Chapter 71: Depression
The next day.
Early morning.
Seimei and a dozen other Genin, escorted by a Jonin team and a Chunin team, embarked on their journey back to the village.
Along the way, people would occasionally sneak glances at Seimei.
It was no wonder they did so, as Seimei had his Sharingan activated the entire time, making it hard not to attract attention.
However, Seimei didn't care about it.
The exposure of his Sharingan meant he had lost his trump card. In this situation, he naturally had to do his best to improve his own strength.
If he didn't use the travel time to increase his Sharingan's progress, wouldn't he be wasting time?
As for the gazes of others, what did it matter to him?
Therefore, Seimei remained calm the entire time, but this gave people the illusion that he was deliberately showing off his Sharingan.
However, everyone had come from the battlefield, so no one would cause trouble for him because of this, although he wasn't afraid of it either.
But if he could coexist peacefully, Seimei didn't want to waste any effort.
Just like that, two days passed quietly.
That night.
As usual, Seimei completed a practice session of 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' when a flash of insight suddenly crossed his mind.
Immediately, he understood that his 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' had leveled up.
He opened the panel and glanced at it. Sure enough, its level had changed from lv1 (191/200) two days ago to lv2 (1/500) now.
Seimei tried to use it, and the hand seal speed was about 20% faster than before, and the effect was also slightly stronger.
Although the improvement wasn't significant, it was still some progress.
Seimei calmed down and continued his training for the night.
In a flash, several hours passed, and it was late at night. Seimei finally completed his training plan for the day and then fell asleep.
Of course, he didn't sleep soundly.
It was wartime now, and who knew if enemy ninjas would come to ambush them, so Seimei always maintained a bit of vigilance.
This method would undoubtedly reduce the effectiveness of his rest, but he was already used to it, and it wouldn't affect his state in a short time.
The night passed uneventfully.
It was early morning the next day.
The group ate a little something and then continued on their way.
Just like that, Seimei traveled during the day and trained at night.
Five days later, when he returned to Konoha Village, his Sharingan's evolution progress had reached (872/1000), and the proficiency of 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' had also increased to lv2 (442/500).
As for the ambush he was worried about on the way, it didn't happen.
...
After saying goodbye to the Jonin leader, Seimei returned home.
No one had lived in the house for several months, and it was already covered in dust.
Seimei spent some time thoroughly cleaning the house from the inside out before starting to rest.
That's right, just rest.
Months of life on the battlefield had left him physically and mentally exhausted.
In that environment, it was impossible to get a good night's sleep. Even at the base camp, he had to be wary of enemy surprise attacks. It was really terrible!
Now that he had finally returned to the relatively safe village, Seimei didn't plan to start training immediately. Instead, he planned to have a good sleep first to relieve his fatigue.
And this sleep lasted for a whole day.
When Seimei woke up, he felt refreshed all over. The fatigue accumulated for a long time had disappeared, and he felt much more energetic.
"Ah~, comfortable!"
Seimei stretched and couldn't help but say.
Grrr~~~
At this moment, a "gurgling" sound came. Seimei touched his stomach, took his wallet, and walked out of the room.
Walking on the street, Seimei could clearly feel that the village was much more depressed than before, and there was more worry on people's faces.
Thinking back to half a year ago, during the last Chunin Exams, there were still new stores opening.
But now, there were mostly notices of stores for sale on the street. Even some stores that were still open were lifeless, with very few customers.
It made sense. In Konoha Village, although ordinary people made up the vast majority, ninjas were the high-income group.
In the past, it was they who drove consumption.
Now that these people had gone to the battlefield, the stores were naturally deserted.
Coupled with the turmoil in the ninja world, transportation costs had greatly increased, and prices in Konoha Village had soared. It was no wonder that it was depressed.
Shaking his head slightly, Seimei stopped thinking about it and immediately quickened his pace, running in one direction.
From afar, he saw a ramen shop that was open for business.
That's right, it was Ichiraku Ramen.
Seeing Seimei coming, Teuchi, wearing a white chef's coat, hurriedly greeted him warmly, "What would you like to eat, customer?"
"A bowl of miso chashu ramen."
Seimei didn't waste any words and directly ordered the most luxurious ramen.
"Alright, please wait a moment!"
Teuchi replied and then started making the ramen.
Soon, a bowl of ramen that looked, smelled, and tasted delicious was served.
Gulp~
Seimei, who had been eating dry food and simple meals for several months, immediately swallowed his saliva when he saw this bowl of ramen.
Seeing Seimei's appearance, Teuchi seemed very satisfied and said with a smile, "Enjoy your meal, customer."
At this time, Seimei couldn't hold back anymore. He picked up a pair of chopsticks and started to eat voraciously.
In less than two minutes, he finished a large bowl of ramen.
He touched his stomach, feeling that it wasn't enough, so he ordered another bowl.
Soon, another bowl of miso chashu ramen was served.
Seimei finished it in a few bites, still feeling unsatisfied, so he ordered another bowl.
However, this time he didn't order miso chashu ramen, but tonkotsu ramen instead.
Just like that, Seimei ate ten bowls in a row. He only stopped when there was a stack of empty bowls on the table.
Burp~
Seimei burped, patted his stomach with satisfaction, and asked, "Boss, how much is it?"
"Thank you for your patronage, it's 875 ryo," Teuchi replied.
Seimei roughly calculated and found that the other party hadn't raised the price, but he didn't say much. He just took out his wallet, counted 875 ryo, and handed it to him.
Teuchi received the money, his eyes smiling so much that they were almost invisible.
Finally, under the other party's warm farewell, Seimei left the ramen shop.
He didn't go home immediately. Instead, he first went to the Hokage Building.
Because his team leader had died in battle, he needed to go there in person to get the application form for the Chunin Exams.
Without any obstacles, he successfully got the application form, signed his name, and handed it back.
Next, he just needed to wait for the exam in ten days.
And in these ten days, Seimei didn't plan to idle around either.
First, his 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' was about to level up. Seimei planned to raise it to lv3 before the exam.
It wasn't to deal with those examinees, he just simply set a goal for himself to avoid slacking off.
In addition, there was the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu'.
He had been on the road for the past few days and didn't have time to practice. He could make good use of these few days to work on it. Maybe he could also promote it to lv4 before the exam.
Seimei had a vague premonition that once he had practiced both the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' and the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' to perfection, he could merge them together to create a more powerful and suitable sword technique for himself.
At that time, he might also be able to develop some ultimate moves similar to the '三日月之舞' (Mikazuki no Mai, Dance of the Crescent Moon).
With this thought in mind, Seimei returned home and began his training.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 72: Low-Key Cultivation
Time spent training always flies by.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the tenth day.
This evening.
Uchiha Clan grounds.
In a training field, Seimei stood quietly under a large tree with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, causing the branches of the tree to shake violently. Large swaths of leaves fell, like rain, surrounding Seimei.
Seimei's ears twitched slightly. When the leaves were about to approach him, he suddenly opened his eyes.
In the scarlet pupils, a pitch-black tomoe spun rapidly. Seimei glanced around casually and memorized the positions of all the leaves.
Then, with a "clang" sound, Seimei drew the short sword from his waist.
Subsequently, flashes of cold light flickered, and the short sword in Seimei's hand left afterimages as he swung it. All the leaves around him were split in half by his sword.
At the same time, he also moved around in this small space, not letting even a single leaf fall on him.
After a long time, the wind subsided, and the tree stopped shaking. When the last leaf was split in two and fell to the ground, Seimei put away his short sword.
Standing still with his eyes closed, reminiscing for a while, Seimei finally sighed, "So this is the lv4 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu'?"
That's right, his 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' had been upgraded to lv4.
In the past ten days, he would practice this technique whenever he had time.
He even temporarily gave up practicing 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' and 'Ninja Tool Throwing' to speed up the progress.
In this way, coupled with the fact that 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' had already been promoted to lv4, he finally managed to raise it to lv4 (1/2000).
It had to be said that 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' was indeed the inherited sword technique of the Uchiha clan.
After it was promoted to lv4, when combined with the Sharingan, the power it could unleash had already surpassed the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' of the same level.
