The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

During these three months, I learned some basic sealing techniques from Orochimaru, similar to the basic barriers that Uchiha Kiyoshi had learned before. They were not very useful, but they were the most basic applications of sealing techniques.

With these in mind, Uchiha Kiyoshi began his research into sealing chakra into kunai.

Fortunately, my team, Team 3, was somewhat special. It included Nawaki, the young master of the Senju clan, Saku Sarutobi, the Hokage's nephew, and an Uchiha. Saku was also Orochimaru's disciple, so they received considerable care.

They rarely go on missions, or when they do, the risks are low. Even the last C-rank mission that turned into a B-rank mission was still relatively low-risk, much better than being a civilian ninja.

Even so, Tsunade was still worried about the danger last time, so she directly banned Nawaki from leaving the village to carry out missions, and he couldn't even think about it for at least half a year.

What else could they do? They had to agree! The Hokage and Orochimaru also gave Tsunade face and stopped Team 3 from taking on missions outside the village. They would spend the next six months training in the village.

Chapter Forty-One Cultivation

"I have basically met the prerequisites for developing the Substitute Body Technique. Next, I will give it a good try."

With at least three months of training time remaining, Uchiha Kiyoshi still had time to conduct research in this area. His years of studying the fundamentals of sealing techniques hadn't been in vain. He had learned the most comprehensive foundational sealing techniques within the Uchiha clan, studying diligently and developing a very solid foundation. This was why he was able to master the basic applications of all sealing techniques in just three months.

The so-called basic sealing techniques are indeed just basics; for example, even a slightly stronger ordinary person could break free from one of the binding arrays. However, Uchiha Kiyoshi wasn't looking at the effects, but rather at the combined application of the techniques, like the small cycle of chakra circulation that Uchiha Kiyoshi had been performing earlier. With these basic combinations, as long as they were properly stacked and combined, all sorts of sealing techniques could be developed.

However, this is no simple matter. Sealing techniques are numerous, and the combination of different techniques isn't a simple stacking, but an organic arrangement. For example, combining "123" and "425" doesn't work simply by adding the two sequences in order; it might require arranging them into combinations like 142325. Furthermore, the same technique might not be usable simultaneously; some can, others cannot. Also, the depiction of sealing techniques isn't just a linear sequence; some are planar, others spatial. Overall, it's quite complicated.

The above is just the simplest example for easy understanding. A true sealing technique combination never has fewer than ten techniques, and the number of attempts required is far greater than imagined. However, Uchiha Kiyoshi had a very solid foundation, allowing him to eliminate many incorrect combinations. Combined with his knowledge of permutations and combinations from his previous life, he still had a significant advantage over other ninjas.

"Let's set a small goal first: to develop a sealing technique that can temporarily seal chakra in kunai."

Having set his goal, Uchiha Kiyoshi began another round of training.

Every morning, Uchiha Kiyoshi would do physical training. Now that he was fully developed, he could use weights, so he bought two sets of weights, one weighing 10 kilograms and the other 20 kilograms. He would wear the 20-kilogram set when training and the 10-kilogram set at other times.

It was also because he possessed health-preserving techniques that Uchiha Kiyoshi dared to train with weights, unafraid of physical exhaustion; he wasn't some ferocious beast. The effects of training with weights were quite good, and Uchiha Kiyoshi's physical abilities improved considerably.

Feeling the long-awaited rapid improvement in his physical fitness, Uchiha Kiyoshi also put a lot of effort into his training.

"Unfortunately, the physical fitness improved through exercise doesn't have the same evolutionary feel as health preservation techniques."

Unlike the enhancements brought about by nourishing the body through cultivation techniques, physical exercise doesn't offer the same feeling of promoting physical evolution; it's simply a matter of strengthening the body. However, this is enough. Uchiha Kiyoshi hasn't yet found any use for this feeling of evolution, so naturally, he's not in a hurry to improve in this area.

