7 Chapter 6 Development Path

At night, in a somewhat dilapidated wood house outside the "Fifth Ring" of Konohagakure.

The light from the kerosene lamp filled the room.

Sōseki sits at the table, his eyes were sloppy and messy, and his right hand holding a hard pen writes and draws casually on the paper.

This is the information from his previous life, and the writing is very sloppy. Even if it is placed in his previous world, it is almost impossible for people to recognize this ghost-like text.

This also makes that if someone finds out what he is doing, they will only think that it is a random doodle in his distracted state.

Here are some of his original plans for the near future, but the future is not static, so his plans will of course change accordingly.

"I didn't expect that I am really a genius." Thinking of what happened this evening, Sōseki couldn't help but laugh.

He originally planned to establish a genius character for himself in order to gain more resources.

This is not difficult.

If talent determines the upper limit of a person, then hard work determines the lower limit of a person. At least in Sōseki's view, it is possible to make oneself an ordinary genius through hard work and efficient learning methods.

In this Ninja World, genius is not synonymous with stability. The assassination of the hostile Ninja Villages and the conflict of internal forces may cause the genius to die young.

As Sōseki knew, there were actually quite a few talented students in his class, but in the original plot, they didn't even have their names left.

Mediocrity can indeed become a temporary umbrella to protect you, but the price is that you may be in mediocrity forever.

He has no bloodline, no Dōjutsu, and no background. If he doesn't work hard to get more resources, maybe a mission or a war will make the name of Shimizu Sōseki permanently disappear in the long river of history, without even causing a single ripple.

Especially when he knows the future Third Ninja Great War and Fourth Ninja Great War, the pressure is even more heavy!

Since the risk is unavoidable, Sōseki is more willing to take the initiative in his own hands. At least, he doesn't want to be unable to make the decision even in death!

But optimistically, although these risks cannot be avoided, the degree of risk can be adjusted by himself.

The way Sōseki chose was to move closer to Sandaime.

Regardless of Sandaime's reputation, he is still much more reliable than Danzō.

Of course, this is not to say that after he becomes friends with Asuma, he will get closer to Sandaime. Sandaime can sit back and watch the Senju Clan disappear, and can bear the bullying of the hero's son. Naturally, it is impossible to do anything to him just because he became one of Asuma's friends.

However, this does not mean that Sandaime is really heinous. As a politician, that is a mature and reasonable approach.

The reason for the Senju Clan to truly disappear from Konoha because Sandaime truly inherits the idea of Senju Hashirama. He wants the people in the village to understand that clan disappearing is inevitable.

And making Naruto suffer is actually convenient for him to control this humanoid nuclear weapon. If this high-risk weapon cannot be controlled by the leader, it is indeed a potential huge disaster.

His thoughts are not wrong. What is wrong is his method of doing things and his failure to grasp the 'measure'.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Sōseki. The only thing he has to do is to use Namikaze Minato as an example.

'Civilian Ninja with amazing talent, not limited to their own interests, and willing to make selfless contributions to the village. This is simply the perfect embodiment of Will of Fire!' Sōseki couldn't help but sigh in the heart.

"Even if there is already a Namikaze Minato, I think Sandaime will never mind if Konoha has another Shimizu Sōseki. The more heirs of "Will of Fire", the more correct his political views and actions will be."

As long as he can become the heir of "Will of Fire" in Sandaime's eyes, he will have absolute safety in Konoha! Sandaime can tolerate Danzō's mischief in some "little things", but it is absolutely impossible for him to take a step back when it comes to ideals and paths.

Because that would be a total denial of his life and beliefs!

Therefore, from the very beginning, Sōseki does not think that the identity as Asuma's friend can affect Sandaime much. What he really wants to do is to use Asuma as a channel to convey the idea he wants to convey to Sandaime's ears.

When Sōseki was not sure about his talent, he decisively accepted this duel, because winning or losing was no longer the main purpose of this duel.

To win, there are ways to win, and there are ways to lose.

Of course, he still hopes to win this duel as much as possible.

"My talent seems to be better than I thought. In this way, as an ordinary genius, I may consider a more perfect start, such as..." Sōseki's gaze crossed the window and landed on the dark street, "Go and meet Tsunade?"

Although he himself is more interested in Genjutsu because of experiences in his previous life, in terms of the future path, the prospect of Medical Ninjutsu seems to be brighter.

