The founding of Konoha and the emergence of the title “First Hokage” undoubtedly brought unimaginable changes to this Ninja World.
The Land of Lightning, located to the northeast of the Land of Fire, acted the most swiftly.
In the lands near the Valley of Clouds and Lightning in the Land of Lightning, a Lightning Release Ninja named “A” received full support from the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
He gathered over half of the Ninja clans within the Land of Lightning and established a Ninja Village there named “Kumogakure”.
Afterward, the Land of Earth, the Land of Water, and the Land of Wind each demonstrated to the other nations of the Ninja World what the capability of a Great Nation truly was.
The names of the three Ninja Villages—Iwagakure, Hidden Mist, and Sunagakure—were successively confirmed, and the Villages entered a state of construction at an astonishing speed.
The Ninja clans within these countries that had originally been fighting each other subconsciously drew closer together, forced into cooperation and Alliance under the immense pressure from the Land of Fire and Konoha.
Although forced, as long as they could successfully unite, they would have the opportunity and time to undergo further integration until they truly became a part of the Ninja Village.
Faced with the actions of the Great Nations, the small countries were completely bewildered.
They neither possessed the vast foundations of the Great Nations nor had powerful Ninjas capable of making definitive decisions within their borders.
The Ninja clans refused to submit to one another, and instead, they began fighting among themselves first.
Some Ninja clans saw the system of the Land of Night and felt that it was not impossible for a Ninja to become a Daimyo.
While becoming a Village head was nice, becoming the monarch of a country offered far broader horizons.
The thought subconsciously arose in their minds: “If he can be a General, I can be a General too.” Consequently, the Daimyo of a small country near the Land of Lightning was killed, and a Ninja Clan Chief took his place, styling himself as a General.
As a result, due to his tyrannical rule, political chaos, and constantly changing policies, it ultimately led to a nationwide riot.
The Ninja Clan Chief who called himself a General was killed, and the entire country became a lawless land.
Bandits, aristocrats, Ninja clans, samurai, and all sorts of riffraff gathered here, and the increased chaos caused the local economic and political ecosystem to collapse completely.
In the end, even the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning could not stand it anymore.
Feeling that the people living in this small country were suffering too much, he tearfully annexed it.
Just as Yayoi had anticipated, the Great Nations watched from the sidelines, methodically sorting out a new order.
The small countries were in a state of pandemonium, with all sorts of bizarre behaviors emerging that would leave anyone scratching their heads in confusion, witnessing a spectacle of human stars shining in their own chaotic way.
The Land of Night, which sat on the sidelines watching the show alongside the Great Nations, developed and advanced with extreme stability amidst this surging tide of the era.
Although some rogue Ninjas and samurai forcibly breached the borders of the Land of Night, they were swiftly suppressed by the Ninja and samurai troops dispatched by Yayoi before they could even cause any chaos.
The one who took action was Kakuzu.
During this operation, he even obtained the heart of a Water-attribute Ninja, which he integrated into his forbidden technique, Earth Grudge Fear, as a trophy.
There had also been a group of rogue Ninjas who arrived earlier, but they were relatively well-behaved and had truly come to seek refuge.
Under the mediation of Kurobei, this group of over a hundred Ninjas successfully joined the Land of Night.
Although there were no Ninjas with Bloodline Limits, some of them were survivors of secret Ninja clans, which gave Yayoi quite a few surprises.
In the military system of the Land of Night, the number of Ninjas had already exceeded one thousand.
Coupled with the fact that the education department would be operational in the near future, a batch of gifted children from the Land of Night was about to become the new blood of the Land of Night, injected into the national system.
Within the next ten years, Yayoi believed that the number of official Ninjas in the Land of Night could increase to at least four thousand.
Of course, the incorporation of samurai was also proceeding simultaneously.
Although the average strength of samurai was not as high as that of Ninjas, they were still a force not to be underestimated and could be considered one of the cornerstones of the Land of Night’s national defense, which Yayoi also valued highly.
However, for now, the priority was to Cultivate Ninjas.
After all, in the current era, Ninjas were the mainstream, and existences like samurai, monks, and shrine maidens would inevitably head down a path of decline.
Goose-feather-sized snowflakes covered the magnificent and grand city of Yomi City.
A large number of geothermal devices were installed underground, emitting hot steam that whistled through the city, bringing spring-like warmth to this bitter winter day.
