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Chapter 151: Ideas

Three days later.

Morning.

Northwest of the base camp.

In the training ground.

Seimei held a short sword and practiced 'swordsmanship' over and over again. He moved swiftly and focused, occasionally stopping to think for a while, obviously very serious.

That's right, he planned to focus on practicing 'Reflection Technique' during this time.

However, the amount of chakra he could recover every day was limited, and it would be exhausted in more than two hours at most.

There was still a lot of time left besides refining Chakra.

Therefore, he allocated a small portion of Chakra to practice 'swordsmanship', which didn't consume much Chakra but was very time-consuming.

At the same time, he also wanted to take advantage of this peaceful time to carefully consider the future development of 'swordsmanship'.

A long time ago, when he first learned 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu', he wondered if he could create a special move similar to '三日月之舞' (Crescent Moon Dance).

Unfortunately, he never had the time.

Now was the perfect opportunity, as he had almost ten days to recuperate and could use this time to think carefully.

First of all, he could give up on flashy moves.

With his current 'swordsmanship' level, coupled with the three-tomoe Sharingan, even normal attacks were enough to pose a great threat to the target.

Therefore, some technical moves could be ignored.

Secondly, he could also abandon the route of simply enhancing the power of sword moves.

Most ninjas in the ninja world were fragile, and as long as they were hit, they would be injured, so there was no need to increase the power of sword moves.

As for those ninjas who weren't fragile, even if he enhanced the power of his sword moves, he might not be able to break through their defenses.

In such cases, he could completely use other skills to attack, such as the 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken' that was already on his development list.

As Naruto's ultimate move in the future, and a forbidden technique written into the Sealed Book, the power of this technique was unquestionable and could completely take on the responsibility of breaking defenses.

Therefore, he didn't need to waste energy on enhancing the power of his sword moves.

Considering his fighting habits, Seimei felt that he should develop special moves towards functionality to help him better launch attacks.

Currently, Seimei had three preliminary ideas.

The first was to follow the path of 'Crescent Moon Dance' and create a sword move that combined reality and illusion, allowing him to launch multiple attacks in an instant, thereby increasing the difficulty for the enemy to defend.

Of course, he definitely couldn't learn 'Crescent Moon Dance' and split into two shadow clones to cooperate in the attack.

With his future massive amount of Chakra, this kind of attack consumed too much Chakra and was simply not worth it.

He should learn from the 'Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique' developed by the Third Hokage.

In this way, the consumption should be acceptable.

As for how to learn from it...

It was very simple, either use the Sharingan to copy this ninjutsu or develop it himself.

The former required an opportunity. It wasn't realistic to expect Hiruzen Sarutobi to use it, but Orochimaru inherited Hiruzen's mantle and also knew this ninjutsu, so maybe he could see it on the battlefield.

At that time, he could just secretly copy it.

The latter wasn't wishful thinking either. After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi developed this technique from the inspiration of the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

And he had already learned the 'Shadow Clone Technique', so he could completely create the 'Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique' based on its principles.

Seimei was very confident about this.

With the proficiency panel, as long as he leveled up the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to a high enough level and fully understood its principles.

Then, with the idea in mind, it wouldn't be too difficult to develop the 'Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique' on this basis.

And after developing this technique, it would be very easy to create the sword move he wanted.

Seimei temporarily named this move 'Shadow Sword Technique'.

Its final function should be to allow every sword he swung to switch between single and multiple attacks at will.

In this way, coupled with the Sharingan attacking from the enemy's blind spot, it would be very difficult for the enemy to defend.

As for the second idea, it was somewhat related to the 'Body Flicker Technique'.

However, it wasn't about combining the 'Body Flicker Technique' with it.

Seimei had already tried this idea, and it was completely infeasible. The 'Body Flicker Technique' and 'swordsmanship' were two different paths.

His idea was to fuse Wind Release with 'swordsmanship', allowing the person and the sword to perfectly merge into one through the connection of Wind Release Chakra.

Thus achieving the extraordinary realm of "the person moves with the sword, the sword moves with the heart".

Seimei named this move 'Instant Sword Technique'.

To successfully develop this move, there were three prerequisites. The first was to completely master the Shape Transformation and Nature Transformation of Wind attribute Chakra.

In this way, it could act as an intermediary between the person and the sword.

