Nikolai thought about how most of the others were powered compared to him. He then decided to do some rigorous training in his favorite area, which had a lot of trees. Before he left, he took his scythe Endeavour with him in case any trouble came. He then ran for the forest.
When Nikolai got to his training spot, he immediatly performed Taijutsu techniques to knock branches down the trees. He this this for 3 hours, as he was determined to become stronger from this. Then, as he knocked down a tree branch, another large branch came and struck him without warning. He fell to the ground with a thud.
Nikolai laid there on the ground for 2 hours, nearly lifeless. He was immediatly thrown into a coma when the branch hit him. A couple minutes later, he found the strength to get back up, but he still had a mild concussion. He went back to knocking trees down for the next 5 hours, but he was slow in doing it. He then pulled out 5 Kunais, all of which were linked with chain and threw it up in the air.
The Kunais hit each of their trajectories. A flurry of leaves ended up falling on Nikolai, as they fell because of the Kunais. He then took his scythe Endeavour, and cut down 20 more trees. He then decided that all that training was enough for today, and left the area feeling stronger. He was determined to catch up to the others.