Chapter 109: Isn't This Also a Form of Adultery Before the Wife's Eyes?
"Kushina, it's me."
The unconscious shinobi lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes and immediately shouted to Kushina Uzumaki, who was about to perform a sealing technique.
"You're—Yoru?"
Kushina Uzumaki's eyes were full of vigilance and suspicion.
Through her reaction, "Gojo Yoru" instantly got the answer he wanted. A smile appeared on his face as he asked knowingly: "From the looks of it, this guy's chakra signature hasn't changed at all, right?"
"Mm-hmm—"
Hearing this tone, Kushina Uzumaki finally believed that the person before her was indeed Gojo Yoru successfully possessing the body. She nodded repeatedly: "In my Mind's Eye of Kagura sensing, this person's internal chakra signature has remained unchanged from beginning to end. The chakra capacity is the same too."
"Very good. Keep using Mind's Eye of Kagura. I'll try once more."
The moment the words fell, "Gojo Yoru" collapsed unconscious again as the spirit returned to the original body.
Kushina Uzumaki once again closed her eyes and formed seals, fully activating Mind's Eye of Kagura.
When she sensed Gojo Yoru's chakra return and then disappear again, she suddenly seemed to see something. She immediately opened her eyes, staring at "Gojo Yoru" sitting up again, her expression shocked: "There's a change this time. This person's brain suddenly secreted a surge of Yin Release chakra. Inside this Yin Release chakra, I sensed your chakra signature, Yoru."
"So that's how it is—"
Gojo Yoru wasn't surprised.
This was why he hadn't immediately used the Spiritualization Technique to find Konan.
Every technique had weaknesses. Super S-rank secret techniques were no exception.
Mind's Eye of Kagura could detect changes after possession. Black and White Zetsu's sensing definitely could too.
Rashly visiting Konan would only harm her.
But fortunately, Gojo Yoru had developed the Space-Time version of the Spiritualization Technique. The spirit form already possessed top-tier sensory blocking. After fusing with Space-Time power, the high-dimensional sensory blocking would definitely receive massive enhancement.
Without the ability to see souls and sense space, no one could discover Gojo Yoru's existence.
This enhanced high-dimensional blocking wouldn't disappear even after possession.
Meeting Konan in Space-Time spirit form state—absolutely no one would discover it.
The experiment concluded. Gojo Yoru returned to his body again and used Flying Thunder God to teleport away the unconscious shinobi he'd casually captured. Then he smiled at Kushina Uzumaki: "Kushina, my spirit needs to leave for a while. I'll trouble you to look after my physical body."
"Leave it to me with confidence."
Kushina Uzumaki patted her slightly swelling chest without asking where Gojo Yoru was going.
"I'll be back very soon."
Gojo Yoru didn't explain either. He couldn't very well say "I'm planning to go have a secret meeting with another girl—please watch the door for me."
If Kushina Uzumaki found out, Kurama would probably instantly find an opportunity to break through Mito Uzumaki's chakra seal, letting Kushina enter a partial tailed beast transformation state starting at six tails.
Having the "main wife" watch over him while he went to find the "mistress"—wasn't this also a form of adultery before the wife's eyes?
Forming seals again to condense his Space-Time spirit form, Gojo Yoru floated in the air but still didn't immediately leave. Instead, he examined his physical body.
From the Space-Time spirit form's perspective, Gojo Yoru's body was no longer a "corpse" without any energy fluctuations.
Inside his body, energy mixed with black and blue flowed through his meridians throughout his entire form.
Just like the Space-Time shadow clone without independent consciousness, this body that had lost consciousness was in a special state—it could be touched, yet ordinary sensing couldn't capture even a trace of energy fluctuation.
For Gojo Yoru, the energy inside his physical body was like a super-enlarged Flying Thunder God formula. No matter how far away the spirit was, it could locate the physical body through this positioning.
Sensing the space in all directions once more and confirming there were no threats, Gojo Yoru's spirit form vanished without warning.
Several teleports later, Yoru appeared in a certain valley.
Water gurgled in streams, birds sang amidst fragrant flowers—completely opposite to the Land of Iron's heavy snow and howling cold winds.
On the riverbank stood two crude wooden huts.
Some distance from the huts, a short red-haired figure was training Water Release in the middle of the river. From time to time, sounds like roaring waves would explode.
Water columns shot skyward. Before they could form a torrential rain scene, flames of extremely terrifying temperature transformed the water into white steam, then formed a white fire dragon with flames surging inside and billowing white smoke outside—like Boil Release nature transformation.
The fire dragon soared into the sky and suddenly scattered, forming fire bombs wrapped in white smoke that fell toward the river.
Midway, the flames eroded the white smoke, transforming into dragon-head shapes—unmistakably Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique.
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
A series of deafening explosions rang out, successfully attracting the attention of the purple-haired girl beside Gojo Yoru.
Her body covered in black paper marks, surrounded by large amounts of white paper floating around her, Konan was multitasking to control the white paper folding into different shapes. She slowly opened those amber eyes, glanced toward Nagato's direction, and her lips curved up slightly.