This wasn't difficult. As long as he leveled up 'Wind Style: Great Breakthrough' to the perfect realm, it would be almost enough.

The second was to continue improving the level of 'swordsmanship'. The current lv5 was definitely not enough, at least lv6 was needed to try.

He was already working on this.

At the current rate, it shouldn't take too long.

The third...

Was to find a good sword again.

The short sword in Seimei's hand was obtained from a special Jonin from Iwagakure. Although a lot of Chakra-conducting metal was incorporated during its forging, and its quality was considered good.

But it was only good. To meet the requirements of using the 'Instant Sword Technique', at least a better sword was needed.

Let's not talk about other aspects of this sword's abilities, at least its Chakra transmission efficiency had to be high, otherwise it would be difficult to fuse Wind Release and 'swordsmanship'.

Seimei thought about it and felt that the Kusanagi sword was a good choice.

Unfortunately, although this type of sword wasn't unique in the ninja world, it was definitely rare, and it wasn't easy to get one.

Shaking his head, Seimei started thinking about the third direction.

Compared to the 'Shadow Sword Technique' and the 'Instant Sword Technique', this third sword move was the one Seimei valued the most and was also the easiest to achieve.

Seimei named it 'Illusion Sword Technique'.

That is, combining Genjutsu with 'swordsmanship' to give the sword moves the effect of Genjutsu, thus achieving an unpredictable effect.

The reason why this was said to be the easiest to achieve was that after 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' reached its full level, he could cast Genjutsu with every move he made.

And this 'every move' naturally included using 'swordsmanship'.

At that time, he just needed to change the movements that were supposed to be guided by his limbs into sword moves, and then he could successfully cast Genjutsu.

Currently, his 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' proficiency was lv6 (2310/10000), and he was less than 8,000 proficiency points away from the perfect realm of lv7.

Converted into Chakra, it was about 600,000 points.

Even without considering the supply from the 'Chakra Battery', it would only take him a month to accumulate 600,000 Chakra points.

Therefore, this amount of Chakra wasn't unattainable for him.

What's more, when he reached the front line, it was impossible for him not to capture prisoners to serve as 'Chakra Batteries'.

At that time, this amount of Chakra wouldn't be anything.

However, thinking about all the work he had to do in the future, Seimei couldn't help but feel a headache.

Fortunately, after making a plan, he just needed to take it one step at a time.

Pulling himself together, Seimei continued practicing 'swordsmanship'.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 152: Promotion to Jonin and the Meeting

While Seimei was diligently practicing swordsmanship, a figure suddenly approached from afar.

Seeing the person, Seimei stopped his swordsmanship practice in advance. When the person came closer, he bowed slightly and called out, "Uncle!"

That's right, the person was none other than the Uchiha Jonin who had communicated with him twice before.

The other party looked Seimei up and down, first nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "I've read your mission report, you did a good job."

Seimei didn't reply, waiting for him to continue.

Sure enough, he heard him continue, "After three days of verification by the headquarters, it has been confirmed that the matters mentioned in your report are true.

Considering the difficulty of this mission and your experience, the headquarters believes that you already possess all the qualities required of a Jonin.

Therefore, in principle, they have agreed to promote you to Jonin."

Hearing this, Seimei's face showed a hint of excitement at the right time, although his heart was very calm.

Seimei knew very well that the so-called Jonin was just a title. What really determined whether he could survive or not was his own strength.

As long as he had enough strength, even if he was a Genin, so what? He could still live well, couldn't he?

Of course, being promoted to Jonin wasn't without benefits. At the very least, he had more freedom in missions.

At the same time, he also had the opportunity to participate in the decision-making of major events.

After all, no matter which ninja village, Jonin were the backbone.

Therefore, even the Kage had to consider the opinions of most Jonin when implementing a certain policy.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and he heard the Uchiha Jonin in front of him continue, "Get ready. Tomorrow morning, the headquarters will hold a meeting to officially announce your promotion to Jonin.

At that time, all Jonin without missions will attend. This is both an opportunity for you to meet other Jonin and for other Jonin to get to know you."

"I understand, Uncle!"

Seimei replied.

The Uchiha Jonin glanced at the surrounding ground and trees full of sword marks and said, "It seems you are cultivating, so I won't disturb you."

After saying that, he was about to leave.

Seimei quickly said, "Thank you, Uncle. Take care!"

"Hmm."

