Akasaka's shadow clone spat out the foxtail grass in his mouth.
He had been squatting here for an entire day and night. This couldn't go on... He couldn't possibly keep watching forever, waiting for something to happen to Sachi, could he? That would be way too troublesome~
Akasaka's shadow clone glanced at his blue bar. It was only half of the original's.
As everyone knew, the so-called Shadow Clone Technique was essentially the division of energy.
If you only summoned one shadow clone, you could distribute half of your own strength, stamina, and various stats to it, but it had one fatal flaw.
That was, a shadow clone was destined to be different from the original.
Although it possessed the same independent consciousness as the original and could think for itself, it could not restore its own chakra the way the original could.
Once its chakra ran out, the shadow clone was destined to disappear.
Akasaka's shadow clone understood this well. There was little point in continuing to squat here; sooner or later, he would run out of steam and disappear.
So Akasaka's shadow clone prepared to take action.
He stood up from the grass.
It was morning now.
Kirito and Sachi happened to be coming out of the inn where they were staying, planning to buy some supplies or get something to eat.
Akasaka's shadow clone simply stepped out and greeted the two of them.
Using the original's identity.
"Yo! Long time no see, Kirito."
Kirito gave him a deadpan look and complained, "What do you mean, long time no see? We saw each other yesterday, didn't we? Why are you here?"
Sachi looked curiously at the tiger-masked man before her. "And this is?"
Kirito had just been about to introduce him. "Oh, this is..."
But Kirito immediately remembered