Chapter 40 Library and Object Attachment

Like all the old libraries in the world, this one housed a collection of books, some conventional and others, rather peculiar. Situated in a village dedicated to training individuals in the art of combat and assassination, it undoubtedly contained literature unsuitable for the faint-hearted, right? Let's see.

The library found its place between the Hokage tower and the Jōnin quarters of the village.

Walking inside, they saw the librarian, middle-aged woman with short hair and a medium perky nose. She frowned as she saw Naruto enter. It seemed like she wanted to lash out at Naruto, just like she had been doing for all these years. 

Raito, feeling the immediate surge of hostility, contemplated slamming the desk to startle the woman. His intent manifested, but someone beat him to it.

A hunched old woman appeared as swift as the wind, jumped and hit the librarian on the head. As she landed, her purple robes fluttered, and the walking stick slammed on the floor, creating a thundering noise. 

"You don't need to come from tomorrow." The old woman declared, shocking not only the librarian but also Kakashi and his team. 

The librarian looked at the group with angry eyes, and for a moment, no one spoke. 

Tap, tap.

Kakashi felt awkward looking at the old woman. Rubbing at the back of his head and giving a silly laugh, he tried to speak first, "Kiyomi-baachan, its team-" 

Slamming her cane once again, she cut off Kakashi, "Finally! Finally, you came." 

Looking at the Genins beside Kakashi, she nodded, "Good seeds. Finally, there is someone who passed that stupid test." Her face looked like she was fed up with that this stupidity.

"Kiyomi-baachan, that test is really important." Kakashi tried explaining. 

Smack! 

"Important? Important?" Kiyomi continued hitting Kakashi with her cane and Kakashi tried blocking with his hand, feigning weakness. 

Satisfied and with a harrumph, Kiyomi walked off and Kakashi followed him. 

Raito looked around the library and saw the numerous Genin and Chūnin, who looked younger, were reading about the civilian activities such as salt, flower, bees, and more. Their levels varied but none of them were beyond Lvl 30. That meant that as long as he and his friends were around Lvl 30, there was more than 50 % chance that they could pass. 

A small smile creeped on Raito's face as he looked forward at the hunched figure of the old lady, whose authority seemed higher than the now unemployed librarian and a senior and respected figure in the eyes of Kakashi.

[Keeper of Secrets] 

[Kiyomi Lvl ?] 

Kiyomi paused and looked back, her gaze locking at Raito, "Little guy, don't get perverted thoughts." 

Raito, who was walking forward, nearly stumbled upon hearing that. 'Who is looking at you!?' Raito cursed heavily with everything he had learned from Anko. 

'Why would I even look at you with perverted thoughts? If not for those question marks, I wouldn't have even looked at you… '

"Don't think too much while looking at me?" Kiyomi spoke up once again. This time she didn't stop and continued walking, her cane pushing the books to their original places. Sometimes a surge of chakra, like a gentle wind, pushed on the books on the higher shelves, showcasing her mastery over Chakra Control, Nature Transformation and even Shape Transformation.

Raito continued to walk, ignoring the comment from the old woman. He still kept a distance, one palm distance around him, dodging the people walking with him or opposite to him. 

Kakashi sneaked glances a few hundreds of times from the building, to the way to the library and inside the library. Raito seemed like he was always training on his own. 

Kakashi approached a door along with Kiyomi on the second floor, at the back and guarded by the Chūnins, who only glanced at them then returned to reading their books. 

Kiyomi tapped several points on the wooden door. The depressed points seemed to have activated some sort of mechanism as the door swing open.

Entering, they descended the stairs, and arrived at an underground chamber, filled with shelves and books in them. Kiyomi, now seated on a high perch, gestured for Kakashi and the team

"Hatake Kakashi, Team seven, Hyūga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto, and Yoshizawa Raito. Cubicle number Seven, every time after D-ranks. Total of twenty-eight days, minimum of two hours every time with your Jōnin instructor for a total of 60 hours." 

"That's not how math-"

Kiyomi tossed a token to Kakashi before turning her attention to the trio behind him. "Learn properly. After twenty-eight days, you are going to come here for another month, total of 60 hours to learn on your needed skills, mostly individual."

Shooing away the four, the old woman donned a pair of spectacles and immersed herself in her book. 

With the same orange cover and the familiar giggling, Raito felt his face involuntarily twitch. 

The group walked forward, passing several cubicles. There were other teams, some with Jōnin instructor and some without. All of them were studying books, which were about tactics, formation, jutsu, and theories behind things. 

