radicalducati Chapter 73: The Rabbit's Clone
Chapter 73: The Rabbit's Clone
Fukuyo was unaware of Orochimaru's thoughts; all his attention was focused on perceiving the expanding shadows and positioning.
About ten seconds later, Fu Heiyao used the strongest chakra in his malicious perception as his reference point, and the two began to rise.
"Half-man is right."
"With Lord Hanzo in our Amegakure, we are invincible!"
In a simple room at the outpost, the three strongest fighters chatted while keeping watch over their surroundings.
Upon mentioning Hanzo, the three immediately displayed expressions of admiration.
It's not blind worship of Hanzo's terrifying strength, but rather admiration for Hanzo's courage in risking everything for Amegakure.
Unlike large countries with vast territories and abundant resources, small countries must make trade-offs if they want to develop, otherwise they will face a slow death.
Especially in countries like Amegakure, which are situated at the crossroads of three kingdoms.
As a renowned ninja in the ninja world, if Hanzo had stayed put, even the Five Great Nations would have been wary of him and wouldn't have bothered him.
However, for the sake of Amegakure, Hanzo still took on the heavy responsibility without hesitation, leading Amegakure to launch a war in an attempt to break Amegakure's position of being exploited by the great powers.
"Once Lord Hanzo conquers the Land of Fire, I'm going to live there for a few years and enjoy a rainless life."
The man, known as Half-Body, wearing a specially made gas mask, said with a smile.
As a citizen of the Land of Rain, he hated the rain because he felt that the rain was like the tears of the people of the Land of Rain.
Fortunately, Lord Hanzo stepped forward, believing that no matter the cost, Amegakure would win...
My thoughts were interrupted by a hand that suddenly patted my shoulder, followed by a cold, death-like voice.
"untie."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Banbu noticed that his companion, who had just been laughing, now looked terrified.
Banbu was puzzled until his vision spun and he saw a headless corpse lying in a pool of blood, and a huge snake with its gaping maw gradually filling his field of vision. Only then did Banbu realize that an enemy attack was coming.
"Rainbow... will definitely win!"
With hopes for Amegakure and Lord Hanzo, the giant serpent swallowed it whole.
"A specially made gas mask, undoubtedly a confidant of Hanzo!" Orochimaru nodded as he looked at the corpse torn into three pieces on the ground.
Similarly, he was surprised by the terrifying slash that Fuheiya had unleashed when he instantly killed the elite Jonin.
The moment Fukuko touched him, Orochimaru clearly sensed that the Rain Ninja had subconsciously concentrated their chakra on their backs.
Unfortunately, that chakra defense couldn't even allow the slash to pause for a moment; it was torn apart in an instant, then instantly cleaved in half and decapitated.
"Have the techniques for handling ingredients back then been optimized to this extent?" Orochimaru thought to himself.
Orochimaru, who had spent a long time with Fukuyo, knew that he had a secret slashing technique.
I never imagined that the slashes used to process ingredients would now be so terrifying as to kill an elite Jonin.
"Kill them, but don't expose your intelligence."
Orochimaru looked at Fukuyo with a solemn expression.
The information about Shadow Cloak must not fall into the hands of Amegakure at this time, as it is crucial to their success in stealing the information on the antidote for the Salamander.
Fu Heiya glanced at the two Rain Ninja with bloodshot eyes, but did not answer Orochimaru. Instead, he quickly formed the hand seals of the Jade Dog and the Toad.
The shadows were shaped like a large snake.
"Oh no, it's the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan!"
The Rain Ninja, whose face was half-stained with the blood of their superior, saw Fukuyo's blood-red eyes and loudly reminded his companions while lowering his head, not daring to look directly into Fukuyo's eyes.
Is he a child prodigy of the Uchiha clan? He's already awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan at this age.
They did not lose their minds; instead, they sounded the alarm immediately after realizing that they were outmatched.
At the same time, the shadow beneath Fu Heiyao's feet suddenly expanded.
The Unending Throat tore through the curtain of shadow, its gaping maw, like a black hole, opened to reveal a dense array of serrated, white teeth.
The attacking Death Worm was like a shark leaping out of the water, its sharp teeth aimed straight at the Rain Village Jonin.
The sounds of flesh tearing and splattering filled the air, but the two Rain Ninja were still Jonin.
Although affected by the summoned beast, he survived, only losing an arm.
However, the Rain Ninja guarding the door were not so lucky; the summoning beast's enormous size burst through the already small base room.
The wall first developed spiderweb-like cracks, and then suddenly shattered the moment the guard turned his head.
The guard who was about to enter to check was swallowed whole by the Unending Throat.
Its large, serrated mouth was like a meat grinder; with just a few clenches and a bit of force, the swallowed Rain Ninja would instantly turn into a pool of blood.
