Red Nara

- So I'll just put it on hold for now and do some other things - don't we have enough to do?

- In any case, we should study the principles of Shiki Fujin and Edo Tensei's work in detail before getting involved with the Shinigami summoning," I sighed and rubbed my face as I paused at the numerous calculations and research notes scattered on my desk. - The idea of independent clones will have to wait for now.

- Are we scattering, then, boss? We've got the company for brainstorming, and the rest can be done without us," the doppelganger raised an eyebrow questioningly.

- Yeah, maybe... but wait," I turned to the chunin's corpse, "try to split the chakra in the source and use the shadow paths.

- I should have tried their influence on the living, even if they are so tentative," the kage bunshin nodded and stared with interest at the volunteer chosen for the experiment.

After looking at our waiting faces, the chunin shrugged his shoulders and formed a seal of concentration, stood motionless for a few moments, then silently went into his own shadow as in water and jumped out after the double, a little dazed, but seemingly alive.

- How was it," I said, stepping forward.

- It's like diving into a hole, but you can get used to it, and it seems that there are no negative consequences, except for the use of a decent amount of in-chakra, and you can even breathe, - after a little thought, he conveyed his feelings. - In principle, you can test it on a passenger, given my not quite animate nature.

- Come on!

Grabbing the motionless body on the floor, Iva-nin fell into the shadows again, but now with a load and surfaced behind me.

Without wasting time, I turned around and activated Shosen no jutsu and began to examine the subject. But no matter how many times I checked the vital functions, everything was within normal limits.

- Unbelievable! - I whispered.

- Now we have a way to escape from the lousiest of situations," the doppelganger grinned maniacally, reflecting my feelings as well.

Ha-ha, now it's much easier, more inconspicuous, and faster to get out of the village than sealing yourself in a scroll! And the ability to take passengers with me... I just need to test the effect on people in my mind, and the universal technique of moving Nara will be a part of my arsenal!

***

Perplexed, I examined the scroll with an unfamiliar seal and a note with my address and shinobi registration number for traps. Only when I was sure that there were none, I created a clone, gave him the message, and put up a barrier just in case.

Only such precautions were not necessary - the seal was broken normally and after running his eyes over the text, the doppelganger handed it to me. I took the scroll and ran my eyes over the first couple of lines, and then stammered. It was because the addressee was "Raikage. Kumogakure no Sato." Ara, is this really a response to my helping their delegation?

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