After Uchiha Yoichi had left, Kushina snorted angrily and then began tidying up the house.
This room was a disaster zone from the battle; even the bed frame was broken. Kushina could only do a simple cleanup before heading downstairs to erase the traces.
As she cleaned, Kushina felt relieved, thinking that fortunately, there was a barrier outside Naruto's room yesterday.
Just as Kushina finished tidying up, Naruto came downstairs, rubbing his sleepy eyes and yawning, "Mom, isn't breakfast ready yet? I need to get to training early today!"
"It'll be ready soon. Go wash up first, Naruto."
After urging Naruto to leave, Kushina opened the fridge and started to prepare a simple breakfast.
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"Rescue, rescue, all require life energy, but why not give something good for it..."
After arriving at the Hokage Office, Uchiha Yoichi, having nothing urgent to do, opened the [Trans-Space-Time Trade] ability panel and began searching for trades useful to him.
He discovered that life energy was in high demand in these types of trades; many people needed it.
However, the returns were too little—mainly gold and silver, pearls and jade, and some rare medicinal materials. They didn't mean much to Uchiha Yoichi, who couldn't gather enough to refine a set of elixirs, and exchanging them would just be for collection.
"In need of life energy or elixirs of strong eight or nine grades to save a daughter, offering half of the Fire of Origin of the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame in return…"
"Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame?"
Uchiha Yoichi was momentarily stunned upon seeing this trade information, then quickly realized: "Is the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame not an Abnormal Fire from the Doupo World? And needing eight or nine grade elixirs, this request must certainly come from Doupo World... Could it be Furumoto himself?"
"This seems worthwhile; the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame is quite valuable. I just don't know if I can refine it... Refining Abnormal Fire is quite troublesome. Besides my own strength, I have no other support."
Uchiha Yoichi pondered, realizing that there was at least a fifty-fifty chance he wouldn't be able to refine it, and in that case, the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame would be useless to him. This made him somewhat reluctant to negotiate the trade.
He clicked on the trade, complaining a bit, "Couldn't you add some extra chips, like more Storage Rings...."
Shortly after he spoke, the trade offer changed. It went from offering half of the Fire of Origin to including three High-Level Storage Rings.
"So you can actually make requests, huh? That makes sense. If you can't negotiate prices, what's the point of trading? I need to explore this ability further...."
With a smile on his face, Uchiha Yoichi, based on his knowledge of eight or nine-grade elixirs, first placed half of his life energy, but it was quickly deemed insufficient by the [Trans-Space-Time Trade].
He slowly increased the amount until he almost used all of his life energy, at which point it was approved for trade.
In the next second, the life energy suddenly disappeared, and four icons appeared on the ability panel, one of which was a small golden flame and the other three were ring-shaped.
All four items were now stored within the ability panel, ready to be extracted and used as needed.
Uchiha Yoichi took out one High-Level Storage Ring first, invaded it with his spiritual power, and infused his soul aura, making the ring his own.
"This is good stuff, much more convenient than a Storage Scroll...."
Uchiha Yoichi inspected it, it was indeed worthy of being an Ancient Race's High-Level Storage Ring. The internal space was 3,000 meters long, wide, and high, big enough to fit a small mountain.
He could retrieve and store items at any time using mind control.
"A good haul, but now the life energy is gone...."
Lately, Uchiha Yoichi had been using life energy without restraint. Sometimes he would use it after just one attempt, too lazy to use the pupil technique Ōmononushi no kami.
Next, he could only hope that the ability [Random Summon] could summon more Exotic Beasts with strong life force.
Meanwhile, in another distant Different Space-Time World.
The Ancient Realm, space established by the Ancient Race's Emperor Dou, and then refined over generations by members of the Ancient Race's Fighting Saints, it has grown to its current scale.
"Ah, when can we find the elixir? Should I really seal Kaoru for a hundred years and let her slowly fuse with the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame...."
Though Furumoto's face was calm, his mind was filled with anxious thoughts; his daughter was extraordinary at birth, potentially the first to exhibit a Divine-grade Bloodline in the Ancient Race in ages.
That's why he and the elders decided to let Kaoru refine and fuse with the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame using the clan's secret technique.
But now, an unforeseen issue has arisen where the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame began consuming Kaoru's Fighting Spirit. Fortunately discovered early, Furumoto managed to suppress it with his strength. However, this is just a temporary fix. To truly resolve the issue, elixirs of powerful eight-grade nine-color or above are essential.
Furumoto had already sent people to the Medicine Race and Pill Tower to request help, but whether they could even attempt to refine a similar elixir was unknown.
Suddenly, Furumoto had a vague sense, as if facing a choice; albeit a foolish one for him, naturally opting for saving his daughter.
"If I can save Kaoru, it's just half of the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame and three Storage Rings, which the Ancient Race can afford...."
As soon as Furumoto finished speaking, a green elixir appeared in his hand, highly concentrated, made entirely of pure life energy.
"This, what is this...."
Furumoto looked at the elixir in wonder and doubt. Wasn't this something he just thought of? Did a Life Elixir truly appear?
"Clan Leader..."
An elder with a white beard suddenly emerged from space, looking gravely at Furumoto and said, "There are some irregularities with Kaoru. The amount of Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame inside her has suddenly decreased significantly, and the burning situation has improved greatly...."
"Quick, follow me to see."
Furumoto said, then immediately dove into space to find Kaoru, meanwhile slowly believing that perhaps it wasn't an illusion earlier. He had unknowingly made a trade with someone.
Though he couldn't comprehend how such a thing could have happened to him, a late-stage Nine-Star Fighting Saint, Furumoto had a premonition that his daughter was very likely to be saved.
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In Konoha Prison, the Security Team also noticed Obito's odd behavior; it's been two days without a meal, and he kept muttering things like being a Konoha Hero or the Fifth Generation Hokage.
Helpless, the Security Team had to report the information, which was passed up layer by layer to the Hokage Office, finally reaching Uchiha Yoichi's hands.
Initially, Uchiha Yoichi intended to approve his execution directly but, considering that Orochimaru might need human experimentation, changed the order to have the Security Team deliver him to Orochimaru for disposal at his discretion.
Afterwards, he paid no more attention to Uchiha Obito; by this point, any value he had to offer was exhausted.