Book One: The Rise of the Blue-Haired Devil.

      The first thing I did was learn the technique from the scroll. I did this a week after arriving in the land of Demons. I spent this time studying the seal that sealed the demon Morye. Why didn’t I immediately start working on the scroll that Kagami gave me? Chakra... I needed a lot of chakra to master the shadow cloning technique. I was exhausted all this time. In addition, I needed to partially restore the volume of the Yin seal. Overall, I understood that Morgana used the Five Elements Seal, even if it was crooked. Naturally, it was not very suitable for containing the soul of a demon, which is why Morier was able to recover quite quickly. According to my estimates, we didn’t even have three years. It took the demon three years to fully recover, but it took much less time to destroy the seal. How can such seals be destroyed? Undoubtedly, such seals are very strong against any ninja in battle, but with a huge release of chakra, such fuinjutsu broke. It is worth recognizing that constant exposure also greatly weakens the seal of the five elements. It was Morier who guessed about the last property, slowly and unnoticed by everyone except me, destroying the seal. Taking into account all my arguments and calculations, the demon will be able to break out within a year. Yes, he will be greatly weakened after this, so defeating him in this state should not be a problem, but it is better to avoid this so as not to cause a stir in the village. Still, now there are not many ninjas in Akuma No Mura, and most of them are young kids who require an individual approach. It's a pity that today the ceiling for all of them is jounin. Another thing is that I was once the same as them.       I would like to point out that I have no respect for ninjas whose strength rests solely on their bloodline. These include Gengetsu Hozuki and So. Yes, they are both strong shinobi of the present time. What can I say... the second mizukage is very difficult to injure at all due to his hydration technique and special illusion. However, I don't put his powers at kage level at this point. His defense is excellent, but his sword is only water techniques. Don't think... I don't have anything against Suiton techniques, but the level that Byakuren showed is much higher than what Gengetsu showed. Yes, the First Mizukage was already quite old and experienced in using the techniques of this element, but this imposes a requirement on Gengetsu for the future. The second mizukage is young. He is in the prime of his powers and now he will be looking for his perfect sword. It will be interesting to look at him in five years. Then he will be at the peak of his strength. So far he has not proven to me that he is worthy of his strength. What I mean? His power ceiling is much higher than that of other ninjas, but at his age he has not yet reached it. This is already a signal about his character. He can be compared to the same Muu or, even better, to his student, Ōnoki. Ōnoki looked about sixteen years old now. At such a young age, he was able to learn the element of Dust. Yes, he will still have to improve his skills in using it for a long time, but the very fact that he was able to master the extended genome, which includes three elements at once, already amazed me. Yes, in a one-on-one battle between Oonoki and Gengetsu, I would still bet on the first, but it’s worth waiting another ten years, after which I’m sure that Oonoki’s sword will become more skillful, leaving no chance of victory for the second mizukage. But in the battle of two second generation kage (Stone and Mist), I would bet on Muu to win. Now it even began to seem to me that Muu had simply managed to combine three elements into one. Yes, I was beginning to believe that the second Tsuchikage was not born with the element of Dust, but created it himself. This made me respect this kage personally. However, let's get back to the main thing. Morgana, who was finally able to appear in the real world while taking on human form, was a very good ruler. It is worth noting that the Demon Country did not have a daimyo, so most of the work that the villagers and ninja did was unpaid. Their beliefs are what allowed Akuma no Mura to appear. People believed in the power of their priestess so much that they were ready to work day and night for protection, but it is worth recognizing that Morgana did not demand this from them. She divided the responsibilities among all residents. Some were engaged in building houses, others were fishing in the river nearby, and still others began raising livestock in pens. Most people were still living in tents, but this issue was soon to be resolved. The sorceress was in no hurry to start trading with other countries, because there was no point in it. I have to admit that she didn’t leave me idle either. I was supposed to train the first generation of ninja of the Akuma No Mura village. Moreover, they made it clear to me not to give them any concessions. Five years - that’s how much time they gave me to turn a hundred kids into real ninjas. The children's ages ranged from six to eight years. Fortunately, they gave me time to rest. I had exactly one month to heal all my wounds. Yumiko also did not stand aside. She herself volunteered to become the head of the hospital. They didn’t go there very often, because no one was seriously injured, and for little things, most were embarrassed to go there. So my fiancée did the same thing as me. She taught ninja medical techniques. Moreover, age was not important in this direction. All that mattered was the desire of the student. Yes, with age, the ninja’s circulation system became calmer and more easily subordinate to its master, but also more stony. Most ninja emphasized learning ninjutsu, believing that genjutsu was too difficult to learn and taijutsu was useless against ninjutsu. In some ways, they are right, but from a certain level, any ninja begins to combine taijutsu and ninjutsu.       