The Shadow Clones each had their own tasks.
"You and Number One work on developing Fire Release. They can fumble around... research Chidori." Yuki Yuichi patted the Number Four Shadow Clone on the shoulder.
"We all have a bright future."
Number Four glanced at Yuki Yuichi, his face full of disdain.
"I'm you. Don't you dare try to sell me some big dream!"
"You'll regret this sooner or later!" Number Four snorted and turned toward Number One.
Watching Number Four walk away, Yuki Yuichi scratched his head.
After a long pause, he managed to say, "I'm the real one!"
Researching Chidori wasn't really research.
The jutsu simply needed a reasonable explanation for how it came about.
And his Lightning Style Chakra was that explanation.
It was perfectly reasonable that he'd stumbled upon an A-rank Lightning Release jutsu, wasn't it?
Yuki Yuichi thought it was perfectly reasonable.
Yesterday, when he went home and taught Yuhi Shinku the Shadow Clone Technique, he also told him about Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina.
After hearing him out, Yuhi Shinku had only glanced at him. "Let me ask you: what if someone's entire clan had been wiped out?"
"Then they went to live somewhere else, but one day they met a child who belonged to the same clan."
"How do you think they'd feel?"
At the time, Yuki Yuichi had answered without a second thought. "Of course they'd feel a sense of kinship!"
As soon as he said it, Yuki Yuichi realized what Yuhi Shinku meant.
Yuhi Shinku had only smiled and said nothing.
Uzumaki Kushina meant him no harm. If anything, she was full of goodwill toward him.
That was also why she'd asked him to call Minato his brother-in-law yesterday.
She'd come to think of Yuki Yuichi as her little brother.
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