At this point, Yuhara had already completed everything he could do in the early stages regarding his strength. Judging by the results, he had to admit that his luck had actually been pretty good: all those insanely reckless and moderately reckless experiments had succeeded. Through these outrageous methods, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. Yet for that very reason, he had also reached the bottleneck of an ordinary ninja far ahead of schedule.
Whether in terms of ideas or execution, all the rough work had been completed. Further effort in these areas could no longer push Yuhara any farther, which was a great shame. Although he was already stronger than most ninja, he could still be effortlessly crushed by those extraordinary powerhouses... There was nothing he could do about it. The gap between those special powerhouses and ordinary ninja was like a natural chasm. It was both a fundamental principle of this world and a truth deeply etched into every ninja's blood.
There were only two kinds of people in the ninja world: those who could rule the world, and cannon fodder. A clear line divided the two. Anyone below that line was cannon fodder, no matter how strong they became.
Yuhara had no desire to rule the world, but neither was he willing to become cannon fodder under someone else's control. Under these circumstances, he planned to return to his original goal and shift his focus back to Nature Energy and Orochimaru's Cursed Seal.
Of course, that did not mean he would repeat his previous experiments. This time, he would focus solely on Sage Mode.
At the very beginning, Yuhara had obtained part of Orochimaru's research materials on the Cursed Seal... He could even be said to have worked hard on the front lines to "assist" Orochimaru's