The Clever Uses of the Shadow Clone Technique (3/4)

Had it been anyone else in the Akatsuki, even Nagato Uzumaki, they might not have been able to defeat Minato Namikaze.

There was no doubt how powerful Nagato Uzumaki was with the Rinnegan.

His abilities were well-rounded, suited to both offense and defense, and he also possessed a technique that could kill in a single blow.

In terms of raw strength, Minato Namikaze might not have been able to beat Nagato, but Nagato could forget about defeating him, too.

Because Nagato simply couldn't land a hit on Minato Namikaze.

Only someone with spatial abilities could fight someone else with spatial abilities!

It was the same principle as "only magic can fight magic."

Just then, a question suddenly occurred to Wu Chen. "Now that I have two characters to play, can I play them both at the same time?"

According to Wu Chen's plan, Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha were bound to fight.

Even if it was his left hand fighting his right, he still had to let the "audience" see it.

It was like using hand puppets. The Role-Playing System had given Wu Chen the puppets, and now it was up to him to put his hands in them and "perform."

The stage had already been chosen, and the one-puppet solo act was over. Next, he needed to use both hands to put on a scene between two puppets.

Otherwise, the audience, including S.H.I.E.L.D., might begin to doubt the image of Minato Namikaze that Wu Chen had worked so hard to establish.

So now he needed "two hands." But did Wu Chen have "two hands"?

These weren't hands in the literal sense; the question was whether Wu Chen could play two people at once.

If he couldn't play them simultaneously, would he have to use Genjutsu?

Wu Chen couldn't help wondering.

Obito Uchiha was highly skilled in Genjutsu. He had used it to control powerful figures including Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, Yamanaka Fū, Aburame Torune, and Konan.

So putting the ordinary people of S.H.I.E.L.D. under a mass Genjutsu probably wouldn't be difficult either!

But the grand spectacle Wu Chen wanted was bound to involve a great many people. Would he have to play Obito and cast a Genjutsu over the entire city?

Leaving aside whether Obito could even do that, Genjutsu worked on people but not on machines in this information age.

Even if Wu Chen played Obito, he couldn't fool machines.

When people in other cities discovered something strange was happening in New York, they would certainly send someone to investigate. Then the Genjutsu would be useless.

So both hands had to appear at the same time.

And not only that, the Nine-Tails had to be real too, not a Genjutsu!

What a headache!

Wu Chen raised a hand and patted his head, his face full of worry.

Then he suddenly remembered using the Shadow Clone Technique earlier, and his eyes lit up.

The Shadow Clone Technique created a physical clone, so could the original use the Shadow Clone Technique and then play a character?

As soon as the idea occurred to him, Wu Chen formed Hand Seals and used the Shadow Clone Technique.

Poof!

After a puff of white smoke cleared, an identical Wu Chen had appeared in his room.

His hairstyle and voice were the same, as were his face and build.

"So this is what the Shadow Clone Technique feels like. It's kind of amazing!"

Wu Chen had tested the Shadow Clone Technique earlier, but he had been in a hurry to draw a new character to play. He hadn't paid close attention to how it felt and had dispelled the Shadow Clone Technique as soon as he had successfully created a physical clone.

Now that he paid close attention, Wu Chen had the uncanny feeling that he had gained a twin brother.

Because of his Chakra control, Wu Chen could only create one Shadow Clone for now. Once his Chakra control improved, he would be able to create many clones.

He could even master the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique like Naruto without any trouble.

Minato Namikaze actually knew that Ninjutsu too. After all, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was merely an advanced version of the Shadow Clone Technique. It wasn't hard to master; it just had some side effects.

Minato Namikaze didn't have as much Chakra as his son, and he had other means of attack, so he hadn't used it often.

"Whew." Wu Chen let out a deep breath. Now it remained to be seen whether this Shadow Clone could play a character.

Wu Chen glanced at the Shadow Clone, and the clone nodded. He knew the purpose for which he had been created, so he silently said in his heart, System, play Minato Namikaze!

Whoosh!!

For the first time, Wu Chen saw the entire process of himself transforming into Minato Namikaze with his own eyes.

Amid a soft glow, the surface of the clone Wu Chen's body began to change, with what looked like faint ripples flowing over it.

The process lasted less than a second. Then Minato Namikaze, wearing a white Hokage cloak edged with red flames, appeared before Wu Chen.

"It really works?! This is incredible!!"

Wu Chen excitedly came up to Minato Namikaze and reached out to squeeze his arm. He found that it felt exactly the same as when he played Minato Namikaze himself!

Just then, Minato Namikaze suddenly spoke. "Stop squeezing. It's not like you haven't played him before."

"Huh?" Wu Chen was briefly surprised before he realized that this was actually himself too. He raised a hand and patted Minato Namikaze on the shoulder. "Brother, I'll leave playing Minato Namikaze to you for now!"

"Oh." Minato Namikaze nodded, then pursed his lips. "Don't call me brother. I'm you. That sounds weird."