This wasn't to say that the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' wasn't strong enough, but rather that the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' was too suitable for Uchiha ninjas who had awakened the Sharingan.
It was a pity that the Uchiha clan's ninjas relied too heavily on the Sharingan, and few people studied this technique, which was why the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' was not well-known.
Recalling memories from his past life, it seemed that only Uchiha Shisui had mastered this technique in recent years, and then, combined with genjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique, he had earned the title of "Shisui of the Body Flicker".
Thinking of Uchiha Shisui, Seimei murmured, "It seems that he will also participate in this Chunin Exam."
Although Seimei focused on training and didn't pay much attention to the outside world, he had heard a little about the Uchiha clan producing a genius ninja these days.
Uchiha Shisui, currently nine years old, applied for early graduation after only two years in the Ninja Academy.
After that, he went straight to the battlefield and awakened the Sharingan in less than three months, and it was double tomoe from the beginning.
Therefore, he was directly called back by the clan to participate in this Chunin Exam.
It could be said that he was able to train so peacefully largely thanks to the other party attracting everyone's attention.
Although his own brilliance was overshadowed, Seimei didn't mind at all.
In fact, he wished he could become completely unnoticed.
That way, he could focus on improving himself.
Unfortunately, as an Uchiha clan member who had awakened the Sharingan, no matter how low-key he was, it was impossible to become completely unnoticed.
Moreover...
After tonight, his Sharingan would also become double tomoe.
That's right, after these days of hard work, his Sharingan's evolution progress had reached (992/1000). As long as he completed his routine training tonight, it could evolve into double tomoe.
At that time, it was estimated that it would attract another wave of people's attention.
Seimei was even considering whether to postpone this time point and wait until after the Chunin Exams to evolve.
But after thinking about it, he finally gave up this idea.
Because the evolution of the Sharingan for him was not just from single tomoe to double tomoe, it was also related to the improvement of his potential.
According to the situation when the Sharingan awakened before, this time when his Sharingan evolved from single tomoe to double tomoe, his 'Physique' attribute and 'Spirit' attribute would definitely increase as well.
And the improvement of these two basic attributes would further raise the upper limit of his body.
What followed was the increase in chakra amount and chakra recovery speed.
In this way, the speed of improving the proficiency of other skills would also be faster.
With such a chain reaction, Seimei really didn't want to delay.
Moreover, it was just an evolution from single tomoe to double tomoe, not from three tomoe to Mangekyo Sharingan. There was no need to hide it at all.
What's more, wasn't there Uchiha Shisui as a shield in front?
He was two years younger than him, and awakened double tomoe right away. No matter how you looked at it, his potential was stronger than his, so no one should pay too much attention to him.
Thinking this, Seimei packed up his equipment and hurried home.
However, he forgot that once his Sharingan evolved successfully, in the eyes of others, it would be from single tomoe to double tomoe in just over two months.
In this way, although his initial potential might not be as good as a monster like Uchiha Shisui, it was definitely not bad, so he would definitely be paid close attention to.
...
That night.
Uchiha Clan grounds.
Seimei's home.
After restoring his chakra to full, Seimei didn't immediately practice the 'Mind Reflection Technique'. Instead, according to the plan, he first practiced the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique'.
After his practice these days, this technique had reached the verge of upgrading. Seimei planned to raise it to lv3 first.
Quickly completing the hand seals, Seimei suddenly opened his Sharingan and looked at the rabbit he had bought to practice genjutsu in front of him.
The moment their eyes met, the rabbit froze in place.
Even though the rabbit couldn't express emotions, Seimei could feel the pain brought by the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' from its trembling body.
A moment later, when the proficiency of 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' on the panel increased by +1, Seimei released the genjutsu.
He left some time for the rabbit to recover, and then Seimei formed hand seals again and used the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique'.
Compared to the last time, his movements were a bit faster, and his understanding of the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' in his mind was also deeper.
This was the effect of 'proficiency +1'.
Perhaps Seimei's talent was not as good as those geniuses, and he couldn't learn ninjutsu just by looking at it once and master it in a very short time.
But every time he practiced, he would gain something.
Therefore, as long as Seimei was given enough time, he wasn't afraid of any genius.
Time passed by.
Finally, after casting the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' for the fourth time, Seimei felt that his understanding of this technique had reached a new level.
When he used it again, both the casting speed and the genjutsu effect were much stronger.
He glanced at the panel, and sure enough, the proficiency had reached lv3 (2/1000)!
At this point, two of the goals Seimei had set ten days ago had been completed, leaving only the evolution of the Sharingan.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 73: Evolution
Rubbing his slightly sore shoulders, Seimei calmed himself and began to cast the "Mind Reflection Technique" on himself.
Once, twice, three times...
Feeling the special chakra generated by the "Mind Reflection Technique" in his brain continuously pouring into his eyes, Seimei's heart gradually lifted.
Although he was sure that there would probably be no problem with his Sharingan evolving from single tomoe to double tomoe, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous when this moment really arrived.
After casting the "Mind Reflection Technique" for the sixth time, Seimei felt a slight soreness in his eyes.
After checking and making sure there was no problem, Seimei took a short rest. After the soreness in his eyes eased, he began to cast the "Mind Reflection Technique" for the seventh time.
A moment later, the soreness struck again.
However, Seimei didn't pay much attention to it this time. Instead, he mustered his energy and cast the "Mind Reflection Technique" for the eighth time.
This time, the special chakra generated in his brain was more than the previous few times.
After all this chakra flowed into his eyes, Seimei's Sharingan automatically opened, and a new tomoe slowly appeared.
At this moment, in his scarlet pupils, two pitch-black tomoe appeared.
Undoubtedly, his Sharingan had successfully evolved from single tomoe to double tomoe.
Quickly walking out of the house, Seimei looked around and felt that everything around him had become clearer.
If the world in his eyes before awakening the Sharingan was 720p, and after awakening the single tomoe Sharingan it was 1080p, then now, after opening the double tomoe, it was 4K ultra-high-definition image quality.
Even at night, he could see everything around him clearly with the help of weak light.
In addition...
Seimei glanced at the corner of the yard. An insect had just emerged from the grass, and he could clearly see the movement of its wings flapping.
Obviously, after evolving to double tomoe, the insight ability of his Sharingan had been greatly improved.
At this time, if Seimei were to deal with Kohara Shuji again, even without the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' and even if the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' hadn't leveled up, just relying on these eyes, he was confident that he could fight against him.
This was the power of the double tomoe Sharingan.
No wonder so many Uchiha ninjas became arrogant after awakening the Sharingan. It wasn't their nature, but because these eyes brought them too much!
Think about it, other ninjas had to train hard for more than ten years to reach the Chunin level.
But for Uchiha ninjas, as long as they awakened their eyes, their strength could soar to above Chunin, instantly erasing the gap of more than ten years.
In this situation, anyone would become a bit arrogant.
It was only because Seimei knew the origin of the Sharingan and understood that it was nothing in front of higher-level powers that he could maintain a normal mindset.
Otherwise, he would probably become arrogant like many Uchiha ninjas.
Putting these thoughts aside, Seimei stopped thinking and turned to feel the changes in other aspects of his body.
Just as he had guessed, since awakening the Sharingan could lead to an improvement in physical fitness, then the evolution of the Sharingan could naturally do the same.
Sure enough, now he felt that his mental power had become much stronger, and the activity of the cells in his body had also increased.
After carefully feeling it for a while, after everything settled down, Seimei opened the proficiency panel.
The familiar light blue screen appeared.
[Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 11 years old
Physique: 8 -> 9
Spirit: 9 -> 11
Chakra: 4324 (6109)
Bloodline: Sharingan - Single Tomoe (992/1000) -> Sharingan - Double Tomoe (1/5000)
Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv4 (415/2000) -> lv4 (510/2000)
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: lv2 (57/500)
Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: lv3 (612/1000) -> lv3 (710/1000)
Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique: lv2 (26/500)
Body Flicker Technique: lv3 (460/1000) -> lv3 (511/1000)
Shadow Clone Technique: lv0 (5/100)
Healing Jutsu: lv1 (65/200)
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: lv3 (2/1000)
Genjutsu: Sharingan: lv2 (1/500) -> lv2 (65/500)
Mind Reflection Technique: Lv5 (1/5000) -> Lv5 (446/5000)
Konoha-Style Kenjutsu: lv4 (520/2000)
Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu: lv4 (1/2000)
Ninja Tool Throwing: lv4 (350/2000)
Chakra Control: lv3 (210/1000) -> lv3 (220/1000)
Three Body Techniques: lv3 (0/0)]
It could be seen that with the evolution of the Sharingan, his 'Physique' attribute increased by one point, and his 'Spirit' attribute increased by two points.
