"Tsk."
Naruto, with his eyes closed, frowned.
Shinji had expanded the range of the Chakra markers, making them even harder to find than in the familiar training ground.
He remembered what his father, Minato, had told him about using perception to 'see', but his perception only extended so far. If he wanted to go beyond that, he naturally had to keep moving.
Eh!
Thinking of this, Naruto couldn't help but open his eyes.
Perhaps he could do it this way?
Shadow Clone Technique!
Bang—
Two Shadow Clones of Naruto appeared on the spot.
Naruto curved his lips and said, "You two, act according to what I just thought of."
"No problem."
Naruto's two Shadow Clones immediately stepped forward and left.
"Hehe, this should work." Naruto rubbed the tip of his nose, an excited expression on his face.
He just stood there with his eyes closed, waiting. Sure enough, in less than a minute, his perception began to expand, and new Chakra marker coordinates started appearing.
"It works!"
However, the next moment, Naruto couldn't help but scratch his head. A
Athough his perception range had expanded, he himself also needed to move towards the location of the Shadow Clones, which simply didn't meet his teacher's requirements. Moreover, once he started moving, his perception would become very inaccurate.
After thinking for a while, Naruto, unable to solve the problem, reluctantly went to Shinji and explained his idea.
Shinji listened to Naruto's words and looked at him with a strange expression.
Using Shadow Clones to expand one's own perception range was actually possible.
But—
Not everyone could do it this way.
Firstly, the two Shadow Clones couldn't run out of Naruto's own Kagura Mind's Eye range. Secondly, he couldn't create too many Shadow Clones. Otherwise, once the clones dispersed, the experience could cause an ordinary Jonin to instantly collapse.
What Naruto was doing now was essentially using his main body as the processing center and the Shadow Clones as drones.
Through the unique nature of Kagura Mind's Eye, their perceptions were linked, thereby achieving this expanded perception range.
If Sasuke had these conditions and could come up with this method, Shinji wouldn't be surprised.
But how did Naruto suddenly think of such a method?
"Naruto, did you just suddenly think of it? Or…?"
Hearing Shinji's words, Naruto scratched his head, looking confused. "Sensei, you expanded the range, so I wondered if I could expand my own perception range."
"But after I did it, I realized that expanding my perception range didn't seem to help."
"That's all?" Shinji was stunned.
Just an idea like that, and a casual experiment made it work?
No, is he playing a game?
Rubbing his throbbing temples, Shinji somewhat understood why Kakashi sometimes felt so helpless with Naruto later on. This kind of unpredictability was something else.
But having said that, Naruto being able to complete this operation in one go meant that his Chakra control ability was already quite good.
However, Shinji still felt he should clarify this operation to Naruto.
He looked at Naruto with a smile and said, "Alright, Naruto, it's really impressive that you can do this."
This kind of thing could indeed be considered a genius's operating method.
"Hehe." Naruto scratched his head, looking embarrassed at these words.
Shinji said, "However, I still need to remind you that you can use Shadow Clones for this operation."
"But for Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, with your current physical condition, you shouldn't exceed ten. You should know that Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu is one of the few forbidden jutsu that won't kill you immediately, but will gradually break you down."
"Eh? Is it that serious?" Naruto looked surprised.
Although he mostly used it for training after learning it, he hadn't felt the serious consequences that Shinji mentioned.
Shinji rubbed Naruto's head speechlessly, saying irritably, "You must know that Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu is a jutsu that even Jonin are ordered to use only in special circumstances."
"The terrifying damage of this jutsu accumulates exponentially."
"If you use Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu to operate this, consider the consequences of desperately activating Kagura Mind's Eye when you release the Shadow Clone Technique, imagine how huge that value would be."
"This isn't some one plus one equals two kind of value."
Listening to Shinji's serious explanation, Naruto finally reacted, his face instantly turning a little pale.
After all, when he practiced Kagura Mind's Eye before, he had tried that moment of unleashing a massive amount of Chakra to expand the target. That experience of a throbbing forehead was still vivid in his mind.
"I understand, sensei." Naruto quickly nodded.
He wouldn't dare to mess around with such a thing.
"As for what you said about how to stably determine the Chakra markers while moving and expanding the range…"
Shinji sighed and said, "My original intention was for you to walk around by yourself and slowly search, so some of the placed markers are quite hidden."
"If it were your own Chakra markers, it wouldn't be so troublesome. It's only because you're sensing other people's markers now that it requires this."
This was also Minato's intention. The purpose was to train Naruto's perception ability, to make these Chakra markers as obvious as fireflies in the dark under Naruto's perception.
Who would have thought that to expand his perception range, Naruto would first come up with such a jutsu combining Shadow Clone and Kagura Mind's Eye?
Hmm?
Shinji paused, thinking of this.
"Have you learned the pattern for the Fuinjutsu?"
"Fuinjutsu The one Dad taught me? The pattern he gave me is too complicated." Naruto said, a worried expression on his face.
"Show me first." Shinji said.
"Alright." Naruto nodded and immediately pulled out a small piece of wood, gathering Chakra on his finger.
Then he slowly began to 'draw' the pattern he mentioned on the wood.
As soon as Shinji saw Naruto make the first stroke of the pattern, he knew what it was.
The Sword of Love.
"Okay, sensei, this is it." After drawing, Naruto turned to look at Shinji.
Shinji stroked his chin, took the kunai, and after a long look, said, "Naruto, what if it were a different pattern?"
"A different pattern?" Naruto blinked, looking confused.
Shinji nodded. "Yes, for example, aren't you used to Rasengan? Then try drawing a simple spiral pattern."
He reached out and wiped away the four characters on the wood, then handed it back to Naruto.
Naruto, taking it, squinted his eyes and thought carefully.
Shinji, beside him, reminded, "Try to imagine the feeling of the shape changing when you condense a Rasengan in your mind. Then, carve that mark onto the wood."
"No problem." Hearing this, Naruto immediately had a goal.
Chakra appeared on his palm and he wiped it onto the wood. The next moment, a simple spiral mark appeared on the wood.