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Chapter 131 Explosion Release? The Essence of the Shinobi World War! (Please subscribe and vote!)
"This sensory bloodline limit has no other drawbacks, just two: it's difficult to sense things underground, and it consumes a lot of chakra."

Genichi sighed to himself under the tree.

Then he withdrew his senses and pondered another bloodline limit.

It's still Wind Release + Water Release.

If sensing one's bloodline limit was a training goal that Genichi Koushi had a clear plan for beforehand, then this was a completely unexpected surprise.

Or rather, the goal was achieved, but it was a tiny bit different from what was envisioned.

Previously, Genichi Kishita wanted to develop a powerful water jutsu, choosing the direction of liquid bombs, and when he overdrafted the future last time, he developed a water jutsu with the smell of sulfuric acid.

The water that is exploding now was developed, but it wasn't developed using simple water-style techniques; rather, it was a fusion of wind-style techniques.

"Explosive Release?"

Genichi under the tree thought to himself that it was strange.

With the same nature changes and fusion, it can now be said that three bloodline limits have been born.

No, there should be four types.

Wind Release + Water Release, Ice Release!
Wind Release + Water Release, Sensing the Bloodline Limit, Heavenly Eye!
Wind Release + Water Release, Explosion Release!
Wind Release + Water Release, Dark Release!
Xuan Yi under the Netherworld Tree did not master the technique, but through studying the corpse of Kirigakure no Nakaji, he clearly understood that Netherworld Release is a fusion of Wind Release and Water Release.

The same properties can be combined to form a variety of different bloodline limits.

Is it reasonable?
Very reasonable!
For example, Earth Release + Water Release can form Wood Release, which was possessed by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and Yamato.

Earth Release + Water Release can form Lava Release, possessed by Mei Terumi.

There is also the Cloud Ninja Earth Platform, which also uses Lava Release to create rubber. Genichi Kinoshita is currently unsure whether this Lava Release is a fusion of Earth Release and Water Release.

If I have the chance in the future, I'll ask Genichi Kishiro to borrow some of his blood and bone marrow for research.

If all else fails, a corpse will do.

There's also Magnet Release. Previously, Genichi Kishita thought Magnet Release was a fusion of Wind Release and Earth Release.

However, through research on Troy, a Cloud Ninja known for his Magnet Release, it was discovered that his Magnet Release was formed by fusing Wind Release and Lightning Release. Its characteristic is the magnetization of chakra, which can impart magnetism to other objects.

At the same time, magnetism can be conducted through contact between objects.

Although Genichi Kishita did not obtain the Third Kazekage's blood cells for research, he did observe Rasa's manipulation of gold dust in battle, which was clearly very different from Troy's Magnet Release.

The Third Kazekage and Rasa's Magnet Release seem to manifest in manipulating specific colored metals, rather than imbuing other objects with magnetism.

"Whether it's ninjutsu or bloodline limits, the improvement is related to a person's cognition, and it also carries a bit of my power of thought..."

Genichi's thoughts were wandering quite wildly.

"Yin Dun" represents the power of the spirit, and "Yin Dun Technique" can create form without being visible; "Yang Dun" represents the power of the body, and "Yang Dun Technique" can infuse life into form.

To put it simply, Yin Dun can create something from nothing, while Yang Dun gives life to things.

This concept is very broad; combined, the two can theoretically create everything.

Chakra, an energy formed from both spiritual and physical power, inherently represents infinite possibilities.

"What limited me before was my physical energy. My chakra was insufficient, so even if I mastered ninjutsu, I couldn't unleash its full power."

"And now my body is constantly growing. Not to mention the Yin Seal and the Eight-Tails' horns that provide additional power, my current chakra level is almost equivalent to the power of the Twelve Horns."

"For the time being, this amount of chakra is more than enough. What limits my combat power is no longer the amount of chakra, but my cognition, my power of thought."

Genichi under the tree couldn't help but think of Orochimaru again.

Orochimaru frantically researches various secret techniques, forbidden techniques, and bloodline limits, but he doesn't easily transplant other people's bloodline limits; instead, he acquires knowledge from them.

Isn't this just broadening one's knowledge?
"The more I think about it, the more I admire Aunt Snake..."

Genichi sighed to himself under the tree.

"Xuanyi, someone is approaching. The chakra is somewhat familiar. It's Minato and the others."

Uzumaki Ina's voice suddenly interrupted Genichi Kishita's thoughts.

"Brother Shuimen and the others?"

Genichi Shushita opened his eyes, then got up and left the cave, with Ina Uzumaki following beside him.

"It is indeed them."

Genichi smiled and then whistled.

Down the mountain, Minato and his companions, who were on their way, stopped immediately upon hearing the whistle. Kakashi instinctively drew his sword, while Obito Uchiha reacted a beat slower, then quickly pulled out a kunai and stepped in front of Rin Nohara.

