Training Sound Perception Illusion Technique

Chiga returned home and casually made a little food for dinner.

After eating, Chiga rummaged through the cabinets at home and soon found a pile of ninja technique scrolls.

He laid the scrolls out one by one on the living room table.

Fire Release, Wind Release, Earth Release.

There were scrolls for all five nature transformations, but Fire Release made up the most, followed by Wind Release.

It seemed that Chiga's cheap old man also had Fire and Wind Release affinities.

Chiga casually picked up a Fire Release scroll and opened it to skim through.

The scroll not only recorded the hand-seal sequence and the direction of Chakra flow through the body, but also included some tips for practicing the technique at the end.

Among the dozens of scrolls, Chiga chose two Fire Release and two Wind Release techniques.

They were Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Fire Release: Fire Dragon Technique, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique.

These four techniques weren't too difficult to learn, making them suitable for a beginner like Chiga.

After thinking for a moment, Chiga took out the Shadow Clone Technique as well. These scrolls also contained techniques other than the five nature transformations, and the Shadow Clone Technique was one of them.

As a technique invented by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, it not only possessed an independent consciousness but also had a physical body that could attack enemies.

This technique was extremely practical.

Unfortunately, it wasn't the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Chiga sighed inwardly, but then reconsidered. With his current amount of Chakra, even if he had the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, he wouldn't dare practice it.

After all, it was a forbidden technique.

Since this technique consumed Chakra so violently, anyone without a massive amount of Chakra would injure themselves or even endanger their life by using it. Even among the jōnin, very few people would use such a technique.

However, with the Emotion Points System, once Chiga increased his Chakra reserves through the system, he could find a way to obtain this technique from Konoha.

After choosing the techniques he would practice next, Chiga prepared to put the scrolls back and save them for later.

Just then, Chiga's gaze stopped on one of the scrolls.

It was an extremely battered-looking scroll, and the character "Illusion" was written on its cover.

"Illusion techniques, huh."

Chiga muttered to himself, and the introduction to illusion techniques he had obtained from Uchiha Shisui surfaced in his mind.

Illusion Technique: Beginner (0/1000)+

This was the first talent in the system that required 1,000 Emotion Points to upgrade even at the beginner level.

Just like Fire Release, raising this Illusion Technique talent would enhance the effects of illusion techniques in every aspect.

Unlike ninjutsu and taijutsu, illusion techniques targeted an enemy's five senses, causing them to fall into hallucinations.

As one of the three basic disciplines, many ninja knew how to use illusion techniques, but they were mostly used as auxiliary methods. Few specialized in this path.

With a trace of curiosity, Chiga opened the scroll and glanced over it, then raised an eyebrow.

It didn't record a single illusion technique. Instead, it explained the principles of illusion techniques while introducing the conditions and effects that triggered them.

"Interesting."

Perhaps bolstered by his Illusion Technique talent, Chiga found himself engrossed.

The visual-based Sharingan had simple activation conditions: as long as the user made eye contact, they could trap their opponent in an illusion. Its effects were also outstanding. It could not only control the opponent's movements but also make them fall into a mental world constructed by the caster, where they would experience the illusion of pain.

The auditory-based Demonic Sound was inferior to the Sharingan in terms of effect, but it made up for that with its long range. As long as the opponent could hear the sound, their body would stop obeying them, and they would hallucinate and lose the ability to fight. Because of its wide range, the caster was also less likely to be exposed.

"Damn it, was there any need to hit me?"

"It was him. I was acting in self-defense!"

"Move it. Don't waste time. We haven't even had dinner yet because we had to catch you lot!"

Just as Chiga was reading with great interest, chaotic voices faintly drifted in from outside.

Chiga frowned, stood up, and opened the door. As it swung open, the voices became clearer.

"Bastard, do you know who I am? I'm from the Sarutobi Clan!"

"Even if you were from the Senju Clan, it wouldn't matter. Behave yourself!"

"You can't treat me like this! I've rendered meritorious service to Konoha, and I've bled on the front lines! I want to see the Hokage!"

"Shut up! The contributions you made on the battlefield can't cancel out your crime of fighting in the village!"

"Uchiha brother, could you please not notify my family? My wife has a weak heart. If she finds out that I went drinking in the red-light district and got into a fight over another woman, she'll have an attack."

"You have a wife and still go to places like that? We Uchiha hate people like you the most. You need an extra month in detention to reflect properly!"

Uchiha Fugaku and the others were truly efficient. Not only had they dealt with the troublesome ninja, but they had brought them all back as well.

"Looks like things are going to be lively for the next few days!"

Chiga understood that this was only one of the cases. There would be more afterward.

And just as Chiga had said, the Uchiha Clan Grounds became noticeably livelier over the next few days.

There were people causing trouble in groups, getting into fights, getting drunk and stripping to dance in the street—every kind of foolish incident.

And the Uchiha clan didn't indulge them. Once they were dispatched, it didn't matter who the offender was; they hauled them all away in chains.

The leadership of the various clans, hoping to plead for their offending ninja, went to the ninja of the Uchiha Military Police Force one after another, hoping that the Uchiha clan would show some leniency.

However, judging from their gloomy faces when they returned, the Uchiha clan had clearly shown them no consideration.

This continued for several days, eventually alarming Konoha's higher-ups. Considering that these ninja had only caused trouble in groups and hadn't committed serious crimes like murder or arson, the village stepped in to plead for them.

Only then did the matter end with the offenders paying a small fine.

The troublemakers were released. They were grateful to Konoha's higher-ups and resentful toward the heartless Uchiha clan.

This was exactly the effect the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, had wanted.

At the Ninja Academy, Chiga rested one hand against his head while placing the other on the desk, his index finger tapping the tabletop incessantly.

Tap, tap, tap.

The tapping carried a strangely hypnotic rhythm.

"Chiga, could you stop tapping? I can't listen to the lesson anymore. That tapping sound is all I can hear in my head."

The Ninja Academy Student sitting beside Chiga couldn't take it any longer.

He didn't know how Chiga, who had been sitting beside him a few days ago, had developed this bad habit.

At first, it had been fine. The tapping hadn't bothered him at all, and he had even tapped along with Chiga.

But today, something felt wrong. He had become dazed by the tapping and couldn't even remember what Ryōichi-sensei had said during class.

"Sorry! I'll be more careful next time."

Seeing this, Chiga stopped tapping his finger and quietly apologized to the Ninja Academy Student.

He was secretly delighted. After tapping for so many days, it had finally worked.