Chapter 29: Is There a Bug in the Cheat?

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Cultivation of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique isn't difficult. It's not much harder than the ordinary Shadow Clone Technique.

In the original story, the protagonist wasn't even a Genin yet. He spent one night wandering around the forest with the Sealed Book and managed to master the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, giving Mizuki a good thrashing.

One can imagine how low the difficulty of cultivation is!

The reason it is classified as a forbidden ninjutsu is that creating a large number of shadow clones at once can quickly deplete a ninja's chakra, eventually leaving them completely drained.

One shadow clone takes half of the original body's chakra. With two shadow clones, the original body is left with only a quarter of its chakra. One can see how terrifying the chakra consumption of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is!

Chakra is refined from physical and mental energy. Only someone like Naruto, who has the Uzumaki bloodline advantage and the Nine-Tailed Fox advantage, can constantly summon a large number of shadow clones. If it were someone like Kakashi, he would run out of chakra after just a few moves.

"Too bad, I'm also a cheat user." Satoru Hyūga said, smiling.

Although he doesn't have the Uzumaki bloodline, he has the Life Magnetic Field!

Thanks to the Life Magnetic Field, his physical condition will automatically adjust to the optimal state. Whenever he expends too much chakra at once, the Life Magnetic Field will work hard to replenish the loss.

Moreover, due to the strong nourishment provided by the Life Magnetic Field, his chakra amount has always far exceeded that of ninjas of the same level, approaching the level of a Jonin.

With this bonus, it will be a long time before the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique can drain him dry...

Thinking of this, Satoru Hyūga took a deep breath and began to cultivate the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

The way chakra circulates is similar to that of the Shadow Clone Technique. However, when releasing it, it goes through several complex steps, doubling the release route and greatly increasing the number of shadow clones.

"The Second Hokage was truly a genius. How did he come up with such an ingenious way of chakra flow?"

Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but marvel.

When the chakra reached its peak, he formed hand seals with both hands and shouted that classic phrase.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Along with the rising white mist, a bunch of identical versions of himself appeared beside Satoru Hyūga, staring blankly at each other.

It felt like his body had been emptied. Satoru Hyūga felt an emptiness in his abdomen. Before he could do anything, he heard a sudden commotion around him.

"Hey, why do I see so many ugly dudes as soon as I open my eyes?"

"Jerk, who are you calling ugly! Look at yourself first, your eyeballs are as small as marbles!" x10

"You bastard, do you want a fight?" x10

"Come on then, who's afraid of whom!" x20

Listening to dozens of versions of himself scolding each other in unison, Satoru Hyūga felt his head spinning.

He never expected that the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique would have such a drawback. But upon closer recall, it seems that the protagonist had several arguments with his shadow clones.

Especially when cultivating the Rasenshuriken, a group of shadow clones got into some intense involution. They mercilessly mocked those clones with slow progress and almost started brawling with each other.

Back then, Satoru Hyūga almost laughed himself silly in front of the TV. Little did he expect that this scene would now happen to himself.

"Stop arguing! I summoned you here. I'm the original body, and you have to listen to me!"

Satoru Hyūga, reaching his limit of patience, roared sharply. Finally, the surrounding hubbub subsided.

"Original body? Alright, if you're the original body, then come and settle the argument. Isn't he uglier?"

"Nonsense! Clearly, he's the uglier one. His nose is so stuck-up it's about to touch the sky!"

Satoru Hyūga originally intended to say that they were all his shadow clones and had the same appearance as him. But as he listened, he suddenly couldn't bring himself to say it...

"Original body, come and sort this out. Who is actually uglier?"

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

Seeing the argument among the shadow clones intensify, Satoru Hyūga took out a Scroll and threw it into the air. When the white mist dispersed, countless metal ninja tools such as Shuriken, Kunai, and ninja swords suddenly rained down from the sky, as if a metal rain was falling. They all neatly stuck in front of the shadow clones.

This scene shocked all the shadow clones, and they immediately fell silent.

"So cool! (a Japanese expression of admiration) Is this your ability, original body?"

"So amazing! How did you do it?"

"Original body, teach us quickly!"

Seeing that the shadow clones finally quieted down and were looking at him with admiration in unison, Satoru Hyūga let out a long breath and began to speak.

"You guys try to communicate with the metal ninja tools in front of you using your consciousness and see if you can control them."

"Like this..."

Some clever shadow clones gave it a try for a few times and gradually found the method. Amidst the envious looks of the others, the Shuriken in front of them shakily took off into the air.

Satoru Hyūga let out a sigh of relief. Just as he had expected, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could also utilize the ability of Electromagnetic Force. He had previously cultivated Electromagnetic Force using shadow clones, so he speculated that the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique should be able to do the same.

Seeing that someone had already learned it, the other shadow clones were not to be outdone and immediately got into involution again.

"Damn it! (a common Japanese exclamation) I won't fall behind either."

"It's time for you guys to see some real skills..."

"Move, move! Move for me..."

Seeing the shadow clones self-initiated involution, Satoru Hyūga looked extremely pleased. He used the metal ninja tools to build a chair, leaned back on it with his legs crossed. In his mind, the purple starry sky vortex constantly emitted ripples.

[Electromagnetic Force Level 2 Experience Points 4830/6000]

[4921/6000]

4963/6000

5033...

The experience points soared like a rocket. In the blink of an eye, it broke through the 5000 mark. Satoru Hyūga felt extremely refreshed all over.

Just as he had envisioned, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could share the cultivation experience points with the original body. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before his Electromagnetic Force leveled up to level 3.

I remember that in the original work, when Satoru Hyūga was cultivating the Rasenshuriken, he summoned thousands of minions. With the bonus of experience sharing buff, his cultivation progress soared like a rocket taking off.

Satoru Hyūga chose the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique precisely because he knew this.

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

"Am I glitching the cheat code???"

Who cares! Satoru Hyūga wore a relieved expression and lay comfortably on the chair. A sane person wouldn't pass up a bug!

Around him, dozens of shadow clones were like green leeks, constantly giving off light and heat, being completely drained of their energy and vitality by him, the capitalist.

One of the shadow clones' hands trembled, and the Shuriken went off target, just hitting the shadow clone that had been scolding him earlier.

"Damn it all! Playing dirty, huh!"

That shadow clone pointed at the other and cursed angrily, but as soon as the words left his mouth, there was a puff and he turned into white mist and disappeared.

"After all, they're still shadow clones. The property of bursting at the slightest touch can't be changed."

Witnessing this scene, Satoru Hyūga calmly shook his head, formed hand seals with both hands, and mobilized the chakra that had just recovered.

As the white mist dispersed, another batch of lush green leeks sprang up.