A Yamanaka's Trait System

[Obtained:

- Strongest Spear (Red)]

Kei glanced at the few people already seated at the conference table in the center of the building but did not directly participate in their village merger negotiations.

The merger agreement with Suna had already been signed a few days ago.

Pakura wasn't stupid—whether to live up to the title of Kazekage or to solidify her position within Suna, she had to help Tsunade press down the merger terms for the other two villages.

Moreover, Tsunade's recent act of forcefully subduing the Raikage had, to some extent, served to intimidate Iwa and Kumo again. This was the perfect moment to start negotiations.

Konoha taking the lead was now a foregone conclusion.

After the merger, adjustments to the village's management structure and departmental reorganization were inevitable.

Shikaku and Suzaku had already drafted two preliminary lists of departmental heads yesterday—one involving Konoha, Suna, and Iwa, and the other also including Kumo.

With a military advisor of high IQ guiding her, Tsunade naturally knew what to fight for and what could be relinquished. She knew when to lend a hand to Suna and when to let Iwa, Suna, and Kumo vie against each other, ensuring all three believed they had gained an advantage.

Kei finished the last sip of tea in his cup. Seeing Minato and Fugaku already stepping up to guard Tsunade, he turned and left the building with Kushina.

His presence here put a lot of pressure on the others.

After all, with the merger of the ninja villages, it was up to a few of them to coordinate and manage things. These negotiations and arguments could be considered the beginning of their adjustment period.

System, activate [Strongest Spear].

A flood of training memories and insights regarding lightning-style jutsu and taijutsu surged into his mind.

Combined with his own knowledge of lightning-style, from basic jutsu like Lightning Ball, to top-tier techniques like the Sixteen Pillar Bind, every lightning jutsu seemed like something he had practiced countless times and could now use effortlessly.

As he absorbed more memories of lightning-style taijutsu, he fully mastered the B-rank jutsu the Third Raikage took pride in—Lightning Release Chakra Mode—and his signature technique, Hell Stab.

Sparks flickered slightly at his fingertips as the effects of the trait stacked.

He could clearly feel the strength of his finger bones, wrist bones, arm bones, shoulder bones, and even his arm muscles increase significantly.

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[Detected synergy: red trait "Strongest Spear" can fuse with gold trait "Yin-Yang Sage," red trait "Wood Release jinchūriki," and red trait "Dust Release Successor." Proceed with fusion?]

[Compatibility detected:

- Yin-Yang Sage (Gold)

- Wood Release Jinchūriki (Red)

- Dust Release Successor (Red)]

[Fusion? Yes/No]

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Just as he finished absorbing the memories from [Strongest Spear], the system prompt unsurprisingly sounded again.

Yes!

Kei's lips curved into a slight smile.

He directly pulled Kushina to the second-floor balcony of the wooden building, sat cross-legged, and prepared to receive the boost from the trait fusion.

At that moment, insights into the seven chakra natures—Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Yin, and Yang—rushed into his mind once again. As natural energy within his body overlapped, intertwined, clashed, and transformed with the seven chakra types, they gradually lost all distinction, merging into a clear, water-like special energy.

An indescribable sense of enlightenment surged within him, as he fully comprehended the essence and connection between natural energy and chakra.

The special energy, flowing like a babbling brook, coursed swiftly through his chakra pathways.

Originally, certain pathways were unused during chakra flow, but now they were all fully unblocked, extending even further to connect to his internal organs, muscles, joints, and even the skin!

This was...

Kei was slightly stunned.

An unprecedented sense of euphoria surged within him. At that moment, he felt utterly united with heaven and earth!

The energy gently radiating from his body no longer carried the intimidating aura of sage chakra, but instead exuded purity, serenity, naturalness, and tranquility.

Sitting beside him, Kushina felt as if she were lying on a vast grassland, enjoying a gentle breeze and the fragrance of flowers—a feeling of pure peace and comfort. Even the usually foul-mouthed and irritable Nine-Tails inside her was now lying quietly within the seal, eyes closed, taking a nap.

Under the circulation of this energy, his body's strength slowly increased. A sensation of mastering all techniques and channeling any power with ease surged in his heart.

It seemed that if he was willing to spend even a little time learning, he could effortlessly use Ice Release, Explosion Release, Boil Release, Scorch Release, Lava Release, and other bloodline limits without needing any complicated fusion process.

Truth-Seeking Orbs, bloodline selection, bloodline encompassing, special dōjutsu—all of it suddenly felt no different from standard bloodline limit.

At most, they were just slightly more complex techniques.

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[Obtained:

- Heavenly Spirit Sovereign (Gold)]

[Heavenly Spirit Sovereign (Gold):

Born with heaven and earth, in harmony with nature; mastering the transformative powers of the five elements, yin and yang; all pathways fully open, free of impurities. Efficiency in learning, researching, improving, and creating any techniques or divine arts increases to the limit. Mastery, potency, resistance, and spiritual affinity with techniques and divine arts rise to the limit. With the Heavenly Spirit Body, spiritual power is the source, never depleting, never damaged. Max soul strength, max body strength, and training efficiency are greatly enhanced.]

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Although it's still just a gold trait... at this level…

Kei looked at the detailed description of the trait and could no longer suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth as he felt the changes within his body.

Originally, he was thinking that by gathering all seven chakra natures, along with his extraordinary control over natural energy, he could unlock some overpowered, flashy, mind-blowing special dōjutsu.

Now that he had become the top figure in the ninja world, capable of overpowering members of the Ōtsutsuki clan, yet he still didn't have some ridiculously powerful dōjutsu? That just didn't sit right.

But then, after fusing the traits, the system dropped a bomb on him.

It told him that all ninjutsu, bloodline limit, bloodline selection, bloodline encompassing, and even special dōjutsu were, in essence, just different ways of using energy—and all of them could be learned!

Even without special eyes, as long as he understood the principle and method of the technique, he could cast it himself!

And because his own energy was of a higher level, the effect would be even more domineering than the original.

Ninjutsu evolving into divine arts...

Kei stared at the words in the system's detailed trait description.

He couldn't shake the feeling that this trait had already completely exceeded the power ceiling of the Naruto world—it felt like something that belonged in an immortal cultivation fantasy realm.

After all, divine arts and ninjutsu or dōjutsu were just not on the same tier. Even the weakest divine arts would have to touch upon universal laws and principles.

Was this the level Shibai was at?

Suppressing the wild thoughts in his mind, Kei refocused his attention on the energy within him that the system now called spiritual power.

He recalled how Madara and Izuna activated Susanoo.

With a little experimentation, luminous golden skeletal structures of spiritual power quickly formed outside his body!

Kushina, sitting beside him, covered her mouth in astonishment, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.

This... this... Wasn't her boyfriend's last name Yamanaka?!