Entering the Mental Space, Mental Training Begins!

Konoha, Ato's villa.

A group of chefs in chef uniforms stood trembling as they held their signature dishes.

Standing before them were Konoha's Anbu.

"Lord Ato, the food is ready," Anbu A said respectfully to Ato, who was resting with his eyes closed beside him.

"I hope you won't disappoint me."

Ato opened his eyes and sat down at the dining table expectantly.

"Quick, bring the food over."

Anbu A casually pointed at one of the chefs and urged him on.

"Yes, Lord Ninja!"

The chef responded, then placed a serving of takoyaki, complete in color, aroma, and flavor, before Ato.

"Smells good!" Ato sniffed the takoyaki, a delighted smile appearing on his face.

Then, Ato casually popped a takoyaki ball into his mouth.

"Not bad. Make me another hundred servings of this takoyaki."

After finishing all the takoyaki with satisfaction, Ato ordered the nervous chef.

"Yes!"

The chef answered nervously, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and quickly stepped aside.

Another chef came forward carrying a plate of golden tempura.

Ato thoroughly enjoyed Konoha's various delicacies.

Only when enjoying food did Ato gradually relax from his state of training.

In this world, only food and battle must never be let down.

It was not until he had eaten for a full hour that Ato finally stopped.

"I'm full. The food this time was very good. You may live a little longer."

Ato wiped his mouth, then looked up at the chefs before him and spoke calmly.

Ato's words made the chefs feel as though they had been granted amnesty.

Anbu A also let out a sigh of relief.

Over the past few days, Konoha chefs had been blasted into nothing but dust by a single Energy Blast from Ato every day because their cooking tasted bad.

"Lord Ato, this is the food you requested."

After eating and drinking his fill, an Anbu sealed the food prepared in advance into a Sealing Scroll and handed it to Ato.

Looking at the Sealing Scroll, which was as tall as two people, Ato frowned slightly.

"Research Shadow Clone, remember to put research into turning Sealing Scrolls into capsules on the schedule as well."

With a thought, Ato's mental will connected to the Research Shadow Clone in the laboratory.

This was the Mind Communication Technique unique to the Yamanaka Clan.

After Ato obtained Madara Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he had copied the Yamanaka Clan's secret technique after merely taking one look at it.

Moreover, thanks to the ocular ability of Ato's right eye—Enhanced Ki Sense—

Ato could communicate mentally with his Shadow Clones regardless of distance.

"Got it!" The Research Shadow Clone's voice rang out in Ato's mind, sounding somewhat listless.

After ending the mental communication, Ato moved with a thought and directly appeared in the training room on the third floor of the villa.

Ato placed the Sealing Scroll containing the food in front of himself, then found a comfortable position and sat down.

The Z Fighters of Earth needed to sit cross-legged and focus their minds for mental training.

However, Ato, who had awakened the ocular ability Mental Training Space, did not need to do so.

He only needed to activate his ocular ability and enter his own Mental Training Space to begin training his mind.

"Let's begin. Before the Wood Clone reaches Planet Vegeta, I need to raise my mental power until its battle power matches my physical strength."

Ato took a deep breath. Then his eyes instantly turned into scarlet Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

The ocular ability in his left eye activated.

Ato felt his vision distort, and his consciousness was pulled into a vast, boundless space.

Looking at the empty mental space, Ato moved with a thought.

The mental space changed instantly.

A circular room appeared, with a huge hourglass on each side.

It was exactly like Earth's Kami's Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

As the master of the Mental Training Space,

Ato could alter the appearance of the mental space however he wished.

Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber were a comfortable lounge and a tea restaurant.

Training in the mental space was almost no different from training in the real world.

He would still become tired, hungry, and injured.

Those two rooms were specially meant for resting and eating.

"Excellent. This will do!" Ato looked at the Hyperbolic Time Chamber he had created with satisfaction, then began setting the training time.

First, he needed to stretch time.

Naturally, Ato's mental space could not achieve what the Hyperbolic Time Chamber did, where one day outside equaled one year inside.

However, the mental space could still make one month outside equal one year within the mental space.

Once Ato had set the flow of time,

The hourglasses on either side of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber began to flow slowly.

These two hourglasses made it convenient for Ato to keep track of time.

When all the sand ran out, it would be equivalent to one month in the real world.

After setting the time, Ato began adjusting the gravity within the mental space.

Ato first moved his body around.

His current body was pitifully weak.

If his physical battle power was 1,200,

Then his current mental battle power was only 100.

His mental power was pitifully weak.

That was even with the boost from the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

After thinking for a moment, Ato set the gravity to fifteen times normal.

Planet Vegeta's gravity was ten times that of the Ninja World.

Over the years, he had long since adapted to Planet Vegeta's gravity.

Therefore, Ato's mental training began directly at fifteen times gravity.

Once everything was ready, the Mangekyō Sharingan in Ato's left eye slowly rotated.

The entire mental space immediately trembled slightly.

Then the entire mental space became incomparably heavy.

Caught off guard by the sudden gravity, Ato was pressed flat onto the ground and could not move at all.

"Ow, ow, ow..."

Ato bared his teeth in pain. Under fifteen times gravity, even moving a finger was extremely difficult.

"As expected, training mental power can't wait!" Ato muttered, then gritted his teeth and began moving under fifteen times gravity.

The immense gravity left Ato drenched in sweat, while the body condensed from his mental power trembled without cease.

Yet Ato still gritted his teeth and persisted.

Splat.

Just as Ato struggled to prop himself up with both hands, deep tears appeared along his arms from the excessive strain.

Ato's hands were instantly mangled and bloody.

However, in the next second, the tears in Ato's arms recovered completely and healed at once.

"Worthy of the Sage Body!" Ato smiled.

After confirming the Sage Body's powerful recovery ability,

Ato began pushing his body without regard for the consequences.

Ato's mental training had begun!