This increase seemed to be the same as when he awakened the Sharingan.
But was this really the case?
The answer was obviously no.
As he had said before, with the continuous improvement of basic attributes, the gap between each point was widening.
Just like now, the increase of 'Spirit' attribute from 9 to 11 was completely different from the increase from 7 to 9.
If he had to compare, the increase brought by the former was at least twice that of the latter.
The same applied to the 'Physique' attribute.
At the beginning, when the Sharingan awakened, his 'Spirit' attribute increased from 7 to 9, and his 'Physique' attribute increased from 6 to 7, which increased his maximum chakra by about 2,500 points in total.
Now, Seimei estimated that his maximum chakra would increase by at least 5,000 points.
In other words, after this potential excavation was completed, his chakra amount would officially break through the 10,000-point mark, achieving the 'one card' achievement.
And it wasn't the kind of bloated 10,000 points like Kakashi's, where it looked like he had so much chakra, but when he used it, he couldn't even exert half of it.
After all, his Sharingan was original, and it didn't consume much chakra when used. Usually, it wouldn't be unable to close, thus wasting chakra for no reason.
In this way, his 10,000 chakra points were definitely more 'durable' than Kakashi's.
In addition, speaking of consumption, Seimei stared at the chakra column on the panel. After about a minute, the number behind it decreased by two points.
That is to say, now it cost him two chakra points per minute to keep his Sharingan activated, double that of the single tomoe Sharingan.
But overall, it was still acceptable.
He just didn't know if it still took five hours to accumulate one proficiency point.
If so, then it was fine.
He was just afraid that this time would be extended, which would be a bit uncomfortable.
As for the reason...
It was simple. Seimei stared at the bloodline column - (1/5000) after the double tomoe Sharingan, and felt his scalp tingle.
Although this number wasn't like the evolution from single tomoe to double tomoe, where the required proficiency was directly ten times the amount needed for awakening, it was still five times more than the previous 1,000 points.
According to the current speed of accumulating 13 proficiency points per day, 5,000 proficiency points would require a full 385 days, which was more than a year.
And this was still based on the premise that the effect of the 'Mind Reflection Technique' remained unchanged.
If the promotion effect of the Lv5 'Mind Reflection Technique' on the double tomoe Sharingan was reduced, then the time required would be even longer.
Thinking of this, Seimei no longer had the mood to continue looking.
Now, he just wanted to test how much effect the 'Mind Reflection Technique' still had, and whether it still took five hours to increase one proficiency point after activating the Sharingan.
If he didn't figure these things out, Seimei felt that he might not be able to sleep tonight.
Thinking is doing, Seimei closed the panel, returned to the house, and immediately started testing one by one.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 74: Increasing Income and Reducing Expenditure
Time flew by, and it was already the morning of the next day.
This was the first day of the new Chunin Exams, and the venue was the Ninja Academy.
Therefore, the entire Ninja Academy was on holiday.
Today, apart from the Genin who came to participate in the Chunin Exams, there were only Chunin and Jonin responsible for proctoring.
Seimei glanced at the gate of the Ninja Academy after a long time, yawned, and then walked into the school listlessly.
He took out the exam notification and glanced at it, then walked towards the target classroom.
Soon, he arrived at a spacious classroom.
It was crowded with people. Although they were all Genin, the aura they exuded was far from what ninjas in peacetime could compare to.
Seimei arrived relatively late.
So, as soon as he entered the door, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Suddenly, the classroom fell silent.
These people first sized up his appearance, then their gazes swept over his Sharingan without leaving a trace, and finally, they started whispering to each other.
Although these people looked away, Seimei could still feel that they were secretly watching him.
Seimei didn't care about this.
His gaze swept across the entire classroom. Only in the back corner were there a few empty seats left. Seimei walked straight over.
Just as Seimei sat down, a gentle voice came from beside him, "You're Seimei, right?"
Seimei turned his head and saw a child with a "button nose", a pair of double tomoe Sharingan, and a smile on his face, looking at him.
Who else could it be but Uchiha Shisui?
Seeing Seimei looking over, Uchiha Shisui took the initiative to introduce himself, "My name is Uchiha Shisui. You must be Seimei, right?"
Seimei's gaze swept over the Sharingan in the other's eyes, nodded, and said in a cold voice, "Yes, it's me. Is there something?"
Seeing Seimei's indifferent attitude, the smile on Uchiha Shisui's face faded slightly, but soon returned to normal. He smiled and said, "Nothing, just wanted to get to know you."
"Oh."
Seimei replied and ignored him, then趴ped on the table and started to catch up on sleep.
At the same time, the results of last night's test flashed through his mind.
The results?
Mixed, I guess!
The good news was that after activating the Sharingan, it still only took five hours to accumulate one proficiency point.
The bad news was that the effect of the 'Mind Reflection Technique' had indeed weakened.
Previously, every two proficiency points could increase the Sharingan's evolution progress by one point, but now it had become three points, which was 510 chakra points.
In this way, coupled with the doubled chakra consumption for maintaining the Sharingan, if he wanted to accumulate thirteen proficiency points per day like before, he would need a full 5,700 chakra points.
Although the improvement in basic attributes had increased the maximum chakra he could use every day from 5,500 points to 8,000 points.
But he couldn't use 5,700 points to improve the Sharingan.
According to previous calculations, even if he accumulated thirteen proficiency points every day, it would still take a full 385 days for it to evolve.
And during this time, the improvement speed of his other skills would inevitably slow down.
In other words, before the Sharingan evolved to three tomoe, his strength wouldn't be able to grow rapidly.
And this was something he absolutely couldn't accept.
After the Chunin Exams, he still had to go to the battlefield.
And on the battlefield, the enemy wouldn't wait for you to slowly improve your strength, so he absolutely couldn't slow down the speed of improving his strength.
But at the same time, he didn't want to slow down the evolution speed of the Sharingan either.
In this way, he could only increase income and reduce expenditure.
Let's talk about reducing expenditure first, which meant doing the most with the least amount of chakra.
To achieve this, what Seimei could think of for the time being was to improve the level of 'Chakra Control'.
Currently, its level was lv3 (220/1000), and it could save him 16% of chakra when using ninjutsu and genjutsu.
When it was promoted to lv4, this number would become 20%.
Don't underestimate this 4%. The amount of chakra saved at once might not be much, but over time, the accumulated chakra saved was not a small amount.
It just so happened that with his Sharingan evolving to double tomoe, he himself had become more proficient in controlling chakra.
In this way, it wouldn't be as difficult as before to gain proficiency in 'Chakra Control'.
Of course, if he wanted to go further, it was best to follow the previous plan and find a way to obtain a puppet secret technique from the Sand ninjas and improve by condensing and controlling chakra threads.
Only in this way could the upper limit be higher.
'Maybe after going to the battlefield this time, I can apply to be transferred to the defense line facing the Sand ninjas...'
This thought flashed through his mind and was temporarily suppressed by Seimei. He then turned to consider the issue of 'increasing income'.
Compared to the single method of reducing expenditure, there were more ways to increase income.
First, he could start from himself and improve his basic attributes to increase the maximum amount of chakra he could use every day.
And to achieve this, it wasn't too difficult.
Seimei had a premonition that once he merged the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' and the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu', his 'Physique' attribute should improve.
At that time, the amount of chakra he could use every day would increase.
This was from his own perspective.
Similarly, he could also use external objects to indirectly increase the amount of chakra he could use.
For example, the Samehada from Kirigakure Village.
It could absorb other people's chakra and then transfer it to its owner.
