I was blindfolded. Kodan Ninja piggybacked me to their clan building. My blindfolded was removed when we had entered a room rather a hall.
"Sit here and do not cause any trouble. Someone will come soon" said the one who took me here. His face was also hidden.
A few hours passed and some childrens were brought in here. A few of them were from orphanage. All of them were terrified. I tried to enquire about Shizuku and wardon but they were not in the state to answer. Most of them were gripped on by the tentacles of fear.
' who am I lying to? They were killed in front of me...'
There was pin drop silence in the hall. Different emotions were swelling up in every one: rage, terror, despair but none erupted out.
Some time after, one of the upper members of the clan came.
"Your village was raised by ninjas from other countries. Guardians of all of you are dead." All childrens started crying expect me. Their pent up emotions got out.
"You all can cry and die or you can live a life of a ninja under kodan clan. Such dangers will always be lurking around you in this world." his voice send a chill down my spine. There was again silence in the hall.
' I have to become strong. I want to live the life granted to me by...'
Our training started from the very next day. Our instructor was a member of the branch family of kodan clan. He educated us about chakra and jutsu.
"Chakra is a form of life energy which ninja are able to harness from within their body and perform jutsu(techniques). There are three basic types of techniques Ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu."
"How will we perform jutsu" asked one of the kids.
"Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, chakra can be controlled and manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise, such as walking on water, exhaling fire, or creating illusions. First all of you have to do training and meditation."
"Why meditation?" asked oldest one among us .
"Chakra is created when two other forms of energy physical and spiritual energy are moulded together. Physical energy is collected from each and every one of the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise. Spiritual energy is derived from the mind's consciousness and can be increased through studying, meditation, and experience."
For the first 6 months all we did was physical training such as push ups, sprinting, crunches, dips, etc to the limits of our body. Afterwards we were made to meditate and learn about the medicinal plants grown in this region. One of our training was to fetch them from the ground and brought them back to the headquarters. We were just labourers. At the night we were made to parkour our way through an obstacle course in the night. Those who could not go through training were abandoned and were left on their own.
I befriended some of the older kids in the orphanage sent to kodan clan before me. From our conversation I came to the conclusion that we were just scapegoat. They were not taught any clan's secret techniques. Those who showed calibre in chakra were used as disposable ninja made to do dirty work. Those who did not show talent but went through the training works as fodder or act as bandits under kodan clan.
After gathering this information I knew I have to leave from here quickly. I never tried to excel in my training whenever it was done under them. However, I was better than the descendants of the clan thought they were given special training and drugs.I trained in secrecy and it did not let them new of my calibre. I kept a childish demeanor and never let out my true intentions.
I also befriended a medical ninja in kodan clan. We were frequent send to the infirmary because of a rigorous training. I learn about the uses of many medicinal plants, how to make poison and medicine from him.
"Why do you add these powder in our and master's food" I enquired in a childish tone.
"Don't worry these are just nutritious flowers. They will provide you with proper nourishment and strength."
"But the elders have different powder in their food what is that?"
"Those are special flower they provide a big boost for a short time"
I always paid extra attention to the recipes he made and made a mental note of them. I knew those were not going to be taught to us. They are able to make a medicinal form of saigenzai known as Kotaro within their bodies.
Saigenzai is a type of drug that produces genjutsu (illusion). Because the genjutsu is administered through a drug, it does not rely on a user to keep it in effect and it's able to have a stronger hold on those who it's used on. Depending on how it's prepared, saigenzai can create "malfunctions" in a person's vision, hearing, and semicircular canals.
Kotaro can only be produced within the bodies of Kodan clansmen by consuming a plant that grows in abundance around the Howling Wolf Village, the Kodan's body starts to produce Kotaro. The Kodan can exhale the Kotaro as a purple cloud that induces genjutsu-like effects in anyone who breathes it in. If Kotaro is mixed with other herbs and medicinal plants, a powerful medicine can be produced with different potencies depending on how it's prepared.
This chapter is quiet informative and no action happens so it was quite boring to write but from here the Ninja career of a protag-kun starts.
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