Ninjutsu Monopoly

However, such good days didn't last for more than a few years.

Hanzo of the Salamander (he) from the Land of Rain, whether his wires got crossed or he was just stubborn, actually took the initiative to provoke a ninja war, attempting to confront the Three Great Powers of the Ninja World by himself.

Ōnoki (he), the Third Tsuchikage (he) of Iwagakure, was cunning and calculating. His political slogans were loud and clear, but his actions were all bark and no bite. He didn't directly send troops to the Land of Rain but instead stationed troops on the border.

Sunagakure, which was as poor as it could get, had long wanted to start a ninja war. They seized the opportunity to send troops to the Land of Rain, engaging in burn, kill, and loot all the way.

Konohagakure, as the overlord of the ninja world, naturally couldn't stand by and watch their good neighbor Sunagakure grow stronger, all for the sake of maintaining ninja world peace, or more likely, for maintaining its own interests.

Thus, in the Land of Rain, a bizarre scene of a three-nation ninja melee unfolded, with Rain Ninja, Sand Ninja, and Leaf Ninja clashing.

Sunagakure initially "siphoned" the Land of Rain, recovering some strength. After their offensive was blocked by Hanzo of the Salamander (he) and Konoha, they changed their strategic direction and opened up a new battlefield.

Sunagakure had long coveted the Fertility of the Land of Fire. Now that they had a perfect excuse to send troops, they decisively advanced into the Land of Rivers, intending to invade the Land of Fire from the Eastern Front.

The previous self, at this time, rushed to the Front Lines of the Land of Rivers with the main force of the Leaf Ninja Army to resist the Sand Ninja.

After persisting on the battlefield for more than half a year, he ultimately couldn't escape the Call of the Pure Land of the Six Paths and was critically wounded by a Sand Ninja Puppeteer. It was precisely this near-death crisis that allowed him to transmigrate.

Fortunately, when he first transmigrated, he spent more than a week recovering at the Leaf Hospital. Otherwise, sending a rookie like him, who had never even killed a chicken, directly to the battlefield would have been no different than sending him to his death.

Before transmigrating, he was just an ordinary 996 Corporate Slave (he) born under the red flag. Even the transmigration itself was incredibly mundane.

He was too tired from overtime and took a rest. When he woke up, he inexplicably transmigrated and became Umino Sasuke (he).

He wasn't an Orphan of Konoha, but rather had both parents alive, and also had younger siblings. However, among the Umino Clan, he was currently the only ninja.

Inheriting the memories and emotions of his previous self allowed him to quickly master all of his predecessor's Ninja Skills during this recovery period.

Otherwise, without any Golden Finger or Killing and Arson Skills, he probably wouldn't have lasted half a day on the battlefield.

Although his Mental Strength greatly increased after transmigrating, and his Chakra improved by nearly double, his Chakra Control was even comparable to some Medical Ninja.

However, he came from an Ordinary Commoner Family, with ordinary Bloodline Talent. Becoming a Chunin was already his limit.

If he had transmigrated a few years earlier, during his Rapid Growth Period, and hadn't consumed large amounts of Soldier Pills, nor been Eager to Succeed, but instead steadily explored his Potential, constantly fighting and training in the ninja wars, there might have been a chance to become a Jonin.

Now that this body had reached adulthood, his potential was basically exhausted. It was almost impossible to significantly improve his Chakra and Bodily Functions further.

Unless he mastered Orochimaru's Core Technology or underwent a Mutation.

Although he hadn't finished watching Naruto (he) in his previous life, only reaching Shippuden, he still knew the general plot afterward.

Naruto (he) was also called Legend of the Eyes: Five Village Melee, My Six Paths Sage Father, The Thousand-Year Entanglement of Uzumaki and Uchiha, and Black Zetsu's Mother Rescue: Struggle Against the Cheater.

They kept shouting about effort and passion changing everything, but in the end, it all came down to Bloodline Destiny Ethics.

On the surface, it was a Hot-Blooded Anime, but in reality, it was dark and cruel.

In this real world of Naruto, I truly felt that not only the Otsutsuki Clan of the Six Paths valued bloodlines, but the Ninja Sect and commoners also valued bloodlines, and nobles valued them even more.

Take Umino Ikaku, who came from the same background as him. Both were dependents of the Sarutobi Clan, from the same small fishing village, and their ancestors were likely the same declining samurai.

Because the Umino Ikaku family was among the first Konoha immigrants when the village was founded in the First Year of Konoha, they not only got a house from the Senju Clan at a semi-discounted price, with a good location and large area, but as Konoha expanded, its value had already increased several times over.

Moreover, Umino Ikaku's father caught a good opportunity and became a First Generation Ninja early on. Of course, he also met the Sage of Six Paths early in the First Great Ninja War. However, with his high appearance, he married a teammate from a minor ninja clan before the war, improving the ninja genes of the next generation and gaining some Ninja Sect bloodline.

As a posthumous child, Umino Ikaku thus became a Second Generation Ninja and attended the Ninja Academy in Elite Class A.

Compared to Umino Ikaku, who was a Second Generation Ninja, he was a true First Generation Ninja Entrepreneur from Commoner Background. His chance to enter the Ninja Academy was due to his entire family giving him all their nutrients, coupled with the political connections from being a dependent of the Sarutobi Clan, which barely got him into the regular class of the Ninja Academy.

