"The battle begins!"
The moment the examiner gave the order, Kushina formed hand seals and used the Shadow Clone Technique.
Poof!
In an instant, nearly a hundred Kushinas appeared in the arena, surrounding Baki on all sides.
The sight immediately drew gasps from the spectators.
"She can actually create that many Shadow Clones at once!"
The ninjas couldn't help but be amazed, even the Jonin.
Although the Shadow Clone Technique was a B-Rank jutsu, it was hardly obscure.
Many ninjas knew it well.
It created solid clones by dividing the user's Chakra evenly among them.
A typical Jonin could create no more than a two-digit number of Shadow Clones.
Any more, and they risked harming themselves.
That was also why the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, an A-Rank jutsu, was classified as a Forbidden Jutsu and recorded in the Scroll of Seals.
Creating a thousand Shadow Clones at once took more Chakra than a normal ninja could possibly use.
Baki, Kushina's opponent, looked just as troubled by the sight.
Was that amount of Chakra even human?
But he couldn't simply forfeit in a situation like this.
Faced with the many Kushinas charging at him, he could only grit his teeth, form hand seals, and attack with Wind Style Ninjutsu.
Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!
He exhaled a fierce gust of wind that swept away more than half of Kushina's Shadow Clones, which vanished in wisps of white smoke.
That was one of the Shadow Clone's drawbacks.
They couldn't take much damage.
"Don't underestimate us!"
The remaining Kushinas had already reached Baki, but he used Body Flicker to retreat and create distance, dodging their attacks.
Wind Style Ninjutsu was his specialty, so there was no way he'd try to match someone like Kushina, who excelled at close combat, in Taijutsu.
As he retreated through