New Mission

When Shiro was first sent to Ryūchi Cave by reverse spirit communication, he had already discovered that Ryūchi Cave was located on a huge Leyline, which Shiro guessed was the reason why the Natural Energy here was abundant.

However, this was just Shiro's guess, and he didn't know if it was correct.

After learning the reason, Shiro decisively decided to make the Mana Crystal in Ryūchi Cave, as this would be more efficient.

At the same time, he included the practice of Baji Quan in his training plan.

And so, time flew by as Shiro continued his training and missions. Before he knew it, half a year had passed, and Shiro was already nine years old.

After this period of training, Shiro has made significant progress.

First of all, he has already mastered the basics of Baji Quan, thanks to Li Shuwen's experience, which allows him to progress quickly in his training.

Secondly, the basics of swordsmanship have been completed, and the student is currently learning the basics of other weapons, with good progress.

Finally, Shiro didn't neglect his archery training either, otherwise his Clairvoyance would have been wasted. Now Shiro can hit the bullseye every time within a kilometer!

This applies to Taijutsu; Shiro has also made great progress in Magecraft and Ninjutsu.

Although he still only knows one B-rank Ninjutsu, Thousand-Faced Wind, Shiro is much more proficient in it than before. In addition, Shiro's Wind Release: Nature Transformation has made considerable progress, and its power has also increased significantly.

In terms of Magecraft, Shiro has already mastered the basics of Territory Creation and some Barrier Magecraft, taking another step closer to building Magecraft Workshop.

Territory Creation is essentially about using Magecraft to create an environment that is advantageous to oneself, but it doesn't actually offer much help in actual combat.

After all, Shiro is following Merlin's path, going straight for the sword! Skills like Territory Creation can be acquired with a simple tap.

For Shiro, all he needed was to build the Magecraft Workshop.

Meanwhile, as Shiro practiced Meditation Technique, Shiro also discovered an unexpected benefit: Shiro resistance to Genjutsu increased!

This also means that Shiro's three skills of ninjutsu, Shiro, and genjutsu have begun to reach a balance, and Shiro is gradually growing into a powerful ninja!

However, compared to these, Shiro's Projection Magecraft hasn't changed much, remaining at the C-level, as if it's reached a bottleneck.

Shiro's basic attributes and the level of his Projection Noble Phantasm are both stuck here. However, Shiro is not in a hurry. He has plenty of time and can plan slowly.

Meanwhile, Taichi and the others were not idle either; they had also been diligently training over the past year.

If Taichi overpower ordinary Chunin by relying on his Sharingan, then Taichi now can completely overpower Chunin simply by relying on his Lightning Release Nintaijutsu!

Of course, just like Shiro now, he still loses when he encounters Jonin. There is still a gap between them, but he is much stronger than a year ago. At least he won't be instantly killed by Jonin.

Furthermore, he was Taichi proficient in Lightning Release Nintaijutsu; his true strength lay in Genjutsu!

If he had enough merits, he could already be rated as Special Jonin. Keep in mind, he's only 13 years old!

Although he's a little less accomplished Kakashi Jonin age 12, he's still quite good. However, the Sharingan plays a significant role in this, as Sharingan greatly amplifies Genjutsu.

And then there's Shikaki... Well, I haven't seen any progress, because he basically doesn't get to take action. He just needs to make the plans and then give instructions to Shiro and the others.

Therefore, Shiro is not very clear about Shikaki's current strength, but he doesn't need to be too strong. Being able to protect himself is enough, after all, he is a mental worker.

As for how smart Shikaki is now... sorry, the author is just a weakling and can't understand the world of smart people...

However, the one who has made the most progress is Nakamura.

After emerging from the shadow of the Shimizu incident, Nakamura seemed to have been given a cheat code. In the past year, he not only mastered Earth Release but also cultivated Lightning Release!

It was said that this was so that it could guide Taichi's cultivation...

To be honest, I could somewhat understand why Nakamura was able to Shiro Earth Release so quickly. After all, according to Shimizu, Nakamura originally had a great talent for Earth Release, but he chose Wind Release to complement Shimizu.

Therefore, Shiro could understand why the Earth Release technique had progressed so quickly, but Shiro was quite surprised that the Lightning Release technique had also been mastered so quickly.

With this, combined with Nakamura's own knowledge of local customs, he now possesses three attributes, and he is proficient in two of them. At this rate, he will become Elite Jonin just a few years!

Elite Jonin —that's a very high rank. Kakashi and Guy would only reach that level in the future, but Kakashi later betrayed them.

He simply became the Sixth Hokage.

Overall, in the year since they returned from Yugakure, Shiro and his group have made great progress, although their current strength may not have improved much.

However, their foundation was honed to an incredibly solid level, paving a smooth road for the future.

Additionally, it's worth mentioning that Kakashi and Guy also enrolled in school that year, but due to Shiro's involvement, Sakumo did not meet Dai and his father.

However, thanks to Shiro's intervention, Kai was able to enroll smoothly, and things did not turn out as they did in the original story.

Shiro was overjoyed, because this was the first thing he had personally changed! It was of great significance!

However, Shiro also marveled at the wonder of fate and the sharp insight of Sakumo.

Even though they didn't meet as in the original story, Sakumo only glanced at Kakashi at the school gate and immediately recognized Guy's potential, then said the line from the original story to Kakashi.

However, with Kakashi's enrollment, the village's higher-ups shifted their attention away from Shiro, since Kakashi's performance at the school was quite outstanding.

As for why the village paid attention to Shiro, it all started with his own self-destructive behavior. He wanted to rely on the support of the Uchiha Clan to gain control of the Hawk Plan, so he formed an alliance with the Uchiha.

Shiro originally thought that the Third Hokage would overlook this because of Taichi, and indeed, just as Shiro thought, the Third Hokage did not care about this matter.

However, Shiro forgot that there was also a very suspicious Danzo in the village. He didn't care about all that and decided to observe first.

Fortunately, Shiro later abandoned the plan, had less contact with the Uchiha, and with Kakashi's rise to power, Danzo stopped observing Shiro.

Shiro thus avoided the possibility of confronting Danzo. At present, Shiro is not qualified to fight Danzo. Avoiding him and developing his strength in a low-key manner has always been Shiro's principle.

On this day, Shiro had just finished his Baji Quan training when a Anbu appeared in front of him.

"Emiya Shiro, the Lord Hokage has ordered you to report for duty as soon as possible; he has a mission for you."

"Yes."

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