Ino stood up, maintaining the hand seal for the Mind Transfer Technique.
"Alright, Ino, let it go. I told you, us Genin shouldn't even think about subduing him with force. It's such a pain."
Shikamaru said helplessly.
"Shikamaru, you keep asking. I'll just stay here..."
"Little sister, can't you understand human speech? Do you really think your Mind Transfer has any deterrent effect?"
Bai Mo said, walking towards Ino.
"You, don't come any closer!"
Ino maintained her hand seal, her expression a little flustered.
Behind Bai Mo, Shikamaru, whom he had ignored, now had sweat on his forehead.
He was debating whether to use the Shadow Paralysis Jutsu.
The opponent seemed to have his back to him, full of openings, but given the pressure and confidence he displayed, if he really used it and it didn't work, it would be one thing. But if it instead made the opponent annoyed, then solving the problem later would be even more troublesome.
After some thought, Shikamaru finally gave up.
He couldn't, and didn't need to, make a move.
Moreover, according to his calculations, Ino's psychological endurance should be nearing its limit. As long as the opponent got a little closer, Ino would definitely use the Mind Transfer Technique.
This attack would be a good opportunity to estimate the opponent's strength... "Mind Transfer Technique!"
Just as Shikamaru had expected, Ino, seeing Bai Mo continue to approach, couldn't help but use the Mind Transfer Technique.
The mental energy, condensed and enhanced at her fingertips, carried her soul consciousness, shot towards Bai Mo, and penetrated into his consciousness.
The Mind Transfer Technique is a strategic secret technique; its effectiveness in direct combat is actually quite poor.
The extremely long preparation and initiation, as well as the 'mental energy projection' that absolutely must hit, allow any ninja with even a little experience and strength to resist it.
However, if it does hit, the effect is excellent.
Just like during the Fourth Great Ninja War, a certain person stood on the Ten-Tails' head, inserting a tube without moving, becoming a living target for the Mind Transfer Technique. As a result, he was controlled twice by Ninja War Ino using the Mind Transfer Technique.
Even if the duration was only a few short seconds, that was Ino's highlight, the Yamanaka Clan's secret technique's highlight moment.
Oh right, there was also the Edo Tensei Kinkaku in Nine-Tailed Chakra Mode, who was easily hit by the Mind Transfer Technique by Ino, who had teammates providing control, and then sealed.
So why is the Mind Transfer Technique said to be only a strategic secret technique?
Because this technique has a characteristic: after the Mind Transfer controls the target, everything the target feels is what you feel.
If the target is injured, the caster will also be injured.
It's comparable to a reverse Jashin's Ritual: Blood Manipulation.
That is to say, when you control the opponent, you cannot let your teammates attack.
Unless your teammates cooperate extremely well, and you can release the Mind Transfer and leave the target's body the instant your teammates attack.
—
"Ino!"
Shikamaru saw Ino activate the Mind Transfer Technique and took a step forward, shouting.
Ino's body went limp and she slumped onto the seat.
"It worked?"
Shikamaru was somewhat surprised by this scene.
If the Mind Transfer Technique failed, her soul should have been bounced back to her body, and she would have woken up. Ino was currently unconscious, which meant her soul was still inside the opponent's body, a sign of success!
The opponent had just acted so powerful and confident, and this was the result?
Shikamaru found it a bit hard to believe.
"What worked?"
Bai Mo turned around and, under Shikamaru's bewildered gaze, walked back to him. "Shall we continue talking?"
"...Where's Ino? What did you do to her?"
Shikamaru glanced at the unconscious Ino, his expression very grave.
"I just made her quiet down. Once we're done talking, I'll naturally let her go back."
Bai Mo smiled faintly.
At this moment, in Bai Mo's consciousness space, Ino was being pressed to the ground by one of Bai Mo's hands, unable to move.
After struggling fruitlessly, Ino could only lie weakly on the ground.
Such a situation, even her father or the elders of her clan, had never encountered.
When encountering a ninja with strong mental power, at most they would be bounced back, expending a large amount of chakra and mental energy.
This situation... unless the opponent not only overwhelmingly crushed her in mental power, but also in chakra control, to the point of being able to ignore the mental enhancement of the Mind Transfer Technique, could they achieve this level.
Eh?
After giving up resistance, Ino lay quietly in the consciousness space, raising her arm and waving it in the air, then suddenly froze: "Eh?"
Ino looked closely at her arm. How did it become so long?
Ino was very confused. She struggled to sit up slightly and looked at her body.
— Bai Mo's hand was pressing on her stomach, so her upper body could still move a little.
But this sight completely bewildered Ino.
When did her legs become so long, and why was her chest so bulging? Had she stuffed some super-large military ration pills there?
After a while in a daze, Ino suddenly remembered a few special cases her father had told her about when explaining the ninja's spiritual world.
In the spiritual world, a person's appearance is determined by themselves.
For example, her father, Inoichi Yamanaka, once encountered a ninja who had accidentally killed his best friend in his youth. After using the Mind Transfer Technique on that ninja, the image he saw of the opponent was their appearance from their youth.
This indicated that the opponent had always been bothered and immersed in that past.
Ino was certain that her current appearance was something she had definitely never imagined herself.
Then there was only one possibility.
This person, who completely overwhelmed her in mental power and control, saw her in this image in his eyes.
Because his powerful mental energy controlled everything in the mental space, including her appearance, this situation occurred.
But why?
She didn't know the opponent at all before.
The clothing style of this image perfectly matched her preferences.
It was as if it were her, grown up in the future.
It's truly strange.
—
Outside the mental world.
Bai Mo was chatting with Shikamaru.
"Actually, I am the new generation 'Dream Weaver', upholding the philosophy of the previous Dream Weaver, helping Hanabi achieve her dreams.
She wants to protect her older sister Hinata and the people she cares about, and she wants to become stronger, so I gave her a choice.
That is to say, I did not force her."
"Do you think I would believe such an explanation? And I already mentioned earlier, when it comes to developing the Hyūga Clan's Byakugan, can you really be stronger than their clan elders?"
Shikamaru shook his head.
"Whether you believe it or not is irrelevant to me."
"Shikamaru, your mind is good, but I don't agree with your beliefs.
Actually, I could have left after saying that.
However, I just had an idea and wanted to conduct a small experiment.
So, I'm going to help you 'weave your dream' too, and try to make your dreams come true."
"Don't joke around. Do you know what dreams I have?"
Shikamaru scoffed.
He just wanted to get by and live his life, what ideals could he possibly have... "To be an ordinary ninja. (Eighth Hokage)
Earn a little money. (Inherit the family business)
Marry an ordinary woman who is neither beautiful nor ugly (the village belle next door)
Have two children. (Not yet achieved)
The first child is a girl. (Failed)"
"..."
After Bai Mo finished speaking, Shikamaru stood frozen in place.
What was going on?
Even with mind-reading, one couldn't know all this, could they?
How did it feel like the other person understood him better than he understood himself?
....
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