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  "Nawaki, what a surprise to see you otlefield."

  Shin was surprised to see Nawaki at the logistics base. It had been a while.

  "I'm here to escort supplies. I'm so jealous of you, getting to stay otlefield."

  Nawaki looked at Shin with envy.

  "What's there to be envious about? Don't you know how dangerous it is? People die every day. Go take a look at the medical tent. It's full of injured Shinobi."

  Shin eechless. What was there to be envious about?

  If he wasn't strong, he would avoid the battlefield at all costs. Nawaki, oher hand, was weak a eager to join the fight.

  "Nawaki, why are you doing this kind of mission? Esc supplies is dangerous, maybe even more so than fighting."

  Shin was friends with Nawaki, and they were practically family, sidering Tsunade. He didn't want Nawaki to die like in the inal story.

  "Shouldn't a Shinobi grow through trials? What's a little danger?" Nawaki said.

  "That's a good attitude, but you should save that speech for your sister."

  Shin poi Tsunade, who roag with a frown.

  "Nawaki, what are you doing here?" Tsunade demanded.

  "You guys talk. I'm going to train."

  Shin ignored Nawaki's pleading look a. He'd rather train than watch Tsunade lecture Nawaki.

  He went to the forest where he usually trained. Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan were already there.

  Shin didn't disturb them. He created a thousand Shadow es ahem to practiinjutsu.

  Some were practig the Jutsu they already knew, while others were developing new ones.

  Shin himself started researg Sage Mode. To learn Sage Mode, he had to be able to seural Energy.

  This wasn't difficult for him. His Perfect Sage Body made it easy to seural Energy. He had se within half an hour.

  But it had been a month sihen, aill hadn't mastered Sage Mode.

  "Do I really o go to one of the three Sage regions to learn this?"

  Shin frowned. Without guidance, relying solely on self-study, it roving to be difficult.

  And he couldn't practice recklessly. Sage Mode training was dangerous.

  To master Sage Mode, he had to bahree energies within his body: Physical Energy, Spiritual Energy, and Natural Energy.

  Eaergy had to occupy ohird of his total energy to activate Sage Mode.

  If Natural Energy exceeded ohird, he would be ed by nature. If it was less thahird, he couldn't activate Sage Mode.

  This delicate bance was difficult to achieve, and he couldn't use Shadow es to practice. Even he was struggling; his es wouldn't be able to do it.

  He carefully absorbed Natural Energy, afraid of being ed.

  His Perfect Sage Body had a natural affinity for Natural Energy, so absorption wasn't the problem. The challenge was in bang the three energies.

  Shin focused, trying te the three energies.

  He failed. He hadn't absorbed enough Natural Energy.

  "I'll have to take a risk." He created a Shadow e and instructed it to wake him up if he started to lose trol.

  He had beeant to absorb too muatural Energy before, but now he was willing to take the risk.

  As long as he stopped in time, he wouldn't be ed by nature.

  And as a precaution, he had a Shadow e watg over him.

  He tried again and failed. This time, he had absorbed too muatural Energy. Thankfully, he stopped in time and wasn't affected.

  But he had learned something valuable.

  He realized that even if he failed, as long as he stopped in time, there was no danger.

  He tinued experimenting, learning from his mistakes. Finally, before nightfall, he successfully entered Sage Mode.

  But his Sage Mode was still fwed. It took him three mio gather enough Natural Energy to activate it. And he couldn't maintain it for long.

  It was a far cry from Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode, which could be activated instantaneously and maintained indefinitely.

  "I'll refi ter."

  Sage Mode owerful, worth the effort. Senjutsu and the Six Paths power were probably the stro forces in the Shinobi world.

  The fact that Senjutsu was effective against the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki was enough to motivate Shin.

  Unlike Naruto, whled to absorb Natural Energy, Shin found it easy. Perfeg Sage Mode would be easier for him.

  "Shin, dinner's ready!" Kushina called out.

  "ing."

  Shin dispelled his es. The influx of memories and experiences made his head spin. He instinctively activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

  "I 't create that many es anymore. It's too much."

  After a few minutes, he recovered, but he felt mentally exhausted. The Shadow e Jutsu was a great way to train in Ninjutsu, but it wasn't for everyone.

  Shi he was strong enough now. There was o push himself so hard.

  His current strength was undoubtedly beyond Kage level. He might not be as strong as Hashirama Senju, but he robably close to Madara Uchiha without the Rinnegan.

  With this strength, he could domihe entire Shinobi world.

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