"The technique requires too much in terms of density, volume, and control of chakra for ordinary fighters," I shrugged, anticipating Miroku's response, "not to mention that it's a clan ninjutsu that only a very limited number of people can use."
"Thank you for the explanation," the jonin nodded understandingly and, turning away, began to give instructions to his subordinates.
"Nara-dono, could you explain how this Kongo Fusa works?" Miroku asked me hesitantly, biting his lip, gesturing to the other priests to return to the temple and explaining my questioning look. "Until now, even fuinjutsu, which has no spiritual power, had a limited effect on demons, which has been proven many times by the ninja of our country, not to mention ordinary elemental ninjutsu..."
"Chains are very effective against energy beings that do not have a physical body, allowing you to suppress them and at the same time strengthen your technique by exhausting your target," I explained to the girl, without fully revealing the principle of the Adamantine Chains. "Unlike the rest of the shinobi's arsenal, which is designed precisely to kill living beings of flesh and blood, but not demons, so you won't have to fight Morieu alone.
Actually, the same applies not only to demons, but also to bijuu, which are almost impossible to fight with conventional methods, unless you have a clear vulnerability to a certain element.
"I'm counting on you, Nara-dono," the high priestess bowed her head, "to be honest, my greatest concern was not even the powerful demon itself, but its ever-growing army of stone warriors, against whom ninjas are practically powerless, and priests are too vulnerable for direct confrontation, but now the situation has changed radically.
"The seal just needs a little more work to achieve a better ratio of spiritual energy expended to result," I remarked, "but unfortunately, without further research, it will remain in the scrolls and not be used as a hand seal, especially since, judging by the documents I have seen, your versions differ from those accepted in the shinobi community."
"Most priests are superficially familiar with the art of fuinjutsu, so that's not a problem, Nara-don," said Ashio's advisor, who had been standing a little apart, not interfering in the conversation. "Miroku-sama has already shown us your work, and I see no problem in copying the scrolls, even for junior priests who have recently completed their training.
I raised my eyebrows in surprise — in some backwater country, the basics of fuujutsu were being taught, albeit with a certain bias? — but I didn't pursue the subject, switching to a topic that was more important to me personally.
"That's all well and good, but when is the military operation scheduled to begin? Do you have any information about that?" I asked the priestly brethren, without singling out any one person.
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