I, Love Konoha (Seeking Collection, Recommendations, Monthly Votes)

He took out the "Konoha Jonin Nakagawa Kamiryo Experience Card (Rare)."

Using the experience card again, Qifeng had gained much more experience, and he also understood the system's mechanism for experience cards.

Activating the Konoha Jonin Nakagawa Kamiryo Experience Card (Rare), stat matching began calculation.

Triggered Konoha Jonin's Blessing!

Use successful! Match rate: 70%!

Ability evaluation changed:

Character: Maruyama Qifeng

Age: 13

Affinities: Fire, Earth

Strength: Jonin

Kekkei Genkai: Shikotsumyaku (Intermediate), Sharingan (Single Tomoe)

Body: 59

Spirit: 58

Ninjutsu: 49

Genjutsu: 62

Control: 50

Hand Seals: 51

Taijutsu: Flowing Water Sword Technique

Ninjutsu: Three Basic Jutsu, Fire Release: Great Fireball, Earth Release: Rock Concealment Technique, Earth Release: Earth Shore Return, Fire Release: Flame Bullet, Water Release: Water Formation Wall, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, Shadow Clone Jutsu

Items: Kaseki's Obsession, Inherited Headband (Equipped), Special Puppet Technique Scroll (First Volume), Konoha Jonin's Blessing (Equipped)

The boost to taijutsu was negligible, but the genjutsu stat increase was abnormally exaggerated, instantly surpassing Qifeng's taijutsu specialty.

For once, he finally felt like he wasn't a taijutsu monster.

At the same time, a flood of knowledge about genjutsu poured into his mind, and his understanding of it skyrocketed, making him a genjutsu specialist in an instant.

Qifeng also noticed a special quirk of the experience card.

That was, the higher his own stats were, the more additional stats the experience card granted—it didn't just slap the card's stats on top of his existing ones.

He took a moment to sense the changes in his body and adapted.

Suddenly, he was drawn to a small line of text on the stat screen.

Instinctively, he clicked it open.

Match rate bonus: Base match rate 50%

Single Tomoe Sharingan +10%

Konoha Jonin's Blessing +10%

Total: 70%

"So there's stuff like this too." Qifeng was taken aback.

Wait.

Qifeng recalled that when he'd checked the various supplementary rules for the experience card, there was mention that "behavioral principles, inner fluctuations, and intensity of desire" could all affect the match rate.

It was in rule 136.

He thought about it.

Hesitated for a moment.

Qifeng slowly spoke, his tone tentative and questioning, "I love Konoha?"

Immediately, the system popped up another screen.

Love for Konoha +10%

"..."

That was just ridiculous.

So if he ever got a Jiraiya experience card, would he shout "I love beautiful women"? If he got a Tsunade card, "I love gambling"? If he got an Orochimaru card, "I love cross-dressing"?

Ahem, getting off track.

But that's how unreliable it felt.

Extremely unreliable!

Still, Qifeng had figured out a little trick for using experience cards.

Pretty awesome, though.

The match rate rose to 80%, and all his stats saw some minor improvements, but his overall strength evaluation still didn't exceed the jonin range.

It seemed there was still much about this system that he had yet to figure out.

When he got the chance later, he'd have to find time to carefully read through all the system's various addenda.

For now.

"Time to go deal with that Iwa-nin." The slowly spinning Single Tomoe Sharingan glimmered with an unreadable light.

After using the experience card, his sensory abilities had also sharpened—he could sense that the Iwa-nin had turned back.

He used Earth Release again to emerge from the ground.

Appearing silently not far from the Iwa-nin.

One major advantage of a Genjutsu-type ninja was that if the opponent had weak resistance to genjutsu and was caught off guard, the Genjutsu-type's overwhelming advantage was glaringly obvious.

This was also one of the reasons the Sharingan was so powerful.

After all, not every Three Tomoe Sharingan wielder could copy over a thousand techniques like Kakashi.

One of the strongest genjutsu users in the Uchiha clan, Shisui, used genjutsu combined with the Body Flicker Technique to instantly take down his opponents.

To be honest, there really weren't many ninja in the shinobi world with strong genjutsu resistance.

Look at someone as powerful as Orochimaru—even he was utterly wrecked by Itachi Uchiha's genjutsu, even if part of the reason was that after using Living Corpse Reincarnation, his soul and spirit had suffered some damage.

Still, that said a lot.

Keep in mind, in terms of raw strength, Itachi Uchiha had just defected from Konoha at only thirteen years old. No matter how much of a genius he was, he hadn't reached Kage-level strength—he only had one foot in that door thanks to his Mangekyo.

