Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Boom—

A puff of chakra smoke burst open.

Nine identical figures appeared in the clearing—each one looking exactly like Uchiha Haruki. They were all his shadow clones.

Including Haruki's original body, there were now ten identical Harukis present.

Without paying any attention to the envious expression on Uchiha Tekka's face, Haruki immediately assigned training tasks to eight of the clones:

Wind Style: Wind Blade Technique

Wind Style: Rasenshuriken

Water Style: Water Formation Wall

Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet

Water Style: Hidden Mist Jutsu

Water Style: Giant Shark Bullet

Rasengan

Delicate Extraction Technique

Eight skills, one for each clone—just right.

Once they dispersed to carry out their tasks, Haruki pointed at the remaining shadow clone and said to Tekka, "If you want to spar, go train with him."

Hearing that, Tekka glanced at the clone and sighed, "Alright then."

Haruki could tell there was a hint of reluctance in his tone, but at least he had enough self-awareness not to insist on sparring with Haruki himself.

If he had, Haruki would've just thrown him out.

Though they were on good terms, not even close friendship would make Haruki abandon his own training plans just to play training partner.

The fact that he had just sparred with Tekka personally was already giving him more face than most.

As for whether using a shadow clone gave Haruki an unfair advantage?

Sure, it let Haruki's Illusion Sword Technique and Flash Sword Technique improve more quickly.

But at the same time, Tekka would gain valuable combat experience.

It was a mutually beneficial setup. No one owed the other anything.

Besides, that one shadow clone had over 8,000 chakra points—Tekka might not even be a match for it.

In that case, fighting the clone was hardly different from fighting Haruki himself.

All these thoughts flashed through Haruki's mind in an instant.

He waved them away and said casually, "Alright, you two go find a spot and train."

At his words, the clone left first. Tekka gave Haruki a quick nod and followed it out of the clearing.

Watching their figures disappear, Haruki shook his head and turned toward a flat patch of ground.

He sat down cross-legged and began channeling Mystic Palm Technique to continue strengthening his body.

After over half a month of consistent training, he could already faintly feel the edge of a physical transformation.

Now, it was just a matter of building momentum and pushing toward it.

A swirl of Yang Release chakra entered his body, and Haruki closed his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, another two weeks passed.

That night, in his room…

Haruki once again activated Mystic Palm Technique, reinforcing his body with precision.

And this time, he could clearly feel it—his physical growth had reached a bottleneck.

It was as though an invisible shackle was holding him back from progressing any further.

A few moments later, Haruki opened his eyes and muttered, "Looks like it's time."

Without hesitation, he activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, then used the ocular power stored in his right eye—Will of Man—to enhance himself.

Instantly, a euphoric sense of perfect harmony filled his entire being, nearly dragging him into a blissful daze.

But Haruki snapped himself out of it quickly, refocused, and formed a series of hand seals.

Mystic Palm Technique!

A surge of vibrant Yang chakra flooded into his system, flowing along his chakra pathways and surging through every corner of his body.

Haruki immediately activated Will of Man, guiding the chakra to further refine and strengthen his physique.

And just like that, the invisible wall that had blocked his evolution... shattered.

He could clearly feel the internal tension break, as a refreshing sense of lightness spread from the inside out.

Haruki wasted no time. He calmed his mind and began guiding his transformation toward a more perfect state.

One minute…

Two minutes…

Ten minutes…

Twenty minutes…

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

When the transformation was complete, Haruki opened his eyes. His body felt incredibly relaxed, like he had just soaked in a hot spring for thirty straight minutes.

Standing up, he loosened his muscles and threw a few sharp punches—the air whistled in their wake.

He could feel his strength had increased.

His speed was faster.

Even his neural reflexes were enhanced.

Now, even without activating the Sharingan, he could clearly see the wings of a mosquito flapping midair.

Not only that…

He flipped his palm upward, pulled out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch, and—slice!—cut a line across his left forearm.

Crimson blood welled up.

Haruki furrowed his brows slightly, gritting through the pain, and silently stared at the wound.

One second...

Two seconds...

One minute...

Two minutes…

He remembered running the same test when his Constitution stat increased from 14 to 15.

