Increased Perception Range

After getting acquainted with the members of the Uchiha Clan in the camp, Uchiha Yuan followed Uchiha Mei to his tent.

"Pick a spot for yourself! Three people used to live here too, but unfortunately, the other two were caught in an ambush not long ago and died together," Uchiha Mei said, his expression despondent.

Uchiha Yuan did not say much when he heard that. He chose the bed closer to the inside and began tidying it up.

After he finished putting his things away, Uchiha Mei took Uchiha Yuan around the camp to familiarize him with it.

At the same time, in the Hyūga Clan's camp, Hyuga Asana first went to pay her respects to the members of the Hyūga Main Family, then went to her own lodging.

She had been arranged to live with two female ninjas from the Hyūga Clan.

Compared to the Uchiha Clan, the Hyūga Clan had far more people in the Land of Bears. There were nearly 150 in the camp now, and another 50 among the reinforcements that would be sent later.

But 99% of these Hyūga Clan members were from the Branch House. There were only two members of the main family.

Hyuga Asana sighed. This kind of unfairness had long since become nothing unusual in the Hyūga Clan.

"Asana, you don't seem to be in a very good mood!"

As Hyuga Asana was walking back to her tent, a voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar suddenly sounded behind her.

Hyuga Asana hurriedly turned around. What entered her sight was a man whose face was as pale as paper.

The man had long black hair, long golden vertical pupils, purple eye shadow extending down to the sides of his nose, and blue-green magatama-shaped earrings. It was none other than the commander of the Land of Bears battlefield—Orochimaru.

"It has been a long time, Lord Orochimaru." Hyuga Asana respectfully greeted Orochimaru.

"Sorry, Asana. Because of Teacher Sarutobi's orders, I have no way to let you become a Medical Ninja and remain in the rear like we considered before."

"It's all right. Please rest assured, Lord Orochimaru. I'll protect myself."

"Naturally, I believe in your abilities. Besides, Shibi Aburame is there too. Among Konoha's Jonin, he is also an extremely outstanding one. With him protecting you, there should not be any problem."

"Lord Orochimaru, if you put it that way, does that mean the front line in the Land of Bears isn't that dangerous?" Hyuga Asana asked, changing the subject.

"If it were only the three of you, you would die with one hundred percent certainty. You should be grateful that you have a good teacher. With Shibi Aburame's abilities, as long as he can avoid the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he should still be able to keep the three of you safe."

"If you encounter the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, one would still be fine. Two, however... In any case, Asana, I do not wish to hear bad news about you. Do your best!" After he finished speaking, Orochimaru's body turned into a puddle of water.

"A Water Clone? That makes sense! The current me still isn't qualified for Lord Orochimaru to come see me in person, right?" Hyuga Asana murmured to herself, then turned and left.

Early the next morning, Hyuga Asana, Uchiha Yuan, and Yamanaka Kizuki all arrived at the place where they had parted yesterday.

Uchiha Yuan got straight to the point and told Yamanaka Kizuki that he wanted to experiment with his Sharingan.

Naturally, Yamanaka Kizuki agreed readily.

After that, Uchiha Yuan brought Hyuga Asana and Yamanaka Kizuki to the Training Ground that had been opened up inside the camp.

The three of them found a corner with few people around. Without activating his Sharingan, Uchiha Yuan used the Hell Viewing Technique on Hyuga Asana and Yamanaka Kizuki in turn.

The two of them immediately fell into the Genjutsu. After about one minute, Hyuga Asana broke free from the Genjutsu. She took a deep breath, tried her best to calm her emotions, and then said, "It feels no different from the first time I was caught in your Genjutsu."

"It's just that back then, you dispelled the Genjutsu yourself. If you hadn't, I should have been able to break free slowly too."

Uchiha Yuan nodded and said nothing.

Another minute passed, and Yamanaka Kizuki also broke free from the Genjutsu.

Logically speaking, Yamanaka Kizuki specialized in the Yamanaka Clan's mental secret arts, so in theory his mental strength should be much stronger than Hyuga Asana's, and he should have had a certain resistance to Genjutsu. Yet he had taken even longer than Hyuga Asana to break free.

At this moment, Yamanaka Kizuki's face was deathly pale, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat. Clearly, he had remembered something unpleasant.

"Kizuki, are you all right?" Uchiha Yuan asked.

"I-I'm fine. It was my first time getting caught in a Genjutsu, so I didn't have much experience. It won't happen next time."

"Looking at you, I don't feel like you're doing too well. Let's wait a while before moving on to the next round of experiments!"

Yamanaka Kizuki nodded, sat down where he was, and slowly closed his eyes.

Hyuga Asana, meanwhile, ran a few laps with Uchiha Yuan to loosen up their bodies.

Half an hour later, Yamanaka Kizuki had already recovered. Uchiha Yuan activated his Sharingan and once again used the Hell Viewing Technique on the two of them.

This time, Hyuga Asana and Yamanaka Kizuki both spent two minutes before freeing themselves from the Genjutsu.

The two of them were not in a very good mental state now. Clearly, they had been deeply affected by the Genjutsu.

"This Genjutsu was even more realistic than the one just now," Hyuga Asana said.

"Indeed. The last time I was caught in the Genjutsu, I didn't use our Yamanaka Clan's secret arts to resist it. This time, I resisted with all my strength, but it still took me two minutes to break it," Yamanaka Kizuki said.

"It seems my Sharingan really can amplify Genjutsu to some extent."

"That's good news for us, right?" Yamanaka Kizuki asked.

"Of course it's good news. We're a team. If my Eye Power can strengthen Genjutsu, that means we have another trump card to use against enemies. Our chances of surviving on the battlefield will rise accordingly."

"Then that's really gre— Huh? Why does it feel like my sensory range has gotten bigger?"

"Your sensory range got bigger? By how much?" Hyuga Asana asked.

"Before, it was only fifteen meters. Now it's increased by one meter. It's already sixteen meters," Yamanaka Kizuki answered.

"Did it suddenly increase just now?" Uchiha Yuan asked.

"It should have."

"Maybe your secret mental technique made a breakthrough while resisting my Genjutsu. Why don't we try again?"

Yamanaka Kizuki did not want to keep being a burden. Even though being caught in a Genjutsu felt awful, he still nodded and agreed.

Uchiha Yuan used the Hell Viewing Technique on Yamanaka Kizuki again.

This time, it still took Yamanaka Kizuki two minutes to break free from the Genjutsu.

After dispelling the Genjutsu, the first thing Yamanaka Kizuki did was check his sensory range. Sure enough, it had increased again.

That fired Yamanaka Kizuki up. He had Uchiha Yuan keep using Genjutsu on him.

Every three times Yamanaka Kizuki broke a Genjutsu, he needed to rest for an hour.

Just like that, the two of them kept at it for an entire day.

Over nearly ten hours, Uchiha Yuan used the Hell Viewing Technique on Yamanaka Kizuki thirty times.

From needing around two minutes to break the Genjutsu at the start, he now needed only a dozen seconds or so.

And Yamanaka Kizuki's sensory range had also climbed all the way from fifteen meters to twenty-two meters.

By now, the Hell Viewing Technique no longer had much effect on him, nor would it increase his sensory range anymore.