Ascension Or Journey From World To World

"Despite the early morning, the streets of Konoha were filled with a huge number of people.

Each of them went about their own business: most civilians spent precious air and trampled the earth, stupid shinobis jumped on the roofs of houses and rushed to accept their secret missions, for example, a mission to clean up dog feces in aviaries of the Inuzuka clan, the Hokage propagated the Will of Fire and went about his perverted affairs, shop owners opened their stores and tried to trick gullible customers, and groups of young children beat single children and looked for their next victims.

It was a normal morning in the Hidden Leaf Village. Idyll. Calm. Friendship. Love. Peace. And no war!

The first Hokage, Senjuchinmaru Hashiramara, and his lover, Uchihara Madakintamara, were indeed able to create paradise on this sinful land. They are the real legendary shinobi! Their great love spawned the Will of Fire and the best shinobi village in the world, Konoha!"

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"Kushina... I hope you understand that if there wasn't this sound-absorbing barrier around us, you would have been captured, chained, and placed in the bas.e.m.e.nt of the Konoha Torture Division," stumbling and starting to cough, Mikoto said.

"Not. They would die without even having time to approach me at a distance of 10 meters," Kushina answered with a smile.

"Mmm. You're right. I would rip out their souls and put them into toilet paper or a public toilet," Ray said proudly.

"Ufufufufu. Is this what is called a fate worse than death?" covering her mouth with her hand, Kushina giggled.

Mikoto listened to this strange conversation with a blank expression on her face, she just imagined toilet paper, inside which is the human soul...

Mikoto flinched and got rid of these strange thoughts. She went to Ray and took his hand to feel his warmth and calm down a bit.

Ray stopped and looked at Mikoto, his lips curved in an understanding smile and he said:

"Did you imagine what toilet paper would look like, inside of which there is a human soul? Am I right? Hehehe."

"Wwwwhhhaaaatt? Of course not! I thought about another boring day in this stupid academy," Mikoto said hurriedly.

Ray looked at Mikoto and simply nodded.

"I will pretend to believe you. Anyway, when we return home, I will teach you the shadow clone technique. The Academy will not make us stronger, and it's just a waste of time. Therefore, from tomorrow, we will not attend the academy personally and will use clones for this," looking at the large building of the Hokage Residence, Ray said.

*Sigh*

"The shinobi training program is designed for an average child. Although classes A and B are designed for clan children and children of clanless shinobis, even in these classes, the training program is not designed for the individual abilities of a child. If the child is too talented, then all that the academy does is slows down progress and spends the potential of this child," Mikoto said with a sigh.

"Wow. You call children children, although you are a child too," patting Mikoto on the shoulder, Kushina said cheerfully.

Mikoto ignored Kushina's teasing, but could not stop the twitching of the corner of her lips.

Seeing this, Kushina smiled her triumphant smile.

At this point, the trio had already approached the large building, which was the Shinobi Academy.

Shinobi Academy is the place where future Konoha shinobi and bearers of the Will of Fire are born. The Academy building is located at the foot of the Hokage Rock and is part of the Hokage Residence.

Upon entering, Ray and Mikoto said goodbye to Kushina and headed for their class. Since Ray was ten years old, he entered immediately into his second year of study, in class 2-A. And by coincidence, Mikoto also studied in class 2-A, which she was very happy about.

Ray and Mikoto walked to the door with a 2-A sign on it and went inside.

Going inside, Ray began to look around the room and look for familiar faces among the children sitting at their desks.

The room was very spacious and looked like a large lecture hall.

All children were members of various clans, among them there was not a single child of a clanless shinobi or a child of an ordinary civilian, and among them, there was not a single canonical character.

"The wider the room, the easier it is to enhance knowledge, huh?" Ray whispered.

Mikoto still held Ray's hand and of course heard his whisper.

"So that's why the academy has such large classrooms?" looking at Ray, Mikoto asked.

Ray simply nodded and led Mikoto to the end of the classroom. They ignored the eyes of the children and took seats near the window.

[The seat of the protagonist of any manga in which there is a school. Now this seat belongs to me.] looking out the window, Ray thought with a smile.

Mikoto sat next to Ray and began to fall asleep, resting her head on his shoulder.

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While Mikoto was sleeping, Ray imposed a small illusion around them so that no one would disturb Mikoto's dream or himself.

At this time, a man dressed in a chunin's vest came into the room. The man looked around the students and started a boring class.

The class began with a little propaganda of the Will of Fire and ended with the same propaganda of the Will of Fire and the phrase "Konoha shinobis is one big and friendly family."

Ray regretted coming here in person. He wanted to see what was taught at the famous Shinobi Academy but was disappointed. The teachers did their work and gave the children new knowledge, but they also sowed in them small seeds of trust in Konoha and faith in the Will of Fire.

