Night, 8 p.m.
132 kilometers from Konoha.
Whoosh—smack.
Naruto suddenly appeared in the darkness with Flying Thunder God.
"Boss."
The moment he looked up, Naruto saw an old man in his eighties calling him Big Boss.
This was the founder of Lao Gandie—the old man.
He had a name too: Wan Liang.
Although he was Naruto's clone, after years of contact, Naruto knew that this clone had become hopelessly immersed in the persona of Wan Liang.
He was practically schizophrenic.
Naruto did not understand it, but he respected it.
As long as it did not delay the work, a clone that could perfectly complete assigned tasks was a good clone.
Still, having someone that old call him Big Boss...
That would not do.
"Since you're taking the business route, just call me BOSS."
"Yes, BOSS."
Looking around, Naruto realized they were inside a room. He asked, "Where are the enemies?"
According to the intelligence, they were a gang of vicious bandits with countless murders on their hands.
The nearby town mayor had issued a bandit-suppression mission to Konoha during the day. Naruto had come this time to steal the kills.
"They're at a stronghold on the nearest mountain." Wan Liang headed outside as he spoke, leading the way.
He moved with agility. Though Wan Liang looked like an old man, that was only the Transformation Jutsu.
"Wait."
Naruto grabbed Wan Liang and sensed the area.
Whoosh.
The two instantly teleported to a Flying Thunder God kunai.
The surroundings were pitch-black, with only a patch of light ahead.
"The camp is up ahead."
Following Wan Liang's finger, Naruto saw a wooden stockade with sparse lights. The illumination was clearly from candles.
It felt like he had returned to ancient times.
Naruto put on his mask. Three tomoe appeared in his eyes, spinning and connecting before finally taking the form of a four-pointed shuriken.
Even a lion used its full strength to hunt a rabbit. This was Naruto's first real life-and-death battle.
"Go."
Naruto charged ahead, and neither of them hid their presence.
"Stop! Who's there?"
Before they even reached the camp, a sentry spotted them.
Naruto glared at him.
The man instantly went blank, like a puppet.
The blank puppet jumped down and obediently followed behind them.
Five minutes later.
Looking at the neatly lined-up group before him, Naruto felt a stifling frustration with nowhere to vent.
Guys, who understands this feeling?!
He had not even lifted a finger. With one sweep of his gaze, they were all done for.
I bought a full six-item build after developing beyond time, and they surrendered before I could even enjoy it.
This was his first real life-and-death battle?
Forget it. He would look forward to the next unlucky bastard.
His eyes switched to Rinnegan mode. Naruto grabbed one person, and Yin-Yang Release emerged as he began the modification.
Half a minute later, the first special clone had been modified.
"It can only hold one million Chakra?"
Were ordinary people simply too weak? Or was it...
Naruto was a little disappointed. He had thought it could hold more.
Still, one million Chakra was terrifying enough for a human.
According to the system's settings, Kage Level Chakra maxed out at only five hundred thousand.
A Chakra limit of one million, combined with the granted mastery of the Five Attributes, one or two randomly assigned Kekkei Genkai with special Chakra attributes, and numerous ninjutsu.
This special clone was definitely above Kage Level and could fully be called Super Kage.
Naruto did not plan to modify too many Super Kage clones like these. There was no need.
Five were enough. They could conveniently spar with the Five Kage in the future.
Besides, this world had plenty of detection ninjutsu, such as the Byakugan, as well as Chakra sensing by powerful people.
If too many such clones appeared, reaching the point where Super Kage were everywhere and Kage Level shinobi were worthless, Naruto was a little worried that he might trigger another Ninja World War.
That would not serve his interests.
As for the rest, turning them into Jonin would do.
The Jonin template was simpler: a fifty-thousand-Chakra limit, mastery of two random Chakra attributes, and the corresponding ninjutsu.
Placed in any ninja village, such Jonin special clones would all be elite Jonin.