And Orochimaru? A veteran Kage-level powerhouse, and among Kage-level fighters, he was one of the most outstanding.

Even Jiraiya, with his pure Kage-level strength, couldn't gain any real advantage over him.

So, in a Genjutsu-type battle, either you utterly crushed the opponent, or they utterly crushed you—there was no middle ground of evenly matched combat.

Qifeng had originally harbored some doubts about the strength of this Genjutsu-type Konoha Jonin Experience Card, but only after using it did he realize that genjutsu was the ultimate cheat in the ninja world.

If it worked, you could make your opponent call you daddy; if it didn't, you'd be the one calling them daddy.

The thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant as his hands quickly formed seals.

"Bringer-of-Darkness Technique!"

A surge of powerful mental energy instantly enveloped the Iwa-nin, stripping away his vision and plunging him into boundless darkness.

The sudden change startled the Iwa Jonin.

"Genjutsu!"

His wealth of experience told him he'd fallen under a genjutsu!

After a brief moment of panic, he quickly reacted.

"Earth Release! Shield Protection!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground around him rumbled as massive piles of rock rose up, encasing him in an instant to prevent being ambushed and killed while unable to see.

Genjutsu, at its core, was an illusion—a technique that deceived the opponent's five senses, trapping them in a hallucination.

A skilled genjutsu user could even manipulate the flow of chakra in the enemy's brain at will, making it a combat style that demanded high intelligence and battle acumen.

Of course, breaking a genjutsu wasn't that hard either.

As long as it wasn't a Dojutsu-based genjutsu, one could actively disrupt their own chakra to break free.

That was exactly what this Iwa Jonin intended to do.

But Qifeng naturally wasn't about to give him that chance.

He had used a Genjutsu-type Jonin Experience Card, but that didn't mean his original abilities had vanished—he wasn't limited to only using genjutsu now.

Gritting his teeth.

Shrrrk! Shrrrk! Shrrrk!

A mass of stark white bones burst out from every part of his body like blooming flowers, instantly turning him into a hedgehog bristling with bone spikes.

Shikotsumyaku!

With "Kaseki's Obsession" masking his identity, Qifeng could finally use Shikotsumyaku and the Sharingan without restraint.

"Bone Release! Bone Spear!"

He extended his right arm as the ulna, elbow bone, upper arm bone, and others lengthened and thrust out, twisting and spiraling around his arm to form an incredibly sharp bone spear.

The next second.

His figure exploded forward, spear raised, charging like a sharp arrow straight into the Earth Wall.

Boom!!

The Earth Wall shattered. Under the impact of the high-speed spinning bone spear, the Iwa Jonin's Earth Release was destroyed, revealing the stunned, vacant-eyed Iwa-nin within.

But the point where the wall broke also let the Iwa-nin lock onto Qifeng's position.

Steeling himself, he gritted his teeth and his hands instantly formed seals.

"Earth Style: Earth Splitting Stone Spear!"

The surrounding earth walls instantly crumbled, forming a massive, sharp stone spear before the Iwa-nin. It shot toward Qifeng with a piercing sound.

Qifeng remained unfazed.

He extended his left hand.

"Bone Release: Bone Pillar Wall!"

From his left hand, waist, and back, a mass of bones converged along his left arm, coalescing into a sturdy wall of white bone.

Thud!!

The stone spear slammed into the bone wall, producing a dull, resonant sound like a bell or drum, deafening and jarring.

Qifeng narrowed his eyes. His Sharingan instantly seized the fleeting opening after the enemy's jutsu. Supported by his skeletal frame, he held the bone spear and wall in place while his hands broke free to form Hand Seals.

"Illusion! Hell Viewing Technique!"

The Iwa Jonin's vision shifted. A towering, raging ape roared into existence, pounding its chest violently as scorching fireballs rained down from the sky.

Terror flashed across the Iwa-nin's face. His hands instinctively crossed in front of him, trying to block the descending fireballs.

But in that brief instant, realization struck.

This is an illusion!

Yet it was already too late.

Shlick!

The sharp bone spear pierced through his chest. All illusions vanished, and his vision cleared.

What met his eyes were the crimson Sharingan with a Single Tomoe and the twisted, unyielding white bone.

Disbelief filled his gaze as his strength drained away. He opened his mouth to speak, but it filled with blood.

Thump!

His body crashed heavily to the ground. His final thought echoed in his mind:

Impossible... Sharingan plus Shikotsumyaku!