At that time, a wound like this would start to close naturally—without any help—after about 7 to 8 minutes.

But now…

In under five minutes, the wound had already started healing at a visible rate.

Seeing this, Haruki smiled.

Sure, his regenerative abilities weren't yet on the level of Hashirama Senju's "no hand seal healing", but he had definitely taken a big step closer.

Haruki believed that as long as his Constitution kept improving, he would one day match—or even surpass—that legendary self-recovery power.

"Panel."

With a single thought, the Proficiency Panel opened.

A familiar light-blue interface appeared before him:

[Name: Uchiha Haruki]

[Age: 12]

[Constitution: 17 → 18]

[Spirit: 19]

[Chakra: 65,200 (75,572 → 88,052)]

[Bloodline: Mangekyō Sharingan (5903/50000 → 8783/50000)]

[Skills]

Chakra Refinement: Lv5 (1583 → 1973 /5000)

Wind Style: Wind Blade: Lv6 (4725 → 8100 /10000)

Wind Style: Rasenshuriken: Lv4 (1566 /2000) → Lv5 (2326 /5000)

Water Style: Water Formation Wall: Lv5 (334 → 3850 /5000)

Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet: Lv5 (101 → 3600 /5000)

Water Style: Hidden Mist Jutsu: Lv1 (51 /200) → Lv4 (1651 /2000)

Water Style: Giant Shark Bullet: Lv1 (1 /200) → Lv4 (701 /2000)

Shadow Clone: Lv4 (785 → 1535 /2000)

Chakra Absorption: Lv5 (4350 /5000)

Rasengan: Lv6 (4865 → 8170 /10000)

Mystic Palm Technique: Lv8 (6954 → 14154 /50000)

Chakra Scalpel: Lv5 (2200 /5000)

Delicate Extraction Technique: Lv1 (1 /200) → Lv4 (101 /2000)

Mind Reading Technique: Lv8 (1345 → 7105 /50000)

Illusion Sword Technique: Lv6 (1200 → 4550 /10000)

Flash Sword Technique: Lv5 (540 → 4590 /5000)

Chakra Control: Lv5 (2780 → 3230 /5000)

[Perfected Skills: —]

Looking at the 18-point Constitution stat, Haruki nodded.

"Just as expected."

With this new transformation, his Constitution had risen from 17 to 18—just one point below his Spirit.

Now, his mind and body were more balanced than ever before.

This balance led to massive improvements.

First was his theoretical chakra cap, which increased by 50,000 points, from 190,000 to 240,000.

Currently, he had only tapped into 88,052 of that.

Which meant… he had a long way to go before worrying about running out of potential.

Next was his chakra recovery rate.

After feeling it out, Haruki estimated that his body could now regenerate 146,000 chakra per day—an increase of 30,000 compared to last month.

To put it in perspective, when his Constitution went from 16 to 17, it only increased by 20,000.

This jump was significantly higher.

Even his Chakra Refinement Technique usage time increased by two hours—from 13 hours a day to 15.

This alone granted him an extra 4,000 chakra points per day.

When combined with his 30,000 natural recovery, that meant 34,000 chakra points of daily growth.

Of course, Haruki wasn't about to let that extra chakra go to waste.

He swept his gaze over the panel's many skills.

Ideally, he would pour all of that into Mystic Palm Technique and Mind Reading Technique.

Unfortunately, both jutsu were time-consuming to cast, and the chakra already allocated to them was nearing maximum.

No matter how much more chakra he had, he simply didn't have the time to use it all.

After some thought, Haruki decided to split the 34,000 new chakra points:

14,000 for Wind Blade Technique

20,000 for Rasenshuriken

This would bring their respective chakra pools to 24,000 and 34,000.

With that, Wind Blade would gain 280 proficiency per day, and Rasenshuriken would gain 220 per day.

At his current progress:

Wind Blade: Lv6 (8100 /10000)

Rasenshuriken: Lv5 (2326 /5000)

At this rate, Wind Blade would reach Lv7 within a week, and Rasenshuriken would follow a few days later.

At that point, he could finally start developing…

Flight Ninjutsu.

Yes, the entire reason Haruki funneled his 34,000 surplus chakra into these two Wind techniques was to rapidly meet the requirements for flying.