On the neatly planned roads, there appeared some figures that had not been there before.
They were a group of armed personnel wearing white standard-issue combat uniforms and holding swords.
On their snug combat uniforms, the pattern of a spider lily was uniformly engraved.
Following planned routes, they carried out twenty-four-hour uninterrupted patrols in every street and every corner of Yomi City, taking shifts.
These people had a common name—members of the Security Force.
The Security Force was a newly established public security management department in the Land of Night.
On the eastern main road of the Shogun’s Manor stood the headquarters building of this newly established department.
It had six floors, came with a large plaza, and a vast expanse of land had also been allocated to this department.
The non-public logistics base and training base were built there.
Although the personnel of this department were selected from Ninjas and samurai in the military, they no longer bore national defense obligations unless necessary, but were instead responsible for handling domestic public security, civil disputes, and other areas.
Due to a shortage of manpower, Yayoi decided to first conduct a one-year pilot program in the capital, Yomi City.
If the results were good, he would promote it to the rest of the country once there was sufficient manpower in the future.
Not only the newly established Security Force, but Yayoi was also reorganizing and restructuring some of the existing departments, making more detailed adjustments to enhance operational efficiency.
Furthermore, to avoid conflicts in the functions of certain departments, Yayoi also had to gradually draw clear boundaries in areas where functions overlapped; otherwise, over time, it would easily incite conflicts between the two departments.
After properly arranging the series of recent events, it was already early March.
Since a month ago, Yayoi had gradually set aside his busy official duties and had been cultivating in his private training ground within the inner court.
This training ground in the inner court was a large facility nearly five hundred meters long and wide, located behind the main residence.
It contained a lot of equipment for simulated training, and to better facilitate actual combat, the Materials of the ground were also specially made.
Trees were even planted, giant boulders were placed as obstacles, and ponds were dug to make the environment of the training ground more complex.
It could be said that within the inner court, this training ground occupied one-third of the area, which showed how much thought Yayoi had put into it.
In the past, after handling official business, he would come here to train himself and improve his strength.
It was just that he had been particularly busy in the second half of last year, which caused his monthly training time to drop sharply starting from the second half of that year.
At this moment, Yayoi stood on the sandy ground in the center of the training field, took a deep breath, and an aura like that of a Vicious Beast surged in all directions with him as the center.
Streams of visible blue airflow swirled and spewed out, which was the materialized Chakra generated after his outburst.
His black hair also floated upward unnaturally amidst the Chakra airflow.
The materialized Chakra condensed into a flowing substance similar to water in a thick and dense manner, tightly adhering to Yayoi’s tough Physique.
“Hmph!” Yayoi let out a heavy grunt as a heavy force suddenly pressed down on his body.
This heavy pressure oppressed not only his body but also his internal bones and flesh, which also felt a needle-like pain and pressure.
After a few seconds of adjustment, the violent and chaotic aura on his body slowly tended toward peace.
The externalized materialized Chakra began to solidify into a layer of Chakra armor, like flowing azure flames, licking at Yayoi’s body like clouds and mist.
Yayoi did not hesitate.
The moment he equipped this layer of materialized Chakra armor, his body leaped out like a startled rabbit.
His figure flickered in place, leaving behind a blue afterimage.
A blue flash tore through the air, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed to a place dozens of meters away and struck out with a straight punch.
Boom!
A hard rock several meters high instantly exploded, impacting the surroundings in the form of countless stone fragments smaller than a fist.
At the site of the explosion, a shocking crater appeared.
It was a scar that appeared because the earth could not withstand the impact at the moment the giant rock was shattered and detonated.
Immediately, Yayoi came to another giant rock, hugged it with both hands, and easily lifted the giant rock weighing more than ten tons.
This scene was like a small child wielding a greatsword comparable to the size of an adult.
Thud!
The air made a dull sound, and that giant rock, which was larger than Yayoi himself, was launched straight into the sky by Yayoi.
After reaching a certain height, the speed of the rock rushing toward the sky slowed down.
As if touching the apex of its ascent, the rock plummeted suddenly, its speed increasing rapidly, even forming a thin film of airflow around it, breaking through the blockade of the atmosphere.
Yayoi, who was looking up directly below, did not dodge the suddenly falling boulder, but silently calculated the time and distance in his heart.
Suddenly, he bent his knees slightly.
