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The Forest.
The scorching air caused the surrounding leaves to curl up.
You could hear the angry grunts of numerous shadow clones as they encouraged themselves. Floating between their palms was a mass of red - hot molten iron, hissing and steaming.
"The original body needs our help. Everyone, push harder!"
"Roger that!"
"Let's go for it!"
Satoru Hyūga, watching this scene, nodded in satisfaction.
The so - called self - awareness of the multiple shadow clones is, in essence, a deep manifestation of the original body's self - awareness.
The reason why Naruto often argued with his shadow clones might be that his subconscious was always filled with a great deal of loneliness. So the shadow clones he created were influenced and took the initiative to quarrel with him to relieve the original body's loneliness.
From this aspect, it wasn't difficult for Satoru Hyūga to control the consciousness of his shadow clones.
The method was simple, similar to that used in pyramid schemes (a form of fraudulent business model).
But this time, it was used on himself.
It was a form of self - brainwashing.
By ingraining the capitalists' ideology of hard - working and self - sacrificing into his subconscious, the shadow clones he created would be as dutiful as leeks, giving their all.
Of course, the one benefiting from their "light" was the original body.
After some time, a batch of ninja tools melted by the shadow clones were completed.
Compared to the original ninja tools, these new ones were harder and more practical.
Satoru Hyūga himself had Magnetic fluid and might not need them, but for these clones, they were very suitable weapons.
Combining multiple shadow clones with a large number of high - quality ninja tools results in high - quality shadow clones, which form the Magneto Trooper Legion.
In the future, if they encountered a large number of enemies, they could compete in terms of the quality of their soldiers!
The molten iron in the shadow clones' hands was shaped into ninja swords, arrows, and higher - quality Kunai and Shuriken...
The division of troops began from this moment.
By now, the experience points had risen by nearly 1000. Satoru Hyūga took a deep breath, knowing that it was time.
After calming his mind and getting ready, he dispelled some of the shadow clones.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As the thick white mist dissipated, Satoru Hyūga immediately gritted his teeth, and sweat kept seeping from his forehead.
The moment the shadow clones were dispelled, memories and fatigue flooded back. They were like a tidal wave, constantly bombarding his brain. His face turned pale, and the back of his collar was completely soaked with sweat.
"That was a close call..."
Satoru Hyūga gasped, showing a look of relief.
"Fortunately, I calculated and dispelled them in batches. Otherwise, if all the feedback hit me at once, I might have died on the spot."
After he digested this feedback, Satoru Hyūga calculated the time difference and dispelled the second batch of shadow clones.
With the experience from the first time, the second time was much easier.
He was also more proficient in controlling the quantity.
The reason for choosing to dispel them in batches was mainly that there were simply too many shadow clones created this time. It was almost the maximum value he got after calculating with an exponential function.
This also made him bear the pressure he shouldn't have.
If it were during a battle, it wouldn't be so troublesome, because he would never seek his own death by using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique with almost his limit of chakra.
After all these operations, the time had passed from day to evening.
It was getting dark.
Only the last group of shadow clones remained in the Forest.
"Well... thank you all."
A faint smile played on the corner of Satoru Hyūga's mouth.
Along with the puffing sounds of the shadow clones being dispelled and the clattering sounds of the ninja tool dropping, the Forest fell into silence and darkness.
Satoru Hyūga took a deep breath, tilted his head back, and felt this final impact.
"A perfect curtain call."
He murmured in a voice only he could hear.
The experience points finally stopped at 15,394.
He still needed 4,606 experience points to reach lv4.
But now, Satoru Hyūga needed to rest. He had almost reached his limit, both mentally and physically.
He collapsed on the ground, gasping weakly. His body was soaked, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
It took him over two hours to regain a bit of strength. Leaning against a tree trunk, he staggered back into the night...
He didn't remember how long he had slept. All he knew was that the first thing he did when he woke up was to look for water to drink.
His stomach was growling with hunger. He almost ate up all the stored food before he regained a bit of strength.
Satoru Hyūga leaned back in the chair, rubbed his temples, and sighed.
"I really don't want to experience this again."
Really! I'm completely drained.
He looked so severely drained that it would take him a long time to recover.
This special cultivation method could only be used when he was in the village and his safety was ensured. If he was outside and encountered an enemy, he wouldn't have the ability to fight back.
In the short term, he shouldn't even think about exploiting glitches anymore.
He would die.
However, the rewards were also great. More than 3,000 experience points. According to his previous cultivation progress, it would take him at least more than a month.
As for the remaining more than 4,600 experience points, if he cultivated at full speed, he could level up in about two months.
No, if he pushed himself to the limit, it would only take one and a half months.
Of course, he had to subtract the time for missions. In one and a half months, according to normal circumstances, the Hokage would definitely assign missions to him.
He could choose some simple missions. The most urgent thing was to focus on cultivation.
After making the plan, Satoru Hyūga began to think about another thing, which was also very important to him.
The caged bird.
No one would like to have such a thing on their body.
Especially for someone like Satoru Hyūga who had received a 21st - century education.
Even if the Electromagnetic Force was upgraded to lv4, he probably still wouldn't be able to do anything about the caged bird. As for upgrading to lv5... it's a long way off.
Satoru Hyūga couldn't wait that long.
"Orochimaru, I hope you don't forget our cooperation."
Satoru Hyūga gradually narrowed his eyes.
In this period, Orochimaru hadn't gone completely mad yet and was the best partner to cooperate with in Konoha.
Orochimaru was interested in the mysteries of his constantly evolving body and wanted to find the path to immortality from it. As for him, he hoped to get technical support from Orochimaru to remove the shackles on his forehead.
The two of them had their own needs and hit it off immediately.
"Since I was also a science student in my past life and was never unfamiliar with experiments, maybe I can get a laboratory from Orochimaru and conduct some research on the nature of the caged bird."
Satoru Hyūga murmured to himself.
He already had some guesses about this strange Cursed Seal of the caged bird, but more needs to be verified through experiments.
"However, I can't go to him now. My body is in a really bad state. If Orochimaru notices my weakened state, he might have some bad ideas."
"I just got back from a mission, and the Hokage shouldn't look for me in the short term."
"In that case, I can take a ryo days to rest first, at least recover to a great extent, and then go to Orochimaru."
He thought carefully for a while and made a decision.