Nindō 0143: Lost (2/2)

Boruto silently flew through the air with no real destination in mind as he contemplated what he would do now.

[Do I just lay low for however many years it takes until the two realities collide? What then? Am I just supposed to watch as my home ceases to exist, or worse? I can't even talk to Mom or Hima anymore…]

[Don't be too worried about what the future holds, Boruto. I already have a simple plan in mind for what I want you to do there. I will make sure you are safe and get the training you need while also being able to talk to your mother and Himawari. But before that, I need to do some training of my own.]

[Can I talk to them as well?] He smiled lightly.

[Yes, but I will need some time. My first priority will be something else, however. I want to make sure of your safety in that world.]

[How will you do that?]

[I will have to figure out a way to create a Shadow Clone of myself with the mark on your hand. You saw how I was able to cast a jutsu through it, right?]

[Yes. What is this black orb thingy? I've never seen a jutsu like this that can be manipulated like clay but is incomparably robust.]

[These are the Truth-Seeker Orbs. A technique used by the Sage of Six Paths. It requires more than just chakra to work.]

[Meaning?]

[Some abilities require more than just a person's chakra. They are inherent in the bloodline. Like Sarada's Sharingan, Mitsuki's Sage Mode transformation, and more. These Truth-Seeker Orbs are a similar technique.]

[You have this kind of a bloodline? I thought that the Uzumaki only had high chakra capacity. Can I learn to use this as well?]

[I can't fault you for being ignorant about your clan's bloodline techniques. All you got was slightly enhanced chakra and some sealing talent. The Truth-Seeker Orbs don't come from our bloodline. They come from a different source—divinity. I will come to that later. Coming back to what I need to train, I'll show you.]

Boruto suddenly felt as if he was injected with more chakra through the mark on his hand. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.

[Can you understand the anomaly?]

[You can't control your chakra after it enters my body. I can't feel your emotions through it, either. It's like the chakra that comes through the mark is all mine.]

[Precisely. While my analogy of chakra being a connecting force still stands, the chakra coming through the Dominion Mark is filtered and turns into your chakra. That prevents me from casting a normal jutsu. That's what I need to train to do. I want to be able to create a shadow clone to both support and train you in that world. When the time comes, I want you to be able to take care of yourself.]

[I want to help as well. Dad. You just told me that everything I know is going to be destroyed in a few years. I can't just stand still and train without doing anything.]

[I understand that, my son. And I want you to help as well because you are the only person on that side as far as I am aware. But you are too weak to do anything for the time being. I will need a few days to figure out how to send a clone your way to help you. Once that is done, you are to spend the next few months training to be strong enough to at least match the usual Kage. We will move on to Kiri after that. Take over and use it as your base to spread chaos through the entire world. I'm of no mind to let you sit and twiddle your thumbs either, but you have to be able to beat, or at the very least assassinate, a Kage to make any real difference.]

[Good. I'll listen to you, Dad.]

[Are you out of the village yet? I can't actually see where you're going. I'm just moving the Truth-Seeker Orb in a straight line, hoping that you don't end up colliding with the outer wall or something.]

[What the hell, Dad! Let me down! We crossed Konoha minutes ago.] Boruto suddenly panicked.

[Easy, easy. It's not like you're moving too fast. I'll let you down slowly.]

As Boruto landed on the ground, he found himself in the forest with no real direction in sight.

[Where do I go? I'm kinda hungry.]

[Look for a town nearby. You were at the same spot in Training Ground Four when you woke up, right? In what direction did you move?]

Boruto looked at the position of the sun in the sky and roughly estimated his position.

[East.]

[Turn toward the northeast and keep going forward. It's not the closest town, but you should reach there in a few hours.]

[Got it …] Boruto took off in that direction. [By the way, you were going to tell me how you used these … Truth-Seeker Orbs. Using divinity or whatever.]

[It doesn't really affect you for the time being, but since you're curious, I'll tell you. You can think of divinity as an authority. Similar to how as Hokage, I have authority over everyone in the village.]

[On what does that authority impose itself?]