If he could obtain it, then he could gain proficiency in various skills by absorbing the enemy's chakra.
At that time, the speed of his strength improvement would definitely increase greatly.
Unfortunately, at this point in time, Samehada was still in the hands of Kisame Hoshigaki, and the other party was an Anbu ninja from Kirigakure Village. Seimei couldn't come into contact with him at all.
Even if he did, with his current strength, he was unlikely to be Kisame's opponent.
What's more, not everyone could use Samehada. It had a life of its own and only recognized people it liked.
So, even if Seimei got it, he might not be able to use it.
And similar to Samehada, there was also the Infinite Armour from Takumi Village, which could also absorb external chakra and then nourish the wearer.
But compared to the real Samehada, the Infinite Armour was even more difficult to obtain because it hadn't been created yet.
So, Seimei could only imagine it.
In addition to these ninja tools, some ninjutsu also had the characteristic of absorbing chakra.
For example, Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique, Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome of Nothingness, Corpse Sealing: Soul Absorption Seal, Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique, etc. These ninjutsu could theoretically accelerate his development.
However, to practice these ninjutsu, either special Kekkei Genkai or developing new chakra natures was required, which seemed impossible for Seimei to achieve at present.
Moreover, these ninjutsu were generally not easy to obtain. Even if he wanted to learn them, he wouldn't have the opportunity.
But similarly, this also showed from the side that ninjutsu with this effect was actually not uncommon.
And as an ancient clan that had been passed down for thousands of years, the Uchiha clan should have similar collections.
'Perhaps, after this exam, I can try to look for it.'
Thinking this in his heart, Seimei's consciousness gradually fell into sleep.
A moment later, Uchiha Shisui looked at Seimei, who was snoring softly not far away, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. His fellow clansman was really big-hearted.
At a time like this, he could still fall asleep.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 75: The Exam Begins
Ding ding ding~
A sharp bell rang.
Seimei woke up from his dream, raised his head, and saw a dozen Konoha ninjas walking in from the door, the leader holding a file bag.
The words "Top Secret" were clearly written on it.
Thus, it was self-evident what was inside.
Obviously, this was the start of the first written test of the Chunin Exams.
Without the fancy testing items from later, the Jonin examiner reassigned their seats and then opened the file bag, distributing the test papers.
During this process, he only emphasized that cheating was not allowed, and didn't say anything else.
Seimei received the test paper, scanned it briefly, and found that the difficulty of the questions was average. As long as one's theoretical knowledge wasn't bad, passing shouldn't be difficult.
But just passing was definitely not enough. He still had to get as high a score as possible.
Thinking this in his heart, Seimei immediately concentrated and started to answer the questions seriously.
As for cheating...
Since the other party didn't make things difficult for them in the questions, then the "no cheating" he mentioned meant that cheating was really not allowed.
Of course, if one could deceive the proctor's eyes, there probably wouldn't be any problems.
But Seimei didn't need to do this. With his current knowledge reserve, it was enough to get a good score.
In that case, there was no need to complicate things.
Time passed by.
When half of the exam time had passed, a voice suddenly broke the silence in the classroom.
"Number 45, you can leave."
Hearing this, everyone looked in the direction of the voice. By the window, a proctor stood up and walked towards a candidate in the middle of the classroom.
The candidate's face was pale at this time, obviously knowing what mistake he had made. His hands gripped the edge of the table, and after a struggle, he silently walked out of the classroom.
Seeing this, the proctor sat back in his seat.
Seimei could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the classroom had become much more oppressive.
But...
'What does this have to do with me?'
He muttered to himself, withdrew his gaze, and continued his journey of answering questions.
After that, four more people were caught cheating, and the first written test finally ended.
When the bell rang, everyone was asked to stay seated and not move. It was only after the Jonin examiner collected all the test papers that everyone was dismissed.
According to the exam process, the exam results would be announced at noon today.
At that time, those who passed the written test would participate in the second assessment of comprehensive ability.
Before that, they were free to do whatever they wanted.
Seimei had stayed up all night yesterday and rushed to take the exam this morning. Now that he had time, he naturally wanted to catch up on sleep.
After going back to sleep for two hours, when Seimei returned to the Ninja Academy, the exam results had already been posted.
Without any surprises, he successfully passed the written test.
In addition, there were fifty-nine other people on the list.
Seimei roughly calculated that the passing rate for the first round was about 50%, which was neither high nor low compared to previous years.
Obviously, the village didn't go easy on them in the first round.
Then the difficulty of the second round shouldn't be too high.
As for the reason...
It was simple. Konoha needed manpower now, especially middle-level strength.
If the assessment was too difficult and only one or two Chunin were produced at a time, how could they meet the needs of the front line?
Therefore, the second assessment would definitely not be so strict.
As for the problem of insufficient strength...
On the battlefield, as long as one could survive, they were considered elite.
As for how many people would die due to insufficient strength during this period, this was not within the consideration of the Konoha high-level officials.
From beginning to end, all they cared about was whether they could win the war.
Nothing else mattered.
Shaking his head slightly, Seimei stopped thinking about it and turned to run towards Training Ground 44, also known as the Forest of Death.
That's right, the second exam was in the Forest of Death.
As a dangerous place within Konoha Village, the Forest of Death had a diameter of about twenty kilometers. In the center was a tall tower, surrounded by a circle of barbed wire, and in between were forests, lakes, and rivers.
Because of its unique ecological environment, the Forest of Death was filled with poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, and miasma, making it very suitable for testing the comprehensive qualities of ninjas.
Therefore, it had become the most commonly used Chunin Exam venue in Konoha.
This time was no exception.
More than ten minutes later.
Seimei arrived outside the 'Forest of Death'.
At this time, there were still more than two hours before the exam started, but many examinees had already gathered here.
They were either in groups of two or three or standing alone, but no one spoke. They just waited quietly for the exam to start.
Seimei understood this very well.
Which of the ninjas present hadn't come from the battlefield? Who didn't have relatives or friends who died on the battlefield? They had once agreed to become Chunin together, but now they were alone. How could their mood be good?
Even Seimei, standing here at this moment, couldn't help but think of Mizutani Shizuko and Ryosuke, let alone others.
After adjusting his mood, Seimei went to a corner, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to refine chakra.
With the improvement of his basic attributes and the shackles of his body being broken, Seimei could now not only recover chakra but also increase his maximum chakra limit by practicing the 'Chakra Refinement Technique'.
Just as he had guessed when the 'Chakra Refinement Technique' was promoted to lv4.
Now, practicing the 'Chakra Refinement Technique' for one hour could increase his maximum chakra limit by sixteen points, which was twice as much as when it was at lv3.
In this way, practicing for a maximum of eight hours a day could allow him to gain 128 chakra points in his maximum chakra limit.
According to his previous estimation, it would take about forty days for him to realize all his potential, considering the increase of 5,000 points in his maximum chakra limit this time.
This was the benefit of having a high level of 'Chakra Refinement Technique'.
The only pity was that he still needed more than 1,400 proficiency points to upgrade the 'Chakra Refinement Technique' from lv4 to Lv5.
At his current rate of accumulating proficiency, it would take about half a year to upgrade.
This time was too long!
Otherwise, it wouldn't be a bad way to 'increase income' internally.
According to the previous effect of upgrading from lv3 to lv4, once his 'Chakra Refinement Technique' was upgraded from lv4 to Lv5, it would definitely increase the amount of chakra he could use every day.
Moreover, this number wouldn't be less than 1,300 points.
'Sigh! What a pity.'
Sighing inwardly, Seimei stopped thinking about it and turned to focus on his training.
Time passed by.
More and more examinees gathered here.
About an hour before the exam started, all sixty Genin who passed the written test arrived.
It was only then that the atmosphere in the field became a bit more lively.
People were either chatting with each other or inquiring about information about others. In short, the scene became much livelier.
During this period, Seimei heard his name mentioned several times and also occasionally felt the gazes of others, but he ignored them all.
What was the use of knowing his information? In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or scheme was a joke.
Therefore, Seimei didn't care about them observing him at all.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 76: The Exam Begins
Another hour later.
The examiner for the second exam finally arrived at the scene.
Instantly, the field fell silent.
