As I slept, I entered my mindscape.
A place full with a shrine, mountains like the Himalayas, rivers, trees, and most importantly, my inner self guarding the place.
Well, as it is named, it is my inner self. This means that in the mindscape, I am the Inner self myself. And even when I am not in my mindscape, my inner self remains guard.
I don't have a split personality. It's just that I am present in both the physical world and my spiritual world at the same time.
It's weird, but well, it is what it is.
In canon, Inner Sakura was mainly comic relief, but during her fight with Ino, this Inner Self of her pushed Ino out of her mind. It's weird that it was never brought up again.
As for me, I probably have an inner self because I have too much spiritual energy, due to my past life?
Or it is just a kekkai genkai sort of thing that comes with being Sakura?
I don't really have a concrete answer for which speculation is correct.
Anyway, it is absolutely necessary to protect my knowledge. While YOUTH has prevented me from getting targeted by Danzo, there is still a scenario from which I need to be careful about.
What if, Orochimaru gave me a curse mark? I mean, it has happened in some fanfics, I think.
And each curse mark has a piece of Orochimaru's soul. It wouldn't be too farfetched that he can access the memories of the potential hosts.
Orochimaru having future knowledge will be a lot dangerous. He just might kidnap Sasuke instead of waiting for him to come on his own, take over his body instead of making him stronger first, implant Hashirama cells, and awaken Rinnegan.
That will be disastrous.
That's why I have been preparing my defences for a long time.
Even if I do get a curse mark, the part of his soul inside me wouldn't be as strong as Orochimaru himself, right?
And, he will be inside my mind, so I should have some advantage.
The problem though?
He is Orochimaru.
I looked over the huge sealing arrays in my mind, with hundreds of passwords in the 5 languages that I know, with plenty of genjutsus that should trap him in a mirror kaleidoscope...
Well, it's all the fancy stuff, but I don't know if these things will actually work.
I need to learn a lot about genjutsu and fuinjutsu, and I have six months.
Well, it is a good thing that I can probably create 4 shadow clones safely while my main body does D-rank missions.
In that time, I can learn from Kurenai and Kakashi-sensei about that stuff.
Kakashi-sensei taught Sasuke an A-rank assassination jutsu, so he probably doesn't care about how much I should learn as just a genin, right?
Well, if I am not confident, I can just skip the Chunin Exam this time. I will just give Guy-sensei's team's example about waiting a year before appearing in the exams.
Anyway, I will approach Kurenai after passing Kakashi-sensei's Genin test. It's not like she has anyone to pass down her skills to.
Even if people laugh at her for using genjutsu against Itachi, what was she supposed to do against him? Since she is a genjutsu specialist, without a Sharingan, she is probably the best option for me.
I wonder if I will ever be able to use genjutsu just by pointing at people, just like Itachi. Or use Sound based genjutsu like Tayuya.
Well, Kakashi-sensei might be able to help me develop it.
I sighed, and exited my mindscape, going to sleep for real.
Tomorrow is the bell test. I will go without eating, just as Kakashi has instructed. Afterall, I want to test myself fully.