"Multi-Shadow Clone Technique!"
"Poof—!"
"Multi-Shadow Clone Techni—"
"Poof—!"
"Multi-Shadow Clone—"
"Poof! Poof! Poof!"
In the field, every time Anrokuzan knocked down a wave of Narutos, a fresh batch immediately filled the gap.
The white smoke rising from the exploding shadow clones came one after another, like a string of firecrackers going off.
"Gin-uncle, there's something off about this kid."
Chiyo looked at the Narutos packed so tightly around Anrokuzan that not even water could get through, her pretty face full of strangeness.
At first, she had not thought there was anything special about Naruto. Aside from the Nine-Tails sealed inside him, he looked like an ordinary Chunin who did not even count as a Jonin.
In the end, she had never expected that after losing the Nine-Tails' power, he could actually make the overbearing Anrokuzan suffer all by himself.
"It's not that he's off. It's the Protagonist Halo."
Uchiha Gin shook his head with a rueful expression. Perhaps this was simply how protagonists were treated.
Protagonist Halo?
Gin-uncle was talking nonsense again.
Glancing at Uchiha Gin as he spouted gibberish, Chiyo, who did not take his words to heart, furrowed her elegant brows deeply.
"He split off so many solid clones in one go. How is this kid still acting like nothing happened?"
Everyone knew that when shadow clones were dispelled, the fatigue they generated would accumulate back onto the main body.
Before and after, Naruto had split off at least a thousand clones.
Never mind how much chakra that required. The fatigue returned alone was already a terrifying number that would make anyone shrink back.
"That's why you can't be the protagonist."
Hearing this, Uchiha Gin shrugged. Just because others did not understand did not mean he did not know.
Naruto had been able to cheat his way all