Research Bottleneck and a New Idea

Inside the Akatsuki base, a group of people was studying the Genjutsu Space Yota had proposed.

Sasori of the Red Sand, Orochimaru, Hamura Ōtsutsuki, Ōtsutsuki Muruto, Hizashi Hyuga… Basically, everyone under Yota with research ability or Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s bloodline had gathered here.

"This is such a pain!" Yota scratched his head. "It’d be easier to just use Infinite Tsukuyomi to cast Kotoamatsukami. Then I could unleash Infinite Kotoamatsukami, rule the ninja world, bring peace to the world, and make everyone research ninjutsu for me. Easy as pie."

"Hey, don’t say something so terrifying… Though, of course, if Infinite Kotoamatsukami doesn’t include me, I think that’s a pretty good idea."

Standing beside Yota, Orochimaru licked his lips and spoke with a smile.

"Are the ideas in young people’s heads this dangerous nowadays?" Even as a Chakra body, Hamura Ōtsutsuki felt a chill run down his spine. He could actually come up with such a devilish idea as Infinite Kotoamatsukami.

Most importantly, Hamura Ōtsutsuki glanced around and found that even his descendant, Ōtsutsuki Muruto, had an intrigued expression on his face.

"Can this really be considered a path to true peace?"

"Actually, old-timer, your standards for peace are just too high." Yota curled his lip. If it were people born amid an age of chaos, plenty of them might genuinely not mind using such a method to bring peace to the world.

As for Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sand, they did not particularly care whether there was peace or not. But if every ninja in the world could become their research subordinate, they absolutely would not be able to resist that temptation.

Just imagine it: as long as they proposed a research direction, outstanding talents from the entire ninja world would immediately contribute to their work. How fast could their research progress then become?

Still, Yota had considered it long ago and ultimately abandoned the idea of Infinite Kotoamatsukami.

After all, although Kotoamatsukami was supposedly the strongest genjutsu, it was by no means unbreakable. Especially when expanded to encompass the entire ninja world, some kind of trouble might arise.

Moreover, such a large-scale genjutsu was not as simple as using it on a single person. If some logical bug appeared, the entire ninja world might be destroyed because of it.

For example, if he said, "I want world peace. No killing allowed," it might result in mental castration. Then humanity might not dare fight back against anything and get wiped out by a pack of animals. That would be hilarious.

But that did not mean Yota had no intention of using Kotoamatsukami. He secretly glanced at Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sand. Neither of them knew it, but after obtaining Kotoamatsukami, Yota had given both of them a taste of it first.

That was precisely why, despite knowing that Yota possessed Kotoamatsukami, Sasori of the Red Sand and Orochimaru still felt nothing in particular and did not guard against him.

With the strengthened Rinnegan, the Kotoamatsukami cast on these two likely had no hope of ever being undone in their lifetimes.

However, Yota had merely strengthened the utilitarian side of Sasori of the Red Sand and Orochimaru’s hearts, making them believe they could pursue better research by following Yota, thus causing them to overlook their own ambitions. He had not turned them into puppets who obeyed his every command.

Even after the Genjutsu Space was fully deployed, Yota would not abandon the use of Kotoamatsukami. However, his targets would not be the ninjas, but rather ordinary nobles and Daimyo.

When the time came, he would brainwash all those nobles and Daimyo into revolutionary martyrs, ensuring that the Naruto World would soon become prosperous and powerful!

However, the current problem was… he could not expand the Genjutsu Space.

At first, Yota had thought it would be very simple, but once he truly got to work, he discovered just how difficult this ninjutsu was.

The genjutsu within Infinite Tsukuyomi was actually only incidental. Its true purpose was to absorb all humanity’s Chakra. Therefore, its genjutsu required neither so-called plausibility nor the ability for everyone caught in it to communicate with one another, and there was no option to exit the genjutsu either.

It could be said that the only thing Infinite Tsukuyomi could offer as a reference was its enormous casting range.

Although the ninja world had many research talents, there were not many who truly specialized in genjutsu. Moreover, most genjutsu experts derived their abilities from Bloodline Limits, and they knew how to use their genjutsu without understanding why it worked. Rather than genjutsu experts, they were simply ninjas with powerful Bloodline Limits.

As a result, once everyone began researching it, they discovered that this genjutsu was truly far too difficult.

As Orochimaru put it, "It isn’t a lack of power. It’s that many of the rules simply cannot be properly implemented."

"Traditional genjutsu is, frankly, no different from dreaming. There is no need to consider logical consistency. But the rules of the Genjutsu Space must be the same as those of the real world."

"Because it has to connect with the real world, even be indistinguishable from it, the computational power needed to construct this Genjutsu Space world is severely insufficient."

"To complete this genjutsu, we would need at least a thousand Chakra bodies with computational power on Hamura Ōtsutsuki’s level, constantly making fine adjustments according to different situations and calculating all kinds of parameters. Only then would success truly be possible."

To achieve such a goal, he would probably have to go to the Pure Land, summon the Sage of Six Paths, and have him call forth the souls of every past Kage-level expert and even jonin-level ninja. Only then could the Genjutsu Space truly take shape.

Anyone could tell at a glance that such a thing was impossible. Yota could not exactly run to the Pure Land and snatch people away, could he?

Besides, Yota estimated that he would have a hard time winning even if he tried…

After thinking it over with no solution in sight, Yota’s thoughts gradually turned in another direction.

"Maybe it’s time to try returning to the One Piece World? Before, the Naruto World’s timeline wasn’t fixed, and I had no reliable people to keep things under control, so I never dared leave. I was afraid that when I came back, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki would be right in my face."

"But now, I’ve put Kotoamatsukami on all the unreliable members of Akatsuki. On top of that, the Giant Tenseigan has merged with Hamura Ōtsutsuki, Obito has become experimental material, the Rinnegan is now in my eye sockets, and Jiraiya already knows many of the truths…"

"Now Black-and-White Zetsu is the only hidden danger left. Even if I leave temporarily, I won’t have to worry about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki crawling out for at least several years."

"Say, could the One Piece World have some useful Devil Fruit that could construct a Genjutsu Space?"

"Or maybe I should look for Dr. Vegapunk? Unfortunately, I still don’t know where he is."

"Although the Pirate World has already invented robots, it seems they haven’t invented supercomputers yet. If they had supercomputers…"

"Supercomputers? How about… trying to travel to a New World?"