"Handing it over is out of the question."
Umino Sasuke shook his head, making it clear that he would never hand it over, even if beaten to death.
If handing it over meant he could still collect royalties, he might barely consider it. But trading it for a ninjutsu of the same rank was obviously a losing deal.
"What rank would my Breathing Technique count as? An A-rank, or an S-rank secret technique?"
Umino Sasuke was instantly shaken. His Breathing Technique could not only help people develop Wind-Style Chakra, but also break through the body's limitations and increase chakra reserves.
Judging by the abilities it displayed, it was absolutely an S-rank secret technique.
And it was the kind of secret technique that could break bloodline limitations and alter a ninja's innate destiny.
"Gasp..."
Umino Sasuke's heart tightened as he immediately realized the terrifying risks involved.
Once this matter was exposed, those ninja clans would undoubtedly do everything they could to suppress this technique, then humanely eliminate him, its creator.
As for the secret technique itself, those ninja clans might use it in secret, or it might become a taboo for all ninja clans and be sealed away forever.
Then it would vanish into the river of history.
This was not unfounded worry.
In the history of his previous life, knowledge and technology had been suppressed more than once or twice.
During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, "the affairs of state lie in sacrifice and war," with sacrifice ranked above war. Through their monopoly over religious culture, the aristocratic ruling class controlled the interpretation of religion and used divine authority to stand above the masses.
After the Qin dynasty, they suppressed writing and books, implemented policies to keep the people ignorant, monopolized the interpretation of rites, culture, and religion, and ruled