The ground cracked, spiderweb-like fissures appearing.
Using the earth as a pedal, he exerted force under his feet, driving his body to rush into mid-air, launching himself like a cannonball.
Boom!
The falling boulder, like the previous one, turned into countless small stone fragments, exploding and scattering, kicking up a cloud of thick smoke and dust in the air.
That was not Ninjutsu.
Yayoi relied solely on his physical body to shatter the boulder, which carried terrible weight and force in its fall, causing it to explode.
Landing steadily on the ground, Yayoi, who descended from the sky, was like a light feather, not causing the slightest impact, yet crushing the earth beneath his feet.
One minute later, in the training field that was hundreds of meters long and wide, there was not a single intact piece of ground in the core area.
It was as if it had been ravaged by some kind of giant beast; it was full of pits and bumps.
Tall trees were uprooted in the impact of the explosion, and none of the huge heavy stones left on the field were intact; they had suffered serious damage.
Some of the ground even tilted, and the cracks produced extended to places dozens of meters away.
It was as if someone had used a powerful high-level Earth Release Ninjutsu to forcibly destroy the integrity of the earth, cutting the ground into uneven fragments of various sizes.
However, this was not caused by Ninjutsu, but damage caused by the use of Taijutsu.
Moreover, this was already the result after Yayoi restrained his strength.
Located on a piece of soil that was still somewhat intact and forced to protrude half a meter above the ground, Yayoi was wrapped in blue flames that swallowed and spat like clouds and mist.
Although it looked like flames burning on his body, it was not a Fire Release technique, nor was it infused with Chakra Nature Transformation.
It was just a layer of highly concentrated materialized Chakra, which, due to being condensed to the extreme and leaking unnaturally, simulated the burning form of flames.
This layer of Chakra armor itself did not possess burning capabilities, nor did it have the temperature that flames should have.
“It has stabilized more or less.
The burst speed exceeds the speed of sound.
After charging, the speed and destructive power can be further improved.
The consumption of Chakra is also bearable, but only the muscles still have some stinging pain.
It seems that I need to further strengthen my body…” Yayoi commented on his current state in a low voice.
AI Model: gemini-3.0-flash The technique for maintaining his current state was a concept Yayoi had envisioned back when he first encountered the knowledge of Chakra.
However, due to the extreme difficulty of completing it, it wasn’t until now that he had barely managed to turn the technique from a theoretical imagination into a reality.
Every strike could inflict the destructive power of a Ninjutsu attack, and its defense was also quite impressive; at the very least, he could completely ignore ordinary destructive Ninjutsu.
For instance, in this state, he could directly ignore a technique like Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and disperse it with a single punch.
As for things like Kunai and Shuriken, if they weren’t imbued with Nature Transformation Chakra, no matter how many were thrown, they wouldn’t be able to break his defense.
“Kicho, can you imbue a Ninja tool with Chakra and give me a slash?” Yayoi turned his head toward the edge of the training grounds.
His wife, Kicho, dressed in an elegant purple and white kimono, had appeared there at some unknown point.
“Oh my, does my dear husband have some sort of special fetish for being abused?
Since you’ve put it that way…” The young woman teased with a smile, but her hands were not slow.
She walked to the weapon rack on the side and picked up a Ninja sword.
A layer of physical Chakra as thin as a blade easily enveloped the sword.
The quality of this Ninja sword was better than standard ones, with the integrated Chakra Metal reaching thirty percent.
Ordinary Ninja swords usually contain less than ten percent Chakra Metal.
Therefore, once imbued with Chakra, its sharpness would become incredibly terrifying.
Ordinary Ninja tools would likely develop cracks after just a few contacts with it.
“I’m coming, dear husband.” As soon as she finished speaking, Kicho flew toward Yayoi at an extremely high speed, like a dancing butterfly.
The Ninja sword, imbued with Chakra, had its sharpness raised to the weapon’s absolute limit.
She swung it forcefully, aiming at Yayoi’s chest.
Unsurprisingly, even the Chakra-imbued sword failed to cut through the Chakra armor on Yayoi’s body.
In fact, Kicho was forced back several steps by the recoil force transmitted through the blade.
“My, this defensive capability is truly…” Kicho’s small mouth parted slightly, her pure white pupils revealing her surprise.
However, whether in bed or on the battlefield, she was not the type to give up easily, even when facing her own husband.