The Uchiha Jonin responded, and then with a 'Body Flicker Technique', he 'disappeared'.

"A meeting, huh..."

Seimei looked at the back of the Uchiha Jonin leaving and murmured softly.

Standing in place, he thought quietly for a while, then stopped thinking about it and drew the short sword from his waist, continuing his training.

Time passed by.

In the blink of an eye, a day passed.

During this day, in addition to gaining 134 proficiency points for the 'Reflection Technique', which also increased the Sharingan's evolution progress by 134 points, 'Swordsmanship' also gained more than 50, nearly 60 proficiency points.

Looking at the fruitful harvest on the panel, Seimei closed his eyes in satisfaction.

The night passed uneventfully.

...

The next day.

Morning.

Headquarters.

In the meeting room.

Seimei looked at the many Konoha Jonin, analyzing whether they were clan ninjas or civilian ninjas, and at the same time estimating their strength.

Although this kind of baseless guess was meaningless, Seimei still did it.

There was no other reason, he couldn't just sit here and do nothing, right?

However, he didn't get any information.

At the very least, he could see that most of the Jonin present were clan ninjas, and civilian Jonin accounted for less than 40%.

Seimei wasn't surprised by this. Civilian ninjas had no inheritance or resources, so it was too difficult for them to be promoted to Jonin.

If it weren't for the large base number of civilian ninjas, they might not even account for more than 30%.

But what did this have to do with him? Seimei shook his head inwardly and continued to observe everyone.

While he was observing these Konoha Jonin, these people were also observing him, the latest rising Uchiha genius.

Their gazes were calm, curious, appreciative, or wary, all different.

Seimei ignored all their gazes and just sat there quietly.

A moment later, the host of the meeting, Konoha's front-line commander in the Land of Rain battlefield, Orochimaru, walked into the tent.

His gaze lingered on Seimei for a moment, but he didn't show much emotion.

Seimei had already expected this.

The current Orochimaru hadn't yet failed in competing for the Fourth Hokage position, nor had he been 'instantly killed' by Uchiha Itachi with the Sharingan, so he didn't have such a deep obsession with the Sharingan.

Therefore, Seimei wasn't worried that Orochimaru would be unfavorable to him.

Sitting in the chief seat, Orochimaru coughed lightly and directly announced the start of the meeting.

He said, "There are two things in today's meeting. The first is that Uchiha Seimei has passed the assessment, and the village has decided to officially grant him the Jonin position."

Clap clap clap~

A round of applause sounded, and all the Jonin in the room clapped, whether they were willing or not.

Orochimaru didn't ask Uchiha Seimei to introduce himself or anything because Seimei's basic information had already been sent to all the Jonin, and there was no need to repeat it.

Similarly, he didn't ask other Jonin to introduce themselves because this was something the Uchiha clan should do themselves.

After the applause stopped, Orochimaru continued, "The second thing is whether we should launch a counterattack against Iwagakure.

I believe everyone has already read the relevant intelligence.

Kumogakure's surprise attack on Iwagakure, although it ultimately ended in failure and the Third Raikage died in battle, Iwagakure also suffered considerable losses."

Speaking of this, Orochimaru glanced at Seimei, and the other Konoha Jonin also glanced at Seimei sitting at the table.

Obviously, everyone knew where this intelligence came from.

Seimei didn't react at all to everyone's gazes and just sat there quietly, as if he was... daydreaming?

That's right, Seimei was indeed daydreaming.

For some reason, as soon as the meeting started, it reminded him of some unpleasant experiences in his past life, which made him lose all interest.

If it weren't inappropriate to leave now, Seimei would want to go back and practice his 'swordsmanship'.

"So, should we take this opportunity to launch a counterattack against Iwagakure?"

Orochimaru's voice continued, and everyone withdrew their gazes and began to speak in an orderly manner. Some supported it, while others opposed it.

Those who supported it believed that Iwagakure's front line was currently empty, and it was the perfect opportunity to launch a counterattack and eliminate Iwagakure's effective forces.

Those who opposed it believed that Iwagakure still had an overall advantage in terms of military strength, and they had just won a major victory, so their morale was at its peak.

Once the attack was blocked and Iwagakure's reinforcements arrived, they were very likely to suffer a loss instead of gaining anything.

In short, whether they supported it or not, both sides had their own reasons.

