The very same day, Seimei finished his lunch with his family and confidently walked toward his room once again.
Today was the first day of his three-day holiday. Beyond that, only gruesome training awaited him.
Of course, what Seimei feared wasn't the intensity of the training.
After all, his own grinding schedule was rather intense, even by the standards of a Senju Shinobi, who were experts at taking a beating and healing from every possible injury the very next day.
The problem was his homeroom teacher, Kamishiro Kirito.
That guy was a demon. Although Seimei's power level now matched his homeroom teacher, he still dared not take it easy when encountering him.
Kirito really had a bad habit of targeting other male students' family jewels. And if you complained about it, he would brush it off and introduce his attacks as a real-world training to counter underhanded tactics.
Normally, it wouldn't be a problem. After all, battles between ninjas did involve using a lot of underhanded tactics, including low blows.
But what made Kirito's attack on his family jewels was his fucking Kekkei Genkai—the Thrust Release.
Those scalding hot streams of concentrated high-pressure wind capable of piercing through practically anything, even a super-thick block of dense metal, like a spear through paper with little resistance, all while burning the things it touched…
Damn it.
An Earth-style Wall or a hastily created Water Formation Wall could hardly protect you from them.
And if you dared to take a direct hit after using Earth Release: Hardening Jutsu, then…heh!
You'd better say goodbye to your balls as they would crack like eggs along with sound effects.
At Seimei's current strength, he could only counter it with a powerful offensive Ninjutsu. Or he would have to dodge like his life depended on it.
One mistake and he would have to visit Konoha hospital for sure. Fortunately, with medical Ninjutsu, powerful regenerative potions, and a powerful physique, even broken family jewels could be mended within a day.
But he didn't want to take the risk and check it out for real.
Damn…!!
Just thinking about it sent shivers down Seimei's spine.
After these three days of holiday, he was going to be doomed anyway.
So, for these three days, he was going to slack off, and he was going to slack off hard.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, could stop him now.
For these three whole days, he would become Slacker King Otsutsuki Seimei.
Just as he was about to go out of the dining room and bask in the light of laziness, his uncle, Senju Hashirama's voice rang from the dining table.
"Wait, Seimei," said Hashirama, causing Seimei to halt and turn his head toward him with a questioning gaze.
"Hmm? What is it, Uncle?" Seimei asked.
Hearing this, Hashirama stood up from his seat and responded, "You didn't forget about the Chakra Infusion Training, did you?"
As soon as Seimei heard this, his innate spirit of slacker wavered.
Hashirama continued, "You have been away because of the mission for a whole week."
"And you have missed at least two chakra infusion training attempts."
"So, we need to continue it from today."
"For the next two weeks, you need to go through three chakra infusion attempts per week to compensate for the missing attempts."
"And to fully internalize the additional chakra infusion attempt and the potent power of an extra medicinal bath, you need to increase your physical training intensity by 30% at the very least."
"Then, we will go back to the normal chakra infusion schedule."
"You know that you need to continue this with as little interruption as possible until you achieve your first three major physical enhancements."
"You do understand this, don't you?"
At this moment, Seimei was truly dumbfounded.
"Uh…"
"...I know." Seimei agreed hesitatingly. Gone was his dream of slacking off. Instead, he would now have to grow through intense physical training along with chakra infusion training to achieve his first major physique enhancement as soon as possible.
He knew what the three major physique enhancements were.
The First Phase: Infusing chakra into his skin, muscles, tendons, and bones to achieve the first major physique enhancement. He was at this stage right now, and according to his estimation, he could achieve it within one or two weeks.
The Second Phase: Infusing chakra into the central nervous system. This includes infusing chakra into his spinal cord, major nerves, brain, and sensory organs. With one to two months of dedicated training, he could achieve the second major physique enhancement.
The Third and Final Phase: In this phase, Seimei would need to slowly infuse chakra into his internal organs or viscera, including his heart. This is the longest phase, typically lasting two to four months. At the end of this phase, Seimei could achieve the third major physique enhancement.
Only after crossing all these phases can Seimei relax the chakra infusion training's schedule.
After the third phase, he could infuse chakra into his entire body at once, including his nervous system and viscera. He would only need to undergo one chakra infusion session every two weeks for the next two years.
And the best part, he wouldn't have to soak himself in medicinal baths anymore. Just eating the specially created medical pill during the chakra infusion session would be enough.
As for what he needed to do after those two years ended…
Well, that's a story for another time.
"Since you know, we will begin today's chakra infusion training session in half an hour. You don't have anything to do in the next few days, anyway," Hashirama suddenly said, snapping Seimei out of his reverie.
Seimei's lips twitched a bit before he agreed, "Right. Let's do it."
Hah! There goes my dream of slacking off.
I truly wanted to lounge around this time. I truly did.
But…
Chakra infusion training sessions are important, too.
I can't miss it.
It seems rest is a temporary thing.
Only grind is eternal.
Seimei thought inwardly.
Then, he looked at Hashirama and said, "I will go prepare a medicinal bath."
Hashirama nodded and added, "Very well. You are way more skilled than me in potioneering, so you go prepare the medicinal bath."
"Once it's ready, come to the usual chakra infusion training room."
Seimei nodded and left the dining room to prepare the medicinal bath solution.
While walking out, he couldn't help but think…
My usually procrastinating, goofball uncle has been unusually active lately.
He must be bored since Aunt Mito began confiscating his hidden stashes of money.
So, he couldn't go out for gambling for quite some time now.
Is this hyperactivity caused by the lack of the drug named gambling?
Oh no…!!!
I have to keep an eye on him.
Lest he corrupt the innocent Tsunade with his gambling habits, turning my cute little baby sister into a notorious gambling addict.
As Seimei finished his internal monologue, he subconsciously increased the pace at which he walked through the corridor.
And with that, Seimei's determination and dream of slacking off crumbled once again.
Left with no other choice, he dived into chakra infusion training, intense physical workout, and Taijutsu training from the very first day of his holiday.
The pain of not being able to slack off was indeed immense, and so was the process of chakra infusion.
But poor Seimei could only grit his teeth and endure.
After all, everything he was enduring would build a solid foundation, which would help him break his limits and grow stronger.
All for the future. All for protecting his little life from the chakra beasts and horned aliens.
All for the sake of his family.
ALL FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
Let everything burn…oops!
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