So, she tossed aside the Ninja sword in her hand, and another blade dropped from the sleeve of her kimono.
It was the Spirit Sword, Kumokiri.
Its blue hilt matched the kimono she was wearing perfectly.
A Ninja tool forged entirely from extremely rare and special Chakra Metal, it was undoubtedly a divine weapon.
Kicho gripped the hilt and drew the blade.
The blade’s glow was dazzling; just by coming into contact with the air, it seemed as if it were about to slice the atmosphere apart.
Then, she took a deep breath.
The blood vessels around her eyes bulged, and a faint rainbow color appeared deep within her white pupils, releasing a pure, high-intensity white light.
Kicho’s figure danced forward like a butterfly once again.
Accompanied by her purple and white kimono, it made Yayoi feel as if he were caught in a Genjutsu.
Squelch.
The sharpness of the Kumokiri was clearly superior to the standard Ninja sword from before, and it easily sliced through the Chakra armor on Yayoi’s body.
Blood began to spurt from Yayoi’s chest.
After cutting through the Chakra armor, the blade had proceeded to slice through the flesh on his chest.
As the blade left, white steam began to rise from the wound on Yayoi’s chest.
In the blink of an eye, it had knitted back together.
In this state, not only was his explosive power enhanced, but even his recovery ability was boosted.
“That’s quite exaggerated, dear husband.” Kicho maintained her Byakugan, unsure if she was marveling at the defensive power of Yayoi’s Chakra armor or his abnormal signless self-healing ability.
But regardless of which it was, as long as a Ninja mastered either one, they could be called powerful.
Kicho couldn’t imagine what kind of despairing expression an enemy would have when, after finally breaking through Yayoi’s Chakra armor, they saw his bizarre Physique with signless self-healing.
And don’t forget, her husband was also a world-class Puppeteer.
Think the Puppets are the trump card?
No, the real trump card is Taijutsu.
Think Taijutsu is the final trump card?
No, behind that is the Chakra armor that can blow apart Ninjutsu with a single punch.
Finally, after breaking the Chakra armor, what they see is a body that begins to heal without even using Medical Ninjutsu.
How cruel.
“You’re the exaggerated one, suddenly slashing at me with the Kumokiri while your Byakugan is active.” Yayoi gave his petite wife a speechless look.
Every part of the Kumokiri was forged using special Chakra Metal and lost artisan techniques; it was the crystallization of the life’s work of top ancient craftsmen.
If a regular standard Ninja sword touched the Kumokiri, it would be snapped in half.
What was even more excessive was that Kicho had her Byakugan active, directly seeing through the Chakra flow trajectory of his Chakra armor and easily finding its weak points.
If he hadn’t stepped back half a pace, the amount of bleeding from his chest would have been more than just that.
While it wouldn’t have been a fatal wound, it still hurt quite a bit.
“Ah, this is Kicho’s love for her dear husband.” Kicho defended herself in such a manner.
Yayoi prepared to give her a harsh lesson tonight.
Even if she begged for mercy, he would make her roll her eyes.
Well, even if she didn’t roll them, they were already white eyes.
“Speaking of which, this technique of yours, dear husband, seems like a Tailed Beast.” Kicho put away the Kumokiri, but she didn’t deactivate her Byakugan.
She carefully observed the Chakra armor on Yayoi’s body, seeing through some of its mechanics.
“After all, it is a technique developed by mimicking the Tailed Beast Cloak of a Jinchuriki.
This mode activates the Chakra within the body to the extreme and then projects it outward as a shroud.
It can significantly enhance defense and destructive power, and Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu are all comprehensively boosted.” Yayoi nodded.
The inspiration for this Chakra armor didn’t come from the Fourth Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but from the Tailed Beast Cloak formed when Uzumaki Naruto unleashed the Nine-Tailed Chakra.
Come to think of it, many aspects of this refined active Chakra were similar to a Tailed Beast.
Even Irori, whom he had created, had life characteristics that approached those of Chakra creatures like Tailed Beasts.
It was within expectations that Kicho, possessing the Byakugan, could see this.
“It’s a great idea, but it must be a huge burden on the body.
Also, projecting it outward on such a large scale must consume a lot of Chakra.” Kicho gave an accurate assessment.
Chakra of such high density would kill an ordinary Ninja if they tried to wear it.
