[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grind-is-my-ninja-way":3,"chapter-grind-is-my-ninja-way-grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-385":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grind is My Ninja Way",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1481343,1929,"Chapter 385: Dawn**","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-385",385,"\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, more than an hour had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moon, already hanging low in the sky, was now close to the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to common wisdom, this should have been the darkest moment before dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, due to the fierce battle, Eagle Cliff was ablaze with fire, leaving no trace of darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei flew above the battlefield, his Sharingan spinning rapidly. Spotting an opportunity, he flapped his wings and sharply lowered his altitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was a flurry of ninja techniques raining down on the Mist ninjas from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire process took less than 30 seconds before he withdrew, not giving his opponents any chance to retaliate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eagle Cliff, surrounded by the sea on three sides, was difficult to defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, even though the Hidden Mist Village's surprise attack succeeded tonight, they did not abandon the advantage of being the attacking force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield was broadly divided into three sections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Konoha side was nearly encircled on three sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, this seemed like a terrible situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once Seimei mastered flight techniques, the disadvantage quickly turned into an advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using his ability to fly, he rapidly darted across different battlefields from above, continuously attacking the Mist ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, Terumi Mei and the others wanted to target him but found it difficult to cross the battlefield as he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they couldn't keep up with his speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this gave him plenty of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, what initially seemed like a terrible situation for Konoha turned into an opportunity to pin down the Mist ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what Seimei could see, Terumi Mei and the others—who were on the receiving end—could also observe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they attempted to regroup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Uchiha Tetsuka and his men, under Seimei's orders, relentlessly harassed the Mist ninjas, preventing them from regrouping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, they intentionally split the battlefield into even smaller sections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By doing this, they indeed faced greater danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, thirty people fighting off one hundred is much less risky than three people fighting off ten. The danger is entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although both situations are in a 1-to-3 ratio, the more people involved, the greater the chance of rescue when encountering danger compared to smaller groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they were exposed to more risk, Uchiha Tetsuka and the others continued dividing the battlefield as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? Because this gave Seimei more room to operate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the better Seimei performed, the less danger they faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could say it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they weren't so extreme as to divide into groups of three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, they fought in groups of around ten, against thirty Mist ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, Seimei could easily find openings to kill four or five people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few such rounds, their pressure eased considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With less pressure, they could handle the Mist ninjas even better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Seimei's energy was limited, and he couldn't assist everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Konoha also suffered significant losses. Many ninjas perished at the hands of Mist ninjas before Seimei could assist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after Terumi Mei and the others realized they couldn't do anything to him and spread most of their forces across different battlefields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he took this opportunity to kill two high-ranking Mist ninjas who had been relentlessly pursuing him, it didn't change much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth was, Hidden Mist Village had simply committed too many forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overall, however, Konoha was still holding up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was just a matter of which side would collapse first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>······\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another two hours passed in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horizon started to lighten with the first signs of dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly four hours of fierce fighting, both Konoha and Hidden Mist suffered heavy losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a bird's-eye view, corpses from both sides—Konoha and Mist—covered the ground near Eagle Cliff's stronghold, especially in the three directions close to the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the surrounding environment, it had been utterly destroyed. Even the forest where Seimei usually trained had turned into scorched earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang clang~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar sounds of explosion tags and clashing weapons rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei looked toward the noise and saw a dozen Konoha ninjas surrounded by twice as many Mist ninjas, fighting for their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the battle still wasn't over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the Hidden Mist Village had already lost many people and, even if they took this stronghold, wouldn't be able to hold it afterward, they still hadn't given up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the reason, Seimei could roughly guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little over an hour ago, Kurose Jōki had sent a message asking about his situation and hoping that if he had the energy, he could provide support to another stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Seimei knew his own limits. If he left, the Eagle Cliff stronghold would surely fall, so he decisively refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, from that message, he learned about the overall situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that tonight, not only was their stronghold attacked, but two other defensive lines, as well as the northern front where he was stationed, were also under siege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Mist Village's intelligence was unusually accurate, catching them off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some strongholds had already fallen, while others were still holding out. Nara Keiko, the battlefield commander, was continuously deploying reinforcements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this information, Seimei easily deduced that the Mist Village had sacrificed so many soldiers just to keep him pinned here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't arrogance—he was now worth that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past month, he had frequently provided support and had always achieved good results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it made sense that the Mist Village feared him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that, it was understandable why they would be willing to lose soldiers to keep him here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These thoughts flashed through his mind as Seimei flapped his wings and drew a graceful arc in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flew toward the spot where the dozen Konoha ninjas were being surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before, his flying speed and agility had noticeably improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't just an illusion but a reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple—after several hours of flying and battling, his \"Wind Release: Wind Wings\" had leveled up from lv2 (35\u002F500) to lv3 (310\u002F1000)!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this increased mastery came greater control over the \"Wind Release: Wind Wings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At lv3, his top speed increased by 50%, from 20 meters per second to 30 meters per second, or 108 kilometers per hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this speed still didn't compare to commercial airplanes in his previous life, it was similar to driving a car on the highway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best part? He didn't have to worry about traffic or terrain restrictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, reaching lv3 didn't significantly increase his chakra consumption, even at maximum speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This showed how much more precise his control over the chakra wings had become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also evident in the size of the wings, which had shrunk to around 1.2 meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, logic dictates that smaller wings provide less thrust, making it harder for someone of his size and weight to fly fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, he was flying faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one explanation—his control over the chakra wings had improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because of this, his flight had become more agile.\u003C\u002Fp>",1183,"2026-06-06T03:30:41.618Z",1,"novelbin.me","ada4da02ffe94fa6ed67bf78483ea083e093ca15aa0796f95b65f103aa9dd1aa","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-488","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-487",1097,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrind-is-my-ninja-way-cover.jpg"]