34 Сhapter 34

I managed to create my first, simplest, lamp seal only towards the very end of my studies at the academy. At the same time, it took me a lot of time for this seal – for forty whole minutes I sat in meditation, feeding the pre-drawn seal and trying not to fall out of meditation due to the strongest mental tension… But it was worth it. Nevertheless, the first success in mastering fiun is an important event for me personally. Moreover, lately I have already started to be frankly bestial from endless attempts to create my first seal.

It was just morally hard to stand in one place for so long, and therefore the first success was really triumphant for me. However, my seal came out pretty useless anyway.… I drew it with simple ink on the most ordinary paper, which is why such a print simply will not last for a long time. Its maximum, taking into account the invested chakra, is five to six days of not too active work, after which the charge of the chakra in that simply runs out.

Well, nothing, I'll turn this seal into a full-fledged lamp in my room anyway… And I don't care that for his work I will have to feed the seal with my Yang chakra almost twice a week. Will I have an extra workout… And do not throw away the first success in the field of mastering fuin. It took me too long to achieve this success to act so cowardly with my first seal.

Although, it seems that I will have a lot of such seals in the near future. It is necessary to work out and consolidate the skill properly, and I would like to improve the time for creating a seal… About two orders of magnitude. Although the latter, so far, we have only to dream about. Powering seals in a matter of moments is the lot of a few masters… Even those businessmen who provide Shinobi with explosive seals, which are not much different in complexity from the "lamp" I created, spend a couple of minutes creating just one seal.

And this despite the fact that such "Masters" have been working for many, many years ... and they have several orders of magnitude better materials for seals than mine. And powering special ink with my chakra on special chakrobumage was much easier than what I did... Well, nothing, I wasn't going to become a craftsman anyway, so I shouldn't think about special equipment for applying fuin. It's too expensive and not too convenient to use fuin right in battle, which is exactly what I'm aiming for.

And even though it's really too early to talk about this, but I have already proved my ability to use fuinjutsu, which means now everything rests on practice… There is not much time left for that, because in a few weeks I will have final exams at the academy, and then genin's life under the guidance of a personal mentor will not be far off. So I really don't have much time to practice my skills in fuin…

Fortunately, in this regard, I am somewhat superior to most ordinary Shinobi. My chakra volumes are making themselves felt again, which is why I can train myself without fear for my health. It's other Shinobi who should worry about the fact that they can spend too much of their life force, thereby harming their own body, but I would rather recline from a migraine than bring my reserves to the bottom.

Although I achieve the usual chakra exhaustion quite often… About twice a week, I consciously empty my own reserves, spur my own chakra center and the entire chakrosystem as a whole to develop. Fortunately, now my control was enough so that I could bring my entire chakra out in less than an hour without any techniques. After that, however, it was pretty shitty for me, but chakra exhaustion is a serious thing… If you overdo it, you can also get into a hospital bed…

Well, an ordinary Shinobi definitely shouldn't empty his reserves completely. I still brought myself to a really strong chakra exhaustion a couple of times, but I was still able to withstand such a state… Even if my body was experiencing something similar to the withdrawal of a drug addict, but in general I could even walk around my room in this state. And the next morning, and I empty my own reserves just before going to bed, I was already quite awake and full of energy.

Well, it's not the point, the main thing is that ordinary chakra exhaustion should not be compared with what a fuinjutsu master can experience after spending too much of his life force… And what I definitely shouldn't worry about. Still, I really had a lot of Yang chakra, and it was too hard to control it so that even in theory I could bring myself to serious exhaustion. Therefore, I could train in creating seals with full dedication, thereby incredibly pleasing Aikawa-sensei.

Although, I didn't forget about my other workouts either. Still, I wasn't going to focus too much on fuinjutsu. And I couldn't create seals for too long, mental fatigue overtook me too quickly.… That's why I got into the habit of doing purely physical training after practicing fuinjutsu. They did not strain me morally at all, rather, on the contrary, they allowed me to distract myself and enjoy my own opportunities.

Although, lately I like our sparring with Iruka the most. After all, if earlier they more resembled, albeit very neat, but beating my beloved… By now I could stand up to Iruka-sensei tolerably well. And even though he still beat me nine times out of ten, but I could see perfectly well that it was getting harder and harder for Tom to cope with me every day. And I began to get wounds during such sparring much more often, which also says a lot.

I gradually caught up with the teacher in skills and physical strength… Although in the latter, in some moments, I even surpassed him. Well, in terms of endurance and, perhaps, flexibility, I was significantly superior to that. And I was not too far behind in strength, losing only because of too different sizes. After all, even though I grew up fast enough, I didn't even have time to enter adolescence, which is why it was somewhat incorrect to compare myself with an adult man…

Although, it still did not prevent me from driving this man well during our sparring sessions. Which, oddly enough, we both were only too happy about… I am, logically, because of my own progress and the opportunity to fully scratch with my fists and thereby throw out bad energy from the body.Iruka, oddly enough, was also glad of my progress, not really worrying about the fact that in my incomplete ten years I was already starting to catch up with him in skills…

The teacher did not consider himself a particularly strong Shinobi. And I did not strive to be one, to be honest. So he wasn't afraid to "lose" to me at all. Rather, on the contrary, my rare victories only pleased the man more, strengthening him in the opinion that he did not just spend his time and energy on my training. Well, or at least that's how I understood his behavior of the last few months…

It's just a pity that in addition to increased skills in Taijutsu and my not-so-small victory in the field of mastering fiun, I seem to have nothing more to brag about. The newly improved control over the chakra and the rather significantly increased volume of this very chakra did not bring me any special benefit or joy… In the future, they will almost certainly help me in mastering ninjutsu, but so far these were just empty words and expectations.

I myself have been longing for action, longing for new knowledge and techniques of ngo ninjutsu, I wanted to feel the triumph of mastering a new technique again, which is so similar to real magic ... The little boy in me just couldn't wait, and in general, I have long wanted to plunge a little deeper into the development of ninjutsu… But there was no such opportunity, because of which I really began to languish with impatience. I understood that in a couple of weeks, after passing all the exams, I would most likely get the opportunity to plunge into all this with my head. Well, unless the Hokage decides to give me some not-so-pleasant surprise…

Although, it's still unlikely… And the same shadow clones that Iruka "accidentally" blabbed to me, I can always ask the Hokage. Our relationship is quite capable of such requests... Hiruzen himself has been appropriating the role of a "kind grandfather" for a long time, so let him now take his breath away. Although, it is also not worth a greyhound in this regard, but I will definitely get such an important technique for my development for myself. It's not even up for discussion…