This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

What's more, there is one thing that Ryosuke can only obtain through Konoha.

Something like this is something that Ryosuke Mizunoe has always been able to achieve!

That is - the magic of immortality!

In fact, the reason why Ryosuke wanted to obtain the immortal technique so urgently was that he just wanted to find a way to become stronger.

Even someone as strong as Mizunoe Ryosuke, who has countless trump cards, is very clear about one thing in his mind.

That is: his strength has reached a bottleneck.

This bottleneck cannot be solved by accumulating "quantity", but is a problem of "quality".

In simple terms, no matter what kind of ninjutsu Ryosuke continues to develop, even if he masters the ice escape technique or develops other bloodline limits, it will be of no avail.

Improvement in "quality".

To put it bluntly, it's a question of power level.

In other words, Ryosuke Mizunoe's strength has now reached the pinnacle of the ninja world, which is the limit of a "ninja".

If you want to move up further, you can only find a way to move towards the level of "immortal".

This step is an insurmountable obstacle for everyone in the ninja world.

In Ryosuke's mind, he divided the combat power of the ninja world into several levels.

Regarding low-end combat power, Ryosuke's understanding is no different from that of the ninja world.

There are only three levels: Jonin, Chunin, and Genin.

As for the so-called special jonin or elite jonin, in fact, they still have not surpassed the level of jonin.

Therefore, no separate classification is required.

Going further up, in the ninja world, the strong people at this level are commonly referred to as "Kage level".

From here on, Ryosuke had his own set of standards in his heart.

"Movie level" still has strong and weak ones.

The weakest among them, Ryosuke calls him "quasi-Kage", that is: although he has broken through the level of Jonin, and can deal with ordinary Jonin as easily as cutting vegetables and melons, he is still powerless against the real Kage-level strongmen, and can only barely fight against them for a short time.

In Ryosuke's mind, Tsunade at this stage and Kisame Hoshigaki at this stage are both at this level.

Above the Quasi-Kage level is the true "Kage level". The strength at this level is enough to reach the level symbolized by the Five Kage.

And this level can almost include the vast majority of Kage-level strongmen, such as: the three ninjas in their mature period, most of the Kage in the five major ninja villages, and even most of the people in the Akatsuki organization can be summarized at this level.

Ninjas of this level are already considered the strongest in the ninja world.

To sum up the strength of this level is that it can crush ordinary ninjas, but it still cannot be ignored.

And above that is the ceiling of the current ninja world's combat power.

Although these people may also be called "shadow-level", their real strength has already surpassed the ordinary shadow-level.

Even one of them is enough to fight against an entire ninja village.

Ryosuke calls this level the "peak of the ninja world."

Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, Third Raikage Ai, Salamander Hanzo, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Uzumaki Nagato in his mature stage, Mizunoe Ryosuke himself

They can all be attributed to this level of existence.

For them, ordinary numbers have lost their meaning. This is the true peak combat power of the ninja world.

And above the top of the ninja world, they are already rare.

Ryosuke calls it "exceptional grade".

There have been no more than four people in the entire ninja world throughout history.

They are: Tobirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Naruto in the perfect Jinchūriki and mature Sage Mode period, and Sasuke in the single-eye Rinnegan period.

In fact, these four people can be directly attributed to two people.

They are Otsutsuki Hagoromo's two sons - Ashura and Indra.

In fact, at this level, one can no longer be called a human being. It is not an exaggeration to say that one is "half human, half immortal".

After reaching this level, even if all the combat forces in the ninja world are added together, they can easily sweep it away.

The final level is the legendary Six Paths level.

Six Paths Obito, Six Paths Madara, Otsutsuki Hamura and Otsutsuki Hagoromo, Kaguya

The existence of the six realms can be summed up in one word - God!

When you reach the Six Paths level, nothing else matters. You can suppress extraordinary beings with one hand and destroy the entire ninja world with ease.

Note that there is a qualitative difference between destroying the entire Ninja World and having enough combat power to sweep across the Ninja World.

This is how Ryosuke divides the power of the ninja world.

Of course, this division of strength is just Ryosuke's own idea and does not represent an absolute standard.

There are also some special beings among them who can use special methods to defeat the strong with the weak and gain a temporary increase in combat power.

For example, Jiraiya, who is just an ordinary Kage-level warrior, can reach the peak of ninja combat power in a short period of time after activating the Sage Mode and fusing two toads.

That's it in general.

A Quasi-Kage can fight against a Kage-level strongman for a short period of time, and can easily deal with a Jonin-level ninja.

A Kage-level ninja can crush a Jounin, but cannot ignore a Jounin. As long as there are enough of them, an ordinary ninja can also kill a Kage-level ninja.

The top ninja in the world can fight against an entire village alone, ignoring the disadvantage in numbers.

(Wang Qian's)

The ninja world is broken down so that one person can suppress the ninja world alone.

The Six Paths can easily destroy the world.

In fact, once one's strength reaches the pinnacle of the ninja world, the difficulty of moving forward is no longer something that can be solved by "talent" and "hard work".

After all, this step is equivalent to transforming from a human into a "half-human, half-immortal". Even a genius like Senju Tobirama cannot do it.

To break through this bottleneck, the only way Ryosuke Mizunoe can think of is "plug-in".

