Chapter 18: A Hasty Half-Month

"Seimei, what are you doing?" Just as Seimei was pondering whether he could grind his 'Chakra Control' to the beginner level before submitting the mission today, Ryosuke's voice suddenly came from the side. He stared at Seimei's feet and said in shock, "Why can you stand on the water?" Seimei heard this, looked down, and realized that the water quality here was good, and he could clearly see his feet suspended in the water. Seimei didn't hide it and explained that he was practicing chakra control. "What's the use of that?" After listening to Seimei's explanation, Ryosuke asked in confusion. Before Seimei could explain, Furukawa said, "Of course it's useful, and very useful." As he spoke, he walked over from a distance. "Sensei!" x3 The three of them saw him and greeted him in unison. "Hmm." Furukawa nodded, glanced at the soles of Seimei's feet, and then continued, "Mastering this skill can save you chakra when learning and releasing ninjutsu, and it can also help you maintain longer endurance in battle." "Can we learn it?" Ryosuke asked hopefully. Hearing this, Furukawa thought for a while before saying, "I didn't plan to teach you this so early, but since Seimei has already started practicing, you can join in too." In fact, he had noticed Seimei's small movements a long time ago. The reason he didn't say anything was that he wanted to see how far Seimei could go without guidance. Facts proved that even if Seimei wasn't a top genius, he was still better than most people. Being able to improve his chakra control to this level in just a few hours was not something ordinary people could do. What's more, he hadn't even practiced in the optimal way, which was to climb trees first and then walk on water. If he had been guided from the beginning, his progress would definitely have been faster. But this was just Furukawa's own opinion. For Seimei, there was no need to practice step-by-step. With the proficiency panel, he only needed to follow the standard procedure, gather chakra at the soles of his feet, and maintain it for a period to gain one proficiency point. And as proficiency accumulated, his control over chakra would also rapidly improve. Thus, there was naturally no need to start with tree climbing, as it wouldn't significantly increase the speed at which he accumulated proficiency. "Sensei, do we also need to start water walking training?" Ryosuke shouted excitedly from the side. "No." Furukawa directly denied it. "Why?" Ryosuke asked puzzledly, "Isn't that how Seimei is practicing?" 'That's because he's a genius.' Furukawa really wanted to say that, but he couldn't, because it would dampen the students' enthusiasm. So, he said tactfully, "Everyone's situation is different. Seimei can start with water walking, but you can't." "Then how should we practice?" Ryosuke asked. "Tree climbing." Furukawa replied. "Tree climbing?" x2 Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko said at the same time. "That's right." Furukawa nodded and said to Seimei, "You continue practicing here by yourself." "Okay." Seimei responded, indicating that he understood. "Come with me." Furukawa called Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko, and the three of them walked towards the nearby woods. Then came the 'familiar' process - gathering chakra, sprinting, climbing the tree, falling, sprinting again, climbing again, falling again. Perhaps because of Seimei's example, Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko both practiced extra hard. Although Ryosuke usually seemed carefree and didn't care about anything, he was actually very competitive. Although he didn't say anything on the surface about Furukawa's different treatment, he secretly wanted to prove himself, so he practiced very seriously. Not only him, but Mizutani Shizuko also had a gentle but firm personality. Although she often remained silent and didn't seem to have many opinions, once she set her mind on something, she would do her best to accomplish it. It could be said that neither of Seimei's teammates were mediocre. But then again, if they didn't have some merits, how could they be grouped with him and taught by a real Jonin? However, even with these two people, Seimei hadn't even heard of them in his previous life. They most likely died in the Third Shinobi World War or subsequent missions. From this, one could also see the cruelty of the Shinobi World War and the dangers of the ninja path. Whenever he thought of this, Seimei didn't dare to slack off in the slightest. He could only seize every opportunity to improve himself and prepare for the future. ... Time flew by like