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It has been over two months since he left the village.
During this period, Satoru Hyūga not only completed several solo missions assigned by the Hokage, but also created an alter ego in the underground black market of the Grass Country, namely The Silver - Faced Shura.
Thanks to this alter ego, Satoru Hyūga benefited greatly.
Not to mention the large amount of bounty, his good friend Rasa kept sending gifts. First, it was a pile of unrefined gold sand, then a wanted criminal with a bounty of thirty million ryo, and finally, he even stepped forward to shield him from the threat of Kakuzu regardless of his own safety!
Come on, aren't you touched?
He had reaped enough rewards and achieved the goal of his training. It was time to return to the village.
Satoru Hyūga had never been so eager to go back to the village.
According to his plan, there were quite a few things he had to do after returning this time.
Konoha.
Hokage's Office.
There came a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up. When he saw who it was, he smiled.
"Oh, it's Satoru. You've been out for training for over two months. How did it go? Have you completed all the missions?"
The person who came in was Satoru Hyūga, who had just returned to the village looking tired from the journey.
"Lord Hokage, I've completed all three missions. The B - rank mission of clearing out the bandits, the A - rank mission of killing the traitorous ninja Uesugi Tetsu, and another A - rank mission for gathering intelligence."
As he spoke, Satoru Hyūga took out the proof items for the completion of these missions.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes swept over them one by one and he nodded in approval.
"Good. I knew I didn't underestimate your ability. Did you encounter any troubles?"
"Except that Uesugi Tetsu was a bit of a hassle. It took me a long time to track down his whereabouts and it delayed me a bit. Other than that, everything was okay."
"Yeah."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded.
Uesugi Tetsu was a very cunning traitorous ninja. Even the Anbu ninja had returned empty - handed several times. Satoru Hyūga's completion of the mission had already surprised him quite a lot.
Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't intend to ask more, Satoru Hyūga secretly let out a sigh of relief.
He had two purposes for saying this. One was to give a proper reason for spending over two months on the mission, and the other was to test if the Hokage would mention the secret techniques of the Uesugi family.
Since Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't mention it, Satoru Hyūga naturally wouldn't take the initiative to report the discovery of the secret techniques, because retrieving the Uesugi family's secret techniques was not part of the mission.
Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment and said, "As for the reward, you can take the mission certificate I issued and exchange it at the mission management office."
"Thank you, Lord Hokage."
Satoru Hyūga nodded. In the past, Teacher Shibi was in charge of collecting the bounty. Now that he was independent, he had to handle these trivial matters himself.
After exchanging the bounties for these three missions, Satoru Hyūga's savings increased a bit.
However, for him now, money could no longer arouse his desire.
I've never touched money. I'm not interested in money (gif meme)
Only the improvement of strength could give him a sense of pleasure.
Especially during the time he trained in the underground black market, Satoru Hyūga had a deeper understanding of the importance of strength.
The Third Shinobi World War could break out at any time, like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head.
After getting the necessary items ready, Satoru Hyūga didn't go back to his clan. Instead, he made his way to the back mountain where he usually engaged in cultivation.
Taking a deep breath and mobilizing the chakra in his body, Satoru Hyūga let out a low shout.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
In an instant, accompanied by a series of "bang" sounds, a large number of shadow clones appeared in front of him.
Satoru Hyūga wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead. His face was a bit pale. This was the first time he had created so many shadow clones.
The first shadow clone would take away half of the caster's chakra levels, the second would take away half of the remaining chakra levels, the third would take away half of the chakra levels left by the second... and so on.
By analogy, the nth shadow clone would take away a chakra levels equal to (1/2)^n of the original chakra levels. At this time, the remaining chakra levels of Satoru Hyūga would also be (1/2)^n, showing an exponential function.
The most well - known characteristic of an exponential function is the exponential explosion.
Therefore, when he created a large number of shadow clones, it would trigger an exponential explosion, which causes the user's chakra levels to approach zero infinitely.
Satoru Hyūga made a simple mental calculation and understood why Tobirama Senju had classified the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique as a forbidden ninjutsu. The exponential explosion causes the user's chakra levels to approach zero infinitely.
