Two days had passed in a flash.
It was noon on Moon Island, right at the central clearing.
Seii was taking a short lunch break when, suddenly, a fragnt of mory popped into his mind.
His eyes snapped open, then closed again as he quickly sifted through the mory.
This wasn't just any mory—it belonged to one of the shadow clones he'd left back in the village.
That's right, one of them.
To keep tabs on the fallout from the recent incident in the Hidden Leaf Village, Seii had deliberately left two shadow clones behind before returning to Moon Island. Their job was to monitor the village's situation.
Whenever they picked up critical information, one of them would dispel the Shadow Clone Jutsu, instantly syncing the mory back to him.
Why go through all this trouble? Simple—chakra conservation.
Sure, with the Flying Thunder God Technique, zipping back to the village was no big deal and didn't take long. But the chakra cost was real.
Even though Seii built up a decent amount of chakra daily, it wasn't sothing he could just burn through recklessly.
Take three days ago, for example. Traveling between three villages for important business ate up a chunk of chakra, but that was necessary. Spending a ton of chakra just to ferry a single ssage back and forth? That was a bit too extravagant.
So, Seii went with the most efficient, cost-effective plan: leave two shadow clones behind. They'd share info with each other, and one would dispel to sync the mory back to him.
Like right now.
Seii closed his eyes, carefully reviewing the clone's mory.
It didn't take long to piece it together.
From the clone's mory, he learned that this morning, Minato Namikaze had suddenly called a eting with all the available Jonin, including him, who weren't out on missions.
In the eting, Minato revealed that the Hidden Rock Village had been attacked by a mysterious figure.
He stressed that this was the sa person who'd recently infiltrated the Hidden Leaf, urging all departnts to tighten defenses and stay on high alert.
With this move, Minato was indirectly coming clean about so of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering he and the other Leaf higher-ups had been up to.
But Seii wasn't one to take things at face value.
Sure, the eting was ant to ramp up village security, but there was likely more to it. Minato probably wanted to use this opportunity to send a ssage to the Hidden Rock Village: the Leaf had nothing to do with this mysterious attacker.
And how would this news reach the Hidden Rock?
Heh. A secret's only a secret when one person knows it. When two people know, it's no secret at all.
Let alone when dozens of people—Jonin, Special Jonin, and veteran Chunin from other departnts—were in the room. No way that stays under wraps.
If the Hidden Rock started digging, they'd definitely pick up this intel.
Seii even suspected Minato might later reach out to Onoki through other channels.
This wasn't wild speculation—it was a logical conclusion based on the Leaf's collective interests.
Right now, the Leaf's strategy was to lay low, recover from the damage of the Third Great Ninja War, and rebuild strength as much as possible.
In that context, Minato would do everything to avoid conflict with other villages.
Given the skills "Uchiha Obito" (Seii in disguise) had shown that night, no way Onoki would believe the Leaf had zero connection to him.
So, Minato's best move was to communicate openly.
That was the only way to minimize misunderstandings and prevent the Hidden Rock from making a strategic misstep that could spark conflict.
A flurry of thoughts raced through Seii's mind as he opened his eyes again.
After a long pause, he let out a deep breath.
"Phew…"
Minato's choice was pushing things exactly in the direction Seii wanted, saving him a lot of hassle.
He was pretty pleased with that.
Oh, and there was more good news. To keep the Hidden Rock from doing anything rash, Seii's "vacation" had been extended.
Right after the morning eting, Minato had pulled him aside and told him to stay in the village, ready for orders at a mont's notice.
That ant, for the foreseeable future, he was off mission duty and could focus entirely on training.
How could Seii not be thrilled?
Snapping out of his thoughts, he stood up, ford hand signs, and unleashed the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
With bursts of chakra smoke, three hundred clones appeared in the clearing.
Seii didn't waste ti. He sent 250 of them to work on developing Dust Release theory.
The remaining fifty were tasked with optimizing Body Extre, aiming to integrate physical enhancent into the technique to break past its Level 7 limit.
It's worth noting that, thanks to the Second Tsuchikage Mu's experintal notes, his Dust Release research had made huge strides.
Two days wasn't enough to pinpoint exactly how long it'd take to fuse Wind, Fire, and Earth Releases to create Dust Release, but he was certain it'd take far less than two or three years.
With their orders, the clones dispersed. Seii channeled chakra, activating Lightning Release Chakra Mode, forming a thin layer of lightning over his body.
Then, locking onto the Flying Thunder God marker inside the volcano, he teleported with a thought.
His vision shifted instantly.
In a blink, he went from Moon Island to the first chamber inside the volcano.
Standing on the familiar stone platform, surrounded by vibrant, toxic air and blistering heat, Seii quietly began strengthening his body.
As he trained, the lightning mbrane on his body grew thinner.
The harsh environnt started pressing down on him, putting imnse strain on his body.
Guided by Human Resistance, his body began to evolve rapidly under the pressure.
Ti ticked by, second by second.
An hour passed in a flash.
Seii stopped training, teleported back to the island with Flying Thunder God, and stood on the wide, bright shore.
He let out a long breath.
Only then did his lungs kick back into gear, adjusting to the outside environnt.
Taking the chance, he turned his focus inward, checking his progress.
Thanks to the efficient body-strengthening techniques he'd developed and the harsh volcanic environnt, even just an hour of training brought noticeable gains.
Seii was stoked, and even the physical exhaustion felt lighter.
A few breaths later, his body was back to normal, and he shifted his attention.
He glanced at the clones training across the island, then dispelled the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu with a thought.
In an instant, the clones vanished.
They dissolved into bursts of chakra, carrying an hour's worth of training experience and mories back to him.
The familiar sensation hit, and Seii closed his eyes, carefully sifting through the mories, absorbing and processing the training insights.
This took about fifteen minutes.
Then, he repeated the process, kicking off the next round of training.
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