Senju Jueming's Devil Theory

Given Senju Jueming's performance, there probably won't be any suspense when it comes to learning the Transformation Technique and Substitution Technique later on.

Funano Daikoku thought to himself.

In ten years of teaching, I've never encountered a student with such talent...

A once-in-a-generation genius.

In an instant, he had assigned Jueming that evaluation.

"Not bad."

Mito Uzumaki's voice rang out in his mind.

"Now that is the bearing of my Senju Clan."

As the founders of Konoha.

They should display their strength with an absolutely crushing presence.

After class, the students gathered around Jueming, asking him for tips on the Clone Technique.

"It was nothing. I merely possess formidable stamina and two exceptional kidneys."

Jueming answered blandly.

If there was a secret, that was it.

Greater stamina meant more Chakra could be converted.

Strong kidneys also meant extraordinary endurance.

"Everyone can see Jueming's usual passion for Nindo."

Rin Nohara was also in the crowd, gazing at Jueming.

After hearing her words, everyone nodded.

Aside from Lying down and upside-down push-ups being a little strange, Senju Jueming was indeed very diligent.

He sparred with girls and fenced with male classmates.

Kurenai Yuhi was not among the crowd. She sat at her desk and stared at Jueming, but her thoughts were entirely different. His talent really is impressive, but his character is terrible.

Without proper ideological guidance, a Ninja could easily go down the wrong path.

"Damn it..."

Watching Jueming surrounded by everyone, Senju Takeshi glared fiercely.

Jealousy filled him to the brim.

He felt that the primordial power within him could no longer be contained...

He quickly swallowed several pills from a medicine bottle, then over a dozen more... yet it still felt like a drop in the bucket...

After school, on the way back.

"Stay away from Senju Takeshi from now on."

Mito Uzumaki warned him.

She had seen all of Senju Takeshi's behavior. As fellow members of the Senju Clan, they should not keep provoking him.

"Wasn't it because you casually used the Clone Technique that Senju Takeshi's negative thoughts were intensified?"

Jueming retorted without mercy.

Mito Uzumaki was immediately... somewhat embarrassed.

She had not meant to do it.

After all, constantly watching from within the Mental Space could get lonely and boring.

Who would have thought that a casual attempt would actually succeed?

"There is always someone greater out there, and the Ninja World is full of geniuses. Even without me, someone else would have provoked Senju Takeshi."

Jueming frowned, but he did not care about what Mito Uzumaki had said.

"If he mutates because of that, then that is simply his fate. Besides, I have already informed the Great Elder about Senju Takeshi. If even the Great Elder cannot do anything, what more can an 'ordinary' Senju Ninja like me accomplish?"

Mito Uzumaki: "..."

Not long after.

Jueming went to the ancestral hall.

Senju Sayuri and Senju Takeshi had both arrived as well.

After they finished paying their respects, the Great Elder turned and asked, "How has your practice been with the skills I taught you?"

Senju Sayuri immediately performed a set of Ninja Body Fist.

Her movements were fluid and pleasing to the eye.

Her skill deserved an eight out of ten.

With her looks added in, it could be a ten.

Her swaying silver braid added another touch of beauty.

If I grabbed it with my hand and then... pulled it up, it would definitely feel good.

Jueming thought to himself.

Of course, he would still have to wait another nine or ten years.

"Not bad."

After Senju Sayuri finished her Ninja Body Fist routine, the Great Elder nodded in satisfaction.

Then came Senju Takeshi.

The moment he saw his movements, the Great Elder became far more anxious.

Senju Takeshi was not bad either, but compared to Senju Sayuri, he fell far short.

Compared to Jueming, there was no comparison at all.

"..."

Senju Takeshi noticed the Great Elder's gaze as well.

His mind involuntarily grew restless and tense.

Just as the Great Elder was about to offer some comforting words, Jueming suddenly spoke. "Old Meng, what are you standing around for? Let's all have a meal together later. Your treat."

"!"

Senju Takeshi's eyes widened as he looked over.

His eyeballs were covered in bloodshot veins.

