Upon hearing Tsunade's plan, Kitahara Kaede was taken aback, never expecting Tsunade to play for stakes this high.
Within this Shinobi World, there was a clear distinction between civilian ninjas and clan ninjas, and among clan ninjas, those possessing a Kekkei Genkai were exceptional among the exceptions.
It could be said that the vast majority of powerful ninjutsu in the Shinobi World were in the hands of these clan ninjas.
Ordinary civilian ninjas obtained far too few cultivation resources.
Upon graduating, an ordinary Genin only knew the Three Techniques—namely the Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, and Substitution Technique. This bit of ninjutsu could only be considered cannon fodder on the battlefield; while not entirely useless, it could be considered of little practical use.
If they wanted to learn anything, they were at the mercy of whatever their team-leader Chunin or team-leader Jonin were willing to teach.
Yet it was very likely that their team-leader Chunin or team-leader Jonin were civilian ninjas themselves, knowing little of value, and would cherish whatever they did know, refusing to easily impart it to others.
As for the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, which many Chunin regarded as a trump-card ultimate technique, Uchiha Sasuke was able to learn it within his clan at just a few years old. If Uchiha Sasuke hadn't suffered the destruction of his clan and had graduated properly from the Ninja Academy, his stats should have been quite luxurious, and certainly not just the few types of ninjutsu he showed in the original work.
Under such circumstances, if Root were to become a base where all adult ninjas could learn ninjutsu, one could fully imagine what a massive uproar it would trigger.
The clan ninjas alone would instantly unleash immense public pressure, because this would drastically shorten the strength gap between civilian