Grind is My Ninja Way

Two days later.

Land of Waves.

Dock area.

A passenger ship slowly approached.

After it docked, Konoha ninjas disembarked, including Seimei.

This time, they were here for rotation and garrison duty.

Stepping back onto land, Seimei looked back at the passenger ship he had just taken and couldn't help but shake his head.

Compared to Kirigakure's warships, the passenger ship they were on had not only low defense but also slow speed.

It was fortunate that the Land of Waves was not far from the frontline command post. Otherwise, with this kind of ship, if they encountered an attack from Kirigakure, there would be almost no chance of survival.

However, there was no other way. The environment determined the direction of development.

The Land of Fire had a vast land area and abundant resources. It had little desire to exploit either the sea itself or the various island nations in the ocean.

Naturally, it couldn't develop a powerful shipbuilding industry.

In contrast, the Land of Water was a barren country surrounded by the sea on all sides. In order to survive, it had to vigorously develop its shipbuilding industry.

Thus, it naturally had powerful warships.

And it was precisely because of these warships that Kirigakure could continuously invade the borders of the Land of Fire.

Otherwise, how could they cross hundreds or even thousands of kilometers of sea just by walking on water?

Not to mention the harsh maritime environment, with no place to land and constant danger to life, just the Chakra consumed was not something ordinary ninjas could bear.

Therefore, one of the major tasks of their forward base was to destroy the enemy's ships once they found traces of the Kiri-nin.

Of course, this was all for later.

At this stage, their task was still to familiarize themselves with the environment here.

Arriving at the forward base, Seimei greeted a few Uchiha ninjas, completed the reporting procedures, and then returned to the residence arranged for him by the logistics department.

Thanks to the existence of the Land of Waves, the resources at their base were relatively abundant, at least there were no major problems in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

As a Jonin, Seimei's residence was directly a small courtyard. Although it wasn't big, it had everything he needed.

After briefly inspecting the courtyard and familiarizing himself with his living space, Seimei immediately went to the training room.

He took out a few soldier pills, stuffed them into his mouth, circulated the 'Chakra Refining Technique', replenished his Chakra to a full state, and muttered: "It's time to start!"

With that, he formed hand seals and performed the 'Mystical Palm Technique'.

Instantly, a mass of Yang Release Chakra was condensed by him.

Seimei controlled this Chakra to flow through his body, strengthening the cells and tissues everywhere.

A few minutes later, the Yang Release Chakra was exhausted.

Without thinking, Seimei formed seals again and performed the 'Mystical Palm Technique'.

Once, twice... five times, ten times...

More than an hour later, Seimei consumed three to four thousand Chakra points and performed the 'Mystical Palm Technique' twenty to thirty times in a row.

As his body was strengthened again and again, he could clearly feel that his body was only one step away from transformation.

But it was this one step that he couldn't take no matter what.

"Sigh! Breaking the body's limits is indeed not a simple matter."

After a long time, Seimei opened his eyes and sighed helplessly.

But then again, it made sense. Every time his body transformed, it was a comprehensive evolution. If it could be easily achieved, wouldn't everyone in the ninja world be a genius?

This kind of evolution became more and more difficult the further one went.

"Fortunately, I still have a trump card!"

With a murmur, Seimei instantly activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

Immediately, his eyes transformed from the three-tomoe state to the black sun Mangekyo state, and an inexplicable pressure emerged.

At this moment, anyone staying by his side would feel an invisible mental pressure.

This was also the reason why he didn't start the evolution on the ship.

That's right, as early as on the ship, his accumulation was sufficient. It was just that considering the possible need to use the Mangekyo Sharingan's assistance, he didn't rashly start.

And now...

Silently, a blood tear slid down from Seimei's right eye. The Dojutsu residing within it—'Human Control'—was activated and applied to himself.

Instantly, a vague guidance appeared.

Seimei didn't hesitate and formed seals again, performing the 'Mystical Palm Technique'.

Unlike the dozens of times before, this time, as soon as the Yang Release Chakra flowed through every corner of his body, the cells and tissues strengthened by it began to evolve according to Seimei's will.

Originally, his body was only one step away from transformation. This guidance from 'Human Control' completely broke the shackles.

This was the power of 'Human Control'—controlling oneself, using one's own will to determine the direction of the body's evolution. It could be called divine power.

It lasted for about a few seconds. After confirming that his body's evolution had embarked on the right path, Seimei deactivated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

Then, he began to carefully experience the changes happening in his body.

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Time passed by.

About half an hour later.

Seimei opened his eyes.

Instantly, a vibrant life force emanated from his body.

This wasn't because he used any special technique, but simply the natural outflow of physical energy.

If Orochimaru from the future saw him at this moment, he would definitely try every means to turn him into a vessel for the 'Living Corpse Reincarnation'.

Fortunately, this situation didn't last long. After just a few minutes, this energy outflow subsided.

At this point, his transformation was complete.

Seimei opened the panel and glanced at it. Unsurprisingly, his 'Physique' attribute had increased again by one point, from the previous 15 points to the current 16 points.

Consequently, his body's potential also rose to a new level.

Seimei carefully felt it. At this time, his theoretical Chakra limit had increased by about 20,000 points, the same increase as last time.

Logically speaking, the difficulty of increasing the 'Physique' attribute from 15 points to 16 points should be harder than from 14 points to 15 points, and the increase should also be greater.

But the reality was that it was the same.

There was only one reason for this: 15 points in 'Physique' was a watershed, and the increase was slightly higher than normal.

That was why this 20,000-point increase seemed a bit small.

However, even so, after he fully realized this potential, his Chakra limit would increase from 140,000 points to 170,000 points.

In addition, there was the Chakra recovery speed...

This had to be divided into two parts. The first was the natural Chakra recovery speed of the body, which increased from 80,000 points per day to 96,000 points, a significant increase of 16,000 points.

The second was the increased tolerance brought about by the enhanced physique.

This allowed him to run the 'Chakra Refining Technique' for an additional hour each day, increasing the duration from eleven hours to twelve hours.

And running the 'Chakra Refining Technique' for one hour could restore 2,000 Chakra points.

Thus, combined, it was 120,000 points per day (= 12 * 2000 + 96000)!

This number was almost 18,000 points more than the previous 102,000 points.

Seimei thought for a moment and decided to allocate 14,000 Chakra points from it, evenly distributed to 'Water Release: Water Wall' and 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique'.

In this way, the Chakra allocated to them each day would increase from 3,000 points to 10,000 points.

Thus, the proficiency he could gain from these two skills each day would also increase from 35 points to over 115 points.

As for the remaining 4,000 Chakra points...

Seimei directly gave them to 'Wind Release: Rasenshuriken', increasing the Chakra allocated to it each day from 10,000 points to 14,000 points.

In this way, the proficiency it could gain each day would also increase from 65 points to over 90 points.

It was foreseeable that it wouldn't be long before these skills of his would see rapid progress.

(End of Chapter)