One day later.
The rest period ended.
Seii began to lead the team on missions under Omura Tadahito's arrangents.
The Kaze willow Town stronghold was located at the foot of a mountain. To the west and north, less than two hundred ters away, were mountains, which were extrely important strategic high grounds. To the south was a plain leading to the rear headquarters, and to the east was the main Iwa ninja force.
Therefore, they had three main external missions. The first was to et the support troops coming from the south.
The second was to monitor the movents of the main Iwa force in the east, ensuring that they received news the mont an attack was launched.
As for the third...
It was to fight against small Iwa units in the mountains to the west and north, preventing them from seizing these two strategic high grounds.
To ensure he could obtain enough chakra every day, Seii didn't hesitate and directly requested to carry out the third mission.
Omura Tadahito didn't have any objections and readily agreed.
It wasn't that he was easy to talk to, but over the past day, he had carefully learned about the relevant circumstances of Seii and the others' journey.
He knew that Seii's combat power far exceeded that of an average Jonin, and their group was able to escape here successfully thanks to Seii's extraordinary combat strength.
Therefore, upon hearing Seii's request, he agreed without any hesitation.
Thus, Seii naturally beca a mber stationed at the western mountain stronghold and, as he wished, encountered a small Iwa infiltration unit.
There's no need to elaborate on the battle process. With Seii's current strength, even if he wanted to fail, it would be difficult.
In this way, he smoothly obtained the chakra he wanted.
And with ample chakra, Seii didn't waste any ti, using Yang Release chakra to strengthen his body almost every minute and second.
Fortunately, practicing the 'Mystical Palm Technique' didn't require a quiet environnt, allowing him to continue strengthening even during missions.
Although this might seem a bit strange, Seii didn't care.
After all, not many of these people would survive this great war, so there was no need to worry about his strange behavior spreading.
Moreover, even if it did spread, it wouldn't matter much. Ninja training was a relatively private matter, and no one would be so foolish as to inquire about it directly.
As for secret investigations...
Once he awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, his strength would directly soar to the Kage level. At that ti, who would care about such trivial matters?
In the end, in the ninja world, strength spoke the loudest. As long as he was powerful enough, he wouldn't have to worry about others having ill intentions.
It was with these considerations in mind that Seii hardly avoided his squad mbers while practicing the 'Mystical Palm Technique' to strengthen his body.
Only when absorbing chakra would he be slightly more discreet.
After all, chakra was the most fundantal thing for every ninja.
If soone knew that he could absorb chakra, and even more so, forcefully extract it by efficiently squeezing the body...
Even if they didn't say anything, they would instinctively be wary in their hearts.
Seii didn't want any unnecessary complications, so it was better not to let them know.
Fortunately, his 'Chakra Absorption Technique' had already reached level 5, capable of extracting a thousand chakra points from the target per second. It only took seven or eight seconds to drain a Chunin's chakra.
Therefore, concealing it wasn't too troubleso.
In this way, Seii overca various difficulties and began strengthening his body according to plan.
...
Ti flew by, and seven days passed.
This afternoon.
When Seii once again perford the 'Mystical Palm Technique' and the Yang Release chakra within his body began to circulate, strengthening his cells, an indescribable power suddenly erupted.
It was as if a volcano that had been accumulating for a long ti suddenly erupted, surging within him, pushing his body to rapidly strengthen.
Seii's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
On the side, several Konoha Chunin, seeing this, thought he had discovered sothing and quickly beca alert.
After a while, soone cautiously asked, "Captain, what happened?"
Hearing this, Seii, enduring the discomfort in his body, waved his hand and said, "Stop here for a mont, stay alert!"
With that, regardless of what his subordinates thought, he flashed to a nearby boulder, sat down cross-legged, and slowly closed his eyes.
Instantly, everything around him seed to fade away from Seii.
He began to focus most of his mind on his body, sorting out that power and making it gentler.
Seii hadn't expected this evolution to be so intense, catching him a bit off guard.
Fortunately, this power originated from his own foundation, otherwise, with it rampaging within his body, he might have actually gotten injured.
As his mind joined in and began to sort it out, the changes beca less drastic.
Seii once again felt the pleasant sensation he had experienced during his previous bodily evolutions.
...
Ti passed by.
In the blink of an eye, an hour had gone by.
Just as the Konoha Chunin outside were getting a bit impatient, Seii finally opened his eyes.
"Captain?"
Seeing this, they quickly spoke up, wanting to ask sothing, but Seii raised his hand to interrupt them.
Then, he looked towards a certain spot in the forest and said calmly, "Since you all are here, why not show yourselves?"
"What?"
Hearing this, the Chunin subordinates were shocked and quickly took out their kunai, all looking in the direction Seii was gazing at.
However, there was no movent there.
The subordinates couldn't help but have so doubts about Seii's judgnt. Although they were concerned about Seii just now, their vigilance hadn't weakened at all.
If enemies had approached, they should have at least sensed sothing.
But in reality, they hadn't noticed anything.
Just as they were feeling puzzled, a round of applause ca.
"Clap, clap, clap~"
Following that was a creepy laugh and a series of footsteps.
"Hahaha~ As expected of the Ghost Sword, Seii. Your perception is truly sharp!"
As the voice spoke, a figure appeared in the clearing.
Its body was withered, its clothes tattered. Although it was laughing, the expression on its face was exceptionally strange, like a corpse.
That's right, it was a corpse.
Not only him, but the few people behind him were the sa, their bodies devoid of any life force that living people should have.
It was precisely because of this that the Konoha Chunin under Seii hadn't noticed these people approaching.
Only Seii had sensed a slight spiritual fluctuation, which led him to discover the anomaly.
Looking at these people, Seii frowned and asked, "Who are you? Why are you looking for ?"
That's right, these people weren't Iwa ninjas. They didn't have the Iwagakure symbol on them, or rather, they didn't have the symbol of any ninja village.
So, most likely, they weren't ninjas from any of the major villages.
Connecting this to Onoki and Iwagakure's style of doing things, Seii already had so guesses in his mind.
And just as he was lost in thought, the withered figure spoke.
"Hehe, who are we? Hahaha~ I don't mind telling you. We are the great Ghost Corpse Clan, hahaha~"
The first half of the sentence was spoken by one person, but the latter half was said in unison with the others behind him.
Even their laughter erupted simultaneously.
Suddenly, the clearing was filled with creepy laughter.
Suddenly, as if sensing sothing, Seii shouted, "Be careful, everyone! Seal your hearing imdiately. This is genjutsu!"
"What?"
Hearing this, the Konoha Chunin's expressions changed drastically. They realized that they had unconsciously started to smile slightly.
They were horrified and quickly covered their ears.
(End of Chapter)
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