That night, Otsutsuki Seimei already channeled chakra through his father's Flying Thunder God kunai's unique spatial marking to summon Tobirama after having dinner.
And once Tobirama got the signal, he instantly appeared before him within 10 seconds.
At first, Tobirama was confused.
If Seimei had already returned to the tower, what was the point of summoning him?
He wasn't in any danger at all.
However, when Seimei told him about his speculations and the probability of the existence of water or ice elemental natural treasures, his expression changed immediately.
You can't blame him.
After all, his main nature transformation affinity was water.
Even if Tobirama's water affinity and mastery over the Water Release Ninjutsu were better than the leader of the Kirigakure, the hidden village of the Land of Water, he still wouldn't miss the chance to improve his water affinity.
Most kinds of natural water or ice elemental treasures could help him in all forms of water, increasing the lethality of his techniques.
What's more, the main nature affinities of the Senju clansmen were Water, Earth, and Yang Release.
As such, these treasures could increase the strength of their clans and produce powerful Shinobi with certainty for a long time.
Elemental treasures were really hard to come by. Although the Fire Country had a lot of resources, enough to make other nations green with envy, most water elemental treasures were still found in the territory of the Land of Water.
Every year, Konoha and various Shinobi clans of the Land of Fire had to spend a fortune to import water crystals and other similar natural resources from the Land of Water.
The prices were exorbitant.
Even so, they had no other choice but to grit their teeth and pay the price, as well as other invaluable treasures like fire crystals.
Now, he had finally found a chance to harvest water elemental resources.
Even if the quantity of the available resources was low, it could still last for at least 2-3 generations if they utilize it wisely.
So, Tobirama wasn't about to miss this opportunity.
What? You asked what if there was no treasure?
That was impossible.
There was no way for the Ice Demon to be so powerful without such resources.
Tobirama's almost half a century of experience and instincts told him that some kind of water or ice elemental treasures must exist within the perimeter of the Forest of Silence.
Plus, ever since he teleported to the tower, his senses could vaguely detect a huge amount of water chakra gathering somewhere in the forest.
Tobirama, who had developed his water affinity to the limit, was highly sensitive to anything related to water.
He couldn't be wrong.
This place must have a lot of water elemental resources.
He wasted no time and instantly teleported out to gather the clan heads of Nara, Uzumaki, Uchiha, and Sarutobi clan.
Tobirama was quite decisive.
If Seimei's speculations weren't wrong, then his father would start the search operation the very next day.
Well, his father would do what needed to be done.
He had finished his duty. Now, it was time to sleep.
------------------
The Next Day, 7:06 AM…
Since Seimei arrived at the tower within the first day of the Forest of Silence round, he could relax and laze around for the next two days.
After all, this round would continue for three days, and many participants were still in the forest, trying to find their way to the tower as soon as possible.
At first, Seimei truly wanted to chill around.
He really did.
But then, he stumbled upon the Evasion Training Room.
An advanced training room where he could train his reflexes and master evasive maneuvers.
Of course, the Senju clan also had such training setups.
But they were rudimentary at best.
Senju weren't Uchiha.
They focused more on using the raw strength of their physique and Ninjutsu to plow through everything that obstructed them.
On the other hand, Uchiha Shinobi focused on deflecting attacks, evasion, finding the weakness of the enemy, and counterattacking with moves that were nearly impossible to defend against.
This training room's evasion training equipment was designed to replicate Uchiha's evasive maneuvers.
And it immediately made Seimei's blood boil.
He found it hard to resist the lure.
So, he decisively abandoned any plan he had to laze around and entered the evasion training room for some hardcore grinding.
He could no longer deny it.
His system and this world's danger made him a training maniac.
If he found a chance to improve his strength, he would embrace it with all his might as long as it didn't cross his bottom line.
And so, he was now standing in the evasion training room, checking out each and every mechanical contraption.
The whole room was filled with multiple mechanical devices holding countless wooden shurikens, kunai, and senbon.
Although these wooden throwing ninja tools were not sharp, getting hit by them would still cause pain.
What's more, the training intensity was divided into various levels.
At…
Level 1: 5 throwing ninja tools would target you every 10 seconds.
Level 2: 10 throwing ninja tools would target you every 10 seconds.
Level 3: 15 throwing ninja tools would target you every 10 seconds.
Level 4: 20 throwing ninja tools would target you every 10 seconds.
Level 5: 30 throwing ninja tools would target you every 10 seconds.
Level 6: 50 throwing ninja tools would target you every 10 seconds.
But that's not all.
Regardless of the training level, all throwing ninja tools would come at him from unpredictable directions.
His goal was to evade and deflect as many ninja tools as possible within the span of 5 minutes.
After five minutes, he could either restart the training or adjust the level of difficulty according to his preferences.
And from Level 4 onwards, the interval between each throwing ninja tool coming at him would be erratic.
For example, at Level 4, the mechanical contraptions might throw 10 ninja tools within the first 4 seconds and throw the remaining 10 in the span of 6 seconds.
Then, in the next 10 seconds, the pattern might change again.
In a nutshell, there wouldn't be any fixed pattern at all.
The training room was designed this way to train a ninja's reflexes and senses, and make it easier for them to adapt to any unpredictable situations.
This would undoubtedly increase their chances of survival during the life-and-death conflicts.
"Amazing."
"Absolutely amazing!"
"Who would have thought that this almost Medieval-Era-type Shinobi continent could create such an exquisite mechanism?"
"Once this competition is over, I must ask Father to build a similar training room in our home."
"This will help me refine my combat techniques further."
"After all, regular Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are nearly useless against those horned Otsutsuki bastards."
"If I don't refine my Taijutsu and Kenjutsu to the limit, and develop unique ocular techniques and no-hand seal Ninjutsu, I will be eating dust against them."
"Wait…I'm an Otsutsuki, too?"
"Did I just…curse myself?"
"No, no, how could it be?"
"I don't have freaking horns or an eye in the middle of my forehead."
"Phew"
With that, Seimei focused his attention on the buttons to start the evasion training session.
I will cross the bridge when the time comes.
Now, it's time to train!
------------------------------------
A/N: If you like my story and want to read ahead, you can check out my P@treon page and read up to 25 Advanced chapters!
patreon.com/Seigan
You can also help me by sharing the story around. Thank you for reading!