Forest.
The scorching heat made even the surrounding leaves begin to curl.
The sound of countless Shadow Clones gritting their teeth and cheering each other on could be heard. Between their palms floated balls of red-hot molten iron, hissing with heat.
"The original body needs our help! Everyone, push harder!"
"You got it!"
"Just do it!"
Watching this scene, Hyuga Satoru nodded in satisfaction.
The so-called self-awareness of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was, put plainly, still a deep manifestation of the original body's own consciousness.
The reason Naruto often argued with his Shadow Clones might have been that his subconscious was always filled with loneliness. His clones were affected by it and deliberately bickered with him to ease the original body's loneliness.
If he approached it from that angle, it would not be difficult for Hyuga Satoru to control the consciousness of his Shadow Clones.
The method was simple: the same old pyramid-scheme routine.
Except he was using it on himself.
So-called self-brainwashing.
He planted that capitalist rhetoric of striving, dedication, hard work, and struggle deep in his subconscious. Then, the Shadow Clones he created would toil like chives, burning bright and giving off heat without complaint.
Naturally, the one they shone for was the original body.
After some time, a batch of the Shadow Clones' ninja tools had already been reforged.
Compared to ordinary metal ninja tools, these were tougher and more practical.
Hyuga Satoru himself might not need them with his Magnetic Fluid, but for this group of clones, they were exceptionally handy weapons.
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique plus a large number of high-quality ninja tools = high-quality Shadow Clones = a Magnetic Storm Infantry corps.
If he encountered a large number of enemies in the future, he could see whose soldiers were of better quality!