"Orochimaru-sensei, what should we do if we don't have talent?"
A student wearing suspenders and a center-parted hairstyle voiced everyone's doubts. Aside from the children of major clans, most students were ordinary people.
For an unremarkable individual trainee like him, who had practiced for two and a half years, making a name for himself was truly a little difficult!
Good grief! Center part, suspenders, two-and-a-half-year trainee—only a basketball was missing.
"If you have no Kekkei Genkai and no outstanding talent, then there is the second option!"
Orochimaru drew two lines beneath "effort," then turned back to face the crowd.
The reason there were only two options, effort and talent, was that even with a powerful clan at your back, without talent or a Kekkei Genkai, it would still be useless.
How many great clans were there in the Ninja World, and how many Kage-level or even beyond-Kage-level ninjas had emerged from them? Orochimaru did not deny the advantages of clans.
But clans could only be of greater use when talent was present. Look at Minato—did he have a clan to rely on?
His talent had brute-forced the Flying Thunder God, and he had even found himself a Hokage master's teacher. That counted as having backing.
"Effort may seem insignificant before talent, but effort combined with ninjutsu suited to you can shine just as brightly."
Seeing the confused looks on their faces, Orochimaru gave them the answer in the next moment.
"There is a ninja in the village named Might Duy. His taijutsu is extremely powerful, but to unleash its strength, one must possess an exceptionally strong body."
"Taijutsu? How strong could it be?"
"Might Duy? I've never heard of him!"
"Oh! I know him. He's that ninja who wears a green bodysuit all day..."
Faced with all kinds of doubts,