In the end, it was up to Orochimaru, the commander-in-chief, to make the decision.

Orochimaru tapped his fingers on the table, pondered for a long time, and then said, "I've decided to attack!"

Hearing this, everyone had different expressions, but no one said much.

Orochimaru had high prestige in everyone's minds. Once he made a decision, others could only obey.

So, everyone started discussing the attack plan.

The meeting lasted for nearly two hours. After basically settling everything, Orochimaru announced the end of the meeting.

Then, he was the first to leave the meeting room.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 153: Limits

After Orochimaru left, Seimei was taken by the Uchiha Jonin and introduced to all the Konoha Jonin present.

There were no pleasantries, just simple introductions.

Although the Uchiha clan produced many mentally unstable individuals, most of them were quite normal. They might be somewhat proud, but they were definitely not the kind of arrogant people who thought they were the best in the world.

On the contrary, they were very delicate, and sometimes their feelings for their companions even surpassed their own lives.

This also corresponded to the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama's words: "No clan loves more deeply than the Uchiha clan."

However, everything had two sides. Because they loved so deeply, once the Uchiha lost this love...

Then, this love would be replaced by a stronger hatred.

At this time, if not properly guided, the Uchiha ninja's temperament would change drastically, and in more serious cases, they would be completely swallowed by darkness and fall into evil ways.

This was also the reason why many Uchiha ninjas were feared because no one knew when they would become a time bomb.

However, before becoming a bomb, Uchiha ninjas were still very easy to get along with.

Because of this, those Konoha Jonin didn't mind getting to know Seimei, the genius of the Uchiha clan.

After the introductions, Seimei barely stayed and immediately returned to the training ground to start his cultivation.

Compared to dealing with these complex interpersonal relationships, Seimei preferred cultivation.

According to the content of the meeting just now, he had about a week to cultivate.

After a week, when everything was ready, he would go to the front line against Iwagakure with the team and participate in this counterattack mission.

"One week..."

Seimei opened the panel and glanced at it, calculating inwardly. He frowned and said, "It's a bit tight, but it should be enough."

So, in the following week, Seimei went back and forth between the training ground and his residence, cultivating crazily every day except for eating and sleeping.

This made many people who were intentionally or unintentionally paying attention to him click their tongues in wonder.

There was a saying that it wasn't scary if others were more talented than you, but it was scary if someone more talented than you also worked harder than you.

This was the most despairing thing because you didn't even have a chance to catch up.

However, this gave many people a clearer understanding of Seimei, knowing that he was an extremely hardworking genius.

Seimei naturally noticed the prying eyes of these people, but he didn't care. All his mind and body were currently focused on cultivation, and he didn't have time to deal with these trivial matters.

...

Time flew by, and it was the day before departure.

This morning.

Inside the tent.

Seimei opened his eyes, feeling the special Chakra in his brain gradually disappearing, and let out a long breath.

"Panel!"

With a thought, Seimei summoned the proficiency panel.

The next moment, a light blue screen appeared in his vision.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 11 years old

Physique: 11

Spirit: 15

Chakra: 16500 (22132→23572)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Three Tomoe (8724/10000) → (9999/10000)

Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv4 (1738/2000) → lv4 (1823/2000)

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu: lv4 (65/2000)

Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique: lv4 (23/2000)

Wind Style: Great Breakthrough: lv3 (419/1000)

Shadow Clone Jutsu: lv2 (88/500)

Chakra Absorption Technique: lv5 (1050/5000)

Healing Jutsu: lv4 (650/2000)

Rasengan: lv3 (650/1000)

Genjutsu: Sharingan: lv6 (2310/10000)

Reflection Technique: lv7 (3610/20000) → lv7 (4885/20000)

Swordsmanship: lv5 (1120/5000) → lv5 (1690/5000)

Chakra Control: lv4 (830/2000)

Three-Body Technique: lv3 (0/0)

Body Flicker Technique: lv4 (0/0)

Shurikenjutsu: lv5 (0/0)

Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: lv5 (0/0)

Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: lv5 (0/0)]

After almost ten days, he finally achieved his goal before departure, pushing the Sharingan's evolution progress to the limit of (9999/10000).

With a thought, Seimei activated his Sharingan.

The next moment, his pupils changed from deep black to blood-red, with three tomoe clearly visible. A tangible pressure appeared in the tent.

