"Let me explain this."
Tsunade took a deep breath, her expression rather unpleasant.
Of all the times Shoujuse could have defected, he had chosen just a few days after Xuandou's enthronement ceremony. Wasn't he deliberately trying to make her look bad?
"To sum up Shoujuse's research during his time in Konoha, it was a set of studies into constructing a virtual shinobi world."
"In other words, virtual space technology combining mental links with chakra extraction."
"It used genjutsu, sealing jutsu, and Scientific Ninja Tools to create a virtual spiritual world."
"Anyone could log into this virtual shinobi world from anywhere in the Shinobi World."
"In this virtual spiritual world, shinobi could entertain themselves, enjoy delicacies from different countries, experience the thrill of hard-hitting combat, and enjoy researching new ninjutsu..."
"Because it was a virtual spiritual world, anything that went too far would only cause mental exhaustion. You would never need to worry about dying in that world."
"How wonderful, how marvelous it all sounded..."
"Unfortunately..."
A wry smile appeared on Tsunade's face.
"Unfortunately, how could something so wonderful come into existence so easily..."
"Upon entering this virtual spiritual world, the entrant's mind would be linked to the space. At that point, their chakra would be extracted without their knowledge, and a control formula mark would also be placed on their spiritual form."
"This technology carried far too much risk and was extremely easy to exploit, posing a risk of mass brainwashing. It was an exceptionally high-risk, forbidden line of research."
"So the research was halted, and its records were sealed away."
"While everyone was heading to Azure Tide Port for the enthronement ceremony, Shoujuse, who had long resented the ban on his life's work, seized the opportunity to take a shinobi with him, steal back his research, and flee the