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"Hmm!"
Inside a waterfall cave in the Land of Fire, Kenshi sat up, rubbing his forehead to relieve the headache.
He had been sleeping soundly when the Chakra from his shadow clone, returning after dissipating, suddenly surged into his mind, bringing a wave of memories.
Fortunately, he had absolute control over his Chakra. He promptly filtered out most of the irrelevant memories from the Chakra, leaving only the battle memories of his shadow clone and the Konoha pursuit squad of four.
Even so, the sudden influx of memories still gave Kenshi a headache.
He rubbed his forehead, and after a while, he finally recovered.
Whew... Kenshi took a deep breath.
Although he had been awakened by the memory shock, he had slept for seven or eight hours, and his whole body felt much more refreshed.
At least he no longer had that feeling of exhaustion as if he hadn't slept for five days and five nights.
"The shadow clones in the north and east directions are still there. It seems they only found the shadow clone in the east direction."
Kenshi sensed his shadow clones, a slight smile playing on his lips.
While traveling in the afternoon, he had passed by a river. He suddenly realized that people always leave traces when they walk on land, but they wouldn't leave any traces when they walked on water.
Moreover, he wouldn't have to walk. He could just lie on the river and float along with the current.
This way, he wouldn't leave any Chakra traces either.
So, Kenshi immediately created three shadow clones and sent them running in three different directions. He himself floated along the river to this waterfall, and luckily, he found a small cave inside the waterfall. It wasn't big, only the size of a kitchen, but it was enough for one person to rest.
Kenshi immediately cut off his conscious connection with his shadow clones and slept soundly until the shadow clone in the east direction dissipated, and the memory shock hit him.
Now, the shadow clone in the east direction had died, but the other two in the north and east directions were still alive.
Kenshi pondered for a moment and quickly came to the conclusion that the only Konoha ninja squad pursuing him was that one squad.
"Is it because of the war?"
Kenshi thought to himself.
The information about the Second Great Ninja War was just something he had deduced from the fact that Danzo hadn't come to see him in two years.
He wasn't sure whether it was actually the Second Great Ninja War or not.
But if the other two shadow clones hadn't encountered any other ninja squads pursuing him, or if the ninjas who found the other two shadow clones were the same squad as the one who found the dead shadow clone.
Then, it could be confirmed that Konoha truly didn't have the manpower or the ability to send more ninja squads to pursue him.
If that was the case, then it could be confirmed that it was the Second Great Ninja War.
"If that's the case, then... I can consider not rushing to leave the Land of Fire."
Kenshi tilted his head slightly and thought for a moment. If it was indeed the Second Great Ninja War, then the Land of Fire should be in a state of tight outer circle, tight inner circle, and loose center.
The central Konoha and the border of the Land of Fire would definitely have a large number of ninjas stationed there. It would be very difficult to break through the border.
Besides, the outside might be even more chaotic.
On the contrary, the area within the borders of the Land of Fire, between Konoha and the border, was relatively peaceful.
"Then, I'll take my time."
Thinking about the memories brought back by the shadow clone's dissipation, Kenshi instantly made a decision.
He would stay here for now. While this relatively peaceful time lasted, he would see if he could copy the Super Beast Imitation Painting Chakra from that female ninja.
Kenshi had already remembered that the female ninja used the jutsu, Super Beast Imitation Painting, which created ink birds that could fly.
Actually, Kenshi hadn't even thought about encountering a flying jutsu other than Dust Release at this time.
After all, both Deidara, who controlled exploding clay birds to fly, and Sai, who used Super Beast Imitation Painting to draw ink birds to fly, were probably not born yet at this time.
This was because Kenshi was thinking too narrowly.
Many jutsu in the ninja world were passed down, very few were personally developed.
Many kekkei genkai and special jutsu were passed down. It was just that they were very difficult to learn, and very few people learned them. It seemed like only one person could use them.
In reality, there might be people who could use them in every era.
It made sense that Kenshi encountered them now.
It was just that Kenshi, as a transmigrator, had preconceived notions. He had initially thought about how to copy and condense Dust Release Chakra from the Third Tsuchikage.
But now, it was a pleasant surprise.
As long as he could copy and condense the Super Beast Imitation Painting Chakra, he would have a flying jutsu.
As long as he could fly, then the sky would be the limit.
At least he wouldn't have to worry about being surrounded by ninjas anymore.
After all, there were still very few ninjas who could fly.
Moreover, there were more escape routes in the air than on the ground. They couldn't use barrier jutsu to bind Kenshi like they could on the ground.
It could be said that as long as he had the ability to fly, Kenshi would truly be settled in this world.
"Sigh... what a pity!"
As he was thinking about the benefits of flying jutsu, Kenshi suddenly sighed.
The soul in his shadow clone was simulated.
Even though it had the same soul aura fluctuations as his real body.
But it was still fake. It couldn't have the ability to instantly sense the corresponding Chakra Nature Transformation and shape transformation of jutsu Chakra when his body came into contact with it.
