The sun rose and set.
In the blink of an eye, a day had passed.
As Seimei had expected, the Hidden Cloud Village indeed swallowed this hidden loss and began a full-scale investigation into the fate of their infiltration team.
Because of this, Nara had no choice but to send him back into the Wailing Ghost Forest with a team.
However, this time, he was not tasked with ambushing the Hidden Cloud Village's investigation team. Instead, he was to prevent them from using this as an excuse to secretly infiltrate.
After confirming his objective, Seimei decisively created a shadow clone to carry out the mission, while he himself remained on the island to continue his training.
And what if a conflict broke out?
It was simple—every one of his shadow clones could use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
As long as one of them managed to place a chakra marker on the ground, a tree, or any other surface, his real body could teleport over immediately.
No matter what happened, he would be able to handle it.
So there was no need to worry about any mishaps.
As for chakra depletion…
Seimei had already reduced the frequency of practicing other techniques, ensuring that his chakra reserves always remained above half.
That was more than enough for a full-scale battle.
After making all the necessary arrangements, Seimei focused on his training with peace of mind.
The Next Morning
Once again, Seimei used the Reflection of the Mind Technique, stimulating that special chakra within his brain and channeling it into his eyes. His Sharingan activated instinctively.
At the same time, a faint pain spread through his eyes, accompanied by a tingling itch.
This familiar sensation...
Seimei knew that his Sharingan was evolving to the next stage.
Soon, the discomfort faded, replaced by an increase in his mental strength.
He could clearly feel that his perception of his surroundings had sharpened.
The sound of waves crashing against the reef, the movements of his shadow clones training, the chirping of birds and insects on the island—everything entered his ears with crystal clarity.
Closing his eyes, he immersed himself in these newfound sensations.
As he had previously observed, with the increase in his base attributes, every additional point gained became a significant leap forward.
After about fifteen minutes, Seimei finally opened his eyes.
Without hesitation, he formed a hand seal and dispelled the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique.
The next moment, all the shadow clones training on the island and in the surrounding waters vanished into bursts of chakra, returning their accumulated experiences and memories to him.
Seimei closed his eyes once more, carefully digesting and absorbing these experiences, converting them into proficiency for his various skills.
Moments later, he opened his eyes again and silently commanded:
"Status panel!"
In an instant, the familiar translucent blue panel appeared before him:
[Name]: Uchiha Seimei
[Age]: 13
[Attributes]
Physique: 22 Spirit: 22 → 23 Chakra: 175,600 (299,060 → 317,364)
[Bloodline]
Sharingan – Mangekyō: (38,256/50,000) → (40,000/50,000) Byakugan: (1/1000) → (100/1000)
[Skills]
Chakra Refinement: Lv6 (1836/10,000) → Lv6 (2122/10,000) Water Release: Great Exploding Water Wave: Lv7 (10,165/20,000) → Lv7 (16,350/20,000) Lightning Release: Thunder Light Body: Lv1 (65/200) Lightning Release Chakra Mode: Lv0 (20/100) Earth Release: Earth Flow River: Lv5 (3400/5000) → Lv6 (2600/10,000) Multi-Shadow Clone Technique: Lv8 (41,090/50,000) → Lv8 (47,900/50,000) Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique: Lv8 (37,430/50,000) → Lv8 (44,780/50,000) Flying Thunder God Technique: Lv5 (850/5000) → Lv7 (445/20,000) Genjutsu: Darkness Technique: Lv5 (3,550/5,000) → Lv6 (2,900/10,000) Nirvana Temple Technique: Lv5 (3,600/5,000) → Lv6 (2,950/10,000) Four Symbols Seal: Lv6 (550/10,000) → Lv6 (7,480/10,000) Curse Seal of Self-Restraint: Lv6 (990/10,000) → Lv6 (8,970/10,000) Chakra Scalpel: Lv7 (14,500/20,000) → Lv7 (16,400/20,000) Shadow Sword Technique: Lv6 (5,500/10,000) → Lv6 (7,100/10,000) Chakra Control: Lv6 (7,850/10,000) → Lv6 (8,080/10,000)
Just as he had anticipated, upon reaching 40,000/50,000 in his Mangekyō Sharingan's evolution, his Spirit attribute had increased from 22 to 23.
As a result, even his Byakugan evolution had progressed significantly, jumping from 1/1000 to 100/1000.
Activating his Byakugan, Seimei carefully assessed its changes.
At first, he noticed no significant differences. However, after deeper observation, he realized that his chakra consumption had decreased slightly.
Not only that, but his vision had also become clearer.
Though overall, the changes weren't particularly drastic.
Still, Seimei wasn't disappointed—this was merely an unexpected bonus.
Shifting his focus back to his Spirit attribute, he noted its effects.
Just like before, its increase had once again boosted his potential.
Previously, his maximum chakra capacity had been 1,150,000.
Now, that number had jumped to 1,350,000.
In other words, this time his theoretical chakra limit had increased by 200,000 points.
Although this was slightly lower than the 250,000-point boost he had gained from his Physique attribute breakthrough, it was still a substantial increase.
After all, his previous Physique boost had balanced his Spirit attribute, so a larger increase was expected.
Besides increasing his chakra reserves, this Spirit boost had also improved his chakra recovery speed.
To determine the exact improvement, Seimei paused his Chakra Refinement Technique and silently observed his natural chakra recovery.
Seconds turned into minutes.
After fifteen minutes, he checked his panel—his chakra had increased by 9,895 points.
This meant he was now recovering:
39,580 chakra per hour 950,000 chakra per day
Compared to his previous 800,000 per day, this was a 150,000 increase.
While slightly lower than the 160,000 boost from his Physique attribute last time, it was still significantly better than the 110,000 gain from his last Spirit boost.
So overall, it was a solid improvement.
The only downside was that, as usual, his Spirit increase had not enhanced his body's durability.
In other words, he could not sustain Chakra Refinement for longer periods.
Thus, the extra 150,000 chakra gained passively each day was his only freely usable bonus.
Now, he had to decide how to allocate it.
Glancing back at his skills, Seimei noticed that Four Symbols Seal, Curse Seal of Self-Restraint, and Flying Thunder God Technique had all advanced significantly.
The first two were on the verge of reaching Level 7, while the latter had already broken through, gaining a qualitative boost.
His mobility had drastically improved.
However, if he wanted to increase his success rate in capturing Tailed Beasts, he needed to push the first two even further.
And time was running out.
So, the choice on how to allocate his chakra was clear.