Not everyone was as powerful as Minato Namikaze, but there were simply too many of them. Even Genin were superhuman by the standards of ordinary Earthlings.
What was more, the ninja world did not consist solely of ninjas. Among the non-ninjas were many who cultivated Chakra and possessed extraordinary power.
All of them could be counted among the ranks of super players. Although ordinary people in the ninja world were inferior to ninjas, according to the system's classification, they were still life-forms with twice as many cells as "normal people," capable of providing more emotional value than "normal people."
So long as he found more powerful people to experience the game, he would be able to complete the system's assigned missions relatively easily.
Likewise, he would be able to obtain the system's rewards.
For a moment, Uchiha Qi could not help slipping into fantasy mode again, imagining himself using the system's rewards to break free from mediocrity, fully unleash the power of his bloodline, and ultimately become an Uchiha superhuman who could control the Nine-Tails with a single glance!
Just thinking about it was a little exciting.
Hehehehe!
Mm... I'm a little tired...
Suddenly, a powerful wave of fatigue washed over him. It was the backlash from Uchiha Qi overusing his ocular power and Chakra.
That reaction destabilized the game world, and it soon began to collapse.
Minato Namikaze, who had been immersed in the thrill of battle, watched as the enemy before him and the crimson scenery around him suddenly crumbled apart. He froze, then felt the world around him shake, his mind swaying with it.
When he came back to himself, he found that he was lying on a bed while Uchiha Qi sat in a chair beside it, rubbing the space between his brows with an exhausted expression.
Seeing this, Minato Namikaze asked with concern, "Qi, what's wrong?"
Uchiha Qi waved a hand. "Nothing. I just overused my eyes. Keeping the game running continuously consumes Chakra, so I set a threshold for myself. Once the consumption reaches a certain point, it automatically shuts down."
"Even so, I'm still a little tired."
Minato Namikaze understood immediately and quietly waited for Uchiha Qi to recover.
Once Uchiha Qi had mostly recovered and lowered the hand rubbing his head, their conversation resumed.
Naturally, they talked about the game.
Minato Namikaze rated the Genjutsu Game extremely highly, calling it an unprecedentedly miraculous secret technique with enormous potential. If properly developed, he believed it would be no weaker than the Wood Release the First Hokage had used to pacify the world. He believed Uchiha Qi's Genjutsu Game was a brand-new secret technique developed from Sharingan genjutsu, and such miraculous techniques were not uncommon in the ninja world. For example, Hashirama Senju's Wood Release could be classified as a secret technique unique to him.
The praise made Uchiha Qi scratch his head. He could not help complaining, "The Genjutsu Game is indeed amazing, but comparing it to something like Wood Release... aren't you overestimating me?"
Minato Namikaze shook his head, his expression serious. "No, I don't think I'm wrong. Leaving aside all the miraculous scenes within the Genjutsu Game, the incomparably realistic experience alone surpasses every genjutsu I know."
"When everything inside is no different from reality, the boundary between truth and illusion becomes incredibly blurred. That also means that if someone dies inside, they may die in the real world as well. No known genjutsu has achieved such a result."
The idea that illusion could affect reality—that if the brain was deceived into believing it had truly died, the person in reality would die as well—also existed in the ninja world.
It was simply that the ninja world's current genjutsu could not achieve such an effect, at least not to Minato Namikaze's knowledge.
The greatest use of ordinary genjutsu was to control enemies. The only differences lay in the duration and method of control. During that time, one could kill the enemy, or even manipulate them into killing themselves.
However, none of those methods killed people directly with genjutsu. They merely used physical means to make the enemy die.
But Uchiha Qi's Genjutsu Game was different. Having experienced it himself, Minato Namikaze could say with absolute certainty that the game was realistic enough to blur the line between illusion and reality and kill someone through illusion alone. Even Uchiha Qi had set a safety lock for the game. Was that not proof enough?
Moreover, genjutsu in the ninja world essentially interfered with a target's five senses and mind by disrupting the flow of Chakra, and one could likewise break free from genjutsu by disrupting one's Chakra flow.
That was why Jinchuriki usually did not fear genjutsu. If they fell under one, they could use their Tailed Beasts' Chakra to break free.
But Uchiha Qi's Genjutsu Game was different, because...
