My ninjutsu is not right

Chapter 43: Longing is the feeling farthest from understanding

"Are you sure you're ready?"

Link asked again and again.

Iris patted her chest and said confidently, "Of course, I have 100% confidence in you, Boss!"

I don’t have that much confidence in myself…

Link complained in his heart, and after a slight hesitation, he raised his hand and reminded: "If you feel uncomfortable, tell me immediately. I can cancel the spell at any time."

He had been testing his own shadow against the shadows of animals for a week before he asked his two companions about testing ninjutsu.

Iris and Kasumi had no reason to hesitate and agreed immediately, which made him start to worry whether the shadow clone might cause some other hidden harm.

The feelings they both have for Link, who guides them in their training, are more like those they have for an idol rather than a simple friendship.

When a leader appears who is extremely good in everything, has a calm and mature personality, and is willing to help others, over time, it will inevitably turn into worship.

People are habitual. After achieving success again and again under the guidance of others, they will eventually trust others without thinking at all.

I didn't consider at all that experimenting with new techniques is actually fraught with danger.

Blind trust and longing...

Link looked at Iris, who was smiling and looking relaxed, and was even discussing with Kasumi how magical the boss's technique was, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

[As expected, admiration is the feeling farthest from understanding]

Extract chakra, divide it equally, seal it, release it——

Shadow Clone Technique!
Link carefully and cautiously separated the shadows under Iris' feet.

"Whoo~"

Iris's breathing suddenly became rapid, and after a brief pause, she said, "Boss, I feel like a lot of chakra has been consumed all at once."

"Are you sure you're okay?" Link didn't care about his own skills, but subconsciously cared about his companions.

Iris took a deep breath and looked at the empty space under her feet curiously. The experience of not having a shadow was very novel. She replied casually, "It's okay. I just feel a little tired."

Link paused and asked, "How much chakra do you think you've consumed? Is it half?"

Iris frowned and thought for a long time. Chakra is originally a floating thing. The physical strength as the raw material will slowly recover and be consumed with action. If you want to quickly determine how much chakra you have left and express it with more specific data, you need a certain degree of chakra control ability.

"It seems, it seems to be half." He said a little uncertainly, and then added: "Anyway, it's quite a lot."

Link nodded and directed Shadow Iris to stand up from the ground and start moving.

The speed and strength are completely consistent with the main body.

According to the tests conducted in the previous week, the strength of the shadow should be exactly the same as that of the body.

When the shadow is injured, the stored energy inside will be consumed to repair itself. The damage cannot be regenerated, and even if it is smashed, it will not affect the main body. However, if the main body is injured or dies, it will directly interfere with the shadow.

"Boss." Iris shouted eagerly. He wanted to try fighting his own shadow.

Link made a hand gesture to prepare for battle, and then gave an order to Shadow -

【fighting】

Previously, he had only ordered the shadows of other animals to act, without any micro-control. The shadows all had instincts related to their original bodies, so there were no obstacles in their actions. This was the first time he had controlled the shadow of a human, other than his own shadow.

"Peng!"

Iris and her own shadow rushed together in almost the same posture, and it was quite interesting to see the two of them fighting with completely identical styles of physical skills.

When facing enemy attacks, the responses are exactly the same, just like a mirror image.

They struggled for a while, and Iris suddenly formed a seal and used the clone technique. Shadow chose the wrong target, so he kicked the shadow away and shouted, "Boss, it can't release ninjutsu!"

The shadow turned into two dimensions the moment it hit the ground, then suddenly bounced up from the two dimensions, became three-dimensional, and continued to rush towards the main body.

It is tireless and fearless, and even if it cannot use ninjutsu, it is still formidable enough in terms of physical skills.

Two guys of exactly the same size, height and build started fighting again.

“Bang!” Iris used her little trick to knock Shadow away again, panting, “My energy has suddenly been depleted!”

"Stop." Link stopped his main body, then controlled his shadow to move in the open space. He asked, "Feel carefully whether your energy is being consumed."

Iris frowned and felt it for a while, then gave an affirmative answer: "Yes."

[When the shadow is separated from the main body, it will take away half of the physical strength. When the physical strength taken away is consumed, it will draw the physical strength of the main body. It can inherit the main body's fighting instincts, but it cannot extract chakra. Blunt attacks have almost no effect on the shadow...]

Link summarized the characteristics of the shadow clones.

After a while, Iris, who was resting, shouted, "It's back."

Link looked up and saw that the shadow clone had indeed been removed, and the shadow had returned to the feet of the original body, but -

why?
Why didn't you go back without using up all your energy?

What caused the surgery to be cancelled?

With new doubts in mind, he started the second round of attempts.

The second time was exactly the same. After the shadow consumed half of the physical strength that was divided, it began to drain the physical strength of the main body, but it would suddenly stop for unknown reasons, and the technique would end as well, and the shadow would return to the feet of the main body.

The time did not match the one he guessed, and this time the time was even shorter.

However, after testing it twice more, Link grasped the key point and realized an important blind spot about chakra -

The amount of chakra and physical strength are to some extent the same thing. After all, physical strength is one of the important raw materials of chakra. However, pay attention to one thing.

All the chakras in a person's body are not equal to the amount of chakra a person has, nor are they equal to the total physical strength.

What does this mean? Physical energy consumed will be restored, but after repeated consumption, the physical energy and chakra will be completely gone, and not even a bit of physical energy can be squeezed out of the body.

The chakra that can be evenly divided among the shadow clones is the existing chakra at this time!

Even his shadow clones were anchored to the existing chakra at the time of separation, so when the target's 'all' physical strength was exhausted, the technique would naturally be lifted, but the physical strength recovered during this period was not taken into account by the shadow clones.

To put it in a more game-like way, assuming the opponent's stamina is 100 points, the effect created by Link's shadow clone is to consume half of his own existing stamina, instantly deducting 50 points of the opponent's stamina, and then slowly losing 50 points of stamina, and returning to the original body after all the stamina is lost.

However, he is not dead, and his strength will slowly recover.

Is it worthwhile to use half of your own physical strength to consume a large amount of your opponent's physical strength and create a temporary dead soldier with the same physical skills level as your opponent?
(End of this chapter)