A prime example of this was the Raikage. He used nintaijutsu to defeat his opponents. The lightning chakra mode was his calling card. Stimulating cells using the element of lightning is very dangerous for an unprepared ninja, and my instincts told me that the Raikage not only stimulates cells in his body, but also neurons, and this was truly a double-edged sword. Why was it necessary to stimulate neurons? Reaction... it's all about reaction speed. It was hard to believe that a ninja could react to such speed without any peculiarities. By features I mean dojutsu or vast combat experience. Byakuren was a very strong warrior, so defeating him became a very difficult task. Near sources of water, the first mizukage, one might say, became unkillable. It's a pity that his opponent was the first raikage. Still, the Hozuki clan's hydration technique was weak against the element of lightning. Only experience and Samehada allowed the Mizukage to remain on equal terms with the Raikage. How do I know all this? Yumiko... she told me everything. She couldn't see the whole battle, but she still saw a small part of it. On the way, she spoke with admiration about the power of the kage. The power of a kage is far from the ceiling of this world.       The Six Paths Sage level was as follows. Already his strength was extolled as divine strength. He was considered a God, but even his strength paled in comparison to the strength of his mother, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. It’s surprising that I was far from even the Sage of the Six Paths. My body was already stronger than the other kages, but I was not far behind them. On the way to the power of the Sage of the Six Paths there were many barriers that were insurmountable for ordinary ninjas. But not for me. I set a goal for myself - to become so strong that Yumiko would always be safe. I had little doubt that Kekkei Mora would give me the ability to control life and death. This is the power that can decide the fate of this world. I knew that my current body was not capable of studying any other element, because I had no affinity with it, so I decided to look for the answer in science. Fortunately, there were several old devices in the village, however, in order not to leave the village unprotected, I had to train a new generation of ninjas, as well as train myself. It was impossible to do everything at once, but I had the shadow cloning technique at hand, which literally saved me in this regard. It must be admitted that this technique was truly incredible. It was difficult to even imagine that someone could create such a technique. Why am I surprised though? This is Tobirama Senju... he created a technique that violates the very principles of life and death...       Two months have passed…       I was over the moon when I found out that Yumiko was pregnant. It was a gift from above for me. I tried to devote more time to her. But I didn’t forget about training. I have another reason to become stronger. It was still too early to talk about the gender of the child, but this did not stop us from starting to choose a name for our child. For a long time we could not come to a common opinion, so we agreed that if it was a boy, then I would call him, and if it was a girl, then she. As a result, the boy would be named Hiruko, and the girl Miroku. I began training children at the ninja academy, which they managed to build by the opening date. More precisely, my shadow clone was training them. I myself trained outside the village so as not to attract unnecessary attention. Another shadow clone of mine was always next to Yumiko, protecting her from all dangers. My fiancée, even while pregnant, continued to train the younger generation of medical ninjas. Now the young kunoichi have begun to move on to practice. Their theoretical knowledge was already sufficient for this. Of course, Yumiko did not allow them into the hospital right away. They all trained on recently deceased fish. For the first month, I decided to teach the youngsters not only theory, but also practice. I was afraid from the very beginning to give them bladed weapons, but no one canceled physical training. Yes, I was more merciful than the overseer in the arena where I had been a slave in the past, but the children were still very tired. I have already outlined a plan for their training. I saw the training program in Konoha. She was very gentle. The idea was that young ninja would receive basic skills from their individual sensei after the academy. I didn't like it. I decided that the children would go through all the theory in a year, after which they would practice for four years. I will approach each of them more responsibly, trying to identify their strengths and weaknesses. This is the only way I can form strong teams of genin. By strong I mean not only the strength of each individual member, but also their team power. The team must strengthen each of its individual members, covering their weaknesses. I would have loved to make each of them a versatile fighter, but I was pretty sure that wasn't possible for most of them. Many were deprived of a strong body, so I tried to bring their physical fitness to at least average. For them it was already becoming hell. On the other hand, others had severe chakra problems. They simply couldn't control it. I was not interested in their origins, but it was obvious to me that they came from ordinary families where they did not use chakra. Therefore, from the very beginning, they broke through their ceiling, trying their best to prove to everyone else that they were capable of becoming ninjas. For some reason, I had no doubt about these children. With my support, they are quite capable of breaking through their ceiling.       I didn't even bother with genjutsu. There was not a single ninja in the village who possessed this ninja path. Yes, experienced shinobi wanderers who became part of the village could dispel simple illusions, but nothing more. Yumiko also changed her name. Now in front of people I couldn’t really say her name. For everyone else, she bore the big name - Kira. We decided to postpone our wedding for a year. It was Yumiko's idea, who didn't want to be a bride with a belly at the wedding. I had nothing against it. About a month ago, I sent a message to Mito using the call of snakes. The answer has not yet come, but I told Uzumaki about everything that happened to me. In addition, a few days ago a new shinobi appeared in the new village. Mok managed to find us. He was a good tracker, so this was not surprising. He was very happy for us and started sponsoring us financially. He also told us some terrible news. Our clan, the Yuki clan, suffered greatly in the