'Clone' Jutsu
Konoha Year 60, August, Konoha Village, Ninja Apartment.
"I feel it! Chakra!"
Lin Ke, a seven-year-old transmigrator, jumped out of bed in ecstasy.
Seven years since transmigrating, do you know how I've spent these seven years? Because his mother was pregnant during the war, she was severely injured during a mission and almost had a miscarriage. He was born weak and sickly, but fortunately, medical ninjutsu was magical enough to save his life.
His mother passed away due to old injuries when he was two. At three years old, three years old! A little boy who had just learned to run, jump, sing, and rap was forced by his father to exercise every day, exhausting himself. He still had to brace himself to memorize and learn all ninja-related knowledge.
Compared to his happy childhood on Earth in his previous life, it was simply hell! But this painful life didn't last long. Just two years later, when he was five, his father, an Anbu, died in the line of duty after the Uchiha clan was exterminated...
He didn't even have time to grieve because he was already five years old. Innately deficient and without any cheat-like golden finger, he couldn't even extract Chakra, let alone become invincible.
Konoha only had one Ninja Academy that could change one's fate to become a ninja. The best conditions for passing the entrance exam were:
Being of age and being able to release ninjutsu (i.e., being able to extract Chakra + having Chakra control ability).
[Manga Chapter 672, in a flashback, Might Guy failed the entrance exam. Kakashi believed that one couldn't enter the Ninja Academy without ninjutsu. Ultimately, Might Guy was admitted as an alternate, and Rock Lee was the same.]
That's why his deadbeat dad had been frantically training his young child.
"Finally... I managed to extract Chakra at the last possible age." Lin Ke felt the Chakra within him, jumped off the bed, and did two backflips on the floor to celebrate.
He had no choice but to be happy. From the age of three until now, four years of life-threatening exercise had barely allowed him to meet the standard for extracting Chakra. Although he had long given up on his transmigrator's ideal of 'I don't eat beef,' he didn't want to live an ordinary life.
Well, maybe he wouldn't even have a lifetime. Everyone knew how dangerous the world of Naruto was. He might die at the hands of bandits, brigands, or rogue ninjas at any time.
There were two ways to become a Genin in Konoha Village: one was the Genin Certification Exam. As long as one could extract Chakra and release the widely circulated Three Body Technique, one could pass the exam. The other was to enter the Ninja Academy and pass the graduation exam.
But these two paths were completely different. Graduates of the Ninja Academy could form a three-person team with their classmates and be led by a Jonin/Special Jonin teacher. Those who studied on their own and passed the Genin Certification Exam...
Moreover, entering the Ninja Academy came with additional subsidies and the opportunity to learn more difficult ninjutsu from the Chunin teachers and the team-leading teacher after graduation.
It could be said that in every aspect, the Ninja Academy was equivalent to a top-tier university.
As for self-study to become a Genin?
It wasn't even a junior college; it was, at best, a correspondence course.
"The polarization in Konoha Village is too severe. Either you get into a top-tier university, or you go for a correspondence course. We need to pay attention to the sinking market, the sinking market."
Lin Ke muttered in his head, not knowing if anyone was eavesdropping. The so-called Ninja Apartment was the residence of poor ninjas and ninja orphans. The residents weren't ordinary people. What if someone overheard him?
He walked to the desk, opened the drawer, and took out a large scroll, placing it on the desk and unrolling it.
The content recorded on it was simple. He had long memorized it by heart. It was just a few ninjutsu.
Namely: the most widely circulated Three Body Technique, the Body Binding Technique, and the Earth Release: Underground Headhunter Technique.
Don't think it was shabby. His cheap dad didn't know he would die in a time of peace. This scroll was a memento left by his mother before she passed away.
Regarding ninjas, the things to learn were actually very complex. In those two years of study, he learned, including but not limited to, the basic knowledge of Chakra and ninjutsu, how to extract Chakra, how to use Chakra to strengthen the body, how to release ninjutsu, the techniques of throwing ninja tools, stealth techniques, rope escape techniques, anti-interrogation training...
[Note: There are differences in Chakra extraction techniques. There is a big difference between knowing, being average, and being good. It requires learning and practice.]
A large amount of content that would scare a Hengshui High School student at a glance was only a very small part.
The Ninja Academy also taught astronomy (people in the Naruto world knew about planets), geography, physics, chemistry, biology, tactics, formations, combat exercises, teamwork, and so on.
Lin Ke looked at the contents of the scroll with a complicated expression, silently reviewing it again, and opened his eyes.
[Ram - Snake - Tiger]
He focused and quickly formed hand seals, trying to release the simplest Clone Jutsu of the Three Body Technique for the first time.
"..."
Nothing happened, but Chakra was consumed.
"Did I fail?" Lin Ke sighed. As expected, he wasn't a genius. Release—
"Thump!"
"?"
He pressed his right hand on the scroll, wanting to take another look. His right hand unconsciously drooped and relaxed, and then he discovered that his arm had actually fallen to the floor.
What the hell! Lin Ke was filled with question marks and panic, bending down to pick up his arm.
"Thump~ thump!"
Great, no need to panic now.
He must be dreaming or in need of a time machine.
Because his head also fell off, bouncing once before rolling into the corner.
"???"
Lin Ke looked at his headless body, bent down to pick up his left arm from the ground, and what terrified him the most was that the left hand even clenched.
The detached body part was smooth and round, as if it was naturally so, looking a bit like a fleshy, robotic raccoon's paw.
After a brief moment of mental chaos, thanks to years of ninja training, he quickly calmed down and soon discovered that his body and arm were still under his control, whether it was the separated limbs, body, or the head on the ground.
This feeling was very strange, being able to sense each other and be controlled by the brain even when the body parts were separated.
[If you want to reattach them—]
He controlled his body to stand up straight (because bending over all the time was tiring), and then brought his arm to the smooth gap in his shoulder.
"Pop~"
Perfectly reattached, without any problems!
Lin Ke moved his arm, which had returned to its normal range of motion, wanting to walk over and pick up his head—
"Thump!"
The headless body tripped and fell sideways to the ground, the fingertips stabbing hard into the floor, "Hiss~" The pain made him grimace and gasp.
Okay, controlling the separated body is still a bit difficult, mainly because the direction the head is looking and the actual direction of walking are different. The originally simple act of walking forward, under his control, had his left foot deviating slightly to the right and his right foot deviating slightly to the left, so he fell down gloriously.
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