Uchiha Fugaku focused his deep perception on the pair of blue Rinnegan before him, searching for the unique ocular power they contained.
Moments later, a flicker of surprise crossed his eyes—he had found it.
"It's not a space-based ability."
The blue Rinnegan's exclusive power wasn't spatial in nature, but that didn't surprise him. After all, Fugaku had no natural affinity for space manipulation. Without that innate talent, it was impossible for him to awaken any space-related dōjutsu.
As for the notion that "a dōjutsu reflects one's inner desires"—that was something he never believed in.
In his view, ocular powers were determined more by genetic factors than by one's emotions or aspirations.
"Still… even though it's not space-related, it's definitely an extremely powerful ability. I didn't expect to have such talent in this field!"
Rather than test his new power inside the sealed chamber, Fugaku stepped outside.
He left the Uchiha compound and walked toward a nearby forest.
If this newly awakened technique caused large-scale disturbances, it wasn't suitable for testing indoors.Even his illusionary realms wouldn't do—the best place to test such a jutsu was the real world.
"Perception."
Inside the woods, Fugaku activated the Yamanaka clan's sensory technique, scanning the area carefully.
After confirming there were no other presences besides his own, he began the test.
"Rinnegan."
The blue Rinnegan flared open in his eyes as he activated the newfound power.
Hum—
A wave invisible and intangible to anyone else rippled out from Fugaku's body, spreading rapidly.
In an instant, it expanded to cover a radius of several hundred meters, forming a vast invisible sphere.
Then—something strange happened.
A withered leaf, falling toward the ground, froze midair.
A bird flying toward its nest with an insect in its beak stopped motionless.
A venomous snake creeping toward its prey—also froze as if the world had hit "pause."
…
Within the radius centered on Fugaku, all movement ceased.Every living creature, every moving object—stopped completely.
A spherical domain of halted motion—this was the blue Rinnegan's unique ocular ability: Time Domain.
"Time" represented its connection to temporal control."Domain" indicated it was an area-of-effect jutsu.
He might lack spatial talent, but Fugaku unexpectedly possessed an affinity for time—thus giving birth to a dōjutsu tied to temporal power.
"Perhaps… it's related to Shisui's gift."
He pondered for a moment.
Uchiha Shisui, known as "Shisui the Teleporter," possessed extraordinary shunshin ability—so fast that it was only slightly slower than the Flying Thunder God Technique, a true space-time jutsu.
Such speed, Fugaku theorized, was actually an expression of temporal talent.
By inheriting Shisui's gifts through fusion, Fugaku had likely inherited this "time" affinity, which manifested as the Time Domain.
"One… two… three… up to ten."
He counted aloud. When he reached ten, the spherical domain shattered. Time resumed.
The falling leaves continued to descend, the birds resumed flight, the snake resumed its slither…
"It can last ten seconds. No… that duration probably isn't fixed—it must depend on the target's power or mass."
He quickly analyzed the result.
Freezing a small bird in time was one thing, but freezing a Kage-level ninja was another entirely.
The Time Domain likely adjusted its duration based on the target's resistance.
Right now, he could halt time for ten seconds within several hundred meters around him.
But if someone like Uchiha Madara—a Six Paths-level being—were inside that range, the duration might shrink drastically, perhaps less than a single second.
"Even less than a second… would still be enough to decide the outcome of a battle."
Rather than being disappointed, Fugaku's anticipation grew.
A single second might seem short, but for someone at his level, it was enough to accomplish many things—enough to end a fight.
"However… this technique consumes an enormous amount of chakra and ocular power. It's comparable to the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion."
Feeling the drain on his energy, Fugaku already knew—this jutsu couldn't be used casually.
It wasn't a routine technique. It was a trump card—a weapon for decisive moments.
…
Hum—
A black vortex spiraled open. From it stepped Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara, bringing along the reanimated corpse of Namikaze Minato.
"It seems Orochimaru really did release Namikaze Minato from the Shinigami's stomach and reincarnate him."
As they arrived at the hidden base, Zetsu stepped forward and spoke.
"Indeed," Obito said. "Minato has been revived through Edo Tensei, but we still don't know whether half of the Nine-Tails is sealed inside him."
"Unseal."
Madara released the sealing tags on Minato's reanimated body.
Since Orochimaru had already relinquished control, Minato stood motionless, awaiting orders.
"Soul Reading."
Using the Human Path's power, Madara pulled Minato's soul from his body and scanned its memories.
Moments later, he stopped and said, "The Nine-Tails was indeed split in two—half sealed within Uzumaki Naruto, the other half within Minato himself."
"So it's true."
Zetsu grinned—his hypothesis confirmed.
"With this half of the Nine-Tails, we can finally resurrect the Ten-Tails—almost in its complete form."
Behind his mask, Obito's expression burned with excitement.
His dream was near—once the Ten-Tails revived and Madara became its jinchūriki, they could cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, create a world where Rin still existed, and leave this Rin-less reality behind.
"Then let's begin," Madara ordered. "Bring the child who carries the Nine-Tails' chakra as well. Even if it's only chakra residue, it'll still enhance the ritual."
Having witnessed the power of that particular boy, Madara wasn't confident about seizing the true Nine-Tails from Konoha directly.
Thus, reviving the Ten-Tails using half the beast was the best option.
Soon after, Madara, Obito, and Zetsu arrived beside the colossal Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, accompanied by Minato's reanimated body and a young boy named Sora.
The statue's injuries had fully recovered.
Madara's Rinnegan flared as he formed hand seals, commanding the statue to open its massive jaws.
Then, using Universal Pull, he hurled both Minato's reanimated body and the terrified boy toward the gaping mouth.
"Ahhh—!"
Sora's scream echoed, but Madara ignored it completely.
To a man whose hands had already built mountains of corpses, the death of a single boy meant nothing—innocent or not.
Slash—
Both Minato and Sora were swallowed whole.
Instantly, the Demonic Statue began to tremble violently, as though injected with raw energy—its body transforming in preparation for the Ten-Tails' rebirth.
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