[Good question. Divinity is the authority over reality itself. Using chakra, we can achieve an inferior level of this by converting it into another form using Nature Transformation. Everything related to Chakra is done through Nature Transformation, in one form or the other. If you don't know what kind of Nature Transformation is being used, it is generally Yin Release or Yang Release. For example, the Transformation Jutsu. It is a very basic academy-level jutsu that is cast using Yin Release. That's why I was shit at it during my academy days because I was incompatible with anything related to Yin Release.]

[You couldn't use the transformation jutsu?]

[Yep. I was almost expelled from the academy without becoming a ninja because I was so bad at it.]

[Woah… To think you were bad at something.]

[Getting back on topic. Divinity works differently from Chakra-based methods. If we look at the most reality-altering feats. Sasuke's Amenotejikara, most of the unique abilities that Ōtsutsuki possesses, and more. All of them are based on divinity.]

[What about summoning? It works on chakra but is also able to allow teleportation.]

[Haha … That's where the rulebreakers called the Uzumaki come in. I'll explain that once I tell you about divinity.]

[Do Summoning techniques originate from our clan?] Boruto's eyes shone in curiosity, but Naruto didn't satisfy his urge, instead moving back to divinity.

[Divinity is an authority that manipulates reality. We've established that. How does it do that? Boiled down, it commands reality to take action in a specific manner in accordance with the technique utilized.]

[What?]

[Explaining Quantum Theory will take a while. I will give you an in-depth lesson on that stuff when we start learning about divinity. But essentially, all unobserved matter in the universe is in a probabilistic state between existence and non-existence regarding its position and momentum. When an observer sees something, say a leaf, its probability of existing at a specific position shifts to a hundred percent, making its momentum uncertain. Now, when unobserved, everything that can be deemed as an observer is a factor that the probability depends on. Let us take the example of gravity, the pulling force that keeps us grounded on Earth. Have you ever wondered why something falls to the ground naturally?]

[It just does.]

[Yeah, it doesn't just. Gravity is a rule. That rule is what makes things attracted to infinitely large masses. It is these rules that allow an observer to interact with matter and affect its probability of existing. Divinity is the authority one possesses to modify these rules. I'll take the example of Sasuke's Amenotejikara. It exchanges his position with a target, right? Let's say that Sasuke is present at point A and his target is at point B. Amenotejikara simply modifies the probability of Sasuke existing at point A to zero and that of him existing at point B to a hundred. It does the same for his opponent, and they change positions instantly.]

[I'm not sure I get it.]

[That's because I just gave you such an oversimplified explanation that it is pretty much inaccurate. You will understand as I teach you about the theories behind how the universe works. As for how I am able to utilize divinity to create the Truth-Seeker Orbs while being unable to cast normal jutsu, it's simple. Divinity allows me to create a template of the Orb on your end before I pour a large amount of chakra, some of which is still under my control and escapes through your mark and coalesces into the mark. I quickly sucked back the extra infused chakra to not overwhelm you with its presence.]

[Man, I was excited when you told me about this divinity thing, but now I'm just dreading what you're going to make me learn. You didn't even tell me how summoning factors into all this.]

[Strength doesn't come easy, my son. You have to toil. Even if there are things you don't like, you have to do them if you wish to get stronger. And Summoning… well, it's simple, really. Every Jutsu related to summoning comes from the Uzumaki clan. You have to first form a contract with your preferred animal clan. That involves a scroll with certain seals that form the contract. When you cast the jutsu, a large seal is created under you to facilitate the teleportation of your summoned animal to your spot. This seems like it is reality-altering, but it is simply using a different kind of power to bring about similar results. It is dependent on the Sealing Dimension, a superimposed plane of existence greater than any dimension created by the Otutsuki. I will explain it to you when we move to learn how seals work.]

[Just stop talking, Dad … I feel like the headache I have now is even worse than the one I had when I woke up. I just wanted to eat a hamburger.]

[Bad news. I doubt that you'll get any of your favorite snacks there, or anywhere in that reality.]

[You're kidding…]

Naruto's silence was enough of an answer for Boruto.

"This can't be happening to me!" He cried out, falling down on his knees with a desolate expression.

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