Saving the Uchiha clan starts with becoming the clan leader.

Physical skills are out of the question. He has already honed and trained them to the current limit, and there is not much room for further breakthroughs unless he can obtain some secret techniques that unlock the limitations of the human body. But such things are extremely rare, and the Oniwabanshu (a Japanese martial arts manual) does not include them, and there are not even a few with their names recorded.

Illusion is also ruled out.

He really had no talent for illusion magic.

After much thought, only ninjutsu, specifically his most proficient Earth Release technique, could potentially further enhance his strength. If he remembered correctly, there was a forbidden Earth Release technique in the Imperial Household Department's library. As soon as Kazuma thought of it, he could no longer restrain himself. He immediately changed direction and arrived at the forbidden library located deep within the Imperial Household Department.

When they arrived at the entrance to the forbidden library,

Seeing his colleagues from the Oniwaban standing guard at the entrance, with an unknown number of auras lurking in the shadows, he finally came to his senses. Without the permission of the daimyo, no one was allowed to enter or leave the forbidden library at will. This library contained forbidden techniques, secret techniques, and other materials that the successive fire daimyo had tried every means to collect from the Land of Fire and even other countries in the ninja world.

It can be said,

It was this very forbidden library that sustained the current Imperial Household Agency.

Kazuma stood at the door, hesitating about what to do. Should he ask the daimyo for a pass, or just turn back?

As for forcing entry or sneaking in,

He never even considered it.

"Kazuma?"

Just as Kazuma was about to turn and leave, someone came out of the door.

"Senior Genpachiro, it's been a long time."

Upon seeing the person emerge, He Ma stopped and greeted him politely.

This is a robust, one-eyed old man with a deep scar on his face, named Genpachiro. He is an elder of the Oniwaban, a true senior. It is said that he was one of the first people to join the Oniwaban when it was first established. He once taught Kazuma and his group of rookies. Later, as he got older, he no longer had the energy to teach young people, so the daimyo entrusted him with the important task of guarding the forbidden library.

"Kazuma, are you here to learn forbidden techniques?"

Without beating around the bush, Genpachiro got straight to the point and asked.

"Recently, I've become acutely aware of my own shortcomings and have indeed wanted to try and learn forbidden techniques. However, having gotten this far, I realized I haven't applied for permission from the daimyo. I..."

"Come in with me!"

Genpachiro greeted him.

"Huh?"

Kazuma was stunned for a moment, not quite reacting.

"What are you standing there for? If you want to learn forbidden techniques, hurry up and come in."

"But... I didn't talk to Daimyo..."

“The daimyo already gave permission.” Genjiro seemed to be an impatient person. He grabbed Kazuma and led him inside, saying as they walked, “The daimyo told me two months ago that he would allow you to freely enter and leave the forbidden library. The daimyo said that you have a strong personality and a strong drive to succeed, and that you might come to the forbidden library. He told me to let you in if I saw you. Tsk tsk! To be honest, if I hadn’t personally brought you back from the orphanage, I would have suspected that you were the daimyo’s illegitimate son.”

Two months ago?

Wasn't this shortly after he returned from Konoha? Kazuma was being pulled inside like a puppet on strings, his heart pounding with emotion.

Was this already said two months ago?

What a great favor this is!

The impulse to die for one's confidant surged within him; he wished he could rush to Konoha right now, kill the Hokage, help the Daimyo consolidate power, and become the true monarch of this vast land of the Land of Fire.

"...And remember the rules of the Forbidden Library: you are the only one allowed to enter and exit. You are not allowed to bring anyone else. Also, no matter whether you can learn the forbidden techniques you see here or not, you are not allowed to teach them to others in any way. Just to be safe, when you leave, we will leave a seal in your mind... Kazuma, are you listening?" Seeing that Kazuma seemed to be daydreaming and absent-minded, Genhachiro suddenly shouted.

"Ah! I'm listening! I heard you, Genpachiro-senpai, I won't break any rules."

Kazuma rubbed his ears, which were ringing from the vibrations.

