Clones and Main Body, Separate Battlefields

He melted into his own shadow, like a fish hidden in water; the dark shadow in the night was the water, and he was the fish.

The reason ninjutsu is also called "escape techniques" is that its most core, least profound aspect is concealment and movement.

Just as Water Release ninja hide in water, become one with water, using water as a substitute for hiding, ambushing, and creating clones.

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It's the same principle as Earth Release ninja's subterranean voyage, underwater illusion, and decapitation from within the earth.

However, the Fire, Wind, and Lightning Release techniques, due to their dispersive nature, were too difficult to use in such a manner, making them simpler to release directly. After Nara Tama accidentally fell into a trap and died, Uchiha Kin parasitized his corpse with his nerves.

The tissues and cells of his body remained active, and under the unified control of Uchiha Kin's nerves, they came back to life.

It was just that the person "Nara Tama" had died; Uchiha Kin's nerves, parasitizing Nara Tama's body, were still alive.

He also gained Nara Tama's memories and the Nara Clan's secret technique:

Shadow Secret Technique.

As his nerves attached and grew along Nara Tama's brain nerves, Nara Tama's memories were completely unguarded, becoming a part of Uchiha Kin. It was precisely because of the marvelous nature of Uchiha Kin's thoughts that this secret technique found such a use.

The Nara Clan's secret techniques often focused on trapping and emphasized cooperation with pigs and butterflies, but they didn't consider development in a solo capacity.

Undeniably, in the darkness of night, no secret technique is more convenient, more effective, or more stealthy than the Shadow Secret Technique!

When he was only three to five meters away from the Rock ninja, he held his breath nervously, yet the Rock ninja didn't notice him at all. Gradually, his courage grew, and he became reckless near Kannagi Bridge.

The Rock ninja had set up three inevitable checkpoints targeting potential sneak attacks on the bridge. Below the southernmost checkpoint, Nara Tama discovered a cave containing many chakra figures. One of them was clearly on its last legs, but its chakra was exceptionally dazzling. Two others also possessed considerable chakra.

Those two chakras were fused together in a bizarre way, forming a strange person split vertically down the middle.

One on the left, one on the right, with very different chakras.

"The cave Uchiha Madara is in? Are those White Zetsu? And Black Zetsu... The one on its last legs, but whose chakra gives off an extremely sharp feeling, is Uchiha Madara?" Nara Tama's heart stirred.

He could focus his Byakugan more to see the situation clearly. But he dared not, fearing Uchiha Madara would sense him.

"Things are accomplished in secret." If he were to startle the snake by being overly curious at this moment, it would ruin everything—

The upcoming operation was crucial to his future, and he had to be cautious.

Logically, since he had found this place, it was basically confirmed that Obito would have an accident at the southernmost checkpoint, and he could just wait here. But Nara Tama didn't; he never gambled. He went to the other two locations. His shadow followed the patrolling Rock ninja, and after their patrol ended, they returned to their temporary tents to rest.

The tents were illuminated by mineral lamps, making them bright. Nara Tama hid in the shadows outside the tent and sneered, "They're at war, why make it so bright? Aren't they afraid of being discovered?" His delicate nerves crawled in like spider silk.

They easily infiltrated every part of a Rock ninja's body. After forming an encirclement, he suddenly attacked.

Pierce!

Once the nerves entered the body, they began to erode from the extremities. It took about an hour to complete the parasitism.

Normally, this "parasitism" could be done quickly, but this was a Rock ninja camp, and he couldn't reveal himself, so he had to proceed with caution and slow erosion.

After finishing the parasitism, Nara Tama moved to another camp and parasitized another Rock ninja. Using the Nerve Secret Technique twice took a full two hours. Nara Tama's body couldn't compare to Uchiha Kin's; two hours of high-intensity jutsu had drained his chakra.

He took out a Soldier Pill and swallowed it, taking a deep breath, thinking, "This Nara Tama's body is vastly inferior to Uchiha's."

If Uchiha Kin's chakra was ten, then Nara Tama's body's chakra was only three, less than half.

After recovering his condition, Nara Tama went above the cave where Uchiha Madara was to wait—he would personally guard this spot.

He was determined to obtain Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan! Once he possessed the Kamui space and then obtained the Three-Tails according to his plan, he would truly be invincible. Even the sharpest blade of a clan massacre couldn't cross dimensions to kill him in another space.

And his physical body, under his Nerve Secret Technique, even if torn to shreds, would be like drawing a knife through water, impossible to kill.

Kamui!

Nara Tama chose a hiding spot and cautiously performed the secret technique in a small space, only revealing a pair of eyes. The exposed parts were as black as shadow, as dark as Black Zetsu.

Dai, Yakushi Nonō, and Qingshan Yisan reached their designated positions one after another, as silent as the night.

They were positioned to the rear flank of the Rock ninja vanguard. Two units were to attack their rear, while one unit was poised to interdict and cut through the Rock ninja at any moment.

Throughout the night, Minato checked in every half hour. Each time, everything was calm. It wasn't until dawn, as the Rock ninja force prepared to depart and begin their movement, that they were caught off guard by Uchiha Kin's meticulously planned, fierce assault.

Over a hundred ninja spread out, ten meters apart, with the first, second, and third rows interlocked, forming a regular three-by-three structure as the Konoha ninja charged forward. This unprecedented formation surprised the Rock ninja.

"What is this?" the Rock ninja commander asked, bewildered, watching the Konoha ninja perform hand seals while running in an extremely slow and awkward manner. Five seals took nearly a hundred meters to complete.

The Rock ninja, including the commander, were speechless, thinking, "With such slow hand seal speed, they think they can attack?" They scoffed.

"Charge!"

Closing in, getting closer, some Rock ninja slammed their hands on the ground, cracking it open, while others slammed their hands to raise a large rock wall, bringing it down on the Konoha ninja.

The Konoha side weaved and dodged as they charged, and the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique also began to spread widely. Across the entire battlefield, it looked like a barrier of flames separating the Konoha ninja from the Rock ninja. Unlike the Rock ninja's waning power, these flames advanced wave after wave. The Rock ninja could only retreat after their ninjutsu.

Ahead, there were waves of basin-sized fireballs flying, leaving no place to advance. And these flames seemed to be endless.

"This is the power of the organization!" Uchiha Kin watched the advancing battlefield and smiled faintly.

At this very moment, a streak of yellow light suddenly appeared on the battlefield!

One flash, then another