Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 67 Shadow Clone

May 10th, early morning, Whirlpool Mountain, in a mine cave where sealing techniques still exist.

Around eight o'clock in the morning, Akashi, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes, and Lanwu immediately looked over—she had only rested briefly before and hadn't dared to enter meditation to refine her chakra.

The two of them only came in around midnight, so it had only been four or five hours since then...

Lan Wu noticed that although Chi Shi had opened his eyes, his left eye, covered in blood, remained tightly closed. She asked anxiously, "How is your eye?"

Akaishi reached out and touched his left eye, feeling obvious pain from the injury, but still said, "Don't worry, you just can't open it, but your pupil strength is slowly recovering... which means you're not blind."

Now, even if I manage to open my eyes, I can't see clearly, which actually hinders my recovery.

Upon hearing this, Lan Wu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Akaishi looked at her right hand, which was bound and secured, paused, and said, "My chakra has almost recovered. You rest now, and I'll take over the guard duty."

Lan Wu was also in poor condition, but because she still had some chakra and stamina left, especially her stamina which recovered quickly, she was put in charge of guarding first.

Moreover, Lan Wu's arm was also seriously injured, with a fracture...

In her final counterattack against Kaguya Isosuke, Lan Mai used her full strength to unleash the "superhuman strength" that she had not yet mastered and that Jiraiya-sensei had even advised her not to train yet.

Even though Kaguya Isosuke instantly formed a membrane around her ribs to encase her chest and abdomen with a single punch, she was still shattered. However…

Because Lanwu's chakra control was not yet refined enough to wield "super strength," her arm, bones, and muscles were injured by the punch—not from the reaction force, but from the damage caused by her own chakra.

"You've really recovered?" Lan Wu looked at Chi Shi with a puzzled expression.

Judging from Lan Wu's assessment, Chi Shi's condition four hours ago meant he might not recover for a whole day...

"Get some rest. We'll secretly send out shadow clones at noon. We still don't know how Minato is doing," Akaishi urged.

Hearing what Akaishi said, Lanwu did not refuse again, nor did she ask Akaishi why he recovered so quickly—after all, such "unusual" things are often kept secret.

Akashi recovered quickly, of course.

As a member of the Uchiha clan, Akaishi originally possessed abundant spiritual power, but he had previously exhausted his physical strength, even to the point of overdrawing it, which prevented him from effectively refining his chakra.

After randomly getting the "Wangjie Massager", Akashi swept away his physical fatigue. Although 0 fatigue does not mean having stamina, stamina is quickly restored in the state of 0 fatigue. He only needs to eat some soldier pills to keep going.

Afterwards, Akaishi purchased a massage device to continuously clear away fatigue and quickly restore his stamina. As long as he had stamina, Akaishi could continuously refine chakra, and naturally, his chakra would also recover rapidly...

Just after noon, Lan Wu opened her eyes.

Akashi had already washed away the bloodstains and bandaged his left eye, and... there was a shadow clone next to him?

"All done?" Akaishi looked at her with considerable surprise.

The reason I recovered in four hours was because of "immersion," but Lanwu's recovery really did take four hours.

"While you were resting, I also took time to recharge," Lan Wu said matter-of-factly.

What she had lost was her mental energy. Even if she hadn't entered a meditative state to refine her chakra before, she was still recuperating her mental energy. Now, she was replenishing her chakra in one go.

"Then..." Akaishi looked at her arm.

Click—

With a single effort, Lan Wu broke free of the wooden planks binding her, clearly indicating that she had recovered.

"He's got some strength after all..." Akaishi muttered to himself.

"What did you say?" Lan Wu looked over.

"Ahem... I said... I'll try to put my chakra into my shadow clones as a chakra reserve." Akaishi said after a moment of silence.

The reason for the silence is, of course, because of the defeat.

Lan Wu looked at Akashi speechlessly: "This is the downside of directly copying without learning the basics of ninjutsu!"

The conclusion is obviously no!

After Akaishi created shadow clones, his own chakra was unable to return to full capacity, essentially meaning he temporarily diverted his "chakra capacity" as well...

"The Shadow Clone Technique was created by my grandfather. He hoped to combine Yin Release and Yang Release to maximize the connection between chakra and create the ultimate clone technique. Although it is ultimately just a non-attribute ninjutsu, the effect of 'connection' has been fully demonstrated..." Lan Wu proudly shared the principles of the Shadow Clone Technique with Akashi.

Shadow clones do have many unique features compared to chakra clones of other attributes. The most significant feature is memory synchronization. In addition, when a shadow clone is dispelled, the chakra returns.

Of course, it's not without its flaws, or rather, it's not as convenient as a clone with normal attributes.

The most notable mechanisms are the "chakra equalization" mechanism and the "perfect state consistency" mechanism...

Because it makes the most of the connection feature, the resulting shadow clones will be completely identical to the user, including their chakra. However, chakra cannot be created out of thin air; in other words, it will be divided equally among the user's chakra!

If it is destroyed in battle, it will directly result in a large loss of chakra. Even if a top-tier expert uses it, the loss will still be half of the chakra.

Furthermore, the shadow clones that Akaishi has created are also "one-eyed dragons," which is caused by uncontrolled "complete consistency."

In contrast, the chakra consumption of a "normal attribute clone" is a fixed value, so there's no loss if it explodes. The clones formed can simulate the user's condition or be in perfect condition. Only if the user is completely crippled will the clone's condition be affected...

"However, for physical bloodline limits like the Sharingan, other attribute clones simply cannot carry its abilities. Only special clone techniques like Shadow Clone Jutsu can perfectly utilize the original body's complete bloodline limit. Attribute clones can at most use the bloodline limit of the corresponding attribute."

"For example, my great-grandfather's Wood Release clones can also use Wood Release, but if he only uses Water Release clones or Earth Release clones, he cannot use Wood Release."

"Furthermore, my grandfather said that shadow clones can also transmit certain non-chakra powers and non-physical injuries... The effects of this could be both positive and negative."

Lan Wu explained the advantages and disadvantages of the Shadow Clone Technique to Chi Shi.

Akaishi does know that...

Shadow clones can indeed store eye power. After creating a shadow clone, both the original's eye power and the shadow clone's eye power can be restored to their peak, thus indirectly storing eye power. However...

For the Uchiha clan, this might not be worthwhile, because...

"If you want to quickly restore your pupil power, it will inevitably cause eye fatigue. Because this overload happens to be within the category of 'synchronized non-physical damage,' you should use it with caution," Lan Wu emphasized.

In other words...

Relying on shadow clones to store eye power only saves time in restoring eye power; eye fatigue will still occur!

"Can't the injuries be delayed?" Akaishi said helplessly.

Lan Wu shook her head: "Shadow clones are driven by the connection of chakra, which is fundamentally different from other attribute clones. This transmission cannot be canceled by oneself."

Of course, for Akashi, as long as he uses the "eye massager," the side effects are negligible, but...

Right now, Akaishi doesn't lack eye power, so he still can't use this technique.

Akashi hesitated for a moment before asking, "Don't you think... this shadow clone technique isn't very practical for our Uchiha clan?"

Lan Wu glared at him, "What's wrong with you? My grandfather developed so many secret techniques in his lifetime. What's wrong with Shadow Clone Technique just being impractical for the Uchiha clan? Isn't the Dark Travel Technique very useful for the Uchiha clan?!"

"That's true... um?" Akaishi agreed at first, but then the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off.

Don't you want to look at what you're saying? Are these two instances of "practical" the same thing?