[{"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-492":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},1481350,1929,"Chapter 492: Resolution and Harvesting","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-492",492,"\u003Cp>A few seconds later, Seimei released his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person had become a lifeless corpse, providing him with about seven thousand chakra points, a standard amount. Without wasting a second, Seimei wiped the blood off his hand and approached a barely-breathing Mist Village chunin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the ninja suddenly opened his eyes, shouting wildly, \"Die, you brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out his right hand, trying to grab Seimei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Seimei's expression remained unchanged, his three-tomoe Sharingan calmly watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, a flash of cold light appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp \"splat\" sounded, and the man's right hand was severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, but Seimei reached out his left hand, swiftly tearing open the wounded arm and revealing a burning explosive tag hidden near the man's waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, his opponent had intended to grab him and go down together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under the Sharingan's watchful gaze, such tricks were futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei's expression remained steady as he threw the explosive tag aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud \"boom,\" a nearby tree was blasted apart, but Seimei remained unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Mist Village chunin before him still trying to resist, Seimei cast a genjutsu using his Sharingan in an instant as their eyes met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent fell silent immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without delay, Seimei raised his hand, casting the Chakra Absorption Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Draining him completely, Seimei gained almost seven thousand chakra points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Satisfied, Seimei stood up and looked over the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mist Village special jōnin was being surrounded by four members of a Konoha reconnaissance team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reconnaissance squads usually consist of one special jōnin leading three chunin, and this Konoha squad was no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the Mist Village special jōnin was up against an opponent of equal rank and three lower-ranking ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just a matter of struggling for an advantage – survival itself was at stake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the nine Mist Village chunin weren't faring much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Seimei had only sent out four shadow clones, which have low durability and can be defeated with a single hit, they were far from easy to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each shadow clone had combat prowess to hold its own, even two-on-one, against the Mist Village chunin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clones, with their superior speed, circled around their nine opponents like phantoms, launching attacks without giving them a chance to retaliate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Seimei observed, one clone managed to seize an opportunity, pressing a palm to a Mist Village chunin's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the power of the Rasengan, the Mist chunin was sent flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Thud*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mist Village chunin hit the ground hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Cough*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood spurted from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he struggled to rise, a hand reached out as if to help him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively, he reached for it – then froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized he was moving towards Seimei himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mist chunin looked up, his gaze following the hand, only to see Seimei's youthful face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's you…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Splurt*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed up more blood, backing away from Seimei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could react, Seimei grabbed his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, the Chakra Absorption Technique was activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chakra surged out of the chunin like a broken dam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mist chunin shouted in horror, swinging his left fist towards Seimei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Seimei didn't dodge, allowing the punch to land on his face, causing his cheek to swell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Encouraged, the Mist chunin prepared to throw another punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he found himself out of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Seimei's regenerative abilities kicked in, quickly reducing the swelling on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Seimei's grip lay yet another lifeless, chakra-drained body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all happened so quickly that the other Mist Village ninjas had no time to intervene. Even if they wanted to, Seimei's four shadow clones wouldn't allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this Mist chunin's chakra drained, Seimei joined the shadow clones in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence boosted their morale, unleashing their full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than three minutes, the eight Mist chunin were all defeated, with no chance of escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei sent the shadow clones to assist the Konoha squad in subduing the special jōnin, while he absorbed chakra from the fallen Mist ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to an overflow of chakra beyond his body's capacity, he created additional shadow clones to balance it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After draining the special jōnin's chakra, Seimei's number of clones increased to eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculating quickly, Seimei estimated he had harvested about ninety thousand chakra points from this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If distributed evenly to improve skills like *Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall* and *Earth Release: Earth Rising Spears*, it would raise each one's level by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, now wasn't the best time for training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei started to consider creating a sealing jutsu to store chakra, similar to the Yin Seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe it's necessary!\" he thought. Though opportunities to harvest chakra like this were rare, having a tailed beast someday would provide him with a constant source of chakra. He'd still need something to store it temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he couldn't carry a tailed beast around everywhere, could he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Developing such a sealing jutsu would be worthwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, it didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he didn't release his shadow clones and used them to practice various techniques, his chakra wouldn't go to waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the *Earth Flow Wall* and *Earth Rising Spears*… he could always train those later with his naturally replenished chakra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flexibility was key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",888,"2026-06-06T03:30:41.618Z",1,"novelbin.me","ab1f671fbc0c446fa9b1b19de7c493885a7fb1e52c161ea301a06a0eb5b2910d","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-493","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-387",1097,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrind-is-my-ninja-way-cover.jpg"]