Among them were Teams Eight and Ten. Everyone had Jōnin instructor teaching them but Raito found the scene comedic. In one of the cubicle, Asuma held a book in his hand and teaching his Genins but Raito found that no sound was leaking and Asuma was only moving his mouth. Raito found it extremely funny. 

Kakashi sighed and dragged back Raito, who was laughing silently watching Asuma teaching. 

The cubicle was a small room with a board behind Kakashi and books stacked on either side. A small seal on one side allowed Kakashi to infuse chakra, creating a barrier that isolated the cubicle from the outside world. 

"This small cubicle is for Team Seven and no one. After becoming a Chūnin, you'll naturally move to another cubicle at a lower level." 

Letting out a big breath, Kakashi looked miserably at the book to his right and said. "We will be finishing them all in 60 hours." Then watching his left, "You will be reading all of them on your own." 

It looked like Naruto wanted to burn all the books down, looking at them with disgust. 

Kakashi shook his head and continued, "Now, for some good news. You will have to take at least three mission every week and the next day will be your training day. Then for our group, Saturdays will be your break day; you can do whatever you want." 

Raito felt miserable at the thought of balancing work and reading. Academy life suddenly seemed much more comfortable. 

"Kakashi-sensei, who is the woman outside?" Hinata asked. It seemed that the ever silent and shy little girl had shown another moment of changing. 

"That old woman is Kiyomi-sensei. She's been here since long before I became a Genin, guarding this library until now." Kakashi explained briefly before grabbing a book from the shelf. 

"You three are in for an info dump today. Try to remember as much as possible." Kakashi turned the pages and said slowly. 

Raito immediately brought a couple of plastic cups and a water bottle before filling them. 

Exhaling deeply, Kakashi started, "In these six months, before Chūnin exams, you will be working inside the village and inside the fire border, and sometimes, you may even get a mission to go outside the 'Land of Fire'." 

He continued, "For C-Rank mission, you have to complete a set of D-Ranks and need approval from the Jōnin instructor, me and Hokage-sama." 

"That means better mission," Raito commented. 

"We have a chance," Naruto shouted. 

"We should choose a farther one," Raito said, looking shiftily. 

Kakashi sighed, as he felt the oncoming headache. "A regular C-Rank is fine but there are irregularities too. A C-Rank can easily go to 'B' or even an 'A' rank." 

"Oh." Naruto, Raito, and Hinata voiced out. 

Kakashi waited for more, but the three did not continue. Looking at them, Kakashi shook his head and continued, "You guys have no sense of danger." 

"For D-ranks, only Genins do them and, Chūnin and Jōnin, who are punished. For C-ranks, Genin group with a Jōnin and Chūnin groups do them. For B-rank, it's a Jōnin with Chūnin group. For A-Ranks, a Jōnin group. For S-rank, there is a need for mobilization of a few Jōnin groups." 

Kakashi felt thirsty after talking for a while and drank the water to soothe his throat. 

Raito waved his hand and said in a lazy tone, "Continue." 

Kakashi felt like hitting Raito, his glabella in pain. 

"That's all for mission ranks now. If you want to know more, you can read on your own. Next is tactics and team formation." 

Kakashi continued pouring knowledge, directly reading from the book and sharing his experiences of using those formations and tactics. Kakashi gave examples of his achievement and defeats. 

At the end of the day, Raito, Hinata, and Naruto were bored to death. 

"Raito, it's so late, and they already left." 

"Yeah, (sigh) let's go. Everyone should be at Yakiniku-Q by now." 

Later at Yakiniku Q, Team Ten and Team Seven sat in opposite seats, Chōji and Raito fighting for meat. 

"We did parcel delivery. Maybe thirty or forty, I lost count." Ino pressed her temples. 

"We bathe puppies, small puppies about thirty of them, thirty," Naruto added. 

"They were cute, though." Hinata chimed in from the side. 

"Puppies?" Ino was shocked. While her team had to deal with heavy moving and long walking, Raito and his group only had to bathe puppies. 

"Shika, when are your days off?" Raito asked, his chop attacking Chōji's. 

"Tuesday," Shika answered, then continued looking for meat pieces. 

"We need about a minimum of thirty mission to sign up for Chūnin exams," Shikamaru added. 

"Chūnin exams? I don't wanna." Raito voiced out, slowing his hand movements. 

"Hmph!" Chōji snorted and in a flurry grabbed a couple of meat pieces. 

"Damn." Raito cursed and attacked. 

"Genin, Chūnin, Jōnin, then Hokage. I want to join." Naruto slammed the table lightly. 

