Release!
Gekko Kado quickly dispelled the Genjutsu.
The scene before him remained unchanged, except that Ryosuke was gone.
This meant that all the dozens of strikes he had just made were directed at empty air.
He had been battling with thin air for a while, which was embarrassing.
However, his embarrassment instantly turned into shock, because it was then that he felt someone standing behind him, with a hand placed on his back.
Gekko Kado shook his head and asked with a bitter smile, “Did I fall into your Genjutsu the moment I saw your Sharingan?” The person standing behind him was naturally Ryosuke.
Ryosuke withdrew his right hand and said with a grin, “Yes, that’s exactly what happened.” “Alright, this time you all won.” Gekko Kado wasn’t annoyed.
Although he lost due to carelessness, a loss is a loss, and his own students winning against him was something to be happy about, wasn’t it?
“Huh?
We won?
We actually won?” Nawaki, who had been observing, was surprised.
He hadn’t even shown his true abilities, it felt unsatisfying.
“You won.” Gekko Kado admitted it very frankly, then pointed to his right.
“The safe zone is up ahead, you can go there.
Now I’m going to find trouble with others.
That’s all for now.” After saying this, he nodded to them and leaped into the trees, disappearing after a few jumps.
“Alright, let’s hurry and leave to find the safe zone.” Ryosuke said.
As the three walked through the forest, Nawaki couldn’t suppress his curiosity and asked, “Was that Lightning Release Ninjutsu just now also your original creation?” Which young ninja, aspiring to be great, hasn’t fantasized about creating their own Ninjutsu one day, and using it to make a grand name for themselves?
The hot-blooded Nawaki was naturally no exception.
Sometimes, during breaks after intense training, he would fantasize and conceptualize his own Ninjutsu, but it always stopped at fantasy, lacking the ability to develop it.
But today, his peer had actually succeeded in creating an original Lightning Release Ninjutsu, and it seemed to be very promising, not some boring little trick.
He was greatly shocked and secretly resolved that he must create his own Ninjutsu, and it had to be even cooler and more powerful than Ryosuke’s lightning ball technique.
Ryosuke asked, “How about it?
Isn’t it cool and awesome?
Are you envious?” Nawaki curled his lip, feigning disdain.
“Hmph, not cool at all, it’s stupid.
I’ve learned several Water Release Ninjutsu, hich one isn’t better than yours?
But speaking of which, was the Genjutsu Kado-sensei fell for just now the same as the one I fell for before?” “No, it was just a regular Genjutsu, just causing hallucinations.” Ryosuke didn’t explain everything.
The Eye he drew with 600 Chakra points was named ‘Gaze of Confusion’ by the system.
[Upon making eye contact with an enemy, the enemy will fall into a Genjutsu for at least one second.
The more Chakra used, the longer the duration of the Genjutsu.] The eyes granted by Ryosuke’s system are super strong.
With Gaze of Confusion, just a glance is enough to make an enemy fall into a Genjutsu, starting from one second with no upper limit.
A lot can happen in one second.
A bee can flap its wings 270 times, lightning can strike the ground 100 times, the universe can expand approximately 15 kilometers and of course, it’s enough to defeat an enemy.
Ryosuke was very satisfied.
His liking for Gaze of Confusion far surpassed Eye of Pregnancy as this was a technique that could be used conventionally.
Nawaki listened to Ryosuke’s somewhat perfunctory response and huffed, “Hmph!
Just you wait.
When I create my own Ninjutsu, I’ll show you what a truly powerful Ninjutsu is.” Ryosuke waved his hand, replying perfunctorily, “Yes, yes, talk when you’ve created it.
I imagine it will take at least a decade or more.” “Nonsense!
I, Senju Nawaki, am a great genius.
I won’t need a decade or more…” Listening to them bicker, Mikoto covered her mouth and chuckled.
“I think Kado-sensei probably left us another challenge in the safe zone.” “Possibly.” Ryosuke agreed.
“Indeed, Kado-sensei clearly seems like a cunning person.” Nawaki nodded in agreement.
“Then let’s speed up.” “Okay.” — — — Mikoto’s guess was correct.
Gekko Kado had indeed tampered with the safe zone and it was a big tampering.
A twenty-meter-high, five-meter-diameter pillar stood prominently on the grass.
Most importantly, the surface of the pillar was incredibly smooth.
A line of text was carved on the upper part of the pillar: “The safe zone is up here.” It was clear that this massive pillar was specially crafted by Gekko Kado using Earth Release to test the students’ Chakra control abilities.
To climb a twenty-meter-high smooth pillar surface required extremely high Chakra control.
Nawaki, being headstrong, tried three times in a row, falling off at about three meters from the ground each time.
“Damn it, this slippery pillar is too hard to climb!” Nawaki yelled, scratching his head in frustration.
“Don’t rush, we’re already here, we just need to climb up.
It’ll just take a bit more time.” Ryosuke said, not hurrying to climb.
He observed the pillar, then tested its hardness with a Kunai, finding it extremely smooth and hard, like a meticulously polished metal pillar.
The cheating method of sticking Kunai into the pillar as footholds wouldn’t work, he could only rely on Chakra control.
“Kado-sensei truly went to great lengths for the students’ improvement.” Ryosuke couldn’t help but be moved by Gekko Kado’s dedication and effort.
“Let me try.” Mikoto formed hand seals and channeled Chakra to her feet.
Then she stepped onto the pillar, climbing upwards in a physics-defying posture parallel to the ground and perpendicular to the pillar.
Five meters, ten meters, fifteen meters…
Finally, with a turn of her foot, she was on top of the pillar.
“Whoa, is that real?!” Nawaki rubbed his eyes and stared blankly at Mikoto waving to them from the top, his face filled with shock and disbelief.
Mikoto had received elite education since childhood, and Chakra control training was merely the basics of the basics for her.
“Should I throw a rope down and pull you up?!” Mikoto shouted from above.
Ryosuke looked up and shouted, “No need, we’ll climb up ourselves!” “Okay, be careful.” Mikoto waved in response.
“Yosh, I’ll definitely reach the top!” Nawaki, his blood boiling.
He jumped onto the pillar, taking seven or eight steps in quick succession and rushing up ten meters in one go, before falling back down.
“Great, I’ve made progress, keep it up!” After yelling, he rushed up again.