Naruto: The legend of Kiba

Chapter 21 Training

Uzumaki Kushina pushed aside the bushes and saw her two shadow clones tightly tied up with handkerchiefs in their mouths. They weren't blown up.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" She released all the shadow clones, and information from them flooded back, revealing how they were subdued. The moment they entered the bushes, they were pulled down by ropes, and Uchiha Hirohiko and Yukina overpowered them.

Nodding unconsciously, she saw the whole process of Uchiha Hirohiko and Kiba creating a shadow clone together, and that shadow clone transforming into herself. Both Yukina and Uchiha Hirohiko's expressions changed when Kiba released the shadow clone, and even her shadow clones were visibly shocked!

Afterward, Kiba jumped out, followed by two shadow clones.

Kushina nodded silently, but doubts arose. Kiba was still a student at the ninja academy. Where did he learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu and Earth Release techniques?

Releasing the shadow clone, Kiba and the others sat down to rest.

"We won... Sensei Kushina?" Yukina's tone was filled with disbelief, though her expression remained almost expressionless. This girl always had a serious face, rarely showing other expressions.

Uchiha Hirohiko also nodded, confirming the same surprise. This one had a standard poker face and didn't talk much.

As for Kiba, he always appeared thoughtful, which was related to his solitary lifestyle. At any time, in any place, and in any environment, he could quickly focus solely on himself, disregarding others' views and influences.

Did they really win?

Kiba shook his head.

No, Kushina didn't use all her strength and didn't even make an attack, except for the sneak attack at the beginning. If she had the intention of attacking, they would have been lying on the ground long ago.

At this time, Uzumaki Kushina came over, sat down in front of them, and asked, "How did you discover my real body?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Hirohiko and Yukina both looked at Kiba.

"Actually, we didn't find the main body..." Kiba smiled embarrassedly and said, "It was all a guess."

The shadow clones were indistinguishable, even with the Byakugan and Sharingan. How could he have known?

Kushina looked at Kiba for a while and asked, "Then if what you encountered was not my body, what would you have done next?"

"We could only continue to try our luck," Kiba said, and as soon as he finished speaking, Kushina's red hair began to flutter.

Uchiha Hirohiko and Yukina immediately retreated to a safe distance.

Thinking of this, Kushina unconsciously raised her fist, veins throbbing in her hand.

"Boom!"

Kiba clutched his head, a big red bump forming. It hurt like hell.

Kiba didn't know where the main body was. He roughly guessed based on Kushina's formation that the main body was either at the innermost corner or the central team.

Among the ten teams of shadow clones, only the middle team was attacked, and all the shadow clone teams could support immediately. This was the point with the highest probability of containing the main body.

In the innermost point, although there were dense forests and bushes behind, it was impossible to go around because of the overgrown trees. Kiba had detected this when he first entered the bushes. From above, all teams were centered on the middle point, with the innermost point being the tightest, and the distance between teams was very small.

Both points were very likely, so he devised this plan. Kiba hadn't expected Hirohiko and Yukina to cooperate so tacitly with him.

He only had time to tell them to attack the teams on both sides to attract the attention of all the shadow clones. Then, he and Hirohiko's shadow clones would take advantage of the chaos to attack the two points to locate the main body.

The cooperation was smooth without the slightest stagnation and achieved the desired result, which even surprised Kiba.

If the plan failed and neither the middle nor the innermost point had the main body, then it would be among the twelve shadow clones surrounding them. The next step would be to try their luck. Before exhausting physical strength, they would see how many shadow clones they could touch, and whether the main body was among them.

Regarding Kushina's words, Kiba wasn't talking nonsense. To him, as long as it wasn't 100% certain, success or failure depended on luck. He was being honest.

Alas, this punch hurt so much... Why was it always him who got punched? He was telling the truth!

Kiba sighed inwardly.

At this time, he felt Yukina's eyes on him, filled with doubt.

Uh... I forgot this girl had Byakugan. To separate the shadow clone, he had to activate the Life Gate mode. Did she see it?

The corner of Kiba's mouth twitched. He instinctively hid the Eight-Gates mode from others, but in the battle just now, he had to activate it.

Otherwise, with his quasi-ninja chakra, he couldn't have separated the shadow clone, and even if he did, it wouldn't have much combat effectiveness. He had to turn on the Life Gate mode to use the shadow clone.

In previous practice, Kiba found that if the shadow clone was created using the Life Gate mode, it had 50% of the original mode's chakra, but the mode wasn't activated.

The Eight-Gates mode couldn't be applied to the shadow clone, which troubled Kiba. Sharingan and Byakugan could easily distinguish the two.

Moreover, after the shadow clone was released in Life Gate mode, not only was the chakra divided by half, but his physical energy consumption increased by almost 50%. Fortunately, he could now open the Life Gate mode for about an hour, so the impact wasn't too great.

The shadow clone technique wasn't suitable for him, but it could sometimes produce miraculous results.

Kiba held his head, analyzing.

As for where Kiba learned the shadow clone technique, it was naturally the same as the Earth Release: Earth Spear. During the battle with Hirohiko, he saw Hirohiko's hand signs and naturally learned it.

Of course, he also learned the Great Fireball technique, but for some reason, he couldn't use it.

"I'll give you ten minutes to rest, and then we'll start the real training," Uzumaki Kushina said after beating Kiba. Seeing Kiba holding his head, she couldn't help smiling: This kid is a bit cute.

Then she announced the news that made Kiba and the others' faces fall.

Wasn't it over? Why was there still real training?

The three of them looked at each other, clearly showing the bitterness on their faces.

Kushina saw it, smiled warmly, and said, "Alright, you won the 'after-meal exercise,' and I'll treat you to barbecue for dinner."

"Barbecue!" Kiba's ears perked up. Ever since he tasted meat again, his meat-loving soul had been burning. Hearing this, he felt less exhausted.

Yukina and Uchiha Hirohiko also clenched their fists, clearly motivated by the prospect of barbecue.

This sullen trio...

Kushina smiled warmly.

Ten minutes later...

The three of them silently swallowed their saliva, looking at the three shadow clones of Kushina in front of them, and the main body Kushina behind the three shadow clones.

Kushina said, "The next training is a fight. I'll use my shadow clones, and I'll be fighting with at least 80% of my strength. You have to stay focused. If you're not careful, you might actually get killed!"

Her tone was serious, and the three didn't detect any threat in her voice.

She meant it!

Uchiha Hirohiko and Yukina looked at Kiba, who smiled bitterly. "Sensei Kushina is going to train us in actual combat... one-on-one! I have no idea..."

Hearing this, the two quickly separated and confronted the shadow clones.

"Alright... the real training begins!"

Kushina announced.

Kiba, Uchiha Hirohiko, and Yukina all stared at the shadow clones of Kushina simultaneously.