Kakashi: Am I the Only One in the Entire Shinobi World with So Little Chakra? Why Won't They Stop Picking on Me?!

Hatake Kakashi had to spend a long time recovering the Chakra used to create even one shadow clone, but for Uzumaki Naruto, it was as easy as eating and drinking. He could recover a Kakashi's worth of Chakra in minutes.

And that was without factoring in the recovery ability brought by the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Chakra. If that were included, it would be even more outrageous—completely effortless.

This was only Uzumaki Naruto's early stage. At his peak, once he reached the level of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, he could keep unleashing all kinds of large-scale ninjutsu and fight for an entire day.

If Hatake Kakashi saw that amount of Chakra, his eyes would surely fill with tears.

There were so many ninja in the entire Shinobi World. Was he the only one short on Chakra? Why did everyone have to keep picking on him?!

Moreover, the fatigue caused by dispelling a shadow clone could make ordinary ninja collapse. It was like exercising hard for an entire day, only to suddenly have your exhaustion doubled. That alone was already more than many people could bear.

What was even more terrifying was that if one created hundreds of them, that fatigue would multiply a hundredfold. An ordinary ninja would probably suffer such an enormous shock that they would turn into an idiot on the spot.

In short, this ninjutsu was practically tailor-made for Uzumaki Naruto, allowing him to maximize his strengths.

"It can be used like that?" Uzumaki Naruto was stunned.

He had only obtained the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique not long ago and had yet to develop its various uses.

"Yeah, even I'm jealous." Kitahara Kaede nodded.

"Kaede, you don't know the Shadow Clone Technique?" Uzumaki Naruto froze, as if he had only just realized it.

"That's right." Kitahara Kaede did not hide it and answered directly.

"Then how about this? Kaede, you teach me Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and I'll teach you the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique," Uzumaki Naruto hurriedly suggested.

He did not think this ninjutsu was anything particularly special. After all, he had peeked at the Scroll of Seals, and even the Third Hokage had not said much to him about it.

"Alright." Kitahara Kaede did not stand on ceremony. In any case, he was not learning it from the Scroll of Seals but from Uzumaki Naruto, so there was nothing improper about it.

Uzumaki Naruto immediately taught Kitahara Kaede the hand seals for the Shadow Clone Technique and the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

"Ninja Art: Shadow Clone Technique!"

After looking through it once, Kitahara Kaede instantly performed the Shadow Clone Technique.

He did not try the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, since he was also afraid that his mental strength would be overwhelmed.

"You learned it after seeing it only once? Kaede, you're incredible," Uzumaki Naruto said.

Kitahara Kaede merely smiled without speaking. If it had been the old him, learning a ninjutsu after seeing it once would have been impossible.

The ability to learn a ninjutsu at a glance and quickly master it belonged only to the extremely rare talents of true prodigies.

He then dismissed the shadow clone and felt that more than half the Chakra in his body had already been consumed after it vanished.

Kitahara Kaede then began guiding Uzumaki Naruto in training. It was not until late at night that Uzumaki Naruto barely mastered Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.

Kitahara Kaede discovered that although Uzumaki Naruto's own Chakra had been affected by the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Chakra, his innate talent was actually not poor. He simply seemed more like the type who was wise beneath an unassuming exterior.

After seeing Uzumaki Naruto home, Kitahara Kaede finally returned to his own house. Once he had taken a shower, he prepared to write today's diary entry.

He was a little excited. After recording today's diary, he could draw a prize again.

[Not bad, not bad. Today was quite a harvest. I even learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique from Naruto. This is one of Naruto's two core skills—the other is Spiraling Sphere, while this one is the Shadow Clone Technique.

But this ninjutsu isn't nearly as useful for ordinary people as it is in Naruto's hands.

After all, creating a single shadow clone splits off half of your Chakra. That's far too crippling. Not everyone has Naruto's starting Chakra reserve of a hundred Kakashis' worth, and that doesn't even include the Chakra of Kurama inside him.]

Finally!

Within the Hatake Clan territory, Hatake Kakashi had changed into casual sleepwear and was originally reclining when he suddenly sat upright, sensing that the Diary was updating.

He hurriedly opened it.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique?" Hatake Kakashi thought about it. He knew the Shadow Clone Technique, but not the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

The Shadow Clone Technique was considered an essential skill for Jonin. Even many Elite Chunin knew it, and it was highly useful in many situations.

But the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was different. It was a forbidden technique recorded in the Scroll of Seals. Those without special contributions could not learn it. Given Hatake Kakashi's status, he naturally could have learned it, but he had never bothered to.

He already had to be stingy with his Chakra in ordinary battles. Learning the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique would be useless to him.

Besides, having copied over a thousand kinds of ninjutsu, he already had plenty of tactical options. One more would not make much difference.

But what was this other thing, Spiraling Sphere?

Hatake Kakashi utterly despised Kitahara Kaede's habit of casually giving things nicknames, especially when so many of them were clearly crucial pieces of information.

Kurama inside his body? Was that referring to the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox?

Why call it Kurama?

Hatake Kakashi obviously did not understand, but then he saw a term that made his blood pressure rise: a hundred Kakashis' worth of Chakra.

At first, he did not understand what a hundred Kakashis' worth meant. Then inspiration struck, and he recalled secretly using his Sharingan to examine Uzumaki Naruto's Chakra before. The Sharingan was certainly not as clear as the Byakugan, but it could still roughly sense the amount of Chakra. By his estimate, Uzumaki Naruto had roughly a hundred times as much Chakra as he did.

By that calculation, wasn't that exactly a hundred Kakashis' worth?

The moment he realized he had become a unit for measuring Chakra, he felt terrible.

Was he the only person in the entire Shinobi World with so little Chakra?

Why did they have to choose him as the Chakra unit?

This was utterly outrageous!

Within the Uchiha Clan territory, in what had once been the Uchiha clan head's family home, Uchiha Sasuke read the updated contents of the Diary. Though there were some words he did not understand, he could make out one thing: it said that Uzumaki Naruto possessed an enormous amount of Chakra.

So enormous that even Kitahara Kaede, an outsider affiliated with the Uchiha Clan, had specifically mentioned it.

Was that Dead Last really so amazing?

In the Rain Country, inside a room at one of Akatsuki's bases, Uchiha Itachi silently flipped through a copy of a diary titled Kitahara Kaede's Diary.

This diary copy had suddenly fallen from the sky two days ago, but he had never had time to read it. Only after completing Akatsuki's mission just now did he finally have the chance to properly examine this unexpected Diary.

He had already confirmed that the Diary contained no poison or curse. It was just an ordinary diary.