Naruto: The Otherworldly Cultivator

Chapter 190: Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu

Chapter 190: Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author notes-

Chapter 190: Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu

Kakashi stood in silence for a long moment, staring at the empty space left behind by what he had initially thought was his former student.

'Was that really a shadow clone?' he wondered, though it was the most logical explanation. But if that was the case, then this little sparring session had been completely pointless for gauging Naruto's true progress.

After all, the strength of a shadow clone largely depends on how much chakra the user divides among them. The jutsu splits chakra evenly, so the more clones created, the weaker each individual clone becomes.

This was why Kakashi himself rarely created more than one or two in battle.

Just as he was considering the possibilities, he heard movement from deeper within the training grounds, and just a second later, another Naruto emerged, leaping through the air with ease before landing next to a bag of ramen.

"Tsk... that clone had one job and messed it up," Naruto grumbled, lifting the bag. "Now the ramen's probably all soggy."

"Sorry about that. It's kind of my fault," Kakashi admitted, scratching the back of his head. "Though to be fair, I thought I was talking to the real you."

"Eh, it's fine. He should've explained things better," Naruto replied. As he spoke, a puff of smoke appeared beside him, revealing an identical clone of him.

Naruto handed the bag to his clone. "You know what to do, right? Take this back and bring me two new ones. And don't forget the extra pork chops."

"Got it!" The clone gave a thumbs-up before vanishing.

"Are you sure? You seem... busy," Kakashi said, glancing at the sea of clones.

Naruto waved him off. "I have to dispel them a few times a day anyway. Otherwise, processing all their memories gets tricky."

Naruto sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes.

"Wait, you're not going to dispel them all at once, are you? The feedback would be—"

Before Kakashi could finish, every clone disappeared in a massive cloud of smoke.

Naruto's body twitched as the memories flooded back, and Kakashi watched with concern.

After a minute, Naruto opened his eyes. "All done."

"Are you okay?" Kakashi asked.

"Of course. I already learned my lesson the first day when I made twenty thousand clones and had them practice fūinjutsu for twelve hours. That headache was killer," Naruto said with a laugh. "Now I stick to ten thousand and limit the memories to six to eight hours max."

"You made twenty thousand?!..."Kakashi stared at Naruto, dumbfounded. "Wait, you've been training like this for three days?. "

Naruto nodded. "Indeed I did. It's very efficient. Like I said before, I kinda wish I had learned it sooner. It would have saved me some time." He couldn't speed up his cultivation with this jutsu, but he had already found several areas where the clones became very handy.

"What are you trying to learn?" Kakashi asked, still trying to process everything.

Naruto glanced at him, a small grin forming on his face. "Well...everything."

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