Naruto: Passerby and Returnee

Chapter 195 Let's Cultivate Together

Naruto was marking points on the flat ground, trying to simulate his battle with Obito.

Based on the information currently available, he knows that teleportation and intangibility cannot be performed simultaneously. Theoretically, intangibility should also have a time limit, but the exact time is unclear. Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan possesses an alternate dimension outside the main world. Naruto doesn't know the reason for its creation, but he can vaguely sense its location. This dimension isn't fixed; when Obito fully appears in the main world, it overlaps with the space Obito is in, allowing for seamless transfer during intangibility. Actually, it's not really a transfer, because Obito's position doesn't change; he merely changes the space he's in. When Obito enters the alternate dimension, the location of that space changes according to Obito's ultimate goal. At this point, his teleportation principle is the same as the Flying Thunder God Technique.

It is indeed difficult for human perception to capture the ripples in space. A target a kilometer away appears as a straight line to the human eye, but it is a point in space. If we can grasp the laws of spatial movement and make our own point coincide with the target point, then the situation will appear to us as if we have suddenly appeared in a different location.

Obito can indeed perform spatial transfer similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique, but he relies on the special power granted by his Sharingan. His understanding of space is far less refined than that of the Flying Thunder God user. Therefore, he needs a transitional dimension within a spatial rift during his transfer. Otherwise, he might be swallowed up by the chaotic spatial currents. Of course, those who use the Flying Thunder God Technique must be even more careful about this; otherwise, it won't just be a matter of landing at the wrong point, but could result in missing limbs or even death.

Based on the above information, the opportunity to raid the alternate dimension is quite clear: the moment Obito enters the dimension, before he teleports. If he fails to capture him, he can only wait until the alternate dimension is infinitely close to the main world again. Obito clearly possesses the ability to mark, but how he does this is currently unclear, so he can only simulate the possibility that the other party is acting based on visual distance. However, all of this simulation is predicated on the possibility that he can control the degree of destruction while creating space, so as not to kill the people inside.

"Sigh, I still need to concentrate my chakra a bit more. Truth-Seeking Balls are good as bombs, but they're not good for this kind of delicate work." After defining his field of vision, Naruto sat cross-legged in the center and sighed, still holding two black spheres the size of walnuts in his hands. These were the smallest and most stable Truth-Seeking Balls he could make; any smaller and they wouldn't be able to contain the extremely high density of chakra inside.

Yamato, who was sitting in front of the stone house, lost in thought, noticed that Naruto had finally stopped moving and snapped back to reality. The First Hokage's cells had given him Wood Release along with considerable sensory abilities, so not long after Naruto sat down, he suddenly shuddered and his eyes widened in disbelief.

He suddenly sensed an immense amount of chakra, yet Naruto didn't seem to be refining his own! Could it be the Nine-Tails? No, this chakra, while powerful, was remarkably peaceful; it was definitely Naruto's own chakra. What was going on?

Yamato glanced at Kakashi again and saw that Kakashi was sitting in the shadow cast by the stone pillar, meditating and clearly refining his chakra. He couldn't disturb him, but... he was so curious! If he had Naruto's sudden increase in chakra, he might be able to imitate even a tiny bit of the First Hokage's former form.

So, after confirming several times that Naruto was just sitting there in a daze, he still walked over. He was going to check on the seal; yes, that was his most important task!

When Yamato was five steps away from Naruto, he turned his dazed head and looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Is there something you need, Yamato-senpai?"

"I just sensed that your chakra has suddenly increased a lot, so I came to check on you." Yamato's eyes darted left and right before settling on Naruto's palm.

Naruto didn't even need to sense Yamato's intentions to know that he was just making an excuse. He glanced in the direction of Yamato's gaze and immediately understood. He raised his hand and moved the things in his hand in that direction. "It's because of them. I store my chakra in them when I'm not busy. Anyway, it's a waste to just let it spin around."

Yamato was very curious, but the chakra fluctuations emanating from that thing gave him a chilling feeling, so he didn't dare to reach out and touch it. Instead, he squatted down and examined it closely. If it was just storing chakra, the amount it could accumulate to this extent was quite astonishing; he had never seen anything else that could store so much chakra.

"What's this ball made of? It would probably be incredibly effective if used to make a chakra blade. How long have you been storing up so much chakra?"

Hmm? A knife?

"One afternoon, I guess." Naruto actually remembered what he could and couldn't answer while he was thinking. His mind suddenly opened up. Being too fixated on "concentration" made him forget another shortcut.

If he could direct energy like a wind blade and strike precisely at the connection point where spaces overlap, wouldn't that open up space?

Naruto was thinking, and surprised. Yamato was thinking, and horrified. He thought he'd hear an answer like "half a month," but who would have thought Naruto would say "an afternoon"? An afternoon! Even if he were drained three times over, he couldn't produce that much chakra! What kind of monster is Naruto?! A chakra black hole?!

"Thank you, Yamato-senpai! I'll give it a try right away!" Naruto jumped up from the ground and casually shoved two black balls into Yamato's hands. "Remember not to try to break the seal. If you don't, everything will be fine~"

He seemed quite interested, so let him play with it.

With that thought in mind, Naruto hummed a song and teleported to a more distant place to begin his first attempt.

As for Yamato? He held the two bombs tremblingly, too terrified to stand up. The black spheres were somewhat like jade, but much heavier, almost like two pieces of iron. They were slightly warm, but they didn't reflect light; rather, they looked like two pitch-black holes, completely devoid of any light. Yamato spent a long time mentally preparing himself before flicking one of them with his thumb. There was nothing wrong with it; to the naked eye, they looked like two ordinary spheres…

"Huh! Senpai!" The hand that suddenly appeared in his line of sight startled Daigo, who jumped up and even instinctively tightened his grip on the remaining black sphere. Then, he nervously released his grip, reminding Kakashi, "The black sphere stores an astonishing amount of chakra, so be careful!"

“I know.” Kakashi pulled up his headband, his red eye fixed intently on the sphere bathed in sunlight. From the Sharingan's perspective, this thing was pure black, except for its intricate sealing patterns—quite unusual for a Sharingan user. Any ninja could sense the chakra emanating from it; he had never seen black chakra before.