The next day.
Seii woke up early.
After a quick wash and scarfing down a few enhanced soldier pills to fill his stomach, he dove right into training.
This ti, he didn't summon 800 shadow clones to assist like before. Instead, he went with 700. Of those, 300 were tasked with absorbing natural energy, sa as always, while he cut the number working on developing his kekkei tōta down to 400.
Watching the clones scatter to their tasks, Seii didn't waste any ti. He got himself ready, then teleported to the volcano beneath Moon Island to train in the Way of the Body.
An hour passed in a flash.
Seii returned to Moon Island, letting his body recover naturally before dispelling the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. He checked on the progress of his clones, especially the 400 working on the kekkei tōta.
But, maybe because the training session was too short or the kekkei tōta was just that tough to crack, an hour's work didn't yield any noticeable results.
With a sigh, Seii went back to the sa setup and started another round of training.
Six rounds later, by noon, he finally had sothing solid to show for it. This new allocation of clones was, in fact, slightly boosting his progress on the kekkei tōta.
It confird he was on the right track.
In other words, if he kept tweaking things in this direction, he'd likely find the sweet spot for maximum efficiency.
A small smile crept onto Seii's face at the thought.
But it didn't last long.
The morning's results made it clear that finding this balance wasn't going to happen overnight. It might take a long ti to experint and get it right.
Heck, as his experience with the kekkei tōta grew, this whole "finding the perfect balance" thing could end up being a never-ending task.
Still, during all this, he could keep racking up experience points. It was just a matter of how much.
So, Seii wasn't too stressed about it.
Clearing his mind, he popped a few more enhanced soldier pills to replenish his energy and kicked off another round of training.
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Ti flew by like a galloping horse. Before he knew it, a week had passed.
It was now late July, and the mont Seii had been anticipating—his body's transformation—was getting closer. He could feel it: the invisible barrier holding back his physical growth was becoming clearer by the day.
He figured he had about one more week before he could try breaking through that limit and trigger the transformation.
But that was for later.
Right now, he was more focused on two things: developing his kekkei tōta and keeping tabs on the peace talks between the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Leaf Villages.
The first was about managing his chakra distribution and fine-tuning his training plan.
The second would give him a sense of the ninja world's stability in the near future, so he could prepare accordingly.
As expected, finding the perfect balance for developing the kekkei tōta was no easy feat.
After a whole week, he'd only narrowed it down to a rough range: efficiency peaked when he used between 200 and 250 shadow clones at once.
Anything more specific? Well, the kekkei tōta was so complex, and the experience gained per session so minimal, that he couldn't pin it down yet.
But Seii wasn't about to waste ti and energy obsessing over it.
The balance point wasn't set in stone anyway.
Once he got more experience with the kekkei tōta, he could always revisit and tweak it again.
For now, he'd stick with 200 shadow clones for training.
One upside? Cutting back on the number of clones for the kekkei tōta ant he was using less chakra. Now, he only needed to pour 2 million chakra points into it daily to keep things running.
That bumped his daily leftover chakra from 320,000 to 1.32 million points.
It wasn't a ton, but crossing the million-point mark ant he could start banking so chakra.
Shifting his focus, Seii turned his thoughts to the peace talks between the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Leaf.
From the latest intel, both sides had agreed on a basic frawork and were hamring out the finer details.
At this pace, it wouldn't be long before they signed a peace treaty.
As for that incident where the Cloud delegation tried to kidnap the Hyuga clan's heiress, only to get taken out? Seii hadn't heard anything about the Leaf paying a price for it.
Nor had he heard the Cloud Village pressing the issue further.
It seed both sides wanted to sweep it under the rug.
Still, Seii figured the Leaf had probably made so under-the-table deals with the Cloud—or even paid a price—to smooth things over. Otherwise, even with Minato's firm stance and the Leaf being in the right, the Cloud wouldn't have backed off so easily.
After all, the Fourth Raikage, A, wasn't exactly the type to roll over.
What exactly they traded? That wasn't sothing a regular jonin like Seii would be privy to.
At least, not yet.
But in the future? No secret stays buried forever, especially when more than one person knows it.
All he had to do was wait, and the intel would co eventually.
Truth be told, Seii wasn't too invested in it.
Whatever deal they struck, it probably wouldn't affect him much.
What he did know was that, after this, the ninja world would likely enjoy a long stretch of peace.
Which ant he could train in peace for a while.
With that in mind, Seii didn't waste another second. He steeled himself, cast Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, summoned 500 clones, and kicked off another round of training.
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Ti marched on, relentless as ever.
Another week passed, bringing the end of July.
Just as Seii had predicted, his body—after a week of intense training—had reached the tipping point for transformation.
Inside the volcano.
Seii finished another round of Way of the Body training, but he didn't feel much progress.
Instead of being frustrated, a faint smile spread across his face.
Flying Thunder God Jutsu~
With a thought, he activated the technique, teleporting back to Moon Island.
Feeling the cool night breeze and gazing at the ocean, shimring mysteriously under the moonlight, Seii took a deep breath.
After a mont, he let it out slowly.
In that mont, he felt his spirit lift, his whole body lighter.
But he wasn't about to guide his body through the transformation right then and there.
From past experience, a breakthrough like this wasn't sothing he could wrap up in an hour or two.
And it was getting late. Seii wasn't sure he could stay focused long enough.
So, he decided to wait until tomorrow—no need to rush.
With that, he dismissed the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, recalling all his clones.
Once he'd fully absorbed their training experiences and mories, he headed back to his wooden cabin and turned in early.
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