Ninja Pot Shadow

As the situation escalated, even the Third Hokage couldn't sit still. His son was an adult, but he still had a grandson. He immediately ordered his tutor, Ebisu, to urge his grandson, Konohamaru, to train hard and build a solid foundation.

Taking advantage of the quiet of the night and when no one was paying attention, Danzo handed over a C-rank genjutsu scroll and two B-rank wind-style ninjutsu scrolls to Konohagakure, a Chunin guarding the gate...

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Ino was unaware that her actions had triggered a frenzied infighting among the Konoha ninja clans. She was detached from worldly affairs and devoted herself solely to studying the classics.

The purpose of reading is not to learn, but to use the process to completely calm one's mind.

Ino possesses sufficient self-discipline and a sound way of thinking. She knows what she needs to do and how to do it at this stage. In this respect, even if Shikamaru has an IQ of 200, he is not as good as her. A child is a child, and a child with a high IQ is still a child. Being playful, lazy, and lacking in willpower is the norm. The willpower of a transmigrator cannot compare with those ninjas who have experienced battlefield killings, but it is still stronger than that of a few children born in a peaceful era, right?

After a night and a day of reading, my mental strength didn't actually increase much, but through continuous self-cultivation, my inner restlessness has been reduced to a minimum.

If she wanted to go any lower, she would most likely have to go to a temple to practice Buddhism.

For the secret techniques of the Yamanaka family, reducing distracting thoughts to this level is sufficient for now.

Haiyi felt that her progress was a bit too fast and hoped that she would be more steady.

Ino finished reading the book the next afternoon. While the major ninja clans were competing fiercely, she was extracting chakra in her room.

Did her body have meridians in her previous life? She didn't know the answer to that question, but in the Naruto world, meridians and acupoints certainly existed.

The "essence" attribute represents the total amount of chakra, which is the sum of physical and mental energy. Ino's mental energy has only become more condensed, but the total amount has not changed. Her "essence" is still 5, which is a level that is not low, but definitely not high either.

The existence of meridians and acupoints in the body makes chakra extraction a skill that all ninjas must master.

The wider the meridians, the faster the extraction speed, and the greater the advantage in battle.

In a battle between two ninjas of similar strength, even if one ninja can extract chakra half a second faster than the other, it could be the deciding factor.

Ino doesn't slack off on this. Whenever she has time, she uses her chakra to circulate through her meridians in an attempt to increase her chakra extraction speed.

"Huh? What... what's going on?" She was sitting and extracting chakra when she suddenly noticed that the energy in the black pot on her panel was rapidly gathering, and in a short time, it condensed into a pot-shaped point.

She was completely baffled. Where did this trouble come from? Could it be that Sakura's side started it? How could such a small matter escalate into a major conflict? That shouldn't be the case.

After dinner, she learned that a lot had happened in the village that day. Thinking of Shikamaru and Choji with their long faces, being taken home by their parents for training, she sighed. It seemed that Hinata had taken the blame for most of the trouble. Poor child, maybe she should treat her to a good meal next time?

Yamanaka Inoichi was in high spirits. After drinking two cups of wine, he vividly recounted his experiences of the day to Yamanaka Rino, focusing on Shikaku's expression.

Rino Yamanaka just smiled and didn't say much.

Ino listened for a couple of minutes from a distance and couldn't help but purse her lips.

If this continues, Inoichi's "My daughter has low aptitude" might become one of the four Versailles-like statements, alongside Naruto's "I'm not good at talking," Shikamaru's "I just want to marry an ordinary-looking wife," and Minato's "I'm not good at Sage Mode."

What a sin!

She is ultimately different from the original Ino, making it difficult for her to give Inoichi a genuine father-daughter bond. In order to give her adoptive father the capital to continue to be proud, she must maintain her persona. No doubt about it, add some points!

Chapter Fourteen: The Art of Mind Transfer

Ino continued to add points, moving the pot to the "Ninja" area. Her idea was simple and clear: focus on one attribute, add it to 10, and then switch to another attribute.

"Hmm?" The information that came back from the panel just before she was about to put the food into the pot surprised her.

1个锅点无法把7点的“忍”加到8，貌似需要2个锅点，8到9需要3个，9到10的信息没看到，她猜测多半就是要4个，可能还需要一些别的条件。

This is troublesome.

Ino hesitated.

The sudden turn of events prevented her from rashly adding points; she decided to rethink her strategy.

Reading and resting, the second day without school passed quickly.

By late the next night, the village was quiet, and most of the villagers were asleep, except for the patrolling ninjas.