a fleeting horse. In the blink of an eye, another half a month passed. It was now early November. Uchiha Clan Compound. Seimei's home. Late at night, Seimei finished his last round of training and opened the panel with his exhausted mind. [Name: Uchiha Seimei Age: 10 years old Physique: 6 Spirit: 7 Chakra: 16 (910→1546) Bloodline: Sharingan - Unawakened (58/100) → (71/100) Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv2 (81/500) → lv2 (240/500) Clone Technique: lv2 (1/500) → lv2 (140/500) Transformation Technique: lv2 (1/500) → lv2 (130/500) Body Replacement Technique: lv2 (1/500) → lv2 (110/500) Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: lv1 (1/200) → lv1 (16/200) Reflecting Heart Technique: lv1 (77/200) → lv2 (1/500) Basic Taijutsu: lv2 (1/500) → lv2 (150/500) Weapon Throwing: lv2 (120/500) → lv2 (260/500) Chakra Control: lv0 (61/100) → lv2 (350/500)] In the past half month, everything had been progressing smoothly. During the day, he followed the team to perform some missions that didn't require any technical skills, and at night, he seized the time to train alone. Initially, the missions did affect his training. But as his 'Chakra Control' continued to level up, the impact became smaller and smaller. Upgrading from lv0 to lv1 reduced the chakra required to release ninjutsu by 5%. From lv1 to lv2, it became 10%. Now, with the proficiency increased to lv2 (350/500), the saved chakra had already reached 13.5%. In other words, he now consumed nearly 15% less chakra when performing the same ninjutsu compared to initially. Obviously, this was not a small number. Thus, coupled with the occasional extra training when not on missions... In the end, he was only a day or two later than planned to upgrade the 'Reflecting Heart Technique' to lv2. And his Sharingan awakening progress, as expected, increased by thirteen points, from (58/100) to (71/100). The only pity was that after the 'Reflecting Heart Technique' was upgraded to lv2, the minimum chakra consumption when using it didn't decrease, only the hand seal speed became much faster. However, this didn't have much use for him. Fortunately, with the upgrade of the 'Reflecting Heart Technique', the Sharingan awakening progress, which had been slowing down slightly, returned to its original speed. In the short term, he could still maintain ten 'Reflecting Heart Technique' proficiency points to increase the Sharingan awakening progress by one point. Now it depended on how long this speed could be maintained. As for clearing it in one go? Seimei hadn't thought about that. If it were that simple, someone in the Uchiha clan would have already awakened the Sharingan using this technique. Seimei estimated that he would at least have to grind the 'Reflecting Heart Technique' to lv3 to have a chance of success. But this wasn't a difficult task for him. In addition to the 'Reflecting Heart Technique' and Sharingan awakening progress, his other skills had also improved in the past half month. This was mainly due to Furukawa's training. Unfortunately, limited by the amount of chakra invested, his growth rate was average. Skills like the Three Basic Techniques, 'Basic Taijutsu', and 'Weapon Throwing', which didn't consume much chakra, all increased by more than a hundred proficiency points. 'Chakra Control', because it could be practiced anytime and anywhere, directly jumped two levels, from beginner to lv2 (350/500). This was already the highest level among all his skills. On the other hand, 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique', because each release required at least a hundred chakra points, Seimei hardly practiced it, so it only increased by a dozen proficiency points. In addition, there was another major change, which was that his chakra limit increased from 910 points to 1546 points. This was almost the average level of a civilian Chunin. It could only be said that the gap between people was sometimes bigger than the gap between humans and dogs. It was said that Kakashi had low chakra reserves, but even with the Sharingan constantly consuming chakra, Kakashi could still use Chidori and Kamui several times. These were all S-rank ninjutsu and dojutsu. And that didn't even include B-rank ninjutsu like Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall and Lightning Release: Shadow Clone Technique used during battles. If all of them were included, according to the panel's calculation method, his chakra amount was probably over ten thousand points. So, having low chakra was relative. Many Jonin's chakra probably couldn't even reach Kakashi's level. Therefore, Seimei still had a lot of room for improvement.