At this moment, if there were outsiders present, even if Seimei didn't use Genjutsu, they would most likely be overwhelmed by this aura.

People with slightly weaker willpower might not even be able to exert 60-70% of their strength under this pressure.

Seimei carefully felt it for a while before closing his Sharingan and muttering, "So this is the Sharingan on the verge of evolution?"

If the Three Tomoe Sharingan at its limit was already this strong, Seimei couldn't imagine how powerful his eyes would become after evolving into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Although his past life memories kept telling him that as long as he awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, he would instantly possess Kage-level strength.

But only now did he have a slight real understanding of it.

However, this also deepened the worries in Seimei's heart.

Just his current eyes, when fully activated, could put pressure on his body. Once they evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan, Seimei couldn't imagine how much the pressure would increase.

It was important to know that the evolution of the Sharingan from Three Tomoe to Mangekyo wasn't as simple as from single tomoe to double tomoe, and then from double tomoe to three tomoe.

The former was a complete qualitative change, while the latter was at most a quantitative change mixed with some qualitative change. The two couldn't be compared at all.

Seimei had a hunch that once he evolved his Three Tomoe Sharingan into Mangekyo, his 'Spirit' attribute would increase by at least five points.

And these five points of spiritual power might be even stronger than his current fifteen points of spiritual power.

In other words, his spiritual power would at least double.

The pressure this would put on his body was unimaginable.

Therefore, Seimei didn't dare to directly evolve it now.

"No, I need to increase my 'Physique' attribute as soon as possible!"

Thinking this, Seimei quickly glanced at the 'Swordsmanship' which had increased by more than 500 proficiency points, then closed the panel and walked straight out of the tent.

About half an hour later, Seimei returned here, but with two scrolls in his hand.

These were the two ninjutsu he had just exchanged from the logistics department using merit points - the 'Mystical Palm Technique' and the 'Chakra Scalpel'.

Thanks to Konoha's preferential treatment of medical ninjas, otherwise, with his merit points, he really wouldn't have been able to exchange for these two A-rank ninjutsu.

What?

You said he wasn't a medical ninja?

Let's see how this lv4 'Healing Jutsu' works...

In times of war, there weren't so many rules and regulations.

What's more, although the 'Mystical Palm Technique' and the 'Chakra Scalpel' were A-rank, they were widely spread in the ninja world and weren't that highly confidential.

Therefore, after he demonstrated his lv4 'Healing Jutsu', the logistics department readily handed over these two ninjutsu to him.

Of course, they also had a request, which was that he needed to appropriately participate in the treatment of the wounded in the future.

Seimei readily accepted this.

Medical ninjutsu wasn't like other ninjutsu. Just practicing it alone didn't accumulate proficiency very quickly, but if he practiced it in real situations, the speed would be much faster.

Seimei was worried that his medical ninjutsu training wasn't fast enough, so how could he refuse this request?

Next, he would focus on increasing the level of his medical ninjutsu, using the Yang Release Chakra it condensed to nourish his body, thereby accelerating the growth of his 'Physique' attribute.

Looking at the two scrolls in his hand, Seimei thought for a moment and put them away first.

Before practicing these two ninjutsu, he planned to max out his 'Healing Jutsu' first.

The reason for doing this was that he remembered that after maxing out the 'Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique', practicing the 'Fire Style: Fireball

Chapter 154: The Mission Begins

The next day.

In the morning.

Seimei, along with a group of Konoha Jonin who were ready, led hundreds of Konoha Chunin and Genin, rushing to the front line against Iwagakure.

In the team, besides people, there were also a dozen or so carts, mostly loaded with standard ninja tools such as kunai and shuriken.

Obviously, these were all prepared by the headquarters for this counterattack.

However, to be honest, Seimei was not very optimistic about the outcome of this counterattack.

As for the reason...

It's simple, the war has been going on for two years, Konoha's troops are already seriously short, even if this time to take down some strongholds, and so on Iwagakure support arrived, they are likely to still not be able to hold.

As for the destruction of the enemy's effective forces...

This may be possible, but Iwagakure has many ninjas, and they don't care about the deaths of some cannon fodder ninjas.

In this way, the exchange down, in the end, it is still Konoha suffer.

But, do not fight also can not, because continue to delay, and so on Iwagakure will be surrounded and killed the three generations of Raikage's more than 10,000 ninjas all transferred to the front line.

