Shadow Clone

Ding!

  "Player, Shadow Clone Jutsu training progress 100/100, congratulations on completing the training of the Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

  "Great! Let's see the effect of the Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

  Using the app's effect, Yasuke completed the training of the Shadow Clone Jutsu without any hesitation. He followed the memory in his mind, formed the seals, and then shouted:

  "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

  "Boom!"

  With smoke swirling around, almost instantly, Yasuke felt half of his chakra was gone. That was the terrifying consumption of using the Shadow Clone Jutsu!

  The Shadow Clone Jutsu, a B-rank technique in the original series, was deliberately developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, to enhance Konoha Village's intelligence capabilities.

  Unlike the regular Clone Jutsu, which only creates an illusionary clone, the Shadow Clone Jutsu evenly distributes the user's chakra among each clone, creating physical duplicates that are identical to the user. These clones, unlike illusionary ones, can attack and use ninjutsu and genjutsu, representing a significant leap in quality.

  With the accelerated training from the app, Yasuke's Shadow Clone Jutsu was flawless and would not produce any subpar clones.

  Upon successfully casting the jutsu and creating an identical clone, Yasuke looked at it. The clone had a handsome, clean-cut appearance with black hair, not styled in the typical pineapple shape of the Nara clan but in a neat, fresh-cut look, making him quite satisfied.

  However, when Yasuke tested the clone's effect by punching it in the face to see if the pain would transfer back to him, the clone disappeared with a "boom" of smoke. Yasuke was surprised to find that the pain did not transfer back to him!

  "What's going on?"

  "Did I train the Shadow Clone Jutsu incorrectly? Or is the 'cheat' aspect of the Shadow Clone Jutsu just a myth, added by Kishimoto to give Naruto a power boost?"

  In disbelief, Yasuke quickly created another shadow clone and conducted the same experiment.

  Unfortunately, the result was the same: the clone did not transfer any information back. Yasuke couldn't help but smile bitterly and thought, "So Kishimoto really just added that feature for the sake of giving Naruto a cheat."

  "I knew it. There are so many geniuses in Konoha, yet only Kakashi discovered that the Shadow Clone Jutsu suited Naruto. Turns out it's not because the people of Konoha are dumb, but because it was an artificially accelerated setting to speed up Naruto's growth. The original settings were fake, and so were the ones in fanfiction."

  "Shadow Clone Jutsu, your true nature has been revealed. You no longer have the reputation of being a 'cheat' technique!"

  Shaking his head silently, Yasuke didn't get discouraged upon learning that the Shadow Clone Jutsu didn't have the cheat-like effect. After all, he still had the app's accelerated training feature, an extraordinary 'cheat' itself. Losing one cheat technique wasn't a big deal.

  After recovering his chakra through regular training, Yasuke pulled up the training progress bar to adjust the training progress for the Body Replacement Technique and the Body Flicker Technique.

  But as Yasuke opened the progress bar, a change in the Shadow Clone Jutsu's progress caught his attention!

  "Huh?"

  "Wasn't the Shadow Clone Jutsu's progress 100/100? Why did it suddenly change to 100/1000?"

  "App, accelerate training, I want to see what happens when the Shadow Clone Jutsu reaches 1000/1000!"

  Ding!

  "Player, Shadow Clone Jutsu training progress 1000/1000, congratulations on completing the training of the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

  "Wait? Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu? I remember there's an explanation about this in the original story!"

  Discovering the app's upgrade, Yasuke recalled the details about the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu from the original series. Indeed, there were differences between the two techniques.

  In the original series, when did Naruto get his cheat? Wasn't it during the failed Genin exam, when Mizuki tricked him into stealing the Scroll of Seals, from which he learned the technique?

  The Scroll of Seals was no ordinary item. It contained not only the techniques mastered by previous Hokage but also the methods for training Konoha's secret and forbidden techniques.

  Revisiting the original series, Yasuke always found it strange. Even though the Shadow Clone Jutsu was a B-rank technique, so many people in Konoha could use it, and even some ninjas outside Konoha could use it. It couldn't be considered a forbidden technique, right?

  Now, with the app's hint revealing the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu as an A-rank technique, Yasuke understood. The Scroll of Seals didn't record just any B-rank technique but the upgraded version of the Shadow Clone Jutsu, an A-rank technique with certain dangers, the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!

  The Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu, an A-rank technique, was significantly different. It consumed less chakra to create more clones based on the Shadow Clone Jutsu!

  However, using the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu had a drawback: everything experienced by the clones before they vanished would be fed back to the user.

  In the original series, Naruto used this for training, leveraging the unique effect of the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu.

  Likewise, because of this advantage and disadvantage, creating too many clones could be life-threatening for the user due to the accumulated fatigue when the clones vanished. This was why the Second Hokage considered it too dangerous for most people and listed it in the Scroll of Seals as a forbidden technique in Konoha!

  "So that's it. Just two words, 'Multi' and 'Shadow', make all the difference. The regular Shadow Clone Jutsu is just a physical clone technique, while the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu is the so-called cheat technique!"

  "Fortunately, the app provided the extra progress bar. Otherwise, I might have given up on the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu cheat!"

  "Anyway, it's better to test the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu's effect now to avoid any more surprises!"

  Thinking this, Yasuke, with his chakra fully recovered, formed the seals again and shouted:

  "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  The technique was executed!

  Using the same amount of chakra, the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu gave Yasuke a pleasant surprise!

  With the same consumption of half his chakra, the regular Shadow Clone Jutsu could only create one clone. But using the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu, Yasuke instantly created four clones, four times the effect of the regular Shadow Clone Jutsu!

  Moreover, when he ordered the four clones to start training, the experience from the first clone's disappearance transmitted back into Yasuke's mind, proving the cheat-like nature of the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu. However, using the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu for training was indeed dangerous!

  Yasuke could endure the feedback from one clone disappearing.

  But after the second and third clones vanished, his face turned pale.

  By the time the fourth clone disappeared, Yasuke, pale as a sheet, collapsed on his bed. He didn't wake up until the next day, and even then, he felt waves of pain. It was only after the pain subsided that the app's new prompt echoed in his mind, filling him with surprise!

  Ding!

  "Research successful!"

  "Player, would you like to begin training the 'new' Shadow Stitching Jutsu?"

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