Chapter 152

"The continuation will be when you return to the village," the girl whispered, pulling away.

Reluctantly removing my hands, I watched as Tsume turned toward the exit and left, swaying her hips seductively, making me sigh in frustration. What a tease! We hadn't had anything during the night, and now my body suddenly remembered that I hadn't had any women in my tent for a while. Should I give in to Chifuyu-chan's persistence?

She's been trying to get into my futon for quite some time now, ever since she managed to see me bare-chested without my mask and glasses. And the main thing is, I can be sure this isn't the initiative of the clan leaders, as the Uchiha had not shown such interest before.

Shaking my head to distract myself from the images my imagination was conjuring, I began searching for where I had thrown the camouflage yesterday—time to get to work in the infirmary and give the assistant a bit of a break before nearly a week of solo practice. Although the clone can help in complex cases, the amount of chakra will still be limited.

After methodically reviewing the scrolls I had on sealing techniques at the expense of several hours of sleep, I finally found the description of the required complex seal designed to stabilize the structure of the kage bunshin no jutsu and significantly reduce the amount of chakra expended for the clone's mere existence.

No one uses these clones for long tasks exceeding a few hours simply because such a copy loses a certain amount of chakra every moment due to the lack of a physical medium to prevent chakra evaporation. For short-term use, this is barely noticeable, but over time, the destabilization of the construct increases, leading to losses.

A standard kage bunshin does not last more than a day. This characteristic is partially mitigated by the amount of chakra used, but by the end of the sixth day, a clone with slightly less than my reserve will turn into a genin, which needs to be corrected. And this very seal, which Mito helped me create back when I was a genin, will greatly extend the lifespan of the copy, reducing losses and preventing it from dispersing from a single strong blow.

Forming the seal with my hands, I slowly began creating the technique, channeling more and more chakra into it. When the channels in my hands started aching from the strain and a blue haze began to appear nearby, I released the technique.

With a barely audible pop, my exact copy appeared in a t-shirt and pants, and I sank down onto my rear end, breathing heavily. Even Uzumaki would experience a huge strain on their key to the bloodline if they needed to push nine-tenths of their full reserve through chakra channels with a single technique at a time.

"Boss, how are you? Need any help?" the clone asked, concerned by my condition.

"No, I'll rest a bit now and then we'll start," I waved him off, "there's not much time until morning, and we need to apply the seal not only on you but also on me, and then get a good night's sleep to have enough chakra to create a shadow clone capable of making the entire trip to Konoha."

"Then it's better to start with me—your sealing will be quite simple, and I can apply it while you're asleep, but not the other way around," the double nodded.

"Alright, let's do that," I agreed.

My plan to get into Konoha is quite simple and practical—getting through the sealing barrier around the village with a sealed scroll is very easy even if the attackers haven't destroyed it, and returning can be done with a summoning scroll.

For this, it's necessary to apply an anchor seal to the body and create a scroll with the addition of the summoner's blood. It's a slightly modified method of summoning animals, but it works flawlessly in all cases.

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