Controlling Time, Starting From Naruto Chapter 264: Zero-Tails, Nothingness [27] - Novel Cool

Chapter 264: Zero-Tails, Nothingness [27]

Chapter 264: Zero-Tails, Nothingness [27]

Feng Ye's figure, striding out from the rain onto the rooftop, exuded an aura of aloofness and solitude, as if he were detachedly overlooking everything beneath him. However, as he stepped into the Hokage building, that atmosphere was instantly shattered.

Anko Mitarashi appeared out of thin air, throwing her arms around Feng Ye's arm. With wide eyes, she looked up at him and said, "Mas… no, Hokage-sama, I want to become stronger, too..."

Lin had become the jinchuriki of the Three-Tails.

Kakashi had obtained the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Even her close friend, Kurenai Yuhi, had become the jinchuriki of the Seven-Tails. Everyone's strength had surpassed her to the point where she could only look up to them, and she was merely a Chunin at present.

"You're already very strong."

Feng Ye smiled gently at Anko, "You're already teaching Red, aren't you?"

Anko paused, feeling the urge to deny it, but then she remembered something, and her face turned red. She averted her gaze, feeling guilty and sheepish.

"No... I haven't..."

"Is that so?"

Feng Ye's smile at Anko made her feel even more guilty.

She reluctantly let go of Feng Ye's arm.

Dong!

Feng Ye's smile faded, and he tapped her forehead with his finger, making her let out a sound of surprise. She rubbed her head and took a step back.

"If you had diligently practiced what I taught you every day, you should at least be a Jonin by now. Instead, you've wasted your time goofing off. Don't you think it's time for some self-reflection?"

"But I have been practicing!"

Anko puffed out her cheeks in response.

Feng Ye glanced at her, "You call that training? Merely three hours a day... Even if I don't expect you to reach Kakashi's level, you should at least be training for thirty hours a day to consider it proper cultivation."

"There are only twenty-four hours in a day," Anko muttered.

Feng Ye gave her a sideways glance as he walked down the corridor. "In my Time Barrier, you can gain more training time. But it seems you've only been there twice."

Kakashi's current strength was not only linked to Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan but also to his own diligent training.

Feng Ye's Time Domain was set to a five-times time acceleration and was opened and closed in the underground second-floor training room of the Hokage's office every morning and evening.

When one entered, they brought two days' worth of food, and from morning to night, it was almost like spending two days there.

Kakashi was seventeen years old, but his physical age was over twenty, which meant he had gained three extra years of training. This was the foundation of his formidable strength.

"But to train there, I'd have to stay inside for two whole days..."

Anko pouted at Feng Ye, "If I went in too often, I'd end up older than Red, and my youthful vitality would be gone."

Hearing Anko's words, Feng Ye found it a bit amusing. The azure light in his eyes flickered as he scanned her body, then placed his hand on her shoulder.

A strand of chakra entered her body, probing briefly before he withdrew it.

"With your current physical condition, even if you became a jinchuriki, you wouldn't be able to fully bear and control the tailed beast's chakra. You'd have to seal away the beast's power and wouldn't be able to utilize it directly like Red and Lin do without seals."

"To increase your strength, you must either work hard in your training or endure things that ordinary people can't. There are no easy fruits to be plucked."

"There are," Feng Ye replied, giving Anko a sidelong glance. "For example, possessing immense resilience, enduring darkness that is beyond the capacity of mortals, and harnessing the power of 'Zero-Tails, Nothingness'... Do you want to give it a try?"

The Zero-Tails, Nothingness, was neither among the nine tailed beasts from One-tail to Nine-tails, nor was it a part of the Ten-tails. However, once fully controlled, it possessed power surpassing that of ordinary tailed beasts. Its strength stemmed from a core of dark chakra, a conglomeration of the world's darkness.

This was one of the forbidden techniques created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, through his research on the Uchiha clan's Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan.

The Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha clan would activate upon experiencing immense emotional stimuli, especially during mental inversions and darkening of consciousness. This could even lead to a direct evolution from the Two-Tomoe to the Mangekyo, skipping the Three-Tomoe stage.

Tobirama Senju, having studied this power for many years, developed an alternative forbidden technique to guide the Zero-Tails, Nothingness, and harness its power.

Due to the extremely challenging nature of controlling the power of the Zero-Tails, Nothingness, the consequences of its manifestation were even more severe than when a member of the Uchiha clan awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, leading to a high propensity for darkness and corruption. Thus, Tobirama Senju had sealed away this technique as a forbidden jutsu after its creation.

"Zero-Tails... Nothingness?" Anko asked, slightly astonished. "I thought there were only nine tailed beasts, from One-tail to Nine-tails?"

Feng Ye shook his head. "The Zero-Tails is not among the nine tailed beasts. It's a different kind of power, controlled through a forbidden jutsu created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju."

After some hesitation, a determined look appeared on Anko's face, and she said, "I want to try."

Feng Ye tilted his head to glance at her, pondered for a moment, and then nodded.

"Alright, then. Let's give it a shot," he agreed.

Although this technique was a forbidden jutsu, and the Zero-Tails was incredibly difficult to control, to Feng Ye, who had already reached the level of the Six Paths, it merely seemed like an application of Yin-Release spiritual chakra.

He could make certain improvements to this technique.

Of course, even with the improvements, one could not avoid bearing a certain amount of pressure from the darkness. However, Feng Ye thought that Anko might just be a good fit for it. After all, in her normal development, she also had to bear the darkness that came with Orochimaru's defection and his cursed seal.

Feng Ye led Anko to a room at the very end of the third-floor corridor. The room was spacious and empty, containing only a few scrolls placed on shelves.

Feng Ye picked up one of the scrolls, made some alterations to the technique created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, for manipulating the Zero-Tails, Nothingness, and wrote them down on the scroll.

Then, he handed the scroll to Anko. "Take a look at this. If you still decide to cultivate this technique after understanding it, follow me to the back mountain, and I'll guide you through the process."

Anko took the scroll, her usual lively and playful demeanor subdued as she seriously perused the contents of the scroll. As she read, her expression became increasingly solemn.

After a moment, she took a breath and looked at Feng Ye. "I still want to try."

"Alright," Feng Ye nodded slightly, and led her out of the Hokage's office, soon arriving at the back mountain.

(End of Chapter)

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