Before we begin, I want to remind everyone that Miyu, in almost all of her fights, hasn't yet given her 100%, either because it hasn't been necessary or because she doesn't need to.
Furthermore, I want to provide information on Miyu's abilities in different areas, since being deficient in one aspect doesn't mean she's weak. The best example would be Naruto himself, the Seventh Hokage: his genjutsu level would be at the academy level, and with that level, he fights Madara or even more powerful beings.
Miyu, a jōnin-rank ninja, possesses elite jōnin-level ninjutsu, elite jōnin-level fuinjutsu, elite jōnin-level iryōninjutsu, low jōnin-level bukijutsu, and chunin-level taijutsu (with chakra-enhancing power, she reaches jōnin level, but only with her fists; she's not a chunin at all. To clarify, I'm referring to mastery of a specific ninja area, not strength or overpowered techniques). She also has genjutsu at the genin level; the rest of her skills are mediocre or undeveloped.
With this, I hope you understand the level of the 14-year-old protagonist. Without further ado, let's begin the chapter.
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I walked slowly to the mission office in the Hokage Tower. The old man has been busy with intelligence gathering and logistics to prepare for any move Iwa might make; luckily, he's almost finished. This will serve him well when the war begins; it will be a good barrier to contain the enemy's initial attacks.
I entered the office to greet the Chunin in charge and deliver the report on the C-rank mission carried out by Team 2—in other words, my team.
So far, they've only completed 24 D-rank missions and 3 C-rank missions, this being the third, which consisted of escorting a small caravan from point A to point B.
The months have passed very quickly, and time waits for no one.
During this period of peace, nothing worthwhile has happened; perhaps, just perhaps, there's one thing I can mention, and that is that Mikoto was pregnant.
When I found out, she was already five months pregnant, and she recently reached nine months, so the terror of the Uchiha clan could be born at any moment. Naruto is still a ways off, so the only remaining possibility is the birth of an even stronger ninja with a brother complex.
Long live brotherhood! I would have liked to know what it's like to have siblings, since Tsunade only had me. Perhaps if Dan had somehow survived, I might have had one or two brothers walking around.
Speaking of the devil, in the end, thanks to the threats, Tsunade had to return.
As soon as she arrived, I forced her to work many jobs, even several at once, to pay back what she took.
Not long ago, I met with Utatane Koharu, who is in charge of everything related to the village's medical field, and with a hefty sum of money, they ended up buying the Konoha hospital from her.
Something that shouldn't be possible, but thanks to Sarutobi's great patience and his fanaticism for perfecting the art of eternal kinsen, he left several areas of control to his former teammates. That's why Danzo had so much power: he let his teammates engage in all the corruption they wanted, something the Old Monkey also did, but not to the blatant degree of the other three.
Where do you think Minato and Kushina's money went when they died? I think those three took it and divided it up after the four of them, since I don't believe Hiruzen didn't notice, or maybe he did nothing and let his colleagues do whatever they wanted. Nobody knows the truth.
In exchange for a retirement bonus, which was already quite generous considering everything they were stealing, I obtained the property deeds, both for the land and the infrastructure, something that should be illegal, but it was done anyway.
If all this were to come out, nothing could be done, since the illegal activity was carried out through legal means, so they couldn't take anything from me, and the blame would fall on that old hag.
So, for now, I can wash my hands of it.
Anyway, the old monkey knows, since I went to tell him as soon as I got the deeds; I regretted not having a camera because he almost had a heart attack when he found out what happened.
Do you know what he did? Almost nothing. He didn't punish his partner; he simply took the money and then gave it to me as a rent payment. Since I owned this place, I could make decisions like who could enter or restrict medical ninjas to certain areas.
It's all very strange, but to put it another way, imagine Koharu as the Minister of Health while I own the only hospital in the area. In other words, I don't control the staff, or rather, the medical ninjas, since they are ninjas under the Hokage's jurisdiction, which he delegates to Koharu.
And the profession of doctor, or anything like that, doesn't really exist. If there are medical ninjas, why would we need regular doctors? The former are more effective and use fewer resources.
Although I have no power over the staff, I do have power over everything inside; that includes instruments, scientific advancements, and samples extracted and placed here. This will serve my future experiments.
But since I couldn't be in many places at once, I didn't take the position of hospital director; instead, I left it to Tsunade.
She is the current director of Konoha Hospital; I may not have power over the medical ninja here, but that doesn't stop me from placing my own staff in different positions within the hospital.
Every day I'm becoming a cold, emotionless billionaire, and for some reason, I love it.
I also love seeing Tsunade suffering in an office, practically tied down, with lifeless eyes, dark circles under her eyes, and days on end without drinking or sleeping. A new form of torture, which she deserves; perhaps this will make her mature, I hope.
Now that she thinks about it, perhaps she should try to buy other Konoha infrastructure, since if she could buy the hospital, she can buy the rest.
It's a good idea, though, since that old monkey will most likely be watching and try to interfere, either to stop it or to make sure the money ends up in the village vaults instead of his comrades'.
