Chapter 174: Fatigue

Just as he stepped forward, Dong Shilang recalled something, quickly called out Kakashi, and began to instruct him.

Even Minato and another, who had just been about to leave from the side, stopped their steps and looked puzzled at Dong Shilang.

"Kakashi, this Lightning Release Ninjutsu I gave you is called Thousand Birds; although its power is extraordinary, the drawbacks of the technique are also quite obvious."

"If your dynamic vision and your own reflexes aren't excellent enough, you'd better not use it lightly!"

"Otherwise, you might easily injure yourself!"

"Injure yourself?"

"Yes, when the ninjutsu is activated, a large amount of high-density Lightning Release chakra gathers in the hand, and at the same time, under the stimulation of the Lightning attribute, your body bursts with astonishing speed; after you use the technique, you may not be able to control it well, and instead end up hurting yourself."

He furrowed his brows, Kakashi only thought for a moment, then nodded at Dong Shilang to indicate he understood.

As for speed, he remained confident, not taking Dong Shilang's words too much to heart.

Seeing this, Dong Shilang couldn't say anything either!

Given Kakashi's talent as the original creator, it probably won't cause any major problems.

Actually, in his previous life, he had always wondered about one thing: although the Thousand Birds technique produces such huge sound and light effects when used, how could it be defined as an assassination ninjutsu?

But these are minor issues, not worth wasting too many brain cells on. At this point, it's better to think about how to survive the cruel Third War.

He didn't have the luck of Dai Tu, Kakashi, and the others; at this point, he could still peacefully stay in Leaf Village and do some simple ninja missions.

Although he is already twelve years old, he has truly begun to face those cruel frontline battlefields. If it weren't for the reason of 'Seat Mountain Eagle', he wouldn't even have this brief respite now.

This is also why many clan members have died on the recent frontline battlefields. At this point, the Uchiwa Clan has been forced to send ninjas over twelve years old to the front lines.

Dong Shilang obviously meets this standard as well; don't forget, he is a genius who awakened the Sharingan at age eight—if he didn't go to the battlefield, that would be hard to explain.

"Ah! It's really... comfortable!"

Having just finished his meal, Dong Shilang, instead of rushing home, came to Hot Spring Street at this time.

He needed to properly relax himself.

Years of dull, monotonous training and the harsh battlefield have made his nerves tense; proper rest can still greatly alleviate his condition.

Even his Shadow Clone training, he didn't do today, letting his whole body relax so that he, who constantly uses Shadow Clone training, could also catch a breath.

Although Shadow Clone training has many conveniences, fatigue still accumulates unnoticed, so he also needs to occasionally let himself properly relax.

His current number of Shadow Clone trainees has increased from single digits before to nearly twenty-odd, which is about three to four times what it used to be.

Unlike before, when his chakra couldn't keep up, after gaining natural energy, chakra is no longer the shackle limiting how many Shadow Clones he can create.

Instead, it's the mental endurance he previously paid little attention to that now severely limits his growth speed.

Although he has awakened the Sharingan, maintaining over twenty Shadow Clones for a long time still poses a tremendous challenge to his spirit.

When he now dispels Shadow Clones, he does them one by one slowly; he has also tried dispelling about twenty at once.

At that time, when the Shadow Clone Jutsu was dispelled, the incoming knowledge, experience, fatigue, etc., along with various bodily and mental experiences, almost caused him to die from a cerebral infarction.

Even though he had prepared back then, he still fell into a deep sleep, only waking up the next afternoon; moreover, for the following three days, his whole body was like a frostbitten eggplant—listless and unable to muster any spirit.

Even Uchiwa Meixiang found his condition strange, wanted to check his body, but he talked his way out of it.

And the place he is at is the Frontline Base, where any kind of accident could happen; if it occurs at a critical moment, he could really end up getting a boxed meal~

At the same time, he couldn't help but marvel that Uzumaki Naruto is truly a cheat; as a descendant of the Uzumaki clan and a Nine-Tails jinchuriki, his own chakra volume is enormous, to begin with.

His mental energy is also abnormal, which is somewhat unfair; you know, this guy can support a thousand Shadow Clones while enduring the fatigue from training.

Moreover, when he dispels Shadow Clones, he does no buffering at all—this is totally unreasonable TM; as an Uchiwa, facing this situation I can barely hold on, and my brain crashed back then.

You, a member of the Uzumaki family, haven't turned into an idiot because of this—obviously there's a bug!

Dong Shilang, baffled by this, ultimately couldn't figure it out, so he could only comfort himself: everyone has their own tricks. Although he isn't the protagonist, he should be able to find a method that suits him.

Finally, he turned his gaze to sealing techniques!

If it were just a simple sealing of memory and chakra, Dong Shilang himself could do it; his years of Shadow Clone training are no joke.

Furthermore, his family already has a collection in this area, making it easy to achieve.

But merely sealing it isn't very effective; once the seal is lifted, all those memories and fatigue, etc., will rush back into his mind and body all at once.

You can't seal them one by one!

How much would that cost?

He can only seek another path, seeing if he can make some modifications to existing sealing techniques, opening a gap in a complete sealing technique.

So that the memories and fatigue that would return to his body along with chakra can slowly flow into his body through this opened small opening.

That way, wouldn't the problem be solved!

Thinking of this, Dong Shilang couldn't help but give himself a thumbs-up for his cleverness!

But when he actually tried to implement it, he encountered considerable trouble.

If he were to learn a complete sealing technique, these wouldn't stump him; even if the sealing technique's rank is high, reaching S-rank, he is confident he could learn it in a short time—all those years of theoretical knowledge weren't for nothing.

However, opening a 'hole' in a complete sealing technique while still maintaining its effect is another matter.

The difficulty is indeed beyond his imagination.

This is undoubtedly harder than developing a new sealing technique from scratch!

Recently, in order to solve this problem, he has pulled out who knows how much hair, yet still hasn't found a good solution.

Today, he happened to run into these two sealing technique masters.

He could only give it a try, hoping to find some inspiration from them.

Fortunately, their recent exchange didn't disappoint him~