After completing taijutsu training in the morning, followed by lunch, he would practice health cultivation techniques. In the afternoon, Uchiha Kiyoshi would practice ninjutsu, including learning new techniques and refining existing ones. When his chakra ran out, he would stop to contemplate the theoretical aspects of sealing techniques. After dinner to replenish his chakra, he would then focus on developing sealing techniques.

Orochimaru had noticed Uchiha Kiyoshi's diligent training, and since his progress met his expectations, he didn't interfere too much. Orochimaru's focus was now on Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku.

Saku Sarutobi is alright; he was naturally talented and had a solid foundation, so he didn't find it difficult to learn anything.

Nawaki was different. Although Uchiha Kiyoshi answered his "why" questions every day at the Ninja Academy, supplementing his knowledge considerably, it was only enough for his graduation exam. Nawaki's actual theoretical knowledge was very weak. And was Orochimaru the kind of person who couldn't control him? Obviously not. Under Orochimaru's pressure, Nawaki had to learn a lot of basics every day and undergo checks from his teachers. For a poor student, this was the most miserable training imaginable.

Besides his studies, Orochimaru also focused on improving Nawaki's chakra control. With so much chakra, how could he not put it to use? Learning more ninjutsu was the best way to utilize it, but unfortunately, Nawaki's chakra learning was still very slow, so he could only train his chakra control first. Sharpening the axe doesn't delay the work; good chakra control provides advantages in all aspects, not just medical ninjutsu. In fact, many ninjutsu require strong chakra control to master.

Kiyoshi Uchiha was powerless to help Nawaki's miserable life.

This is karma. "If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll regret it when you're old." Even though Rope Tree isn't old yet, that's the gist of it. He didn't study hard before, and now he's suffering.

......

"Put this technique here, and the entire technique will operate smoothly. The combination of barrier, binding, and reinforcement should be able to seal chakra, right?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi carefully inscribed the combination of techniques he had just deduced on a standard kunai. Seeing that there were no conflicts with the techniques this time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Over the past three months, Uchiha Kiyoshi combined the basic barrier, the binding array, and a sealing technique with enhanced effects. Through continuous deduction, he finally succeeded in stabilizing the entire sealing technique. If the effect is good, it can be used to improve the Substitution Technique.

For three months, he was wearing out five or six kunai every day. Even though they were standard issue, it was still enough to make Uchiha Kiyoshi feel the pinch. To make up for these expenses, Uchiha Kiyoshi had to take on one or two D-rank missions every day for the past three months.

Finally stabilizing the technique and ensuring the kunai didn't break, Uchiha Kiyoshi breathed a sigh of relief. If things continued like this, he really wouldn't be able to hold on. After all, the village's D-rank missions were limited; even a ninja like him, who could only take on C-rank missions, had a limit on the number of D-rank missions he could accept. This was to prevent high-level ninjas from taking on too many missions, resulting in poor mission quality.

Uchiha Kiyoshi placed his right hand on the kunai and slowly infused it with chakra.

"Phew~ It's stable now. It seems the past three months have yielded some results. As long as we can seal the chakra, that's good. Let's continue and see what the limit is."

Uchiha Kiyoshi continued to pour chakra into the kunai's seal.

"boom!"

Finally, the seal on Kunai could not withstand the pressure and broke down.

"So, the seal can only withstand about ten chakra? No, it's best to keep it at eight chakra under normal conditions to ensure the normal operation of the entire technique."

Looking at the ruined kunai, Uchiha Kiyoshi summarized the effects of the sealing technique from the experiment he had just conducted.

To be honest, Uchiha Kiyoshi was somewhat dissatisfied with the effect. Half of the chakra consumed by the entire Substitution Jutsu was used to set up the replacement object, which meant that the sealed chakra was basically half of the chakra required to activate the ninjutsu.

It can only seal eight chakra, so the range of the Substitution Jutsu is naturally limited.

With Uchiha Kiyoshi's current level, with 15, 16, or 17 chakra, the range he can replace is only about five meters.

Uchiha Kiyoshi's Substitution Jutsu level is such that it takes one calorie for distances below three meters, five calories for four meters, more than ten calories for five meters, about thirty calories for six meters, and up to one hundred and twenty calories for ten meters.

