"Yuan, aren't you going to go in and kill that masked man?" asked Hyuga Asana outside the space-time dimension.
"I want to go in too, but my teleportation isn't like Flying Thunder God. It doesn't move through coordinates, so I can't access that guy's space-time dimension. I can only let the ice clone harass him for a while."
"My ice clone took away one-quarter of my chakra. It can exist for ten days or half a month without issue. During that time, he can forget about using his space-time dimension." Uchiha Yuan said with a smile.
"Yuan, do you know the identity of that masked man?" Hyuga Asana changed the topic.
"Hm? Why do you ask?"
"Because you seem to understand him very well—his fighting habits, abilities, the nature of his space-time dimension—you're familiar with all of it."
Since Asana said that, Uchiha Yuan no longer hid it and nodded in acknowledgment: "Yes, I do know who he is."
"Who is he?" Hyuga Asana asked eagerly.
"You know him too. He's our peer, also our classmate."
"A classmate? It's not Uchiha Obito, is it?"
"It's him!"
Hyuga Asana froze upon hearing that. After a while, she finally said, "How could it be Uchiha Obito?"
"Why not?"
"I've interacted with Obito a few times. His personality—how do I say it—he's one of those hot-blooded fools. And as far as I know, he had a very good relationship with Kushina-senpai."
"Though the two often seemed to quarrel, they always cared about each other."
"Kushina-senpai would often bring meals when Minato-senpai was training his disciples."
"Obito—how could he possibly harm Kushina-senpai? Yuan, you must be mistaken!"
After listening to Asana's words, Uchiha Yuan shook his head. "Asana, I'm not mistaken. That guy is indeed Obito."
"But how could Obito..."
"I don't know. But it's highly likely he's gone mad. In his view, everything in the real world is fake. And if it's fake, then who lives or dies in the real world doesn't matter to him anymore."
After hearing this, Hyuga Asana sighed and felt a surge of killing intent toward Obito.
Although she hadn't interacted much with Obito, she always thought he was a good guy—optimistic, cheerful, and driven. Honestly, she could never bring herself to dislike him.
But now, upon learning that Obito was the one who harmed Kushina, she felt nothing but revulsion toward him.
Anyone could have harmed Kushina—but not Obito.
"Yuan, next time we meet him, give me a chance. Let me test his strength."
Uchiha Yuan nodded in agreement.
Then, Uchiha Yuan tested the power of the Ten Tails in the desert. After essentially mastering this power, the two of them returned to Konoha together.
Over the next two months, Uchiha Yuan began researching the nature and form changes of the five chakra elements, then attempted combining them in pairs.
As one bloodline limit after another appeared in Yuan's hands, his understanding of the Bloodline Web deepened.
That afternoon, in the Forest of Death, Uchiha Yuan formed hand seals. As the ground trembled, small trees sprouted one after another from the earth.
"This is Wood Release! Yuan, you even mastered the First Hokage's Wood Release?" Hyuga Asana asked in shock.
Uchiha Yuan shook his head at her words. "This isn't Hashirama Senju's Wood Release. This is just a basic Wood Release formed from combining water and earth. This is Hashirama Senju's Wood Release!"
After speaking, Uchiha Yuan formed seals again. This time, he didn't just merge water and earth chakra attributes—he also infused Yang Release chakra.
Two chakras fused is a Kekkei Genkai. Three chakras fused is a Kekkei Tota.
Under the power of Kekkei Tota, a wooden dragon appeared.
This wooden dragon was identical to the First Hokage Hashirama's—its appearance and chakra-absorbing properties were exactly the same.
Witnessing all this, Hyuga Asana sighed, "The Bloodline Web really is amazing! It can replicate any ninjutsu."
"That's why I've been so obsessed with becoming the Ten Tails' Jinchuriki. Unfortunately, I haven't truly mastered the Bloodline Web—just borrowed its power through the mini-Ten Tails' all-attribute traits.
If I want to truly master the Bloodline Web, my eyes need to evolve further."
"Your eyes? Do you need to use the Mangekyo Sharingan?" Hyuga Asana asked.
"No, that's still not enough. I need to awaken the Rinnegan. With the Rinnegan and the Ten Tails, I can attain the Six Paths Sage's enlightenment and fully grasp the Bloodline Web."
"Then what about Sage Mode? Weren't you interested in that too?" asked Asana.
"Chakra is a power brought into this world by the Otsutsuki clan. But Sage Mode—or rather, natural energy—is this world's inherent power."
"I certainly won't give up on the power of Sage Mode. I'll try learning it later."
Hyuga Asana nodded and didn't say more.
In fact, Uchiha Yuan had recently stopped putting attribute points into chakra, and instead began investing in ocular power and natural affinity.
According to Yuan's estimation, a natural affinity of 100 points would qualify someone to learn Sage Arts.
To use Sage Mode perfectly like Naruto, you'd need around 500 points.
To enter Sage Mode anytime like Hashirama Senju, with just a clap of the hands—you'd need an estimated 1000 points.
However, for Uchiha Yuan at this stage, Sage Mode's enhancements were minimal.
It's no exaggeration to say: in today's ninja world, there's no one who can match him.
In his Ten Tails Jinchuriki form, Uchiha Yuan is already approaching the level of Hashirama and Madara.
And the level 70 reward for Yuan was quite generous, giving his power another boost.
This time, the level 70 reward was an upgrade ticket, which could instantly max out any one skill.
Without hesitation, Uchiha Yuan used the upgrade ticket on teleportation.
After maxing it out, Yuan's teleportation range increased to 1000 meters, chakra cost dropped to just 1 point, and it gained a new ability—bringing others or objects along.
This made teleportation even more convenient.
Able to fight and flee, Uchiha Yuan was undoubtedly the strongest in the ninja world now.
With such strength, his next goal was naturally to help Hyuga Asana fully remove the curse of the Caged Bird.
Although thanks to her bloodline regression, the Caged Bird no longer posed a serious threat to her, as long as it remained, it left her feeling uneasy.
Thus, Uchiha Yuan began searching the ninja world for the portal left behind by the Otsutsuki clan on the moon.
(To Be Continued...)