Shinobi World War. Our numbers were already not large, and now we were already on the verge of extinction. Of the hundred ninja who fought for the Mist, only about twenty survived. The rest either died or lost their ability to be shinobi, suffering serious injuries. Most of them died at the front in the country of Rivers. The future second kazekage was very skilled in handling several puppets, so inexperienced ninja could not resist him. The remainder suffered at the front with Oblak. The storm element of the future second raikage easily broke the ice barriers. Only the Uzumaki confidently stopped him, but before their arrival several ninjas managed to die. Moku suggested that I secretly lead the entire Yuki clan out of the Mist by transporting them to Akuma No Mura. I agreed with his proposal, but we both understood that now was not the time for this. First, the ninja village of the Demon Country must strengthen itself, otherwise the Fog can easily sweep it off the face of the world. Yes, I can repel this attack together with Yumiko and Morgana, but then our secrecy will be pointless. Other villages will unite against us and we will have a huge army led by five kage. Even if Tobirama is on our side, I'm not sure of our victory. And it was difficult to evaluate the results of the victory. Most likely, each village is already preparing a new successor to the post of kage, but at the moment this is still an inexperienced ninja. According to Moku, a huge number of small ninja villages have formed in the world. These villages are now under pressure from the great ninja villages. What will happen when the weak feel the weakness of the strong? Of course they will rise up, unleashing a new ninja world war. Real chaos will begin in the world, the consequences of which are very difficult to predict. Therefore, now it is better to stay in the shadows and not stick your head out too much. My clone carefully studied everything that was written in the Temple of the Gods, in which I was able to talk with Kaguya. He was looking for tips on how to learn all eight chakra elements. He himself first tried to study the Eight Inner Gates technique, which Yumiko invented together with her sensei. But I quickly ran into huge problems in this direction. The element of ice, the evolution of ice, rebuilt my body to such an extent that my tonketsu began to merge. So, together with the eight tonketsu in my body, there were now only three main tonketsu, responsible for the entire circulation of chakra in my body. I decided to postpone this question until better times, because conducting tests on myself blindly was such an idea. This was the reason why I took up the Albino Flying Thunder God technique. It must be admitted that the space-time technique was very dangerous for any ninja. Even for me, because the essence of the technique was that it was necessary to compress living matter and then move it to another place. In this case, such a place was the seal of the Flying Thunder God, which was a conduit for teleportation. I created the seal for my teleportation myself, because for each user of this technique it should be unique. I think it’s worth explaining the principle of operation of this technique in more detail.       The Flying Thunder God technique was not exactly teleportation. She had a unique fast movement technique. Tobirama couldn't teach it to anyone. Even Sarutobi, his best student, still hasn't mastered it. The problem was in the idea itself. It was based on the soul techniques of the Yamanaka clan. Marvelous? I didn’t understand how either until I tried it myself. In fact, during the transfer, Tobirama first moved his soul to the seal in which his chakra was stored, after which his body moved to the seal. But it moved not in the real world, but in the spiritual one, which was created by the seal. That is, roughly speaking, the two seals created between themselves a narrow passage outside of time, along which first the soul moved, and then the ninja’s body. Separating the soul from the body required incredible willpower, as well as the cultivation of the Yin and Yang elements. The Yin element allowed the soul to separate from the body. In addition, this element made it possible to achieve a sufficient reaction speed for quickly orienting after movement. The element Yang, in turn, allowed the body to withstand the pressure from movement. After all, a body moving without a soul in another space gave rise to strange thoughts. In fact, this is a common reaction of any body to the tearing out of the soul. The soul is the Yin element, but the body is the Yang element. Only by being together do they find balance. They are like two parts of one whole that will always attract each other. This is what Tobirama took advantage of. I decided to improve the albino’s technique using the elements of ice. Based on my sketches, I decided to use ice mirrors as teleportation points. I haven't made any serious progress yet. Yes, and this technique is effective when fighting at a fairly close distance, but with teleportation over long distances it was necessary to come up with something. Moku was a wealthy enough man that he officially became the daimyo of the Demon Country. His name hit the ears of the daimyos of the five great countries very loudly. The Daimyo of the Land of Water, who once had a boss-subordinate relationship with him, was especially surprised. The world was inspired, holding its breath in anticipation.       Every great ninja village did the same thing. Preparing the new generation. This required money from the country's daimyo, who reluctantly parted with it. Still, the shinobi brought him quite a large profit. It was not in his interests to lose such a source of income. In addition, the ninja village acted as the main protective barrier between all the daimyo. The long-awaited peace has come to the world, albeit temporary, but still peace. Why temporary? Because all the kages were preparing for a new war. More precisely, the four countries wanted to avenge their fallen comrades in the war, and all the kages were on guard, fearing an unexpected stab in the back. They were especially afraid of the most powerful ninja in the world. Yes, no one called him that, but the reward of one hundred million Ryo on his head spoke for itself. Michiko Yuki became the person every kage was looking for.