Chakra Control

Qian picked up the scroll from the ground, released the Transformation Technique, and changed back from Ryosuke's appearance into himself.

That was right—the "Qian" and "Ryosuke" just now had both been fake.

To make Furukawa lower his guard, the two of them had swapped identities with the Transformation Technique before showing themselves.

Only then had they been able to successfully seize the scroll from Furukawa.

However, what Qian had not expected was that Furukawa, who had been matching wits with them the entire time, had also been fake.

A mere Shadow Clone had toyed with them completely, giving Qian a much clearer understanding of a jonin's strength.

Clap, clap, clap—

Just then, a burst of applause came from the distance, drawing closer.

The three of them looked toward the sound and saw Furukawa strolling out leisurely from between the trees.

"Teacher Furukawa!" ×2

Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko, who had just recovered from their fright, hurriedly greeted him when they saw who had come.

Furukawa nodded at them, then looked at Qian and said, "You didn't hesitate at all when you attacked just now. Weren't you afraid of hurting me?"

Hearing this, Qian shook his head and replied, "Teacher Furukawa is a jonin. An attack like that couldn't possibly truly hurt you. If we hadn't resolved ourselves to kill you, we never could have taken the scroll from you."

"Not bad!"

Furukawa nodded in satisfaction, then said to the other two, "You two weren't bad either!"

"Then, Teacher, did we pass the test?"

Ryosuke, who had recovered, asked in a frantic rush.

"Of course."

Hearing this, Furukawa replied with a smile, "Congratulations. You won't have to return to the academy for retraining."

"Yeah!"

Ryosuke shouted excitedly when he heard that.

Mizutani Shizuko, beside him, also showed an excited expression.

Only Qian remained as unsmiling as ever.

After everyone's excitement had passed, Furukawa spoke again. "To celebrate the establishment of Class 17, your teacher will treat you all to barbecue."

Hearing this news, Ryosuke became even more excited.

Even the corners of Qian's mouth curved into a faint smile.

For no other reason than that, over this past period, Soldier Pills had almost made him sick of eating.

Although he occasionally improved his meals, it still could not compare to the aroma of barbecue. Before this, he had been unwilling to spend money on it.

Now that he could openly get a free meal out of someone, he was naturally very happy.

Afternoon.

Uchiha Clan Grounds.

Qian returned home, and when he recalled Furukawa's pained expression just now, he could not help wanting to laugh.

However, those were all trivial matters.

He had already "wasted" the entire morning. It was time to hurry up and complete today's training plan.

At this stage, since the Chakra Refining Technique could not break through to lv2, and his Physical Constitution and mental attributes remained stable, the maximum Chakra Amount he could make use of each day was 2,400 to 2,500 points.

Of that, he planned to use two thousand points on practicing the Mind Reflection Technique.

This way, the Mind Reflection Technique could gain ten points of Proficiency every day, and the awakening progress of his Sharingan would also increase by one point accordingly.

In that case, in less than half a month, the awakening progress of his Sharingan would reach (70/100).

As for after that...

That would require further planning.

Because by then, his Mind Reflection Technique would rise to lv2.

At that time, the chakra consumed each time he used it might change, and its effect in promoting the awakening of the Sharingan would also change.

In that case, the plan would naturally have to change along with it.

It was just that—

"Gather in front of the Hokage Building at nine tomorrow morning. We'll officially start accepting missions."

Thinking of what Furukawa had said when they parted just now, Qian could not help frowning.

Just as he had thought, the village indeed had no intention of immediately sending rookies like them to the battlefield, but it would not let them stay idle either.

For the next period of time, they would most likely be like students from previous years, carrying out missions such as finding cats, catching dogs, picking up trash, and babysitting.

Although this was to familiarize them with the mission process and let them adapt to a ninja's life, it was undoubtedly an enormous waste of time.

If he wanted to make the greatest possible use of his chakra, then he had to ensure more than ten hours of meditation every day in order to refine chakra.

Clearly, those two things contradicted each other.

Carrying out missions took time, and training took time too. There were only twenty-four hours in a day, and after eating, drinking, relieving himself, and resting, there simply was not much time left.

So he had to find a way to resolve this conflict.

After thinking it over for a long while, Qian roughly came up with three approaches.

The first was to increase the speed at which his body naturally recovered chakra.

This required raising his Physical Constitution and Spirit attributes, but there was no hope of seeing results in the short term, so he could set it aside for now.

The second was to increase the amount of chakra he could actively recover per unit of time.

This required raising the level of his Chakra Refining Technique, but taking Chakra Refining Technique from lv2 to lv3 required five hundred proficiency points.

Right now, its proficiency was not even seventy.

Even if he meditated and refined chakra to the greatest extent possible for twelve hours every day, gaining twelve proficiency points, it would still take more than a month.

There was no hope of seeing results in the short term for that either.

So he could only put it off for now.

That left only the third method...

The next day.

Afternoon.

Under Furukawa's lead, Qian and the other two each carried a basket on their backs as they picked up trash from a river at the edge of the village.

During that time, Ryosuke complained every now and then.

Qian, meanwhile, waded through the river, carefully advancing while bending down to pick out trash.

If one looked closely, they would discover that his feet were not touching the riverbed. His entire body was moving forward just like that, stepping on the water.

A few minutes later.

Proficiency +1!

Chakra Control: lv0 (60/100) → lv0 (61/100)!

That was right—this was the third method Qian had thought of.

Namely, increasing his chakra control in order to reduce the chakra required when practicing ninjutsu.

For ninja, the amount of chakra required to perform each ninjutsu was different. Mobilizing too much or too little chakra could both cause the ninjutsu to fail.

Even if it did not fail, it could still result in wasted chakra.

Therefore, how to precisely control chakra was a problem every ninja needed to consider.

Through continuous exploration, the Ninja World had formed a set of effective training methods: Tree Climbing and Water Walking.

For ninja, gathering chakra at the soles of the feet was the most difficult, and the amount of chakra required for Tree Climbing and Water Walking was extremely delicate.

The slightest mistake would lead to failure.

Therefore, as long as one trained these two well, they would basically be able to grasp their own chakra very well.

And that was exactly what Qian was doing.

"Panel!"

With a thought, Qian summoned the Proficiency Panel.

The familiar pale-blue light screen appeared, filling his field of vision:

[Name: Uchiha Qian

Age: 10

Physical Constitution: 6

Spirit: 7

Chakra: 215 (862 → 910)

Bloodline: Sharingan · Unawakened (57/100) → (58/100)

Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv2 (69/500) → lv2 (81/500)

Clone Technique: lv2 (1/500)

Transformation Technique: lv2 (1/500)

Substitution Technique: lv2 (1/500)

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: lv1 (1/200)

Mind Reflection Technique: lv1 (65/200) → lv1 (77/200)

Basic Body Technique: lv2 (1/500)

Ninja Tool Throwing: lv2 (120/500)

*Chakra Control: lv0 (61/100)]

Practicing Chakra Control did not require consuming much chakra, nor did he need to set aside time specifically to train it.

So Qian quickly raised it to lv0 (61/100).

Now, when he used the same ninjutsu again, the chakra he consumed could be reduced by roughly 3%.

It might not look like much, but when small gains piled up, it was still not to be underestimated.

Moreover, as he kept practicing, his Chakra Control would gradually level up, and when that happened, its effects would rise along with it.

With the same amount of chakra, if he could use ninjutsu more times, wouldn't that indirectly solve the problem of not having enough time?

The only thing that might be affected was probably the Proficiency of the Chakra Refining Technique.

However, that was not his focus right now, so it did not matter if it was a little slower.