Chapter 93: A Single Sentence Hits the Mark
Returning to the small town, Genichi's life returned to a state of peace. Training, and from time to time, taking Ina out to sea on Torao. If he were alone, such a life would be somewhat tedious, but with a beauty like Ina for company, it was rather pleasant.
Village Hidden in the Leaves, Hokage's Office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi quietly listened as Shinnosuke and Minato reported on the situation of their recent mission. When he heard that the wielder of the greatsword Samehada had been intercepted and killed by Genichi, Hiruzen couldn't help but show a look of astonishment.
So, the Mist Village's grand entrance into the Land of Fire was not a mistake after all.
"Has Genichi already grown to such an extent?" Hiruzen remarked with some emotion.
Minato smiled. "Genichi's changes are indeed not small. He has also completed the Yin Seal (In'fūin)."
Hiruzen nodded, also very pleased. "It seems he has already made up for his shortcomings."
Minato then relayed the intelligence on the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Shinnosuke then continued, reporting on some of the internal affairs of the Mist Village that he had learned from Genichi.
Hiruzen listened quietly, his expression gradually turning solemn.
Finally, Shinnosuke said, "Genichi deduces that if war breaks out again, the Village Hidden in the Mist will definitely participate actively in order to divert the increasingly serious internal conflicts."
Hiruzen nodded. However, the situation in the Mist Village made him think more about the situation in Konoha. The rift between the Uchiha and the core of Konoha had always existed. There was also the Hyuga clan, who were also somewhat detached. But fortunately, the current Konoha was still very united, far from the state of the Mist Village. But the lesson of the past was a warning for the future. The rift with the Uchiha could not be allowed to widen any further.
...
After discussing the most critical matters, Shinnosuke finally brought up Uzumaki Ina, a survivor of the Uzumaki clan. However, compared to the previous topics, this was not a major issue, and Hiruzen did not pay it special attention. When the time came for Genichi to bring her back to Konoha, there would be no problem. He didn't trust Ina, but he absolutely trusted Genichi.
After leaving the Hokage Tower and returning home, Minato also mentioned Ina to Kushina.
Kushina was first stunned, then became extremely excited. "Ina?"
"Is it true?"
"Ina is with that guy Genichi?"
Looking at the laughing and crying Kushina, Minato quickly hugged her. "It's true."
"She should be returning to Konoha with Genichi when the time comes. Don't worry."
Kushina nodded repeatedly, already beginning to imagine the wonderful scene of seeing her childhood playmate again.
"Minato, should I prepare a gift for her?"
"By the way, did Genichi say when he's coming back?"
"Do I need to prepare a place for Ina to live?"
"Will Ina not recognize me anymore?"
...
Minato's head was spinning, but he gently answered Kushina's endless stream of questions one by one. Perhaps this was one of the joys of being in love?
Time flew by. Winter passed, and spring came. Before they knew it, it was March of Konoha Year 46.
In his study, Genichi frowned in deep thought. All around him, on the desk and on the floor, were scattered many drafts and even discarded scrolls. And on them, without exception, were written many complex Fūinjutsu and jutsu formulas.
Ina walked into the study on tiptoe. After putting down a cup of tea, she silently began to tidy up the scattered draft papers and scrolls. Although these were discarded, it didn't mean they had no value, so they couldn't be thrown away immediately but needed to be sorted into volumes. You never knew when the contents might be needed.
After scrapping another draft paper, Genichi's thoughts gradually pulled back. Developing Kyōka Suigetsu (Mirror Flower, Water Moon) before had been nowhere near this difficult. Inspiration was the key.
Now, in developing a genjutsu to deprive the sense of touch, Genichi had previously only confirmed the direction, and then pushed forward step by step. The progress was slow and fraught with difficulties, especially starting from theory.
And the direction Genichi had set was Sealing Techniques (Fūinjutsu) + Paralysis Techniques (Kanashibari no Jutsu). He would take a brute force approach, first being able to crudely deprive the sense of touch, and then slowly refine it in the future, gradually transforming it towards the control of the five senses.
Yes, just like the Kurama clan's kekkei genkai, the control of the five senses.
After studying genjutsu up to now, Genichi had already figured out which two nature transformations needed to be fused to achieve control of the five senses.
Yin Release (Inton) + Yang Release (Yōton)! And with Yin Release as the dominant one!
Even the Sharingan kekkei genkai, at its root, from the perspective of nature transformation, was also formed from the fusion of Yin + Yang, and with Yin as the dominant one. And the Byakugan, Genichi speculated, was also formed from the fusion of Yin + Yang, but unlike the Sharingan, Yang Release should be the dominant one.
"This overdraft should be able to solve the problem of the touch-depriving genjutsu... and then there's taste and smell."
"Once I can crudely deprive and restrict all five senses, the next step is to try and fuse Yin and Yang Release and move in the direction of controlling the five senses."
"This should be a relatively easy path to walk."
Genichi thought to himself.
And the other path for genjutsu was to directly target the mind and consciousness. For example, Tsukuyomi or Kotoamatsukami. This path was much more abstruse. If he wanted to walk this path, Genichi felt that he would first need to find and research ninjutsu that involved the soul and consciousness. The Yamanaka clan's Mind Body Switch (Shintenshin)... but that was obviously impossible.
The Spirit Transformation Technique (Reika no Jutsu) was a very good choice. Genichi also remembered that Senju Tobirama had a soul-binding type of ninjutsu.
"This time, I can get the ninjutsu for free first. Anyway, I generally won't use the Spirit Transformation Technique against enemies, and a jutsu like soul-binding is also very stealthy to cast."
"As for the Flying Thunder God Technique (Hiraishin no Jutsu), I'll get it for free first to research. I can't wait until I get back to Konoha to scheme for it..."
Genichi was not sure about his own talent in space-time ninjutsu. If his talent was not good, he was afraid it would take an extremely long time to research, and he might not even succeed, ending up like Shiranui Genma and the others, just a half-baked user.
With that thought, Genichi picked up his tea and drank it with relish.
Ina, having tidied up the study, smiled and said, "Lord Genichi, since a genjutsu can cause the enemy's chakra to become chaotic, could you perhaps start from that angle to use the enemy's own chakra flow to suppress or seal their sense of touch?"
A single sentence made Genichi forget to swallow his tea.
A genjutsu can affect the flow of chakra. Then, taking it a step further, could he control the flow of chakra to achieve what he wanted?
He could!
Although it would be very difficult!
But if he did it, then it would basically be very difficult for the enemy to break it on their own, requiring external chakra to interfere.
Thinking of this, Genichi was overjoyed. He immediately stood up and picked Ina up in a hug. "Well done!"
"You're a real sealing technique genius, Ina!"
Ina's face turned slightly red, but she was very happy.
Putting her down, Genichi sat down at his desk again and continued to bury his head in his work.
Time passed slowly like this, and in the blink of an eye, it was March 18th.
(End of Chapter)
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