The secret techniques of the Yamanaka family are very sinister; they are not practiced during the day, but at night.

Ino didn't have any objections; so be it, evening it is.

The father and daughter stood in the open space in the backyard. Haiyi first explained the hand seal sequence of the Mind Transfer Technique in detail, then moved a large stone over and said, "Use your spiritual power to sense this stone, and then form the Mind Transfer Hand Seal."

In the past, Ino would have secretly grumbled, "What's there to sense in a broken rock?"

Today, she was very calm. With her eyes slightly closed, she found the location of the stone through her senses and then formed a special hand seal that did not belong to the Twelve Ninja Seals.

With her arms outstretched, Ino placed her thumbs together, her index and middle fingers overlapping, and her ring and little fingers raised to form a heart shape. She then mixed her spiritual and physical energy in a nine-to-one ratio to create chakra, which she then projected onto the stone she sensed.

The stone was empty, containing nothing and unable to hold her chakra. After circling around, guided by her body's instincts, she successfully retrieved the chakra, carrying her own consciousness.

Having roughly guessed the purpose of Inoichi's training, Ino suppressed the restless mental energy in her brain. She took a few deep breaths, and after her physical discomfort subsided by about 70-80%, she opened her eyes.

Haiyi asked, "What did you see during this process?"

“Hmm…” Ino thought about it seriously for a moment, and said from an objective perspective, “Energy, energy that is everywhere in nature…”

She was somewhat surprised that the Yamanaka family had known about the existence of natural energy for a long time. However, according to her observation, this natural energy was not as good as it was portrayed in the anime; it was incredibly volatile.

To put it in a more fantastical way, it might be because the endless killing in this world has filled the natural energy with negative emotions. If there weren't some means to purify it, then anyone who absorbed it would definitely go insane.

Instead of offering a subjective comment, Haiyi continued, "How do you feel about those energies?"

Ino answered quickly this time: "It's complicated, and... well, it gives me a dangerous feeling?"

Hai nodded: "Yes, nature is filled with all kinds of energy, and these energies are very dangerous. When you turn your heart around, remember to pay attention to the distance and sense it in advance to avoid these chaotic energies."

Ino took these words to heart. Today she was practicing the Mind Transfer Technique, not Sage Mode.

At this stage, she's acting like a weakling, recklessly trying to connect with natural energy; that's really playing with fire.

To master the art of chakra, one must first be strong. If one's physical and mental energy is not strong enough, one cannot control natural energy. I don't know about Shikkotsu Forest and Ryuchi Cave, but the Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku has a clear threshold: one must have enough chakra. Ino estimates that she must raise her "spirit" stat to 10 to qualify for Sage Mode.

For now, we still need to diligently practice our family's secret techniques.

For the first half of the night, Ino struggled with the large rock in front of her.

The secret techniques of the Yamanaka family embody the word "danger" from beginning to end.

Entering the realm of spiritual energy is dangerous; projecting spiritual energy outwards is dangerous; and successfully retrieving spiritual energy back into the body is also dangerous.

Fortunately, apart from the introductory stage, the subsequent content is inseparable from ninjutsu, and chakra is omnipotent! Her own "ninjutsu" level is as high as 7 points, which is definitely at the level of a Jonin. The difficulties in the secret techniques have been explained in detail by predecessors, so Ino can learn them more smoothly.

With all the preliminary training completed, the final step began in the latter half of the night.

"Ninja Art: Mind Transfer Technique!"

Ino held out her hands to a deer that Inoichi had brought from the Nara family.

Deer are the most intelligent and gentle animals.

Ino's spiritual energy flowed into Koshiro's inner world through the Heart Transformation technique. Her vision turned blood red, and her brain felt like it was boiling again. The panic was only momentary; she had read the notes of predecessors and knew that this was a normal phenomenon.

The secret technique is like an awl, piercing directly into the target's inner world.

In just a moment, Ino replaced the deer's soul, completing the entire process of usurping the nest.

She moved around a bit, transitioning from her original body to the animal's body, and felt that the deer's body was unusually stiff, and that this body was consuming the chakra that carried her personal consciousness every second.

If she cannot return to her body in time and her chakra is exhausted, her personal consciousness may be gradually worn down and assimilated by the deer.

Ino persisted for half a minute, and when her chakra was mostly depleted, she released the Mind Transfer Jutsu and, following her body's instincts, returned to her own body.

"Drink it quickly."

Her adoptive mother, Rino Yamanaka, brought her a large bowl of medicine that looked very bitter.

Knowing that this was the first time the secret technique was used to restore mental energy, Ino didn't need the two to urge her; she pinched her nose and forced it down her throat.

