Grind is My Ninja Way

Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.

During this week, Seimei gradually familiarized himself with the entire forward base and then started leading teams to carry out missions in the nearby waters.

Initially, he thought he would encounter Kiri-nin again soon.

After all, the situation here wasn't very good; otherwise, they wouldn't have transferred people from the Land of Rain battlefield to come for support.

But to Seimei's surprise, even after several days, he hadn't even seen a shadow of a Kiri-nin, as if all the Kiri-nin had gone into hiding.

However, upon careful thought, it was indeed possible.

This time, because of Danzo's tip-off, their support team was ambushed. Although they suffered heavy losses, the Kiri-nin also suffered significant casualties.

Losing so many elite ninjas, even Kirigakure would feel the pain for a while.

Especially the deaths of Kurosuki Raiga and Juzo Biwa, two members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, created a gap in their high-end combat power.

In this way, it was understandable for them to temporarily retreat.

Seimei was also happy to see this situation.

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"Fall back!"

Land of Waves.

Southeastern waters.

On a small boat, Seimei glanced at the setting sun on the horizon and spoke directly.

Hearing this, several Konoha ninjas responded in affirmation and started maneuvering the small boat towards the forward base.

Approaching the shore, Seimei jumped off the boat, Chakra suddenly gathered at the soles of his feet, and he steadily stood on the sea surface.

Seimei looked back at a young Uchiha ninja in the team, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a black mole between his eyebrows, and said: "Tekka, I'll leave the task reporting to you."

"Again?"

Uchiha Tekka's tone was slightly helpless.

Seimei laughed and said: "Thank you!"

With that, he turned and rushed towards a blurry reef in the distance.

Seeing this, Uchiha Tekka hurriedly shouted from behind: "Then don't forget the challenge in three days!"

Seimei didn't stop, his back facing him, he raised his right hand and waved, indicating that he had heard.

"Captain is going to train aga in. He's really hardworking!"

On the boat, a Konoha ninja muttered, looking at Seimei's back.

"Yeah!"

Another Konoha ninja echoed his words: "Patrol missions are already tiring enough. The captain still trains every day after completing missions. I don't know how he manages it."

"Not only that."

At this time, the third Konoha ninja chimed in: "Haven't you noticed? The captain is also practicing some kind of ninjutsu while on missions."

"Nonsense! Of course we saw it."

The Konoha ninja who spoke earlier retorted bluntly.

Then, he sighed and said: "Sigh! That's why I said the captain is a freak. With such high-intensity training, I definitely couldn't keep up."

"Hehe~ Of course you can't!"

Uchiha Tekka heard their conversation and said with a slightly proud tone: "That's one of the two geniuses of our Uchiha clan. How can ordinary people compare to him?"

Speaking of this Uchiha Tekka, initially he was unconvinced towards Seimei, this captain who appeared out of nowhere, but after being dealt with by Seimei, he immediately became obedient.

Later, after several exchanges, he gradually turned into his die-hard fan.

Seimei didn't care much about this, he just took this opportunity to hand over all the trivial matters within the team to him.

Of course, he also had to pay some price for this, which was the challenge the other party just mentioned.

However, although it was called a challenge, it was actually just asking him to guide the other party's training.

This wasn't too frequent, about once every three or four days, and it didn't take much effort, so Seimei readily agreed.

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On the reef in the open sea.

After Seimei arrived here, he sensed his surroundings and didn't find anything unusual.

So, he crossed his hands, formed the 'Ram' seal, and performed the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

Poof, poof, poof~

With a puff of Chakra smoke dispersing, six shadow clones appeared on the scene.

Without needing Seimei's instructions, they each headed in a different direction and started practicing their respective skills according to the plan.

However, currently, his 'Swordsmanship' was already perfected, and there was no need for further practice.

Therefore, Seimei let the shadow clone that was originally practicing 'Swordsmanship' start practicing 'Illusionary Sword Technique'.

Unlike 'Instantaneous Sword Technique', practicing 'Illusionary Sword Technique' didn't require specially prepared Chakra-conductive weapons.

Its main test was the coordination of 'Sharingan Genjutsu' and 'Swordsmanship', and that was also what was being practiced.

However, because of this, practicing 'Illusionary Sword Technique' consumed more Chakra than simply practicing 'Swordsmanship'.

For this, Seimei had no choice but to allocate a portion of his daily reserved Chakra for practicing this skill.

Fortunately, it didn't consume too much Chakra. With his current over 60,000 Chakra points, it was enough to sustain him for a long time.

In other words, he only needed to take a break every once in a while, using the Chakra recovered during that time to replenish himself, which could solve this problem well.

Usually, the Chakra he consumed outside of skill practice was replenished in this way.

Although this would slow down his progress to some extent, overall, it was still acceptable.

Moreover, this also allowed him to have some rest time.

Work and rest balance was the key!

Seimei naturally wouldn't keep himself tense all the time.

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Time flew by, and it was night.

The shadow clones had completed their tasks. After Seimei digested all the training experience and memories, he returned to the forward base.

Walking into the courtyard under the moonlight, Seimei suddenly paused, his Sharingan instantly activated, and he looked towards the corner of the courtyard.

"Meow~"

Suddenly, a cat's meow came.

Seimei's heart stirred, and he walked over. He saw a large, pure black cat licking its paws there.

Seeing Seimei approaching, the big cat didn't get scared and leave. Instead, it raised its head and looked at Seimei.

Its gaze didn't have the usual innocence of cats; instead, it had a wise look, like that of a human.

Its gaze lingered on Seimei's Sharingan for a moment before it spoke: "Uchiha Seimei?"

That's right, it spoke.

Obviously, this wasn't an ordinary cat, but a ninja cat.

Hearing its question, Seimei nodded and said: "It's me!"

Receiving a positive answer, the black cat breathed a sigh of relief and said with a slightly complaining tone: "Where did you go? Why did you come back so late? You made me wait for a long time..."

"Is there something?"

Seimei ignored its complaint and got straight to the point.

The black cat spat out a note and said: "The person you're looking for has been found. Granny asked me to give this to you."

"Cat Granny?"

Seimei murmured, instantly recalling the matter he had entrusted to Elder Kazen before setting off.

It seemed that the leader of the Land of Craftsmen had been found, and the Kusanagi Sword he had been longing for should also be obtainable.

With this thought, Seimei picked up the note and saw an address written on it.

(End of Chapter)