"That's good, that's good. We've arrived. All the forbidden and secret techniques that our Oniwaban has collected over the past few decades are here. You can take your time to look at them. Anyway, the Daimyo hasn't limited your time. You can look at all the forbidden techniques here without any problem. Although it probably won't take much time to look at them all."

In the center of the room stood a four-story bookshelf, divided into numerous small spaces. Each space contained only a tiny scroll, and many spaces were empty. Clearly, the number of forbidden and secret techniques collected by successive Fire Lords over the decades was limited, not enough to fill such a bookshelf.

[Chapter 266. The Ultimate Technique of Creation]

The Forbidden Library may seem empty enough to starve rats, but to be honest, the number of forbidden techniques and secret arts collected here is probably unmatched even by villages like Takigakure and Amegakure, which are second only to the Five Great Ninja Villages. After all, apart from Konoha, which has a grandmaster-level figure in the field of forbidden technique research, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who left behind so many forbidden techniques, other villages have a very limited number of forbidden techniques.

As for the secret technique

To be honest, this thing is even more precious than forbidden techniques. Like bloodline limits, it is usually passed down from generation to generation within a clan and never shared with outsiders. Forbidden techniques can sometimes be learned by paying a price, but secret techniques are basically impossible to obtain unless you force them with force.

"Kazuma, do you have a goal?"

Genpachiro stood beside the bookshelf and asked.

"I want to try and see if I can learn that forbidden earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic/escaping technique)."

There is only one forbidden earth-escape technique in the forbidden library. Kazuma knew about this, but he had never had the opportunity to come into contact with it before. Therefore, his understanding of this forbidden earth-escape technique was limited to knowing that it existed, but he had no idea what it was or even its name.

"This skill... how should I put it..."

Genhachiro wasn't too surprised by Kazuma's answer, but his expression still became somewhat subtle when he mentioned it. He familiarly took a dark yellow scroll from the bookshelf and gently handed it to Kazuma. "Take a look for yourself! This forbidden technique is the kind that is rather cruel and could easily provoke resistance from all sides. If you really learn it, try not to reveal your true identity when using it in the future."

These words left Ma stunned.

Good guy,

Is this forbidden technique really that restrictive?

It should be noted that forbidden techniques are forbidden for roughly three different reasons. One is that they are ninjutsu that cause serious harm to oneself, the kind that kills a thousand enemies but also hurts eight hundred of your own. In more serious cases, once used, they will result in mutual destruction.

Secondly, there are ninjutsu that violate the most basic ethics and morality. There aren't many of these forbidden techniques, but each one will arouse public outrage. For example, the infamous Impure World Reincarnation Technique. The Second Hokage's reputation was completely ruined in the ninja world because of this forbidden technique. There is also Sasori's Puppet Technique, which is also the kind of technique that is very easy to be hated.

Thirdly, it is a ninjutsu that is too powerful and difficult to control its attack range, easily affecting innocent people. It is also a forbidden technique in the imagination of most ninjas because they believe that there is such a ninjutsu that can destroy the world.

"Earth Release: Ultimate Creation Technique? Soil of the Dead?"

I skimmed through the initial introduction.

He Ma was speechless.

No wonder this thing is listed as a forbidden technique. It desecrates the corpses of the dead, which is extremely hateful. If it is discovered, wouldn't the families of the victims come after him to fight to the death? No wonder Senior Genpachiro said that one's true identity must not be revealed when using this forbidden technique.

This forbidden technique requires preparing soil filled with the corpses of the dead in advance. The corpses must be relatively intact and not have extensive decay. In addition, these corpses can only be resurrected once. Once destroyed, they cannot be resurrected a second time. Therefore, in this respect, this thing is actually a weaker version of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Not only does it violate ethics and morality, just like the Impure World Reincarnation technique, but it is also completely inferior to the Impure World Reincarnation technique in all aspects.

Overall, it was passable.

This is completely different from the forbidden technique he had hoped would greatly enhance his abilities! He would much rather acquire a forbidden technique with extraordinary destructive power, rather than this kind of... frankly, a forbidden technique so subtle that it's hard to know what to say.

