"The Kage-rank is no longer far away from my grasp."

"I have already fulfilled most of the conditions to advance to that level. My chakra capacity, chakra control, spiritual power, elemental affinity, and chakra quality—all of them have already met the required standard."

"What I am lacking right now, however…"

Seimei's mind spun as he analyzed his own situation. He still couldn't utilize 75% of his body's full capacity without setbacks, which was a strict requirement for reaching the Kage level.

Without reaching this mark, he would not be able to deploy automatic chakra membrane protection around his body, which was the mark of a Kage-level Shinobi.

Sure, his body, powered by a potent Otsutsuki bloodline, was incredibly powerful.

He could outmatch many Elite Jonin-level ninjas in Taijutsu and a pure contest of strength despite being only eleven.

Of course, that was without counting the Senju and Uzumaki clan Elite Jonin. Each of them had a monstrous physique. And every qualified Senju ninja had gone through countless cycles of full-body chakra infusion exercise.

But that was not the point.

The point was that he had a physique so powerful at his young age that it could even surpass many Elite Jonin-level ninja. His reflexes, strength, speed, dexterity, vitality, and senses were truly off the charts.

So, it might have created an illusion that he could control and utilize a large part of his body's full potential. But that was not the case.

In reality, he could hardly utilize 65% of his body's full capacity as of now. And the closer he got to the 75% mark, the harder it became to increase control over his body's untapped potential.

His movements and reflexes still weren't fluid enough.

It was like something in his brain was preventing him from unleashing his full power. Only by training rigorously and going through stimulating encounters could he reach the required 75% threshold faster.

"Training will no longer cut it."

"I need real-life experience. I need to challenge more powerful ninjas more frequently."

"I will ask Uncle Hashirama for more practical combat drills. I also need to take more missions containing actual life-and-death combat against the enemy ninjas and chakra beasts."

"It will stimulate my mind and make my chakra flow and thinking more fluid. I need to make my body react instinctively to the threats and sharpen my sixth sense."

"This is the key to breaking through the 75% threshold. I will be able to utilize more power in my body. The potential is there. I just need to tap into it."

Seimei murmured as he closed all the scrolls containing the insights into the Kage-level.

"If my plan works, I can achieve the Kage level within the next 3-4 years."

Then Seimei paused for a bit. His eyes shone with faint blue light, which quickly turned bright crimson. Three distinct pitch-black magatama rotated slowly inside his crimson irises, centering the equally black pupil.

His entire demeanor shifted as he said impudently, "Or I can just wait for my Sharingan to evolve."

"Tenseigan's next evolution is still far away."

"However, my Sharingan should evolve into Mangekyo Sharingan within the next two or so years."

"It will help me enter the Kage-level swiftly. After all, the foundation is there."

"Once Sharingan evolves into Mangekyo Sharingan, my spiritual power, perception, intuition, and chakra quality will get a huge boost. And because of the powerful spiritual power, my control over my body would also increase dramatically."

"With a strong physique and proper foundation, I will quickly ascend to the Kage-level without consequences, even though I will be less than fifteen years old."

"Fortunately, my strong foundation and powerful bloodline will ensure I don't become the second Uchiha Itachi, who suffered continuous torment and bloodline disease because his body was too weak to bear the burden of the powerful spiritual and ocular power of his Mangekyo Sharingan."

What was cheating?

This was cheating.

Cheating with Sharingan felt good.

Cheating with the system was even better.

However, cheating with the pure Otsutsuki bloodline, Sharingan, and system? Now, that was broken.

"As I master more Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, and modify their essence to fit my needs, my control over the Yin and Yang aspects of the chakra is improving."

"With a powerful physique, highly active cells, and great vitality, my mastery over Yang Release affinity is increasing steadily. My ocular power is also increasing, as well as my mental resilience, which is giving a huge boost to my Yin Release affinity."

"The more my affinity with Yin and Yang Release improves, the better I can control and alter the ratio of Yin and Yang aspects within my chakra."

"Kage-level."

"I will reach this level soon."

"As for the realms beyond that, it's still too early to think about that."

"One step at a time, Seimei."

"You can learn from your past and plan for your future. But you must never lose sight of your present."

With that, Seimei closed his eyes for a second and opened them again.

The crimson Sharingan receded, allowing his ocean-blue Tenseigan to emerge again.

Then, he slowly walked toward the empty racks and put the scroll in his hand in its place.

After that, Seimei walked toward the Fire Release Ninjutsu section of the ancestral archives and picked a few scrolls.

He used a special Fuinjutsu seal to copy the content from the original scrolls to several empty scrolls Seimei had brought from the outside.

While using the Fuinjutsu seal to copy the content of the original scroll, Seimei's face couldn't help but become a little strange.

If I'm not mistaken, this Fuinjutsu seal used to copy the content of one document to another is an exclusive sealing technique developed by the Senju clan.

Even the Uzumaki clan has no such sealing technique. The Uzumaki clan never bothered to create such a sealing technique that is only useful for copying the written content of one scroll and pasting the copied content into other empty scrolls.

After all, when you are forced to participate in life-and-death battles every other day, who would have the free time to develop such a Jutsu that is useless in battle situations?

Isn't it better to develop new Ninjutsu?

But no. The Senju clan still created such a copy-and-paste sealing technique.

No wonder the Senju clan had tens of thousands of Jutsu in the Fire Release Ninjutsu archive alone.

Master of a thousand skills (one of the interpretations of the word "Senju" in Naruto Universe)? More like the collector of a thousand skills.

I'm pretty sure that if I search carefully, I will find at least a hundred Ninjutsu from the first generation of Shinobi or practitioners of Ninshu, who were guided by the sons of the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, that goat-bearded, pesky biological uncle of mine.

The Uchiha uses Sharingan to copy a thousand Jutsu. And the Senju clan uses the copy-and-paste sealing technique to shamelessly steal a thousand Jutsu.

I don't know what to say anymore.

No wonder my father, Senju Tobirama, trained a disciple like Danzo in the original Narutoverse, who perfectly inherited the trait of robbing other people of their secret techniques, clan-exclusive Jutsu, and forbidden techniques.

And this disciple of my dear father even took a step forward and began to steal Kekkei Genkai and capture people from other clans.

And those otherworldly, horned, distant blood relatives of mine travel from one planet to another to plant divine trees, grow chakra fruits, and steal chakra from different planets, including their genetic codes to develop new innate techniques and grow stronger.

Tsk~ Tsk~

The whole family line had mastered robbery and theft.

Seimei was speechless as his thoughts reached this point. But he quickly shook his head to clear his mind.

He stored the scrolls with the copied version of the Ninjutsu into his storage seal and put the original scrolls into their respective places.

Then, he stretched his limbs to melt away the mild stiffness he felt from staying in one place for a long time.

"Alright. I have got what I need to develop my next Ninjutsu."

"But first, it's time to go and play with little Tsunade."

"With all the training and missions, I really couldn't spend much time with her."

With that, Seimei walked away from the archive room.

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