With Danzo's arrival, Shimura Shinpachi finally laid everything bare. No longer willing to endure in silence, he loudly spoke the truth as he saw it.
Though his parents had not been particularly strong, they had still been Chunin. They had mastered the Blade Technique left behind by his grandfather, who had been a Jonin.
A Blade Technique passed down by a Jonin, from an era that had endured both the First and Second Shinobi World Wars—its quality naturally went without saying.
Both its difficulty and the talent required were extremely demanding. Yet Shimura Shinpachi remembered clearly that when he had first begun training, his parents had both praised him as exceptionally gifted.
But ever since they had died of illness, this Clan Head had kept saying his talent was mediocre and wanted him to become an ordinary civilian.
Compared to the Clan Head's words, Shimura Shinpachi naturally trusted his parents more. He also trusted in his own talent.
As Shimura Shinpachi spoke bit by bit, Shimura Yi's expression grew increasingly unpleasant.
The other Shimura clansmen around them also watched the two with strange expressions, suspicion gradually appearing in their eyes.
The Shimura Clan had been a powerful clan during the Warring States Period, and one of the Four Great Clans that had joined Konoha at its founding. Even now, every household possessed ninjutsu, techniques, or secret arts passed down by their ancestors.
Naturally, they knew of and believed in the Blade Technique Shimura Shinpachi mentioned.
"Nonsense! If you had talent, how could you fail to master even a single Chakra nature transformation?" Shimura Yi roared. Whether Shimura Shinpachi was telling the truth or not, he stood firm in his own beliefs.
Every clan child would encounter Chakra natures at a certain age, and would more or less master one that