"It activated the Yotsuki Bloodline upon detecting a clan member with a special bloodline..."
"That means the Uchiha clan now has a member of the Yotsuki clan?"
"Given the current situation, it could only be through marriage..."
Uchiha Yuzuru muttered to himself.
Thinking of this, Yuzuru walked directly toward where the crowd was gathering.
"It's Patriarch Yuzuru! Patriarch Yuzuru is here!"
"Quick! Make way, let Patriarch Yuzuru go to the front."
"To receive Patriarch Yuzuru's blessing... this couple is truly too lucky."
The crowd parted to form a path, and Uchiha Yuzuru walked slowly up to the newlyweds.
The groom was a young man who looked about twenty. Seeing Yuzuru approach, he immediately stood up straight and bowed. "Patriarch Yuzuru!"
Uchiha Yuzuru nodded.
It was just as he had guessed. The system notification must have been triggered by this girl named Yotsuki Sakura.
He hadn't expected that he could awaken the corresponding bloodline when a clan member married someone with a special bloodline.
Truly an unexpected harvest.
After a brief thought, Uchiha Yuzuru smiled and spoke, "I was just passing by and saw a wedding being held, so I stopped to take a look. I hope I haven't disturbed you."
Seeing the groom's excitement, Yotsuki Sakura, standing beside him, grumbled, "Honestly, I haven't seen you this happy even about marrying me."
Uchiha Yuzuru couldn't help but interject with a smile at Yotsuki Sakura, "Most of our clansmen have this kind of personality. If he has a good relationship with you, then you have to interpret his words of affection in reverse."
Hearing this, Yotsuki Sakura burst out laughing. "That's right. At first, I thought he hated me. If I hadn't persisted, I really wouldn't have known he liked me too."
"Hey! Why bring that up..."
"I'm just saying." Yotsuki Sakura hugged Uchiha Kaze's arm. "Do you know how happy I am to have finally caught you?"
Looking at the blushing Uchiha Kaze, Uchiha Yuzuru said, "Alright, I have some things to attend to, so I'll be going. I wish you a happy marriage."
"Safe travels, Lord Patriarch!"
After bidding farewell to Uchiha Kaze and Yotsuki Sakura, Uchiha Yuzuru didn't go straight home. Instead, he found a secluded spot and used Kamui to enter the Kamui dimension.
He sat down cross-legged and began to carefully sense the changes in his body.
As time passed, the smile on Uchiha Yuzuru's face grew deeper.
Although the Yotsuki Bloodline within him had only evolved by 1%, he could already feel the physical changes.
The Yotsuki Bloodline had increased his cellular strength and somewhat enhanced his adaptability to Lightning Release chakra.
At the same time, due to the increased cellular strength, his chakra volume had also grown slightly.
Uchiha Yuzuru was certain that if he evolved the Yotsuki Bloodline to 100%, his body would undergo a heaven-and-earth transformation.
"As expected, a body capable of cultivating the Lightning Release Chakra Mode is absolutely extraordinary."
When he first arrived in Kumogakure, he had already begun cultivating the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. However, under that violent power, his cells simply couldn't withstand it.
In the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, his cells didn't increase in activity; instead, they died outright.
From then on, Uchiha Yuzuru had guessed that the bodies of the Third Raikage and A were definitely different from ordinary people.
Now it seemed his guess was correct.
If the bloodlines of the Uzumaki and Senju clans could enhance cell activity, thereby accelerating cell division to obtain powerful chakra and recovery abilities...
Then the Yotsuki clan's bloodline could greatly enhance cellular strength, thereby granting stronger defense and endurance.
Once the cellular strength reached a certain level, the cells wouldn't die from being unable to withstand the violent lightning release coursing through the body.
As for the adaptability of cells to Lightning Release chakra, that was likely a natural evolution from the Yotsuki clan living in a place like the Land of Lightning for generations.
Having figured this out, the excitement in Uchiha Yuzuru's eyes grew.
The Third Raikage's constitution was already freakish enough.
Fighting ten thousand Iwa ninja led by Onoki alone for three days and three nights, battling a rampaging Eight-Tails until both were exhausted, tanking a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken with an Impure World Reincarnation body...
But Uchiha Yuzuru had a hunch that once he evolved the Yotsuki Bloodline to 100%, his constitution would definitely be stronger than the Third Raikage's, not weaker!
"System, if I directly change the surnames of other people willing to join the Uchiha clan and add them to the genealogy, can I get rewards?"
[Rewards can only be obtained through marriage and bearing offspring.]
Uchiha Yuzuru had anticipated the system's answer.
The Family System used marriage and blood relations as the bond to increase the population.
If outsiders could count as family members just by casually changing their surname, that would indeed be a bit too ridiculous.
"Judging from the current situation, every time a Yotsuki marries an Uchiha, the evolution progress increases by 1%. To raise the bloodline to 100%, I only need one hundred marriages with Yotsuki clan members."
"No, if I count the children born, this number will be even smaller."
Uchiha Yuzuru nodded secretly. These conditions weren't harsh.
The Yotsuki clan had many members with personalities like Yotsuki Sakura. Given the good looks of the Uchiha clansmen, achieving this goal wouldn't be difficult.
