Chapter 20: Mikoto and Ashim
Third Person P.O.V
It has been three months since the day of the mindscape accident and Ashim has made great progress on his study of the subject.
He has gotten books from the village library, the Sarutobi library and even the Uchiha library, courtesy of his new friend, Mikoto. He gave her the list of books he needed and she just borrowed them from Uchiha library, in his stead.
Uchiha clan's study of mindscape was quite complete, much more thorough than the village and Sarutobi's. In-fact, if he didn't have a copy of Uchiha clan's research on the subject, he wouldn't be able to succeed. As a 'thank you', Ashim decided to share his knowledge with Mikoto and teach her Jutsu.
The sun was covered in clouds but the air was not humid, there was no sign of rain.
In the park near the Uchiha compound, two kids were sitting cross legged, facing each other, eyes closed as if in deep meditation. Cool breeze was blowing across their sweaty cloths every now and then. The lake besides them was tranquil.
The two kids were none other than Mikoto and Ashim.
From the study material and his own experience on the subject, Ashim found that there were two ways to enter the mindscape.
One way was by directly receding his consciousness in his mind, in a specific way. This was just like in the anime and the user would feel as if he has a physical body inside the mindscape. This is the ideal technique in case he wanted to experiment new dangerous jutsus as he could just do it inside his mindscape. Not to mention, by using this technique, the user would feel a better sense of self and it would increase the chakra control.
Other was through the first gate. Probably because the first gate is inside the mind, but by first receding consciousness inside the first gate, then entering the mindscape through there, would be the second way. The user would feel like he has no physical body, hence he could observe anything at it's very essence by touching it with consciousness as long as it's inside the mindscape.
He has also figured out a way to get a mass of air inside by mixing it with chakra and pushing it inside his first gate. That way he would be able to observe any object at it's very essence as long as it's particles are broken down in gaseous form.
As Mikoto and Ashim were meditating, suddenly Mikoto opened her eyes.
"I think I felt it. It was a distinct feeling, but I think I am very close."
Ashim opened his eyes when he heard it. He was a bit jealous of the sharingan. He had to go through so much pain just to be able to figure out the two ways to enter the mindsape, yet Mikoto could just copy it with her new one tomoe sharingan, she got after entering her mindscape.
Currently, while Mikoto was trying to enter her mindscape through the first gate and he was trying to mimic the chakra of an oxygen molecule.
It was easy to discover oxygen as water molecules are comprised of oxygen and hydrogen, which is the smallest element in nature, so it's very easy to spot.
He figured out that if he mimicked the chakra of an element with his spiritual chakra, then he could control that element to a certain extent.
He has gotten this idea from medical ninjutsu. One of the theory states, that while the spiritual chakra affects the physical chakra, the physical chakra affects it self.
Unfortunately, it was easier said than done. While he could turn a minuscule amount of his spiritual chakra into oxygen through strong intent if he concentrates hard enough, it was nearly impossible to do it in large number.
Ashim is not going to give up. He knows that it might take years, but he will keep trying.
"Alright. Keep trying. Remember. The world out there is very dangerous and if we want to get out of the village, we need strength." Ashim replied to Mikoto.
Ashim was quite intrigued by Mikoto's idea of wanting to get out of the village. He felt the same way and decided to leave after learning his father's techniques. He didn't feel much belonging to the village.
"I know. I'll do it. You better believe it." Mikoto said with determination and then closed her eyes again.
You can't judge this girl by the cover. Once she sets her mind on something, she would work harder than anyone else.
"So, you wanna visit Akimichi barbecue after the training.? My treat." Ashim suddenly asked.
"Huh.. Showoff.! Of course I will, Mr. Richie Rich.! Who would want to say no to a free meal in one of the most expensive restaurants in the village.!" Mikoto replied in a somewhat sarcastic voice.
Akimichi barbecue didn't just serve barbecue. It was one of the most expensive places where only the rich merchants and elite jonins would visit.
It's not like Ashim had more money than anyone because his father was the Hokage, rather he just saved his pocket money because he never bought many things.
"Alright. Back to practice." Then, he closed his eyes again.
"Humph...!" Mikoto did the same.
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Big Daddy: Watch how our M.C becomes the most powerful character in the world without any system or too many fortuitous encounters and even travel to other anime worlds, all on his own.
Chakra theory in this world is from the marvel universe, the whole infinity stones thing. A bit different but mostly the same.
Keep reading to see how the plot builds up.
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