Just after graduating from the Ninja Academy, the Second Generation Ninja Umino Ikaku was led on missions by a Konoha Jonin Captain, while he could only follow a Chunin squad leader, toiling through low-level missions and accumulating experience step by step.

Later, by grinding Soldier Pills and enduring multiple life and death trials, he finally became a Chunin. Although it seemed like he had caught up, in reality, he was falling further behind.

Now, although both are Chunin, their status and future prospects are worlds apart.

Umino Ikaku is now a member of the Sarutobi Corps' Fire Release Brigade, with many merits and safety. He belongs to the direct lineage of the Third Hokage.

His future is limitless.

If he survives this Ninja World War, becoming a Jonin is practically a certainty.

Once he accumulates enough merit, he will likely be transferred out of the Fire Release Brigade and, with the Third Hokage's arrangement, placed in departments with real power, such as the Barrier Team or the Ninja Academy, which would be good choices.

In contrast, for him, a First Generation Ninja from Commoner Background, surviving this Ninja War would be a stroke of immense luck. As for becoming a Jonin, let alone solving the current problems with Chakra and Bodily Functions, the channels for acquiring ninjutsu alone severely bottlenecked him.

In this cruel ninja world, ninjutsu means power, and its transmission methods are basically only through blood, mother and child, and sexual transmission.

The ninja world is even so cruel that sexual transmission almost didn't exist.

Various monopolies and class solidification are everywhere. This is not the most terrifying thing; the terrifying thing is that almost everyone considers it reasonable.

If he hadn't been born in Konoha, he might not even have had the chance to risk his life to obtain ninjutsu, which shows how difficult it is to acquire ninjutsu and upward mobility in the cruel ninja world.

As a transmigrator who has watched Naruto, he knows the cultivation method for the Rasengan Series Ninjutsu. However, the Rasengan is an A-Rank Ninjutsu, and he is not Chaktonla, not even Chakjinla. His chakra is only slightly higher than a Standard Chunin, and casting an ordinary B-Rank Ninjutsu consumes more than half of it.

To learn an A-Rank Ninjutsu, especially a ninjutsu like the Rasengan that requires no hand seals and is Pure Chakra Emission Ninjutsu, with his current chakra reserves, if he were to force himself to cultivate it, he would likely end up with Kidney Deficiency.

Common knowledge in the ninja world is that B-Rank Ninjutsu are generally ninjutsu of Jonin difficulty.

Even Kage-Level Experts usually use B-Rank Ninjutsu in combat, with A-Rank Ninjutsu as their trump card. As for S-rank Forbidden Jutsu, they are trump cards used when risking one's life.

Don't underestimate B-Rank Ninjutsu or look down on Jonin. How easy is it to obtain a B-Rank Ninjutsu? Becoming a Jonin is even more difficult?

Elite Jonin, a level slightly higher than Jonin, besides the wealthy Konoha, the leaders of the other four ninja villages are terrifying existences who can act as commanders independently.

As for those minor ninja villages, Elite Jonin are basically village leaders, and some even have Jonin as village leaders.

The political status of a ninja village head, while not as high as a country's daimyo, is not far off.

This shows how high the status of Jonin is in the ninja world, truly a superior being, on par with powerful aristocrats.

Even in Konohagakure, where experts are like clouds, Jonin are scarce.

Konoha Jonin possess the right to vote for the Hokage.

In Konohagakure, disciples of ninja clans with the Ninja Sect bloodline possess extremely generous resources and ninjutsu matching their bloodline. All their life's efforts are merely to become an Elder Jonin, as Kage-level experts are exceedingly rare.

Even the Konoha magnate Uchiha, who possesses the Six Paths bloodline, cannot guarantee becoming a Jonin, let alone ordinary commoner families.

For ordinary commoner families, having a ninja in the family is already like The Child of Others in Neighbors' Mouths.

Becoming a Chunin is considered achieving something, fulfilling the family's expectations, and realizing one's own life value.

As for becoming a Jonin, that's a dream-level aspiration.

Becoming a Jonin means possessing the right to vote for the Hokage, with a position equivalent to a minor village head. If this were in a past life, it would be almost equivalent to a peasant, who through their own hard work, reached the level of a leader of a small country. One can imagine how difficult that is.

If a commoner family produces a Jonin, it's not just opening a new branch of the family tree; it's on the level of a Founding Ancestor. If the family prospers, they might even directly create a minor ninja clan like a prestigious family.

For most commoners, becoming Hokage is just a slogan.

Becoming Jonin is the true pursuit.

Not everyone is Orochimaru or Minato Namikaze. Most commoner families' dreams are not that grand.

Only the villagers of Konohagakure, a first-tier city in the Land of Fire, have so-called dreams. Most ordinary commoners outside Konohagakure spend their lives pursuing nothing more than food and basic safety.

If they have any dreams, it's merely to become retainers of ninja clans or noble lords, or to pass the civil service exam. However, without connections or a special skill, they don't even have the most basic opportunity.

This is the treatment of ordinary commoners in the Land of Fire. If they were commoners of the Land of Rain, their existence would be even more insecure, their lives as cheap as grass. They would likely dream of immigrating to the Land of Fire and becoming a small citizen of a great nation.