Chakra is the mysterious energy that ninjas extract from their cells and spirits. Once it is completely exhausted, the ninja will kick the bucket.
In the original work, Kakashi completely exhausted his chakra levels when fighting against Pain and finally sacrificed heroically.
Fortunately, Naruto used his persuasive skills to convince Nagato to reform. Nagato sacrificed himself and used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
Satoru Hyūga endured the emptiness caused by the large - scale consumption of chakra levels, leaned against the nearby tree trunk, and stared at the numerous shadow clones in front of him.
He spoke in a deep voice.
"Guys, I summoned you this time because I need your help with something."
"Tell us, main body. Is it about training with ninja tools again?"
"What matters to the main body matters to us. You're being too formal, main body."
Looking at the large number of "himself" patting their chests in a bold and heroic manner, Satoru Hyūga felt extremely gratified.
It seemed that he had done a pretty good job of training these shadow clones during this period.
The Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was different from the ordinary Shadow Clone Technique. The clones created by it had self - awareness. And in the process of getting along with his clones many times, Satoru Hyūga had also figured out an efficient way to train them.
Since he obtained the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, Satoru Hyūga hadn't forgotten to exploit the "bug". Due to the huge consumption of chakra levels and the fatigue that returned after the clones were dispelled, Satoru Hyūga had to rest for many days after each use.
This was also the reason why he didn't use it often.
As for the gains, it was more difficult to obtain experience points for the level 3 Electromagnetic Force than for level 2. Each time he exploited the "bug", he could gain about 800 to 1000 experience points.
This value was much faster than his normal cultivation.
Thanks to this, Satoru Hyūga's experience points for the Electromagnetic Force had now reached 12,000 points, only about 8,000 points short of the 20,000 points required for an upgrade.
Based on his normal cultivation progress, plus occasional speed boosts by exploiting glitches, he could reach Level 4 within five months.
But now, given the current chaotic state of the ninja world, Satoru Hyūga could only think...
It was too slow!
So, he decided to go all out tonight!
Taking a deep breath, he looked down at the numerous shadow clones and shouted.
"Right in front of you, there are a large number of ninja tools. Later, your task is to work in groups of three. Melt those ninja tools and then reshape them into new ones."
"Got it?"
"Got it!"
The shadow clones responded in unison, full of vigor and determination.
Satoru Hyūga nodded in satisfaction.
Then, the massive metal - forging work began.
The shadow clones grouped up in threes. They skillfully made the ninja tools float to the center of their palms. Their six hands glided over the tools continuously. The black metal surface immediately turned slightly red, and the surrounding air grew scorching hot.
It was just like the well - known scene where Naruto summoned his shadow clones to perform the Shadow Clone Rasengan.
Meanwhile, the experience points in Satoru Hyūga's mind began to soar.
When he noticed that the speed was even faster than when he exploited bugs before, he let out a slight sigh of relief.
This time, the shadow clones were using the Electromagnetic Furnace ability at Level 3 and the ability of density compression.
The former is a new ability developed when the Electromagnetic Force upgrades to Level 3, and the latter works by compressing the spaces between metal atoms to greatly increase the metal's density. It was also a high - level Electromagnetic Force ability.
As the Electromagnetic Force level rises, it has become increasingly difficult to gain experience points from some simple Electromagnetic Force abilities.
For example, during his time at the ninja academy, he would manipulate Shuriken in Flight every night to gain experience. But now, even if he manipulated dozens of Shuriken at the same time, the experience points wouldn't budge.
The ability of a single shadow clone to control the Electromagnetic Force is limited. So Satoru Hyūga had them work in groups of three to combine more advanced abilities...
In this way, he would get more experience points in return.
However, after the shadow clones were dispelled, the fatigue and memories returned would be even more overwhelming!
If it exceeds Satoru Hyūga's endurance limit, he might just drop dead on the spot!
This was a high - stakes gamble.
But under the looming threat of an imminent war, Satoru Hyūga had no other choice.
He had to control the situation carefully and make sure nothing went wrong.