Chapter 337
After 'defeating' Momoshiki and Kinshiki, the Shinobi world finally regained its long-lost peace.
Yeruashi received information from Kinshiki about the Ootsutsuki Clan and one day left the world of Shinobi, going on a journey to the distant Ootsutsuki Clan through a spatial passage.
He would expend almost all of his chakra reserve to open the spatial passageway as far as possible, and then use the reverse time flow ability to recover and re-open the spatial passageway.
In a few days.
He returned to the world of Shinobi.
Kakashi of course asked what the older brother was doing these few days.
Yeruashi calmly explained that he went on a trip to Kaguya's homeland and destroyed every enemy he met there one by one, and with the last blow accidentally destroyed the entire planet of the Ootsutsuki Clan, so he could not bring any 'gifts'.
Kakashi lost touch with reality.
About a month later.
Yeruashi left the post of Hokage at the age of twenty-eight.
Konoha welcomed the Sixth Hokage-Hatake Kakashi.
Given Kakashi's early training and immense strength, the change of Hokage didn't cause too many waves.
But many did not want to accept it.
People hoped that the Fifth Hokage would continue to rule Konoha, but Yeruashi quietly went into the shadows, transferring all his power into the hands of Kakashi.
...
A few years later.
In some house located in the northern part of Konoha.
Yeruashi sat relaxed on the sofa, holding a cup in his hand and slowly sipping his tea.
Sitting in front of him was a six-to seven-year-old teenager with medium-length silver-white hair.
"So...mating and reproduction is a natural biological instinct of any living being, whether it is the pursuit of men by women or vice versa, decent people, as a rule, will always be surrounded by a large number of representatives of the opposite sex, this can be called a mechanism of natural selection.»
"The better a person is, the more opportunities they will have to mate and pass on their genes, and those who are not good enough will not be approved by the opposite sex, which will lead to the gradual disappearance of their gene.»
After taking another sip of tea, Yeruashi carefully placed the cup on the table and continued, " Thus, the better and more attractive a person is, the more attention they will receive from the opposite sex.»
"The level of attention of the opposite sex can be considered a criterion of how good a person is.»
"So never be afraid to be surrounded by a large number of beings of the opposite sex, because this is just a manifestation of how good you are.»
"You should be proud of it.»
The child nodded understandingly.
"I understand, Uncle Yeruashi.»
"Well done.»
Yeruashi smiled with satisfaction and stood up.
At the same time.
Kakashi entered the room, wearing a Hokage cloak, and saw his son sitting in front of Yeruashi.
Kakashi looked at Yeruashi, " Brother...you didn't teach little Sora any strange things, did you?»
"Ah, how can this be?»
Yeruashi sighed and spread his hands, "I just taught him to look at some things differently, so that some unpleasant circumstances would evoke positive feelings.»
Kakashi looked at Yeruashi suspiciously.
He had a strong feeling that there was some very strange meaning in these words.
Yeruashi put on his wooden sandals and said as he left the room, " Okay, I've played with Sora enough, you can take him. Sora, come see your uncle more often.»
Kakashi stared at his brother's back as he walked away.
Only after Yeruashi left did he look at little Hatake Sora, " What did big brother just teach you?»
Sora said very seriously, " Dad, uncle said that your mask is a manifestation of self-doubt, and asked me not to take an example from you in any case.»
"I think Uncle is right.»
Kakashi:"...»
...
Yeruashi, wearing wooden sandals, appeared on the roof.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
He sauntered to the edge of the roof and looked at the horizon in the distance.
At this moment, his gaze seemed incredibly deep.
When viewed from the outside, it may seem that in the depths of Yeruashi's eyes, endless sunrises and sunsets were reflected, as if an infinite amount of time had passed in one moment.
This is the fourth ability of the illusory clock - foresight of the future!
It's not just the ability to predict the fleeting future.
This ability of the illusory clock allows you to see the distant future and its endless options!
The future is not a straight, clear line, but rather a handful of sand.
More figuratively, it's like an infinitely expanding tree diagram.
There are many forks, each of which can lead to a completely different future.
For example, the Will of Observing the world of Van Pees can only allow you to look into the future for a few seconds and see only one scenario, but the fourth ability of the illusory clock is able to see countless scenarios!
Right now.
Standing on this roof.
Yeruashi could see the end of this world.
