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The next day, Uchiha Kiyoshi woke up hungry again. Feeling the weakness in his body, he gave a bitter smile.

"Yesterday, I got a little too absorbed. The mental drain was so severe that I passed out directly.

But I should have succeeded yesterday, right? I should have, right? As expected, my idea was correct. As long as I refine it a little more, I'll be able to put it to use directly, and I won't have to worry about extracting Chakra anymore. But..."

His stomach voiced its protest once again, and Uchiha Kiyoshi had no choice but to give in.

"Ugh! Food first."

Uchiha Kiyoshi got up and started cooking. As for training, he was skipping it again! After such good news, he naturally had to reward himself properly.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was in an exceptionally good mood now, and the long-standing repression in his heart had finally been released.

No one could truly understand just how immense the pressure Uchiha Kiyoshi had been under was.

Because of his wariness toward Chakra, Uchiha Kiyoshi had never dared to extract it at full capacity. He had also decided to find a way to make up for cellular depletion, and that came with its own pressure. After all, it concerned his future, and he did not have much room to be willful. If he failed this time, he would have to undergo a great deal of training to make up for the losses he had suffered during this period.

Fortunately, Uchiha Kiyoshi had chosen the right path. He no longer needed to bear that enormous pressure at every moment. Moreover, with the issue of Chakra—the most fundamental thing for a ninja—resolved, the road ahead of him would be smooth sailing.

Perhaps because he had relaxed mentally, Uchiha Kiyoshi tried extracting Chakra after breakfast and discovered that his Chakra had increased by more than half, leaving him utterly astonished.

(An additional note here: Uchiha Kiyoshi extracted Chakra before bed every day. The two times he fainted happened when he extracted Chakra after breakfast the following day.)

After packing a lunch, Uchiha Kiyoshi headed to school.

However, when Uchiha Kiyoshi arrived at the Ninja Academy and saw its tightly shut gates, he fell silent.

After standing there in a daze for a while, he finally remembered that it was the weekend. There were no classes!

"...

So, was this what it meant to be overwhelmed by happiness? A double dose of happiness?

Hehe, if so, give me a dozen!"

Uchiha Kiyoshi did not linger. Since there were no classes today, there was no need to waste time. He immediately turned around and went home. He still had many things to do, and today happened to be a good time to take care of one of them.

At the same time, Uchiha Kiyoshi reviewed last night's experiment as he walked.

"Yesterday's method was still too risky. If it had exploded, that would have been no small matter. I was too excited at the time and failed to consider safety. Write that down—I can't make the same mistake again. Fate won't always stand on my side. If I rely on luck for everything, it'll harm me sooner or later."

As Uchiha Kiyoshi analyzed the experimental process, he also reflected on his mistakes.

After noting down this lesson, Uchiha turned his thoughts to other matters.

"What should I call this technique? Sigh! Naming things really is the most troublesome part.

A technique that nourishes the body... I'll call you the Body Nourishment Technique.

The most basic work is complete now. I only need to keep becoming proficient with the process, then perform it directly within my body."

Uchiha Kiyoshi named his technique and decided that, over the next month, he would continue practicing it and try to improve it. After one month, he would officially cultivate this Secret Jutsu.

The Body Nourishment Technique was no longer the most important matter. It had delayed Uchiha Kiyoshi for so long, and many accumulated problems still remained unsolved. There were also many tasks waiting for him.

The Body Nourishment Technique now had a direction, and the issue of Chakra had been preliminarily resolved as well. With the concern over extracting Chakra dealt with, Uchiha Kiyoshi could now extract Chakra without restraint. Perhaps the Body Nourishment Technique itself might also help increase Chakra. These were only Uchiha Kiyoshi's predictions, however. The truth would not be known until a month later.

What Uchiha Kiyoshi would be working on next was Chakra control training.

Before that, however, Uchiha Kiyoshi wanted to try making a status panel for himself.

That was right, a status panel.

When his memories had first awakened, Uchiha Kiyoshi had tried before, only to helplessly discover that he truly had no system cheat or anything of the sort. He had accepted that reality.

But without a system, he could just make one for himself!

Although the various figures on a status panel had no direct relationship with actual strength, and some people with the same physical foundation could display strength far beyond others, quantifying things with a panel would at least make it easier to understand himself. His progress could also be displayed directly.