At the very least, every one of them was a little stronger than Teacher Kakashi.
Teacher Kakashi was too weak.
Super Kage, Jonin, Chunin for running errands in the future, and ordinary people specifically for business.
Just like a phone product line, their ranks were strictly divided.
This bandit gang had a total of twenty-three members: five were modified into Super Kage, and eighteen into Jonin.
"Almost forgot."
Naruto patted every special clone, placing a curse mark on each of them.
This Heaven Curse Mark was a special technique Naruto had developed himself. It could absorb Natural Energy on its own and convert it into the clone's Chakra reserves.
The speed was decent. Depending on their constitution, the conversion rate could reach up to 5%, meaning Chakra Recovery of 5% per hour.
If they truly lacked Chakra, they also had Carefree Pills.
Although these special clones could not share his stats, they could share his inventory.
Naruto was counting on them to light up the map of the ninja world and help him place Flying Thunder God kunai everywhere.
That way, he could sneak out every night and travel around the world.
Finally.
Naruto carefully examined all of his clones.
Perhaps because their souls had been preserved and forcibly modified, every one of them had standard dead-fish eyes and blank expressions.
They looked like cold machines without much emotion.
This... seemed acceptable.
At least they were far better than experiential-method actors like Wan Liang and Xiong Fengshan!
Come to think of it, Naruto had saved them. If he had not come today, they would all have died tomorrow.
Now, however, they could retain their souls, live properly as individuals, become strong, and freely travel the ninja world.
They could never repay Naruto's kindness!
"Alright, here are your assignments:
1. Explore the ninja world with all your strength, investigate local customs, and place my Flying Thunder God kunai in hidden yet important places. Within one year, I want my 388,000 Flying Thunder God kunai spread across every country, city, village, mountain forest, and lake in the ninja world.
2. Gather intelligence on the major ninja villages, shinobi, and Jinchuriki.
3. Avoid fighting other shinobi whenever possible. Preserving your lives comes first. You may retaliate if necessary."
After thinking a little more, Naruto said, "That's all for now. I'll pull you into the channel first. If there are other orders later, I'll notify you directly."
These clones were somewhat special. Calling them clones was not quite right. At most, they were living modified beings carrying out his will.
Fortunately, this trash game recognized these clones. Though they could not synchronize his outrageous passives, they had both the inventory and chat functions.
"Now, disperse!"
At Naruto's command, whoosh—
All the clones vanished and began carrying out Naruto's tasks.
After resting for ten minutes to refill his Chakra, Naruto used the Clone Technique again.
This time, the clone was an incomparably real Wood Clone.
A clone that possessed all his talents and attribute passives, could use all his eyes, had numerous Chakra attributes, and possessed half his Chakra.
"Big Boss."
When Naruto turned around, he saw someone identical to him grinning foolishly as he called him Big Boss.
Though they looked exactly alike, Naruto's head began to ache after one glance.
This "Naruto" had shifty eyes and called him Big Boss the moment they met.
Damn it, another unknown personality.
Naruto wanted to take him back, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.
He never knew what flavor the next chocolate would be, much less what personality the next clone would have.
He would get used to it.
"What's your name?" Naruto asked.
"Uzumaki Menma!"
"Huh?"
"Big Boss, don't you dislike eating menma?"
"No, your name is Uchiha Madara."
"Yes, my name is Uchiha Madara."
"Actually, you aren't called Uchiha Madara. Your name is Uchiha Liutong, but you have to pretend to be Uchiha Madara outside."
With over six million Chakra, Liutong was the perfect name.
"I understand, Big Boss. I'm Uchiha Liutong, but I have to pretend to be Uchiha Madara outside."
I wasn't in great shape the past couple of days, but I've adjusted today. Maybe because this is my first time writing a book, I focused too much on everyone's feedback and the data. From now on, I'll focus wholeheartedly on maintaining the pace and writing.
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