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The dawn slowly drew the curtain, heralding another vibrant and fresh morning.
Beside the training ground within the Uchiha Clan's residence, in a small forest, a nimble figure darted through the gaps between the trees, vanishing like a leopard in the woods.
His rapid breathing sounded like the bellows of an old blacksmith's furnace, and like the breaths of a young beast, not yet fully formed but already bearing the markings of a tiger or leopard.
Dashing through a dense thicket, he continuously twisted his body to avoid the thorns, Uchiha Tōshirō's figure flashed by.
He was doing his morning exercise, which had evolved from the slow jogging he started two years ago. Now, he was sprinting at full speed, with heavy weights on his limbs and small vest, totaling over 50 kilograms.
For a 120-centimeter-tall, 28-kilogram boy, this was somewhat exaggerated. However, in the Ninja World, where chakra, a mysterious power, exists, nothing was out of the ordinary.
Unlike Rock Lee in the original story, who kept the weights on all the time, Tōshirō only wore them during his morning exercises to prevent any adverse effects on his future physical development.
His running method was also different from ordinary people. While most people choose a flat area to run laps to build endurance, he entered a forest and sprinted at full speed without using chakra. Along the way, he constantly made evasive maneuvers to avoid branches, thorns, and other obstacles in the forest and thickets.
In the dim morning light, running at high speed posed a severe challenge to his reflexes, control, balance, and ankle joints.
Adding the 50 kilograms of weight, it was a significant test of his physical strength, endurance, and explosive power. A slight misstep could result in injury or even serious harm.
"53 minutes and 49 seconds. This week's average is two minutes better than last week's," he checked the time on the pocket watch he pulled out.
This was a method he designed to measure his progress. Whenever his weekly average time for the route he designed reached 50 minutes, he would add five kilograms of weight to enhance the training effect.
"Yes! Keep it up! Oli gey!"
After giving himself a pep talk, Uchiha Tōshirō, feeling exhausted with his legs trembling, stepped into his home.
"Breakfast will be ready soon. Sit down and rest for a while, have a drink!" Uchiha Mika's voice echoed from the kitchen as usual.
Five minutes later, Fuyu Shirou was already feasting at the dining table. Over the past two years, his appetite had grown significantly, matching that of the adult Uchiha Mika.
To increase his physical energy, enhance his training, and improve his nutrition, he didn't miss any simple yet effective methods, such as eating small, frequent meals.
Uchiha Mika, as a Medical Ninja, though not specialized in nutrition, always prepared breakfast, bento, and other meals that were both nutritious and delicious, laying a solid foundation for his future as a strong ninja.
After breakfast, he followed his routine of an hour of meditation, then left the compound with Uchiha Mika. One headed to the Ninja Academy, the other to the Police Force.
At Fuyu Shirou's home, another Fuyu Shirou was practicing swordsmanship diligently in the dojo.
Indeed, the one who went to the Ninja Academy with Uchiha Mika was his Shadow Clone.
Ever since a year ago, after completing the tree-climbing and water-walking exercises, Uchiha Tōshirō began his ninjutsu training. He didn't overdo it, selecting only the four most basic techniques from the scrolls.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Shadow Clone Technique, and Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique.
His training in Fire Release and Genjutsu went exceptionally well, and he mastered these three techniques in just two weeks.
However, he encountered difficulties with the Shadow Clone Technique. It wasn't that he couldn't perform it successfully; rather, the clones he created couldn't last as long as he wanted, only about 20 to 30 minutes.
This was reasonable due to his two lifetimes and his practice of meditation, which made his mental power exceptionally strong. Whether it was reading, studying, or controlling his chakra and learning genjutsu, he always achieved more with less effort.
However, his young age of six limited his physical energy development, and insufficient chakra remained a significant challenge for him over the years.
Even now, using a Shadow Clone to attend school still had many limitations. In class, he tried to move as little as possible, borrowing a few books from the library to read, passively becoming a quiet and handsome man.
When it came to outdoor classes, he had to attend in person. Fortunately, the Ninja Academy usually scheduled outdoor activities in the afternoon, while the mornings were dedicated to theoretical studies.
Thus, his training plan had undergone significant changes. He woke up before dawn every day, ran with weights, had breakfast and meditated, then created a Shadow Clone to go to school.
After that, he practiced taijutsu and swordsmanship, taking a one-hour break to eat and replenish his energy. At noon, after the Shadow Clone dispersed, he immediately had lunch and took a nap.
In the afternoon, he went to school in person to handle outdoor activities, which also served as a form of rest. Of course, he didn't forget to create another Shadow Clone to practice chakra nature transformation at home. However, this clone usually lasted only one to two hours before automatically dispersing.
In his view, the Shadow Clone Technique was quite extraordinary, distinctly different from other nature transformation techniques like fire, wind, earth, lightning, and water.
It could create an exact copy of himself to train, scout, or fight, and at the end, transfer the relevant experience and memories back to his body. This was no ordinary feat. He suspected this technique was derived from Yin-Yang Release.
At the same time, it was a method to train his mental energy. By constantly bringing new knowledge, experience, and fatigue through the use of Shadow Clones, his mental energy cycled through continuous consumption and recovery, leading to growth.
He remembered that in the original story, Naruto began to rise after obtaining this technique.
(End of Chapter)