Chapter 383: Sasuke Develops Amenotejikara
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Senju Tobirama felt utterly hopeless.
He never imagined that, at a time when his chakra had been drained dry and he was powerless to resist, the one who would humiliate him the most wouldn't be Uchiha Madara, but Uzumaki Naruto!
This person, who was nominally his elder brother's reincarnation, a descendant of his sister-in-law's clan, someone who had learned his Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, and the future Seventh Hokage…
Just moments ago, he and Madara, both stripped of their strength, had been locked in a battle of wits for quite some time. In the end, Madara was humiliated by Sasuke, and he himself was humiliated by Naruto.
At this moment, Tobirama felt exactly like that masked man once did.
Back then, the masked man hated the fact that he possessed the Sharingan, because it allowed him to clearly see everything that came flying toward him.
Now Tobirama felt the same, he hated that even without chakra, the reflexes and instincts he had honed through Flying Thunder God were still so sharp.
If it had been anyone else, Sasuke's use of Amenotejikara to swap positions, essentially like a Flying Thunder God mutual transfer, would have been too fast to react to.
By the time they realized what happened, Naruto would have already finished.
And since it was an Impure World Reincarnation body, they wouldn't even feel what Naruto had done.
But Tobirama was different.
The instant Naruto was swapped in, he sensed it, and his gaze immediately shifted over.
With his keen perception, he instantly noticed Naruto was "taking off" and witnessed the entire "landing" process from start to finish.
It was too much.
Tobirama closed his eyes.
First, because he didn't want to face reality for the moment.
Second, because if he didn't close them, something unpleasant was about to get into his eyes.
As for Naruto?
He had just been midair, imitating Homelander's dramatic style, shouting something like "I can do whatever I want", and was in the middle of "taking off", when suddenly a sense of weightlessness hit him, and he dropped onto a bed.
The sudden change startled him badly.
The person landed.
And so did… everything else.
Which was why, by sheer coincidence, Tobirama ended up with an extra layer of "white paint."
"This is… I'm back again?"
Naruto looked around in confusion.
Then he glanced down.
Naruto couldn't help but remark again, skirts really were convenient.
As he looked down, his peripheral vision caught sight of Tobirama lying motionless on the ground.
"Huh? Isn't that the Second Great Rock Face guy? Haven't seen you for a few days, why do you smell so… bad?"
Naruto spoke while covering his nose.
As an Impure World Reincarnation body, Tobirama had no sense of smell.
But Naruto was very much alive.
If he hadn't paid attention, it would've been fine, but the moment he leaned closer, a strange odor immediately filled his nose.
Don't get the wrong idea. This wasn't some "Boruto origin" kind of smell.
It was simply the smell of milk.
Anyone who had school-delivered milk in elementary school would know, fresh milk often had a strange odor when first delivered, and if left sitting for a while, it could smell even worse.
But that didn't mean it had gone bad, it was still drinkable.
That was exactly the smell Naruto was noticing.
Though in Naruto's case, he usually bought expired milk, which oddly didn't have that same strange smell.
Naruto carefully stepped over Tobirama's "body."
As for suddenly being transported back here while he was in the middle of "taking off", Naruto felt no embarrassment at all.
This was a genjutsu world. Why would he feel embarrassed?
At first, being suddenly brought back made Naruto think Sasuke had come to his senses and released him from the genjutsu.
But after taking a closer look at his surroundings.
The completely white Second Hokage "rock-face guy" was lying on the ground.
The house they had been staying in was now in ruins, even the roof was gone.
And there was a massive stone sphere floating in the sky.
If this wasn't a genjutsu world, then what was?
"Does Sasuke have a problem or something? Why send me back here again for no reason? Now I've got to go find those four guys again and head back to Konoha."
Naruto muttered to himself.
In his mind, Sasuke must have reset the genjutsu world, which was why he had returned to the original location.
"Sasuke! Either let me out, or stop sending me back here! Can't you just let me enjoy myself for once?!"
Before leaving, Naruto pointed angrily at the sky and shouted.
To Tobirama, all of this sounded perfectly normal.
This was just Naruto reacting to Sasuke's use of Amenotejikara.
Not long after Naruto left, Sasuke, who had swapped places with Naruto, descended slowly to the ground using Susanoo and prepared to return.
Because Sasuke had only just awakened the Rinnegan, and prematurely at that, his proficiency was far inferior to that future version of himself who had once been guided by Shiromo.
At present, Sasuke could only swap his own body with objects.
He had yet to master advanced techniques like swapping objects with other objects while keeping himself stationary, or even swapping objects with empty space.
So right now, if Sasuke wanted to return, he had no choice but to swap his own body with something over there again.
However, having just rested and then immediately using his ocular ability again, Sasuke was feeling somewhat weak.
At the moment, his Tenko (Heavenly Fox) ability could only lock onto one person, and he could only see that person, he couldn't clearly perceive the surrounding environment.
This made him immediately abandon using Naruto as the target.
After all, he couldn't risk aiming at Naruto and accidentally swapping places with him again.
So Sasuke shifted his focus to another person right beside Naruto, the Second Hokage.
He only had one chance.
Tenko (Heavenly Fox), activate!
What appeared in Sasuke's vision was still the Second Hokage lying face down.
It seemed Tobirama was still being drained of chakra by that "Uchiha grandma", unable to move.
Sasuke couldn't help but sigh.
That "Uchiha grandma" had it rough, she had to leave a mark just to absorb chakra. Unlike him, now that he had the Rinnegan, he could absorb chakra whenever he wanted.
This was the confidence he gained from absorbing Naruto's cells.
"Oh, right."
Just as Sasuke was about to swap places with the Second Hokage, he suddenly thought of something.
If the Second Hokage were simply left here, out in the wilderness, wouldn't he be at risk of being… violated by wild animals? Bears, dogs, tigers, and the like?
Sasuke was actually quite humane and thorough in his thinking.
So he decided to test an idea he had.
Using Amenotejikara to swap only part of a target.
Sasuke knew that Kakashi's Sharingan ability, Kamui, had space–time ninjutsu effects and was extremely powerful.
It could distort space and bypass all defenses to deal damage.
It could even absorb an entire exploding cesspool into its dimension.
It was both offensive and defensive.
What Sasuke currently lacked was offensive capability.
He had Tenko (Heavenly Fox) and Kokūshi (Void Sight) for gathering information, Amenotejikara for evasion, and Susanoo for defense.
But when it came to attack methods, he still relied on Susanoo's physical force and basic Lightning and Fire Release techniques.
So the question was, could he achieve something similar to Kakashi's space-tearing effect?
Sasuke wanted to try.
The Impure World Reincarnation Second Hokage was the perfect test subject.
First, an Impure World Reincarnation body didn't need to worry about injury or death, which made it ideal.
Second, an Impure World Reincarnation body could be considered a whole, yet also not entirely so.
The criteria for what counted as a "part" were more flexible.
Specifically referring to the distinction between the body and its clothing.
(End of this chapter)