New Uses for the Mysterious Clone!

"For a ninja on Zabuza's level, even a tycoon like Gato probably couldn't afford to hire a second one..." Kakashi, lying flat on his back, reassured the people in the room as they grew tense. "Although Zabuza was rescued by his companion, he lost an arm. He'll definitely need some time to recover."

"If we're talking about recovering, we need that too." Sakura Haruno poked Kakashi with her finger.

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Being teased by a female student left Kakashi utterly speechless.

"Alright! I'm going too!"

Naruto Uzumaki stopped overthinking, slapped his palms together, and jumped to his feet. Straightening his forehead protector, he declared energetically, "Sakura, Sasuke, you stay here and look after Kakashi-sensei. Wu Yu and I will go keep watch! I'll make a hundred clones—no matter how many people that Gato sends, it won't matter!"

"After being tired all day, how does this guy still have so much energy..." Sasuke Uchiha was speechless beyond words. "Even if someone has to stand watch, we should take turns. Once Wu Yu comes back, then you can—"

Before he could finish, Naruto Uzumaki had already rushed outside and collided head-on with someone at the doorway.

The person he hit was a little boy wearing a fisherman's hat. He seemed to have been eavesdropping outside for quite some time, and he said coldly, "People who resist Gato never come to a good end. You're seeking your own deaths."

"Your words are cold, but you look pretty pathetic." Wu Yu's face appeared in the little boy Inari's field of vision. Inari had been knocked flat on his back, his butt sticking up toward the sky.

Wu Yu grabbed his ankle, flipped him over, set him on the ground, and pushed him toward Naruto.

"Naruto, you handle the trash talk," Wu Yu said with a wave of his hand. "I'm going to take a look around." With that, he jumped off the wooden corridor, landed on the sea's surface, and ran across the waves, leaving a trail of ripples as he sped away.

Inari stared blankly. He had rarely seen ninjas before, and he could not imagine that a person could actually walk on water...

The sounds of Naruto and Inari arguing loudly behind him quickly faded away. Wu Yu made a circuit over the sea, found a forest with hardly anyone around, passed through the thin mist, leapt ashore, and darted into the woods.

[Wu Yu, there's no one nearby.] Jade Rabbit prompted from within him.

"OK." Wu Yu jumped down from the treetops and pulled out something wrapped in his left pocket: small chunks of flesh collected from Zabuza's severed limb, along with a wad of paper soaked through with Zabuza's blood and dried stiff.

Wu Yu first used the blood-soaked paper wad to wrap Zabuza's flesh chunks back up.

Holding the blood-soaked paper wad in his hand, that familiar strange feeling indeed appeared again...

Wu Yu had been trying to recall when he had first experienced this oddly familiar sensation... After killing off a pile of brain cells, he finally remembered.

Wu Yu clasped Zabuza's blood-soaked paper wad in his palm and formed the Right Mysterious Cross Seal with both hands.

Poof

A cloud of white smoke burst out before Wu Yu. When it dispersed, the figure revealed was... Zabuza Momochi, carrying half of the Executioner's Blade on his back and missing his left arm!

It really was him!

So that was it!

Wu Yu's pupils shook.

If he remembered correctly, the first time this strange sensation had appeared was after the Survival Exercise, in Kakashi's house—in the bathroom.

Back then, he had casually used a Right Mysterious Clone as though drawing a lottery ticket, and Kakashi Hatake had been summoned. At the time, he had merely assumed it was luck...

After the Survival Exercise ended, I hadn't showered yet. There must have been Kakashi's blood, hair, or skin flakes on my fists or somewhere on my body...

The Demon Brothers had been the same. He had fought them, and their DNA had gotten on his hands!

As long as he held the target's blood, he could precisely summon a Mysterious Clone!

[Wu Yu, your heart's beating so fast. Did something happen?] Jade Rabbit asked concernedly.

[Of course something happened!]