Only a Ninja with a powerful body like Yayoi could master it.
“The burden isn’t a big problem; with a slight further improvement in my Physique, I’ll be able to master this technique perfectly.
As for the Chakra consumption—no, this technique is what suits me best.
My Chakra is the type with an extremely slow dissipation rate; once projected, it can be maintained for a long time.” Yayoi explained.
With this hint from Yayoi, Kicho immediately recalled the scenes where Yayoi had previously projected spheres of Chakra to control Puppets wirelessly.
Generally speaking, once Chakra is projected outward, it quickly dissipates into the air.
To use Yayoi’s Chakra armor, one would need to continuously release high-density Chakra outward.
As a result, an extremely massive amount of Chakra would be required to maintain this consumption.
For example, the Lightning Release Chakra Mode passed down in the Land of Lightning involves creating Lightning-attribute Chakra to form a lightning armor over the body.
It requires the constant outward release of Chakra to keep the lightning armor active.
Only those with Chakra reserves approaching that of a Tailed Beast, or at the Tailed Beast level, can use this Lightning Release mode at will.
A Ninja from the Land of Lightning named ‘A’ is the supreme master of this path, possessing a Tailed Beast-level volume of Chakra.
His Lightning Release Chakra Mode is said to be able to blow a Tailed Beast away with a punch and can even beat a Tailed Beast into submission through raw physical combat.
However, it wasn’t the same for Yayoi.
His Chakra dissipation rate was very slow; once the armor was formed, it could be maintained for a long time without needing to constantly release Chakra to keep the armor running.
It was equivalent to the released Chakra being preserved for a long time without any extra loss, as long as it wasn’t neutralized by an enemy’s attack.
So, even without Tailed Beast-level Chakra, Yayoi could maintain this state for a long time.
Kicho quickly understood this point.
Just as Yayoi said, this technique was the move that suited him best.
Compared to the Land of Lightning’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode, it leaned more toward the Tailed Beast Cloak of a Jinchuriki.
But these two types of Chakra armor reached the same goal through different paths: both utilized high-density Chakra to turn one’s body into a dangerous weapon of integrated offense and defense.
“Actually, there’s potential for further development of this technique, which is to inject Nature Transformation of Chakra to enhance the destructive power of the formula.” Yayoi answered.
Just like the Rasengan, Yayoi’s technique was a foundational formula that could be further extended.
The high-density Chakra enveloping his body was different from the Lightning Release Chakra Mode; it didn’t have any Nature Transformation added to it.
If, on this basis, he injected Nature Transformation…
it would be no different from wearing Wind Style: Rasenshuriken while fighting.
At that point, the power and difficulty of the formula would exceed that of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
However, Yayoi didn’t dare to attempt Nature Transformation just yet.
The power of the current foundational formula was already above the Rasengan; if he injected Nature Transformation, its power would naturally be above Wind Style: Rasenshuriken as well.
And Wind Style: Rasenshuriken was already an extremely high-risk Ninjutsu.
If he wore a Ninjutsu even more powerful than Wind Style: Rasenshuriken on his body, not only would he fail to kill the enemy, but he would also be the first to cripple himself.
“Ugh…
that sounds full of danger.” Injecting Nature Transformation into such a high-density Chakra armor—the mere thought of it made Kicho shudder, and a drop of cold sweat trickled down her smooth forehead.
Chakra imbuement itself was a very high-level Chakra control skill that required a Ninja of a certain caliber to achieve.
Integrating Nature Transformation on top of that would increase the difficulty and risk exponentially.
“I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until my body and Chakra undergo a new qualitative change before I can try injecting Nature Transformation.” After all, Wind Style: Rasenshuriken is held in the hand, whereas his technique is worn on the body at all times; the level of difficulty and risk were not even in the same league.
“So, does the current technique have a name?” Kicho asked curiously.
Naming one’s own original technique was also one of the joys of being a Ninja.
Yayoi rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then looked up at the sky, his gaze turning deep.
“This technique…
let’s call it Chakra Armament Mode.
One day, this technique will become famous throughout the Ninja World along with me.” Yayoi gave the Ninjutsu he had originally created a formal name and looked forward to the day it would become famous across the Ninja World.
Although his fame was already spreading through many surrounding countries, he wanted more than just that.
His small goal of becoming famous throughout the Ninja World was to reach the same level as Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.