Grind is My Ninja Way

In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

The worst-case scenario he had anticipated didn't happen.

Although Iwagakure sent some people to the Kogatani Village area, they were mostly sentries, mainly responsible for surveillance.

This made Seimei slightly relieved and also gave him another period of peaceful cultivation time.

So, Seimei continued to cultivate silently while paying attention to the movements of the Iwa ninjas and Kaze no Sato.

After nearly twenty days of training, he felt that his body had once again reached a critical point, only one step away from transformation.

...

This evening.

Inside the room.

Seimei was using the Mystical Palm Technique to strengthen his body when he suddenly felt an invisible force emerge from within, trying to break through some kind of barrier but always failing.

Seimei knew that this was the opportunity for transformation.

So, without any hesitation, he immediately activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

Then, a stream of blood flowed from his right eye, and 'Hito no Mi' instantly took effect on his body.

In an instant, that barrier vanished, and the power of 'Hito no Mi' began to guide his body's evolution in the direction he desired.

In no time, a warm current arose from within him, quickly spreading throughout his entire body.

This familiar feeling, Seimei knew, he had succeeded.

Not rushing to enjoy it, Seimei first canceled the effect of 'Hito no Mi' and then closed his Mangekyo Sharingan.

After doing this, he closed his eyes and carefully felt the changes in his body.

Time passed by.

About fifteen minutes later.

The warm current disappeared, and Seimei opened his eyes.

Instantly, a vigorous life force emanated from him.

Seimei thought for a moment, took out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch, and then "slashed" it across his left arm, creating a cut.

Seimei just quietly watched his arm, one minute, two minutes, three minutes...

Soon, the wound stopped bleeding on its own.

Then, it began to heal. Although the speed wasn't visible to the naked eye, Seimei could still feel it healing rapidly.

The key was that throughout the entire process, Seimei didn't use any other means, including but not limited to using medical ninjutsu or gathering chakra near the wound.

But even so, his wound was still recovering quickly. There was only one explanation for this: his own self-healing ability had improved.

Although with the increase in his 'Constitution' attribute, Seimei had long known that he would have such a day, but when this scene truly happened, he still couldn't help but feel excited.

Perhaps his current self-healing ability couldn't compare to monsters like Naruto and Hashirama, but at least it was a start, wasn't it?

With a thought, Seimei gathered chakra near the wound.

Instantly, the injury on his arm healed even faster.

Seimei felt that with a bit more improvement, it could almost catch up to the effect of the C-rank medical ninjutsu - Healing Technique.

In other words, as long as he had enough chakra, he would be equivalent to carrying a weakened version of the Healing Technique with him at all times in the future.

As for the effect...

Although it was just so-so, again, this was just the beginning.

Temporarily leaving the wound on his arm untreated, Seimei silently said, "Panel!"

The next moment, the familiar light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 12 years old

Constitution: 14 -> 15

Spirit: 19

Chakra: 38500 (42644 -> 48980)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Mangekyo (1/50000) -> (1217/50000)

Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv5 (554/5000) -> lv5 (752/5000)

Wind Release: Wind Blade: lv5 (870/5000) -> lv5 (1640/5000)

Shadow Clone Technique: lv3 (340/1000) -> lv3 (720/1000)

Chakra Absorption Technique: lv5 (2750/5000) -> lv5 (3550/5000)

Rasengan: lv5 (950/5000) -> lv5 (1720/5000)

Mystical Palm Technique: lv7 (8210/20000) -> lv7 (12770/20000)

Chakra Scalpel: lv4 (920/2000) -> lv5 (1200/5000)

Reflecting Heart Technique: lv7 (4886/20000) -> lv7 (8534/20000)

Swordsmanship: lv6 (5850/10000) -> lv6 (8120/10000)

Illusion Sword Technique: lv3 (15/1000) -> lv3 (870/1000)

Instant Sword Technique: lv1 (162/200)

Chakra Control: lv5 (1450/5000) -> lv5 (1830/5000)

Perfected Skills:]

First of all, it could be seen that his 'Spirit' attribute, with the Sharingan evolving from three tomoe to Mangekyo, directly increased by four points.

It was important to know that his base was already very high, and on top of that, it increased by another four points. One could imagine the magnitude of this increase.

Seimei roughly estimated that his current mental power was at least 1.8 times that of before.

Thus, considering the slight difference between his 'Constitution' attribute and his 'Spirit' attribute, Seimei felt that his mental strength was at least twice that of his physical strength.

And twice was almost a critical point. Once this threshold was exceeded, the balance would be broken, and there would definitely be trouble.

Feeling the current pressure of his spirit on his physical body, Seimei was now somewhat glad that he hadn't rushed to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan earlier.

If he had awakened it then, his 'Constitution' attribute would have only been 11 points, a full eight points lower than his current 'Spirit' attribute of 19.

With such a big gap, the risks involved were unimaginable.

Fortunately, he had safely avoided this pitfall.

However, he couldn't relax in strengthening his body in the future and even needed to improve it as soon as possible.

Only in this way could he balance his spirit and physical body, preventing an imbalance.

Furthermore, there was another benefit to quickly balancing his physical body and spirit, which was that he could unleash more potential.

Unlike now, limited by his lower 'Constitution' attribute, even though his 'Spirit' attribute had increased by four points, his theoretical maximum chakra limit only increased by less than 50,000 points, from 71,000 points to 120,000 points.

Undoubtedly, this increase was a bit small.

Similarly, the improvement in his chakra recovery speed was also not as expected. The maximum amount of chakra he could recover daily only increased by a little over 30,000 points.

That is, the 54,000 points of chakra he could recover daily had now become 85,000 points.

Although this number was almost twice his current chakra limit, compared to the four-point increase in his 'Spirit' attribute, it was still somewhat unsatisfactory.

Fortunately, the untapped potential was stored within his body instead of being wasted, so Seimei didn't dwell on it too much.

Shifting his gaze from the basic attributes, Seimei looked at the Bloodline section.

It could be seen that after more than twenty days of practicing the Reflecting Heart Technique and the guidance of 'Hito no Mi,' the progress bar of his Mangekyo Sharingan had already progressed by about 2.4%.

Although this speed wasn't considered very fast, it wasn't too slow either.

If everything went smoothly, at this rate, it would take at most two and a half years for his Mangekyo Sharingan to successfully evolve.

Of course, this was the result if everything went smoothly.

If things didn't go smoothly, then it was hard to say.

Thinking of this, Seimei unconsciously touched his right eye.

Because of the frequent use of 'Hito no Mi,' his right eye's vision had already declined slightly.

Even though he had been trying his best to control the duration and frequency of using 'Hito no Mi,' this unfavorable situation still occurred.

Now, Seimei was worried that his right eye would go blind before his Mangekyo Sharingan evolved. If that happened, it would be a big problem.

Without the guidance of 'Hito no Mi', his Mangekyo Sharingan might get stuck at the final stage of progress, unable to break through.

Therefore, he had to come up with some solutions.

After pondering for a long time, Seimei finally decided to reduce the use of 'Hito no Mi' for physical enhancement and instead focus more on assisting the cultivation of the 'Reflecting Heart Technique.'

This way, although his 'Constitution' improvement speed might decrease, the resistance during the subsequent Mangekyo Sharingan evolution should be greatly reduced.

(End of this chapter)