Grind is My Ninja Way

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed.

During these five days, as expected, the Iwa ninja launched several counterattacks.

However, because they were prepared and the Iwa ninja had suffered heavy losses five days ago, their subsequent attacks were relatively weak.

Therefore, they didn't cause much impact.

As for Seimei...

Because he had participated in several battles, his training progress was slightly behind schedule. The skill that was supposed to level up yesterday was delayed until today.

...

Inside the secret base.

Seimei formed hand seals, like a beginner, carefully channeling chakra and using Genjutsu: Sharingan.

Each time, he gained a proficiency point and some insights.

After absorbing these insights, he used it again, gaining another proficiency point and new insights.

Seimei continued to absorb and practice.

This cycle repeated.

As the number of repetitions increased, the insights he gained also grew, eventually leading to a qualitative change.

At a certain moment, after Seimei used Genjutsu: Sharingan once again, new insights flooded in like a tide, instantly overwhelming him.

Seimei was immersed in it for a long time, not waking up.

And when he finally awoke, he felt that everything had changed.

Seimei raised his right hand and pointed. Although nothing happened, he knew that his Genjutsu: Sharingan had been successfully cast.

In the past, no matter how proficient he was, he still needed to form hand seals to achieve this.

But now...

He could activate it with just a finger. The entire process seemed to have become instinctive. As long as he wanted to, he could use it without needing any hand seals.

"Mastery?"

He murmured, retracting his finger, reminiscing for a moment, then silently said, "Status panel!"

The familiar light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 11 -> 12

Physique: 11 -> 12

Spirit: 15

Chakra: 21500 (23572 -> 29236)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Three-Tomoe ((9999/10000)

Skills:

* Chakra Refinement Technique: Lv5 (135/5000)

* Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu: Lv4 (230/2000) -> Lv4 (1705/2000)

* Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique: Lv4 (210/2000) -> Lv4 (1680/2000)

* Wind Style: Breakthrough: Lv3 (502/1000) -> Lv4 (1020/2000)

* Wind Style: Wind Blade: Lv1 (2/200) -> Lv2 (112/500)

* Shadow Clone Jutsu: Lv2 (101/500) -> Lv3 (15/1000)

* Chakra Absorption Technique: Lv5 (1230/5000) -> Lv5 (1650/5000)

* Rasengan: Lv3 (650/1000) -> Lv4 (310/2000)

* Mystical Palm Technique: Lv5 (20/5000) -> Lv6 (1865/10000)

* Chakra Scalpel: Lv4 (25/20000) -> Lv4 (210/2000)

* Genjutsu: Sharingan: Lv6 (5045/10000) -> Lv7 (0/0)

* Mind Reflection Technique: Lv7 (4885/20000)

* Swordsmanship: Lv5 (2310/5000) -> Lv6 (512/10000)

* Chakra Control: Lv4 (980/2000) -> Lv4 (1376/2000)

* Three Basic Techniques: Lv3 (0/0)

* Body Flicker Technique: Lv4 (0/0)

* Shuriken Throwing Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu: Lv5 (0/0)

* Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Wind Style: Breakthrough: Lv5 (0/0) 

* Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Healing Jutsu: Lv5 (0/0)]

Seimei skipped all the other sections and focused on the Lv7 (0/0) Genjutsu: Sharingan at the bottom.

As he had expected, his Genjutsu: Sharingan had indeed reached mastery.

In fact, when he realized he could cast Genjutsu: Sharingan effortlessly, he had guessed that this skill should have been mastered.

Now, he was just reconfirming it.

And the mastery of Genjutsu: Sharingan also meant that from now on, most Jonin were no longer his opponents.

Of course, this didn't mean that he could defeat everyone with just Genjutsu: Sharingan alone.

Before his Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan and his瞳力 underwent a transformation, such instant genjutsu wasn't difficult to break free from, especially for Jonin.

The reason Seimei said this was because his other abilities were also powerful and could complement Genjutsu: Sharingan, allowing him to defeat those Jonin.

Of course, if his Sharingan evolved further from Three-Tomoe to Mangekyo Sharingan, then just Genjutsu: Sharingan alone could indeed defeat most Jonin.

Just like Uchiha Itachi later on, he could trap powerful individuals like Kisame in genjutsu with just a glance.

Thinking of the Mangekyo Sharingan, Seimei glanced at his Three-Tomoe Sharingan in the Bloodline section, its progress bar at (9999/10000), and shook his head.

Although he desperately wanted to level it up immediately, his rationality told him it wasn't the right time yet.

Anyway, he wasn't under any pressure now, so there was no need to take risks.

'I'll wait until my "Physique" attribute improves.'

Thinking this, Seimei turned his attention to other mastered skills.

He didn't need to mention Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique and Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu. They had already reached mastery five days ago.

As for Wind Style: Breakthrough...

Thanks to Seimei allocating the five thousand chakra points originally intended for Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu to it five days ago, the chakra it could gain daily had doubled.

As a result, it reached mastery today, one day ahead of Genjutsu: Sharingan, which originally required ten more days to level up.

And with it reaching mastery, Seimei also mastered the shape and nature transformation of Wind Style chakra.

Now, when using Wind Style: Breakthrough, the power of the storm he created was at least twice as strong as before.

Furthermore, with this bonus, the proficiency gain rate for practicing Wind Style: Wind Blade would also double.

Then, as long as he reallocated the ten thousand chakra points originally intended for Wind Style: Breakthrough to Wind Style: Wind Blade.

It would take less than half a month for its level to surpass Lv5.

At that time, he would have another trump card.

However, these were all things for the future.

Now that his Genjutsu: Sharingan had reached mastery, and his Swordsmanship had also leveled up, the conditions for developing the Illusion Sword Technique were met, and he was ready to start trying.

There was also the Instantaneous Sword Technique...

He had already mastered the shape and nature transformation of Wind Style chakra. Although he lacked a good sword, the short sword in his hand could still be used temporarily.

So, he could also start researching it in advance.

In other words, he would be working on developing both the Illusion Sword Technique and the Instantaneous Sword Technique simultaneously.

Thinking of this, Seimei couldn't help but feel excited.

He was eager to know if the proficiency panel would be helpful in developing these sword techniques.

If it was, then perhaps he could forge his own unique path in the future. If not, he could only continue along the path paved by his predecessors.

However, Seimei believed it was highly likely to be useful.

After all, the skills he had learned on the panel were also developed by his predecessors. There was no reason why others' creations could be recorded, but his couldn't.

Therefore, Seimei was quite optimistic deep down.

Taking a deep breath and calming himself, Seimei began to attempt creating the Illusion Sword Technique based on his previous ideas and knowledge.

(End of Chapter)