Chapter 9: 9-back to training
Before going back home they made one last stop, and that was in the territory of the Lord who haired them for this mission to collect their payment.
Yamamoto was the one who went to personally meet him as they waited for him outside what could only be described as a castle.
As they waited there the guards kept staring at them from atop of the walls, some had awed expressions on their faces, some envious, some curious and others were just indifferent, as for aizen and his group they just ignored them completely and waited.
Before long the old man came back from inside, still with the same neutral expression as before, and without saying anything he just started running in the clan's direction and they followed after him one by one, they were used to this even the new kids got used to it and there wasn't a need for them to be given any orders.
He didn't know how long it took to come back to the clan, because of all the fighting and killing throughout the day, plus having to Bury their dead, most of them were tired by now, and those who weren't tiered physically were tired mentally, so he was just running on autopilot the whole way back, by the time they made it he was even more tired to think about anything else.
Reaching his home he just wanted to take a quick shower and sleep, and that's exactly what he did, after taking his armour off and taking a shower he immediately went to his room and fell unconscious as soon as his head hit his pillow.
He didn't know how long he slept as he woke up to the sounds of birds singing, nonetheless, he felt completely rested, but, he had to get through another battle right now and it was to have enough power to leave his bed.
(AN: I am sure all of us can relate)
He could swear it was even harder than going to war but after some time he managed to do it, as he sat cross-legged on the bed, he finally had enough time to Meditate to calm his mind and go through yesterday's battle.
He went through every fight he had, sorting through them and seeing what he have done wrong and what he could have done right, it was something he used to do all the time in his previous life and one of the reasons he reached the heights he did back then, 'for my first battle it went pretty well actually.' he thought.
'Although my jutsu arsenal is still not enough especially defensive jutsus, I have none, I need to fix that.' he contemplated.
'There is also Taijutsu, and Genjutsu which I haven't even started on yet, if my theory is correct and my soul got stronger I should be able to resist most Genjutsus, even so, I will still learn it as I'll need to be able to use it, it's an extremely useful branch after all.' he thought.
'i also need to increase my chakra control and volume to the next level, for chakra volume I can increase it through exercise and meditation as for control I have a few ideas I can use.' he thought.
'First, I can create chakra strings that I can manipulate and attach to weapons, the more I can create at the same time the more control I have over my chakra, but, there is another more effective way, the Rasengan!' he thought his eyes shining.
'It not only improves my chakra control exponentially it is also the pinnacle of shape transformation, an advanced form of chakra control that I'll have to learn in the future.'
'Not only that, after mastering it I can instantly use it on the battlefield with no hand signs, most enemies would be caught off guard by it and it's usually a one-hit KO if it landed, it's an all-in-one package, it's honestly just a cheat, and if after mastering it I can create the Rasenshuriken which embodies both the pinnacle of shape and nature transformation by that point... ' he couldn't help but shiver as he thought about it but he stopped himself from fantasising so much and went back to reality.
'honestly, it's not done enough justice of how broken it is in the show.'
'But, if I want to completely master it'll be a long and hard journey, and all of that because of the stupid reason that during this time period there are no da*n balloons or rubber balls to help my training, sigh, I guess I can only go about it the old fashioned way, Minato was able to create it and master it from scratch in 3 years so that's the most it's gonna take me.'
'Then there is also the sensing techniques, it's just as useful as any other, if that second guy I fought before could sense me I wouldn't have been able to kill him so easily, I mean just look at how Madara fought the shinobi alliance while blind, that alone will tell you everything you need to know about sensing techniques.'
'I am honestly surprised at just how well-rounded the power system of naruto world is, it leaves no weaknesses or open areas to be exploited, it's just so perfect, people always say nen is the perfect power system but honestly this world power system didn't lose to it by much. '
'Okay I already wasted enough time, time to start the grind.' he said hyping himself up.
Getting up he washed his face and wore his training clothes plus the body weights that he removed before going to war and went outside his home, 'it won't be good for my mental health to always stay cooped up in my cellar, from today onward I would train outside whenever I could, plus people will start asking how am getting stronger while all I do is stay home all day.' with that he closed the door to his house and started his morning jog around the clan.
Along the way, he saw many familiar faces but he didn't see Yanen or Yuji anywhere so he could only assume they were still asleep.
The Sōsuke clan wasn't the biggest but it wasn't the smallest either, currently, it had a population of nine thousand members which was constantly fluctuating.
Going outside it he could see a wooden wall surrounding it from every corner with watch towers spaced every 50m(54yd) from one another, with ninja keeping watch on the walls and the watch tower, surprisingly though the roads were paved with rock all around even though they weren't all that advanced, 'sigh, another advantage of jutsu.' he thought.
Picking a forest clearing right next to the clan he started his morning routine, finishing his run he moved to squats, pushups and sit-ups, when he was done he sat under a tree to Meditate and recover, as well as to increase his chakra pool while he's at it.
And if he remembers correctly the way to do that is by rotating his chakra in a vortex shape in the same direction his hair grows.
(AN: it's Canon)
'if I remember correctly chakra has a maximum volume for growth, and it all depends on the genetics of the body I probably won't even suppress an Uzumaki child even at my peak, but, there must be a way around this, there always is, anyway it's not time to be thinking about it.'
After sitting under the tree for a while he felt rejuvenated so he stopped meditating and opened his eyes, he looked up and the sun was already almost halfway up the sky so deciding to take a rest and have something to eat he got up and went back home.
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