Although it is impossible to all and Konoha against, but even if assigned to a third, is enough to give Konoha front caused pressure.

At that time, the situation will change back to the previous look - Iwagakure using the advantage of troops, a little bit nibbling away at Konoha's defense zone.

Obviously, this is a chronic death.

Orochimaru must have also seen this point, so he decided to take a gamble.

If this time can take advantage of Iwagakure front line empty occasion, a large number of destruction of its effective forces, then even if later pushed back, it does not matter.

At least, the front line will be stabilized.

However, Seimei, who has the memory of his previous life, knows that things will definitely not go according to Orochimaru's ideas.

Otherwise, a few months later, Konoha would not be pushed to the doorstep.

Thinking of this, Seimei could not help but secretly warn himself in his heart, this time on the battlefield must be careful, must always be alert to the occurrence of unexpected events, maybe Iwagakure prepared some secret weapon.

If he died on the battlefield, he would regret it to death.

The wheels rolled and rolled, and a group of Konoha ninjas, like ghosts, surrounded the carts tightly and moved forward in silence.

......

The sun rises and sets.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

The large army march and single person to perform the task is different, Seimei from the front line back, probably only need about a day or so.

And they this trip, according to the plan, almost three days to go.

This is also because everyone is a ninja, can support the high-intensity march, replaced by ordinary people composed of the army, not ten days and a half months do not want to arrive.

Seimei glanced at the surrounding environment, estimated that another half a day, should be able to reach the target stronghold.

At that time, rest for two days, will immediately launch an attack, the time can be described as very tight.

Fortunately, the past two days, there is no harassment incident, otherwise two days, really may not be able to slow down.

Shaking and shaking, half a day quickly passed.

Seimei and others have not yet arrived at the stronghold, there are people have received the news, sent people to contact.

However, this has nothing to do with Seimei, this aspect is mainly responsible for a Nara clan Jonin.

At the same time, the other party is also the commander-in-chief of this mission.

After the two exchanged, the crowd set off again.

About ten minutes later, Seimei and others came to the target stronghold.

This is a small village, hundreds of people poured in, instantly the whole village occupied full, rest is not very convenient.

However, no one complained, or rather there was no time to complain.

Two days later to launch an attack, they must seize the time to rest.

After all the people were settled, the Nara clan Jonin held a Jonin meeting to arrange the specific work of each Jonin.

Seimei was assigned to the combat group, the main task is to deal with the enemy's high-risk targets, in fact, is to deal with the enemy Jonin.

Obviously, compared to other aspects of the ability, the Nara clan Jonin more believe in his frontal combat power.

In this regard, Seimei did not have any objection, because he also needs some 'evenly matched' battles to hone his 'swordsmanship'.

'Swordsmanship' in the end is used to kill people, although simple practice can also increase proficiency, but compared to the progress in battle, but it is much worse.

Just like in the Land of Earth that time, although he did not have extra time to practice swordsmanship, but a few battles down, proficiency is not蹭蹭蹭to rise.

Of course, this is also indispensable shadow clone to help brush the reason, but it is undeniable that the battle can indeed accelerate the growth of 'swordsmanship'.

Just right, three-gou jade Sharingan evolved to the limit, the general Jonin are no longer his opponent.

And without worries, Seimei can fully use the battle to hone the 'swordsmanship', this is a win-win choice.

......

In a flash, the time came two days later.

This evening.

Seimei and others finished dinner, they began to check their equipment.

During the period, no one spoke, only the "ding ding dong dong" sound of ninja tools colliding.

For a time, the entire stronghold was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

More than ten minutes later, everyone checked, Nara clan Jonin announced the team set off.

A group of Konoha ninja divided into four teams, led by more than twenty Jonin, in a fan shape toward the Iwagakure stronghold ran over.

According to the plan, at 8:00 pm, they will officially launch an attack, and now they must set off in advance.

And the reason why there is this time limit, is because this attack, not only their stronghold, this front line all and Iwagakure confrontation stronghold, will launch an attack at the same time.

However, those strongholds are mostly feints, only their stronghold is the main force.

And so on when they achieve clear results, the rest of the stronghold will be the situation to follow up, so as to form a comprehensive suppression of Iwagakure.

It can be said that they are here is the whole front line of the "spear", only they pierced the opposite Iwagakure defense line, the follow-up large counter-offensive plan can be smoothly carried out.

