Dream Training

Some time had passed since Itachi's departure.

As time went by, the attention surrounding the Uchiha Clan had gradually died down.

Natsuki, who had previously kept an eye on public opinion, had actually been very busy as well.

Because a new function had appeared in his Faction Template.

Within the Faction Template, the portraits of people with high loyalty or affinity toward Natsuki would light up.

After opening one, there was a Dream button inside.

The current list included Fugaku, Takuya, Yohei, Itachi, Shisui, and some Uchiha Clan Members.

Natsuki clicked on Fugaku's portrait. Under the combat section, there were further categories.

He lightly tapped the taijutsu button.

[Constructing Dream... Dream Constructed. Uchiha Fugaku—Taijutsu]

Lying in bed, Natsuki closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered a training ground.

Fugaku appeared before him and demonstrated his taijutsu moves one by one.

Every movement of Fugaku's taijutsu carried the intense style of the Uchiha Clan—flashy and showy.

Enhanced by the Sharingan, he leaped and twisted through the air. It was hard to imagine that such a burly man could possess such incredible coordination.

After Fugaku finished demonstrating, he lunged forward.

Natsuki instinctively used the Substitution Technique, only to find that he could not mobilize his Chakra.

With a bang, Natsuki exploded like a Shadow Clone.

Natsuki opened his eyes and found himself back in his bedroom.

Oh, a virtual training room?

He opened the Faction Panel again and found that Fugaku's portrait had dimmed. A countdown sat beside it.

He could only simulate it once every twenty-four hours.

Natsuki opened Itachi's taijutsu.

[Constructing Dream... Dream Constructed. Uchiha Itachi—Taijutsu]

Natsuki closed his eyes.

He returned to the training ground, where Uchiha Itachi stood opposite him, dressed in Anbu attire with a sword on his back.

Like Fugaku, Itachi first demonstrated taijutsu. But compared to Fugaku, Itachi showed far more of his shuriken techniques.

He also demonstrated his control over shuriken while moving at high speeds.

And how he used midair collisions between shuriken to alter their trajectories.

Natsuki could only marvel at it.

As someone who had transmigrated here, he had spent several months risking his life while traveling outside.

He had thought he had thoroughly mastered his own abilities and become a qualified Uchiha jonin.

Now, though, it seemed there was still quite a gap between ordinary ninja and geniuses.

After finishing his demonstration, Uchiha Itachi charged toward Natsuki just as Fugaku had before.

But while moving at high speed, Itachi threw numerous shuriken.

This time, Natsuki was prepared, so he remained extremely alert from the start.

With the Mangekyō Sharingan's enhancement, Natsuki dodged Itachi's shuriken very well.

I do have some talent after all, Natsuki thought.

Clang! Shuriken collided.

The shuriken he had already dodged changed direction and flew toward where Natsuki was evading.

As Natsuki narrowly avoided them—

Itachi threw more shuriken, striking the ones ahead.

Two additional shuriken sealed off Natsuki's two escape routes.

As Natsuki deflected the shuriken with his sword, Itachi had already closed in.

One slash turned Natsuki into smoke.

Natsuki abruptly opened his eyes.

Itachi's shuriken skills had truly reached the level of art.

Natsuki refused to believe it and selected Fourth Elder Yohei instead.

[Constructing Dream... Dream Constructed. Uchiha Yohei—Taijutsu]

Natsuki closed his eyes again...

After a long while, Natsuki opened his eyes and let out a heavy breath.

Yohei in the dream was already frail with age.

Even against Yohei in that state, Natsuki had needed to put in tremendous effort just to perish together with him.

Yes, perish together—not win.

As expected, none of those who had been on the battlefield were easy opponents.

However, on the Faction Panel, the taijutsu category under Uchiha Yohei disappeared.

Natsuki scratched his head. Then he would try something else?

He clicked on Yohei's ninjutsu.

[Constructing Dream... Dream Constructed. Uchiha Yohei—Ninjutsu]

Now that he had experience, Natsuki entered the dream and saw Yohei standing in place, explaining the ninjutsu he knew.

Most of them were Fire Release, with a small amount of Earth Release.

The strongest aspect of Natsuki's original body had been ninjutsu, but Natsuki himself only knew Fire Release.

He could not use Earth Release at all. There was no helping it—he lacked an Earth Release affinity.

Using it would take twice the effort for half the result.

Natsuki had tested himself long ago. He only possessed Fire Release and Lightning Release affinities, and Fire Release was much stronger than Lightning Release.

Following Yohei's hand seals and Chakra circulation routes, he successfully completed the Fire Release techniques.

