Contemplation
Ninja Academy, rooftop.
"If I can't change my physical abilities, the most suitable combat style for me to deal with strong opponents, for now, seems to be centered around the Substitution Jutsu..."
Lin Ke sat alone in a corner. Since his fight with Hatake Kakashi, he had become famous in the Ninja Academy.
There weren't many people to begin with, and the appearance of a classmate who seemed to be an Ice Release user made him a well-known figure in his class.
He wasn't interested in interacting with his peers, and he was even less interested in the so-called classmates who came for Ice Release. Moreover, he had too many secrets to tell others. No one could enter his heart, let alone become friends.
This led to his increasing isolation in the class. It wasn't that others were isolating him, but that he was isolating others.
Due to the education at the Ninja Academy, he had always been arranging his combat system according to the logic of a ninja. After experiencing a crushing defeat, he understood.
Before obtaining other more powerful ninjutsu, he had to make use of his strongest ninjutsu.
Physical combat must be ruled out before obtaining ninjutsu that enhances physical skills. Physical fitness is a big pit, and it will become more and more obvious later. The key is that there are too many types of substitutes summoned by the Substitution Jutsu, and it is almost impossible to determine a relatively fixed mode.
But among the techniques he currently possesses, only the Substitution Jutsu has the highest upper limit. He seems to have no other choice.
Compared to other ninjas releasing ninjutsu, he has a huge advantage—
Any ninjutsu is limited by Chakra control ability. That is, for the same ninjutsu, releasing too much Chakra without perfect control will lead to the failure of the ninjutsu, and releasing too little will not be enough to form the ninjutsu, which will also cause the ninjutsu to fail. Many ninjas who are not good at ninjutsu basically have problems here.
Some people release the same ninjutsu stronger than others. The principle is that their Chakra control ability is strong enough to allow more Chakra to complete the same technique.
However, Lin Ke doesn't need to control the amount of Chakra to release his mutated ninjutsu. He only needs to simply extract the Chakra and control it to release it roughly in the direction of the ninjutsu. The Chakra will automatically disappear and complete the release through unknown means.
So he has a great advantage in the release of ninjutsu. Without considering how to control it, he only needs to consider Chakra allocation.
A Clone Jutsu + Transformation Jutsu that lasts for about a minute will consume about 10% of his Chakra.
The Substitution Jutsu will directly consume 30% of his Chakra to maintain it for one minute, not to mention the consumption after the substitute appears, which shows how much consumption this technique requires.
Strictly speaking, his Substitution Jutsu, like the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, is a forbidden technique, that is, it requires too much Chakra to release.
It is very dangerous to consume Chakra to the point of fainting at will.
Returning to the combat mode, because of his shortcomings in physical skills, in order to ensure that he will not be directly attacked by bypassing the substitute in battle, he must use the Clone Jutsu to resist damage. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the substitute is, the fragility of the main body will make it powerless.
In fact, the consumption of 10% Chakra for a technique is already very high. No one is guaranteed to be at 100% physical strength before a battle. Often, the actions before the battle will extract a certain amount of Chakra to maintain their mobility.
So the ninjutsu suitable for a ninja is best consumed at 5% to 8%. If a ninjutsu consumes too much, it must be used as a finishing move, not at the beginning.
Just like Hatake Kakashi's Lightning Blade.
But if the entire battle tactic is built entirely on the Substitution Jutsu, the entire battle process will become extremely strange.
Theoretically, he should summon a substitute before each battle, and determine the way of each battle and his own positioning based on the type and ability of the substitute.
Sounds fun, but it's very unreliable.
What if he summons a substitute that heals teammates when fighting alone? What if he summons Hermit Purple when he needs a strong attack? There are too many problems. He has never seen any ninja who relies on probability to fight.
Even in the film and television works of his previous life, except for Yu-Gi-Oh!, he has basically never seen a battle where he draws cards before the fight. If he draws a powerful card, he can win, and if he draws a trash card, he will lose.
Anyone who has played a roguelike game must know how cool it is to draw good skills, and how bad the game experience is after drawing trash skills...
Even if Lin Ke shortens the time the substitute appears to increase the fault tolerance as much as possible, he can also spend money to take Soldier Pills to replenish the physical strength consumed during the battle.
If the first substitute he draws is not suitable for battle, can he really last until the second time he draws a substitute in the face of lightning-fast, time-sensitive battles?
Of course, substitutes are not without advantages. They inherit the characteristics of the original JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. Only those who have substitutes can see them. The students and teachers of the Ninja Academy, including Hatake Kakashi, have not been able to see the substitutes.
Summoning a combat-type substitute can greatly improve his frontal combat ability. The effects of auxiliary substitutes are also very magical. Some rule-based substitutes can kill the opponent with one blow as long as the conditions are met.
Well, basically what can be used is the ability of the substitutes, not the power, speed, or other things of the substitutes.
Because in the setting of the substitutes, Power C is the level of an ordinary person, Power B is better than an ordinary person, and Power A is excellent. However, the specific performance is a mess and very chaotic. Some Power A can break diamonds, some Power A cannot even pry open iron fences, and some Power C can even destroy parking lots. The difference is so large that it is unimaginable.
But the vast majority of substitutes, based solely on the power and speed they exhibit, are difficult to compete with ninjas.
With Chakra enhancement, physical ninjas are too resistant to beatings and their power is explosive. The most important speed is completely beyond human vision with the blessing of the Body Flicker Technique.
Therefore, in Lin Ke's case, in addition to a few substitutes that can fight in close combat, more emphasis is placed on the special abilities of the substitutes.
Even Hermit Purple, which is often ridiculed as "Old man, your stand is the most useless," is actually very useful for information gathering.
But instability is always a problem.
Considering his ability to repeatedly use the Substitution Jutsu, it's better to find a way to improve the error tolerance. If the first substitute he summons isn't useful, then summon it twice, and if twice doesn't work, then three times. He should always be able to summon a suitable combat substitute.
To achieve such a prerequisite—
"So I need teammates (meat shields), preferably partners as resilient as Uzumaki Naruto, to help me absorb damage and hold out until I summon a useful substitute."
Lin Ke thought thoughtfully.
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