Loophole

The practice of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is not difficult, and it is not much harder than the regular Shadow Clone Technique.

In the original story, Naruto wasn't even a Genin. He played with the Sealing Scroll in the forest for one night and mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, beating Mizuki to a pulp.

One can imagine how low the difficulty of training is!

However, the reason it is classified as a forbidden jutsu is that when a large number of clones are created at once, it rapidly depletes the shinobi's chakra, eventually leading to their death.

Creating one clone takes away half of the user's chakra, leaving only a quarter with two clones. The chakra consumption of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is incredibly high.

Chakra is extracted from physical and mental strength, and only someone like Naruto with the Uzumaki bloodline and the Nine-Tails can produce it endlessly. If someone like Kakashi uses this jutsu, he'll have no chakra left after just a few attempts.

"Too bad, I'm also a prodigy," Satoru chuckled.

Although he didn't possess the Uzumaki bloodline, he had his Life Magnetic Field!

With the presence of the Life Magnetic Field, his body would spontaneously adjust to its optimal state. If he were to create too many clones at once, the Life Magnetic Field would work hard to compensate for the loss by squeezing itself.

Moreover, due to the abundant Life Magnetic Field, his chakra level was always far beyond that of another shinobi at the same level, almost approaching that of a Jonin.

With this buff, it could be said that the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique would have a long way to go before draining him completely.

Thinking this through, Satoru took a deep breath and began to practice the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

The flow of chakra in this technique is similar to the regular Shadow Clone Technique, but during the release, several complex steps are taken to multiply the number of clones, significantly increasing their quantity.

"Second Hokage was a true genius. How did he come up with this clever chakra flow method?" Satoru couldn't help but marvel.

When the chakra circulation reached its limit, he formed the hand seals and shouted the classic line.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Accompanied by bursts of white mist, a heap of identical copies of himself appeared around Satoru, staring at each other in astonishment.

It felt like his body had been emptied, and Satoru sensed a hollow feeling in his abdomen. Before he could react, the surroundings suddenly became noisy.

"Hey, how come I open my eyes and see so many ugly guys?"

"Damn, who are you calling ugly? Look at your appearance, your eyeballs are as big as marbles!" (x10)

"You want a beating, huh?" (x10)

"Bring it on! Who's afraid of who?" (x20)

...

Listening to dozens of identical clones bickering, Satoru felt a headache.

He didn't expect the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to have such a downside, but upon careful recollection, he remembered that Naruto had several instances of arguing with his clones.

Especially during the time he was training the Rasengan, a group of clones mocked and teased the one progressing the slowest, nearly causing them to fight.

Back then, Satoru nearly laughed himself to death in front of the TV. He didn't expect to experience the same situation now.

"Enough, don't argue anymore! I summoned you all; I'm the original, and you have to listen to me!" Satoru scolded them, finally bringing peace to the surroundings.

"Original? Alright, since you are the original, come judge who is uglier?"

"Nonsense! He's the uglier one; his nose is about to reach the sky!"

...

Satoru had originally planned to say that they were all his clones and that they all had the same appearance, but as he listened to the discussion, he found himself unable to say it...

"Original, come and judge, who is uglier?"

"It's you who's the ugliest..."

Seeing that the clones were finally quiet, they looked at him with admiration. Satoru sighed in relief and said, "Try to communicate with the metal shinobi tools in front of you using your consciousness and see if you can control them."

"Is that so..."

Some clever clones tried a few times and gradually found a way. Amidst the envious looks of others, the shurikens, kunai, and other metal shinobi tools in front of them wobbled and flew up.

Satoru relaxed; just as he thought, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could also utilize electromagnetic force. He had previously trained in electromagnetic force with the regular Shadow Clone Technique, so he assumed it would work with the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique as well.

Seeing that someone had learned it, the other clones followed suit, displaying their skills.

"Of course, I won't fall behind!"

"It's time to show you the real technique..."

"Come on, move, move, move..."

...

Seeing the clones practicing independently, Satoru was delighted. He used the metal shinobi tools to build a chair, propped up his legs, and leaned back on it. In his mind, the purple swirling whirlpool continuously emitted ripples.

[Electromagnetic Force Level 2]

[Next Upgrade: 4830/6000 Experience]

[4921/6000]

[4963/6000]

[5033...

The experience points soared like a rocket, breaking through the 5000 mark in the blink of an eye, making Satoru feel ecstatic.

Just as he had imagined, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could share the training experience with the original body. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before his mastery of the electromagnetic force reached level 3.

He remembered that in the original story, Naruto created thousands of clones while training the Rasengan, and with the experience-sharing buff, his progress skyrocketed like riding a rocket.

Satoru was well aware of this, which is why he chose the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and showed a strange expression.

"By doing this, am I exploiting a loophole in the 'System'?"

Who cares! Satoru felt relieved and lay comfortably on the chair. Loophole or not, it didn't matter!

Around him, dozens of clones were like a lush crop of green leeks, constantly emitting light and heat, being drained of blood and flesh by this capitalist.

One of the clones trembled, and the shuriken in its hand flew off course, landing perfectly in the body of another clone that had been arguing with it earlier.

"Damn it! You're playing dirty, huh!"

The clone pointed angrily at the other one, but before it could finish its sentence, it turned into a white mist with a loud boom.

"After all, they are still Shadow Clones, and their exploding attribute can't be changed."

Looking at this scene, Satoru shook his head with indifference, formed hand seals, and activated the restored chakra.

As the white mist dissipated, another lush crop of green leeks grew again.