Wok Shadow Ninja

Chapter 9: Hope for the Family's Rise

Ino secretly pondered, isn't the Mind Body Switch Technique just a C-rank ninjutsu? Is it really that difficult? To cultivate for three to five years?

She hesitated. If she really spent three to five years cultivating the Yamanaka family's secret technique, it would indeed be a waste of time. Except for the three from the previous class, the other nine of the Konoha Twelve were all twelve years old this year. Calculating based on Naruto defeating Ōtsutsuki Kaguya at seventeen and getting married at nineteen, she only had five years of cultivation time. If she really spent five years practicing a family secret technique with not much prospect, by the time of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, she would have no choice but to wait for victory..

Carefully going over Inoichi's words in her mind twice, she suddenly realized that she had misunderstood. Yamanaka Inoichi, this father, was a man of few words and didn't speak clearly. He was talking about the family secret technique, referring to a whole set of secret techniques, not just the Mind Body Switch Technique.

"I want to learn."

She quickly made up her mind. Her stats were already several points higher than the original Ino's, there was no reason why she couldn't learn it.

Yamanaka Inoichi looked at her seriously, and she nodded heavily, expressing her determination.

Putting on a complete act, she also muttered a few words, "I must defeat Hinata."

Yamanaka Rino quickly pushed the door and left, leaving the father and daughter sitting cross-legged on the floor.

"The name of the family secret technique is the Mind Body Switch Technique. The cultivation difficulty level assessed in the village is C-rank, considered a veritable Chunin level ninjutsu, but..." Inoichi paused.

"...But they don't know that this assessment isn't accurate. The Mind Body Switch Technique is the beginning of all the Yamanaka family's secret techniques. Its difficulty isn't something that can be encompassed by a C-rank ninjutsu."

Ino nodded. The family secret technique was the foundation of a family. No matter how strong their sense of belonging to the village was, they wouldn't hand it over.

She even suspected that the Ino-Shika-Chō three families might have only reported the name of the secret technique, and during statistics, they just reported it as C-rank and that was it.

Inoichi continued: "There are some derived techniques in the family secret technique, which I won't mention today. I'll only talk about the main part. Our family's secret technique, starting from the Mind Body Switch Technique, has a total of four stages. My talent, capacity, are not enough, my aptitude is dull, my will is weak, I have only cultivated to the second stage, that is, I have completed the cultivation of the Mind Body Disturbance Technique."

Upon hearing the word "capacity", which was portrayed in a distorted way in Naruto, Ino felt a shiver in her heart.

No way?

Does the cultivation of our family's secret technique also require testing "capacity"? Does she still have a chance to be a "filial daughter"?

Yamanaka Inoichi didn't intend to test "capacity" on the spot, which made her relieved.

She asked her question: "Four stages? Then what are the two stages after the Mind Body Switch Technique and the Mind Body Disturbance Technique?"

Having spoken more, Inoichi no longer had the initial nervousness when communicating with his daughter. In order to increase Ino's enthusiasm for learning the secret technique, he self-taught and grasped the skill of drawing a pie.

"Currently, the ninja world's criteria for judging ninjutsu aren't accurate, but roughly speaking, judging by the difficulty of learning, our family's secret technique, from the Mind Body Switch Technique to the fourth stage, can correspond to the current C-rank, B-rank, A-rank, and S-rank ninjutsu."

The Yamanaka family's secret technique can reach S-rank? Ino felt that tonight's father-daughter conversation had touched upon her knowledge blind spot.

"Then what are the names of the latter two stages of the secret technique?" she asked.

Inoichi smiled elegantly and kept her in suspense: "When you complete the Mind Body Switch Technique, I'll tell you."

Ino: "..."

Inoichi coughed: "The Mind Body Switch Technique is the foundation of everything. C-rank ninjutsu all correspond to Chunin difficulty and are very difficult to learn. Our family's secret technique is at least half a level higher in learning difficulty. Ino, be prepared."

"Mm-hmm."

Inoichi pointed to himself: "Use your sensory abilities to sense me, let me see the strength of your mental power."

Sensory abilities weren't considered a secret technique and were widely spread. They were one of the few abilities that could slightly enhance mental power. Ino had been training her sensory abilities for the past three months since she transmigrated. At this time, she closed her eyes, her left hand on top and right hand below, forming the "Ram" seal, focusing all her attention on Inoichi.

"Sense!"

The fusion of the two souls had greatly increased her mental power. Coupled with the special training, Inoichi immediately felt a huge mental power impacting his brain.

Ino's mental power was scattered, superficial, and lacked the means to restrain it. Even though the quantity was much greater than ordinary people, it couldn't break through the defenses of a mind control master like Inoichi.

"Not enough, increase your power."

"Push harder, your mental power can't hurt me yet, push!"

"Is this all you've got? You can't defeat the Hyuga heiress like this, push harder!"

Ino was speechless. She was just using Hinata as an excuse to learn the family secret technique. Now, in order to arouse her competitive spirit, poor Hinata was brought up again.

She understood Inoichi's purpose. At this time, she gritted her teeth, imagined Hinata as Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and desperately squeezed mental energy from the depths of her soul, attacking Inoichi's mental defenses like a tide.

This was the first time Inoichi had resisted his daughter's mental power. He had to say, he was really a bit stunned.

He never expected that his daughter's mental power would be so strong! There was still a big gap in terms of quality, but in terms of quantity, it had already surpassed his.

You know, mental power was very difficult to improve after birth. There were no very effective means to enhance mental power in the current ninja world; it was completely innate.

Inoichi clenched his fists, he was happy!

Ino-Shika-Chō was an alliance, and the camaraderie between the three families was indeed sincere, but there was also competition within the three families, to be ranked high, middle, and low.

Not to mention the Yamanaka family, a hundred years ago, they were the leaders of the team. Now, due to various reasons, their status in the alliance could be said to be declining.

The Akimichi family were all chubby, seemingly not fighting or grabbing, looking very simple and honest, but actually, they also had their own thoughts.

The fourteenth generation "Chō", Akimichi Torifu, was a disciple of the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, with outstanding military achievements and widespread fame. It was just that he died in the Nine-Tails' rebellion. If Akimichi Torifu had lived to this day, he would definitely be on par with Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu, serving as a senior advisor in the village.

"Shika" was even stronger.

The current head of the family, the fifteenth generation "Shika", Nara Shikaku, was the captain of Konoha's Jōnin squad, his reputation as a strategist resounding throughout the nations. When the Fourth Hokage was appointed and the Third Hokage returned to office, Nara Shikaku had the same power as the three advisors in the village, having the right to recommend and vote for the new Hokage.

As "Ino", the Yamanaka family had been declining for too long. Today, Inoichi finally saw a glimmer of hope for a resurgence in Ino.

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