12:Future Knowledge

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Another week passed and Ryoichi climbed up to the 190th floor. His speed has dropped ever since he climbed the 175th floor due to each floor champion's becoming stronger. From the 180th floor onwards Super Kage-level individual champions became the norm.

The situation honestly surprised Ryoichi, but then he thought he was into a few hundred years in future, so the Five Great Village or their current name the Human-Shinobi Alliance should have developed the most optimal training regime and perfect nutrition/supplements and medicine that doesn't waste even a fraction of current Shinobi's potential. Not to mention the Shinobi Alliances should have developed a few potential increasing serums and potions.

These thoughts have also led to Ryoichi exploring the world outside the Tower much earlier than planned. He was originally planning to explore the world after getting access to his future self's last lab, but not anymore.

Stepping out of the Tower, Ryoichi was greeted by a vista that unveiled the intricacies of the future's unfolding timeline. Towering skyscrapers enveloped the surroundings, yet none matched the sheer magnitude of the colossal Tower itself which nearly covered an area equivalent to a small village. Within a nearby library, Ryoichi delved into the awe-inspiring realms of technological advancement and the future's scientific progress. His thirst for knowledge, however, faced a time constraint; as daylight waned and the library closed its doors which left him with no choice but to return to the Tower where he honed his newly acquired Time abilities.

Over the ensuing week, Ryoichi seamlessly slipped into a routine, departing the Tower at dawn to immerse himself in the library's insights into the future's advances, and dedicating his nights to refining his temporal skills within the Tower's confines.

And just in this week's training, Ryoichi found how complimentary his new Time Kekkai Genkai was towards his Temporal Perception.

He can use his Kekkai Genkai to apply a haste-like effect on his body where he can partially move at speed his Temporal Perception see the world. The best thing about this ability is that his body doesn't get destroyed by the opposite reaction and pressure like it does when he forces his body to move at his Temporal Perspection speed with cellular-level body control.

Other than studying scientific advancements and training his Kekkai Genkai, Ryoichi has also delved into historical records. And what he found in them intrigued him.

First, he read about the Four Great Shinobi Wars which mostly was similar to what he could remember from the show other than his obvious involvements. A few more things that were different were the names of the people who led the Third and Fourth Wars.

Ryoichi ignored the names that led to the third War as one of the hero's name that saved the Shinobi world during the Fourth Great Shinobi War drew his attention too much. And that name was Senju Ayame.

Ryoichi read another book solely on Senju Ayame, a biography of sort, from it, he found Senju Ayame was his daughter who saved the Shinobi world by defeating Kaguya alongside Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Itachi and some others.

Ryoichi felt an unknown emotion welling within himself which he has felt multiple times since he reached this timeline.

'Have I become this stranger to emotions due to suppressing them all the time?' This very thought crossed Ryoichi's mind multiple times.

Ryoichi didn't suppress the emotion this time but ignored it nonetheless as he moved on to read the Wars after the Fourth Great Shinobi Wars.

The First Great Intergalactic War was commenced in Year 97 after the Fourth War hero Uzumaki Naruto took the mantle of Seventh Hokage from his sensei the Sixth Hokage Hatake Kakashi.

The next Chunin exam after the Seventh Hokage's coronation, two unknown Otsutsuki arrogantly attacked Konoha to capture the Nine Tails. And to no one's but those two Otsutsuki's, their attack failed miserably due to them overestimating themselves and thinking of humans as nothing but insects to crush.

They were subdued and captured by Senju Ayame while the Seventh Hokage protected the spectators of the Chunin tournament.

After getting caught, the two Otsutsuki were then thoroughly interrogated and through that interrogation, the Five Great Village or the current Human-Shinobi Alliance knew the political and geographical structure of their Universe.

The Shinobis found their universe divided into three major and a few lesser parts. Each of the major parts was controlled by a Major power, and the Otsutsuki clan were one of them.

The other two were the Sage Alliance and another celestial clan similar to Otsutsuki.

The cosmic information fascinated Ryoichi so much that he forgot about other subjects and delved deeper into them and through that, he found many things that changed his perspective of this Universe.

One — the Sages were the strongest faction with the Dragon clan, phoenix clan and other mythical creatures clans leading them.

Through the separate records he found inside the library on Sages, Ryoichi found that the Sages clan like Toad, Slugs and Snakes are lesser members of the Sage Alliance and his planet despite having a huge amount of Natural energy is not suitable for the Sage Clan due to it only birthing week and lesser cognitive creatures/animals.

One can ask why can't the Sage Alliance send some mythical creatures and take this planet under them if it had so much Natural energy. And Ryoichi also thought that but one deeper thought on that question immediately made him understand why the Sages didn't do so. And that is because of The Will of the World.

The Will of the World or the Yin part of the Natural energy won't be as kind to them as it would be to natives of this planet.

"Ahem!" Before Ryoichi could further delve into the topic an annoying voice interrupted him, indicating it was the closing time.

Ryoichi calmly stood from the table and handed her the book, ignoring the sultry look the ugly middle-aged woman was giving to his teenage self.

Ryoichi exited the library after ignoring the woman another time and thought of his plans for tomorrow. He had decided to continue fighting the rest of the floor owner starting tomorrow due to his progress in his Kekkai Genkai.

Ryoichi stopped climbing and exited the tower not only because he wanted to look and explore the future timeline, but also because he wasn't confident in winning… easily against the rest of the floor owners due to his previous fight where he even had to enter the Sage mode to win.

Talking about Sage mode… Senjustu isn't a secret anymore as every Shinobi tries to absorb the Natural energy once in their lifetime to know if they have a talent for Senjutsu. It became as such during the time of the First Intergalactic War where Natural energy was crucial against fighting the Chakra parasitic Otsutsuki clan.

Anyway with his Kekkai Genkai, Ryoichi could now hasten his body's speed and utilise his Temporal Perception to a degree without crippling himself. And this alone gives him the confidence to face Kaguya and come on top let alone defeating some peak Kage-level people.

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