- Draw the key! I'll do the tech! - I growled at him, putting the kekkai away and beginning to fold a long chain of hand seals as I went.
Despite the tight time limit, we made it - the clone was just completing the second key for spatial fuin on my solar plexus when I finished the technique and brought my hands to my body, investing a huge amount of almost pure in component chakra. Taking a step back, I began to wait while the doppelganger monitored the state of the body.
- There is rudimentary brain activity and the pulse is almost back to normal," he reported after a languid moment of waiting, "the degradation of the source has stopped and a small amount of chakra is being produced. Shall I help the body?
- Go ahead," I nodded after a short pause.
As much as I didn't want to observe the natural work of the new technique of soldering the pseudo-soul and the body left derelict, it was better to increase the chances of getting a doll of normal shinobi body without the consequences of further existence.
And while the doppelganger got down to business, I carefully checked the small seal unfolding just above my belly, looking more like a web of symbols than anything else. It wasn't even that it was working properly, as I had already checked it more than once, but that it had no conflicts with the other seals I had on my body.
And even though the calculations showed that nothing should happen when the intersecting fuin work at the same time, but it's better to check before problems arise. And the possibility of using tenketsu on this place without accidental activation, which is very often the case with inexperienced fuinjutsu users who took to applying their crafts to the skin of a living person.
- Ugh," a groan distracted me, causing me to raise my head.
The shuddering guy was finally moving, and from the sounds of it, it wasn't a pleasant sensation.
- Xo-oh, boss, I feel like I'm going to die," he wheezed, curling up and clutching his head with his hands.
- Well, technically speaking, you're dead, but the body's the same," I shrugged, moving closer to help the kage bunshin repair the effects of clinical death with soul removal.
- I'm feeling better now," he straightened up after a dozen minutes, "help me get up, because my limbs aren't quite obeying me.
- Well, what are the differences from the previous attempts? - Holding his elbow on one side, I asked the... doppelganger? Creature? Clone?
What should I consider a chakra cast of my consciousness in another's body, whose possible life span has probably increased to that of an average shinobi? A clone is a clone, no matter how it was created!
- Although there's no resistance, which confirms our assumptions about the soul, there's too much body sluggishness, not to mention the usual coordination problem with changing limb sizes and overall size," he said thoughtfully.
- What about the chakra? - The kage bunshin asked from the other side.
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