Konoha Main Street.
Satoru brazenly spied on the two, but Anko, Ibara, and even the surrounding residents completely ignored him.
It was as if he didn't exist in this world.
Watching them eat here and there, with Ibara Keisen constantly paying, he wondered if he had introduced the wrong person.
If Anko ate like that every day, even a Jonin's income wouldn't last long.
The two seemed to be getting more familiar, and Ibara Keisen slowly relaxed.
They even started to interact.
However, the initiative remained firmly in Anko's hands.
"Idiot, back when I was pursuing Ayame, the initiative was always in my hands."
Satoru felt this disciple was truly foolish; he only had some talent in Ninjutsu.
But watching the two interact reminded him of his past, which was also very beautiful.
And now it was also very beautiful.
Unknowingly, he had survived in the Ninja World for seven years, growing from an 11-year-old boy into an 18-year-old youth.
He had fought in Ninja World Wars, been a teacher, and served as a spy…
He even had a wife and children.
Time truly flew by; everything was wonderful, except that the Ninja World was always plagued by disasters, which was a bit unfortunate.
Hmm?
Suddenly.
He saw an acquaintance on the street.
Seishimon.
A former teammate, now his subordinate.
At this moment,
Seishimon was holding a girl's hand, chatting and laughing, even sharing skewers bite for bite.
Hiss!
"I wondered why I hadn't seen you at work these past few days, and hadn't heard about any part-time jobs.
So you were out dating, and it seems your relationship is quite good."
Satoru was happy for him.
He saw another acquaintance find love.
However, he remembered that Seishimon in the original story didn't have a partner. Could it be that seeing him with a wife spurred Seishimon to quickly find someone?
Looking at Ibara and Anko who had already walked away, Satoru felt Seishimon's gossip was more interesting.
Let his disciple handle his affairs.
He was just a matchmaker; his responsibility was fulfilled.
Satoru maintained his Genjutsu and approached Seishimon.
"Brother Seishimon, you're so kind."
"Of course, you're the only one in my heart, I'll love you for ten thousand years."
Smack~
"Mm-hmm, here's a gift for you, don't dislike it, okay?" The girl kissed him on the cheek.
"How could I…" Seishimon was full of vigour.
"I remember you once said you didn't want to find a wife. Why the sudden change?"
"That was the plan, but then another colleague in the Analysis Team kept showing off his love in front of me.
I couldn't stand it and swore I'd make him eat dog food.
Then I met you, and whether he eats it or not no longer matters, as long as you're by my side.
His feelings aren't important anymore," Seishimon said gently.
The girl was delighted: "Oh, you're making me so shy! How about I go with you to see him, and we show off our affection too?"
"Really?"
"Mm…"
…
"Show off what? I've already eaten dog food. Good thing I have a child; you'll be forever behind me."
Satoru walked down the street, spitting on the ground.
Having completed his day's gossip, he headed to Konoha Hospital.
With his leisure time for the day over, it was time for serious business.
Konoha Hospital, a vast hospital.
At the main entrance, people could be seen entering and exiting frequently.
Most were Ninja, a small portion were ordinary residents.
As the centre of the Medical Department, Satoru also had contact with it.
The Analysis Team's job was to collect information from the brains and bodies of corpses.
Naturally, they would interface with the Body Disposal Unit under the Konoha Medical Department.
Some deceased Konoha Ninja would be sent to the Analysis Team to determine the cause of death and the enemy's methods.
After completing this work, the bodies would be transferred to the Body Disposal Unit for trace processing.
His purpose in coming here was to learn medical knowledge.
He wanted to develop a Genjutsu of Phantoms system.
For example, Genjutsu: Self-Repair.
That was his creation, a product combining medical knowledge and Genjutsu knowledge.
He needed a sufficient understanding of the body parts that Genjutsu deceived. The deeper his understanding, the more targeted it would be.
That way, the Chakra consumption would be smaller.
If it were a deception of the entire body, the Chakra consumption would increase, and there would be limits to the body's endurance.
Genjutsu could deceive one's own body, but the body's self-healing and such all required energy consumption.
The more targeted it was, the less consumption.
Seven years ago, he didn't extensively develop this because, in his opinion, the Genjutsu ability system was not mature enough then.
This type of Genjutsu, which required experimenting on his own body, was naturally put on hold.
Instead, he focused on developing Five Senses Genjutsu, as well as Mind Reading Technique, and True Genjutsu.
Now he felt that Five Senses Genjutsu was very mature. For dealing with ordinary Jonin, combined with other Ninjutsu, it was more than sufficient for one-on-one combat.
"Moreover, if facing Ninjutsu that absorbs Chakra, such as Nether Release or Sealing Technique Absorption Seal,
Physical attacks are still the most efficient."
Satoru thought of Hiruko's absorbing Nether Release, Preta Path's Sealing Technique Absorption Seal, and the immunity to ordinary Ninjutsu of Six Paths Obito and Six Paths Madara.
Taijutsu was the priority.
And if he developed Genjutsu that could deceive the body and greatly enhance physical abilities, such self-targeting Genjutsu would not be affected by other people's Ninjutsu or abilities. This was his direction for dealing with enemies including the Ōtsutsuki.
He did want to try Sage Mode, but he had no way of learning it!
As for researching it himself, he would rather not; he didn't want to turn into an immobile stone statue.
With elders above and children below, he couldn't afford to mess around, nor was it necessary.
When Genjutsu reached its highest realm, whether it was Kurama Yakumo's abnormal ability, the development of Genjutsu of Phantoms, or the deep development of Pupil Setting Hand, they could all fight…
Look at Izanagi and Izanami; they weren't Sage Mode, but they still fought effectively.
In summary, Satoru's current development direction was targeting enemies immune to Ninjutsu.
He arrived at the hospital's medical data department, greeted the person in charge, and began studying medical knowledge.
As a Jonin, and the leader of the Analysis Team, a high-ranking Konoha official, everyone respectfully called him "Adult."
This saved Satoru a lot of trouble.
Medical knowledge was vast as the sea, and he quickly immersed himself in it.
…
Capital of the Land of Fire.
Imperial Guard.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A squad of what appeared to be elite troops knelt on the ground.
Their uniforms differed, but they all wore armbands with the character for "fire" on them.
In front of them were two people.
"Asuma, congratulations, you're finally going home to visit," Chiriku congratulated Asuma.
It had been four years since he met Asuma, and the two had formed a friendship through fighting side by side.
Asuma took out his lighter and lit a cigarette: "Yes, after so much time, so many experiences, I've barely found a sense of something to protect."
This time, Asuma was leading the team to Konoha for training.