Minato Namikaze crouched down, tapping the ground with his finger, his senses rapidly expanding. He quickly revealed a smile: "Kakashi, don't be nervous, they're not enemies, they're Genichi and the others!"

Obito Uchiha immediately let out a long breath, then put away his kunai, pushed up his goggles, and said, "Genichi is really something, why didn't he just show up directly and give us a fright?"

Kakashi glanced at him and said, "Getting too close rashly will only make things more dangerous, you idiot!"

Obito's fist hardened again, and Minato immediately said, "Alright, let's go take a look!"

With that, he leaped up the mountain.

Kakashi and the other two quickly followed.

They soon arrived at the cave.

"Brother Minato!"

"Kakashi, Obito, Rin, it's been a long time!"

Genichi Shushita greeted them with a smile, and Ina Uzumaki followed suit.

Minato Namikaze smiled and said, "I've been too busy lately."

"How come you are here?"

Shuxia Xuanyi said, "I just returned from the Land of Wind. I'll rest here for a while and then go back to the village tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze laughed and said, "In that case, let's rest here too!"

His original plan was to stop and rest after entering the Land of Fire.

So the six of them went into the cave and lit a bonfire.

Around the campfire, Minato Namikaze and the others ate and chatted.

"Xuan Yi, how's the situation in Sunagakure?"

Minato Namikaze asked.

Xuan Yi under the tree said, "Not good."

"Although the attacks from Kirigakure and Iwagakure have been stopped, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind is very dissatisfied with the current situation."

"In particular, the attack by Kirigakure caused considerable damage to the wealthy southern region of the Land of Wind."

Obito Uchiha asked in confusion, "Shouldn't the Daimyo be blaming Kirigakure, since it was Kirigakure that invaded the Land of Wind?"

Genichi Shushita smiled and said, "Obito, the problem is not that simple."

"For the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, Sunagakure is not important; profit is the most important thing."

Obito Uchiha was completely bewildered.

What the hell?

Isn't Sunagakure (Hidden Sand Village) from the Land of Wind?
Nohara Rin didn't understand either, while Kakashi seemed thoughtful.

Minato Namikaze immediately understood and explained to Obito Uchiha and the others: "To be precise, Sunagakure is not an absolute subordinate of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind; they have a cooperative relationship with relatively aligned interests."

“If Sunagakure cannot safeguard the interests of the Land of Wind, then the Land of Wind can hire other forces to safeguard its own interests; it does not necessarily have to be Sunagakure.”

Obito Uchiha scratched his head, feeling a bit itchy.

Genichi Shushita smiled and said, "Obito, if you want to understand these things, you must first understand the nature of the war that broke out in our ninja world."

Obito Uchiha paused for a moment, then said, "The essence... isn't the essence being invaded?"

"The battles between Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure were all due to their invasion, right?"

"We also started the war because we were invaded by Kirigakure."

Genichi Shushita asked, "So, why do you think Kumogakure invaded the Land of Wind and attacked Sunagakure?" "After all, the Land of Lightning, where Kumogakure is located, is very far from the Land of Wind, separated by many countries."

Obito Uchiha pondered deeply.

Minato Namikaze waited with a smile.

Kakashi and Rin Nohara were also thinking about it.

After a long pause, Obito Uchiha asked uncertainly, "Because of hatred?"

Minato Namikaze listened attentively and earnestly reminded him, "Obito, as a leader of the village, whose life and death are tied to countless people, you will not start a war because of a little hatred."

Kakashi said, "Xuan Yi already said it, didn't he? It's because of interests!"

Genichi under the tree said, "Kakashi is right."

“Obito, even if the Third Raikage’s parents, or even his grandparents and ancestors, all died at the hands of Sunagakure, he would not launch a war that spans a long distance just to seek revenge.”

"The Third Raikage is not an individual, but represents the will of a collective. Even if the Third Raikage wants revenge, the Hidden Cloud Village will not launch a full-scale war because of revenge."

"Although revenge is often used as a pretext, what's always hidden in the shadows is self-interest!"

Namikaze Minato nodded in agreement.

Obito Uchiha scratched his head: "This is really complicated."

Genichi Kishita smiled and said, "If you understand where the interests of the ninja village lie, it's not complicated."

"The village's income comes from two sources: economic grants from the Daimyo Prefecture, which can be understood as the commission paid by the Daimyo and the Daimyo Prefecture for hiring us to protect the Land of Fire."

Obito Uchiha's eyes widened in disbelief: "This...this..."

Nohara Rin was also very shocked.

This is because it is different from the education they received at the ninja academy, which focused on protecting the village and the Land of Fire.

According to Genichi Kinoshita's explanation, protecting the Land of Fire is too... devoid of any sense of mission or sacredness, and has become a complete transaction.

This subverts their understanding.

Minato Namikaze smiled wryly, but did not object.

Although it's blunt and unpleasant to hear, that's the truth.

Genichi shrugged in response to Minato Namikaze's wry smile.

The truth of the world is often very cruel.

