At the center of the island, atop a massive boulder—
After a long period of deep thought, Seimei finally made his decision—to go through with it!
Sure, extracting Danzō's chakra might catch the attention of the Rikudō Sennin.
But first, that was just a possibility, not a guaranteed outcome.
Second, the Pure Land was vast and teeming with chakra. As long as Seimei carefully controlled the extraction amount, there shouldn't be any immediate issues.
Besides, he wasn't planning to use his real body for the operation anyway.
So, all things considered, it was worth the risk.
With that in mind, Seimei raised his hand and performed (Kage Bunshin no Jutsu), creating a clone.
Just like what he had done with the clone stationed back in the village, Seimei used Shinra Banshō Fūjin (All Creation Sealing) to create a separate space-time pocket inside the clone, a dimension capable of storing chakra.
After completing that step, he handed the scroll—sealed with Danzō—over to the clone and instructed, "I'll leave the rest to you."
"Got it," the clone responded simply, fully understanding his intent thanks to the shared memories.
Without wasting a second, the shadow clone used (Hiraishin no Jutsu) and disappeared from the island.
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At the same time—
In the middle of the ocean, between the Land of Fire and the Land of Water, the shadow clone suddenly reappeared on a remote, deserted island.
Seimei had stumbled upon this island during one of his previous trips to the Land of Water and had left a Flying Thunder God mark here.
Now, it was the perfect place for this experiment.
The first thing the clone did was erase the old Hiraishin seal that his original body had placed here.
Then, using (Henge no Jutsu), the clone took on the appearance of an entirely different adult male.
Seimei conjured a water mirror to check his reflection.
Although the transformed look was completely different from his usual self, he still wasn't satisfied.
He activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and used his right eye's dōjutsu— (Hito no Onmei)—to meticulously alter his chakra signature.
This took several minutes of intense focus.
Once done, he deactivated the Sharingan.
Now, even someone extremely familiar with Seimei would struggle to recognize him.
This was his secondary safeguard—changing his chakra signature and physical appearance to avoid being traced back to his real body.
The primary safeguard was, of course, distancing himself physically from his main body.
That way, even if something went wrong, his real body would have time to react.
With everything set, Seimei didn't hesitate any longer.
"Inhale… exhale…"
He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, then opened the scroll in his hands, placing both palms on it and activating Chakra Absorption Technique.
Immediately, threads of chakra began to pour from the seal, flowing into his body.
That chakra was then refined and converted into his own chakra.
Finally, he funneled it into the alternate dimension created by Shinra Banshō Fūjin.
100 points… 200… 300…
1,000… 2,000… 3,000…
At first, Seimei was cautious, keeping the absorption rate slow. But once he passed 10,000 chakra points and noticed no unusual signs, he cranked up the speed.
Eventually, he had absorbed a full one million chakra points, all securely stored in the alternate dimension.
Still, nothing strange occurred.
It made Seimei question whether he was just being overly cautious and paranoid the whole time.
He hesitated for a while, wondering if he should continue.
In the end, he chose to stop.
After all, "Contentment brings happiness."
This wasn't meant to be a one-time heist—it was a long-term operation.
Even though nothing seemed off for now, being cautious was never a bad idea.
Moderation was key.
He removed his hands from the scroll and extended his spiritual awareness into the seal.
Danzō's chakra reserves were still completely full.
"Tch tch… infinite chakra, huh?"
With a cryptic chuckle, Seimei closed the scroll and shut his eyes, standing still in place.
Time passed.
About fifteen minutes later—
Seimei opened his eyes again, looking around. Still, there were no signs of danger.
"Looks like no one's paying attention to this," he thought.
Satisfied, he placed a new Flying Thunder God marker on the island, then activated the technique again.
The scene before his eyes shifted—
And the shadow clone returned to the original island in the southern seas of the Land of Fire.
As soon as he saw the clone return, Seimei rushed over. "Well? How'd it go?"
"No abnormalities detected," the clone replied calmly.
Even though Seimei had already expected that outcome once the clone returned safely, hearing it directly still made him let out a relieved sigh.
With no issues, he could now extract Danzō's chakra once per day.
This extra one million chakra points per day would massively accelerate his mastery of Spiritual Projection Technique (Reika no Jutsu).
Yes—just as planned, Seimei would channel all the chakra he extracted from Danzō into perfecting Reika no Jutsu.
With that, his daily chakra allocation for this training would reach 1,286,000 points.
Assuming that every 500 chakra points translated to 1 skill proficiency point, he'd gain 2,572 points per day.
At that rate, it would take less than a week to grind Reika no Jutsu to Level 7, and less than a month to hit Level 9.
As for the cap for S-rank jutsu—Level 10—that would require about forty more days.
So in total, it would take around two and a half months.
However, Seimei didn't need Reika no Jutsu to reach Level 10 in order to complete the development of Seal of the Soul-Binding Instant Shift (Fūshin Sōkon: Keiyaku Shunshin no In).
He estimated that once Reika no Jutsu hit Level 9, his deepened understanding of the soul would be enough to perfect it.
In other words, as long as nothing major disrupted the next thirty-some days, he'd be in great shape.
And honestly, Seimei was pretty confident in maintaining stability for at least a month.
With that settled, he dispelled the shadow clone.
Puff!
A cloud of chakra smoke erupted as the clone vanished.
Seimei quickly focused and absorbed the massive amount of chakra returning to him into the alternate space in his brow.
Only after completing that did he finally let out a long breath of relief.
Now came the next step—figuring out the optimal configuration for his shadow clones to maximize chakra usage.
Thankfully, even though his mental capacity currently allowed only 150 shadow clones to train simultaneously, the daily chakra input still hadn't hit the upper limit of what he could manage.
In other words, by adjusting the deployment of his shadow clones strategically, he could fully utilize the one million chakra points he'd gained.