Seimei also woke up from his cultivation.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Tanigawa Masaki, and I will be your examiner for the next part of the exam."
The Konoha Jonin in front of everyone said.
After speaking, he pointed to the Forest of Death behind him and said, "I believe you already know that your second exam will take place in here. Next, I will introduce you to this place..."
Then, he briefly explained the situation inside the Forest of Death.
After listening to his description, everyone present couldn't help but gasp.
No wonder, in his words, it was too dangerous inside.
Before everyone could recover, Tanigawa Masaki took out a stack of 'consent forms' from his arms and said to himself, "Given the danger of the exam, all candidates must sign the 'consent form' and be responsible for their own lives."
As he spoke, he handed the 'consent forms' in his hand to a Genin in the front row, motioning for him to pass them on.
After everyone got the 'consent form', Tanigawa Masaki saw that some people looked hesitant and suddenly changed his tone, saying, "Of course, if you are afraid, you can also choose not to sign."
However, before everyone could be happy, he continued, "But in that case, you will be considered to have given up, and you won't need to participate in the next exam."
Hearing this, everyone immediately lost interest.
They came here to take the exam. If they couldn't take the exam, why did they come here?
Seimei took the 'consent form' and scanned it briefly.
It was just some words like "I voluntarily participate in this Chunin Exam" and "I will bear all consequences for any accidents", not much different from the pre-exam commitment letter in his previous life.
Seimei didn't hesitate much. After scanning it, he signed his name.
Ten minutes later, all sixty people in the field signed the 'consent form' one after another, and no one gave up because of the danger.
After collecting all the 'consent forms', Tanigawa Masaki nodded with satisfaction and then said, "Next, I will officially introduce the rules of the second exam to you."
As he spoke, he took out two scrolls, one with the word "Heaven" written on it and the other with the word "Earth", and showed them to everyone.
"What are these?" someone asked.
"The Heaven Scroll and the Earth Scroll."
Tanigawa Masaki didn't keep them in suspense and immediately gave the answer, then continued, "Next, you will fight around them."
"Fight around them?"
Someone looked at the scrolls in Tanigawa Masaki's hands and asked in confusion.
"That's right!"
Tanigawa Masaki replied, then put away the scrolls and said, "There are a total of sixty of you. Each of you will get a scroll, thirty of you will get the 'Heaven Scroll', and the other thirty will get the 'Earth Scroll'.
And the condition for passing the exam is: any team that holds both the 'Heaven Scroll' and the 'Earth Scroll' and reaches the central tower will pass."
Before Tanigawa Masaki could finish his words, someone immediately interrupted, "Teacher, some of our teams have more people, some have fewer, and some even have only one person in their team. Isn't this a bit unfair?"
"Fair?"
Tanigawa Masaki's expression turned serious, and he said coldly, "On the battlefield, will the enemy talk about fairness with you?"
"Yeah, will the enemy talk about fairness?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but recall their experiences on the battlefield and fell silent.
At this time, Tanigawa Masaki said again, "What's more, if you feel that there are too few people, you can choose to form alliances. Anyway, there are plenty of scrolls. Just grab more."
Hearing this, many people's eyes lit up, especially those who were alone. They had already started looking for alliance partners.
Only Seimei remained unmoved.
Firstly, he was confident that even alone, he could obtain the scrolls he wanted. Secondly, this kind of alliance was not very reliable.
With fewer people, they might not be able to defeat those teams with good teamwork.
With more people, it was possible that they would start fighting amongst themselves first.
Therefore, Seimei wasn't very optimistic about this model.
But undeniably, giving each person a scroll instead of each team greatly increased the chances of passing.
'It seems that the difficulty of this Chunin Exam has indeed decreased.'
Seimei thought to himself.
Then, Tanigawa Masaki also explained the situations that would lead to failure.
The first was that any team that didn't reach the central tower within the time limit, which was five days, would be eliminated.
The second was that any team that lost members or lost the ability to continue fighting would be eliminated.
In addition, he finally emphasized that it was absolutely not allowed to peek at the contents of the scrolls before reaching the central tower.
As for the consequences of peeking...
He didn't say, and no one asked.
But Seimei knew that there was a 'hypnosis formula' sealed on it. Once opened, one would fall under its influence and fall asleep until the end of the exam.
'I wonder if my Sharingan can resist it? Should I try it?'
This thought suddenly popped into Seimei's mind, but he quickly suppressed it. It was better not to do such a death-defying thing.
With everything ready, the second exam officially began.
The sixty people in the field were divided into thirty-two teams, each entering from an iron gate, and began their five-day survival test.
...
As soon as he stepped into the Forest of Death, Seimei felt inexplicably depressed.
He also knew the source of this feeling, which was that the surrounding environment was too dark.
Although it was already close to evening, the sun hadn't set yet, and it was still bright outside.
But here, the top of his head was covered with branches and green leaves. Except for sporadic light, he couldn't see the sun at all.
Coupled with the humid and cold environment and the occasional roars of beasts from afar, it naturally gave people a particularly depressing feeling.
Fortunately, Seimei was already used to surviving in harsh environments, so he quickly dispelled these negative emotions.
After briefly identifying the direction, Seimei suddenly activated his Sharingan and then ran towards the nearest entrance at an extremely fast speed.
Perhaps because he was on the outskirts of the forest, he didn't encounter any danger along the way.
In just a few minutes, Seimei arrived at the entrance closest to him.
After carefully checking, Seimei was lucky enough to find traces of someone passing by not long ago.
The Forest of Death was almost circular, with a diameter of twenty kilometers, so the circumference was sixty kilometers.
There were forty-four entrances distributed on this sixty-kilometer-long barbed wire fence, and they only had a total of thirty-two teams.
Therefore, before arriving, Seimei didn't know if anyone had entered this entrance.
Now it seemed that his luck seemed to be pretty good, just happening to encounter that 70% probability.
With the help of the Sharingan's powerful insight, Seimei quickly determined the number of people in this team and their direction of travel - three people, northwest direction.
Seimei didn't hesitate at all and immediately followed the traces they left behind, chasing after them.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 77: Obtained
In the forest.
Seimei was moving rapidly.
Suddenly, a kunai shot from the front right.
Almost instinctively, Seimei dodged and jumped onto another tree not far away.
However, as soon as his feet touched the branch, he felt something was wrong.
Looking down, he saw a barely noticeable steel wire.
'A trap? Is it because I killed that white-haired ape just now?'
That's right. Just now, on his way, for some reason, he was targeted by a white-haired ape.
Seimei didn't want to cause any additional trouble, but the environment in the jungle was too suitable for the ape.
For a while, he couldn't get rid of its pursuit.
So, Seimei decided to go all out and, after some effort, dealt with it. He originally thought that it wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
Unexpectedly, the three-person team he was chasing was so close, so it was no wonder they noticed some movement.
That's right, Seimei was almost certain that the people who set the trap and ambushed him here were that three-person team.
Almost instantly, Seimei figured out the cause and effect.
At this time, the trap had just been triggered.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
A dozen kunai shot from all directions, blocking all possible escape routes.
However, facing such a predicament, Seimei not only didn't panic at all, but even had the mood to comment, "The trap is well set!"
This wasn't a joke, but he really thought so.
In this current situation, if it were an ordinary person, there was almost no good way other than to resist head-on and then fall into a passive position.
Unfortunately, he was not an ordinary person.
The two tomoe in Seimei's blood-red pupils spun rapidly, instantly capturing the incoming kunai in his mind and judging their flight trajectories.
Then, his figure swayed, narrowly avoiding all the attacks.
This scene stunned the three people hiding in the dark.
"Are you going to come out yourselves, or should I drag you out?"
Seimei looked around, his gaze locked on the location where the three were hiding, and said.
His tone was very calm, as if he didn't take the three of them seriously at all.
In fact, secretly, he was already on high alert.
Not to mention that the other party could set such an ingenious trap, they were definitely not mediocre. Even if the other party were just a few ordinary ninjas, he wouldn't be careless at all.
As the saying goes, even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit.
If he thought that activating the double tomoe Sharingan meant he could do whatever he wanted, that would be the real way to die.
