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The next morning.
Uchiha Tōshirō completed his morning physical exercise early. After a brief rest at home, he came to a corner of the yard.
Standing on the Stone Slab he had installed the previous day, he stomped his feet and found no issues. The Stone Slab had one rough side and one smooth side, with the rough side facing down and the smooth side facing up. Next to it was a 40-centimeter-diameter, perfectly round Stone Ball, also smooth and shiny, showing the considerable effort put into its creation.
He tried lifting it, but as expected, it was too heavy for a kid his age. He quickly went inside to call Uchiha Mika, who had just woken up and was preparing breakfast, to help him push the Stone Ball onto the Stone Slab.
"Although training requires persistence and constant practice, Tōshirō, you don't need to be in such a hurry. You can start after breakfast!"
"I've been waiting for days. If I wait any longer, it will be too late..." There was no way he could wait any longer. From the moment Tōshirō began planning his training regimen, this particular training was listed as a top priority.
With a somewhat helpless look, she helped push the Stone Ball onto the Stone Slab.
"It's surprisingly heavy! Will this kind of training really be effective?" Recalling the image Tōshirō had described, she was still unsure.
Meanwhile, Tōshirō had already brought a Wooden Board and two Bamboo Poles, each about 50 to 60 centimeters long, to the Stone Ball.
"Of course it's heavy! Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked for your help, Mika. This Stone Ball is a solid Granite ball, weighing over 100 kilograms!"
The reason he chose a Wooden Board instead of the Stone Slabs delivered yesterday was because this was his first attempt. The Wooden Board was more flexible and easier to handle, and the two Stone Slabs were also quite heavy, not something a child could move easily.
Hearing Tōshirō's words, Uchiha Mika pouted but said nothing more. She didn't return to the kitchen to prepare breakfast but instead stood quietly to watch his next move.
He placed the Wooden Board on the smooth Stone Ball and sat down on it, using the two Bamboo Poles to support his body and maintain balance. Slowly, he crossed his legs and sat on the Wooden Board.
Indeed, he was mimicking the Senjutsu (Sage Techniques) training method from Mount Myōboku. In his training plan, the Mangekyō Sharingan and Senjutsu (Sage Techniques) were both top priorities, crucial to many of his future decisions.
If both the Senjutsu (Sage Techniques) training and the activation of the Mangekyō Sharingan were successful, he would try to change the tragic fate of the Uchiha Clan. After all, he was also an Uchiha, and this was a destiny he couldn't escape.
If only one of them succeeded, he would decide whether to save the clan or flee with a few close relatives based on the results of the Senjutsu (Sage Techniques) training and the abilities of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
If both the activation of the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Senjutsu (Sage Techniques) training failed, there would be no other choice but to prepare a fake death plan and find a beautiful place to live out his days in peace. o(∩_∩)o
As for fighting to the death with the Third Hokage, Obito Uchiha, and Uchiha Itachi, Tōshirō could only say, "I can't do that..." He wasn't the type to charge in recklessly once his blood was up.
After much consideration, he decided to wait and see how things unfolded. While Konoha often talked about the Will of Fire, it was just lip service. In this matter, there was no absolute power. Rushing in would only lead to an unknown death.
As for joining the Third Hokage, he thought better of it. In the original story, Uchiha Itachi returned to Konoha immediately after the Third Hokage's death, to deter those who harbored ill intentions toward the Uchiha Clan.
Rushing to join the Third Hokage would likely make him suspicious. Without the Mangekyō Sharingan, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to be a pawn in such a major event.
Even if he activated the Mangekyō Sharingan, thinking of Uchiha Shisui's fate, who was ambushed by Danzō Shimura and had one of his eyes stolen, leading to the failure of his plan.
Tōshirō felt that Shisui's plan was unrealistic, overly naive, believing that a pair of eyes could resolve the conflicts between the clan and the village.
As for Senjutsu (Sage Techniques), Tōshirō approached it with the attitude of "try it out, who knows what might happen," with the condition that it ensured his safety.
He had no great confidence in its success, but as someone who had seen the whole story, he believed it was worth a try. What if it worked?
"Clang!"
"Ouch!"
Two sounds followed in quick succession. The clang was the sound of the Wooden Board hitting the ground.
The ouch was Tōshirō's sound of falling flat on his face.
Uchiha Mika, standing nearby, burst out laughing, completely losing her composure.
There was no one to blame but himself. The setup he had designed was too tricky, and he had fallen victim to his own creation.
Whether it was the stable Stone Slab on the ground, the smooth Stone Ball on top of it, or the Wooden Board on the Stone Ball, if only two of these were used, it would be possible to maintain balance with a single support point.
But Tōshirō added another layer. Even with the two Bamboo Poles as support points, any slight movement on the Stone Ball would cause a chain reaction, making it even more difficult to maintain balance.
Despite the two Bamboo Poles, a moment of inattention caused him to fall off the Stone Slab.
"Well, I don't know if this training method will yield results! But seeing Tōshirō struggle makes me unexpectedly happy *^ο^*"
Ignoring his aunt's teasing, Tōshirō picked up the fallen Wooden Board and Bamboo Poles and began his "Senjutsu (Sage Techniques)" training again.
He refused to believe that a group of toads, snakes, and slugs could do it, but he, a 985 university graduate, couldn't.
If, in the original story, only Hashirama Senju and Naruto Uzumaki, as reincarnations of Asura, managed to succeed, it would be one thing. But with Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Kabuto Yakushi, and in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, even the likes of Orochimaru and his self-conceived son Chōmei, a human clone, managed to activate Sage Mode, how could he, a descendant of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and Indra, fail?
(End of Chapter)