For the next three days, Shin buried himself in training.
By the end of that period, two abilities from the Advanced Three-Body Technique had finally broken through to Level 2: Multitude Clone and Void Blink Technique.
Level 2 Multitude Clone allowed Shin to summon two Shadow Clones at the same time, doubling the speed of his training.
The Shadow Clones focused on skill training while his main body cultivated the primary art.
This arrangement kept his energy consumption under control and prevented his reserves from being drained too quickly.
Of course, even Shin couldn’t train endlessly.
Whenever exhaustion caught up with him, he would rest for two or three hours before getting back to training.
His aptitude attributes rose rapidly during these three days.
Strength increased by 2 points.
Constitution rose by 5.
Spirit increased the most, jumping by 8 points.
The rapid growth in Spirit might have been related to the emotional upheaval he’d experienced over the past few days.
Since most of his training involved Ninjutsu, the increase in mental power also made sense.
Shin looked at his Evolution Points.
He had killed seventy enemies and converted 310 points of energy.
Adding the rewards from his missions, he now had a total of 460 Evolution Points.
With that many points, he couldn’t spend them recklessly.
He needed to keep his three attributes balanced.
If one attribute pulled too far ahead, his combat power could become unstable.
Most Ninja focused primarily on Ninjutsu during the Genin and Chunin stages.
Physical training usually became a greater priority only after reaching the Jonin level.
Shin was different.
He cultivated all three attributes at the same time.
His progress looked slower on the surface, but his actual combat power was already far beyond that of an ordinary Ninja of the same rank.
After spending all 460 Evolution Points, Shin’s combat power nearly doubled.
System Panel: Host: Uchiha Shin Rank: Genin Art: Primordial Chaos Heaven Devouring Art Combat Power: 9.8 Strength: 32 Constitution: 32 Spirit: 34 Energy: 340 Bloodline: Sharingan (One Tomoe), Byakugan (First Turn) Talents: Energy Conversion, Amaterasu (Level 1), Space Compression (Level 1) Skills: Advanced Three-Body Technique (Level 2), Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique (Level 7), Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique (Level 2) Evolution Points: 0 His combat power had reached 9.8.
Only 0.2 separated him from the Chunin threshold of 10.
Shin believed it wouldn’t take much longer for his base combat power to break through.
But that was only his base strength.
Once he brought all his abilities into play, his actual combat power had already stepped into Chunin territory.
Two months.
That was how long Shin had been in this world.
He had gone from a good-for-nothing to his current level through relentless effort.
Of course, the talents granted by the system had played an even greater role.
But Shin didn’t feel proud.
A Chunin wasn’t particularly powerful on a battlefield.
Even Jonin couldn’t guarantee that they would survive one.
So what reason did he have to relax?
He closed the system panel and continued training.
Three days later.
In the eastern mountain forest of Konoha, Team 7 gathered beneath the trees.
“Our mission today is to collect herbs.
Remember, don’t pick the wrong ones.” Nakagawa Ichiryū had taken another mission for them.
Perhaps because of what happened during their last mission, he deliberately chose something easier this time.
A herb-gathering mission would give them time to settle their minds.
These everyday assignments were all D-rank.
There was no fighting, and they could relax while getting used to the rhythm of working as Ninja.
Pushing them too hard after what they had experienced would only make things worse.
Most herb-gathering missions came from the Nara clan, and this mountain forest belonged to their territory.
The forest was filled with valuable medicinal herbs.
Large herds of deer also lived here, and their antlers were important medicinal ingredients.
The combined value of the forest’s resources was enormous.
Because of that, even Ninja from Konoha couldn’t enter without the Nara clan’s permission.
Hidden sentries would stop anyone who tried.
The only exception was Genin like them, who had officially accepted a herb-gathering mission.
Abero started complaining again.
During the previous bandit suppression mission, he had barely gotten a chance to fight before everything was over.
Now they had been given another D-rank mission, and he was clearly unhappy about it.
He wanted to fight.
“Abero, enough already!” Ito Miyuki snapped.
“There are wild beasts in these mountains.
Keep your guard up.
And do you really think killing people is something fun?” When she thought about Shin, Miyuki’s brows tightened.
Shin had been acting strangely since they returned.
He had always been quiet, but now there was a coldness around him that hadn’t been there before.
His expression rarely changed, and he seemed indifferent to almost everything.
And Abero was still being his usual careless self.
It was getting on her nerves.
“Alright, alright.
I get it.” Seeing Miyuki’s expression, Abero could only shut his mouth.
After three days of rest, both Abero and Miyuki had managed to regain their composure.
Nakagawa Ichiryū, however, was still watching Shin.
Something about the boy had changed.
On the surface, Shin looked perfectly normal.
He trained, ate, and spoke as usual.
But his entire presence felt different.
Especially his eyes.
There was a coldness in them now, a distance that hadn’t existed before.
He seemed indifferent toward everyone around him, as though some invisible barrier had appeared between himself and the world.
Could the events at Blackhead Mountain have left a wound in his mind?
Nakagawa Ichiryū quietly sighed.
If Shin couldn’t overcome that shadow, then no matter how talented he was, he wouldn’t go very far.
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.
During that time, Nakagawa Ichiryū led Team 7 on another C-rank mission.
This time, they weren’t hunting bandits.
They were escorting a merchant caravan.
The journey wasn’t completely peaceful.
They ran into a few minor troubles along the way, but nothing exceeded the scope of the mission, and they never encountered any real danger.
What disappointed Shin was that the system never issued another mission.
Today was their day off.
Ito Miyuki suggested that the three of them go shopping.
Staying at home and training every day wasn’t good for the mind, she said.
Even Ninja needed to get outside once in a while.
Shin thought about it.
Since transmigrating into this world, he had barely explored Konoha at all.
After all this time, he still knew surprisingly little about the Village beyond the places he’d needed to visit.
So he agreed.
Abero was the happiest of the three.
He was naturally energetic, and whenever he was around Ito Miyuki, he would find one excuse after another to stay close to her.
Shin had already noticed what was going on.
That guy had most likely fallen for Miyuki.
It wasn’t surprising.
The three of them had fought and survived together.
Going through life-and-death situations naturally created a bond between them.
Ito Miyuki was also beautiful, and she was the only girl in Team 7.
With the two spending so much time together, it was only a matter of time before Abero developed feelings for her.
As for Shin, he had no such thoughts.
He couldn’t even guarantee that he would survive the next battle.
What right did he have to talk about love?
And what could he offer someone else?
Rather than adding another attachment to his life, he would rather focus on training and become stronger as quickly as possible.
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