Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

A single shadow clone takes away nearly half of the original's chakra, and it's incredibly fragile, exploding at the slightest attack, making it extremely inefficient.

As for memory transmission, he has a chip to isolate the memory, which can ignore the negative emotions and mental fatigue transmitted by the clone, but at the same time it also cuts off his idea of ​​using shadow clones to cultivate and accumulate experience.

A wealth of experience is often gleaned from "pain," and it's inseparable from it.

Many people might not understand this, but if you think of this as going to work, other people are doing their own thing, while you're doing the work of two, or even three, four, or five people...

Just thinking about it is enough to make your head spin.

This is why there are so many people who can create shadow clones, but only Naruto can use them so effectively.

Perhaps this is the special treatment reserved for the chosen ones.

Without some special abilities, how can you be worthy of being the protagonist?

It's no longer useful for aiding cultivation, but it can still be used in combat.

The problem is that shadow clones are too fragile. If you divide them into too few, they're useless; if you divide them into too many, you don't have enough chakra for yourself.

"Ninjutsu is not such an inconvenient thing."

Qingye stretched out his hand, and a handful of yellow sand gushed out of the gourd, swirling in his palm.

"A creation made purely of chakra is too unstable. What if we use sand as the medium?"

His thinking was very clear: the First Hokage's Wood Release clones were so powerful that even Madara Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan couldn't see through them, and they could withstand a considerable amount of attacks.

This demonstrates that a clone based on physical matter is far more advanced than a pure energy body.

"Then, could we take it a step further...?"

An even bolder idea popped into Aoba's mind.

Puppet clone.

Conventional puppeteers control puppets using chakra threads, which are limited in both number and distance.

Centipedes and scorpions even broke through the limits of numbers at the cost of unethical behavior.

However, the flaws are still very obvious; both the chakra threads and the body itself are weaknesses.

Aoba prefers the "Old Six" style.

If puppets are used instead of clones, wouldn't that eliminate the limitations of distance, allow the clones to exist for a long time, and even give them independent combat abilities?

Of course, this is just a concept at the moment.

Developing sand clones, or even more complex puppet clones, based on B-rank ninjutsu is extremely difficult.

In addition, he has a lot of research topics now, and the main computing power of the chip is being used for the deduction of bloodline.

There is simply no extra computing power available.

Hey~

Aoba sighed, temporarily putting aside his thoughts and deciding to treat this as a future research direction, leaving it for later.

For the next two weeks, Aoba continued in this manner.

The main body comes to report and clock in, then sends the shadow clone to complete the mission.

That day, after Sarutobi Shuichiro finished assigning the mission, Aoba's shadow clone took the two of them to do the mission as usual.

Shuichiro Sarutobi stopped Aoba's true form.

"Aoba, are you interested in participating in the Chunin Exams?"

Shuichiro was as decisive as ever.

"certainly."

Aoba agreed without even thinking.

What a joke! The meat grinder of the Third Shinobi World War is about to start. If you're still stuck with the title of Genin, you'll probably be the first one to be thrown into the pit as cannon fodder.

Being promoted to Chunin at least guarantees a squad leader position, granting a degree of autonomy and significantly increasing the chances of survival.

In fact, he had already guessed that the Third Hokage would make him take the Chunin Exams when the Third Hokage assigned him to the new students.

Not just anyone can apply for the Chunin Exams. In addition to strength, one also needs to complete a certain number of missions and be recommended by the supervising teacher.

I knew you would agree.

Shuichiro Sarutobi wasn't surprised. "With your skills, passing shouldn't be a problem. Plus, you've had enough missions lately. You can apply to take the exam."

"The Chunin Exams are generally taken in teams. You can apply individually, but that would be too conspicuous."

"I understand."

Aoba nodded.

He understood the principle of "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down" better than anyone.

He just wanted to advance to Chunin peacefully and steadily, and didn't want to become the target of everyone's criticism.

"So, I need to form a temporary team myself?"

"That's right."

Shuichiro Sarutobi gave him an approving look. "Do you have anyone in mind?"

Several figures flashed through Aoba's mind in an instant.

Sunset Red? No way.

Silent? No way. She's probably already traveling the world with Tsunade, becoming her easy prey.

After much thought, the most suitable candidates are only those two guys left.

A hot-blooded idiot who always talks about "youth," and a seemingly aloof but actually secretly passionate genius.

"I'll go find someone."

Qingye left behind a single sentence and then vanished from the spot.

Konoha's Third Training Ground.

"Two thousand three hundred and forty-one! Two thousand three hundred and forty-two!"

Matt Kay was upside down, supporting his entire weight on one finger, performing an unbelievable push-up exercise, his green bodysuit already soaked with sweat.

A figure appeared silently beside him.

"Hey, Kai, you're got some energy!"

"Oh! It's Aoba!"

Kai sprang to his feet, striking what he thought was a cool pose, flashing a set of gleaming white teeth. "My youth is burning brightly!"

Aoba automatically ignored his blindingly bright teeth.

"Interested in the Chunin Exams?"

Chunin Exams?

Kai's eyes lit up instantly after hearing Qingye's story, but then immediately dimmed again.

"The Chunin Exams seem to require a written test, right? My theoretical knowledge is... "

"It's okay, I can help you pass the written test!"

Aoba smiled confidently.

"real?"

Kai grabbed Qingye's hands, his eyes flashing with an alarming light.

"certainly!"

"Yosh! I can't wait to get my ninja way certified!"

"very good."

Aoba awkwardly withdrew his hand. "Now, you're part of the three-person team."

"No problem! Let's make the most of our youth with sweat and hard work!"

Kai roared excitedly.

Get one sorted out.

Next target: Kakashi Hatake.

Finding Kakashi will be much more difficult than finding Guy; that kid's whereabouts are unpredictable.

In the end, it was Kai who led Aoba to the riverbank and found Kakashi.

This guy is fishing.

Aoba extended an invitation to Kakashi to temporarily form a team for the Chunin Exams.

"casual."

Kakashi's eyes were lifeless as he uttered two words indifferently.

"Then it's settled."

Aoba immediately pulled out the registration form and slapped it onto Kakashi. "Here, fill out this form."

Kakashi's body stiffened for a moment.

"etc!"

Kai suddenly called out to him, "Aoba, should we have some short-term training to practice together before the exam?"

"Special training?"

"right!"

Kai clenched his fists, his fighting spirit high. "The three of us forming a temporary team will definitely need some practice in terms of teamwork! Besides, the Chunin Exams aren't easy; I've heard that people die on the exam every year!"

Aoba pondered for a moment.

Kai is right.

Although he had absolute confidence in his abilities, the Chunin Exams were no child's play.

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