"Then my time is about up!"
Pakkun slowly walked over to Chiba's real body. Seeing that the plan had gone very smoothly, he did not waste words and spoke directly.
The summoning time was nearly over.
"Thank you, Pakkun."
Chiba's real body hurriedly said this.
"Before I leave, there's something I want to ask you."
Pakkun did not pay much mind to Chiba's thanks. Although they had initially agreed to form a contract with Chiba for Kakashi's sake, after spending time together, they had come to admire Chiba greatly and were willing to contract with him. By now, there was no need to stand on ceremony.
"Please, ask."
Chiba replied.
"If I'm not mistaken, you were the one who summoned me at the beginning—the real you. But why did you come out from inside the stone chamber, while the one outside turned into a clone? The Substitution Technique can switch the positions of the original body and a clone, but with a stone door and a wall between them, it isn't Space-Time Ninjutsu. It absolutely cannot swap places through walls. How did you do it?"
Pakkun was not polite about it. Wearing his usual sour expression, he asked bluntly.
"Yes, I summoned you at the beginning. Even a physical clone cannot use the Summoning Jutsu unless it is sufficiently special. After all, the Summoning Jutsu is a blood contract. It has to be the real body."
Chiba first nodded, confirming the first half of Pakkun's deduction.
"I merely used a few tricks. After hiding, I used the Hiding in Rocks Technique. Taking advantage of its ability to conceal oneself and move through rock and soil, I moved behind the stone door. Then I created the Earth Clone behind me and had it use the Hiding in Rocks Technique again to