Chapter 62

"What about the level of these opponents?"

"From genin to jonin, and the latter are very difficult to kill, even if you swarm them with a crowd — resilient creatures they are," grimaced the old man.

"And the last type — it's practically all tokubetsu jonin and higher. Often possessors of kekkei genkai or special traits, like the huge chakra reserves and resilience of Uzumaki and Senju. They'll crush you into the ground, even if you're not particularly tired, so we'll talk about them separately and in the distant future when you're at least genin. And now, let's thoroughly analyze the strategies against the first two types, considering your curriculum and clan hiden..."

"The topic of today's lesson will be genjutsu, not such a common branch of shinobi arts, but you must know its basics and learn to defend against it," Tio Nara paused and surveyed her students. "Who can say what the art of creating illusions relies on?"

"On chakra control, the ability to subtly inject chakra into the opponent's system, and talent, simply put, imagination."

"Well done, Ryu, correct. There are various ways to affect the victims of genjutsu, but infiltrating your chakra into the enemy's chakra system is the main and most common. There are also illusions that affect specific areas or objects, but they are rare and at least B-rank jutsu. By the way, Bunshin no Jutsu belongs to this category, as well as Henge, but due to their non-combat nature and simplicity, they are considered E-rank."

The kunoichi waited a moment, giving the students time to absorb the information.

"If you're caught in genjutsu, there are several ways to break free. The simplest but dangerous method is to injure yourself, and under the influence of pain, the illusion will dissipate. The next simplest is to momentarily halt the flow of your chakra, then the foreign chakra in your system will cease affecting your senses, and the genjutsu will fade. Another method is to use specially developed jutsu for this purpose. I'll demonstrate it to you now."

The teacher formed a seal and with a quiet "Kai," released a barely perceptible pulse of chakra that swept through the room.

"This method will not only dispel fairly strong illusions from you but will also do the same for those around you; the range depends on the amount of chakra invested. And finally, the last method to dispel inflicted genjutsu is to transfer your chakra to another person, that is, to trust your partner."

"How do you detect that you've been caught in genjutsu?"

"Learn to sense the intrusion of foreign chakra into your body or detect discrepancies in the environment perceived by all your senses, relying on your observational skills. It's all quite complex, but with a lot of practice, it's achievable, so that's what we'll be focusing on in today's lesson and all subsequent ones. And until everyone can dispel at least a C-rank technique from themselves."

"And will we be learning genjutsu ourselves?"

"Only if you want to, after you learn to detect and dispel them."

"All right, everyone's taken care of," I warmly smiled at the three-year-old girl, retracting my hands from her now healed arm. "Don't fall again and watch where you're going, or you'll have to come back to me."

"Not gonna!" the little one amusingly exclaimed, her huge eyes looking at the clean skin where there was recently an ugly wound from a sharp stone she tripped on.

"Say thank you to the sensei!" her mother reminded her. "Thank you very much, Nara-sama!"

"Shpashiba!"

"Don't mention it, feel free to reach out if needed," I waved goodbye to the pair and sighed tiredly as soon as the door closed behind them.

Which shift is it today? The twelfth or the thirteenth? I checked the logbook — the seventeenth! And it's not even midday yet! I hate these shifts! There's always a lot of visitors, and despite the simplicity of most cases, where it's hardly worse than a fracture, the constant flow of patients is quite exhausting.

The main hospital is used not only by shinobi forces but also by ordinary civilians, although there are other departments for that. Three to four rooms on the first floor are designated for this purpose, depending on the day of the week, where unfortunate trainees or newly licensed medics are stuffed, so to speak, to gain experience or just because they were unlucky.

Although they pay a little more for such days, thanks to bonuses, no one rushes here, so it fell to me to be on duty today. Once again, I sighed heavily, took out a thermos from the desk drawer, and unscrewing the lid, poured hot tea into it. While there's no one here, I can take a little break.