About two minutes later, the discomfort subsided, and she stood up again.

The secret medicines, incantations, and notes from predecessors, plus the guidance of an experienced senior, make it impossible for outsiders to steal the Yamanaka family's secret techniques. Even if Ino is captured now and the hand seals are known, without these external aids, no one else can master the secret techniques.

There are plenty of people who covet the Byakugan and Sharingan, but almost no one covets the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan. From the Warring States period to the present, the Senju and Uchiha clans are all gone, while the Yamanaka and Nara clans, these smaller clans, have survived to the end. It has to be said that this is full of wisdom for survival.

The tool-like Rino Yamanaka quickly left the courtyard with the medicine bowl, while Ino continued to listen to her adoptive father explain the key points of the Mind Transfer Technique.

"Um... Dad, I guess I've mastered the basics of mind transference, right?"

"Yes, that's right. Your cultivation speed is even faster than I expected."

"When can I begin the second stage of training, the Mind-Body Disorder Technique?" Ino wasn't satisfied with just controlling Obito for two seconds, which seemed powerful but didn't actually have much impact on the battle. She wanted more.

Chapter Fifteen: The History of the Yamanaka Family

Haiyi was a little speechless. Was his daughter really that motivated to study?

He could only downplay the issue by saying, "According to the current ninja world's classification of ninjutsu difficulty levels, the second stage is a B-rank secret technique called Mind Disruption Technique. The core of this technique is to reduce the mental energy invested and, while maintaining one's own mobility, manipulate, influence, and disrupt the enemy's mind to achieve a limited degree of control."

After two days of learning, Inoichi's communication with his daughter became much smoother than before. Knowing Ino's ninjutsu comprehension ability and chakra level, his concerns lessened considerably.

Having mastered the art of mind transformation, the rest is a matter of practice makes perfect. He briefly explained the key points of the art of mind-body manipulation.

The art of mind transformation is the foundation, requiring various aids; the art of mind disordering the body is the advanced stage, which can be learned independently during this period.

"Mind Transfer Technique, Mind Disorder Technique... Dad, what exactly is the third stage of ninjutsu?" Ino couldn't suppress her curiosity. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to sleep if she didn't know the answer to this question.

Haiyi always felt something was off about the title "Old Man," as if it wasn't calling a ninja, but rather a bandit or pirate.

Is he that old? He's only 38.

However, aside from calling him "Dad" a few times when she was little, Ino basically just used "Hey," "Hey," or "Eh" to refer to him after she turned eight. Shikaku and Shikamaru's relationship was even more extreme; they basically communicated with their eyes, and a nod was enough for them to greet each other when they met at home. Compared to that, my daughter's "Dad" title isn't so bad after all...

This time, Ino didn't keep us in suspense. She had mastered the Mind Transfer Technique and was now the undisputed heir to the family. It was essential to understand the family history.

He carefully considered his words: "The Mind Turning Technique controls the enemy's body, which puts you in great danger. The Mind Disrupting Body Technique, on the other hand, uses your mental energy to influence the enemy and control parts of their body. You also gain some mobility at this time, greatly increasing your safety."

I failed to master the third stage, and so have countless family predecessors over the past few centuries. Our family refers to the third stage's secret technique as the "Mind-Disrupting Spirit Technique."

Ino felt like she didn't quite understand: "God?"

Haiyi nodded slightly: "That's right. It's similar to the second stage, the Mind-Body Disorder Technique. It involves using spiritual energy to control the spirit of a god, making that god our friend, a true friend, a close friend. The duration of the Mind-Body Disorder Technique is very short, while the duration of the Mind-God Disorder Technique is very, very long. After that comes the fourth stage, the Mind-God Transformation Technique. We use our secret technique to destroy and replace this friend, abandoning the original body and making ourselves a god."

As if savoring a moment, he repeated it again with emphasis: "Mind turns, mind is disordered, mind is disordered, mind turns, mind turns—this is the core secret technique of my mountain family."

Ino was dumbfounded.

This method of cultivating a good friend and then killing that friend sounds a lot like the awakening process of the Mangekyou Sharingan in the Uchiha clan? Relying on intense mental stimulation to obtain a massive amount of mental energy?

Good heavens, isn't there even a gentler way?

The second stage of this secret technique only controls people for a short time, but the third stage affects gods for a long time? No wonder the Yamanaka clan's ninjas couldn't complete all three stages of training. This secret technique's leap is comparable to upgrading from the Byakugan to the Tenseigan, isn't it? Shouldn't there be two more stages in between?