Tobirama was an incredibly smart and wise man, and most likely created the academy precisely for this purpose. It's no secret that the personality of children is like soft and pliable clay, and it is very easy for them to impose any ideas and ideals. Tobirama also knew this and took full advantage of this by creating the Shinobi Academy.

Ray remembered all the people who sacrificed themselves for the village.

[Nohara Rin, Might Duy, Uchiha Itachi, Namikaze Minato, Kato Dan, Uchiha Kagami. All these people, to one degree or another, sacrificed themselves for the sake of Konoha, and each of them believed in the ephemeral Will of Fire. Any sane person, first of all, will take care of himself and his family, and only then about some useless Will of Fire and the Village.] looking at the children who in the near future will become cannon fodder, Ray thought.

"Haaa. Whatever. It's not my problem. Until they disturb my girls, the Uzumaki clan and interfere with Kaguya's resurrection, I will ignore their war and children's games," Ray said with a noisy breath.

He looked at Mikoto sleeping on his shoulder and began to think:

[I need to absorb the blood of Mikoto and some Senju, best of all Tsunade. Then I can help her awaken Rinne Sharingan.]

Ray looked at the ceiling and thought of other interesting dojutsus.

[Shion's eyes, eyes of that strange child Ranmaru, Ketsuryugan, Tenseigan. What happens if I combine all these dojutsu with Rinne Sharingan? Perhaps their combination will create the Eyes of Creation and Destruction? Well, we will find out about this in the future.]

Completely ignoring the teacher and classmates, Ray closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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A few hours later.

As soon as the lessons were over, Ray and Mikoto immediately left the classroom and the Academy building.

They stood near the gates of the Academy and were waiting for their red-haired future wife/friend.

They did not have to wait too long, and they saw a familiar girl a few minutes later.

Like Ray and Mikoto, Kushina had a bored expression on her face. But as soon as she saw her friends, she smiled happily and headed toward them.

*Sigh*

"It was the most boring day of my life. I will not return to this boring academy and will send my clones here," stopping in front of Ray and Mikoto, Kushina said with a sigh.

"Hehehe. I knew that you would say just that. You are too energetic for such places," patting Kushina on the head, Mikoto giggled.

"The Uzumaki do not like to do such boring work. The only boring work that we like is drawing fuin seals and learning new knowledge," putting her hands on her waist, Kushina said proudly.

Mikoto looked at her with a raised eyebrow, but nodded anyway. She was already very well acquainted with Kushina's character and knew that if she says so, then it really is.

"Well, the old man loves his boring job, and he likes reading reports and sorting doc.u.ments," looking at the red-haired girl passing by them, Ray said.

Mikoto noticed his gaze and tilting her head inquiringly.

"Do you know her?" Mikoto asked.

Ray shook his head and answered:

"No, but she is a pure-blood Uzumaki. However, she does not have our identification fuin seal, which means that she is not from Uzushiogakure," looking at Kushina and Mikoto, Ray replied.

"Mmm. She's the adoptive granddaughter of Mito, Tsunade's little sister, and..." Kushina wanted to say that this girl is a jinchuriki, but Ray put his index finger on her lips and shook his head.

"If other people find out about it, then she will live surrounded by hatred and contempt. Therefore, do not talk about it if you are not sure that you are not being eavesdropped," Ray said and pointed his eyes to the blond and blue-eyed boy.

Kushina realized her mistake and smiled guiltily.

"Did you use genjutsu on him?" she asked.

Ray nodded and took her hand.

"Yes. Now, let's have dinner at Akimichi Restaurant," taking Mikoto's hand with his free hand, Ray said.

The girls smiled and nodded. The Akimichi restaurant became their second favorite restaurant, and they dined there almost every day. Prices in their restaurant are slightly higher than in other restaurants, but all this is offset by large portions and really tasty dishes.

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Time passed very quickly.

A little over a year has already passed since the day Ray and Kushina first visited the shinobi academy.

During this time, many different events took place, the main of which was the "destruction" of the Village Hidden by Whirling Tides and the "fall" of the Uzumaki clan.

When the news spread in Konoha, Ray and Kushina disappeared for two weeks. They did this so as not to arouse suspicion with their behavior. After learning this news, normal children should be completely devastated. But Ray and Kushina did not want to do such trivial things as putting on a mask of a poor and broken child, so they made the most logical choice and decided not to leave the Uzumaki Quarter for at least a few weeks.

While the Hokage tried to contact the poor "orphans" and ignite their Will of Fire and love for the village, Ray continued to explore the possibilities of rinnegan and train Mikoto and Kushina.