First was the quantification of Chakra.

Uchiha Kiyoshi already had an idea.

To define a unit of Chakra, he naturally needed to find a relatively standard amount of Chakra and designate it as one unit.

The Three Basic Techniques, essential for every ninja, were naturally the most suitable choice.

In Uchiha Kiyoshi's plan, the Chakra consumed by perfectly casting the Three Basic Techniques once each, without wasting any Chakra, would be defined as one unit of Chakra.

What? Uchiha Kiyoshi himself could not perfectly cast the Three Basic Techniques without wasting even a trace of Chakra, so how could he know how much Chakra it required?

Wasn't that simple?

Use a Ninjutsu once, estimate how much Chakra it consumed and what proportion of the Chakra had been wasted, and wouldn't that give him the answer? Even an elementary school student from his previous life could calculate that for him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi had actually thought of this idea long ago. It was just that the Body Nourishment Technique had kept him too busy, leaving him no time to organize these matters.

"But it's not too late now."

Uchiha Kiyoshi took out a notebook and muttered to himself.

After half an hour, Uchiha Kiyoshi had roughly calculated the amount of Chakra he needed, then gave that amount a unit: Ka.

Yes, one Ka of Chakra meant that, without waste, it was enough for a ninja to cast the Three Basic Techniques once each.

Kakashi:

To be honest, Uchiha Kiyoshi absolutely had no hidden meaning. He simply thought this was a good unit.

That was right. Ka—what a nice-sounding unit.

Didn't some high-martial-arts novel use Ka as its unit of energy?

Having settled on the unit, Uchiha Kiyoshi roughly assessed his own condition and created his first-generation status panel, or rather, version 1.0.

Name: Uchiha Kiyoshi (six years old)

Chakra: 1.3 Ka / 3.6+ Ka

Chakra Attributes: Fire Release (undeveloped), Water Release (undeveloped), Earth Release (undeveloped)

Ninjutsu: Three Basic Techniques

Secret Jutsu: Body Nourishment Technique

That was right. It was that bare-bones.

Without a system, Uchiha Kiyoshi could only pitifully use such a rudimentary panel.

Fortunately, since he had made the panel himself, there were no comments beneath it. At least it would not stab him in the heart when he looked at it.

It was worth mentioning that the plus sign in Uchiha Kiyoshi's Chakra entry meant he had never extracted Chakra at full capacity, so he did not know his true upper limit and could not make a proper judgment.

After quantifying his own data, Uchiha Kiyoshi would only need to make a status panel for himself every so often in the future.

After using his remaining Chakra to practice the Body Nourishment Technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi spent the rest of his time training.

Speaking of training, it gave Uchiha Kiyoshi another headache.

Before learning Medical Ninjutsu, Uchiha Kiyoshi could not train too intensely. Otherwise, it would be bad if he left behind hidden injuries.

And just last night, when Uchiha Kiyoshi had succeeded in his first attempt at the Body Nourishment Technique...

Mount Myoboku.

One of the Ninja World's Three Great Sacred Lands, and also the Sacred Land with the deepest influence on the Ninja World.

Mount Myoboku was a Sacred Land because it housed the Toad Sage. It was said that the Toad Sage had encountered a great opportunity and could foresee the future in dreams.

Although he could not control when he entered dreams, and many of those dreams concerned trivial matters, whenever something significant enough to alter the entire Ninja World's situation was about to happen, the Toad Sage would enter a prophetic dream.

At this moment, the Toad Sage was asleep, but he had not entered a prophetic state. He was merely sleeping normally.

Suddenly, the Toad Sage's whole body trembled, and his consciousness began to rise of its own accord, as though it were about to reach some mysterious place.

This was a sign that a major event was about to occur in the Ninja World and that the Toad Sage was entering a prophetic dream.

However, just as he seemed about to enter that state, the Toad Sage's consciousness somehow returned to his body once more.

"Just now, was I about to enter a prophetic state? But why did I come back out?"

The Toad Sage opened his eyes in confusion, unable to understand what was happening. Could prophetic dreams be interrupted?

After thinking for a while, the Toad Sage suddenly came to his senses.

"What was I thinking about just now? Forget it. I don't remember there being anything major, so I won't think about it."

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