None of the five great ninja villages possessed armed forces that were absolutely controlled by the daimyo or the five great nations.

As for Konoha...

It seems that the candidate for Hokage of Konoha will have to go to the Daimyo's residence to be approved and appointed by the Daimyo.

But I'm sorry, this is just a formality done for the sake of money.

Let's not even talk about the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who was the founder.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, obtained his Hokage position by asking his older brother, Hashirama Senju.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was appointed directly by Tobirama Senju during the later stages of the First Shinobi World War.

In the original timeline, the rise of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was relatively complicated.

First, during the Third Shinobi World War, after gaining the upper hand in the war against Iwagakure, Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to negotiate peace with Iwagakure.

This means that they will gain nothing from this war with Iwagakure.

Therefore, Danzo used this as an excuse to launch an attack and force Hiruzen Sarutobi to take responsibility.

This was not just Danzo's will; at this time, Danzo also represented the interests of a large portion of the ninjas in Konoha.

Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to abdicate.

At this time, Danzo was very confident in promoting his subordinate and partner Orochimaru to power.

Because of Jiraiya's wandering nature, and Tsunade's departure from Konoha.

These two are Orochimaru's biggest rivals.

Moreover, Danzo originally thought that Orochimaru was also Hiruzen Sarutobi's choice.

At the meeting in Daimyo Prefecture, the Daimyo was still regretting the abdication of the third daimyo, but he was so frightened by a single look from Danzo that he fell silent.

Danzo then suggested Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin.

The daimyo then asked the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, for his opinion.

Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Orochimaru as a talented ninja in a time of war, and Danzo's smile became undisguised.

But to everyone's surprise, Hiruzen Sarutobi changed his tone and said that Orochimaru harbored ambitions and malice, thus rejecting Orochimaru as a candidate.

Danzo was shocked and astonished.

Genichi Kishita remembers this famous scene very clearly.

Afterwards, Hiruzen Sarutobi suggested that Minato Namikaze become the fourth generation, and then Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado played the supporting roles, automatically introducing Minato Namikaze's background and combat strength.

One person said that Minato Namikaze was Jiraiya's apprentice and the grand-apprentice of the Third Hokage.

One person said that Minato Namikaze was an elite known as the Yellow Flash.

It is clear that not only Hiruzen Sarutobi did not want Orochimaru to become the Fourth Hokage, but also the two high-ranking officials, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, did not want Orochimaru to become the Fourth Hokage.

The Daimyo also disliked powerful figures like Danzo, so they readily agreed to all of Hiruzen Sarutobi's proposals.

Thus, a twenty-three or twenty-four-year-old Fourth Hokage appeared.

The fact that the Daimyo's office didn't even have the power to propose candidates for Hokage shows that it lacked the ability to truly appoint a Hokage.

After Obito Uchiha and the others had recovered their senses, Genichi Kishita continued, "As far as ninja villages are concerned, their income comes from the Daimyo's allocation of funds and the commissions from missions hired in various places."

"Whether it's Kirigakure, Iwagakure, or Kumogakure, the purpose of attacking Sunagakure is the same: to achieve these two things."

"As for the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Wind, if Sunagakure cannot meet its needs, it is not impossible to hire Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure to protect its interests, although this is not the best option."

"Well, you can even think of it as protection money paid by the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Wind to other ninja villages."

"Of course, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind will not abandon Sunagakure either, because to them, Sunagakure is truly one of their own."

"As for the ninja villages of other countries, their first priority is to protect the interests of their own country, and only then can they consider the interests of the Land of Wind."

The ninja village never fights for territory.

Or rather, what the ninja villages are fighting for is mission territory and economic territory.

Genichi Kishita finally laughed and said, "So, Obito, for us ninjas, the interests of the village come first, and the interests of the country come second."

"Because sometimes the interests of the country do not represent the interests of the village."

This is why the promotion of protecting the Land of Fire is always ranked after the village.

Even the Will of Fire has no place in the Land of Fire.

Of course, what Genichi Kinoshita didn't say was: for a ninja, personal interests come first, and village interests come second, because sometimes the interests of the village do not represent personal interests.

When someone tells you to think about the bigger picture, that means it's time to sacrifice your personal interests.

Obito Uchiha was already speechless: "Isn't that going too far?"

Minato Namikaze comforted him, "Obito, don't think too much about it. Just remember what Genichi said."

At this moment, Uzumaki Ina asked naively, "In that case, if the Land of Wind hires all five great ninja villages at the same time, will it be immune to invasion by other ninja villages?"

Kakashi replied, "This is even more disadvantageous for the Land of Wind, because no ninja village will prioritize the interests of the Land of Wind."

"For the Land of Wind, Sunagakure is the best choice. Although Genichi said that the interests of the country do not represent the interests of the village, at least most of the time the Land of Wind and Sunagakure are on the same side of interests."

Genichi Kishita and Minato Namikaze both nodded in agreement.

Minato then changed the subject: "Genichi, has the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure been confirmed?"

(End of this chapter)