Mikoto, of course, lived with Ray and Kushina. As soon as she told the Uchiha clan elders that Ray offered her to live in his house, they rejoiced at this opportunity and immediately gave her their permission. They even rewarded her with several fire and lightning jutsus. The only one who would be against this was the head of the Uchiha clan. But the elders ignored his objection and told him to look for another daughter-in-law. After all, the Uzumaki man was much more valuable than his talented son. The head of the clan could not argue with all the elders and accepted defeat. Thus, the future has changed again, and the one who gives birth to Itachi and Sasuke will not be Mikoto, but another woman.

...….

Ray never kept secrets from his women, so he told Kushina and Mikoto about his <Predator> ability.

The girls were not just surprised, they were shocked by this information. Kushina and Mikoto asked him never to tell anyone about this. They understood that if the knowledge of such an ability became known to hidden villages, then his name will fall into the bingo book and the maximum reward will be assigned for his capture.

Ray believed and trusted Kushina and Mikoto from the very beginning, but he couldn't help but feel the warmth in his c.h.e.s.t when he saw their reaction and heard their words.

Ray absorbed Mikoto's blood and was able to get Tsunade's blood. Having absorbed the bloodline of both descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, he received the rinnegan and was able to help Mikoto improve her sharingan to the eternal mangekyo sharingan.

Awakening the eternal mangekyo sharingan, Mikoto's total power immediately increased from the genin's level to the elite jonin's level. Even if she is not yet able to control all her new power, she can defeat almost any chunins or tokubetsu jonins.

Ray and Kushina were not surprised by such a sharp increase in her power. This was the expected result. When Kushina awakened her chains, her power also grew from the academy student's level to the tokubetsu jonin's level.

But even if their total power increased to such a high level, their chakra supplies did not change at all and remained the same as they were before the awakening of the mangekyo and chains.

In the following days, Mikoto learned to control her new powers and studied the abilities of her eyes.

With her left eye, she could create and control the Amaterasu flame. Now Ray realized whose talent was inherited by the canonical Itachi and Sasuke.

With her right eye, she could use one of the most broken abilities of the Narutoverse, Kotoamatsukami.

Upon learning that Mikoto's right eye received this ability, Ray asked Kushina to teach Mikoto fuinjutsu and Strength of a Hundred Seal.

The Strength of a Hundred Seal can store a huge amount of yang chakra, which can offset the main drawback of using Kotoamatsukami, namely the high consumption of vital energy.

Ray could train Kushina and Mikoto Armament Haki, which would increase their vitality. But he did not want to teach them haki and abilities from other worlds as long as they can continue to grow stronger as a shinobi. 

Shinobi can only become stronger until a certain age, and as soon as they reach this age, the growth of their power completely stops. Therefore, most a.d.u.l.t shinobi stop active training and are engaged only in improving their skills and increasing combat experience. Stopping growth does not mean that they lose the opportunity to become stronger. They can become stronger, but only with the help of some external factors. This may be a genetic modification, absorption of other living things, becoming a vessel for the tailed beast.

Ray wanted Kushina and Mikoto to concentrate on their shinobi power and tried to reach their full potential as a shinobi. If he begins to teach them other abilities, then they will not be able to concentrate on shinobi training and this will very badly affect their growth.

Learning other abilities will increase their power in the short term, but a decrease in the long term. And that was what Ray never d.e.s.i.r.ed for his future wives.

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Ray, too, did not sit idle and studied rinnegan's abilities. He was sure that Yukino and Bonney would be happy to receive the abilities of these eyes. After all, these eyes would improve their control of souls and reincarnation.

Ray thought that by absorbing the blood of the Uchiha and Senju, he would receive Rinne Sharingan, but this was not so. In order for the rinnegan to become Rinne Sharingan, he needs to absorb Kaguya's blood or chakra fruit. And at this time, it was impossible.

In addition to studying the rinnegan's abilities and training Kushina and Mikoto, Ray graduated from the academy and became a genin.

Having become a genin, he had to carry out daily D-rank missions with his team. Of course, he did not get acquainted with the members of his team and used his clones to carry out missions. In truth, he did not even remember the names and faces of his team members...

Ray was waiting for the war to begin and opportunities to advance to the rank of elite jonin. To become a team captain and accept Mikoto and Kushina into his team, he needed to become a jonin. He didn't want them to join the team of cannon fodder or self-confident idiots. And based on his knowledge of the Second Shinobi War, this was very likely.

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Another six months passed, and Konoha began to prepare for a new war.

All residents of Konoha felt this atmosphere of tension and hopelessness. These fools thought that Konoha had nothing to do with it. They believed that their village was a model of peace and a real peacemaker.

But the truth is that the initiator of the Second Shinobi War is Konoha...