Exploiting a Golden Finger Bug?

The Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was not difficult to cultivate, only slightly harder than the ordinary Shadow Clone Technique.

In the original story, the brat had not even become a Genin yet. He carried the Scroll of Sealing into the forest for one night, mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and gave Mizuki a thorough beating.

That showed just how low the difficulty of cultivation was!

The reason it had been classified as a forbidden technique was that creating a large number of Shadow Clones at once would rapidly drain a ninja's Chakra, eventually squeezing them dry into a shriveled husk.

One Shadow Clone took away half of the original body's Chakra. With two, the original body had only one-quarter left. The terrifying Chakra consumption of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was obvious!

Chakra was refined from physical and spiritual energy. Only a cheat user like Naruto, born with both the Uzumaki Body Type and the Nine-Tails, could keep throwing out ultimate moves and summoning underlings nonstop. If it were Kakashi, he would be completely dry after just a few moves.

"Unfortunately, I'm a cheat user too," Hyuga Satoru said with a smile.

He might not have the Uzumaki Body Type, but he had the Life Magnetic Field!

Because of the Life Magnetic Field, his body would naturally adjust itself to its optimal condition. Once too much was drained at once, the Life Magnetic Field would work desperately to make up for the loss.

Moreover, nourished by the vigorous feedback of the Life Magnetic Field, his Chakra reserves had always far surpassed those of ninjas at the same level, approaching the standards of a Jonin.

With this buff, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique still had a long way to go before it could drain him dry.

With that thought, Hyuga Satoru took a deep breath and began practicing the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

The way Chakra circulated was similar to the Shadow Clone Technique, but during release, it went through several complex steps that multiplied its pathways, greatly increasing the number of Shadow Clones.

"The Second Hokage truly was a genius. How did he come up with such an ingenious method of Chakra circulation?"

Hyuga Satoru could not help but marvel.

When his Chakra circulation reached its peak, he formed hand seals and shouted the classic line.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

Poof! Poof! Poof!

As clouds of white smoke rose, a whole group of identical Hyuga Satorus appeared around him, staring wide-eyed at one another.

His body felt hollowed out. Hyuga Satoru sensed an empty void in his abdomen, and before he could do anything, the area around him suddenly erupted into noise.

"Hey, why did I open my eyes and see so many ugly bastards?"

"Bastard, who are you calling ugly?! Take a look at yourself! Your eyeballs are as tiny as pellets!" x10

"You looking to get beaten up?!" x10

"Bring it on! Who's afraid of who?!" x20

Listening to dozens of himself arguing in unison, Hyuga Satoru felt his head swell.

He had not expected the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to have such a drawback. Thinking back carefully, though, it seemed the brat had argued with his clones quite a few times.

Especially when practicing the Rasenshuriken, a group of Shadow Clones had begun competing against each other, relentlessly mocking the slower ones until they nearly came to blows.

Back then, Hyuga Satoru had nearly laughed himself unconscious in front of the television. He had never expected that scene to happen to him now.

"Stop arguing! I summoned you all. I'm the original body, so you have to listen to me!"

Unable to endure it any longer, Hyuga Satoru gave them a sharp reprimand, finally quieting the surrounding clamor.

"The original body? Fine, if you're the original body, then judge this. Isn't he uglier?"

"Nonsense! He's obviously uglier! His nose is practically pointing at the sky!"

Seeing the clones' argument grow increasingly fierce, Hyuga Satoru took out a scroll and tossed it into the air. The white smoke dispersed, and countless Metal Ninja Tools—Shuriken, Kunai, ninja blades, and more—came plummeting down like a rain of metal, embedding themselves neatly in front of the clones.

The sight stunned every clone into silence.

"That's incredible!"

Hyuga Satoru let out a long breath and said, "Try using your consciousness to communicate with the Metal Ninja Tools in front of you. See if you can control them."

"Like this...?"

One clever clone tried a few times and gradually found the trick. Amid everyone's envious gazes, the Shuriken before him wobbled into the air.

Hyuga Satoru relaxed.

Just as he had expected, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could also use the power of Electromagnetic Force. He had previously used Shadow Clones to train Electromagnetic Force, so he had guessed that Multiple Shadow Clones could do the same.

Seeing that someone had already learned it, the other clones refused to be outdone and began competing with one another.

"Damn it! I won't fall behind either."

"It's time to show you what real skill looks like..."

"Move, move, move! Move already..."

Watching the clones start competing on their own, Hyuga Satoru grinned happily. He used Metal Ninja Tools to build a chair, then crossed one leg over the other and leaned back on it.

Experience +56

Experience +59

Experience +61

Watching his experience steadily climb, Hyuga Satoru felt utterly refreshed.

Just as he had envisioned, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could share cultivation experience with the original body.

And perhaps because of the Golden Finger's upgrade system, he could gain this experience without the clones even dispersing.

LV2 Electromagnetic Force required 6,000 experience points to level up. He currently had 5,021 experience points, just around 1,000 short of leveling up.

If nothing unexpected happened, the time before the next mission should be enough for him to reach LV3.

He remembered that when the brat practiced the Rasenshuriken in the original story, he had summoned several thousand underlings. With the experience-sharing buff, his cultivation progress had shot up like a rocket.

That was precisely why Hyuga Satoru had chosen the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

"Does this count as exploiting a Golden Finger bug???"

Whatever!

Hyuga Satoru looked completely at ease as he lounged comfortably in his chair. If there was a bug and he did not exploit it, something had to be wrong with his head!

Around him, dozens of clones were like rows of lush green chives, constantly giving off light and heat as he, the capitalist, sucked them dry of blood and flesh.

One clone's hand trembled, and the Shuriken in his grip flew off course, striking the clone he had been arguing with earlier.

"Damn it! You're playing dirty, huh?!"

The clone pointed at the other and cursed, but before his words had even faded, he turned into white smoke with a poof and dispersed.

"They're still Shadow Clones. You can't change the fact that they pop with one poke."

Hyuga Satoru frowned slightly, suppressing the returning flood of memories. He formed hand seals and mobilized the Chakra that had just recovered.

The white smoke dispersed, and another batch of lush green chives sprouted forth.

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