"If you are Chūnin, you don't have to do D-Ranks" Shikamaru voiced out. 

"Don't have to do D-Rank?" Everyone looked at him and a couple of table around also peeked. 

"We must become Chūnin." Raito looked at two of his teammates. and his fiery gaze made them slightly uncomfortable. 

Some of the older Genin clicked their tongue.

Returning home, Raito opened the door to find Anko taking big gulps of beer and bites from a piece of meat. She was comfortably seated on the sofa, thoroughly enjoying her treats. 

"Anko-nee?" Raito called out. 

"Raito, Naruto, hic." The room smelled like alcohol and Anko was tipsy as a widowed man. 

Naruto walked in front of Anko and gave her a slight push, only to end up on the floor himself.

Raito brought out a pouch, took a grayish cube and placed it under Anko's nose. Naruto immediately pinched his nose, and Anko, who was asleep, frowned her brows before waking up with a jolt. 

Anko jumped and coughed a couple of times before glaring at Raito. 

Naruto, still on the floor, hastily got up and made his way upstairs. 

Taking out a glass of Water+1, he gave it to Anko. She took huge gulps directly drinking from the bottle. 

"Why are you here?" Raito asked. 

"What? I can't come here?" Anko showed anger. 

Raito stared, sending shivers down Anko's spine. 

"Okay, okay. I had too much work, stressing me out. So I came here to hide." Anko confessed, but Raito felt like it wasn't the whole truth. As long as it was not a lie, Raito didn't care. 

"Anko-nee… I want to see." Raito spoke with seriousness, causing Anko to sober up instantly, like she was never drunk. 

After a long time of staring, she hung her head and asked, "Up or down one?" 

Raito felt his muscles twitching slightly. Face palming, he added, "I want to see that seal." 

"Raito." She mumbled as she crossed her hands crossed her chest and the other grabbed the seal place. Looking at Raito, she could see that Raito wanted to help but what could he really do. 

This seal was one of the reason for Raito to continue forward. 

A dread covering another dread, hoping to survive another day.

Pouting, she dropped her Tee. It gave her a sense of freedom, releasing her bountiful breast. Calling Raito to come forward, she took off her fishnet top and covered her breast with her hands. 

"First is this." Anko channeled her chakra and three magatamas with a center dot appeared on the neck to the right side. The magatamas turned red, and a searing pain enveloped her—a pain akin to ants crawling, tearing her skin. 

"That's the 'Cursed Seal of Heaven'." she explained through gritted teeth, her voice filled with pain. 

When Raito saw Anko's face, he gritted his teeth and used the skill. 

[Cursed Seal of Heaven] (Locked) 

A seal made by Orochimaru, one of the three Sannin. The cursed seals are the result of his desire to use the natural energy of the world and to become a sage. 

- Activating the seal increases physical power and chakra levels to a high degree. 

- Activating the seal stimulates hormones for growth and alters body structure. 

- Activating the seal triggers 'Soul Erosion' and 'Soul Invasion'.

- Activating the seal heightens negative emotions. 

"I understand." Raito bookmarked the tab as he saw that Anko in pain. 

Anko activated another seal then the three magatamas were now surrounded by three curved lines. The three curved lines had centipede-like structures, crawling to her back and shoulder. 

"This is the 'Evil Suppressing Seal' made by Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-sama." Anko explained, her tone carrying less pain. "It's almost perfect." 

[Evil Suppressing Seal] (Modified) (Incomplete) 

Seals made to suppress one's evil self within oneself. Seal modified to suppress the cursed seals of Orochimaru, courtesy of Uzumaki and Jiraiya. 

- Helps dampen negative emotions upon cursed seal activation. 

- Suppresses the spread of cursed seal activation. 

- Restrains chakra levels and physical capabilities. 

- Resonates with specific chakra to suppress foreign chakra. 

== 

Evil comes from greed. 

Evil comes from love. 

Evil comes from hate. 

Evil comes from justice. 

Intent is root of all evil. 

Sealing the intent to seal the evil. 

O' Broken will, 

Swirling tides – Broken lands. 

(Blueprint)

(Flaws) 

After looking at the seal structure in the tab, Raito asked Anko to wear her clothes and handed her a warm tea. 

"This Evil Suppressing Seal is the best that Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-sama could do. They said if only the heritage of Uzumakis were not lost, destroying this seal would not be a problem." Anko held a green ceramic teacup, her voice tinged with sadness. She struggled in the blanket, searching for a comfortable position. 

