The events unfolding back in the village were still unknown to Seimei.
At this moment, he was digesting and absorbing the training experiences and memories accumulated by his shadow clones over the past hour.
Most of the clones continued their steady progress in improving their respective skills.
However, the shadow clones tasked with practicing Illusion: The Bringer-Of-Darkness Technique, Nirvana Temple Technique, Earth Style: Earth Flow River, and Earth Style: Headhunter Technique were progressing at different rates.
The first two techniques were challenging to learn, and neither had reached the entry-level stage yet.
In contrast, the latter two techniques, benefitting from their relatively lower difficulty and the foundation Seimei had laid with other perfected Earth Style techniques, showed remarkable progress.
Particularly with Earth Style: Headhunter Technique, not only had it reached entry-level proficiency in just one hour, but it had also taken a significant step toward level two.
From this, Seimei calculated that each point of skill proficiency for this technique required 80 chakra points.
Yes, with just 80 chakra points on average, the proficiency of his Earth Style: Headhunter Technique could increase by one point.
Considering the level cap for a C-rank jutsu at level 5, investing 40,000 chakra points daily would allow him to master the technique in just over seven days.
At that point, the chakra allocated to this skill could be used elsewhere.
In addition, he estimated the chakra cost for improving Earth Style: Earth Flow River.
Since it was of a slightly higher level, each proficiency point required 100 chakra points. With a daily investment of 40,000 chakra points, the proficiency could increase by 400 points.
Given the level cap for a B-rank jutsu at level 7, achieving mastery would take at least a month and a half.
However, a month and a half felt like an eternity to Seimei.
At his current rate of progress, not only would his physical attributes improve significantly in that time, but even his mental attributes might rise further with the evolution of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
By then, his available chakra reserves would increase substantially, prompting him to redistribute his resources. As a result, the one-and-a-half-month timeline held little practical value.
Shaking his head slightly, Seimei opened his eyes and stopped overthinking.
He raised his hands, forming the cross-shaped Ram Seal, and once again performed Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, creating eight clones.
Just like before, he assigned each clone specific training tasks and sent them off.
As for himself, he picked up a book nearby that contained research notes on the Akimichi clan's Body Expansion Secret Technique.
While reading through its contents, he performed Mystical Palm Technique, experimenting with the distribution of Yang Release chakra to enhance its physical strengthening effects.
Of course, expecting significant breakthroughs within an hour was unrealistic.
Still, the experiment was not entirely fruitless.
At the very least, having the book as a reference allowed him to reduce the time required for each round of Mystical Palm Technique to strengthen his body, albeit by a small margin.
Though this reduction in time did not decrease his chakra consumption, it did save him some time overall.
This time savings enabled him to read more from the book without interrupting his training.
Once he fully absorbed the knowledge in the book, even if he couldn't develop new secret techniques, he could use the saved time to perform additional rounds of Mystical Palm Technique, accelerating his progress.
Although this would require more chakra, Seimei believed that with effort, additional chakra could always be squeezed out.
These thoughts quickly passed through his mind as Seimei focused and resumed his training.
Time passed in the blink of an eye.
By evening, after several hours of practice, Seimei had successfully reached the entry-level stage for his two A-rank genjutsu techniques.
He also calculated the chakra required to improve these techniques.
Both techniques needed approximately 120 chakra points per proficiency point.
With 50,000 chakra points allocated to each technique daily, their proficiency could increase by around 415 points.
At this rate, achieving the maximum level of 9 (0/0) for these A-rank genjutsu techniques would take over 200 days.
Clearly, this timeline was far too long.
"Maybe it's time to move forward with the plan to capture a Tailed Beast," Seimei murmured to himself.
So far, he was only working on two A-rank genjutsu techniques. If he also studied the forbidden techniques stored by Danzo, the chakra required would be astronomical.
Relying solely on his own reserves, even with improvements in his chakra capacity and recovery rate, would still leave him struggling.
Under such circumstances, finding additional chakra sources became essential.
Tailed Beasts were an ideal solution.
Seimei had already made preparations for this, including selecting a target: the Seven-Tails from Takigakure.
However, he couldn't rush into action.
First, he needed to investigate the condition of his target Tailed Beast.
Second, he had to master several sealing techniques to control the Tailed Beast's chakra once captured.
Finally, and most importantly, he needed to wait for the current turmoil to settle.
As the saying goes, "Handle internal issues before external ones."
Only after ensuring his safety and eliminating threats from his village could Seimei proceed with his plans to capture a Tailed Beast.
Otherwise, he wouldn't act rashly.
Additionally, waiting had an advantage—if any complications arose or if someone tracked the incident back to him, he could always use Konoha as a shield, staying out of the spotlight.
However, Seimei estimated that this possibility was quite slim.
With his current abilities, as long as he confirmed the location and condition of the tailed beast and prepared the appropriate methods, he could easily take it away without anyone noticing.
In this way, even if Takigakure wanted to investigate, they wouldn't have any leads.
In fact, to avoid drawing attention to their village, they might even go out of their way to cover up the news.
This would give him more time to digest the benefits of the tailed beast.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Seimei stopped overthinking and turned to practicing the "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu."
This was the last skill he trained in every day.
Usually, by this time, the chakra in his body was at a relatively low level. Practicing this jutsu at that point reduced a significant amount of waste.
Over an hour passed quickly.
Night had officially fallen.
Seimei finally completed his training of the "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Opening the interface, he glanced at the newly added 630 points of proficiency and nodded in satisfaction.
Without wasting any more time, Seimei immediately activated "Wind Release: Wings of Wind" and "Chakra Cloak," taking to the skies and heading in the direction of Konoha Village.
However, as he flew past the forest where he had previously fought Danzo, he lifted the "Guardian Seal" on his forehead and activated his Byakugan for a look.
What he saw was shocking.
Through the vision of his Byakugan, he could see several ninjas dressed in black cloaks and wearing masks wandering around the forest.
Occasionally, they would stop and seem to carefully examine something.
Seimei didn't need to guess much; he knew who these people were. They were most likely from the Konoha Anbu.
And their purpose for being there was obvious—to investigate the cause of Danzo's death. Seimei couldn't think of any other reason.
Still, the fact that they had managed to locate this area so quickly surprised him.
However, when he recalled how the Anbu had taken over the Root base right after the incident, he no longer found it surprising.
As a master manipulator, Danzo leaving behind some contingency measures there was perfectly normal.
So, it was only natural for these Anbu ninjas to follow the clues to this location.
That said, their investigation would be futile. All the evidence had already been destroyed, and Danzo, along with the other Root ninjas, had been completely annihilated—reduced to ashes with not a trace left.
Unless Orochimaru had already mastered the S-rank forbidden technique—**Edo Tensei (Impure World Reincarnation)**—and happened to have cell samples of these individuals to summon their souls back from the Pure Land...
Otherwise, no one would ever figure out what had happened here.
The final outcome of this investigation would only be a series of meaningless speculations.
And none of that would affect Seimei.
Thus, after observing for a while, he concealed himself again and continued flying toward Konoha Village.
However, thinking about Edo Tensei and the concept of souls, Seimei felt that, if the opportunity arose, he should hasten the process of fusing the seven chakra natures to create the Truth-Seeking Orbs.
Only with those could he counter Edo Tensei reanimated bodies and harm the souls of his targets.
As these thoughts swirled in his mind, Seimei flew farther and farther away, disappearing into the distance before long.
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