Grind is My Ninja Way

In the deserted village.

Seimei's thoughts raced, and after a long while, he finally calmed down.

Then, he clenched his palm, crushing the mass of Wind Release Chakra into pieces.

Indeed, he planned to create his own Wind Release flying ninjutsu, but not now.

There were two reasons: first, the timing wasn't right.

At present, obtaining the Kusanagi Sword from the Takumi Village leader was the most important thing. Other matters could be postponed.

Second, his foundation wasn't strong enough yet.

Although it seemed like he had already "created" an A-rank ninjutsu and an S-rank ninjutsu, both the 'Rasengan' and the 'Wind Release: Rasenshuriken' had ample theoretical foundations.

Strictly speaking, they couldn't be considered his own creations.

Creating a ninjutsu from scratch was not a simple matter. Even a genius like Minato Namikaze spent a full three years creating the 'Rasengan'.

And that was with Jiraiya's assistance.

If he had done it alone, it might have taken even longer.

This showed how difficult it was to conceive and create a ninjutsu from nothing.

The advantage Seimei had over them was probably the assistance of the proficiency panel.

In the future, he could completely create a prototype of a ninjutsu. As long as it was recognized by the panel, he could use the power of proficiency to continuously improve and ultimately master it.

It could be said that this saved him a lot of trouble.

Even so, creating a ninjutsu from scratch was not something that could be done overnight.

Therefore, there was no need to think about it now.

Temporarily suppressing this thought, Seimei calmed his mind and began to meditate quietly.

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Time passed by.

In the blink of an eye, the sun had begun to set in the west.

Seeing that evening was approaching, Seimei didn't linger any longer. After confirming his direction, he headed towards the Takumi Village leader's hiding place.

Several hours later.

Night fell, and Seimei arrived outside a small town, looking dusty.

From afar, he could see that the town was relatively peaceful, with smoke rising from almost every house, as if it hadn't been affected by the war.

Seimei didn't rashly enter. Since this place could be discovered by those ninja cats, it might have also come into the sight of other ninja villages.

He didn't want any unnecessary complications, so it was better not to be discovered.

With this thought, Seimei formed hand seals and used the 'Transformation Technique' to change into the appearance of an ordinary person before walking into the town.

Without wasting time wandering around, he had a clear goal and went straight to a small courtyard in the town.

Approaching the courtyard, Seimei suddenly stopped.

It was because, in his perception, there seemed to be several ninjas monitoring this place.

Seimei's thoughts raced, and in the end, he maintained his ordinary appearance and approached the courtyard.

Knock, knock, knock~

He stretched out his right hand and knocked on the door.

However, there was no response.

Seimei paused for a moment, released his perception, and didn't sense any signs of life inside.

"Not here?"

He murmured, and without any hesitation, he leaped onto the courtyard wall.

Instantly, Seimei felt the gazes on him 'intensify'.

Obviously, his unusual actions had alerted those who were secretly monitoring this place.

However, in his perception, these people didn't approach.

Confirming this, Seimei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: "I guessed right, good!"

Previously, he had speculated that since these people chose to monitor, they wouldn't act rashly, and now it seemed that was indeed the case!

They were probably thinking that even if he had other motives, he couldn't easily take down the Takumi Village leader.

After all, as the leader of a village, even if it was just a small ninja village, their strength couldn't be underestimated.

In this way, they could completely wait and see.

Unfortunately, they would never have imagined that it was precisely because Seimei had the confidence to instantly subdue the opponent that he chose to act this way.

And this was the gamble Seimei took.

Now it seemed that he had guessed right, those people indeed didn't make a move.

Since that was the case, he could proceed according to plan.

With this thought, Seimei jumped off the courtyard wall, searched around a bit, and entered the main bedroom.

This was a very ordinary room. Seimei looked around and confirmed that the bedding and other things had traces of recent use, so he nodded.

This meant that the Takumi Village leader still lived here and had just gone out temporarily.

Carefully avoiding a few traps, Seimei concealed his aura, hid in the corner of the room, and quietly waited for the Takumi Village leader to appear.

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The night gradually deepened.

Creak~

After an unknown amount of time.

Suddenly, the sound of the courtyard gate being pushed open came.

Immediately, Seimei became highly alert and quietly listened to the movements outside.

First, there was the sound of someone walking, then the sound of them washing up. Finally, they didn't know what they were doing, standing in the courtyard for a while before returning to the bedroom.

"Who's there?"

As soon as he entered the bedroom, the Takumi Village leader sensed something was wrong. He shouted while throwing several shuriken.

From the corner of the room, a dark shadow darted out, easily dodging the shuriken attacks.

The Takumi Village leader focused his gaze and immediately exclaimed: "Sharingan?! A Uchiha ninja?"

Without time to think, he drew the long sword from his waist, infusing Chakra into it, causing it to emit a sharp aura.

Then, he swung the sword, aiming straight for the newcomer's neck.

The newcomer reacted swiftly and dodged the attack.

However, relying on the sharpness of the long sword in his hand, the Takumi Village leader didn't retreat. He immediately launched a series of continuous attacks.

For a time, the newcomer could only passively dodge.

However, after dodging more than a dozen slashes, the newcomer couldn't react in time and was instantly beheaded by the Takumi Village leader.

Seeing this, the Takumi Village leader was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he suddenly felt his vision blur. He was still standing in the same spot, his hand empty, and the long sword still in its sheath at his waist.

It seemed as if everything that had just happened was an illusion!

The only difference from before was that there was now a Uchiha ninja standing in front of him.

His gaze swept over the Sharingan of the person in front of him, and the Takumi Village leader already knew that he must have fallen under genjutsu the moment he saw the Sharingan.

And everything that had just happened was indeed his illusion.

"You..."

The Takumi Village leader opened his mouth, just about to say something, when he suddenly felt a pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw a kunai embedded in his chest.

Pfft~

A mouthful of blood spurted from the Takumi Village leader's mouth.

Seimei slightly shifted his body, avoiding the blood.

The Takumi Village leader clutched his chest, staggered back two steps, and finally collapsed at the door.

Soon, he lost his life.

Seimei stepped forward and removed the scabbard from his waist.

Shing~

Seimei drew the long sword, and a sharp aura emanated from it. He infused a bit of Chakra into it, and instantly, there was a smooth feeling.

Seimei caressed the long sword, sighing inwardly: "As expected of a rare weapon in the entire ninja world, this Chakra conductivity is truly extraordinary!"

(End of Chapter)