Chapter 117: Six Months
"Kurama, have you had enough rest? If so, let's continue."
After enjoying a relaxing soak in the hot spring, Baishi returned to the training chamber and spoke to the Nine-Tails with a teasing tone.
Hearing this, Kurama's anger flared instantly. It struggled against the restraints, but the sealing space didn't budge.
Seeing its futile resistance, Baishi chuckled. "You're quite energetic. I take it you're ready."
ROAR!
The Nine-Tails let out a furious roar, yelling, "You little brat, just wait! One day, I'll devour you whole!"
Baishi rolled his eyes, cleaning out his ears exaggeratedly. "Hey, can't you come up with a new threat? Every time it's the same. You wanna eat me? Don't you remember Kinkaku and Ginkaku?"
"What Kinkaku and Ginkaku?" Kurama's tone was filled with confusion.
Baishi sighed inwardly. So, you really don't think much of humans, huh?
He decided to remind it. "You know, those two Cloud ninjas you swallowed whole? They survived by eating your flesh. Do you really think I'm weaker than them?"
His meaning was clear: even if Kurama managed to swallow him, he could survive and make it regret it.
As expected, Kurama fell silent. The giant fox seemed to spiral into a self-imposed depression, its massive form slumping as if it were sulking.
Satisfied, Baishi refrained from further provoking it and began his own evolution training.
This time, despite his continued extraction of its chakra, Kurama made no effort to resist. While resistance was futile anyway, the lack of struggle allowed Baishi to focus more on his training.
That afternoon, as planned, he concentrated on improving Spatial Perception, Sensory Enhancement, and Mental Resistance.
Among them, Sensory Enhancement and Mental Resistance were at Level VII, meaning they could progress relatively quickly. However, Spatial Perception, even at just one level higher, advanced at a significantly slower pace.
Fortunately, with an abundant energy source now at his disposal, Baishi no longer had to endure the frustration of slow progress.
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As the Sun Set, Night Fell.
By the time darkness enveloped the land, Baishi was seated in the training chamber, his palms outstretched. Each hand held a swirling sphere of pure, unaligned chakra.
Clearly, he had paused the evolution of Spatial Perception, Sensory Enhancement, and Mental Resistance, shifting his focus to developing new chakra natures.
Logically, he could accelerate this process by creating multiple shadow clones to train alongside him.
However, Baishi opted against it. While shadow clones could consolidate training experience, their efficiency paled in comparison to his system. And the system didn't allow splitting its focus.
Thus, training solo remained far more effective.
Time ticked by. Midnight arrived before Baishi finally stopped.
Opening his system interface, he glanced at his progress. While the changes were modest, the day's achievements were clearly recorded, providing him with immense motivation.
Most people struggle to persevere not because they can't, but because they fail to see tangible results.
If everyone had a system interface like this, few would give up so easily, Baishi thought with a wry smile.
Shaking his head to dispel further musings, he closed the interface and went to clean up. Exhausted, he collapsed into bed, falling asleep almost immediately.
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Morning.
The chirping of birds stirred Baishi awake. Sunlight filtered through the window, warming his face and making him squint against the brightness.
"Ahhh~"
Stretching with a yawn, he muttered, "That was a good night's sleep."
After freshening up and eating a few ration pills to fill his stomach, Baishi dove into another day of training.
The routine was as dull and monotonous as ever. Without the system to track his progress, he doubted he could endure such drudgery for long.
And so, the days slipped by.
As the fifteen spies monitoring Moon Island returned to their respective villages, their odd behavior quickly drew attention.
This prompted the villages to send a second wave of operatives to investigate.
Baishi followed the same process, planting mental seeds in the newcomers and sending them back.
The cycle repeated. As more spies were deployed, Baishi turned Moon Island into a complete information black hole for the ninja world.
As the influx of spies increased, their skill levels rose accordingly. When Baishi grew tired of dealing with them, he retreated to the magma cave for uninterrupted training.
Once they left, he would resurface.
This game of cat and mouse added a bit of amusement to his otherwise tedious routine.
Finally, after suffering multiple setbacks, the villages ceased sending operatives to the island itself, opting to monitor its surrounding waters instead.
Baishi paid them little attention.
When his Spatial Perception reached Level IX, his Flying Thunder God Technique's maximum range expanded to 500 kilometers, rendering such surveillance efforts meaningless.
More importantly, the time required to lock onto markers was drastically reduced, enabling faster teleportation.
This effectively increased his ability to evade ambushes and escape unfavorable situations.
Moreover, the past six months had seen substantial improvement in many of his abilities.
"System, display my status," Baishi commanded mentally.
The familiar translucent panel appeared:
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Host: Baishi
Age: 12
Lifespan: 87 → 91 ↑
Base Attributes:
Strength: 133 → 156 ↑
Agility: 135 → 159 ↑
Constitution: 130 → 152 ↑
Intelligence: 158 → 185 ↑
Chakra: 465 → 643 ↑
Special Enhancements:
Spatial Perception: VIII (2.5%) → IX (0.5%) ↑
Absorption Skin: VIII (2.1%) → IX (0.2%) ↑
Heat Resistance: VII (85.6%) → VIII (88.5%) ↑
Mental Resistance: VII (61.2%) → VIII (72.6%) ↑
Regeneration: VII (49.2%) → VIII (55.5%) ↑
Sensory Enhancement: VII (30.5%) → VIII (48.2%) ↑
Skin Fortification: VI (15.1%) → VIII (7.5%) ↑
Wood Release: VIII (0.2%)
Poison Resistance: VII (65.8%)
Chakra Affinity:
Water: VI (7.8%) → VII (0.1%) ↑
Earth: VI (8.5%) → VII (0.1%) ↑
Lightning: V (0.1%)
Fire: V (0.1%) ↑
Wind: V (0.1%) ↑
Cell Adaptability: V (0.1%)
Cold Resistance: IV (43.2%)
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In just half a year, all four base attributes—Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence—had risen by at least 20 points.
Of these, Intelligence saw the most dramatic growth, increasing by 27 points. Such progress was unprecedented.
The credit largely went to Kurama, whose abundant chakra supply had accelerated Baishi's evolution to incredible speeds.
Not only had his base attributes surged, but nearly all his enhancements had improved by an entire level—a feat that once seemed unattainable.
With Absorption Skin now at Level IX, his ability to process Kurama's chakra had reached new heights.
This promised even faster progress in the future, filling Baishi with boundless anticipation.
(End of Chapter)
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