There were all kinds of ninjutsu and secret techniques in the ninja world. Once he developed this habit, he might overturn one day.
Therefore, Seimei never underestimated anyone.
And this was also his reliance on being able to survive until now.
"Still not coming out?"
Seimei spoke again.
However, this time, before he could finish his words, several shurikens flew over.
But such an attack obviously couldn't hurt Seimei.
He easily avoided all the shuriken attacks with a few flashes.
But at this moment, a faint sense of crisis surfaced in his heart. Seimei glanced back from the corner of his eye and saw a pitch-black shadow rapidly shooting towards him.
'Shadow secret technique?'
Seeing this shadow, Seimei immediately recognized it as the inherited secret technique of the Nara clan.
Then, he thought of the other party's identity - Nara Seibei.
As the only ninja from the Nara clan participating in this Chunin Exam, Seimei had paid extra attention to him in secret.
Therefore, the moment he saw the 'Shadow Imitation Technique', he guessed the other party's identity.
'No wonder they could set such an ingenious trap. It turns out they are ninjas from the Nara clan...'
As everyone knew, the Nara clan's ninjas were famous for their high intelligence.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the other party used the kunai attack to calculate his landing point and make him fall into the trap.
Unfortunately, in the face of absolute strength, these were just minor tricks.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Seimei dodged Nara Seibei's attacks with several leaps.
Finally, the shadow suddenly stretched forward but stopped a few dozen centimeters in front of Seimei, unable to get closer.
Obviously, there wasn't enough shadow area.
Seeing this, Seimei didn't hesitate at all and immediately launched a counterattack.
He raised his hands and completed the hand seals for the 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique' at a dazzling speed.
Then, he opened his mouth and spat out dozens or even hundreds of fireballs.
Under his control, these fireballs accurately hit the location where the three were hiding.
With a series of banging explosions, Nara Seibei and his two companions were forced out.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
Several kunai shot towards Seimei.
Seimei dodged a few in a row, and when the last kunai flew past his eyes, he suddenly reached out his right hand and accurately inserted his index finger into the ring at the tail of the kunai.
Then, he flicked his wrist, and the kunai spun around his index finger a few times before he threw it out forcefully.
Whoosh~
A sound of something breaking through the air rang out.
The kunai accurately pinned itself three inches above someone's head.
Feeling the sound of the kunai piercing into the wood from the big tree above his head, Sato Masaru was startled. When he looked up and saw the kunai right above his head, his face turned pale.
It was so close. If the other party had aimed a little better, he would probably be dead now.
Wait...
'Did the other party really miss?'
This thought popped into Sato Masaru's mind. He then looked at Seimei not far away and saw the blood-red Sharingan in his eye sockets. He immediately knew that the other party had shown mercy.
Otherwise, with the Sharingan's insight, how could it have missed by exactly three inches?
Seimei ignored the motionless Sato Masaru, his figure flashed, and he had already arrived in front of another person.
Aoki Akiko looked at Seimei who suddenly appeared in front of her and didn't hesitate at all. She immediately retreated.
At the same time, she drew her kunai, preparing to counterattack.
However, it was too late.
'Genjutsu: Sharingan~'
The moment their eyes met, Seimei completed the hand seals at the fastest speed and used this technique.
Although due to insufficient preparation time, the effect was only slightly stronger than the Sharingan's own hypnotic ability, it was enough.
Aoki Akiko, who was retreating, suddenly stopped, her eyes filled with confusion. Her eyelids started to droop, as if she was about to fall asleep.
Clang~
The sound of a blade being unsheathed rang out.
Seimei swung his sword, knocking down the kunai thrown by Nara Seibei from the side, then kicked out, sending Aoki Akiko flying.
Seeing this, Nara Seibei suddenly dropped all his guard, which made Seimei, who was preparing to attack him, slightly stunned. But then he understood the other party's intention.
This was because he realized that he was no match and decided to surrender.
Sure enough, Nara Seibei's next words confirmed his guess.
He took out three scrolls from his ninja tool bag, threw them on the ground, and said quickly, "We surrender. These are the scrolls of the three of us."
Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Seimei didn't want to waste any more energy.
He walked to the scrolls in a few steps, glanced at them, and saw that they were all 'Earth Scrolls'.
It made sense. If the same team was assigned different scrolls, then what was the point of the test? They could just pass directly.
However, this happened to meet his requirements.
Seimei picked up a scroll with his short sword, carefully examined it, and after confirming that there was no problem, he left without saying a word.
It was only after he left that Nara Seibei breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 78: The Second Exam Ends
"Is the Sharingan really that powerful?"
Looking at Seimei's departing figure, Sato Masaru came to Nara Seibei's side and asked with lingering fear.
"No."
Nara Seibei shook his head and said to Sato Masaru with a serious face, "It's not that the Sharingan is powerful, but Uchiha Seimei is powerful."
"Is that so..."
Sato Masaru pondered upon hearing this.
On the side, Nara Seibei was recalling the entire process of the fight just now.
Whether it was the precise control of ninjutsu or the choices made in critical situations, Seimei had demonstrated extremely high tactical literacy.
With the addition of the Sharingan's assistance, with the strength of the three of them, there was an 80% chance that they wouldn't be his opponent.
That was why, after discovering that Seimei didn't intend to kill, he immediately chose to give up resistance.
Only in this way could the losses be minimized.
At the same time, he was also gambling that Seimei wouldn't take all the scrolls.
Facts proved that he had bet correctly.
Seimei only took one scroll that he needed and didn't care about the other two.
And their team only needed one 'Earth Scroll' to pass.
So, losing one scroll didn't matter.
This was also one of the reasons why Seimei said that the difficulty of this exam had decreased.
After all, everyone was from the same village. Unless absolutely necessary, they definitely wouldn't kill each other.
In this way, those teams with two or more people could completely hand over a scroll to save their lives when facing difficulties.
Of course, the premise was that the enemy wasn't an alliance of single-person teams that didn't need too many scrolls.
Otherwise, they could only be eliminated tragically, or they could go and plunder other people's scrolls.
...
Seimei didn't care what Nara Seibei and the others were thinking.
After collecting both the 'Heaven Scroll' and the 'Earth Scroll', he didn't waste any more time and went straight towards the central tower.
Five days, it could be long or short.
For ordinary people, it would pass in the blink of an eye, but for Seimei, it could allow him to gain a lot of proficiency.
He had already planned his training schedule. Out of the 8,000 chakra points he accumulated every day, he would take out 3,500 points to practice the 'Mind Reflection Technique'.
This could allow him to gain 21 proficiency points, which in turn would increase the Sharingan's evolution progress by 7 points.
Coupled with the 3 evolution points gained from consuming 600 chakra points to maintain the Sharingan for fifteen hours, that would be 10 points.
As for the remaining 3,900 chakra points, he planned to allocate 2,500 points for practicing the 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique', 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique', and 'Genjutsu: Sharingan'.
In this way, each skill could gain about 10 proficiency points.
At this time, there were 1,400 chakra points remaining.
Seimei planned to use 420 of them to practice the 'Body Flicker Technique'.
The 'Body Flicker Technique' was only a D-rank ninjutsu, and the minimum chakra consumption to gain proficiency was 50 points. With the 16% reduction from his lv3 (220/1000) 'Chakra Control', it was 42 points.
420 chakra points were enough to increase its proficiency by 10 points.
In addition, Seimei also planned to allocate 600 chakra points for practicing the 'Healing Jutsu'.
According to past experience, this could allow him to gain 7 proficiency points.
The remaining 300+ chakra points, Seimei planned to use them on practicing the four skills of 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu', 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu', 'Ninja Tool Throwing', and 'Chakra Control'.
In this way, except for 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique', 'Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique', and 'Shadow Clone Technique', all his skills would be improved.
Although this seemed like he was spreading himself too thin, with the proficiency panel, he could completely make progress on all fronts.
Later, if there were no major changes, he planned to allocate chakra according to this plan.
As for the evolution of the Sharingan...
He could only wait until after this exam to see if he could obtain a ninjutsu from the clan that could absorb other people's chakra.
