The Ninja Academy's Incredible Legends (25): A Ninja's Life is Always Full of Unexpected Events

All right, using rhetoric meant for sinners on someone with whom he was having a "friendly, cordial" conversation was far too rude.

Fortunately, Lord Mizuki was broad-minded enough to generously forgive such impoliteness.

"After researching for these past few years, it seems your understanding of genjutsu has deepened even further."

"Mm. Treating chakra merely as a tool for disrupting an enemy's brain nerves in order to cast genjutsu is simply too wasteful. The more one studies chakra, the more incredible it seems."

"Power that is too versatile has seeped deeply into every aspect of a ninja's life, causing many ninja to overlook things of a more fundamental nature. 'Miracles' achieved too easily have blinded everyone's eyes."

At its root, chakra was a force of creation. The most typical example was the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan, which revealed this in an alternative, transformed fashion.

Hardly any ninja recognized the indispensable importance of chakra itself; they merely set their sights on the Sharingan.

"Focusing one's efforts on ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, even secret arts and Kekkei Genkai, is truly putting the cart before the horse. As long as one understands the mysteries of chakra, so-called 'techniques' are things easily within reach."

"You're right, but without accumulation, how could one understand the mysteries of the Shinobi World? How could one realize that the root lies in chakra? If you lacked a profound foundation in genjutsu, then no matter how many materials you were given, what could you possibly research?"

Kurenai Yuhi was left speechless by those words.

"All right. As your 'senior' in genjutsu cultivation, I must remind you: if you can't bring yourself to conduct human experiments, then don't use immature ideas on yourself either. Using yourself as a test subject is an extremely reckless act."

"You know what I intend to do?