Having clarified his thoughts, Uchiha Yuzuru stood up and left the Kamui dimension.
Since the addition of other special bloodlines could grant him rewards, he should look for more special bloodlines to continuously improve himself.
If he used the Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines to strengthen his body, the Uchiha bloodline to strengthen his spirit, and the Kaguya bloodline to strengthen his bones...
Would there be a day when he could obtain a perfect body like the Sage of Six Paths?
No, perhaps even stronger than the Sage of Six Paths.
After all, the bloodline of Hamura Ōtsutsuki still circulated in this ninja world.
When he emerged from the Kamui dimension, it was already late at night.
Uchiha Yuzuru returned to the courtyard and found the lights still on in Uzumaki Kushina's room.
Walking over, he saw the door wasn't closed, so he went straight in.
Inside the room, Uzumaki Kushina was lying on the table, fast asleep.
Seeing this, Uchiha Yuzuru stepped forward, gently picked her up, and placed her on the bed.
However, while he was tucking her in, an accidental collision woke her up with a start.
Seeing Uchiha Yuzuru, Uzumaki Kushina froze for a moment, then crossed her arms over her chest. "Y-Yuzuru, why are you here? What were you doing just now?"
Seeing her guarded look, Uchiha Yuzuru said calmly, "When someone tucks you in while you're sleeping, you only need to say 'thank you,' not ungrateful things like 'Why are you here?' or 'What did you just do?'"
"Eh?"
"Eh what? Say thank you."
Feeling Uchiha Yuzuru's gaze, Kushina spoke in a daze, "Th-thank you..."
Seeing that Uzumaki Kushina had forgotten to pursue what happened just now, Uchiha Yuzuru changed the subject. "Kushina, why did you fall asleep on the table with the door open?"
"Don't wait for me in the future. I'll definitely come find you first when I get back."
Uchiha Yuzuru stroked Kushina's hair. "Even if you're asleep, I'll sneak in to see you."
Hearing this, Uzumaki Kushina's small face flushed red, and she pouted. "Pervert!"
Yes, that's the feeling.
Uchiha Yuzuru revealed a satisfied smile and said, "It's too late today. Go to sleep. We'll eat together tomorrow."
"Got it. I'll call Mikoto along."
"Such a good girl."
"Bah!"
After chatting with Uzumaki Kushina for a while, Uchiha Yuzuru returned to his own room.
If he remembered correctly, there was actually another clan with a special bloodline in the Land of Lightning.
Come to think of it, that clan had some history with the Uchiha clan.
The next day.
Uchiha Yuzuru slept until noon before stretching and walking out of his room.
As soon as he went out, he saw Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto whispering in the courtyard.
Seeing this scene, Uchiha Yuzuru walked over with a smile, wrapping an arm around each of them. "Kushina, Mikoto, good morning."
Uchiha Mikoto lowered her head shyly, while Uzumaki Kushina struggled symbolically before saying, "It's already noon, you big lazy pig."
Uchiha Yuzuru said with some dissatisfaction, "Kushina, watch your words, or I'll spank you."
Uzumaki Kushina huffed lightly. "I'm not afraid of you. Senior Rikka has already adopted me as his foster daughter."
"If you bully me or Mikoto in the future, I'll go complain to Senior Rikka."
Hearing this, Uchiha Yuzuru looked at Uchiha Mikoto curiously. "Mikoto, is what Kushina said true?"
"Mn."
Uchiha Mikoto nodded with a smile. "So, you're the one who should be careful from now on."
Sisters...
One black-haired, one red-haired; one gentle, one lively...
Even more exciting, alright!
Uchiha Yuzuru didn't reply, but a sentence unconsciously floated into his mind.
What do you mean by double the dowry?
After having lunch with Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina, Uchiha Yuzuru arrived at the Raikage Building.
In the secret archives, Uchiha Yuzuru found records concerning the Chinoike clan.
There wasn't much information, so Uchiha Yuzuru quickly understood the gist of the Chinoike clan's situation.
According to the records, the Chinoike clan had lived in the Land of Lightning for generations and possessed a kekkei genkai called the Ketsuryūgan, which could use blood as a medium to turn other people's bodies into human bombs.
During the Warring States Era, a woman from the Chinoike clan married the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning. The Daimyo's doting on her aroused the jealousy of his official wife.
Coincidentally, not long after the woman married the Daimyo, the Daimyo suddenly died.
The Daimyo's official wife blamed everything on the Chinoike woman.
The woman was forced to commit suicide, and the Chinoike clan was implicated, with all clansmen imprisoned in the Valley of Hell in the Land of Lightning.
And the ones responsible for guarding them were the Uchiha clan.
Later, when the Uchiha clan and Senju clan joined forces to establish Konoha, the task of guarding the Chinoike clan was transferred to Kumogakure.
To this day, the Chinoike clansmen were still not permitted to leave the Valley of Hell.
"How truly miserable."
Just because of the jealousy of the Daimyo's wife, the Chinoike clan had been imprisoned for hundreds of years.
If nothing changed, the Chinoike clan would be imprisoned forever, until their extinction...
Despite possessing powerful strength, in the eyes of those daimyo and nobles, they were nothing more than tools that could be discarded at will.
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