Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 481 Konohamaru and Kakashi Team Up!

Kakashi gazed at Konohamaru's retreating figure, his eyes blurring with tears.

Even though Kakashi has already ingested a lot of Hashirama cells given to him by Obito, his Mangekyou Sharingan presbyopia has still flared up.

This isn't a vision problem; it's an emotional resonance!

Kakashi could see the backs of Naruto's teachers, Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya.

Now, when you look at Konohamaru, you can also see the backs of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Asuma Sarutobi.

Not only that, Kakashi also thought of a derivative version of Obito's classic line, "[Those who don't follow the rules are called trash, and those who don't cherish their comrades are even worse than trash.]".

—A person without a hook is called a eunuch, but a person who cannot protect his companions is not even as good as a eunuch!

Huh?

Why does it feel like I'm criticizing myself?

Kakashi shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind.

"Konohamaru, let's work together."

"good!"

"..."

After the heated exchange ended, Kakashi began to analyze the specific situation.

Neither he nor Konohamaru could match Naruto's chakra reserves.

It's practically impossible to quickly enter Sage Mode by relying on a large number of shadow clones as feedback mechanisms.

What they need to do now is to come up with a way to shorten the time as much as possible.

As Kakashi racked his brains, Konohamaru suddenly nudged him: "Kakashi-sensei, I have an idea."

"What?"

Kakashi asked casually, subconsciously believing that Konohamaru couldn't possibly come up with a solution so quickly.

only……

He underestimated Konohamaru.

As the protagonist of the ninja world and the child of prophecy, Naruto has everyone's attention focused on him, and is considered to be the ninja with the greatest unpredictability.

But Konohamaru is actually no less impressive.

"Kakashi-sensei, you see, we don't have as much chakra as Naruto, but my grandfather told me that the Shadow Clone Technique divides the chakra evenly, so it doesn't actually consume that much chakra."

Therefore, we can do it in multiple sessions.

First, create several shadow clones, then release them and create more shadow clones.

This is much slower than Naruto's method, but definitely faster than normal.

Konohamaru earnestly explained the method he had come up with.

"Hmm—it seems feasible."

Kakashi stroked his chin and thought for a moment, but couldn't sense anything wrong.

After regaining her senses, she looked at Konohamaru with a surprised expression.

As expected of the grandson of the ninja doctor Hiruzen Sarutobi, he certainly has a lot of ideas.

Moreover, this idea was based on the fundamental concept of shadow clones.

The effect of Shadow Clone Jutsu is that the original chakra is divided into equal parts based on the number of Shadow Clone Jutsu created.

Therefore, shadow clones cannot be seen through by eye techniques alone.

Each shadow clone has the same amount of chakra.

Similarly, this also means that the amount of chakra is directly related to the number of shadow clones.

If a person's basic survival chakra base is 5, then the chakra base required for combat is 10.

A person with 100 chakra can create 10 shadow clones to fight.

However, if he tries to break through by creating 100 shadow clones, he will fail.

If the separation is forcibly attempted, the original body's chakra might drop below the minimum required for survival, causing it to lose its ability to fight.

But if we do it in batches as Konohamaru suggested, then there won't be a problem.

Admittedly, there is some chakra consumption each time shadow clones are used, but as long as there is no battle or ninjutsu used, and it is simply maintained or some "minor movements", the chakra consumption is extremely low.

Using this method of creating and dispelling clones, one can create a total of 100 shadow clones from someone who originally had only 100 chakra.

It could even be more.

Anyway, these shadow clones aren't for fighting.

……and many more.

Something seems off.

Kakashi suddenly discovered a flaw in this method.

"Konohamaru, have you ever thought that Naruto doesn't make each shadow clone enter Sage Mode and then feed back to the main body, but instead just let them enter Sage Mode for a little while and then immediately deactivate it, relying on 'overlay'?"

"If we switch to your method, then dispelling the clones is completely pointless. Why not just let the first batch of shadow clones continue? What's the point of creating a second batch?"

Kakashi's question completely stunned Konohamaru, who was still excited.

"As expected, I'm still far behind Naruto."

Konohamaru collapsed to his knees in despair with a thud.

"..."

Kakashi looked distressed, but there was nothing he could do.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong.

If Konohamaru wants to stand on his own, he can't just listen to Ebisu's praise and flattery.

"Um?"

Kakashi glanced at Naruto, who was leisurely swimming with toads in the river in the distance, and an idea suddenly popped into his head.

When Kakashi looked at Naruto, he thought of the mission Tsunade had given Naruto: to go to all the major ninja villages and spread his shortcut throughout the ninja world.

Kakashi subconsciously thought of his teacher Minato Namikaze's former battlefield rival, the Fourth Raikage.

Thinking about what the Fourth Raikage's expression would be if Naruto went to that burly, dark-skinned Raikage to promote Sage Mode, and what choice he should make.

Kakashi immediately came up with a solution as soon as he assumed the identity of the Fourth Raikage.

The Lightning Chakra Mode of the Hidden Cloud Village, or Lightning Armor, uses lightning to stimulate and activate muscles, thereby greatly enhancing one's strength, speed, and defense.

So, can this lightning activation technique be used in Sage Mode?

Kakashi is also a master of Lightning Release.

Kakashi imagined it in his mind and immediately shuddered.

Why does this feel like you're torturing yourself?

However, the method he came up with could actually be combined with Konohamaru's previously denied and useless Shadow Clone Technique.

After all, this time it was lightning that struck, which would indeed make the shadow clones disappear.

It just means the consumption has increased a bit.

The shadow clones also need to use lightning release techniques with controlled power.

"Konohamaru, don't underestimate yourself. Your method is actually useful, but it needs to be combined with my method."

Kakashi stepped forward and patted Konohamaru on the shoulder, offering words of comfort.

"R-Really? Kakashi-sensei?"

"real."

Kakashi didn't play the riddle-maker and directly stated his thoughts.

Konohamaru, not being Naruto, immediately grasped the synergy of the techniques and beamed with joy: "I knew it! Great, let's begin!"

"etc!"

Kakashi quickly grabbed Konohamaru's arm.

"Before we begin, we must set some rules: under no circumstances should the main body be used."

Kakashi gave a serious instruction.

Although Konohamaru passionately declared that he would rather give up his future body to master Sage Mode, this is still different from simply electrocuting himself.

The first one is just a possibility that something might go wrong, but even if something does go wrong, it will only mean that the attributes become weaker.

The latter, however, could very well disappear entirely if one is not careful.