Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Naruto knew he was no match for the Sage of Six Paths. The old man had been able to toy with him so easily, so their strength was not on the same level.

If attacked in a normal way, let alone causing any real damage to the Sage of Six Paths, he probably wouldn't even be able to touch the hem of his clothes.

So Naruto used the dumbest but also the most effective method.

That is to create physical shadow clones to fill the entire mental space.

Without a place to dodge, there's no need to worry about missing the attack.

Of course, with the Sage of Six Paths' strength, he could easily shatter a group of shadow clones in an instant, creating space for dodging.

Naruto was determined to attack, but the Sage of Six Paths was not; he still thought it was just an ordinary sparring match.

Faced with Naruto's ingenious move of using shadow clones to compress the space for dodging, the Sage of Six Paths was very interested and observed the follow-up with great interest.

The Sage of Six Paths merely waved his staff, slightly shattering a number of his shadow clones.

After discovering that the shadow clones in that area hadn't been defeated, they immediately replenished the area, and thus accepted Naruto's idea.

Here, Naruto utilizes another characteristic of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique—space-time.

That's right.

Unbeknownst to everyone, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is actually a space-time ninjutsu.

As the No. 1 ninja known for his unpredictability, Naruto noticed it.

Because Naruto discovered that his shadow clones were afraid of debates. Since they were afraid of debates, they must be space-time ninjutsu that were countered by debates!

Naruto's reasoning is like throwing scalding hot rice at your roommate, hearing them scream, and assuming they're a zombie.

Even more outrageous, it turned out that my roommate really was a zombie.

Because the real principle is this—

The shadow clones created by the Shadow Clone Technique stand beside the user and do not need to be close to the original body.

So, could you have the shadow clones stand a little further away from the main body?

Of course it is possible.

It often happens that the shadow clones are face to face.

So, could we go even further?

The answer is no.

Chakra is like a signal; the signal weakens if it's too far away.

Unlike the Tailed Beasts' chakra, which is too vast, Naruto can be used as a transit point to connect the entire ninja world.

So, what should we do?

It's actually very simple; you just need to create a large number of shadow clones at once.

If you want your shadow clones to appear behind the enemy, then create dozens of shadow clones at once, connecting them from your side to behind the enemy.

Since shadow clones can appear simultaneously, this maneuver is equivalent to Naruto instantly appearing behind the enemy, which is similar to a space-time ninjutsu.

And now, Naruto has filled the entire space, which means that Naruto has appeared in every corner using space-time ninjutsu.

Including directly behind the Sage of Six Paths!

"People can understand each other!"

Naruto felt that simply using Kakashi's ultimate Konoha Fluid Technique was not enough to vent his inner resentment, so Naruto's two shadow clones each raised one hand above their heads to form hand seals, and then began to learn the Fang Over Fang technique and started spinning at high speed.

He was almost drilled by Kimimaro with an electric drill back then, and he was actually relieved at the time.

Unexpectedly, in the world of Tsukuyomi, he ultimately lost it, and it was ruthlessly taken away by the Sage of Six Paths.

Now, he's going to let the Sage of Six Paths taste this flavor too.

However, Naruto still didn't understand the terrifying strength of a Six Paths level body.

It is said that when the Sage of Six Paths went to the Land of Lightning, he left behind the bloodlines of the Gold and Silver Horns, as well as a copy of the Lightning Release ninjutsu, the Piercing Hand Technique.

The One-Handed Spear, hailed as the strongest spear, was originally intended only for the Sage of Six Paths to enjoy.

Naruto's current "human-human" attack is still too weak.

It couldn't even cause the Sage of Six Paths to flinch.

Naruto met the Sage of Six Paths' indifferent gaze, and his competitive spirit flared up.

"Naruto Uzumaki, the master of five thousand!"

All the remaining shadow clones began to pair up and use human-to-human communication.

It still didn't work.

Even with Naruto's shadow clones' fingers broken, it was still useless.

"Naruto, you won't be able to defeat your mother like this. Your move can't even pierce the hem of her skirt."

The Sage of Six Paths was very disappointed.

Regardless of which world the Sage of Six Paths was from, he had all fought against Kaguya Otsutsuki.

And their battles were almost identical.

These were all earth-shattering battles in the ninja world.

The Sage of Six Paths was unaware of the specific abilities of Amenominaka and Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Otherwise, when Naruto tried to fill his mental space with shadow clones, the Sage of Six Paths would have immediately realized that this technique was ineffective against his mother Kaguya, who could use Ame no Minakata to teleport space.

Each space was extremely vast, and even Naruto's vast chakra could not fill it.

So here's the question.

Why didn't Kaguya Otsutsuki use Amenominaka and Yomotsu Hirasaka when she fought the Sage of Six Paths?

Why was it only used in the final battle against Naruto and Sasuke?

The answer is actually quite simple, yet equally heartbreaking.

Because at that time, Kaguya wasn't still half asleep, and there wasn't a stupid Black Zetsu pointing fingers and teaching her how to play.

Kaguya's abilities all require a massive amount of chakra.

If you're talking about instant-kill moves like the All-Killing Ash Bones, then it's understandable that they consume a lot of energy.

Amaterasu Minaka consumes a lot of chakra just by changing locations.

How much will the field effects affect the Sage of Six Paths?

Using Heaven's Might is just a waste of mana, isn't it?

It's said that Kaguya has far less combat experience than Madara.

Even if Kaguya had poor combat experience, she was still someone who could sneak up on Isshiki and leave him half-dead for thousands of years.

Therefore, when Kaguya is awake and fighting the Sage of Six Paths, she would never waste her chakra by using those "easy kill" techniques.

Moreover, in the ninja world, the Sage of Six Paths either had to learn from his mistakes and attack with all his might, or he would hold back in order to avoid causing destruction.

This is actually an advantage.

But when it came to the final battle, wow, the legendary Black Zetsu, the prison guard of the Black Iron Clan, started teaching the sleepy Kaguya how to climb the ranks.

First, they moved the location, fearing that it might harm those in the ninja world who were under the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

It's comparable to how Pain helped Naruto clear Konoha with Shinra Tensei.

The starting move is Amenominaka + Amenominaka + Amenominaka.

The main strategy is to use up a few skills before engaging in combat to completely deplete your mana.

Therefore, in the Sage of Six Paths' memories, his mother didn't have any special abilities; she was just a pure numerical monster.

To defeat a numerical monster, you either need to have higher stats than it, or you need to master some mechanics.

He was disappointed with Naruto's current attacks.

"Naruto, you don't actually have feelings for me, do you? I'm the father of your past life, Ashura!"

As the Sage of Six Paths was speaking, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and his expression became somewhat strange.

It's a bit strange how Naruto is so determined to attack his vital points.