Grind is My Ninja Way

Chapter 648 - 646: Leaving and Discovering

Time flies like a fleeting horse.

In the blink of an eye, a whole day had passed.

The lively atmosphere in the Hidden Leaf Village continued.

Within the Uchiha clan's compound, inside an ordinary house, Seimei slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze was filled with confusion, his entire being groggy and disoriented, his consciousness still unclear.

Nearly twenty hours of sleep hadn't washed away his exhaustion. Instead, it seemed to have flipped a switch, releasing the fatigue he had accumulated over the past two years all at once, leaving him feeling weak.

Seimei lay dazed on the bed, staring at the sunset through the window's crack, unmoving.

Time ticked by, second after second.

At some point, the sound of his stomach growling broke the silence.

Seimei reached out and gently touched his stomach, the pangs of hunger overwhelming him.

From the time he returned to the village in the morning until now, over ten hours had passed without him eating a single thing. It was no wonder he was starving!

Struggling to sit up, Seimei initially planned to eat a few military ration pills to stave off his hunger.

But as he reached for his ninja pouch, he suddenly stopped.

Now that he was back in the village, eating ration pills felt like shortchanging himself.

His nose twitched as he caught the faint aroma of food wafting in from outside. After some thought, he decided to head out and treat himself to something good.

"Alright!"argeting him this time was from Root or not, Seimei decided to deal with the trouble Danzo represented as soon as possible.

As the saying goes, the longer the night, the more dreams it brings. Seimei didn't want to delay any longer.

Of course, there was another reason he made this choice: with the passage of time, most of his ninjutsu techniques were nearing perfection.

Next, apart from studying the unique secret techniques of the Uchiha clan, the only techniques that caught his eye were the precious ones recorded in Konoha's Scroll of Seals.

However, the Scroll of Seals wasn't something he could access at will—it required the Hokage's approval.

Given the strained relationship between the village and the Uchiha clan, no matter how cordial Hiruzen Sarutobi pretended to be, it was unlikely he would allow Seimei to read the scroll.

Even if he reluctantly agreed, he wouldn't let him learn too many techniques.

This was clearly insufficient for Seimei's needs.

Thus, he had to come up with another solution.

And it was obvious that Danzo was a promising avenue.

Danzo had always coveted the position of Hokage.

To train his own people, he often exploited his relationship with Hiruzen Sarutobi to transcribe various techniques from the Scroll of Seals.

With this, coupled with the resources accumulated by Root, if Seimei could seize it all, his needs would undoubtedly be met.

As for stealing the Scroll of Seals outright?

That was nearly impossible!

Don't be fooled by the fact that Naruto, still in ninja school, managed to steal it. That was most likely Hiruzen Sarutobi's doing.

Even the Scroll of Seals Naruto took was likely a fake, with only the "Multi-Shadow Clone Technique" recorded on it.

Otherwise, with Naruto's abysmal foundational knowledge, it would be too much of a coincidence for him to have learned the technique that suited him best.

Let's not forget, Hiruzen Sarutobi was known as the "Professor of Ninjutsu." With his abilities, selecting a technique tailored for Naruto would be a trivial task.

As for anyone else attempting to steal the scroll, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

While Seimei was lost in thought, the waiter brought over the grill and the meat.

Seimei lit the charcoal and watched as the meat sizzled on the fire. His mind, however, was preoccupied with what to do once he left.

If the person watching him truly was sent by Danzo, they wouldn't simply retreat after this.

In that case, if he didn't deal with them, it would make training or tracking Danzo's movements inconvenient.

But if he dealt with them, it might alert the enemy.

For a moment, Seimei couldn't make up his mind.

Fortunately, he still had time to think.