In his spiritual world, Wu Yu grabbed Jade Rabbit, kissed her fiercely, then held her in his hands and vigorously kneaded her, laughing loudly. [Something huge happened! Damn it, does this finally count as unlocking the full functionality? If I'd known, I wouldn't have showered so diligently. Maybe I would've discovered this ages ago!]

[Hehe... haha...] Jade Rabbit giggled as he kneaded her. Though she did not understand what had happened, Wu Yu was happy, so she happily laughed along like an idiot.

"Hey, I'm talking to you..." Right Mysterious Zabuza stood opposite him, like a one-armed ghostly silhouette amid the drifting mist. "You're the original body, right? What are you standing there daydreaming about by yourself?"

"I'm happy. Is that a problem?"

Wu Yu was in a good mood and did not bother arguing with him. Besides, the Mysterious Clone had a one-hour cooldown. He could not summon anyone else right now, so he might as well chat with Zabuza for a bit.

"Hmm..." Wu Yu pondered. "Why exactly did you try to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage?"

Blood vessels bulged in Right Mysterious Zabuza's eyes as he said coldly, "Because he's not normal! The entire Kirigakure is not normal!"

Good lord. Even Demon Zabuza, who had racked up more than a hundred kills in his graduation exam, thought they were abnormal. Under Kamui Bro's rule, Kirigakure really had become a little too extreme—absurd, even.

Wu Yu scratched his head. This was socially awkward, a bit stiff... He was not a pretty girl, either. He looked vicious and had a bad temper. Wu Yu was not particularly interested in Zabuza... Should he ask whether Zabuza dared to come out of the closet with Haku?

Wu Yu said, "Is the Fourth Mizukage dead or not?—Wait! I take that back. Don't answer, alright?" Seeing that Right Mysterious Zabuza seemed hesitant, Wu Yu really did not want to be "disconnected" face-to-face by a Mysterious Clone again. As the original body, that was far too embarrassing.

Sure enough, he was a village-loving Demon. Probe even a little into Kirigakure's intelligence, and he acted like his fur was about to stand on end...

Wu Yu casually said, "Then how about this? Where are you and your little helper hiding now? Hurry up and lead the way! Help me get some of your little helper's—"

Before he could finish, Right Mysterious Zabuza's mind shook violently, and without hesitation, he went Poof and dispelled himself...

"Damn it, Zabuza! So his life is more important than the village to you too, huh?"

Wu Yu gave the empty mist the middle finger, though he was still in quite a good mood.

Mysterious Clones that could be summoned by name as long as he had DNA...

Almost instinctively, a string of names surfaced in Wu Yu's mind: Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Kamui Bro, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Might Guy, Itachi Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, the Sannin, the Third Hokage... the Third Raikage, the Second Tsuchikage, the Second Mizukage...

Wu Yu wiped the corner of his mouth. Damn it, this shitty ability was going to ruin him!

Out of nowhere, he was about to develop a collecting obsession...

Wu Yu's mind raced as he considered whose DNA on the list he could get his hands on. The more he thought about it, the deeper his frown became, until his ears practically started smoking...

Why was one hour so damn long??

Out of the corner of his eye, Wu Yu suddenly spotted a red-haired figure. Turning his head, he asked, "Old Ma, when did you get here?"

Mysterious Kaguya, wearing Makima's skin, said flatly, "Since there's nothing else to do, it's time to write your novel."

"Ah! This is bad!" Wu Yu grinned inwardly while putting on an innocent expression. "I forgot to bring paper and pen. Without any tools, I can't write..."

Before he had even finished speaking, Mysterious Kaguya pointed through the air. Visible Chakra began gathering, condensing into a black-covered notebook and a fountain pen of Wu Yu's preferred brand and model.

When the notebook and pen landed on the ground, an ink bottle appeared out of thin air. A thin mist gathered into ink, pouring into the bottle with a soft rush.

"..."

Wu Yu stared in stunned silence. Bro, was Yin-Yang Release supposed to be used like this??