Chapter 10 (Patreon)

After about half an hour of brisk walking, Yu was finally able to find the ideal place for training. It was a low-lying canyon, through the middle of which a clear river flowed and a stunning waterfall continuously flowed from the mountains.

There was no sign of a person within a one kilometer radius, and it was surrounded by dense forests, so there was no need to worry about prying eyes.

“Before I start, I need to check which attribute my chakra is most inclined to,” Yu put his hand into his hip pouch and pulled out a paper that could absorb chakra and change depending on the chakra’s inclination towards one or another attribute.

Concentrating, Yu slowly poured chakra from his hand into the test paper. Not even a second had passed before the paper first became wet and then completely crumpled.

“It turns out to be a double element, Water and Lightning?”, seeing the result, Yu thought.

“If I can combine these two elements, wouldn’t I get something similar to Darui’s improved Storm Release genome?”

The Storm Element is an improved genome (1), created by the fusion of two natural chakras, the water chakra and, accordingly, lightning. This element is considered a qualitatively new element, which allows you to create energy rays, which can then be directed at your opponent.

This is a very powerful element that only a few ninjas in the Hidden Cloud Village possess.

Now that he knew the attributes of his chakra, Yu could finally begin to make plans for his future. Training plan and much more, for Yu, as a person who knows the future of this world, it was not a problem to create an effective training plan and choose the right path.

“Although I know a lot, such changes at the level of an improved genome, this is not something that I can currently consider at the moment. I think it would be best to focus on chakra and developing Devil Law abilities first.” – Yu’s plans were big, but reality did not always make it possible to follow them. Yu was still quite young and weak, his capabilities were still limited.

Therefore, the decision to develop Thread Man's abilities was a wise decision for Yu at the current moment.

“Five Colored Threads” - stopping his thoughts and concentrating on a small tree trunk nearby, Yu activated the Devil Law and five threads shimmering in the light immediately appeared on the fingertips of his hand.

Yu waved his small hand and threads invisible to the naked eye, following his will, hit the tree trunk. After a second of silence, the tree tilted and fell to the ground.

In the place where Yu hit, a small smooth stump remained, the trunk was cut so cleanly that even if you run your hand along the remaining stump, you most likely will not damage it with splinters or protruding sharp splinters.

"Great!" - Looking at the small stump left after cutting down the tree, Yu nodded, being in complete satisfaction. He had only received these abilities a day ago, but they already had incredible power.

If he is not lazy and trains meticulously, then even with only the strength of the Thread Man, he can survive in this world quite easily. Of course, that is, until he encounters someone like Madara and the rest of the monsters of this world.

Yu understood the potential of the Thread Man quite well, Doflamingo in One Piece had many incredible abilities such as “Thread Clone (Dark Knight)”, “Thread Bullet”, “Parasite”, “Puppet”, “Birdcage” and a bunch more other abilities.

The abilities of the Thread Man have incredible potential, if used correctly, you can quietly manipulate people, fly clinging to clouds, which is a strong advantage.

Also, with development, controlling several opponents in battle will not be a problem, and this is with an invisible thread that is so sharp that it can even cut steel. The combination of these two will be simply terrifying on the battlefield.

At the same time, Yu will never have to worry about internal and external wounds again, because he can calmly use the power of the thread to stitch up even his own damaged organs.

Well, the most terrifying thing about the power of the Devil Fruit is the ability to turn all inanimate objects around you into transparent threads, although this will require you to reach the stage of “Awakening the Devil Fruit”.

Doflamingo had developed his abilities very well, however, Yu planned to go much beyond Doflamingo's level.

“Five Colored Threads” - Yu concentrated again, raising his hand in the shape of a claw, he waited until threads formed at the tips of his fingers and activating the power of the Devil's Law to the maximum, Yu swung.

He planned to create five invisible threads hidden under five colored threads so that he could cut the remaining stump into five on the first strike and then cut the pieces again into smaller pieces. It was two hits in one.

After the swing, the sound of bursting air was heard, after which the threads fell on the stump, however, nothing happened.

"Failed?" - Yu understood correctly, his idea simply failed and the blow did not go through fully. Therefore, after the impact, not only was the stump not cut, it was not even damaged in the slightest degree.

“It looks like I have a long way to go,” Yu was not upset, he knew that gaining strength is not a dive into the water with an instant dive into the depths, to gain strength, you need to be patient and take one step at a time.

After all, Yu had only received the power of Thread Man yesterday and his current body was only 5 years old. If nothing happens, it will have a lot of time to develop.

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Several hours passed and it was noon. Burning sunlight broke through the curtain of treetops, burning Yu's skin.

At the moment, Yu was covered in sweat, his body red from exercise. This was an indication of how hard Yu trained.

“Performing physical exercises together with training the abilities of the Thread Man is difficult even for me,” Yu thought, breathing heavily, “Haaa-Haaaa, I’m done with physical exercises for today.”

After resting a bit under a tree, Yu regained his strength and chakra. Standing up, Yu walked towards the river, standing at its edge, he closed his eyes and tried to focus his chakra on the soles of his feet, having done so, he slowly stepped onto the surface of the river with one foot.

However, his foot passed through the water and sank to the bottom, Yu was surprised, it was so easy for him to walk on a tree, so why was there a failure with the water.

“Walking on vertical surfaces and water is the basics of a ninja. Climbing the tree took me less than half a day, but I still can’t do it with water, what am I doing wrong, where did I go wrong? – wet and puzzled Yu came out of the river and stood at its edge, immersed in thoughts.

It took Naruto and Sasuke a week to master walking on wood and water. It took Yu only half a day for the first one, but he had not been able to walk on water for a long time and the worst thing was that he still could not understand where he had gone wrong.

Yu tried several more times, but each time he plunged into the river, nevertheless he continued without stopping.

“He-he-he” - just when the depressed Yu was about to try again, someone’s laughter was heard.

"Who!?" - Hearing this unfamiliar laughter, Yu was shocked. He became too engrossed in his practice and inadvertently forgot to pay attention to his surroundings.

- You're approaching this wrong, it's not the same as walking up a tree, when you climb a tree you collect chakra on your soles and use it to attach your body to an object, it's something like a suction cup.

While walking on water is a completely different matter, you collect chakra on the soles of your feet and then gently release it to increase the pressure on the surface of the water, it turns out that walking on water is something like a little flight,” the stranger explained as he walked out of the forest.

Yu turned around and saw a boy who was about his age, he came out of the forest and sat down on a tree stump that Yu had just recently tried to cut, the boy's pitch black eyes seemed to smile at Yu.

(1) Improved genome - from this chapter this will be the name of the special bloodline and Kekkei Genkai, this is basically the same thing, I just forgot about this wording earlier.)