Subsequently, under Fu Heiyao's command, the Unending Throat became like a runaway dragon, frantically destroying the Rain Shadow base.
Orochimaru, not to be outdone, summoned his serpent and swept past the two of them, wreaking havoc on the stronghold.
The surrounding buildings were smashed by the two frenzied beasts, raising clouds of dust.
The wails and curses of the Rain Ninja echoed throughout the stronghold.
"Konoha ninja, I will make you pay for your crimes in blood!" The Amegakure Jonin, head bowed, had bloodshot eyes.
Instead of immediately attacking the two, Fu Heiyao silently called out Tuo Tu's name and formed a hand seal.
The Rabbit is a special shikigami that can split infinitely. Unlike other shikigami, it cannot borrow spells, or rather, even if it does, it is useless.
But Fu Heiyao excels at breaking through limitations.
He studied this mechanism in depth while researching the combination of the Rabbit and Flying Thunder God with Kushina.
Ultimately, like various escape techniques that create clones, Fu Heiyao successfully created his own unique Rabbit Clone.
Drawing on some theories of sealing techniques and the characteristics of the Rabbit Splitting Technique, and using the chakra circulation route of the Shadow Clone Technique, Fukuko finally released the Rabbit in the form of a clone.
Although this weakens the shadow clones, it is advantageous because it is inexpensive and can be produced in large numbers.
As Fu Heiyao formed the hand seals, five clones identical to him suddenly appeared around him.
The moment the rabbit clone appeared, it rushed towards the two Amegakure Jonin together with Orochimaru.
"Shadow clone? No, it's just a regular clone." Orochimaru, standing to the side, was somewhat puzzled by Fushiko's summoning of a clone that could be easily discerned with a little perception.
Such clones, which aren't even shadow clones, can only be used for feints.
However, Orochimaru immediately realized the power of Fukuyo's new clone.
"Don't underestimate us!" Seeing that Fukuyo was using this clone to deal with them, the two Amegakure Jonin were immediately delighted. They exchanged a hand gesture and then rushed straight at Fukuyo.
"Uchiha genius, blame it on being born in Konoha!" The two Amegakure Jonin were already determined to die, preparing to perish together with Fushiko.
When they saw Orochimaru, the rising star of Konoha, they knew they couldn't escape their fate, but taking a young genius with them on their way to the underworld was still a great gain.
However, they underestimated Fu Heiyao's methods.
The rabbit clone, which was kicked to death like a stray dog on the roadside, did not disappear into a puff of white smoke like a normal clone after suffering a fatal injury. Instead, it exploded instantly.
The moment the clone exploded, the tadpole-shaped symbol spread out, freezing the illusory image of the fleeing rabbit that had perished along with the clone inside, turning it into a pitch-black shadow where one could not see their own hand in front of their face.
The two Rain Ninjas immediately stopped in their tracks, instinctively becoming wary of the darkness that had appeared out of nowhere before them.
But it was too late. A crimson flash disappeared in the darkness before the two Amegakure Jonin.
Excuse me.
The two, who were already distracted by their battle with Orochimaru, were instantly swept past by the suddenly appearing Fushiko.
The next moment, the anger and confusion that lingered in the eyes of the two Amegakure Jonin were forever frozen on their faces.
At close range, Xie Wuqing swept his gaze across the two men's waists, abdomens, and necks.
The severed lower bodies could only slowly tilt and fall to the ground under the influence of gravity, leaving their uneven upper bodies to fall apart.
"Flying Thunder God!?"
Orochimaru, who witnessed this scene, narrowed his eyes and looked at Fukuyo, who had teleported away, with a serious and shocked expression.
Could it be that Yao Jun also possesses a talent for space-time manipulation?
However, he quickly dismissed the idea and instead looked at the spot where the rabbit clone had just died, where the last eerie black shadow that was about to "evaporate" remained.
Thinking back to Fu Heiyao's Shadow Escape just now, he said thoughtfully:
"Do you create shadows that you can travel through by using clones?"
"A little clever trick." Fu Heiyao didn't deny it; there was no need to hide something that was obvious at a glance.
After the shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique die, they will briefly revert to their most essential shadow form.
Even the infinitely splitting shikigami like the Rabbit is the same.
However, this timeframe is too short to be easily seized.
Therefore, the clever Kushina proposed to use sealing techniques to slow down this process.
The result of their joint research was the Rabbit Clone.
The effect of the Shadow Clone technique is simple and brutal: it retains only the independent intelligence of the Shadow Clone while discarding all its strength.
Its sole purpose is to create shadow points after death that allow Obsidian to teleport.
This is Fukuko using the Ten Shadows Technique and the Rabbit to simulate the Flying Thunder God.