How Much Chakra Did One-Tenth of Kisame Hoshigaki Have?

The seawater slowly rose, transforming into figures of Kisame.

Water Clone Technique!

To be fair, this kind of tangible clone technique was simply too well suited for people like Kisame, who possessed "chakra by the ton."

So what if each Water Clone only had one-tenth of the original's chakra?

A little Shinobi World lesson—

Question: How much chakra did one-tenth of Kisame Hoshigaki's have?

And as long as he dismissed the clones in time and they were not destroyed, the remaining chakra would return to him.

That was exactly what Kisame did.

Araki watched as the ten Kisames surrounding him formed hand seals at the same time, their overlapping voices sounding like a surround-sound home theater:

"Water Release: Iron Gun Technique!"

Water cannons the size of human heads shot from their mouths, smashing toward Araki from every direction.

Without some cheat-like eye ability, Araki had no way of telling which one was Kisame's real body. Only after he slashed apart one water cannon did he realize why this technique was called an "Iron" Gun. Under high-speed impact, the water bullets were truly powerful and heavy. After splitting three in a row, Araki's wrist had gone slightly numb, forcing him to rely on his swifter Hoho to evade.

But it was not over yet. The Tailed Beast Without a Tail had not earned that title for nothing. After one round of "Water Gun" barrage, all ten Kisames spoke again.

"Water Release: Water Bullet Barrage Technique!"

If calling the previous ten Water Guns a barrage attack had been a bit of a stretch, then this overwhelming, countless saturation bombardment of Water Bullet Barrages was a genuine barrage attack without the slightest exaggeration.

Though each water bullet was only the size of a fist, there were simply too many of them!

With one glance, Araki saw thousands upon thousands of water bullets crashing down on him. He had no intention of taking them head-on. After casually throwing out Whirlwind Slash to clear some space, he turned and ran.

Being surrounded by ten Kisames and bombarded with ninjutsu was not something an ordinary person could withstand.

Araki swung his Wind Sword so fast it was nearly a Wind Shield, finally breaking out of the encirclement after taking only a few water bullets. On the way, he also dealt with the "lucky Kisame" in that direction.

Unfortunately, he had guessed wrong. No prize.

After breaking out of the encirclement, Araki looked at the nine Kisames standing in a row dozens of meters away and fell silent.

So having a lot of chakra meant you could do whatever you wanted?

The nine Kisames spoke in unison. "What's wrong, Araki? Not fighting anymore?"

To be honest, Kisame also felt that sparring with Araki had been quite rewarding.

As a ninjutsu-type shinobi, Kisame's nemesis was a sufficiently powerful taijutsu-type shinobi.

You read that right. Kisame Hoshigaki, who might become the strongest of all the Seven Ninja Swordsmen in the future, was actually a ninjutsu-type shinobi.

Don't ask. He simply had too much chakra, and not using ninjutsu would have been a waste!

(Hatake Kakashi cursed as he left the group chat~)

And what did ninjutsu-type shinobi fear?

The kind of taijutsu expert who charged in at high speed. Against such enemies, they might be approached before they even had the chance to form hand seals, then taken out in one combo.

That was why gaining this kind of combat experience was important.

Naturally, Araki would not give up so easily. After all, he had already been killed countless times in the Consciousness Space. His mental resilience was beyond that of most people.

He was merely considering how to break Kisame's clone strategy.

Honestly, if Kisame used Water Clones as crudely as the future prince Naruto used Shadow Clones, that would have been great. Even if there were a hundred times more clones, stretching all the way from Kirigakure to Konoha's gates, Araki would cut through them without even blinking.

But Kisame's combat style of spreading out and bombarding him from range was truly not very friendly to someone who could not distinguish the original from the clones.

It was a bit like ten tanks pulling one boss. Every one of them looked equally threatening, but Araki, the boss, was not happy at all.

Because he knew nine of them were fake, yet he simply could not tell which one was real!

Wasn't that infuriating?

At that moment, Araki desperately wished he had some AOE ultimate like Last Breath. One world-destroying wind tornado, and he would not care whether they were real bodies or clones—they would all be turned to scraps!

Unfortunately, he could not use it yet.

No helping it. He could only charge through the ninjutsu barrage and force his way through them one by one!

Araki pressed his palms together and gave himself another Gale Palm to maintain Grace of the Wind, then took one step forward and vanished from Kisame's sight.

"Tch, he's really fast."

Kisame bared his teeth, feeling a bit of a headache as well.

He formed hand seals, his mouthful of sharp teeth parting.

"Water Release: Heaven Weeping!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Senbon formed from droplets of water shot explosively from Kisame's mouth, flying diagonally into the sky before falling toward the sea like raindrops under the pull of gravity.

The sharp, icy gleam flickering from every water senbon showed that Kisame had also studied Water Release's shape transformation quite deeply.

This descending rain of senbon was denser than before. Though each individual water senbon lacked killing power, Kisame's original purpose was only to reveal Araki's position.

Body Flicker Technique was not space-time ninjutsu. No matter how fast it was, it still had a movement trajectory. Under the dense rain of senbon, Araki's figure was quickly exposed.

"Found you!"

Kisame changed his hand seals. "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

A wave suddenly surged across the boundless sea. No, not one wave, but nine waves rushing forth at once!

Rumble!

The roar of water was like thunder!

Want to know what it felt like to have nine consecutive Great Waterfall Techniques smash into your face on the open sea?

At any rate, Araki now understood much more deeply what it meant to "cut water with a blade, only for it to flow on."

His entire body felt as though it had been shattered. He lay on the sea like a salted fish, desperately wishing for a sword technique called Sea-Splitting Slash.

Though he had lost to Kisame, Araki was not particularly upset. After all, he was only a lowly genin. Wasn't it only natural for him to lose to a jonin like Kisame?

What mattered was that he had recognized his own strength through this battle.

Honestly, this was only possible because they were at sea. Otherwise, even Kisame would not spam ninjutsu like this. Did he think chakra was free?

(Kisame: (._.) Want to hear the truth?

Araki: (°ー°〃) No, I don't!)

So today's Kisame counted as an enhanced version, and no objections would be accepted!

At present, Araki could barely be considered a special jonin with strength close to a jonin in speed and swordsmanship, but with severe weaknesses in ninjutsu and genjutsu.

He was far too lacking in long-range, large-area destructive techniques!

But there was nothing he could do about that. He had only just graduated, so his accumulation was insufficient, and he lacked good responses to many situations.

For example, if Araki knew Water Formation Wall, he might have been able to try blocking Kisame's ten Great Waterfall Techniques just now. But he did not, so he could only cut at them with his sword.

However—

Araki's swordsmanship was still far from the realm of cutting through everything.

Whether it was Whirlwind Slash or Wave-Severing Ring Cut, both were actually mid-to-close-range techniques. This was mainly because his understanding of the Wind-Slaying Sword Technique was still lacking, causing his insufficiently condensed wind blades to rapidly lose power after traveling too far from his body.

It was not as if he had not tried using Whirlwind Slash just now. But that loose, uncompressed whirlwind could not blow apart the surging waves created by Great Waterfall Technique. It was less effective than simply cutting with his sword.

If only I could use techniques like Flying Slash, Araki thought.

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