If there was no external supplement, then he could only wait for the growth of his basic attributes or the level up of 'Chakra Refinement Technique' and 'Mind Reflection Technique'.
With this in mind, Seimei unconsciously quickened his pace.
...
More than half an hour later.
Seimei arrived at the periphery of the central tower.
Along the way, he avoided trouble whenever he could. If he couldn't avoid it, he would resolve it with thunderous means, basically not wasting much time.
Therefore, he arrived here before dark.
He glanced around, made sure there was no ambush, and then approached the central tower.
Creak~
The door was pushed open, and Seimei stepped in.
As expected, there was no one inside, not even the 'Chunin Insights' that the Third Hokage later hung on the wall.
Seimei didn't pay much attention to this and just found a corner and started his own training.
For him, the Chunin Exams were just a formality. His own training was the key.
Just like that, days passed, and the number of people here gradually increased.
The second person to arrive here was Uchiha Shisui.
He arrived less than ten minutes later than him.
Obviously, the Chunin Exams were not difficult for him either.
Uchiha Shisui tried to talk to him several times, but seeing that he was diligently training, he didn't disturb him too much.
...
In a blink of an eye, more than four days had passed.
At this time, the number of Genin gathered in the tower had exceeded twenty-five.
When the exam time officially ended, this number became twenty-eight.
It was worth mentioning that Nara Seibei's team, from whom Seimei had snatched a scroll, also successfully passed the test and arrived here on the second day.
Obviously, in this relatively 'relaxed' exam mode, being smart was quite advantageous.
Bang~
A cloud of chakra smoke dispersed.
The 'Heaven Scroll' and 'Earth Scroll' in everyone's hands opened automatically, and the 'possession formula' on them activated at the same time. Tanigawa Masaki suddenly appeared in the field.
Instantly, everyone fell silent, looking at Tanigawa Masaki with expectant eyes.
Tanigawa Masaki didn't waste any words. After glancing around, he said loudly, "First of all, congratulations to all of you. You have passed the second exam."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers in the field, especially from those teams of two or three people, their voices were the loudest.
"Quiet!"
Tanigawa Masaki pressed his hands down, signaling everyone to be quiet.
After the field became quiet again, Tanigawa Masaki continued, "Next, you have one night to rest. Tomorrow morning, the final exam will be held. As for the location..."
Tanigawa Masaki pointed to the ground beneath his feet and said, "It's right here. There will be medical ninjas coming later. Those of you who need treatment can go find them."
After saying that, he left using the Body Flicker Technique.
And after he left, the field became noisy again.
Seimei was thinking about what the other party had just said. The third exam would be held here, which meant that it wouldn't be open to the public.
But thinking about it, it made sense. It wasn't peacetime now, and there was no need to display the country's power to deter the surrounding areas.
It was wartime now, and as the village's reserve force, the process of the Chunin Exams naturally needed to be kept confidential.
In this way, it was not surprising that it was held here.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 79: Easy Victory
Time flew by, and it was already the morning of the next day.
After being treated by the medical ninjas and having a night's rest, the condition of the twenty-eight people in the field had improved a lot.
Just then, the creaking sound of the door being pushed open was heard.
Led by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, a dozen ninjas walked in.
Among them were not only the examiners from the first and second exams but also many teachers of the candidates present.
If Furukawa were still alive, he should also be here at this time.
Unfortunately, he was already dead.
However, Seimei did see a familiar face in the crowd.
Well...
He couldn't be considered an acquaintance!
It was the Uchiha Jonin who had given him the pension and living expenses - Uchiha Haruto.
The moment their eyes met, Seimei nodded to him.
Seeing this, Uchiha Haruto also nodded.
This time, he represented the Uchiha clan to come here to support Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Seimei.
There was nothing much to say about Uchiha Shisui. He was a recognized genius of the Uchiha clan and must be well protected.
As for Uchiha Seimei...
He remembered that when he was ordered by the Great Elder to observe Seimei, he had concluded that it was basically impossible for him to awaken the Sharingan.
Unexpectedly, a few months later, he had not only awakened the Sharingan but also opened it to double tomoe.
Uchiha Haruto just wanted to say one thing: Life is unpredictable.
However, he could also understand.
After all, within a few short months, two companions and a teacher died one after another. Under such stimulation, it was normal to awaken the Sharingan.
He just didn't understand why the other party didn't awaken the Sharingan after hearing the news of his parents' death.
'Could it be because he didn't see it with his own eyes, so the stimulation wasn't enough?'
Uchiha Haruto pondered in his heart, but didn't show anything on his face.
After everyone took their seats, Hiruzen Sarutobi first gave a long speech and then announced the official start of the third exam.
Immediately, a Konoha Jonin stepped forward and said, "I will be in charge of the next exam. The specific rules are as follows."
Hearing this, everyone pricked up their ears.
"First, this round of the exam is individual. Everyone can withdraw according to their own wishes.
Second, the exam will be conducted in the form of actual combat. Two people will be randomly selected each time for a one-on-one duel. The winner will enter the next round until the final champion is determined.
In addition, this exam does not restrict any means. The criteria for victory are one person dying or surrendering."
Hearing this, everyone's hearts tightened.
"However..."
At this moment, the examiner changed his tone and said, "In order not to increase unnecessary casualties, when I think the outcome is clear, I will intervene and stop the fight. At that time, you must stop attacking."
"So... is anyone withdrawing now?"
The field was silent, and no one said they wanted to withdraw.
The examiner scanned the twenty-eight people present and nodded with satisfaction. Finally, he said, "Since no one is withdrawing, I declare the exam officially begins!"
After saying that, he motioned for a Chunin beside him to bring a wooden box.
Then, he reached into the wooden box and randomly drew out two slips of paper. After opening them, he read, "Akito! Akai Kaede!"
Hearing their names, two candidates, one tall and one short, stepped out from the队伍.
The others went to the corridor on the second floor of the tower.
From here, they could clearly see the battle below.
"Begin!"
As soon as the examiner gave the order, Akito and Akai Kaede immediately took out their kunais and started fighting.
The sound of metal clashing continuously rang out. The two were evenly matched in close combat, and it was difficult to determine the winner for a while.
In the end, Akito was slightly better.
At the cost of getting injured, he suddenly created some distance and skillfully used an Earth Release ninjutsu called 'Mud Binding Technique' to trap Akai Kaede.
Then, he threw several shurikens, aiming directly at the opponent's eyes and throat.
Akai Kaede's hands were bound, and he couldn't make any effective response, so he had to admit defeat. The shurikens were blocked by the examiner.
This battle could only be said to be average, nothing particularly eye-catching.
It was just that Akito acted decisively, taking the initiative to exchange injuries for time and seizing the opportunity, which was how he won the final victory.
Otherwise, it was really hard to say who would win or lose.
"First match, Akito wins!"
The examiner shouted, then let the two of them go down. He then drew two more slips of paper from the wooden box, opened them, and read, "Takakura Shota... Uchiha Seimei!"
Hearing his name being called, Seimei was slightly stunned, then walked towards the stairs.
He really didn't expect that he would be drawn in the second match.
But it didn't matter.
He had to go on stage sooner or later, so it was the same whether it was earlier or later. As the saying goes, strength was the foundation of everything.
As long as his strength was sufficient, he wasn't afraid of being observed.
Coming to the center of the hall, Seimei looked at the teenager in front of him, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old. He already knew that the other party wasn't a genius, otherwise, he wouldn't still be a Genin until now.
The examiner stood between the two and asked, "Are you ready?"
Seeing both of them nod at the same time, he immediately waved his right hand down and said, "Begin!"
After saying that, his figure suddenly retreated, leaving the field to the two of them.
The two confronted each other for a moment. Seimei saw Takakura Shota's serious expression and his movements, clearly intending to fight defensively and counterattack.
So, he didn't waste any more time. He flipped his palm, took out several shurikens from his ninja tool bag, and threw them out without even looking.
This move of his seemed simple, but it wasn't.
The few shurikens he threw perfectly blocked Takakura Shota's dodging space, forcing him to block head-on.
Things developed just as Seimei expected. Takakura Shota waved the kunai in his hand, blocking the shurikens that were attacking him.