"Don't worry. I will work on it. First I will seal it completely, and then destroy it… even if it means I have to kill Orochimaru." Raito's voice was heavy and filled with might, his eyes burning with great determination. 

Anko managed a weak smile, "Don't throw your life away. If you meet him, run. Just run." The hand holding the glass tightened and cracks appeared on it. 

Seeing that Raito was not agreeing, she added, "That man is not a human; he is a monster. Even if you kill him, he will not die. He is just like a cockroach, hard to kill." 

"Is that even possible?" Raito questioned, filled with concern and confusion. Ninjutsu could do anything, words by Hiruzen were Raito guideline but at the same time the opponent was also using those words as their guideline.

She nodded her head and said, "Jiraiya-sama used sage techniques and killed him, but a year later he was again seen in some part of the continent." 

"Why does it sound like, you are making this up?" After asking, Raito added, "Even first Hokage, who had a strong life force wasn't immortal." 

"You can ask Hokage-sama one day," Anko replied weakly. 

'That's not a lie?' Raito questioned inwardly. 

"If I take a Fūinjutsu Master Exam, then I will be at level four," Raito said, revealing one of his secrets. 

"I even made new seals myself." Raito declared, tossing a talisman toward Anko and explaining briefly about it.

She scrutinized the talisman asif she could learn about it just by straining her eyes, then activated the talisman. 

A perfect replica of herself materialized in front of Anko, joyfully indulging in dango.

Curious, Anko extended her hand to touch the illusion. She anticipated it would dissipate, but to her surprise, her hand made contact with the illusionary skin. The replicated Anko turned to look at her, mirroring her move, extending her hand. 

Anko was shocked, she knew what the talisman was for. Old man Hokage had told her about it, but wasn't it supposed to be just an illusion? Wasn't my hand supposed to just pass through?

"Hmm…it's something like the river will not always follow the same path, humans have the power to turn the river. Something like that." 

"I can make modification too." Raito added, a happy glint in his eyes. 

Anko stopped channeling chakra and the figure disappeared. "What is this talisman name?" 

"Name? I didn't think about that. It's just a sealed jutsu." Raito replied. 

Anko shrugged, and after chatting with Raito for an hour, she went to sleep. 

Raito also went to his room and used his 'Chakra Sense' to check everything then disappeared from the house. 

Sitting in his house, in the wasteland, Raito took out a scroll, chakra paper, and talisman paper ready to make a seal. 

[Skill 'Create Fūinjutsu' activated] 

One after another, explosion talisman, barrier seals and various other simple seals were created. Raito woke up until two and had stacks of twenty with six different seal set. 

"About one twenty." Raito massaged his muscle and stretched his body. 

"[Destroy Fūinjutsu]" Raito grabbed a seal and a red light covered the seal, destroying it. 

[Destroy Fūinjutsu Lvl 10 (201/1000)] 

Inhaling a deep breath Raito continued the boring and laborious process of destroying the seals he had just created. 

[You have slept in a bed.] 

Raito looked at the ceiling and felt depressed. 

"Skill list. Fūinjutsu." 

[Fūinjutsu Lvl 19] 

"One more and I should be able to, right?" 

[Destroy Fūinjutsu Lvl 10 (620/1000)] 

"This is too slow." Raito walked out of the room and at the opposite in a daze. 

He opened the door to Naruto's, where he saw Naruto in his boxer and vest drawing seals. 

"Hey, Raito. Morning." 

"Hey, morning." Raito replied somewhat in a daze. 

"What's up? You look like you have some plan." Naruto asked somewhat excitedly. He dried the seals and placed the brush down. 

Raito smiled widely and grabbed Naruto, "Naruto, why don't we make some seals today. We should help that old man in the shop earn some money." 

Talking about seals, Naruto eyes had glitters shining as he said, "Let's do it. I was always thinking about that." 

Raito smiled even more widely. 

Later that day, Hinata walked in the house and saw clones of Naruto sitting and making seals. Raito was also there and the stacks of seal in front of him were far more than Naruto and his clones combined. 

"We ran out of chakra paper." Clones shouted in alarm. One after another, they announced and soon the room was filled with panic and alarm.

Raito immediately finished his seal then slammed the table. Taking out some money he gave it to one of the clones and asked him to buy some more from the shop. 

Raito took a huge breath in, then his gaze landed on Hinata, who stood at the doorsteps, shocked. Naruto and clones waved towards Hinata, and Raito looked at her with his wide smile. 