"Although the activation conditions are rather demanding, and it will fail if the target puts up even slight resistance, once it starts successfully, the usual methods of resisting genjutsu become ineffective. Qi, I actually tried using Chakra to interfere with it while I was in the Genjutsu Game, to see whether I could break the genjutsu."
"However, I failed. My ability to resist genjutsu may not be exceptionally strong, but it isn't weak either. Kushina and my teacher Jiraiya both taught me techniques for resisting genjutsu, yet all of them failed."
"That means even someone like the Third Hokage would probably be unable to break the world of the Genjutsu Game through his own power after entering it."
"If you can solve the problem of its demanding activation conditions, use it directly in normal combat, and avoid being unable to move while it is active, then this secret technique of yours will become a terrifying weapon on the battlefield."
By the end, Minato Namikaze's face was full of amazement and admiration, along with heartfelt respect. "Qi, you truly are a creative genius no less talented than Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage!"
Hearing Minato Namikaze compare him to that evil old Senju bastard, Uchiha Qi was speechless. Minato Namikaze simply did not understand that, for an Uchiha, being compared to Tobirama Senju was the ultimate insult. Otherwise, Uchiha Qi would definitely have thought Minato Namikaze was mocking him.
Then Uchiha Qi said, "You think too highly of me. I'm no creative genius, and I can't compare to the Second Hokage."
But Minato Namikaze said with a serious expression, "No, I've always believed that your talent as a ninja has merely been holding you back. If you had ninja talent that matched your brilliance, you definitely would not lose to the Second Hokage."
"Just like when you guided me in developing the Rasengan two years ago. Without you, I probably would never have developed such a ninjutsu in my entire life, much less all the later advanced versions of the Rasengan."
Uchiha Qi said, "Uh, is it possible that even without me, you would still have developed the Rasengan someday, Minato?"
Minato Namikaze smiled wryly. "Qi, you overestimate me. Everyone calls me a genius, but that only means I learn quickly. When it comes to creativity, I'm far inferior to you."
He was utterly resolute, carrying himself with the humble conviction that compared to Uchiha Qi, he was merely mediocre.
There was nothing Uchiha Qi could say to that. He could only admit that Minato Namikaze's filter regarding him ran far too deep.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Uchiha Qi, a shameless outsider who had transmigrated here, had befriended Minato Namikaze since childhood. All he had needed to do was casually reveal a few slightly advanced and forward-thinking ideas while they were young, and little Minato Namikaze had been amazed and worshipped him, believing him to be a genius.
Back then, Uchiha Qi had also believed that, as a transmigrator, he was surely a top-tier genius with limitless future achievements. Wanting Minato Namikaze's support and admiration, he had deliberately created an impressive image for himself.
But as he grew older and realized he was an ordinary person, Uchiha Qi abandoned those unrealistic fantasies. He became genuinely friends with Minato Namikaze, hoping that the future Fourth Hokage would lend his brother a hand at critical moments.
Likewise, he did not want Minato Namikaze to die after being betrayed by his ungrateful disciple.
So, when they were sixteen, Uchiha Qi helped Minato Namikaze complete the development of the Rasengan ahead of time.
In the original timeline, Minato Namikaze had only begun developing that technique after encountering an enemy nation's Jinchuriki during the Third Great Ninja War and witnessing the power of a Tailed Beast Bomb. With Jiraiya's help, it had taken him three years to develop the Rasengan.
That had already been near the end of the Third Great Ninja War.
For Uchiha Qi, developing the Rasengan had merely been copying homework. After all, as Prince Naruto's signature ninjutsu in the future, it had a complete training process and even a complete development process for its later advanced forms.
Thus, while "developing" the Rasengan with Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Qi only needed to continuously provide "ideas." By becoming an unrivaled source of inspiration, he could guide Minato Namikaze step by step through developing the Rasengan and its later advanced forms.
It was just that the "creativity" he had displayed back then seemed to have been too strong, causing Minato Namikaze, who had already been wearing rose-colored glasses, to completely misunderstand. He now believed Uchiha Qi was unquestionably a top-tier genius, an "inventor" like Tobirama Senju.
It had to be said, the misunderstanding was rather enormous.
Especially now that he had "developed" the Genjutsu Game as well, it was even harder to explain. After all, Minato Namikaze had directly compared the Genjutsu Game to Wood Release!
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