Natsuo knew that the book contained the experiences of his shadow clones recreating the wood clone jutsu, so he quickly picked it up and absorbed the experiences contained within it.
In a few seconds, Natsuo had the knowledge he wanted and opened his eyes.
Sitting cross-legged on his bed, his hands formed two seals and a piece of wood emerged from his body.
That piece of wood grew and quickly took the shape of Natsuo.
Also sitting cross-legged on his bed, the wooden clone smiled and Natsuo smiled back.
Knowing what Natsuo wanted to do, the clone closed his eyes and meditated to absorb natural energy.
A minute later, the clone opened its eyes.
"Good news," said the wooden clone.
Natsuo was confused by the clone's words, since the clone only had to ask if he could absorb natural energy to replenish his chakra.
Without clarifying Natsuo's doubts, the clone stretched out his hand and formed a fist.
Natsuo understood the message and also extended his fist.
When their fists collided, their chakras connected and communicated through a Yin chakra bridge.
Shortly after, Natsuo smiled because he understood what his clone meant by good news.
It turns out that the wood clone could absorb more natural energy and replenish its lost chakras much faster than a normal shadow clone.
Natsuo was happy about this because it meant he could have wood clones in every country and village in the shortest possible time.
Understanding this, Natsuo quickly summoned a communication box and placed inside it a scroll with the wooden clone sealed within it.
In a few seconds, the communication box was summoned back and Natsuo could only wait for good news.
And Natsuo didn't have to wait long.
Every night he checked the information his clones sent him and learned about the progress of his wooden clones.
On the first day, two more wood clones were formed.
On the second day there were 9 wood clones.
On the third day there were 27 wood clones and so on.
At the end of the first week, the first group of 2000 wooden clones traveled across the battlefield to infiltrate enemy bases and stay informed.
Meanwhile, 1 wood clone remained in an underground base to create more wood clones.
And after the second week, the second batch of wood clones had a different task.
Struggle
Natsuo is growing steadily and is much stronger than someone his age.
But he doesn't know his true strength and lacks battle experience.
Therefore, this batch of wooden clones had the primary objective of going to the battlefield and fighting.
Of course, Natsuo couldn't deny that he harbored a little resentment towards the Rock ninjas for the recent attack.
Sure, they were at war and this kind of thing was to be expected, but Natsuo couldn't simply accept the insult without striking back.
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Taro was a chunin from the village of Earth.
At this moment, he and his squad were traveling to a rendezvous point to collect a scroll with important information.
Taro didn't know what this scroll contained, but since they were currently in the grassy battlefield, he could guess that it contained important information regarding the Leaf Village's plans.
This is not the first time he has done a mission like this, so he is not nervous as he travels with his team of 5 men, who like him are also Chunin.
The group advanced with extreme caution, with one of them alert for any nearby chakra signatures.
Given the importance of this mission, his team brought a sensor with them.
And since the sensor didn't detect anyone nearby, the group relaxed as they traveled.
But suddenly…
!!!!!!
They all opened their eyes in surprise when a spear of earth formed beneath them and managed to stab one of them.
'The sensor!' Taro shouted in his mind when he saw his team's sensor pierced by a huge spear of earth.
When the earth spear pierced his chest, it took the life of his friend and there was no saving him because he lost the entire area around his heart.
As they quickly retreated and searched for hidden enemies, Taro watched from afar as life slipped from the eyes of his fallen comrade.
'Damn it!!!' Taro shouted as he clutched a kunai in his left hand.
Taro and the rest of his team looked all around for those responsible for the ambush, but they didn't find them.
Just as they were getting desperate, the group noticed 4 figures emerging from the ground around them.
'ANBU from Konoha?' Seeing the black uniforms and white masks, Taro and his team mistook their attackers for ANBU from the Leaf Village.
'It was a trap,' Taro realized.
Although they had not yet reached the scroll collection point, Taro could assume that the entire area was surrounded by Konoha ANBU members who would attack anyone who approached the location.
"KILL!" Taro shouted, and the team launched their attack.
Although they seemed to have no chance of escaping, Taro and his companions had unwavering will and were not going to give up.
Dozens of earth projectiles, an earth dragon, and a huge fireball were launched at their attackers.
Besides Taro, 2 of his companions launched earth jutsus and only one launched a fire jutsu.
By attacking first, Taro and his companions waited for an opening to launch an attack or escape from the place.
But his enemies would not allow that.
The ANBU of Konoha, or at least those who think they are, quickly performed several hand seals and intercepted the attacks with walls of earth.
BANG!
The attacks collided and formed a cloud of dust over the place.
Seeing that they could not create openings, Taro and his team launched shurikens from a distance, taking advantage of the dust cover to surprise their enemies.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Of course, it didn't work because the shurikens were intercepted halfway by other shurikens.
The group from the Rock village drew their kunai to face their enemies head-on, who likewise drew their own kunai.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Being very close, a Kunai was better in confined spaces compared to throwing Jutsus that take time and can hurt nearby comrades.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Time and again, the kunai clashed and produced metallic sounds.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
After moving away from his opponent, Taro focused on his battle and hid underground.
But it didn't help much when he felt the earth around him tremble and crush him a little, forcing him to the surface.
And when he emerged from the underground, Taro found his opponent with his hands on the ground and cursed while coughing up a little blood.
Aaaaaah!
Suddenly, a scream was heard and Taro turned his head to see one of his companions fall.
And not focusing on his opponent was fatal.
!!!!!
Suddenly, a sinister feeling appeared and Taro quickly tried to jump aside.
He didn't know what kind of danger he was in, but jumping in first instead of waiting for things to happen could save his life.
Of course, things wouldn't be that easy.
After he jumped to the side, Taro didn't have much time to be happy because he felt a sharp pain in his right leg.
BANG! The ground where he had been standing resounded, scattering dirt, blood, and pieces of flesh from Taro's right leg.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
'Shit!' Taro shouted as metallic sounds could be heard in the distance.
The confrontation between Kunai of his companions against his enemies no longer comforted Taro because he knew that he was dead.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
With one leg shattered, he could barely stand.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
As he gripped his kunai and stared at his opponent, a large amount of blood escaped from his mangled leg.
But instead of attacking, his opponent stayed put, watching him from a distance.
'Damn it,' Taro cursed in his mind.
The Chunin of the Rock knew he was going to die and wanted to take his enemy with him.
But since his enemy didn't approach, the set of explosive tags that Ai had prepared would be useless.
In this way, he lost more and more blood as the minutes passed.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Taro attempted to attack, launching earth projectiles while hiding explosive tags in the middle.