"Hey, Hinata, Naruto and I are already learning Fūinjutsu. Do you want to learn too?" Raito asked, a crafty plan on his mind.

"Yeah, Hinata, if all three of us learn Fūinjutsu then it would be so cool. We can call ourselves, 7 Fūinjutsu Star." Naruto chimed in. 

"I, learn Fūinjutsu?" Hinata asked after being stunned for a while then sadness filled her. "My family doesn't practice other technique than Gentle Fist. I have been practicing healing techniques, which is already going against them…"

"Your family can't be that bad and not let you learn, right? They can't be watching you all the time just to make sure that you don't practice other things." Naruto asked his brows furrowed. 

"My family…" Hinata murmured with sadness. 

"If you are worried about them finding out then you can just practice inside the house." Raito shrugged. 

"My parents went a little overboard making this house. Try using your Byakugan. You cannot see through that wall and similarly, no one can see from outside to inside." Raito added. 

"This place is perfect for playing hide and seek with a Byakugan user." Raito smiled, feeling proud of explaining his parents' achievement, but at the same time, he was a little worried that she may reveal the secret to her family and clan. 

'They must already know about it.'

Hinata's face displayed a mixture of emotions. 

Raito could not wait so he went back to making the seals.

Naruto also looked at Hinata in a funny way. His clones who had chakra paper left were still working and those who did not have chakra paper left were doing some things else. 

"Pfft." Hinata let out a laugh and rubbed her face. She turned to Naruto and said, "It's breaking the rule. I-I have never done it." 

"Oh! Don't worry Hinata. We have broken many, many rules. So we, the experts, can help you." Naruto said in a confident manner, puffing his chest and beating it. 

Raito rolled his eyes and shouted, "Less nonsense and start teaching her from basics." 

After looking at Hinata for a long time, Raito said in a solemn way to Hinata, "Your clan also practices Fūinjutsu. They have one, which I know 'Caged bird Cursed Seal'. Jiji told me about it and since your clan members are learning… I personally think you can too."

Naruto, who heard about the seal, felt bitter and frowned. Naruto did know about it as he was present at that time when Hyūga member talked to Raito. To marry in their clan and even have the seal on him… 

"I brought the chakra paper." Naruto clone shouted as he entered the room. 

Just as the door opened, a shadow entered at a lightning fast speed. Raito, who had always activated his 'Chakra Sense', stood up and faced the direction of the shadow. 

"My dear Genins, what are you doing?" Kakashi voice sounded as the shadow cover was lifted and his figure was revealed. 

After checking that he was indeed Kakashi, Raito felt relief, so he sat down and ignored Kakashi, opting to better use his time and make seals. 

Naruto also ignored Kakashi, then dragged Hinata, taking out a book and started teaching her. 

"Oi, Naruto. Do not teach her wrong stuff. I don't wanna clean up your mess." Raito shouted. 

"Raito-san I have some knowledge regarding Fūinjutsu." Hinata voiced out. 

"I-I secretly learned a few times." She added with a low voice. 

"Let's hope you are not like Naruto and plants at Training Ground Zero." Raito teased.

Naruto hissed and gave a side glance to Hinata and sighed in relief. He again gave an angry glare to Raito then continued his teaching.

Then Naruto continued teaching and Raito kept drawing seals. 

Kakashi never thought that he would be totally ignored. He scratched his head and looked at them, doing their own things

As Kakashi kept on looking at them working. He couldn't help but feel shock at their talent. 

One after another, seals were drawn and talisman was made. Layers after layers, stacks after stacks. 

Naruto brought something to eat from time to time, and would also give some to Kakashi. 

Raito increased his speed, and within the third hour, he alone crafted a total of two hundred talismans and tags, each. 

On the other hand, each Naruto clones had a stack of eighty seals. With ten of them and a high level of chakra, almost eight hundred seals were made by them. 

After the cleanup, the once messy room vastly improved, with stacks of seals and talismans neatly arranged on the table. Raito surveyed the table and his skill panel. 

Facing Naruto, Raito bit his lip, his voice shaking as he called out, "H-Hey Naruto." 

"Raito?" Naruto looked at him with confusion, unfamiliar with such a tone from Raito. 

Taking a deep breath, Raito asked for it directly. "Can you give me five hundred seals?" 

There was silence in the room as Naruto looked at Raito. After a long time, Naruto asked with a head tilt, "Why are you asking? You are really acting weird." 

"Take how much ever you want. But what are you going to do with them?" Naruto's nonchalant manner was making Raito feel ants crawling. 

"…Destroy them." Raito's unexpected response stunned not only Naruto but also Kakashi. 