And one of the most important reasons why he chose becoming a Medical-nin to start his new live was because of Tsunade...or more correctly, the Shikkotsu Forest's Holy Land behind Tsunade.

As a Ninja without bloodline, Senjutsu is undoubtedly his best choice to strengthen himself, not to mention that the Three Great Holy Lands can also come with powerful summoned beasts.

Moreover, one of the reasons why he chose to become a Medical-nin is to prepare for this——Senjutsu chakra is formed after the complete fusion of physical energy, spiritual energy, and natural energy, and the three must maintain a balance of one third of each, otherwise there is a danger of being eroded by the forces of nature.

This requires extremely precise chakra control, so he started training body control when he didn't even have chakra.

As for why Tsunade was chosen, the reason was actually very simple - she is the best choice than the other two.

Needless to say about Orochimaru. As his disciple, he may be planted with the mark of "love" one day.

As for Jiraiya, carrying the prophecy of "Child of the Prophecy", it is impossible for him to accept disciple at will, especially when he already has Nagato and Minato.

Although Tsunade is depressed and loves to bury her heart, such a person is precisely the best choice, not to mention that there is a bridge in his class that can get him closer to Tsunade.

'Should I get closer with Shizune now?' Sōseki denied this choice without much thought. Although he is the class leader, it would seem strange for him to suddenly show great hospitality to Shizune.

The best thing is to let Shizune get closer with him proactively.

"So, what about Genjutsu? With Kurenai, it is not impossible to get in touch with her father." Sōseki muttered to himself. The easiest way to get the original start-up funds for someone like him without background is, of course, to mooch from girls.

Although mooching from a five-year-old little loli is shameful to describe, he does not have many choices.

Life is sometimes like this, one step at a time, one step at a time!

'This won't do. Being too impatient will cause my formed personality to collapse. The best way is actually to take advantage of the situation after winning this duel - and this is back to the original starting point. I must defeat Asuma first.'

After thinking for a moment, Sōseki mocked himself and thought in his heart, "Oh, I seem to have put the cart before the horse. The purpose of defeating Asma is to gain attention and avoid risks. Acting too impatiently may put me in danger."

"Moreover, defeating Asuma is completely unnecessary to that extent. I only need one or two basic Ninjutsu, plus some psychological cues. That should be enough."

Sōseki yawned, glanced at the papers full of ghost-like writings, and then shook his head in a pretentious way. He casually put the paper on the kerosene lamp and lit it. After the paper was burned to ash, he stretched out his body and walked to the bed.

"I will get my first Ninjutsu tomorrow. As for Senjutsu and Genjutsu, let's plan slowly after this matter is over!"

A/N 1: This is not to redeem Sandaime. In fact, in my eyes, everyone is a complex individual, they are a contradiction composed of various tangled and complicated personality. That is, it is too arbitrary to judge a person with black or white. Just like Sandaime, in my opinion, he is not a qualified father, not a qualified teacher, or not even a good person in the subjective sense, but as a Kage from Ninja Village, from the perspective of those civilian and ordinary person, he should be called a qualified Kage. After all, politicians are supposed to be ruthless beings. If they are too sentimental, it may become a disaster for the village. In short, it is difficult to find a real bad guy in this book, and I will try my best to judge the characters from an objective and fair perspective. When I write about the death of White Fang later, I will say a few sentences, because I really don't think that an expert will be so weak that he chooses to commit suicide because of some rumors, leaving his son who is only six or seven years old.

A/N 2: One more thing, some of you may have doubts about me saying that Sandaime is a qualified Kage. The reason is that under his leadership, Konoha fell from the peak. But in fact, when Sandaime took over Konoha, Shōdaime and Nidaime had already passed away. And there was no high-level fighting strength in the village except Uzumaki Mito and it was also in the Second Ninja Great War at that time. Under the circumstance of internal and external troubles, Sandaime took over Konoha and brought Konoha back to the peak (in the current era of the protagonist, Sandaime and Danzo are at their peak, the White Fang and Sannin are also famous in the Ninja World, and Clan Heads of the Great Clans have also grown up. It can be said that to be Konoha's best era). Although the subsequent decline of Konoha is also a fact, it can be said that it is very rare to have a brilliant and wise ruler throughout the history. There are too few leaders who didn't make mistakes when they are old. That's why I said that Sandaime is at least still qualified as a Kage.