From this, you can know how heavy their task is.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, Seimei and his party came to a location less than five kilometers from the Iwagakure stronghold.

According to the intelligence that has been ascertained in the past few days, the Iwagakure stronghold in front of them will actively shrink its defense circle every night.

As for the reason, it seems to be because the stronghold is empty, the other side does not dare to spread people too far at night, can only focus on defense.

In this way, next they just need to solve the sentry along the way, you can all the way to a kilometer within.

At that time, you can launch a full-scale attack.

Time passed by.

The four teams of Konoha ninja marched side by side, making no noise along the way.

Iwagakure those sentries were Byakugan found in advance, and then by the good at assassination special Jonin shot to solve, like assembly line operations in general, simple and efficient.

About half an hour passed, everyone finally touched the Iwagakure stronghold within a kilometer of the defense circle.

At this time, want to quietly close to is not so easy.

Sure enough, just a few minutes later, a team of people exposed their whereabouts.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 155: Futile Effort

Boom!

A violent explosion echoed.

Immediately afterward, a crimson fireball appeared, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Suddenly, frequent shouts came from the Iwagakure defensive line ahead.

Judging by the direction of the sounds, it seemed they were all rushing towards the explosion site.

Seimei's team didn't make a move, and the other two teams remained quiet as well. This was an expected surprise.

The plan included measures for the other teams to take if one team was exposed.

If Seimei remembered correctly, the exposed team would go all out to attract the enemy's firepower.

Then, the teams that hadn't been exposed, like theirs, would strike, creating chaos within the Iwagakure outpost.

Ultimately, they aimed to complete the mission with minimal casualties and maximum speed.

Time passed by, and the sounds of fighting and explosions grew louder.

Just by hearing the sounds, one could tell how intense the battle was.

Five minutes later, Seimei's 100-man squad started to move, charging straight towards the Iwagakure outpost.

At the same time, the other two unexposed 100-man squads also began their advance, approaching the outpost from two different directions.

Since they made no attempt to conceal their movements, the Iwa-nin quickly detected them.

In response, the Iwa-nin hastily mobilized their forces to intercept them.

They even revealed some of their hidden tactics.

It was only then that Seimei realized the Iwagakure outpost had more personnel than anticipated.

Generally, each Konoha outpost on the front line had a standard complement of 100 to 120 people.

Usually, three to five Jonin (including Tokubetsu Jonin) were in command, with two-thirds of the team being Chunin and one-third Genin.

However, due to Iwagakure having the most ninjas in the ninja world, they typically deployed 150 to 180 people.

The number of Jonin was similar to Konoha's, also three to five, but among the team members, Chunin and Genin each accounted for half.

According to prior reconnaissance, Onoki should have withdrawn 100 people from this outpost, leaving only 50 to 80.

But now, there were nearly 50 more Iwa-nin present than the intelligence suggested.

Clearly, they had returned in secret.

The enemy's likely motive was to prevent Konoha from taking advantage of the situation and, if possible, to ambush them.

It had to be said that the Iwagakure commander was truly cunning.

If other Iwagakure outposts had similar arrangements, then their feint attack outposts might have already fallen into the trap.

However, there was no need to worry about suffering heavy losses. Even with these hidden forces, the Iwagakure outpost's strength was only comparable to theirs.

Moreover, the average strength of the Iwa-nin was weaker than Konoha's, so at most, their attack would be hindered, not devastatingly defeated.

Fortunately, their mission was only a feint, not requiring them to achieve victory, but merely to tie down the enemy's forces and prevent them from providing support.

The final decider of the battlefield would be their battle here.

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Seimei charged ahead of the team, directly confronting an Iwagakure Jonin leading the charge.

Seeing Seimei rushing towards him, the Iwagakure Jonin didn't hesitate, immediately waving his hand and shouting, ordering the Iwa-nin behind him to attack Seimei.

In an instant, kunai shot towards him like raindrops. This dense attack would have made even an ordinary Jonin retreat.

However, Seimei was different. His footsteps didn't pause, and before the kunai reached him, he abruptly activated his three-tomoe Sharingan.

In the next moment, the kunai seemed to slow down countless times, becoming clearly visible in his eyes.

Seimei dodged some of the kunai, then drew the short sword from his waist, swinging it a few times to deflect several kunai back.