If I'm honest, now that I think about it, I own about 25% of the village.
First, there's the Senju compound, which used to be bigger. Before I became clan leader, I leased out parts of the compound that were empty, which now make up 30% of the commercial district, and over time I've come to control 80% of it.
There's also the lawless zone. If we say that the places where both Daiki and Makoto hold power are also mine, since those two are under my command and that land technically belongs to no one—and when I say technically, I mean it belongs to Konoha in general, that no clan or company has power over that sector—but it's just like that, abandoned and neglected.
And now, with the entire Konoha hospital area included, I can say that I own 25% of Konoha.
I wonder if I can buy the library; if I'm not mistaken, Homura is in charge of that.
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"Alright, let's rest for a bit; it's lunchtime," I announced to the three kids I was supposed to be guiding—well, two, since I'd made Kurenai and Asuma fight, and now the little monkey was standing there motionless with glazed eyes.
"Sensei, we shouldn't release him from the illusion," Raido suggested, to which I shook my head.
"It'll be a good life lesson, being aware of a genjutsu user; this will make him train harder and learn how to detect a genjutsu by missing lunch," I explained, which Raido took note of, since he could very well be in that position.
It's curious that the strongest of the three on that team is Kurenai, but this is because, being in a preparation phase, it gave her time to prepare her technique, and since the two of them don't really know how to break free from an illusionary technique, it makes her automatically win every fight.
I had previously forbidden her from using high-level genjutsu to fight her peers, but with time and the preparation I've given each of them, I've allowed Kurenai to do as she pleases.
That doesn't mean I haven't trained her in other areas.
Currently, I've had each of us focus on two areas and specialize in them, something I also do; in this case, it will be three: Ninjutsu, Fuinjutsu, and Medical Ninjutsu.
Asuma focuses more on taijutsu and ninjutsu, specifically fire ninjutsu. I've recently asked Kosuke to help him in this area, since he's currently the best fire ninja, perhaps only surpassed by the Hokage himself.
In fact, we're currently working on a new ninja technique, which is the use of wind and fire elements to create a fire sword. This involves creating a sword or possessing a single sword; The second option is recommended to optimize chakra usage and perform infernal cuts, capable of cutting through steel in a single cut, similar to the effect of the burning technique, but less concentrated.
I'm having Raido focus on kenjutsu and body movement techniques, similar to what Minato does. However, unlike Minato, he doesn't have the Yellow Flash's talent for moving and reacting in less than a fraction of a second, but he tries, and it works for the team as it is.
Finally, we have Kurenai. I didn't teach her genjutsu, since I'm not good at it; Kurenai is probably better than me in that area. That's why I've made her train her physical strength, as the idea is to combine her genjutsu with taijutsu and ninjutsu techniques. An illusion specialist traps their opponent in an illusion, then goes in and kills them with a kunai or another sharp, pointed object.
In the event that this style of genjutsu doesn't work, he has other ways to attack or even to assist his companions, not to mention that he has excellent sensory abilities, comparable to mine.
To better understand the point I'm trying to make, the best approach is always to trap your enemy in a full-body genjutsu, one that immobilizes the opponent, like the one with the small monkey. However, this isn't always possible, as it requires a few seconds of preparation, something that's sometimes impossible.
Therefore, the idea in these cases is to cast a small genjutsu to deceive your opponent, either to make them lose their coordination or to make them believe they've used a technique that isn't real.
Think about it: launching a technique and making it seem like a fireball; by default, the enemy can create a wall of water to stop it, but what was launched wasn't a fireball but a lightning attack.
With water, the enemy will end up electrocuted, but for this to happen, Kurenai needs someone to cast the lightning technique, and if she's alone, she'll have to do it herself.
Genjutsu is broken; hence, she only knows one genjutsu technique. I imagine you already know which one it is, but having only genjutsu is a waste of potential and shows very little creativity.
"I heard the Chūnin Exams are coming up soon. According to what my father told me, Sensei, are we going to participate this year?" Kurenai asked, looking into my eyes as if I were a puppy.
Finishing the food in my mouth, I answered.
"No," I said, making the expression on her face vanish immediately. "You have the qualities to perhaps pass the exam rounds, but you lack experience, something that will be noticeable in the final exam. And if you participate, it will be to win and be promoted, all of you together as a team."
That silenced any complaints from either of us.
"How were the Chūnin Exams you participated in?" Raido asked me.
"I didn't take the Chūnin Exams," I replied, and just as he was about to open his mouth, I continued my explanation. "I graduated from the academy right around the time of the Second Shinobi World War, so I had to go to the front lines at a very young age. I didn't fight on the front lines, but my skills, along with some less-than-genin-like missions, earned me a promotion without taking the exam."
That left the room silent, since neither of them could imagine themselves on the battlefield in a war—well, not now.
"Let's leave the past in the past and get back to training, since I have a C-rank mission for you to complete tomorrow," I announced.
"Yes, Sensei," they both said at the same time.
And so we continued training, ignoring the frozen monkey in the middle of the training field.