Days later, inside a small dark metallic room inside the tallest building of the Hidden Rain Village, Kazuo could be seen in a meditative pose. This had become part of his daily routine for years now, instead of the physical practice that he had usually done when he woke up back then.
The reason was simple, at his current physical capabilities, any increase in strength or speed and flexibility would be meager or not worth mentioning at all. That didn't mean that he didnt continue training his body, it was simply that the morning kata didnt give him any benefits anymore, his chakra control had reached such a level that he could simply stimulate the effects of them through his chakra in a much shorter amount of time.
Meanwhile Meditation was a useful skill as he had learned about stabilising his mind and emotions, back then in his previous life, he had honestly considered meditation to be completely useless, however after having his mind severely damaged by the torture, it had given him a useful crutch to gather whatever was left of his mental bearings again.
Releasing a soft sigh and putting his hands on his knees, Kazuo lifted himself off the floor and did a quick stretch before turning his attention towards the wall to his left. It looked like he was staring at his wall however his eyes were closed.
Hundreds of miles away, deep underground, the real Kazuo was currently in the process of trying to speed run his Fuinjutsu knowledge.
He had created a small underground base, hidden from everyone and only accessible through the use of the hiding like a mole technique. There wasn't much inside, it was a simple room with merely a bed and a few water supplies and food that wouldnt expire.
He was sitting on the floor and infront of him were dozens of books about fuinjutsu that he had gathered or looted from different villages around the world. Most of them were gained from copying Konoha books after having his dear pawn get them for him.
'Alright, lets get started… the shadow clone technique kills you if too much information is transferred at the same time or you use too much chakra… thankfully for me, neither of those is a problem.' Kazuo thought as his lips slowly tilted upwards.
Using one hand, he quickly made a single seal and in the next instant dozens of shadow clones filled the room and instantly each of them grabbed the same copy of the first book and started reading.
2 days passed before they all exploded into puffs a smoke, in the very next instant all the chakra and information they had were transferred to Kazuo's main body.
For a moment, the only change in the main body was the widening of the eyes and dilation of the pupils. However in the very next second, blood started spewing out of every orifice on his body. From his eyes, his nose, his ears and from…
His death wasn't quick and neither was it peaceful however as time slowly reverted back to two days before, Kazuo merely tilted his head for a moment as his smile widened even further.
'It works, if i had done this before when either my intelligence stat was lower then I could have potentially ended up a vegetable for life even after returning to a previous point in time, or if that wouldnt have happened then I still wouldnt have gained much as the information would all be jumbled up inside of me and would require me to start untangling it all… but now with my current pain resistance and stats… this works.' Kazuo thought as he felt a laugh start to rise from deep in his throat before he stopped it. After those days in the T.I chambers in Konoha, it had become somewhat of a deranged reflex, to simply laugh at the world.
'Have to be careful or I might achieve final level emo boss soon.' Kazuo thought amused at his own thoughts as he proceeded to create another dozen shadow clones and starting the process once more.
To the outside world, nothing changed, the same two days kept repeating and no one noticed. The same people were born, the same people died, the same people ate and breathed and the same actions continued on in an endless loop that no one but Kazuo had any memory of.
Kazuo however slowly but surely experienced changes, he moved on from the first book to the second and from the second to the third, and then on to the fourth. Slowly but surely his theoretical knowledge of Fuinjutsu was increasing, his mastery over seals similarly benefiting in practice.
Seals were a unique part of shinobi arts. Most other arts were around seventy percent practice related and only thirty percent theory with the expectation of Medical Ninjutsu.
Fuinjutsu Meanwhile was almost completely theory related, if one knew how to make a seal in their minds, they would only have to train their calligraphy and chakra control before being able to put it into practice.
Finally, after 3 Years, or around 548 time loops, Kazuo finally stopped and gazed down at the holographic status screen in front of him as he sat cross legged in the small room underground.
[ GrandMaster Fuinjutsu ] [ Rank 4/10 ]
He had finally reached a level that was close to the other three famous fuinjutsu masters of the shinobi world. The only other known Fuinjutsu Grandmasters at this current period in time were Jiraya, Kushina and Minato.
'Alright, with the base level of skill needed now finally gained, It's time to finally start the next process.' Kazuo thought to himself as he turned his attention towards his own chest, and then without hesitating even for a moment, he created a dozen shadow clones before coating his own arm in chakra and placing it right over the left side of his chest.
And in the very next moment, he made a clawing motion…
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