Chương 57: I Like Fighting

When did you start liking anime and manga?

It must have been an afternoon after school when I was in elementary school. The sun was shining and the weather was fine. I had arranged to go swimming in the river with my friends, but someone let the news slip and my family found out and took me away. I had to go home alone. Walking through the alleys of the old town, I happened to pass by a bookstore. Just then, the teacher assigned us some extracurricular reading materials.

Without any expectations, I went into the bookstore and suddenly opened a Dragon Ball book. Before I knew it, it was evening.

That fantastical, cool, and exciting world of battles deeply captivated Jieluo.

In this colorful world, Yura wasn't particularly interested in romantic comedies, though she might be more interested in romantic comedies. What attracted her, from beginning to end, were all sorts of cool battle scenes. Every time she defeated one formidable enemy after another, she felt genuinely satisfied and happy.

From that moment on, Jieluo knew that his personality loved fighting, loved fighting against the strong, and loved defeating the strong in a pure, unadulterated, and brutal clash.

But in reality, there are never any specific enemies. You may spend your whole life fighting, but you never know what you have ever defeated.

I don't know when it started, but Jieluo stopped having any expectations for that world, and she no longer liked fighting.

The reason is probably only one: no one likes a battle they can't possibly win.

The initial feeling is longing, then it's about immersing oneself in that world, and finally it's about dissociation—clearly separating oneself from that world. This is the growth that comes with maturity. At this point, some people will choose to stand outside the shop window, quietly admiring the world inside for a brief moment, while others will turn away decisively without any lingering attachment, no longer paying attention at all.

Standing outside the shop window, Jieluo quietly gazed at her reflection in the glass.

"What are you looking at? Skirts? These are styles from overseas..." Mito smiled and said, "If you like them, I'll give you a few."

Throughout the day, Jieluo, this new friend, enthusiastically provided her with a lot of information and useful advice that she didn't know. Although she seemed dangerous, she was actually a very nice person, and she really wanted to repay her.

Jielu shook her head and said, "Fleety dresses don't suit someone like me."

Jieluo knew exactly what she wanted, even though she was the kind of person who would quietly stand outside a shop window for a moment.

But now, in the world inside the shop window, Jieluo wants to fight, one exhilarating battle after another, against all sorts of people, either getting killed or killing them.

Get stronger, fight, fight, get stronger, then even stronger, then the strongest, and embrace victory after victory in an endless battle.

"How could that be? It should suit you perfectly; you look quite cute," Mito said with a smile.

"If you want to give me something..." Jieluo said, "How about giving me a battle? I want to see what the strongest sealing technique in the ninja world is."

Upon hearing this, Mito was taken aback, then chuckled, "Are you already preparing to leave?"

His gaze fell on the two swords at Yura's waist.

"Mm." Jieluo nodded.

"That was fast..." Mito said.

"You're a swordsman, aren't you? Let me give you a sword. As for the fight, we'll talk about it another time..."

Mito is not a warlike or violent woman. She will never resort to violence if she can avoid it, and to this day, she has never killed anyone.

"The sky, the ground, or the sea—choose a battlefield."

"As for swordsmanship, I also know a little bit, but I'll stop here," Mito said.

"The use of powerful ninjutsu and forbidden techniques is prohibited, but don't worry, I won't use them either."

Mito was carefully considering Yura's strength; if they were to reach the point of cooperation, this was necessary.

"You know swordsmanship?" Jieluo laughed.

"That's great! What school of swordsmanship do you use?"

"You probably haven't seen this before. It's a multi-sword style, which can also be considered a dual-sword style," Mito laughed.

"The Uzumaki clan ninjas rarely travel around the ninja world, which makes them mysterious. Everyone's impression of us is limited to our powerful sealing techniques."

"What a coincidence, I'm also a multi-sword style user." Jielu smiled, her gaze falling on the Yin seal between Mito's eyebrows. The purest and strongest Uzumaki bloodline and inheritance, the systematic training in sealing techniques, taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu, the massive amount of chakra plus the massive chakra seal reserves, even from dozens of miles away, Chongming could sense its vast chakra scale, which was no less than that of a tailed beast.

The fact that he knew swordsmanship surprised Jieluo somewhat, but most ninjas knew some swordsmanship. Ordinary ninjas weren't particularly skilled, but the older the ninja clan, the more skilled they were. For example, the Uchiha clan had such convenient eyes; they could just take whatever swordsmanship they wanted.

"Huh?" Mito laughed.

"Multi-sword style is difficult for ordinary people to control, since not everyone has that many swords to hold, unless it's a vortex-style swordsmanship like mine. Let's go, let's go to sea."

"Whirlpool Flow Sword Technique?" Jieluo laughed, "That really makes me look forward to it."

"You seem a bit belligerent, Yura-kun," Mito chuckled.

"Let's relax a bit today."

"Life is a constant struggle," Jieluo said.

"To give up the fight is to give up on survival."

The two walked side by side, with Lucy following behind, wondering how far away she should hide later.

"That's true," Mito nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Jieluo turned to look at Lucy.

"Stop being a good-for-nothing all day, just eating and sleeping. Watch and learn properly. I'll be testing your swordsmanship from time to time."

"Okay, I know..." Lucy said with a long face. I pull the cart every day, I don't just eat and sleep!

They strolled leisurely back to the seaside. Yura and Mito walked onto the sea and stood facing each other. A day passed by in the blink of an eye. The afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the sea, creating a dazzling, shimmering golden-red expanse.

"It's been a long time since I've played with friends my own age. Thank you so much for today, Yura-kun. I'm so happy."

Same age?

Jieluo's gaze fell on Mito's young face. Although she still had the air of a young girl, this woman was definitely not young. Especially with the presence of the Yin Seal, it was difficult to tell her actual age. She was at least in her twenties.

It might be thirty, but considering the other person isn't married yet, the possibility of it being thirty is unlikely.

"How old are you?" Jieluo asked directly.

"What kind of rude look is that?" Mito said.

"A lady's age is a secret. What, seventeen? Don't I look like it!?"

"Then let's just say seventeen," Jie Luo said nonchalantly.

"What's that on your forehead?"

Previously, Jieluo had wanted to ask about it in detail.

"This..." Mito smiled mysteriously, "is the secret to staying young that I developed."

Did you develop it?

"That's truly a genius," Jieluo said.

The Yin Seal, in its form and operational mechanism, is highly similar to the Reincarnation Karma of the Otsutsuki clan. Both store a large amount of one's own chakra, but it also has the function of imprinting one's own soul memories to perform reincarnation and resurrection. To some extent, it is the basic form of immortality techniques.

If it was developed by Mito herself, then there's no need to ask further; she definitely wouldn't know.

Based on this, Tsunade developed the Hundred Healings Technique, which used medical technology to achieve a certain degree of immortality.

Jieluo is not satisfied with his own self-healing speed, so he needs to use similar techniques to make up for his weakness.

"I agree with the term 'genius'," Mito nodded.