The sun set and rose again.
In the blink of an eye, three more days had passed.
That afternoon, outside Yujin Port, in a forested area:
Seii withdrew his hand from the body of a Mist Shinobi chūnin, letting the lifeless form collapse to the ground.
At that mont, a Konoha chūnin approached him, one arm hanging limply by his side. The man wasn't a stranger; he was Hyūga Yamacha, who had been following him for quite so ti.
Yamacha glanced at the Mist Shinobi's corpse on the ground but didn't linger on it. He addressed Seii directly: "Captain, the enemies have been eliminated!"
Hearing this, Seii swept his gaze across the battlefield.
The scene was one of utter devastation.
Ninja tools were scattered across the ground and lodged in tree trunks. Blood was everywhere.
Amid the pools of blood lay bodies—so belonging to Konoha shinobi, but most were those of Mist Shinobi.
It was clear that a brutal battle had just taken place here.
And indeed, that was the case.
Since the skirmish three days ago, tensions between Konoha and Kirigakure had only escalated. The two sides clashed fiercely in the area around Yujin Port, shedding blood with every encounter.
In the early days, the battles were confined to small squads, but now they had escalated to engagents involving entire divisions.
Once fighting broke out, it rarely stopped, forcing both sides to send continuous reinforcents.
Just like monts ago, Seii's patrol squad had been responding to a distress signal, moving toward a target battlefield.
Before they could reach it, however, they encountered a Mist Shinobi reinforcent squad.
The two sides clashed instantly, like mortal enemies eting on sight. Without wasting words, they began fighting.
Fortunately, Seii's strength was formidable. He swiftly eliminated the opposing squad's leader, a special jōnin, ending the battle quickly.
Otherwise, the commotion would have drawn even more reinforcents, prolonging the fight.
The battlefield here was now like a powder keg, ready to explode at any mont.
And when it did, it would surely lead to the final, decisive battle.
Although Seii wished for the war to end quickly, he didn't want to be the one to light the fuse. Whenever possible, he avoided prolonged engagents.
Pulling his gaze away from the battlefield, Seii looked at Hyūga Yamacha and said, "Clean up the battlefield imdiately. We still need to provide reinforcents further ahead."
"Yes, Captain!"
Hyūga Yamacha responded crisply and began organizing the recovery of ninja tools.
Though the village covered all expenses during warti and their logistics were sound, it wasn't always possible to replenish ninja tools on the battlefield.
Thus, recovering tools after a battle was essential for ensuring safety in future encounters.
Ti ticked away.
Soon, the battlefield was cleared.
Without delay, Seii led his squad toward the next target battlefield.
As they traveled, Seii suddenly halted.
At the sa ti, a flood of training mories and experiences surged into his mind.
"Is it ti?" he murmured to himself, then diverted a portion of his focus to absorb and process the training insights gained by his shadow clones over the past hour.
Despite the escalating intensity of the conflict, Seii had not given up on training.
This relentless pursuit of improvent had yielded substantial results.
Fifteen minutes later, after fully integrating the new training insights, Seii found that several of his jutsu had advanced to Level 7, achieving mastery in B-rank techniques: Wind Release: Vacuum Bullets, Wind Release: Vacuum Blade, Wind Release: Wind Devour, and Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
This signified another leap in his strength.
Although Seii wanted to test the enhanced power of these jutsu, the timing was not ideal, so he suppressed the urge for now.
However, the chakra saved by perfecting these techniques could be redistributed.
With 180,000 chakra points at his disposal, he allocated them as follows:
60,000 points divided evenly between Guardian Seal and Sealing Array, boosting their daily proficiency growth from 150 and 140 points to 450 and 440 points, respectively. 30,000 points to Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique, increasing its daily proficiency gain from 380 to 580 points, significantly shortening the ti required to reach Level 9 mastery.
This left 90,000 points, which Seii divided into three equal shares, assigning them to Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
This balanced allocation ensured steady progress and kept his training engaging.
"Captain, we're almost there!"
Hyūga Yamacha's voice suddenly pulled Seii back from his thoughts.
Seii refocused, directing his attention forward.
Although his Byakugan wasn't active, his sharp hearing picked up sounds of fighting in the distance.
Raising his right arm, Seii signaled for the team to stop.
The squad imdiately halted, each mber standing alert on tree branches, watching for any signs of danger.
Turning to Hyūga Yamacha, Seii asked, "What's the situation ahead?"
Activating his Byakugan, Yamacha observed the battlefield ahead carefully and reported the details to Seii.
After evaluating the situation, Seii judged it manageable. Without hesitation, he signaled the squad to advance.
This ti, they moved cautiously, watching their steps and surroundings to avoid traps—an approach borne of experience.
Approaching a battlefield often ant navigating areas riddled with explosive tag traps.
Their caution proved justified, as they carefully avoided several such traps.
Finally, Seii's squad reached the battlefield.
Wasting no ti, they joined the fray.
The chūnin and genin, including Hyūga Yamacha, engaged enemy counterparts to relieve their comrades.
anwhile, Seii took on two Mist jōnin, drawing their attention and giving the embattled Konoha jōnin much-needed relief.
Thus, the tide of battle shifted.
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