Unknowingly, time had come to the afternoon of the next day.
Seimei and hyuga Ringo had also arrived at their target stronghold. It was a small town located about a hundred kilometers behind Kaze no Sato, called Futagawa Town.
This town was situated on a plain, with two rivers converging and flowing past it, hence the name Futagawa Town.
Next, what they needed to defend was the entire front line centered around this small town stronghold.
Of course, they weren't the only ones responsible for the defense. There were also the original second-line troops stationed here.
Standing on the mountaintop, looking at Futagawa Town from afar, Seimei didn't choose to go there directly. Instead, he said to hyuga Ringo, "Ringo, take a look and see if there are any problems."
Although he could roughly see the situation in the town with his Sharingan and was basically certain there were no problems, to be safe, it was better to let hyuga Ringo also take a look.
After all, the Byakugan was the expert in this regard.
Hearing his words, hyuga Ringo didn't say anything unnecessary. He nodded, then immediately raised his hand, concentrated his mind, and activated his Byakugan.
Instantly, veins bulged around his eyes, and a faint blue color appeared in hyuga Ringo's pure white pupils, with faint black markings emerging.
This was the sign of the Byakugan being activated.
Seimei glanced at it and then looked away.
Beside him, hyuga Ringo looked at Futagawa Town from afar. A moment later, he deactivated his Byakugan, nodded at Seimei, and said, "No problems."
Hearing this, Seimei was completely relieved and said, "Alright, send a message to the main force immediately, saying everything is normal!"
"Okay!"
hyuga Ringo responded, quickly took out paper and pen, and explained the situation here.
Then, he took out a palm-sized emerald green bird from his bosom and stuffed the intelligence into the message tube attached to its leg.
Then, he tossed it into the air, setting it free.
The messenger bird flapped its wings, circled in the air a few times, let out a clear chirp, and then flew in the direction it came from.
This was the summoning animal of a Konoha ninja in the main force. Although it had no combat abilities, it was very useful for delivering messages.
After it flew out of sight, hyuga Ringo retracted his gaze, looked at Seimei, pointed at Futagawa Town, and said, "Seimei, should we go over there?"
Hearing this, Seimei pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's wait for the main force to arrive and then go together."
It wasn't that Seimei was worried about any problems in Futagawa Town.
After his Sharingan and hyuga Ringo's Byakugan inspection, if there were still problems, then these two great Dojutsu would be useless.
Seimei was mainly afraid of trouble!
Although with their reconnaissance team's credentials, there wouldn't be any problems entering the town in the end, verification still took time.
Seimei didn't want to waste this time and energy, so he might as well wait for the main force to arrive and then enter together. It wouldn't be too long of a wait anyway.
About two hours later, near dusk, accompanied by the sound of rolling wheels, the main force finally arrived.
It was only because the main force consisted entirely of ninjas, whose physical strength far surpassed ordinary people.
Otherwise, transporting such a large batch of supplies, it would take at least two or three days to travel from Kaze no Sato, a hundred kilometers away, to here.
But they...
It only took them a dozen hours. The speed was quite fast.
When the troop approached, Seimei and hyuga Ringo revealed themselves. After verifying their identities, they rejoined the troop.
The main force continued forward. In no time, they were discovered by the patrol unit from Futagawa Town, and the two sides began negotiations.
Being part of the main force had this advantage: Seimei didn't have to worry about miscellaneous matters, as there were dedicated personnel to handle them.
Soon, the negotiations were completed, and it didn't take long for Seimei and the others to enter Futagawa Town.
Looking at this town, slightly larger than Kaze no Sato, Seimei thought to himself, "I wonder how long this town can hold out?"
...
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
Since entering Futagawa Town, the war seemed to have moved far away from them. For a full half month, Seimei hadn't received any combat missions.
However, he knew this was just an illusion.
The reason it had been so peaceful these past two weeks was simply that Iwa was still digesting the newly acquired territory and rebuilding their defense lines.
Once they completed these tasks, what awaited them would inevitably be even fiercer attacks.
But no matter what, he at least had some rare peaceful time for cultivation.
Seimei didn't waste this time. Every day, he was either training or on his way to train, appearing exceptionally busy.
Others weren't surprised by this. At most, they would sigh, "No wonder he has such strength at such a young age. It turns out it's all earned through hard work!"
Even inspired by him, some ninjas trained harder than usual.
However, these had nothing to do with Seimei.
He still went about his own business every day, meticulously executing his training plan, silently improving the levels of his various skills.
This evening.
On a low mountain not far from Futagawa Town.
Seimei sat cross-legged on a boulder, repeatedly using the Reflecting Heart Technique, pushing his Sharingan to continuously evolve.
And in the forest not far behind him, four shadow clones each occupied an area, practicing the Wind Release: Wind Blade and Rasengan while pondering.
Unlike the tranquility on the main body's side, the shadow clones were making quite a commotion.
From time to time, one or two wind blades would fly out, or the explosive sound of the Rasengan hitting a target could be heard.
The nearby trees and the ground were already riddled with holes from the devastation of these two techniques, looking as if they had experienced a great battle.
As for the commotion caused by the shadow clones, Seimei seemed completely unaware, still sitting there quietly.
This perfect blend of movement and stillness, if any painter were to see it, they would praise the beautiful scene and quickly pick up their brush to capture it.
Unfortunately, no one dared to peek within Seimei's training range, so naturally, there were no painters.
*Tick tock* *Tick tock*
After an unknown amount of time, Seimei suddenly paused his practice of the Reflecting Heart Technique and looked back at the four shadow clones training in the forest.
With a thought, he released the Shadow Clone Technique.
Immediately, these four figures turned into four puffs of chakra smoke.
Then, a large amount of training experience and memories flooded into Seimei's mind.
With his strong spirit and will, Seimei suppressed the discomfort in his mind and began to organize and absorb these experiences and memories.
And as this process continued, the proficiency behind 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' and 'Rasengan' on his panel began to increase rapidly.
Time passed by.
At a certain moment, a sudden enlightenment arose in his heart.
Seimei carefully savored it and immediately felt his understanding of 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' rise to a new level.
(End of this chapter)