"The flow I build up using my breathing is disrupted whenever I try to trol the flow iionally." Shiki spoke to himself.

  "I'm doing something wrong or this whole breathing thing 't be applied to chakra. After all, even the simplest use of chakra requires trolling it with i. What I was doing was just partially trolling it through breathing which is useless." He cluded.

  The objective was to enhance his chakra flow through breathing, not trol it as that was to be dohrough i for other applications. His self created teique also did not appear on his status when he checked so it was clearly missing something.

  "Still having only this little bit of chakra ought to make it very easy to influe so if I’m going to develop a breathihod to enhas flow, it has to be before my reserves increase or it will only get harder."

  Thinking this, Shiki did not even attempt any chakra exercises for boosting trol and capacity just yet and focused to perfect his breathing teique instead.

  Despite this snag, his hard work was actually showing bes. Shiki could enter his special breathing state very quickly and without much effort.

  The effects when using this breathihod were obvious too.

  He could temporarily enhance his physical abilities by a very minree and, when fog on recovery, the breathing allowed his stamina and eveal energy to replenish much faster than normal. Slowly but surely, Shiki roag his ideal breathing.

  He was still uo enhance his chakra but at the very least, the breathing teique was showing great results on the physical aspect

  On another note, Shiki was also pnning for his future in the vilge, after all, it was not a world where he could afford to just take it easy.

  He didn’t want to either.

  After a life of lying down, Shiki craved excitement.

  He didn’t eace, he wanted problems.

  Still no reason to be dumb about it. If pnning is dht, it boost an experieher tharact from it. Shiki firmly believed so.

  As for his initial pn, it was very simple. All orphanage kids were tested for their potential as shinobi and greatly enced to enroll into the academy to bee loyal goons for the vilge.

  While having his choices made for him did not sit well with his wish for freedom born from his previous life, said life also made him rather used to others making his choices for him so he was not that bothered deep down, old habits die hard after all.

  Still, showing talent in the academy and hopefully attrag attention from some higher ups eager to train a loyal shinobi with no affiliations to any d free of any background issues was the idea. This would him support and resources for his growth.

  As for his talent, Shiki k was never going to be a problem, courtesy of his trait. He could quite possibly achieve even higher levels than Shinobi Jesus himself if he pyed his cards right.

  Until he was of age though, he was just going to focus on his inal idea, if s came before he was five which was the age the other childreaken away, he would then give up and focus on the already developed teiques instead to i his own.

  Fortunately, that did not e to pass as he did mao develop something. Shiki’s first inal jutsu, the beginning of his passion for jutsu development.

  'Nirvana Art: Three Bodies Breathihod'

  All of Shiki's bodily funs were optimized and enhahings like the transportation of oxygen and nutrients, how effitly the energy ent along with how much power the body could actually gee, all improved.

  His chakra flow sped up and became intensified but his trol did not degrade with the sudden increase of power. In fact, the flow was smoother and easier to trol and manipute.

  'This is what I've been looking for." Shiki thought.

  This was Shiki’s first Nirvana Art, his own brand of Hidden Jutsu.

  Rather than the Seven Heavens Breathihod showcased in the anime, Shiki’s jutsu showed greater simirities to the Total tratiohing of Demon Syer.

  An all round enhahat could be maintained for a long period of time despite not being as explosive as things like the Eight Inner Gates or the Seven Heavens Breathihod.

  With enough time, Shiki felt he could not only improve the boost from his jutsu but also figure out a way to maintain it at all times like the Total tratiohing stant.

  It was not like he had much else to do anyways.

  So why not attempt to improve on his new creation that was, in his opinion, full of potential for further development.

  As time passed, Shiki’s iion of jutsu and experiments with chakra were resulting in a sort of accelerated maturation, not in the sense of him growing bigger but he was far mile and physically adept than a normal child his age had any business being.

  It had even caught the attention of others, resulting in regur gossip taking pce amongst the orphaaff.

  “So that child is gone again . . .” The head dy of the orphanage could not even jure up the energy to be worried anymore, as she sighed those words.

  “Yes . . .” The supervisor that had been in charge of looking after the children during their pytime outside responded. His tone, subdued and tired.

  He had not been the only supervisor in the positioher had it been his and others’ first time in said position.

  Still, he was a former shinobi that retired due to injury so the fact that a child of not even three years of age could so sistently give him the slip did indeed hurt his pride slightly.

  “Oh well. Just resume your duties, he’ll e ba time for dinner like usual. o bother looking for him or anything. Don’t fet to give him a scolding when he’s back though.” The aged dy decred before heading off.

  The male supervisor stopped her with a question however.

  “Why scold him though? He’s not going to listeher is he going to stop so . . .” His voice went lower and lower along the senteil he trailed off as the head dy started getting angry.

  “Because otherwise, the rest of the kids will start thinking what he’s doing is fine which is not good now is it?” She questioned.

  “No ma’am!” The male supervisor straightened up and responded loud and clear, making the dy huff and briskly walk off while grumbling about youhese days not knowing how to instill discipline.

  “Not like you instill discipline in that snow haired brat either ma’am.” The supervisor whispered to himself before scurrying off after hearing a yell.

  “I heard that!”

  *

  While such versatio on in the orphanage, Shiki did basic training to get familiar with his body in the surrounding forest.

  Dashing around, acrobatics, tree climbing, and so on.

  After he got more fortable, Shiki also began to incorporate chakra training exercises like stig leaves to himself on various parts of his body using chakra.

  First just a single one on his forehead while standing still but because that proved surprisingly easy, he quickly started upping the number, even stag leaves to male it harder on himself before transitioning to his other training while still making the leaves stiself.

  Tree walking, water walking, bursts of movement by expelling chakra from his feet . . .

  As time went on, Shiki’s practice methods became more and more eborate.

  Like trying to emit chakra from other tesu in his body beyond the limbs and more challenging still, trying to weave it into shapes after doing so, a practice he had very little success with.

  Unbeknownst to him however, a certain individual was watg his practice with great curiosity, from a great distance, using rather eous sensory abilities.

  *

  Sitting in their room, in a rather illustrious noble residehin a closed pound, a very honored individual “watched” Shiki’s training with their Mind’s Eye while closing their other seo the world around them.

  This too had bee a routihat provided great eaio this individual.

  ‘How this child came up with such a highly inte effective training schedule and actually mao keep it up without giving in or harming himself is truly inceivable.’ They thought as they watched Shiki gh his routine

  To them people were easy to read, no evaluate. They could not lie to them, nor could they hide their inner darkness from them.

  Because of this, sensing the people in the vilge was most definitely not a pleasant activity that they enjoyed or did often.

  Meeting people directly was even more disliked as suteras only wore them down further, a world without falsehood might seem appealing but all it would result in, was being stantly battered by the filth in others’ heads.

  One day however, a rather iing chakra signature got caught in their passive senses, ohat made curiosity bloom in this tired personage’s heart.

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