Shinobi World.
Shinji hurried back from World No. 1 and descended straight onto his Flying Fortress.
Although he now had the Research Institute, this mobile Flying Fortress remained one of his important secret bases. Karin, Hikari, Shion, Neji, Kimimaro, Ryūsetsuna, Chiyo, and the others trained there every day.
He went straight to Shion's quarters and found her practicing with her Magic Ring.
Several months had passed, and Shion's training had yielded remarkable results. This was due both to her hard work and to the advantage she had as a Miko. She could now fuse eight types of magic arrays. With just a little more effort, she could increase that number to ten and create a Magic Ring uniquely her own!
When she saw Shinji, Shion hurriedly stopped training. "Shinji!"
Shinji entered Shion's quarters and looked through her daily training logs. As he turned the pages, he nodded. "Not bad, not bad!"
"Of course!"
Shion immediately grew smug.
And she had every reason to be. According to the biographies Shinji had brought back from the Six Rings World, even the youngest Archmage in its history had been nearly forty when he successfully created his Magic Ring.
Shion, on the other hand, was only thirteen or fourteen.
Of course, in the Six Rings World, mages needed at least ten or twenty years just to progress from low-level to high-level mage. Shion, however, had been born with unparalleled Miko Chakra. After fusing with the monster Moryo and becoming a complete Miko, her strength had instantly surpassed that of an Archmage. That was why she could master her Magic Ring so quickly.
Besides, without Karin and Hikari, Shion would definitely have slacked off during this time.
But things were different now. She, Karin, Hikari, and Sasuke were all secretly competing to see who could