While Tobirama was thinking about how to make Sunagakure pay for everything they had done, Seimei had already finished taking a relaxing bath and had a hearty dinner.
Right now, he was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling blankly.
Once his mind was free from distraction, the memories of the battles he fought in the Kitakari town mission flooded in.
His ocean-blue eyes suddenly turned crimson, glowing eerily. Three pitch black tomoe were slowly rotating inside his irises, making his powerful ocular power flood the room.
If someone with a weak will or low spirit stat looked into Seimei's pair of Sharingan now, they would feel an innate sense of mental oppression.
Fear would grip their hearts, preventing their minds from thinking straight.
Of course, these passive effects were limited to Shinobi, who were weaker than a standard Chunin.
In the last one and a half years, Seimei's Sharingan had powered up rapidly.
The higher the spirit stat, the stronger the Sharingan's ocular power.
And due to the dual effect of proficiency panel and increasing spirit stat, the power of both his Tenseigan and Sharingan soared rapidly.
All kinds of thoughts crossed Seimei's mind.
His previous life. The transmigration. His childhood in this world. His passion for grind. His classmates. His family. The power of his bloodline. The recent missions. The fight against the chakra beasts. The death of his fellow Konoha Shinobi. The ambush. The final battle against Masaru.
It was as if his brain was trying to replay everything he had been through in both of his lives up until now.
But he wasn't someone who could get consumed by chaotic thoughts and memories.
He immediately closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm his nerves.
Soon, he opened his eyes again.
It was just that this time, his Sharingan shone brightly like rubies. His eyes were no longer blank. Instead, they shone with clarity.
After a few moments, the crimson Sharingan faded away. His eyes turned ocean-blue again with beautiful, tendrillike, glittering white flower patterns slowly rotating inside his irises.
His thoughts were no longer tangled. Instead, he felt his mind becoming oddly calm.
After a while, Seimei sighed and murmured, "It looks like the occasional meditation sessions are really paying off."
"No powerful ninja worth their salt is truly sane. No one can, especially when they grew up amidst war, slaughter, and constant strife."
"I'm the same."
Seimei still remembered the frequent nightmares he had when Tobirama forced him to kill the first human to help him get used to blood, carnage, and taking human lives.
He didn't feel any emotional burden when he killed his first chakra beast.
But killing his first human? That hit him hard.
Even though Seimei knew the one he killed with his very own hands was a heinous criminal, it still shook him.
His resolve almost wavered momentarily.
But he pressed on with sheer will.
From then on, he kept killing one criminal every week in cold blood until his mind became numb to murder.
But the constant nightmares still haunted him. It clung to him like PTSD.
He knew that he wasn't like those protagonists who could kill people from their very first day, like it was nothing.
He was just a normal person before transmigrating, after all.
However, he also knew that to survive in this cruel world and protect everything he held dear, he needed to adapt and become a ninja, the licensed killer of this world.
Eventually, he got used to taking human lives. His hands no longer shook. His will no longer wavered.
But the nightmares still came to haunt him every night, like resentful souls clinging to him for vengeance.
This gradually wore him down. He knew he needed to do something about it. Otherwise, he might truly snap one day.
"That's why I started meditating to clear my mind."
"And that was surprisingly helpful."
"I no longer have nightmares. Now, I have full control over my thoughts."
"I control my thoughts and emotions—not the other way around."
"Probably this is the so-called state of being in peace with oneself."
"Hehe."
Seimei chuckled lightly as he reflected on today's events one last time.
"Well, that's enough thinking for today."
"Time to sleep."
With that, Seimei closed his eyes. And within a couple of minutes, he fell into a deep sleep with a peaceful expression on his face.
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Konoha, Land of Fire, July 24, Year 14 of the Konoha Calendar
After getting up the very next morning, Seimei went to the Missions Hall with his previous teammates and collected his portion of the mission payment.
Due to the excessive danger level of the mission, the original B-rank mission was readjusted to S-rank.
Well, Konoha did profit a lot from the chakra beast remains. Even if Father offered every participating team S-rank mission pay, Konoha's treasury would still be rolling in money.
Seimei thought inwardly as he put away the money and took a deep breath.
Then, he entered his room, deployed the sound-blocking barrier seal, and said, "Status Panel."
As soon as he uttered those words, a translucent, blue-colored screen showed up in front of him out of nowhere.
"It has been a long time since I last checked my status. When did I last check it? A month ago, perhaps?"
Seimei muttered as he fixed his eyes on his information.
[Name: Otsutsuki Seimei (Senju Seimei)
Age: 10 Years 3 Months /6,794 Years
Physique: 12 → 19
Spirit: 13 → 21
Chakra: 101,248 → 315,820
Bloodline: Otsutsuki Bloodline LV5 (36,229 /100,000) → (42,590 /100,000)
• Sharingan—Three Tomoe LV3 (5,401 /10,000) → (7,299 /10,000)
• Tenseigan LV2 (4,426 /5,000) → LV3 (174 /10,000)
Affinity: Fire LV6, Water LV5 → LV6, Earth LV5, Wind LV5 → LV6, Lightning LV6, Yin LV5 → LV6, Yang LV4 → LV5
Skills: Chakra Extraction Technique LV7
Chakra Control LV6
Uchiha-style Shurikenjutsu LV5 → LV6
Uchiha-style Kenjutsu LV6
Uzumaki Sealing Techniques LV1 → LV4
Chakra Infusion Training Technique LV2 {NEW!}
Potioneering LV4 {NEW!}
Non-Elemental Ninjutsu:...
Elemental Ninjutsu:...
Genjutsu:...
Medical Ninjutsu:...]
He scanned his status carefully before fixing his gaze on the Tenseigan, which had evolved to level 3.
His Tenseigan's basic abilities had improved a lot.
More importantly, he had finally unlocked his first ocular technique the moment it advanced to level 3.
However…
Seimei had a complicated expression as he sighed.
"But my control over the ocular technique is not great at all."
"It drains a lot of chakra and affects everything in a specific area."
"Until I master it well, the chakra consumption would still be ridiculous, and I can't use it while my allies stay around me."
"As of now, it affects both my enemies and my allies."
"Let's not use it unless there's an emergency before I fully master it."
Seimei complained for a while before shifting his focus to his physique stat.
"It had already reached 19 points. The chakra infusion exercise and the medical baths did accelerate the growth rate of my physique several times."
"My Yang Release has been strengthened, too."
"Now, I'm just one step away from another major enhancement in my physique."
"It should drastically increase my strength, speed, reflexes, and regenerative capabilities."
"I can only confirm the full extent of the benefits after I cross the threshold for real."
"One step at a time, Seimei."
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