Chapter 56: The Coming Storm

Main Base. Northwest. Training Ground. Seimei, holding a short blade, was sparring with Mizutani Shizuko. The clanging of metal echoed continuously. Mizutani Shizuko launched attacks with all her might, but Seimei effortlessly blocked them all, the whole process appearing incredibly relaxed and carefree. After a long time, Mizutani Shizuko finally stopped her attacks. One could see that sweat had already drenched her clothes, and the hair on her forehead was messily stuck to her face. She was visibly exhausted. Despite this, her eyes still revealed an indescribable determination. Seeing this, Seimei could only sigh inwardly. She had transferred all her regret into a yearning for strength. If this situation wasn't guided properly, it would eventually lead to problems. But Seimei didn't want to say anything to dissuade her. As the saying goes, one must be driven to extremes to achieve greatness. In this chaotic world, if one didn't push themselves hard enough, how could they survive? Moreover, focusing all one's energy on improving strength was better than self-pity, wasn't it? After a short rest, Mizutani Shizuko raised her kunai again and said to Seimei, "Let's go again!" Hearing this, Seimei didn't say much. With a swift step, he instantly appeared in front of her and smoothly executed the Konoha Flow Sword Technique. This time, it was Seimei who initiated the attack, and the pressure on Mizutani Shizuko was even greater. In just a moment, she couldn't hold on any longer. The kunai in her hand was knocked away, and Seimei's short sword was pressed against her throat. Drops of cold sweat slid down her forehead, and Mizutani Shizuko unconsciously swallowed. Although she knew Seimei wouldn't kill her, when the tip of the sword touched her throat, she couldn't help but shiver. Putting away his short sword, Seimei glanced at the sky. After Mizutani Shizuko recovered, he said, "It's about time, let's call it a day." "Okay." Mizutani Shizuko nodded and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Seimei-kun!" Hearing this, Seimei waved his hand, not saying much. Although being Mizutani Shizuko's sparring partner took some time and energy, he had originally planned to use that time for practicing the Konoha Flow Sword Technique anyway. Although the effect of sparring with her wasn't as good as fighting with Kogawa, Kogawa was now dead. Having Mizutani Shizuko as an opponent was better than practicing alone. So, this was a mutually beneficial process, and Seimei didn't think Mizutani Shizuko needed to thank him for it. But she always did, so Seimei just let it be. ... A few minutes later. The two returned to the main base. As they were walking, a large group of people came towards them. The two sides passed each other, and Seimei suddenly stopped and looked back at those people. Seeing this, Mizutani Shizuko asked, "What's wrong?" "Don't you think they look familiar?" Seimei asked. Mizutani Shizuko glanced at the backs of those people, then turned back and said in confusion, "This place is not that big, isn't it normal to see familiar faces?" "No." Seimei shook his head seriously and said, "It's different. Didn't you notice that some of them are from the group that replaced us to guard the town stronghold?" "What?" Mizutani Shizuko was shocked and quickly looked at those people again, but they were already out of sight. She looked at Seimei and asked in puzzlement, "Isn't the rotation once a month? It's only been ten days, right? Why are some of them back? Did something major happen there?" Speaking of this, Mizutani Shizuko couldn't help but recall their previous encounter, a deep fear and unspeakable pain flashing in her eyes. Hearing her words, Seimei shook his head again and denied, "Look at their condition, there's nothing seriously wrong with them, so the possibility of an accident at the stronghold is very small." "Then why are they back early?" Mizutani Shizuko asked again. Seimei thought for a moment, then shook his head again, "I'm not sure." Then, he changed his tone and said seriously, "Anyway, be careful these days. My intuition tells me something big is about to happen." "Okay." Hearing Seimei's advice, Mizutani Shizuko also nodded seriously. Then, the two walked towards their respective tents. ... Back in his tent, Seimei swallowed a few soldier pills. While recovering his stamina, he recalled the events of the past few days. First, there was the unreasonable all-out attack, then the secret return of some of the ninja who went to rotate. All of this gave Seimei a feeling that a storm was coming. What he had just said to Mizutani Shizuko wasn't nonsense. He truly felt that something major was about to happen. Unfortunately, his position was too low, and he couldn't see the big picture. Therefore, all Seimei could do was try his best to improve his strength. "Panel!" With a thought, Seimei opened the proficiency panel again. The next moment, a light blue screen appeared. [Name: Uchiha Seimei Age: 11 years old Constitution: 8 Spirit: 9 Chakra: 2250 (6100 → 6102) Bloodline: Sharingan - Single Tomoe (271/1000) → (317/1000) Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv4 (1/2000) → lv4 (50/2000) Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: lv2 (35/500) Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: lv3 (12/1000) → lv3 (226/1000) Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique: lv2 (17/500) Body Flicker Technique: lv3 (225/1000) → lv3 (305/1000) Shadow Clone Technique: lv0 (5/100) *Healing Technique: lv1 (15/200) Illusion: Binding Snake Glare Technique: lv2 (5/500) Reflecting Heart Technique: lv4 (716/2000) → lv4 (946/2000) Konoha Flow Sword Technique: lv3 (430/1000) → lv3 (615/1000) Shurikenjutsu: lv4 (50/2000) Chakra Control: lv3 (190/1000) Three Body Techniques: lv3 (0/0)] In the past few days, he had focused most of his energy on practicing the 'Reflecting Heart Technique', 'Konoha Flow Sword Technique', and 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique'. The impact of the 'Chakra Refinement Technique' reaching lv4 had begun to show. In just a few days, these three skills had improved significantly. Especially the 'Reflecting Heart Technique', its proficiency had increased by 230 points. Thanks to this, the evolution progress of his Sharingan had also increased by 46 points, from (271/1000) to (317/1000), almost one-third of the way there. At this rate, in another four months, his Sharingan would complete its evolution and become a Double Tomoe Sharingan. And this was only under the condition that the level of the 'Reflecting Heart Technique' remained unchanged. The fact was that in about a month and a half, his 'Reflecting Heart Technique' would level up. At that time, its promotion effect on the Sharingan would definitely be even more significant. In this way, the evolution time of the Sharingan would definitely be less than four months. Thinking of this, Seimei couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. His efforts had not been in vain, and everything was progressing according to his expectations. Withdrawing his gaze, Seimei looked at the new skill that had appeared in the skill list - Healing Technique. This was a medical ninjutsu he had recently learned. It was only after learning this technique that he understood why there were so few medical ninja in the ninja world. Not to mention the theoretical knowledge that needed to be memorized by rote, even medical ninjutsu itself was very difficult. Just like this 'Healing Technique', although it was a relatively basic medical ninjutsu, its learning difficulty was still C-rank. In addition, practicing this technique required extremely precise chakra control, otherwise, one could only learn a superficial understanding of it. These several conditions directly limited the number of medical ninja. It was only because Seimei's 'Chakra Control' had already reached lv3, and he had the assistance