After a pause, Naruto echoed, "Okay." 

Nodding, Raito sat down, and the clones helped move seals in front of Raito. He picked a seal in his hand and with a red glow, the seal was destroyed in pieces. 

"Wow." Naruto was truly amazed at the scene. 

Hinata, who was sitting beside Naruto, grabbed his arm and looked at Raito.

Raito kept eye on the skill panel and kept destroying the seals. One after another, with a red glow, the seals kept getting destroyed.

Kakashi, had silently pulled the forehead protector, using his Sharingan to analyze Raito's actions.

It was useless, all in vain. Just like how Raito disappeared from the spot that time in Hokage tower, now ,the destruction of the seal was another mystery. 

Kakashi was able to see the chakra flowing in the past but now he only saw the darkness, pitch black darkness. 

[Stealth Lvl 50 CP Cost 40 per minute] 

An essential skill for all shinobi. This skill allows the user the ability to move around undetected. Remain undetected, not to be heard or seen. 

-Inaudibility: The ability to become inaudible to anybody or anything.

-Inodorosity: The power to have no discernible scent.

-Unnoticeability: The ability to be unnoticed and/or ignored in presence and actions

-Dark Cover. (Passive. A layer of darkness hides everything the user want. Limited to oneself.) 

Every skill was evolving, after every twenty or twenty five levels, new lines would appear, motivating Raito to increase his level further. Some skills added additional abilities, while others increased in effectiveness.

Giving gifts to do work, just like motivation.

In games, played or to be played, there is just one goal, defeat the opposition party. In a game, it is to either kill or defeat, or complete an objective. 

The objective varied as per the genera. Such as farming, management, racing, fighting, puzzle, card, shooting, tower defense. Every single one of the game had goals and that was to defeat the opposition. 

Kakashi saw the destruction of the seals and could not help but feel pain. Raito was destroying treasure, life-saving treasure but what could he say, Naruto had already separated a part of the seals to be sold to the village. 

But to him, Raito was turning into more and more of a mystery, just like his parents who came from the capital and later joined the village. 

Reminiscing back, Kakashi could not help but feel bitter. Pulling back the forehead protector, Kakashi continued reading his book. 

In an hour, Raito had already finished destroying more than half of the seals they had made, but Naruto kept on making more seals, on and on.

When Raito destroyed about five, Naruto would make one. 

Hinata, who had just started, was already practicing her seals. 

[Destroy Fūinjutsu Lvl 11 (112/1200)] 

"Let's stop for today." Raito stretched and turned to look at the scene beyond the window.

A fiery red orb of light slowly sank. Threads of light lingered in the sky, mingling with the rolling clouds, dyeing the skies orange and red. The breeze from the eastern lands, carrying leaves with it, once it went and next it came down. Leaves from the east appeared in the west. Birds, flying in the sky, returned to their nests. Men and animals returned home alike. 

Slices of meat marinated in spices and oil. Colors added on meat strips, giving watchers think of infinite possibilities. Mouth salivating and stomach rumbling. 

Pan with oil vapors rising through. As the meat slice touched the oil, sizzling sound catching the crowd's attention. One after another, an aroma covered the kitchen. 

With tongs, Raito turned the meat slices around, creating a new culinary melody. 

"Ow." The flames burned and pricked Raito. But only one point of Health Point was lost. 

"Hmph. Rock Fist." Soon both of his hands were covered with thin layer of rocks, sparring the palms of his hand. 

Looking at the scene, Kakashi could not help but shake his hand. Even he sometime would use jutsu as such. Like replacement and clone techniques to trick Gai, to escape from his challenges. Using 'Fire spark' instead of lighter to light the gas for cooking. And many more that Kakashi couldn't even remember. He had copied hundreds of techniques, which had many practical values. 

Picking out the fried meat, Raito placed them on a plate with a base of salad of various assortments and topped off with a little gravy. Along with meat, there was rice, soup, and vegetables. 

The dishes and bowls were placed on the table. Four main, four sides, and four people. 

Raito felt slightly uncomfortable as Hinata and Kakashi joined the table. 

He bought new bowls, plates, and chopsticks. Cleaned them with spring water and using earth control carved their names on the items just like what he had done to all who walked in. 

With Kakashi's keen eyes, he had already found about it, but what was there to say? It felt like he was once again a part of a family, a small but pretty cute family.

Wearing normal civilian clothes, Kakashi looked like a handsome brother but the mask was still on, causing people to look at him weirdly. Some knew him, but many did not and, for Raito, it was somewhat confusing. He really wanted to see what was under that mask, which was a gathering spot for Kakashi's chakra.

