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

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

But I succeeded yesterday, right? I must have, right? As expected, my idea was correct. With a little more refinement, it can be put to use directly, and I won't have to worry so much about Chakra extraction anymore. But..."

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

"Sigh! Food first."

Uchiha Kiyoshi got up and began cooking. As for training, he skipped it again! With such good news, he naturally had to reward himself properly.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was in an exceptionally good mood now. The pressure he had been suppressing for so long had finally been released.

No one could truly understand just how immense Uchiha Kiyoshi's pressure had been.

Wary of Chakra, Uchiha Kiyoshi had never dared to extract it at full force. Even deciding to find a way to make up for cellular depletion had placed him under immense pressure. After all, it concerned his future, and he did not have much room to be reckless. If he failed this time, he would have to undergo extensive training to make up for the time he had lost.

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

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 astonished.

(A quick clarification: Uchiha Kiyoshi extracted Chakra before bed every day. The two times he passed out happened when he extracted Chakra after breakfast the following day.)

After packing a lunchbox for noon, 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 blankly for a while, he finally remembered that it was the weekend. There were no classes!

"..."

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

Heh. 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 plenty to do, and today was the perfect time to settle one matter.

At the same time, Uchiha Kiyoshi reflected on 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. I need to write this down and make sure I never make that mistake again. Fate won't always be on my side. If I rely on luck for everything, it will eventually destroy me."

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

After recording this lesson, Uchiha turned his attention to other matters.

"What should I call this technique? Sigh! As expected, coming up with names is the most troublesome part.

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

"Now that the most basic work has been completed, I only need to become 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 thing. It had delayed Uchiha Kiyoshi for so long, and he had accumulated quite a few unresolved issues. There were still many tasks waiting for him.

The Body Nourishment Technique now had a direction, and the Chakra issue had also been provisionally resolved. With the concerns surrounding Chakra extraction gone, Uchiha Kiyoshi could extract Chakra freely and boldly. Perhaps the Body Nourishment Technique itself might even help increase Chakra. That was only Uchiha Kiyoshi's prediction, though. The truth would not be known until a month later.

What Uchiha Kiyoshi needed to do next was train his Chakra control.

But before that, Uchiha Kiyoshi wanted to try making a status panel for himself.

That's right, a status panel.

When his memories had first awakened, Uchiha Kiyoshi had tried it before. In the end, he had helplessly discovered that he truly had no system cheat or anything of the sort, and he had accepted that reality.

But if there was no system, he could just make one for himself!

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

First was quantifying Chakra.

Uchiha Kiyoshi already had an idea.

To define a unit of Chakra, he naturally needed to find a classic amount of Chakra and set it as one unit.

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

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

What? Uchiha Kiyoshi himself could not perfectly perform the Three Basic Techniques without wasting a single bit of Chakra, so how could he know how much Chakra that was?

Wasn't that simple?

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

Uchiha Kiyoshi had actually had this idea for a long time. The Body Nourishment Technique had simply 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 and assigned that amount a unit: Ka.

In other words, one Ka of Chakra, when none was wasted, was enough for a ninja to perform the Three Basic Techniques once.

Kakashi:

Honestly, Uchiha Kiyoshi absolutely had no hidden meaning. He simply thought this unit was good.

That's right. Ka was such a nice-sounding unit.

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

Having set the unit, Uchiha Kiyoshi roughly assessed his own situation and created his first-generation 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's right, it was that simple.

Without a system, Uchiha Kiyoshi could only pitifully make do with such a rudimentary panel.

Fortunately, since he had made the panel himself, there were no comments underneath it. At least it would not be painful to look at.

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

After quantifying his own data, Uchiha Kiyoshi would only need to make a new panel 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 successfully attempted the Body Nourishment Technique for the first time...

Mount Myoboku.

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

Mount Myoboku was a Sacred Land entirely because it was home to a 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 an event capable of changing the entire Ninja World's situation was about to occur, the Toad Sage would enter a prophetic dream.

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

Suddenly, the Toad Sage's entire body trembled, and his consciousness began to rise uncontrollably, as though it were about to reach some mysterious place.

This was the 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.

"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. He had no idea what was happening. Could prophetic dreams be interrupted?

After thinking for a while, the Toad Sage suddenly realized something.

"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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