the time; he just wants to understand its principles and characteristics.

Let's not even talk about how ugly it is.

Although this armor is lighter than other iron armor, it still has a burden, and most importantly, it will affect the extension of the upper body joints.

In battle, such a small detail can determine life or death.

Sasuke's fighting style revolves around "speed," and he doesn't want to sacrifice speed and agility for the sake of a little defense.

After removing his armor, Sasuke reached out and pressed the yin-yang symbol on the chest of the armor.

With a click, the mechanism opened, the yin-yang symbol separated, and a clear blue patterned stone connected by various white lines appeared in his sight.