Kenshi discovered that his ability to sense the Nature Transformation and shape transformation of jutsu Chakra was related to his soul.
It was only after his soul fused with Chakra that he awakened his Chakra Sensing ability.
Before that, he couldn't even sense Chakra.
This shows how important the soul is in Chakra Sensing.
The closer the jutsu Chakra was to his soul, the clearer his Chakra Sensing became.
If it touched his body, it was equivalent to touching his soul, and he could instantly sense the Nature Transformation and shape transformation of the jutsu Chakra he touched.
If it didn't touch his body, but was very close, he could still sense all the Nature Transformation and shape transformation in the jutsu Chakra, but it would take some time.
Although Kenshi's soul had already merged with Chakra, it couldn't leave his body's range.
So, for Chakra like the Black Iron Chains and shadow clones, once they left his body, the soul in the Chakra would automatically withdraw.
Kenshi's soul always remained in human form and wouldn't detach.
This made it much more difficult for Kenshi to copy and condense others' jutsu.
"If my real body was there... uh... forget it."
Kenshi shook his head vigorously. Dangerous thoughts were not good. If it hadn't been a shadow clone in the east direction tonight, but his real body, then he would have been done for.
This once again emphasizes the importance of intelligence in ninja battles.
Like the immortal duo in the original story, the Two-Tails jinchūriki, the guardian of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, the monk Jirobo, all fell victim to this.
The Third Hokage's son, Asuma, also fell victim.
Then, when Hidan's abilities were figured out, he also fell victim to Kakashi's revenge squad.
Once an ability is figured out, a targeted tactic can be devised. Once successful, it's a sure kill.
Hidan's ability was reversed by Shikamaru, almost killing Kakuzu.
Unfortunately, Kakuzu had multiple hearts. Losing one heart wouldn't kill him. Shikamaru didn't gather this information from the start.
As a result, they fought to the end. If Naruto hadn't arrived to finish it off, Kakashi and Shikamaru would have had to sacrifice someone to kill Kakuzu.
So, intelligence is truly important.
Once Kenshi's Black Iron Chains were exposed, Konoha immediately had a corresponding tactic to counter them.
Knowing that the Black Iron Chains had high resistance to both physical and jutsu attacks, ordinary jutsu attacks and taijutsu attacks wouldn't be very effective.
They came up with the idea of using ink to penetrate, bypassing the two advantages of the Black Iron Chains, directly attacking Kenshi's real body, while also binding his Black Iron Chains.
Kenshi could even sense that even if he had been able to escape the ink penetration attack, the short time it took him to escape would have been enough for the pursuit squad to deploy subsequent tactics against him.
If it had been Kenshi's real body in the east tonight, then his transmigration journey would have ended there, without a doubt.
Fortunately, the shadow clone was really awesome.
Thanks to Kenshi's previous body, Kenshi's father, for teaching him the Shadow Clone Technique.
Kenshi felt a little grateful. If he hadn't had the Shadow Clone Technique, he wouldn't have been able to escape Konoha.
Now, the Shadow Clone Technique, Fire Release, and Black Iron Chains had all been exposed. The Adamantine Binding Chains and Dark Walking Technique hadn't been exposed yet.
These two jutsu, especially the Dark Walking Technique, Kenshi needed to use them at crucial moments.
"First, I need to determine how many ninjas are in the pursuit squad."
"Then, I'll use shadow clones to force the pursuit squad to reveal more of their abilities."
Kenshi thought to himself. Before he had a surefire victory, he wouldn't go into battle with his real body. The risk was too great.
After all, his ninja combat experience was still too limited.
There were all kinds of bizarre and unorthodox jutsu in the ninja world. Sometimes, they seemed weak, but they could be a sure kill at certain crucial moments.
Kenshi knew too few of them. He could only use shadow clones to probe the enemy's depths before using his real body to copy that female ninja's Super Beast Imitation Painting Chakra.
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A day later.
By the river where Kenshi had created his shadow clone, Sarutobi Tenjū's squad finally found the location and began searching the surrounding area.
After a while, Sarutobi Ayase and Hyuga Sika returned.
The four gathered by the riverbank.
"Is this the place?" Sarutobi Tenjū asked with a sullen face.
To avoid being played for a fool again, they had returned along the path they had tracked the shadow clone, expanding their search area, but it still took them a whole day.
This meant that Kenshi had created a shadow clone long ago, and they had been tricked for at least seven or eight hours.
How could the proud Sarutobi Tenjū stand for this?
He was already filled with suppressed anger.
He vowed to personally kill that bastard, Kenshi, one day.
Sarutobi Ayase jumped off the large bird and replied, "One kilometer north, I found traces of Kenshi's black Chakra chains landing on the ground. He should have gone north."
Konoha ninjas were very observant, and their intelligence gathering abilities were also very strong.
The way Kenshi moved using the Black Iron Chains when he escaped from Konoha would leave certain traces on the ground. Konoha had already analyzed what those traces would be.
As soon as Sarutobi Ayase saw the cross-shaped holes on the ground, she knew they were the traces left by Kenshi's Black Iron Chains.
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