Chapter 207: Reunion with the Grand Elder

Chapter 199: Meeting the Great Elder Again

The Phantom Body Flicker Technique was originally a product of Uchiha Kagami combining genjutsu with clone techniques due to insufficient Chakra.

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If Uchiha Gen could combine the two, making every separated “phantom” a solid Shadow Clone, and allowing his main body to freely transfer between these Shadow Clones, his threat to enemies in battle would be further enhanced.

Before long, the scroll of the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique was delivered before Uchiha Gen.

This scroll could not be taken out of this secret room; he could only read and memorize this jutsu here within the next day.

“I see. Although there is no essential difference between the Shadow Clone and the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, it is equivalent to casting multiple Shadow Clones, which are B-rank Ninjutsu, simultaneously in an instant. This requires not only a massive enough amount of Chakra to be evenly distributed among multiple Shadow Clones without suffering the consequences of Chakra depletion, but also requires my main body’s meridians to endure the output of a large amount of Chakra when performing hand seals to cast the jutsu.”

“And this merely satisfies the requirements to cast this technique. If the amount of Chakra is insufficient, the separated Shadow Clones will not have much Chakra, and their combat and endurance capabilities will be mediocre. Instead, it will even affect the main body, not to mention the backlash brought to the main body by the massive amount of memories and fatigue flowing back after the Shadow Clones are dispelled.”

“If the amount of Chakra, physical fitness, and mental strength cannot meet the basic conditions, even if this Multi-Shadow Clone Technique is learned, it is just a showy and extremely dangerous flashy trick.”

“Without the Sage Body of the Senju or Uzumaki lineage, I’m afraid only a master-level Ninjutsu expert with no weaknesses in any aspect, like the Third Hokage, could use this move.”

After reading through the scroll of the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, Uchiha Gen put it back on the desk and propped his head with one hand.

In today’s Konoha, the person who could best bring out the power of the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique was actually the Third Hokage.

He did not have the bloodlines of the Senju and Uzumaki, nor could he separate too many Shadow Clones, but relying on the consummate combination Ninjutsu performed by the Shadow Clones in cooperation with his main body, he possessed almost the highest-grade destructive power and adaptability among Kage-level experts.

The Third Hokage could separate four Shadow Clones at a time. Of course, this could not be compared to Naruto’s Chakraton physique that could separate hundreds of clones at once, but it was also extraordinary and enough for him to combine Ninjutsu of all attributes to display extremely powerful might.

There were quite a few people who could combine Ninjutsu of two different attributes, and being able to aggregate combination Ninjutsu of three attributes already made one an expert in this field. Even Uchiha Gen had previously barely managed to do this by shouting oil in his mouth, but now, with the improvement of his strength, the B-rank Blazing Flame Gale Technique he invented back then seemed too crude now and had long been eliminated.

As for the Five Release Ninjutsu, each individual release of the Third Hokage was at a top-tier level, and what was even more terrifying was his collocation and understanding among the Five Release Ninjutsu. Once the Great Five Elements Release Barrage came out, its power was extremely strong.

Matching Ninjutsu of five attributes required considering the restraining relationships between Ninjutsu of different attributes, such as water and fire, earth and lightning, etc. Sarutobi Hiruzen was the only expert in the current Shinobi World who could achieve this.

Even Orochimaru, who was also proficient in the Five Release Ninjutsu, could not do this.

Uchiha Gen did not have that ability, but he didn’t need to learn this set either.

“It doesn’t seem difficult.”

After sorting out the key points, Uchiha Gen believed that based on his ability foundation, learning the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique was not difficult.

His base stats were too high, and he also had the foundation of the Shadow Clone technique.

His attainments and understanding in Ninjutsu were now higher than ordinary Jonin, and many places that were difficult for others could be brute-forced through his stats.

As the tail-end student, Naruto could rely on a massive amount of Chakra to brute-force his way through even before graduating, learning it on the spot after reading it once. This showed that the actual training difficulty of this jutsu was not high; it was rated as an A-rank Ninjutsu mainly because the training conditions were too harsh.

“Hum!”

As Uchiha Gen crossed the two fingers of both hands, in an instant, more than a dozen Shadow Clones were separated by his side, filling the room.

He could actually separate more Shadow Clones in one breath like Naruto, but there definitely wouldn’t be enough space to stand here.

Ever since the last time he experimented with the Mangekyō Sharingan power and almost went too big by accident, he specially controlled himself this time and didn’t make too much commotion.

Uchiha Gen was not clear about what Orochimaru was reading on the Scroll of Seals.

However, looking at his obsessed appearance, it was estimated that he would have to stay inside for a whole day.

Anxious to understand the situation within the clan, Uchiha Gen did not wait any longer. Instead, after bidding farewell to the Third Hokage, he hurriedly rushed back to the clan territory.

During the war period, seven out of ten elites within the clan were transferred to the front lines, making the once bustling clan territory much more desolate now.

The only thing that remained unchanged was that there were always a few teams of Military Police Force members on the street wearing Konoha Shinobi vests and having the Uchiha clan emblem as epaulets on their upper arms.

And because of this, not long after Uchiha Gen entered the clan territory, patrolling teammates saw him.

“Lord Gen!”

“Lord Gen is back!”

“I’ll go inform the Great Elder!”

“Lord Gen!”

Seeing Uchiha Gen, this squad immediately surrounded him.

“Tell me about the current situation within the clan first.”

Looking at these familiar clansmen, Uchiha Gen asked.

Soon, pieced together by several people talking over each other, Uchiha Gen also sorted out the current situation within the clan.

After the former clan head voluntarily abdicated, he had been staying in the clan head’s residence, keeping his doors closed and not coming out.

The Great Elder acted on behalf of the clan head’s authority. Under the circumstance that both the Second Elder and Third Elder were on the front lines, clan affairs including the Military Police Force had all become the Great Elder’s sole domain.

Now that Uchiha Gen, the successor, was at the height of his power, and the Great Elder had decades of accumulated management within the clan, having such a situation was not surprising.

Before Uchiha Gen even had time to return to the village, all internal voices had already been suppressed by the Great Elder.

Regarding this, when Uchiha Gen walked into the headquarters of the Military Police Force and saw the Great Elder, the old man just looked at Uchiha Gen and uttered such a sentence: “You are fighting hard on the front lines, yet with this old man presiding over the clan, such a disturbance broke out. If I couldn’t do some things for you to let you put down your worries behind you, wouldn’t this old man have become an old good-for-nothing who has eaten free meals for so many years?”

Being able to hold the position of Great Elder for so many years, the old man definitely had his methods.

“Thank you for your trouble.”

Uchiha Gen sat opposite the Great Elder and said softly, looking at the old man whose face carried a hint of fatigue.

This was already a man in his seventies. Under the circumstance that the clan suffered drastic changes, he had truly expended a lot of energy to stabilize the rear for Uchiha Gen.