Chapter 109

It's clear that sending a message to Grandfather would be beneficial for my father's clan in the future, and even though not all red-haired fuinjutsu masters possess such unique chakra as the three of us, those who do should be enough to counter biju and jinchuriki, or at least delay them enough to use seals.

Hail Amaterasu, having more than a dozen clones isn't a problem for me right now, as my reserves have begun noticeably increasing again once I doubled my physical training and added another level of training seals, bringing it up to six.

Alongside studying new materials for nerve cell regeneration and spinal cord injury treatment, such results were to be expected. It's a pity I didn't realize this earlier—increasing the body and mind energy level leads to an increase in available chakra, and skill refinement alone won't achieve that.

Yes, it's quite foolish, and several months were lost, what can I say. Even though I'm a "genius" with a lot of personal experience from my past life, I'm still human, prone to making mistakes and forgetting.

Most importantly, chakra reserves can be increased without significant consequences only until tenketsu maintain their flexibility and elasticity, so to speak, the ability to deform and increase with subsequent recovery. And this property is only maintained until fifteen to seventeen years old, and the older a person gets, the harder it is for them to increase volume.

Another reason why Uzumakis start training children so early. However, this does not apply to restoring the achieved volume. If the Third Hokage still devoted a lot of time to training instead of sitting over papers, he would have torn Orochimaru apart like a rag, and even the bodies of the previous Hokages wouldn't have been a problem.

Actually, Onoki is the prime example of this, and those two Kages are almost the same age. Another example of why in the shinobi world, one cannot relax even after reaching old age, or rather, especially after reaching it, otherwise, you'll be eaten alive and not choked.

After one of those rare moments when I was picking out new things for myself because the old ones were starting to get tight and too small, I popped into one of the shinobi weapon shops, just to look around out of curiosity and also to assess the variety of choice and quality of the seals being sold.

Despite having a sufficient amount of money in reserve, additional income never hurts, and one of the obvious ways to earn money was selling seals. And it was precisely to assess the quality and choice that I stopped by the shop.

Besides, ever since I was young, when fuinjutsu lessons had just begun, somewhere in the back of my mind, the idea of having my own shop selling fuinjutsu had been spinning around. I didn't have a family business even in my past life, so in this one, I'd like to try myself in a new capacity, especially since it's much easier to pull off in Konoha than in the Russia, and there won't be any freaks trying to extort money or take over the business.

"Meh, the quality isn't great, but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose," I muttered to myself, turning over a pack of yet-to-be-activated explosive seals in my hands.

"Well, what do you expect—ever since all the fuinjutsu masters left Konoha, even these mediocre seals sell like hotcakes," shrugged the nearby shopkeeper. "In the first year, we didn't even have those. Thank the gods we gathered and taught some the basics, so at least explosive seals and storage scrolls appeared on sale. If something more complicated is needed, it's only available on request from the arsenal storage, and even then, only if there's anything left since the war started."

Hmm, so even the simplest seals will be in demand, let alone the rest... I'll keep that in mind. Not now, but in the near future, it's worth considering such an option. Moreover, after Saya gets back on her feet, she needs something to occupy her, and what could be better than taking care of a family business?

Already now, besides practicing clan jutsu and chakra control, one of my clones is teaching her the basics of fuinjutsu. Of course, basics in the understanding of an Uzumaki. Nothing extreme or complicated—calligraphy and very basic seals for children.

Besides, in Konoha, such a level is considered quite high now, but she needs something to occupy her time! You can't walk on crutches with a broken spine, and they don't produce decent wheelchairs here, I've checked. Besides, Saya doesn't want to look towards the available wooden ones, not wanting to appear helpless or disabled. Or she just likes being carried around.

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