Her demeanor had some similarities to Gojo Yoru's. Her temperament was as cool as the original story's White Tiger of Akatsuki.
However, her eyes held a vitality absent from the original story.
Observing Konan before him—more vibrant than when following at his side—Gojo Yoru's eyes were full of appreciation.
This was one of the reasons he hadn't raised Konan at his side.
Raising her at his side could certainly train Konan into his "Haku" and "Kimimaro," but compared to such obedient tool people, Gojo Yoru preferred left and right arms who grew freely, possessed their own thoughts, and lived out their own characteristics like Kushina Uzumaki and Tsunade.
Clearly, Konan hadn't disappointed Gojo Yoru.
Under White Zetsu's invisible pressure forcing her, even though she hadn't yet experienced life-and-death battles, this past year's experiences had transformed her completely.
Speaking of White Zetsu, Gojo Yoru looked toward Nagato again, a trace of wariness flashing through his eyes.
Nagato didn't know that less than a hundred meters from his position, two white creatures merged with the earth and vegetation, severing all presence, were hidden inside boulders discussing his strength and growth.
Gojo Yoru finally understood why in the original story, even though Nagato was in the war-torn Land of Rain, Madara Uchiha didn't worry about his safety at all.
He'd thought Madara installed a backup in the Rinnegan that would automatically activate its power if Nagato encountered danger. He hadn't expected that beside Nagato, there was also Spiral Zetsu's protection.
Spiral Zetsu, also known as Tobi, was the most special existence in the White Zetsu army.
Gojo Yoru didn't know if he was a product from Kaguya's era or a product Madara Uchiha grew using Hashirama cells.
But one thing was certain—Tobi was to the White Zetsu army what Hashirama Senju was to regular shinobi.
His chakra was a stat monster among the White Zetsu army. When possessing others, he not only had defensive power at the level of genuine Wood Release but could also share his chakra with them—a super battery like jinchuriki and Samehada.
In the original story, just possessing Yamato, Tobi elevated Yamato's utterly garbage Wood Release to a level where he could perform Wood Human Technique and even use the Wood Human Buddha statue to perform compound five-element jutsu.
If not for his low intelligence and lack of combat experience, his strength would be Beyond Kage-level.
Once Nagato encountered danger, Tobi only needed to possess his body to immediately become one of the shinobi world's strongest. He might even be able to use the Rinnegan's Six Paths techniques.
With Tobi as this super bodyguard, Madara Uchiha indeed didn't need to worry about Nagato's safety.
Seeing that neither White Zetsu nor Tobi could detect his existence, Gojo Yoru directly transformed into a transparent-black beam of light and seeped into Konan's body.
Konan's eyes briefly lost focus, then slowly closed as if she were refining chakra.
Since her internal chakra and energy fluctuations showed no changes whatsoever, Tobi and White Zetsu—whose gazes had been focused on Nagato the whole time—didn't notice the situation here at all.
In the mental space as beautiful as a starry river, the moment Konan's consciousness entered, she saw a figure from her dreams. Immediately, her eyes filled with delight as she shouted loudly: "Yoru-sama!"
Gojo Yoru smiled and raised his hand to wave at her: "Konan, long time no see."
Whether it was courage trained over this past year or extreme longing for Gojo Yoru, Konan ran toward him. Her 140-centimeter body could just hug Yoru's waist. Burying her head in his embrace, she made a sound full of dependence and longing: "Yoru-sama, you finally learned the Spiritualization Technique. I missed you so much!"
Communication in the mental space held no deception or scheming. All emotions were maximized.
On Konan's body, Gojo Yoru didn't sense even a trace of grievance or dissatisfaction—only the same dependence and worship as last year, just with added longing from their long separation.
Gojo Yoru raised his hand to pat Konan's head, his gaze full of gentleness as he spoke softly: "Konan, you've worked hard."
"Not hard at all!"
Konan immediately raised her head, showing Gojo Yoru a big smile as she boasted: "Yoru-sama, I've already followed your instructions and trained Nagato into my left and right arm. Although he's stronger than me now, he listens to me very well."
"When the time is right, I'll reveal your existence to him, Yoru-sama. Let Nagato know that the person who changed his fate and has been training him isn't actually me but you, Yoru-sama. I believe he'll definitely be as grateful and worshipful toward you as I am."
"That's not important."
Gojo Yoru pinched Konan's chubby little round face with both hands as usual, smiling: "Right now I don't want to talk about other things. I only want to know about Konan's story this past year."
At this moment, Gojo Yoru's emotions full of affection, care, and a trace of guilt were also maximized.
Sensing Gojo Yoru's emotions, Konan marveled at the mental space's special characteristic while also becoming even happier.
Although she was willing to be Gojo Yoru's "tool person" and willing to die for Yoru-sama.
But just like Haku and Kimimaro, Konan also wanted to receive Gojo Yoru's "love."
