"Ah~" Zenitsu showed a horrified and terrified expression. The stimulation brought by 'Old Wang with the Green Hat' was too intense, causing him to foam at the mouth and pass out, looking as if he died with his eyes open.
"Uh, it seems I overdid it a bit~"
Uchiha Nagi scratched his head, looking at Zenitsu, who was foaming at the mouth, wondering what terrifying thing the other party had seen to react so strongly.
This genjutsu was designed to make the enemy see what they feared most. What Zenitsu feared most? Demons?
Never mind, there's one last one—
Uchiha Nagi looked around, quite cautiously, and hid in the forest. Although Genya Shinazugawa was easily embarrassed, his combat awareness was not weak. Unlike the others, probably because he didn't have a Breathing Technique, he always thought twice before acting when facing demons.
Seeing that two of his fellow training members were swept away by a large wave to who-knows-where, their teamwork naturally fell apart.
So, Genya quickly set up a trap, using some vines to tie up a person, then took out his gun and fired a shot into the sky to attract Uchiha Nagi.
"Hmm? Gunshot? Is it a trap? This kid is interesting. He looks short-tempered, but his intelligence is actually online."
According to Uchiha Nagi's usual Ninja style, he would definitely send a Shadow Clone to test it out. However, since the Shadow Clone was what they were training and competing against, he would be more lenient and just walk into the trap.
So, Uchiha Nagi, with his Sharingan active, walked into the forest with an amused expression to see what Genya was up to.
After entering the forest, a bound half-tree first flew down from above. Uchiha Nagi dodged it with a jump, and then several gunshots followed, directly blocking his surroundings in mid-air.
With the powerful dynamic vision of his Sharingan, Uchiha Nagi had already adjusted his body posture before the bullets hit him, successfully dodging the bullet trajectories, and finally stood steadily on the grass.
Before he could even speak, Genya brandished his nichirin blade and attacked. The gun and blade were steadily aimed at his head.
Genya's mouth curved upward, and he said proudly, "I win—"
"Not bad A continuous trap—" Uchiha Nagi clapped his hands, "But didn't I say, train with the mindset of killing me? Look down at your body"
Genya Shinazugawa was stunned for a moment. He looked down, and the space twisted. He found himself hanging upside down from a tree, and the blade and gun he was holding were now reversed, held in Uchiha Nagi's hands.
"What's going on? I clearly..."
"You were careless. You saw my eyes during your attack, so you fell into a genjutsu."
Uchiha Nagi sighed. The tactic of using bullets to force him back and then making him step into a trap to hang him from a tree was excellent. He had originally planned to use some Earth Release or something to block him, but Genya lacked sufficient information about him. When Genya attacked, he saw his eyes and fell into a genjutsu.
He didn't know what the Sharingan's genjutsu was.
And so, Genya Shinazugawa fell into the genjutsu. He stared blankly, walked up to Uchiha Nagi, handed him his nichirin blade and gun, and then tied himself up.
— — — —
"So, you still don't understand the meaning of this special training..." Uchiha Nagi looked helpless.
Now, the three of them sat on the ground, dejected, all tied to trees. Zenitsu hung his head, looking utterly crestfallen.
He had been the most embarrassing just now, foaming at the mouth and passing out from the genjutsu. When he woke up, he saw Inosuke with only his head sticking out of the ground, which reminded him of 'Old Wang's son' next door, and he fainted again from fright.
Uchiha Nagi shook his head helplessly. He estimated that Zenitsu's timid, dual personality would be difficult to cure, unless a loved one was sacrificed... He looked up and saw that the sun had climbed to the center of the sky; it was already noon.
"I'm going to eat. You all reflect here slowly. Oh, and there are only two lunches. Whoever gets one is not allowed to share it with the others, or you won't train with me anymore—"
With that, Uchiha Nagi placed down two bento boxes, slowly dispelled his Shadow Clone Technique, and went to report to his main body.
Grumble~
All three of them were hungry. Someone's stomach started rumbling first.
Genya was the first to untie his ropes and snatched a bento box.
"Damn it Ah ah ah" Inosuke, with his immense strength, also broke his ropes with brute force and fiercely grabbed the remaining bento box.
"Haha, this last one is mine, mm~ So delicious—"
Inosuke opened the bento box and immediately began to devour it, burying his head in the food.
Zenitsu, who finally broke free from his ropes, had nothing to eat. He could only drool, looking pitifully at the other two.
Grumble~
Zenitsu's stomach started rumbling again, and he softly called out, "Inosuke..."
"Mm?!" Inosuke looked at Zenitsu's drooling mouth, hugged the bento box protectively, and turned away.
Just as Zenitsu was looking pitiful, a voice appeared beside him.
"Here, I already ate this morning, I'm not particularly hungry—" It was Genya Shinazugawa. He handed over the bento box, which he had only eaten a small portion of, to Zenitsu.
"Genya~~~" Zenitsu was moved to tears, grabbing Genya's hand. Genya, with his scarred face, felt incredibly gentle in his perception at that moment.
"Let go, you crybaby sissy. Don't misunderstand, you helped me last time, so I'm just helping you this time." Genya disdainfully pushed Zenitsu's hand away.
"Damn it, if you give him some, I'll give him some too! I won't let you look down on me—" Seeing this, Inosuke also took out his half-eaten food and gave it to Zenitsu.
"You—you guys, arigato, woo woo~~"
"Bastard, don't wipe your snot on me."
"Enough, sissy~"
From a distance, Uchiha Nagi's main body had already finished lunch and was hiding in a large tree, secretly watching. Seeing this, he nodded, thinking, 'These youngsters are teachable.'
"At least they've somewhat grasped the initial spirit of small-team cooperation..."
As for Tanjiro, Uchiha Nagi never worried. That guy's nature was as pure as white jade; he was the easiest person to integrate into a small team's cooperative spirit, or even to lead it.
Once they got used to this mode, Uchiha Nagi planned to ask the Demon Slayer Corps' master for leave. He wanted to return to the Ninja World for a trip to acquire some things... Orochimaru's Edo Tensei was something Uchiha Nagi had coveted for a long time, but trading with him required ensuring he had the strength not to be double-crossed.
The 1.0 version of Edo Tensei developed by the Second Hokage was unstable and couldn't be converted into an asset. It only officially took the stage after being upgraded to version 2.0 by Orochimaru. As for Yakushi's later 3.0 version, that still had many years to wait—