Puchi~ puchi~

The sound of blades piercing flesh rang out.

Those deflected kunai spun and flew back, accurately piercing the chests of several Iwagakure Genin.

Seimei's Sharingan clearly captured the shock on their faces, followed by deep fear and unwillingness.

However, Seimei remained indifferent.

Once on the battlefield, everyone had to be responsible for their own lives. This applied to him, and it applied to those Iwa-nin as well.

Looking away, Seimei no longer paid attention to them.

He had already reached the Iwagakure Jonin, and the tomoe in his Sharingan spun rapidly, fully activating his hypnotic ability.

"Sharingan?!"

It had to be said that this Iwagakure Jonin reacted incredibly fast. The moment he saw Seimei's Sharingan, he exclaimed in surprise and immediately closed his eyes.

Not only that, but he also dodged and hid within the Iwa-nin ranks.

Left with no choice, Seimei could only target the Iwagakure Chunin and Genin who hadn't reacted in time with his Sharingan.

Subsequently, a series of "thumping" sounds were heard as those Iwa-nin were hypnotized by Seimei and collapsed to the ground.

It was only because the Iwa-nin behind them reacted quickly that they weren't trampled to death.

However, falling to the ground in this situation wouldn't lead to a pleasant outcome.

After all, Seimei wasn't fighting alone; he had over a hundred Konoha ninja behind him.

Seeing the Iwa-nin ranks disrupted, they immediately charged forward and engaged in combat with the Iwa-nin.

Meanwhile, Seimei once again targeted the Iwagakure Jonin.

However, the Jonin had now gathered a few Iwagakure Chunin, attempting to join forces to deal with Seimei.

Clearly, he was also aware of the 'drawback' of the Sharingan.

However, this was of no use.

To restrict his Sharingan, at least one ninja of the same level was needed to cooperate. A mere few Chunin...

"Hehe~"

Chuckling softly, Seimei used the Body Flicker Technique, his figure vanishing instantly.

"Ichimoku, on the right!"

The Iwagakure Jonin's voice suddenly rang out.

Hearing this, the Iwagakure Chunin, who had been somewhat dazed, immediately looked to the right vigilantly, raising his kunai, ready to face Seimei's attack at any moment.

However, the expected attack didn't come. The Iwagakure Chunin named Ichimoku only saw a blurry afterimage.

Whoosh~

A shuriken flew towards him, passing through the afterimage left by Seimei.

"Ishihana, on the left!"

The Iwagakure Jonin's voice sounded again, this time warning another Iwagakure Chunin.

The Chunin named Ishihana nervously looked to the left, also only seeing Seimei's afterimage.

Then, this afterimage was pierced by a kunai thrown by the Iwagakure Jonin.

And this was just the beginning.

Seimei repeatedly used the Body Flicker Technique. The Iwagakure Chunin, preoccupied with guarding against the Sharingan's genjutsu, couldn't react at all, relying entirely on the Iwagakure Jonin's commands.

But how many times could this indirect response method evade Seimei?

The truth was, it couldn't evade him many times.

Just like now, Seimei once again used Body Flicker to appear beside an Iwagakure Chunin. Although the Iwagakure Jonin issued instructions in time, there was a slight discrepancy in their coordination.

Seimei seized the opportunity, activating the Sharingan's hypnotic ability, instantly taking down the Chunin.

Then, he swung his short sword, blocking the attack from the Iwagakure Jonin.

This was why at least one ninja of the same level was needed to cooperate to somewhat restrict Seimei's Sharingan.

If someone constantly needed to give commands, sooner or later, flaws would appear, like now.

And once Seimei seized an opportunity, what followed was simple.

Seimei continued to target the remaining Iwagakure Chunin in the same way. With one less person, Seimei's movements became even more fluid.

In less than five minutes, all the Iwagakure Chunin that the Jonin had brought to deal with Seimei were lying on the ground.

Looking at the remaining Iwagakure Jonin, Seimei deliberately feigned excitement, grinning broadly and saying, "Now it's just the two of us. The real battle begins!"

With that, he didn't give the Iwagakure Jonin a chance to speak, pushing off the ground with his feet, his entire body shooting out like a cannonball.

Seeing Seimei suddenly appear before him, Ishida Shinsuke hurriedly raised his kunai, preparing to block Seimei's attack.

(End of Chapter)