At the moment, Ryosuke can only think of two ways to achieve this kind of qualitative change.

Either learn the magic or dig up a pair of eternal kaleidoscopes.

There is no other way.

Compared to obtaining the Eternal Kaleidoscope, learning immortal arts is much more reliable.

There are only two pairs of true Eternal Mangekyō in the entire ninja world. One pair is completely hopeless, and the other pair will not appear for decades.

Basically, this path has been completely blocked for Ryosuke.

Chapter 179: The True Darkness of the Ninja World

In this case, if Mizunoe Ryosuke wants to achieve a qualitative improvement in his strength, there is only one way left - fairy magic!

Wanting to learn magic may sound very simple, but in reality it is extremely difficult.

Even though Mizunoe Ryosuke is very confident in his talent, the talent required to learn "immortal arts" is completely different from other times.

If Ryosuke Mizunoe were to classify himself, he would probably be a ninja like Tobirama Senju, a ninjutsu research and development type of ninja.

Even a genius like Senju Tobirama was unable to learn the magic.

The need for talent in magic is just the most basic point.

The second most critical point is resources.

This is the so-called "connection", or more commonly, as people often say, you need "a master to lead you into the door".

The three holy places where immortal arts can be learned are basically all closely related to Konoha.

It is indeed not difficult to find the location of the three holy places. After all, no matter how mysterious the three holy places are, they are still within the ninja world.

As long as Ryosuke keeps sending people to look for it, he will eventually find it.

But the question is, why should they give you the magic?

Without any connection, you want to learn immortal arts right away? The ninja world is not a charity, there is no way such a beautiful thing can happen.

An interesting point in the original work is that the ninja world is so large that there are at least hundreds of thousands of ninjas.

Why did the three holy places choose Sarutobi Hiruzen’s three disciples as their successors?

After all, Tsunade was born into the Senju family, and she was able to obtain the summoning scroll of the Wet Bone Forest because her ancestors were wealthy.

But why did Jiraiya and Orochimaru, who were born as commoners, have the right?

These questions are terrifying when you think about them carefully.

Back to the topic, if Mizunoe Ryosuke wants to learn fairy arts, he can only do so through Konoha's mediation.

As for how to learn immortal arts through Konoha, Mizunoe Ryosuke could only think of two ways.

First, through Naruto.

Second, through the successors who established contracts with the three holy places.

Let’s talk about it through Naruto first.

The current ruler is Konoha's third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

What do you think of when you mention this Hokage?

The first one can survive, the second one can survive, and the third one can still survive.

There is a saying that goes, "An old man who refuses to die is a thief."

Sarutobi Hiruzen seems to be just a kind and friendly old man, but in fact, if you read the original work carefully, you can find out the darkness of Sarutobi Hiruzen's methods.

Support forces to control Konoha's power, blame Danzo and keep him out of trouble, force Uchiha to rebel and maintain a stable position, send Uchiha Itachi to carry the dark undercover Akatsuki organization

Sarutobi Hiruzen's scheming is even more profound than that of Senju Tobirama. It is no exaggeration to call him the most scheming person among the Hokage.

Hashirama Senju's combat power surpasses his contemporaries.

Senju Tobirama developed thousands of forbidden techniques and took on the name of Senju.

These two people are able to suppress the Uchiha clan, and each of them has their own reasons for sitting on the position of Hokage (chcc).

And why does Sarutobi Hiruzen have the ability?

It all depends on skill and scheming.

Moreover, Sarutobi Hiruzen's cruelty is no less than that of Shimura Danzo.

People only know that most of the tragedies in Naruto are related to Danzo, so they hate Danzo, but they ignore the most crucial person - Sarutobi Hiruzen.

First of all, Sarutobi Hiruzen fully agreed and acquiesced to Danzo's formation of "Root".

The reason why Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to this was that he knew in his heart that some things were too dirty, and doing it himself would inevitably dirty his hands.

At this time, Danzo foolishly ran out and rushed to help Sarutobi Hiruzen do the dirty work. How could he not agree?

The series of darkness in Konoha seemed to be all led by Danzo, but the ultimate beneficiary was Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Once Danzo bears the darkness, he is destined to never become Hokage in this life.

The title of "Hokage" symbolizes the face of Konoha and is a representation of glory, honor and righteousness. How can it be inherited by a person who does extremely evil things and is extremely dirty?

Sarutobi Hiruzen was very clear about this in his heart, as expected.

Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen died in the future, none of the high-ranking officials in Konoha Village would support Danzo to become Hokage.

This is what Sarutobi Hiruzen had already figured out.

To the extent that Shimura Danzo was so valuable that he actually sent people to assassinate Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't even bother with him.

You know, this is a matter of life and death. Even Sarutobi Hiruzen can forgive Danzo. Is he a saint?

Some people say that Sarutobi Hiruzen was afraid of Danzo because he was wary of the power of the "Root".

What a joke. The Uchiha clan, which was so powerful, was destroyed just like that by Sarutobi Hiruzen. No matter how strong the "Root" was, could it be stronger than the entire Uchiha clan?

Does anyone really think that Uchiha Itachi can destroy the entire Uchiha clan by himself?

Others would say that this is because Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo were once both disciples of Senju Tobirama, and Sarutobi Hiruzen cherishes the friendship of "brothers".