Experimental Progress

In the temporary Workshop, Shiro wore a white robe, his left hand braced before his chest, propping up his right hand as it stroked his chin. He quietly watched a jar on the table in front of him.

Inside it, a certain special substance extracted from Tailed Beast Chakra was constantly intersecting with Natural Energy that Shiro could not perceive. Of course, Gray Snake, who had learned Sage Art, was the one who had described that process of "intersecting" to him.

All Shiro could see was the change in that special substance, and he basically judged the progress of the experiment by observing it.

After all, Gray Snake was only a snake. Though it knew ninjutsu, it was still a snake. Its angle of observation and way of understanding were very different from an ordinary human's, let alone a magus who was unlike ordinary people to begin with.

"Hiss~" Those three brats seemed to have provoked Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Was that really fine?

"It's fine. Taichi is there. They're just the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Besides, if it really comes to a critical moment, Ayue won't rigidly obey my ban. Before those eyes, they really are just the Seven Ninja Swordsmen."

"Hiss~" Just? That was a truly confident way of putting it. But with those eyes, true enough.

Thinking of the light in Ayue's eyes, a trace of fear flashed through Gray Snake's narrow eyes. "Hiss hiss." But didn't that girl say those eyes of hers might be best off used frequently? Why did you issue that order?

Glancing at the puzzled Gray Snake, Shiro smiled. "You remember what I told you, right? The focus of my training."

"Hiss." Analysis? You think her intuition was wrong?

"No. On the contrary, I think her intuition was rather accurate, because after that,