Seeing Akaseki's Mirror Clones emerge...
"Did they succeed? Then let's go in too," Yangyong suggested.
Since the clones could return directly, the puppets inside must have been destroyed!
"No, let my clones keep scouting," Akaseki stopped him.
If possible, Akaseki intended to clear the entire ruin with his clones. Enemies that would "never come out to attack his real body" and "give him unlimited opportunities to recover" were rare. To his Mirror Clones, they were nothing but targets!
But Feng Qi asked in a subdued voice, "May I ask, Lord Konoha's Akaseki, did the puppets drop anything after they were killed?"
Akaseki glanced at him. "No. They simply dissipated. They weren't real puppets."
Feng Qi said nothing more. Whether he believed that was anyone's guess...
Actually, asking that question was itself a sign of distrust. After all, White Fang had already said there was nothing!
Still, it wasn't as though Feng Qi was deeply suspicious.
After all, when the Mirror Clones had emerged just now, they hadn't seemed to be carrying anything...
Some more time passed, and this time only six Mirror Clones emerged. It wasn't that only six remained, but rather... Akaseki had realized that bringing more out was pointless. His real body only had so much chakra to share!
"This time it's an Ice Space. Once inside, the temperature is extremely low, and there's an Ice Giant attacking you too." Akaseki had begun to realize something. Why did this seem a little like Inorganic Reincarnation?
Only, there was no sign of anyone controlling it behind the scenes. It was more as though the inorganic matter here had "reincarnated" on its own.
For now, though, Akaseki kept that to himself.
Miroku spoke up. "According to the Eight Trigrams, this should correspond to the Kan Trigram, the water aspect... In