"Disgusting ability...»
He closed his eyes, forcibly calming his emotions, and shook his head.
This ability was unlocked about two years ago.
After acquiring this ability, Yeruashi used it every time when he was interested in future events.
At the moment of its use, it is as if he is standing on a hill, looking at the countless scenarios below.
This ability is extremely powerful.
But because of this power, it also has an obvious side effect.
Foreseeing the future can easily lead to a loss of interest in the future.
After all, the whole future is already known.
The ability to clearly see all future events is actually extremely boring, to the point that in these two years, Yeruashi has lost interest in many things.
"Frequent use of this ability can lead to a complete loss of human emotions.»
Yeruashi whispered softly.
But looking at the countless possibilities of the future, he already knew that even without using this ability, he would still lose interest in this world after a few decades.
"This path does not lead to gaining control over time, but to dependence on it, if you do not make changes...»
Yeruashi looked up at the sky and whispered.
After opening the fourth ability, he received a message left by the previous owner of the illusory watch.
[The power you possess...I called it the Sands of Time]
[The Sands of Time are able to unlock a total of twelve abilities]
[After acquiring all twelve abilities, you will stand at the absolute top of all worlds and times]
[The opening of three or four or a maximum of five abilities should be quite enough to ascend to the top of some world, so I made sure that you received this message after the opening of the fourth ability...]
[The Sands of Time have the ability to travel through space and time, simply put, you can use them to travel to other worlds]
[I wanted to say that gaining all twelve abilities is not the end point, it will not mean gaining control over time...you will still continue to be a puppet of time, because your personality will continue to fade with the passage of time]
[I do not know how to resist it, how to break out of the shackles of time, how to gain true control over time...I can only keep moving forward and lose myself over time, like a time puppet]
[I tried to block my memory to try to live a new life, and each time I returned my memory after climbing to the top of the world, but this approach did not heal me, but only slowed down the process, only if I did not decide to completely abandon the past, but then I would no longer be myself]
[I can't find a way...]
[I recorded this message when I still had some traces of my identity, if you received it, it means that I failed in my journey, completely lost myself in the endless flow of time, became another loser...]
[I have passed through many worlds and experienced many beautiful moments]
[I am happy with this journey, and with the almost complete disappearance of the personality, emotions like 'unwillingness' or 'discontent' no longer exist]
[I don't even think there's anything bad or sad about it, my life has been quite fun and filled with lots of adventures]
[But time is really merciless]
[Good luck]
[I hope you will learn to control time, and not become controlled by it]
Yeruashi was silent for a very long time after receiving this message from the illusory clock.
All the experience he had experienced so far showed that there were no errors in this message.
"I do not know how much time you have experienced, but my time is just beginning.»
"I don't intend to give up on time easily...»
Yeruashi chuckled.
His gaze swept across Konoha and the entire Shinobi world.
In the depths of Yeruashi's eyes, a pale gold illusory clock appeared and emitted a faint golden glow that seemed to cover the entire sky and earth.
Buzzing!!!
A strange invisible force flared up.
Kakashi, who was asking Sora what Yeruashi had taught him, froze in place.
Kurenai, who was preparing food in the kitchen, froze.
Mae, who was bathing in the bathroom, froze.
The rolling water droplets froze motionless on her skin.
The wind stopped.
Heaven and earth.
The whole world froze.
Whether it is a living being or something else, whether it is a body or a consciousness...everything froze.
Yeruashi froze, too.
But only his body froze, and his consciousness remained in a normal state.
"Time has stopped...»
"No, it wasn't time that stopped, but I was separated from that time...»
Yeruashi quickly realized exactly what had happened.
Then.
The golden glow of the illusory clock enveloped Yeruashi's body and, like a hand, pulled him out of this time.
He appeared above the golden river.
If you look closely, you can see that every drop of this river seemed to be a miniature illusory clock, the hands of which were constantly rotating.
If you look closely, you can see that every drop of this river seemed to be a miniature illusory clock, the hands of which were constantly rotating.
While in this golden world, Yeruashi could feel his body rapidly grow old after an unknown amount of time, and then begin to grow young again, returning to infancy.
After a while.
The power that enveloped Yeruashi's body disappeared, and he fell into the golden river.
Yeruashi disappeared in the middle of the river, with golden spray flying in all directions.
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