July 26th, morning.
Outside the Uchiha Clan training grounds.
Jiancheng simply couldn't put his mind at ease, so he came to take a look.
He had previously learned from Mirror that Akaseki's training in the "Mirror Clone" had not been going smoothly. Yet Akaseki had stubbornly persisted, and Jiancheng could not help but worry.
Although Mirror had also said that the first step was very helpful for Chakra control, and that practicing it would not be a loss even if he failed to learn it, Jiancheng still felt that these fifteen days should be spent on training that could produce immediate improvements in strength!
Now that it was already the ninth day, Jiancheng could no longer resist coming to see for himself. What he found, however—
In the training grounds, Akaseki and two other Akasekis were gathered together. All three were forming the cross hand seal.
Normally, there was no visible difference between them. But standing together now, one Akaseki looked slightly more gloomy, while the other seemed far more energetic—
The two subtly different Akasekis faced one another in horse stances, staring wide-eyed at each other. Akaseki himself stood beside them, staring at the space between them with his full concentration. He had not even noticed that the clan head had arrived.
"Mirror, this is—" Jiancheng stared blankly at Akaseki as he asked Mirror beside him.
He knew that this was the final step in cultivating the secret art, "Mirror Clone."
Constructing a clone composed of mixed Yin and Yang Chakra!
If he could accomplish this step, it could be said to fulfill Tobirama Senju's vision of "combining Yin Style and Yang Style" even better than the original Shadow Clone Technique.
However, such a combination would inevitably lose some of the "connection" property. The Chakra could not be recovered;