"Continue."
Pulling himself back from his thoughts, Seimei stopped thinking too much and raised his hand, ready to continue practicing the Clone Jutsu.
However, just as he started forming the seals, he realized that his Chakra had been completely depleted, and there wasn't enough left to perform the jutsu again.
He glanced at the panel and, unsurprisingly, his Chakra was nearly exhausted.
Recalling the memories in his mind, Seimei sat cross-legged and focused his mind inward, using his will to draw out the Physical Energy generated by his body's cells.
Then, he carefully mixed it evenly with his Mental Energy, and after a process of conversion, it became Chakra, which then flowed into the Chakra pathways spread throughout his body.
As this process continued, the Chakra within him gradually became more abundant.
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One hour later.
Seimei opened his eyes.
"Panel!"
With a thought, Seimei opened the Proficiency Level panel.
[Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 10
Physique: 5
Spirit: 7
Chakra: 52 (125→126)
Bloodline: Sharingan · Not Awakened (51/100)
Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv0 (1/100)
Clone Jutsu: lv0 (6/100)]
Just like the Clone Jutsu, after he personally refined his Chakra once, a new skill called Chakra Refining Technique appeared on the panel.
The lv0 Chakra Refining Technique could increase his Chakra limit by one point and restore fifty points of Chakra for every hour it was used.
At the same time, the Proficiency Level would also increase by one point.
It can be expected that as the level increases, the effects will undoubtedly rise significantly.
Right now, his growth rate might not match that of some geniuses, but that could change in the future.
With that thought, Seimei stopped wasting time and once again focused his mind, closing his eyes to refine his Chakra.
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Time passed second by second.
Before he knew it, another hour had gone by.
Seimei opened his eyes and sensed the Chakra within him; it was nearly at its limit, so he decided to stop refining.
Of course, he couldn't continue refining any further.
After all, Chakra doesn't just materialize out of thin air; the refining process consumes his Physical and Mental Energy.
Earlier, merging with the original owner's memories had already exhausted a lot of his mental focus. Following that, he had spent time contemplating strategies and exploring the panel's functions, leaving him mentally fatigued.
Continuing like this would not only risk harming his foundation but would also yield diminishing returns.
Given this, it was better to take a break for now.
'However, I can't waste the Chakra in my body.'
With this thought, Seimei forced himself to concentrate, reviewing the memories in his mind, and began to form the seals again, attempting to perform the Clone Jutsu.
A few minutes later, after depleting his Chakra, Seimei had attempted the Clone Jutsu five times in total.
As expected, all of them failed.
It was to be expected; even a proper Ninja Academy student takes years to master the Three Basic Jutsu. For someone like him, an outsider, to think he could succeed after just a few attempts was undoubtedly wishful thinking.
Even with the boost from the original owner's memories, he still couldn't manage it.
However, according to the Proficiency Level panel, he was alredy one-fifth through to success.
At this point, the only thing limiting his progress was the amount of Chakra he had.
But this was difficult to improve in the short term; he wasn't a genius, and at such a young age, having so much Chakra was unrealistic.
For now, he could only develop step by step.
Looking up at the bright moon outside, Seimei decided not to think too much. After freshening up a bit, he returned to his bedroom.
Soon, a soft snoring sound filled the room.
Outside the window.
At some point, a shadow appeared.
The crimson eyes shone particularly brightly in the night; it was an Uchiha Ninja with the Three Tomoe Sharingan activated.
He stared at Seimei for a while before silently disappearing.
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The next day.
Morning.
Seimei woke from his sleep, and the first thing he did was open the panel.
[Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 10
Physique: 5
Spirit: 7
Chakra: 37 (127)
Bloodline: Sharingan · Not Awakened (51/100)
Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv0 (2/100)
Clone Jutsu: lv0 (19/100)]
After confirming that all of this was not an illusion, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Then, he turned his attention to the Chakra.
He could see that after a night of rest, even without specifically refining Chakra, over thirty points of Chakra had naturally restored in his body.
However, Seimei didn't immediately use it up; he still had to go to school today, and it would be troublesome if he needed it later.
In fact, he had considered taking a few days off to fully realize the benefits left by the original owner, but doing so might attract more attention.
In that case, it would be better to go to school!
Even if he showed some flaws, he could explain it away as a sudden change.
If he stayed home and someone came looking for him, it would be even harder to explain.
After weighing his options, Seimei decided to continue going to school; as long as he kept a low profile, it shouldn't pose too much of a problem.
With his decision made, Seimei didn't dwell on it any longer. He quickly tidied up, ate something to fill his stomach, and immediately rushed to the Academy.
At this time, the Uchiha Clan had not yet been forced to relocate to the corner of the village and was still situated in the central area, not far from the Academy.
So, Seimei quickly arrived at school.
Following his memories, he found his classroom. Along the way, some people greeted him, and he just nodded in response.
Fortunately, the original owner was somewhat aloof, like many ninjas from the Uchiha Clan, or else it would have been hard for him to disguise himself.
Ding ding ding~
About ten minutes later, the class bell rang.
A ninja in his twenties walked into the classroom; he was their homeroom teacher and instructor, named Sugiki Kazuto.
From the original owner's memories, Seimei learned that, like most sensei in the school, he did not show much distinction in how he treated different students.
Therefore, Seimei didn't have to worry about the Uchiha surname causing any trouble.
While thinking this, Seimei noticed Sugiki Kazuto glance in his direction, causing his heart to race.
Fortunately, the teacher didn't look for long and quickly started the lesson.
At the podium, Seimei didn't hear a word of what Sugiki Kazuto was saying; he was just wondering why the teacher had looked at him earlier.
He was certain that the teacher's glance was not a casual sweep; he was really observing him.
Did he notice something?
Seimei felt anxious.
Ding ding ding~
Suddenly, the class bell rang.
Seimei was jolted awake, realizing that an entire class had passed without him noticing.
Sugiki Kazuto shook his head at the distracted Seimei, said nothing more, and after calling out "class dismissed," left the classroom.
As Seimei's sensei, he naturally knew the news of his parents' deaths.
In fact, he received updates whenever a student had a family member sacrifice themselves; this information was specifically conveyed to them by the Konoha Elders for all teachers.
The purpose of this was to enable them to guide their students in a timely manner and to prevent extreme situations from arising.
Originally, he intended to talk to Uchiha Seimei today.
However, a ninja from the Uchiha Clan had already given him a heads-up last night, telling him not to intervene, which was why he didn't take any action.
The reason the Uchiha did this was simple: they wanted to see if Seimei could awaken the Sharingan.
For the Uchiha Elders, it was a big deal if a potential talent from their clan was wasted; if he could awaken a pair of Sharingan, that would be a significant gain.
That's why they didn't let Sugiki Kazuto interfere.
In the future, someone like Iruka might withstand the pressure and guide Seimei, but Sugiki Kazuto was different; he didn't have that much sense of responsibility, so he just went along with it.
Seimei was completely unaware of all this; he was still feeling guilty about Sugiki Kazuto's special attention.
However, after some reflection, he roughly guessed that Sugiki Kazuto likely had no malicious intent toward him.
He probably just knew about the sacrifice of his parents, which led him to pay a bit more attention to Seimei.
Huff—
Having figured this out, Seimei finally let out a sigh of relief.