Konoha Main Gate.
"Alright, this is as far as we go. I've taught you pretty much everything. You can lead your team back now," Satoru said to Asuma.
The Imperial Guards behind Asuma looked pleasantly surprised upon hearing this.
Did they know how they had spent this month?
They would never want to come again.
They had initially thought the other party was a civilian and wouldn't dare do anything to them, but they hadn't expected such a variety of Genjutsu.
"Then I'm off, Yuhi…" Asuma looked at Kurenai Yuhi with reluctance.
He felt that a month had passed so quickly.
He had decided: once he returned to the Land of Fire, he would quickly resign from his position as a Guardian Twelve Ninja of the Land of Fire and return to Konoha to assist the old man.
The old man was too lonely with Konohamaru alone, and his elder brother was out year-round, which was not good.
Kurenai Yuhi: "Goodbye."
Asuma led his team, taking three steps back for every one forward.
Seeing the faint smile on Yuhi's lips, his inner resolve hardened.
With the mission over, and the team gone, Satoru felt relaxed again.
He then looked at Kurama Murakumo beside him: "Senior, um, I wonder if you have time? I've heard of your Genjutsu of the Kurama family and long admired your family's talent in Genjutsu. I wonder if we could discuss it?"
In the past month, Satoru had already extracted some Genjutsu of Phantoms techniques from the ideas of the two, but he was not satisfied.
The Kurama Family was the only family he knew that possessed a Genjutsu-type kekei genkai, which was far rarer in the Ninja World than something like the Sharingan.
"No problem. I also wanted to chat with you. Your attainments in Genjutsu probably surpass most of my clan's ancestors," Kurama Murakumo said with a smile.
"Thank you," Satoru said.
...
Kurama Family.
"Senior, have your family members all gone out? Why don't I see anyone else?" Satoru walked through the corridor, sensing everything around him.
Aside from a few cleaning aunts, there were hardly any people in the entire mansion.
Kurama Yakumo from the original work was also not seen.
There was no child's presence in his entire perception.
"Oh, my wife went out to the hot springs with someone. She's not home right now," Kurama Murakumo said with a smile, walking ahead.
"I heard that every few generations, an astonishingly talented genius appears in your family. I wonder if it will be your daughter?"
Satoru had long coveted that kind of Genjutsu ability. Now that he finally had the opportunity to approach the Kurama Family, he wanted to see the legendary power.
Their previous interactions had already been fruitful, and the development of the Genjutsu was progressing rapidly. If he could get close to Yakumo and experience her Genjutsu, he believed he would find a way to replicate it.
"Daughter? My wife and I don't have children yet!" Kurama Murakumo said with an awkward laugh upon hearing this.
"None?" Satoru was surprised.
Kurama Murakumo thought he was surprised that he was so old and still had no children: "Alas! There's nothing I can do. My wife and I aren't very good at conceiving children, so it's been a great regret for me all these years that I haven't had any children.
"So sometimes, I truly envy you, being able to have both sons and daughters."
His tone was envious.
"However, our family's kekei genkai is a little different from the legends outside."
At this point, Kurama Murakumo's face showed a mix of relief and regret.
Satoru: "..."
No way, if there were no Yakumo, then it meant that the anime he had watched might not develop as he had imagined.
"You sit down first, I'll go find some materials." Kurama Murakumo led him to the reception room, then walked to the study behind him, pulling out a large tome from inside.
"This is?"
"These are the thoughts on Genjutsu ideas from our ancestors, left by generations of Kurama Family members. Because family secret techniques are not suitable for outsiders, this book, 'Genjutsu Ideas and Analysis,' was created.
"However, the value of this thing is no less than that of a secret technique."
Secret techniques, as a family's heritage, are not casually passed on, especially since the Kurama Family is not a small one.
It was also a family that continuously produced Jonin.
Taking the book, Satoru opened the cover and saw a familiar name on the author line.
"Kurama Yakumo?"
Satoru saw this name at the very beginning of the book.
The third head of the Kurama Family — Kurama Yakumo.
The following were other Kurama Family members who were co-authors of this book.
"Haha, that's right, Kurama Yakumo, she's also the source of the legend you heard," Kurama Murakumo said with a smile.
"What's going on?" Satoru was puzzled.
"Kurama Yakumo, the third head of the Kurama Family, is also the origin of the Kurama Clan's Bloodline Limit. The legend you heard about a genius appearing in every generation comes from her.
"During the Warring States Period, the Kurama Family was renowned in the Land of Fire, competing for resources with other families using Genjutsu.
"It wasn't until the third generation that she developed the family's kekei genkai, which led to the family's greater prosperity. Seeing the losses of family members in the war, Ancestor Yakumo worried about the family's survival and developed a Bloodline Limit Forbidden Ninjutsu, Genjutsu of Reincarnation.
"As long as the Kurama Family bloodline exists, a kekei genkai genius will appear every few generations, deterring other families and forces, allowing the family to develop peacefully."
Satoru was shocked, "This is too outrageous, isn't it?"
Seemingly noticing his confusion, Kurama Murakumo continued.
"Doesn't it feel like this forbidden Ninjutsu isn't a forbidden Ninjutsu at all, but rather a Ninjutsu with great inheritance significance?
"Haha, but with the end of the Warring States Period and the Kurama Family joining Konoha, we realised the treasured role of this forbidden Ninjutsu was no longer important, and it might even threaten us!"
At this point, Kurama Murakumo sighed.
The ancestor's original intention was good, but reality often doesn't develop according to the predetermined trajectory. Who could have imagined the emergence of the Ninja Village system?
"Why?" Satoru was already engrossed in his story.
Holy cow, with this kind of forbidden Ninjutsu, even with his current talent, strength, and accumulated knowledge, he didn't feel like he could complete it at all.
Isn't this the Ninja World's equivalent of the Otsutsuki Clan?
If he learned it, could he also provide a safety net for his descendants?
Whether it could hit the mark and produce a genius wasn't important, but he knew the importance of a safety net.
If a genius appeared in the family every few generations, while not as grand as the Senju, Uchiha, Sarutobi, or Shimura great clans, which had sufficient population bases to produce geniuses every generation, at least it wouldn't be like the Fuma Shikun and Izuno Zaizai families he had once taught, where the chance of producing a Jonin was so slim.
This way, the bloodline could continue, serving as his mark left in the Ninja World.
He would die eventually and never expected to live forever; he just wanted to live well while he was alive. If he could leave his mark, that would be even better.
And this forbidden Ninjutsu was exactly to his liking.