After finishing his guidance for Yamato, Shinichi walked with Kurenai Yuhi and Shizune toward the Society headquarters building, chatting and laughing.
Unexpectedly, the moment they reached the entrance, they ran into Kurenai Shinku.
"Dad." Kurenai Yuhi hurriedly greeted him, and Shizune also called him Uncle.
Shinichi merely nodded slightly. "Senior Shinku."
Kurenai Shinku glanced at his daughter, a strange look flashing across his face, but he said nothing. He simply nodded, then turned to Shinichi. "Shinichi, you came at just the right time. Regarding that task you assigned us earlier, Murakumo and I discussed it over the past few days and came up with a few ideas. Do you have time now?"
"Of course." Shinichi nodded.
The Murakumo Shinku mentioned was Kurama Murakumo.
"Let's go, Senior Shinku. We'll talk in the conference room. Bring Senior Murakumo as well. Yuhi, Shizune, prepare to take notes."
"Yes!"
The two young women immediately put away their relaxed expressions and swiftly entered work mode.
A short while later, in the conference room on the fifth floor of the headquarters building.
Kurenai Shinku and Kurama Murakumo stood side by side before an upright whiteboard, already covered in ideas and keywords.
Kurenai Shinku cleared his throat and began, "Ever since the president assigned that task, I've been thinking. Other than confusing enemies and creating opportunities in battle, what else can Genjutsu-type ninja do? So I tried to start from the very essence of Genjutsu."
He picked up a pen and wrote the two large characters for "Genjutsu" on the whiteboard, then drew an arrow beside them pointing to the word "psychology."
"The essence of Genjutsu is a Yin Release ninjutsu that uses Chakra to interfere with the target's five senses and plunge them into illusions. Conventional Genjutsu applications are nothing more than creating fear, confusion, intimidation,