With each additional meter of replacement, the chakra consumption increases, and at an ever-accelerating rate. This is the best result after Uchiha Kiyoshi's improvements, which is also the main reason why the Substitution Jutsu, a space-time ninjutsu, is considered useless.

"Heh, I'm asking for too much. Five meters is already effective in actual combat, barely enough, and we still have plenty of time. We can improve it gradually. How about adding a few more enhancement steps? Hmm, we can give it a try."

Chapter 42 Accepting Another Mission

Time always flies when you're training. In the blink of an eye, Uchiha Kiyoto had been training in Konoha for half a year.

Without attending classes, he spent all his time training, and with Orochimaru's guidance, Uchiha Kiyoshi made significant progress in just six months.

Uchiha Kiyoshi quite enjoyed these peaceful training sessions. Compared to undertaking various dangerous missions every day and breaking through to the brink of death, Uchiha Kiyoshi preferred this peaceful training.

Unfortunately, some people don't know how to cherish such a safe way of cultivation.

Having been effectively "confined" for half a year, Sheng Shu had long been unable to contain himself and kept clamoring to leave the village to carry out a mission.

For him, these days without being able to go out and do missions were incredibly boring. And if he didn't do any missions, there would be no mission records; would he still be able to remain Hokage?

"Orochimaru-sensei, please let us take on missions! I've been so bored for the past six months. I still want to become Hokage, don't hold me back."

Perhaps Nawaki's request was granted, or perhaps Orochimaru genuinely felt that the three members of Team 3 needed more training, so he agreed to find them a C-rank mission soon so they could enter a normal mission life.

Uchiha Kiyoshi had no choice but to stop his research on the Substitution Technique.

Although Uchiha Kiyoshi preferred quiet training and disliked fighting and killing, finding it somewhat dangerous, it's undeniable that progress during combat is the fastest, especially in life-or-death battles.

The phrase "between life and death" here can refer to facing death, or it can mean that both sides are determined to kill each other, without necessarily experiencing a life-or-death threat.

The former is more effective, but also more dangerous; a single misstep could lead to death.

Uchiha Kiyoshi's survival skills have been greatly improved. Aside from his defensive ninjutsu, the initial refinement of his Substitution Technique has given him considerable confidence. Unless the actual skill gap is too large, his current Substitution Technique is sufficient for his survival.

As for using this secret technique in battle, Uchiha Kiyoshi is not yet capable of doing so.

After he had initially perfected the Substitute Body Technique, he wanted to try using the Flying Thunder God Technique from the original work, but that's when he realized the real difficulty of this tactic.

Even if a sudden change of position does not cause the stiffness of a Body Flicker Technique, the sudden change can still be difficult for people to adapt to directly.

This is especially true on the ever-changing battlefield, where teleportation changes not only one's position but also one's perspective.

To truly utilize such tactics in battle, one must ensure that they can react immediately after each substitution and launch an attack as quickly as possible.

The most problematic aspect is that the substitution kunai not only changes the location but also the state of movement. After the substitution, Uchiha Kiyoshi will also retain the movement trajectory and speed of the kunai from before the substitution. The direct transition from a static state to a state of rapid movement makes adaptation even more difficult.

That's why it's said that Minato Namikaze made the Flying Thunder God Technique possible. His unparalleled reaction speed was the key to his mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Knowing this, Uchiha Kiyoshi also abandoned this direction of development, at least he could not use this method to attack.

Uchiha Kiyoshi could only think of other solutions himself. Having read various novels, he was not lacking in such imaginative ideas, so he was not too worried.

While both are space-time ninjutsu, their usage doesn't necessarily have to be the same. Uchiha Kiyoshi can combine the Substitution Technique with physical clones, allowing him to "shift his form and change locations." As long as he replenishes his clones in time, the enemy can never hit him.

It's quite a shameless tactic.

Another point is to maximize the proficiency of sealing techniques, so that one can inscribe the technique in an instant, a level that Minato Namikaze once achieved in the original work.