I'd say it's good,

Honestly, I feel it has limited use.

Call it useless,

It can't be said that it's completely useless.

It's really a delicate situation.

"Senior Genpachiro, may I take a look at other forbidden techniques?" After thinking it over, Kazuma was still unwilling to give up. He wanted to see if there were any other forbidden techniques in this forbidden library that suited his taste. Although he might not be able to learn them, he did not want to give up if he had the chance to try.

"Sure, feel free to go see it if you want! I won't nag you anymore. Just remember to be careful and don't get the scroll dirty or damaged."

Genpachiro sat down in a corner of the room and leisurely drank his tea.

Kazuma, meanwhile, eagerly perused all the forbidden techniques on the bookshelf, and time flew by.

As the sun set, he regretfully put down the last scroll. It wasn't that there weren't any powerful and destructive forbidden techniques inside, but they were just too incompatible with him. They were the kind of forbidden techniques that he knew without even trying that there was little chance of learning them.

For example, he never had the chance to learn forbidden lightning techniques because his innate chakra nature was only earth-based, and he later developed and trained wind-based techniques, so he knew nothing about lightning techniques.

The remaining forbidden techniques have a dazzling array of uses, but none of them are as practical as the 'Earth Release: Ultimate Creation Technique: Soil of the Dead'!

"What? No results?"

Genjiro looked over.

Judging from Kazuma's expression, he wasn't very satisfied.

"Since I couldn't find anything satisfactory... I've decided on this forbidden Earth Release technique." Kazuma held up the dark yellow scroll that Genpachiro had initially given him and shook it. "I'll try it out and see if I can master it."

“You can’t take it out. Just look at it here. After you’re done looking at it, I’ll put a seal on your brain,” Genpachiro said.

"clear."

Kazuma nodded in understanding.

He sat down opposite Genpachiro, unrolled the scroll, and laid it open on the table. He noticed a thin book, "Miscellaneous Records of Forbidden Techniques," lying on the corner of the table. Curious, he reached out and picked it up. "What is this? A Miscellaneous Record of Forbidden Techniques?"

"That one!"

Genpachiro glanced up, then looked down at his own work with a nonchalant expression. "That's a record I compiled when I was collecting forbidden techniques and secret ninjutsu. It contains information about some forbidden techniques and secret techniques that exist in the world. However, I've gotten my hands on most of the things on it that I could get my hands on. The rest are things that I have little hope of getting... In short, it's just something to pass the time now."

"I see."

Kazuma understood.

I flipped through it casually and found that the name of the technique, "Earth Release: Soil of the Dead," was indeed on it. It recorded that this forbidden technique belonged to the Tsuchiyama clan of the River Land, and detailed information about the Tsuchiyama clan was also provided. Finally, it was given as "Medium Difficulty in Collection."

but,

There were also some forbidden techniques in the book that were not in the forbidden library. Kazuma flipped through them with great interest, and then lingered on one page for a long time.

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Konoha Village.

The secret chamber beneath the Nanga Shrine.

"boom!!!"

Zongxian had just pushed open the laboratory door when he heard a deafening crash. He looked up and saw a ferocious, half-human, half-tree monster smash through the iron cage and rushing towards him like a high-speed train.

"Scorpion, are you planning a rebellion?"

Seeing the monster rushing towards him, Zongxian lightly stepped forward, and a jet-black curse mark snaked out, spiraling upwards along the monster's legs, which were wrapped with many roots, instantly covering the monster's entire body. Then, the monster, which was running wildly, suddenly stopped and fell to the ground due to inertia, lying at his feet like a dead dog, unable to move.

This technique is—

【Spell Seal - Seal of Self-Karmic Binding】

Subduing this mindless monster was simple, but Zongxian considered that this thing was experimental material. If he burned it to ashes or chopped it to pieces, it might affect the experiment. So, after thinking for a fraction of a second, he chose to use the cursed seal technique he obtained from Danzo.

"This was just an accident, and I will not admit to your slander."

Scorpion, carrying a notebook, approached the bound monster and began observing and recording its various data.