Shadow

Chapter 117 Shadowy Night, Lin Ke's Home.

[The materialized Chakra, cut off and still hasn't dissipated, is truly outrageous.]

Lin Ke looked at the Shukaku Chakra, divided into cubes for easy storage on the table, and felt a slight sense of wonder.

His own Chakra couldn't even be materialized, he couldn't see it with his own eyes, and if it was cut off, it would dissipate immediately. Even if it was sealed in a scroll, it would still dissipate quickly and be wasted.

The Jinchuriki's Tailed Beast form's materialized Chakra could not only be observed and touched, but it could even be cut off and preserved for a long time.

[According to Jiraiya in the manga, the Eight Trigrams Sealing Jutsu, composed of two Four Symbols Seals, can convert the leaking Nine-Tailed Chakra into Naruto's Chakra. If I want to use this thing, the safest way is to release Namikaze Minato from the Reaper's stomach and have him give me an Eight Trigrams Sealing Jutsu as well.]

But that was impossible.

Originally, he had considered using Sealing Jutsu to absorb the Tailed Beast Chakra for his own use, but he quickly realized one thing—

If Tailed Beast Chakra could really be absorbed through Sealing Jutsu, would it be his turn? The people in the Naruto World weren't idiots; if it could be solved with Sealing Jutsu, it definitely wouldn't be up to him.

So, in the end, Lin Ke didn't tell the Third Hokage about his collection of Tailed Beast Chakra to get help. Instead, he had Sasuke summon it and cut it into pieces at home for research.

[If Sealing Jutsu doesn't work, am I really going to eat it?]

Lin Ke shook his head, looking at the ochre cube on the table. In the Cloud Village manga, some people had imitated Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and they had all died directly, proving that Tailed Beast Chakra couldn't be absorbed by normal people at all.

Eating it was definitely the worst option.

He wasn't a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths; eating that stuff would definitely kill him.

How could he use it? Lin Ke went through the mutated Ninjutsu he had mastered. Obviously, the Three Body Technique wouldn't work. Even if he transformed into a big guy, he didn't think he could withstand the Tailed Beast Chakra.

Thinking about mutated Ninjutsu, he suddenly had a novel idea.

He casually picked up the ochre cube, and in the lamplight, a bright shadow was cast on the table.

[The Shadow Clone that shares stamina, can it take away the Chakra from the Tailed Beast Chakra cube? After all, this thing is technically a living being, right...]

Lin Ke quickly began to put it into practice, extracting Chakra, dividing it equally, forming hand seals, and releasing—

The shadow next to the ochre cube on the table quickly bulged, and a completely black cube appeared. Then, the ochre cube rapidly shrank as if it had lost water.

[If this works, wait—]

He thought of a new way to play, and took out another piece of Tailed Beast Chakra from the cabinet.

He canceled the Shadow Clone Technique, extracted Chakra again, divided it into three parts, formed hand seals, and released—

It was actually an advanced application of the Shadow Clone Technique, turning one shadow into two. However, he didn't use it often, because the proportion of stamina absorbed from the opponent depended on the proportion of Chakra he put in. Multiple shadows could only reduce the shadow's weakening effect on the enemy, and his own consumption would also increase.

At the same time, there was only one shadow that could be split from the opponent, so he rarely used the multiple shadow Shadow Clone Technique.

After all, although the shadow's combat power completely replicated the body's Taijutsu level, in actual combat, there were really not many ninjas who relied mainly on Taijutsu. In higher-level battles, everyone only used Taijutsu to evade attacks, and the main attack method was still Ninjutsu.

A few more cannon fodder who only knew Taijutsu wouldn't make much of a difference.

But at this moment, from shadow + eating, he thought of something very interesting.

After Lin Ke completed the Shadow Clone Technique, he separated the shadow under his feet, then separated the shadow of the new Tailed Beast Chakra, and then threw the black Tailed Beast Chakra cube to the shadow, controlling the shadow to swallow the cube.

After a few seconds, something wonderful happened.

[Lost contact]

He felt the Tailed Beast Chakra cube completely disconnect, and then the shadow stopped drawing stamina from him, and then—

[The Shadow Clone Technique is canceled]

Lin Ke looked down and saw that the shadow under his feet reappeared, and he could release the Shadow Clone Technique again, but…

The shadow that had just swallowed one-third of the Tailed Beast Chakra cube was still standing opposite him. The connection in consciousness still existed, but the technique had been canceled.

The Tailed Beast Chakra cube on the table, which had shrunk by one-third, had also disappeared.

[I can't digest Tailed Beast Chakra, but the shadow can?]

[But why can it continue to exist after the technique is canceled?]

Lin Ke remembered the Earth Dragon consciousness he had created using the Earth Dragon Concealment Technique, and then looked at the shadow that maintained contact with him, obeyed his orders, but had actually become an independent existence.

[My technique…]

[Can create life?!]

[No, to be precise, it's my Chakra and Jutsu, plus the Tailed Beast Chakra, that allows the shadow to exist independently. The shadow doesn't think, has no subjective consciousness, and doesn't reproduce, so it can't be considered a life form.]

[But, why?]

[Is it a problem with the Jutsu? Or is it a problem with the Tailed Beast Chakra?]

He controlled the shadow in his mind, making it act as usual, filled with doubts.

Whether it was doing housework, changing from two-dimensional to three-dimensional actions, or fighting, its combat power and physical strength were no different from usual.

The only difference was that the shadow was not limited by his stamina as usual, but had its own stamina—

The kind that automatically recovers.

The capacity was about one-third of his Chakra, which seemed reasonable, but that was precisely the most unreasonable thing.

Where did it get the energy to recover its stamina without eating or drinking?

What about the Tailed Beast Chakra? Even if it was just a cube-sized entity of Chakra, it should theoretically be more than all of his Chakra, right? Why wasn't the amount of Tailed Beast Chakra used as the standard for stamina? Will the shadow develop thoughts? How does it store memories from the main body, such as doing housework and fighting, after being separated into an independent entity? Why does the shadow, after being separated into an independent entity, still link to his consciousness and obey his orders? Lin Ke was originally worried about how to use the Tailed Beast Chakra, but after a short while, his brain was filled with other questions.

...

The next day, morning, Hyuga Clan Grounds.

"You look like you haven't rested well."

Hatake Kakashi asked casually with concern.

"Yesterday, I encountered some problems with training..." Lin Ke said with dark circles under his eyes, looking down at his feet.

In the not-so-bright sunlight, his shadow was as black as ink.

That was the overlapping of five shadows that he had permanently separated, and also the result of his staying up all night, which led to his lack of energy now.

"Please follow me." The Hyuga Clan member in front nodded and led the two into the slightly enclosed Hyuga Clan residence.

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