Natsuki also tried Earth Release and discovered that, within the dream, its power was not weakened by his lack of an Earth Release affinity.

After Natsuki completed all the techniques, there was no ninjutsu clash like he had expected.

Instead, he was directly forced out of the Dream Space.

Elder Yohei still had one Genjutsu category remaining.

After Natsuki clicked it, it was the same as before.

[Constructing Dream... Dream Constructed. Uchiha Yohei—Genjutsu]

After entering, it was still a theoretical course, along with casting and dispelling Genjutsu.

His predecessor had been poor at Genjutsu, and although Natsuki quickly went through the course once—

He was still completely confused.

But Natsuki's ocular power was simply too strong.

When Yohei used Genjutsu on him, Natsuki directly counterattacked with his ocular power.

Natsuki exited the Illusionary Realm again.

Natsuki found that within Uchiha Yohei's portrait in the Faction Template, taijutsu, ninjutsu, and Genjutsu had all disappeared.

Only a practical combat button remained.

Full of Fighting Spirit, Natsuki tapped it again.

[Constructing Dream... Dream Constructed. Uchiha Yohei—Practical Combat]

Natsuki entered the dream again.

But this time, it was practical combat with all restrictions removed.

A short while later.

Natsuki opened his eyes again, his expression extremely unpleasant.

He had never expected the aged Elder Uchiha Yohei to possess such vicious experience.

He had actually used shuriken and Explosive Tags to create a trap.

Natsuki had fallen for it with a moment of carelessness.

In the end, he had only won by relying on Susanoo.

His practical combat ability was even worse than he had imagined.

When he opened Yohei's interface again, the practical combat button was still there, though it had entered cooldown. It seemed practical combat could be challenged repeatedly.

With that thought, Natsuki turned his attention to Third Elder Uchiha Takuya.

He entered the dream once more.

Morning sunlight streamed in as Natsuki stared blankly with lifeless eyes.

The time inside the dream was actually synchronized with reality.

Having not slept all night, Natsuki felt mentally drained and exhausted beyond belief.

After a night of hard work, aside from taking down the elderly and weakened Elder Yohei—

Natsuki had also lost Takuya's practical combat challenge. Of course, Natsuki had not used Susanoo.

As for Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi, they did not have practical combat options. Natsuki had already lost during taijutsu.

In the ninjutsu category, although there was no combat demonstration—

If he made a mistake while practicing a ninjutsu, Chakra would rampage through his body, and with one careless move, he would explode into smoke.

Natsuki's talent in Genjutsu could only be described as abysmal. He could not understand many things.

After trying many times, Natsuki had no choice but to accept the fact that he was a Genjutsu idiot.

Still, his ocular power was strong enough for him to break free from Genjutsu in an extremely short time.

But when it came to casting it, he was disastrously crude.

The only people he could reliably overpower were some Three Tomoe Uchiha Elites, or Two Tomoe users like Uchiha Keimei.

Most Uchiha Elites had no weaknesses. In taijutsu, Uchiha Yōya had the best swordsmanship. His movement technique was incredibly fast, and his strikes were ruthless—nothing like his usual foolish appearance.

Itachi was the best at throwing shuriken. The technique of making shuriken collide and change direction required exceptionally strong perception.

As for Genjutsu, Shisui was the best. When fighting Shisui—

Natsuki felt like an idiot. He was controlled by Genjutsu before they had even exchanged a single move.

If not for the Mangekyō Sharingan's powerful ocular strength, he would not even have had a chance to fight back.

After a night of brutal beatings, Natsuki was utterly exhausted.

Seeing that nearly everyone's dreams in his Faction Template had entered cooldown—

Natsuki closed his eyes. This time, he truly fell asleep.

After waking up, Natsuki went to the training ground to exercise.

Then he returned and continued his dream simulations.

As a result, Natsuki spent every day either sleeping or at the training ground.

Sometimes, when other Uchiha saw Natsuki at the training ground, he would only move his body around for a while before leaving.

Yet whether in taijutsu or ninjutsu, he left everyone present in awe.

This high-efficiency daily training, along with practical combat in the dreams, finally allowed Natsuki to grow rapidly.

Now, Natsuki was like a battle-hardened warrior. He was no longer a jonin who nearly died over every small mission.

However, Natsuki could not learn the unique ocular techniques of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

And there was still no sign of his own Mangekyō Sharingan technique awakening.

Natsuki was not in a hurry and waited patiently.

Previously, the ocular power of three Mangekyō Sharingan had been infused into his eyes.

This had left Natsuki with enormous ocular power, which continued to increase every moment.

Now, even when Natsuki did nothing, he was constantly growing stronger.

Not to mention that every night, he sparred with Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi in his dreams.