Did caring about so much still count as the mindset of the strong?
Having come to the Naruto World, what would be the point if he did not dare to change the plot?
Thus, Ryōken nodded calmly and said,
"I will record my insights on Fire Release and Lightning Release swordsmanship."
Hatake Sakumo immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He did not want his student to fall out with the higher-ups over this matter.
Ninjas were not a stubborn, inflexible group. Once they learned of swordsmanship, a power swifter and stronger than ninjutsu, they would only try every possible means to obtain it rather than discard it unused.
Ryōken, however, did not care in the slightest. In his eyes, these were merely means to explore the truths of the world.
Besides, he would never be surpassed by those who came after him.
Moreover, swordsmanship was not yet suited for widespread adoption.
Leaving aside the difficulty of comprehending and mastering it, the baseline requirement for learning swordsmanship was mastering nature transformation.
That hurdle alone would stop countless people.
Every jonin was an immensely valuable talent, and most had their own specialties. It was unlikely that they would go out of their way to learn such complex swordsmanship.
Therefore, in Ryōken's view, the promotion of swordsmanship would likely have to wait until the next generation—and that was only if the next generation had the talent for the sword.
After all, this was a world where ninjas ran rampant. Why were there no genjutsu specialists or taijutsu specialists? Because the path of ninjutsu was the broadest and most comprehensive, encompassing all things.
At its peak, it could interfere with the cycle of life and death, with Yin and Yang transformations. At its base, even a genin could manipulate energy to cause tremendous destruction.