"I can teach you Ninjutsu, but can you first answer me—what is a ninja?" Mu Yue asked the crowd with a smile.
The ninjas in the crowd looked at one another. There were too many possible answers to that question. They could say that anyone who graduated from the Ninja Academy was a ninja, that ninja was a profession, or that ninjas were people who used Ninjutsu.
But they felt that a question from someone as powerful as Mu Yue had to carry some deeper meaning. It could not be that simple.
"A ninja is someone who can endure anything." Seeing that no one answered, Yahiko was the first to give his response.
Mu Yue smiled and nodded without commenting.
"A ninja is someone who can use Chakra to perform Ninjutsu." Chi Chang also quickly spoke up.
He truly could not think of any profound insight, so he might as well answer early and leave an impression on Mu Yue.
The others quickly realized this as well and began giving their own answers.
"A ninja is a profession, an identity."
"If you have learned Ninjutsu, you count as a ninja."
More than a hundred ninjas scrambled to answer, making the scene extremely noisy.
Mu Yue gently pressed his palm downward, signaling for everyone to quiet down.
In less than a minute, the area returned to its previous calm atmosphere.
It was not because Mu Yue had been a teacher for so long that his crowd control was unmatched. It was because the destruction caused by Mu Yue's Ninjutsu was still right beside them, so everyone treated him very politely.
"In the broad sense, none of you are wrong. A ninja can be a profession, and it can also refer to someone who can use Ninjutsu." As he spoke, Mu Yue