He felt the flesh beneath his skin begin to churn. Looking at Jueming, he felt both frantic and furious.

"Takeshi, calm yourself!"

The Great Elder rebuked him in a low voice.

Senju Takeshi shuddered inwardly and immediately turned his head away, no longer looking at Jueming.

"Ha... ha..."

Just as he was using his breathing to steady his mind.

Jueming's grating voice rang out beside his ear again.

"Great Elder, what's wrong with Old Meng?"

Jueming smiled faintly.

"Is he about to change? I think his ideological realm is simply too low. He doesn't understand how to rack his brains for the revival of our great Senju Clan..."

As he spoke, Jueming nodded to himself.

"If he changes, can the property his parents left him be given to me? Then I can collect rent for a living in the future..."

Pfft!!

Senju Takeshi spat out a huge mouthful of blood.

The flesh beneath his skin seemed to truly be churning... his entire appearance became grotesque and horrifying.

Seeing this, Senju Sayuri immediately backed away. Her eyes were full of vigilance; clearly, she understood Mutation well enough.

"Jueming! Stop talking nonsense!"

The Great Elder scolded.

Then he waved his hand.

"You two... leave first."

Thus, Jueming and Senju Sayuri turned and left the ancestral hall.

The Great Elder still needed to stabilize Senju Takeshi's emotions.

Once outside the ancestral hall, Mito Uzumaki immediately questioned him, "Senju Jueming, what did you mean just now?! Don't you know that if you keep provoking Senju Takeshi, he could mutate?"

"Senju Takeshi is a ticking time bomb."

Jueming's tone changed completely from the lightheartedness he had shown in the ancestral hall, becoming incomparably cold.

"When it will explode is the problem. Rather than leave it uncertain, it would be better to set it off early. That way, the losses would be smaller, and no one else would be implicated..."

If Senju Takeshi had changed right there in the ancestral hall.

The Great Elder would definitely have slapped him to death and eliminated the threat entirely.

Who could feel at ease with a ticking time bomb beside them at all times?

"Better to change early than late..."

"Absurd!"

Mito Uzumaki shook her head.

"Just because Senju Takeshi might mutate, you want to accelerate the growth of his negative emotions... This kind of preconceived stance of yours is clearly petty and malicious!"

"Heh... petty and malicious? I am merely learning from the barbarians to defeat the barbarians." Jueming frowned, his face full of disdain.

Mito Uzumaki: "What do you mean?"

"I mean... the Senju Lineage's preconceived stance toward the Uchiha Clan and its assumption of guilt. I am only copying it."

The Senju Lineage feared the potential of the Uchiha Clan.

So they presumed them guilty.

They saw every Uchiha as a potential madman.

They called the Uchiha Clan an evil clan, assumed what their ticking time bombs would become in the future.

Then they used that as justification for all kinds of oppression.

"I am merely copying what you have done, following the same pattern in every detail."

The Uchiha Clan truly might produce madmen.

Senju Takeshi might truly mutate as well.

Both things were real. Both were facts.

Therefore...

"You fear that the Uchiha Clan will threaten the Senju Lineage's rule, while I worry that Senju Takeshi will endanger my own safety."

"Why are you allowed to persecute the Uchiha, while I am not allowed to trigger Senju Takeshi's Mutation to protect myself?"

"Officials may set fires, but commoners may not light lamps. Isn't that rather hypocritical?"

"Besides, isn't what I am doing precisely in line with the mainstream values of the Senju Lineage... or rather, Konohagakure?"

Watching Jueming argue so eloquently like a devil.

Mito Uzumaki felt a chill run through her.

Perhaps... she still understood Senju Jueming far too little...

Or perhaps.

The Senju Clan's continued persecution of the Uchiha had finally begun to backfire?

Just as Tobirama Senju had lifted a stone only to crush his own foot, causing the entire Senju Clan to become infected with the hereditary Wood Release Factor virus.

The flames he had ignited had ultimately burned the Senju Clan itself...

To bring disaster upon oneself by playing with fire.

Perhaps those words were the best description of the Senju Lineage after all its scheming.

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