Looking at the scene before him—full of vigorous life with everything thriving—Yūshin once wondered if he was heading down the path of perversion with no return.
Fortunately, his mental state was perfectly normal. Aside from feeling a wave of joy the first time he successfully cultivated Earth Grudge Fear tendrils, the rest of the time seeing such scenes only made him feel nauseous.
Except when watering them with chakra, he stayed as far away from the laboratory as possible the rest of the time.
Unexpectedly, although other ninja had never set foot inside, they would normally take detours around this place, as if they unconsciously sensed some eerie atmosphere.
It wasn't anything supernatural, nor were they particularly perceptive.
It was just that in other ninja's perception, Yūshin had always been someone with strong mental fortitude. Yet even such a person would involuntarily show a trace of pallor on his face every time he entered or exited this building...
What was inside could be imagined—there must be some "great terror" that ordinary people couldn't bear.
So normal people would stay as far away as possible.
So the question arose: although Yūshin's agricultural activities had achieved unprecedented great success, what should he do next?
If he transplanted these Earth Grudge Fear flesh buds full of activity into ninja, would he be able to obtain the Earth Grudge Fear secret technique?
This was obviously impossible.
At least before success, bloody human experimentation would be required.
In this situation, Yūshin naturally couldn't use his own body for experiments, nor would he let ninja in the organization become test subjects.
To put it most coldly, as expendable resources, the organization's small number of people simply wasn't enough—they might all be consumed without achieving any success.
But having come this far, it wasn't realistic for Yūshin to completely abandon his experiments.
So after much thought, he came up with a solution that wasn't really a solution—treat the Earth Grudge Fear secret technique as a type of "firepower" to sell.
Anyway, ninja lives in this era were utterly worthless. There would definitely be many weak ninja craving such powerful secret techniques, making them natural test subjects.
Of course, Yūshin had always been fair and honest in his dealings. When selling, he would definitely explain all risks and benefits clearly.
In fact, he felt that even if he exaggerated the risks somewhat, there would still be many people flocking to such secret techniques... As always, ninja lives really weren't worth much.
Wasn't the Fūma Clan selling ninja tools? They might as well sell this kind of secret technique together.
No sooner said than done. Yūshin informed Gorō Fūma of his idea, nearly causing the latter's jaw to drop.
During this period, relying on their past reputation, the Fūma Clan's ninja tool business had gradually developed. While buyers weren't exactly flocking to them, people did indeed come seeking their fame.
Since they were interested in ninja tools, wouldn't they be interested in weapons even stronger than ninja tools?
"Chief, I don't quite understand. If we have such a powerful secret technique, shouldn't strengthening our own power be the top priority? Why sell it?"
Regarding Yūshin's sales strategy, Gorō Fūma immediately questioned it. Although such a powerful secret technique could definitely bring the organization massive resources, wasn't this equivalent to arming the enemy?
Neighbors stockpile guns while I stockpile grain? Or even me trading guns for neighbors' grain? It made no sense.
Gorō Fūma wisely didn't ask how Yūshin had obtained the "living" Earth Grudge Fear, but he indeed opposed selling the secret technique.
"Because I can't guarantee the success rate of transplanting the Earth Grudge Fear secret technique. If we recklessly used it directly within the organization, it would undoubtedly cause massive casualties." Yūshin spread his hands, indicating he was helpless about this.
"You want to use other ninja for experiments first?" Gorō Fūma instantly understood, then continued, "First experiment, collect data, seek methods for safe transplantation of the secret technique... Thinking about it this way, this is indeed a good method."
One could only say there were definitely no saints among people alive in this era. Yūshin only needed to explain slightly, and Gorō Fūma immediately reversed his attitude.
Using others' lives to experiment with your own secret techniques and thereby obtain maximum benefits—was there any better approach in this world?
"I just have one concern: once certain forces confirm we have the ability to mass-produce strong individuals, won't it attract their wariness and covetousness?"
This was indeed a problem. If you flaunted this thing around, who knew how many people would want to play the role of bandits?
"So we need to select appropriate selling targets. They can't be too strong or too weak... And if you want to accomplish things, you always have to bear certain risks. Fortunately, we now have some pressure-bearing capacity."
"As long as those with designs on us aren't top-tier forces in the shinobi world, we can handle moderate-scale risks."
Yūshin actually didn't have a foolproof strategy either. He could only consider problems from the perspective of managing risks. His current strength plus Uchiha Shichimi barely qualified as acceptable.
Anyway, secretive transactions weren't advisable either. If the provider of secret techniques wasn't the somewhat famous Fūma Clan who "could run away as monks but not as temples," who would believe in so-called secret techniques?
If the trading partners were ninja clans of the Tsugawa Clan's scale and strength, the risks involved would be completely controllable.
As for news spreading further from such ninja clans, that wasn't entirely impossible, but that would be another problem.
Yūshin hoped that when news was only circulating in small ranges among medium-scale ninja clans, he could find methods for safely transplanting Earth Grudge Fear secret techniques.
Hearing him say this, Gorō Fūma only felt tremendous pressure... Pressure-bearing? What was pressure-bearing?
However, before he could express more doubts and display his indecisive character, Yūshin immediately finalized this matter.
...
Although ninja who came to purchase ninja tools wouldn't actively reveal their identities and origins, determining their position in the entire shinobi world wasn't difficult.
Gorō Fūma was quite skilled at this.
Just look for those types who weren't very generous but also not stingy, liked to pick and choose but could still complete transactions, had medium-scale transactions and looked pained during payment—they were most likely from medium-sized ninja clans.
After several days, Gorō Fūma found a suitable target.
When the other party completed their ninja tool transaction and wanted to turn and leave, Gorō Fūma reached out to stop him.
"Is there something else?" This ninja's expression immediately became wary. He was afraid of falling into a "black eating black" situation.
Gorō Fūma immediately smiled: "Friend, I am the Fūma Clan leader. Please don't be nervous. I just wanted to ask whether, besides conventional ninja tools, you need other more powerful weapons?"
Hearing his identity introduction, the wariness on that ninja's face lessened slightly, and he became somewhat interested.
"What weapons?"
"Please follow me. It's inconvenient to talk here." Gorō Fūma wanted to lead the other party to the "VIP room" in the back.
The VIP room, as the name suggested, was specifically for receiving big spenders.
Seeing the other party still hesitating, Gorō Fūma leaned over and said quietly:
"A secret technique passed down for hundreds of years by a certain great ninja clan—are you interested?"
These words were like a devil's whisper. Although this ninja remained wary and hesitant, for some unknown reason, he involuntarily moved his feet and followed behind Gorō Fūma.
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