Hinata, in her white dress, looked like a flower blooming in the darkness, under the moonlight, just like a light in the endless darkness. 

Waving their goodbyes to Hinata, the three walked towards the busy street of Konoha market stalls. Raito brought food from time to time, not knowing that he already had spent thousand. 

As they strolled, the streets got quieter, and Kakashi stood in front of a building for Jōnins, single, unmarried and loners, maybe sometime not.

He glanced at Raito before asking directly, "Do you need seals?" 

"Yes." Raito responded, devoid of modesty. 

"To destroy?" Kakashi's lazy voice held traces of curiosity as he continued probing Raito. 

"Yes." came Raito's succinct reply, each word carrying a clear intent. 

"Wait a while." Kakashi walked up to his floor and returned with a handful of scrolls in hand. 

"Take it." Kakashi tossed the scroll towards Raito and Naruto. There was a couple of dozen of scrolls. 

Opening the scrolls, Raito found each of them were storage seals. Every one of them was intermediate level storage seals. One could fit a small room of things inside it and capable of storing five hundred of the same seal. 

"These…" 

Pulling back his forehead protector, he said, "This eye remember everything. I've seen many sealing techniques in my time and mastered every single one of them easily with Sharingan. But I can't make new seals. Jiraiya-sama said that I have no creative talent for Fūinjutsu but with Sharingan, I could compensate for it." 

A moment of silence ensued. Kakashi continued, "But I have never stopped practicing, I tried again and again and have accumulated this all." 

Raito was confused, "If you have so many seals so why didn't you sell them?" 

Kakashi looked sideways. There were hints of awkwardness in between. 

Raito rolled his eyes and used '[Observe]'. 

[Hatake Kakashi Lvl?] 

[Emotion – Embarrassed] 

Storing the scrolls in the inventory, Raito picked out one and pushed his chakra into the storage seal. 

Tag, seals, and talismans appeared in front of him, having one, two and three characters each respectively. 

[Illumination Seal] (Uncommon) (Low Rank) 

Made by Hatake Kakashi 

Grade: 1/10 

[Burning Seal] (Uncommon) (Low Rank) 

Made by Hatake Kakashi 

Grade: 1/10 

[Paralyzing Tag] 

[Blood Clotting Seal] 

[Explosion Talisman] 

As Raito looked at them, heaviness landed on Raito's eye because each and every one of them were the worst, the lowest grade.

"These are seriously bad." Raito commented, holding a seal in each hand. While they were bad in overall, they could do their basic function.

"That's how it is." Kakashi shrugged. 

Raito destroyed the seal and saw that there was progress in the skill. Content, he stored the remaining seals and thanked Kakashi. 

Kakashi spent some time advising the two boys before heading upstairs. Raito and Naruto waved goodbye to Kakashi and walked away.

"Ne, Raito, why do you want so much of them?" Naruto asked, puzzled. Naruto had given Raito all the worst seals he had made, but Raito still wanted more. 

"I want to learn how to destroy seals." Raito replied simply. 

"You want to learn how to destroy seals?" Naruto was flabbergasted. While he was trying how to make seals, Raito was more focused on how to destroy the seals. 

Shaking his head Naruto decided to just leave it be. If there is not anything that he did not understand, the reason will be that he did not need to. 

Wearing an orange T-shirt and white shorts, Naruto had a small smile on his face. With his hands behind his head, he looked at the moon on the way back home. 

Seals glowed in red, one after another, and disintegrated into ashes. And after a long time, he finally heard a clear melody. 

[Fūinjutsu Lvl 20] 

Skill 'Object Attachment' unlocked. 

[Object Attachment - Infuse/Inscribe into an object] 

Raito stood in daze as he looked blankly at the wall. His brain was filling with new information that he had never seen or heard. 

"It's something like I did with the planks back then or the wall on the cave but… this is much more, a lot more."

The gleam in his eyes rejuvenated as basic knowledge was passed on. 

Jolting straight, Raito quickly went to cupboard and started searching. Taking out all the old and worn books, he found a blank book with yellow pages with a black cover and golden sides. There even was a golden Yoshizawa family seal at the middle of the cover. 

The blank book was old and the sack in which it was kept was even older. 

Patting the black book in his hand, Raito placed it on the table and started thinking.

'A permanent one, a connection with 'Link', then even shadow clone will be… I want to do it. I want to try.'

The new knowledge had steps similar to the old but there was something new added in those steps. It was just so confusing.