This insignificant bit of care was what these tool people wanted most—more satisfying to Konan than Yoru's praise.
"Yoru-sama, this past year I—"
Konan pulled Gojo Yoru to sit down. Her amber eyes didn't spare even a glance at the beautiful starry river but stared at Yoru's face—more beautiful than the starry river—as she told him everything about her experiences this past year.
Over a year's time, with secret technique scrolls and advice provided by Gojo Yoru, Konan—already passionate about origami—had developed Paper Release.
Although she still couldn't use it for attacks, she'd already transformed basic techniques into Paper Release extension techniques.
Like Paper Release: Paper Clone, Paper Release: Paper Transformation, Paper Release: Paper Substitution, Paper Release: Paper Body Flicker, Paper Release: Paper Camouflage.
Just this set of basic extension techniques without attack power already gave Konan extremely strong self-preservation ability.
To prevent nearby White Zetsu from seeing through her act, Konan also used Paper Release to cover her body, like Gaara's Armor of Sand, able to hide and change her expressions.
Her skin and clothes were covered with large amounts of paper, including explosive tags. She could use this paper and explosive tags at any time to perform Paper Substitution and Paper Body Flicker.
Escaping while detonating explosive tags to harm enemies.
Unfortunately, her current chakra capacity was still far insufficient. She also hadn't trained in sealing techniques yet, unable to use Paper Release to perform sealing jutsu.
The A-rank forbidden technique Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags had no leads whatsoever. She didn't dare train it at all.
Seeing Konan's face show self-reproach and unwillingness as she spoke, Gojo Yoru cupped her small face with both hands and rubbed hard, smiling: "You're already incredibly impressive. When I was Konan's age, I wasn't as amazing as you."
"That's—that's not true."
Konan wrinkled her cute brows. Though her tone was muffled, her eyes sparkled as she said: "Yoru-sama is the most amazing person in the shinobi world. Everyone calls you the incarnation of a miracle. A hundred Konans aren't worth one Yoru-sama."
Watching Konan seriously defend him, Gojo Yoru felt both pleased and accomplished.
Stopping the face-rubbing motion, Yoru flicked Konan's nose and smiled: "Don't belittle yourself like that. Konan is my most valued subordinate. You'll definitely become one of the shinobi world's most amazing kunoichi in the future."
After saying this, Gojo Yoru revealed good news to Konan: "I've now learned the Spiritualization Technique. From now on, I can not only visit you frequently but also link my chakra with yours, Konan, teaching you how to develop jutsu."
"Really? That's wonderful!"
Konan's eyes immediately lit up. Her attention wasn't on the latter half but the former. She extended her pinky finger toward Gojo Yoru, a cunning smile appearing on her face: "This is what you said, Yoru-sama. Pinky promise—you must visit me frequently from now on."
Gojo Yoru rubbed her head, his smile indulgent: "No need to pinky promise. If I don't visit frequently from now on, Konan can hit me. I grant you this privilege."
"Hehe—I couldn't bear to hit Yoru-sama."
Konan laughed as she threw herself into Gojo Yoru's embrace, then looked up with a pitiful expression: "If Yoru-sama doesn't keep the promise, I'll cry for you to see."
"Excellent—the acting is indeed extremely impressive." Gojo Yoru gave a thumbs up, awarding full marks.
"Hehe—"
Having been monitored by invisible beings for a year, Konan—who'd actually accumulated extreme pressure inside—released her nature in the mental space, venting all negative emotions completely.
Gojo Yoru didn't teach Konan any jutsu. He just chatted with her in the mental space until the Space-Time chakra was mostly depleted, then finally bid Konan farewell.
Though Konan was full of reluctance, she obediently waved goodbye to Gojo Yoru.
The Space-Time spirit exited Konan's body and performed continuous teleportation. When returning to the cave, the transparent-black body had just shed its last bit of blackness, becoming transparent-white—extremely close to the limit.
"Yoru, you're awake!"
Gojo Yoru returned to his physical body. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Kushina Uzumaki's small face lean close, her eyes full of relieved joy.
"Kushina, you've worked hard."
Gojo Yoru showed Kushina Uzumaki a gentle smile.
Konan didn't know that compared to Gojo Yoru, her acting was utterly weak.
Gojo Yoru was the true god of acting—just returning from another girl, without even a hint of guilt.
"Yoru, where did you just go?"
Not knowing her head was completely green, having guarded the door for the "mistress," Kushina Uzumaki finally asked the doubt in her heart.
"Nothing much, just went to handle some business." Gojo Yoru maintained that charming demeanor, imperceptibly changing the subject. "When I came back just now, I passed a hot spring street. We've stayed in the snowy mountains so long—how about we soak in a hot spring before going back?"
"Yes, yes—"
Kushina Uzumaki's attention was instantly diverted as she repeatedly agreed.
Thus, Gojo Yoru took the "main wife" to the hot spring street where the "mistress" had lived for a long time to enjoy themselves thoroughly.
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