Special Training!

Afternoon.

"Is this your training method?"

Uchiha Nagasawa sat on the ground, exhausted, his face showing clear signs of fatigue.

At this moment, Roy didn't even have the strength left to respond to Uchiha Nagasawa.

He was lying on the ground, unable to move.

"Is physical training really this desperate?"

Natsume chimed in as well, having gone through the training alongside them.

He was also sitting on the ground, somewhat drained of energy.

"Better to be desperate now than to lose your life in battle, right?"

Roy finally managed to catch his breath.

After only half a day of high-intensity training, Roy had completely lost his ability to move, and both Uchiha Nagasawa and Uchiha Natsume were utterly spent.

They had essentially lost all combat capability.

Thinking back to the scenes of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama battling for days on end, Roy felt a shiver of trepidation.

Was the stamina of those guys truly infinite?

"Better to be desperate now than to lose your life in battle!"

"Hahaha, well said!"

"But Roy, although we Uchiha aren't weak in taijutsu, we excel more at ninjutsu and genjutsu."

"Why not spend more time improving in those areas?"

While Uchiha Nagasawa affirmed Roy's philosophy, this training method...

"The power of ninjutsu is closely linked to the strength of the body; if the body cannot withstand powerful chakra, the potency of the ninjutsu will be significantly diminished."

"As for genjutsu, isn't this kind of training enough to make the spirit stronger?"

After saying this, Roy stood up once more.

He added two tin-iron weights and resumed his training.

"I suddenly feel like what Roy said makes a lot of sense!"

"No way, I can't lose to a junior, can I?"

Uchiha Natsume followed suit and continued training.

Uchiha Nagasawa really didn't want to move at all, but now...

He started running as well.

It wasn't until evening that Roy removed his weights and dragged his exhausted body to the side to sit down.

"Whew... while the body's memory is still fresh, it's the best time to refine chakra."

"I'm starting now."

After sitting cross-legged, Roy immediately began to refine chakra.

Uchiha Nagasawa raised his hand, originally wanting to say something, but he held back.

Interrupting someone while they are refining chakra is a very poor practice.

"Let's join him, we can have a proper talk with the little guy later."

"Fine..."

After Nagasawa and Naishiro exchanged glances, they also began to refine chakra.

Soon, the two discovered something.

Their speed of refining chakra had increased significantly compared to before.

Furthermore, the conversion efficiency was much higher as well.

After a moment of surprise, the two calmed their minds and accelerated their chakra refinement.

"Big Brother Nagasawa, Captain Natsume."

"Time for breakfast."

Following the call, Nagasawa and Natsume finally opened their eyes.

"Gurgle..."

Upon smelling the aroma, both of their stomachs couldn't help but growl.

"Sorry to trouble you with preparing dinner, Roy, we..."

"This..."

Uchiha Nagasawa felt as if he hadn't even woken up yet, but upon seeing the rising sun, he couldn't hold back his shock.

"We've been sitting here all night?"

Uchiha Nagasawa looked utterly bewildered.

"Mhm."

"I have a biological clock; to avoid feeling hungry, I woke up naturally."

"I've already eaten, you two should have something too."

Roy said, walking straight to the side to perform some aerobic exercises.

The early morning was the best time to stretch the body.

At this moment, it was equivalent to doing a warm-up.

"Are your legs numb?"

"Are they sore?"

"I don't feel anything. This method of training... it's actually got something to it."

"Should we go tell the Clan Head?"

"This... how about we test it a bit more?"

The two of them chatted while eating.

"Boss..."

"Captain Natsume, Lord Nagasawa, you're here too?"

The three of them had originally intended to find Roy, but they hadn't found him at his home.

So, they had come straight to the training ground.

They hadn't expected to run into Uchiha Nagasawa and Uchiha Natsume.

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat tense.

"You're here to find Roy, right? Go ahead."

"We were just about to leave ourselves."

Uchiha Nagasawa nodded, then spoke to the trio with a smile on his face.

Upon hearing Uchiha Nagasawa's words, the three of them felt a chill run down their backs.

Who was this?

Uchiha Nagasawa, a personal guard to Clan Head Uchiha Fugaku, a man known during the Third Shinobi World War as the Black Death Thunder God.

With his signature Dark Thunder, he had reaped the lives of countless enemies.

At the same time, within the clan, Uchiha Nagasawa was known as someone who never joked around.

Coupled with the fact that he was one of the representatives of the Hardline Faction, his temper wasn't exactly great either.

And he had actually smiled at them?!

"Understood, Lord Nagasawa."

The three of them nodded, then quickly rushed toward Roy.

"Did I look that scary just now?"

Nagasawa looked at Natsume on the side with some curiosity, pointing to his own nose.

"Not exactly scary, but you did have that 'I'm about to eat someone' vibe."

"Alright, let's go find the Clan Head first; we can talk about other things later."

Natsume didn't have time to stand around here shooting the breeze, so he turned and vanished on the spot.

Though puzzled, Nagasawa also used a Body Flicker Technique and disappeared.

"Big Brother Roy, Lord Nagasawa and the others were..."

"Oh, they came to train with me."

"It seems the results were pretty good, so they went to report to the Clan Head."

"There are weighted tools over there. Each of you take four weights and strap them to your calves and arms."

"Then, let's start training."

Roy was already prepared for training, his own weights already strapped on.

"Training?"

"Running, punching, squat jumps, push-ups, sit-ups..."

The three of them were a bit stunned.

Was this most basic form of training really the secret to Roy's strength?

He wasn't trying to pull a fast one on them, right?

Though puzzled, he still followed suit.

He even ran faster than Roy at the very beginning.

One hour later.

"Big Brother Roy, how much longer are we going to run?"

"Until around noon, I suppose."

Two hours later.

"Xiu, if you can't hold on, just take a break. I can still keep going!"

"Get lost. I think it's you who can't hold on anymore, right?"

"You guys are truly something, still having the energy to bicker."

Three hours later.

"Thud!"

Yoichi, who had the worst physical constitution, collapsed to the ground like a duck with its throat constricted, mouth wide open, gasping for air.

Ten minutes later, Xiu and Naishiro collapsed as well.

Watching Roy, who was still running steadily despite carrying several times the weight they were, the three of them no longer felt that this was some simple special training.

But knowing it was one thing, and being able to do it was another matter entirely.

Right now, they wished they could just lie down until the end of time; they didn't want to move at all!