This implied an incredible "fact"—as long as she locked onto a target and performed the "Gyo" hand seal, she could lock onto them in a way that transcended visual range, in a state where they couldn't be seen, heard, or smelled, but were only perceived through Chakra. Then, she could implement "Transfer," controlling a person's body in a mysterious and incomprehensible way.
Think about it: an enemy walking down the street, having not yet found Ino, and suddenly a pedestrian by the roadside is controlled by Ino and erupts in violence... Every person and every animal passed along the way could suddenly become a target for Ino's Transfer—
If the transferred target is killed, Ino remains unharmed. Meanwhile, the enemies would be exhausted and might not even find where Ino is in the end... This is a mysterious, invisible power completely different from direct, grand Ninjutsu. It's somewhat like Zabuza Momochi's Silent Killing technique, but the range is far too vast... "Oh, how did I suddenly think of using it like this? That's just too wicked... Well, in my case, ordinary people shouldn't die anyway—"
With her understanding of meridians, even if she transferred into an ordinary person, she could easily obtain a large amount of pure Chakra by controlling the vibrations of their meridians. If she really had to fight for her life, she would dare to use someone else's body to perform Ninjutsu that exceeds its limits—for example, having the twelve principal meridians play the same note in unison, pushing a Fire Nature Transformation to its absolute peak!
Just before the release, her spirit would quickly slip away... "Yeah, I definitely can't let my original body take risks for dangerous things. This Mind Transfer Ninjutsu is really good, especially my version of it."
Compared to the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Techniques that "cut off the head and tail," which can only be activated "face-to-face," and where a low-level Mind Transfer can only be launched in a straight line—only the advanced Mind Transfer Clone technique can turn corners.
Ino's "complete version" is simply a different beast—as long as she can sense it, not even limited to Chakra sensing, she can perform a "Transfer." Its level of mystery and shamelessness is simply despair-inducing.
"Hmm—let's look at the seals after that—"
Kai!
Ino's fingers interlaced, palms cupped together. Her own sensory power shifted from outward to inward; only one "target," Kana, remained strongly connected on the outside, while all her remaining attention focused on herself—
Her muscles, bones, marrow, ligaments, internal organs, and meridians appeared in her mind in the form of sounds, colors, and scents.
It was an indescribable sensory experience, where every minute detail of her body seemed to be perceived.
Jin!
The hand seal changed again.
Ino felt the twelve principal meridians and the corresponding tiny vessels within her body stand out, being specifically perceived.
Retsu!
The Ren, Du, Dai, Chong, Yinwei, Yangwei, Yinqiao, and Yangqiao vessels also stood out one by one from the sensations of muscle and bone.
"Hmm?"
Ino moved the seal back to "Jin" once more. This time, she deliberately controlled her attention, focusing it on her skeleton—then, she "saw" her bones and every minute detail and change upon them. When she focused on her muscles and blood, she saw the corresponding muscles and blood... Then she formed the "Retsu" seal, which was almost the same as the "Jin" seal's position, yet different muscle groups, blood, and bones were revealed... Completely unaware that she had been "locked on," Kana watched Ino constantly swap and fiddle with the two hand seals, not understanding at all what Ino was doing.
"Those are the Jin and Retsu seals. You should have learned about the origins of our clan's Secret Techniques, right? Legend has it that the ancestors of the Yamanaka Clan were followers of Ninshu and inherited the Secret Techniques from it... There are nine hand seals in total: Rin, Pyo, To, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zen, Gyo. It's just that later generations found that except for the Rin and Gyo seals, the remaining seven seals were useless..."
... "But looking at Princess Ino, it seems these hand seals aren't useless; it's just that we haven't discovered their purpose!"
"It seems so..."
Mrs. Yamanaka didn't doubt at all why Ino knew these nine seals—it was normal to know them, and abnormal not to.
These nine seals were frequently practiced by monks in temples nowadays; they were a widely circulated religious hand seal.
It's just that most monks were "reciting without understanding," neither learning Ninjutsu nor understanding the fundamental meaning. Instead, they attached religious significance to them, but couldn't cultivate anything. However, some characteristics like calming the mind and self-reflection were beneficial for Buddhist practice.
It was just that the Yamanaka Clan possessed two-ninths of the "core secret."
They were the only ones in the entire Ninja World.
Ino had read too many books and materials; she naturally knew about such widely circulated things.
However, Mrs. Yamanaka didn't know that Ino actually "didn't know"—those historical and Ninjutsu materials did mention them more or less, but because of the religious content, Ino wasn't very interested. Why pay attention to a bunch of monks in the Ninja World? So she had just glanced over them and tossed them aside, never putting in any effort.
Being able to form the Kuji-in was entirely due to her "previous life" experiences and some fuzzy memories... "Madam, what do you think Princess Ino has discovered?" Which Yamanaka child hadn't played with these hand seals during their Chuunibyou phase? Who didn't think they were the "exception"—yet the reality was that there were no exceptions.
"Look, the hand seal changed..."
Zen!
A grand yet delicate power gently pressed down on the meridians, including both the eight extraordinary vessels and the twelve principal meridians.
This press was cautious and deliberately kept very, very light. Ino was afraid of hurting Kana and also afraid of hurting herself.
Gyo!
Kana's movements suddenly paused, and she blinked. Mrs. Yamanaka noticed something was wrong with Kana and tentatively asked, "Ino?"
Kana was startled and said in surprise, "Oh, Mom, you saw through it already? As expected of my mom, those eyes are too sharp!"
It was because Ino had easily occupied Kana's body while Kana was completely off guard. Yet Ino herself did not lose consciousness because of this—she remained awake, as if one person possessed two bodies at the same time.
Ino asked, "Mom, guess which of us is the real one?"
"..."
Mrs. Yamanaka looked at the small Ino and then at Kana, who was occupied by Ino, feeling her head throbbing!
Who could tell her... what was happening to the family's Secret Techniques? Why did every Ninjutsu turn into such a strange style once it reached Ino's hands?
"Mom..."
"..."
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