Grind is My Ninja Way

Meanwhile.

On the other side.

At the East Coast Command Post.

Seimei was given a three-day leave to move freely and familiarize himself with the environment.

Not only him, but all the ninjas who came to support this time had a three-day leave, and even those with more serious injuries had a longer rest period.

Early morning.

After Seimei finished washing up and had a full meal, he left the coast and found a place to start his training.

Unlike the battlefield in the Land of Rain, it was very easy to find a place to train here because it was close to the sea. Any deserted island or reef in the sea would do.

Moreover, training in these places allowed him to let loose a bit, and he basically didn't have to worry about attracting the attention of others by making too much noise.

After all, the sea was vast and boundless. It was almost impossible to be found without knowing the specific location.

Because of this, Seimei directly created six shadow clones.

Two of them continued to work on the proficiency of 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' and 'Rasengan', striving to improve them to perfection as soon as possible.

Another shadow clone practiced 'Wind Release: Rasenshuriken'.

In the previous battle, it was because its level was too low to be used in actual combat, which led him to have to use the Mangekyo Sharingan more times.

For the sake of his eyes, Seimei had to raise its level as soon as possible no matter what.

Two other shadow clones were specifically assigned by Seimei to practice the two ninjutsu 'Water Release: Water Wall' and 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique'.

The former had just been learned not long ago, and the latter had just embarked on the path of入門, urgently needing to level up.

It was foreseeable that the next battle with the Kiri-nin would most likely take place within the sea, so he had to quickly master these two water release ninjutsu.

Only then would he not be at a disadvantage.

As for the last shadow clone...

Seimei planned to let it seize the time to practice 'Swordsmanship'.

In yesterday evening's battle, his 'Swordsmanship' had reached the verge of advancement, and there was no need to drag it out any longer.

Seimei planned to rely on the proficiency panel to directly push it to the perfected state.

After the allocation was complete, Seimei let them leave respectively.

Then, he also found a place and started practicing the 'Mystical Palm Technique' and 'Reflecting Heart Technique'.

Both of these directly affected the body and could not be practiced by shadow clones. They could only be practiced by him, the main body.

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Time flew by, and it was mid-afternoon.

Just as Seimei performed the 'Mystical Palm Technique' once again, a vague sense of enlightenment suddenly emerged in his heart.

And after Seimei digested this enlightenment, he suddenly felt that his understanding of the 'Mystical Palm Technique' had reached a new level.

"Did it level up?"

Seimei murmured, opened the panel, and glanced at it.

Sure enough, his 'Mystical Palm Technique' had been promoted to lv8 (1/50000)!

"I wonder how the healing effect is?"

Thinking this, Seimei stretched out his right hand, gathered a bit of Chakra at his fingertips, and then swiped his index finger like a knife, making a cut on his left arm.

Scarlet blood flowed out from the wound. Seimei ignored it, his hands instantly formed seals, and he performed the 'Mystical Palm Technique'.

A mass of Yang Release Chakra was condensed by him and then infused into the wound.

Immediately, his wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seimei carefully felt it for a moment and could clearly sense that his 'Mystical Palm Technique' had a stronger healing effect on injuries.

Not only that, this method of rapid healing would no longer consume more Chakra like before.

This was undoubtedly good news for him.

As for the strengthening effect on the body...

Seimei's thoughts moved, and he formed seals again, performing the 'Mystical Palm Technique', condensing a stream of Yang Release Chakra and letting it flow within his body.

Three minutes later, the strengthening effect disappeared, and Seimei opened his eyes.

Without any surprise, its strengthening effect on the body had also increased.

At this rate, in at most three or four days, his body would undergo another transformation, and at that time, his 'Physique' attribute would further increase.

Seimei was overjoyed, and it took him a while to calm down and continue his training.

However, today was destined to be a good day for him.

Just a few hours after his 'Mystical Palm Technique' leveled up, near evening, his 'Swordsmanship' finally leveled up as well.

In the center of the deserted island.

Seimei absorbed the experience and memories of his shadow clone and felt that his understanding of 'Swordsmanship' had also risen to a new level.

"Panel!"

With a thought, Seimei opened the proficiency panel.

The next moment, the familiar light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 12 years old

Physique: 15

Spirit: 19

Chakra: 13500 (57780→60596)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Mangekyo (2689/50000) → (3201/50000)

Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv5 (1027/5000) → lv5 (1115/5000)

Wind Release: Wind Blade: lv6 (765/10000) → lv6 (875/10000)

Wind Release: Rasenshuriken: lv1 (35/200) → lv1 (100/200)

Water Release: Water Wall: lv1 (84/200) → lv1 (119/200)

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique: lv0 (1/100) → lv0 (36/100)

Shadow Clone Technique: lv4 (165/2000) → lv4 (190/2000)

Chakra Absorption Technique: lv5 (3550/5000) → lv5 (3650/5000)

Rasengan: lv6 (902/10000) → lv6 (1015/10000)

Mystical Palm Technique: lv8 (1/50000) → lv8 (101/50000)

Chakra Scalpel: lv5 (1200/5000) → lv5 (1550/5000)

Reflecting Heart Technique: lv7 (12950/20000) → lv7 (14486/20000)

Illusionary Sword Technique: lv4 (701/2000)

Instantaneous Sword Technique: lv1 (162/200)

Chakra Control: lv5 (2160/5000) → lv5 (2320/5000)

Perfected Skills: Swordsmanship: lv7 (0/0).]

It could be seen that in the past week or so, because most of the time was spent on the journey, only his 'Mystical Palm Technique', 'Reflecting Heart Technique', and 'Chakra Refining Technique', as well as the Chakra limit and Mangekyo Sharingan progress affected by them, were improving normally.

As for the other skills...

Except for 'Chakra Scalpel' and 'Swordsmanship', which improved slightly more due to treating the wounded and combat respectively, the rest only had today's training results, and the improvement was not very significant.

Fortunately, Seimei was mentally prepared for this.

After this 'crisis' was over, it wouldn't be like this anymore.

Next, he had at least two days to train peacefully.

As for what came after that...

It depended on whether Kirigakure's attack was fierce.

Pondering for a moment, Seimei closed the panel, glanced at the sky, and then left without lingering, heading straight back to the command post.

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Three days passed in a flash.

Seimei's leave ended, and he received new orders.

Based on the situation at the front line, he was directly dispatched to the forward base.

As mentioned before, to deal with Kirigakure's invasion, Konoha had established three defense lines and a forward base.

Among them, the three defense lines were the northern defense line, the central defense line, and the southern defense line, all arranged along the coastline.

The forward base was different. It was not within the Land of Fire but located in the Land of Waves, across the sea from the command post.

Next, his mission was to go there and be stationed.

(End of Chapter)