After Uchiha Kiyoha reached the maximum proficiency level, he then skillfully used his feet to perform this sealing technique, and he also mastered the Substitution Jutsu hand seals to the point that they could be omitted. That is, wherever he stepped, there would be his replacement.

Combined with movement techniques and the ability to create clones, it could be considered the prototype of a legendary skill.

This was something Uchiha Kiyoshi couldn't do; his spatial perception talent was rather ordinary. His Substitution Jutsu relied entirely on sensing the chakra within the substitute to pinpoint its location. Otherwise, Uchiha Kiyoshi could have mastered space-time ninjutsu to an extreme degree.

Minato Namikaze possessed exceptional spatial talent, which greatly expanded the usability of the Flying Thunder God Technique while significantly reducing its energy consumption. At just twenty-five years old, he not only mastered the second generation's Flying Thunder God Technique but also developed his own tactical system, earning the title of "Yellow Flash." Furthermore, he further developed the second and third stages of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

With the help of the sealing barrier, Minato Namikaze was even able to transfer the Tailed Beast Ball.

Who can guarantee that if he lives on, he won't discover other uses for it? With his considerable spatial talent, it's possible that if he further studies and researches spatial ninjutsu, he might evolve other spatial techniques. How about spatial cutting?

Aside from the Body Flicker Technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi spent the last month of his life consulting Orochimaru about training in the Body Flicker Technique.

His physical abilities were already sufficient to allow him to use the Body Flicker Technique (hereafter referred to as Body Flicker Technique).

Unlike the ninjutsu Body Flicker Technique, which uses chakra to propel the body at high speed and instantly reach a certain distance, the Body Flicker Technique directs chakra to the feet, allowing for rapid movement in an instant.

It can be considered a kind of physical skill.

The principle is actually quite easy to understand; the most difficult part is whether the body can withstand it. Even Jonin rarely use it this way. Although both are techniques that allow for instantaneous movement over a distance, ninjutsu-type Body Flicker Techniques involve pressure on the entire body, which is distributed and manageable. However, taijutsu-type Body Flicker Techniques are different. The pressure is mainly concentrated on the feet. Unless one is a master of taijutsu with extremely strong physical abilities, their feet cannot withstand it if used too often.

But was Uchiha Kiyoshi an ordinary person?

Obviously not.

Although his physical condition wasn't yet at the point where he could use the Body Flicker Technique casually, he could still do it once or twice. Combined with his medical ninjutsu, he could continue using it after treatment. Even after the war, Uchiha Kiyoshi could use a health-preserving technique to nurture himself and prevent internal injuries.

To some extent, this makes up for the shortcoming.

Orochimaru didn't take them with him to receive the mission this time. Last time, he only showed them the process of receiving a mission, letting them experience it firsthand.

Of course, another major point is that Rope Tree is really annoying, he even yells and shouts, which is really embarrassing. Yeah, the really embarrassing kind.

Kiyoshi Uchiha was confident in Orochimaru's abilities and wouldn't choose overly difficult missions. He would select missions that matched the three of them's skill level, ensuring they would receive valuable training.

At this moment, Rope Tree was also very excited.

"Hahaha, I can finally go out again! I've been cooped up for the past six months!"

"Why are you so excited? The last time we went out, it wasn't anything special, was it?"

Faced with Uchiha Kiyoshi's sarcastic remarks, Nawaki was also taken aback for a moment, and then tried to explain.

"No, I was just bored because you mentioned last time that those special cities have lots of fun or unique places. I didn't go last time, that's why I was bored."

Besides, I'm a man destined to become Hokage! How can I keep neglecting my duties? If this continues, I won't accumulate enough merit points to advance to Chunin, and how will I ever become Hokage?

Uchiha Kiyoshi thought about it and realized it made a lot of sense; I couldn't refute it.

However, haven't I told you many times? Don't keep talking about becoming Hokage. It's too conspicuous. Be low-key, low-key, understand?

Uchiha Kiyoshi sighed, rubbing his forehead. This child is hopeless.