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He murmured to himself, "They've developed fairly well over the years. With a little guidance, those Transcendent Kage Level ninjas might yet have the potential to reach the six paths level."
But he knew full well that this force had equally obvious weaknesses.
These operatives had been mass-produced on an assembly line.
Their training followed highly standardized paths, consisting of either ninjutsu or sage arts. That was precisely why none of them had appeared on the earlier Ninjutsu Rankings-their abilities were too homogeneous. When everyone used the same techniques, only one person could claim a spot.
The deeper reason was that these people were, in essence, modified operatives trained to die on command.
They had endured long years of brutal conditioning within Qianyi's spacetime domain. Such inhuman training had forged extraordinary loyalty, but it had also left them with fatal shortcomings.
Against a naturally developed Transcendent Kage Level powerhouse like Hashirama Senju, these so-called experts would not last three moves.
Their strength depended largely on potions developed by Teacher Octopus, along with physical attributes forcibly built up through support items Qianyi had personally crafted.
Without those drugs, or against an opponent who could exploit their physical weaknesses, their flaws would immediately be exposed.
Their ordinary Kage Level ninjas were only a shade stronger than ordinary Jōnin, riddled with weaknesses and easy to subdue.
But Qianyi had never needed the ultimate individual combatant. He needed a balance between numbers and overall fighting power.
For the current situation, this force already served his purposes well enough.
Besides, he had long since implanted control measures through the Contract Eye. Betrayal was simply not an option for these people.
As for secrecy, Rongrong excelled at memory-related abilities. Combined with stringent precautions, her skills had kept the Mercenary Organization's true nature hidden from outsiders