Under Yuto's will, the shrine maiden's power within his body began converting back and forth with chakra.
In a short while, Yuto had completely mastered this power.
Yuto opened his eyes once more and channeled the shrine maiden's power. A faint white glow slowly emerged from his palm.
"This power… a sealing force, no doubt. It's indeed stronger than chakra-based sealing."
Yuto felt the properties of this power and murmured with mild surprise.
He withdrew the power from his palm and his expression turned serious. He continued channeling the shrine maiden's power within him.
More than the sealing properties of the shrine maiden's power, what Yuto was truly interested in was the precognitive ability Chiyome had demonstrated.
Yuto instantly entered Sage Mode. In this state, he fully activated and integrated the shrine maiden's power.
Yuto felt his mind surge as an inexplicable aura radiated from within him. In that moment, a mysterious purple hue appeared in his normally black pupils.
In this state.
Yuto looked toward a table at the center of the room, and suddenly, the table vanished into thin air, reappearing before him in the blink of an eye.
"Spatial transfer?"
Yuto stared at the table before him, murmuring and frowning slightly.
Any ability was subject to comparison. This power was useful, but when measured against foresight, it fell somewhat short.
Though somewhat disappointing, spatial transfer was still a fine ability. It bore some resemblance to Uchiha Sasuke's Rinnegan ability — Amenotejikara.
Of course, it was only similar. Amenotejikara directly swapped positions with the target object, while Yuto could teleport objects within a certain range to a different location.
In the movie's original story, Chiyome had used this ability as well. When Uzumaki Naruto fought the Makyo and Chiyome saw her prophecy about to come true, she used the shrine maiden's power to transfer the bell from her own body to Naruto's chest, protecting him from the prophesied death.
"This ability is far more convenient than Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God."
Yuto wore a satisfied expression and willed the table to return to its original position.
"Hm?"
"That sensation just now wasn't purely spatial in nature."
Yuto paused, a look of confusion crossing his face.
Without hesitation, he teleported the table back to his side, then returned it again, repeating the process multiple times.
Yuto focused intently on sensing something during this process. After continuing for some time, sweat appeared on his forehead before he finally stopped.
"Could that have been an illusion? No — that was definitely not an illusion!"
Yuto's eyes gleamed with determination.
He had always trusted his instincts deeply, and Yuto did not believe that the faint, peculiar fluctuation he had sensed during the spatial transfers was merely his imagination.
"If my guess is correct, then continuing this way serves no purpose."
"I need to find a way to verify it."
Yuto murmured to himself, his expression thoughtful.
Before long, Yuto had devised a solution. His figure flickered and he appeared at the door, pulling it open to look outside.
Ashina wasn't there — he had apparently returned to Chiyome. But even without Ashina, there were other guards in the corridor.
Yuto casually found a guard and asked for two pocket watches used for timekeeping.
The guard knew Yuto's identity well and left without hesitation, returning shortly with two brand-new watches.
Yuto took the watches and vanished, reappearing in the room.
After checking that both watches showed the same time, Yuto set one aside and used spatial transfer on the other.
The watches were small, so the chakra expenditure was minimal. Yuto teleported the watch approximately one hundred times before stopping and placing both watches side by side.
With a serious expression, Yuto closely compared the times displayed on both watches.
The times were identical — there seemed to be no difference.
Yuto's face showed no change as he continued watching the two watches in silence.
Time ticked by, second by second.
After a full hour.
Yuto's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light. Now it was clearly visible — the second hand on the watch that had been teleported one hundred times was nearly zero-point-one seconds slower than the normal watch.
A time difference of zero-point-one seconds between the two watches — unnoticeable to an ordinary person, but crystal clear to Yuto.
"Another unexpected bonus!"
"My instincts were right. Normal space-time ninjutsu would never involve temporal forces, but the spatial transfer using the shrine maiden's power actually caused time to change."
A smile crept across Yuto's lips.
Through the comparison with the two watches, Yuto had determined that when using the shrine maiden's power to teleport objects, the object's personal time experienced a momentary pause.
Even if that pause was so brief as to be nearly negligible, this was still the power of time itself!
Yuto rubbed his temples with undisguised happiness on his face. This was power at the temporal dimension — even if this ability had no practical use for now, Yuto had taken the first step.
This was what truly mattered!
"The trip to the Land of Demons has been a complete success."
Yuto stood up with a smile and stretched.
Over the following days, Yuto remained in the Land of Demons for about three days, spending time with Chiyome. The two officially established their relationship.
Chiyome had been particularly attached to Yuto, and because both carried the shrine maiden's power, they could sense each other's emotions.
Knowing that Yuto was about to leave the Land of Demons, Chiyome was naturally reluctant to see him go. Over those three days, she took Yuto to visit nearly every interesting and beautiful place in the Land of Demons.
During this time, Yuto also considered the considerable distance between the Land of Demons and the Land of Fire, let alone the sea separating it from the Land of Water.
Currently, the Land of Fire had vast tracts of idle land and resources, so Yuto considered relocating the entire population of the Land of Demons there.
Initially, Yuto had planned to take only Chiyome with him, but through his time there, he understood clearly that Chiyome would never abandon the Land of Demons' citizens.
That was why he came up with the idea of migrating the entire nation.
The Land of Demons was a small country situated in a remote area with extremely scarce resources. Relocating to the resource-rich Land of Fire would be beneficial for them.
The expansion plan for the Second Kirigakure was already underway when Yuto left, so there was no concern about whether they could accommodate everyone.
Most importantly, it would make meeting Chiyome much easier.
So Yuto discussed this matter with Chiyome.
At first, Chiyome was somewhat hesitant but quickly agreed. The Land of Fire was widely recognized as the most resource-rich country in the entire ninja world.
If the people of the Land of Demons could migrate there, it would be a good thing for the citizens.
However, as the saying goes, it's hard to leave one's homeland. Despite Chiyome's high status, this decision required consultation with the other leaders of the Land of Demons.
Such a massive undertaking couldn't be decided quickly, and even if it were, it would require considerable time for supplies transfer and other preparations.
After three days.
Yuto gave Chiyome a miniature slug, allowing her to communicate with him directly through it.
Then, under Chiyome's reluctant gaze, Yuto departed from the Land of Demons.
The eastern edge of the ninja world.
Near the coastline, this was also the base of Konoha's surviving forces after its destruction.
On a training ground composed of hard rocky terrain, craters of various sizes dotted the landscape. The edges of these craters bore extremely sharp gouges, as if carved by countless sharp weapons.
"Hah! Hah!"
The intense training and chakra consumption left even Naruto feeling exhausted, fatigue flooding from his heart throughout his entire body.
Naruto's face was drawn with fatigue, his eyelids drooping as if weighted down.
The moment he closed his eyes.
Naruto seemed to hear the clamor of battle once more — countless Konoha ninja falling before him.
Eventually, all those figures and sounds merged into two faces.
One arrogant and cold — Uchiha Madara.
One lazy, with cruel and indifferent eyes — Yuto.
These two were the culprits behind Konoha's destruction!
Naruto's eyes snapped open as he sat up abruptly, his breathing slightly ragged.
"I won't give up. My goal is to become Hokage."
"Keeping my word is my ninja way. Without Konoha village, how can I become Hokage? I will definitely take back our village!"
"I will definitely defeat you two — Uchiha Madara! Yuto!"
Naruto climbed to his feet and shouted, his eyes burning with absolute determination.
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