"Tap!"
Deep within the dense forest far from the Japanese-style wooden house, on a cliff along one of the branches extending from Hokage Rock Mountain, Chiba's Shadow Clone landed softly.
"This will do."
After briefly assessing the height of the cliff, Chiba's Shadow Clone turned around, looked behind him, and spoke with a stern expression.
"Here?"
The handsome black-haired youth behind Chiba's Shadow Clone looked around, frowned slightly, and asked in return.
"Yes."
Hearing this, Chiba's Shadow Clone remained stern, but nodded with great seriousness.
"What do you mean?"
At the nearly expressionless reply from Chiba's Shadow Clone, Second Pillar's brow twitched almost imperceptibly. He seemed somewhat dissatisfied.
"What? You're not satisfied with the training ground?"
Chiba's Shadow Clone spoke bluntly, with no intention of beating around the bush. In fact, it seemed this Shadow Clone of Chiba simply did not possess that sort of personality.
Or rather, that sort of way of speaking.
"Then I won't beat around the bush either?"
Having observed Chiba's Shadow Clone all this time, Second Pillar had already understood his personality. He spoke just as directly.
Amazing! There are rumors that if the Shadow Clone Jutsu is refined to a certain extent, the clones it creates can be so lifelike that they possess personality traits the original does not even have.
This was already a clone that had developed self-awareness. Such Shadow Clones can handle more situations and may even sometimes produce unexpectedly victorious effects that even the original cannot create.
So that wasn't just some legend meant to placate me.
Still, although he spoke bluntly and seemed to be confronting Chiba's Shadow Clone head-on, Second Pillar was almost excited deep down.
Clearly, the Chiba Shadow Clone before him had a completely different personality from Chiba himself. It might be one aspect of Taki