Book, check.

Bowl, check.

Blood Increasing Pill, check.

Raito exhaled and downed the pill.

[Blood Increasing Pill in effect.] 

Raito waited for a couple of minute before slashing his palm. Blood, slowly escaped and was collected in the bowl.

Blood collection, check.

Raito used '[Heal]' to seal the wound then placed his hands on the sides of the bowl and injected chakra. The blood churned and moved left then right, up then down in a pattern.

After a long time, the blood turned black and the metallic smell disappeared. Instead, it carried a unique fragrant.

"This new way of making chakra ink is harsh on people with small bodies." Raito opened a scroll then started making character seals. A few fix here and there, and whole structure of formula was changed.

A dozen lines of character seals then two circles, one after another.

Raito placed the book on one of the circle then poured the leftover ink from the bowl into another circle.

Tiger, Snake, Bird, Dog, Clap 

Activating the seals on the scroll, the blood ink was compressed into a bead then the bead landed on the Yoshizawa family seal.

CP was gradually decreasing but the character seals was not moving at all. He pushed more chakra and when CP was just at the end, the characters finally moved turned into small net and covered the bead and family seal, before forcing them into one.

At the end, the cover was same and the chakra paper, inside the book, was same but the Yoshizawa family seal had turned into blood red.

[Attachment Successful] 

[Book of Secrets] 

Owner – Yoshizawa Raito (Bounded) 

Time past and it was now midnight. An eerie silence with darkness pushed by the moonlight glow. In a certain house, the light lit up in a room seen by a window. 

Raito had a black book in his hand, which gave a heavy aura. Leaving the first-page blank, he turned the page. A drop of ink at one side then a drop of blood at other side. Instead of spreading and making a mark on the paper, the ink and blood were gradually being absorbed. 

The scroll at the table, which was filled with characters were being gradually turned into a single character, under the control of Raito's chakra, and soon there were no characters on the scrolls, only one seal 'Clone'. It was simply a jutsu formula.

With the pricy chakra storage scrolls on the side, Raito was ready to start the final stage. 

After performing a multitude of hand seals, Raito concentrated the chakra at his index finger and middle finger of his two hands. His hands separated and a thread of chakra was created, linking two fingers. 

The index fingers touched at the character seal and then on the ink drop side of the book. 

The character seal from the scroll jumped into the book. It took longer than originally thought, so he had already used the chakra storage scrolls, which could hold about five thousand points of chakra each.

After 10,000 CP, the ink from the scroll finally stopped and the page in the book was dyed black. A few moment passed as the ink disappeared, and a big character seal of 'clone' appeared.

One page had the character seal while other had a circle. 

[Recording Successful] 

Raito closed the book and used 'Chakra Sense'. He could see that a thin thread linked him and the black book. 

[A new technique has been recorded under the 'Book of Secrets'.] 

[Technique 'Shadow Clone' has been recorded.] 

[A goal has been achieved. 200 points gained.] 

"[Hidden Sealed Technique – Shadow clone]"

As Raito pushed small amount of chakra on the 'Clone' character seal, a clone appeared in front of him. 

[Raito's Clone No. 1] 

Durability: 1000/1000

CP: 3000/3000

"CP is full, huh?" 

"Yea."

"Tell me, is it different from talisman?" 

"Yeah, a lot. With this book, it will be like you casted the technique." Clone answered before adding. "But you already knew it." 

Raito nodded, "Book is an intermediary to activate the skill, but it's main purpose is to hold that chakra."

"With False Surrounding, Chakra Sense, Stealth, and Earth Clone and now, feeding this book. If I reduce my Chakra Sense to 500 meters, I can maintain 3/4th of my total chakra."

The clone picked up the chakra storage scroll and said, "These are pretty much useless now."

"It costed too much for even one,"

"Since it was monopolized by the clans, you are lucky to even be able to buy it."

"Shikamaru had to do a lot of talking to the clan elders for this." Raito's eyes narrowed.

"You owe him one." the clone smirked and continued "Too bad you can't use it during fights and all. It would be a big help for Kakashi-sensei."

"I can make one but it will hold only 50 CP, but with this-" Raito looked at the destroyed scroll and sighed.

"From his ANBU logs, Kakashi is clearly-"

Raito picked the table and placed it inside the inventory then looked at his clone.

"Let's stop talking about those." 

The clone sighed and pulled out the table placing it on its original position. "We have Observe-sama, you know."

A smile hung on Raito's face as watched the scene. "I just wanted to know I am right."