Genjutsu

"A bunch of little brats." Jin flicked Kakashi on the forehead. "Sayonara."

Jin turned and left, not noticing at all that a little boy was glaring furiously at him...

"Asuma, what are you standing here for?" Kurenai asked curiously, looking at the spirited boy leaning against the school gateframe.

"Kurenai, why did he walk you here?" Asuma could not help saying. "Don't get too close to the Uchiha. Listen to me, not one Uchiha is any good."

Obito, who happened to be passing by, heard that line, and his temper flared instantly. "Asuma, what's that supposed to mean!"

"It means exactly what it means, so what!"

"..."

By the time Jin returned to the small courtyard, Shinku Yuhi had already gotten home and was waiting for him.

"Senior Shinku." Jin gave a very polite slight bow. Shinku waved it off unconcernedly. "Thanks for taking Kurenai to school."

"You're too kind, Senior Shinku." Jin sat facing Shinku, and Shinku handed over a teacup. "To be honest, when I first heard I was supposed to teach a child of the Uchiha Clan genjutsu, I was very surprised."

Jin accepted the tea but did not drink it. Instead, he looked up at Shinku in confusion.

"What the Uchiha Clan takes pride in is the Sharingan, and the genjutsu of the Sharingan is top-tier..." Shinku took a shallow sip of tea and continued, "Until I saw your résumé. You're not a genius, you're practically a monster."

"To be able to teach you is my honor." Shinku formally rose and bowed to Jin.

Jin was so startled he froze stiff on the spot, then scrambled and crawled aside. "Senior Shinku, please don't do that."

Shinku did not respond to him, and continued instead, "Ordinary genjutsu and Sharingan genjutsu take different paths, but in the end, they still rely on spiritual energy, which is to say Yin Release."

To let Jin feel it directly, Shinku immediately cast a genjutsu.

From Jin's perspective, he was suddenly standing in the middle of a forest. Even though he knew he had been caught in a genjutsu, that incomparably real sensation still shocked him.

At that moment, Shinku's voice came from all directions. "This is the world of genjutsu. Feel it carefully."

As soon as he finished speaking, the originally lush green forest instantly turned into withered trees. The blue sky turned to dark clouds in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, torrential rain poured down.

Rainwater dripped along Jin's hair. That real touch made him subconsciously unable to tell whether this was reality or illusion.

The next second, the entire ground began to shake, and what was even more unbelievable was that a huge wave of water suddenly appeared and surged toward Jin.

"Earth Release: Earth-Flow Wall!"

Jin instinctively used ninjutsu, but the water wave passed through the Earth-Flow Wall and swept Jin inside.

The feeling of suffocation instantly maxed out, and his two-tomoe Sharingan opened automatically. Jin, unable to escape no matter how he tried, only felt as if he was about to see his great-grandmother...

"How did it feel?" Shinku's voice brought Jin back to his senses. His throat dry, he picked up the tea from before and drained it in one gulp. "I really felt like I was about to die."

"Hahaha, that's the charm of genjutsu." Shinku smiled faintly. "Genjutsu is actually about cutting off the human body's five senses."

He then took several scrolls from a cabinet to the side and handed them to Jin. "These are all basic genjutsu and theoretical knowledge. Practice in the courtyard. If there's anything you don't understand, ask me anytime."

"Oh, right. Help me pick Kurenai up this afternoon."

"Damn? Have I really become Nanny Jin, the babysitter?" Jin accepted the scrolls and walked toward the courtyard with them in his arms. The moment his foot stepped out, a breeze blew past, and Jin only felt so cold... Looking more closely, he found that his back had long since been soaked through with sweat...

"Genjutsu is activated through sight, hearing, and smell, among which sight represents the Sharingan..." Jin sat cross-legged, propping his chin in his hand as he looked at the scroll. In just a few short minutes, he had already yawned more than a dozen times.

"The Ninja Academy seems to have taught this, right?" Jin carefully recalled it. There were some images in his mind, but not many... "Studying and stuff is the biggest pain."

Thinking of this, Jin made a bold decision! As the saying went, the best learning came from practice. Skip the theory and learn the jutsu directly!

As for a lab rat... Jin already had the best candidate. First, he sensed the Flying Thunder God mark on the other person, and after confirming the other party was still in the village,

Jin hugged the scrolls and cast the Flying Thunder God. Shinku, not far away, saw this and could not help sighing in amazement. "What a monster. He even learned the Flying Thunder God..."

Konoha Third Training Ground

"This mission is to find a missing kitten." Minato handed the mission brief to the three genin.

"No way, Teacher Minato! Are there any more tense and exciting missions?" one genin protested, and the other two genin echoed the sentiment as well.

Minato said patiently, "Only by completing these basic missions better can you accept higher-ranked missions. This is also to train your abilities."

As soon as Minato finished speaking, Jin's voice came from behind. "Hello there, Brother Minato."

"Holy crap!"

"Th-this..."

Minato was not surprised by Jin's sudden appearance. He had even expected it. As for the genin, they were nearly scared silly on the spot by a person suddenly appearing out of thin air.

"All right, go carry out your mission." Minato shooed the three of them off. Only after the three left did Minato speak. "What is it, Jin?"

"Brother Minato, I'm researching genjutsu right now. I need a lab rat... pfft, I need a genius-type handsome guy to cooperate with me." Jin happily unfolded the scroll.

Without caring whether Minato agreed or not, he directly began following the hand seals written on the sealed scroll:

"Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique!"

"..." Minato just quietly looked at Jin. Jin thought Minato had already fallen under the genjutsu and jumped up happily. "Yeah, success on the first try! I'm simply a genius."

"Sigh."

Minato's sigh instantly froze the smile on Jin's face. "Ah... huh? What's going on?"

"Jin, did you start practicing without reading the theory again?" Minato helplessly covered his forehead.

Seeing that the situation was turning bad, Jin hurriedly spoke. "Heh... well... Brother Minato, I've got something to do, so I'll slip away first."

"Don't run." Minato grabbed Jin by the collar. "Since you delivered yourself to my door, then train here."

Jin really wanted to resist, but after meeting Minato's eyes, he still sighed. "Fine, fine. I really owe you."

From morning until afternoon, when the members of Minato Team returned after completing their mission, Jin finally finished reading the third page of genjutsu theory...

Don't ask how he had only read three pages. Being able to read theory at all was already huge progress... Minato watched from the side and did not urge him, because he knew what Jin was capable of.

If Jin had not been lazy, he might have learned the Flying Thunder God in a week instead of half a month. Because of that, Minato was not anxious either. But if that kid were left to read theory alone, he might not necessarily finish it even in a year...

Because of this, Minato worried over him like an old father. "All right. Tomorrow, if I don't have anything else, I'll come find you. If I don't, then go to your sister Kushina's place to study."

"Huh? Don't! Brother Minato, I can study by myself!" Jin looked at Minato pitifully. If one were to ask who Jin feared the most, he would answer without hesitation: Kushina.