Clang clang clang~
A few crisp sounds of metal clashing rang out, and the kunais thrown by Seimei were all knocked away.
From this, it could also be seen that Takakura Shota's basics were not bad.
But this was far from enough.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Takakura Shota was distracted, Seimei instantly completed the hand seals and used the 'Body Flicker Technique' to arrive in front of the opponent at an extremely fast speed.
Takakura Shota's reaction was also not slow. Seeing Seimei approaching, he immediately swung the kunai in his hand, aiming directly at Seimei's throat.
Although the opponent's movements were not slow, in Seimei's eyes, they were not much different from slow motion.
The double tomoe Sharingan's insight ability was much stronger than the single tomoe's.
Therefore, before the opponent's kunai could get close, Seimei dodged sideways in advance, then took advantage of the gap when the opponent swung the kunai, raised his knee, and hit him right in the abdomen.
Suffering this heavy blow, Takakura Shota let out a muffled groan of pain, and his body flew backward.
Even so, Takakura Shota still didn't give up. The moment he landed, he rolled and stood up, holding the kunai, ready to face Seimei's continuous attacks.
However, to his surprise, the expected attacks didn't come.
Takakura Shota was puzzled and unconsciously looked at Seimei. However, what he saw was a pair of blood-red Sharingan.
Then, his consciousness fell into darkness.
When he woke up again, a kunai was already placed on his neck.
Gulp~
Feeling the slight chill from his neck, Takakura Shota swallowed hard and said tremblingly, "I surrender."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 80: Hypothetical Opponent
"Second match, Uchiha Seimei, wins!"
Hearing the examiner's words, Seimei put down the kunai in his hand, took two steps back, and after slightly increasing the distance, turned and walked towards the stairs.
During this time, he didn't say a word, highlighting two words - aloofness.
This wasn't Seimei deliberately pretending, but this attitude could effectively keep those who wanted to get close to him at bay.
In this way, he could focus on his own affairs.
After Seimei walked into the stairs, the crowd in the field seemed to react, whispering and muttering.
Even without listening carefully, Seimei could hear some exclamations like "How is he so strong?" and "That was too fast."
Indeed, this battle ended too quickly.
From the moment the two confronted each other to Takakura Shota's surrender, it took less than two minutes, and the actual fighting time was only a dozen seconds.
This was simply inconceivable for these examinees whose understanding was still at the Genin to Chunin stage.
But for the Jonin who were watching the battle, the situation was relatively clear.
Although this battle seemed to last for a very short time, and Seimei won very easily, what it showed was a complete碾压 in combat experience and skills.
In this way, supplemented by proficient Sharingan usage techniques, it was not surprising to end the battle instantly.
Even so, some Jonin were still surprised by Seimei's strength.
Among them was Uchiha Haruto.
At this time, he realized that he and some of the clan's higher-ups had focused too much attention on Uchiha Shisui in the past period and had neglected this genius, Uchiha Seimei.
Admittedly, Uchiha Seimei's potential might not be as good as Uchiha Shisui's, but it was definitely better than most Uchiha ninjas.
'It seems that after this, I need to let the Great Elder pay more attention to this Uchiha Seimei.'
Uchiha Haruto thought to himself.
...
At the same time, the third match had already begun.
This time, two female examinees came up, one of whom Seimei also knew. It was Aoki Akiko from Nara Seibei's team, whom he had kicked away earlier.
Her strength might not be worth mentioning in front of him, but compared to her current opponent, she still had some commendable points.
At least, in terms of taijutsu, her ability was slightly stronger than her opponent's.
And in the end, she narrowly defeated her opponent relying on this point.
"Third match, Aoki Akiko, wins!"
The examiner's voice sounded at the right time.
"Akiko, well done!"
Sato Masaru's cheers from the corridor on the second floor followed closely.
After the two left the field, the examiner immediately drew the candidates for the fourth match.
Just like that, time passed bit by bit, and the matches continued one after another.
It wasn't until the penultimate match that Uchiha Shisui's name was called.
And his opponent was Nara Seibei, who had interacted with Seimei before.
Coming to the field and looking at Uchiha Shisui with double tomoe Sharingan in front of him, Nara Seibei felt speechless.
What sin had he committed? He had just encountered Uchiha Seimei in the second exam, and now he had encountered Uchiha Shisui again.
Although it was inevitable to encounter these two if he wanted to compete for a good ranking, but...
'Why in the first round?'
This didn't even give him a chance to prepare. The Nara clan's smart brains needed intelligence support to function.
Otherwise, no matter how smart the brain was, it would be useless without information.
Just like now, facing Uchiha Shisui, apart from knowing that the other party had the same Sharingan as Uchiha Seimei, he didn't know any other information.
Oh, right, the other party also carried a sword, so he might be good at kenjutsu.
But what was the use of just knowing this? Combat experience, combat skills, attack habits, etc., all of these were unknown. How could he win?
'Sigh, I can only take it one step at a time now...'
Nara Seibei felt melancholic in his heart, and the battle had already begun.
On the corridor on the second floor.
Seimei watched their battle with a flicker in his eyes.
Nara Seibei relied entirely on his brain to fight. Although he didn't know much about Uchiha Shisui, his ability to adapt was very strong.
With his inherited 'Shadow Imitation Technique' and decent close combat skills, he unexpectedly didn't fall behind for a while.
Unfortunately, that was all.
Once Uchiha Shisui got serious, Nara Seibei probably wouldn't be able to hold on.
That's right, Seimei had already seen that from the beginning of the battle until now, Uchiha Shisui hadn't used his full strength at all.
At the very least, he hadn't used Sharingan genjutsu or ninjutsu, and he had been fighting with kenjutsu the entire time.
This wasn't to say that Uchiha Shisui was deliberately holding back. He was just testing Nara Seibei's limits.
Once he confirmed this, defeating the opponent would only take an instant.
Just like how he dealt with Takakura Shota not long ago.
The difference was that Takakura Shota's strength could be seen through at a glance and didn't need to be tested.
But Nara Seibei was different. He had to be tested.
If he rushed in without considering anything, it was very likely that he would steal the chicken but end up losing the rice.
Fortunately, Uchiha Shisui was still cautious.
However, Seimei estimated that the other party was about to launch a real attack.
As for the reason...
It was simple. Nara Seibei's strength had basically been figured out. Continuing further was not only a waste of time but also might lead to unexpected changes.
After all, the Nara clan ninjas' brains were quite good. If he was given more time, maybe he could really find some way to win.
Therefore, it was better to end the battle quickly.
Sure enough, things developed almost as Seimei expected. Not long after, Uchiha Shisui showed his true strength.
Sharingan genjutsu and ninjutsu were used together.
In an instant, Nara Seibei was forced into a desperate situation and finally surrendered with Uchiha Shisui's sword against his throat.
Seeing this scene, Seimei murmured, "Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu, the level is probably around the early stage of lv3."
That's right, what Uchiha Shisui used was the inherited 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' of the Uchiha clan.
And from his battle with Nara Seibei, Seimei had already deduced his level - lv3, a whole level lower than his 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu'.
And he also had the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' with even higher proficiency.
With the two working together, in close combat, there was absolutely no problem in surpassing Uchiha Shisui.
As for long-range attacks, Seimei recalled the Fire Release ninjutsu the opponent used just now. If that was his true level, then it wasn't a big problem either.
The only thing worth being vigilant about was what the opponent's genjutsu level was. Were there any differences between them, both having double tomoe Sharingan?
This wasn't to say that Seimei had to consider Uchiha Shisui as a hypothetical opponent, but after watching this round of matches, he believed that only the two of them could make it to the end.
Therefore, a fight was inevitable.
And just as Seimei was observing Uchiha Shisui, the other party also seemed to sense something and looked over. Their gazes met in the air, and both saw the fighting spirit in each other's eyes.
After traveling to this world for eight or nine months, he had been working hard to cultivate.
Now that he had finally encountered a well-known figure from his memory among his peers, and could even have a legitimate fight.
Even Seimei couldn't help but have the desire to compare.
Not for anything else, but just to prove that his efforts had not been in vain.
That's why Seimei had such high fighting spirit.
(End of this chapter)